MIAMI (FL) ALUMNI CELEBRATES 75 YEARS
(Miami (FL) AL 1980) was mayor and former police chief of Opa Locka, FL, which named a street and an Elemen- tary School in his honor. Frank E. ‘Flap’ Jones (Alpha Xi 1937) A Miami (FL) Alumni charter member served 12 years on the Southern Prov- ince Board of Directors. Johnny L. Jones (Gamma Theta 1953), a past Miami (FL) Alumni Chap- ter Polemarch, was the first African- American Superintendent of Dade County Public Schools, one of the larg- est public school systems in the U.S. Dewey Knight, Jr. (Gamma Theta 1953) The first African American Assis- tant Miami-Dade County Manager,who has a highway near Miami International Airport named in his honor. His son, Dewey Knight, III (Miami Alumni 1987), works for Miami-Dade County and is currently a long-time member of the Miami (FL) Alumni Chapter
athletes to play in the Orange Bowl sta- dium in 1947. “Traz” Powell Stadium, named in his honor, hosts seven high school football teams on the campus of Miami-Dade College. Dorrin D. Rolle (Alpha Xi 1966) was a Miami-Dade County Commissioner. He served as President and CEO of the James E Scott Community Association (JESCA). He was also the Chairman of the Miami-Dade Economic Develop- ment and Housing Committee. Rolle recently entered the Chapter Invisible in 2020. Harold (“HT”) Smith (Alpha Xi 1965) was the first African American Assistant Dade County Attorney. He re- ceived national attention as a leader and co-spokesperson of the Boycott Miami Campaign in 1990, which resulted from Miami’s public offcials’ snubbing of Nelson Mandela. Hon. Rodney Smith (Lansing (MI) Alumni 1998) currently serves as a judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and was appointed in 2018 by President Donald Trump. Arthur Teele, Jr., Esq. (Alpha Xi 1965) was appointed by President Ronald Reagan as the Director of the U.S. Urban Mass Transit Authority. He
also served as a Miami-Dade County Commissioner and the City of Miami Commissioner. Carnell White (Alpha Xi 1966) served on the Southern Province Board of Directors for 24 years. He also served as Sr. Province Vice Polemarch of the Southern Province under Cauley Lott. He also served on the Laurel Wreath Commission and National Achievement Commission. Orange Bowl Committee Members: the late Lawrence Adams (Alpha Xi 1949), Ronald E. Frazier, Sr. (Xi 1963), and Robert Chris Frazier (Miami (FL) Alumni 1998.
George F. Knox (Delta Pi 1963) was the first Black Miami City Attorney.
Nathaniel R. “Traz” Powell (Alpha Xi 1945) was one of the great African American sports pioneers in Miami’s history. Along with his Florida A&M University teammates, he made his- tory when they became the first Black
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