Chapter Charter
The Fraternity established the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter on October 15, 1924. The charter members were –
- Robert Thompson, Polemarch
- James Edward Scott, Vice Polemarch
- Maurice W. Clifford, Keeper of Records
- Percival Y. Hamilton, Keeper of Exchequer
- Forest D. Speaks, Strategus
- David C. Carter, Lieutenant Strategus
- Joseph E. Moore, Reporter
- Theodore Burris
- Simeon Cunningham
- William Henry Greene
- William Morris
- Anderson Scott
- William West
- Frederick Wilkinson
- Dudley Woodard
The charter group included seven brothers who had earned degrees from Howard before the establishment of the Chapter and five who would earn Howard degrees after its birth –
- Robert Thompson – BA [1923]
- Maurice W. Clifford – BA [1924]
- William Henry Greene – MD [1924]
- Percival Y. Hamilton – LLB [1924]
- Joseph E. Moore – BA [1924]
- James Edward Scott – LLB [1924]
- Frederick Wilkinson – LLB [1924]
- David Carter – DDS [1927]
- Anderson Scott – MD [1927]
- Forest Speaks – MD [1928]
- William Morris – BA [1930]
- Theodore Burris – LLB [1932]
Moore was a charter member of the Xi . Other Xi initiates were Carter [1922], Clifford [1922], Greene [1922], Hamilton [1922], Speaks [1922], Wilkinson [1922], and Thompson [1923]. Vice Polemarch Scott, Cunningham, and Woodard were Delta initiates; Anderson Scott was an initiate of the Epsilon ; and Burris and West were initiates of Pi at Morehouse College. There is no official information about the chapters of initiation of William Morris.
Chapter History from 1924 – 1950
Chapter History from 1950 – 1974