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The Delta Chapter was founded by Elder Watson Diggs in 1915. The Delta Chapter was the last Chapter chartered under the fraternity's original name, Kappa Alpha Nu, and the first chapter designated after the fraternity's name change to Kappa Alpha Psi. Delta was the first chapter established at an historically black university. Epsilon 1915
Original chapter Notability References Archie Alexander: Gamma: Governor of US Virgin Islands; 6th Grand Polemarch; 4th Laurel Wreath laureate; [26] Lionel Artis: Nu: Indianapolis civil servant and administrator; past Editor of the Kappa Alpha Psi Journal; 8th Laurel Wreath laureate [26] Nelson B. Bascome: Alpha Iota
Notes: An asterisk (*) next to a charter date indicates that the chapter was re-chartered on that date. † The Alpha Phi chapter at Rutgers University had its charter revoked in 1972 and reorganized as Mu Upsilon Alpha, which in 2007 became a chapter of Mu Beta Psi.
The Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation, established in 1981, is the philanthropic arm of the fraternity and assists both alumni and undergraduate chapters in support of scholarships, after-school programs, and national projects such as Habitat for Humanity. [21] The Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation was conceived by Oliver S. Gumbs, the 23rd Grand Polemarch.
Chapter Charter date and range Founding Location ... Kappa Psi: 1976 University of Oklahoma: Norman: ... Nu Alpha Omega: January 19, 1980:
Chapters of Alpha Kappa Psi are given names consisting of either one or two Greek letters. The names are issued in order according to the dates on which the chapters are chartered. Alpha is the name given to the founding chapter at New York University, followed by Beta at the University of Denver for the second chapter, then Gamma, and so on ...
However, there is no concrete evidence as to why the Greek letters Kappa Alpha Nu were chosen, (Kappa is the 10th letter of the Greek alphabet and there were 10 founders, Alpha as being the first Black frat at I.U., Nu unknown) and the name was later changed, due to an incident at an I.U. Track Meet involving Kappa Frank Summers, changing from ...
Alpha Kappa Alpha: Sigma Alpha: 1973–xxxx ?, 2000 Sorority Active [9] Alpha Phi Alpha: Mu Nu: 1976 Fraternity Active [10] Delta Sigma Theta: Iota Omega: 1972 Sorority Active [11] Kappa Alpha Psi: Lambda Theta: 1982 Fraternity Active [12] Omega Psi Phi: Xi Delta: 1972 – April 2015; 2021 Fraternity Active [13] [a] Phi Beta Sigma: Pi Xi: 1983 ...