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| Paul W. Caine was born in Charleston, Indiana, in 191 and attended grade school in Greencastle, Indiana. He enrolled at Indiana University in 1909 and helped the other Founders in organizing Kappa Alpha Nu. Because of a disastrous fire in the Fraternity house in which he was employed, he never finished his sophomore year. Brother Caine went into the catering business in his home town, later attending Columbia University, set up a catering business in Gary, Indiana, and published a book on catering which was copyrighted in 1919 by the Hurst Publishing Company. Brother Caine was instrumental in setting up the Gamma, Delta and Zeta chapters. He later went into business in Peoria, Inninois and was fatally burned during an explosion of gaseous materials in his business in 1922. |
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| George W. Edmonds was born in Vandenburgh County, Knight Township, Indiana on August 13, 1990. He entered Carver Elementary School and Clark High School in Evansville, graduating on 1910. In the fall of 1910, George entered Indiana University at Bloomington. He joined nine other students in founding Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. After George returned home for the summer 1911, his father became ill with pneumonia and died. His father had worked in the coal mines of Vandenburgh County for many years. George, being the oldest son, became head of the family, thus preventing his return to school. With the new responsibility of supporting the family, George took a job with the area coal mines and worked with the coal mines and the railroad until he died of pneumonia on June 13 1962. George married the former Willa Mae Forte and settled in Stevenson, Indiana. They became the parents of one son Noel. |
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| Guy Levis Grant, born in New Albany, Indiana, attended public schools in that city and graduated from Scribner High School in 1909, and later entered Indiana University. While there he majored in chemisty, graduating with the A.B. degree in 1915. In 1920 he received the D.D.S. degree from Indiana Dental School, then a part of the University of Indiana; and he practiced in Indianapolis. In 1929 he was married to Laura Hammons. He served as a member of the Grand Board of Directors and was the Fraternity's Historian. In addition to his activities with Kappa Alpha Psi, organizations. He was a member of the Second Baptist Church in Indianapolis. |
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| Edward Giles Irvin, born in Spencer, Indiana August 13, 1893, was a graduate of Kokomo, Indiana High School in 1910 and entered Indiana University the same year. After leaving school he pursued a Journalistic career in variou cities throughout the country until World War I. Aside from his successs as a Journalist, Brother Irvin was a pioneer in pormoting basketball and track athletics in the small town school of Indiana. He was an active member of the Methodist Church of Chicago, a member of the Masonic and Odd Fellows Lodges. He organized and operated the Afro-American Manufactuing Company in Chicago, which produced novelties, candies and specialities. |
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| John Milton Lee, born in Danville, Indiana, September 7, 1890, was a graduate of Danville High School in 1910 and entered the University of Indiana and there completed three years of pre-medical work. He later became a student at Temple University (1915) but was compelled to leave school because of a death in the family. He enlisted in the 349th Field Artillery in March of 1918 and served overseas as a First Class Sergeant and Gunner. His battery enjoys the unique of having been the first Battery of Negro Artillerymen ever to open fire upon an enemy. John Milton Lee fired the first shot. He helped organize, and for several years was president of the Fairview Golf Club, the first Negro Golf Club in Pennsylvaia. In 1931 he was married to Mary Walker Robinson. Vocationally, he was engaged in several enterprises. For eight years, he conducted a successful catering business in Philadelphia; he organized and served as Vice-President and Secretary of the Mutual Emergency Union, a mutual aid company in Philadelphia. He was also a member of the Board of Managers of the Columbia Community Branch of the Y.M.C.A. |
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