NATIONAL FOUNDER’S DAY NEW ORLEANS
Brother Theodore R. Sanchious
Brother Troy A. Carter Sr.
board position CEO Tracy R. Porter facilitated the session. Panel members included 60th Laurel Wreath Laureate and retired Executive Vice President – Anheuser-Busch John E. Jacob, Brother Adkins and Director, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., Coleman H. Peterson rounded out the powerful and informative day. ELEVATING THE PROCESS 109th Elder Watson Diggs Awardee and Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Executive Director John F. Burrell secured Johnson & Johnson as the event’s platinum sponsor. Macy’s and Vertex were Gold sponsors. All here served as Silver sponsors. Local hosts were the New Orleans (LA) Alumni Chapter and the Dillard University
Chapter, the Beta Gamma of Kappa Alpha Psi.
his personal story of achievement. For example, he is the first African American elected to the Louisiana State House from District 102, the first African American elected to the New Orleans City Council repre- senting District C, the first African American elected to the Louisiana State Senate from District 7, the first Congressman elected to Louisiana’s 2nd Congressional District from the Westbank of New Orleans (Algiers) and the first Congressman whose spouse is a General in the U.S. Army (Ana). The Toast to the Founders was led by Senior Grand Vice Polemarch Robert L. Jenkins Jr., Esq. followed by the Oath of Rededication. It was a powerful experience. ♦
NATIONAL FOUNDERS DAY BANQUET
Junior Grand Polemarch Jordan Q. Smith served as Master of Cer- emony. Grand Polemarch Jimmy McMikle and 104th Elder Watson Diggs Awardee and Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation, Inc. President Michael J. DuBose extolled the partnership between the foundation and the fraternity in moving the 35th Admin- istration’s initiatives forward. State Senator Gary M. Carter, Jr. (Beta Iota 1996) then introduced the speaker. Keynote Speaker Con- gressman Troy A. Carter Sr. (Beta Iota 1985) riveted the brothers with
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