KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC.
North Central Province History
North Central Province History:
The “Mighty” North Central Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Established in 1920, the North Central Province of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. serves the states of Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
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Originally established as District 2, it was District 2 for two years, then became Region 2 from 1922 - 1925. In 1926, it became the Central Province of the Fraternity, then as the Fraternity expanded, it became the North Central Province in 1935.
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Harrison R. Duke*, 1920 - 1923
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Thomas Mayo*, 1923 - 1924
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Joseph Snowden*, 1924 - 1925
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C. Udell Turpin*, 1925 - 1926
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William Harrison*, 1926 - 1927
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Clarence Leon Wilson*, 1927 - 1929
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Robert L. Bailey*, 1930 - 1931
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Julius L. Morgan*, 1931 - 1946
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Carl D. Hughes*, 1946 - 1948
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Theodore W. Coggs*, 1948 - 1949
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Julius L. Morgan*, 1949 - 1953
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George C. Lewis*, 1953 - 1954
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Theodore W. Coggs*, 1954 - 1955
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Henry E. Bennett, Sr.*, 1955 - 1963
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Arthur L. Grist, 1963 - 1965
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Floyd V. Campbell*, 1966 - 1967
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Eldridge T. Freeman, Jr.*, 1968 - 1970
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John E. Sullivan, III*, 1971 - 1972
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Floyd V. Campbell*, 1973 - 1976
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Wesley S. Chapman*, 1976 - 1979
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William H. Roach*, 1979 - 1985
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Daniel Dixon, III*, 1985 - 1990
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Myron L. Hardiman, 1990 - 1994
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Larry McKenzie, 1995 - 1996
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Michael C. Hughes, Sr., 1997 - 2000
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Stevenson Nicholson, 2001 - 2007
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Michael J. Owens, 2007 - 2011
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Korlon L. Kilpatrick, II, 2011 - 2017
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Byron C. Thornton, 2017 - 2023
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Darren R. Adams, 2023 - Present
*Denotes Chapter Invisible
Italics indicate Polemarch who served more than one non-consecutive time in office.
Scroll of North Central Province Polemarchs
METRO CHICAGO CHAPTERS FOUNDERS' DAY
2010 hosted by Waukegan Alumni Chapter
L-R: Brian Ford, Tony Wilson, Stephen Freeman, Steven Massie, Harral Allen, Morlot Williams, Willie Carter
2011 hosted by Chicago Alumni Chapter
L-R: Al Bailey, Ralph Sprott (Chapter Invisible), Brian Ford, Steven Massie, Bond Thomas
2012 hosted by Chicago Heights Alumni Chapter
L-R: Harral Allen, Tony Wilson, Al Bailey, Bond Thomas, Fred Fleming
2013 hosted by Evergreen Park Alumni Chapter
L-R: Jeff Hughes (Gary Alumni Chapter), Bond Thomas, Harral Allen
2015 hosted by Gary Alumni Chapter
L-R: Fred Fleming, Al Bailey, Rodney Lamb, Bond Thomas, Harral Allen
2016 hosted by Harvey-Markham Alumni Chapter
L-R: Rodney Lamb, Morlot Williams, Fred Fleming, Tony Wilson, Willie Carter, Harral Allen, Bond Thomas
2018 North Central Founders' Day, hosted by Richton Park Alumni Chapter
L-R: Harral Allen, Harold Greene, Fred Fleming, Morlot Williams, William Peete, Willie Carter, Art Jones
L-R: Harral Allen, Bond Thomas, Morlot Williams, William Peete, Willie Carter, Art Jones
L-R: Harral Allen, Bond Thomas, Morlot Williams, William Peete, Whalen Peete, Art Jones
2019 hosted by Waukegan Alumni Chapter
Standing L-R: Al Bailey, Spencer Ivy, Fred Fleming, Harold Green, Eddie Exum, Tony Wilson,
Seated L-R: Bond Thomas, Harral Allen, William Peete, Morlot Williams, Willie Carter, William Mensie
2020 hosted by Calumet City-Lansing Alumni Chapter
Standing: Harold Greene
Seated L-R: Fred Fleming, Willie Carter, Carl Belser, Harral Allen, William Mensie, Bond Thomas
2022 hosted by Chicago Alumni Chapter
Standing L-R: Al Bailey, Golden DeAngelo (St. Paul-Minneapolis Alumni), Herbert King, Seated L-R: Harral Allen, Bond Thomas
2023 hosted by Chicago Heights Alumni Chapter
Standing L-R: Harral Allen, Terry Atwater, Fred Fleming (Milwaukee Alumni), Eric Williams, Herbert King.
Seated L-R: Bond Thomas, Clifford Franklin (Grand Board Member), Reuben Shelton (Grand Polemarch), Joe Lewis (Grand Chief of Staff), Willie Carter, Danzie Dicker.
2024 hosted by Evanston Alumni Chapter
L-R: Ty Bonds, Dudley Bright, Danzie Dicker, Bond Thomas, Darryl Williams, Willie Carter.