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Alpha Kappa Psi is the oldest and largest business fraternity to current date. Also known as "AKPsi",the fraternity was founded on October 5,1904,at New York University and was incorporated on May 20,1905. It is currently headquartered in Noblesville,Indiana.
Alpha Phi Omega (ΑΦΩ),commonly known as APO,but also A-Phi-O and A-Phi-Q,is a coeducational service fraternity. It is the largest collegiate fraternity in the United States,with chapters at over 350 campuses,an active membership of over 25,000 students,and over 500,000 alumni members. There are also 250 chapters in the Philippines,one in Australia and one in Canada. The 500,000th member was initiated in the Rho Pi chapter of Alpha Phi Omega at the University of California,San Diego.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,Inc. (ΩΨΦ) is a historically African-American collegiate fraternity. It was founded on November 17,1911 at Howard University. Omega Psi Phi is a founding member of the National Pan-Hellenic Council. The fraternity has chartered over 750 undergraduate and graduate chapters. Over 250,000 men have been initiated into Omega Psi Phi.
Dartmouth College is host to many fraternities and sororities,and a significant percentage of the undergraduate student body is active in Greek life. In the fall of 2022,35 percent of male students belong to a fraternity and 36 percent of students belong to a sorority. Greek organizations at Dartmouth provide both social and residential opportunities for students and are the only single-sex residential option on campus. Greek organizations at Dartmouth do not provide dining options,as regular meal service has been banned in Greek houses since 1909.
Theta Phi Alpha (ΘΦΑ),commonly known as Theta Phi,is a women's fraternity founded at the University of Michigan –Ann Arbor on August 30,1912. Theta Phi Alpha is one of 26 national sororities recognized in the National Panhellenic Conference. Today,Theta Phi Alpha has 54 active chapters across the United States. Theta Phi has alumnae clubs and associations in almost every major city. The organization is involved in the philanthropies Glenmary Home Missioners and The House that Theta Phi Alpha Built which help the homeless and underprivileged,specifically in the Appalachian Mountain region,and Camp Friendship,a summer camp in northeast Mississippi for children from disadvantaged and low-income homes.
Phi Beta Sigma Fraternity,Inc. (ΦΒΣ) is a historically African American fraternity. It was founded at Howard University in Washington,D.C.,on January 9,1914,by three young African-American male students with nine other Howard students as charter members. The fraternity's founders,A. Langston Taylor,Leonard F. Morse,and Charles I. Brown,wanted to organize a Greek letter fraternity that would exemplify the ideals of Brotherhood,Scholarship and Service while taking an inclusive perspective to serve the community as opposed to having an exclusive purpose. The fraternity exceeded the prevailing models of Black Greek-Letter fraternal organizations by being the first to establish alumni chapters,youth mentoring clubs,a federal credit union,chapters in Africa,and a collegiate chapter outside of the United States. It is the only fraternity to hold a constitutional bond with a historically African-American sorority,Zeta Phi Beta (ΖΦΒ),which was founded on January 16,1920,at Howard University in Washington,D.C.,through the efforts of members of Phi Beta Sigma.
While the traditional social fraternity is a well-established mainstay across the United States at institutions of higher learning,alternatives –in the form of social fraternities that require doctrinal and behavioral conformity to the Christian faith –developed in the early 20th century. They continue to grow in size and popularity.
Kappa Psi Kappa (ΚΨΚ) is a non-profit,non-collegiate,service/social fraternity for "progressive" men of all ethnic backgrounds and cultures. The fraternity was established on August 17,2001,in Tallahassee,Florida. The fraternity has over 200 members in the United States.
James Gooden Exum Jr. also known as Jim Exum is an American jurist who served on the North Carolina Supreme Court from 1975 to 1994,and as chief justice from 1986 to 1994.
Aris T. Allen was an American politician who was the first African-American chair of the Maryland Republican Party and the first to run for a statewide office in Maryland.
Edward Craig Mazique (1911–1987) was a pioneer in the medical community especially among African Americans. Edward Craig Mazique was a native of Natchez,Miss. He graduated from Natchez College before leaving Mississippi to pursue an undergraduate degree and graduated from Morehouse College in Georgia,later serving on its board of trustees. He received a master's degree in education from Atlanta University,then was a teacher and administrator at the old State A&I College in Forsyth,Ga.,before moving here. He received his medical degree from Howard University in 1941 and served an internship and a residency in internal medicine at the old Freedmen's Hospital.
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Louis Stix Weiss was a name partner of the international law firm of Paul,Weiss,Rifkind,Wharton &Garrison,a firm that traces its roots to one founded by Louis's father Samuel W. Weiss in 1875. He was best known as one of banker Marshall Field III's lawyers and for his work towards civil rights.
John Shostak was a Republican member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk,Connecticut for four terms,and the mayor of Norwalk from 1959 to 1961.
Bruce V. Morris was a six-term Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives representing Norwalk,Connecticut in the 140th assembly district from 2007 to 2019. He was deputy speaker of the House of Representatives and on the following committees:finance revenue and bonding;judiciary;human services;legislative management. He was named assistant majority whip during his second term and served in that capacity until his promotion to deputy majority whip in 2012. Morris served as Chairman of the Connecticut General Assembly Black and Puerto Rican Caucus during the 2015-2016 session. He served the previous three sessions as vice-chairman. Morris serves as an assistant pastor at Macedonia Church in Norwalk. He served as Director of Human Relations for the Norwalk school system beginning November 5,1998 until September 2016. He then became District School Climate Coordinator until June 30,2017. He was also an elected executive board member of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
Donnie R. Sellers Sr. is a former Democratic member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk,Connecticut's 140th assembly district. He resigned his seat in February 1997. He was concurrently serving on the Norwalk Common Council and was an active policeman as well.
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