List of Kappa Alpha Psi brothers

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The Sample Gates of Indiana University (IU). IU was the site for the founding of Kappa Alpha Psi in 1911

The following is a list of notable members of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. recognized as leaders in the arts, athletics, business, civil rights, education, government, and science.^[1] Kappa Alpha Psi was founded on the campus of Indiana University in 1911 and has never limited membership based on color, creed or national origin. The fraternity has over 105,000 members with 700 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the United States, and international chapters in the United Kingdom, Germany, Korea, Japan, the Caribbean, Saint Thomas, Saint Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands and South Africa.^[1]

Kappa Alpha Psi is a major contributor in the fields of political, social, cultural and scholastic achievement. The fraternity sponsors programs providing community service, social welfare and academic scholarship through the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation and is a supporter of the United Negro College Fund and Habitat for Humanity.

Academics

Name Original chapter Notability Reference Julius Battle President of Alabama State University (1991-1994) Horace Mann Bond Epsilon First African-American president of Lincoln University [2] Dr. Calvin O. Butts Pi President of The State University of New York at Old Westbury and pastor at the Abyssinian Baptist Church [3] Elbert Frank Cox Alpha First African American to earn a Ph.D. in pure mathematics, a field concerned with mathematical theory rather than with practice or application [4] Michael K. Fauntroy Washington (DC) Alumni Assistant Professor of Public Policy, George Mason University; author of the book Republicans and the Black Vote Dr. Joe A. Lee Gamma Gamma Former President of Alabama State University (2001-2008) and former President of Tougaloo College (1995-2001) Dr. Hakeem M. Oluseyi Assistant Professor of Physics & Space Science, Florida Institute of Technology; Adjunct Professor of Physics; Alabama A&M University; Astrophysicist and Inventor; Historian of Astronomy Arturo Alfonso Schomburg Omicron Historian and scholar of African-American culture [5] Harold L. Wright Eta Phi Principal of Skyline High School and CDC in Dallas, TX

Arturo Schomburg

Arts and entertainment

Name Original chapter Notability Reference Alvin Batiste Alpha Sigma Jazz Clarinet [6] Ed Bradley Gamma Omega Investigative reporter for 60 Minutes [7] Kenny Burrell Alpha Beta Jazz guitarist; Director of Jazz Studies at UCLA [8] Donald Byrd Alpha Beta Jazz and R&B trumpeter [8] Byron Cage Kappa Upsilon Gospel musician Joe Clair Alpha Iota Television host, best known for Host of BET's Rap City [8] Kevin Corke Beta Theta NBC News Correspondent [9] Danny! Gamma Nu Hip hop artist/record producer Kevin Eubanks Band leader and composer, best known for The Tonight Show with Jay Leno [10] Jester Hairston Chi American composer, songwriter, arranger, choral conductor, and actor on sitcom Amen [8] Kwame Jackson Theta Omicron Runner-Up on Donald Trump's The Apprentice; Entrepreneur, Speaker, Author [11][12] Donell Jones R&B musician [7] John Marshall Jones Theta Actor Edward Jordan Alpha Sigma Jazz Saxophonist [6] Montell Jordan Beta Omega R&B musician [8] The Klassikz Delta Eta American Record Producer Cedric 'The Entertainer' Kyles Mu Zeta Comedian [8] Whitman Mayo Upsilon Actor, best known as the character Grady Wilson on the sitcom Sanford and Son [8] Finesse Mitchell Iota Chi Comedian Ray McCampbell Beta Upsilon The Mac Band [8] Naledge Delta Eta Hip-Hop Artist Smokie Norful Gamma Sigma Gospel musician John Singleton Beta Omega Director, best known for Boyz N the Hood and Rosewood [8] Tavis Smiley Alpha talk show host, political commentator; author [11][13] William Grant Still Delta Classical composer, first African-American to conduct a major American symphony orchestra [14] Billy Taylor Alpha Phi Jazz musician [15] Ernest Lee Thomas Delta Theta Actor, best known as Roger "Raj" Thomas of What's Happening and What's Happening Now!! [8] Solomon Wilcots Beta Theta NFL commentator and analyst for NFL Network and CBS Ralph Wiley Beta Phi Sports writer and author Pretty Willie Lambda Pi R&B singer Phillip Beasley Gamma Tau Founder and Co-CEO of So Official Entertainment and Masterworth Enterprise Papa Gyan-Baffour Lambda Wealthy Socialite from Ghana Marvin Sapp Grand Rapids (MI) Alumni Gospel Musician Lewis Johnson Beta Eta Reporter for ESPN and Track Star at University of Cincinnati Nicoye Banks Beta Iota Actor whose Credits include the movie G, Invincible, Pride and Glory, Green Zone, Brooklyn's Finest, Hope and a Little Sugar, [16]

Danny! (Daniel Swain) John Singleton Tavis Smiley Grant Still

Business

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Government and politics

Name Original chapter Notability Reference Archie Alexander Gamma Governor of U.S. Virgin Islands [15] Richard H. Austin Michigan Secretary of State [20] The Honorable Nelson Bascome Jr., JP, MP Alpha Iota Minister of Health/Member of Parliament, Bermuda Sanford Bishop Pi Representative from Georgia [21] Tom Bradley Upsilon Mayor of Los Angeles, California, Grand Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi [8] William Lacy Clay, Jr. Saint Louis Alumni Representative from Missouri [21] Michael B. Coleman Columbus Alumni Mayor of Columbus, Ohio [21] John Conyers Alpha Beta Representative from Michigan, chairman of the House Judiciary Committee [21] Kenya K. Cook Zeta Theta Precinct Delegate from Michigan [21] George W. Crockett Pi Representative from Michigan; civil rights activist [8] Mike Davis California State Assembly member Mervyn M. Dymally Alpha Mu Representative from California [8] Walter E. Fauntroy Alpha Gamma Representative from Washington, D.C.; civil rights leader [8] Adrian Fenty Alpha Omega Mayor of Washington, D.C. [22] Johnny Ford Beta Phi Mayor of Tuskegee, Alabama Wilson Goode Philadelphia Alumni First African-American Mayor of Philadelphia [23] Elihu Harris Gamma Alpha Mayor of Oakland, California [14] Alcee Hastings Alpha Delta Representaive from Florida; Federal Judge [21] Alphonso R. Jackson Epsilon Eta 13th United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) [21] Vernon Jones Alpha Kappa CEO of DeKalb County, Georgia; Senator from Georgia 2008 candidate [14] Reginald Byron Jones-Sawyer Beta Omega Statewide Party Secretary, California Democratic Party Obie Patterson Gainesville Alumni Maryland House of Delegates, fmr. chairman Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland James Perkins First African-American Mayor of Selma, Alabama [24] Edward J. Perkins Alexandria-Fairfax Alumni U.S. Ambassador to Liberia, South Africa, the United Nations, and Australia [25] Carl B. Stokes Alpha Omega Mayor of Cleveland, first black mayor of a major U.S. city [8] Louis Stokes Alpha Omega First African-American Congressman from Ohio, civil rights lawyer [25] John F. Street Philadelphia Alumni Mayor of Philadelphia [22] Shawn Z. Tarrant Epsilon Zeta Maryland House of Delegates Bennie Thompson Gamma Rho Representative from Mississippi; Chairman of House Homeland Security Committee [8] Wellington Webb Denver Alumni Mayor of Denver [8] Jesse White Beta Zeta Secretary of State of Illinois [26] Albert Wynn Beta Epsilon Representative from Maryland [21] Nathaniel J. McFadden The Baltimore Alumni Chapter President Pro Tempore, Senate of Maryland

Sanford Bishop William Clay John Conyers Adrian Fenty Alcee Hastings Alphonso Jackson Edward Perkins Shawn Tarrant Bennie Thompson Albert Wynn

Law

Name Original chapter Notability Reference A. A. Birch, Jr. Epsilon First African-American to serve as Chief Justice of the Tennessee Supreme Court John Brittain Xi civil rights attorney and former law school dean Johnnie Cochran Upsilon defense attorney, best known for his role in the legal defense during the O. J. Simpson murder case [8] George Edward Chalmer Hayes Lambda Xi civil rights attorney Donald L. Hollowell Beta Lambda civil rights attorney [27] Donald Gaines Murray Nu Tau central figure in Murray v. Pearson (1935), which ruled that the University of Maryland School of Law policy of racial segregation was unconstitutional. [28] Sean A. Pittman Theta Eta attorney, lobbyist, entrepreneur and television political analyst Percy Sutton New York Alumni attorney and civil rights activist Dennis Hayes Alpha interim president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Vernon Mason Pi Alabama Supreme Court [14]

Adolpho Birch Johnnie Cochran

Literature

Military

Name Original chapter Notability Reference Daniel James, Jr. Nashville Alumni First African-American four star general [8] Frederick C. Branch Alpha Epsilon First African American officer in the United States Marine Corps Alfonza W. Davis Alpha Eta Tuskegee Airman, first African American aviator from North Omaha to be awarded his Aircrew Badge Dennis L. Via Alpha Phi Commanding General of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey major general Andrew P. Chambers Xi Former commander of the famed 1st Cavalry Division, Fort Hood, Texas and commander of the 5th (U.S.) Corps - Retired Lt. General

Daniel James, Jr.

Religion

Name Original chapter Notability Reference Ralph Abernathy Beta Zeta Civil Rights Leader and former president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) [8] Jamal-Harrison Bryant Baltimore Alumni pastor of Empowerment Temple AME, Baltimore, MD Calvin O. Butts Pi Pastor of Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem, NY [8] Jesse Curney Decatur Alumni pastor of New Mercies Christian Church, one of Atlanta's largest churches Eddie L. Long Alpha Kappa pastor of New Birth Missionary Baptist Church [14] Cornelius Parks Pastor of Worship at the Greater St. John Bible Church in Chicago, Illinois; civil rights leader and social activist Samuel D. Proctor Alpha Phi Pastor Emeritus of the Abyssinian Baptist Church of New York City; Professor Emeritus at Rutgers University; President Emeritus of Virginia Union University and North Carolina A&T State University Pastor Reginald S. Boyce Beta Lambda Lane College Jackson,TN Pastor of Mt. Pleasant C.M.E Church (Milan,TN) and Johnson Chapel C.M.E Church (Trenton, TN). Youngest Pastor in the East Tennessee Region started Pastoring at 19 Leon Sullivan Tau Baptist minister; civil rights leader and social activist, General Motors Board Member, and an anti-Apartheid activist. Pastor Emeritus of Zion Baptist Church in Philadelphia, PA [14] Gardner C. Taylor Alpha Omega Pastor Emeritus of the Concord Baptist Church in Brooklyn, NY; regarded as the dean of African-American preachers [14] W. James Thomas Omicron Epsilon Senior Pastor of the Shioh Church of Memphis, Memphis, TN [14] Timothy M. Jones Ministering on the North Side of Pittsburgh, PA Bishop William Walker Kappa Colony - American Baptist College (ABT) 4-K-81) - Nashville Tenn Praise Temple Baptist Cathedral Int'l - Calif., Suffragan Bishop - Fellowship of Independent and Global Churches & Ministries Inc., World Federation of Churches, Evangelical Theologian

Ralph Abernathy

Science

Name Original chapter Notability Reference Darren R. Cross Camden (SC) Alumni President of the National Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons John P. Eagan 3rd Black Orthodontist; Tuskegee Airman, Congressional Gold Medal recipient Henry Foster Pi Surgeon General nominee [8] Bernard A. Harris, Jr. Eta Lambda Astronaut, first African-American to walk in space [8] Hakeem M. Oluseyi Astrophysicist and Inventor

Bernard Harris

Sports

Baseball

Basketball

Name Original chapter Notability Reference Elgin Baylor NBA Hall of Fame Bernie Bickerstaff General Manager of the Charlotte Bobcats [8] Rolando Blackman Beta Psi NBA player [7] Mike Evans Beta Psi NBA player and Assistant Coach Jason Capel Theta Omicron Basketball player at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jeff Capel Head Coach University of Oklahoma Men's Basketball Wilt Chamberlain Mu NBA Hall of Fame [8] John Chaney former head coach of Temple University [8] Erick Dampier Eta Upsilon Center for the Dallas Mavericks [8] Alex English Zeta Epsilon NBA Hall of Fame Penny Hardaway Kappa Beta 4-Time All Star [7] Leonard Hamilton Zeta Kappa (Charter Member) head basketball coach at Florida State University Alan Henderson Alpha Power Forward for the Philadelphia 76ers [8] Allan Houston Mu Rho NBA player [8] Sam Jones Alpha Kappa NBA Hall of Fame [8] Kerry Kittles Delta Eta NBA player [8] NBA player [8] Johnny Newman Eta Xi NBA player for 16 seasons [8] David Noel Theta Omicron Small Forward for the Milwaukee Bucks Oscar Robertson Beta Eta NBA Hall of Fame [8] Bill Russell NBA Hall of Fame [8] Darrell Walker Iota Tau NBA player and coach [8] Lorenzen Wright Kappa Beta Atlanta Hawks forward

Wilt Chamberlain

Football

Name Original chapter Notability Reference Shawn Andrews Iota Tau National Football League (NFL) Offensive Lineman, Philadelphia Eagles [30] Nnamdi Asomugha Gamma Alpha NFL All-Pro Cornerback Oakland Raiders [30] Chris Barclay Omicron Sigma Special teams Cleveland Browns, Running back Tennessee Titans Lem Barney Delta Delta NFL Hall of Fame [8] Tra Battle Zeta Iota Safety Dallas Cowboys [30] Larry Brown Gamma Phi Super Bowl XXX MVP Dallas Cowboys, Cornerback [8] Drew Carter Zeta Wide Receiver Oakland Raiders Eric Davis Eta Mu NFL Cornerback SF 49ers, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions [8] Willie Davis Gamma Psi NFL Hall of Fame Ron Dickerson Lambda former head coach of Temple University and Alabama State University [8] Jamar Fletcher Beta Omicron Jim Thorpe Awardee, Cornerback Houston Texans [30] Jason Goss Kappa Epsilon Cornerback Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Football League {CFL), Former Arizona Cardinals [30] DeJuan Groce Eta Cornerback New Orleans Saints Corey Harris Nu Rho NFL, safety Detroit Lions Kahlil Hill Gamma Wide Receiver Jacksonville Jaguars [30] Earl Holmes Alpha Xi Former Pittsburgh Steelers Linebacker John Henry Johnson Gamma Iota NFL Hall of Fame [8] Kevin Jones Theta Psi Running Back Chicago Bears [14][30] Shaun King St. Petersburg Alumni Former Quarterback Tampa Bay/AFL Anchor [14] Charles Lee Lambda Omega Former Arizona Cardinals Wide Receiver Cleo Lemon Theta Mu National Football League (NFL) Quarterback, Jacksonville Jaguars [31] Andre Lott Mu Rho Strong Safety Pittsburgh Steelers Maurice Carthon Theta Mu Assistant head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs [32] Brandon Marshall Lambda Omega NFL Wide Receiver Denver Broncos [30] Ollie Matson NFL Hall of Fame [8] Michael Matthews Lambda Delta NFL Tight End New York Giants, Super Bowl Champion [33] Ron Meeks Theta Mu Defensive Coordinator, Carolina Panthers Kirk Morrison Delta Epsilon Middle Linebacker Oakland Raiders [30] Pellom McDaniels Iota Iota Defensive End Kansas City Chiefs and Atlanta Falcons Anthony McFarland St. Petersburg Alumni Defensive Tackle Indianapolis Colts Stanley Pritchett Zeta Epsilon NFL Fullback Gale Sayers Mu NFL Hall of Fame Chicago Bears [8] Darren Sharper Xi Theta NFL All-Pro Safety New Orleans Saints Travis Shelton Lambda College Football National All-Purpose Yardage Leader Duke Slater Gamma College Football Hall of Fame Rod Smith Mu Epsilon Former Wide Receiver Denver Broncos Tre' Stallings Lambda Pi Offensive Guard Baltimore Ravens Reggie Swinton Eta Beta Punt Return and Kick Return Jason Tucker Kappa Epsilon Wide Receiver, Edmonton Eskimos CFL George Taliaferro Alpha First African-American drafted by an NFL team [30] Dontarrious Thomas Theta Delta Linebacker Minnesota Vikings [30] Andre Tippett Gamma NFL linebacker New England Patriots; Class of 2008 NFL Hall of Fame Inductee Mike Tomlin Xi Theta; Initiated through Eta Omega Chapter Head Coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers Courtney Van Buren Gamma Sigma NFL Offensive Tackle Aeneas Williams Alpha Sigma Pro Bowl Defensive Back St. Louis Rams [8] Bill Willis Zeta one of the first African American football players to play professional football. NFL Hall of Fame [8] Donovan Woods Zeta Theta Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers [30] Tavares Washington Zeta Phi Offensive Tackle Kansas City Greg Lloyd Gamma Zeta Pro Bowl Linebacker Pittsburgh Steelers

Shawn Andrews Nnamdi Asomugha Gale Sayers Mike Tomlin

Track and Field

Other athletics

Citations

References

External links

• College Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity