Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter
Achievements
December 1924 - Robert S. Abbott and Founder Elder W. Diggs receive Laurel Wreath Award from Grand Polemarch W. Ellis Stewart
​Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter Achievements
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Home of Kappa Alpha Psi’s FIRST Alumni Chapter
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Host of 6 Grand Chapter Meetings (1919, 1922, 1933, 1942, 1953, 1979)
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Home of:
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4 Founders - Byron K. Armstrong, Ezra D. Alexander, Paul W. Caine, and Edward G. Irvin
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7 Past Grand Polemarchs
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1 Grand Keeper of Records
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1 Grand Keeper of Exchequer
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1 Grand Keeper of Records and Exchequer
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15 members of the Grand Board of Directors
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3 Grand Historians
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10 Past North Central Province Polemarchs
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7 Laurel Wreath Laureates
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2 Elder Watson Diggs Awardees
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2 William L. Crump History Awardees
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Grand Chapter Awards
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Jay Crosby Guide Right/Kappa League Program of the Year (2009)
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Reclamation - Large Chapter (2011)
North Central Province Awards
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Paul W. Caine Alumni Large Chapter of the Year (2007, 2009-2016, 2018, 2022, 2024); Extra-large (2026)
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Jay Crosby - Kappa League Program of the Year (2008, 2010, 2011, 2017-2019)
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Reclamation - Large Chapter (2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017) – category unspecified
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(#) 2011, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021, 2022); Extra-large (2026)
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(%) 2011, 2012, 2016, 2018); Extra-large (2026)
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Most Outstanding Website (2007, 2014-2019, 2022, 2026)
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Undergraduate Chapter Advisor of the Year, 2nd Place (2006)
National Pan-Hellenic Council - Chicago Sankofa Award
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Alumni Chapter of the Year - Large (2007, 2009-2011, 2020)
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Outstanding Original Program of the Year (2008, 2009, 2020)
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Divine Nine Outstanding Service Legacy Award (2020)
Chicago (IL) Alumni Member Achievements
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1924: 2nd Laurel Wreath Laureate, Robert S. Abbott*
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1929: 5th Laurel Wreath Laureate, J. Ernest Wilkins
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1944:
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6th Laurel Wreath Laureate, Byron K. Armstrong^
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9th Laurel Wreath Laureate, C. Leon Wilson
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1945: 10th Laurel Wreath Laureate, W. Ellis Stewart
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1948: 14th Laurel Wreath Laureate, Earl B. Dickerson
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1968: 19th Laurel Wreath Laureate, C. Rodger Wilson
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1976: 24th Laurel Wreath Laureate, Edward G. Irvin
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1979: 21st Elder Watson Diggs Awardee, E. Albert Dumas
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2003: 46th Guy L. Grant Awardee, Dramaine R. Irions^
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2008-2010: NCP Bert V. Watkins Awardee, Rodney Gore*
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2009: Grand Chapter Bert V. Watkins Awardee, Rodney Gore*
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2011:
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William L. Crump History Awardee, Kevin P. Scott*
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NCP C. Rodger Wilson Most Distinguished Alumni Awardee, Michael C. Hughes, Sr.
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NCP Extraordinary Service Awardee, Kevin P. Scott*
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2012:
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NCP Bert V. Watkins Guide Right Director of the Year Awardee, Rodney Gore*
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2019: William L. Crump History Awardee, Aaron S. Williams
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2020: NPHC-C Outstanding Service Legacy Awardee, Michael C. Hughes, Sr.
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2021: NCP Bert V. Watkins Guide Right Director of the Year Awardee, Ja’ami Dawan
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2022:
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NCP Eldridge T. Freeman Spirit Awardee, Melvin Flowers
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NCP Leon W. Steward – Outstanding Kappa League Member Awardee, Stephen Thomas
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2025: 127th Elder Watson Diggs Awardee, Kevin P. Scott
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2026:
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NCP Eldridge T. Freeman, Jr. Spirit Awardee, Brandon Bradford
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NCP Raymond E. Marbury Senior Kappa Awardee, Huron A. Dukes, Jr.
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NCP Leon W. Steward Outstanding Kappa League Member Awardee, Bryce Mason
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* Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter initiate
^ Not a member of the Chicago (IL) Alumni Chapter at the time the award was bestowed
