
Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter
Achievements



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

​Chicago (IL) Alumni Member Achievements
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Home of Kappa Alpha Psi’s FIRST Alumni Chapter
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Host of 6 Grand Chapter Meetings
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Home of:
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4 Founders - Byron K. Armstrong, Ezra D. Alexander, Paul W. Caine, and Edward G. Irvin
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7 Past Grand Polemarchs
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1 Grand Keeper of Records
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1 Grand Keeper of Exchequer
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1 Grand Keeper of Records and Exchequer
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15 members of the Grand Board of Directors
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3 Grand Historians
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10 Past North Central Province Polemarchs
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7 Laurel Wreath Laureates
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2 Elder Watson Diggs Awardees
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2 William L. Crump History Awardees
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Grand Chapter Awards
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Jay Crosby Guide Right/Kappa League Program of the Year (2009)
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Bert V. Watkins Guide Right/Kappa League Director of the Year (2009)
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Reclamation - Large Chapter (2011)
North Central Province Awards
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Paul W. Caine Alumni Large Chapter of the Year (2007, 2009-2016, 2018, 2022, 2024)
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Jay Crosby - Kappa League Program of the Year (2008, 2010, 2011, 2017-2019)
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Bert V. Watkins - Guide Right Director of the Year (2008-2010, 2012, 2021)
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Leon W. Stewart Outstanding Kappa League Member (2022)
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Eldridge T. Freeman, Jr. Spirit Award (2022)
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Reclamation - Large Chapter (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017) – category unspecified
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(#) 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022
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(%) 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018
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Most Outstanding Website (2007, 2014-2019, 2022)
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C. Rodger Wilson Achievement & Human Rights – Most Distinguished Alumni (2011)
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Extraordinary Service Award (2011)
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Undergraduate Chapter Advisor of the Year, 2nd Place (2006)
National Pan-Hellenic Council - Chicago Sankofa Award
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Alumni Chapter of the Year - Large (2007, 2009-2011, 2020)
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Outstanding Original Program of the Year (2008, 2009, 2020)
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Divine Nine Outstanding Service Legacy Award (2020)

​Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter Achievements
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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)
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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)
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2013: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year
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2014: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year (Number), Website of the Year
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2015: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Website of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year
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2016: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year, Website of the Year, Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year
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2017: Reclamation (Large) Chapter of the Year, Jay Crosby – Kappa League Program of the Year, Website of the Year
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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
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2019: Jay Crosby - Kappa League Program of the Year, Website of the Year
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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.)
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2021: Bert V. Watkins Guide Right Director of the Year (Ja’ami Dawan)
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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)
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2024: Paul W. Caine Large Chapter of the Year



