50 Years of Kappa League

PROVINCE GUIDE RIGHT CHAIRMEN

Southeastern Province: Oscar R. Neely

Oscar Neely (Gamma Nu 1979 ) is the State Out of School Coordinator of South Carolina Jobs for America’s Graduates Program of SC Department of Employment Workforce and Global Career Development Facilitator. He has been a Coach in Greenville County Schools for 32 years. He has the most wins of any boys basketball coach in the history of Mauldin High School. He graduated from Mauldin High School in 1977 and Claflin University in 1982. He serves both in the church and the community. He has served as a member of Greenville County Disabilities and Special Need Board; Greenville County Neighborhood Accountability Board; Fountain Inn Community of Concerned Citizens; Chairman of Southeastern Province

Guide Right Youth Program, Vice Chairman National Guide Right Commission Youth Program; past member of the Board of Directors of Greenville (SC) Alumni Chapter; member of the Claflin University Alumni Chapter of the Upstate; President of the Peg Leg Bates Foundation. Brother Neely was named SC 2016 Jobs for America’s Graduates Specialist of the Year, 2010 Delta Academy Com- munity Service award Winner and was the 2011 Kappa Man of the Year of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. for the fourth time. He is married to the former Gayle Whiteside and the father of three daughters (Dana, Hope, and Pauli- sha) and three granddaughters (Shameria, Harmony, and Addison).

North Central Province: Jermaine Murry

Jermaine Murry (Delta Kappa 2002 ) serves as the North Central Province Guide Right Direc- tor. He was initiated March 21, 2002 at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the Delta Kappa of Kappa Alpha Psi. He is a native of Milwaukee, WI, and a current member of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Alumni Chapter. Brother Murry has also served in numerous positions on the alumni level that include: Board of Directors, Historian, Guide Right Director, Vice Polemarch and Polemarch. Brother Murry earned his Bachelor of Business Administration in Human Resources at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Additionally, he completed his Master of Science in Human Resource

Management and Master of Science in Sports Management at Cardinal Stritch University. Brother Murry works as a Community Program Coordinator at the Medical College of Wisconsin. In his spare time, he coaches high school football and enjoys spending time with his family.

Middle Eastern Province: Donzell L. Newkirk

Donzell L. Newkirk (Raleigh (NC) AL 2011) and is a native of Raleigh, NC and earned a Bachelor of Science degree with a concentration in Business Management from North Caro- lina A&T State University in 2006. In the Fraternity, Brother Newkirk has served on all levels. On the local level at Raleigh (NC) Alumni Brother Newkirk served as Keeper of Records from 2012-2014, Guide Right Director/Kappa League Chair from 2015-2017 and Polemarch from 2017-2019. With his hard work and dedication to the fraternity in 2016-2017 he was awarded the Raleigh (NC) Alumni Kappa Man of the Year, Middle Eastern Province (MEP) Guide Right Director of the Year and lead Raleigh (NC) Alumni to the MEP Guide Right Program of the Year.

On the Province level, Brother Newkirk was appointed by the 23 rd Middle Eastern Province Polemarch Michael F. Brown as both Chief of Staff and Guide Right Chair in 2017. Under his leadership and guidance the MEP guide right programs have grown tremendously. With the support of the 22nd Middle Eastern Province Administration Brother Newkirk received unanimous approval to host the inaugural William E. Hooker(Delta Gamma 56') Kappa League Summit. Brother Newkirk was able to raise $9,000 in sponsorship dollars from companies like AMD, Coastal Federal Credit Union, Duke Energy, Lenovo and PNC Bank.

On the Grand Chapter Level , Brother Newkirk served on the 84 th Grand Chapter Meeting Elections Committee.

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