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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 45
BY SENATOR CARTER
A RESOLUTION
To recognize Tuesday, April 25, 2023, as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, Day at
the state capitol.
WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated, is celebrating eighty-seven
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, Esq., 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
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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,
Incorporated 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 Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
does hereby recognize Tuesday, April 25, 2023, as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Incorporated,
Day at the state capitol.
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
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