Famous Alphas

Business Leaders

• Henry Brown, Anheuser-Busch

• W. Melvin Brow, American Development Corporation

• Thomas J. Burrell, Burrell Advertising

• Doug Bush - Entrepreneur

• John Bustamant, First National Bank Association

•  Darwin Davis, Equitable Life Insurance

• I. Owen Funderberg, Citizens Trust Bank

• Nathaniel Goldston, Gourmet Services, Inc.

• Charles Jaynes, James Produce

• Johnson H. Johnson - Entrepreneur

• Thomas Shropshire, Phillip Morris Inc.

• Donald Simmons, Simmons Oil Company

• Joshua Smith, Maxima Corporation

• Wayman Smith, Anheuser-Busch

Civic Leaders

• Julius L. Chambers - NAACP Legal Defense Fund

• W.E.B. Dubois, Writer, Historian, Civil Rights Activist, Philosopher

• Frederick Douglass - Anti-slavery activist

• Lester Granger, National Urban League

• Dick Gregory, Activist

• James Joseph, Council on Foundations

• Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil rights activist 

• Thurgood Marshall - Civil Rights Activist, Supreme Court Justice

• Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., Civil Rights Activist

• Paul Robeson, Actor/Athlete/Activist

• William Gray - United Negro College Fund, Businessman

• Franklin Williams, Phelps-Stokes Fund
  

Education/Scholarship

• James Check, Howard University

• T.W. Cole, Jr. Clark College

• Nolen Ellison, Cuyahoga Community College

• Luther Foster, Tuskegee Institute

• John Hope Franklin, Historian

• Norman Francis, Xavier University

• E. Franklin Frazier, Sociologist

• George Gore, Founder, Alpha Kappa Mu

• Ernest Holloway, Langston University

• Frederick Humphries, Florida A & M University

• Arthur Jefferson, Detroit Superintendent

• Dennis Kimbro - Author

• Frederick Patterson, Founder, UNCF

• Benjamin Payton, Tuskegee University

• Harley Flack, President of Wright State University

• Edward Fort, President of North Carolina A & T State University

• Henry Ponder, Fisk University

• Earl Richardson, Morgan State University John Slaughter, University of Maryland

• Dr. Ronald J. Temple - Chancellor, City Colleges of Chicago

• Walter Washington, Alcorn State University

• Cornell West - Author

Entertainment

•  Daryl Bell - Actor

• Tony Brown - Journalist/Producer

• Countee Cullen - Poet

• Duke Ellington - Jazz musician 

• Donny Hathaway - Musician

• Eugene Jackson - National Black Network

• Lionel Richie - Singer

• Stuart Scott - Sportscenter Anchorman

• Chuck Stone - Philadelphia Daily News

• Keenan Ivory Wayans - Comedian, producer

 Government (Federal)

• Rudolph Aggrey, Ambassador to Romania

• Edward W. Brooke, U.S. Senator U.W. Clemon, U.S District Court

• Ronald Brown - Former Secretary of Commerce

• William Coleman, U.S. Secretary of Transportation

• Robert Collins, U.S. District Court

• William Dawson, U.S. Representatives

• Ronald Deflums, U.S Representative

• Julian Dixon, U.S. Representative

• Harry Edwards, U.S. Court of Appeals

• Harold Ford, U.S. Representative

• Damon Keith, U.S. District Court

• Thurgood Marshall U.S. Supreme Court

• Ralph Metcalfe, U.S. Representative

• Samuel Pierce, U.S. HUD Secretary

• Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., U.S. Representative

• Charles Rangel, U.S. Representative

• Aubrey Robinson, U.S. District Court

• Bennett Stewart, U.S. Representative

• Terrace Todman, Ambassador to Denmark

• Gerald Thomas, Ambassador to Kenya

Government (State/Local)

• Dennis Archer, Mayor Detroit

• Richard Arrington, Mayor Birmingham, AL

• Thomas V. Barnes, Mayor Gary, IN

• Marion Barry, Mayor Washington D.C.

• Theodore Berry, Mayor Cincinnati OH

• Lee P. Brown, Houston Police Chief

• Willie Brown, Assembly Speaker (CA)

• Roland Burris, Comptroller Illinois

• David Dinkins, Mayor New York City, NY

• Chaka Fattah - Pennsylvania Congressman

• Ernest Finney - South Carolina Supreme Court Justice

• Maynard Jackson, Mayor Atlanta, GA

• Henry Marsh, Mayor Richmond VA

• Ernest N. Morial, - 1st Black Mayor of New Orleans

• Eugene Sawyer, Mayor Chicago, IL

• Charles Z. Smith, Washington Supreme Court

• Lionel Wilson, Mayor Oakland, CA

• Andrew Young, Mayor Atlanta, GA

Media Figures

• Tony Brown, Journalist/Producer

• C.C. Lejoie, Louisiana Weekly

• Mat Goode, 1st Black Network Reporter

• Eugene Jackson, National Black Network

• John H. Johnson, Johnson Publications

• John Procope, Amsterdam News

• Chuck Stone, Philadelphia Daily News

Military

• Roscoe Cartwright, General, USA

• Fred A. Gorden, Brigadier General, USA, Commandant of Cadets, West Point

• Samuel Gravely, Admiral USN

• Edward Honor, Major General, USA

• James McCall, Major General, USA, Chief, Pentagon Budget Office

• Benjamin Hacker, Rear Admiral, USN, Commander, San Diego Naval Base

Religious

• John Hurst Adams, President Congress of Black Churches

• Philip Cousin, President National Council of Churches

•  Harold Davis, President American Baptist Churches

• T.J. Jemison, President National Baptist Convention USA

• E. Edward Jones, President National Baptist Convention America

• J. Alfred Smith, President Progressive National Baptist Convention

Science/Medicine

• James Comer, Psychologist

• Joseph Gayles, Morehouse Medical College 

• Dr. Lessall D. Leffall - President American College of Surgeons

• Garrett Morgan, Inventor Traffic Signal

• Louis Sullivan, Secretary of Health and Education 

Sports Figures

• Walt Bellamy, NBA

• Junior Bridgeman, NBA

• Quinn Buckner - Former NBA Player and Coach

• Wes Chandler, San Diego Charges

• Greg Coleman, NFL's 1st Black Punter

• Todd Day - NBA Player

• Wayne Embry, GM-Cleveland Cavaliers

• Rosie Greer - NFL Player

• Charles Haley - NFL Player

• Mike Merriweather, Pittsburgh Steelers

• Jesse Owens, Olympic Star

• Fritz Pollard (First Black Head Coach in NFL history)

• Jethro Pugh, NFL

• Ken Rilev, NFL

• Eddie Robinson, Grambling State University - Winningest coach in college football history

• Jackie Robinson - First Black Man in Major League Baseball

• Art Shell, NFL Coach 

• Wes Unseld, Washington Bullets

• Eugene Upshaw, NFL Players Association

• Lenny Wilkins, Atlanta Hawks - Winningest coach in NBA history

• John "Hot Rod" Williams - NBA Player

• Reggie Williams, Cincinnati Bengals

• Eric Wright, San Francisco 49er