A short history of Sigma Chapter, the 17th House of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.
Produced and edited by Sigma Chapter Brother Justin A. Petty (Fall 1992) in honor of the Chapter's 90th Anniversary.
Chapter Lineage
“The Pool of Brotherhood Runs Deep”
1916
edward bush jourdain
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1921
Norris Bumstead Herndon - Harvard
Charles Hamilton Houston - Harvard
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1923
James C. Evans
Felix C. Thurmond
Ernest G. Balla
Edgar Gordon
Silas F. Taylor
A. B. Lattimore
Julian D. Rainey
F. F. Wheelock
Butler Roland Winston, Jr.
Arnold Bennett Donowa
Edward Howard
Harvey Belmanie Shaw - Boston University
Douglas T. Murray
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Fall 1923/Spring 1924
Dr. J. Boggs - Boston University Medical School
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Fall 1924
Lloyd Meegee Cofer- Tufts
Claude Randolph Taylor- Tufts
Alexander B. Stone- Boston University
Archibald J. Berry- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
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Spring 1925
Cyril F. Butler
Llyod F. Marshall
John Albert Sanders
Nathaniel Simmons
David E. Lane
George A. Robinson
Jackson A. Robinson
G. Robert Perry
James T. Hewlett
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Fall 1925 - Novermber 19, 1925
William H. Bethel- MIT
Edward S. Hope- MIT
John E. Wyche- Boston University
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Spring 1927
Ferdinand Lucien Rousseve - MIT
John T. Lane
Henry Giddings
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1928
Armand V. Boutee - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Julian C. Branker - Boston University
Harry Parris - MIT
William Bradford Pratt - Harvard
Clarence Reid - Boston University
John Edmund Moseley - Tufts
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Spring 1929
J. Brown - Harvard
William I. Gosuell - Boston University
Antonio de Jesus Cardozo - Suffolk Law
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Spring 1930
Alonzo G. Moron- Brown
Oliver Boutte- Northeastern University
Ewart Gladstone Guinier - Harvard
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1935
Casper Ferguson - Boston College
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1936
George H. Windsor - Bates
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Fall 1939
Thomas Cathcart
William Leak
Cyrus H. Peters
Percy J. Pitts
Dr. Henry C. Turner (Honorary)
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1940
Hilton Gray Hill, II - Boston University
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1941
Dr. Gregory P. Carter
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Fall 1941 - November
Reynolds Costa - Boston University
James Lane - Boston College
Milton M. Conliffe - Tufts College
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1947
Howlett E. Chandler- Suffolk
John P. Rice, Jr.
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1948
Fisher
Emerson Pierce
Robert L. Levister- Suffolk
Romayne V. Lippman, Jr.- Suffolk
Baron H. Martin- Suffolk
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Spring 1949 - April 29, 1949
Intake Chair: John T. Letts
Henry Jacques Hall
John Pierpont Rice, Jr.
George Alfred Strait
William H. Wells
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Spring 1950 - March 25, 1950
Intake Chair: Royal L. Bolling
Richard Branker
Wesley Brown
William V. Deare
William Gardner
Louis Johnson
William Ramsey
Gerald E. Thomas
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Spring 1951 - April 14, 1951
Intake chair: Thomas A. Canter
Walter L. Brown
Leonard A. Braithwaite
Walter Carrington
Joseph S. Mitchell, Jr.
Maston A Nelson, Jr.
Emerson J Pierce
William R. Dorsey - Springfield College
William K. Wolfe - Springfield College
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Spring 1952 - June 22, 1952
Alfred Johnson - Boston University
Harvey Washington
Herman Hemingway - Brandeis University
Starr Scott
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Boston University
Kenneth Simmons
Ernest Simms
John Bustemente
William Morris
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Spring 1953 - May 1953
Lionel O. Lindsay, Jr.
Melvin H. Miller
Otis A. Gates, III - Harvard University
Donald Simmons
William Wharton
Louis Downing
Oliver Galloway
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Spring 1955 - May 14, 1955
Intake Chair: Lionel O. Lindsay, Jr.
Donald Bridgeforth
John G. Bynoe
Lester F. Chambers
Leslie A. Lacey
Nathaniel L. Lacey
Leroy Walton
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Spring 1956 - May 12, 1956
Ernest E. Cherrie, Jr. - Boston University
Norman P. Hunte
Jarrell S. Mitchell - Boston University
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Spring 1957 - May 25, 1957
Noel F. Parris, Jr.
Richard J. Perry - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Charles J. Wiltz
William Thomas Fuller, Jr.
Vernon M. Rhineheart
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Spring 1958 - April 26, 1958
Charles S. Collins
Robert D. Storey
Cleveland M. Coats - Northeastern University
Richard P. Evans
Theodore R. Parrish
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Fall 1958 - January 25, 1959
H. Carl McCall
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Spring 1959 - May 8, 1959
Intake Chair: Edward Patterson
Rudolph N. Gordon, II
John Martin
Bradford Jameison, Jr.
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Spring 1960 - April 1, 1960
Intake chair: Rudolph N. Gordon, II
Thomas D. Broadwater
Artur H. Hoyte
Charles N. Turner
William L Strickland
John G. Butler
Ervin O. Parris - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Earl W. Schley
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Spring 1961 - May 21, 1961
Nolan Atkinson, Jr.
John E. Cawthorne - Harvard University
William H. Exum
Horace F. Graves
Samuel C. Johnson, Jr.
James F. Leath, Jr.
Stanley H. Walker
Harold P. Douglas
Wesley S. Williams
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Spring 1962 - May 12, 1962
Intake chair: Nolan Atkinson
James Banks
Larry Galindo
Robert German
James Hoyte
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Fall 1963
intake chair: John E. Cawthorne
Leslie Clerons
Belford V. Lawson, III - Harvard University
Thomas D. Pawley, IV. - Harvard University
Roscoe Trimmier, Jr.
James Wiley
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Spring 1965
intake chair: Thomas D. Pawley, IV
J.B. Scott - Harvard University
Thaddas L. Alston - Harvard University
Stanley Goldsboro - Boston University
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Spring 1966 - January 1966
Walter Malette - Boston University
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Spring 1966 - April 6, 1966
intake chair: Thaddas L. Alston
Ernest Attah
Robert Aulston - Boston University
Charles Desmond - Boston University
Brian Dillard
Wendell Knox - Harvard University
Robert D. Lonian
Walter Malette
Robert Scott - Harvard University
Albert Tolbert
Jerry Walker - Harvard University
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Spring 1968 - March 9, 1968
Mark E. Gibson
Frank B. Johnson, Jr.
George A. Russell, Jr.
John F. Williams, Jr.
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Fall 1968/Spring 1969 : Unstoppable 17
Samuel Bryant
Lewis A. Graham
Ronald LeGrand
Willard Hill
Stafford Hillaire
Michael Jones
Phillip Jordan
Melvin Lipscomb
Richard E. Marshall
James Myers
Vernon Polite
Lincoln Pope
Harold L. Russell
James Simmons
William Swan
Marion Waters
David Wright
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Spring 1969 : Seven Bold Souls - May 18, 1969
Mondell Davis
Wallace Rice
Joseph A. Hawkins
Carl Stanley
Michael Johnson
R. Guy Cole
Gerald Fowlkes
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Spring 1970 : 16 Symbols of Soul - April 4, 1970
Ken Woodson
Bill Towns
Stephen S. Johnson, IV
Anthony Silver
Norris A. Dodson, III
Eugene R. Cade
Ford T. Dabney, III
Manfred H. Hayes - Boston University
Kenneth R. Holmes
Larry Whitehead
Randall Jones
John Billingslee, Jr.
Fred Moss - Boston University
Steven V. Giles
Robert L. Keene
James D. Garvin
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Fall 1970 : Determined Duo- October 10, 1970
Intake chair: Richard Marshall
Robert Brayboy
Ray Shell
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Spring 1971 : 18 Shades of Black - April 30, 1971
Louis K. Bosley
Milton O. Bradford
William G. Caldwell, III
Robert Derosiers
Ferell McDonald, Jr.
George H. Guilford
Randall H. Halstead
Alfred H. Harris
John A. Henderson
Charles M. Hightower
Dennis H. Hinson
Charles K. Lasister, III
James London, Jr.
Gary M. Lucas
Neil S. Rodgers
Charles L. Stroufe
Richard B. Turner
Ronald J. Wilson
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Spring 1972 : Soul Survivors - April 23, 1972
Jeffery Meyers
Carl Singletary
Edward Taylor
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Spring 1973 : Tenacious Two - April 21, 1973
David I. Alexander
Bobby C. Stewart
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Spring 1974 : Masters of Darkness - May 4, 1974
Tony Van Der Meer
Andre G. Wynn
Larry E. Sudberry
Ronald Waterford
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Spring 1975 : Black Gold
Rod Blair
Kim Lasister
Grady Donald
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Spring 1977: Seven Pharaohs of Faith -April 21, 1977
intake chair: George H. Guilford
Steven Brereton - Tuft University
Neil Cole - Tuft University
Daryl Watson - Tuft University
George Russell - Tuft University
Namsoo Dunbar - Tuft University
Melvin Reeves - Tuft University
Paul Johnson - Tuft University
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Fall 1977 - December 11, 1977
Quinten K. Miles
Eric W. Miller
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Spring 1978
Norman W. Harris, III
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Fall 1979: Nissus Enduri