Frank H. Alston
Included among Brother Alston's awards are those of the Washington Society of Artists; the John Hope Purchase Award of Atlanta U.; the Tiffany Fellowship for Painting. A winner of 14 major art scholarships, who works with the calm assuredness of a Chancellor of the Exchequer, Frank has pursued his creative activity in many parts of the world. He has exhibited at major galleries, including the Congressional Library, Howard, Corcoran, and the Pennsylvania Academy. He is listed in Who's Who in Art and in Dover's American Negro Art. A productive member of Mu Lambda chapter for 10 years, Alston, termed "Rembrandt" by his college fellows, graduated from Providence R.I. College of Design in his native city and studied later at Howard and at Maryland U. His family consists of his wife, Barbara; his daughter, Linda Daniels; and son, Frank, III. Brother Alston, through the sheer force of his accomplishment and personality and by the virtue of his altruistic dealings with his fellows and students, is representative of the highest traditions of Alpha Fraternity. Brother ODELL H. SYLVESTER, Jr., Gamma Phi Lambda Chapter, has recently been appointed as the Chief of Police, Berkeley Police Department. He is the first Black ever to be appointed to this august position. His highly successful career began with an appointment to the Oakland Police Department as a Patrolman in 1949. He progressed through the ranks by competitive examination to Sergeant in 1957, Lieutenant in 1961, Captain in 1963, and Deputy Chief in June 1971. The Sphinx / December 1977
Some of his professional successes have included developing the Oakland Police Department's New Careers Program in 1968. The goal of the program was to develop the skills of unemployed and under-employed persons by a combination of education and on-the-job training. He also served as the Director of the Model Cities Program, which involved 20 minority police officer candidates in a two year program to meet the minimum Police Department standards. The program terminated in March 1974, at which time, 10 candidates had become Oakland Police Officers. Additionally, he served as the Project Director for Bay Area Minority Recruitment Project which began in January 1973 and terminated in January 1974. The project involved San Francisco, Berkeley, Richmond and Oakland Police Departments, and was funded by the California Council on Criminal Justice. Four phases of the advertising media were used to recruit 2,449 police officer candidates. 77 candidates qualified through Oakland's testing procedures and 25 candidates have been appointed to the Police Department. Brother Sylvester has been a member of a wide range of professional associations'. Advisory Board for the Development of Model Rules of Conduct for Internal Disciplinary Action — International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP), Washington, D.C. (197475); Ad Hoc Committee to Study Crime and Violence Education and California Attorney General's Office (1974-75); Advisory Committee on California Detention Practices, California Youth Authority (1974-75); Executive Committee, Law in a Free Society, California State Bar Association (1972-); Juvenile Delinquency Task Force, California Council on Criminal Justice (1970-72); Consultant, U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare on Youth Services Bureaus (1972); Consultant, United States District Court Northern District Eastern Ohio, Cleveland, Ohio (1976-77); Consultant, State of California, Department of Justice, Commission on Peace Officer Standards and Training (1976); Bay Area Chapter American Society for Public Administration (ASPA); International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP); California Peace Officers Association (CPOA); Far Western Region VI VicePresident, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives (NOBLE). He has participated in a number of non-professional, social and community
activities: Vice-President, Board of Directors of the Oakland Boys' Club; Board of Governors of the Goodwill Industries; Lake Meraitt Breakfast Club; Lions International Service Club; Men of Tomorrow, Inc; Kiwanis International Service Club. Additional activities and memberships during the past several years include: Boy Scouts of America; The Oakland Central YMCA; Chairman of the Fund-Raising Campaign for the Board of Directors of the Northwest YMCA; Family Service Agency; College Bounders Committee; National Conference of Christians and Jews; National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP). Because of his many years of outstanding service, various community organizations presented him with awards for outstanding service to the Oakland community in 1968, 1969, 1971 and 1976. Brother Sylvester's formal education includes a Bachelors of Science degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and a Masters of Public Administration from the University of Southern California. He has completed some post-graduate study at Harvard University. He is married, has a son who is now a newscaster; a daughter who is a mother and housewife living in Oakland.
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