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Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter

Achievements

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December 1924 - Robert S. Abbott and Founder Elder W. Diggs receive Laurel Wreath Award from Grand Polemarch W. Ellis Stewart

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​Chicago (IL) Alumni Member Achievements
 

  • Home of Kappa Alpha Psi’s FIRST Alumni Chapter

  • Host of 6 Grand Chapter Meetings

  • Home of:

    • 4 Founders - Byron K. Armstrong, Ezra D. Alexander, Paul W. Caine, and Edward G. Irvin

    • 7 Past Grand Polemarchs

    • 1 Grand Keeper of Records

    • 1 Grand Keeper of Exchequer

    • 1 Grand Keeper of Records and Exchequer

    • 15 members of the Grand Board of Directors 

    • 3 Grand Historians

    • 10 Past North Central Province Polemarchs

    • 7 Laurel Wreath Laureates

    • 2 Elder Watson Diggs Awardees

    • 2 William L. Crump History Awardees

 

Grand Chapter Awards

  • Jay Crosby Guide Right/Kappa League Program of the Year (2009)

  • Bert V. Watkins Guide Right/Kappa League Director of the Year (2009)

  • Reclamation - Large Chapter (2011)

 

North Central Province Awards

  • Paul W. Caine Alumni Large Chapter of the Year (2007, 2009-2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)

  • Jay Crosby - Kappa League Program of the Year (2008, 2010, 2011, 2017-2019)

  • Bert V. Watkins - Guide Right Director of the Year (2008-2010, 2012, 2021)

  • Leon W. Stewart Outstanding Kappa League Member (2022)

  • Eldridge T. Freeman, Jr. Spirit Award (2022)

  • Reclamation - Large Chapter (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017) – category unspecified

    • (#)  2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022

    • (%) 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018

  • Most Outstanding Website (2007, 2014-2019, 2022)

  • C. Rodger Wilson Achievement & Human Rights – Most Distinguished Alumni (2011)

  • Extraordinary Service Award (2011)

  • Undergraduate Chapter Advisor of the Year, 2nd Place (2006)

 

National Pan-Hellenic Council - Chicago Sankofa Award

  • Alumni Chapter of the Year - Large (2007, 2009-2011, 2020)

  • Outstanding Original Program of the Year (2008, 2009, 2020)

  • Divine Nine Outstanding Service Legacy Award (2020)

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​Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter Achievements
 

  • 2011: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year (percentage and greatest number reclaimed), Jay Crosby – Kappa League Program of the Year, C. Rodger Wilson Achievement & Human Rights (Most Distinguished Alumni), NCP Extraordinary Service Award (Kevin P. Scott)
     

  • 2012: Paul W. Caine Large Alumni Chapter of the Year, Reclamation Awards (number and percentage), Bert V. Watkins Guide Right Director of the Year Award (Rodney Gore)
     

  • 2013: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year
     

  • 2014: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year (Number), Website of the Year
     

  • 2015: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Website of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year
     

  • 2016: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Website of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year
     

  • 2017: Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year, Jay Crosby – Kappa League Program of the Year, Website of the Year
     

  • 2018: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Website of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year (Number and Percentage), Jay Crosby – Kappa League Program of the Year
     

  • 2019: Jay Crosby - Kappa League Program of the Year, Website of the Year
     

  • 2020: NPHC-C Sankofa (Large) Chapter of the Year, NPHC-C Outstanding Program of the Year (Kappa League), Divine Nine Outstanding Service Legacy Award (Michael C. Hughes, Sr.)
     

  • 2021: Bert V. Watkins Guide Right Director of the Year (Ja’ami Dawan)
     

  • 2022: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year (Number), Website of the Year, Leon W. Stewart – Outstanding Kappa League Member Award (Stephen Thomas), Eldridge T. Freeman Spirit Award (Melvin Flowers)
     

  • 2024: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year

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Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc
PO Box 19599
Chicago, IL 60619-0599

North Central Province
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc
PO Box 178
Annapolis Junction, MD 20701-1708

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Philadelphia, PA 19132-4590

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