The Mu Lambda Lines

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, MU LAMBDA CHAPTER

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The brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Inc., Mu Lambda Chapter have a long legacy of welcoming LEADERS into its ranks. As another year of our fraternity’s founding roles around, it is important to embark on a project giving room to the phenominal lines who were brought in via our chapter.

Some of our most notable initiates are

Bro. Bobby W. Austin – Vice President for University Relations and Communications at the University of the District of Columbia; Author; Chairman of the Planning Committee on the Status of African American Men

Bro. Marion S. Barry, Jr. – Former Mayor of Washington, DC and first Chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee.

Bro. Walter M. Booker – Past Eastern Region Vice President (1951-54); Former Chairman, Howard University Department of Pharmacology; Howard University Medical School Professor.

Bro. Herman R. Branson – Noted biophysicist, co-inventor of the Alpha helix, and past president of Central State and Lincoln Universities. Bro. Charles T. Duncan – First General Counsel of the United States Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, First African American President of the District of Columbia Bar Association, first chair of the DC Judicial Selection Commission, and former Dean, Howard University School of Law.

Bro. Joseph H. B. Evans – Former Field Director for the Committee on Fair Employment Practices and Former Associate Executive Secretary of the President’s Committee on Equality of Treatment and Opportunity in the Armed Services. Served as General Secretary of Alpha Phi Alpha for 22 years.Bro. Howard Jenkins – First African American Appointed to the National Labor Relations Board; served for 20 years under five Presidents.

Bro. R. O’Hara Lanier – Former Ambassador to Liberia First President of Texas Southern University

Bro. Bedford V. Lawson – Civil Rights Attorney and Past General President of Alpha Phi Alpha

Bro. M. Christopher Brown – Former President of Alcorn State and Kentucky State University

Bro. Horace G. Dawson, Jr. – Former Ambassador to Botswana and Director of the Ralph Bunche International Affairs Bro. Rayford W. Logan – Civil Rights/ Pan African Activist and Scholar and Past General President of Alpha Phi Alpha

Bro. Howard L. Long – Former Assistant Superintendent of the DC Public Schools and Past General President of Alpha Phi Alpha

Bro. Leroy Lowery III – Past Executive Director and Chief Operating Officer of the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Memorial Project Foundation; Past Interim Vice President of the Eastern Region of Alpha Phi Alpha

Bro. Gregory S. Parks – Lawyer and Author

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Bro. Vincent Orange – Former Washington, DC City Council Member, Ward 5

Bro. Henry Ponder – Past General President; Past President, Talladega College, Benedict College, and Fisk University; Past President and CEO of NAFEO

Bro. Hilyard R. Robinson – Noted architect who designed buildings at Howard and Hampton Universities, as well as Langston Terrace in DC. Chairman, Department of Architecture at Howard University, 1925-31.

As editor of the torch, I personally would like to extend a hearty vote of appreciation for these brother’s and many others. But there are MANY Mu Lambda Made men, who continue to achieve amazing professional and fraternal feats.

With service on the District level, Brother’s Brent Radcliffe, Mikael LaRoche - Have served selflessly to ensure our region holds a tight ship. These Mu Lambda Initiated men are met by the ranks of Bro. Ryle Bell,

Albert Williams and Kenneth Williams.

Though they are not initiates of the chapter, as current members, their service does not go unnoticed. Regionally, Brother George D. McNeil sits proudly at the helm of parliamentary proceedure and practice.

This Mu Lambda committment to Alpha and Leadership rubs off well to our influence in Beta Chapter, as Bro. Nnamdi Olebara, is serving on the district leadership team.

As we recommit ourselves to another year of service, another year of leadership. It is important to praise the brothers who continue to showcase the hardwork that is necessary to push the expected high standards of lines that we produce from our chapter. From my own line, Brother Sean Plater, has been making waves in the multimedia world as he serves currently as the General Manger of both media houses WHUR FM, and WHUT - Howard University Television, simultaneously!

Becoming a Mu Lambda Man comes with the responsibility of carying on a legacy of many amazing ALPHA MEN. Many men who go unmentioned with their varied professional accomplishments. KINGS of their craft and chosen vocation.

May we continue to protect these standards.

May we continue to provide a beacon of light to the future leaders of our chapter.

May we encourage future General Presidents, Mayors, Congressmen, ANC Board members, University Presidents, Doctors, Educators, CEO’s, Heads of Departments, and more as we charge quickly into 100 years of Mu Lambda.

I write this article today as we strive for the better making of MEN. Mu Lambda Men.

06’ Brothers and Happy Founders Day

By - Brother M. LaRoche

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1. Ameer Baker 2. Travis Clarke 3. Marcus Spells 4. Benjamin Dutton 5. Stevaughn Bush 6. Jeffery Taylor 7. Brian Ingram 8. Charles Wilson 9. Kawaun Sankar 10. Swain Riley

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WALIOPANDA 19– SPRING 2021 1. Justice Brown Duso (ICE KITENZI) 2. Anthony Covington (ICE JABARI) 3. Daniel Mushala (ICE UKALI) 4. Justin Hansford (ICE ELEWISA) 5. AJ Jones II (ICE AKIDA) 6. Jordan Scott (ICE UTATUZI) 7. Drew Emerson (ICE WAASI) 8. Larry Sanders (ICE SADEEKI)

Knights of Horus - Spring 2018 1. Kendall Frost (Break1ng Point) 2. Jeremy Triplett (Dnoces) 3. Ted (Toussaint) 4. Glorie Chiza (Corporal Punishment) 5. Twane Harris (No Excuses) 6. Rodney Dew (Dew DillhenCE) 7. Antonio King (Disciple Klump) 8. Stanton Burke (ZombiePHied) 9. Matthew Aaron (PHinal Draft)

10 Torchbearers of Pharaohs Riddler - Fall 2017 1. Joshua Duboise (Shining Star) 2. John-Mark Williams (Schoolboy) 3. Abdul Kamara (Doc Anansi) 4. DeAngelo Copeland ( Ph rozen Cadence) 5. Byron L. Williams (Inkwell) 6. Rex Jarrett ( Ph arrogant) 7. Jason Jefferson (Hugo Strange) 8. Kenny Regis (Rhythmless Nation) 9. Kevin Bouknight (Google) 10. Kellen Moore (The Senator)

The Sons Of Akhenaten- Spring 2013 1. Brent Radcliff (Clandestine ApprentICE ) 2. Kahlil M. Green ( Phrozen TrAil) 3. Sean D. Plater (Eye Opening Quiet Storm) 4. Nicholas E. Jones ( Phrozen Fortune) 5. Kevin L. Dixon (Clark Kent) 6. Charvis V. Campbell (Neferkare) 7. Villareal Johnson, II (Effendi SAA-ATUM) 8. Jonathan A. Watkins (Master Juba) 9. Mark K. Jones (Tenac- ICE Potentate) 10. Mikael E. LaRoche (Imhotep) 11. Darnell R. Ray, II (Prophet) 12. Karl W. Bruce, Jr ( Phrozen Destiny) 13. Lawrence M. Clark, Jr. (Pythagoras) 14. Eric A. Washington (misUNDERSTOOD) 15. Michael E. Gallion ( Phrigid Phocus) 16. Chatman K. Young, II (HU – HORUS)

The Insurmountable 10 - Fall 2011 1. Keone Thomas (Improv) 2. Ed Hill (Double Jeopardy) 3. Sulaiman Almaroof ( The Sandman) 4. Frank King (Background Noise) 5. Daniel Kittrell (Joker’s Wild) 6. Alexander Pullen (PHInal Decision) 7. Jonathan Butler (Oedipus) 8. Coy Lindsay (iRobot) 9. Garrett Miller (Cold Sweat) 10. Jason Clark (The Riddler)

THE ODD TRIPLE Spring 2002 James Mitchell, Adrian Vincent James, Arthur E. King