Bro. William "Count" Basie
- Internationally known pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader.�
Bro. Langston Hughes - The
Black Poet Laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright, novelist, lyricist,
and humorist.�
Bro. Sterling Brown - Teacher,
poet, writer, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Howard University, has
a special foundation for folk
culture and jazz music.�
Bro. Carl Rowan - Syndicated
columnist.�
Bro. Joe Torry-�Comedian
Bro. William H. "Bill" Cosby
- Comedian, author, actor, producer.�
Bro. Roland Hayes - Internationally
known tenor of the 1920s. Hayes sang in five different languages.�
Athletics
Bro. Michael Jordan - Outstanding
basketball player with the Chicago Bulls of the NBA.�
Bro. De Hart Hubbart - A
University of Michigan sprinter; was the first Black person to represent
the United States in the Olympic
Games (1924).�
Bro. Ed "Too Tall" Jones
- Outstanding player with the Dallas Cowboys football team.�
Bro. Joe Black - An all-time
great Brooklyn Dodger baseball pitcher. In 1952, he had the lowest earned-run
average in the Major Leagues.�
Bro. Charlie Ward - Heisman
Trohy winner and NY Knicks gaurd.�
Bro. Steve "Air" McNair
- Outstanding player with the Houston Oilers.�
Bro. Hank Aaron - Home-run
King who broke Babe Ruth's record.�
Bro. John Salley - Player
with the Chicago Bulls.�
Bro. Shaquille O'Neal -
Star center with the Orlando Magic.�
Bro. Jerry Ball - Player
with the Oakland Raiders.�
Bro. Cedric Maxwell - Outstanding
professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics and other teams.�
Bro. Leroy Walker - A U.S.
Olympic coach (sprinters) for many years.�
Bro. John Salley - Outstanding
basketball player with the Detroit Pistons.�
Bro. Keith Jackson - Outstanding
football player with the Miami Dolphins. A Pi Delta brother!�
Bro. Mark Duper - Another
fantastic Miami Dolphins player.�
Bro. William Floyd - Big
man on the San Francisco 49ers football team.�
Bro. Earl "The Pearl" Monroe�
Business
Bro. Earl Graves - Publisher
of Black Enterprise magazine.�
Bro. Gillard S. Glover -
President, Afro-American Life Insurance Company.�
Bro. Thurman McKenzie -
Co-owner of M and M Products (Sta Soft Fro).�
Bro. Otis M. Smith - General
Counsel, General Motors Corporation.�
Bro. Nathaniel Bronner -
Co-owner of Bronner Brothers Beauty Supplies.�
Bro. Jesse Hill - President
of Atlanta Life Insurance Company.�
Bro. William Kennedy III
- President of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company.�
Civil Rights
Bro. Rev. Jesse Jackson -
Former Director of Operation PUSH; Founder, Rainbow Coalition.�
Bro. Grant Reynolds - Played
a major role in President Truman's 1948 decision to desegregate the United
States Armed Forces.�
Bro. James Nabrit - Former
Dean of Howard University Law School and former president of Howard University.
A leader in the training of the early Civil Rights lawyers.�
Bro. Wiley Branton - Attorney
of the "Little Rock Nine" and former Dean of Howard University School of
Law.�
Bro. Roy Wilkins - Long-time
Executive Director of the NAACP.�
Bro. Benjamin Hooks - Succeeded
Bro. Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP, the most effective
of all civil rights organizations.�
Bro. Vernon Jordan - Former
Executive Director of the National Urban League.�
Bro. Khalid Muhammad�
Education
Bro. Dr. Carter G. Woodson
- The earliest and most outspoken proponent for the study of Black History.�
Bro. Benjamin E. Mays -
President Emeritus of Morehouse College, writer and lecturer.�
Bro. Herman Dreer - Teacher,
minister, writer, and author of The History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,
Inc., 1911-1961.�
Politics�
Bro. Lawrence Douglas Wilder
- Became Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1990. He also received
the Bronze Star or his military heroics in the Korean War.�
Bro. William Hastie - First
Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.�
Bro. George L.P. Weaver
- Former U.S. Secretary of Labor.�
Bro. Vernon Jordan�
Bro. Robert C. Weaver -
First African American to serve on the Presidential Cabinet when he became
Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966 under President Franklin
Roosevelt.�
Bro. Clifford L. Alexander,
Jr. - Secretary, Department of the Army.�
Bro. Rev. Jesse Jackson
- Candidate for the United States Presidency in 1984 and 1988.�
Science�
Bro. Dr. Ernest Everett Just
- Internationally known biologist and professor at Howard University.�
Bro. Dr. Charles Drew -
Perfected the use of blood plasma; Professor of Surgery at Howard University.�
Bro. Percy Julian - Discovered
the use of foam to extinguish fires and discovered a method of producing
cortisone synthetically.�
Bro. Dr. Fred Drew Gregory
- Astronaut, graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (pilot).�
Bro. Charles Bolden - Astronaut,
graduate of the United States Naval Academy (pilot).�
Bro. Dr. Ronald E. McNair
- Astronaut, graduate of M.I.T., Ph.D. in Physics (civilian).�
Bro. Lt. Colonel Guion Bluford
- First African-American in Space. He boarded the Space Shuttle "Challenger"
in 1983 and performed the first "spacelab mission" on the Orbiter Challenger.�
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