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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 400,000 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.
Sacred Heart University (SHU) is a private,Catholic university in Fairfield,Connecticut. It was founded in 1963 by the Most Reverend Walter W. Curtis,Bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport,Connecticut. Sacred Heart was the first Catholic university in the United States to be staffed by the laity.
Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,Inc. (ΩΨΦ) is a historically African American fraternity. The fraternity was founded on November 17,1911 by three Howard University juniors Edgar Amos Love,Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman,and their faculty adviser,Dr. Ernest Everett Just. Since its founding the organization has chartered over 750 undergraduate and graduate chapters. Omega Psi Phi is the first fraternal organization founded at a historically black university.
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 59 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 Delta Chi was founded on 2 November 1883 at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor,Michigan by eleven men,under the sponsorship of Dean Albert B. Prescott. The fraternity was formed to advance the science of pharmacy and its allied interests,and to foster and promote a fraternal spirit among its brothers,now both male and female.
Professional fraternities,in the North American fraternity system,are organizations whose primary purpose is to promote the interests of a particular profession and whose membership is restricted to students in that particular field of professional education or study. This may be contrasted with service fraternities and sororities,whose primary purpose is community service,and social fraternities and sororities,whose primary purposes are generally aimed towards some other aspect,such as the development of character,friendship,leadership,or literary ability.
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.
While the traditional women's fraternity or sorority was founded well before the start of the 20th century,the first ever Christian sorority was founded in Kansas in 1916 by and named Kappa Phi. It was a women's sisterhood that developed out of a bible study and remains one of the largest nationally present Christian sororities today.
East Carolina University is home to sixteen social fraternities,ten social sororities,five historically African-American fraternities,and four historically African-American sororities. There are also sixteen honor fraternities,and twelve service or religious fraternities/sororities.
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.
John Monds is an American politician and activist. He was the Libertarian nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2010. He was the first African American to appear on the general election ballot for Governor of Georgia.
Winfred Jarrett Dukes is an American politician from Georgia. Dukes is a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives from District 154.
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.
Alpha Delta (ΑΔ),commonly known as AD,is a college fraternity with 6 active chapters in the United States. Alpha Delta was initially formed by 14 men representing four colleges and universities at the Henley Park Hotel in Washington,D.C. on August 4,2007. The fraternity was founded by former Alpha Phi Omega chapters that chose to maintain all-male membership after that organization became coeducational. Alpha Delta's cardinal principles are leadership,brotherhood,and service.
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 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.
Robert Genuario is a Connecticut Superior Court judge appointed by Governor M. Jodi Rell in 2005. He had served as Secretary of the State of Connecticut Office of Policy and Management since January 2005. He was a seven-term Republican member of the Connecticut Senate,representing Norwalk and part of Darien,Connecticut in Connecticut's 25th District from 1991 to 2001.
Donald Wayne Beatty is the Chief Justice of the South Carolina Supreme Court and formerly a Court of Appeals judge for the state. He was elected to a seat on the South Carolina Supreme Court on May 23,2007,to replace Justice E. C. Burnett,III. He became Chief Justice on February 1,2017.