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Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter Celebrated Twenty Years of Achievement
T he Woodbridge (VA) Alum- ni Chapter was chartered on February 1, 1998 and celebrated its 20 th Anniver- sary on February 4, 2018, at the Officers Club located at Fort Belvoir, VA. The keynote speaker was Grand Polemarch, Thomas L. Battles, Jr. Distinguished guests from across the Eastern Province attended the highly celebrated affair. In attendance was Anthony B. Hill, Past Grand Board of Directors member, Eastern Province Past Polemarch, and Guy L. Grant awardee who was the Eastern Province Polemarch at the time of the chapter’s chartering. The highlight of the evening was the pinning of five new Grand Chap- ter Life Members: Brothers Robe’rt L. Palmer, Jr. (Polemarch), Darrell Wil- liams (Vice Polemarch), Eric Williams (Past Polemarch), Chris Cobb (Assis- tant Keeper of Exchequer), and Duane Smith (Chairman, Community Service). The Chapter’s 20 th Anniversary theme (“Live the Magic, Feel the Magic, Be the Magic”) lived out in its truest term as the evening’s events unfolded. members of the fraternity who lived in Prince William and Stafford Counties had only two options if they wanted to be actively involved with a chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi within proximity to their community. They could affiliate with the Alexandria-Fairfax (VA) Alumni Chapter, 20 miles to the north, or they could join the Fredericksburg (VA) Alumni Chapter, 30 miles south. Sev- eral brothers who lived in the area, par- ticularly Past Grand Keeper of Records and Exchequer, Past Eastern Province Polemarch, Kappa Alpha Psi Founda- tion President Emeritus, and 94 th Elder Watson Diggs Awardee, William B. Croom and Brothers Robert Harding, Prior to the establishment of the Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter,
Sr., and Ronald L. Thompson, felt there was a sufficient number of brothers in Prince William and Stafford Counties to sustain a vibrant alumni chapter. The Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter is a member of Region III of the Eastern Province, which comprises undergraduate and alumni chapters lo- cated in the Commonwealth of Virginia, the State of Maryland, the District of Columbia, and the British Territory of Bermuda. Affectionately known as “The Bridge,” the Chapter was chartered by 24 great Kappa men. The Chapter’s motto: “Bridging the Gap Between First Century and Second Century Kappa,” serves as its clarion call to service. Twenty years ago, the Chapter was chartered during an impressive ceremony conducted at the U.S. Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia, by Brother Hill. The affair at- tracted brothers from all over the Prov- ince. From the beginning, “The Bridge” has embraced men of great vision and resolve. The brothers who chartered the Woodbridge Alumni Chapter are as follows:
• Dwight Martin • Benjamin Tyler, Jr • William B. Croom • Kenneth Hankins, Sr • William McLeod • Eric L. Williams
20 Years of Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter Highlights
• Chartered February 1, 1998 – Ronald Thompson (Polemarch)
• Awarded Medium Chapter of The Year: - 2005 and 2006
• Awarded 2 nd Place Large Chap- ter of The Year - 2018
• Five Members of The Wood-
bridge Alumni Chapter Received Grand Chapter Life Member Pins - 2018
• The Bill Croom “Inaugural Golf Classic” - 2018
• Hosted Eastern Province Senior Kappa Day - 2018
• Lawrence H. Bailey • John Drakeford • Robert Harding, Sr. • Robert Nickens, Jr • Ronnie L. Brown • C. Scott English • Van Ivey • Robe’rt L. Palmer, Jr. • Arthur R. Bryant • Frederick D. Essex • James A. Johnson • Curtis Prince • Andrew Chatman • Zadock Futrell • Theodore Johnson • Ronald Thompson • James E. Coates, Jr • Louis D. Gregory
• Welcomed five new members into The Woodbridge (VA) Alumni Chapter - 2018
• Kappa League Debate Team 1 st Place - 2018
• Bert V. Watkins Awardees:
Brothers Arthur Bryant (2005) and Robert L. Palmer, Jr. - (2013)
• Welcomed and Honored Three 50-Year Brothers - Brothers Andrew Chatman, Jesse Broken- burr and R.C. Gamble - 2018
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