Our History
On August 8, 1985, the METROPOLITAN DALLAS ALUMNAE CHAPTER, affectionately known throughout the Dallas-Ft.Worth Metroplex as “MDA”, was chartered as the 754th chapter in the Southwest Region. Metropolitan Dallas Alumnae has the distinction of being the only Chapter with a misnomer. All second city chapters are usually named with the city first, followed by the specific geographic area or identifier as in “Dallas Metropolitan.”
MDA Charter Members
*Joyce Marie Aldridge
Betty Anderson
*Willie Joyce Blair
Marilyn Calhoun
*Callie Carlock
Maxine Cash
*Gladys Collins
*Ola Comins
Sharon Covington
*Mary Watson Davis
*Rezolia Dickson
*Sherrill English
Shirley Fridia
Shirley Gardner
Charmin Gibson
Dassa Giles
*Imogene Givens
*Clementine Gulley
Willie Mae Hughey
Linda Hunt
*Kathryn Marie Jenkins
*Ollie Mae Johnson
*Eloise London
*Ernestine Mask
Patricia Mays
*Bettye Meshack
*Sarah Pearl Murphy
Cynthia Navarette
*Marye Nobles
Maxine Reese
Ophellia Robertson
Diane Turner
Karen Turner
*Allie J. Williams
*Mary Louise Williams
Deborah Woolfork
Adrienne Comins Wright
*Deceased Sorors
The first Officers were: President Shirley Fridia; Vice-President Callie Carlock; Treasurer Willie Mae Hughey; Secretary Dassa Giles; Financial Secretary Willie J. Blair; and Member-at-Large to the Executive Board Ola Comins.