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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate | ||||||
3 | Greek-letter fraternity established for African American men, | ||||||
4 | was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven | ||||||
5 | college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of | ||||||
6 | brotherhood among African descendants in the United States; the | ||||||
7 | visionary founders are known as the "Jewels" of the fraternity; | ||||||
8 | and
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9 | WHEREAS, The fraternity initially served as a study and | ||||||
10 | support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice, | ||||||
11 | both educationally and socially, at Cornell; the Jewel founders | ||||||
12 | and early leaders of the fraternity succeeded in laying a firm | ||||||
13 | foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha's principles of scholarship, | ||||||
14 | fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha chapters were established at other | ||||||
16 | colleges and universities; the first alumni chapter was | ||||||
17 | established in 1911; and | ||||||
18 | WHEREAS, The roots of Tau Chapter are based in the 1915 | ||||||
19 | founding of the Beta Pi Fraternity; the Ninth Convention of | ||||||
20 | Alpha Phi Fraternity, Inc. elected to induct the members of | ||||||
21 | Beta Pi into the fraternity as its 18th undergraduate chapter; | ||||||
22 | and |
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1 | WHEREAS, The Tau Chapter at the University of Illinois was | ||||||
2 | installed on March 23, 1917 by Brother
George P. Hinton of Pi | ||||||
3 | Chapter; the first President of Tau Chapter was George A. | ||||||
4 | Ferguson; charter
members were H.K. Barnett, Benjamin C. | ||||||
5 | Duster, Lewis Giles, Clifton Hardy, R.E. Mizell, E.J. Powell,
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6 | Theodore Roane, W.H. Sutton, Ross Taylor, and A.E. Woodruff; | ||||||
7 | and | ||||||
8 | WHEREAS, Many notable Tau Chapter alumni were leaders in | ||||||
9 | the fields of public service, education, and
business, | ||||||
10 | including Richard Harewod, the first African American elected | ||||||
11 | State Representative; Clifton Hardy, the
first African | ||||||
12 | American to graduate from the University of Chicago School of | ||||||
13 | Business Administration in 1921; William L. Camfield, the first | ||||||
14 | African American to receive a Ph.D. in accountancy at the | ||||||
15 | University of Illinois; and
Charles E. McGee, a Tuskegee Airman | ||||||
16 | in the 332nd who holds the record of 409 fighter combat | ||||||
17 | missions
flown during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam; he was | ||||||
18 | inducted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame
in 2011; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. recognized the | ||||||
20 | need to help correct the educational, economic, political, and | ||||||
21 | social injustices faced by African Americans; Alpha develops | ||||||
22 | leaders, promotes brotherhood and economic excellence, while | ||||||
23 | providing service and advocacy for their communities; and
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1 | WHEREAS, The 18th House of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. | ||||||
2 | known as Too Tuff Tau, is celebrating its 100th anniversary at | ||||||
3 | the University of Illinois; therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
5 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
6 | recognize the 100th anniversary of the Tau Chapter of Alpha Phi | ||||||
7 | Alpha at the University of Illinois, and we wish them many more | ||||||
8 | wonderful years; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to the Tau Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha at the | ||||||
11 | University of Illinois.
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