UPSILON CENTENNIAL OBSERVANCE
• Frank LaVigne (Upsilon 1933) – Western Province (1946-47)
her father’s achievements in deseg- regating the umpiring ranks of major league baseball’s color barrier. After this event, fraternity members and other D9 members adjourned for a Sip & Smoke Reception at Post and Beam Restaurant at Destination Crenshaw. On Friday, April 2, 2023, the UCCC sponsored a Civic Engagement Lun- cheon at the Beverly Hills Hilton with 250 guests in attendance, including the 27 th Grand Polemarch Robert L. Harris Esq. introducing the 45 th Wisconsin Lt. Governor, the Honorable Mandela Barnes (Gamma Phi 2005) who deliv- ered the keynote address. Past UCLA Black Alumni Associa- tion President Kevin G. Harbour, Sr. (Upsilon 1977) served as the luncheon Master of Ceremonies. Other honored speakers and guests included UCLA Chancellor Dr. Gene D. Block, Los An- geles Board of Public Works President Pro Temp, Commission Dr. Michael R. Davis, and Assemblyman Reginald Jones Sawyer. General Chairman Kinsey honored former Regent of California and Superior Court Judge Sherill D. Luke along with other notable Upsilon Legends such as the families of Tom Bradley, Randall C. Bacon, Arthur Ashe, Johnnie L. Cochran Jr., Walt Hazzard, the former California Appellate Court Justice Edwin Jefferson and Chief Justice Bernard S. Jefferson, who was the first African American to graduated Magna Cum Laude from UCLA. Later in the day, the Los Angeles (CA) Alumni Chapter House was the venue for a Panhellenic Party and Fish Fry. On Saturday, April 22, 2023, the day kicked off with a Centennial Fellowship Breakfast at the UCLA Luskin Confer- ence Center. Fraternity members gath- ered to pay tribute to all those fraternity members who were UCLA student- athletes at the university. Former Bruin Football Player, Kourt D. Williams, Ph.D. served as the Master of Ceremony
• Thomas Bradley – Western Prov- ince (1947-1957)
• Robert F. Green (Upsilon 1935) – Western Province (1958-59 and 1964-67)
• Randall C. Bacon – Western Province (1964-67)
• Edgar H. Bishop – Western Province (1988-1992)
• Kevin D. Kinsey – Western Prov- ince (1995-01)
star and renown physicist James LuValle (Upsilon 1933); longtime UCLA vice chancellor Winston C. Doby (Upsilon 1964); the former California Appellate Court Justice Edwin Jefferson (Upsilon 1926); and retired Superior Court Judge and the first African American president of the UCLA student body Judge Sher- rill D. Luke (Upsilon 1947). • Upsilon has served as an under- graduate host chapter for three Grand Chapter Meetings: Upsilon Chapter Centennial Committee General Chairman Kevin D. Kinsey presents an appreciation gift to keynote speaker Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes at the celebration banquet.
• Three buildings on the UCLA campus are named after Upsilon initiates.
1. Thomas Bradley
2. Arthur Ashe
3. James LuValle
Upsilon has a long history of sup- porting the renowned Black & White Ball, annually held in November by the Los Angeles (CA) Alumni. Traditionally, Upsilon members, along with other area chapters attending the ball, select the queen and her court. Los Angeles (CA) Alumni have sponsored this formal ball since the mid-1930s.
1. 37 th Grand Chapter Meeting held in August 1947, which was the first Conclave held on the West Coast;
Centennial Observance Activities
2. 47 th Grand Chapter Meeting held in August 1957;
On Thursday, April 20, 2023, the observance week started with a Com- munity Service Day Event. Later in the day, a documentary film produced by Raymond Bell entitled Called Up: The Emmett Ashford Story was screened to attendees. After the showing of the film, the UCCC presented a citation to Ms. Adrienne Cheri Ashford, daugh- ter of former baseball umpire Emmett Ashford. The citation acknowledged
3. 69 th Grand Chapter Meet- ing held in December 1989, which was the Fraternity’s last Winter Conclave to date.
• Province Polemarchs from Upsilon
• John W. Brewer (1936) – West- ern Province (1941-47)
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