ENROLLED 2019 Regular Session HOUSE RESOLUTION NO. 87 BY REPRESENTATIVES COX, GARY CARTER, JAMES, AND DUSTIN MILLER A RESOLUTION To recognize Tuesday, April 30, 2019, as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated Day at the state capitol. WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated is celebrating eighty-three years of achievement in the Southwestern Province; and WHEREAS, the Southwestern Province has fashioned four Grand Polemarchs: Richard B. Millspaugh, the seventeenth Grand Polemarch; Elbert E. Allen, the twenty-first Grand Polemarch; Dwayne M. Murray, the thirty-first Grand Polemarch; and William "Randy" Bates, Jr., the thirty-second Grand Polemarch; and WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated is comprised of undergraduate and alumni chapters on major college campuses and in cities throughout the country; and WHEREAS, the fraternity was established on January 5, 1911, on the campus of Indiana University at Bloomington, Indiana, and its establishment effectively planted the seed of a fraternal tree whose fruit is now available to college men everywhere, regardless of color, religion, or national origin; and WHEREAS, the constitution of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated is dedicated to the principles of achievement and democratic governance; and WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity was originally chartered and incorporated as Kappa Alpha Nu on May 15, 1911, and the name was changed to Kappa Alpha Psi by a resolution offered and adopted at the Grand Chapter Meeting in December 1914, which became effective April 15, 1915; and WHEREAS, from its inception, every endeavor of the fraternity was directed toward establishing a strong foundation before embarking on plans of expansion; and Page 1 of 2 HR NO. 87 ENROLLED WHEREAS, except for the years of World War I and World War II, during which time several Grand Chapter meetings were suspended, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity embarked upon an era of expansion and growth; and WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated is now organizationally and administratively mature, and the fraternity steadily moves toward a tomorrow of promise, productivity, and influence. THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives of the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby recognize Tuesday, April 30, 2019, as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated Day at the state capitol. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the Southwestern Province Council of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated. SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Page 2 of 2