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The list of Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ) brothers (commonly referred to as Alphas) [1] includes initiated and honorary members. Alpha Phi Alpha is the first inter-collegiate Greek-letter organization established for Black college students. [ 2 ]
Alpha Phi Alpha: University of Virginia: Traffic collision Batipps died in a car accident after falling asleep behind the wheel. His roommate told police that Batipps had been deprived of sleep during pledging activities, returned home at 3 am, and leaving a few hours later at 7:30. [120] 1992 J.B. Joynt: Phi Sigma Kappa: Frostburg State University
In 2013, four Alpha Phi Alpha members were arrested and pleaded guilty to severely beating pledges (a misdemeanor charge) and violating Virginia State University's code of conduct. [ 162 ] [ 163 ] In 2014, a $3 million lawsuit was filed against the fraternity by a former pledge who was subject to humiliation and abuse.
In March 1906, the name Alpha Phi Alpha was introduced. [10] Poindexter became the first President of Alpha Phi Alpha. Under the leadership of Poindexter the first banquet, initiation procedures, and policies were introduced. [10] A vote again confirmed the name Alpha Phi Alpha with the colors of old gold and black. [12]
In January 1992, a member of Alpha Sigma Phi was arrested for assaulting a pledge of Omega Gamma Delta with brass knuckles, fracturing his skull, and requiring brain surgery. [30] Both students attended Carey High School where fraternities were illegal.
Alpha (Syracuse) Educator and writer [12] Margaret McNamara: Lambda (UC Berkeley) Founder of Reading Is Fundamental [12] Frances Willard: Alpha Lambda (alumna initiate) Dean of women at Northwestern University, temperance reformer, and women's suffragist [2]
Charles Henry Chapman (June 20, 1876 – November 17, 1934) was an American academic and one of the founders of Alpha Phi Alpha, the first Greek letter fraternity for African American men. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] He is known for advancing agricultural education and fraternal organizations.
Alpha Phi Alpha is an international fraternity established at Cornell University in 1906 as the first intercollegiate fraternity for African American men. [1] As of 2023, Alpha Phi Alpha has chartered 979 chapters; 686 chapters are active in the United States and the Bahamas, Bermuda, Canada, Germany, Korea, and the Virgin Islands.