![]() ![]() Today Brother Brett Fisher has picked up the torch and the chapter annually donates over one hundred bikes and helmets annually to children in San Diego. After Brother Robinson passed to chapter invisible the Chapter named the Annual Holiday Bike drive in honor of Brother Raymond Robinson. He would repair them from his own funds and donate them to the YMCA during the holiday season for needy children. Brother Robinson collected used bicycles and stored them in his garage. Robinson while setting on the Board of Directors of the San Diego Jackie Robinson YMCA. The Annual Holiday Bike drive was started by Brother Raymond T. Locally Brothers from San Diego started getting involved with Community Service. Preston Kelly is a revered member locally having held the Exchequer duties for over a two decades. Whaley Past Province Keeper of Records and Exchequer continued to be a strong force in the San Diego community and received much acclaim attending Western Province Meetings. San Diego Charter members, Bert Richie Past Province Board Member and James O. Brother Whaley served as the Western Province Keeper of Records and Exchequer for 17 years and Western Province Polemarch for 2 years. Whaley received his Elder Watson Diggs Award from Grand Polemarch Hillary H. At the 61st Grand Chapter meeting in Denver Colorado (1977) James O. Johnson and Delta Epsilon Polemarch Tonny Fitch. Logan, Bert Richey, Ike Rollins, Robert Steele, Past Province Polemarch James O. Harris and San Diego charter members Roy E. Brothers in attendance were Senior Grand Vice Polemarch Randall Bacon, the guest speaker, Province Polemarch Robert L. It was the first time any founder of Kappa Alpha Psi had visited San Diego. On Sunday Februthe San Diego Alumni Chapter and Delta Epsilon Chapter experienced a historical moment when joined by Founder Brother Edward G. ![]() San Diego hosted the Western Province Council August 14-17,1975. He is however considered as one of the Charter member of the San Diego Alumni Chapter by all officer’s and members of the Chapter.ĭuring the 70’s the San Diego Alumni flourished at both the Grand Chapter level as well as in Western Province. Logan had to leave San Diego for several years and was not listed as a Charter Member. Whaley, Bert Ritchey, Ernest Grady, Alpha Montgomery, Eugene Moore, Isaac Rollins, Robert Steele, King Taylor and John W. The Charter members of the San Diego Alumni Chapter are: James O. ![]() Whaley as Polemarch and Bert Ritchey as the Keeper of Records. The San Diego Alumni Chapter was established with James O. Thomas Bradley, who had been appointed as Polemarch of the Western Province in 1947 and was instrumental in providing guidance and assistance in getting the San Diego Alumni Chapter chartered. He was tasked to secure all materials and begin the foundation for the Chartering of the San Diego Alumni Chapter. Logan initiated at the Alpha Mu Chapter (Lincoln Mo.) relocated to San Diego and was attending San Diego State College. Since many of the men were married with families, the task to conducting the groundwork for Chartering of the Chapter was placed upon one of the youngest members of the Fraternity located in San Diego. Whaley, Bert Ritchey, King Taylor along with other brothers living in San Diego decided that it was time to have an Alumni Chapter. The closest Alumni Chapter was in Los Angeles. The Kappa men of San Diego regularly socialized and some worked together in their perspective fields. Most migrated to the city during World War II and worked in the defense industries, while others were in the educational fields as teachers. You can find updates regarding this event on The Kappa Klassic.During this time there were several Kappa’s’ in the city coming from the Middle Western states, Georgia and Tennessee. This event is also referred to informally as The Kappa Klassik. The Building the Dream Classic is a golf tournment is a major fundraising and networking event for the Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation. In addition Undergraduate Leadership Institute Events are held during this weekend. This event is held biennially (even numbered years) at a different location and open to all members of the fraternity. National Founders’ Day is the Grand Chapter hosted celebration of the founding of Kappa Alpha Psi. Grand Chapter Meetings and Conclaves feature a host chapter and city that welcome more than 3000 registerants, plus 10,000 additional unregistered brothers, friends and family members National Founders’ Day biennial The location changes every time the event is held. The Grand Chapter Meeting & Conclave is a biennial (odd numbered years) meeting and celebration for all members of the fraternity. Grand Chapter Meetings & Conclave biennial ![]()
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