DISTINGUISHED COLLEGIANS BROTHER DONALD R. CRAV1NS. JR.
Southern University Law Center
is a third-year law student at Southern University Law Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana where he serves as president of the Saident Bar Association. Brother Cravins was elected in March 1997 and will serve until March 1998. As president of the Student Bar Association, he is responsible for implicating and overseeing all student activities at Southern University Law Center. Brother Cravins was a delegate to the National Democratic Convention in 1996 and spends his summers directing the Louisiana Youth Seminar. After graduation, he plans to practice law in Southwest Louisiana. Brother Cravins was initiated at Nu Psi Chapter, Louisiana State University and is currently active with Xi Nu Lambda Chapter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Xavier University
BROTHER FREDERICK S. PHILLIPS
served as president of the Saident Association at Xavier University in New Orleans, Louisiana during the 1996-97 school year. Brother Phillips graduated cum laude in ceremonies for the 1997. He majored in biology pre-medicine and will attend the University of Arkansas in Little Rock Arkansas where he will pursue his medical degree. Brother Phillips is a member of Beta Tau Chapter at Xavier He was initiated into the Fraternity in October 1995. He is the product of an Alpha household with his father and brother being members of Alpha Phi Alpha and his mother is a member of the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority.
BROTHER ORLANDO D. THOMAS
University of Alabama at Birmingham
continues a Fraternity legacy at the University ofAlabama at Birmingham by being the fourthconsecutive Iota Nu Chapter Brother elected as president of the university's Undergraduate Student Government Association. He served as USGA president during the 1996-97 school year. Brother Thomas is a senior biology major who after graduation plans to continue his education at The Ohio State University School of Medicine. He plans to study emergency medicine. Brother Thomas held offices in the USGA and the Travel Grant Program before being elected USGA president. The Fraternity tradition established at UAB continues with the election of Brother Norris L. Davis, Jr. as the 1997-98 U.S.GA. president.
FloridaA&M BROTHER EUGENE WAITERS University served as president of Florida A&M University's Student Government Association during the 1996-97 school year. His leadership goals were designed to ensure that the class of 2000 is technologically prepared for the 21st century. Brother Waiters describes himself as a solution-oriented president, interested in solving problems rather than looking for membership in Alpha Phi Alpha, Brother Waiters also is involved in the Hatchett Pre-Law Society, NAACP, Intercollegiate Council, and Model United Nations Team. "Statistically I'm not supposed to be in college let alone SGA president" Brother Waiter said. His mother is a school attendance officer and his father is a yard master at Port Manatee.
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