O M E G A : Chapter of Sweet Rest Carolina (now North Carolina A&T State University) in Greensboro, N.C., in 1937. He served as a corporal in the U.S. Army’s 392nd Engineer Regiment in Normandy, Northern France and Central Europe during World War II. An active member in the fraternity, Brother Laws retired from the Wake County Public School System in Raleigh, where he worked as an educator and principal. He also coached basketball in Wake County for more than 30 years and coordinated area 4-H youth-development clubs. He entered Omega Chapter on July 24, 2010
David Leon Mallette, Sr., 84, of Raleigh, N.C., was a member of Phi Lambda Chapter in Raleigh, at which he was initiated on Nov. 1, 1978. Mallette attended Fayetteville State Teachers College (now Fayetteville State University) for a year before his studies were interrupted by his being drafted to serve in World War II; he served as a medical corpsman in the U.S. Navy. At the end of his military service, Brother Mallette continued his studies at The Agricultural and Technical College of North Carolina (now North Carolina A&T State University) in Greensboro, N.C., where he received a Bachelor of Science in Biology and Chemistry degree, and a master’s degree in biology and education. He earned a doctorate in science education from North Carolina State University in Raleigh. Professionally, he was an educator for 47 years at the high school and college levels. He retired from the Department of Public Instruction in Raleigh as the assistant director of the Science Division. He later retired from
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St. Augustine’s College in Raleigh as professor and chairman of the biology department. Even in his eighties he advised and tutored many students. He was a member of St. Ambrose Episcopal Church in Raleigh. During his tenure at St. Ambrose, he served on the Laymen’s Group, the Vestry and as senior warden. In addition to being a member of Alpha, Mallette belonged was a member of Guys and Dolls, Les Gents; North Carolina A&T State University Alumni Association, Inc.; Blacks United in Government; and several Raleigh area public and private organizations. He was awarded The Order of the Long Leaf Pine–one of the highest honors the governor of North Carolina can bestow on a citizen (past recipients include famous Tar Heels as Maya Angelou, the Rev. Billy Graham, Michael Jordan). In 1978, he and his wife established a local children’s nursery and child-development center. He entered Omega Chapter on Friday March 12, 2010, following a lengthy illness.
Carlisle S. Parker, Sr., 75, of Montclair, N.J., was a member of Alpha Alpha Lambda Chapter of Greater Essex County in New Jersey. A life member, he was initiated on April 1, 1955, at Beta Iota Chapter at WinstonSalem State University (WSSU) in Winston-Salem, N.C. Brother Parker was a native of Glen Ridge, N.J.; however, he spent his formative years in Wilson, N.C., moving there at the age nine. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Education degree at WSSU, where he attained membership in Phi Delta Kappa, the national education honors society. He
later received a master’s in education degree at Seton Hall University in South Orange, N.J., and did advanced graduate work at Rutgers University in New Jersey and at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C. Parker began his career in education in Wilson, NC, where he taught fifth-grade and “beginning” clarinet. He spent 45 years teaching junior high school students in New Jersey, and later became a vice principal with Paterson (New Jersey) Public Schools. He joined Alpha Alpha Lambda Chapter in 1966, and served as president for two terms; director of membership intake for eight terms; and also served as chapter historian. He was also an avid supporter of the Leadership Development Institute and the chapter’s Scholarship Committee. Parker helped organize the New Jersey Association of Alpha Phi Alpha Chapters, and he served as its second president. He also served as recording secretary for the Eastern Region; was a member of the Eastern Regional Committee for Constitutional Changes; and judged the fraternity’s oratorical contests on both the regional and national levels. Parker was involved in various church and civic activities. He was a deacon at Bethany Baptist Church in Newark, N.J., and was an advisor with its After-School Tutoring Program. He also served on the board of trustees at Union Baptist Church in Montclair, NJ, and as chairman of the church’s scholarship foundation. He was secretary of the board of directors of the Union Montclair Housing Corporation; a life member of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP); a member of the Montclair Urban League; and served on the Montclair Civil Rights Commission. He entered Omega Chapter on April 19, 2010, after battling colon cancer. H