HUBERT H. HUMPHREY A TRIBUTE BY JAMES R. WILLIAMS General President Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Alpha Phi Alpha will profoundly feel the loss of our distinguished Brother, Senator HUBERT HORATIO HUMPHREY of Minnesota. Our Fraternity holds the belief that we must "Transcend AH" and Senator Humphrey was the embodiment of that principle. In the words of Vice President Mondale, "He taught us all how to hope and how to love and how to win and how to lose. He taught us how to live; finally, he taught us how to die." In recent months there have been a number of tributes to this great man, all well deserved. But, because we in Alpha believe in being "First of All," we understand the special significance of that moment at the 1965 General Convention in Chicago when Brother Humphrey, then Vice President of the United States, became Honorary Life Member No. 2. This occasion was guided by the leadership of General President Lionel H. Newsom and Brother L. Howard Bennett, a longtime Minneapolis associate of the Vice President, was accorded the honor of pinning the Alpha pin in him. Even more important than the ceremony itself was the fact that Senator Humphrey was truly a Brother of the Bond — for his life was dedicated to Brotherhood and Love for All continued next page
Above: Brothers Martin Luther King, Jr. and Hubert H. Humphrey join hands in this 1967photo. Left: At the 1965 General Convention in Chicago, General President Lionel H. Newsom presents then Vice President Humphrey with the Fraternity's President's Award following his Induction into the Brotherhood. Jewel Henry Arthur Callis joins in this momentous ceremony.
The Sphinx / Spring 1978