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The campus of Indiana University at that time did not encourage the assimilation of Blacks. Kappa Alpha Psi is the second oldest existing collegiate historically Black Greek letter organization and the first intercollegiate fraternity incorporated as a national body. [1]
The Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation, established in 1981, is the philanthropic arm of the fraternity and assists both alumni and undergraduate chapters in support of scholarships, after-school programs, and national projects such as Habitat for Humanity. [21] The Kappa Alpha Psi Foundation was conceived by Oliver S. Gumbs, the 23rd Grand Polemarch.
Kappa Alpha Psi (ΚΑΨ), an international historically Black fraternity, has chartered over 400 undergraduate chapters in the continental United States, plus alumni and international chapters. The fraternity has over 150,000 members and is divided into twelve provinces (districts/regions), with each chapter under the aegis of a province.
In 2017, Kappa Alpha Psi presented Adkins with the Laurel Wreath, the highest award presented to a member who demonstrates global and national groundbreaking achievements that have shaped the world. In 2024, Adkins was inducted into the Georgia Tech College of Engineering Hall of Fame.
Builders of a Greater Arizona Award (1969); Phoenix Urban League Man of the Year Award, Distinguished Service Achievement Award from Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity (1970); American Legion National Commander's Public Relations Award, Veteran of Foreign Wars Commander in Chief's Gold Medal Award and Citation (1971); Capital Press Club, Washington, D ...
Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity 1938 [25] National Academy of Engineering, Member, elected in 1976; American Society of Mechanical Engineers; American Nuclear Society, Board of Directors, 1967–77, President, 1974–75; National Research Council of the United States, Advisory Committee on Reactor Safeguards, Chairman, 1990–94;
1949 Alpha chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity Man of the Year; 1950 Designated Diplomat for American Board of Examiners in Professional Psychology; 1951 Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity Middle-Eastern Provincial Achievement Award; Northwestern University's Alumni Merit Award; Honorary doctor's degree from West Virginia State College
Kappa Psi Pharmaceutical Fraternity, Incorporated (ΚΨ) is the largest professional pharmaceutical fraternity in the world with more than 6,000 student members and more than 87,000 alumni members. [1] It was founded in 1879 at Russell Military Academy in New Haven, Connecticut as the Society of Kappa Psi.