MS SC544

Designates Saturday, July 1, 2023, as "Delta Gamma Fraternity Day" in Mississippi to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Delta Gamma Fraternity's founding in 1873 at the Lewis School for Girls in Oxford

Delta Gamma was founded by three young women—Mary Comfort (Leonard), Eva Webb (Dodd), and Anna Boyd (Ellington)—who were stranded at school during Christmas holidays due to bad weather and decided to establish the organization

Delta Gamma has grown to over 250,000 initiated members internationally since its founding in Oxford, Mississippi

Mississippi produced two Delta Gamma Fraternity presidents: Lillie Wohlleben of Oxford and Wilma Johnson Wilbanks of Cleveland

Resolution directs that copies be presented to Delta Gamma representatives at the homecoming celebration, sent to the City of Oxford's Mayor and Board of Aldermen, and made available to the Capitol Press Corps