THE GALLERY: NATIONAL FOUNDERS' DAY
Western Province Chapters Celebrate National Founders' Day By Gary L. Harbour
Over 200 members of the Western Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity gathered to celebrate 106 years of service in observance of National Founders’ Day at the Los Angeles Harbor Marriott. Brothers hailed from the following California-based alumni chapters: Anaheim, Beverly Hills, Century City-Irvine, Inglewood Long Beach, Los Angeles, Pasadena, Riverside, South Bay and Ventura County. Western Province Polemarch Gilbert D. Brown III
(Delta Theta 1969), Ventura (CA) Alumni Chapter Polemarch Walter Henry (Delta Nu 1974), Senior Affairs Chairman George C. Sims (Delta Delta 1959) and 83 rd Elder Watson Diggs Awardee Rhen C. Bass, Sr. (Delta Nu 1974). The keynote speaker was 4-Star General Dennis L. Via United States Army, Retired, and 72 nd Laurel Wreath Laureate. General Via, with his trademark dynamism, edified the brothers with a stirring speech encouraging all to rededicate themselves to the tenets of Kappa Alpha Psi ® .
TSU Leadership Assembles Dr. Austin A. Lane, front row, center, President of Texas Southern University, is flanked by fellow members of Kappa Alpha Psi ® who gathered together during National Founders’ Day. Front row, from left: Raphael X. Moffett, Vice President for Student Affairs; Laurel Wreath Laureate Bobby Wilson, Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Dr. Lane, Wendell Williams, Special Assistant to the President; Charles McClelland, Vice President for Intercollegiate Athletics. Second row: Brian Armstrong, David Anderson, Winslow Jeffries, Kevin Adams, Leonard Spearman. Third row: Ernest Brown III, Michael Boone, Adam Garcia, Neil Venable, Shannon Broussard. Top row: Darrell Bunch, William Randy Bates III and Ryan Mason.
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