Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Salutes Life Members BROTHER CHARLES H. WESLEY Life member, Past General President, historian of Alpha Phi Alpha. World famous as educator, historian, author and speaker; president of Ohio's Central State College since 1947; active among college administrators of the state; noted graduate of Fisk, Yale and Harvard, with B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., respectively. Honorary doctorates: Wilberforce, Virginia State, Allen, Morris Brown. Among his several books is The History of Alpha Phi Alpha — a Development in Negro College Life.
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BROTHER HENRY GREEN PARKS, JR. Initiated at Kappa Chapter, Ohio State University, 20 years ago and financial every year since then. One of the outstanding young businessmen; president, H. G. Parks, Inc., Baltimore, Md., makers of Park's Sausage and Park's Famous Flavor Meat Specialties—a business that has a wide interracial clientele that covers the eastern seaboard, with offices in New York, Philadelphia, Washington and Richmond. BROTHER A. J. LEWIS Educator and civic leader. Principal, Thomas Heathe Slater School, Atlanta, Ga.; life member, National Education Ass'n and American Teachers Ass'n; member, H. L. Butler Lodge, No. 23, F. & A.M., Masons; 33rd degree Mason; special officer, Police Dept., Atlanta; Silver Beaver, Boy Scouts of America; member, President's White House Conference on Education; trustee, City of Atlanta Employees Pension and Group Insurance; member, Central Baptist Church; chairman, Credential and Rules Committee, Alpha Phi Alpha.
LEWIS JONES BROTHER SIDNEY A. JONES Member, City Council of Chicago, 111., having been elected from Sixth Ward in April, 1955. Practicing lawyer since 1933;
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Life Membership Roll O. Wilson Winters Norristown, Pa. Henry A. Boyd Nashville, Tenn. Meredith G. Ferguson....Nashville, Tenn. Charles H. Wesley Wilberforce, Ohio Rayford W. Logan ..Washington, D. C. Isaiah L. Mcore Nashville, Tenn. Leroy P. Morris Atlantic City, N. J. Frederick E. Murray. Atlantic City, N. J. Granthan Simpson. Charlotte, N. C. Robert P. Daniel Petersburg, Va. Walter G. Daniel Washington, D. C. C. Morris Cain Atlantic City, N. J. John C. Harlan Institute, W. Va. S. S. Booker Youngstown, Ohio Burt A. Mayberry Kansas City, Mo. I.ion.-I Newsom Baton Rouge, La. Edward L. James Institute, W. Va. Sidney A. Jones Chicago, III. E. Shepard Wright.Winston-Salem, N . C . Calvin McKissack Nashville, Tenn. John C. Rawls Prairie View, Texas Harold D. Taylor Philadelphia, Pa. A. M. Townsend Nashville, Tenn. Lewis Burrell Buffalo, N. Y. Jesse S. Chandler Muskogee, Okla. Wesley Hicks Buffalo, N. Y. Rogers E. Randall Baton Rouge, La. Aaron L. Allen Nashville, Tenn. St. Elmo Brady, Sr Tougaloo, Miss. Frankie A. Dee....New York City, N. Y. J. Garrick Hardy Montgomery, Ala. Charles L. Shepard Pine Bluff, Ark. Frank L. Stanley, Sr. Louisville, Ky. Homer L. Chavis Champaign, 111. G. Lamar Harrison Langston, Okla. Billy Jones E. St. Louis, 111. Andrew J. Lewis, II Atlanta, Ga. James H. McGee Dayton, Ohio Henry G. Parks, Jr Baltimore, Md. William N. Thomas Toledo, Ohio Frank Veney Baltimore, Md. Lloyd H. Williams, Jr. Tulsa, Okla. Lewis L. Wayne Washington, D. C. James C. Hairston Brooklyn, N. Y. Grover D. Lange Detroit, Mich. S. Calvin Johnson Buffalo, N. Y. Leo Lucas Dayton, Ohio Milton S. J. Wright...Wilberforce, Ohio John D. Buckner St. Louis, Mo. Glenn V. Sampson Buffalo, N. Y. Wayne C. Chandler Boley, Okla. J. B. Walker Canton, Ohio James V. Gibbs Petersburg, Va. William H. Young Dayton, Ohio Joseph L. Brewer.... Canton, Ohio H. P. Saundle St. Louis, Mo. William Byron Rumford.Berkeley3,Cal. James A. Wright Hartford, Conn. graduate of Northwestern University Law School, after earlier training at Atlanta University. Member, Order of Coif, highest honorary scholastic law fraternity. For seven years attorney, U. S. Dept. of Labor; former president, Cook County Bar Ass'n; member, Chicago Bar Ass'n, Illinois Bar Ass'n, and Chicago Law Institute; life member, Northwestern University Alumni Ass'n; president, Parkway Community House. BROTHER LIONEL H. NEWSOM Educator and sociologist. Presently on leave from Southern University to serve as
sociologist and community services director of the St. Louis Housing Authority. Active with several chapters since his initiation into Alpha Psi at Lincoln University, where he earned A.B. degree; other degrees: M.A., Michigan; Ph.D., Washington. During war served as lieutenant, Military Police, in the USA, India and Assam.
NEWSOM CAIN BROTHER C. MORRIS CAIN Founder of Nu Chapter, Lincoln University (Penna.); outstanding as civic leader and worker in Atlantic City. Member, Masons, Elks, and church and welfare organizations.
BROTHER S. S. BOOKER Only brother to fill three major national offices: Delegate to first convention, 1906; elected first national secretary, 1906; elected national treasurer, 1915; served as national president, 1921-22. Graduate of Virginia Union University, 1910, and awarded its honorary doctorate of divinity, 1949; YMCA secretary from 1910-45, and builder of two buildings in four cities. Presently pastor, Third Baptist Church, Youngstown, Ohio; membership 940.
BOOKER DEE BROTHER FRANK A. DEE Pioneer merchandiser. Joined sales promotion staff of Schenley Distillers Co., 1940; now national sales representative, responsible for 32 states; travels extensively and member of United Airlines One Million Mile Club. Member, Schenley "Men of Merit" Club; also holds membership in Screen Actors Guild, American Federation of Radio Artists, Negro Actors Guild, Market Developers of America, Research Institute of America, Golden "O" Varsity Club (Langston University); grand traveling deputy of Elks. Graduate of Langston University, 1937, with M.A. in retail merchandising from New York University, 1939.
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