Hon. Earl J. Neal (Iota 1926): Attorney, Judge
Dr. Joseph W. Joyner, Sr. (Pi 1946): Pediatrician
Neal started in 1938 one of the oldest minority owned law firms in the United States. His son, Earl L. Neal (Beta 1946) joined his father’s firm in 1955 which became Neal & Neal. Neal & Neal, now Neal & Leroy, LCC, is one of Chicago top law firms responsible for negotiating many of Chicago’s major public works projects such as construction of the Dan Ryan Expressway. Neal practiced law until 1962 when he became a Cook County magistrate and later anAssociate Cook County Circuit Court Judge. Unknown date when Judge Neal entered the Chapter Invisible.
A 1949 graduate of Morehouse College and WWII veteran, Joyner served as Iota Chapter Polemarch while at the University of Chicago earning a master’s degree in 1953. After earning his M.D. from Meharry Medical College in 1961, Joyner became the city of San Diego, CA’s first African American pediatrician and practiced in San Diego for several decades. Dr. Joyner entered the Chapter Invisible in 2017.
Dr. Edward S. Lewis (Iota 1921): Activist, Urban League Executive, Professor A 1925 graduate of the University of Chicago, Lewis applied to JohnHopkins University in Baltimore, MD in 1937 for graduate studies. His application for admission and was ultimately denied by the university president. His petition for admission drew negative attention toward the school and was a catalyst for John Hopkins University to subsequently admit African American students shortly thereafter. Lewis subsequently earned a master’s degree and Ph.D. from New York University. He spent the majority of the career fighting for civil rights as a leader with the Urban League. He served as executive director of the Urban League of New York City for twenty-two years (1942-1964) and previously led Urban League offices in Kansas City, MO and Baltimore, MD respectively. He spent his years, after leaving the Urban League, working at the Borough of Manhattan Community College in various roles including professor. Dr. Lewis entered the Chapter Invisible in 1986. The Edward S. Lewis Papers are held at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture part of the New York (NY) Public Library.
Alfred Osborne (Iota 1929): Educator
A native of Antigua, Osborne arrived in the US in 1924 and entered the University of Chicago in 1928. Graduating from the university in three years with a degree in Spanish Literature, Osborne traveled to Panama where he began his career as a teacher in the Panama Canal Zone. In 1935, he was principal and sole instructor of La Boca Normal School. The integrated school, under Osborne’s long-time leadership, provided educational and employment opportunities for black Panamanians in the Panama Canal Zone. Unknown date when Brother Osborne entered the Chapter Invisible.
Dr. Harold Pates (Iota 1952): Educator, College President, African History and African American Culture Scholar A 1954 graduate of DePaul University, Pates earned a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1976. Past president of Chicago’s Kennedy-King College, he is also founder and contributing member of numerous community organizations focused on an African version of the history and culture as well as educational systems based on the African American history, experience, and culture. Dr. Pates started the Chicago Communiversity and the Association of African Educators as well as a founding member of the Kemetic Institute, the Association of Black Psychologists, the National Association of Black School Educators, the Black United Front, the Chicago Task Force for Black Political Empowerment and other community organizations.
Dr. C. Eric Lincoln (Beta Mu 1946): Professor, Author, African American Culture Scholar A graduate of Memphis, TN’s LeMoyne-Owen College, Lincoln served as Iota Chapter Polemarch while at the University of Chicago earning a bachelor’s degree in divinity in 1956. He also served as an assistant editor of The Kappa Alpha Psi ® Journal . He was renowned as a highly respected author and scholar of African American culture and the African American church. His ground breaking 1961 book, The Black Muslims in America, was the first published analysis of the Nation of Islam. At the time of his passing in 2000, Dr. Lincoln was professor emeritus of religion and culture at Duke University in Durham, N.C., where he taught from 1976 to 1993. The C. Eric Lincoln Theology & Arts Fellowship at Duke University is named in his honor. The C. Eric Lincoln Papers are held at the Robert W. Woodruff Library located in the Atlanta (GA) University Center.
Dr. Romeo E. Phillips (Iota 1947): Educator, Professor of Music
A graduate of Roosevelt University, Phillips earned a master’s degree from Eastern Michigan University and Ph.D. from Wayne State University. He has been a member of the Kalamazoo/ Portage community since 1968 when he accepted the position that led to his becoming the first tenured African American professor at Kalamazoo College. He has played an active role in community arts and political organizations, having served as the president of the Kalamazoo Chapter of the NAACP, as a member of the Portage City Council, and as a performer in the Kalamazoo Bach Festival, the Kalamazoo Singers, and other music ensembles. Interestingly, Dr. Phillips helpmusically tutor theMotown female singing group TheMarvelettes when the members of the group were in high school.
Loring B. Moore, Esq. (Iota 1919): Attorney
Donald Richards (Iota 1956): Advertising Executive
Moore was founder and general counsel for Chicago based Service Savings and Loan. He served as assistant attorney general of Illinois while a member of the team of fellow University of Chicago Law School graduates and Kappa men, Earl B. Dickerson, Truman Gibson, and Irvin Mollison challenged the discriminatory restrictive covenants in the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case, Hansberry vs Lee. He frequently represented the NAACP in litigation cases. Moore entered the Chapter Invisible in 1959.
Richards graduated with a B.A. in 1959 and M.B.A. in 1962 from University of Chicago. As an undergraduate, Richards served as Iota Chapter polemarch. Professionally, Richards worked in the advertising industry including 22 years at Leo Burnett Worldwide, one of the world’s largest agencies, where he was the firm’s first African American vice president. A champion of diversity and affirmative action, Richards spent his career pushing to open doors of opportunities to people of color in the Advertising, Marketing, and Entertainment industries.
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