The Jamaica Alumnae Chapter Proclaims Dec. 15, 2020, “Soror Adah E. Pierce Day” By Soror Jewel Daniels Radford
A portrait of Soror Pierce.
The Jamaica Alumnae Chapter declared Dec. 15, 2020 as “Soror Adah E. Pierce Day.” This honor was bestowed upon Soror Pierce on the occasion of her 85th Birthday. She was showered with a luncheon, a hand sketched portrait and photograph, a copy of “Promised Land” by former President Barack Obama and tons of love and appreciation. Initiated in the Alpha Beta Chapter at Fisk University in the Fall of 1954, she distinguished herself as a Ford Foundation Fellow and social activist earning her a place in “Who’s Who of American Women.” Soror Adah was the first Black faculty member at the University of Tennessee and spent much of her adult life serving around the world in places like Addis Ababa, Switzerland and the United Nations in New York alongside her husband, Richard Pierce, who served as a Jamaican Ambassador. Mentored by the Sorority’s 10th and 12th National Presidents, Dr. Dorothy I. Height and Dr. Jeanne L. Noble, respectively, Soror Adah is a true Delta Treasure.
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