The History of Harrisburg Alumni Chapter 

The Harrisburg Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was chartered on May 28, 1960. The charter members were Attorney William Atkins, Leroy Craig, Barton Fields, Homer Floyd, Robert Hanna, Rev. Clarence Henderson, Rev. H. Garnett Lee, Horatio Leftwich and William Thompson. The chapter was very active until 1967 when many of the members who were government employees were relocated; thus the chapter was inactive for three years. 

In September 1970, with the assistance of Past Province Polemarch Albert G. Oliver, the chapter was reactivated. Members at the time were William Adkins, William Diggs, Michael Drake, Barton Fields, Homer Floyd, Donald Gibson, Ike Golden, Rev. Clarence Henderson, Steve Howard, Robert Jackson, Rev. H. Garnett Lee, Horatio Leftwich, William Nelson, Attorney Richard Scott and Herman Thomas. 

In April 1971, Harrisburg Alumni answered the roll at the 40th Annual Northeastern Province Council Meeting that was held in Hartford, Connecticut. Delegates to this meeting were Polemarch Robert Jackson, Michael Drake, Ike Golden, Willie Nelson and Herman Thomas. Harrisburg Alumni has not missed a single roll call since. Some ten years later Harrisburg Alumni hosted the Province Council Meeting in 1981 and again in 1993. 

Harrisburg Alumni has been privileged to have several members of the chapter hold offices on the Provincial and National levels: Attorney Richard Scott served as Polemarch of the Northeastern Province and as a member of the Grand Board of Directors; Attorney Reginald Guy served as Senior Vice Polemarch of the Northeastern Province; Brother Herman Thomas served as Northeastern Province Keeper of Records and as Polemarch of the Northeastern Province. Brother Thomas served as Chair of the Grand Chapter Nominating Committee until July 2007.

Harrisburg Alumni has initiated over thirty new brothers into the chapter: Sam Cooper, John Coy, Rev. Roosevelt Green, Richard Gilchrist, Howard Hall, Hyland Hubbard, Ray Janifer, Kenneth Johnson, Larry Jordan, Oliver La Grone, Larry Lawson, Robert Lynch, Andrew Marshall, William Mathis, Jimmie McFarland, William McKeever, Melvin Melendez, Isom Mobley, Reizdan Moore, John Peace, Carlton Randolph, Ramone Sagree, Charles Sears, Gerand Thomas, Lonnie Tolbert, Lonnie Walker, Brian White, Jerome Williams and Irving Wright. 

Throughout the years, the Harrisburg Alumni Chapter has been a viable force in the community. The chapter participates in civic programs such as National Guide Right, programs for the youth, canned food drives for the needy, voter registration campaigns, youth orientation activities such as skating parties, etc., YMCA membership drives, scholarship programs for college bound students, and city rallies for war on drugs. Additionally, the chapter continues to provide a variety of activities to meet the social needs of our local residents such as the Annual Kappa Boat Ride every Memorial Day weekend, in which a major portion of the proceeds goes to the Dr. Jesse A. Bryan Scholarship, which awards a high school senior $1,000 for their first year of college. Other activities include semi-formal dinner dances, bowling parties, and Greek step shows, the proceeds of which benefit a charitable cause. 

Harrisburg Alumni was awarded the Province Alumni Chapter in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987. Harrisburg Alumni is most proud of its last two chapter Polemarchs, Chris Hailey and Jeffrey Mack, who were undergraduates at Lambda Alpha Chapter at Bloomsburg University, which is supervised by the Harrisburg Alumni Chapter. The Harrisburg Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. will always strive for excellence as its members uphold the true virtue of this most noble clan: Harrisburg Alumni has initiated over thirty new brothers into the chapter: Mark E. Cobb, Sam Cooper, John Coy, Chukwudi F. Igwe, Rev. Dr. Roosevelt Green, Richard Gilchrist, Howard Hall, Hyland Hubbard, Ray Janifer, Kenneth Johnson, Larry Jordan, Oliver La Grone, Larry Lawson, Robert Lynch, Andrew Marshall, William Mathis, Jimmie McFarland, William McKeever, Melvin Melendez, Isom Mobley, Reizdan Moore, John Peace, LaShawne Pryor, Carlton Randolph, Ramone Sagree, Charles Sears, Gerand Thomas, Justin Thomas, Lonnie Tolbert, Lonnie Walker, Warren Whitaker, Brian White, Jerome Williams and Irving Wright. Throughout the years, the Harrisburg Alumni Chapter has been a viable force in the community. The chapter participates in civic programs such as National Guide Right, programs for the youth, canned food drives for the needy, voter registration campaigns, youth orientation activities such as skating parties, etc., YMCA membership drives, scholarship programs for college bound students, and city rallies for war on drugs. Additionally, the chapter continues to provide a variety of activities to meet the social needs of our local residents such as the Annual Kappa Boat Ride every Memorial Day weekend, in which a major portion of the proceeds goes to the Dr. Jesse A. Bryan Scholarship, which awards a high school senior $1,000 for their first year of college and Guide Right activities at the Nativity School. Other activities include semi-formal dinner dances, bowling parties, and Greek step shows, the proceeds of which benefit a charitable cause. Harrisburg Alumni was awarded the Province Alumni Chapter in 1984, 1985, 1986 and 1987. The chapter has been the host chapter for the Northeastern Province Council in 1981 and 1993. Harrisburg Alumni is most proud of two of its chapter Polemarchs, Chris Hailey ( ) and Jeffrey Mack,( 2001?-2004) (check the minutes for right dates)who were undergraduates at Lambda Alpha Chapter at Bloomsburg University, which is supervised by the Harrisburg Alumni Chapter. From 2004-2007 Harrisburg's Polemarch was Earl F. Merritt and the chapter led the reactivation on Nu Phi and the start of a colony at Penn State-Harrisburg. Harrisburg Alumni Chapter was cited by the American Cancer Society for its Prostate Cancer Awareness activity. Currently Brother Koreem Bell is Polemarch and Assistant Keeper of Records for Northeastern Province while Brother Jeffrey Mack is the Southern Region Board Member for Northeastern Province. The Harrisburg Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. will always strive for excellence as its members uphold the true virtue of this most noble clan: ACHIEVEMENT!