Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was founded January 16, 1920, on the campus of Howard University Washington, DC by 5 co-eds.  The founders of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc., Arizona Cleaver Stemons, Pearl Anna Neal, Myrtle Tyler Faithful, Viola Tyler Goings, and Fannie Pettie Watts, sought to create an organization that would hold academic achievement and service to the community in high esteem.  The founding principles of scholarship, service, sisterhood, and finer womanhood have sustained the founders' legacies.  

The Sorority has 650 graduate and collegiate chapters located in all 50 states, Bahamas, Virgin Islands, West Africa, Germany, South Korea, Middle East, and Italy.

Zeta's trailblazing efforts are evident in being the first national panhellenic organization to establish a National Headquarters and form adult and youth auxiliaries. Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated is the first and only Greek letter sorority that is constitutionally bound to a fraternity, Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity, Inc.  

For more information on Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. visit the International Website. 

Lambda Gamma Zeta graduate chapter of Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc. was chartered on September 29th, 1981 at the Wilde Lake Interfaith Center in Columbia, MD.  Lambda Gamma Zeta was the 4th graduate chapter to be chartered in the state of Maryland.

Charter members were:  Darling Barnes, Janette Bell, Ruth Bland, A. Marie Coates*, W. Ruth Conway, Joyce Estes, Cynthia Harris, Cleopatra House*, Adrienne McCollum, Martha Myricks, Mary Nichols, Nathalia M. East-Roberts, Hilda Spencer*, Therese Suggs*, Rita Tiller, June Turner, Joanette Walker, and Mary Walker.    (*Deceased/Triumphant)

For over 40 years, the members of Lambda Gamma Zeta have served the residents of Howard County, Maryland by providing scholarships for higher education to deserving African American high school seniors, sponsoring health fairs, promoting political awareness, and supporting the HopeWorks of Howard County as well as other civic organizations. The chapter has held membership with various organizations in Howard County including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), March of Dimes, Howard County Council of Elders, and Pan-Hellenic Council of Howard County.

Lambda Gamma Zeta serves in the Atlantic Region in the state of Maryland and can boast proudly of having Sorority State, Regional, and National elected and appointed officers as members.

For more information visit the Atlantic Region and the State of Maryland.