Cheryl A. Hickmon, the national president of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorporated, died Thursday morning after battling a recent illness.
“It is with great sorrow that Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. shares the passing of our beloved National President and Chair of the National Board of Directors, Cheryl A. Hickmon. President Hickmon transitioned peacefully on January 20, 2022 after a recent illness,” the official Twitter account of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. wrote today.
It is with great sorrow that Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. shares the passing of our beloved National President and Chair of the National Board of Directors, Cheryl A. Hickmon. President Hickmon transitioned peacefully on January 20, 2022 after a recent illness. #DST1913 pic.twitter.com/ZDO40chFw8
— dstinc1913 (@dstinc1913) January 20, 2022
Hickmon was appointed national president during the sorority’s 55th National Convention in November of 2021 in Atlanta.
She has also served the organization as national vice president, national secretary, eastern regional director, south Atlantic regional representative, co-chair of the National Documents Review and Revision Task Force, co-chair of the National Leadership Academy, and president of the Hartford Alumnae Chapter and Alpha Xi Chapter.
Hickmon was initiated into the sorority through the Alpha Xi Chapter at South Carolina State University.
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Incorporated, which was founded at Howard University in 1913, has 1,000 collegiate and alumnae chapters located in the United States, Canada, Japan (Tokyo and Okinawa), Germany, the Virgin Islands, Bermuda, the Bahamas, Jamaica and the Republic of Korea.
