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4 editor's review Greetings . . . BEFORE THE SPHINX? Question: Is The Sphinx the oldest of the magazines published by the eight predominately Black Greek-letter organizations? Answer: YES!!! There appears to be some confusion on this matter because the predecessor organization of one of the present Black fraternities premiered their journal in April, 1914. However, we would note for the record that The Sphinx first appeared (under that name and under the auspices of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.) in March, 1914. So, while there's always room for historical research on such matters (as we discovered while doing a feature on "The House of Alpha"), we stand by our contention that The Sphinx remains "first of all." Moreover, it appears that The Sphinx is the second-oldest magazine in Black America — in continuous publication since March 1914 and pre-dated only by The Crisis of the NAACP (1910). Please let us know if you have additional information in this regard . . . On the subject of historical research, we are pleased to note that our search for the original version of Brother Sydney P. Brown's poem "The House of Alpha" was successful. The surprising "find" which resulted from our "dig" will be featured in our next issue . . . Sadly, we must also report the slaying of Brother Brown's son — Brother Nelson Brown — in his law offices in Chicago. An Omega Chapter tribute to him will also appear in our next edition . . . As most of you probably know, our cover subject for this issue is Brother Malvin R. Goode. His greatly abbreviated biography is fascinating reading — both for those too young to even remember the time when there were no Black news correspondents on network television; and, for those "mature" enough to recall the pride they felt when Brother Goode beamed over the airwaves on ABC to become the "very first." We sincerely hope that all will enjoy Mai's saga, The Voice of Change . . . A number of our contributors in this issue are in Eta Lambda Chapter, Atlanta, Georgia. Brother James Thompson submitted the article on fellow Morehouse and Alpha Rho alum Ralph Everett; and Brother Larry Epps sent the article on Brother Charles S. Johnson III. Both are featured in There Goes An Alpha Man. Also, Brother James Brawley, President Emeritus of Clark College in Atlanta, penned our Legacy feature: Sixty Years An Alpha Man — which is reprinted from the Eta Lambda journal, the chapter newsletter edited by Brother Epps . . . Turning to Fraternity outreach, Brother Walter Sullivan examines the NCAA's Propostion 48 in his column; and Brother Waldo Johnson, Jr. presents a schedule of the upcoming Regional Leadership Development/Citizenship Education Institutes in his Speaking of Programs feature . . . Commentary departs from its usual format to present an incisive article on careers in the energy field, penned by Brother David Smith of Mu Mu Lambda Chapter (seated in the western suburbs of Chicago) . . . While we always lament the passing of any Brother to Omega Chapter, allow me to add personal tributes to several stalwart Alpha men memorialized in this issue: Brother Leven C. Weiss, who served as General Treasurer for fifteen years and offered wise counsel to this apprentice in service to Alpha; Brother James Cummings, Vice President of the National Council of Churches and Bishop of the CME Church; Brother Jay Taylor, a workhouse for the Fraternity in Denver, Colorado; and Brother Frederick D. Hall. Dr. Hall was Chairman of the Music at Dillard University when they allowed me out of the backwoods of Mississippi. As much as anything that I may have picked up in the classroom, the opportunity to speak with and learn from a Black man who had attended the Julliard School of Music and received a Ph.D. from Columbia University served to affirm all that our teachers had proclaimed. Indeed, the sky was — and is — the limit!!! . . . Until next issue . . ^_MJP.
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V O L U M E 69 NUMBER 1 S P R I N G 1983
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF THE ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY,
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MICHAEL J. PRICE, Editor-in-Chief Associate Editors: Julius R. Hall, Bradford Spencer, Darryl Young. Editorial Assistant (Intern): Demetrius Bryant. Contributing Editors: James B. Blanton, Alplia Workshop; Laurence T. Young, Sr., Omega Chapter; Walter Sullivan, Education Foundation; William Ross, Jr., Reclamation & Membership; Waldo Johnson, Jr., Speaking of Programs; Ozell Sutton, Ex-Officio. Commentary Columnists: Erwin A. France, Mai Goode, Huel Perkins, Michael J. Price.
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CHAPTERS OF THE YEAR - A pictorial salute to last year's most outstanding Alpha Chapters. They set the standard to which this year's competitors aspire. THE VOICE OF CHANGE - In August of '62, Brother Mai Goode was hired as an ABC news correspondent. That October, his coverage of the "Cuban Missile" etched his sonorous baritone into the minds of millions and catapulted his tawny face to national recognition. INAUGURAL ATLANTA - A review of the mid-year Leadership Conference and Inaugural Weekend, which marked the beginning of General President Sutton's second term of service. LEGACY — Brother James Brawley, President Emeritus of Clark College, looks back at a rewarding fraternal career — from his 1922 initiation into Alpha Delta Chapter at the University of Southern California to his long association with Atlanta's Eta Lambda Chapter. His chronicle is entitled "Sixty Years An Alpha Man." THE BLACK COLLEGES — Morris College, located in Sumter, South Carolina, is proudly moving into the academic mainstream.
— The General President Speaks — The Executive Secretary's Desk — There Goes An Alpha M a n — Alpha W o r k s h o p — Education Foundation — Speaking of Programs — Newsbriefs — Alphas O n The M o v e — Chapter News — Omega Chapter — Directory of Officers — Chapter Directory
ABOUT THE COVER Brother Mai Goode, the first Black to work as a network news correspondent, was accorded Alpha's highest honor — The Alpha Award of Merit - at the 1982 General Convention.
Commentary CAREERS IN ENERGY A special feature by David Smith . . . pg. 19 The Sphinx (USPS 5 1 0 - 4 4 0 } The Sphinx is the official magazine o< the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Inc , 4 4 3 2 Dr Martin Luther King Dr . Chicago. IL 6 0 6 5 3 Published four times a year Spring. Summer. Fall and Winter Send all editorial mail and change of address (send both addresses) to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. 4 4 3 2 Dr Martin Luther King Drive. Chicago. IL 6 0 6 5 3 Manuscripts or art submitted to The Sphinx should be accompanied by addressed envelopes and return postage Editor assumes no responsibility for return of unsolicited manuscripts or art Opinions e x p r e s s e d in columns and articles do not necessarily reflect the views and policies of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc , and use of any person's name in fiction, semi-fiction articles or humorous features is to be regarded as a coincidence and not as the responsibility of The Sphinx It is never done knowingly Copyright 1 9 7 6 by The Sphinx, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc Reproduction or use. without written permission, of the editorial or pictorial content in any manner is prohibited The Sphinx has been published continuously stnce 1 9 1 4 Organizing Editor Bro Raymond W Cannon Organizing General President Bro Henry Lake Dickason S e c o n d class postage paid at Chicago, IL Postmaster Send form 3 5 7 9 and all c o r r e s p o n d e n c e 4 4 3 2 Dr Martin Luther King Dr . Chicago. IL 6 0 6 5 3
THE GENERAL PRESIDENT SPEAKS DOING SOMETHING ABOUT IT! "It is not enough to k n o w what has been or to know what is but we must learn what ought be and do something about it."
The author of this quotation is unknown. Yet it speaks so pointed and so eloquently to Black America. I have chosen it as the opening statement in the General President's Message. The time has come when the leaders and leading organizations of Black America, especially Alpha Phi Alpha, must move from mere analysis to action, from definition to determination and from articulation to actualization. Another well-known quotation of unknown origin comes to mind in making my point - "Knowledge is knowing what is. Wisdom is knowing what ought be. Virtue is transforming what is into what ought be."The time is now when Alpha must begin to transform what is into what ought be. In other words, we must begin "doing something about it." We know what unemployment is high, nearly 11%. We know that Black unemployment is devastating, close to 25%. We know that Black youth are unemployed at a catastrophic rate in excess of 50 %. We know that we live in a climate hostile to the legitimate hopes and aspirations of Black, Brown and poor Americans. We know that cutbacks in
the funds for education and social welfare are working havoc with Black youths' opportunity to attend college. These cutbacks are causing extensive hunger in this land of plenty and are having a deteriorating effect on the health of our people from unborn babies to senior citizens. This grave situation poses an imperative upon Black America the like of which has not been seen in many years. We must act decisively and definitively upon these conditions and this situation. The imperative to Alpha Phi Alpha is to give leadership to Black America in implementation of a plan for "Doing Something About It." Alpha has a long and distinguished history of concrete and decisive action in the face of critical imperatives. The Fraternity now can do no less. It has a program of action — "The New Alpha Thrust." The need is for every Brother, every chapter, state and regional unit to implement that program. There are four programs of high priority in "The New Alpha Thrust" that I urge we implement. They are: • Completion of the Million Dollar Fund Drive: There is no question but that the NAACP, NUL and UNCF are essential to the well-being of Black Americans. We must complete the Drive by the August General Convention. All great chapters of Alpha are called to the aid of the Fraternity . . . to enroll in the 100 For Alpha Club. This is the group that will go the extra mile to protect and uphold the good name and image of the "House of Alpha." • A-Phi-Aid Conferences: The A-Phi-Aid Conferences are designed to assist Black high school seniors in the identification of sources of financial aid for college attendance and how to qualify. With the extensive cutback in BEOG and other federal funds, Alpha can do no less than assist Black students in this way. • Leadership Development/Citizenship Education Institutes (LD/CE): The Alpha Leadership Development and
Citizenship Education Institutes will be held this summer with one sponsored in each of the five regions. Our purpose is to give Black junior and senior high school students the tools of leadership - public speaking, parliamentary usage, community organization techniques, group dynamics, self-actualization, etc. Each chapter is urged to send at least one student to the Institute in its region. • Networking: One Alpha imperative is to give leadership to "networking" among people and organizations to bring a combined impact on issues critical to the Black Experience. Your Fraternity is meeting this responsibility in a number of ways: • National Leadership Conference. Alpha is joining with Sigma Gamma Rho, Zeta Phi Beta, Delta Sigma Theta, and Alpha Kappa Alpha sororities and Phi Beta Sigma, Kappa Alpha Psi and Omega Psi Phi fraternities in a "National Leadership Conference" in Chicago - May 27-29, 1983. The Executive Boards of the eight organizations will network and outline a program of joint action on national issues critical to the Black Experience. • 20th Anniversary March on Washington. The 1963 March on Washington was for Jobs & Freedom and was directly responsible for passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The August, 1983 March will be for Jobs Freedom and Peace. We will again turn this country around and force it to focus on human needs and human yearnings for a life free of hunger, free of needless pain and free of fear of annihilation from nuclear war. Alpha is at the core of the planning and mobilization for the March, hold a position on the Steering Committee. Your Fraternity is involved and at the forefront of national leadership. It is enlisted in the struggle. Each Brother, each chapter and each unit must, too, be enlisted in the struggle of "Doing Something About It." Fraternally,
" Ozell Sutton General President 2
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THE EXECUTIVE SECRETARY'S DESK SPRING CLEANING '83: For Efficient Chapter Operations
The time has again come for Chapters to undergo an annual ritual akin to the "spring cleaning" we'll do in our homes. We need to look around, clear up any problems which linger from this year that swiftly passed us by; and make preparations for the beginning of yet another year of fraternal activity. Your chapter will be a better one if you would review this list of "must do's" for the next few weeks. Passing the Gavel: Our Constitution mandates that the election of Chapter Officers be held in April for College Chapters and in May for Alumni Chapters. All Chapters should file a Chapter Directory, listing your new officers, with the General Office within ten (10) days of your election. College Chapters officers might also need to file a "Summer Address'' in order for us to maintain the lines of communication. The Chapter Guide: The 1983-84 Chapter Guide Kit has been prepared and distributed at each of the Regional Conventions. Those chapters not represented should contact their State/Regional/District Director for a copy. As usual, this kit contains the basic forms needed for your chapter's operation during the next year. Please see that the newly elected officers
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receive and review this material! And don't forget to take the time to read the Chapter Guide Manual — it will answer many of your questions about the operation of the Fraternity and prepare your leaders for a successful year. No Passcard? A number of Brothers who submitted Grand Tax still have not received Passcards — primarily because of failure to complete and return the Computer Data Forms as required. Others might be held for underpayment of fees. Before you call the General Office, ask the appropriate chapter officer to check the pink copy of the Remittance of Funds form (which is returned as a receipt for monies received). The reasons for holding any and all materials should be spelled out on this form. After taking this step — and gathering any information or material requested — contact the General Office to clear up the matter. Always refer to the Remittance Number (found at the bottom of the form) when corresponding with the office. Initiation Materials: Similarly, a number of chapters are awaiting receipt of shingles, passcards and other materials for newly initiated members. Aside from the more obvious errors (like failure to receive authorization or underpayment of fees), two mistakes are common among the files being held in the General Office. They are a) failure to complete and return Copy #3 (White) of the Notice Initiation form, indicating successful completion of a scheduled initiation; and b) failure to submit Computer Data Forms for initiates. We urge you to contact the General Office immediately to clear up these matters before the summer break.
Ah, The Chapter Tax! As most of you who attended the Regional Conventions already know, payment of Chapter Tax is a prerequisite for active participation. The same will apply at the General Convention in New Orleans, so please clear up any questions in this regard to avoid problems on site. What Does Alpha Do? The Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation is again preparing an annual report on the contributions and program activities of Alpha Chapters. The 1982-83 Report of Program Activities may be found in your Chapter Guide. Please complete and return same to the General Office by June 1st. On To New Orleans: Each active member will soon be receiving the Registration Forms for the 77th Anniversary Convention in New Orleans. Late Fees (due for registration after July 1st) are $30 for both College and Alumni registrants; and $10 for Weekend College Brothers. Do yourself — and us — a favor and REGISTER EARLY!!! Chapter contact persons will also be receiving Delegate Credentials, to be returned to the General Office. Only those members active as of May 1st will be used to compute chapter delegate strength. Prompt attention to these items will insure that your chapter can begin the new year without the hassle of trying to clear up old problems. Now is the time to act!!! Fraternally yours, *
James B. Blanton Executive Secretary
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Army from 1957-1960, attaining the rank of sergeant. From 1973 until his election to Congress, Brother Dixon represented the 49th District in the California State Assembly. In 1973, he was elected Chairman of the Assembly Democratic Caucus, the first freshman legislator in the history of the caucus ever elected to that post. Congressman Dixon is divorced and has one son, Cary Gordon. He was initiated into the Fraternity in 1956 at Alpha Delta Chapter, based at the University of Southern California.
Brother Julian Dixon
Dixon heads Congressional Black Caucus Brother JULIAN DIXON, who represents the 28th District of California in the United States House of Representatives, was elected Chairman of the Congressional Black Caucus for the 98th Congress. Brother Dixon, a threeterm Democrat, serves on the House Appropriations Committee. He formerly served as Treasurer of the Black Caucus and was Chairman of the CBC's Legislative Weekends in 1980, 1981, and 1982. Brother Dixon is charting a course for an expanded role for the caucus in the coming legislative sessions. "The addition of four new Black members brings our presence in Congress to its highest - at a time when the nation looks to us for leadership and action on emergency jobs legislation that responds to our record unemployment," stated the new Chairman. Brother Dixon is joined on his leadership team by CBC Vice Chairman (and Alpha Phi Alpha member) William Gray (D-PA). Congressman Dixon was born in Washington, D.C., on August 8, 1934. He graduated from Dorsey High School in Los Angeles in 1953, received a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science from California State University at Los Angeles in 1962, and was awarded an LL.B. degree from Southwestern University in Los Angeles in 1967. Mr. Dixon served in the U.S.
Brother Ralph B. Everett
Everett is Senate Unit Counsel Brother RALPH B. EVERETT is Democratic Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation. He was appointed to this position by Senator Ernest F. Hollings (D-S.C), the ranking Democrat on the committee. Mr. Everett is the first Black in history to serve as a Senate Committee Chief Counsel and Staff Director. The committee has jurisdiction over all matters relating to science and technology, oceans policy, transportation and communications. Brother Everett, a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Morehouse College and Duke University Law School, has worked on Senator Hollings' personal staff since March 1977. He initially The Sphinx / Spring 1983
served as a special assistant to the Senator operating as his liaison with federal agencies. Since April 1978, Mr. Everett had been a legislative assistant, analyzing, monitoring and drafting legislation in the following committees: Commerce; Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs; Energy and Natural Resources; E n v i r o n m e n t and Public W o r k s ; Finance; Small Business; Rules and Administration; and Indian Affairs. A native of Orangeburg, S.C., Brother Everett previously served as associate attorney general for the State of North Carolina and administrative assistant for legal affairs for North Carolina's Department of Labor. He is a member of the North Carolina State Bar, the District of Columbia Bar and American Bar Association. He has been admitted to practice law in the U.S. Supreme Court, the North Carolina Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court for D . C . , the U.S. Court of Appeals for D . C . , the U.S. Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Claims. Mr. Everett is also a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Phi Alpha Theta International Honor Society in History.
Brother Charles Spurgeon Johnson III
Johnson named to Georgia Board of Bar Examiners Brother CHARLES S P U R G E O N J O H N S O N III was sworn in on October The Sphinx / Spring 1983
25, 1982 at the Supreme Court as the first Black appointed to the Georgia Board of Bar Examiners, a five member group responsible for preparing the state bar examination as well as grading it. It is a very significant accomplishment for all of Black people. In addition to grading the volumes of tests, each member of the board has to prepare two questions a year for the essay portion of the test. Brother Johnson, an Atlanta attorney, is a third-generation A l p h a m a n . A native of Nashville, Tennessee, where his grandfather was the first Black President of Fisk University, Johnson received his elementary and secondary education in Dayton, O h i o . Thereafter he attended Fisk University and Bard College, where he obtained his Bachelor's degree in 1970. From there he went to Boson College Law School, where he was a member of the staff of the Boston College Industrial and Commercial Law Review and was President of the Boston College Black Law Students' Association. Brother Johnson has had a widely varied career, including employment as a bindery bookstacker, a law clerk in the O h i o C o m m o n Pleas Courts, a public defender in Roxbury, Massachusetts and a social researcher in New York City and in rural Alabama. In 1973 he accepted a position with Alston, Miller & Gaines, one of the largest law firms in the South, with offices in Atlanta, Georgia and Washington, D . C . In 1976, Brother Johnson became the first Black member of the faculty of the University of Georgia Law School, where he was Adjunct Professor-Antitrust Law. He has also served as President of Atlanta's predominantly-Black Gate City Bar Association, and is currently Chairman of the Atlanta Judicial Commission, which recommends judicial appointments to the Mayor of Atlanta. Although Brother Johnson is quite involved in his legal profession, he still finds time to w o r k with a number of social and community based organizations. He is a member of Eta Lambda, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Trustee for the Southern Christian Home for Children, Trustee for the Big Brothers Big Sisters Project, and a host of other organizations. Also, Brother Johnson even dabbles in a little local political "King-making" in Atlanta, as he has served as the campaign manager for the successful campaigns of Judge Clarence Cooper and City-Councilman John Lewis.
THERE GOES AN ALPHA MAN There goes a man of high impulse Of princely mien and grace There goes a man of humble faith A credit to his race There goes a man of conscience vast with will to reach his goal There goes a man of lordly rank Of heroes' stock and soulâ&#x20AC;&#x201D; There goes a man of noble caste Whom hardship cannot break There goes a man in merit clad Whom duty won't forsake There goes a man in cultured verse Who holds a sportsman's creed There goes a man too vigilant To bow to lust or greed There goes a man whose life is spent in service not in scorn There goes a man whose majesty Shines like a May time
There goes a man who is a friend To love and duly truth There goes a man to help uplift I he lives of wholesome youth There goes a man with industry and faith at his command. There goes the best man in and out For he i% an Alpha Man.
Alpha Workshop GENERAL OFFICE James B. Blanton III, Executive Secretary Michael J. Price, Assistant Executive Secretary - Communications Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., Assistant Executive Secretary - Programs Darryl R. Matthews, Assistant Executive Secretary - Membership
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Don't Forget the "7th Step" Yes, we know that there are Seven Jewels, et al . . . but the 7th Step referred to in this article is a non-ritualistic matter. It refers to the seven administrative steps required to process membership materials for new initiates. For over two years now, we have been following the administrative procedures contained in the Standing Orders. However, it appears that some chapters still haven't gotten the word; or that, in the euphoria which follows initiation ceremonies, the important task of follow-through is neglected. Under the Standing Orders the 7th and last step in the administrative process is to complete, have certified (by the initiation supervisor) and forward to appropriate officials Copies #3 - #5 of the Notice of Initiation Form
. . . indicating that a successful initiation did take place as approved. Even though the initiates were earlier approved by the Regional Vice President (or his designee); monies were duly receipted by the General Office; and, an Authorization to Conduct Initiation was issued — n o initiation materials will be prepared by the General Office until it receives Copy #3 of the Notice of Initiation. To date, a number of initiates remain to be properly processed — awaiting only this one simple form! If your chapter is one of these, finish the 7th Step . . . and forward this form immediately. If your chapter has not received materials from spring or summer initiations, it would be advisable to contact the General Office on how to proceed.
ADMINISTRATIVE STEPS IN THE PLEDGE PROCESS STEP #1
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Prior to Sphinx Club Induction . . . The Chapter should secure from each applicant for admission the following materials: • Application for Membership • Transcripts (Proof of Degree for alumni aspirants) • Medical Statement Following chapter vote, the Chapter is to forward the abovementioned materials to the Regional Vice President,* along with the Notice of Intent to Conduct Pledge Activities (Copies 1 & 2) of Pledge Form). This should be done not later than two (2) weeks prior to the scheduled Sphinx Club Induction Ceremony. The Regional Vice President will certify eligibility of applicants and indicate approval of the pledge program by returning Copy 2 of the Notice of Intent to the chapter. Pledging Begins . . . Upon the receipt of the approval from the Vice President, the chapter may induct approved applicants into the Sphinx Club and begin the pledge program. The pledge program shall not exceed six (6) weeks in duration - from Sphinx Club Induction through the initiation ceremony.
Prior to Initiation Ceremony . . . STEP #5 - No later than fifteen (15) days prior to the initiation ceremony, the Chapter is to forward all initiation fees to the General Office. These monies should be accompanied by the Remittance of Funds and Pin Order forms. STEP #6 — Following receipt of fees in the General Office, the Regional Vice President will issue an Authorization to Conduct Initiation. No initiation is to be conducted without a signed authorization. Following Initiation . . . STEP #7 - Within three (3) days following the initiation ceremony, the Chapter is to complete the Notice of Initiation (Copies 3-5 of the Pledge Form) — to indicate which candidates were successfully initiated. Copy 3 is sent to the General Office (which will issue membership materials); Copy 4 to the Regional Vice President and Copy 5 is retained for the chapter files. *The Regional Vice President, where appropriate, may designate state/district/area officials to act in his behalf in this process. It must be stressed that the above is a condensed outline for the information of the entire Brotherhood. Please consult The Standing Orders for full information. The Sphinx / Spring 1983
EDUCATION FOUNDATION A Look At the Changing Admissions Scene
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., has had, since its inception, a strong commitment to excellence in education and scholarship. The Fraternity has supported and sponsored many efforts to sustain this commitment via financial, moral, and motivational activities. The founding of the Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc. (hereafter referred to as the Foundation), was preceded by a highly successful and memorable program entitled "Go To High School â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Go To College." This viable program was warmly supported by individual Brothers and Chapters and, in turn, was responsible for motivating many young men and women to further their education The philosophy of this program continues to find expression through current programs of the Foundation.
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Many issues continue to surface which have a significant impact on the admission of Black youth to colleges and universities, especially white institutions. These have included the furor generated about SAT scores of Blacks, the NCAA's Proposition 48 regarding athletes, and the restructuring of entrance requirements for students in general. It has been duly noted that SAT, ACT and other standardized tests may have inherent biases which adversely affect Blacks; however, it is extremely noteworthy that there is an increase in score achievement by Blacks in recent times. It is anticipated that this trend will continue. It is foolhardy, however, for an educational institution to place full or heavy reliance on such scores for admissions purposes. A considerable amount of discussion has arisen about the stance which some Black college presidents and some Black leaders assumed with regards to Proposition 48 as passed by the NCAA. This proposition creates admissions standards for all Division IA institutions as pertaining to student athletes. The standards include the achievement of a SAT score of 700 and 2.00 high school grade-point average in specified disciplines by student athletes. Some Blacks objected strenuously to the passage of these standards and were accused of portraying a "betrayal" of Black athletes a n d / o r a plea for special consideration for Black colleges in Division IA. The situation was misinterpreted or deliberately distorted by many whites, as judged from their reactions. The argument against Proposition 48 could have been stated in such a manner that the real problem would have surfaced. It should not come as a surprise to anyone that Black colleges have, for years, served many students who were ill-prepared in high school and have produced magnificent jewels. Black colleges have learned innovative methods of teaching such students and have provided them with careful counseling, tutoring, and nurturing. The problem is that white colleges have
not a n d / o r cannot develop such methodologies or have refused to devote energies and talents to the situation. Rather, white institutions have willingly accepted talented Black athletes, used them for monetary gain, and discarded them once their eligibilities were terminated. If students are accepted at various minimum standards, then instructional thrusts must be geared to reflect the same. Black colleges should not receive a penalty for their willingness and efforts to address the problem. The net result is that many talented Black athletes will find the path blocked to lucrative professional athletic contracts because of Proposition 48. Our answer to Proposition 48 is to alert all students to changing admissions standards - no matter whether the students plan to pursue athletics or not. We must form information networks with Black leaders, churches, fraternities and sororities, and social action agencies in order to spread this information. These groups, in turn, should alert students and their parents of the same. We still have time over the next four years. We must ensure the availability of a collegiate education for our youth so that we will have Blacks as political leaders, businesspersons, managers, planners and others in the days ahead. Failure to do this will serve as a serious indictment on our commitment to excellence and survival.
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Greetings Brothers: In assessing our ability as Black Americans to survive our present plight, Alpha men realize that strong leadership for the future is critical. Therefore, youth developmental programs such as the Leadership Development and Citizenship Education (LD/CE) Institutes and the A-Phi-Aid Financial Aid Counseling Programs have been created for institutionalization in the Black community to assist them in achieving the kind of training to answer the call to lead; the Conferences on Teen Pregnancy were designed to curtail the robbery of Black adolescent males in their development toward maturity and to assist them in acquiring wise decision-making skills; and, fraternal scholarship programs have assisted deserving young scholars to continue their education at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. The latter program already has an impressive record and can boast of many of America's greatest educational, political, and community leaders as beneficiaries of our benevolence. One can feel sure that the former programs will also, in time, be judged equally well. While this will bring more laurels to Alpha Phi Alpha's praise, the greatest laurel is found in Alpha's pledge toward nurtur8
ing a generation of Black Americans fully equipped to meet the challenges of an ever-changing society, the induction of self-supporting Black men and women into American society, and ultimately, strong leadership for Black America and the world. Our efforts to provide service to the community are ever-expanding. We are continuously being sought out by national, regional, and local community service and educational organizations to assist them in performance of their goals. These organizations not only recognize Alpha Phi Alpha's commitment to service but more importantly, they realize Alpha's ability to mobilize its members for execution of the task assigned. Most recently, the American Cancer Society asked Alpha Phi Alpha to join in their efforts to educate the Black community of the high incidence of cancer among Blacks. As a result, a series of component programs are being developed for chapter participation in the national thrust. The Alpha Phi Alpha/American Cancer Society Education Project has been formally endorsed by General President Ozell Sutton and Brother LaSalle Leffall, M.D., former President of the American Cancer Society and Chairman, National Advisory Committee on Minorities and Cancer. Their letters urging your participation in this project were included in the March Chapter Bulletin. I join them in urging your strong support and participation. May 15-21, 1983, has been designated as Alpha Phi Alpha's "Business Encouragement Week." Each chapter has received a sample proclamation which should be used as a reference in developing the official one from the mayor's office. Where there is more than one chapter in a city, they should join together (as a delegation) in seeking to secure this one mayoral proclamation. A collaboration of chapters throughout a particular state might seek a state-wide designation from the governor. Programs which encourage and give assistance to development a n d / o r maintenance of Black business are appropriate. The Action Guide: A Handbook for Implementation of the New Alpha Thrust Programs was also distributed to each chapter with the March Chapter Bulletin. The community service programs of the New Alpha Thrust are outlined for chapter use. The official kick-off of the A Ipha Phi Alpha Minority Health Fair Program was held the week of April 3-9, 1983
in Chicago. Xi Lambda and Iota Delta Lambda Chapters spearheaded the week-long activities which included various health screening and health educational services. A number of college and alumni chapters throughout the Fraternity have already made plans to sponsor a Minority Health Fair during this fraternal year and an even larger number have committed themselves to involvement in this program during the next year. Coverage of these activities will be included in the next issue of The Sphinx. In conclusion, a schedule of the upcoming activities of the Fraternity through July 1983 has been provided. The full support of every Alpha man is needed to keep our beloved Alpha Phi Alpha ever aloft.
PROGRAM CALENDAR MAY BUSINESS ENCOURAGEMENT WEEK - MAY 15-21, 1983 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. JUNE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT CITIZENSHIP EDUCATION INSTITUTES WESTERN REGION May 20-22, 1983 Denver, CO SOUTHWESTERN REGION June 12-15, 1983 Langston University Langston, OK EASTERN REGION June 10-12, 1983 Howard University Washington, D.C. SOUTHERN REGION June 19-22, 1983 Benedict College Columbia, SC MIDWESTERN REGION June 22-25, 1983 Lincoln University Jefferson City, MO Fraternally,
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It has been a long road from the period of slavery in these United States but those who have lived through much of this century — like Brother Mai Goode — have been fortunate enough to make the connection and also to understand the meaning of those who say . . . "We have come a long way, but we still have a long way to go." 10
Born on the land given to his paternal grandparents at the time of the Emancipation Proclamation — in Brunswick County, Virginia — Brother Goode was reared in a steel town across the river from Pittsburgh called Homestead, Pennsylvania. Here his father worked in the open hearth of (then) the largest steel mill in the world . . . the Homestead Works of Carnegie Steel,
which was later to become a part of the U.S. Steel Corporation. His father, William Goode, had been in school for three weeks when he was taken out to help with a "heavy harvest" and never got back. Mother Goode, who had been a school teacher and attended West Virginia Collegiate Institute (later to become West Virginia State College) taught Mr. Goode how The Sphinx / Spring 1983
Continued from Page 10 to read and write; but the six children, at the insistence of Mr. Goode, managed to get a good education. Young Mai started working at night in that same mill when he was just a sophomore in high school and continued there through high school, college, and five years of the Depression after finishing the University of Pittsburgh.
The inspiration came from parents w h o believed . . . "You're no better than anyone and no one is any better than you" . . . the latter emphasized because Mai's parents knew Negro children would face bigotry at every turn and wanted to galvanize them against it. There were no Black teachers in Homestead's public schools nor at the University of Pittsburgh. Most Black children, after finishing high school, were off to the mills or to work as domestics or to other jobs of servitude. If fortunate enough to get to schools of higher learning, a Black student faced bigotry at every turn and needless to say — whether in the mill, operating an elevator in a department store or serving as a janitor — the opportunity for moving upward was almost nil. From the time he acquired an AB degree at Pitt until 1936, when the "real break" came, Brother G o o d e worked during the day as a porter at a Richman Brothers clothing store in Pittsburgh and continued in the mill two and three nights a week until 1935, when he returned to graduate school. The following year he gained an appointment in the County Juvenile Court System as a Probation Officer. I should point out that while a junior at Pitt, Brother Goode was initiated in O m i c r o n Chapter on November 21, 1929 and had the opportunity of attending his first convention, marking Alpha's Silver Anniversary, in Cincinnati, December 26 to 31, 1931. Following a two-year stint at Juvenile Court, Brother Goode was appointed Boys' W o r k Director of the Centre Avenue YMCA in 1938 . . . a part of his long career which he considers today one of The Sphinx / Spring 1983
the best, for he had the opportunity to work with poor boys of the Pittsburgh area. Though in a segregated YMCA, he saw many of those boys grow to become stalwarts in their professions: like medical doctors and Brothers Leon Williams and Bill Miller; educators like Dr. Jesse Gloster of Texas Southern University and the late Brother Clifton Williams of C o l u m b u s , Georgia; Attorney George Shields of Pittsburgh, and m a n y others. Mai was denied promotion to Executive Secretary of the YMCA branch because he irritated the d o w n t o w n "Y" officials — demanding equal p a r t i c i p a t i o n in basketball, swimming and other tournaments and refusing to accept a "separate," substandard, camp for his boys. Goode, through his friend and supporter as a layman, Brother Richard Jones, accepted an appointment on the managerial staff of the Pittsburgh Housing Authority and for six years served there until felled by a heart attack in 1948. The next real break came when, after complete recovery, Brother Goode joined the staff of the Pittsburgh Courier, then the largest and most prestigious Negro newspaper in the world — with sixteen editions and a circulation of nearly four hundred thousand each week. This led to the beginning of his radio and television news career; for in 1949, Pittsburgh station KQV offered the Courier a 15 minute time slot to fill with commentary, two nights each week. That soon became very popular and KQV sought pay for the time. The Courier refused and sought a time slot on a smaller station, W H O D , where Brother Goode's sister (the late M a r y Dee, the first Black w o m a n in radio) had a religious music program. From five minutes each afternoon in 1950, Brother Goode's time increased to three 15 minute programs and a 10 minute sports program each day until 1956, when the station was sold to new owners. Goode continued with the Pittsburgh Courier and part time with other local A M stations. In the late fifties Brother Goode was thwarted at every attempt to catch on with Pittsburgh TV stations, although one official of station KDKA told him . . . "I k n o w you can do it, Mai, but I don't think the time is ripe yet." Another at WTAE said in 1958, "the criticism of whites will hurt us." Finally in 1962, Jackie Robinson went to Pittsburgh to speak for a B'nai Brith Lodge and told Mai he had talked the previous week with Jim Hagerty,
former Eisenhower Press Secretary and then Vice President of ABC News. The network was looking for a "Negro newsman" w h o could take the heat. Six months later, after some "searching" ABC hired Goode in August 1962 and a saga began which, if told in detail, all the pages of the next fifty issues of The Sphinx could not carry. Suffice it to say that the will of God, the support of the Black Church, the long fight of the N A A C P and the push of Jackie Robinson, and one cannot forget, the encouragement of a great family-made Brother Goode's odyssey a success. Their support, their encouragement, combined with that great era of the sixties, not only made it easier — but helped open the doors for m a n y others, like Max Robinson, Carol Simpson, George Straight, Maureen Bunyan, J. C. H a y w o o d , Bernard Shaw, Ed Bradley, Cathie Milton, and Hal Walker. This is not to say that all is well, for news officials still "count" those with dark skins — thus "tokenism" is still prevalent.
Nevertheless, Brother Goode had several opportunities in the early stages of his career to show the powers-that-be that a Black man could read from a teleprompter or prepare a one minute "stand-up report." Mai's biggest break came in October 1962, during the Cuban missile crisis. O n Sunday, October 28, Brother Goode gave nine radio and eight TV reports on U.N. Security Council debates in progress on this crisis — several times breaking into regular programs that Sunday to the introduction. "We interrupt this program to bring you Mai Goode with the latest report on the Cuban missile crisis." This exposure etched Mai's sonorous baritone into the minds of millions and catapulted his tawny face to national recognition. Letters and comments poured in, along with telephone calls, but the one best remembered came from a lady from Spartanburg, South Carolina w h o said, "I think that was a colored Continued on Page 12 11
Continued on Page 11 man who eased my fears all day long Sunday with reports on the developments in the missile crisis and I want to thank him. And if he was a colored man, I want to congratulate ABC — for this is America and that's the way it ought to be." ABC news officials had the letter duplicated and distributed to others in the ABC family - all of themn flush with "pride" and subconsciously feeling "we did not make a mistake," not so much on selecting Brother Goode, but on hiring someone Black just seven weeks before. In all fairness, it was a long time before there was any major move toward fair hiring. In fact, as indicated earlier, there's still a semblance of tokenism. In 1963 Goode was given the privilege of spending nine weeks in Africa, along with four colleagues, teaching courses in journalism to African news editors, reporters, radio news people; and a few from Nigeria and Ghana, where TV was just breaking in. The greatest opportunities came however, during the Civil Rights demonstrations and confrontations — including riots in cities like Philadelphia, Jersey City, Brooklyn, Chicago, and Plainfield, New Jersey. Mai gained too, the opportunity to know and love men like Brothers A. Clayton Powell, Jr. and Martin Luther King, Jr.; as well as Malcolm X; Carl Tokes, then Cleveland's Mayor; Richard Hatcher; Ralph Abernathy; Bernard Lee; Hosea Williams; Parren Mitchell; Clarence Mitchell; Roy Wilkins; and some great white Americans of that era who aided our cause: Ivan Allen, then Mayor of Atlanta; Branch Rickey; Joe L. Brown, General Manager of the Pirates; President Lyndon Johnson. Mai also credits, with all their prejudiced attitudes, Lester Maddox and George Wallace — for they did so much to change the minds of many Americans who just did not believe human beings could have those attitudes toward their fellow men. The experiences of walking with James Meredith along the Mississippi 12
Highway for days; with weeks of travel with the Poor Peoples March from Marks, Mississippi to Resurrection City in Washington to the closing down of that encampment; the funeral of Brother Martin Luther King, Jr.; the ascension of Rev. Jesse Jackson to a position of leadership are just some of the events he not only saw take place, but had the opportunity to report while with ABC. One cannot forget, of course, Brother Goode's many news experiences at the United Nations, watching the membership of African nations grow from only seven in 1962 to more than fifty today. Fifty-one nations with real clout - clout which upsets the Western powers and too, the Soviet Union, for these young African diplomats know their power and despite the evil of South Africa (oftimes supported by our nation) these brilliant African diplomats are not discouraged for they say two things: 1) "Time is on our side" and 2.) 'We will never be satisfied until every square inch of Africa is free." This they mean!
After retiring from ABC in 1973 following a career which took Brother Goode into forty-two foreign countries and speaking in more than four hundred American cities and lecturing or delivering commencement or Founders' Day addresses on sixty-two college campuses, Goode joined with Brother Eugene Jackson and his colleagues, who had just founded the National Black Network, in July 1973. During that long career, Brother Goode was honored by the National Bar Association and the National Medical Association; with the Mitchell Clark Award from Columbia University's School of Journalism and the Mary McLeod Bethune Award from Bethune-Cookman College; and received more than 125 other awards, including an honorary degree from Shaw University. Brother Goode will tell you, as indicated before, that his wealth is not in the career, but is in his family. They are his wife, Mary, to whom he has
been married forty-six years, and six children: Mai, Jr., graduate of Penn State and retired Lt. Colonel from the Air Force, now living in Honolulu; Robert, graduate of Westminster College, president of his graduating class, although there were only three Black students in a class of 297; Rev. Richard, head of the Urban Ministries program of the entire Church of God denomination with headquarters in Anderson, Indiana. He is a graduate of West Virginia University, where he was the first Black to play in the band and orchestra and first on the debating team, and also earned a Master of Sacred Theology degree from Wesley Seminary in Washington, D.C.; Roberta, graduate of Virginia Union, Master's in Education from City College and teacher in the Teaneck, New Jersey school sytem; Ronald, who attended Hampton Institute and Huston-Tillotson College in Austin, Texas, now an electrician; and Rosalia, high honor graduate of Spelman College, who earned her law degree at Duke University and now practices law in Pittsburgh. Brother Goode, oftimes called "The Voice of Alpha," loves his Fraternity and never forgets Brothers like the late Walter Talbot, Howard Hairston, Theron Hamilton, Jesse Brown and other Brothers from Omicron and Omicron Alpha Lambda in Pittsburgh; Richard Jones, Max Johnson, Woody Harris, Charlie Cuthbert, Frank Bolden and others. He speaks with great fondness for the late Dr. Walter Talbot, who taught for years at Lincoln University in Missouri and later at Morgan, whom Brother Goode calls "the greatest friend a man could have had in this life." Of all these experiences Brother Goode recalls the privilege of cochairing and addressing the Diamond Anniversary of Alpha Phi Alpha in Dallas in 1981 — the "top of the mountain." Recalling that God gave him the privilege of attending the Silver Anniversary in 1931 in Cincinnati; the Golden Anniversary in Buffalo in 1956; then the Diamond Jubilee - he now looks forward to the Centennial in 2006. The fickle heart that first felled Mai in 1948 kept him from attending the 1982 General Convention in Los Angeles. But he was certainly there in spirit, as his Fraternity awarded him its highest honor for a member — The Alpha Award of Merit. Continued on Page 13 The Sphinx / Spring 1983
As indicated earlier, neither time nor space will permit listing details of a career which spanned more than sixty years from a shoe shine boy in a barber shop at eleven years of age, through twelve years in the steel mill through high school, college and the Depression, Juvenile Court, YMCA, Pittsburgh Courier, local radio over a period of fourteen years, then another eleven years with ABC and the past ten years with a Black-owned communications venture, the National Black Network. For all his "firsts" — he was the first Black member of the National Association of Radio and TV News Directors and the Radio and TV News Analysts, serving as President of the latter group, and of the U.N. Correspondents Association — Mai is proud of his association with National Black Network. He recalls times at ABC when certain stories — on African development, civil rights, et al — were oftimes dismissed . . . "we're too crowded" or "we'll try to get it on the next report" were the usual explanations. He happily reports that there are no such restrictions at NBN — just a commitment to "the truth." And that's all a truly professional journalist could ever ask!
A favorite pastime — speaking to Alphas about Alpha.
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porate sponsorship, by a number of Black-oriented stations. The other Alpha stalwart crucial to the camp a i g n w a s B r o t h e r J o h n H. Johnson, who was the largest single contributor to the mayoral campaign — giving at least $26,000 through his Johnson Publishing Company and more through other ventures in which he has an interest. . . . POLITICOS: While most of the attention was focused on Chicago, there was action on other fronts in the arena of public service. . . . In Kansas City, Missouri, B r o t h e r Mark Bryant scored a victory to become the second Alpha man on the City 14
Council. Brother Bryant, elected atlarge, joins Brother Emmanuel Cleaver, 5th District Councilman, on that body. . . . Brother Charles Rangel was named a Democratic Deputy Whip in the U. S. House of Representatives — making the Harlem congressman a key member
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of the party's leadership team. . . . And, on the executive side, the antics of his boss — James Watt — have unfortunately obscured the w e l l - d e s e r v e d a p p o i n t m e n t of Brother J. J. "Jake" Simmons, III as Under-Secretary of the Interior. Brother Simmons is an oil magnate (and a Democrat) from Muskogee, Oklahoma. . . . Brother Curtis Atkinson has been tapped for the position of Assistant Secretary of State and Chief of Staff by Georgia Secretary of State Max Cleland. . . . Brother E, W. Cromartie was one of two attorneys who became the first Blacks elected to the City Council in Columbia, South Carolina. . . . And, Massachusetts was the scene of the election of Brother Royal Boiling to the State Senate and the appointment of Brother James Hoyt to Governor Michael Dukakis' cabinet as Secretary of Environmental Affairs. . . . IN THE RUNNING: In addition to those who have achieved their goals, you can look forward to seeing some other "Alpha hats" tossed in the ring. . . . Back in Chicago, Brother Lu Palmer is already a declared candidate for the 1st Congressional District seat being vacated by Mayor-Elect Washington. Among those also rumored to be considering that race are Brother John
Stroger, Cook County Commissioner, a n d B r o t h e r Eugene S a w y e r , Chicago Alderman. . . . Brother Mel King is making his second r u n for Mayor of Boston, Massachusetts; as is the incumbent Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama, Brother Richard Arrington. . . . In addition, there is a s t r o n g p o s s i b i l i t y t h a t U. S. R e p r e s e n t a t i v e Harold Ford (D-Tennessee) will announce his bid for Mayor of Memphis, where Brother J. O. Patterson, Jr. served a brief stint as Acting Mayor this past year. And, Illinois Comptroller Roland Burris is said to be eyeing both the U. S. Senate race in 1984 and the gubernatorial campaign in 1986. . . . AT ODDS: Brother Edward W. Brooke, the only Black elected to the U.S. Senate in this century, is elated at the recent court ruling which stated t h a t the initials "NAACP" belong solely to the established civil rights organization and can be withdrawn by that group at any time from the (separate) NAACP Legal Defense and Education F u n d (LDF). B r o t h e r Brooke represented the NAACP in the litigation that led to that decision. Not so happy was Brother William Coleman — the former Secretary of Transportation who serves as Chairman of the Board of the LDP. . . . ACADEME: Brother Joseph Gayles
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General President Sutton Installed for Second Term It snowed In Atlanta — closing the huge airport and prompting Mayor Young to quip that "Alphas from Chicago" had b r o u g h t the unwelcome visitor. But those who could get through did so . . . and were treated to an informative and exciting weekend. The affair stressed the development of leadership within the Fraternity. Held during this period were meetings of the Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc.,
After being adminiatered the Oath of Office, General President Sntton li congratulated by his immediate predecessors — Past General Presidents Walter Washington (left) and James H. Williams (right).
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the Alpha Phi Alpha Building Foundation, Inc., and the Board of Directors of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The Fraternity's grassroots leadership — chapter presidents, state/area/district directors, regional officers and national committee members — was well represented. They were treated to a Leadership Breakfast — which reviewed the status of the New Alpha Thrust Program — and attended a number of "how-to" workshops designed to assist them in the performance of their field service responsibilities. These sessions included the following: Field Volnntaers Workshop: For field staff (state/regional/district directors), this workshop reviewed the Fraternity's operational strucThe Sphinx / Spring 1983
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nity's five regions toward the establishment of LD/CE Institutes in each. Political Education Workshop: These sessions were held to help chapters develop sustained political education programs, which go beyond voter registration efforts. The highlight of the weekend was, of course, the installation of Brother Ozell Sutton to a second term as the Fraternity's General President. The oath of office was administered by Past General President Walter Washington at the Inaugural Luncheon — where Brother James R. Williams, also a Past General Presid e n t , s e r v e d as M a s t e r of Ceremonies. The Luncheon featured an Inaugural Address by Brother Richard Arrington, Mayor of Birmingham, Alabama. Alpha Phi Alpha also took this occasion to bestow Distinguished Service Awards to three outstanding members of the Black community: Brother Eddie Robinson, cited for his Continued on Page 16 15
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Martin Luther King III); and Brother Dick Gregory, comedian and veteran civil rights activist. Also on hand for the occasion were Brother Andrew Young, Mayor of Atlanta; Brother Maynard Jackson, former Mayor of Atlanta; Brother Edward Mclntyre, Mayor of Augusta, Georgia; Brother Norman Francis, President of the
rewarding experience — although there was one "minor" problem. As the service awards were given, Mayor Young and General President Sutton announced that the trophy company had closed due to the snow storm and, thus, the award plaques were unavailable for presentation. However, in his acceptance, Dick
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Morehouse med school. . . . Brother Br odes Hartley, Jr., retired Army colonel and Assistant Professor of Health Care Management at Florida A & M University, was named Assistant Dean of FAMU's School of Allied-Health Sciences. . . . Brother John Slaughter is comfortably on board as the new Chancellor of the U n i v e r s i t y of M a r y l a n d . Dr. Slaughter is former Director of the National Science Foundation. . . . HOOP-LA: For the second year in a row and the third time in four years, the Alcorn Braves were among the elite group invited to the NCAA Basketball Tournament. Brother Dave Whitney is Head Coach of the s q u a d , w h i c h s u c c u m b e d to Georgetown in the tourney; and, of course, Past General President 16
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Walter Washington is Alcorn's President. . . . NETWORKING: Over one hundred representatives from Black educational institutions and community-based organizations participated in the Twenty-First Century Foundation's conference — "Communicating and Fund-raising in the Black Community: Moving
Gregory countered that he had been in Atlanta the previous week for the Martin Luther King birthday celebration. This, he said, had led his wife to question the need for a return trip the next weekend — and she granted her permission only because it was "for the frat." Turning to the General President, Brother Gregory then declared t h a t he "wasn't about to go home empty handed . . . So ya'll better give me something!!!" Toward the XXI Century" — held March 28-30 at Stony Point, New York. Alpha Phi Alpha was officially represented by Assistant Executive S e c r e t a r y - P r o g r a m s Waldo E. Johnson, Jr., who served on the conference's National Advisory Planning Committee and was a workshop resource person. Other Alphas prominent at the confab included Brother Robert Browne, President of the XXI Century Foundation; Brother Wyatt Tee Walker, Senior Minister of Canaan Baptist Church and Board Chairman of New York's Freedom National Bank, who delivered the keynote address; and Brother George M. Daniels, Executive Director of the United Methodist Board of Global Ministries and former Editor-in-Chief of The Sphinx. The Sphinx / Spring 1983
L E G A C Y The Alpha fire kindled sixty years ago is still aglow. The visible flame might have been low at times, but the bed of coals has always been alive. It was in September of 1922 that Dr. Leonard Stovall, my physician, and I were at the same time initiated into Alpha Delta, the newly established chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha (late 1921) on the campus of the University of Southern California. All of the charter members of Alpha Delta were good friends of mine, but especially James W. McGregor who was my sponsor. Unfortunately, I n e v e r had the pleasure of association with the Alpha Delta Chapter, because of my leavby James ing Los Angeles shortly after my initiation for a teaching position at Rust College in Holly Springs, Mississippi. At Rust, A. Julian Lee and I were the only Alpha men there. In December, 1922 the Fifteenth Annual General Convention was held in St. Louis. Brother Lee and I decided to attend this convention. There I joined my good friend and Brother, James McGregor, where the two of us represented Alpha Delta as delegates. It was at this convention that I caught the true Alpha spirit. It was the sincerity, dedication, and hard work of the leading delegates that impressed me. I had the privilege at this convention of meeting and being associated with such national officers and leading Alpha men as Brothers S. S. Booker, Lucius L. McGhee, Norman McGhee, Raymond Pace Alexander, Raymond W. Cannon, Joseph H. B. Evans, Carl J. Murphy, Charles H. Wesley, H. L. Dickason, and others. I left that convention with a deep feeling of fraternal fellowship that has lived across the span of six decades.
and for the Fraternity. Eta Lambda through this group reflected something new, wholesome, and challenging in Atlanta social life. So this fraternal spirit and the sincerity of purpose became the stimulants for attacking the kinds of programs that were being promoted by the Fraternity, which were beginning to develop roots and unfold in strength and importance. The main purpose of the educational program of Alpha Phi Alpha in the mid-twenties, of course, was the "Go to High School â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Go to College" p r o g r a m . This program was initiated from the need for encourP. Brawley President Emeritus, Clark College aging and helping Negro youth to conGeneral Convention in St. Louis. The tinue their education at the secondary Alpha Mu membership was small, but and college levels. Because of the large during my two years there we had number of drop-outs before reaching excellent fraternal relations, enthushigh school and in the early years of iastic and fruitful work in promoting high school, and because of the small the interests and educational program number of Negro youth enrolling in of the Fraternity. college, Alpha Phi Alpha recognized On leaving Evanston in September this as a serious social problem, and 1925, three of us, Wendell Bolton, resolved to do something about it; thus Samuel B. Taylor and I, who were this significant emphasis upon educamembers of Alpha Mu, came to Clark tional and vocational counseling. Eta University, Atlanta, and subsequently Lambda seized the opportunity to projoined Eta Lambda. From that time to mote this educational program of the the present my membership has been in Fraternity. The chapter later became this chapter. engrossed in the second major social It was exciting and inspiring to be problem of Negro people â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the political associated with that great group of problem, trying to help remove the Alpha men in Eta Lambda at that time, obstacles to registration and voting. some of whom were: James Arnold, Charles Arnold, A. M. Carter, For a period of some twelve to fifteen Thomas Henry, J. H. Evans, C. Wayyears, from my joining Eta Lambda, it mond Reeves, B. T. Harvey, C. W. was my great joy to serve, first as Green, M. S. Davage, S. B. Taylor, director of the educational program, E. Luther Brookes, W. H. Bolton, and then as President of the chapter. W. H. Smith, W. T. Cunningham, The chapter then being relatively Harold Cunningham, John Hope, small, the monthly meetings were held David D. Jones, Fred D. Hall, Harold in homes of the Brothers, who took D. West, etc. turns in entertaining. Everyone looked forward to the monthly fellowship, In 1925 Eta Lambda was only five and no one missed a meeting if he years old. The chapter reflected a new could possibly be there. A delightful spirit, a new fraternal spirit within an dinner was enjoyed, and then the enthusiastic group of members who serious business of the meeting and were, for the most part, young in age deliberation on some aspect of the and definitely young in their outlook Continued on Page 18 on life and future hopes, for themselves
YEARS AN ALPHA MAN
In the fall of 1923 I entered the Graduate School at Northwestern University, and became identified with the Alpha Mu Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha on that campus. One of my Brothers and a lasting friend, Fred D. Jordan, later Bishop Jordan in the A.M.E. Church, I had met at the 1922 The Sphinx / Spring 1983
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YEARS AN ALPHA MAN Continued from Page 17 program of the Fraternity, local and national. The high point in the meetings, always, was the closing when all the Brothers joined hands and became one in spirit as we sang "Alpha Phi Alpha, the pride of our hearts." Becoming increasingly involved in administrative work, travel, and continued graduate study, it became almost impossible for me to continue active involvement with the Eta Lambda program. My experiences and work as a member of Eta Lambda were enriching and rewarding. In the course of these years it was my good fortune to help entertain and participate in two General Conventions of Alpha Phi Alpha here in Atlanta. The first was in 1929 when I was the leading delegate, and the second in 1949, when the convention was hosted on the Clark College campus where I was President, and was the devotional leader for the sessions. I have seen Alpha Phi Alpha grow; in numbers, in vision, in purposeful programs, and in achievements. Probably the most significant and meaningful experience I have had over the duration of Alpha life in Atlanta
has been with the campus Brothers. In the 1925-26 school year, the late Brother E. Luther Brooks and I discovered that there were several very fine young men at Clark University who desired to become Alpha men. We organized the "Oasis Club," took these young men in, and helped to keep their hopes alive. Brother Brookes and I asked Brother M. S. Davage, President of Clark, to attend the Alpha Phi Alpha General Convention being held in Richmond, Virginia in December 1926, and to make application for a chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha at Clark University. The application was approved and on January 28, 1927 the Alpha Phi Chapter was established. The seven members of the "Oasis Club" became Charter members of this new chapter. From the organization of the "Oasis Club" in 1926 and the establishment of the Alpha Phi Chapter in January 1927, my relation to that chapter and the long roll of fine Alpha men from the charter members to the latest neophyte on the Clark campus, has never been broken or interrupted. Nothing in the Fraternity has meant more than this to me over the six decades of my being an Alpha man. Being President of the college, and even when I was Dean of the college, I had to give due recognition and impartial consideration to all of the Greek letter organizations, and also to nonGreeks, on the campus. There is something in Alpha Phi Alpha that made this easy for me to do and I could always be honest with all the young people. The Alpha men on the campus knew I tried to be honest, and fair to
all. They were proud of the fact that their President of the college was Alpha. They respected me as President and Brother and expected much of me. So my role, and my relation to the Alpha men was that of trying to be a model Alpha man and being an image for them and for all the hopefuls. This of course was my role as an educator for all the students. Being an image of leadership and achievement for the inspiration of Alpha men on the campus, and for all youth for that matter, is a role not to be taken lightly. What I found in Alpha Phi Alpha that helped me most was the Alpha Hymn, particularly the words: "manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind." There is a universality in these words of the hymn that is applicable to the image figure, or image role. The "manly deeds" emphasis sets the standard for the highest level of living and relationships: "Scholarship" is the standard and sine qua non for greatest achievement: "Love for all mankind" supercedes all littleness, narrowness, and limitations regarding the choice of friends, save the excellence of their qualities. I am happy to be an Alpha man. I am happy to belong to a fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha, that demands my greatest love, devotion and loyalty; but a fraternity so high in its idealism, so great in its wisdom, and so liberal in its human outreach, that it allows me to draw a circle that includes all mankind whose qualities are tested by the same universal qualities that characterize the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
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COMMENTARY
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Brother David R. Smith is Assistant Chief Counsel for the U. S. Department of Energy, Chicago Operations Office. He is a member of Mu Mu Lambda Chapter in the western suburban area of Chicago.
We see many career opportunities developing as the nation attempts to gain control of the life-blood of this economy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; available and affordable energy. Introduction or the college bound person today, perhaps more than ever before, deciding on which career to pursue is difficult. Because race and sex, from an historical perspective, have played such significant roles in job selection, career-minded Blacks invariably chose careers in fields deemed "secure," e.g., education and civil service. However, due to advances in civil rights and successes in equal rights for women, the past decade has recorded tremendous gains by Blacks and women into professions that traditionally had been reserved for white males. Even so, in many respects, these gains came at the tail-end of major advances by white males. Thus, whereas Blacks and women may have gotten on the train, they sat in the caboose while white males continued to serve as conductor and engineer.
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olitical events will often offer solutions to such problems. The "energy crisis" brought about by the Arab oil embargo is such an event. The embargo affected every seg-
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ment of our society, not only the large multi-national energy companies, but individual citizens as well, for we have all felt the impact of the energy crisis evidenced by long lines at service stations and ever-increasing fuel bills. Yes, the embargo made us aware of the importance of energy in our society. However, formulating an effective energy policy is difficult and complex for many competing interests must be dealt with. Yet, it is because of the complexity of the problem that we see many new career opportunities developing as the nation attempts to gain control of the life-blood of this economy â&#x20AC;&#x201D; available and affordable energy. The aim of this article is to examine a few of the career opportunities that will become available as the United States attempts to find the means by which to more effectively and efficiently, utilize the conventional fuels â&#x20AC;&#x201D; nuclear energy, oil and gas, and coal used in the traditional manner (direct burning), and to develop a host of so-called alternative energy resources such as solar, oil shale, coal liquefaction and gasification, geothermal energy from the earth's core, and biomass from trees, crops and other vegetation.
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rchitect/Architect Engineer: Regardless of the ultimate energy solutions, we will have to more efficiently utilize facilities requiring conventional fuels, construct new facilities to process the new fuels, and to improve our energy-generating capacity through the rebuilding of existing power plants and the construction of new ones. Some will be of enormous size, rivaling the biggest oil refineries; others will be novel designs in unusual environments, such as coal gasification plants in North Dakota and oil shale facilities in the Rocky Mountain area of Wyoming and Colorado. In addition, homes throughout the nation will be modified or rebuilt to conserve energy and use the new fuels being developed. Architects will be needed to face the challenge of designing first-of-akind facilities as energy generation and comsumption continue to change.
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important thing to remember is that there is little difference between the energy field and other businesses in terms of maximizing profits, etc. use from source to the disposal of wastes in the environment. Even nuclear power depends heavily upon chemists and chemical engineering for fuel manufacturing, the reprocessing of spent fuel, and the disposal of wastes. Since the quality of the environment is a function of its chemistry, there are also many opportunities for chemists here. No matter what direction future energy research and development takes, chemists and chemical engineers will find important jobs. ivil Engineer/Construction Engineer: The generation and transportation of fuel and electrical energy could not be accomplished without thousands of refineries, generating plants, and mining facilities connected by a web of roads, railroads, and power transmission lines. Civil engineers and construction engineers design and supervise the building of these structures. Within these general categories, there are such specializations as surveyor, power engineer, highway engineer, structural engineer, and so on. The energy field is so wide in scope that all these specialities are represented. omputer Scientist/Programmer: Computers have become as essential in energy as they have in most business and technical activities. The list of energy applications is very long, but a few examples are: Analysis of geophysical data and map preparation. Control of electrical power distribution. Control of petroleum refineries. Analysis of oil field reservoirs. Analysis of nuclear reactor designs.
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he heavy use of computers in industrial control is a characteristic wherever large volumes of materials are processed or where automation is practical. It is safe to say that computers are employed at almost every point in the energy flow chart except in remote field operations and by the individual consumer of energy. Furthermore, like most big concerns, energy companies have thoroughly computerized their business operations. lectrical Engineer: Since about oneforth of the Nation's energy is being converted into electricity, which is the most convenient form of energy, electrical engineers are vital to our energy future. Hundreds of new fossil fuel and nuclear generating plants are scheduled for construction during the next 20 years. Electrical engineers
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can look forward to employment in these more conventional areas or they can help in the search for alternate ways of generating electricity from the sun, the wind, ocean thermal differences, and other unconventional sources. Challenges also exist in electric power transmission, particularly in underground superconducting cables. In homes and factories, considerable energy can be saved by redesigning lighting and electrical machinery for more efficient operation â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a trend that will be enforced by the rising cost of electricity.
and geochemical prospecting. Through the preparation of subsurface maps based upon these manifestations, plus geological data, the geophysicist recommends the drilling of test wells and the sinking of shafts in specific areas. Thus, he does not discover oil and other minerals directly, but rather pinpoints locations where the probability of discovery is high. Most new oil wells are found directly through the work of geophysicists, but of course they base their analyses in part on geological reconnaissance.
nvironmental Engineer: Environmental engineering has a threefold objective: 1. To protect people from the environment. 2. To protect the environment from people. 3. To clean up the environment.
arine Engineer/Naval Architect: Marine engineers (or naval architects) design and build structures for the sea, such as ships, piers, and offshore facilities. Aside from oil tankers, the most significant marine structures in the energy field are the offshore platforms supporting oil well equipment plus the accompanying underwater pipelines that carry the oil to shore. A closely allied type of structure is the offshore unloading facility for supertankers that cannot use docks due to size limitations or environmental obstacles. Grander schemes involve floating wind-generator platforms achored far offshore and floating structures for extracting power from the ocean's vertical thermal difference. Petroleum-handling facilities are now fairly well-developed, but the last two concepts may succeed or fail depending upon the marine engineer's ability to provide safe and long-lasting structures.
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he generation and use of power can seriously affect the environment (and consequently people) through gaseous emissions, despoiling through mining, the release of heat, the disposal of radioactive wastes, oil spills, and the like. The use and misuse of energy is probably the greatest single threat to the environment. The environmental engineer thus has his or her work cut out.
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eologist: Geologists often begin their careers on field crews, sometimes in foreign lands. Field parties hunting for new fuel sources make maps, collect samples, conduct test drilling, and employ seismometers, magnetometers, and other geophysical instruments. In the field, hours are frequently long and the weather inclement. But many geologists find this kind of work exciting. Geologists also work at desk and laboratory jobs analyzing the data collected by field crews. Here, the working conditions are more conventional. The analysis and interpretation of geological and geophysical data involve chemistry, radioactive dating, fossil identification, and the study of drill core samples and logs from test wells. Computers are widely employed in map making and data analysis.
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eophysicist: In contrast to the geologist, who infers the presence of oil and other minerals from surface rocks and drilling samples, the geophysicist looks for telltale signs in the strengths and directions of the earth's magnetic and gravitational fields. He also studies the seismic records obtained from small test explosions. Other geophysical methods include electrical, radioactive,
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athematician: Energy, the environment, and the interrelation between the two are very complex subjects involving many scientific and engineering variables. Mathematicians are needed to develop mathematical models of everything from the flow of oil through porous rock to electrical power grid behavior. In the area of environmental interactions, engineers need models of atmospheric pollution and the effects of power plant waste heat on river ecology. These are just a few of the problems awaiting mathematicians.
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echanical Engineer: Mechanical engineering is devoted to the , design, building, and production of machines â&#x20AC;&#x201D; automobiles, air conditioners, computers â&#x20AC;&#x201D; virtually everything considered essential in the modern world. Machines require energy to operate, and mechanical engineers are thus vital in solving the energy crisis. There are three important areas where mechanical engineers can help: 1. The creation of better machines to mine, transport, and process natural fuels.
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For example, improved automated underground coal-mining machinery is urgently needed. 2. The development of machines that can operate effectively with synthetic fuels. Mechanical engineers must redesign the internal combustion engine so that it runs efficiently on hydrogen-based fuels, but retains as many of the present production facilities as possible. 3. The redesign of contemporary machines so that they consume less energy. All engines in transportation as well as stationary machinery should be examined and possibly redesigned for higher efficiencies.
and operate nuclear power plants. The nuclear engineer's concern is the nuclear reactor, which heats a fluid (usually water) that turns a generator. Reactor design includes the fuel elements, the control systems, the pressure shell, and other containment and safety features. Nuclear engineering requires a knowledge of nuclear physics, heat transfer, strength of materials, electrical engineering, and parts of other disciplines. A nuclear engineer, therefore, is something of an all-round engineer. Other nuclear engineers are involved in the disposal of radioactive wastes.
hysicists are also involved in searching for ways to harness the deuterium in water, which is the greatest natural source of potential fuel that has been found. The search, in this case, concentrates on techniques of creating a controlled magnetic fusion reaction. Physicists apply magnetic fields to confine gases (plasmas) at temperatures as high as that inside the sun; or, they shoot laser beams at tiny fuel targets to ignite fusion reactions in which deuterium nuclei combine and release energy. The trick, so far not attained, is to do this economically on a sustained basis.
etallurgist: Our society and our metals are well-adjusted to the properties of coal and oil. It is in working with the newer forms of energy that the metallurgist will find the greatest challenges. Nuclear fuel elements, for example, operate at very high temperatures in the core of a reactor where intense fluxes of nuclear particles rip through metallic structures. If an energy economy based on hydrogen or its derivatives is developed, metallurgists will be called upon to provide pipes and containers and the requisite welding techniques for the new fuels. For example, hydrogen must be stored near absolute zero in a container material that does not allow the tiny hydrogen atoms to escape. Solar power, too, has its material problems centering on the absorption and emission of radiant energy. Batteries, wind vanes, and geothermal power equipment are all in need of solutions for vexing materials problems.
etroleum Engineer: After geologists have selected a likely spot to drill a well, the petroleum engineer takes over. He selects the drilling equipment and supervises the drilling. Once the well has been brought in, he is responsible for obtaining the maximum profitable recovery of oil and gas. Thus, there is a strong economic facet to this engineering discipline. It is customary to break petroleum engineering into three areas: (1) drilling and well completion; (2) oil production; and (3) reservoir engineering. In addition to the field and office work associated with getting oil and gas out of the ground, most oil companies have well-equipped research laboratories for the purpose of improving field techniques. Only a dozen or so schools offer 4-year programs in petroleum engineering, but it is relatively easy to move into the field with degrees in geology, geophysics, or mining engineering.
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ining Engineer: Mining engineers look for minerals and supervise their extraction from the earth. In the search for mineral fuels (oil, coal, uranium), the mining engineer is augmented by the geologist and geophysicist. During the extraction phase, the petroleum engineer and geologist are valuable partners. The target mineral deposits may be located by geophysic instrumentation (seismography, magnetometer, gravimeter, Geiger counter), by surface and subsurface exploration or by microwave and infrared surveys from aircraft and satellites. The day of the lone prospector with pick and shovel are obviously gone. Once the desired minerals are found, the mining engineer plans and oversees the construction of mine buildings, tunnels, shafts, and the installation of machinery to recover coal, uranium, and other energyrich minerals.
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hysicist: Physicists are generalists in the sense that they are trained in electricity, magnetism, sound, the structure of matter, and many other subjects that impinge on the energy problem. The two areas where their talents are most useful are in the search for new fuel sources and in the discovery and development of alternate energy sources. The fuel hunters are the geophysicists and are discussed separately. No such specialization is possible in the hunt for new energy sources because the possibilities seem endless. In solar energy the study of the absorption and reflection of sunlight is a job for the physicist as is research on solar cells. Nuclear power has always been the physicists's domain, particularly the analysis of the reactor itself and radioactivity. Cryogenics (lowtemperature physics) is another area of expertise for physicists. This will be important if a low-temperature fuel, such as hydrogen, ever becomes dominant. Meanwhile, cryogenically cooled superconductors are being tested by physicists and electrical engineers for possible power transmission.
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Conclusion he energy crisis has presented us with a unique and perhaps oncein-a-lifetime opportunity. In some measure, it will involve the creation of major new industries on the scale of the space and defense industries. The good news is that many of us have the opportunity to get involved on the ground floor and pursue challenging careers such as those mentioned above. In order to take full advantage of the opportunities that will become available, it may be necessary for career-minded individuals to relocate to sparsely populated parts of the country such as North Dakota, Wyoming and Montana where many of the alternative energy resources are located. The important thing to remember is that the energy frontier is here, ripe for exploration. There is a need for all Black Americans to get involved and take advantage of what the energy frontier presents and seriously consider relevant energy related careers. Who knows, perhaps in the final analysis, the energy crisis will turn out to be not a crisis at all, but rather a new beginning directed towards many targets of opportunity!
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THE BLACK COLLEGES Tail's article is one of a series by the Education Foundation — in recognition and support of historically Black colleges.
MORRIS COLLEGE
Moving into the academic mainstream Morris College was established in 1908, under authorization granted by the Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina, "for the Christian and intellectual training of Negro y o u t h . " This was the beginning of a heroic venture in higher education by a group of men and women less than a half century removed from slavery. In the beginning Morris College taught elementary, high school, and college students, with emphasis on the training of teachers and ministers. By 1946 it was operating solely as a college, with p r o g r a m s in teaching, liberal arts and theology. In 1961, the w o r d " N e g r o " w a s eliminated from the institution's title, opening the doors to all ethnic groups. In 1978, Morris College received full a c c r e d i t a t i o n from the Southern Association of College and Schools. From its beginning, Morris College has been a center for training ministers and teachers for the pulpits and schools of the state and the nation. Its five thousand graduates have added to the ranks of professionals and businessmen, and hundreds of Negro youth w h o otherwise never would have a t t e n d e d college have received the benefits of a higher education because of Morris College. The College is experiencing impressive growth in the area of college development, as new academic programs are developed and new buildings planned to meet the needs of students. Presently, the College offers The Sphinx / Spring 1983
The Library and Fine Arts Center at Morris College, in Sumter, South Carolina p r o g r a m s of study leading to Baccalaureate degree with major programs in Biology, Business Administration, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Education, English, Fine Arts, History, Liberal Studies, Liberal/Technical Studies, Mathematics, Political Science/ History, Social Studies, Religious Education, and Secondary Education. Thus the College provides a sound program of education in selected curricular areas, undergirding education with the Christian philosophy of life. Morris College is guided by the philosophy that any student w h o has completed high school should have the opportunity to earn a college education if the student is willing to make the effort to d o so. The College recognizes that many entering s t u d e n t s h a v e academic deficiencies, and it provides them an opportunity for overcoming these handicaps by maintaining a diagnostic a n d skills d e v e l o p m e n t center in the areas of reading, writing and mathematics. Assistance for students is provided through tutoring, lectures, seminars, audio-visuals and self-paced modes of learning tailored to fit each student's level of educational competency. A native of Hartsville, South Carolina, Dr. Luns C. Richardson, President of
Morris College, graduated magna cum laude from Benedict College with a degree in English and social sciences. He received a Master's degree in higher education administration from Columbia University. He has done additional s t u d y at several o t h e r institutions. Prior to coming to Morris College in 1974, he served as a high school principal in the publicschools of South Carolina and in several capacities at Denmark Technical Education Center, Benedict College, and Voorhees College. Dr. Richardson holds membership in and renders active service to many educational, fraternal, religious social service, and community service organizations. He has been honored for distinguished service by such organizations as the
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Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the LINKS, the South Carolina State H u m a n Affairs Commission, and the South Carolina State Baptist Brotherhood. He is listed in "Who's W h o A m o n g Black Americans." In 1981 he received the prestigious Distinguished Alumni A w a r d from Teachers College, Columbia University, New York City. Under Dr. Richardson's leadership, the changes that have taken place at Morris College have been dramatic: • Most significantly has been the granting of kill accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in December, 1978. • In 1974 when Dr. Richardson arrived, the College had a cumulative debt of $45,000; by 1977 this debt was liquidated and the College reported a surplus of $160,000. • Student enrollment plunged to a low of 343 in 1974-75 (almost to the point of closing the doors) but reached an all-time high of nearly 700 in 1981. • Annual alumni contributions increased from less than $3,500 in 1974 to nearly $50,000 in 1982. • Library holdings increased from 21,000 in 1974 to over 100,000 volumes today. Continued on Page 24 23
THE BLACK COLLEGES • The Baptist Educational and Missionary Convention of South Carolina, owner of Morris College, increased its annual support to over $500,000 and pledged to increase this to $1,000,000 annually in the near future. • Since 1974, the annual budget at Morris College has risen from $2,300,000 to over $4,000,000. • Foundations provided important support, including grants of $127,000 from the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation and $30,500 from the Becton-Dickinson Foundation. • Local corporate contributions increased significantly, including gifts from Campbell Soup Company of $40,000 and Georgia Pacific Co. for $25,000. • The Sumter Chamber of Commerce conducted a b o o k drive that a d d e d 26,000 volumes to the new library. • Over $500,000 has been invested in campus building renovation and improvements. • A new Learning Resources Center and Fine Arts Building was cons t r u c t e d at a cost of $2,100,000 and opened in 1980. • A $1,500,000 loan has been received from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for the c o n s t r u c t i o n of a n e w woman's residence hall. • The College was voted into membership in the United Negro College Fund, January 1, 1982. • A Presidential Scholarship Program to recognize and recruit high school seniors in the upper onefifth of their graduating class was implemented in the fall of 1982. The mission of Morris College is viewed as that of developing the total person by providing a sound program of liberal education in 24
Georgia State Senator Julian Bond (far right) joins members of the Morris College family at commencement exercises. selected curricular areas. The College is committed to the open door policy and plans to maintain this as a distinctive feature of the total program. The College originally was established to train ministers a n d t e a c h e r s . T o d a y the School of Religion is still an important part of the total Morris College and the teacher education program produces candidates w h o score high on the qualifying examinations and meet certification requirements. However, it has since broadened its scope significantly to meet the changing needs of society. Business A d m i n i s t r a t i o n with career o p t i o n s in marketing, management, accounting, and office administration is the fastest growing major area. New curriculum concentrations in pre-law, pre-medical, pre-nursing, pre-pharmacy, pre-veterinary medicine and pre-dental studies have been implemented along with major programs in Fine Arts and in Early Childhood Education. A major program in Computer Science is being planned.
A unique and innovative addition to the curriculum at Morris College is the Liberal/Technical Studies P r o g r a m . This p r o g r a m allows students from twoyear technical colleges to transfer their credits and complete two additional years of study in order to receive degrees in their chosen field. The Cooperative Education P r o g r a m provides career guidance to students and relates academic studies to practical work experiences by coordinating fulltime college studies with employment in business, industry, government, or service organizations. This program enables students to "earn while they learn" and offers them an opportunity to see the working world as it is. With about seven hundred students, Morris College is large enough to provide excellence in both academic and extracurricular activities, and is small enough to ensure that every student receives individualized attention, instruction and guidance from faculty and staff.
Morris College personnel are efficient and qualified to provide a sound program of liberal education in selected curricular areas. Dedicated professors provide the kind of personalized instruction that makes learning a satisfying experience. Things are really looking up for Morris College. At a time when m a n y small colleges are closing, Morris is putting up new buildings. The most recent construction at Morris College is the new library and fine arts center. The third floor of the library is a media center which houses the best kind of media equipment. Construction of the new library/ learning resources and fine arts center complex cost over 2.3 million dollars. Construction of a new women's residence hall costing $1.7 million is scheduled to begin in April, 1983. The future of Morris College looks brighter as it presses its way toward the forefront of the academic arena. The move toward the mainstream is on! The Sphinx / Spring 1983
Brother Ivan Louis Cotman At a decentralization dinner sponsored by the Detroit Public Schools on December 8, 1982 DR. IVAN LOUIS COTMAN, Associate Superintendent for Rehabilitation in the Michigan Department of Education, was awarded a Certificate of Appreciation for "service as a member of the Region 3 Detroit Board of Education supporting outstanding achievement in community involvement." The certificate was presented to Dr. Cotman and other past and present Region Board members to commemorate the culmination of the decentralization of Detroit Public Schools. From 1970 to 1973, Cotman served as one of the first elected members of the Region 3 Board of the Detroit Public Schools in the historic decentralization of the Detroit Public Schools. During his tenure, he was elected Vice Chairman of the Region Board for three terms and also served as Finance Chairman. Brother Cotman now served as Associate Superintendent for the Michigan Department of Education and is a member of the Executive Council for the Michigan Superintendent of Public Instruction.
Brother LARRY EARVIN was recently appointed Chairman of the Clark College Department of Social Science and Associate Director of the college's Southern Center for Studies in
Brother Larry Earvin Public Policy. Brother Earvin has been engaged in research and teaching in higher education for nine years. A native of Chattanooga, Tennessee, Brother Earvin received his B.A. from Clark College, the Master's from Georgia State University and the Ph.D. from Emory University. Active in a number of local, state, and regional activities, Brother Earvin is a member of the 1980 Class of "Leadership Georgia," a group identified as prospective leaders in the state; he also chairs the Board of Directors of Metropolitan Atlanta Fair Housing Services, one of sixty fair housing agencies nationwide. Brother Earvin currently serves on the Board of Directors of the Alpha Phi Alpha Building Foundation and is the Atlanta Coordinator of the Atlanta Teen Pregnancy Project co-sponsored by Alpha Phi Alpha and the March of Dimes. He is married to the former Valerie Johnson and they have two children, Jarrett and Allyson.
Brother O. C. EDWARDS, a Social Studies teacher at Chelsea Junior High School for 23 years, was recently selected 'Teacher of the Year" by the Atlantic City Education Association for his outstanding contributions to the Atlantic City Public School System and the Atlantic City community. "O. C. Edwards was selected from a 25
list of 23 outstanding Atlantic City teachers whose resumes were considered. We are indeed fortunate to have a teacher of Mr. Edwards' caliber in our system," said Barbara Hudgins, President of ACEA. Going far and beyond the "call of duty," O.C. served as advisor to the Chelsea Junior High School Student Council for seven years. He coordinated field trips, advised the school's yearbook staff, and continues to serve as the coordinator of the Chelsea Junior High 8th Grade Sports Banquet. In addition he is the coordinator for the Social Studies Department. In the community, O.C. is a deacon at the Union Baptist Temple Church, where he was scoutmaster of the largest Boy Scout troop in Atlantic City. He is chairperson of the Preston G. Hill Scholarship Committee, chairperson of the Board of Christian Education, and is a staff member of the Atlantic County Baptist Training Union. He was director of the Summer Camp for local youths, ages 6-14, for four summers. He is a member of Alpha Theta Lambda Chapter, and presently functions as President of the chapter.
MB On Sunday, December 5, 1982, various civic groups honored Brother RICHARD A. HUBBARD, retired principal of Central High School and Courtland High School in Courtland, Alabama, for 35 years of service. Brother Hubbard, a native of Hillsboro, Alabama, came to Courtland as a teacher on November 19, 1936. Upon his arrival, he found no physical plant for educational training, classes had to be held in different locations. Determined to succeed, Brother Hubbard
MB Brother W. J. HODGE was inaugurated 12th president of Simmons Bible College October 15, 1982 in Louisville, Ky. Simmons was founded in 1879 as the first college for Blacks in Kentucky by the State Convention of Colored Baptist Churches in Kentucky â&#x20AC;&#x201D; now the General Association of Kentucky Baptist, which still owns and operates the college. It became a state college in 1882 and Simmons University in 1919. Presently it concentrates on teaching preachers and missionaries. Hodge, 62, a native of Groesbeck, Texas, and a member of Alpha Lambda Chapter, Louisville, Ky., has been pastor of Fifth Street Baptist Church since 1957 and resigned as the first Black President of the Louisville Board of Aldermen in March of 1982 to head the Bible College. Reverend Hodge attended the Oberlin College Graduate School of Theology in Oberlin, Ohio where he received his Bachelor of Divinity degree. He later received his Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt University. He was granted his license to preach from the Concord Baptist Church of Christ in Brooklyn, New York. 26
Brother Richard A. Hubbard walked to the nearby communities telling his plans and needs for support in establishing a building that would house the school of his dreams in order to educate the starving Black minds in the Courtland community. After years of hard work, Brother Hubbard was able to raise the needed $750 to purchase five acres of land for his dream school. After the land was purchased, the local Board of Education built Central High School housing grades 1-12. This was during the summer of 1952. Brother Hubbard retired in July 1971, and was able to savor the sweet taste of success at Courtland. He was delighted to see a beautiful high school, accredited by the state and offering a full high school curriculum. To honor this great educator and dedicated Alpha man, the Lawrence County Board of Education has named
a school in his honor. The R. A. Hubbard Elementary School was formally dedicated in December, 1982. Brother Hubbard is a graduate of Alabama State University, being highly influenced to become an educator by the late Brother H. Councill Trenholm, who served for years as President of that institution and Educational Director of Alpha Phi Alpha. He received the Master's degree from the same institution and has done further study in Administration and Supervision. He and his wife, Nettie Lee, who also taught in the same system, are active members of First Baptist Church in Courtland. He is very active with Delta Theta Lambda Chapter in Huntsville, Alabama.
Brother BRADY B. JOHNSON, Ph.D., Vice-President of the Iota Alpha Lambda Chapter, has been appointed to serve on the Board of Directors of Legal Services Corporation for the State of Maryland by Governor Harry Hughes. In this position, Brother Johnson's efforts will be directed toward assisting the disadvantaged throughout the State of Maryland. A native of Roxboro, North Carolina and currently Assistant Principal of Kenwood High School, Baltimore, Md., Dr. Johnson received his B.S. from Elizabeth City State University, M.S. and M.Ed, from Virginia State University and Coppin State College respectively and Ph.D. from Union Graduate School, Cincinnati, Ohio. His major field of study was Health and Physical Education with a minor in Science. Brother Johnson has served professionally on the staff and faculty of high schools, colleges and universities in the Maryland and Virginia areas. He is presently an Associate Professor of Education, on a part-time basis, at Coppin State College, Baltimore, Md. He is a member of the State and National Association of Secondary School Principals; National Science Teachers Association and the Baltimore County Administrators Association â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in addition to other civic and social organizations. Dr. Johnson and his wife, Naomi Cousin Johnson, and their daughter, Rhonda, live in Port Deposit, Maryland.
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Brother GRANGER RAY MARTIN, an outstanding Alpha man of Greenville, South Carolina was honored on January 11, 1983 at the Regency Hyatt House in Greenville, South Carolina. The National Accounts Division of IBM held their 1983 kickoff meeting in splendid surroundings. After an exquisite breakfast, Granger was honored along with two fellow employees with IBM's highest award for individual excellence. He received the cherished "IBM Means Service Award." This award includes a pen and pencil set, a $200 Savings Bond, and a one-week trip in June to Toronto, Canada to attend the 1983 administrative conference. This award is presented annually to select individuals whose contribution is above and The Sphinx / Spring 1983
beyond the call of duty. Granger joined IBM in June of 1971 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. He served IBM well with seven years of marketing experience which netted four one hundred percent clubs, two years as a systems engineer distributive processing specialist and one year as an account administrator. Granger, who left IBM in December 1980 to protect some family investments, came out of semi-retirement in June and was asked to relocate in Greenville, South Carolina to assist that office after a tremendous reorganization of the Data Processing, General Systems and Office Products Divisions. The Greenville facility at that time ranked #13 out of 13 offices in the Atlantic region. In less than two months he received the Administrator of the Month Award over twenty fellow employees. The following months, after a serious operation and two weeks at home, he was again recognized as the top administrator in protecting IBM's revenue. He placed first, then second in a local branch accounts receivables contest. The Greenville office closed the year in the top five. Granger is currently in IBM's Management Development Program and expects to be one of only fourteen regional administration managers within five years. If you think he is a "work-a-holic" you are probably right. If you think he is not versatile, you are wrong. In November Granger was recognized for his outstanding effort with the Greensboro Chapter of North Carolina Central University, and rode the homecoming parade float as Mr. Alumni — first runner-up. He continues to support his family of Mount Olive, North Carolina as Chairman of the Board of Martin Family Enterprises, Inc., an investment firm. He also served as management consultant for Sir Walter Martin Estates, also of Mount Olive. In his "spare time" he continues to operate his thriving Amway Emerald Distributorship located in twenty-six states, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and the Bahamas, known officially as Master Mind Enterprises, Inc. of Greensboro, North Carolina. He serves in absentia as partner and co-owner of Smarts, Inc., a Winston-Salem based tax consulting firm. In April of 1982 he was nominated as Chairman of the Board of V.O.I.C.E., Inc., a non-profit consortium of minority contractors in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. On Sundays you will find Granger at the Church of Christ in whatever city his business or pleasure takes him. Last
January, due to his concern, he initiated the Y.E.S. class, young enthusiastic souls — new converts excited about their souls, at the South English Street Church of Christ in Greensboro, North Carolina. He continues to worship there whenever he visits his corporate headquarters in Greensboro and at a local congregation near Greenville each Wednesday evening. He has assisted many souls in seeing the error of their ways and turning to the New Testament Church before it is too late. Granger, as a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., currently serves as Chairman of the Business Encouragement Committee for the Southern region which covers seven states from North Carolina to Florida and west to Mississippi. Most people are afraid to take action but when Granger speaks people believe and are compelled to act on the strength of his convictions. When asked where does he get his energy? he merely laughs and says, "from Amway vitamins, they are the greatest source of energy that man has ever processed." On many occasions though, he intellectually points out that success starts with the excitement of the "E" in the word success and continues to generate the energy necessary for even greater $ucce$$. Many would do well to emulate his business organization slogan and personal philosophy — "I make no excuses and I take no excuses . . . no energy is required in order to fail."
Brother MELVIN J. NORTON, Denver, Colorado, Director of Education for the Western region from Delta Psi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., was elected to the Board of Directors of CHUN (Capitol Hill United Neighborhood, Inc.) in Denver on November 1, 1982. He was appointed as Chairman of the Education Committee. CHUN is an organization which brings people together to share in preserving the past, improving the present, and planning the future of Capitol Hill here in Denver. Brother Norton brings to the organization a life membership in Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; a membership in the NAACP and Optimist International; a member of the Urban League; Chairman of the Advancement Committee for the Denver Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America; and a recipient for the Silver Beaver Award. 27
Brother CHARLES C. TEAMER, Comptroller of Alpha Phi Alpha for the past ten years, is serving as Vice President and Secretary of the Board of Directors of Louisiana World Exposition, Inc. — governing b o d y of 1984 World's Fair in New Orleans. The exposition is scheduled to open in M a y , 1984 on an 82-acre riverfront site. The venture is expected to involve 140 million dollars of construction, attract 11 million visitors to Louisiana, provide 10,000 jobs, and generate a total of two billion dollars in economic activity. Brother Teamer is the highest ranking Black at LWE, also serving as a Brother Melvin J. Norton Brother Norton's son is an Alpha and his daughter is an Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority member.
Congratulations to Brother HENRY PONDER on his recent election as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond (Va.), Charlotte (N.C.) Branch. Ponder, "Alpha M a n of the Year" in 1981, and President of Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., will complete the final year of his second three-year term as a director of the Charlotte Branch. He was elected to the chairmanship in N o v . 1982. Brother Charles C. Teamer
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member of the fifteen (15) member Management Committee, responsible for day-to-day operations; and the thirty-six (36) member Executive C o m mittee, which sets policy for the b o d y . Teamer also serves on the five (5) member Concession Committee, which is responsible for soliciting and approving all awards of concession contracts for the six-month extravaganza. Brother Teamer also chairs the LWE Minority Affairs Committee, which is responsible for implementing the Fair's commitment to equal employment opportunity and affirmative action. Under his leadership, the commitee has established the following goals for minority involvement: Construction, 2 0 % ; employment, 2 5 % ; and, concessions, 2 5 % . In a recent interview, Brother Teamer stated 'This project represents one of the most significant economic events for our city and state;
and I am firmly committed to assisting Blacks obtain significant involvement." Brother Teamer, Vice President for Fiscal Affairs at Dillard University in New Orleans, is a Life member and former President of Sigma Lambda Chapter in that city.
Brother MELVYN M. TUGGLE, member of the Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Memphis, Tennessee, continues to record "firsts" with the Shelter Insurance C o m p a n y — one of the largest insurance companies in America (formerly MFA Insurance Companies). Tuggle has been the "first" Black person to hold every job at each corporate level with the c o m p a n y . Brother Tuggle began his employment with Shelter Insurance Companies in February of 1970 as an agent. After four years as an agent, he transferred to the Shelter Home Office in Columbia, Missouri as a property underwriter. The c o m p a n y soon realized Brother Tuggle's expertise and superior capability and transferred him back to Memphis, Tennessee in September 1976 as a resident underwriter. His familiarity with the city provided much needed insight into the underwriting problems of this urban center. His efforts resulted in six years of unprecedented profits in Memphis, unheralded by any c o m p a n y or underwriting operation in the industry. M e t r o p o l i t a n a r e a s w i t h similar demographics are disasters in terms of loss experience for most insurance companies. In July of 1978, Brother Tuggle was promoted to Senior Resident Underwriter — another "first." In August of 1982, he became the "first" and only Black District Sales Manager for Shelter Insurance Companies. With this most recent promotion and advancement, Tuggle's responsibilities revolve around Marketing and Sales for the agency's force in the South Memphis District. His major functions include: Recruiting agents, Training, Public Relations, Advertising and C o m m u n i c a t i o n s . These assigned responsibilities a m o u n t to being responsible for managing the marketing operation in this area with a projected agency force of 2 0 / 2 5 agents to be recruited and deployed within the next two years. Brother Tuggle has an outstanding "track record" with Alpha Delta Lambda. He was initiated at Beta Xi Chapter, The Sphinx / Spring 1983
Brother Melvin Tuggle Lemoyne Owen College in 1966. He graduated from Memphis State University with a BBA in Personnel Management-Human Relations in 1969. He joined Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter in 1970 and has held several offices including Chapter President for the 1979-80 and 1980-81 fraternal years. He was selected outstanding Alpha of the year, 1969. A biographical sketch of Brother Melvyn M. Tuggle reflects outstanding community and career involvements: Some of his honors are: 1972 Edition "Outstanding Young Men of America," U.S. Jaycees; Mayor's Youth Coordinating Committee, 1970-71; Finalist, National Urban Fellows, 1976; Section
Chairman, Business Gifts Division, United Way of Greater Memphis, 1977; Board of Directors and President, Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter, Alpha Alpha Fraternity, Inc., 1979-80, 1980-81; Liff App Club member, 1970 MFA Insurance Companies; "We do it Better": Man of the Year Award, District I, Tennessee, MFA Insurance Companies, 1971; "Leadership Memphis," Charter Participant, 1978-79; City Beautiful Commission, 1979-80, 1980-81; and Governor's Job Conference Task Force on Tourism, 1980-81. The Memphis native is 34 years old. He is married and has one daughter. Brother Tuggle has shown that he is a true Alpha man who holds Alpha high. He strives toward excellence in all of his endeavors. Memphis Alphas' love Brother Tuggle. There goes an Alpha man who holds to the creed, "first of all, servants of all, we shall transcend all." Brother Oscar Williams, Sr.
Brother J. OSCAR WILLIAMS, SR. is an extremely dedicated and committed leader and a successful entrepreneur on the west coast. He is an educator in the Oakland Unified School District and the owner of J.O.W. Enterprises, Inc., an accounting and real estate firm located in East Oakland, California. Initiated into the Beta Kappa Chapter at Langston University in 1940, Brother Williams has faithfully served the Fraternity and his community well for many years. He has served as Presi-
dent of both Alpha Epsilon (University of California, Berkeley), and Gamma Phi Lambda Chapters in Berkeley, California. He has been elected to several other positions in the Gamma Phi Lambda Chapter, served on the Western Regional Board of Directors, has been a member of the National Rules and Credentials Committee and, hence, unanimously received Gamma Phi Lambda's Alpha Man of the Year Award. Brother Williams is currently Director of Publicity of the Western Region.
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EAST nriassQchusetts Boston area chapters celebrate Founder's Day The Brothers of Sigma, Nu Xi Lambda and Epsilon Gamma Lambda Chapters commemorated the founding of our great Fraternity with its Annual Founder's Day Luncheon on December 5, 1982. There were thirty Brothers and their guests in attendance at the buffet style luncheon. It was held in one of Boston's Black community's historic landmarks, the Professional and Businessmen's Club. The program began with Brother Clifford Reed offering a prayer of thanks. Brother John McMullen, President of Epsilon Gamma Lambda Chapter, extended greetings to all of the Brothers and their guests. The introduction of the speaker was presented by Brother Perry Smith. The guest speaker for the occasion was Bruce C. Boiling, a member of the Boston City Council. Mr. Boiling presented a very timely address which focused on the need for greater political commitment and concern for Boston's Black community by its residents. Mr. Boiling was awarded a certificate of commendation for his many contributions to Boston's Black community. Brother George Bowman introduced the neophytes: Brothers Samuel A. Carradine and Vincent K. Butler. These Brothers were initiated into the Fraternity in the summer of 1982. Brother Carradine serves as an international consultant and is currently a Ph.D. candidate in government at Harvard University; Brother Butler is a systems analyst for a major corporation in the area. Each Brother was presented his shingle, membership card, Fraternity pin and Alpha Bible. The Brothers made remarks. The 1982 Epsilon Gamma Lambda Chapter's "Man of the Year Award" was bestowed upon Brother Charles H. Cuthbert. The award is presented annually to a Brother who has inspired youth to "March Onward and Upward Toward the Light." The Brothers and their guests were entertained by the lively wit of Brother James Howard's introduction of Brother Cuthbert. Brother Cuthbert's remarks about his The Sphinx / Spring 1983
many years in Alpha since his induction in 1928 were inspiring to young and old members alike. Brother Cuthbert holds a very special place in the hearts of all of the members of Sigma, Nu Xi Lambda and Epsilon Gamma Lambda Chapters. He has demonstrated a sincere interest in and dedication to keeping Epsilon Gamma Lambda Chapter a viable entity in Boston's Black community life. He has served the chapter as a useful resource person in planning activities as well as a gracious host for the chapter's Annual Summer Picnic on Cape Cod. Finally, remarks were made by Brothers Cedric H. Jones, President of Sigma Chapter, William T. Fuller, President of Nu Xi Lambda Chapter, John McMullen, President of Epsilon Gamma Lambda Chapter, Royal C. Boiling, state senator of the Second Suffolk District, and John Bynoe, candidate for the presidency of the BostonNAACP. The luncheon ended with the Brothers singing the Alpha Hymn and reciting the Alpha Prayer. Brothers Eric Small and John McMullen are to be commended on a job well done. The 1982 Founder's Day Luncheon was a memorable affair for everyone.
new jersey Kappa Theta Lambda Brothers are political victors With three of its members having moved solidly into political offices in Bergen County during the Fall 1982 period of elections and appointments, Kappa Theta Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Bergen and Passaic Counties, New Jersey, is actively involved in political and social matters of local and national importance. Bernard E. Brooks, a former marketing manager, data service administrator, systems planning officer, and current accounting partner with Arthur Young and Company, New York City, was elected to a four-year term as Mayor of Teaneck, New Jersey, the first Black to hold that pivotal office. Isaac G. McNatt, a former practicing attorney in New York and Teaneck, and a former Teaneck councilman, deputy mayor, and municipal judge, was appointed Judge of Compensation Court by former Governor Brendan Bryne and confirmed by the State Senate to serve until retirement. McNatt's home office is in Newark, but 31
he also sits in Hackensack, Jersey City, and Elizabeth, New Jersey. Eddie Hadden, a practicing attorney, journalist, Eastern Airline pilot, and founder of the Ravens Flying Club of Northern New Jersey, was elected to a four-year term as Councilman-at-Large in Englewood, New Jersey. The three civic and political-minded Alpha Brothers, whose community and state affiliations are too numerous to mention, are all family men. Brother Brooks, a graduate of Brooklyn College, Fairleigh Dickinson University (Teaneck), and Pace University (New York), lives with his wife Alice and their five children in Teaneck. Brother McNatt, a graduate of Hampton Institute and St. John's University Law School (New York), lives with his wife Gladys in Teaneck. McNatt has two sons, Glenn M., a staff writer for Time-Life, and Robert J., an assistant editor of Black Enterprise magazine. Councilman-at-Large Eddie Hadden is Brother Hadden, a graduate of the another Kappa Theta Lambda Brother who University of Texas at El Paso and the recently attained political office. Law School of Hofstra University Below: Kappa Theta Lambda Brothers who (Hempstead, New York), lives with his wife Kaye and son in Englewood, New made political gains are Mayor Bernard Brooks (right) and fudge Isaac McNatt (left). Jersey.
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penn state Gamma Nu pursues social and civic The Brothers of the Gamma Nu Chapter at the Pennsylvania State University in State College, Pennsylvania extend our warmest wishes and hopes for great success to all of our Alpha Brothers. Our chapter has been proud of our numerous accomplishments throughout the past year, as we realize that it has taken dedication, initiative, perseverance, and organization for us to reach our achievements. In April of 1982 we gave our first annual Gong Show during the university's Black Arts Festival. This proved to be a festive and successful event for all who participated in and all who attended the show. Our Brothers were elated at the initiation of three Brothers in May from the line of Kujichagulia: Christopher DeBrady, Dale Fisher, and Richard Andrews. The spring's activities were concluded in elaborate fashion as we held our annual coronation in May at the Sheraton Hotel in State College. Everyone was in high spirits throughout the evening, which included a buffet dinner, guest speakers, presentation of awards, and to everyone's delight, hours of dancing. The Brothers concluded the evening with an entertaining step show that brought smiles and good cheer to all who attended. The following fall we came in with visions of outshining all other organizations in all respects, and in true Alpha tradition we have done so. Keeping in mind the Alpha ideal of academic achievement, we gave two programs based on academics. Gamma Nu sponsored an academic study skills workshop, wherein a university academic counselor gave suggestions for studying which would lead to academic success. Our chapter also held study help sessions for all university students. We aided students with courses which ran the gamut from basic English composition to complex mathematics. We continued to focus our energies in fraternal activities by donating blood to the Interfraternity Council's Blood Drive. Social functions were not left out of our chapter's fall agenda. Our social The Sphinx / Spring 1983
activities included a Ladies Night Party, a Hawaiian Luau Party, a social function and party with Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, and a Halloween Masquerade Party. At our masquerade party we held a costume contest, our second annual Battle of the DJ's contest, and the climax of the evening was our dynamic step show. We started off the winter term on a fraternal note as our chapter went to dinner and later gave a party celebrating Alpha's 76th anniversary. The Brothers also aided in a Kwanza program for the less fortunate children in the area. The rest of the year seems to be progressing in positive fashion indeed. Future activites include the celebration of our chapter's 36th anniversary; visiting a nearby state prison to play basketball with a few of the inmates; sponsoring a Family Feud game and our invitational track meet; and finally being the initiators of a possible joint Black Greek coronation. This year's Gamma Nu officers include Brothers Walter Laurel, President; Dale Fisher, Vice President; James McCall, Secretary; David Myers, Treasurer and Assistant Dean of Pledges; Ryan Poole, Editor-to-the Sphinx and Dean of Pledges; Keith Burris, Assistant Dean of Pledges; and Richard Andrews, Social Director. Our chapter members are diligently striving to be the leaders on our campus and to uphold the light of Alpha. From our hearts we warmly urge all Brothers to come and visit us, as we say goodbye to all members of Alpha.
Virginia state u Beta Gamma host College Brothers Conference Greetings from the Brothers of Beta Gamma. This academic year began hectically for our eight neophytes who were initiated during the spring of '82. The semester opened with a very successful Alpha Week - thanks to the hard work and planning of Brother Lacy Ward and Miss Pat Carter, who is a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Alpha Eta Chapter. Brother Howard Jenkins delivered a speech at one of the early sessions of Upward Bound on "The Importance of a College Education." At the last session of Upward Bound the "Alpha Family" sponsored a Christmas party for the The Sphinx / Spring 1983
students in the program. The fall semester kept the chapter busy with various projects. With the support of the Virginia Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity (VACAPAF); Beta Gamma hosted the first College Brothers Conference on November 13, 1982. Thanks to the hard work of our Brother Joseph Suber, who is 2nd Vice President of VACAPAF, the conference was successful as well as informative. The same evening the Inter-Greek Council, of which Brother Jenkins is President, sponsored a Step Competition which Beta Gamma won. The chapter also adopted a grandmother at Guardian Care, a convalescent home that we visit regularly. Along with Nu Lambda, a local graduate chapter, we chopped wood for our annual Fire Wood Drive. The holiday season involved us in ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, and we also were involved in a toys and clothing drive with the members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. This venture resulted in numerous underprivileged families receiving items for Christmas. Also, during the course of the semester, we initiated 10 new Brothers who are now holding high the light of Alpha. We celebrated Founder's Day by visiting neighboring chapters in Richmond for a step show, and later we ourselves held a program. Our speaker was Brother Arnold Henderson, who is Vice President of Academic Affairs at Virginia State University. Beta Gamma is proud to say that six Brothers have been selected to appear in the 1982-83 edition of Who's Who Among Students In American Colleges and Universities. By participating in various activities both on campus and in the community, Beta Gamma hopes to continue to shed the light of Alpha upon mankind.
new york Zeta Zeta Lambda holds Voter Registration Drive In the South Jamaica Housing Project (32nd AD) voter registration and voter turn-out was less than 100 people a year ago, but has leaped to well over 600 people due to the untiring efforts of members of Zeta Zeta Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, and the members of the South Jamaica Community Advisory Board. They cared about improvement and got busy trying to make things better.
They didn't wait for someone to save their homes for them, nor did they sit back and let someone take them away â&#x20AC;&#x201D; they fought with the powerful weapon they knew of â&#x20AC;&#x201D; the vote. While thousands of people are giving up their right to vote, the people of South Jamaica put it to work for them and because they did, they are seeing many long overdue improvements to their individual apartments such as newer, safer windows, something of particular importance to tenants with young children. There are also many changes to the buildings themselves, and the best thing of all is that they are now in a better position to save the project complex which was in jeopardy of being torn down. To say "thank you" to everyone for their cooperation, Brother Noble J. Jones, Chairman of the Alpha Phi Alpha Voter Registration Committee and Mrs. Dora Wilson, President of the South Jamaica Community Advisory Board threw a super "Appreciation Dinner Dance" in the community center. There was very little speech making because Mr. Jones and Mrs. Wilson simply wanted everyone to "enjoy themselves." However, honored guest, Councilman Archie Spigner, was called on for a few words and he took the opportunity to thank everyone for their successful voter registration efforts and for their support in the election.
MIDWEST Wisconsin Outstanding educators honored in Wisconsin The Delta Chi Lambda Chapter designated 16 persons, outstanding Wisconsin educators, for special recognition at the Fraternity's Founder's Day ceremony held on December 5, 1982, in Mequon, Wisconsin. The chapter, which annually holds a variety of other events including job workshops for youngsters in the city of Milwaukee and a scholarship program, developed the 1982 program theme "Alphas in Education: A Tradition in Excellence" because of its commitment to encouraging educational advancement. A screening committee of the Fraternity selected the recipients, all Alphas. The individuals selected for 33
1982 are Avery L. Goodrich Horace Hobson, John S. Davis, Charles Davis, Earl V. Lucas, Harold Maxwell, Dr. Joseph Carpenter, Daniel Burrell, Dr. Tyrone Carter, Coleman O. Wells, Taft E. Benson, George Hughes, Virgil Jack Gilmore, and Willie Kirk; and in memoriam, Hercules Porter and Hoyt Harper. The President of the chapter, Attorney John Daniels, stated that awards were particularly important "because education serves as the dominant force for the development of economic, social, and cultural vitality in any community, and that vitality in our community would not be possible without the quiet skills and dedicated work of the honorees." The co-chairpersons for the event were Dr. Erskine Tucker of Milwaukee and Derek Kenner of First Wisconsin National Bank - Milwaukee.
university of detroit Eto Xi holds fund-raising parties Greetings, Brothers, from the men of the Eta Xi Chapter at the University of Detroit. Having been re-established in April of 1981 with the crossing of our seven man line Dynasty One, we are now endeavoring to "hold high the light of Alpha!" Eta Xi is presided by Brother Noel Celestin - with Nicholas Frager, VicePresident; Reginald Black, Secretary; Eduardo Encarnacion, Treasurer; and Phillip Seldon, Past President, Dean for Dynasty One and Sergeant-AtArms. Other Brothers are Monrico Ward (prophyte, Dynasty One), Bennie White (prophyte, Dynasty One), Rev. Orlando Arnold (neophyte, REV-1), Distinguished Alpha Collegian Craig Wilkins (prophyte, Arizona State University), and Kevin Grant (prophyte, Western Michigan University). A member of Eta Xi before its dormancy, we are glad to welcome back Charles Mosley. Here at Eta Xi we are carrying on the traditions of the Fraternity through several community functions and services. Fund-raising parties have raised enough money to make a $600 donation to a local charity. Brothers have also walked for racial equality in the Focus Hope Walkathon; participated in on-campus phone-a-thons (soliciting money for minority scholarships); and 3-4
The Eta Xi Chapter, University of Detroit. sponsored booths in the campus Titanfest carnival. Through our participation in the Inter-Fraternity Council, we have become recognized throughout the university community as a driving force among the student body sector. Our President, Brother Noel Celestin, holds a chair on the University Board of Trustees, providing enlightening and intelligent input into the financial decisions of this school. Truly, Alpha's leadership shines through, serving as " . . . Servants of All!" We wish to thank Brother Anthony Crutchfield, Assistant State Director of Michigan, for his support and assistance in re-establishing this chapter, and we also wish to invite all Brothers visiting the "Motor City" to come share the fellowship of Brotherhood with "the Proud Crowd, those Men of Eta Xi!"
university of toledo Epsilon Alpha promotes racial harmony The Brothers of Epsilon Alpha Chapter at the University of Toledo wish to extend warm greetings to all in Alphadom from Toledo, the glittering Glass Capital of the World. The 1982 fall quarter was extremely successful for us. We opened it with our campus' first dance of the year and
many of the Brothers from neighboring chapters in Southeastern Michigan and Northwestern Ohio attended. The most successful event of the fall, however, was the Ebony and Ivory Festival. The idea originated from Gamma Rho Chapter at Purdue University and it was designed to promote racial harmony. We decided to do that by joining forces with a predominantly white fraternity, Sigma Phi Epsilon, and holding a three-day festival from November 17-19. Events of the Ebony and Ivory Festival included a bake sale and a bonfire on the first day; a charity dance for the Heart Foundation on the second day; and a rally and all-campus unity dance on the third day. Both of the dances were very crowded and all attending seemed to have had an enjoyable time. Music to suit the ebony population and the ivory population was rotated and the Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha and Sigma Phi Epsilon gave a step show together to cap the evening off. The outdoor rally held on the last day of the festival was perhaps the most important Ebony and Ivory event. Brother Charles Victor McTeer, a civil rights attorney and activist from Mississippi who has appeared on the Phil Donahue Show, delivered the keynote address. Other speakers were: Brother Lancelot C. A. Thompson, Vice President of student affairs at the University of The Sphinx / Spring 1983
Toledo; Brother William Copeland, Toledo City Councilman; Brother Charles Doneghy, Toledo Municipal Judge; outgoing Toledo Congressman Ed Weber; Ninth District Congresswoman-elect Marcy Kaptur; and Nanette Keating, University of Toledo student government president. Ebony and Ivory drew much media attention and it was covered by all three network affiliates in Toledo, the campus newspaper, and The Blade, the city's daily newspaper. Brother Eric Jackson, who was our coordinator for the event, appeared on two local talk shows. The festival was so successful that the Brothers and the Sig-Eps (their nickname) are strongly considering making it an annual event. Epsilon Alpha officers for the 1982-83 year are Timothy C. Ivey, President; Nathaniel J. Young, Vice President; Raymond A. McDaniel, Secretary; Eric A. Jackson, Treasurer; R a y m o n d N . Gibson, Sergeant-at-Arms; A r t h u r E. Belcher, Dean of Pledges; and Jeffery Ross, Assistant Dean of Pledges.
ohio Eta Tau Lambda celebrates outstanding achievements The Brothers of Eta Tau Lambda Chapter are justly proud of the record of excellence attained during its history. Since that proud day in December, 1960 this chapter has been one of the giants in A l p h a d o m . This chapter has produced leadership at the state, local and national levels. This chapter has been recognized on more than one occasion as the National Chapter of the Year for Alpha Phi Alpha. This chapter gave to Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity its National President from 1977-1980, Brother James R. Williams. In the city of Akron, Eta Tau Lambda Chapter is looked upon by everyone, at all levels and positions, as a group of individuals w h o are responsive to the needs of their community. O u r tradition of being responsive to human and educational needs is firmly established and respected. The Brothers of Eta Tau Lambda Chapter are very proud and honored to recognize individuals who have made our chapter great. We recognize the charter members of our chapter. Some of these Brothers have gone on to Omega Chapter, but their memory and accomplishments are not forgotten. The Sphinx / Spring 1983
The twelve charter members of this chapter are Brothers: Clarence Irby, R a y m o n d Brown, Robert Morrison, Paul Winters, E. Bruce Tate, Sr., George Shadie, Dr. N . C. McNeil, Robert L. Brown, Jim Rushin, Reuben "Dixie" Collins, Dr. Allen F. Killings, and Robert P. Smith. A look at the achievements of the Alpha Phi Alpha Housing Corporation, Akron, O h i o lends credence to our belief it is the most recognized in all A l p h a d o m . The Housing Corporation was formed in 1969 to design, build, and offer low to moderate housing to the citizens of Akron. The Brothers of this chapter believe that conditions for our people in A k r o n can be improved if men of vision, talent, and compassion are willing to exert their efforts to that end. It is this compassion that saw these housing projects completed: Channelwood I, 1972; Channelwood II (James R. Williams Tower), 1978; Charles H. Wesley Towers, 1981; and landings at Canal Park Condominium, 1982. Eta Tau Lambda Chapter is populated with those Brothers w h o have embraced the philosophy and tenants upon which Alpha Phi Alpha was founded . . . "First of all . . . servants of all." The rise to prominence in Alpha has been by the avenue of their dedication . . . and service to their fellowmen. The torch has been passed to yet another Brother w h o fits this description. Brother Nathan C. Hagins accepts responsibility for the continued growth and leadership of the most outstanding chapter in A l p h a d o m . We want to recognize Attorney Emmer Lancaster, our oldest member, age 84, 1st Black to graduate from Akron University, 1921, A.B. degree, L.L.D. Western Reserve, A . S . in Business, New York University School of Business, H o n o r a r y Doctor of Law from University of Akron for being 1st Black graduate, Life member of Alpha Phi Alpha initiated Pi Chapter, Cleveland, 1923. We want to recognize Brother Dave Wilson, our oldest member with respect to years of chapter service. The new officers which were given the oath of office will be following the footsteps of the following Brothers, w h o on December 30, 1960 at the first banquet of this chapter were administered their oath of office: Dr. Robert S. Smith, President; Robert L. Brown, Vice President; Dave J. Wilson, Secretary; Dr. Allen F. Killings, Treasurer; and E. Bruce Tate, Sr., Chaplain. Because of the leadership of these
Brothers and those w h o have followed, this chapter has sponsored many continuing programs as an example of our community involvement and commitment to the human and educational needs diagnosed. Alpha Phi Alpha helps to make Akron a better place! Some of these continuing programs a r e : A n n u a l A l p h a Phi Alpha Founder's Day; Police Community Dialogue; Wooster Branch Library Project Read; sponsoring the Black Santa Claus; Channelwood Day Care Facility; computer services; Channelw o o d recreation programs; homemaker services; adopted Mabel Riedinger School; Adopt A Grandparent programs; Alpha Tots program; Alpha Phi Alpha Scholarship programs; Working Incentive programs; Alpha Pride (CETA) programs; Fraternity R e t r e a t / A n n u a l Smoker; Channelw o o d Nutritional Services programs; Alpha Phi Alpha Homes, Inc.; Project R e a d / R I F at R a n k i n Elementary School; Annual Black Tie Formal Dance; United Negro College Fund; and g r a d u a t e / c o l l e g e relations. In summary, we have n o intention of resting on our laurels as long as the need exists for involvement and progress toward a better society for mankind. People and institutions in the Akron area listen when Eta Tau Lambda speaks. As you reflect upon the history of the city of Akron, you will see the involvement of Alpha Phi Alpha in a broad range of social and civic activities. You cannot help but be made aware of the intense involvement of the individual members of this chapter. This is our history, and history has a way of repeating itself.
kentucky Alpha Lambda holds inspirational Founder's Day Alpha Lambda Chapter, the first Graduate Chapter, extends fraternal greetings throughout the Alpha network. O u r new officers for the year are: William Braxton, President; Michael Cornelius, Vice President and Editorto-the-Sphinx; Garry Spotts, Recording Secretary; Charles Brown, Corresponding Secretary; William Orr, Treasurer; Robert Downs, Financial Secretary; and Elmer Lysle, Parliamentarian. Founder's D a y w a s celebrated December 4, 1982 at Zion Baptist Church, Louisville, Ky. The theme for the day was "Rekindling the Flame â&#x20AC;&#x201D; 35
Alpha Phi Alpha the Light of the World." In conjunction with the national reclamation program Brother Elmer Lysle gave the reclamation address and restored the spirit in us who have strayed from the fold with his topic: "Alpha - past, present and future." Reverend Brother Greg Spotts, an undergraduate from Epsilon Chi, University of Kentucky, gave the Brotherhood address, a speech filled with more Alpha fire than words can express. At the end of the program Brother Lyman T. Johnson, the Alpha who integrated the University of Kentucky in 1949, astonished everyone and asked for a few minutes to address the Brotherhood on "Why I'm proud to be an Alpha." He brought several historic pictures and news articles of him and other Alpha men such as former General President Frank Stanley and J. O. Blanton, et al., charter members of Alpha Lambda and convention paraphernalia. His speech aroused Brothers in the audience to stand up and give their date (and time) of initiation into Alphadom. The Brotherhood was exceedingly impressed when one of the oldest members of Alpha Lambda introduced himself by his "Alpha" name that he had as a student at Wilberforce University, Xi Chapter, in 1926. "Smoke" (Doug) Dowery!! The chapter has begun a newsletter to keep the Brotherhood in the city informed of Alpha news and news in general. Several other proposals have been presented to the Brotherhood and Alpha Lambda is in flight.
ohio Delta Alpha Lambda celebrates Alpha founding We, the Brothers of Delta Alpha Lambda, were both proud and honored to have General President Ozell Sutton as speaker for our Founder's Day celebration, which was given at Cleveland's Stouffers Inn On The Square, the location for the General Convention of 1984. Among the celebrants were former General President James R. Williams of Akron; Brother Sutton; Brother Elmer Collins of Cleveland, National Chairman of the Life Membership program; and neophyte Brother Judge Frederick Coleman, from the chapter's most recent line. 36
Brothers James R. Williams, Ozell Sutton, Elmer Collins and Fredrick Coleman celebrate Founder's Day at Delta Alpha Lambda Chapter.
university of cincinnoti Alpha Alpha Chapter continues outstanding programming Greetings fellow Brothers, we send a big "A0" from the Brothers of Alpha Alpha here at the University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio. It's been a year since we last reported our progress and now is the time to deliver a word of our activities. Winter quarter 1982 saw the Brothers of Double A give the following programs: annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. program, and we sponsored the Dayton Contemporary Dance Company in an evening of dance. Alpha Alpha Chapter also published its weekly biographical sketches of famous Alpha's and we published the monthly newsletter called the Black Concern. We would like to congratulate Brother Darryl Cox on graduating with a degree in mechanical engineering. Spring quarter began with a Vote of Rights program in conjunction with the women of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Other programs in spring quarter were: Rent-an-Alpha, Alpha Talent Showcase, Malcolm X commemorative, and The Existence of the Young Black
Man program. The Brothers showed their quest for excellence by finishing eighth out of twenty-two fraternities with a 2.77 cumulative grade point average. Alpha Alpha Chapter was enhanced by the addition of the line Death Wish on April 24, 1982. This line included Jeffrey Jackson, Arthur Hill, Waymon Wallace and Steve Thompson. Our newly elected officers are Tony Dunlap, President; David Chenault, Vice President; Larry Pinkleton, Treasurer; Henry Larkins, Recording Secretary; Bobby Peck, Corresponding Secretary; Nelson Broadus, Parliamentarian; Warren Ali, Dean of Pledges; and Jeff Jackson, Assistant Dean of Pledges. We would like to congratulate the following Brothers on graduating: Al Costner, David Gravatt, Nate Greene, and Timmie Piphus. The 1982-83 school year began with a Formal Smoker in which past General President Lionel Newsome spoke. Next was the annual Alpha Week which included the events: Meet the Alphas; White Racism in America program; Revolution, Is It A Viable Alternative program; and a social function. We also sponsored an evening of song in which various Black singers were honored. The Brothers donated a $550 dollar check to the Afro-American The Sphinx / Spring 1983
Studies Department and we sponsored a community-wide canned food drive which turned out very well. On December 5 ten men, called NeoGenesis, crossed the burning sands into Alphadom. This line included Jerry Wilson, Fletcher Williams, Jeff Sloan, Rick Terell, Ranee Gandy, Eugene Wheeler, Steve Gandy, Tim Brown, Paul Woolfork and Brian Johnson. Finally, we would like to congratulate Brother Larry Pinkleton on graduating with a degree in finance. This concludes our report for 1982.
northwestern Alpha Mu holds seventh Career Awareness Day We, the Brothers of Alpha Mu Chapter, offer greetings to all our Brothers in Alphadom. It has been some time since we have last communicated our activities to you, but Alpha Mu still holds high the ideals of Alpha at Northwestern. A busy fall quarter was highlighted by our seventh Annual Black Career Awareness Day. Due to the fact that the Northwestern community has been very good to us in supporting our events, we feel it is our duty to provide functions such as the Career Awareness Day to give something back. If we help one student find summer or permanent employment, we feel that we have accomplished something in these stressful economic times. The planning for this event started in the spring of 1982. Our chapter, working with the Northwestern Placement Office, invites companies who have participated in the past and those companies who have never participated as well. Of course, we state what the purpose of the event is and what we have planned to take place during the day. This year we had a luncheon for the recruiters. We also awarded a scholarship to a student who has outstanding grades (Craig Neita) so that he may further his education after obtaining his degree this June. Craig is an engineering major with a 3.5 grade point average. The Career Awareness Day program consisted of: a message given by our Master of Ceremonies and Chairman of the event, Brother Jeffrey Sterling; a brief welcome given by our President, Brother Joseph Fleming; and the prayer was given by Brother Charles Bolinger. The Sphinx / Spring 1983
After lunch Brother Brian Smith spoke Career Day." on 'The Importance of Career We also heard remarks by Victor Lindment Center. quist, Director of the Placement Dean Lindquist was very' proud of us because he realizes Alpha Mu Chapter >ut the Black is genuinely concerned about students at Northwestern. )ur ten neoWe proudly welcome our phytes who have worked very hard to make this year successful.1. They are Fred Arceneaux, Charless Bolinger, eman, Keith Glendon Burress, Greg Coleman, inie Henley, Dennis, Wayne Forde, Ronnie lith, and andjefJames Lemmond, Kevin Smith, Jef;lp, we hope frey Sterling. With their help, to make this year a goodI one in the apter. tradition of Alpha Mu Chapter.
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hosts Michigan State Conference erence Brothers of the Iota Chi :hi Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha )ha held its third sponsored Michigan State Conference on October 22-23, 1982, at the Holiday Inn East in Saginaw,j, Michigan. The Iota Chi Lambda Chapter hapter consists of seventy-five members from nbers from three counties: Saginaw, Midland, idland, and Bay City. Brother Ozell Sutton, on, General President, was our mainn speaker. Brother Sutton's major theme me emphasized the need for Blacks to continue their struggle towards political jlitical and social freedom. He discussedd the plight of Blacks during the past twenty-five twenty-five years and the importance of predomi)f predomi-
nately Black colleges and universities to continue their commitment to uplift "down trodden" humanity. Brother Sutton also spoke of the need of Alpha Phi Alpha to take the initiative toward leading Black America toward economic independence, the establishment of Black businesses, and creating national communication networks to assist Black America. Brother Sutton was presented with the Log Mark by Brother Joe Stephens, City Council member, and former Mayor of the City of Saginaw. A total of 194 Brothers and guests attended this two day affair. Persons present participated in a Youth Development Workshop, Education and Leadership Forum, Luncheon Banquet, "Bait-ADate" social dance, an evening banquet, and a State-Wide Stomp-Down contest. Other topics included information concerning political and social action strategies, business development, and a panel discussion on the state of the Fraternity. This year's State Confere n c e w a s attended by several important Alpha Phi Alpha dignitaries. Brother Ivan Cotman, Vice-Chairman of the Education Foundation and Brother William Nelson, Ohio State University educator, attended the State Conference and presented their platform agendas as the two main participants competing for the Mid-Western Vice Presidency position. Other dignitaries included Brothers Waldo Johnson, Assistant Executive Secretary of Alpha Phi Alpha; James Carey, Mid-Western Assistant Vice President; Watson Young, Michigan State Historian; Nathaniel Allen, Western Michigan Director; and
Brother Ozell Sutton and members of lota Chi Lambda at Michigan State Conference.
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Anthony Crutchfield, Eastern Michigan Director. In addition to both the regional and national Alpha Phi Alpha dignitaries, fourteen local Michigan chapters were in attendance: Gamma Lambda, Detroit; Kappa Delta Lambda, Lansing; Iota Phi Lambda, Muskegon; Epsilon Upsilon Lambda, Flint; Theta Zeta Lambda, Ann Arbor; Nu Phi Lambda, Benton Harbor; Epsilon, University of Michigan; Zeta Beta, Ferris State University; Epsilon Eta, Eastern Michigan University; Gamma Tau, Michigan State University; Alpha Upsilon, Wayne State University; Iota Epsilon, Grand Valley State College; Epsilon Xi, Western Michigan University; and Kappa Psi Lambda, Kalamazoo. Special thanks should also be given to the following Iota Chi Lambda members for their untiring efforts to make this year's Michigan State Conference a success: Brother James Gaddis, Michigan State Director; Brother Charles Matthews, Chapter President; Brother Anderson Potts, Co-Chairman of the Michigan State Conference; and Brother Steve Robinson, Co-Chairman of the Michigan State Conference.
lincoln university Alpha Psi having a monumental year The Brothers of Alpha Psi Chapter extend greetings to all the "Guardians of the Alpha light." We at Alpha Psi have recognized that due to federal budget cutbacks in student aid many students have been forced to withdraw from school. We have worked in the fall semester to provide some sort of aid to deserving students. Alpha Psi has distinguished itself at Lincoln University's campus by participating in and sponsoring campus activities. We threw a victory party for the Lincoln football team's first victory; we also placed second in the homecoming float competition. Alpha Psi is proud to welcome ten young men to Alphadom: Brothers Van Mitchell, Juan Thomas, Earl Strauters, Russell Estell, James Young, Tony Richardson, Michael Henly, Bruce Singletary, Kenneth Chase, and James Threatt. We topped off the school year by celebrating Founder's Day and coming together in brotherly spirit. The officers for the 1982-83 school year are: Reggie Williams, President; Fred Hicks, Vice President; Johnny 38
Stevenson, Treasurer; Keith Robenson, Secretary; and Sammie Scott, Dean of Pledges.
SOUTH university of mississippi Nu Upsilon completes year of revitalization Most fraternal salutations to our Brothers of our renowned Fraternity of Alpha Phi Alpha. We, the Brothers of Nu Upsilon, are forever holding Alpha high in our hearts here at the University of Mississippi in these troublesome times. Our year of revitalization was spearheaded with the end of a journey to Alphadom by eight "immortals": Brothers Keith Tucker, Melvin Banks, Frederick Robinson, Charles McCain, Dexter Merritt, Ray Matthews, Kelvin Hamner, and Jerry Sanford. After five weeks and two days of searching for the light, they reached their oasis in Greekdom. Coming back in the fall with plans to strengthen the nobility of Alpha, the Brothers began the semester with our Thirteenth Semi-Annual Smoker. The Smoker was followed a few weeks later by 'The Commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Admission of Black Students," September 30 - October 7, a program sponsored by the university in its efforts to give Black students their rightful recognition. The chapter was recognized for having such a big hand in the organization, panelist discussion, and administrative advising for the event. Also during this commemoration, the Brothers held a special banquet reception for our distinguished visiting Brothers: Dr. Robert Harrison, President of the State Board of Trustees for Higher Learning; Brother Robert Walker, State Director of the NAACP; Brother Gary McGaga, one of the distinguished Black alumni being honored by the university. Thirdly, on October 16 we had our 3rd Annual Lil' Brother - Big Brother Program, in which we adopted little brothers from the community for the day and took them to the university's football game. We continued our year of revitalization on October 30 with a Pre-Halloween Masquerade Party, which was an immense success. The proceeds were given (50/50) to our Nu Upsilon-Wiley
Kiddieland Kollege, and the North Mississippi Mental Retardation Center. On November 12 we were "Helpful Hands" in the Center's Special Olympics, helping in the area of basketball, swimming, and bowling. Before going home for Thanksgiving (November 22), we cosponsored a pre-Thanksgiving dinner for the elderly with the Delta Lambda Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority. Finally, after a long year of working the month of December came. It marked the ending of another prosperous year, but it also marked our Fraternity's 76th Anniversary. And to end a great year, we felt it only appropriate to have a series of great events (December 1-4). On December 1, plans were finalized for the three days of upcoming events. On December 2 we held our 4th Annual Miss Black & Gold Pageant. The pageant featured six talented young ladies, so talented that they made the judges' decisions very hard in determining a winner. However, after periods of recalculations in the judges' scoresheets, Miss Cornelia McCain was crowned the Nu Upsilon Chapter's 1982 Miss Black & Gold. A Founder's Disco was held in the university's Union Ballroom on December 3, and on December 4 we held our Founder's Program in honor of our 7 Jewels. We hope that all chapters will continue to uphold the commitments of our founders to manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind. Here at UM, we speak, wear, and uphold Alpha with pride.
florido Epsilon Pi Lambda reports inspiring anniversary celebration The Epsilon Pi Lambda Chapter of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in Ocala, Florida held its Seventy-Sixth Founder's Day Anniversary Program at Zion United Methodist Church, December 19, 1982. The prelude was played by Ms. Audrietta Coleman and Mrs. Zenobia Smity, both at the piano. A selection was played by a band ensemble from the Howard Middle School under the direction of Brother Riley Preston, Jr. Brother Warren Wimberly read the scripture, Brother L. R. Hampton stated the occasion and Brother Robin Courtney offered the prayer. Brother Reuben Williams presented certificates to citizens who The Sphinx / Spring 1983
have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the professional or business area. The recipients were Albert Cunningham, Sr., Thomas Cheeseborough, Minnie Green, Mary Jennings, Edward Nelson and John Rawls. Brother Roland Smith presented the keynote speaker, the Rev. Dr. Thomas A. Harris, who served as a missionary for many years in China and Southeast Asia. His message entitled "God's Alphabet" was inspiring and informative. Mrs. Peachie Jackson played the medley of Greek hymns and Brother John Jackson did the introductions of the hymns. Remarks were made by the Rev. James Brown, the pastor of Zion United Methodist. An Anniversary Dinner was held for fraternity members and their guests at the Harvey Fellowship Hall. The officers are Brothers Herbert Coleman, President; Reuben Williams, Vice President; William E. Jackson, Secretary; Robert Starker, Treasurer; Charles Lauria, Chaplain; Marion Lenon, Parliamentarian; and Fred Smiley, Editor-to-the-Sphinx. Others on the roster are Brothers Doyle Banks, Elton Bellamy, Benjamin Brown, Eugene Broxton, Robin Courtney, Thomas George, L. R. Hampton, Thomas Harris, Warren Hope, John M. Jackson and William H. Jackson. Also, Brothers E. K. Johnson, John J. Livingston, Stancil Maxey, Benjamin Miller, Riley Preston, Jr., Roy Rolle, Jr., Roland Smith, Sr., Willie C. Sudieth, Edward Walker, Frank Washington, Jr., and Warren Wimberly.
nashville Tau Lambda awards outstanding citizens The Brothers of Tau Lambda Chapter of Nashville, Tennessee would like to say greetings to the Brotherhood and bring you up to date of the events that have taken place in our chapter in the past year. Our officers for this year are Brothers: William Dobbins, President; Michael Nettles, Vice President; James Wray, Recording Secretary; Wilson Welch, Corresponding Secretary; Cecil Ryan, Treasurer; Kenneth McClellan, Editor-to-the-Sphinx; John Tisdale, Historian; and Frank Battle, Sergeantat-Arms. The recent theme of our chapter is to take Alpha to the public. On our 75th The Sphinx / Spring 1983
Brother Henry Ponder, President of Benedict College, delivers timely speech at Founder's Day luncheon hosted by Tau Lambda. Anniversary we had our first Founder's Day luncheon at the new Marriott Hotel which was as grand as an Alpha activity should be. Chaired by Brother Michael Nettles the luncheon proved a success by raising $3,000 for our scholarship fund. The guest speaker for last year's event was Past General President Brother Walter Washington, who delivered a dynamic speech. This year's Founder's Day luncheon was again a success with Brother Henry Ponder, President of Benedict College and candidate for General President, as our guest speaker. We gave out three awards at the luncheon. The public service award went to Ms. Anne Holt, television news anchor for WNGE-TV Channel 2 of Nashville. The leadership award went to Brother Samuel Howard, Vice President of the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA). The Alpha Man of the Year award was presented to Brother William Cox, actor and theatrical instructor at Tennessee State University. Our Alpha honoree was Brother Cecil Ryan, Chapter Treasurer and head of the Industrial Arts Department of Tennessee State University and commercial pilot instructor. The luncheon was dedicated to Brother Harper Johnson, one of Nashville's great educators who entered Omega Chapter this past year. We had our first Barbecue Cook-Out Sale last year raising $700 for the chapter's general fund, chaired by Brother William Hipps. The sale took place at the Wesley Foundation on the campus of Tennessee State University. Brothers got together in Alpha spirit and threw down on the pit as our cooking abilities were put to the test. Just recently three Sphinxmen crossed the burning sands into Alphadom. Our new Brothers are James Berry, Metro
school teacher; Paul Robertson, Federal Bank examiner; and Daryl McMullen, former basketball star at Tennessee State University and management trainee at First American Bank of Nashville. The future looks even brighter for Tau Lambda Chapter. In February we are hosting the Tennessee State Convention at the Sheraton Hotel on Broadway and having our annual sweetheart dinner. In May we will have our 2nd annual Barbecue Cookout Sale and our annual Yellow Rose Ball. In June we will have our annual Reclamation Picnic.
florida Mu Zeta Lambda holds Halloween Carnival Greetings from Mu Zeta Lambda Chapter, Polk County, Florida. We are delighted to announce the addition of Brother Larry Mitchell to our ranks. Brother Mitchell pledged Beta Nu Chapter at Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, and is a graduate of the FAMU College of Pharmacy and a recent graduate of the Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana School of Law. He currently resides in Lakeland, Florida and is a part-time pharmacist as well as a legal clerk in the law office of Attorney Ken Glover, also a member of this chapter. In the wake of the recent national scandal involving tampering with foodstuffs, we hosted our most successful Halloween Carnival to date. This affair was very well supported by the community and provided a safe atmosphere for our area youth to still enjoy Halloween night. Proceeds went towards completing our chapter's Million Dollar Fund Drive commitment. The month of November found us moving right along as we hosted a gospel concert featuring our newly formed (from Brothers within the chapter) Alpha Male Chorus. This concert was held at Harmony Missionary Baptist Church in Lakeland, November 28, 1982. This group, featuring Brother Lynwood Bell as the soloist, is under the direction of Brother Jack Johnson and was very well received by the public. We had several requests for future appearances which we plan to oblige as our schedule permits. November found us also distributing our annual Thanksgiving baskets and 39
thus ensuring a few more Thanksgiving meals for those persons who ordinarily wouldn't be able to enjoy one. This is truly a human interest project that we look forward to each year. On December 4, 1982 at the Coleman Bush Building in Lakeland we all enjoyed a stellar Founder's Day Program. Invited guests included all the Presidents from local fraternities and sororities. A scrumptious dinner was served during the program which was highlighted by the showing of our tape /slide presentation, "The Roots of Alpha." This year's theme was "Saluting the Past, Securing the Future" and special tributes were made to our chapter members with over 25 years of service to Alpha. We had five Brothers in this category: W. O. Bunch, D.D.S., William Balloon, Hugh Mills, Joshua Williams, D.D.S., and J. A. Wiltshire, M.D. Many thanks go out to this year's Founder's Day Committee for a job well done. During December we also held our Toys for Tots program whereby we distributed toys to area day care centers to needy kids so that they too had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. During January we hosted, in conjunction with the local NAACP, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. birthday observance, for as we all know, we will never forget the many contributions this great Brother and American made during his lifetime in the struggle for equality for all. As this article went to press we were making plans for our Fourth Annual Men of Tomorrow Program whereby we allow local high school males to display various degrees of talents while vying for scholarships and other prizes commensurate with their final standings in the contest. This program also provides an excellent opportunity for us to introduce them to the workings of Alpha within the community and possibly influence their career decisions as well as their Greek preference when they are later confronted by smoker groups in college. Until next issue . . .
tennessee state u Beta Omicron leading TSU in fine year Greetings to all Alphamen from Beta Omicron Chapter. The 1982-83 school year has begun at Tennessee State University and Beta Omicron is look40
Beta Omicron Brothers: Front row, kneeling left to right: Sedgwick Freeman, Montez Morgan, Roderick Blount. 1st row, (l-r): Gregory Browning, Gregory Diggs, Robert McKay, David Scruggs. 2nd row, (l-r): James Carter, Victor Jones, Gary Spann, Vroi Taylor, Carl Simons, Mark Slone, Stanley Rogers and Steve Williams. ing forward to another successful school year. The 1982-83 school year will be one of involvement and support for the Tennessee State community. Beta Omicron is planning to participate in a raffle sponsored by the Black Political Council in which all proceeds will be distributed back into the Black community. A rape prevention program is currently being organized by Beta Omicron's own Brother Steve Austin of the Metropolitan Police, and a series of canned food drives will also be held. Beta Omicron is very proud to say that for the fourth straight year there has been an Alpha man in the position of President or Vice President of the Student Government Association. This year, Brother Richard Black is Vice President of the S.G.A. He is a native of Tennessee majoring in Technical Aeronautics. The 1982-83 executive committee for Beta Omicron is again dedicated to serving Tennessee State and the community. These Alphamen are Brothers: Montez Morgan, President; Sedgwick Freeman, Vice President; Roderick Blount, Dean of Pledges; Mark A. Slone, Treasurer; Gregory Browning, Secretary and Editor-to-the-Sphinx; and Darren Fields, Corresponding Secretary. We wish all men of purpose and distinction success in their endeavors.
south Carolina Alpha Psi Lambda celebrates Founder's Day and mortgage burning Saturday, December 4, 1982 was a momentous day in the life of Alpha Psi Lambda Chapter. This day was the dual occasion for the chapter's annual Founder's Day Breakfast and Mortgage Burning Ceremony for the Alpha House. Benedict College was the setting for the first part of this historical day â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it was there that the annual Founder's Day Breakfast was held. The chapter was founded in 1935. Brother W. J. "Dub" Davis, who presided, briefly reviewed the way Brothers had provided themselves a meeting place over the years, and how this need to have their own meeting place had culminated into the purchase of the Alpha House. It was under Brother Davis' leadership that this aspiration was realized. The fact that the house was part of the estate of a deceased Brother, Elder E. A. Adams, gave its purchase added significance. Brother Frank M. Reid, Jr. gave the Founder's Day address. In his address, Brother Reid recounted the honors and The Sphinx / Spring 1983
achievements of individual Brothers. After the Founder's Day Breakfast, the Brothers and their guests left Benedict's campus and went to the Alpha House. There, a brief ceremony was held culminating with the burning of the mortgage. The ceremony was ended with the singing of the Alpha Hymn. The House, located at 2113 Lady Street, is now solely owned by the Alpha Psi Lambda Housing Foundation and the Brothers of Alpha Psi Lambda. We feel that it is rather significant that all of the Black high school principals in Richland School District N u m b e r O n e are Alphamen. They are as follows: A. T. Butler, Jr., C. A. Johnson High School; Maurice Waddell, A. C. Flora High School; and Rufus Watts, Eau Claire High School. Brother Samuel Heyward, w h o is the President of Alpha Psi Lambda, was recently sworn in as a new member of Richland School District O n e School Board of Commissioners. Brother Heyward is a retired principal of the District.
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biology, law enforcement, and the armed forces. Presently, some of the Brothers are involved with the Black Student Association, Student Programming, R O T C , C a m p u s Recreation, and one Brother, while in the final stages of his pledge program, was elected Speaker of the House of our Associated Student Body. We have also realized that behind every good man is a w o m a n ; therefore, we take pride in saying that Kappa Xi has the sweetest Alpha Sweethearts in the state of Tennessee. The campus and community has not been forgotten by our chapter. We have provided cosmetics seminars, sexual awareness seminars, and free blood pressure checks. With the slogan "A Voteless People is A Hopeless People," our chapter conducted a voter registration drive. In an effort to stress the importance of voting, we were the only fraternity to offer rides to the polls on election day. Participation in the annual Civitan candy sale, Valentine and Halloween parties for the young, along with food drives and Thanksgiving dinners for the underprivileged and elderly are just a few of the things that make our chapter a keeper of the dream of Alpha.
north Carolina Phi Lambda Brothers receive awards Phi Lambda Chapter in Raleigh, North Carolina held its second annual 'Farre-Cog" Banquet, December 4, 1982. Brother Q . K. Wall of Smithfield, North Carolina, presided. The FarreCog Banquet is composed of several program components. These include Founder's Day observance, chapter awards, reclamation, recognition, elections and changing of the guard. The chapter honored its seven founders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; reflecting on their work of the past, dedication and achievements. The history was presented on video tape prepared and edited by the incoming President, Brother Lawrence M. Clark, w h o has taken the reign as President of Phi Lambda, 1983. During the program, intra-chapter and special awards were presented to Brother Raymond Perry, "Leadership"; Brother James P. West, "Man of Merit"; Brother Earl White, "Service"; and Brother Julius Nimmons, "Man of the Year." A w a r d s were also presented to
Brother Julius Nimmons, outgoing President of Phi Lambda, receiving "Man of the Year' award from former State Director A. M. "Gus" Witherspoon.
Greetings to the Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha. Kappa Xi Chapter is located on the campus of Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Presently our officers are James Butler, Jr., President; Curtis Powell, Vice President; Bert Finley, Secretary; Gerald Jones, Treasurer; Roderick Fraizer, Dean of Pledges; Jeffery Dunn, Sergeant-at-Arms; and Stephen Love, Editor-to-the-Sphinx. Other members of our chapter include Paul Bass, Ivory Beck, Ramon Collins, Alvin Gaines, Frederick Gaston, Larry Greer, Alonzo Jarrett, Gregory McKee, Eddie Merritt, Charles Pender, Reginald Taylor, Tony Webb III, Lee Johnson, and Andre Curnes. Since our last correspondence, we have produced five lines of worthy keepers of the light. These lines are called "The Dynamic D u o , " 'Triple Threat," "Calrisian Four," "The Furious Five," and "Duo Destiny." Although we are a young chapter, founded March 25, 1975, we have produced graduates in the fields of medicine, chemical a n a l y s i s , finance, The Sphinx / Spring 1983
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Brother Lawrence Clark addresses Phi Lambda Chapter. Brother Willie L. Bryant, "Presidential Award," and to Brother James Eaton, "Distinguished Service Award." The Brothers paid tribute to Brother Eaton for his dedication and untiring service to Alpha Phi Alpha for almost fifty years. Several Brothers were recipients of Certificates of Service, 25 years or more. These Brothers were M. Grant Batey, Sr., Willie Bryant, Edward Clark, Lawrence Clark, Manuel Crockett, Thomas Culler, Christopher Gray, James McCall and Robert Young. Officers installed for 1983 by Brother Crockett were Brothers Lawrence Clark, President; W. C. Davenport, Treasurer; Felts Lewis, SecretaryTreasurer; Earl White, Corresponding Secretary; P. P. Thompson, Recording Secretary; and William Grant, Vice President.
alabama a&m Delta Gamma honors four founders The members of Delta Gamma Chapter at Alabama A&M University extend their best wishes and warm greetings to the Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha. Our chapter has experienced a revitalization during the past year. We look forward to the remainder of 1983 as bringing a new thrust to our chapter. This year, our emphasis will be our public and community services in the Huntsville area. Members of our chapter are actively engaged in a public school tutoring program. This involves three schools where Brothers serve as 42
regular teaching assistants in the areas of reading, writing, mathematics, social studies^ soccer, one-on-one counseling and gross motor skills. Brother Travis Brooks, Past President and graduating senior, serves as Chairman of this educational endeavor. The Brothers of Delta Gamma were instrumental in honoring four founders of the chapter during Founder's Day exercises. Those Brothers who were honored were Henry Bradford, Chairman of Music and Chaplain at Alabama A&M; George Hobson, retired professor of Physical Education at Alabama A&M; Ralph Lee, retired Registrar at A&M; George McCaleb, retired from the Geography Department at Alabama A&M. For our spring projects, Delta Gamma is planning a Leadership Workshop for college and high school young men; our annual Cabaret, which is the social event of the year; group participation in the Regional Convention to be held in Gainesville, Florida; annual picnic; banquet for graduating Brothers; and serving as Big Brothers to a select group of students at Terry Heights Elementary School in the city. Our chapter members recognize their fraternal obligations, and we are determined to spotlight our many contributions and achievements. We are striving for unlimited opportunities for personal, mental and physical growth under the dedicated leadership of the following chapter officers: Michael Davis, President; Lawrence Wilkerson, Vice President; Gentry Jones, Recording Secretary; Lavon LaCount, Corresponding Secretary; Harold Pickens, Treasurer; Rickey Flambo, Sergeantat-Arms; Wayne DeSilva, Chaplain; Tony Williams, Parliamentarian; Ronald Armstrong, Dean of Probates; Gregory Holloway, Assistant Dean of Pledges; and Kenneth Willis, Associate Editor-to-the-Sphinx.
bethune-cookman college Delta Beta selected Service-Incentive Award winner The Brothers of "Murderous and Deadly" Delta Beta extend their greetings to the complete and elite House of Alpha where black and gold looms and rules. We at Delta Beta are still adhering to manly deeds, scholarship, and love for all mankind. We are still
carrying out all activities in our traditional and grand way and once again we seem to be the talk of the campus. The first activity for the year was the Ms. Delta Beta Pageant in which the standing-room-only crowd was thoroughly entertained by five lovely and electrifying contestants. To highlight this affair, Virgie Williams, the outgoing Ms. Delta Beta and also Ms. Black and Gold for the state of Florida, was given a standing ovation on her last walk as our most gracious queen. Ms. Delta Beta for 1982-83 is Cherrye Bess, and her court includes Sheryl Williams â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Ms. Black, and Maria I. Cook - Ms. Gold. In October, six young men saw the light of Alpha and survived the jungle into Alphadom, with special assistance from Brother Bernard Washington, President of Delta Beta; Brother Kevin G. Perry, First Vice President; and Brother Michael L. Goodman. Second Vice President and Dean of Pledges. The "Imperial Force of Destruction" consisted of Brothers Kenneth Wilkerson, Randy Senter, Melvin Dawson, Edwin Wesley, Edward Farmer, and Claude Adams. The Brothers also went on to successfully complete our annual 'Trick or Treat for UNICEF" campaign. Once again the light of Alpha shined as Delta Beta was chosen as the Service-Incentive Award winner in which organizations are selected in terms of service rendered above and beyond the ordinary around the campus and in the community. Brothers Michael Goodman, Bernard Washington, Jeff Lloyd, Jimmy Washington, and Randy Senter joined other fraternities and sororities in assisting community leaders during the Surplus Cheese Handout to the needy in the Daytona Beach community. While on the community subject, Brother Jeff Lloyd was nominated to the "Community Development Corporation Board" in which he assists several prominent leaders in the Daytona Beach area in coming up with vital ideas for the Black community. Various Brothers also put on a skit at a local junior high school, appearing on their RIF Program in which the Brothers annually participate. For Thanksgiving, the Brotherhood donated boxes of food to various families around the community in hopes that it would enlighten their holiday spirit. One of the most visible highlights of the semester was our Founder's Day program, in which the "grand style" of The Sphinx / Spring 1983
Alpha truly showed, and the crowded audience in the chapel that day was thoroughly convinced who is number one. Brother Oswald P. Bronson, President of Bethune-Cookman College, gave an extremely fine message in which all parts were well taken by not only Alphas, but all listeners. To conclude the semester's activities, Brothers Michael Goodman, Bernard Washington, Edwin Wesley, Melvin Dawson, and Randy Senter joined the ladies of Alpha Kappa Alpha in a Christmas Party, which was sponsored by our lovely sister sorority. Once again the Alpha light was turned on and the crowd was pleased. In closing, the Brothers of Delta Beta welcome all men of Alpha whether passing by or visiting the Daytona Beach area to drop by the campus and see what we are about. Turn on that light!!
memphis Alpha Delta Lambda provides leadership and social change Alpha Delta Lambda Chapter, Memphis, Tennessee, previously celebrated fifty years of service to Memphis, "The City of Good Abode." The men of this chapter have demonstrated outstanding leadership, community service, and influence of social change in the Memphis community. They have established a "track record" and "legacy" for forward progress in the area of human services and love for mankind. The Brothers are taking the lead in almost every facet of community and public life. They are assuming leadership roles which were traditionally denied Black Americans in this city. As the city changes and shed its cloth of discrimination and oppression, Memphis Alphas are out front promoting and leading the way for revolutionary social change. The spirit of our beloved Jewels of Alpha Phi Alpha is alive and well in Memphis! The Alpha Phi Alpha Brotherhood around the world should know that Alpha men in Memphis hold a virtual monopoly on elected and appointive positions in the city and state of Tennessee. In addition, most leading administrative positions in the public institutions are under the leadership of Alpha Men. The following brief listing of elected officials who are Alphas in this historic city on the mighty The Sphinx / Spring 1983
Honorees at Alpha Delta Lambda Spring Formal include (left to right) Brothers C. Major Roberts, Michael Nettles, W. Mingo Clark, Don Lee, and ]ethro Alexander. Mississippi River will provide a glimpse of the sphere of influence of Alphas in this Delta community: Brother Harold Ford, U.S. Rep., 9th Congressional District (1st); Brother George Brown, Jr., 1st State Supreme Court JusticeBrother John Ford, State Senator (Tenn); Brother Harper Brewer, State Representative and speaker pro tern of the House of Representatives; Brother James Ford, M.D., City Councilman, City of Memphis; Brother J. O. Patterson, Chairman of the Memphis City Council and unsuccessful candidate for Interim Mayor (1982); Brother George Brown, Jr., School Board Member; Brother Carl Johnson, Sr., School Board Member, Memphis City Schools; Brother Arthur Bennett, Criminal Court Judge; Brother H. T. Lockhard, Criminal Court Judge; Brother Ira Murphy, General Sessions Judge; and Brother James Sweargean, General Sessions Judge. There are many other important positions too numerous to mention in this article. There is an air of urgency and forward-thinking on the parts of Brothers in Memphis. The Brothers are living up to the ideals of the Fraternity as so aptly put by Brother Huel D. Perkins in his commentary on "Leadership and Alpha Phi Alpha (Summer '82 Sphinx): " . . . A fraternity is the sum total of what its brotherhood subscribes to, as ideals, and then translates into some sort of public manifestation." The 1982-83 fraternal year in Mem-
phis has been exemplary for Alpha Delta Lambda as the Brothers have pushed hard to present bold and socially significant programs for community uplift. Some of the chapter programs which impacted the community were: 1) Spring formal (1982) - approximately 400 Brothers and their wellgroomed guests attended a gala occasion high atop the fabulous Holiday Inn Rivermont overlooking the historic Mississippi River. The downtown skyline of Memphis was in full view as the Brothers honored their sweethearts and friends. Brother Mingo Clark, Southern Regional Vice President of Alpha Phi Alpha, and Brother Michael T. Nettles, State Director of Tennessee, were in attendance at the formal dance. Both briefly addressed the Brothers and their guests. They were warmly received. The following morning, a breakfast for Alphas only was held in honor of Brother Nettles and Clark. The occasion was a wonderful success. The spring formal was used to stage the Alpha Delta Lambda announcement of a $1,000 scholarship donation to Lemoyne-Owen College in honor of Brother T. H. Haynes (Omega Chapter), founder of Alpha Delta Lambda, for a deserving student(s) with outstanding scholarship. Also Alpha Delta Lambda presented Brother Don Lee as "Alpha Man of the Year" for his devotion and outstanding service to the Fraternity. 2) Alpha Youth Leadership Seminar â&#x20AC;&#x201D; in conjunction with Shelby State 43
Community College (Memphis), the chapter sponsored 12 hour long seminars and a graduation ceremony for 140 young student leaders in the Memphis/ Shelby County School System. Community leaders, professionals, etc. were used as resource persons and role models to accentuate the need for youth leadership development. 3) Alpha for J. O. Patterson for Mayor â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Alpha Delta Lambda spearheaded a drive to get all Alphas in Memphis involved in the political campaign to elect Brother J. O. Patterson mayor. The program involved soliciting money and encouraging a massive telephone campaign to "get-out-thevote." A hidden agenda was reclamation. The effort was a success in that thousands of citizens were telephoned, more than $2,200 was raised for Brother Patterson's campaign, a "smoker" was given with the cost being underwritten by Brother Congressman Harold Ford wherein more than 150 Brothers were in attendance. 4) Founder's Day - On December 6, 1982 Alpha Delta Lambda held its Founder's Day observance. Alphas' friends came to an "open" meeting to honor the Jewels and the founding of the Fraternity. Brother Charles Patterson, Jr., local minister and former past chapter President gave the address. Afterward, the Brothers went to the home of Brother Willie E. Lindsey, Jr., for a repast. Alpha Delta Lambda and Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity is making a difference in Memphis, Tennessee.
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Hilton, Recording Secretary; William Banks, Jr., Treasurer; Marc Desgraves, Corresponding Secretary; Bernard Cousin, Financial Secretary; Alexander Mack, Dean of Pledgees; Frank Newt, Parliamentarian; and Rory Chandler, Editor-to-the-Sphinx. Brother Rory Chandler is also the National President of Beta Rho Omega National Professional Business Fraternity.
texas Alpha Sigma Lambda celebrates Golden Anniversary "One-half Century of Service" was the theme for the 50th anniversary celebration (1932-1982) of Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter (Dallas, Texas) held November 27, 1982 at the Lincoln Radisson Hotel, the scene of a formal dinner-dance honoring the founders of Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter. The 7:00 p.m. reception was followed by an outstanding program. Brother Aubrey Turner opened the program with the invocation. This was followed by a delicious dinner â&#x20AC;&#x201D; with music by Bernard Phillips and Oltha Austin, Jr. accompanied by Brother James Spaights at the piano. Brother Earnest Wallace then introduced the dais guests and gave the occasion for the affair. Brother Sam Bates, President of Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter, introduced the guest speaker, Dr. Charles V. Willie, professor of Education and Urban Studies, Harvard University. Dr. Willie, a former Dallasite (1944 graduate of Lincoln High School) and
noted sociologist, spoke on the topic of "Developing New Liberation Leaders Who Can Redeem the Nation for Integration." The topic was befitting to the occasion and the speakers' background. Professor Willie's research and teachings have focused on education, the urban community, race relations, social problems and public health. He has conducted research and policy studies pertaining to the education and school desegregation. Dr. Willie's address supported the old saying that "history repeats itself." He pointed out the similarities of our world 50 years ago when Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity was established and our world today. He pointed out the similarities in economic conditions, rivalry among nations, the oppressions against certain groups and the fight for integration still continues. Dr. Willie emphasized developing new leaders to replace those of the last 50 years. Following Dr. Willie's address, Brother Bates honored the chapter founders and made several award presentations. Special recognition was given to the eight founders of Alpha Sigma Lambda Chapter. A special moment of silence was held for the deceased founders who have entered the Omega Chapter. They are Brothers H. I. Holland, James W. White, Sr., James Edmonds, Roy A. Lay, Roy Dixon and Dr. Hugh Keys. Special awards were given to the two living founders, Brother Robert L. Prince, Sr. of Dallas, Texas and Brother C. P. Johnson of Seattle, Washington. Each of these founders gave inspirational remarks to the audience. Brother A. Maceo Smith was named the Outstanding Brother
Brothers of Alpha Sigma Lambda attending the chapter's 50-year anniversary celebration.
texas Nu Pi Lambda now in second year Greetings to all Brothers of Alphadom from Nu Pi Lambda Chapter of Arlington, Texas. We are now in our second year of existence striving to make our chapter one of the best. During the spring of 1982, our first pledge line, The Three Whispers of Distinction consisting of Frank Newt, Terry Jordan and Marc Desgraves entered the House of Alpha. Officers for the 1982-83 year are: Brothers John Hanson, President; Kirkland Floyd, Vice Presidetit; Calvin 44
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on consignment from Amastad Book Store in Houston, Texas. This project was used to attempt to revive the lost art of reading and bring about an awareness of Black authors and literature. Brothers were also involved in car washes, the Wadley Blood Bank Drive, located in Dallas, Texas and other basic activities on campus. In more social areas during the past year, Brothers were fraternity champions of the intramural football and basketball games. We have won all Greek / Probate shows during the past three years, including the Fall 1982 semester. The Alphas on this campus are known for their excellence. Lastly, our most prestigious event during the Fall 1982 semester was the celebration of December 4, 1906, our Brother Charles V. Willie, Professor of Education and Urban Studies, Harvard University, National Founder's Day. On this day, addresses Brothers and guests at Alpha Sigma Lambda's golden anniversary celebration. Left December 4, 1982 a program was held to right are Brother R. E. Carreathers, Southwest Regional Vice President; Brother V. in honor of our Seven Jewels entitled, Elmore; Brother R. L. Prince, Sr. and Brother Willie. "A Tribute To Excellence." There were for the first 50 years. Brother Smith line on February 27, 1970, on the premany guests and honorees, along with made outstanding contributions to the dominantly white campus of ETSU. the coronation of our Alpha Phi Alpha chapter, the national organization and Since then, 170 men have been initiated Sweetheart. Our guest speaker was the community in general, both locally into the chapter. Brother Charles Leftwich, noted gradand nationally. The award was accepted Officers elected for 1982-83 are: uate of Lincoln and Harvard Univerby Mrs. A. Maceo Smith. Brothers Glen Harmon, President; Ray sities. This program was a major sucWalker, Vice President; Sam Bates, cess for the Brothers of this campus, The awards ceremonies were followed Recording Secretary; Leonard Johnand we enjoyed sharing our accomby a "champagne toast to Alpha Sigma son, Corresponding Secretary; Eddie plishments with the Sphinx, as we Lambda, for the next 50 years," led by Hutson, Treasurer; Jon Wakefield, march onward and upward toward the Brother Sam Bates. Brothers toasted Parliamentarian; James R. Darby, light. the idea that Alpha Sigma Lambda Dean of Pledges; Kevin Clayton, would produce the type of leaders for the Editor-to-the-Sphinx; Shane Boddie, next 50 years that the chapter has proSergeant-At-Arms; and Kevin Carreaduced the first 50 years. After the prothers, Chapter Advisor. gram an enjoyable evening of dancing was enjoyed by all. Zeta Tau has been responsible for some outstanding accomplishments The members of Alpha Sigma Lambda Nu Theta Lambda during the Fall 1982 semester. At the Chapter are indebted to Brothers James holds beginning of the semester, the chapter Conner, C. C. Russeau, Roosevelt Blood Drive sponsored a Muscular Dystrophy Johnson, Earnest Wallace, Victor In keeping with our fraternal goals Drive. Brothers walked the streets, Elmore, Thomas Kennedy, Ricky of community service, the Brothers of with cans in hand, manned the teleMoore, David Tyson, Richard Adams, Nu Theta Lambda conducted a replacephones, and set up contribution tables Rheudolph Adkins, Charles Jefferson, ment blood drive as its Christmas gift in the Activities Building; all for donaGil Coleman, David Griffin, and the to the community. The drive had a tions for MDA. During the course of many other Brothers whose work, the day, contributions were steadily sacrifice and indulgence helped to rolling in. By 7:00 p.m., Brothers had make the 50-year anniversary affair a collected over $700. That was more success. than the city of Commerce had raised. Our next project was a visit to Terrell State Mental Hospital in Terrell, Texas. Brothers took it upon themselves to play basketball, do a step show, dance and plan other activities Zeta Tau with the patients. Our next project was strives toward a major fundraiser for the Million the light Dollar Fund Drive. Brothers sponsored a dance and made over $500. All of the Greetings to all elite Alphamen from money was used toward the Million the Brothers of the 'Treacherous" Zeta Dollar Fund Drive. Zeta Tau also Tau Chapter on the campus of East Mrs. Cheryl Edney, Blood Bank supervisor, sponsored a book sale. Black literaTexas State University, Commerce, prepares Brother Prosper Chretien for the ture, cookbooks, and novels were sold Texas. Zeta Tau took over its charter blood extraction.
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two-fold purpose: 1) to replace blood used in the treatment of a young sickle cell anemia victim; and 2) to establish a permanent sickle cell blood bank for victims in St. Martin Parish. The highly successful drive was the chapter's first and will be an annual community service project. The University Medical Blood Bank team extracted fifty two units of blood from the Brothers and their friends.
strations to preserve the San Jose AfroAmerican Center, donations to the San Jose Black Council, and Blood Bank and toy donations to underprivileged youth of the San Jose area. Perhaps these achievements will help "The Chapter on the Move" become The Chapter of the Year.
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lota Zeta Lambda elects new officers for new goals From Iota Zeta Lambda Chapter, the Western Regional Alumni Chapter of the Year, greetings. We take great pride in having co-hosted the successful 1982 National Convention in August and would like to share some of our 1982-83 first quarter highlights. On September 18, 1982 Iota Zeta Lambda held its first official installation ceremony. Brother G. Bernard Brown, Southern California Area Director, served as master of ceremonies. Special guests included Brothers Clinton Minnis, Western Region Vice President; Peter Bostic, President of Mu Sigma Lambda Chapter, Culver City, California; and Ozell Brazil of Mu Sigma Lambda and candidate for Western Regional Vice President. Brother Minnis was guest speaker and in his address stressed the need for all Alphas to rededicate themselves to Alpha . . . its aims, its goals. Following Brother Minnis' address, the new officers of Iota Zeta Lambda were installed by Brother Brazil. They are: Brothers Wilbert Powell, President; Jimmie Stewart, Vice President; Russell Flye, Recording Secretary; Michael White, Correspondence Secretary; Bill Porter, Treasurer; Harry McQueen, Comptroller; Myles Newborn, Dean of Pledges; Eddie Harris, Parliamentarian; Carmen Hayes, SergeantAt-Arms; Fred Montague, Editor-tothe-Sphinx; Bill Howard, Historian; and James Jones, Chaplain. After taking office, the new President, Brother Powell, issued a challenge to the newly installed officers: "We must renew our spirit into the hopes and dreams of what our Seven Jewels meant for Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity." He also committed Iota Zeta Lambda to strongly support the new "Alpha Thrust" program. Since the installation, Iota Zeta Lambda has sought to establish better relations with its undergraduate chapter, Mu Chi, located on the campus
son jose state u Epsilon Mu is Chapter On the Move The Alphas involvement and success in extracurricular activities on the San Jose State University campus has made Epsilon Mu 'The Chapter on the Move." The Epsilon Mu Chapter, which has 46 active members, is the current national marching champion. These Brothers have also demonstrated their competence in the worlds of politics and media. This San Jose based chapter has joined the NAACP. Brothers Vernon Owens and Fred Williams have been elected to hold positions on the Associated Student Council. Owens' position at the Spartan Shop Board of Directors requires him to engage in the specific business of establishing, maintaining and operating the bookstore. Brother Owens' service on the Budget Committee allows him to help prepare the annual budget of the Associated Student Council. He has also become the first Black to serve as treasurer on the Inter-Fraternal Council. Brother Williams, who presides over the Personnel Selection Committee, interviews applicants for all committee positions established in the Legislative Acts of the Associated Student Council. Chris Strode, in conjunction with Gill Cable, is producing a video tape production of the drama of Mountain Meadow Massacre. Brother Strode will be using Gill Cable equipment to operate a camera and assist in post education works of the video tape drama. The show is to be aired on a local Public Broadcasting System Station. The accomplishments of Epsilon Mu extend beyond the institution on which it was founded. A few of the chapter's community projects include demon4o
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of California State University at Long Beach. In October, the chapter for the first time hosted its general chapter meeting on the Long Beach campus. On November 14, Iota Zeta Lambda and Mu Chi participated in a Radiothon sponsored by the United Negro College Fund and on November 22, in keeping with its yearly tradition, IZL gave Thanksgiving baskets to four needy families. Other highlights of the first quarter included participation in the Southern California Area Founder's Day program held at the Fung Lum Restaurant in Universal City, California. During the celebration, three Brothers of Iota Zeta Lambda received awards. They were Brothers Eddie Harris for the chapter's Achievement Award, Marvin Finley for Outstanding Community Service, and G. Bernard Brown, who for the third straight year, received the chapter's Brother of the Year award. On December 16, IZL held its second annual Toy Dance. Proceeds from this dance benefited the Southern Area Boy's Club which serves kids of the Watts, Willowbrook and Compton communities. Closing 1982 and looking into 1983, the Brothers of Iota Zeta Lambda sponsored the annual Martin Luther King breakfast and a Reclamation program, both on January 15. The chapter will continue development of its Business Encouragement and Youth and Community Awareness programs. The Brothers look forward to attending the 1983 Western Regional Convention where our own G. Bernard Brown will be running for Western Regional Vice President. As the Beacon of Light in the Western Region, we shall continue to uphold the motto and goals of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.
California Southern California chapters present awards at elaborate Founder's Day The nine Southern California Area Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity celebrated their Third Annual Joint Area Founder's Day, Sunday, December 5, 1982, at Fung Lum's Restaurant, Universal City, California. The theme of this year's celebration was "Past, Present and Future: Alpha United." The affair was attended by in excess of 225 Alphas, wives, sweethearts, family and guests. Alphas who The Sphinx / Spring 1983
were active, as well as inactive; mature statesmen, as well as young Alphas w h o had just crossed the burning sands, joined hands to celebrate the founding of the nation's first Black Greek-letter organization. Opening the gala affair was Brother Homer Mason, Esq., Master of Ceremonies, Beta Psi Lambda (Los Angeles). Brother James Watson of Mu Sigma Lambda led the audience in the Black National Anthem. The invocation was given by Brother Frank Nicholson, Pasadena. The welcome was given by Brother Oscar Cosby, Western Assistant Vice President, Alpha Delta Chapter (USC). During the luncheon period, Alphas were treated to the musical odyssey of the famed Buddy Clinton Minnis receives Southern California Area Award. With him are Brothers (l-r) G. Bernard Brown, Homer Mason, Brother Minnis, Warren Landry, and James Blanton.
Brother Allen Herbert addresses Founder's Day celebrants. Collette Trio. The highlight of the event was the presentation of chapter awards and remarks which were presented by the following Alpha Brothers: Allen Herbert, Alpha Delta Chapter, summarized the highlights of the year on U S C s campus; C. W. Miller III, Beta Psi Lambda, awarded Art Lewis, Ezra Scott and T h u r m a n Fletcher distinguished service a w a r d s . Bennie Brown, Gamma Xi (UCLA), introduced several Brothers who were in attendance at the program: UCLA Student Body President Brother Bobby Grace and Brother of the Year Paul Kearney. Ray Bartlett, Eta Pi Lambda (Pasadena), presented their Man of the Year, Brother N o r m a n Towels, P h . D . Doctor Towels rendered the status report for Iota Psi (Cal Poly-Pomona) and O m i c r o n Eta (U.C. Irvine). Wilbert Powell, Iota Zeta Lambda (Compton), gave awards to Brother G. Bernard Brown, Area Director, Man of the Year, Brother Marvin Finley, C o m The Sphinx / Spring 1983
munity Service Award and Brother Eddie Harris, Achievement A w a r d . T h o m a s Robinson, Jr., Mu Chi (Cal State, Long Beach), gave a status report and awarded A n t h o n y Jones their Outstanding Brother of the Year A w a r d . James Watson, Mu Sigma Lambda (Culver City), presented Peter Bostic their M a n of the Year A w a r d . Cleophus Lewis, Nu Tau Lambda (Orange County), presented awards to Dennis Patterson for his outstanding contributions to the development of their chapter, and Brother of the Year A w a r d to Randolph M a c o n . Homer Mason presented Presidential A w a r d s to the following persons: Community Leaders â&#x20AC;&#x201D; Lucille Harrison, Harrison & Ross Mortuaries; Celes A. King III, King Bail Bonds; and Maxine Waters, Assemblywoman, 48th Assembly District, State of California. Alpha Wives Auxiliary Awards were presented to the following persons: Grace G r a h a m , Elizabeth Lewis, Pauline P i t m a n , Wilma Richardson, Alyce Robinson, Charles Etta Sterling, Tibbye T h o m a s , Doris West and Ethel Willis; with special recognition to Hortense A. Russell w h o presented a $200 contribution to the Alpha Scholarship Fund in memory of her husband, Brother Russell, and to Marilyn E. Franklin, President of the Alpha Wives Auxiliary for outstanding service to the Fraternity. Achievement Awards to Alphas were presented for their outstanding c o n t r i b u t i o n to the c o m m u n i t y towards economic parity and political and social justice. Recipients were Brothers Edward H. Ballard, Entrepreneur and M . D . ; Leroy Brown, Edu-
c a t o r / A d m i n i s t r a t o r ; Franz Criego, Prosecutor, Los Angeles C o u n t y ; Peter Dauterive, Entrepreneur and Executive, Founders Savings & Loan; A r t h u r Lewis, Accountant; C. W. Miller III, Engineer; Hank Melton, Social Scientist; Wilbert Owens, Jr., Prosecutor, Los Angeles County; T h o m a s W. Robinson, Educator / A d m i n i s t r a t o r ; C h a r l e s Smith, E d u c a t o r ; Henry Thomas, Educator and Writer. Special Recognition A w a r d s were presented to Brothers Terry Brown, Donald Simmons and Warren Valdry, Ed.D., Commissioner for Teacher Preparation and Licensing, State of California. Brother Mason introduced the four leading candidates out of a field of seven for Western Regional Vice President: Brothers N o r m a n Towels, M . D . (Pasadena), A. Vernon Johnson (San Jose), Ozel Brazil (Culver City), and G. Bernard Brown (Compton). Each candidate spoke to the Brotherhood and urged his candidacy by proposing their program for moving the Western Region into the forefront of Alpha. Brother Clinton Minnis, the Western Regional Vice President, advised the audience of his accomplishments during his term in office, with reference to the four assistant vice presidents who had made contributions to the organization to wit: Brothers Terry Brown, Donald Simmons, Bennie Brown and Oscar Cosby. Iota Zeta Lambda's Quartet, consisting of Brothers William Porter, Wilbert Powell, Eddie Harris and Solomon Jones, rendered a musical selection. Brother Lloyd Chandler (Orange C o u n t y ) introduced the guest speaker, 47
Brother Valdry. Dr. Valdry graduated with an Ed.D. in Research and Evaluation from UCLA, an M.A. from California State University at Los Angeles and a B.S. from Southern University at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Presently, Dr. Valdry is a business consultant involved in real estate development, personnel development and is a consultant and advisor to Bill Green, State Senator. He is presently a Commissioner of the State of California for Teacher Preparation and Licensing. He is a member of Beta Psi Lambda Chapter. Dr. Valdry's topic was Education as the Staff of Life; the difference between life and death. He challenged the audience to wrestle with the concept of "What is our current philosophy of education? What can we do to meet the needs of students in a technocratic society," and offered suggestions on how to guarantee that our children will obtain an education that will provide him or her with a successful future in a monetary-oriented, technocratic society. Brother James Blanton, Executive Secretary, then addressed the audience bringing greetings from the National Office. Brother Blanton added levity to the proceedings and thanked the Southern California Area Chapters for hosting the National Convention. He indicated that the national officers were delighted with their reception in Los Angeles and enjoyed the activities sponsored by the Southern California Area Chapters. Brother Homer Mason read telegrams from the following General Presidential candidates who were unable to attend the festivities: Brother Jimmie Buford, Mid-Western Vice President; Brother Henry Ponder, President of Benedict College; and Brother Charles Teamer, Comptroller. Brother Rogernald Jackson, San Francisco, Past Western Vice President, urged the audience to assist him in his quest for President of Alpha Phi Alpha. Brother G. Bernard Brown was introduced by Brother Mason. Brother Brown advised the audience of the progress that has been made in the last year under his direction as Area Director and how the concept of an area Founder's Day had mushroomed. Now this celebration is an accepted tradition. Brother Brown presented the following awards for services rendered over the past year to the following outgoing officers: Brothers Robert Brewington, Secretary; Michael Roberts, 48
Treasurer; and Shannon Thurmond, Assistant Area Director. The Southern California area's award for outstanding service and dedication was presented to Brother Clinton L. Minnis. Area Director Brown thanked all of the Brothers, wives and sweethearts who had supported Alpha in service and in spirit during the past year. The program was drawn to a close when Brother Mason stated, "Today, as we gather here to celebrate the founding of our beloved Fraternity, December 4, 1906, we realize the significance of that founding for we represent the past, the present and the future. We have in our midst and among our brethren such a diversified group of dynamic individuals that we are able to exert an influence on the college campuses, among the politicians, in the courthouse, in the legal profession, in the medical profession and in the business community. That together we are one, and as one we realize as the famed Charlie Lloyd, Esq., believes, "Everything, everywhere, is already all right"; Alphas united - A-Phi-A! All in all, everyone enjoyed themselves and lived the theme, "Past, Present and Future: Alpha United." In true harmony, the Brotherhood sang out the Alpha Hymn, and the celebration was concluded. We, in the Southern California area, look forward to next year's event, anticipating that it will be longer than all the previous years combined.
son diego state u Eta Sigma aids in gubernatorial campaign The Brothers of Eta Sigma Chapter send fraternal greetings throughout Alpha Land to let you know we are stronger than ever! This year has been a good one for us. As usual we have upheld the Alpha spirit by doing numerous service projects both community and campus oriented. To name a few, we have had a very successful blood drive led by Brother Mark Coleman, and aided in Tom Bradley's campaign for Governor. Socially, the highlight of this year has been the Alpha Sigma football game. Led by Brother Darryl Lenore as captain, we beat them 32-24 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; a day to be remembered. We have been guided for the academic year 1982-83 by the follow-
ing officers: Brothers Phil Williams, President; Anothy Ivory, Vice President; Mark Coleman, Recording Secretary; David Picks, Corresponding Secretary; and Remy Williams, Treasurer. We also have Alphas in prominent positions on campus here at SDSU. Brother John W. Wilson III is the President of the Pan Hellenic Council; Brother Clovis M. Honore is the President of the Black Student Union; Brother Reggie Hailey is the only Black house manager at Aztec Center; and lastly we have Brother David Carline, technician at KCST, Channel 39. We would like to welcome four new Brothers of the Hodori line (the Strong and Capable): Mark Coleman, Kenny Newman, David Ricks and Darryl Lenore. Their tasks were long and dutiful! They crossed the burning sands of Alpha April 17, 1982. In closing, we, the chapter o Eta Sigma, extend a warm welcome to the Brothers in the Western Regional Conference here at San Diego. Remember to keep striving towards the light!
u.c. - davis Theta Eta active in student government Greetings from the Brothers of Theta Eta Chapter, University of California at Davis. The Brothers of the Terrible Turnback Theta Eta are on the move. Theta Eta was the first Black Greek organization on the U.C. Davis campus. Chartered in 1972, Theta Eta was instrumental in starting many of the non-Greek organizations at U.C. Davis, such as the Black Repertoire Dance Troupe, Ujima (now known as the Black Student Union), and the first annual Black Family Week Festival. This past year the Brothers have been quite active in the community service aspect of the Fraternity. We have participated in the United Negro College Walk-A-Thon in Sacramento, the Big Brother/Big Sister program, and visited numerous convalescent homes in the area. Another project includes giving blood twice a year to our donor account at the Sacramento Blood Bank. The Brothers will also be resuming a high school tutorial program in the spring of 1983. In addition to community services, Theta Eta is very active on the U.C. Davis campus, sponsoring a freshmen tea, a Male /Female Relationship The Sphinx / Spring 1983
seminar, an "Alpha Tea" entitled "developing your own personal politics," and an annual memorial birthday celebration for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. We have also sponsored a Historical/ Political forum during the last Black Family Week Festival, and a benefit dance to raise funds for the Million Dollar Fund Drive. Presently the Brothers are holding various leadership positions on the U.C. Davis campus. Wayne Perry, President of the Black Student Union and disc jockey on the campus radio
station, Rodney Cook, Vice-President of the B.S.U. and member of the Club Finance Council, Mark Baker, a member of the Business and Finance Commission, and Charles Jones (former President) and Clifton Douglas, members of the Club Finance Council. Congratulations to our graduating seniors: Charles E. Jones, Jr., Wayne Perry, Clifton Douglas, and George Turner. We wish you much success in the future. The officers for the 1982-83 school
year are Rodney Cook, President; Darryl Heath, Vice President; Mark Baker, Dean of Pledges; Clifton Douglas, Secretary; and George Turner, Treasurer. The other members in the chapter are Charles E. Jones, Jr., Tommy Miller, Bryant Williams, Rodney Regall, Philip Smith, Wayne Perry, Sam Bellows, Edward Reed, Chris Givens, Sherman Collins, Mark Perry, Paul Nelson, Arnie Patrick, Kelvin Davis, Glen Middleton, and Horace Hobbs.
ONLY THE BEST. The nation's best corporations turn to the nation's best Fraternity . . . seeking the best candidates for employment opportunities. Don't overlook the Alpha Jobs Fair and Placement Program as you explore job opportunities. You need not be present to participate. Send your resume to the General Office (Attn: Jobs Fair) and each company participating in the program will get to "look you over."
ALPHA JOBS FAIR & PLACEMENT PROGRAM 77th Anniversary Convention • New Orleans, Louisiana *FAIR DATES* Sat., August 6th • Sun., August 7th • Mon., August 8th
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Brother CHARLES HAROLD BRIGHT, JR. entered Omega Chapter November 1, 1982 in Denver, Colorado following a brief illness. Brother Bright was born December 15, 1924 in Detroit, Michigan. Brother Bright graduated from Northwestern High School in Detroit, Michigan and attended Wayne State University in Detroit prior to his entry into the United States Army. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Colorado. He retired in Denver, Colorado from Fitzsimmons Army Medical Center after twenty four years of service in the United States Army. He was employed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services at the time of his passing. Brother Bright was a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha and many national and local civic organizations. He served as a Commissioner of the Aurora, Colorado Human Relations Commission, and was active in the Retired Officers Association, and the Hospital Financial Management Association. The Mass of the Resurrection was celebrated November 2, 1982 at the Cur D'ars Roman Catholic Church, with the Reverend Father Martin Lally, the celebrant. He is survived by his wife. Rose; his son, John; a daughter, Diana; his father, Charles; brothers and sisters and collateral relatives.
Brother J. HAROLD BROWN, noted music composer, director and teacher, passed Friday, September 17, 1982 at the age of 79, in Atlanta, Georgia. Mr. Brown, semi-retired from Cleveland, Ohio, was living and teaching private students in Atlanta. The past year and a half he spent compiling and demonstrating the Bron Method, "Teach Me to Play the Piano Quickly," which is being published by Bron Enterprises. He received his undergraduate AB degree from Fisk University; MB from the University of Missouri's Conservatory of Kansas City; AM from Indiana University; and did work toward his Doctoral degree at Case Western Reserve University. Mr. Brown taught in the Cleveland Public School System, Northeast Junior High School, Kansas City, Kansas, and Crispus Attucks High School, Indianapolis, Indiana. He also taught at Hampton Institute, Hampton, Virginia and was Dean of Music at Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, and at Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Mr. Brown was Director of Music at Karamu House for twenty-two years and directed more than sixty theatrical musical productions for the Karamu Theatre, Huntington Playhouse (Bay Village), Manakiki Playhouse (Willoughby Hills), East Cleveland Community Theatre, Cuyahoga Community College and two productions of the Cleveland City Club's Annual Revue. The popular Karamu Quartet, trained and accompanied by Mr. Brown, broadcasted and traveled for four years throughout the United States and Canada. During the mid-forties, he arranged music for and traveled with the Jimmy Lunceford Big Band. The Eli Lilly Foundation in 1968 made an award and commissioned him to compose the Ballet /Ballads musical production. The Saga of Zip Zan Rinkle" for which he is best known.
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He served as Minister of Music at Antioch Baptist Church and from 1950 to 1979, Mr. Brown was a very active member of the Church of the Covenant in Cleveland, Ohio. While living in Atlanta, Georgia, he was a member and Minister of Music at the Church of the Master. He was a Thirty-third Degree Mason, Life member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, member of Kiwanis International, and the American Federation of Musicians. At his request, his body was cremated and no services were held. The urn was placed in the Columbarium at the Church of the Covenant, Cleveland, Ohio, by the immediate family members, Friday, September 24. At 11:00 a.m. music was played in the main sanctuary. A memorial concert featuring Mr. Brown's compositions will be announced at a later date. The immediate family members are his wife, Ozella Sansome Brown, Atlanta; three daughters, Althea Brown, Atlanta, Allean B. Jackson, Detroit, and Thelma P. Hicks, Los Angeles; a sister, Thelma B. Brown, Tuskegee Institute, Alabama; a brother, B. Hinton Brown, New York City; son-in-law, Alvin Jackson, Detroit; and two grandsons in Los Angeles. He also leaves a host of relatives and friends.
Brother JAMES L. CUMMINGS, age 55, entered Omega Chapter October 3, 1982 at his home in Los Angeles, California following a brief illness. Brother Cummings was the Presiding Bishop of the 9th Episcopal District of the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church, which comprises the Alaska-Pacific, Arizona-New Mexico, California and Oklahoma-Muskogee Conferences. He was the first Vice President of the National Council of Churches. Brother Cummings was an active member of the Fraternity, so many chapters claimed his membership although he favored for the most part Iota Lambda Chapter, Indianapolis, Indiana. Most recently, Alpha Brothers will remember Bishop Cummings as he appeared as speaker at the Ecumenical Service of the Fraternity at the Dallas Convention, August 1981. Brother Cummings was a native of Allenville, Kentucky. He received his undergraduate degree from Lane College, Jackson, Tennessee, and a Master's degree from Christian Theological Seminary, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana. Subsequently he received numerous honorary degrees for his educational attainments from many colleges and universities. Final rites - Celebration of Eternal Life - were conducted by the Rt. Rev. Nathaniel Linsey, who was elected at the same General Conference as was Bishop Cummings. This service was held at Phillips Temple, of the CME Church in Los Angeles, California; interment was at Crown Hill Cemetery, Indianapolis, Indiana. Brother Cummings is survived by his wife, Norma Jean; a daughter, Denise; and a brother, Charles. During the funeral rites, the virtues of Bishop Cummings were extolled by his fellow bishops, from all parts of the country. He was depicted as a true Bishop - a pastor of pastors, and a Bishop to Bishops of his denomination, having a unique ministry, expressing his ecumenical concern and a universal perspective. Bishop Chester Kirkengoll likened Bishop Cummings to St. Paul, having spent his life working in God's kingdom, preaching the gospel, building churches, ministering to the sick and the needy, counseling the distrubed and inspiring men, women, boys and girls to live at their best. He possessed honesty, discipline, knowledge, integrity, wisdom and the love of God. May his soul rest in peace.
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Brother ARTHUR P. EVANS, age 65, entered Omega Chapter November 21, 1982, following a brief illness, at St. Mary and Elizabeth Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky. Brother Evans was a native of Louisville, receiving his elementary education there, and his Baccalaureate degree from Wilberforce University; he received a Master's degree in Community Development and Relations from the University of Louisville. Brother Evans was a management specialist for the Community Action Agency â&#x20AC;&#x201D; formerly an administrator of the Louisville office of the Kentucky Department of Economic Security. Before his assignment with the State of Kentucky, Brother Evans was Executive Director of the Louisville and Jefferson County Youth Commission, and an associate Director of the Louisville Human Relations Commission. He held a position also as a social worker and director of Public Relations for Mount Lebanon Personnel Care Home, Inc. Brother Evans was affiliated with many national and local charities. He had been awarded the Buckskin Award by the Old Kentucky Home Council of Boy Scouts of America, and the Distinguished President's Award by Optimist, Intl. He was a member of the Board of Directors of the Chestnut Street YMCA and the Portland Neighborhood House. He was a lay minister for Quinn Chapel AME Church and a member of the Epicurean Club. Brother Evans is survived by his wife, Theo; two daughters, Joanne and Constance; and six grandchildren.
Brother FREDERICK DOUGLASS HALL, SR. entered Omega Chapter December 28, 1982 in Atlanta, Georgia, following an extended illness. Brother Hall was born December 14, 1898 in Atlanta, Georgia; a member of Eta Lambda Chapter of Alpha. Brother Hall attended the Atlanta public schools and received his Baccalaureate degree from Morehouse College in 1921. He studied at the Pittsburgh School of Music, Roosevelt University, the Julliard School of Music and the Manhattan School of Music. He received his Master's degree and Doctorate from Cc na University, New York City. Brother Hall was a musician, educator, conductor, composer and Musicologist; otherwise a pioneer in many areas of music. From 1941-1955 he was chairman of the Music Department at Alabama State College, Montgomery, Alabama; from 1956-59 he was chairman of the Music Department of Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and coordinator of the Music Department at Dillard University from 1960 until his retirement in 1974. Funeral rites were conducted by the Reverend Benjamin Gay at the Martin Luther King Memorial Chapel in Atlanta, Georgia. He is survived by his wife, Mildred; a son, Frederick, Jr.; several grandchildren; a sister, Ruth; a brother, Glenn; and several nephews and nieces and many friends.
Brother ERNEST HICKS, JR., born August 27, 1929. entered Omega Chapter January 27, 1982 following an extended illness. Brother Hicks was an active member of Beta lota Lambda Chapter, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. An Omega Chapter service was conducted by the local chapters January 27 and funeral rites held January 28, 1982 at the Star of Bethlehem Baptist Church. Brother Hicks received his elementary and secondary education in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from St. Augustine College, and earned a Master of Arts degree from Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Brother Hicks was affiliated with many local and national organizations, mainly: Retired Teachers' Association; Correctional Association; Louisiana's Teachers Association; the Golden Chords, a religious singing group; and the Beta Iota lambda Civic Affairs Association. He is survived by his wife, Margery; a daughter, Rosalyn; his mother and father; a sister, VeEtta Jiles; and a host of collateral relatives and friends.
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Brother AMOS JACKSON KIRK, JR., a retired teacher from the Chattanooga, Tennessee Public School System, entered Omega Chapter October 12, 1982 while visiting relatives and friends in Aberdeen, Washington. Brother Kirk was an active member of Psi Lambda Chapter, Chatanooga, Tennessee, supportive in every respect and a Life member of the Fraternity. He was an active and dedicated member of Orchard Knob Baptist Church in Chattanooga, where he served faithfully and was a member of the Deacon Board. Brother Kirk was a native of Okolona, Mississippi where he received his elementary education. He received his Baccalaureate degree at Tuskegee Institute, Alabama and was on the faculty of Riverside High School for many years. He recently retired (1980) from the faculty of Kirkman Technical High School. Omega Chapter services were conducted by the Brothers of Psi Lambda, and neighboring chapters, October 17 at the Hardwick Funeral Home; final rites were held October 18 at the Orchard Knob Baptist Church in Chattanooga, Tennessee with graveside rites at the National Cemetery. Brother Kirk is survived by his wife, Vernita; three sons, Precel, Amos III and Wendell; three daughters, Altamese, Sereeta and Aleta; three brothers; two sisters; and many collateral relatives and friends.
Brother MAURICE F. RABB, M.D., entered Omega Chapter November 12, 1982 at Jewish Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky following a brief illness. Brother Rabb was born in Columbus, Mississippi July 13, 1902. He received his elementary education in Columbus, Mississippi and his secondary education at Fisk University; and received his medical degree from Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee. Brother Rabb began the practice of medicine in Shelbyville, Kentucky, later moving and continuing practice in Louisville, Kentucky from 1946 until his passing. Brother Rabb was a long-time civil rights activist motivated by a concern for the well-being of all people, particularly those of his race. He helped lead the struggle for ordinances to integrate restaurants, theatres, housing and jobs during the 1960's. He was an active member of the NAACP, having received numerous honors from the NAACP and other civil rights organizations. He was an ardent member of Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ; a charter member of the Kentucky Civil Liberties Union; an active member of Alpha Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and Sigma Pi Phi (Boule); and the Fall City Medical Society. Funeral rites were held at the Plymouth Congregational Church of Christ, November 13, 1982, conducted by the Reverend E. Alexander Campbell. He is survived by his wife, Jewel; his son, Maurice, Jr.; two grandsons, Maurice III and Christopher; a brother, Louis; and a host of collateral relatives and friends. Graveside rites were conducted at Evergreen Mausoleum in Louisville, Kentucky.
Brother HERBERT F. SMITH entered Omega Chapter August 10, 1982 after a long illness. A past President of Theta Delta Lambda, Brother Smith retired from the U.S. Army in 1974 with the rank of Colonel, residing in El Paso, Texas. He served his country courageously, with great distinction and received numerous decorations for gallantry and meritorious service. Brother Smith was a pioneer in the field of civil rights, not with words but with deeds. He consistently set the example and bore the standard of Alpha proudly. Brother Smith was the first Black officer selected for Battalion command during the Vietnam conflict. During the early days of his
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residency in El Paso, he organized a Black baseball team to challenge the local white team during the odious days of segregation. A tireless worker, Brother Smith was intensely involved with community affairs. He was an organizer and past Assistant Director of the CETA program for the city and county of El Paso. He served on the Board of Directors for Thomason General Hospital as well as on the boards of numerous charitable organizations in the El Paso area. Brother Smith was also a member of the Sun City Lions Club and the American Legion. He is survived by his wife, Annie; son, Herbert F. Smith, Jr.; and daughter, Rose Newsome. Brother JAY L. TAYLOR entered Omega Chapter October 6, 1982 in his home, 3295 Locust Street, Denver, Colorado following an extended illness. Brother Taylor was born February 10, 1907 in St. Louis, Missouri; his elementary education was received in the public schools of St. Louis; his secondary education included work at Hillsdale College, Hillsdale, Illinois. Brother Taylor was employed by the Missouri-Pacific Railroad which resulted in his moving his family to Denver, Colorado, where he later became an X-ray technician at the Denver General Disease Control Hospital, where he remained until his retirement in 1972. Brother Taylor was an active member of Delta Psi Lambda Chapter, a fifty-year member of the Fraternity, and an active golfer. Memorial services were held at Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, Denver, Colorado October 10, 1982 at 6:00 p.m. He is survived by his wife, Louise; seven children; many grandchildren; collateral relatives and devoted friends. Cremation rites were arranged by Kirk Mortuary, Denver, Colorado. Brother LEVEN COMER WEISS, former General Treasurer of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, entered Omega Chapter January 20, 1983 following a brief illness at his home in Detroit, Michigan. Brother Weiss was born April 20, 1921 in Detroit, Michigan. His early life was marked by the influence of his parents, and his membership at the Second Baptist Church. Brother Weiss' education in the Detroit public schools culminated in his graduation from Northwestern High School. Thereafter
he received an appointment to the West Point Military Academy. Later he graduated from the University of Detroit with a Bachelor of Science degree; later the degree of Doctor of ui Jurisprudence was conferred upon him by the University of Detroit. His professional career included employment with the U.S. Internal Revenue Service from 1948 to 1978. Upon his retirement he held the post of Appellate Conferee. He was engaged in the practice of law during the remaining years of his life. Brother Weiss' commitment to the community was evidenced by his active and dedicated participation in a variety of organizations: board member and attorney for Peoples Community Services, Detroit Council of Political Education; Wolverine Bar Association; nine years as treasurer of the Detroit Chapter of the NAACP. Brother Weiss felt a special love for the Fraternity, having served as General Treasurer for fifteen years. He was an active member of Gamma Lambda Chapter, which he served as President for four years. Gamma Lambda Chapter honored the memory of Brother Weiss with the Omega Service at McFall's Funeral Parlor, January 24. In attendance were over 200 Brothers, four past General Presidents and many other dignitaries. Words of tribute were offered by Brother Ozell Sutton, the General President, Brothers Washington, Newsom, Williams, and the former Executive Secretary, Brother Laurence T. Young. Final rites were conducted January 25, 1983 at Hartford Memorial Baptist Church, with the Reverend Charles G. Adams celebrating the Service of Thanksgiving. He is survived by his wife, Jeanette; three sisters, Catherine, Dorothy and Marjorie; one brother, Herbert; and many collateral relatives.
Omega Chapter Notices In profound sorrow, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. announces the entrance into Omega Chapter of the following Brothers since the last General Convention in Los Angeles, California: Brother CHARLES HENRY JONES, August 20, 1982 in Hampton, Virginia — Zeta Lambda Chapter, Newport News, Virginia. Brother ELMER H. BRADFORD, October 25, 1982 in Mobile, Alabama — Mu lota Lambda Chapter, Mobile, Alabama.
MEMORIAL SERVICE (Omega Chapter) All chapters and Brothers are urged to submit the names of Brothers transferred to Omega Chapter during the past year — so that proper tribute may be offered at the 77th Anniversary Convention in New Orleans.
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THE SEVEN JEWEL
Henry A. Callis, M D .
Charles H. Chapman
Eugene Kinckle Jones
George B. Kelley
Nathaniel A. Murray
Robert H. Ogle
Vertner W. Tandy
GENERAL OFFICERS GENERAL PRESIDENT - Ozell S u t t o n , 1640 Loch L o m o n d Trail, SW, A t l a n t a , G A 30331 EXECUTIVE SECRETARY - James B. Blanton, 4432 King Drive, Chicago, IL 60653 GENERAL TREASURER - James M . Trent, 3606 Edward Street, Landover, M D 20785 GENERAL C O U N S E L - John W . Walker, 6520 Sherry Drive, Little Rock, AR 72204 H I S T O R I A N - Charles H . Wesley, 7632 17th Street, N W , W a s h i n g t o n , D C 20012 C O M P T R O L L E R - Charles C . T e a m e r , 2601 Gentilly Blvd.,*New O r l e a n s , LA 70122 DIRECTOR-GENERAL C O N V E N T I O N S - Kermit J. Hall, 100 Fairview A v e . , Yeadon, P A 19050 VICE PRESIDENTS EASTERN - T h o m a s R. H u n t , 9 Rickover C o u r t , A n n a p o l i s , M D 21401 MIDWESTERN - Jimmie L. Buford, 9807 Smalley A v e n u e , Kansas City, M O 64134 S O U T H E R N - W . Mingo Clark, 2026 Winchester Road, Huntsville, AL 35810 S O U T H W E S T E R N - R a y m o n d E. Carreathers, P . O . D r a w e r N, Prairie View, TX 77445 WESTERN - Clinton L. Minnis, 8786 S. LaSalle A v e n u e , Los Angeles, CA 90047 A S S I S T A N T VICE PRESIDENTS EASTERN - Kirk L. Bowen, 259 West 131st Street, N e w York, NY 10027 MIDWESTERN - James H. C a r y , Jr., 1240 East 135th Street, East Cleveland, O H 44112 S O U T H E R N - A n t h o n y Hightower, 2210 Ross A v e n u e , College Park, G A 30337 S O U T H W E S T E R N - Sherwin L. H a r v e y , P . O . Box 2952, State University, AR 72467 WESTERN - O s c a r L. C o s b y , 909 W . A d a m s Boulevard, Apt. B-5, Los Angeles, C A 90007
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. GENERAL OFFICE: 4432 Martin Luther King Drive Chicago, IL 60653 Telephone: (312) 373-1819
Alpha Phi Alpha Education Foundation, Inc. Walter W . Sullivan, C h a i r m a n 1800 New H o p e Road, SW A t l a n t a , G A 30331 James B. Blanton, Secretary James M . T r e n t , Treasurer John W . Walker, Counsel Ivan L. C o t m a n Ernest L. H o l l o w a y Keith Miller Henry Ponder Jesse H. Sterling Paul C. Williams Ozell S u t t o n , Ex-Officio
Alpha Phi Alpha Building Foundation, Inc. W a y n e C. H a r v e y , C h a i r m a n 8775 W . Kingsbury University City, M O 63124
James B. Blanton, Executive Secretary Michael J. Price, Assistant Executive Secretary, Editor-in-Chief, The Sphinx Waldo E. Johnson, Assistant Executive Secretary - Programs
James B. Blanton, Secretary James M . T r e n t , T r e a s u r e r John W . Walker, Counsel Mitchell Albert Larry L. Earvin Albert Holland Allen Killings Herbert Marshall Ozell Sutton, Ex-Officio
NATIONAL COMMITTEE/COMMISSION CHAIRMEN AWARDS To be appointed BUDGET AND FINANCE Charles C. Teamer 2601 Gentilly Boulevard New Orleans, LA 70122 BUSINESS ENCOURACEMENT Virgil Chandler 4220 Pratt Street Omaha, NB 68111 COLLEGE BROTHERS AFFAIRS N o r m a n E. Towels 10601 Diana Avenue, #456 Riverside, C A 92505 CONSTITUTION Milton C. Davis 1202 Montgomery Road Tuskegee Institute, AL 36088
ONE MILLION DOLLAR DRIVE Isadore J. Lamothe, Jr. 1407 University Avenue Marshall, TX 75670
ELECTIONS John 1. Hendricks, Jr. Box 42 Alcorn State University Lorman, MS 39096 EQUITABLE EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY Charles E. Lewis 3500 Fieldstone Drive Winston-Salem, NC 27105 GRIEVANCES AND DISCIPLINE Wilbur Hardy 329 Troy Street Aurora, CO 80011 LIFE MEMBERSHIP Elmer C. Collins 26151 Lake Shore Blvd. #1224 Euclid, OH 44132
PERSONNEL Thomas A. Phillips 9908 Taylor Drive Overland Park, KS 66212
PUCLICTY - PUBLIC RELATIONS Harvey L. Brinson 12818 Broadmore Road Silver Spring, MD 20904
SENIOR ALPHA AFFAIRS Laurence T. Young, Sr. 555 E. 33rd Place, Âť1208 Chicago, IL 60616
RECLAMATION AND MEMBERSHIP SPECIAL PROJECTS William Ross, Jr. Hanley J. Norment 5205 Overbrook Avenue 12500 Arbor View Terrace Philadelphia. PA 19131 Silver Spring, MD 20904
PUBLIC POLICY Hobart S. Jarrett 315 West 70th Street, #15 New York, NY 10023
RECOMMENDATIONS Solomon Stinson 6900 NW 5th Avenue Miami, FL 33150
STANDARDS AND EXTENSION A. M. Witherspoon 2701 Rothgeb Drive Raleigh, NC 27609
PUBLICATIONS Joseph E. Hey ward P.O. Box 384 Florence, SC 29503
RULES AND CREDENTIALS Emmett W. Bashful 5808 Lafaye Street New Orleans, LA 70122
TIME AND PLACE Frank Devine 6202 Washington Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19143
PAST GENERAL PRESIDENTS Moses Melvin Morrison"
Howard H. Long'
B. Andrew Rose"
Roscoe C. Giles*
W. A. Pollard*
Frederick Miller Drawer "M" Mound Bayou, MS 38762
Daniel D. Fowler'
Charles H. Wesley 7632 17th Street, N.W. Washington, DC 20012
L. L. McGee*
Rayford W. Logan*
S. S. Booker*
Belford V. Lawson, Jr. 1813 Kalorama Sq. N.W. Washington, DC 20009
Charles H. Garvin* Henry L. Dickason* Henry Arthur Callis*
Raymond W. Cannon 2008 Virginia Road Los Angeles, CA 90016
A. Maceo Smith* Frank L. Stanley, Sr.*
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Myles A. Paige 4124 Kenway Avenue Los Angeles, CA 90008
Ernest N. Morial 1101 Harrison Avenue New Orleans, LA 70122
William H. Hale'
Walter Washington Alcom State University Lorman, MS 39096
T. Winston Cole 124 S.W. 23rd Gainesville, FL 32601 Lionel H. Newsom Central State University Wilberforce, OH 45384
James R. Williams 584 Avalon Akron, OH 44320 'OMEGA CHAPTER
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Directory of Chapters All chapters are required to submit a Chapter Directory to the General Office within ten (10) days after the election of chapter officers. This form should list the chapter's "Official Contact person" — to whom all chapter mail is sent. This listing contains — only — those addresses sent to the General Office for 1981-82; and was updated as of February 1, 1983.
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Advisor President Corresponding Secretary Secretary Financial Secretary Recording Secretary
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NORTHEAST NEW YORK STATE (Area III) Omicron Zeta (Fairleigh Dickinson University - # 7 1 3 ) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Richard I Matthews (P) Kappa Zeta INTERNATIONAL (DISTRICT 250 17th Street (Utica College - #425) Director Paterson, NJ 07054 Richard Cumberbatch (P) Elmer Moore ALUMNI CHAPTERS Bloomlield. CT 06002 P 0 Box 73 - South Hall 2717 Tennyson St NW Zeta Phi Lambda Alpha Alpha Lambda Utica College of Syracuse Univ. Washington DC 20015 (Newark - # 1 2 3 ) (Stamford - # 2 5 3 ) Utica. NY 13502 AFRICA (Area I) Warren E Sherwood (S) Michael P Williams (S) ALUMNI CHAPTERS COUEGE CHAPTERS 15 Columbus Avenue 5 Donald Court Beta Pi Lambda Montclair. NJ 07042 Kappa Phi Bridgeport. CT 06606 (Albany - #159) Beta Alpha Lambda (U ol Liberia - Cuttington Coll - # 4 3 9 ) E U Alpha Lambda Irving Smith. Jr. (S) (New Haven - # 2 5 6 ) (Jersey City - # 1 4 5 ) No Report 35 Bnarwood Road Logan M Hill (P) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Loudonville. NY 12211 Delta M u Lambda 42 Bungay Terrace Eta Epsilon Lambda Theta Chi Lambda Seymour. CT 06483 (Paterson - # 1 9 9 ) (Monrovia Liberia - # 2 6 0 (Schenectady - #298) Joseph Fulmore (P) No Report RHODE ISLAND {Area III) No Report 496 East 29th Street EUROPE {Area II) COLLEGE CHAPTERS lota lota Lambda Paterson, Nl 07514 Theta Theta Lambda (Rome - #510) Alpha Gamma Kappa Theta Lambda (Frankfort. Germany - # 2 8 5 No Report (Bro»n U - # 2 5 ) (Teaneck - # 5 3 1 ) Lt Col Donald C Thomas, l i (CS) Mark Frentress (P) HUDSON VALLEY (Area IVI Arnold E Brown (P) Weiherstrasse Box 1167 - Brown University ALUMNI CHAPTERS P 0 Box 776 6797 Waldmohr Providence. Rl 02912 Eta Zeta Lambda 106 West Palisade Ave. W Germany ALUMNI CHAPTERS (New Rochelle - #261) Englewood. NJ 07631 CARIBBEAN (Area III) Mu Theta Lambda No Report {AREA II - CENTRAL) Theta Epsilon Lambda (Providence - # 5 5 3 ) Eta Chi Lambda COLLEGE CHAPTER (St Thomas. VI - # 2 8 2 ) Howletl Chandler (T) (Nyack - #276) Delta lota No Report P 0 Box 6062 Walter C Blount, Jr (S) (Rutgers U - #97) lota Sigma Lambda Providence. Rl 02940 P 0. Box 165 Matthew Robinson (P) (St. Croix VI - # 5 1 8 ) NEW HAMPSHIRE {Area IVI Orangeburg. NY 10962 L.PO Box 11048 No Report Kappa Upsilon Lambda COLLEGE CHAPTERS Piscataway, NJ 08903 Epsilon Theta Lambda (Mid-Hudson Valley - #542) Theta Zita ALUMNI CHAPTERS (Hamilton Bermuda - # 2 1 9 ) James E Royal Jr (P) (Dartmouth College - #381) Zeta Epsilon Lambda No Report 38 North Street Alan B. Bond (P) (Red Bank - #238) lota Epsilon Lambda H.nman Box 5024 - Dartmouth College Newburgh, NY 12550 Kenneth M Morgan (Nassau Bahamas - # 5 0 6 ) Hanover, NH 03755 METRO NEW YORK CITY {Area V| P 0. Box 158 No Report Red Bank, NJ 07701 ASIA (Area IV) NEW YORK STATE (DISTRICT l l l ) ^ a E " Zeta Nu Lambda Mu Phi Lambda Oirector (Metropolitan - # 7 ) (Plainfield - # 2 4 5 ) (Seoul South Korea - # 5 6 5 ) Clifford R Clemmons No Report Malcolm L Champion (P) Johnny Thomas iP) 221 25 Manor Road Zeta Eta 1030 Prospect Ave, HHC EUSA SIA TDS Queens Village NY 11427 (Columbia U - # 3 3 8 ) Plainfield. Nl 0 7 0 6 0 AP0 San Francisco CA 96301 No Report WESTERN NEW YORK STATE (Area II Theta Psi Lambda ALUMNI CHAPTERS COLLEGE CHAPTERS (Somerset - # 2 9 9 ) NEW ENGLAND {DISTRICT I Alpha Gamma Lambda Delta Epsilon James P. McNeil (CS) OrrlctOf (New York - # 1 2 5 ) (U of Buffalo - # 9 3 ) 15 Cortland Drive Thomas 0 Harris IV Henry Rice (P) Darrel L Hawkins (P) Somerset, NJ 08873 ! 3 5 Canterbury Street Suite 902 Union 4 0 0 - SUC at Buffalo (AREA I I I - SOUTHERN! Hartford CT06112 160 Broadway
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MASSACHUSETTS (Area I) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Sigma (Metropolitan - # 1 7 ) Cednc tones (P) 471 Memorial Drive Cambridge MA 0 2 1 3 9 Alpha Kappa (Metropolitan - # 3 2 ) Steve J Colon |P) American Int I College Springlield MA 0 1 1 0 9 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Epsilon Gamma Lambda (Boston - # 2 1 4 1 John H McMullen l i (P) 8 Pine Street Sharon MA 02067 Theta iota Lambda (Springlield - # 2 8 6 ) Arthur Shurn (S) 242 Middlesex Street Springlield MA 0 1 1 0 9 Nu Xi Lambda (Sudbury - # 5 4 0 ) Clifton E Reed (P) 14 Gedick Road Burlington MA 01803 CONNECTICUT {Area II) COLLEGE CHAPTERS
Ml (Vale U - # 6 ) No Report Kappa Delta (U of Connecticut - # 4 2 3 ) Terry D Sheppard (T) Sprague Hall Room 249S U ol Connecticut Storrs. CT 06268 M n Phi (U of Bridgeport - # 4 6 1 ) Gerald Roach (S) 533 Gregory Street. Apt # 1 Bridgeport CT 06604 MuPsi (SCSC - # 4 6 3 ) No Report
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ALUMNI CHAPTERS Beta Sigma Lambda (Hartford - # 1 6 1 ) Royce A Rosmond (P) 2 Christine Circle
1300 Elmwood
COUEGE CHAPTERS
Buffalo NY 14222 Mu Sigma (U ol Rochester - #458) Kevin Huff (P)
New York NY 10038 Kappa Xi Lambda (New York - # 5 3 6 ) No Report
Box 659
BROOKLYN and LONG ISLAND {Area VI)
25 Andrews Memorial Drive Rochester NY 14623
COUEGE CHAPTERS
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Rho Lambda (Buffalo - # 1 1 6 ) Robin D Thompson (CS) 59 Woodlawn Avenue Buffalo NY 14209 Eta Theta Lambda (Wyandoance - # 2 6 3 ) George Mims (P) 885 Seneca Road W Hempstead NY 11552 Eta Rho Lambda (Rochester - # 2 7 1 ) Rutus W McGee (RC) 201 Warner Street Rochester NY 14606 CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE {Area II) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha (Cornell U - # 1 ) Erskine R Tucker Jr (P) 409 Elmwood Avenue Ithaca NY 14850 Delta Zeta (Syracuse U - # 9 4 ) Gerald G Erasme (P) P 0 Box 185 - S.U Station Syracuse NY 13210 ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Theta Lambda (Endicott - #509) Robert E Hunter IS) 600 Princeton Drive Vestal NY 13850 lota Kappa Lambda (Syracuse - #511) Melvin Beard 1P1
P 0 Box 6565 Teall Avenue Station Syracuse NY 13210
Delta Chi (City ol Brooklyn - # 3 0 8 ) No Report Theta Epsilon (Adelphi U - # 3 8 0 ) David C Tanner (VP) AdelphiU Center Room 109 Garden City. NY 11530
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Theta Lambda (Atlantic C i t y - # 1 3 0 ) 0 C Edwards (P) 310 North Illinois Ave Atlantic City. NJ 08401 Zeta lota Lambda llrenton - # 2 4 2 ) Everette L, Mills (CS) 194 Crescent Avenue Trenton. NJ 08638 Kappa lota Lambda (Burlington County - # 5 3 2 ) No Report Nu Gamma Lambda (Glassboro - # 5 7 0 ) No Report
Kappa Rho (C W Post College - # 4 3 5 ) Eric Hazel (P) C W Post College long Island University Greenvale NY 11548 Xi Psi (Holstra University - # 7 0 7 ) Raymond Remirez (ED) Box 4 2 - Holstra University Hempstead, NY 11550 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma lota lambda (Brooklyn-Long Island - # 1 7 5 ) John M Williams (P) 51 Alabama Avenue Hempstead NY 11550 Zeta Zeta Lambda (St Albans - # 2 3 9 ) Roy foust (CS) 1 1 2 0 1 175th Street Jamaica NY 11433
PENNSYLVANIA (DISTRICT V| Director Frank Devrne 6202 Washington Avenue Philadelphia. PA 19143 WESTERN PENNSYLVANIA (Area II
NEW JERSEY (DISTRICT IV) Director Elbert C Wisner 300 Lincoln Dr Colonial Terr Ocean N J 0 7 7 1 2 {AREA I -
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS lota Rho (Newark College of Engineering Kevin Turner (P) 1129 E 3rd Street Pla.nlield NJ 07062
lota lota (Trenton State College - # 4 0 6 ) Algernon Ward (P) 851 Carteret Avenue Trenton, NJ 08618 Nu lota (Glassboro State - # 4 7 2 ) Phillip L Jackson (P) 227L Parkcrest Village Glassboro Nl 08028
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS Omicron (U ol Pittsburgh - # 1 4 ) Chailes R Davis Jr (P) P 0 Box 7184 - Oakland Station Pittsburgh. PA 15213 lota Sigma iMilieisvihe Stale Coll - # 4 1 4 ) Michael F Jones (P) 541 Rockland Street Lane PA 17602 Hi Mu (Slippery Rock State College - # 4 9 6 ) Philip White (VP) P 0 Box 242 Slippery Rock. PA 16057
Treasurer Editor-to-the Sphinx V i c e President Dean of P l e d g e s Dean of P l e d g e s Assistant Secretary Xi Sigma (Indiana U of Pennsylvania Harold K Lloyd (P) Box 1700 Folger Indiana U of Pennsylvania Indiana. PA 15705 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Omicron Lambda (Pittsburgh - # 1 3 6 ) Allied E Richardson (P) 218 Manor Ct. Pittsburgh, PA 15241 Kappa Beta Lambda
Mu Rho # 7 0 2 ) (Towson State - # 4 5 7 ) Kenneth Green (CS) Mu Rho Chapter Box 906 - Towson State U Towson. MD 21204 Nu Kappa (UM-Baltimore County - # 4 7 3 ) No Report
(Erie - # 5 2 5 ) No Report Nu Upsilon Lambda (Pittsburgh - # 5 8 6 ) Walter H. Green (S) 420 Graham # 6 Pittsburgh, PA 15232 CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA (Area II) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Nu (Pennsylvania State U - # 7 8 ) Walter W. Laurel (P) 532 E. College Avenue Apt. 7A State College, PA 16801 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Theta Lambda (Harnsburg - # 2 4 1 ) E. S. Herring (P) P. 0 Box 10436 Hamsbuig. PA 17105 EASTERN PENNSYLVANIA {Area till COLLEGE CHAPTERS Nu {Lincoln U - # 1 2 ) No Report Psi (U ol Pennsylvania - # 2 2 ) lames King. If. (P) c/o Office of Fraternity Affairs 3734 Locust Walk Philadelphia. PA 19104 Delta Pi (Cheney - # 3 0 2 ) Michael L. Hill (P) 155 Fairview Avenue Teaneck.Nl 07666 Zeta Psi (West Chester Slate Coll # 3 5 3 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Rho (Philadelphia - # 1 6 ) Harold D Trawick (P) 6632 Boyer Street Philadelphia PA 19119 Zeta Omicron Lambda (Philadelphia - # 2 4 7 ) Waverly L Easley (P) 2332 Bryn Mawr Avenue Philadelphia. PA 19143
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Lambda (Baltimore- #104) Robsol G. Pmkett (S) 3201 Clifton Avenue Baltimore. MD 2 1 2 1 6 Iota Alpha Lambda (Aberdeen - # 5 0 2 ) Leroy Stansbury (S) 644 Elm Street Aberdeen. MD 21001 Kappa Kappa Lambda (Baltimore - # 5 3 3 ) Seaton I White. Ill (S) P 0 Box 11347 Baltimore. MD 21239
ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Upsilon Lambda (Silver Spring - # 5 2 0 ) E Averal Austin (CS) 6200 Westchester Park Drive College Park, MD 20740 Kappa Epsilon Lambda (Landover - # 5 2 8 ) Charles Gould (RC) 7604 Bock Road Ft Washington. MD 20744 Kappa Phi Lambda (Columbia - # 5 4 3 ) Kenneth M. Jennings. Jr (P)
P 0 Box 321 Columbia, MO 21045 MARYLAND EASTERN (Area IV) COUEGE CHAPTERS Delta Nu (U ol Maryland. ES - # 1 0 0 ) Anthony E Miller (P) P 0 Box 1456 - UMES Princess Anne, MD 21853 Eta Zeta (Bowie State College - # 3 5 9 ) No Report
Director Hanley J Norment 12500 Arbor View Terrace Silver Spring. MD 20902 DELAWARE (Area I)
WASHINGTON. O.C. |Area V)
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Sigma (Delaware State College - #83) Darnell Wilkerson (P) Box 371 Delaware State College Dover DE 19901 Xi Omicron (U ol Delawaie - # 4 9 9 ) No Report
COUEGE CHAPTERS Beta (Howard U - # 2 ) Herb V McMillan. Ill (P) P 0 Box 506 Howard University Washington, DC 20009 NuBeU (Amencan U - #465) Nu Beta Chapter Phillip A Lattimore, III American University Eagle Station - Box 124 Washington, DC 20016 Omicron Omicron (UOC - #721) John Henderson (P) 1520 New lersey Avenue N W Washington DC 20001
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Theta Lambda (Wilmington - # 1 7 4 ) Wilbert L Miller (P) 27 Arommink Drive Newark, 0E 19711 Zeta Rho Lambda (Dover - # 2 4 9 ) John H Quarles (P) 347 Beechwood Drive Dover DE 19901 MARYLAND NORTH (Area II) COUEGE CHAPTERS Seta Alpha (Morgan State U - # 4 5 ) William A Sherman (P) 5964 Daywalt Avenue Apartment B Baltimore MD 21206
VIRGINIA (DISTRICT VII) Director C A Pennington 3212 Griffin Avenue Richmond, VA 23222 BLUE RIDGE NORTH (Area II COUEGE CHAPTERS l o U Alpha (Washington i Lee U No Repprt l o U Beta
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(U of Virginia - # 3 9 9 ) Kirk T Brown (S) Newcomb Hall Box 430 Charlottesville. VA 22904 Xi DelU (James Madison U - # 4 8 9 ) Steven D Fields (P)
Box 4172
MARYLAND SOUTHWEST (Area III) James Madison University Harrisonburg. VA 22807
COUEGE CHAPTERS lota Zeta (U of Maryland - # 4 0 3 ) No Report Mu Upsilon (frostburg State Coll - # 4 6 0 ) Lorenzo E Waters. Ir. (S) Frostburg State University Box 64 Frostburg. MD 21532
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Omicron Lambda (Princess Anne - # 2 0 3 ) No Report E U E U Lambda (Annapolis - # 2 6 2 ) Randolph Robins (RC) P 0 Box 45 Gambrills, MD 21054
DELAWARE, MARYLAND & D.C. (DISTRICT Vl|
Omicron Lambda Alpha (Washington - #500) Robert M Moore (P) 1495 Newton Street N W , #402 Washington. DC 20010
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Mu Lambda (Washington - #111) lessee B Brown (CS) 804 Tantollon Drive Oion Hill MO 20744
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Alpha Lambda (Charlottesville - # 1 6 7 ) Stephen D. Waters (S) Box 3036 Charlottesville. VA 22903 BLUE RIDGE SOUTH (Area III COUEGE CHAPTERS TheU l o U (Virginia Polytechnic U No Report
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ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Kappa Lambda (Roanoke - # 1 3 2 ) No Report Gamma Nu Lambda (Lynchburg - # 1 7 8 ) Augustus Petticolas (P) 7139 Suncrest Drive Lynchburg. VA 24502 SOUTHERN VIRGINIA (Area III) COUEGE CHAPTERS DelU Tau (St. Paul's Polytechnic - # 3 0 5 ) George T Hankerson (CS) Delta Tau Chapter St Pauls College Lawrenceville, VA 23868
XiZeU (Hampden-Sydney - # 4 9 1 ) Christopher Yim (P) Box 381 Hampden Sydney College Hampden Sydney. VA 23943 ALUMNI CHAPTERS DelU Nu Lambda (Danville - # 2 0 0 ) Pinckley York (P) 225 Crosland Avenue Danville, VA 24543 Epsilon Omicron Lambda (Lawrenceville - # 2 2 5 ) Ernest I Morse (CS)
P 0 Box 595 South Hill, VA 23970 loU Tau Lambda (Charlotte Court House Robert L Early (S) Rt. 3, Box 274 Farmville, VA 23901
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NORTHERN VIRGINIA (Area IV) ALUMNI CHAPTERS ZeU Upsilon Lambda (Reslon - # 2 5 2 ) John A Mann (FS) 9525 Heathwood Ct Burke VA 22015 TheU r h o Lambda (Arlington - # 2 9 3 ) Arthur 6 Word (P) 404 E Eellefonte Avenue Alexandria. VA 22301 CENTRAL VIRGINIA (Area VI COUEGE CHAPTERS Gamma (Vuginia Union U - # 3 ) Vance L Page (P) 2215 Alton Avenue Apartment B Richmond VA 23224
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Beta Gamma (Virginia State College - # 4 7 ) Joseph I. Sober )r (S) 1513 Oakdale Avenue Petersburg. VA 23803 Iheta Rho (Virginia Commonwealth U - # 3 9 1 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Nu Lambda (Virginia State College - # 1 1 2 ) 1 1 Hayes (CS) 21329 Sparta Drive Ettrick. VA 23803 Beta Gamma Lambda (Richmond - # 1 4 7 ) Melvm A. Crenshaw (S) 1500 Little John Road Richmond. VA 23227 Nu Omicron Lambda (Fort Lee - # 5 8 1 ) Michael C Walker (CS) 849 West Wythe Street Petersburg. VA 23803 Xi Delta Lambda (Henrico County - # 5 9 3 ) Leo H. Ross (P) 5210 Bomngton Road Richmond, VA 23234 TIDEWATER NORTH (Area VI) COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma lota (Hampton Institute - # 7 5 ) Larry Townsend (P) Box 6262 Alexander Street Hampton, VA 23513 Kappa PI (William 8 Mary - # 4 3 4 ) Gerald W S Carter (P) College ot William & Mary College Station Box 9 0 4 0 Williamsburg. VA 23186
ILLINOIS (NORTHERN)
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Director Curley R Bradlord 3109 9 ' i Street Rock Island. IL 61201 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon Kappa (Bradley U - # 3 1 9 ) Aaron Johnson (P) 1527 W. Fredonia
P O, Box 512
Peoria. IL 61606
North Chicago, IL 60064 Mu Alpha Lambda (DeKalb - # 5 4 6 ) No Report Mu Mu Lambda (Glen Ellyn - # 5 5 6 )
Eta Eta (Western Illinois Michael Smith (P)
Clarence R Lewis (P) 19 W 101 18th Street
Kappa Pi Lambda (Peoria - # 5 3 8 ) lames E Peeples (P) 1208 N University Peoria. IL 61606 Mu Delta Lambda (Springfield - # 5 4 9 ) Dennis C Miner (P) 2832 Stanton
ILLINOIS (NORTH CENTRAL
TIDEWATER SOUTH (Area VII)
Norns CAO 1999 Sheridan Road Eianston. IL 60615
Chicago. IL 60643 Alpha Mu (Northwestern U - # 3 3 ) Joseph J. Fleming (P)
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Xi Lambda (Chicago- #113) Edgar Hamilton (P) 5020 S Lake Shore Drive
#1402 Chicago. IL 60615 Zeta Xi Lambda (Evanston - # 2 4 6 ) No Report Theta Mu lambda (Joliet - # 2 8 8 ) No Report lota Delta Lambda (Chicago - # 5 0 5 ) Robert Watkins (S) 4 2 5 0 North Marine Drive # 1 3 0 4 Chicago. IL 60613
Calvin E Greene (S) 1506 West 40th Street Apartment 1 Norfolk, VA 23508 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Phi Lambda (Norfolk - # 1 4 2 ) Willie Hams. Jr. (P)
P. 0 Box 817 Norfolk, VA 23501 Epsilon lota Lambda (Suffolk - # 2 2 0 ) B L Davis, Jr (CS) 311 St, James Avenue Suffolk, VA 23434 Epsilon Nu Lambda (Portsmouth - # 2 2 3 )
ILLINOIS (NORTH CENTRAL Director Arndel Ricks. Jr. 8841 S Prairie
Chicago. IL 60619
Vinston L, Porter (P)
P. 0, Box 1096
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS Nu Delta (Chicago State U - # 4 6 7 ) Anthony Richard (P) 7321 S Lowe Chicago. IL 60621 Nu Epsilon (Lewis U - # 4 6 8 ) Adrian Willis (P) Lewis U Route 53 Romeoville. IL 60441 Nu Rho (IIT - # 4 7 9 ) Lester McCarroll, Ir. (P)
MIDWEST ILLINOIS (Central) Director
Tan (U ol I l l i n o i s - # 1 8 ) Eric Floyd (P) 904 N. Broadway Street Urbana. IL 6 1 8 2 0 Zita Nu (Eastern Illinois - # 3 4 3 ) Morris Ralhns (T) 321A Street Charleston. IL 6 1 9 2 0 EUTau (Illinois State U - # 3 7 1 ) Marcus Tyler (P) P 0 Box 604 Normal. IL 61761 Theta Omicron (Millikin U - # 3 8 9 ) Michael Johnson (S) 1085 W North Decatur. IL 6 2 5 2 2
ILLINOIS (WESTERN)
(Elmhurst College - # 4 5 2 ) David A. Lewis (S) 190 Prospect, Box 324 Elmhurst. 1160126 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Kappa Chi Lambda (Waukegan - # 5 4 4 ) Kenneth Robinson (P)
Director Allen Knox 5 0 2 0 S. Lake Shore Drive #2704 Chicago. IL 60616 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Theta (U ol Illinois - Chicago # 8 ) Anthony Irvtn (P) 951 W 114th Street
Arthur B Cooper P. 0. Box 2085 - Station Champaign. IL 6 1 8 2 0 COLLEGE CHAPTERS
E. S t Lours, IL 62205 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Epsilon Lambda (East St Lours - # 1 9 3 ) William Lloyd (FS) 12633 Willow Trail Drive Flornsant. MO 63033 Mu Kappa Lambda (Carbondale - # 5 5 5 ) No Report
Director Robert L Thirston 1734 Grove Avenue North Chicago, IL 60064 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon Phi (Northern Illinois U - # 3 2 9 ) Reginald Greenwood (S) Northern Illinois U Epsilon Phi Chapter, Box 6 6 0 DeKalb. IL 60115
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Lambda (Newport News - # 1 0 6 ) Claude Carter (CS) 12 Suburban Pkwy Hampton. VA 23661 Delta Beta Lambda (Hampton - # 1 9 0 ) James E Blacken (S) P. 0. Box 483 Hampton, VA 23669 Nu Delta Lambda (Surry County - # 5 7 1 ) No Report
Portsmouth, VA 23705 Xi Alpha Lambda (Prince Williams County Chester F Johnson (CS) 5610 Broadmoore Street Alexandria, VA 22310
(Southern Illinois U - # 5 1 ) Mark E Davis (P) 419 S Washington Caibondale. IL 62901 lota Pi (SIU Edwardsville - # 4 1 2 ) Theartry Green (P) 514 N 24th Street
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Box 15 - NT 3200 S Wabash Chicago. IL 60616 Omicron lota (OePaul U - # 7 1 6 ) Darryl Porter (P) 9104 Longwood Drive Chicago. IL 6 0 6 2 0 Omicron Xi (Roosevelt U - # 7 2 0 ) Darwin A Wilson (P) Alpha Phi Alpha Student Activities Herman Crown Center. Room 118 425 S Wabash Chicago. IL 60605
ILLINOIS (SOUTHERN) Director John Reeves 3519 Converse Avenue East St. Louis. IL 62207
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1118 Lincoln Hall Macomb. IL 60455 ALUMNI CHAPTERS
Lombard. IL 60148
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon Pi (Norfolk Stale U - # 3 2 4 ) Anthony C. Hall (S) Norfolk State University Box 2033 Norfolk. VA 23504 Nu Theta (Old Dominion U - # 4 7 1 )
IOWA
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta Eta
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Omicron Lambda Beta (Champaign - # 5 0 1 ) No Report Nu Psi Lambda (Bloomrngton - # 5 8 9 ) Tim Walker (P) 1517 Hershey Bloomrngton IL 61701
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Apartment 4 Springfield. IL 62703 Mu Chi Lambda (Rock Island - # 5 6 6 ) Phillip Alexander (CS)
Director Cleon Brown. Jr. 3720 Patricia Drive Apt. 20 Urbandale. IA 50322 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Theta (U ol Iowa - # 3 0 ) Michael Marsh (P) P. 0. Box 506 Iowa City, IA 52240 Alpha Nu (Drake U - # 3 4 ) Todd Easley 1319 30th Street Des Moines. IA 50311 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Kappa Lambda (Des Moines - # 2 4 3 ) Eddie V. Easley (P) 1431 41st Place Des Moines. IA 50311 Mu Tau Lambda (Cedar Rapids - # 5 6 3 ) No Report Nu Chi Lambda (Iowa City - # 5 8 8 ) James E. Tolbert (P) 2427 Bartlet Road Apartment 1C Iowa City. IA 52240
KANSAS (EASTERN) Director Richard Marshall 626 Oakland Kansas City. KS 66101 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Upsilon (U of Kansas - # 1 9 ) No Report Gamma Chi (Kansas State - # 8 7 ) No Report Kappa Tau (Kansas State U - # 4 3 7 ) Olatunii Fakoya (P) 319 Goodnow Hall Kansas State University Manhattan. KS 6 6 5 0 2
P 0 Box 1644
KANSAS (WESTERN)
Rock Island. IL 61201
Director
INDIANA (SOUTHERN) Director Theo Hamiter 7158 Avalon Trail Court Indianapolis. IN 4 6 2 5 0 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Eta (Indiana U - # 7 3 ) Wayman Nunn (P) 501 N Park Ave Bloomrngton, IN 4 7 4 0 2 Zeta Rho (Indiana State U - # 3 4 7 ) No Report Nu Pi (U of Evansulle - # 4 7 8 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Lambda (Indianapolis - # 1 0 9 ) Leslie House (CS) P 0 Box 88131 Indianapolis, IN 46208 Kappa Rho Lambda " I (Evansville - # 5 3 9 ) No Report Nu Nu Lambda (Bloomrngton - # 5 7 9 ) Frank Motley (P) 3643 Longview Drive Bloomington. IN 47401
INDIANA (NORTHERN) Director Ira Clemons, Jr 4004 Eastern Drive Anderson. IN 46012 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Rho (Purdue - # 8 2 ) Keith A Gillis (P) 613 Waldron Street W Lafayette, IN 47906 Theta Xi (Ball Slate U - # 3 8 8 ) Tyrone J Johnson (P) Box 355 Student Ctr. Muncie. IN 47305 lota Theta (Calumet College - # 4 0 5 ) William Robinson (P) 1624 Virginia Gary. IN 46407 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Rho Lambda (Gary- #182) Everett S Palmer (P) 6529 Birch Avenue Gary. IN 46403 Theta Xi Lambda (South Bend - # 2 9 0 ) inactive Theta Upsilon Lambda (Fort Wayne - # 2 9 6 ) Timothy R Williams (S) P O Box 10747 Ft. Wayne. IN 46853
P J Williams 3601 Randolph Topeka. KS 66611 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta Mu (Wichita State U - # 9 9 ) No Report Epsilon Omicron (Washburn U - # 3 2 3 ) No Report Xi Nu (Emporia State College - # 4 9 7 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Eta Lambda (Topeka - # 1 9 5 ) P 1 Williams (P) 3601 Randolph Topeka. KS 66611 Eta Beta Lambda (Wichita - # 2 5 7 ) Henry Brown (S) 4830 N Olive.
COLLEGE. CHAPTERS Zeta Omicron (Murray State U - # 3 4 5 ) l a n t ; M. Biles. (S) 2309 Umv Station Murray. KY 42071 Eta Rho (Western Kentucky U - # 3 6 9 ) Jeffrey rVi Wilson (VP) P 0 Box 321 College Heights Bowling Green. KV 42101 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Epsilon Lambda (Hopkinsville - # 1 7 1 ) No Report
MICHIGAN (EASTERN) Director Anthony Crutchfield 447 Palmerston Detroit, Ml 48218 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon (U ot Michigan - # 5 ) Ronald G Levi. Jr. (CS) 4129 Markley Frost Ann Arbor. Ml 48109 Alpha Upsilon (Wayne Slate U - # 4 1 ) Eric J Christian (P) 18041 Schaefer Detroit. Ml 48235 Epsilon Eta (Eastern Michigan U Robert LaGiand (P) Campus Lite 117 Goodison Hall
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MISSOURI (EASTERN) Director James Williams
1620 El Tigre
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20163 Manor Detroit. Ml 48221
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ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Lambda (Detroit - # 1 0 3 ) Oscar B. Session (P) 19475 S. Stratford Detroit, Ml 48221 Epsilon Upsilon Lambda (Flint - # 2 3 0 ) Billye G Thompson
P 0 Box 1247 Flint, Ml 48503 Theta Zeta Lambda (Ann Arbor - # 2 8 3 ) William L Harris (S) 2861 Eisenhowei Ann Arbor. Ml 48104 lota Rho Lambda (Pontiac - # 5 1 7 ) No Report
MICHIGAN (NORTHERN) Director James H Gaddis 4028 Wisnei Saginaw. Ml 48601 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Gamma Tau
(Michigan State U - # 8 4 ) Glen D Oliver (P) 418 North Case Hall KENTUCKY (EASTERN) Michigan State U East Lansing, Ml 48823 Director Zeta Beta Shirley Cunningham. Jr Suite 906 (Ferns State - # 3 3 3 ) First National Building William Lykes (P) Lexington. KV 40507 Box 4 - Rankin Center COLLEGE CHAPTERS Ferris State College Alpha Pi Big Rapids, Ml 49307 (U of Louisville - # 3 7 ) Zeta Delta Ron Nichols (P) Wichita. KS 67220
Student Center Room 12 Louisville. KV 40208 BeUMu (Kentucky State U - # 5 5 ) Allen B. Croskey (P) Combs Hall Frankfort. KY 40601 Epsilon Chi (U of Kentucky - # 3 3 0 ) No Report Xi Alpha (Morehead Slate U - # 4 8 6 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Lambda (Louisville - # 1 0 1 ) Alpha Lambda Chapter Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
P 0 Box 11426 Louisville. KV 40211 Alpha Beta Lambda (Lexington - # 1 2 4 ) No Report Gamma Beta Lambda (Frankfort - # 1 6 8 ) Wilbum Fouche (P) 604 Alpha Drive Frankfort. KY 40601
(Northern Michigan - # 3 3 5 ) No Report Theta Tau (GMI - # 3 9 3 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Epsilon Upsilon Lambda (Flint - # 2 3 0 ) Billye G Thomson P 0 Box 1247 Flint. Ml 48503 Eta Nu Lambda (Grand Rapids - # 2 6 7 ) No Report lota Chi Lambda (Saginaw - # 5 2 2 ) No Report
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St Louis MO 63138 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Eta (St Louis - # 2 9 ) Stephen Wolfe (S) P 0 Box 20376 St Louis, M0 6 3 1 1 2 Epsilon Psi (UM-Rolla - # 4 4 1 ) Vernon L Younge (CS) Highway 63 S Elm Rolla. M 0 65401 Xi Gamma (Southeast Missouri State Michael E Hughes (S) P 0. Box 440 Cape Girardeau, M 0 63701 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Epsilon Lambda (St, Lours - # 1 0 5 ) Linnie Thigpen, Jr (CS) 4611 Fletcher St Louis, M 0 63121 Epsilon Eta Lambda (Charleston - # 2 1 8 ) Edward W Barrett (P) 201 W, Tom Brown Street
P 0 Box 171
Director Nathaniel Allen 3321 Maffett Street Muskegon Heights. Ml 49444 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon XI (Western Michigan U # 3 2 2 ) lohn Wright (P) 1323 Greenwood Apt 105 Kalanwoo Ml 49007 lota Epsilon (Grand Valley - # 4 0 2 ) No Report
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Epsilon Alpha (U ol Toledo - # 3 1 0 ) Timothy C Ivey (P) 1517 Secor Rd Apt 133 Toledo. OH 43602 Epsilon Theta (Bowling Green U - # 3 1 7 ) Albert Smitherman (S) Alpha Phi Alpha 130 S Prospect Bowling Green. OH 43403 ALUMNI CHAPTER Alpha Xi Lambda (Toledo - # 1 3 5 ) No Report
OHIO (NORTHEAST) Director Hilton 0 Smith 3038 Monicello Blvd Cleveland. OH 44118 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Pi (Cleveland State/ Western Reserve - # 1 5 ) Harry Brownlee (P)
11715 Parkview Cleveland OH 44120 Alpha Tau (U of Akron - # 4 0 ) No Report Epsilon Delta (Kent State U - # 3 1 3 ) Victor A Tall (CS) Epsilon Delta Chapter Kent State University Kent OH 44242 lota Phi (Mount Union College - # 4 1 7 ) No Report Xi Chi (Baldwin-Wallace College - # 7 0 6 ) # 4 8 8 ) Gregory Williams (P)
3625 E 143 Cleveland OH 4 4 1 2 0 Omicron Epsilon (Youngstown State University Michael A Crawford 109 Webb Street Youngstown, OH 44505 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Beta Rho Lambda (Youngstown - # 1 6 0 ) No Report Delta Alpha Lambda (Cleveland - # 1 8 9 ) Andrew A Venable (P)
Charleston. MO 63834
P 0 Box 99551
MISSOURI (CENTRAL)
Cleveland OH 4 4 1 9 9 Eta Tau Lambda (Akron - # 2 7 3 ) Sylvester Small (CS) 579 Wildwood Avenue Akron. OH 44320 Kappa Mu Lambda (Lorrain - # 5 3 4 ) No Report
Director Kenner Tippin 3621 Evergreen Columbia M 0 65201 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Psi (Lincoln University - # 4 4 ) Earl G Strauther II 211 Anthony Lincoln University Jefferson City. M 0 65101 Zeta Alpha (U of Missouri - # 3 3 2 ) Eric McCarthy (P) 200 Rand Hall U of Missouri Columbia. M 0 65201
Mill (Northeast Missouri - # 4 1 0 ) Michael I Lawrence (P) 509 S Mulamx. #A Kirksville. MO 63501 ALUMNI CHAPTER Beta Zeta Lambda (Jefferson City - # 1 5 0 ) No Report
MISSOURI (WESTERN) lames Fleming 2309 N 10th Blue Springs. M 0 64015 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta Rho (UMKC - # 3 0 3 ) No Report Zeta Gamma (Central Missouri - # 3 3 4 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTER Beta Lambda (Kansas C i t y - # 1 0 2 ) Donald Lee (P)
P O Box 17395 Kansas City. M 0 6 4 1 3 0
Kappa Delta Lambda (Lansing - # 5 2 7 ) Blanche Martin (P) 1831 Nemoke Haslette. Ml 4 8 8 4 0
MICHIGAN (WESTERN)
KENTUCKY (WESTERN) Director Jimmie Stewart 514 E Cedar Street Franklin. KY 42134
MINNESOTA Director James Beard 4109 Portland Ave South Minneapolis. MN 55407 COLLEGE CHAPTER (U of Minnesota - # 1 1 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTER Gamma Xi Lambda (Minneapolis - # 1 7 9 ) No Report
EMU Ypsilanti Ml 48197 Eta Xi (U of Detroit - # 3 6 6 ) Noel Celestin (P)
(Oakland University Charlie Harrison (P) 85 Can Pontiac. Ml 48058
ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Phi Lambda (Muskegon Heights - # 5 2 1 ) lohn Lester (P) P 0 Box 3972 Muskegon Heights, Ml 49444 Kappa Psi Lambda (Kalamazoo - # 5 4 5 ) No Report Nu Rho Lambda (Benton Harbor - # 5 8 3 ) No Report
NEBRASKA Director To Be Appointed COLLEGE CHAPTER Beta Beta (U ol Nebraska - # 4 6 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTER Beta Xi Lambda (Omaha - # 1 5 7 ) Renard Terrell (S) 4024 N 116th Omaha. NE 68164
OHIO (NORTHERN) Director loe Sansbury 1430 Abbington Toledo. OH 43607
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OHIO (CENTRAL) Director William Nelson, Ph D 2572 Burnaby Drive Columbus. OH 4 3 2 0 9 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Kappa (Ohio State U No Report Phi
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(Ohio U - # 2 0 ) Dennis lohnson (P) 21 ^ S Court. Apt 6 Athens. OH 45701 ALUMNI CHAPTER Alpha Rho Lambda (Columbus - # 1 3 8 ) lames Upton (CS) P 0 Box 3039 Columbus. OH 43203
OHIO (WEST CENTRAL) Director Edward White 5211 Big Bend Drive Dayton, OH 45427 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Xi (Wilbeifotce U - # 1 3 ) No Report Gamma Theta (U ol Dayton - # 7 4 ) Rohan Williamson (S) 300 College Park University ol Dayton Dayton OH 45469 Delta t i (Central State U - # 3 0 0 ) Marshan Brown (P) P 0 Box 441 Wilbertorce, OH 45384 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Theta Lambda (Dayton - # 1 0 8 ) George C Findley (P) 1820 Ruskin Road Dayton OH 45406 Chi Lambda (Wilberforce - # 1 2 1 ) Lee L. J Ingham (S) Philosophy & Religion Department Central State University Wrlberlorce, OH 45384
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SOUTH
(Springfield - # 2 3 7 ) Jake Brewer (P) 7162 Mandrake Drive Dayton. OH 45424
ALABAMA Director Leotis Peterman
OHIO (SOUTHWEST)
4 3 4 0 Yorkshire Drive Montgomery. At 36108
Director Clarence Frazier 1145 Wionna Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45224 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Alpha (U of Cincinnati - # 2 3 ) Bobby Peck (CS) 3305 lelterson, # 5 Cincinnati. OH 4 5 2 1 9 Delta Upsilon (Miami U - # 3 0 6 ) Richard Huckabee (P) 5176 Morning Sun # 3 Oxford. OH 45056 ALUMNI CHAPTER Delta Gamma Lambda (Cincinnati - # 1 9 1 ) Ivan Reynolds (P) 650 Springer Avenue Cincinnati, OH 45215
WEST VIRGINIA (REGION I! Director Douglas Miller P 0 Bo> 271 Institute. WV 25112 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Zeta (West Virginia State Duncan Robinson (S) P 0 Box 511 Institute. WV 25112 Nu Nu (Marshall U - # 4 7 5 ) No Report ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha lota Lambda (Charleston - # 1 3 1 ) John Scott (S) P. 0 Bon 303 Institute, WV 25112
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Beta (Talladega College - # 2 4 ) Franklin W Thomas, If. (CS) Room 306, Crawford Hall Talladega College Talladega. AL 35160 Beta Upsilon (Alabama State U - # 6 3 ) Rufus J Mitchell (P) P. 0 Box 28 Alabama State University Montgomery, AL 36195 Gamma Kappa (Miles College - # 7 6 ) No Report Gamma Phi (Tuskegee Institute - # 8 6 ) Robert White (CS) P 0 Bon 36 Tuskegee Institute, AL 36088 Delta Gamma (Alabama A S M - # 9 1 ) Lavon LaCounte P, 0, Box 220 Alabama A & M University Normal, AL 35762 Epsilon Nu (Stillman College - # 3 2 1 ) No Report Theta Delta (U of South Alabama - i M 7 9 ) Michael A, Carlton (P) P 0 Box U701 Mobile. AL 36688 lota Nu (UAB - # 4 0 9 ) Belgee Falkner (S) Volker Hall - U A B P. O. Box 329 Birmingham. AL 35294 Kappa Alpha (U of Alabama - # 4 2 0 ) Jon Beans (CS)
Delta Phi Lambda (Tuscaloosa - # 2 0 9 ) Bruce Crawford (S) 1812-0 48th Street East Tuscaloosa, AL 35405 Epsilon Delta Lambda (Talladega - # 2 1 5 ) T Y, Lawrence (S) 114 Baker Street Talladega. AL 3 5 1 6 0 Theta Alpha Lambda (Gadsden - # 2 7 8 ) No Report Theta Gamma Lambda (Dothan - # 2 8 0 ) Doc Anderson (CS) P. 0 Box 6893 Dothan, AL 36302 Kappa Nu Lambda (Lerghton - # 5 3 5 ) Jerry W. Smith (P) P 0 Box 622 Sheffield. AL 35660 Mu lota Lambda (Mobile - # 5 5 4 ) Reginald Crenshaw (CS) P. 0. Box 213 Mobile. AL 36601 Mu Psi Lambda (Homewood - # 5 6 7 ) Larry Buie (P) P. 0 Box 2281 Birmingham, AL 35201
FLORIDA Director John C. Rawls Rt 4 - Box 183P Gainesville. FL 32601 COU.EGE CHAPTERS Beta Nu
Delta Xi Lambda (Orlando - # 2 0 2 ) Felton A Johnson (P) P 0 Box 5548 Orlando, FL 32855 Epsilon Mu Lambda (Pensacola - # 2 2 2 ) Neroy Anderson (P) 1301 East Fisher Pensacola. FL 32503 Epsilon Pi Lambda (Ocala - # 2 2 6 ) William E. Jackson (S) 1822 SW 4th St. Ocala. FL 32670 Zeta Alpha Lambda (Ft Lauderdale - # 2 3 4 ) Nathaniel L Hankerson (P) P O. Box 6 0 7 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 3 3 3 1 0 Eta Kappa Lambda (Ft. Pierce - # 2 6 5 ) Havert L Fenn (S) 2601 Avenue I Ft. Pierce. FL 33454 Theta Eta Lambda (St. Petersburg - # 2 8 4 ) Frank £. Smith (RS) 4173 Beach Drive, S.E. St. Petersburg. FL 33705 Iota Beta Lambda (Cocoa - # 5 0 3 ) William Gary (P) P. 0 Box 1275 Cocoa, FL 32922 lota Pi Lambda (Miami - # 5 1 6 ) Wendell H. Can (P) 12990 SW 190th Street Miami, FL33177 Mu Zeta Lambda (Lakeland - # 5 5 1 ) Donzell Floyd (CS) 445 Avenue B. NE Winter Haven. FL 33880 Nu Eta Lambda (Gainesville - # 5 7 4 ) Allied Peoples (S) 611 S.E. 13th Terrace Grainesville, FL 32601
Mu Omicron
Omicron Gamma
(Valdosta State - # 4 5 5 ) Michael Dixon (S) 214 Georgia Avenue Valdosta, GA 31601 Nu Gamma (West Georgia Coll. - # 4 6 6 ) James Taggert, Jr. (S) 1791 S Gordon Street SW Carrollton, GA 30310 Nu Mu (Southern Tech Inst. - # 4 7 4 ) Brett M. Gaines (P) Room 108. Dean of Students B Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta. GA 30332 XiTau (Georgia Southern College - * 7 0 3 ) Crandall Jones (CS) L8 10131 Georgia Southern College Statesboro. GA 30460 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Eta Lambda (Atlanta - # 1 0 7 ) Larry Epps (CS) P 0 Box 92576 Atlanta, GA 30314 Alpha Chi Lambda (Augusta - # 1 4 3 ) Willie G Marshall (FS) 829 Strother Drive Augusta, GA 30901 Beta Phi Lambda (Savannah - # 1 6 4 ) Chester Ellis (CS)
(Millsaps College - # 7 1 0 ) Kenneth Carter (S) P 0. Box Millsaps College Jackson, MS 39210 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Epsilon Lambda (Jackson - # 1 2 7 ) No Report Epsilon Xi Lambda (Mound Bayou - # 2 2 4 ) George 1 Bacon (RS) 1501 Kennedy Cove P 0 Box 5531 Greenville. MS 38701 Zeta Mu Lambda (Biloxi - # 2 4 4 ) No Report Eta Phi Lambda (Columbus - # 2 7 5 ) Johnny Johnson (P) P. O. Box 464 Columbus, MS 39701 Theta Sigma Lambda (Natchez - # 2 9 4 ) John Hendricks P. O. Box 42 A.S-U. Lorman. MS 39096 Mu Gamma Lambda (Hattiesburg-Laurel - # 5 4 8 ) No Report Mu Pi Lambda (Brookhaven - # 5 6 0 ) No Report
P 0 Box 1361
NORTH CAROLINA
Savannah. GA 31402 Gamma Omicron Lambda (Albany - # 1 8 0 ) Edwin A Green (P) P. 0. Box 4054 Albany. GA 31707 Gamma Sigma Lambda (Ft. Valley - # 1 8 3 ) Ralph Malone (S) 1211 Beverly Street Fort. Valley, GA 31030 Delta Iota Lambda (Columbus - # 1 9 7 ) No Repory
Director Rudolph Hendricks P 0 Box 16153 Charlotte. NC 28212
(Florida A S M #56) Jeffrey Lamar (P) 417 Walker Ave. # 1 1 Tallahassee, FL 32304 Delta Beta (Bethune Cookman - # 9 0 ) Bernard L Washington (P) 565 Second Ave. # 3 Daytona Beach, FL 32014 WEST VIRGINIA Delta Psi GEORGIA (REGION II) Epsilon Beta Lambda (Florida Memorial Coll - # 3 0 9 ) P. 0 Box 7368 Director (Macon - # 2 1 3 ) Renard Dowdell (P) Director University, AL 35486 Lorenzo Manns Albert J. Abrams (S) 15800 NW 42nd Avenue Adolphus Young, Jr Kappa Gamma 4554 Moline Avenue P. 0 Box 5329 Miami, FL 33054 P 0, Bo» 271 (U of North Alabama - # 4 2 2 ) Eta Delta Columbus, GA 31907 Macon, GA 31208 Institute, WV 25112 Derrick T Morgan (P) Eta lota Lambda (U ol Miami - # 3 5 7 ) COLLEGE CHAPTERS COLLEGE CHAPTERS (Athens - # 2 6 4 ) Cyrus M Jollivette (ADV) lota Beta Thela IV of North Alabama Hugh Goodrum (CS) (Morris Brown College - #9) 103 Ponce Building ox 5 5 5 4 (Bluelield State College - # 5 2 1 ! , „, ,.,,. P. O Box 902 Frederick C. Walton (S) P O Box 24807 No Report Athens, GA 30603 P O Box 92055 Nu Tau Coral Gables. FL 33124 Xi Theta (U of Montevallo - # 4 8 1 ) Theta Nu Lambda Theta Gamma Atlanta. GA 30331 (Concord College - # 4 9 3 ) William Cotton (CS) (LaGrange - # 2 8 9 ) Alpha Rho A Marco Dowell (P) (U ol South Florida - # 3 7 8 ) Drawer X Altred McNair (S) Box D 228 Concord College Harold K Washington (P) (Morehouse College - # 3 8 ) U of Montevallo P O Box 1818 Athens, WV 24712 No Report U of South Florida, CTR 2421 Montevallo. AL 35115 LaGrange. GA 30241 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Phi Tampa. FL 33620 Xi Beta Iota Gamma Lambda Alpha Zeta Lambda (Clark College # 4 2 ) Theta Sigma (Troy State U - # 4 8 7 ) (Brunswick - # 5 0 4 ) (Bluelield - # 1 2 8 ) (U ol Florida - # 3 9 2 ) Albert L Amey (P) Darrell R Heyes (S) Richard Wilson (S) Adolphus Young, Jr (S) John C Pittman (T) Clark College, Box 137 P. O. Box 154 P O Box 98 P 0. Box 271 Atlanta. GA 30314 1252 N W Avenue 10th Street Troy. AL 36082 White Oak. GA 31568 Institute, W V 2 5 1 1 2 Gainesville. FL 32601 Gamma Zeta X iXi Kappa Tau Lambda Gamma Delta Lambda lota Delta (Ft Valley State - # 7 2 ) (Jacksonville - # 4 9 8 ) (Beckley - # 1 7 0 ) (Valdosta - # 5 4 1 ) (Florida State U - # 4 0 1 ) No Report Ramon Rogers (P) Inactive Calvin Willis (P) Delta Delta Michael Edwards (S) P 0 Box 81 4021 Lantern Lane FSU Box 7002 (Albany State - # 9 2 ) WISCONSIN Jacksonville State U Valdosta. GA 31601 Charles Bonner (P) Tallahassee, FL 32301 Director Jacksonville. AL 36265 Nu Mu Lambda 625 Malone Street Kappa Upsilon Coleman O Wells Omicron Alpha ( Decatur- #578) Apartment B (Metropolitan - # 4 3 8 ) 922 W Zedler Lane (Auburn U at Montgomery Coleman Seward (P) Albany. GA 31705 James E Bryant, Jr. (S) #708) Milwaukee. Wl 53092 3650 Paddock Delta Eta 5020 Cleveland Rd. COLLEGE CHAPTERS Kenneth Avery (P) Decatur. GA 30034 (Savannah State Coll. - # 9 5 ) Apt 228 2027 Beach Street Gamma Epsilon Ransom I Ricks (CS) Jacksonville, FL 32209 (UW Madison - # 7 1 ) Auburn. AL 36830 MISSISSIPPI Savannah State College Mu Theta Omicron Kappa John L. Davis (P) P 0 Box 20742 Director . , , , , (U of West Florida - # 4 4 9 ) 837 W Badgett. # 1 (Auburn U. at Auburn Savannah, GA 31404 Wiley Jones * ' " No Report Madison. Wl 53713 Ferdinand B Williams. ZetaMu Alcorn State University <p> Xi lota Epsilon Tau P O Box 1865 (Georgia State U - # 3 4 2 ) P O. Box 285 (U of Central Florida - # 4 9 4 ) Montgomery. AL 36108 (UW Milwaukee - # 3 2 7 ) No Report Lorman, MS 39096 Karl Harmon (P) Omicron Sigma Jesse G Ward (S) Zeta Pi 7212 Mandarin COLLEGE CHAPTERS (Birmingham Southern 4152 N. 41 Street #724 (U ol Georgia - # 3 4 6 ) ) O r l a n d o , FL 32809 Gamma Upsilon James Bell Milwaukee. Wl 53216 Phillip Franklin (P) Xi Kappa (Tougaloo College - # 8 5 ) 1113 8th Avenue W Zeta lota 2151 University Station (Florida Tech - # 4 9 5 ) Abron Washington (P) Birmingham. AL 35204 (UW Whitewater - # 3 4 0 ) Athens, GA 30602 Ronald F. Mathieu (S) 3340 Harley, Apt 7D ALUMNI CHAPTERS Darryl Johnson (P) Eta Alpha Florida Tech, Jackson, MS 39209 Omicron Lambda 1125 W Capital Drive (Paine College - # 3 5 4 ) P 0. Box 5281 Delta Kappa (Birmingham - # 1 1 4 ) Milwaukee. Wl 53206 Donald Murray (S) Melbourne, FL 32901 (Alcorn State U - # 9 8 ) L. A. Simmons, Jr. (S) Eta Beta 1235 15th Street ALUMNI CHAPTERS Birchel Washington (P) P 0 Box 3910 (WSU Plattenlle - # 3 5 5 ) Upsilon Lambda Paine College, P 0 Box 77 P 0 Box 267 Birmingham, AL 35208 No Report (Jacksonville - # 1 1 9 ) Augusta, GA 30910 Lorman, MS 39096 Alpha Nu Lambda Eta Pi Frederick Newton (S) Theta Beta Delta Phi (Tuskegee Institute - # 1 3 4 ) (WSU Oshkosh - # 3 6 8 ) P 0 Box 40081 (Columbus College - # 3 7 7 ) (Jackson State U - # 3 0 7 ) No Report No Report Jacksonville, FL 32203 No Report No Report Mu Epsilon Alpha Upsilon Lambda Beta Beta Lambda Iota Eta Zeta Phi (Carthage College - # 4 4 6 ) (Montgomery - # 1 4 1 ) (Miami - # 1 4 6 ) (Mercer U - # 4 0 4 ) (MS Valley State U - # 3 5 1 ) No Report Samuel L Jackson (S) Albert Hall (P) Andy L Davis (P) Rothley Howard (CS) Nu Xi P 0 Box 6058 P. 0. Box 510027 P 0. Box 61 - Mercer U P O. Box 899 (Marquette U - # 4 7 6 ) Montgomery, AL 36106 Miami, FL 33151 Macon, GA 31207 Itta Bena. MS 38941 Levester Johnson (P) Beta Omicron Lambda Beta Delta Lambda Mu Alpha lota Gamma 2600 W Highland - Apt 104 ( M o b l | e . #158) (Daytona Beach - # 1 4 8 ) (Emory U - # 4 4 2 ) (Rust College - # 4 0 0 ) Milwaukee. Wl 53233 David H. Staples (P) Alvin J Allen (RS) Eric Morrow (S) No Report Nu Omicron 803 S. Thompson Avenue 1205 St Madar Street Box 21185 Kappa Beta (Carroll College - # 4 7 7 ) Deland. FL 32720 Mobile. AL 36603 Emory U (MS State U - # 4 2 1 ) No Report Gamma Zeta Lambda Delta Theta Lambda Atlanta. GA 30332 Dwayne F. Bynum (P) ALUMNI CHAPTERS (Tampa - # 1 7 2 ) (Huntsvrlle - # 1 9 6 ) Mu Gamma P 0 Box 1472 Delta Chi Lambda No Report A. J. Garth (CS) (Georgia College - # 4 4 4 ) Mississippi State University (Milwaukee - # 2 1 0 ) P 0 Box 33 Michael A. Burke (P) Mississippi State, MS 29762 Gamma Mu Lambda Coleman 0 Wells (SO) Alabama ASM University Box 1953 - Georgia College MuXi (Tallahassee - # 1 7 7 ) 922 W Zedler Lane Normal. AL 35762 Milledgeville GA 31061 (USM - # 4 5 4 ) Charles R. Russell (S) Mequon, Wl 53092 Delta Pi Lambda Mu Delta No Report 433 Mercury Drive Mu Eta Lambda (Selma - # 2 0 4 ) (Georgia Southwestern - # 4 4 5 ) Nu Upsilon Tallahassee. FL 32304 (Madison - # 5 5 2 ) William P Cook (P) Anthony Tonye (S) (U of Mississippi - # 4 8 2 ) Delta Delta Lambda 505 Woodrow Ave. Duane McCrary (P) Georgia Southwestern College Jimmy L Williams (CS) (West Palm Beach - # 1 9 2 ) Selma, AL 36701 1730 Bairdstreet Box 1196 P. O Box 3251 Robert L. Smith. Jr. (P) Madison, Wl 53713 Amencus, GA 3 1 7 0 9 1817 37th Street University, M S 3 8 6 7 7 West Palm Beach. FL 33407
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Omicron (Johnson C Smith U Rodney K. Hood (P) 1327 Orvrs Street Charlotte. NC 28216 Beta Epsilon
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(AST State U - # 4 9 ) Maxfield Bowen (CS) Box A 14. N C A S T S U Greensboro. NC 27411 Beta Zeta (Elizabeth City State U - # 5 0 ) No Report Beta Iota (Winston-Salem State U - # 5 3 ) Dennis Turnage (P) P. 0. Box 14793 Winston-Salem. NC 27102 Beta Rho (Shaw U - # 6 0 ) No Report Gamma Beta
Phi Lambda (Raleigh - # 1 2 0 ) P P Thompson (RC) 1305 Foxrun Drive Raleigh, NC 27610 Alpha Pi Lambda (Winston-Salem 137) David H Wagner (P) 3440 Cumberland Road Winston-Salem, NC 27105 Beta Theta Lambda (Durham - # 1 5 2 ) A M Cowards, Sr. (S) 2307 South Roxboro Durham. NC 27707 Beta Mu Lambda (Salisbury - # 1 5 5 ) Herbert C Chambers (S) 615 West Council Street Salisbury, NC 28144 Beta Nu Lambda (Charlotte - # 1 5 6 ) lames G Health (P) P 0 Box 16153 Charlotte, NC 28212 Gamma Kappa Lambda (Wilmington - # 1 7 6 ) No Report Gamma Psi Lambda (Asheville - # 1 8 8 ) Lawrence Gilliam (P) 10 Gilliam Place Asheville. NC 28801 Epsilon Rho Lambda (Fayetteville - # 2 2 7 ) Billy R King (P) 5702 Shenandoah Drive Fayetteville. NC 28304 Epsilon Sigma Lambda (Rocky Mount - # 2 2 8 ) W 0 Warner 403 Atlanta Avenue P 0. Box 761 Rocky Mount. NC 27801 Epsilon Chi Lambda (Elizabeth City - # 2 3 2 ) Roger A. McLean (P) Box 21 Elizabeth City State U Elizabeth City, NC 27909 Zeta Eta Lambda (Greenville - # 2 4 0 ) Walter B. Council (S) P 0 Box 1187 Greenville, NC 27834 Eta Mu Lambda (Gastoma - # 2 6 6 ) No Report Theta Omicron Lambda (Goldsboro - # 2 9 1 ) Jerry D Johnson (S) P 0. Box 788 Goldsboro. N C 2 7 5 3 0 Nu lota Lambda K
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P 0. Box 26611
(Fayetteville State U - # 3 1 5 ) Manuel Blackmon P O Box 862 Fayetteville. NC 28301 Zeta Epsilon (Barber Scotia College - # 3 3 6 ) No Report EtaNu (East Carolina U - # 3 6 5 ) No Report Eta Omicron
Director Peter Feldet P 0 Box 41 Clatlin College Orangeburg. SC 29115
P, 0 Box 543
Box 1954
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Kappa Lambda (Greensboro- # 1 1 0 ) William Finger (CS) P 0 Box 21052 Greensboro, NC 27420
Mu Pi (Baptist College No Report Nu Phi
Director Micheal Nettles 6535 Premier Drive Nashville, TN 37209
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS Chi (Meharry Medical College No Report Alpha Chi (Frsk U - # 4 3 ) Jonathan L. Bush (CS)
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S C State College Orangeburg, SC 29117 Gamma Gamma (North Carolina State U - # 3 6 7 ) (Allen U - # 6 9 ) No Report Everett C Dudley (CS) Gamma Pi P 0, Box 5631 Raleigh, NC 27650 (Benedict College - #81) Kappa Omicron Douglas Showell (S) (Duke U - # 4 3 3 ) Bacoats Hall Robert Harrington (CS) Benedict College Box 4783 - Duke Station Columbia, SC 29204 Durham, NC 27706 Delta Alpha MuZeta (Clatlin College - # 8 9 ) (U of North Carolina - # 4 4 7 ) No Report William M. Daniels (S) Eta lota P. 0. Box 551 (Voorhees College - # 3 6 2 ) Chapel Hill, NC 27514 No Report MuTau Theta Nu (UNC - Charlotte - # 4 5 9 ) (U of South Carolina - # 3 8 7 ) Gerald Dawson (P) Eric L Jellerson (CS) 1800 Irma Box 80026 - USC Charlotte, NC 28216 Columbia, SC 29208 NuZeta Kappa Chi (Western Carolina U - # 4 6 9 ) (Francis Marion College #440) lohnny P Guthrie (P) No Report Cullowhee. NC 28723 Xi Eta (Wake Forest U - # 4 9 2 ) Frederick D. Jones (P) P 0 Box 6476 Reynolds Stat. Winston-Salem. NC 27109 Omicron Beta (Atlantic Christian - # 7 0 9 ) No Report
TENNESSEE
P 0 Box 101
SOUTH CAROLINA
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta Delta (South Carolina State Michael Browns (S)
(Wolford College - # 7 2 8 ) Robert D Mickle. Jr. (P) Box 163 - Wofford College Spartanburg, SC 29301 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Psi Lambda (Columbia - # 1 4 4 ) Samuel Heyward (P) 3903 Brewer Street Columbia. SC 29203 Beta Kappa Lambda (Charleston - # 1 5 4 ) James T McKim (CS) P 0 Box 2714 Charleston, SC 29403 Gamma Gamma Lambda (Greenville - # 1 6 9 ) N D Report Delta Zeta Lambda (Orangeburg - # 1 9 4 ) Hayward E Bovian (P) P 0 Box 152 Orangeburg. SC 29115 Delta Kappa Lambda (Florence - # 1 9 8 ) Joseph Heyward (S) P 0 Box 384 Florence. SC 29503 Eta Omicron Lambda (Rock Hill - # 2 6 9 ) No Report Theta Phi Lambda (Bennettsvrlle - # 2 9 7 ) F Eugene Crawford (CS) 122 Campbell Street Chesterfield, SC 29709 lota Eta Lambda (Denmark - # 5 0 8 ) No Report Mu Epsilon Lambda (Conway - # 5 5 0 ) No Report Xi Gamma Lambda (Beaufort - # 5 9 2 ) Cleadus W Ferguson (S) 1403 Greenlawn Drive Beaulort, SC 29902
Frsk University Nashville, TN 37203 BetaXi (LeMoyne-Owen College - #57) No Report Beta Omicron (Tennessee State U - # 5 8 ) No Report Beta Pi (Lane College - # 5 9 ) Paul S Adams (P) Lane College Jubilee Residence Hall Jackson. TN 38301 Gamma Omicron (Knoxvrlle College - # 8 0 ) Derek Miller (P)
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(North Carolrna Central U - # 6 8 ) < " ! ' > Herbert Gran (S) No Report Route 7. Box 279 Gamma Mu Kmston. NC 28501 (Livingstone College - # 7 7 ) Nu Kappa Lambda No Report (Lumberton - # 5 7 7 ) Gamma Psi No Report (St. Augustine's College - # 8 8 ) Austin R Cooper, II (P) Raleigh. NC 27611 Epsilon Zeta
Omicron Chi
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(USC - Conway # 4 8 3 ) No Report Xr Epsilon (Morris College - # 4 9 0 ) Mayhue Bostic, III (P) Morris College Box 123 Sumter, SC 29150 Xi Phi (Wmthrop College - # 7 0 5 ) Leroy Stansbury, Jr, (T) 644 Elm Street Aberdeen, M 0 21001
Knoxville. TN 37921 Eta Phi (UT-Chattanooga No Report Theta Pi
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(Austm-Peay State U - # 3 9 0 ) Reginald 1. Bridges (P) Austin Peay State U Clarksville. TN 37040 Kappa Eta (Memphis Slate U #426) Lucius Austin (P) 1183 Dorothy Place Memphis. TN 38104 Kappa Theta (Vanderbrll U - # 4 2 7 ) Charles Biggs (P) Box 5270, Station B Nashville, TN 37235 Kappa Xi (Middle Tennessee State Beit Kinley P O Box 655
#4
Mutlteesboro. TN 37132 Mu Beta (UT - Martin - # 4 4 3 ) Reginald Williams (CS)
P 0 Box 121 U of Tennessee at Martin Martin, TN 38238 Mu lota (University ol Tennessee at Knoxville - # 4 5 0 ) Randolph Wilkerson (CS) 1810 Lake Avenue Knoxville. TN 37916 NuEta (Christian Brothers Coll. Dwayne K Pigues (P) 3446 Carnes Number 4 Memphis. TN 38111
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Psi Lambda (Chattanooga - # 1 2 2 ) Virgil V McGee (P) 739 M L King Blvd Chattanooga, I N 37403 Alpha Delta Lambda (Memphis - # 1 2 6 ) Jethro J Alexander, Jr (P) 5016 Ravensworth Drive Memphis. I N 38109 Alpha Mu Lambda' (Knoxulle - # 1 3 3 ) Leonard A Jackson (CS) P. 0 Box 2091 Knoxville, TN 37901 Beta Upsilon Lambda (Jackson - # 1 6 3 ) No Report Kappa Zeta Lambda (Clarksville - # 5 2 9 ) No Report Mu Nu Lambda (Kingspoit - # 5 5 7 ) No Report
SOUTHWEST ARKANSAS Director Hubert Brown 1716 Fluker Street Pine Blull. AR 71601 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta Chi (Philander Smith College - # 6 5 ) No Repoit Gamma Delta (U of Ark. al Pine Blull - # 7 0 ) Kenneth w lohnson (P) P 0 Boi 155 - UAPB Pine Blull, AR 71601 Theta Kappa (Henderson State Coll - # 3 8 5 ) James Moore (VP) Box H 2982 Arkadelphia, AK 71923 Theta Upsilon (Arkansas State U - # 3 9 4 ) Isaac D Rentroe (P)
P 0. Box 1366 State University, AR 72467 Theta Psi (U ol Central Arkansas - # 3 9 7 ) Gerald F. Stamps (S) Box 646 - U C A Conway, AR 72032 Kappa lota (Southern Arkansas U - # 4 2 8 ) Mike Dednet (P) P 0 Box 777 - SAU Magnolia. AR 71753 Kappa Kappa (U ol Arkansas - # 4 2 9 ) Samuel Turner (P) 836 Fairview Fayetteville, AR 72701 Kappa Psi (UA Little Rock - # 4 4 1 ) No Repoit Nu Alpha (Aikansas Tech U - # 4 6 4 ) James W Taylor (S) 1401 Parker Place, Apt # 1 8 Russellville. AR 72801 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Pi Lambda (little Rock - # 1 1 5 ) lames 1 Wilson (P) 4216 latum Little Rock. AR 72204 Delta Sigma Lambda (Pine Blull - # 2 0 6 ) Dan F Graham (CS) P 0 Box 6041 Pine Blull AR 71611 Theta Tau Lambda (Helena - # 2 9 5 ) Willis Williams (FS) 51 Lambert Drive Helena AR 72342 Mu Omicion Lambda (Blythenlle - # 5 5 9 ) Clarence Freeman (S) P 0 Box 272 Osceola AR 72370
LOUISIANA Director Desmond Abies 4634 Francis Drive New Orleans. LA 70126 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta Sigma (Southern U - # 6 1 1 Melvm Robinson. Ir (CS) P 0 Box 9929 Southern University Baton Rouge LA 70813 Beta Tau (Xavier U - # 6 2 ) Rene Allen (S) 2118 Simon Bolivar New Orleans LA 70113 Beta Phi (Dillard U - # 6 4 ) Keith A Miller (Pi P 0 Box 1108 - Dillard U New Orleans LA 70122 Delta Sigma (Grambhng U #304) Edwin Smith (S) P 0 Box 200 GiamDIing LA 71245 Epsilon Upsilon (SUN0 • # 3 2 8 ) No Report
ZeUXi (USL - # 3 4 4 ) No Repoit Eta Kappa (Louisiana Tech U - # 3 6 3 ) Byron 1 Baiore (P) P O Box 3129 I S , Ruston, LA 71272 Eta Chi (Northeast Louisiana - # 3 7 4 ) No Report Theta Theta (McNeese State U - # 3 8 3 ) Nathaniel Gurdry (PI Theta Theta Chapter McNeese State Univ Lake Charles, LA 70609 Theta Phi (U ol New Orleans - # 3 9 5 ) No Report Theta Chi (Northwestern State U - # 3 9 6 ) Ronald Page (P) NSU P 0. Box 5232 Natchitoches. LA 71457 Kappa Mu (Nicholls State U - # 4 3 0 ) Tyrone Melancon (CS) P 0 2209 NSU Thibodaux. LA 70310 Kappa Nu (Southeastern Louisiana - # 4 3 1 ) No Report Nu Psi (Louisiana State U - # 4 8 5 ) Gieg Harris (CS) P 0 Box 21902 Baton Rouge, LA 70893 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Sigma Lambda (New Orleans - # 1 1 7 ) Desmond M Abies (CS) 4634 Francis Dnve New Orleans. LA 70126 Beta lota Lambda (Baton Rouge - # 1 5 3 ) Henry A Young (P) 1187 Bayberry Avenue Baton Rouge, LA 70807 Delta Upsilon Lambda (Shreveport - # 2 0 8 ) James C Leary (T) 2961 Looney Street Shreveport. LA 71103 Epsilon Kappa Lambda (Grambling - # 2 2 1 ) Allen Williams P 0 Drawer 604 Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Epsilon Kappa Lambda Chapter Grambhng. LA 71245 Epsilon Psi Lambda (Alexandria - # 2 3 3 ) Arthur l e e (P) 2929 Wise Street Alexandria. VA 71301 Zeta Chi lambda (Bogalusa - # 2 5 4 ) No Report Zeta Psi lambda (Lake Charles - # 2 5 5 ) Adrian L Wallace (P)
P 0 Box 1102 Lake Charles, LA 70601 Eta Gamma Lambda (Lafayette - # 2 5 8 ) Richard Travers (S) P 0 Box 5224 Lalayette, LA 70502 Eta Delta Lambda (Monroe - # 2 5 9 ) Milton A lackson, Sr (CS)
P 0 Box 815 Monroe, LA 71201 iota XI Lambda (Opelousas - # 5 1 4 ) Donald J Bush (T) P 0. 329 Opelousas. LA 70570 Nu Alpha Lambda (Marrero - # 5 6 8 ) No Report Nu Theta Lambda (St Martinville - # 5 7 5 ) Prosper Chretien (P) P 0 Box 364 St Martinville LA 70582 Nu Sigma Lambda (Natchitoches - # 5 8 4 ) No Report
OKLAHOMA Director William G Henderson 1214 N E 67th Oklahoma City OK 73111 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Beta Kappa (Langston U - # 5 4 ) Harold Dicerkson (S)
P 0 Box 386 Langston CK 73050 Epsilon Epsilon (Oklahoma State U - # 3 1 4 ) Darryl Walker (S) 408 N Washington Stillwater. OK 74074 Zeta Zeta (U ol Oklahoma - # 3 3 7 ) Rodney Ford (P) 2412 W Brooks, # 7 Norman OK 73069 Zeta Sigma (Central State U #348) Jerry Robinson (P) Apt 124 Brentwood Forest Edmond OK 73034
Zeta Upsilon (Northeastern State Coll - # 3 5 0 ) N D Report Eta Theta (East Central State - # 3 6 1 ) No Report Kappa Epsilon (Cameron U - # 4 2 4 ) Michael A Wilson (P)
P 0. Box 6397 Lawton, OK 73505 Omicron Nu (University of Tulsa - —719) Darryl D White (P) Univ. of Tulsa, Box 266 Tulsa OK 74104 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Tau Lambda (Tulsa - # 1 4 0 ) Emanuel Palmer (S) P O. Box 6152 Tulsa. OK 74106 Beta Epsilon Lambda
iBoley - #149) L G Ashley (S)
P. 0 Box 247 Boley. OK 74829 Beta Eta Lambda (Oklahoma City - # 1 5 1 ) Dr Oliver Stripling (P) 345 NE 60 Oklahoma City. OK 73105 Beta Chi Lambda (Muskogee - # 1 6 5 ) limmie I . White, Jr (S) Box 26 Warner. OK 74469 Zeta Gamma Lambda (Langston - # 2 3 6 ) Raymond lohnson. Sr (P) Box 836 Tulsa, OK 74123 Eta XI Lambda (lawton-Ft Sill - # 2 6 8 ) Charles King, Jr (P) P 0 Box 5752 Lawton. OK 73504
TEXAS Director Gerald loseph
2421 Delano Houston. TX 77003 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Delta (Huston-Tillotson College - # 4 ) No Report Alpha Sigma (Wiley College - # 3 9 ) Herbert Paul (P) lackson Hall Wiley College Marshall. TX 75670 Gamma Alpha (Texas College - # 6 7 ) Dennis Rice (P) 2404 N Grand Avenue Tyler, TX 75702 Delta Theta (Texas Southern U - # 9 6 ) No Report Epsilon Gamma (Bishop College - # 3 1 2 ) Elroy Hoberson (S) 3837 Simpson Stuart Rd Dallas, TX 75241 Epsilon lota
(U of Texas - #318) Keith Canady Box 242 - UT Student Activities Center Austin, TX 78712 Epsilon Rho (Lamar U - # 3 2 5 ) Vernon Davis (PI P 0 Box 10729 Lamai University Beaumont, IX 77710 Epsilon Sigma (St Marys U - # 3 2 6 ) Clarence E Cook Jr (P)
P 0 Box 8009 San Antonio. tX 78208 Zeta Kappa (UT-EI Paso - # 3 4 1 ) Sidney Williams (P) 124 Vaquero El Paso TX 79968 Zeta Tau (East Texas State - # 3 4 9 ) Glen Harmon (P) P 0 Box S - E t Station Commerce, TX 75428 Zeta Chi (UT-Arlrngton - # 3 5 2 ) Kevin D lackson (P) Univ of Texas at Arlington Box 4193 Arlington IX 76010 Eta Gamma (Prairie View - # 3 5 6 ) Robert Price (CS) P 0 Box 2255 Prairie View TX 77445 Eta Epsilon (North Texas State - # 3 5 8 ) Dodd C Stocker P 0 Box 5493 - N 1 Station Denton, TX 76201 EtaMu (U of Houston - # 3 6 4 l Merrill D Wade (P) 2401 Westridge #3102 Houston TX 77054
Eta Upsilon (Texas Tech U - # 3 7 2 ) Tarhan Burnett (Si Box 1 - Student Life Office Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX 79409 Eta Psi (Texas Christian U - # 3 7 5 ) 8nan Q Gaston (P) 4836 Foard Street Fort Worth. TX 76119 Theta Alpha (larvis Christian College - # 3 7 6 ) Darryl Oawe (S) P 0 Box 69 Hawkins. TX 7576b Theta Mu (Sam Houston State U - # 3 8 6 ) Theodore R Williams (P) P 0 Box 2840 Huntsville. TX 77340 lota Kappa (Paul Quinn College - # 4 0 7 ) Roger M Provost (P) 1020 Elm Waco. TX 76704 Iota Mu (SF Austin Slate U •- # 4 0 8 ) Alton L. Fiailey (P) Route 10 - Box 6 1 2 0 Nacogdoches. TX 75961 lota Omicron (Southern Methodist U - # 4 1 1 ) Palmer Jason (P) P 0. Box 251 Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX 75275 Kappa Sigma (West Texas State - # 4 3 6 ) No Report Mu Nil (Southwest Texas State - # 4 5 3 ) Michael Tapscott(P) Mu Nu Chapter LBJ Student Center - SW Texas San Marcos. TX 78666 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Alpha Eta Lambda (Houston - # 1 2 9 ) Adlee Anderson, Jr, (P) 4827 Bennmg Houston. TX 77035 Alpha Sigma Lambda (Dallas - # 1 3 9 ) William Mitchell, III (S)
P 0 Box 26324 Dallas, TX 75226 Beta Tau Lambda (Ft Worth - # 1 6 2 ) Samuel Watson (CS) 5637 Wamwright Drue Fort Worth, TX 76112 Gamma Eta Lambda (Austin - # 1 7 3 ) Allen M Johnson (S) 9901 Mandeville Ctr Austin TX 78750 Gamma Pi Lambda (Galveston - # 1 8 1 ) Edward Clack (T) P O Box 3429 Galveston. TX 77550 Gamma Tau Lambda (Beaumont - # 1 8 4 ) Howard Mills (P) 4165 Simpson Drive Beaumont. TX 77705 Gamma Upsilon Lambda (Marshall - # 1 8 5 ) I I Lamothe III (P) 715 West End Blvd Marshall, TX 75670 Delta Rho Lambda (San Antonio - # 2 0 5 ) lames L Pickett (Pi
P 0 Box 10071 San Antonio. TX 78210 Epsilon Alpha Lambda (Tyler - # 2 1 2 ) Pearhe Henderson (P) Rt 2 1 . Box 440-A Tyler TX 75709 Epsilon Epsilon Lambda (Waco - # 2 1 6 ) Alvin Pollard (P) P O Box 1405 Waco. TX 76703 Epsilon Tau Lambda (Piame View - # 2 2 9 ) Neal Barnes (P)
P 0 Box 2241 Prairie View. TX 77445 Epsilon Phi Lambda (Port Arthur - # 2 3 1 ) Mr Charles A Jones. Jr (Pi 4975 Beaumont Drive Beaumont, TX 77708 Zeta Tau Lambda (Amanllo - # 2 5 1 ) No Report Eta Upsilon Lambda (Odessa - # 2 7 4 ) British C Daniels iPl 704 Ohio Big Spring, TX 79720 Theta Delta Lambda (El Paso - # 2 8 1 ) Michael A lacques (P) 3404 Slocurn Street El Paso, TX 79936 Theta Kappa Lambda (Lubbock - # 2 8 7 ] No Report Kappa Gamma Lambda (Texaikana - # 5 2 6 ) Henry McFadden (P) 512 Stale Line Plaia
Box 8025 lexaikana
AR 75502
Gamma Chi Lambda (San Francisco - # 1 8 7 ) Joe C Thomas (P) 208 Chadwick Way Bemcia. CA 94510 Eta Sigma Lambda (San lose - # 2 7 2 ) Darryl Parker (P) 3819 Seven Trees Blvd San Jose. CA 95111 Theta Beta Lambda (Oakland - # 2 7 9 ) Inactive
Kappa Sigma Lambda (Killen • # 5 4 0 ) No Report Mu Rho Lambda (longview - # 5 6 1 ) No Report Nu Pi Lambda (Arlington - # 5 8 2 ) John Hanson (P) P 0 Box 120221 Arlington. TX 76012 Xi Beta Lambda (Temple - # 5 9 1 ) Ernest Davis (P) P 0 Box 1249 Temple TX 76501
Kappa Alpha Lambda (Monterey - # 5 2 4 ) No Report Kappa Omicron Lambda (Valleio - # 5 3 7 ) Ralph Hicks (P) 167 Moline Way Sacramento. CA 94591
WEST ARIZONA/UTAH/NEVADA Director Fein Goodwin 7065 N Stardust Tucson. AZ 85718 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Zeta Theta
Director Herman A Sanders 1128 Weber Way Sacramento. CA 9 5 8 2 2
(U ol Arizona - # 3 3 9 ) lerord D Patterson ,VP) 4917 E 26th Street Tucson A2 85711 lota Upsilon (Utah State U - # 4 1 6 ) No Report Mu Eta (Arizona State U - # 4 4 8 ) Mark Chambers (P) 5622 S Hurricane Tempe. AZ 95281 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Tau Lambda (Phoenix - # 2 0 7 ) William Corbin (CS) 2401 W Cheery Lynn Road Phoenix. AZ 85015 Eta Psi Lambda (Tucson - # 2 7 7 ) Richard Davis (CS) 5620 E S Wilshire Dnve Tucson, AZ 85711 Theta Pi Lambda (Las Vegas - # 2 9 2 ) No Report
CALIFORNIA (CENTRAL) Director Earwrn (Earl) McCullar 3762 N Cedar Street Fresno, CA 93726
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COLLEGE CHAPTER Epsilon Beta (Fresno State - # 3 1 1 ) Lin C lackson (P) 1136 E Terrace Fresno, CA 93704
CA 93303
CALIFORNIA (NORTHERN) Orrector loe C Thomas 208 Chadwick Way Bemcia. CA 94510 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Epsilon (UC Berkeley - # 2 7 ) Kerry Lewis (S) 944 Willow Street Oakland CA 94606 Delta Omicron (Stantord - # 3 0 1 ) No Report Epsilon Mu (San lose State U - # 3 2 0 ) Jethroe Mooie II (Pi 3221 Napa Drive San lose. CA 95148 Nu Sigma (Stanfoid - # 4 8 0 ) lony L Nolen (VP) P 0 Box 10033 Stanford CA 94305 Xi Pi (Hayward - # 7 0 0 ) Ross P Abbott (PI 4366 Edgewood Avenue Oakland CA 94602 I I Rho (San Francisco - # 7 0 1 ) Timothy L Giay (S) 994 Ingerson Ave San Francisco. CA 94124 Xi Upsilon
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Gamma Phi Lambda
(Berkeley - #186) Capers G Bradham (P) P 0 Box 3238 Berkeley, CA 94703
ALUMNI CHAPTERS Zeta Beta Lambda (Sacramento - # 2 3 5 ) No Report Nu Beta Lambda (Stockton - # 5 6 9 ) Kenneth D Peters, Sr (S) 2663 Fallenleaf Drive Stockton, CA 95209
CALIFORNIA (SAN DIEGO) Director Rutus Dewitt 4937 Dalter Drive San Diego. CA 92041 COLLEGE CHAPTER Eta Sigma (Metio San Diego - # 3 7 0 ) Phillip J Williams (P) 4310 54th, Apt 210 San Diego. CA 95115 ALUMNI CHAPTER Zeta Sigma Lambda (San Diego - # 2 5 0 ] Sam Thomas (P) 7594 Careybrook Lane San Diego CA 92114
Director G Bernard Brown 3946 S Bumsrde Los Angeles CA 90008
P 0 Box 2114
(California Polytechnic Christopher Santee (T) 1170 Santa »ne* Number B Los Osos CA 73402
COLLEGE CHAPTERS Theta Eta (UC Davis - # 3 8 2 ) Rodney Cook (P) 2640 Portage Bay Ave Dav.s, CA 95616 Nu Chi (U of the Pacific - # 4 8 4 ) Kevin Smith (DOP) 1427 N San Joaquin Stockton, CA
CALIFORNIA (SOUTHERN)
ALUMNI CHAPTERS lota Nu Lambda (Fresno - # 5 1 3 ) No Report Kappa Eta Lambda (Bakerslreld - # 5 3 0 ) LeCoslel Hailey (P) Kappa Eta Lambda Bakersfield
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COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Delia (USC - # 2 6 ) Michael Green (CS) 909 W Adams #A6 Los Angeles. CA 90007 Gamma Xi (UCLA - # 7 9 ) Bennie M Blown (P) 3670 Keystone Avenue No 6 Los Angeles. CA 90034 lota Chi (U ol Redlands - # 4 1 8 ) Denae Regins (P) 805 Kentwood Drive Riveiside. CA 92807 lota Psi (California Polytechnic U - # 4 1 9 ) John N Brown iP) 2846 E Valley Blvd Apartment 5 W Covina, CA 91792 Mu Kappa (UC Santa Barbara - # 4 5 1 ) No Report Mu Chi (Cal State Long Beach - # 4 6 2 ) Thomas C Robinson li (P) 466 W Caldwell Compton CA 90220 Omicron Eta (University of California Irvine - # 7 1 4 ) No Repoit ALUMNI CHAPTERS Beta Psi Lambda (Los Angeles - # 1 6 6 ) Heniy H Melton (S) 5303 Marburn Ave Los Angeles. CA 90043 Eta Pi Lambda (Pasadena - # 2 7 0 ) No Report lota Zeta Lambda (Compton - # 5 0 7 ) Michael J White (CS) 232 N Locust Number 6 Inglewood CA 90301 Mu Xi Lambda (Rialto - # 5 5 8 ) No Report
Mu Sigma Lambda (Culver City - # 5 6 2 ) Tony Mitchell (S) P 0 Box 3261 Los Angeles, CA 90230 Nu Tau Lambda (Orange County - # 5 8 5 ) Lloyd Chandler (RSl 2814 Burly Ave E Orange. CA 9 2 6 6 9
COLORADO Director Phillip Cochran 1165 Drexel Street Boulder CO 80303 COLLEGE CHAPTER (Alpha lota - # 3 1 ) No Reporl Omicron Tau (Fort Collins - # 7 2 5 ) James Darden, III (P) 205 Aylesworth Hall Colorado State University Ft Collins. CO 80523 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Delta Psi Lambda (Denvei - # 2 1 1 ) Percy Lyle (CS) P 0 Box 2975 Denver CO 80202 lota Omicron lambda (Colorado Springs - # 5 1 5 ) lota Omicron Lambda Chapter P 0 Box 15083 Colorado Springs, CO 80910 Mu Upsilon Lambda (Boulder - # 5 6 4 ) Ronald Reese (S) Mu Upsilon Lambda P 0 Box 2158 Boulder, CO 80306
HAWAII Director C Edward Singei 410 Magellan Street Honolulu. HI 96813
Apt
908
ALUMNI CHAPTER Mu Beta Lambda (Honolulu - # 5 4 7 ) Toy Grice (P) 98 1114 Kaphapili Street Aeia. HI 96701
NEW MEXICO Director Boyd lackson 1305 Evelyn Court. NE Albuquerque NM 8 7 1 1 2 COLLEGE CHAPTER Omicron Delta (University of New Mexico No Report
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ALUMNI CHAPTER lota Psi Lambda (Albuquerque - # 5 2 3 ) No Report
WASHINGTON/OREGON Director Herbert Starke 15013 SE 171st Street Renton WA 98055 COLLEGE CHAPTERS Alpha Xi (U ot Washington - # 3 5 ) Vincent R Newsome (P) 4135 Brooklyn NE Number 213 Seattle WA 98105 Beta Psi (U ot Oregon - # 6 6 ) Inactive ota Tau Eastern Washington U - # 4 1 5 ) oseph E Taylor (Pl . o Alpha Phi Alpha ' 0 Box 2213 CS 'oilman WA 99163 ALUMNI CHAPTERS Epsilon Zeta Lambda [Portland - # 2 1 7 ) Willis A Williams 5623 N Haighl Portland OR 91217 Zeta Pi Lambda (Seattle - # 2 4 8 ] Tommy L Bogan (Pi 3543 S Dawson Street Seattle WA 98118 lota Mu Lambda iTacoma - # 5 1 2 ) James Randall (P) lota Mu Lambda P 0 Box 171 - Fernhill Stn lacoma WA 98412 Nu Epsilon Lambda (Richland - # 5 7 2 ) Phillip Lavender (CS) 400 N Oklahoma Kennewick WA 99336 Nu Phi Lambda (Spokane - # 5 8 7 ) James Smith, Jr (S) W 5515 Lowell Spokane WA 99208
ALASKA Director To be Announced Nu Zeta Lambda (Anchorage - # 5 7 3 ) No Report
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