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Jewel Henry Arthur Callis

Jewel Henry Arthur Callis

Jewel Charles Henry Chapman

Jewel Charles Henry Chapman

Jewel Eugene Kinckle Jones

Jewel Eugene Kinckle Jones

Jewel George Biddle Kelley

Jewel George Biddle Kelley

Jewel Nathaniel Allison Murray

Jewel Nathaniel Allison Murray

Jewel Robert Harold Ogle

Jewel Robert Harold Ogle

Jewel Vertner Woodson Tandy

Jewel Vertner Woodson Tandy

THE

SEVEN 

JEWELS

ALPHA PHI ALPHA FOUNDERS

(THE SEVEN JEWELS)

6th General President of Alpha Phi Alpha, Practicing Physician, Howard University's Professor of Medicine, and Entered Omega Chapter in 1974.

 

HENRY ARTHUR CALLIS

CHARLES HENRY CHAPMAN

Founder of FAMU's Beta Nu Chapter, Professor of Agriculture at Florida A & M University, and Entered Omega Chapter in 1934.

 

EUGENE KINCKLE JONES

Alpha Chapter's 2nd President, Organized Alpha, Beta and Gamma Chapters, First Executive Secretary of the National Urban League, and Entered Omega Chapter in 1954.

 

GEORGE BIDDLE KELLEY

Alpha Chapter's First President, First African American, Engineer registered in the state of New York, Member of Beta Pi Lambda Chapter, and Entered Omega Chapter in 1963.

NATHANIEL ALLISON MURRAY

Chartered member of Washington's Mu Lambda Chapter, Educator at Armstrong Vocational High School in Washington D.C., and Entered Omega Chapter in 1959.

ROBERT HAROLD OGLE

Alpha Chapter's First Secretary, Chartered member of Washington's Mu Lambda Chapter, Professional staff member to the U.S. Senate, and Entered Omega Chapter in 1936.

VERTNER WOODSON TANDY

Alpha Chapter's First Treasurer, New York's First Registered Architect, First African American to pass the military commissioning examination, 1st. Lieutenant in the 15th Infantry of the New York State's National Guard, and Entered Omega Chapter in 1949.

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