5628539 ACR 21-77, Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Recognition Resolution of 2015
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A CEREMONIAL RESOLUTION
21-77
IN THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
June 30, 2015
To recognize the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., for 90 years of achievement on the special occasion of the 2015 Kappa Widows Luncheon.
WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. (“Fraternity”) was founded on the night of January 5, 1911, on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana;
WHEREAS, the Fraternity now is comprised of functioning undergraduate and alumni chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the United States and around the world, including the District of Columbia;
WHEREAS, the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., was chartered on October 15, 1924;
WHEREAS, the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter has been and continues to be an outstanding and integral part of the District of Columbia community at-large and within the Eastern Province of the Fraternity, including its standing as the chapter home to such local luminaries as, among others: Atty. James E. Scott, Dr. W. Henry “Stud” Greene, Dr. William L. Crump, Dr. Paul P. Cooke; Dr. Oscar L. Mims; Jesse O. Dedmon, Jr.; Atty. George E.C. Hayes; Atty. Franklin D. Reeves; Atty. Herbert O. Reid; Atty. Julian R. Dugas; Atty. Winfred R. Mundle; and 2015 Widows Luncheon Keynote Speaker, Dr. Carl E. Anderson;
WHEREAS, representatives of the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter have held leadership positions within the District government and at every level of the Fraternity, including 4 Grand Polemarches (International President); 3 Senior Grand Vice Polemarches; the 8th Grand Keeper of Records and Exchequer; a past National Executive Director; the 1st Grand Chapter General Counsel; a Grand Historian; a Grand Board Member; 5 Province Polemarches (Regional President); 5 Senior Province Vice Polemarches; 8 Laurel Wreath Laureates; 12 Elder Watson Diggs Awardees; a Guy Levis Grant Awardee; a Past National Advisor of the Year; past members of the Province Board of Directors; several Grand Chapter or Eastern Province Committee Chairmen; numerous other appointees to Grand Chapter or Eastern Province Commissions and Committees; and 10 recipients of the Pillar of the Province Award;
WHEREAS, the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter consistently has shown its leadership in the District of Columbia, not only through its contributions to the city and its residents through social, political, and educational activities such as Kappa Scholarship Endowment Fund, Kappas on Kapitol Hill and Guide Right, but also by having its members serve as the Mayor of the District of Columbia, on the Council of the District of Columbia, and as the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools;
WHEREAS, the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter has augmented the social and economic stimuli of the city by serving as the host or co-host of Grand Chapter Meetings (National Conventions) for the Fraternity in the District of Columbia during 1926, 1936, 1954, 1985, and 2009;
WHEREAS, the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter is the only chapter across the Fraternity that honors and celebrates the life and legacy of the widows of its dearly departed brothers with a special “Kappa Widows Luncheon” each year in which a Grand Chapter meeting is held; and
WHEREAS, the 2015 Kappa Widows Luncheon will be held at the headquarters of the American Psychological Association in the District of Columbia on June 27, 2015, in advance of the Fraternity’s 82nd Grand Chapter Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana.
IT IS HEREBY RESOLVED, BY THE COUNCIL OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, that the Council of the District of Columbia congratulates the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. and its 44th Polemarch, Robert C. Cooper, Esq., for 90 years of achievement on this special occasion of the 2015 Kappa Widows Luncheon.
Sec. 2. This resolution may be cited as the “Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Recognition Resolution of 2015”.
Sec. 3. This resolution shall take effect immediately upon the first date of publication in the District of Columbia Register.
