OMEGA CHAPTER BROTHER ARTHUR D. SHORES, was a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha. He was initiated at Alpha Beta Chapter at Talladega College in 1921, and in 1925, he was a founding member of Omicron Lambda Chapter in Birmingham, Alabama. He was a school teacher who became a renowned civil rights lawyer and noted civic leader. Brother Shores was part of the legal team that won the landmark 1960 case, Gomillian v. Lightfoot, which established die principle of "one man, one vote" when it outlawed attempts to redraw the boundaries ofTuskegee to keep most of the city's African-American population from voting. He also represented Autherinc Lucy in her attempt to desegregate the University of Alabama. In 1968, he became Alabama's first black delegate to a Democratic National Convention, and in die same year was appointed the first African-American member of the Birmingham City Council. BROTHER TRAVIS J. L. STEPHENS, was born in San Antonio, Texas and attended Public Schools in Harlingen and San Antonio. He entered the Army right after graduating from Phyllis Wheatley High School in San Antonio in May 1943. He participated in numerous combat battles across Europe during World War II. He also saw combat in Korea and Vietnam. Brother Stephens retired from the Army in October 1973 as a Colonel. He held two of the nation's highest awards for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He also was awarded three Silver Stars, 10 Bronze Stars, eight Air Medals and ten Purple Hearts for wounds received in combat. After retirement from the Army, Brother Stephens worked for the City and County of Honolulu as Administrator of General Planning. He was a member of the faculty at Chaminade University. BROTHER GEORGE HENRY YOUNG, was born in Wake Forest, North Carolina. At an early age, he joined and attended Spring Street Presbyterian Church and the Norman and Industrial School at Wake Forest which was established by his father. He graduated from Johnson C. Smith University and received a master's degreefromColumbia University. Brother Young's career as an educator and his whole-hearted participation in many charitable, civic and church functions earned him the respect of people of all ages and walks of life. His list ofpublic appointments and offices includes: membership on the Lumberton School Board; member and chairperson on the Board of Directors of the Southeastern Regional Medical Center; and as president of Nu Kappa Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha. Brother Young gave 42 years of dedicated service in thefieldof education where he served The SPHINX™ ~ Summer 1997
as principal at Thompson Institute, South Lumberton Elementary School, Hayswood High School, South Lumberton Junior/Senior High School, and Lumberton Junior High School. During his service as principal, he held positions in the North Carolina Teachers Association as president of the Southeastern District and as a member of the Board of Directors. B R O T H E R REV. D O N A L D W I L S O N , was born in Puerto Limon, Costa Rica. He received his first bachelor's degree from Bloomfield College in 1942 and a bachelor's degree in systematic theology in 1945. He was ordained a deacon in June 1945 and a priest in December of the same year. He served as church vicar at St. Luke's in New Haven, Connecticut and at St. Simon Cyrene in Springfield, Massachusetts. Father Wilson served as chaplain at St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Wilmington, Delaware from 1951 thru 1963. At the same time, he was chaplain at Bissell Sanitarium. He served as rector of St. James Church in Baltimore, Maryland from 1963 to 1988, during which time he earned his Doctorate in systematic theology from St. Augustine College, graduating in 1983. He was on the Board of Directors Emeritus at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, and was a member of Sigma Pi Phi, the Masonic Lodge, Kiwanis Club, American Association of Retired Persons, Afro American Caribbean Heritage Organization and the Hosts, Palm Coast. He also was chaplain of the Republican Party, Flagler County. ^ u
OMEGA LISTINGS Charles Bolles Zeta Omicron Lambda Hugo Marcos Zeta Omicron Lambda Earl O. Pree Zeta Omicron Lambda Edward C. Wilkins Zeta Omicron Lambda
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