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Fraternity History

From 1911 until Forever...

Kappa Alpha Psi, a college fraternity, now comprised of functioning Undergraduate and Alumni Chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the country, is the crystallization of a dream.

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It is the beautiful realization of a vision shared commonly by the following founders of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.

General Information

  • Founding Date: January 5, 1911

  • Founding University: Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana

  • Incorporation Date: May 15, 1911

  • Name Change Date: April 15, 1915

  • Old Official Flower: Trailing Arbitus

  • Official Flower: Red Carnation

  • Fundamental Purpose: Achievement

  • Motto: Achievement in every field of human endeavor

  • Official Colors: Crimson and Cream

  • Founders:

    • Elder Watson Diggs

    • Byron Kenneth Armstrong

    • Ezra Dee Alexander

    • Henry Tourner Asher

    • Marcus Peter Blakemore

    • Paul Weymond Caine

    • George Wesley Edmonds 

    • Guy Levis Grant

    • Edward Giles Irvin

    • John Milton Lee

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