Full Text of HR0016 97th General Assembly
HR0016 97TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded on | 3 | | January 5, 1911, in Bloomington, Indiana, on the campus of | 4 | | Indiana University; 2011 is the 100th anniversary of the | 5 | | organization; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded | 7 | | nearly fifty years after the end of slavery; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, The Fraternity fashioned Achievement as its | 9 | | fundamental purpose and united college men of culture, | 10 | | patriotism, and honor in a Bond of Fraternity; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi sponsors programs providing | 12 | | community service, social welfare, and academic scholarship; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi | 15 | | Fraternity, Inc. was chartered as the first Alumni Chapter on | 16 | | April 17, 1919, in the City of Chicago; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Metro Chapters of Kappa Alpha Psi was | 18 | | established in 1984 and now consists of Alumni Chapters from | 19 | | Chicago, Gary, Indiana, Evanston, Chicago Heights, Waukegan, | 20 | | Maywood-Wheaton, Harvey-Markham, and Richton Park, and |
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| 1 | | Undergraduate Chapters of Theta, Iota, Epsilon Omicron, Zeta | 2 | | Alpha, Theta Zeta, Iota Lambda, and Kappa Phi; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, The Chicago Metro Chapters celebrate the | 4 | | Fraternity's 100th anniversary during its 27th Annual Chicago | 5 | | Metro Founders' Day Celebration on January 15, 2011; therefore, | 6 | | be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we recognize the past and ongoing contributions of the Chicago | 10 | | Metro Chapters of the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.; and be | 11 | | it further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to a representative of the Chicago Metro Chapters of | 14 | | Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. as a symbol of our respect and | 15 | | esteem.
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