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Creighton University before attending Law School. He graduated from Loras College, Frostburg State University and Creighton University Law School, Class of 1981. He went on to teach as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Denver and Creighton University Law School. Gregory was honored to receive the Creighton University Law School’s Judge Elizabeth D. Pittman Award (2/18/2005). He was an accomplished trial lawyer who handled everything from misdemeanors to murders for the Douglas County Attorney’s Office, and the most complex organized crime, white collar cases and racketeering cases for the United States Department of Justice. He was a community activist in Omaha and sought to better his com- munity. Brother Rhodes retired from profes- sional service as an Assistant United States Attorney and Deputy Chief of the Drug Task Force in March 2010. Brother Gregory H. Rhodes was pre- ceded in death by his mother, Wildemar Rhodes. Greg is survived by his wife of 20 years, Mary Martha Rhodes; brother, Richard Hudlin; daughter, Candice White-Rhodes, son, Anwar Hayze Rhodes; 3 grandchildren: Janyessa Bo- hannon, Caillou Hayze White and Sul- livan Hayze White; loving cousins and numerous friends including his brothers of Kappa Alpha Psi, surrogate sons, Ma- sons, Shriners and basketball group. Donald P. Ryder 1926-2021 Award-Winning Architect, Educator
in architecture from the University of Illinois-Champaign. He worked for the firm of Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill in Chicago before moving to New York City in 1959. Ryder worked at several architectural firms on projects, including the design of Lincoln Center, and served as Director of Campus Planning for the Borough of Manhattan Community College before founding the architectural design firm Bond Ryder & Associates with the late J. Max Bond, Jr. in 1968. The firm’s notable projects include the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture and the Studio Museum in Harlem, Lio- nel Hampton Houses, and the Frederick Douglass Houses in Manhattan. Other works of note are the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute in Birmingham, AL, and Towers on the Park Apartments in New York City. Bond Ryder & Associates won awards for its work on the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Center for Nonviolent Social Change in Atlanta, which in- cludes a crypt for Dr. King. In addition to architectural projects, Ryder was also a college educator and lecturer at The City College of New York in 1972. After Bond Ryder & Associates merged with Davis, Brody & Associates, Ryder retired from full-time practice for a career as a professor and department chair of the School of Architecture at The City College of New York until retir- ing in 2001. In 1984, the American Institute of Architects awarded Ryder with a fellow- ship and served two terms on the New York State Board for Architecture. He was a registered architect in New York, Illinois, New Jersey, Georgia, and Con- necticut and a member of the New York Association of Architects and the Na- tional Organization of Black Architects. Ryder was a member of the Grand Boule of the Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity of NYC. In 2015, he was awarded the Vertner W. Tandy Trailblazers Award for Housing and Economic Development for his many professional and civic accom- plishments by the Office of the West- chester County Executive, the County Board of Legislators, and its African
During his membership he served as Sunday School Teacher, Junior High Fellowship Director, Head Usher, Trust- ee, Senior Deacon, Men’s Fellowship President, August/September Birthday Month Club President, Food Pantry Treasurer, Credit Union Secretary, and Deacon Emeritus. Keneth was very involved in Prince Hall Masonry for many years, serving as a Worshipful Master of Felix Lodge #3 in 1979. He served as Lodge Secretary for over 20 years. He was initiated into the Beta Kappa Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity in 1955, located at Miner Teachers College . He was a 60+ year Life member and was a fully financial Emeritus member of the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter. Keneth leaves to cherish his memory his wife Lois, daughter Belinda, son Kevin, and many other relatives and friends.
Gregory H. Rhodes 1947-2021 Attorney
Gregory Rhodes (Denver (CO) AL 2008) was born June 2, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois to Wilde- mar Rhodes. He could accomplish
anything he set his mind to. At a very early age, he saw a Chevy Corvette on his neighbor’s property, and asked his mother, “how do I get one of those pretty cars?” She said “Gregory” – as she always called him – “If you get a good education and a good paying job, then, you can get a car like that one day.” He graduated high school went to college and bought himself a new 1975 Corvette, which he owned until his transition. Brother Rhodes loved education. He was an elementary school teacher at the famed Holy Angels Catholic School in Chicago, and worked in administra- tion at the university of Wisconsin and
Donald P.
Ryder (Beta 1944) entered the Chapter Invis- ible on February 17, 2021, at 94. Donald Porter Ryder was born on August 28,
1926, in Springfield, OH, the second of three children of Earl Ryder and Emma Marie Belsinger, and grew up in Dayton, OH. He earned in 1951 a B.A. degree
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