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Ohio, held its 11th Annual Scholarship Awards and Recognition Luncheon on June 11th. Twenty-eight students received scholarships, of which six were n e w awards and the others were continuing winners . . . Alpha Xi Lambda Chapter, Toledo, Ohio, held its 16th Annual High School Recognition Banquet on May 6th. More than 100 local high school juniors and seniors were honored for their academic achievements . . . Iota Pi Lambda Chapter, Miami, Florida, presented 1988 scholarships to the college b o u n d y o u t h s : Denis M. Lewin, U of Miami; Khatereh L.
Sawal, C a r n e g i e Mellon U; a n d , Melanie C o o m b s , Cornell U . . . Delta Iota L a m b d a Chapter, Columbus, Georgia, presented its $1000 scholarship to Mr. James Elliott Patrick . . . Gamma Zeta Lambda Chapter, Tampa, Florida, presented its Men of Tomorrow Program at the University of South Florida. Eric Sharpton of Gaither High School was the recipient of chapter's scholarship . . . Delta Upsilon Lambda Chapter, Shreveport, Louisiana, awarded $2,700 in scholarships d u r i n g its Education for Citizenship program. $500 recipients were Dexter Edwards, Willie Henderson Jr., Derrek Lathon, and Patrick Walker. $250 winners were Terrence Code a n d Corwyn
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T h o m a s . . . D e l t a Pi L a m b d a (Selma, Alabama) scholars for 1988 were Stacey Moore, Eddie Cunningh a m , Toriano Neely a n d Bradley Goldsby . . .
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Brother Chuck Pryor, Regional Sales Manager for Carnival Cruise Lines (Brooklyn, Q u e e n s , Staten Island and Manhattan), was cited for outstanding service at the August meeting of the Inter-American Travel Agents' Society in Miami . . . Mu Eta Lambda Chapter, Madison, Wisconsin, joined with the Wisconsin NAACP to negotiate a Fair Share Agreement with Wisconsin Bell. The agreement calls for expanded minority
MAY 11-17, 1988
Alpha Phi Alpha's President Visits Capitol Dr. Charles Teamer, General President of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., visited Montgomery recently, where he was hosted by members of the nation's oldest and largest Black greek letter organization which he heads. Dr. Teamer was en route to Tuskegee, Alabama, where he was the keynote speaker for the 40th year anniversary of the chartering of the Gamma Phi Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Tuskegee University. While in Montgomery Dr. Teamer visited Alabama's State Capitol where he met with Governor Guy Hunt, members of the Black legislative caucus and a host of celebrities from Montgomery, Tuskegee a n d the surrounding areas. Dr. Charles Teamer, who is from New Orleans, Louisiana, presently serves as Vice President for fiscal affairs at Dillard University, New Orleans, he is a member and former Chairman of the Board, New Orleans Port Authority, Vice President, Louisiana
World Exposition, President of the United Way, New Orleans, he's listed in Who's Who in America, Who's Who in Finance and Industry, and Who's Who in the South. According to Attorney Charles Langford, State Senator, an Alpha, and who personally accompanied Dr. Teamer while visiting the capitol, "Dr. Teamer is one of the finest presidents we've had, and we've had some good ones." The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., since its founding in 1906 has been at the forefront of leadership for education, civil rights, and economic progress for minorities in the United States. Its members include a host of college presidents, ministers, educators, politicians and others, including such known men as Supreme Court Justice, Thurgood Marshall, former U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, the late Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mayor Andy Young and a host of other national, state and local leaders.
Pictured with Governor Guy Hunt, are, left to right: Joseph Lacey, Percy Blackman, Frank Cyrus, Milton C. Davis, Willie Anderson, John Lightfoot, E. C. Lowe, Charles Coffin, Jr., Henry Lewis, John Varurda, Charles Longford, Charlie E. Hardy, Henry C.Clain, Richard Jordan, John Hall, Aubrey Johnson, Thomas Ervin, John Hargrove, and Clarence Wilson. The Sphinx/Fall 1988
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