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In June 1958, this was Brother Laurence T. Young, Sr., newly appointed Executive Secretary of Alpha Phi Alpha.
LAURENCE T. YOUNG, SR. A brother who has worked unceasingly for Alpha Phi Alpha for over fifty-two years retired from the office of Executive Secretary, and is still full of the "Alpha Spirit" and able to enjoy the fellowship and joys of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity life. It is altogether proper that his contributions to the fraternity be recognized in permanent form by the Sphinx. I have been closely associated with Brother Young over the past forty-five years, socially, in civic matters, in the legal profession, and in the Courts, as well as in the fraternity, and General Conventions. I was Chairman of the Committee on Executive Secretary, which selected Brother Young as our fraternity's Executive Secretary in June, 1958. I am very proud of my choice, and I am sure every Alpha brother will agree that Brother Young served us in a most excellent manner. 4
Brother Young was born November 3, 1903, at West Bedford, Massachusetts. He moved to Wilmington, Delaware, at age 3, and graduated from the elementary and high schools of that city. He also studied at Drexel Institute in Philadelphia, Evening Division, from 1918 to 1920, taking typing, shorthand, and other related courses. He attended Wilberforce University from 1920 to 1922, and graduated with a Certificate of Proficiency in the Department of Commerce. In 1925 he received the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Commerce from Ohio University, Athens, Ohio. In 1932 he graduated from John Marshall Law School, in Chicago, receiving the degree of Doctor of Jurisprudence. Brother Young was initiated at Phi Chapter, Ohio University, February 10, 1923. At the Seventh Annual General Convention in New York City in 1924, Brother Young served The Sphinx / May 1975