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Born in Greencastle, Indiana in 1890

Did not complete Sophomore year as a result of a fire in his place of employment

Later Attended Columbia University

Set up multiple catering businesses in Illinois, and Indiana

Helped to set up Beta, Gamma, Delta, and Zeta chapters of KAPsi

Died from Pneumonia and Shock resultant from burns sustained in an explosion at his dry cleaning business in 1931

Paul Waymond Caine

George Wesley Edmonds

Born in Franklin, Indiana in 1889

Went to IU in 1910

Graduated from the Dental School of the University of Pittsburgh in 1923

Practiced Dentistry in Pittsburgh

Born in Vanderburgh County, Knight Township, Indiana in 1890

Entered IU at bloomington in 1910

Did not return the following fall, but instead worked in the coal mines and the railroad until he died in 1962

Marcus Peter Blakemore

Practiced Medicine in Indianapolis

Served several terms as a member of the Grand Board of Directors

The Founders

Born in Bloomington, Indiana

Graduated from IU in the fall of 1917 with A.B. degree

Received M.D. degree from the Medical School of Indiana University in 1919.

Ezra Dee Alexander

Was an educator and principal in the public schools of Indianapolis

Worked to have the Indiana Constitution amended to permit negro enlistment into the National Guard

Was a Lieutenant at Fort Des Moines, Iowa and Fought in Europe with the 368th Infantry before he became a captain in the Reserves Officers Training Corps

Grand Polemarch for first six consecutive years of the Fraternity's existence

Awarded the Fraternity's first Lauren Wreath in December, 1924

Born in Danville, Indiana

Attended both IU, and Temple University before enlisting in the 349th Field Artillery in 1918

Was a First Class Sergeant and Gunner

Fired the first shot by the first battery of Negro Artillerymen to ever open fire upon an enemy

Elder Watson Diggs

Born in Christian County, Kentucky in 1883

John Milton Lee

Graduate of Indiana State Normal (now Indiana State Teachers College) and Indiana University

Was a Graduate student at the University of Minnesota in 1917

Received the degree of LL.B. at the Detroit College of Law in 1928

Helped organize, and was president of the Fairview Gold Club, the first Negro Golf Club in Pennsylvania

Ran a successful catering business in Philadelphia

Organized and served as vice president and secretary of the Mutual Emergency Union

Was a member of the Board of Managers of the Columbia Community Branch of the YMCA

Born in Woodburn, Kentucky in 1890

Received Bachelor of Arts from IU in 1914

Became an instructor at Lincoln Institute at Jefferson City, MO

Henry Tourner Asher

Byron Kenneth Armstrong

Held teaching positions in Florida, Indiana, Kansas, and Oklahoma

Worked as an Investigator for the department of Labor during WWI

Was awarded the Laurel Wreath in 1935

Guy Levis Grant

Born in New Albany, Indiana in 1891

Majored in Chemistry at IU where he graduated with the A.B. degree in 1915

Received the D.D.S. degree from Indiana Dental School in 1920

Practiced Dentistry in Indianapolis

Served as a member of the Grand Board of Directors

Was the Fraternity's Historian

Edward Giles Irvin

Born in Spencer, Indiana in 1893

Entered IU in 1910

Was a successful Journalist

Promoted Basketball and Track across Indiana

Organized and operated the Afro-American Manufacturing Company in Chicago

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