The Boston Alumnae group is one of the oldest in the nation! We were founded on April 12, 1927. As the years went on, Boston and the New England area began to experience tremendous growth. College campuses became abundant and Delta Gamma was asked to play a part. The Epsilon Pi chapter of Delta Gamma at the University of Connecticut was the first in New England chartered 1983. Three more chapters followed Zeta Beta chapter at Dartmouth in 1987, Zeta Zeta chapter at Boston University in 1988, and finally Zeta Phi chapter at Harvard in 1994.

A Long Time History of Sisterhood and Philanthropy

The Boston Alumnae Chapter’s founding mirrors the founding of the Fraternity in 1873, with the friendship and dedication of three women.

In October 1912, a small group met at the Hotel Touraine in downtown Boston . Aurora Fiske Zeublin, Dorothy Turner, and Lilian Levermore Billman brought together a core group of 9 women known as the "anchor girls". The organization they established was known as the Boston Omicron Sigma Association of Delta Gamma.

Meetings from the start were a bit irregular because of the First World War. In 1919-1920 the group was meeting monthly for social events such as luncheons, teas, showers, birthday parties, and musical entertainment. Mrs. Lilian Billman summed it up as "we had successful meetings and enjoyed ourselves in the real old 'college-day informal way".

On April 12, 1927 the association became an alumnae chapter and the name changed to our present name of Boston Alumnae Chapter of Delta Gamma. A major accomplishment for the BAC since Boston was so far away from any other Delta Gamma group, collegiate or otherwise.

In the early 1940's, before the Fraternity began offering projects to the alumnae chapters, the BAC devoted their Christmas meetings to the making of 500 bags filled with candy for the children of one of the settlement houses in Boston . Toys were also collected in large numbers to accompany the candy.