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Gloria Riddick - Delta Sigma Theta

Gloria (Foster) Riddick was born and raised in Arkansas, and following high school graduation in 1965, she attended Arkansas AM & N College, a historically black college in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. In 1968 she pledged with the Delta Eta Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Riddick had a long career as an engineer and computer programmer for several prominent corporations, retiring in 2010.  While at Illinois Power in 1976, Gloria became one of the chartering members of Springfield Decatur Area Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta.

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Professional portrait of Gloria Foster Riddick. Gloria was interviewed via the special phone equipment provided at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library.

Where:
ALPLM

When:
Unknown

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo

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Gloria Foster Riddick attended the Chapter’s 30th Anniversary event in 2006, held in Springfield, Illinois. (Left to right: Edyth Cole, Priscilla Palmer, Gloria Riddick, Ann Chambliss, and Thelma Bonds).

Where:
Springfield, Illinois

When:
2006

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo

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Gloria Foster’s Certificate of Membership into Delta Sigma Theta, Inc. on December 11, 1968. She was attending Arkansas AM

Where:
Arkansas AM

When:
December 11, 1968

Ownership:
Narrator’s photo



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