2025 AWARDEES 87TH GRAND CHAPTER MEETING
Honoring Excellence at the Conclave O n Saturday, May 17, 2025 the Grand Board of Directors received and approved recom-
mendations from the Laurel Wreath Commission, Achievement Commis- sion, Military and Veterans Affairs Commission, the Grand Historian, and National IT Chairman for the following Grand Chapter Awards to be voted on and/or respectively presented during the 87th Grand Chapter Meeting. 88TH GRAND CHAPTER MEETING LAUREL WREATH CANDIDATES The Laurel Wreath Award of Kappa Alpha Psi® is the highest award available to a member of the Fraternity for extra meritorious achievement that is at least national in scope and effect. The award consists of the Fraternity coat of arms enwreathed in laurel leaves-symbolic of the wreaths used by ancient Greeks to crown the victors in various contests and a framed certificate of merit. The following brothers were recommended by the Laurel Wreath Commission and approved by the Grand Board of Directors for submis- sion to the voting delegates on Friday, July 5, 2025. Conferral of the award will take place during the 88th Grand Chapter Meeting in Baltimore, MD, July 5-10, 2027. • Larry S. Gibson, Esq. Baltimore (MD) Alumni Chapter (E) • Dr. Juan E. Gilbert Gainesville (FL) Alumni Chapter (S) • Reuben A. Shelton, III, Esq. St. Louis (MO) Alumni Chapter (MW)
88th GCM Laurel Wreath Candidate, Larry S. Gibson, Esq.
88th GCM Laurel Wreath Candidate, Dr. Juan E. Gilbert
88th GCM Laurel Wreath Candidate, Reuben A. Shelton, III, Esq.
82nd Laurel Wreath Laureate, Rev. Dr. Calvin O. Butts III (Posthumously)
83rd Laurel Wreath Laureate, Louis “Henry” Gilford
84th Laurel Wreath Laureate, Lt. General Leslie C. Smith (Retired)
87TH GRAND CHAPTER MEETING LAUREL WREATH AWARDEES The following brothers were con- firmed by the voting delegates on Friday, July 21, 2023 during the 86th Grand Chapter Meeting to receive The Laurel Wreath during the Public Meeting on Tuesday, July 1, 2025 at the 87th Grand Chapter Meeting. • 82nd, Reverend Dr. Calvin O. Butts III ( Posthumously ), New York (NY) Alumni Chapter (NE) • 83rd, Louis “Henry” Gilford Silver Spring (MD) Alumni Chapter (E) • 8 4th, Lieutenant General Leslie C. Smith ( Retired ), Alexandria-Fairfax (VA) Alumni Chapter (E)
ELDER WATSON DIGGS AWARDEES The Elder Watson Diggs Award of Kappa Alpha Psi® is the second highest award available to a member of the Fraternity for meritorious achievement. The award consists of a gold medallion bearing a likeness of Founder Elder Watson Diggs and a framed certificate of merit. The following brothers were recommended by the Achievement Commission and approved by the Grand Board of Directors to be conferred during the Awards Program on Wednesday, July 2, 2025, during the 87th Grand Chapter Meeting. • 123rd, Zachary J. Berry
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