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[[image - fraternity emblem]] Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. Founded 1911 FACTS * Officers Elected at the 59th Grand Chapter Meeting Grand Polemarch - Dr. Elbert E. Allen, Shreveport, Louisiana * Senior Grand Vice Polemarch - Randall Bacon, Culver City, California * Junior Grand Vice Polemarch - St. Elmo W. Crawford, Jr., Howard University School of Dentistry * Grand Keeper of Records and Exchequer - Atty. H. H. Holloway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Grand Historian - Dr. William L. Crump, Washington, D.C. Grand Strategus - Cass F. L. Teague, Jr., Tennessee State University Grand Lieutenant Strategus - DeWayne Armstrong, Tennessee State University *Member Grand Board of Directors For additional information contact: National Headquarters 2320 N. Broad St., Phila., PA 19132 Executive Secretary - Earl A. Morris Assistant Executive Secretaries - A. F. Moultrie - Earl S. Clanton III/Development [[image]] Brief History of Kappa Alpha Psi Early in this century, black students were actively dissuaded from attending college. Formidable obstacles were erected to prevent the few who enrolled from assimilating into co-curricular campus life. This social ostracism characterized Indiana University on January 5, 1911 and caused Byron K. Armstrong and Elder W. Diggs, joined by eight black students, to form Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity which remains the only Greek letter organization with its Alpha Chapter on the University's campus. The Founders sought a formula that would immediately raise the sights of black collegians and stimulate them to accomplishments higher than they might have imagined. Fashioning achievement as its purpose, Kappa Alpha Psi began uniting college men of culture, patriotism and honor in a bond of fraternity. Chapters spread in succession to the University of Illinois, the University of Iowa and Wilberforce University campuses. By 1919, Kappa Alpha Psi activity had generated serious interest among black college degree holders to form Alumni Chapters. As graduated chapters multiplied, the Fraternity began Guide Right, a national social out-reach program, three years after the first Alumni Chapter was formed. In 1924, the Fraternity established the Laurel Wreath Award to honor members for extra meritorious achievements, and added the Elder Watson Diggs Award to its honors 33 years later. Founders Elder Watson Diggs* John Milton Lee* Dr. Byron K. Armstrong Dr. Guy L. Grant* Henry T. Asher* Dr. Marcus P. Blakemore* Edward G. Irvin Dr. Ezra D. Alexander* Paul Caine* George W. Edmonds* *Deceased Their Achievements Earned the Laurel Wreath Award Elder Watson Diggs, Founder Robert Sengstake Abbott, Journalism Atty. T. Giles Nutter, Politics Archie A. Alexander, Civil Engineering Atty. J. Ernest Wilkins, Academic Dr. Byron K. Armstrong, Founder Judge Armond W. Scott, Judiciary Lionel F. Artis, Journalism Dr. Clarence Leon Wilson, Medicine W. Ellis Stewart, Business C. C. Spalding, Insurance Dr. R. J. Jones, Medicine and Insurance Atty. Leon A. Ransom, Profession Atty. Earl B. Dickerson, Insurance Atty. George E. C. Hayes, Profession Percy H. Lee, Fraternity Dr. Jesse M. Tinsley, Civil Rights Atty. Donald L. Hollowell, Civil Rights C. Roger Wilson, Fraternity Dr. Ellison B. Henderson, Medicine Dr. W. Henry Green, Fraternity Atty. Thomas Bradley, Politics James J. Henderson, Finance Under the theme, Training for Leadership, Kappa Alpha Psi promotes a style of intellectual and aesthetic evaluation for more than 50,000 college men. Rooted in a genuine concern for human development, the Kappa Gestalt exhorts its members to stretch themselves in all directions while holding fast to a sustaining principle of achievement. A mini-list of the Fraternity's achievers includes L. A. Mayor Tom Bradley; General Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr. USAF; O.I.C. founder, Rev. Leon H. Sullivan; U.S. Congressmen John Conyers, Michigan and Louis Stokes, Ohio; Lt. Gov. Mervyn M. Dymally of California; Lt. Gov. George L. Brown of Colorado; U.S. Judge Wade H. McCree; Pro Football Players, Gayle Sayers and Willie Davis; Detroit Judge George W. Crockett Jr.; Tennis Pro Arthur Ashe; TV's Sanford and Son regular "Grady (Whitman Mayo) Wilson"; college presidents, Dr. Vivian Henderson, Clark; Dr. Benjamin L. Perry, Jr., McNeill, West Virginia State; NBC newsman and former Mayor of Cleveland, Carl B. Stokes; and Universal Life Insurance President A. Maceo Walker. More than 1,500 members are initiated annually. Collegiate chapters are located on more than 200 compuses. Alumni chapters are functioning in some 200 cities in the United States and two foreign countries. The Fraternity maintains: - Active Chapter Housing - Scholarships and grants - Job Placement service - Chapter Administration Seminars - Social Action conduits National Guide Right programs aimed at reaching pre-college youngsters on the local levels are: - Kappa League (leadership training) - Little League Sports - Pop Warner football - Soap Box Derby - Prep school tutorial program Province Polemarchs North Easter - Irving L. Biddell, Jr. Philadelphia, PA Eastern - Dr. James B. Abram, Jr. Hampton, VA Middle Eastern - David L. Thompkins Winston-Salem, NC South Eastern - J. A. Johnson Columbia, SC Southern - Dr. Ullysses McBride Atmore, AL Northern - Robert L. Gordon Ann Arbor, MI North Central - Dr. Floyd V. Campbell Glendale, WI East Central - George N. Charlton Pittsburgh, PA South Central - William J. Gupton Nashville, TN Middle Western - Art S. Williams Tulsa, OK South Western - Henry W. Flowers Jackson, MA Western - Atty. Robert L. Harris Richmond, CA Grand Board of Directors Dr. Oliver Gumbs Mobile, AL William M. Blakeney Charlotte, NC C. B. Davis Houston, TX William Tell Robinson Tennessee State University Ronald Sweeney UCLA Arthur L. Carter, Sr. Indianapolis, IN 352
