FAMOUS MEN OF KAPPA
ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC.
Listed below are only some
of our achieving members, these members include:
Author Ashe, John Singleton, Ralph Abernathy,
Kenny Lofton, Daniel "Chappie" James,
Montell Jordan, Anfernee "Penny"
Hardaway, and Johnnie L. Cochran. Their achievements
as Kappa Men are all the more notable in light
of the fact that Kappa Alpha Psi, to date,
does not induct honorary members. Men of honor
seek to be involved with organizations that
will foster their development. Kappa Alpha
Psi attracts a wide array of individuals,
each with their own identity, under one common
theme: Achievement. Listed below are some
more of the Great Achievers of Kappa Alpha
Psi....
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Business
Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr. - Prominent Los Angeles,
CA Attorney
Robert Johnson - BET Founder
Reginald F. Lewis* - Former CEO of world's
largest AA company, TLC
Percy Sutton - Entrepreneur and Owner of the
Apollo Theater
Lerone J. Bennett, Jr. - Editor
Keith Clinkscales - CEO/President of Vibe
Magazine
John E. Jacob - Exec VP of Anheuser-Busch,
Inc and former CEO, National Urban League
C.C. Spaulding - First President of North
Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Bert Collins - Current President of NC Mutual
Life Insurance
Edward G. Gartner - President of Soft Sheen
Products, Inc.
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Civic
Dr. Rev. Ralph Abernathy* - Civil Rights
Leader and former president of SCLC
Dr. Samual D. Proctor
Dr. Rev. Leon Sullivan - Pastor of Zion Baptist
Church - Philadelphia, PA
Rev. Gardner C. Taylor
Bishop Eddie L. Long
Rev. Calvin O. Butts - Pastor of Abyssinian
Baptist Church - Harlem, NY
Dr. William Gibson - Former Chairman of the
Board of Directors of NAACP
C. Vernon Mason - Prominent civil rights attorney
and activist
Judge Herman Thomas -State Supreme Court of
Alabama, Board of Trustees -University of
South Alabama
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Education
Dr. Joseph B. Johnson
Dr. Harold M. McNeil
Dr. Robert L. Randolph
Dr. Dallas Simmons
Dr. William E. Sims
Dr. Harrison B. Wilson Jr.
Dr. Samuel Massie
Dr. Horace M. Bond - Past president of Lincoln
University (PA)
Dr James Shepherd* - Founder and first president
of NCCU
Dr. Kenneth B. Clark - Prominent social psychologist
and researcher
Dr. C. Eric Lincoln - Author of Black Muslims
in America
Arthur Schomburg - Historian and scholar of
African-American culture
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Entertainment
Sterling Robert Macer, Jr. - Director (Mu
Epsilon)
Kenny Burrell - Jazz
Donald Byrd - Jazz
John Singleton - Oscar nominated Director/Screenwriter
Dr. Billy Taylor - Jazz
Cedric the Entertainer - Comedian, The Steve
Harvey Show
Joe Clair - Rap City Host
Tavis Smiley - BET Talk Show Host
Montell Jordan - R&B Singer
William Grant Still - Composer and Musician
William Raspberry - Syndicated Columnist for
Washington Post
Ralph Wiley - Sports Writer and Author
Whitman Mayo - Actor who starred as Grady
on 'Sanford and Son'
Jester Hairston - Actor who starred as Rolly
Forbes on 'Amen'
Earnest Thomas - Actor who starred as Roger
on 'What's Happening'
Gus Johnson - CBS Sports Announcer
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Government
Past Grand Polemarch Thomas Bradley - Former
Mayor of LA
John Conyers - Congressman (D-MI)
Vernon Jones - Georgia State Representative
George Crockett Jr.- Congressman (D-MI)
Walter Fauntroy - Congressman (D-D.C.)
Mayor Elihu Harris - Oakland, CA.
Judge Carl Stokes - First A-A mayor of a major
US city (Cleveland)
Louis B. Stokes - Congressman (D-OH)
Mayor Wellington Webb - Denver CO
Mayor Michael White - Cleveland, OH
Marvin Arrington - Atlanta City Council President
Mervyn Dymally - Congressman (D-CA)
Rep. Alcee Hastings - Florida
Rep. Albert R Wynn - Maryland
Rep. Sanford Bishop - Georgia
Bennie Thompson - Congressman (D-MS)
Edward Perkins - Ambassador to Australia
W. Wilson Goode - First AA Mayor of Philadelphia
Rep. Johnny Ford - Alabama (Former Mayor of
Tuskegee, Alabama)
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Military
Daniel "Chappie" James, Jr. USAF*
- First AA 4 Star General , Tuskeegee Airman
Thomas D. Parham, Jr. USN
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Science
Dr.Bernard A. Harris, Jr. - First Black Astronaut
Dr. Henry Foster - Surgeon General Nominee
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Sports
Rod Smith- Football
Arthur Ashe* - Tennis
Ernest Byner - Football
Wilt Chamberlain* - Basketball
Willie D. Davis - Football
Greg Lloyd - Football
Kenny Lofton - Baseball
Bill Russell - Basketball
Oscar Robertson - Basketball
Tarras Ross - Football
Gayle Sayers - Football
Kerry Kittles - Basketball
Lorenzen Wright - Basketball
Jon Drummond - Track and Field
Anfernee Hardaway - Basketball
J.J. Birden - Football
Bernie Bickerstaff - Basketball
Rolando Blackman - Basketball
Danny Manning - Basketball
Johnny Newman - Basketball
Elliot Perry - Basketball
Chris Oldham - Football
Ron Dickerson - Football
Derek Loville - Football
Steve Wallace - Football
Elijah Williams - Football
Eric Davis - Football
Larry Finch - Basketball
Alex English - Basketball
Alan Henderson - Basketball
Larry Brown - Football
Glyn Milburn - Football
Carl Jackson - Football
Willie Jackson - Football
Terry Kackson - Football
Bob Simmons - Football
John Chaney - Basketball
Sam Jones - Basketball
Allan Houston - Basketball
Myron Rolle
(Rhode Scholar) - Football
Coach Mike
Tomlin (Pittsburgh Steelers) - Football
Emmett L. Ashford - Baseball Umpire (first
black)
Frederick "Duke" Slater - Football
* Deceased
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