The Alpha Zeta chapter (#30) was installed at Southern Methodist University on May 12, 1951. Future Tau Beta Sigma Board of Trustees Member Norma Moore served as the installing officer. Charter members include: Zelda Sandler, Geneva Redwine, Bonnie Resler, Gailya Reese, Anita Carlin, Eva Huffman, Aline King, Elizabeth Pittman, Lucia Sutton, Barbara Wilkinson, Luise D. Mueller, and Oakley Harrell Pittman.