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Jewel Bro. Henry Arthur Callis was born January 14, 1887. He attended Cornell University in the fall of 1905, where he worked part time as a janitor and a waiter. Due to financial difficulties, he was forced to drop out of school in 1907, but returned the following year. After graduation in 1909 he went on to Rush Medical School and became a doctor. Prior to moving to Washington D.C he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Afterwards he became a practicing physician and a Professor of Medicine at Howard University. Jewel Callis was known as a prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the philosopher of the founders and a moving force in the Fraternity's development, he was the only one of the Cornell Seven to become General President. Upon his death on November 12, 1974, at the age of 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His Papers were donated to Howard's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center. |
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Jewel Bro. Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter the Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as "a Brother beloved in the bonds," Chapman was a founder of FAMU's Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization. |
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Jewel Bro. Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all of his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell--Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union, and the original Delta at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter's second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He enter the Omega Chapter in 1954. |
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Jewel Bro. George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the State of New York. N6t only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization's founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter's first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He pasted away in 1963. |
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Jewel Bro. Nathaniel Allison Murray pursued graduate work after completing his undergraduate studies at Howard. He later returned home to Washington, D.C., where he taught in public schools. Much of his career was spent at Armstrong Vocational High School in the District of Columbia. He was a member of Alpha Chapter's first committee on organization of the new fraternal group, as well as the Committee on the Grip. The charter member of Washington's Mu Lambda Chapter was a frequent attendee of General Conventions. He pasted away in 1959. |
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Jewel Bro. Robert harold Ogle entered the career secretarial field and had the unique privildege of serving as a professional staff member to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations. He was an African American pioneer in his Capitol Hill position. He proposed the Fraternity's color and was Alpha Chapter's first secretary Ogle joined Kelley in working out the first ritual and later became a charter member of Washington's Mu Lambda Chapter. Jewel Ogle entered the Omega Chapter in 1936. |
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Jewel Bro. Vertner Woodson Tandy became the state of New York's first registered architect, with offices on Broadway in New York City. The designer of the Fraternity pin holds the distinction of being the first African American to pass the military commissioned First Lieutenant in the 15th Infrantry of the New York State National Guard. He was Alpha Chapter's first treasurer and took the initiative to incorporate the Fraternity. Among the buildings designed by the highly talented architect is Saint Phillips Episcopal Church in New York City. Jewel Tandy entered the Omega Chapter in 1964, at age 64. |
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RETURN TO THE ICE AGE! |
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