100 YEARS
CENTENNIAL
On April 3, 1920, by proclamation of Grand Polemarch Irven Armstrong, the Detroit (MI) Alumni Chapter was chartered with McKinley Casey as its first Polemarch, Founder Henry T. Asher was Keeper of Records, Newton Dolphin, Keeper of Exchequer and Fred Jones, Strategus. Founder Byron K. Armstrong was also affiliated with the chapter for many years.
• (20 th ) Dr. Allison P. Henderson – 1970 • (36 th ) Ernest H. Davenport – 1985 • (38 th ) George H. Crockett, Jr. – 1986 • (52 nd ) John J. Conyers – 2013
ince Polemarch such as
• John W. Johnson (9 th) • Charles. Smith (18 th ) • Edward Kenneth Glass Jr. (19 th ) • Thomas E Howard, Jr. (20 th ) • Kevin D. Kyles (24 th )
ELDER WATSON DIGGS AWARDEES
Other brothers in leadership posi- tions include:
• (9 th ) Murray E, Jackson – 1973 • (37 th ) George Cathcart – 1985 • (67 th ) Charles C. Smith – 1999 • (75 th ) Thomas E. Howard, Jr. – 2003 • (110 th ) Edward Kenneth Glass Jr. – 2019 There were a number of Detroit (MI) Alumni Chapter men who distinguished themselves by serving as Northern Prov-
• Zachary Berry – Chairman, Na- tional Elections Commission • Harrison Duke, III – Northern Province Historian Congratulations Detroit (MI) Alumni for demonstrating the true meaning of achievement and brotherhood...100 years of service to Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.!
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Publishing achievement for more than 105 years
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