DICKASON INITIATIVE -- More Alpha History

A bit more news for our Dickason Initiative and Ohio fraternal history. Bro. Donald Ross, District Historian, has completed a project on all of our General Presidents.

Here is a listing of those General Presidents who lived, during their tenure, in the State of Ohio, or are buried within state. Hopefully, local chapters will be able to make their way to those sites to honor their memory.



Henry L. Dickason (O)
5th General President
1914-1915

  



Howard H. Long (O)
7th General President
1916-1917

Former Assistant Superintendent of D.C. Public Schools

  

Daniel D. Fowler (O)
9th General President
1919-1920

"Father" of Pi Chapter

Buried in Cleveland, OH -- Lakeview Cemetary

  

Bert Andrew Rose (O)
13th General President
1928-1931

Buried in Dayton, OH -- Woodlawn Cemetery

James R. Williams25th General President
1977-1980

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.