(above left) One ofthe highlights of Brother Stanley's life occurred earlier this year when he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Kentucky, (above right) Brother Stanley delights the audience at the Formal Banquet prior to installing the officers for 1974 - 1975.
Europe in 1948 paved the way for desegregation of the armed forces. Stanley was elected national president of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity in 1955 and he directed that organization's 50th anniversary celebration at Buffalo, New York, in 1956. His syndicated column, People, Places and Problems, received first-place honors in judging by the NNPA. He also won two editorial writing awards from that organization. Stanley is survived by his wife, the former Vivian Clark; two sons, Frank, Jr., editor of The Defender, and Kenneth,
Ohio Medical Pioneer DR. ALVIN P. HALL, Ohio's first black psychiatrist, passed quietly at his home following a long illness. Dr. Hall leaves a widow, the former Ellen F. Talbert of Detroit, Michigan; two children, Mrs. Dora E. Hall Mitchum of Columbus, and Alvin P. Hall, Jr., of Flint, Michigan; two grandchildren, Doreen and Tanya Mitchum; and five sisters and brothers, Mrs. Ernest Holly of New York, Mrs. James Ware, Mi. Charles and Mr. Andrew Hall of Xenia, and Mr. Booker T. Hall of Chicago, Illinois. A graduate of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio in 1932, Dr. Hall was a product of Meharry Medical College and Provident Hospital, Chicago, Illinois, prior to battle stars and combat citations received as an Army Captain and 566th Battalion Surgeon in Italy. Following World War II, he pursued post-graduate studies in psychiatry at the Veteran's Hospital of Tuskegee, Cleveland State Hospital, Western Reserve University, Rollman Psychiatric Institute, New York University, University of Cincinnati and Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center. He was Diplomat of the National Board of Neurology and Psychiatry and, in 1965, was appointed Psychiatric The Sphinx / October 1974
assistant publisher of the Defender. The body was taken to the A.D. Porter & Sons Funeral Home, 1300 W. Chestnut Street where a service was held by his fraternity, Alpha Phi Alpha on Monday night at 8 p.m. Funeral Services were conducted on Tuesday, October 22, at Zion Baptist Church, 2200 W. Walnut Street at 1 p.m. The family requests that expressions of sympathy take the form of donations to the National Newspaper Publishers Association Scholarship Fund, in care of The Louisville Defender Newspaper, 1720 Dixie Highway, Louisville, Ky. 40210.
Fellow (the highest award granted by the American Psychiatric Association) at a national conference held in New York City.
DR. WILLIAM L. HARRIS, entered Omega Chapter on August 18, 1974 in Los Angeles, California. Brother Harris, who was forty-nine, was the son of Brother Tolly Harris, Chairman of the National Committee on Awards and Achievement. Brother William Harris attended Tennessee State University, where he was initiated into Alpha Phi Alpha, and received his M. D. degree from Howard University in 1955. He was last affiliated with Alpha Tau Lambda Cahpter in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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