Omega Psi Phi Questions and answers
Henry Arthur Callis - ✅✅Physician; Professor of Medicine at Howard University; Co-author of
fraternity name with EK Jones; Served as 6th general president; Wrote the 2nd initiation ritual with EK
Jones after 1st one was lost; Designed the shingle with Lemuel E. Graves; last founder to enter the
Omega Chapter
Charles Henry Chapman - ✅✅Professor of Agriculture at Florida A&M University; First Chairman of
the Committees on Initiation & Organization; Founded the FAMU's Beta Nu chapter; A lover of animals;
1st founder to enter Omega chapter
Eugene Kinkle Jones - ✅✅Executive Secretary of the National Urban League;
Maker/founder/Organized 2nd 3rd 4th chapters (Beta, Gamma, Delta) Alpha Lambda Alumni Chapter;
Co-authored fraternity name with HA Callis; Only founder to be initiated into the fraternity with Lemuel
E. Graves & Gordon H. Jones; Wrote 2nd initiation ritual with HA Callis from memory after the 1st one
was lost; Last founder to be designated "Jewel" in 1952"; Member of 1st committees as on Organization,
Constitution, & Pins; Alpha Chapter 2nd President
George Biddle Kelley - ✅✅Civil Engineer; first African American registered in New York; Strongest
proponent of the fraternity idea; Alpha's chapter's 1st President; Served on committee for the
handshake; Chairman and writer for the 1st initiation ritual; motioned credit for naming the fraternity
Nathaniel Allison Murray - ✅✅Teacher at Armstrong Vocational High School in D.C.; Served on
committee on organization of the new fraternal group, as well as the committee on the grip; entered
the Omega chapter in 1959 of Los Angeles, CA
Robert Harold Ogle - ✅✅Secretary for US Senate Appropriations Committee; Proposed fraternity
colors; Alpha's chapter 1st Secretary; Served on the committee and wrote with GB Kelley the 1st
initiation ritual; Lived at 411 E. State St, 2nd fraternity house
Vertner Woodson Tandy - ✅✅Architect; 1st registered African American Architect for New York;
Designed fraternity pin; Started the incorporation of the fraternity; Alpha's chapter 1st Treasurer;
designer of Madam CJ Walker mansion; Roommate with EK Jones at Cornell University; First black man
to pass military exam & receive 1st Lieutenant status
Henry Arthur Callis - ✅✅Physician; Professor of Medicine at Howard University; Co-author of
fraternity name with EK Jones; Served as 6th general president; Wrote the 2nd initiation ritual with EK
Jones after 1st one was lost; Designed the shingle with Lemuel E. Graves; last founder to enter the
Omega Chapter
Charles Henry Chapman - ✅✅Professor of Agriculture at Florida A&M University; First Chairman of
the Committees on Initiation & Organization; Founded the FAMU's Beta Nu chapter; A lover of animals;
1st founder to enter Omega chapter
Eugene Kinkle Jones - ✅✅Executive Secretary of the National Urban League;
Maker/founder/Organized 2nd 3rd 4th chapters (Beta, Gamma, Delta) Alpha Lambda Alumni Chapter;
Co-authored fraternity name with HA Callis; Only founder to be initiated into the fraternity with Lemuel
E. Graves & Gordon H. Jones; Wrote 2nd initiation ritual with HA Callis from memory after the 1st one
was lost; Last founder to be designated "Jewel" in 1952"; Member of 1st committees as on Organization,
Constitution, & Pins; Alpha Chapter 2nd President
George Biddle Kelley - ✅✅Civil Engineer; first African American registered in New York; Strongest
proponent of the fraternity idea; Alpha's chapter's 1st President; Served on committee for the
handshake; Chairman and writer for the 1st initiation ritual; motioned credit for naming the fraternity
Nathaniel Allison Murray - ✅✅Teacher at Armstrong Vocational High School in D.C.; Served on
committee on organization of the new fraternal group, as well as the committee on the grip; entered
the Omega chapter in 1959 of Los Angeles, CA
Robert Harold Ogle - ✅✅Secretary for US Senate Appropriations Committee; Proposed fraternity
colors; Alpha's chapter 1st Secretary; Served on the committee and wrote with GB Kelley the 1st
initiation ritual; Lived at 411 E. State St, 2nd fraternity house
Vertner Woodson Tandy - ✅✅Architect; 1st registered African American Architect for New York;
Designed fraternity pin; Started the incorporation of the fraternity; Alpha's chapter 1st Treasurer;
designer of Madam CJ Walker mansion; Roommate with EK Jones at Cornell University; First black man
to pass military exam & receive 1st Lieutenant status
