SPRING '99
DAVID HAYES
RODNEY WHITLEY
EARL PHILIP
SPRING '97 ( 8 SERVANTS OF YOUR SEXUAL SATISFACTION)
SPRING '96 (5 F.F.F.)
JOHNNY WYATT
ANTHONY WHITE
ALEXANDER LEWIS
KELSEY HORN
JUSTIN MARKS
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SPRING '98
ANTHONY FLOYD
DWUAN JABARY WARMACK
TERRANCE COLEMAN
IFEANYI IKE UGBOAJA
SCOTT VAUGHN
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SPRING '93
REGINALD NICHOLS
STANLEY ELLIS
DERRICK REED
MARLON HEIDELBERG
BARRON LEE "PRINCE"
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FRATERNITY HISTORY
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded on the campus of Indiana University on
January 5, 1911. Originally charted and incorporated Kappa Alpha Nu on April 15, 1911, the name
was officially changed to Kappa Alpha Psi on April 15, 1915.
The Fraternity is predominantly African-American whose fundamental purpose is achievement.
Kappa Alpha Psi seeks to train its membership, particularly undergraduates, for leadership roles in
their respective communities and the attainment of a high degree of excellence in their academic
pursuits.
Early in this century, African-American students were actively dissuaded from attending college.
Formidable obstacles were erected to prevent the few who were enrolled from assimilating into
co-curricular campus life. This ostracism characterized Indiana University in 1911, thus causing
Elder W. Diggs, Byron K. Armstrong, and eight other black students to form Kappa Alpha Psi
which remains the only Greek letter organization with its Alpha Chapter (first Chapter) on the
University's campus. The
founders
sought a formula that would immediately raise the sights of
black collegians stimulating them to reach accomplishments higher than they had imagined. With
achievement as its purpose, Kappa Alpha Psi began uniting college men of culture, patriotism and
honor in a bond of fraternity. Subsequently, chapters spread in succession to the University of
Illinois, the University of Iowa, and Wilberforce University campuses. By 1919, the Kappa Alpha
Psi experience had generated serious interest among black college degree holders to form Alumni
Chapters.
As graduate chapters multiplied, the Fraternity began to expand its programming, for example,
"Guide Right," its national social out-reach program was started three years after the first Alumni
Chapters were formed. Today National Guide Right programs provide programming, role models,
and mentors for at risk and other youth in communities throughout the country and internationally.
MEMBERSHIP INFORMATION
Membership is conferred by secret ceremony. therefore, strict rules and regulations regarding
membership intake have been established to enforce and ensure the Fraternity's no hazing policy
Undergraduate membership in Kappa Alpha Psi is limited to male students who have
demonstrated good moral character and are in pursuit of a Bachelor's degree or its equivalent. All
applicants must comply with the academic requirements of both the college or university and the
Fraternity, having earned credits equal to one-fourth of those needed for graduation. In addition,
applicants must have an accumulative average not less than 2.3/4.0.
Membership in an Alumni chapter requires an earned Bachelor's Degree or its equivalent.
Kappamen who have left school should contact their local alumni chapters for information on
affiliation.
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