​D.O.P ALUMNI CHAPTER of

KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC.

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