Mamie Clark, conducted important research among children and were active in the Civil Rights Movement. Ph.D, African-American psychologist, with his wife Dr. Longtime President of Atlanta University įirst African American to earn a Ph.D in pure mathematics, a field concerned with mathematical theory rather than with practice or application President of University of Liberia Brother of Horace Mann Bond President of Fort Valley State University first African American president and alum of Lincoln University, Pennsylvania Founder and CEO for The Fundamental Board of Education 10.5 Soccer, Tennis, and Other AthleticsĬhancellor for Southern University SystemĪmerican educator.Kappa Alpha Psi is the second oldest existing collegiate historically Black Greek letter organization and the first intercollegiate fraternity incorporated as a national body. The campus of Indiana University at that time did not encourage the assimilation of Blacks. Kappa Alpha Psi was founded on Januat Indiana University Bloomington in Bloomington, Indiana. The fraternity's Constitution has never contained any clause which either excluded or suggested the exclusion of a man from membership merely because of his color, creed, or national origin, though membership has traditionally been dominated by those of African heritage. Kappa Alpha Psi is the only NPHC affiliated fraternity to not grant honorary membership.Īs of its centennial in 2011, the fraternity was composed of 150,000 college-trained men, with undergraduate chapters located on more than 360 college and university campuses and alumni chapters in more than 340 cities in the United States and five foreign countries. The list below includes members recognized as leaders in their respective fields. It moves steadily toward a tomorrow of promise, productivity, and influence.The list of Kappa Alpha Psi (ΚΑΨ) brothers (commonly referred to as Kappas or Nupes) includes initiated members. To date, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity is organizationally and administratively mature. Among the early changes brought about was the banning of paddling and other forms of physical abuse and the introduction of constructive endeavors during pledgeship and probation. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, relatively early, envisioned the modified attitudes of college administrators and administrations regarding certain frivolous activities previously identified with Greek letter organizations and it initiated appropriate changes. Having adopted a motto which mutually suited them, they carried a sketch of the coat of arms to a commercial engraver in Fort Wayne, from which he made the first metal plate. In selecting a suitable motto, Diggs, Armstrong, and Lee solicited the aid of a Professor of Greek Art at Indiana Technical College at Fort Wayne, Indiana. Work on the latter was completed during the following summer by Diggs, Armstrong and John Milton Lee while they were pursuing employment at a hotel in Fort Wayne, Indiana. By the end of the first year, working together, Diggs and Byron Kenneth Armstrong had completed the ritual and had commenced work on the coat of arms. Thus, the name acquired a distinctive Greek letter symbol and Kappa Alpha Psi became a Greek letter Fraternity in every sense of the designation.įrom its inception, every endeavor was directed toward establishing the Fraternity upon a strong foundation before embarking on plans of expansion. This change became effective April 15, 1915, on a proclamation by the then Grand Polemarch, the late Revered Founder Elder Watson Diggs. The name was changed to Kappa Alpha Psi on a resolution offered and adopted at the 4th Grand Chapter in December 1914. was chartered and incorporated originally under the laws of the state of Indiana as Kappa Alpha Nu on May 15, 1911. 5, 1911 on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana. Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated was founded Jan.
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