A Historical Summary of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. Inc.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York on December 4, 1906 by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong brotherhood between African descendants in this country. The visionary founders of the fraternity are: Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. The fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice educationally and socially at Cornell. The Founders and early leaders of the Fraternity succeeded in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha’s principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity. 

More than 150,000 men have joined the ranks of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. since the organizations founding in 1906. The fraternity has College and alumni chapters located throughout the United States, the District of Columbia, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia and Europe. The Fraternity has been interracial since 1945. 

Many outstanding leaders have emerged from the fraternity’s ranks including: Social Activist leader, Dr. W.E.B. DuBois; Civil rights leader and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.; U.S. Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall; Former U.N. Ambassador and former Mayor of the City of Atlanta, Andrew Young; Publisher of “Ebony” and “Jet” Magazines, John H. Johnson; Actor, Activist, and Athlete, Paul Robeson; 1936 Olympic Gold Medallist, Jesse Owens; Executive Director, National Urban League, Hugh B. Price: Journalist and Television Producer, Tony Brown; Atlanta Hawks Head Coach (Former Cleveland Cavaliers Head Coach), Lenny Wilkins; NFL Player, Michael Jackson; Singer, Jerry Butler; Actor, Joseph C. Phillips and Singer/Musician, Donny Hathaway; Jazz Musicians Edward “Duke” Ellington and Gerald Albright.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
ETA TAU LAMBDA CHAPTER
Akron, Ohio

FRATERNITY OFFICERS
2000-2001

STANLEY HAMPTON, PRESIDENT
LARRY F. THOMAS, VICE PRESIDENT
HENRY WIGGINS, SECRETARY
JEFFERY MAYES, TREASURER
PAUL STALLINGS, ASSISTANT TREASURER
PIERRE IRVINE, EDITOR OF SPHINX
HORACE HIGHLAND, HISTORIAN/SOCIAL CHAIRMAN
KARLEO McKINNZIE, SERGEANT AT ARMS
DAVID BROWN, DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION
MICHAEL PORTIS, INTAKE COORDINATOR
MARCH FERGUSON, CHAPLAIN
JUDGE JAMES R. WILLIAMS, PAST NATIONAL PRESIDENT

OFFICIAL ROSTER 2000-2001

BARNES, ANTHONY E.
BARNETT, CARLTON O., JR.
BAXTER, RANDOLPH, JUDGE
BOYD, DONALD E.
BRAGG, ALBERT A., JR.
BROWN, DAVID E.
BROWN, JOHN H.
BROWN, RONALD, PhD
BUCKNER, M. MONTAGUE
BUCKNER, TOBIN
BURNETT, JAMES L.
BURR, AARON
CAMPBELL, MICHAEL A.
CARPENTER, DESMOND, SR.
COSTA, MALCOLM J.
CRAWFORD, JEFFREY
CROOKS, JOHN
DAVIS, KENNETH
DeSHAZIOR, SAMUEL D.
FERGUSON, MARCH
GIBBSON, JAMES L
GRAHAM, WILLIAM L.
GREENE, CHARLES L., ESQ.
GREENE, ROBERT F.
HAGINS, NATHAN
HAMPTON, STANLEY D.
HATTEN III, CLEVELAND
HAWKINS, WAYNE
HIGHLAND, HORACE, SR.
HOLLAND, DWAYNE P.
IRVINE, EDWARD D.
IRVINE, PIERRE
IVEY, TIMOTHY C. ESQ.
JOHNSON, RICHARD K.
JOHNSON, ROGER
JONES, EMMETT E.
KILLINGS, ALLEN F.
KING, ANTHONY J.
LEE III, CLIMON, PhD
LEE IV, CLIMON
LEWIS, ARTHUR
LEWIS, CARLT.
LONZER III, WILLIS, DR.
MAYES, JEFFERY
McKENZIE, KARLEO
MILLER, WILLIAM R.
MOORE, MALCOLM
MORRISON, ROBERT A.
MURRELL, PERRY
NEAL, RICHARD
OKOLO, INNOCENT
PARMS, EDWIN L., ESQ.
PAYNE, JAMES E., ESQ.
PEAKE, E. JAMES R.
PORTIS, MICHAEL D.
RASPBERRY, MARVIN
SHADIE, GEORGE H.
SKINNER, OTHELLO H.
SMALL, SYLVESTER, PhD
STALUNGS, PAUL
STEPHENS, GLEN L.
STEWART, PRESTON
SYKES, VERNON L.
TATUM, THOMAS A.
THOMAS, LARRY F.
TONEY, DARREN
THRASHER, JAMES, PhD
VEAL, DON-TERRY, PhD
WALKER, CHARLES W.
WALKER, CURTIS T., REV.
WARNER, DWIGHT A.
WATERMAN, JEFFREY T.
WEBB, TODD A.
WIGGINS, HENRY A.
WILLIAMS, JAMES R., JUDGE
WILLIAMS, MICHAEL D.
WILSON, CHESTER, DDS
WILSON, DANIEL
WILSON, DAVID J.
WINTER, PAUL
WRIGHT, CHARLES