“This place has given us so much, and we want to carry on the legacy of Vivian Osborne Marsh by demonstrating a stronger impact to the African American student community, in perpetuity.” — Andrea Holloway-Lowe ’92
More than 100 years ago, Vivian Osborne Marsh founded Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. Kappa Chapter at UC Berkeley, and from 1935 to 1939 served as national president of this historically Black sorority. An educator and leader who dedicated her life to lifting up her community, Marsh earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in anthropology from Berkeley in 1920 and 1921, respectively. She was also one of the first two Black women to obtain a master’s degree in anthropology at UC Berkeley. Marsh focused her academic work on Black folklore and worked to expand civil rights, education, and cultural opportunities for Black Americans...