History - Gamma Chi Chapter

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Johnnie J. Robinson* Chartering Member of Gamma Chi Chapter

Johnnie J. Robinson was the first Charter member of the Gamma Chi Chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated® and remained active until her death in October of 2014. She was a public health nurse here in Atlanta and moved to Durham, NC to obtain her certification. She joined Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated® at North Carolina Central.

Her eagerness to see nurses working together to implement the goals and purposes of the sorority motivated her. Johnnie Robinson returned to Georgia in 1960. On Saturday, July 21, 1962, Gamma Chi Chapter was chartered at Armstrong Hall of Grady Memorial Hospital because of her leadership. Gamma Chi Chapter has the distinction of being the chapter with forty (40) chartering members. This is the largest number of members ever chartered in the history of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated®.

Gamma Chi Chapter is the first chapter of Chi Eta Phi Sorority, Incorporated® in Georgia. Gamma Chi Chapter’s mission is inherited in the organization’s motto, “Service for Humanity.” We have enjoyed and enriched our lives with more than 60 years of service for humanity throughout Metropolitan Atlanta by promoting health and education, providing leadership development and scholarships to nurses and student nurses, and by networking and partnering with other organizations with similar goals.