Gamma Mu Lambda Chapter, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. The Gamma Mu Lambda Chapter was established on March 4, 1946 at Tallahassee, Florida with Bro. Dr. Wm. H. Gray, Jr., Southern Vice-President, presiding. The following named brothers are the Charter Members: M. G. Miles, President; Clifton R. Jones, Vice-President; Richard H. Dunn, Secretary; Dr. L. H. B. Foote, Treasurer; A. W. Wright, Parliamentarian; William A. Morris, Dr. W. H. Baker, E. E. Ware, Sr., R. V. Moore, L. A. Marshall, S. J. Washington, Dr. W. H. Gray, R. P. Griffin, J. H. Thomas, Dr. Jerome Matthews, James D. Browne, Jr., Thomas A. Harris. Since the chapter's inception, it has upheld strongly "Manly Deeds, Scholarship, And Love For All Mankind." From 1946 through the past general convention, Gamma Mu Lambda has sent one or more delegates to each Regional and National convention. At this convention there will be more than 25 Brothers ot Gamma Mu Lambda and their families to fellowship in the observance of fifty years of progress of our great Fraternity. The chapter has given $1500 in scholarship awards to students at The Florida A and M University. Three awards of $50.00 each is given during the observance of Alpha's Educational Week to the three young men in the freshmen class who have the highest scholastic averages. To date 30 young men have received such awards. Of this number 24 are Brothers who are holding up the name in various endeavors of life throughout the world while the 1956 recipients are in the Sphinx Club preparing to cross the Burning Sands someday. Gamma Mu Lambda's Roster for 1956 John W. Riley, Head of Dept. of History FAMU, President; A. J. Polk, Prof, of
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Secondary Education FAMU, Vice-President; Dr. Emmett W. Bashful, Head Department Political Science, Secretary; Dr. Theodore B. Cooper, Professor of Education and Director Audio Visual Aids, Head Department of Secondary Education, Assistant Secretary; Dr. L. H. B. Foote, FAMU Medical Director, Treasurer; A. W. Wright, Sr., Professor of Education FAMU, Parliamentarian; Ernest D. Fears, Sr., Head of Carpentry FAMU, Chaplain; M. G. Miles, Director Student Activities FAMU, Associate Editor to Sphinx. Brothers of Tallahassee and Vicinity Dr. W. H. Baker, Physician; James H. Blow, Sr., Insurance Agent; Willie L. Bryant, Mail Carrier; W. E. Combs, State Coordinator of Secondary Education. Samuel Howell, Manager of Atlanta Life Insurance Co.; Marshall Jenkins, Principal McBride Junior High School; David Johnson, Principal Mayhow High School, Blountstown; James Neal, Physical Educational Instructor and Assistant Coach, Carter-Parramore High School, Quincy. Harry N. Nims, Basket Ball Coach and Instructor, Lincoln High School; T. Jan Perry, Sr., Administrator, Griffin Memorial Hospital, Bainbridge, Georgia; Dr. G. L. Porter, Executive Secretary, Florida State Teachers Association; Roy Rolle, Band Director, Lincoln High School; S. Tanner Stafford, Real Estateman; J. Harrison Thomas, Music Studio Operator; Willie Williams, Principal Gadsen County School. Of Florida A and M. University A. A. Abraham, Professor of Education; Walter M. Austin, Head Department Economics and Adviser to Beta Nu Chapter; James H. Blow, Jr., Instructor Mathematics; Thomas W. Bonds, Assistant Pro-
fessor Political Science; James F. Condell, Director Test Service Bureau; William E. Dandy, Instructor FAMU Demonstration School; Edward H. Debose, Director Housing in Men's Department; Willie Epps, Graduate Student; Dr. William P. Foster, Head Department of Music and Band Director; Dr. George W. Gore, Jr., President of the University; Robert Pete Griffin, Head Line Coach; Charles Hodges, Bookkeeper Business Office; Gerald Hooper, Assistant Professor Art. Dr. James Hudson, Head Department Philosophy and Religion, and Chaplain; Edward D. Irons, Director Auxilliary Funds; Miller H. Johnson, Medical Social Worker Hospital; Dr. Walter H. Johnson, Professor School of Agriculture; A. L. Kidd, Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences, College; Howard E. Lewis, Instructor Art; Paul G. Lewis, Assistant Analyst, Business Office; L. A. Marshall, State Itinerant Teacher Trainer; John Moland, Instructor of Sociology; Roy Partridge, Director Food Services; Reginald Pasteur, Graduate Student. Frank Pierce, Instructor, FAMU Demonstration School; Dr. M. C. Rhaney, Dean, College of Arts and Sciences; Harvey L. Robinson, Technician, Printing Department; Samuel Russell, Coordinator, Department of Industrial Education; Dr. L. J. Shaw, Professor of Education; Dr. Charles U. Smith, Head, Department of Sociology; Dr. Charles J. Stanley, Professor of Education; Edwin M. Thorpe, Registrar; E. E. Ware, Sr., Associate Professor of Biology; Macon Williams, Assistant Professor of Physical Education; A. W. Wright, Sr., Associate Professor of Secondary Education; Vernon Williams, Instructor of Mathematics: Joseph Jones, Assistant Professor of History.
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