- Charles H. Chapman
Charles Henry Chapman was one of the ("commonly referred to as Jewels") of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at
Cornell University in 1906. During the organization stages of Alpha chapter, he was the first chairman of the "Committees on Initiation and Organization".Chapman entered the field of
higher education and eventually became Professor ofAgriculture at what is nowFlorida A&M University (FAMU). During his tenure at FAMU, Chapman was a founder of the fraternity's [http://www.betanu.org/ Beta Nu] chapter.Charles Henry Chapman died in 1934 and his university funeral was held with noticeable Fraternity participation as Chapman became the first Jewel to enter Omega chapter.
External links
* [http://www.alphaphialpha.net/ Alpha Phi Alpha website]
References
*cite book | last=Wesley |first=Charles H. |authorlink=Charles H. Wesley| title=The History of Alpha Phi Alpha, A Development in College Life | origyear=1928 |publisher=Foundation Publishers | year=1981 | id=ASIN: B000ESQ14W
*cite book | author=Mason, Herman "Skip" | title=The Talented Tenth: The Founders and Presidents of Alpha | origyear=1997 | publisher=Four-G Publishers, Inc| year=1999| id=ISBN 1-885066-63-5 | chapter='The Reclaimed Jewel'—Vertner Woodson Tandy
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