Alpha Phi Alpha<\/h2>\nFraternity Inc.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>SINCE ITS FOUNDING ON DECEMBER 4, 1906, ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. HAS SUPPLIED VOICE AND VISION TO THE STRUGGLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AROUND THE WORLD.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>ALPHA PHI ALPHA, THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE GREEK-LETTER FRATERNITY ESTABLISHED FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WAS FOUNDED AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN ITHACA, NEW YORK BY SEVEN COLLEGE MEN WHO RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR A STRONG BOND OF BROTHERHOOD AMONG AFRICAN DESCENDANTS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE VISIONARY FOUNDERS, KNOWN AS THE \u201cJEWELS\u201d OF THE FRATERNITY, ARE JEWEL HENRY ARTHUR CALLIS, MD, JEWEL CHARLES HENRY CHAPMAN, JEWEL EUGENE KINCKLE JONES, JEWEL GEORGE BIDDLE KELLEY, JEWEL NATHANIEL ALLISON MURRAY, JEWEL ROBERT HAROLD OGLE, AND JEWEL VERTNER WOODSON TANDY.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY INITIALLY SERVED AS A STUDY AND SUPPORT GROUP FOR MINORITY STUDENTS WHO FACED RACIAL PREJUDICE, BOTH EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY, AT CORNELL. THE JEWEL FOUNDERS AND EARLY LEADERS OF THE FRATERNITY SUCCEEDED IN LAYING A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR ALPHA PHI ALPHA\u2019S PRINCIPLES OF SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, GOOD CHARACTER, AND THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA CHAPTERS WERE DEVELOPED AT OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MANY OF THEM HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS, SOON AFTER THE FOUNDING AT CORNELL. WHILE CONTINUING TO STRESS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AMONG ITS MEMBERS, ALPHA ALSO RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO HELP CORRECT THE EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES FACED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY\u2019S NATIONAL PROGRAMS DATE BACK TO 1919, WHEN ALPHA PHI ALPHA INTRODUCED ITS \u201cGO-TO-HIGH SCHOOL, GO-TO-COLLEGE\u201d CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. ALPHA PHI ALPHA LATER TOOK THE LEAD IN THE VOTING RIGHTS STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND COINED THE NATIONALLY FAMOUS PHRASE: \u201cA VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE\u201d AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO REGISTER BLACK VOTERS. THE SLOGAN REMAINS THE BATTLE CRY TODAY FOR ALPHA VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>![](\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\")
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<\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
SINCE ITS FOUNDING ON DECEMBER 4, 1906, ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC. HAS SUPPLIED VOICE AND VISION TO THE STRUGGLE OF AFRICAN-AMERICANS AND PEOPLE OF COLOR AROUND THE WORLD.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>ALPHA PHI ALPHA, THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE GREEK-LETTER FRATERNITY ESTABLISHED FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WAS FOUNDED AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN ITHACA, NEW YORK BY SEVEN COLLEGE MEN WHO RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR A STRONG BOND OF BROTHERHOOD AMONG AFRICAN DESCENDANTS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE VISIONARY FOUNDERS, KNOWN AS THE \u201cJEWELS\u201d OF THE FRATERNITY, ARE JEWEL HENRY ARTHUR CALLIS, MD, JEWEL CHARLES HENRY CHAPMAN, JEWEL EUGENE KINCKLE JONES, JEWEL GEORGE BIDDLE KELLEY, JEWEL NATHANIEL ALLISON MURRAY, JEWEL ROBERT HAROLD OGLE, AND JEWEL VERTNER WOODSON TANDY.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY INITIALLY SERVED AS A STUDY AND SUPPORT GROUP FOR MINORITY STUDENTS WHO FACED RACIAL PREJUDICE, BOTH EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY, AT CORNELL. THE JEWEL FOUNDERS AND EARLY LEADERS OF THE FRATERNITY SUCCEEDED IN LAYING A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR ALPHA PHI ALPHA\u2019S PRINCIPLES OF SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, GOOD CHARACTER, AND THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA CHAPTERS WERE DEVELOPED AT OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MANY OF THEM HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS, SOON AFTER THE FOUNDING AT CORNELL. WHILE CONTINUING TO STRESS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AMONG ITS MEMBERS, ALPHA ALSO RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO HELP CORRECT THE EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES FACED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY\u2019S NATIONAL PROGRAMS DATE BACK TO 1919, WHEN ALPHA PHI ALPHA INTRODUCED ITS \u201cGO-TO-HIGH SCHOOL, GO-TO-COLLEGE\u201d CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. ALPHA PHI ALPHA LATER TOOK THE LEAD IN THE VOTING RIGHTS STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND COINED THE NATIONALLY FAMOUS PHRASE: \u201cA VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE\u201d AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO REGISTER BLACK VOTERS. THE SLOGAN REMAINS THE BATTLE CRY TODAY FOR ALPHA VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
ALPHA PHI ALPHA, THE FIRST INTERCOLLEGIATE GREEK-LETTER FRATERNITY ESTABLISHED FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS, WAS FOUNDED AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY IN ITHACA, NEW YORK BY SEVEN COLLEGE MEN WHO RECOGNIZED THE NEED FOR A STRONG BOND OF BROTHERHOOD AMONG AFRICAN DESCENDANTS IN THIS COUNTRY. THE VISIONARY FOUNDERS, KNOWN AS THE \u201cJEWELS\u201d OF THE FRATERNITY, ARE JEWEL HENRY ARTHUR CALLIS, MD, JEWEL CHARLES HENRY CHAPMAN, JEWEL EUGENE KINCKLE JONES, JEWEL GEORGE BIDDLE KELLEY, JEWEL NATHANIEL ALLISON MURRAY, JEWEL ROBERT HAROLD OGLE, AND JEWEL VERTNER WOODSON TANDY.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY INITIALLY SERVED AS A STUDY AND SUPPORT GROUP FOR MINORITY STUDENTS WHO FACED RACIAL PREJUDICE, BOTH EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY, AT CORNELL. THE JEWEL FOUNDERS AND EARLY LEADERS OF THE FRATERNITY SUCCEEDED IN LAYING A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR ALPHA PHI ALPHA\u2019S PRINCIPLES OF SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, GOOD CHARACTER, AND THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA CHAPTERS WERE DEVELOPED AT OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MANY OF THEM HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS, SOON AFTER THE FOUNDING AT CORNELL. WHILE CONTINUING TO STRESS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AMONG ITS MEMBERS, ALPHA ALSO RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO HELP CORRECT THE EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES FACED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY\u2019S NATIONAL PROGRAMS DATE BACK TO 1919, WHEN ALPHA PHI ALPHA INTRODUCED ITS \u201cGO-TO-HIGH SCHOOL, GO-TO-COLLEGE\u201d CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. ALPHA PHI ALPHA LATER TOOK THE LEAD IN THE VOTING RIGHTS STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND COINED THE NATIONALLY FAMOUS PHRASE: \u201cA VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE\u201d AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO REGISTER BLACK VOTERS. THE SLOGAN REMAINS THE BATTLE CRY TODAY FOR ALPHA VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY INITIALLY SERVED AS A STUDY AND SUPPORT GROUP FOR MINORITY STUDENTS WHO FACED RACIAL PREJUDICE, BOTH EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY, AT CORNELL. THE JEWEL FOUNDERS AND EARLY LEADERS OF THE FRATERNITY SUCCEEDED IN LAYING A FIRM FOUNDATION FOR ALPHA PHI ALPHA\u2019S PRINCIPLES OF SCHOLARSHIP, FELLOWSHIP, GOOD CHARACTER, AND THE UPLIFTING OF HUMANITY.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA CHAPTERS WERE DEVELOPED AT OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MANY OF THEM HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS, SOON AFTER THE FOUNDING AT CORNELL. WHILE CONTINUING TO STRESS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AMONG ITS MEMBERS, ALPHA ALSO RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO HELP CORRECT THE EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES FACED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY\u2019S NATIONAL PROGRAMS DATE BACK TO 1919, WHEN ALPHA PHI ALPHA INTRODUCED ITS \u201cGO-TO-HIGH SCHOOL, GO-TO-COLLEGE\u201d CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. ALPHA PHI ALPHA LATER TOOK THE LEAD IN THE VOTING RIGHTS STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND COINED THE NATIONALLY FAMOUS PHRASE: \u201cA VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE\u201d AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO REGISTER BLACK VOTERS. THE SLOGAN REMAINS THE BATTLE CRY TODAY FOR ALPHA VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA CHAPTERS WERE DEVELOPED AT OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MANY OF THEM HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS, SOON AFTER THE FOUNDING AT CORNELL. WHILE CONTINUING TO STRESS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AMONG ITS MEMBERS, ALPHA ALSO RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO HELP CORRECT THE EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES FACED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY\u2019S NATIONAL PROGRAMS DATE BACK TO 1919, WHEN ALPHA PHI ALPHA INTRODUCED ITS \u201cGO-TO-HIGH SCHOOL, GO-TO-COLLEGE\u201d CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. ALPHA PHI ALPHA LATER TOOK THE LEAD IN THE VOTING RIGHTS STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND COINED THE NATIONALLY FAMOUS PHRASE: \u201cA VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE\u201d AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO REGISTER BLACK VOTERS. THE SLOGAN REMAINS THE BATTLE CRY TODAY FOR ALPHA VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA CHAPTERS WERE DEVELOPED AT OTHER COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES, MANY OF THEM HISTORICALLY BLACK INSTITUTIONS, SOON AFTER THE FOUNDING AT CORNELL. WHILE CONTINUING TO STRESS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AMONG ITS MEMBERS, ALPHA ALSO RECOGNIZED THE NEED TO HELP CORRECT THE EDUCATIONAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL, AND SOCIAL INJUSTICES FACED BY AFRICAN-AMERICANS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY\u2019S NATIONAL PROGRAMS DATE BACK TO 1919, WHEN ALPHA PHI ALPHA INTRODUCED ITS \u201cGO-TO-HIGH SCHOOL, GO-TO-COLLEGE\u201d CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. ALPHA PHI ALPHA LATER TOOK THE LEAD IN THE VOTING RIGHTS STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND COINED THE NATIONALLY FAMOUS PHRASE: \u201cA VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE\u201d AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO REGISTER BLACK VOTERS. THE SLOGAN REMAINS THE BATTLE CRY TODAY FOR ALPHA VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY\u2019S NATIONAL PROGRAMS DATE BACK TO 1919, WHEN ALPHA PHI ALPHA INTRODUCED ITS \u201cGO-TO-HIGH SCHOOL, GO-TO-COLLEGE\u201d CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. ALPHA PHI ALPHA LATER TOOK THE LEAD IN THE VOTING RIGHTS STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND COINED THE NATIONALLY FAMOUS PHRASE: \u201cA VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE\u201d AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO REGISTER BLACK VOTERS. THE SLOGAN REMAINS THE BATTLE CRY TODAY FOR ALPHA VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\u00a0<\/h4>\nTHE FRATERNITY\u2019S NATIONAL PROGRAMS DATE BACK TO 1919, WHEN ALPHA PHI ALPHA INTRODUCED ITS \u201cGO-TO-HIGH SCHOOL, GO-TO-COLLEGE\u201d CAMPAIGN TO INCREASE THE EDUCATION LEVEL OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY. ALPHA PHI ALPHA LATER TOOK THE LEAD IN THE VOTING RIGHTS STRUGGLE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS AND COINED THE NATIONALLY FAMOUS PHRASE: \u201cA VOTELESS PEOPLE IS A HOPELESS PEOPLE\u201d AS PART OF ITS EFFORT TO REGISTER BLACK VOTERS. THE SLOGAN REMAINS THE BATTLE CRY TODAY FOR ALPHA VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\u00a0<\/h4>\nALPHA PHI ALPHA HAS LONG STOOD AT THE FOREFRONT OF THE AFRICAN-AMERICAN COMMUNITY\u2019S FIGHT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS THROUGH LEADERS SUCH AS: W.E.B. DUBOIS, ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, JR., EDWARD BROOKE, MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR., THURGOOD MARSHALL, ANDREW YOUNG, WILLIAM GRAY, PAUL ROBESON, AND MANY OTHERS.<\/h4>\n\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\u00a0<\/h4>\n<\/div>\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
\u00a0<\/h4>\nMORE THAN 175,000 MEN HAVE JOINED THE RANKS OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC, SINCE THE ORGANIZATION\u2019S FOUNDING IN 1906. THE FRATERNITY IS INTERNATIONAL WITH LOCAL CHAPTERS LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, THE CARIBBEAN, EUROPE, ASIA AND AFRICA. TODAY, ALPHA PHI ALPHA CONTINUES ITS COMMITMENT TO THE AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITY THROUGH THE FRATERNITY\u2019S EDUCATION AND BUILDING FOUNDATIONS WHICH PROVIDE SCHOLARSHIPS TO OUTSTANDING STUDENTS AND SHELTER TO UNDERPRIVILEGED FAMILIES. THE FRATERNITY ALSO HAS DEDICATED ITSELF TO TRAINING A NEW GENERATION OF LEADERS WITH NATIONAL MENTORING PROGRAMS AND PARTNERSHIPS DESIGNED TO ENSURE THE SUCCESS OF OUR CHILDREN AND YOUTH.<\/h4>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
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<\/h2>\nTHE SEVEN\u00a0JEWELS<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/p>\n<\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/span><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
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<\/span><\/div>Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Nathaniel Allison Murray<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Robert Harold Ogle<\/h4><\/a><\/li>
Vertner Woodson Tandy<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
Henry Arthur Callis<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
\nJewel Henry Arthur Callis became a practicing physician, Howard University Professor of Medicine and prolific contributor to medical journals. Often regarded as the “philosopher of the founders,” and a moving force in the Fraternity’s development, he was the only one of the “Cornell Seven” to become General President. Prior to moving to Washington, D.C., he was a medical consultant to the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama. Upon his death in 1974, at age 87, the Fraternity entered a time without any living Jewels. His papers were donated to Howard’s Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Charles Henry Chapman<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
\nJewel Charles Henry Chapman entered higher education and eventually became Professor of Agriculture at what is now Florida A&M University. A university funeral was held with considerable Fraternity participation when he became the first Jewel to enter Omega Chapter in 1934. Described as “a Brother beloved in the bonds,” Chapman was a founder of FAMU’s Beta Nu Chapter. During the organization stages of Alpha Chapter, he was the first chairman of the Committees on Initiation and Organization.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
Eugene Kinckle Jones<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
\nJewel Eugene Kinckle Jones became the first Executive Secretary of the National Urban League. His 20-year tenure with the Urban League thus far has exceeded those of all his successors in office. A versatile leader, he organized the first three Fraternity chapters that branched out from Cornell – Beta at Howard, Gamma at Virginia Union and the original Gamma at the University of Toronto in Canada. In addition to becoming Alpha Chapter’s second President and joining with Callis in creating the Fraternity name, Jones was a member of the first Committees on Constitution and Organization and helped write the Fraternity ritual. Jones also has the distinction of being one of the first initiates as well as an original founder. His status as a founder was not finally established until 1952. He died in 1954.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
George Biddle Kelley<\/h4><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>
\nJewel George Biddle Kelley became the first African American engineer registered in the state of New York. Not only was he the strongest proponent of the Fraternity idea among the organization’s founders, the civil engineering student also became Alpha Chapter’s first President. In addition, he served on committees that worked out the handshake and ritual. Kelley was popular with the Brotherhood. He resided in Troy, New York and was active with Beta Pi Lambda Chapter in Albany. He died in 1963.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>
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