OBELISK DEDICATION -- Kappa Chapter

 

Alpha's history book points out that Mr. Charles.C. Poindexter was a member of a literary society. His membership occurred while a student at Ohio State University. It is recognized that such societies were very popular at the turn of the century. It is from this popular extracurricular activity that that Poindexter originates in his thought of a social club. He got to witness the first initiation as the club's advisor. 

So, one hundred plus years later, the 10th house of Alpha, Kappa Chapter celebrates its centennial with the installation of an 10-ft Egyptian- inspired obelisk. The dedication, occurred on the eve of  Founders' Day, December 3, 2011, as a part of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.'s, international celebration.

 

FEBRUARY -- ALPHA PHI ALPHA On Your Yard/Community Day! PT. 2

We began talking about the first decade in our previous post. We will cover the next 40 years at this time.

Daniel Fowler



Daniel David Fowler served as General President during the same 1919 year when Phi Chapter was seated at Ohio University in Athens and when his chapter hosted Cleveland’s first General Convention. Sadly, just weeks after finishing his tenure in office, he became the first General President to enter Omega Chapter.  He never recovered from having contracted pneumonia. Daniel Fowler enters Omega Chapter 2/10/1920. He was 27.

 

FEBRUARY -- ALPHA PHI ALPHA On Your Yard/Community Day!



Dr. Henry Lake Dickason

Ohio District Director Bro. Dr. Willis Lonzer has designated February 2011 as the month to highlight the rich fraternal history in Ohio, and is naming it for the first General President to have been initiated in the Buckeye State. What follows is in recognition of the Bro. Dr. Henry Lake Dickason Initiative.