The Founders of Delta Delta Delta

Eleanor Dorcus Pond was validictorian of her high school class and was awarded a scholarship to Boston University. During her freshman year she commuted by train from her home in West Medway, Massachusetts, and in later years boarded closer to campus and commuted by horse-drawn car. Eleanor had no interest in joining the established societies. A person of high intellectual ability, she was also a fun-loving but practical young woman, a perfect complement to Sarah Ida Shaw's visionary personality. It was she who suggested the name to be a triple letter, and she also influenced the development of the ritual, badge, emblems, and Constitution.

She served as Grand Vice President until the first Convention. After teaching Latin and science for four years, Eleanor entered Tufts Medical College in 1893 and graduated with a degree in medicine in 1896. Her marriage to Arthur Mann in July of 1896 was attended by many Tri Deltas who sang a Tri Delta song in place of the traditional wedding march.

The Manns first moved to Chicago where he was an engineer and she practiced medicine, did post-graduate work and lectured at the Chicago Post Graduate School. She founded the Chicago Alliance (alumnae chapter) in 1897. This group is still in existence today.

Mr. Mann's career took them all over the world, and after a year in Australia they moved to Schenectady, New York. Here, for more than 20 years, Dr. Eleanor Dorcus Mann had a successful medical practice, specializing in obstertrics and diseases of children. She was active with the members of Beta Chapter (St. Lawrence), and became a charter member of the Syracuse Alliance. She attended the 1906 Convention in Syracuse, and her short sppech describing her part in the founding Fraternity was a highlight of the banquet program.

She died suddenly in 1924 at the age of 56 from a stroke.

The Founders: Eleanor Dorcus Pond

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	Eleanor Dorcus Pond was validictorian of her high school class and was awarded a scholarship to Boston University. During her freshman year she commuted by train from her home in West Medway, Massachusetts, and in later years boarded closer to campus and commuted by horse-drawn car. Eleanor had no interest in joining the established societies. A person of high intellectual ability, she was also a fun-loving but practical young woman, a perfect complement to Sarah Ida Shaw's visionary personality. It was she who suggested the name to be a triple letter, and she also influenced the development of the ritual, badge, emblems, and Constitution. She served as Grand Vice President until the first Convention. After teaching Latin and science for four years, Eleanor entered Tufts Medical College in 1893 and graduated with a degree in medicine in 1896. Her marriage to Arthur Mann in July of 1896 was attended by many Tri Deltas who sang a Tri Delta song in place of the traditional wedding march. The Manns first moved to Chicago where he was an engineer and she practiced medicine, did post-graduate work and lectured at the Chicago Post Graduate School. She founded the Chicago Alliance (alumnae chapter) in 1897. This group is still in existence today. Mr. Mann's career took them all over the world, and after a year in Australia they moved to Schenectady, New York. Here, for more than 20 years, Dr. Eleanor Dorcus Mann had a successful medical practice, specializing in obstertrics and diseases of children. She was active with the members of Beta Chapter (St. Lawrence), and became a charter member of the Syracuse Alliance. She attended the 1906 Convention in Syracuse, and her short sppech describing her part in the founding Fraternity was a highlight of the banquet program. She died suddenly in 1924 at the age of 56 from a stroke.