Dr. Clarence C. Allen Brother DR. CLARENCE C. ALLEN died Monday, January 23, 1989 at St. Francis Hospital in Columbus, Georgia. Dr. Allen was 79 years old, and a member of our dear fraternity for more than 53 years. Dr. Allen, of 403 - 19th Street in Columbus was born July 6, 1909, son of Edward and Frances Williams Allen. He attended Columbus public schools, Wilberforce University, the University of Illinois, the University of Toledo and Meharry Medical College of Nashville, Tennessee. He was a veteran of World War II. Dr. Allen was the Tuskegee VA's Chief of Psychiatry for more than 20 years where he distinguished himself with meritorious service to his fellow veterans. He was a life-long member of St. James A.M.E. Church in Columbus, Georgia where he served on the Trustee Board and in the Community Outreach Guild in which he was vice president. Dr. Allen was also a member of the Meharry Medical College Alumni Association, the Georgia Medical Association, and several other professional organizations. Survivors who will cherish his memory include a very devoted foster sister, Mrs. Marguerite Watt of Columbus, Georgia, a godson, Mr. William Allen McCadden of Atlanta, Georgia, and several cousins. Devoted friends include Mrs. Louise Glover of Brooklyn, NY; Dr. William McCoo of Los Angeles, CA; Mr. John Cousins of St. Louis, MO; and Mr. Charles McCadden of Tuskegee, AL., and a host of friends. Dr. Allen shall always be remembered by his Alpha brothers, family, and friends, as "A GENTLE MAN WHO SPENT HIS LIFE IN SERVICE TO OTHERS."
•tf Dr. Walter M. Booker Brother DR. WALTER M. BOOKER, Eastern Vice-President 1952-1954, died of cardiac arrest on August 29, 1988 at Howard University Hospital in Washington, DC. He was 80 years old. Dr. Booker was a native of Little Rock, AR and a 1928 gradaute of Morehouse College. He received a master's degree from the University of Iowa and a doctorate in physiology and chemistry from the University of Chicago. sity of Chicago. Dr. Booker taught at Leland College in Louisiana from 1928 to 1929 and at Prairie View College from 1932 to 1943. He began his career at Howard University as an assistant professor in 1943. From 1953 to 1973, he was the pharmacology department chairman of the Howard University Medical School. He retired as a full professor in 1973. In addition to his teaching at Howard University, he taught at Walter Reed Army Research Institute in the 1960s and 1970s and he also served as a consultant to the National Institute on Drug Abuse and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. In 1957 and 1958, he was a Senior Fulbright Scholar at the Heymans Institute in Ghent, Belgium. T h e Sphinx/Winter 1989
Dr. Booker was the author of more than 100 scientific papers and participated in conferences in nearly a dozen nations. He had done research in the heart's response to drugs. Dr. Booker served on the board of the Washington Heart Association and was a representative of the American Society for Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics to the National Research Council. He was a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and a charter member of Sigma Xi, the honorary scientific society. He was a member of the American College of Clinical Pharmacology and the American Physiological Society. Brother Booker was a loyal member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity and had an outstanding attendance record at Mu Lambda Chapter meetings, Regional and National Conventions. Brother Booker always found time to guide and nurture college brothers, particularly at Beta Chapter at Howard University. His wife, Thomye Collins Booker died in 1986. Dr. Booker is survived by a son, Walter Jr.; a daughter, Marjorie Courm and four grandchildren.
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Reginald Tyrone Buckner "Remembering without ceasing your work of faith, and labour of love and patience of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ, in the sight of God and our Father." I Thessalonians 1:3 Brother REGINALD TYRONE BUCKNER was born in Kansas City, Kansas on December 2, 1938 to Samuel and Mary Alice Buckner. He attended Grant Elementary, Northeast Jr. High and Sumner High Schools in Kansas City, KS. He became a Christian at the early age of 10 years. Reginald a t t e n d e d the University of Kansas in Lawrence, KS, where he received his Bachelors and Masters of Arts degrees in _ Music Education in 1961 and 1966 respectively. On June 18, 1961, Reginald married Sharon Thierry, and to that union three daughters were born: Tara Leigh, Tazha Lorraine and Tracey Lauren. In August 1969, he and his family moved to Minnesota to pursue his Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Music with emphasis in Music Education, which he received from the University of Minnesota in 1974. As a family, the Buckners became members of Zion Baptist Church under watchcare, until their letter of membership arrived from Strangers Rest Baptist Church in Kansas City, KS. Reginald served Zion Baptist Church faithfully in several capacities — as Minister of Music, pianist, organist and Assistant Director of Music from 1969 to his passing. Dr. Buckner was Associate Professor of Music, Jazz Studies, Afro-American/African Studies at the University of Minnesota. Reginald leaves to cherish his memory: a loving wife, Sharon; three daughters, Tara Leigh Buckner Swain, Tazha Lorraine and Page 65