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The Illuminator
The Light of Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity Incorporated
Volume 20 Issue 1
September 2011
New Day Dawns for Men of Alpha Rho Lambda
His Honor Does the Honors — Bro. Judge W. Dwayne Maynard conducts the annual ceremony installing new Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter officers. The Franklin
County Municipal Court jurist oversees the event in both legal and Alpha style. He is seeking re-election to his seat on the bench. Fraternal support is appreciated.
With chapter elections and the
convention season over, the summer is
ending with the onset of a new fraternal
year. The first activity was the 4th Annual
Julian Lewis Alpha and Family cookout
held on August 21, 2011 at Metzger Park
in Westerville.
There had been little time for
recovery with the Midwestern Regional
Convention in April, chapter elections in
May, officer installation in June, followed
by the General Convention in Chicago.
The Illuminator Turns 20
B r o ther s o f
Alpha Rho Lambda
Chapter, it is my charge
and my challenge to
bring you our publication, The Illuminator. In
1991 I had the honor of
serving as both the original editor and as the
person responsible for
the name.
T ho u g h t he
number of pages may
vary from one issue to
the next, it is my goal to
always provide a quality
document that reflects ΑΡΛs Alpha-style. Committee Chairmen and chapter officers are asked to provide reports on a
consistent basis, to assist with having items placed in the
chapter calendar.
This same request applies to the College men. It is
not and will not be enough to be noted only in this issue. We
cannot support activities we are not aware of. We plan to be
there for you and need you to openly work with us.
Other items of interest by the general brotherhood of
the chapter is always welcome. All commentary and feedback
is welcome. Please forward desired information for publication to amnross@msn.com.
Since April 30, 2011, with the loss of 75year member Bro. Lucien Wright, Brothers have conducted five Omega Services.
Undaunted, the men of Alpha Rho
Lambda are ready to serve and are gearing
up for another successful fraternal year.
Bro. Maynard
Aiming for Six
More in Court
There Goes an Alphaman —
Bro. Judge W. Dwayne Maynard is pictured here with his
greatest supporters, his wife
Deborah, and their children.
After 18 years on the bench at the
Franklin County Municipal Court, Bro. Judge
W. Dwayne Maynard is seeking another 6year term. Both he and the leadership of Alpha
Rho Lambda Chapter are asking for your support during this campaign.
According to Bro. Maynard website,
he will approach this campaign with the intent
“pledge to remain steadfast before God and
the people of Franklin County in my conviction to uphold the Rule of Law, and to do so with an
• even temperament,
• respect for others and
• commitment to justice, equality and
fairness.
You can learn more about our Brother and how you can
contribute personally and/or financially by visiting his website at:
http://judgemaynard.com.
President’s Corner
August, 2011
Greetings My Good Brothers,
We will officially enter into the 2011-2012 fraternal year, where our theme is "Building For The Future, One Alpha". With this as a guiding principle, my hope and vision is we will strive to make tangible impacts
on the lives of the residents of the communities we serve, in the Greater Columbus area; we will strive to focus on
nurturing our most precious resource, our young people, and show them the way to success; we will strive to provide service and advocacy to aid the less fortunate in our communities; as we strive to bring ourselves closer as
Brothers, strengthening the bonds of this Brotherhood called Alpha Phi Alpha that we hold so dear in our hearts.
Special thanks to the Executive Board who supported the efforts and prep work required to host our 1st
Leadership Planning Session and I am proud to say we are well underway with the planning of our programs for
the first half of our fraternal year. I am pleased to announce, we are aggressively working to execute the new
AlphaColumbus website and are looking for opportunities that will put us in the position to compete at Districts this year. I will
look forward to your participation as we promote our programs throughout the Greater Columbus area, including our Alpha Esquires
and Project Alpha, in partnership with Liberty Elementary School, Brother’s Keeper program and the list goes on..... I am optimistic
with your support we will take this chapter to the next level.
Brothers, I am charging each of you to continue to encourage any inactive men of Alpha to attend our chapter meetings,
fellowship with Brothers, participate in our community service activities and consider becoming financially active with our chapter. Chapter dues are $150.00 Local and $150.00 National for non-life members.
All Brothers is asked to be at the September chapter meeting. We will be taking our chapter photo starting at 5:00 PM,
sharp. This means you should plan on arriving early. You should be in "Alpha Attire" dark suits, white shirts and Ole Gold
ties. We will be meeting at the African Methodist Episcopal Church, Third District Headquarters, 288 South Hamilton Road,
Columbus, Ohio 4321. The chapter meeting will begin promptly at 6:00 PM. We will also be opening the floor to all Financial
Brothers who are interested in serving as a delegate to the District Conference and Midwestern Regional Convention. Additionally, I encourage each of you to consider joining a committee.
In closing, this is the season of continued growth; will you make the choice to help us hold up the light of ALPHA. Please
continue to support Bro. Tillman as our next General President and Bro. Dr. Willis Lonzer, District Director and most importantly
the vision of our General body under the direction of Brother Herbert "Skip" Mason.
"Our purpose is to raise the intellectual and cultural level, yes - and the moral level also; to aid in the development of special skills:
to build men of vision, courage, self sacrifice, who are willing to develop a wise, consistent leadership toward the integration of
truly democratic society. Such men in Alpha are legion. Their loyalties have required no houses." - Jewel Henry Arthur Callis,
1956.
Fraternally,
Milton C. Woodard
President of the Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter
of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc
REMINDER--2011 Ohio District Conference
November 11-12, in Cleveland. Hosts: Delta Alpha Lambda
and Pi Chapters. Meeting at the downtown Wyndham Hotel.
Rooms are $88 per night. For reservations call 866-270-6768.
Earlybird registration is $100 for Alumni and $75 for College
Brothers before October 1, 2011. Fees increase by $25 for each
group after that date and an additional $25 for each for onsite registration. The Chairman is Bro. L. McCrimager. Email him at:
eldlemcc@aol.com or eldermccrimager@mtzionfellowship.org
Milton Woodard
Milton Woodard
President
President
Paul Dorn
Paul Dorn
Vice President
Vice President
Fon
Fon Holloway
Holloway
Treasurer
Treasurer
Wiley
Wiley Bates
Bates
Financial Secretary
Secretary
Financial
Lamont
Lamont Smith
Smith
Recording Secretary
Secretary
Recording
Donald
Donald Ross
Ross
Associate Editor
Editor to
to the
the Sphinx
Associate
Sphinx
Roderick Blount
Darryl Peal
Chaplain
Historian
Alexander Wallace
Director of Educational Activities
Corey Posey
Membership Intake Coordinator
Troy
Troy Small
Small
Parliamentarian
Parliamentarian
Daryle
Daryle Cobb
Cobb
Time &
& Place
Place Chair
Chair
Time
Darnell Davis
Darnell Davis
Corresponding Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Ahuacan DeGruy
Ahuacan DeGruy
Sergeant-at-Arms
Sergeant-at-Arms
Windy Chicago Blown Away by the Men of Alpha
It was a grand time in old Chicago this past
June. Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter President
Bro. Milton Woodard presented a $10,000 donation to the General Organization on behalf of
Nationwide Insurance, Bro. Donald Ross celebrated his birthday with historic fraternal leaders and Bro. Ted McDaniels got to share a memorable experience there with two sons of his who are also sons of Alpha. It was indeed a grand time in the endless procession of organizational splendor.
The College Men of Central Ohio
Omicron Rho Initiates Two
Before he graduates this year, David L. Williams II secured two additions
to Omicron Rho Chapter, after graduations left only him on the roster. He returns
as President, Director of Intake, Director of Educational Activities - Attends Ohio
Dominican University as a Senior he is a Double major in Business Administration and Marketing.
Terrell D. Knight - Vice President, Recording Secretary, Associate Editor to the Sphinx - Attends Ohio Dominican University as a Junior, he is an International Business major with a minor in Political Science
Richard A. Cooper - Treasurer, Financial Secretary, Parliamentarian,
Sergeant at Arms - Attends Franklin University as a Junior, is an Accounting Major with a minor in Finance. He is also the Central Ohio Assistant Area Director.
Rho Upsilon Trio
Graduates
Rho Upsilon - Christopher Moore, Robert Barry, David Brade and
Cortez Hicks. Barry could use support from area Brothers.
Rho Upsilon graduated a
Omicron Rho — (L to R) David Williams with initiates
few good men and they
Richard Cooper and Terrell Knight of Omicron Rho.
will be missed. Three of
the campus four have
completed their time. Christopher B. Moore - Communication Major
with a Minor in Education, David V. Brade - Communication Major
Cortez M. Hicks - Education and Black Studies Double Major with a
Minor in Women’s Studies. Remaining is Robert Barry - (Junior) Psychology and black Studies Major.
Kappa Chapter Returns — (top L to R) Darryl Peal; Central Ohio Area Director Eric Brandon, Daryle Cobb; Roy Hodge; Jonathan Ross; and ΑΡΛ. Pres.
Milton Woodard. (middle L to R) Terry Dancy, Jibril Alim, Alvin Jackson, Howard Patton, Anthony Sallee and Michael Paitoo. (bottom row L to R) Mark
Payne, Keith White, Brandon smith, Jameel Rainey, William Crawford and John Payne. Not pictured who assisted in the intake were David Williams of Omicron Rho and Donald Ross of ΑΡΛ. Details on the members of Kappa Chapter will appear in the next issue of The Illuminator.
Collegiate Alphas
Phi Chapter Initiates, Elects and Graduates
Φ
Phi Events
Program — TBA
Wednesday September 21, 2011
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Social Event — TBA
Saturday September 24, 2011
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
(top L to R) Walter Dillard Jr., Nick Jerome Banks, Gregory Richards, Albert Williams, JeRome Wilson. (bottom L to R) Jerry Valentine, Harvey Smith Jr., Terence Robinson, Donald Lindsay, Anthony “Alex” Feagin, Arthur Green, were the men of Phi Chapter at
year’s end.
Bro. Harvey Smith, II [Graduated]
Classification: Senior
Major: Visual Communication
Hometown: Akron, OH
Bro. Albert Williams [Returning]
Classification: Senior
Major: Business Economics, Finance
Hometown: The Bronx, New York
Bro. Nick Banks [Returning]
Classification: Junior
Major: Communication Studies
Hometown: Elyria, OH
Bro. Jerome Wilson [Returning]
Classification: Senior
Major: Finance/ Management and
Strategic Leadership
Hometown: Cincinnati, OH
Bro. Gregory Richards [Returning]
Classification: Senior
Major: Accounting, Finance
Hometown: The Bronx, New
York
Bro. Malcolm Branch [NOT Returning,
attending college in Chicago]
Classification: Junior
Major: Biological Sciences/PreMed, Psychology
Hometown: Chicago, IL
Bro. Donald Lindsay [Returning]
Classification: Senior
Major: Marketing, Japanese
Hometown: Columbus, OH
Bro. Terence Robertson [Returning]
Classification: Senior
Major: Undecided
Hometown: Columbus, Ohio
Bro. Anthony "Alex" Feagin
[Returning] Classification: Junior
Major: Political Science
Hometown: Virginia Beach, Virginia
Bro. Jerry Valentine [Returning]
Classification: Junior
Major: Exercise Physiology
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Bro. Arthur Green, III [Returning]
Classification: Junior
Major: Sport management major/
business minor
Hometown: Lima/Columbus, OH
Bro. Walter Dillard [Returning]
Classification: Junior
Major: Sociology Criminology
Hometown: Cleveland Ohio
Chapter Executive Board
President: Bro. Donald Lindsay
Vice President: Bro. Jerry Valentine
Secretary: Bro. Terence Robertson
Treasurer: Bro. Gregory Richards
Sergeant-at-Arms: Bro. Jerome Wilson
Chaplain: Bro. Walter Dillard
Director of Ed. Programs: Bro. Nicholas
Banks
Co. Director of Ed. Programs: Bro. Alex
Feagin
Assoc. Editor of Sphinx: Bro. Donald
Lindsay
Parliamentarian: Bro. Donald Lindsay
Historian: Bro. Terence Robertson
Omega Chapter Roster Adds Five Central Ohio Alphamen
Bowen
Jefferson
Williams
Tyree
Bro. Lucien Wright—4/24/1915-4/30/2011 (1936) Kappa
Bro. John Bowen III—10/4/1926-5/27/2011 (1944) Nu
Bro. Dr. Alfred Jefferson—4/13/1929-6/10/2011 (1949) Phi
Bro. Elbert Williams—7/17/1930-6/26/2011 (1961) Delta Epsilon Lambda
Bro. Clifford Tyree—9/25/1925-8/3/2011 (1951) Kappa
How amazing and blessed we have been to have had
among our membership some many stalwarts of the Central
Ohio Community and members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Incorporated. In a four-month timeframe, five Omega services
were conducted by Brothers in honor of the new entrants to
Omega Chapter.
Among this group was an educator, a legislator, a physician, a veteran and an advocate.
Between them years of membership were respectively: 75, 67,
62, 50 and 60, for a total of 309 years of service.
Those we lost between April 30, 2011 and August 3,
A true servant of all has
led a stellar group of Alphadom
into our Omega Chapter. Bro.
Lucien “Bus” Wright was the
first of those for whom Alpha
Rho Lambda Brothers conducted
the rite of passage in recent
months.
He was the most senior
in age, 96, and most senior in
membership, 75. He was elected
as a vice-present, when Bro.
Charles Wesley, was ending his
term as General President.
We will miss them all.
2011, included: Bro. Lucien Wright, our 5th Midwestern Regional Vice President; Bro. John Bowen, attorney and former
Ohio State Senator; Bro. Alfred Jefferson, who helped bring
over 2,000 infants into the world; Bro. Elbert “El Dawg” Williams, Korean War veteran and federal government servant; and
Bro. Clifford Tyree, advocate for juvenile offenders and a local
civil rights icon.
Each had a dignity and greatness that truly reflected
the legacy of leadership Alphas advocate they emulate. May we
all be thankful for not only their service, but respectful of the
example they provided.
Looking back -- The photo to the left was provided by
Mrs. Gloria Jefferson, widow of Bro. Dr. Al Jefferson.
Her kindness in providing this item, as well as the thanks
from the families for the Omega Services is appreciated.
New Alpha Esquires — Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter Brothers saw the Alpha Esquires Youth Development Group
grow in August after the graduation of five in June. Participants included: (standing l to r) Bro. Eric Brandon; Jordan
McDonald, Brookwood Comm. Learning Ctr.; Austin Mitchell, Eastmoor Academy; Camden Taylor, Eastmoor Academy;
Bro. Carlos Bing; Miles Highter, Bishop Hartley; Malcolm Clayborn Reynoldsburg; Josh George, Westerville Central;
Bro. Ronald George; (seated l to r) Bro. Don Bess; Darius Ford, Beechcroft; Bro. John Gore; Rashaan Holloway,
Gahanna Lincoln; and Bro. Bernardo Amerson. Not pictured were: Taylor Robinson, Pickerington Central; Isaac Cason,
St. Charles; Muata Howard, Bishop Hartley; and Jahi Dial, Wellington.
Central Ohio Alpha Events
Alpha Rho Lambda
Chapter Meeting
Saturday, September 10, 2011 6:00PM
288 South Hamilton Road
DRESS — Alpha Attire/Chapter photo at 5:00PM
Kappa
No Events Reported
Omicron Rho
No Events Reported
Rho Upsilon
Involvement Fair
Denison’s Academic Quad (Outside)
Thursday, September 1, 2011 4:30 PM - 6:30 PM
Voteless/Hopeless: Voter Registration Drive
Slayter Union (2nd Floor)
Thursday, September 22, 2011 12:30 PM - 1:30P M
Other Events
UNCF Walk-a-Thon at Wolfe Park
Saturday, September 17, 2011 7:30AM
HBCU College Fair at Barnett Recreation Center
Saturday, September 17, 2011 6:00PM
Alpha Prayer Designed to Embrace All
For those who are not aware, when the Fraternity Prayer was
presented at the General Convention in 1933, it was constructed in
such a way that all those who are of faith and those without faith, could
equally recite the words without violating their respective beliefs. What
appears was taken from the March 1934 issue of The Sphinx.
Alpha & Nation Honors Our Brother and His Dream
His was the dream of a nation united in the
cause of equality. As there were some who thought
that high ideal died with him on April 4, 1968, some
of his fraternity brothers felt differently,
In their fallen leader they did not see the
end of a movement, but it took time to see how to
quantify the achievements of that brother’s brief 39
years. How to adequately address the magnitude of
the life of Bro. Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
would not be determined until one day in 1983,
when some of his Alpha Phi Alpha brothers decided
a national memorial is what the nation needed.
The idea was led by Bro. George Sealey,
of Iota Upsilon Lambda Chapter, who was joined by
Brothers Alfred Bailey, Oscar Little, Eddie Madison
and John Harvey. Their seed of a proposal was presented at the January 1984 fraternity Board of Directors meeting during the administration of Bro.
Ozell Sutton.
It was an interesting coincidence that Sutton was the General President at that time. Thirteen
years earlier he was in the room next door to Bro.
King at the Lorraine Motel, when the civil rights
icon was assassinated.
That idea became a proposal. That proposal was presented before Congress who granted
permission to move forward. It was then signed into law by then-President Bill Clinton in 1996. From there the wrangling began
over locations, followed by architectural presentations, followed by fundraising that led to construction.
It culminated with a magnificent edifice that acknowledged the life of one man, the will of one organization, the power of
one movement, and the true spirit of brotherhood that exists in Americans as a people.
Alpha Phi Fraternity Incorporated
Alpha Rho Lambda Chapter
Attn., Illuminator Editor
Post Office Box 360733
Columbus, OH 43236.0733