Omega Chapter for 24 years, Brother James was University chaplain, director of religious affairs, dean of men, and vice president for student affairs. He served on the Montgomery County School System's Bi-Racial Committee, the Civic Center Advisory Board, and was a senior minister of the Montgomery Antioch District. Brother Dr. Arnold R. Henderson, Jr. was on the faculty at Virginia State University for 22 years during which time he served as a department chairman, graduate professor, and dean of die School of Education. He held degrees from Hampton University, the University of Michigan, and George Peabody College, Vanderbilt University. He was an active member of Beta Gamma Lambda Chapter. Brother Roy Wood - Brother Dr. Roy Wood was Life Member 1351. He was initiated into Alpha Rho Chapter at Morehouse College where he earned his bachelor's degree. Brother Wood also held degrees from Columbia College of Fine Arts in Chicago, where he grew up, and Northwestern University. His long and distinguished broadcasting career started in Chicago before he finally settled in Birmingham, AL. He would reside in Birmingham four different times before making it his home. Brother Wood first served as a substitute announcer for the Mutual Broadcasting System's WJLD in Birmingham; he returned to the Iron City after serving as News Director for Chicago's W V O N radio where is reported to have been the first African- American to work as a full-time major network staff announcer. Chicago listeners would remember Brother Wood for his editorials,
"Now Run and Tell That." He also produced "Footsteps to Democracy" for radio and was managing editor and anchor of "A Black View of the News." Birmingham radio listeners remember Brother Wood with the National Black Network, an affiliate of the Unity Broadcasting Corporation in New York and later as news director for W E N N and WAGG radio stations. His "Cold Hard Facts" and "Blue In the Night" were popular radio talk shows. In addition to his extensive radio work, Brother Dr. Wood served as a visiting scholar on the faculties of Malcolm X College (Chicago), Howard University, Florida A&M University and Miles College. Three Alabama Governors acknowledged his professional achievements with proclamations. His peers in the National Association of Black Journalists honored him with their Lifetime Achievement Award. Brother Dr. Wood was News Director Emeritus of W E N N / W A G G Radio when he retired in 1995. DEADLINE SPHINX Please forward story ideas and chapter news for consideration at this time. We would like to have materials on hand for consideration by May 1,1996. However, don't wait for the deadline. Mail material for consideration NOW. If you miss the May deadline, or any deadline for that matter, mail the material anyway. The next issue of The Sphinx will be published in June/July 1996. We have a special interest in receiving photos that depid "chapter program activities." However, avoid snapshots. Photos showing involvement in national programs of the Fraternity are of particular interest. Send material to: The SPHINX, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. 2313 St. Paul St., Baltimore, MD 21218-5234.
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OMEGA LISTINGS Rho Stephen Gibson Eta Lambda James E. Dearing Zeta Gamma Lambda Charles E. Brookins Calvin J. Hall Marcus Jones Glen D. Smith Alpha Lambda Robert T Downs John A. Banks Nathan M. Hale William H . Orr Marvin Sanders Kappa Upsilon Lambda Norman R. Catlett Wendell K. Hammond Alpha Xi Lambda Wayne Graham Alpha Rho Lambda Dr. E L. Vaughn Walter R. Hill Dr. Clyde W Franklin II Rev. Percy A. Carter Alpha Phi Lambda Clarence Smothers Delta Alpha Lambda Monroe Salvant Epsilon Lambda Shelby Freeman Eta Psi Lambda Dennis F Miller Zeta Psi Lambda Warren Combre Alpha Eta Lambda Bruin Glover Delta Beta Lambda John W Handy Eta Ward Fueller