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men and the importance of The Phila- delphia Tribune —including Richard Lee Snow (Delta Theta), 112 th Elder Watson Diggs Awardee and former Executive Director of Kappa Alpha Psi and Sam Patterson (Gamma Omega), chairman of the 84 th Grand Chapter Meeting and Conclave held in Philadelphia. “I moved to Philadelphia in 1982,” Lee says. “And it's impossible, particu- larly, if you're associated in any shape, form or fashion in the African-American community to come to Philadelphia and not hear the name Bob Bogle. I had the privilege of serving as the execu- tive director, and CEO for Kappa for 13 years. And throughout my time he was always one that I could come to, no mat- ter what it was for, primarily, when we needed to establish a media presence.” “He's always paid his dues,” adds Patterson, who has known Bogle and his family his entire life. “He's always been active. Though he does not attend a lot of meetings, when you call and say, Bob, I need something, he's there.”
entities in the Philadelphia market.”
Psi have also taken note of Bogle's achievements at The Tribune and in the community. “Brother Bogle is debonair,” says Joseph Meade Jr. (Kappa Gamma), vice chairman of the 2019 Conclave in Philadelphia. “I think the heights he has taken The Tribune, as far as com- municating the success, the challenges, and then ultimately the prowess of the African-American community in Phila- delphia has been tremendous. I look at how newspapers have had to consolidate and close, and the fact that The Tribune has been able to maintain its signifi- cance has really been amazing.” *** One critical mission for Bogle today is to maintain The Tribune's significance in the community through the digital news landscape. The evolving face of America's media from print to digital has become critical with many companies increasing their digital offerings to accommodate where readers are going to get their news. Digital advertising revenue across all
Coard, who mostly works as a defense attorney in Philadelphia writes a weekly column that appears in The Tribune's Sunday edition. Deemed the “Angriest Black Man in America,” Coard writes on everything from slave repara- tions to the criminal justice system. “The Tribune is not only an impor- tant voice for Black Philadelphia , The Tribune is the most important voice for Black Philadelphia. And the reason why I say the most important voice is because it's the longest and most consistent. What The tribune stood for when it was founded is exactly what The Tribune stands for today. And the fact that The Tribune reaches out to various voices in the Black community, some- body like me, Michael Coard, and angry Black man, and then you have more conservative voices, and liberal voices, and less confrontational voices. But the common denominator is everyone is try- ing to achieve for Black folks in America. You know, if there were a motto for The Tribune , it should be consistent with what the Kappas always talked about publicly and that's achievement. So achievement whether it's Kappa Alpha Psi, achievement whether it be The Philadelphia Tribune, achievement, whether it's Cheyney University, the consistent factor in all three of them is you guessed it, Mr. Bob Bogle.” Today, Bogle is chairman of the Hospitals and Higher Education Facilities Authority of Philadelphia, sits on the board for the Indepen- dence Health Group and the advisory board of PNC Bank. He also serves as chairman of the council of trustees of Cheyney, is an advisor to the United Negro College Fund, and a life mem- ber of Kappa Alpha Psi. These entities are a mere fraction of the leadership positions Bogle holds in the city. They are also where many in the region, who have grown to ad- mire Bogle's tenacious business acu-
Younger members of Kappa Alpha
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