100 YEARS
100 YEARS
COVER STORY
COVER STORY
• The Vivian G. Harsh Research Collection, Chicago Public Library • Mr. Christopher Morrison, www.roboaerial.com • International Headquarters (IHQ) of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • Kevin P. Scott (Chicago (IL) Alumni 1998), 15 th Grand Historian of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • Byron C. Thornton (Zeta Mu 1983), 24 th Pole- march of the North Central Province • Michael C. Hughes Sr. (Kappa Phi 1985), 20 th Polemarch of the North Central Province • Korlon L. Kilpatrick II (Theta Iota 1989), 23 rd Pole- march of the North Central Province • Ned J. Dunbar (Iota 1956), Grand Lt. Strategus for the 16 th Administration of Kappa Alpha Psi ® • Dr. Joseph W. Joyner Sr. (Pi 1946), daughter Ms. Kelli Joyner, and son Joseph W. Joyner Jr. (Upsilon 1970) • Dr. Romeo E. Phillips (Iota 1947)
• Michael D. Turner (Iota 1997) • Jamaar L. Harris (Iota Lambda 2004) • Jacques R. Polk (Chicago (IL) Alumni 2016)
White House. The Iota Chapter exceeded the prom- ise Founder Elder Watson Diggs initially had for the chapter and its members exemplified the fraternity’s motto of Achievement in Every Field of Human En- deavor . However, the decades long absence of the chapter from the UChicago campus has been equally detrimental to the fraternity and to the university. Hopefully, this historic chapter can someday return as a viable and sustainable chapter of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. The objective of this article was to utilize the 100 th anniversary of the chartering of the Iota Chapter to introduce and celebrate the chapter, to chronicle its history and the stories of brothers associated with the chapter to the 21 st century of the fraternity. The ar- ticle highlights the contributions by chapter brothers to the fraternity, in many cases, to the city of Chicago and to various segments of 20 th century American society. When the chapter was last consistently ac- tive, Richard B. Millspaugh, Esq. was the Grand Po- lemarch (1961-1964). Consequently, in this modern era of the fraternity, the chapter is largely unknown and a mystery. If the Iota Chapter unfortunately nev- er returns to active status, the article is intended to be the official source of record about the chapter for future generations of Kappa Men. The construction of this article encompassed review- ing of The Story of Kappa Alpha Psi ® and researching past issues of The Kappa Alpha Psi ® Journal for in- formation on the chapter and its members as well as conducting interviews with Iota Chapter initiates. The special collections centers from both the Uni- versity of Chicago and Chicago Public Libraries re- spectively provided invaluable resources and archival information on the Iota Chapter and Kappa Alpha Psi ® . Other source material included obituaries of Iota Chapter initiates, school yearbooks, Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter bulletins, newspaper and magazine articles, and books on various chapter members. The publication of this article could not have oc- curred without the assistance, guidance and resourc- es of the below: Epilogue
Author Information:
Brother Aaron Williams received a B.A. in English from Morehouse College in 1990 and M.B.A in 1998 from the Vanderbilt University’s Owen Graduate School of Management located in Nashville, TN. He is a 1986 initiate at the University of North Texas Chapter, the Zeta Upsilon of Kappa Alpha Psi ® . He is a member of the Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter.
• Dr. Harold Pates (Iota 1952) • Donald Richards (Iota 1956) • Edward Wallace (Iota 1956) • Dr. Robert D. Brazil (Iota 1958) • James P. Malone (Iota 1958) • Dr. Major Armstead (Iota 1959) • George H. Stanton Jr. (Iota 1963) • Charles E. Taylor Jr. (Iota 1963) • Richard T. Lites (Alpha Rho 1965) • Derryl L. Reed (Gamma Upsilon 1967) • Robert D. DeFrantz Jr. (Alpha 1969) • Hermann Mazard Jr. (Theta Iota 1985) • Clarence J. Clark (Pi 1986) • Tracy W. Suber (Zeta Upsilon 1993) • Tony G. Williams (Gamma Beta 1993)
Acknowledgments: Special Thanks
• Ms. Eileen Ielmini, Assistant University Archivist, the Special Collections Re- search Center, University of Chicago Library
Above: Author collaborating with Senior Kappa Brother Edward Wallace (Iota 1956), left, on chapter history information.
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Publishing achievement for more than 100 years
Publishing achievement for more than 100 years
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