HISTORY OF
KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC.


KAPPA ALPHA PSI, a college Fraternity, now comprised of functioning Undergraduate and Alumni Chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the country, is the crystallization of a dream. It is the beautiful realization of a vision shared commonly by the late Revered Founders ELDER WATSON DIGGS, "THE DREAMER"; JOHN MILTON LEE; BYRON K. ARMSTRONG; GUY LEVIS GRANT; EZRA D. ALEXANDER; HENRY T. ASHER; MARCUS P. BLAKEMORE; PAUL CAINE; EDWARD G. IRVIN and GEORGE W. EDMONDS.
It was the vision of these astute men that enabled them in the school year 1910 - 11, more specifically the night of January 5, 1911, on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana, to sow the seed of a fraternal tree whose fruit is available to, and now enjoyed by, college men everywhere, regardless of their color, religion or national origin. It is a fact of which KAPPA ALPHA PSI is justly proud that the Constitution has never contained any clause which either excluded or suggested the exclusion of a man from membership merely because of his color, creed, or national origin. The Constitution of KAPPA ALPHA PSI is predicated upon, and dedicated to, the principles of achievement through a truly democratic Fraternity.


FOUNDERS




Elder
Watson Diggs
December 23, 1883
Byron Kenneth Armstrong
April 08, 1892








April 09, 1891
Guy Levis
Grant
January 03, 1889
Marcus Peter
Blakemore
Ezra Dee
Alexander
John Milton
Lee
July 18, 1891




Henry Tourner
Asher
Edward Giles
Irvin
September 07, 1890
August 13, 1893
June 30, 1890




George Wesley Edmonds
August 13, 1890
Paul Waymond
Caine
May 17, 1890

