Vivian Irene White-Marbury was born in 1900 and died in 2000. She was from Oxford, Ohio. She was one of the seven founders of Sigma Gamma Rho established at Butler University. Ms. White, like her sorority co-founders, treasured knowledge. She was the last surviving founder of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Marbury attended Abram C. Shortridge High School and the Indianapolis Normal School (teachers prep school). Soror White and the other sorority founders viewed education as the most important instrument of racial autonomy, social justice, economic opportunity, and upward mobility. Ms. White received a B.S. from Butler University and a Master's from Columbia University in New York City. Her professional career included teaching at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Director of Practice Training of teachers from Butler University, Indianapolis University and Indianapolis State University. She taught in the Indianapolis school system for nine years. Vivian Irene White Marbury's professional career included teaching at Morehouse College in Atlanta, Director of Practice Training of teachers from Butler University, Indianapolis University and Indianapolis State University. She taught in the Indianapolis school system for nine years. Ms. Marbury organized Public School 87, which grew from a 4-room portable school to 18 rooms and 24 teachers, where she was principal for 39 years until her retirement in 1967. She married in 1929 and is the mother of two children. A significant event in 1991 centered on Vivian White Marbury who was featured in the Indianapolis Star, a daily newspaper in the Indianapolis (Indiana) community. During an interview with staff reporters from the newspaper, Ms. White indicated that the Seven 1922 members formed an organization of teachers dedicated to bettering the profession, but it quickly broadened its scope to become more involved with young women, youth, and the furthering of their education. According to the story in the Star, isolation and alienation led the students to form the first Black Sorority—Sigma Gamma Rho on a predominately White University campus, which had grown back then from seven to over 70,000 since its founding in 1922. Sorority sister Vivian Irene White-Marbury outlived all her beloved friends, colleagues, and co-founders, and numerous chapters depended on her oral history accounts, astonishing memory, and intellectual integrity. On March 11, 2000, Soror Marbury celebrated her 100th birthday. Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. commemorated the milestone with a proclamation; the grateful organization also dedicated its official magazine, the Aurora, to its illustrious surviving founder. Soror Marbury died four months later in July 2000. She left a lasting legacy not only in her community service organization but also in the field of education. Sources Sigma Gamma Rho – 1922 https://sgrho1922.org/SGRho/About_Us/Founders/SGRho/SGRho_About/Founders.aspx?hkey=0ad5bd6f-8b79-41fb-8ca0-07bbb252b4ae