History & Mission of the Fort Lee Alumni Chapter
of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

Chapter History and Mission

The Fort Lee (VA) Alumni Chapter, Kappa Alpha Psi, Fraternity Incorporated continues to grow in part through the Grand Chapter's establishment of Alumni Chapters, chartered to operate in specific geographical areas. Our mission is to sustain this prescribed membership and perpetuate the ideals and goals of the Grand Chapter and our Noble Fraternity.

The Fort Lee (VA) Alumni Chapter (EP), or FLAC, received its charter even though there was a chapter already in the Tri-City area of Virginia. It was determined that the Military and civilian personnel in the area definitely needed an Alumni Chapter they could identify with during their tours of duty while at Fort Lee. The written justification stated, that membership in the Petersburg Alumni Chapter would not suffer because of the additional chapter and on November 22, 1980, the Fort Lee (VA) Alumni Chapter (EP), or FLAC was acknowledged as a chartered chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.

Charter Members, Past Officers and Membership Groups

From the beginning, FLAC had men of vision and resolve. The Thirteen Charter Members wanted to have a Kappa Chapter which would strive for achievement and fellowship in the great tradition of the most "Illustrious Brother Elder Watson Diggs."

FLAC was chartered on November 22, 1980. Charter members were Brothers:

Frederick Atkins Ollie Brown Herbert G. Coleman, Polemarch William B. Croom Nathaniel Fleming II

Alan Johnson Richard F. Oliver Gene Page Earl Robbins, Jr. Turhan Robinson

George Snoddy Charlie F. Thompson Andrew White

FLAC's Past Polemarchs were:

Herbert G. Coleman - 1980 - 1982 William B. Croom - 1982 - 1986 Roland P. Thompson - 1986 - 1988 David O. Lee - 1988 - 1992 Ralph R. Tate - 1992 - 1994

Charles R. Thornton - 1994 - 1996 Richard W. Turner, Sr. - 1996 - 2000 William S. Sivels - 2000 - 2004 Calvin Lee, Sr. 2004 - 2007 Michael Edwards, 2008 - Present

FLAC has inducted over 20+ membership groups since its chartering in 1980. Intake names for those lines include:

First Five Pillars Six by Six Three of a Kind Four Links Four for One

Exodus II Genesis Nine Four Cornerstones Inseparable Four Two the Hard Way

The Triangle Four Crossroads Nu Birth Diverse III Four Diamonds

1 by 2 2 of Diamonds Solitude by One Millennium 3 Diamond Trio

The Chapter has grown in membership and activities since its charter. Each line has brought together men with varied thoughts and backgrounds. However, each line was molded into an ONENESS, a togetherness which helped each individual grow in the Bond of Fraternal Life, reflecting unselfishness and a striving thirst for honorable achievement in every field of human endeavor.

This history will continue to be revised and updated as FLAC continues to grow and serve the Tri-Cities community, Fort Lee, the Eastern Province and the Grand Chapter of our great Fraternity, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated.

 

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