THE WASHINGTON (DC) ALUMNI CHAPTER

“It makes sense to pause after 75 years to review your past and even proclaim yourself the Flagship of the Fraternity…We salute you and pray that your barns will continue to be filled with plenty and your presses burst with new wine…”
Grand Historian Crump

Washington (DC) Alumni, the second chapter in the Nation’s Capitol, was the second alumni chapter and the third chapter established within the Eastern Province.

Imitating the model developed by the Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter, the charter members sought out men of status and influence in the local community. Its early initiates included George E.C. Hayes, the legendary civil rights lawyer, Armond W. Scott, the third African American DC Municipal Court Judge, and Louis Rothschild Mehlinger, a civil rights pioneer who helped establish the Terrell Law School and the Washington Bar Association.

Its membership roster has included brothers whose contributions to society helped reshape the landscape of a nation, including Julian Dugas, George E.C. Hayes, and John Scott, who were all involved with the legendary Brown v Board of Education et al case.

The chapter has hosted Grand Chapter meetings in 1926, 1936, 1954, and 1985, and will host the 2009 meeting. It has hosted Eastern Province gatherings in 1934, 1946, 1950, 1951, 1957, 1959, 1967, 1974, and 1999.

It has been home to four Grand Polemarchs, the 8th Grand Keeper of Records & Exchequer, a Grand Historian, the 3rd Kappa Journal Editor, the 5th Executive Secretary, and numerous national committee chairmen & members. Eight Laurel Wreath Wearers and 10 Elder Watson Diggs Awardees have been members of the Washington (DC) Alumni Chapter.

Within the Eastern Province, seven of the 22 Polemarchs and two of the Pillar of the Province awardees identify with the Chapter. Known throughout the Fraternity as the Flagship of the Fleet, it is a chapter with a rich tradition of achievement and community service.

Click Above for the Official Chapter History from 1924-1950 5.52MB .PDF

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Click Above for the Official Chapter History from 1975-1999 1.81MB .PDF

CHARTER MEMBERS
CHARTER DATE: OCTOBER 15, 1924

Robert Thompson, Polemarch
James Edward Scott, Vice Polemarch
Maurice Clifford, Keeper of Records
Percival 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

Past Polemarchs

Robert Thompson 1924-26
James E. Scott 1926-27
George E. C. Hayes 1927- 32
Armond W. Scott 1932-33
Daniel I. Renfro 1933-35
Willard Lane 1935-36
W. Henry Greene 1936-37
J. H. K. Renfro 1937-39
Leon A. Ransom 1939-41
William J. Madison   1941-43
Wilston H. Lofton  1943-45
Charles K. Brown 1945-49
James M. Coggs 1949-52
Samuel Bullock  1952-54
Paul P. Cooke  1954-56
Julian R. Dugas 1956-59
William S. Gary  1959-61
Herman J. Tyrance   1961-64
J. Neal King 1964-67
James (Biff) Carter   1967-69
Donald G. Fletcher 1969-71
Richard R. Clark  1971-72
Joseph Burton  1972-74
Oscar L. Mims  1974-76
Ronald J. Taylor 1976-78
Fredrick B. Senior  1978-80
Richard R. Clark  1980-82
Terrence G. Blount 1982-84
Leroy Brown, Jr.  1984-86
Samuel E. McCoy  1986-88
Walter H. Brown, Jr.   1988-90
Walter E. Fowlkes  1990-92
Anthony B. Hill  1992-95
Barrington D. Scott   1995-96
Charlie Mahone, Jr.   1996-98
Michael R. Butler 1998-00
Joseph N. Yearwood   2000-02
David L. Hardrick  2002-04
Edward H. Moseley 2004-06
Willmon Fridie, Jr.  2006-08

Italics - Deceased

Dignitaries
Lamont H. Lawson Awardees

Joseph Bruton  1972
Joshua Logan 1972
Thomas D. Lowe 1972
Robert T. Nash   1977
James (Biff) Carter 1983
Carl E. Anderson 1984
Oscar L. Mims 1985
Jesse W. Morton   1987
Joel E. McLeod, Jr. 1988
Richard R. Clark   1989
Donald G. Fletcher   1989
Fredrick B. Senior 1989
Henry H Young, Jr.   1991
Walter R. Battle 1993
Paul P. Cooke 1993
Walter E. Fowlkes 1995
Robert E. Muldrow 1995
George B. Dines   1997
W. Lawrence Jones 1997
Samuel E. McCoy 1999
Anthony B. Hill   2005
Alexander W. Jones   2005
Dorville E. Hazel 2007
Roswell A. Taylor, Jr. 2007

Italics - Deceased

Chapter Members Of National Recognition
And Outstanding Achievement

Grand Board Member
Past Eastern Province Polemarch
Past Province Sr. Vice Polemarch
Past National Achievement Commission Chairman
Guy Levis Grant Awardee (1980)
The Pillar of the Province Awardee (2004)
Anthony B. Hill

Laurel Wreath Laureate (1995)
Dr. Paul Phillips Cooke

Laurel Wreath Laureate Designee (2009)
Dr. Carl E. Anderson

Elder Watson Diggs Awardee (1982)
Past Chairman National Senior Kappa Affairs Committee
Lenzie G. Barnes

Elder Watson Diggs Awardee (2003)
Past National General Counsel
Winfred R. Mundle, Sr.

Past Grand Keeper of Records and Exchequer
William L. Crump History National Awardee (1995)
The Pillar of the Province Awardee (1991)
Terrance G. Blount

Chairman National Political Awareness and Social Action Committee Cluster
Chairman 2009 Grand Chapter Local Planning Committee
David L. Hardrick

National Congressional Liaison
Roderick D. Hall

Past National Advisor of the Year
Willmon Fridie, Jr.

The Pillar of the Province Awardee (2002)
Maurice D. Sawyer

The Pillar of the Province Awardee (2007)
Walter H. Brown, Jr.

Eastern Province Assistant Keeper of Records
Gayatachew Dorsainville

Chairman Eastern Province Photography Committee
Roswell A. Taylor, Jr.

Chairman Eastern Province Life Membership Committee
Michael R. Butler

Eastern Province MOIP Coordinator, Region II
Ricky C.Y. Gudger

Past Middle Western Province Sr. Vice Polemarch
Otis Brooks, Jr.

Past Eastern Province Undergraduate Board Member
James A. Diggs, Jr.