Bill Text: TX HR224 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Commemorating the 70th anniversary of the Beta Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-17 - Reported enrolled [HR224 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR224-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 224 |
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WHEREAS, The Beta Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi | ||
Fraternity, Inc., is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2017, and | ||
this occasion truly merits special recognition; and | ||
WHEREAS, Kappa Alpha Psi was established in 1911 at Indiana | ||
University, with other chapters being added across the country in | ||
the years and decades that followed; and | ||
WHEREAS, The Beta Upsilon Chapter was founded in 1947 thanks | ||
to the efforts of C. A. Ladner and David Bradford, who were both | ||
members of the fraternity's Houston Alumni Chapter; the two men | ||
dedicated themselves to the task of starting a Kappa Alpha Psi | ||
chapter at the Houston College for Negroes, which would soon become | ||
Texas Southern University; when the Beta Upsilon Chapter was | ||
officially chartered on March 15 of that year, it was the first | ||
Greek letter organization on the campus; its charter line members | ||
were Arthur M. Gaines Jr., Orville B. Harris, Cleveland B. Davis | ||
Jr., Warren D. Davis, George A. Lavalier, Charles E. Grays, Roy A. | ||
Hutchins, John E. Howard, James D. Bingham, Jeff S. Scott, Charles | ||
A. Hatcher, Joseph A. Lee, and Madison L. Johnson; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since its inception, the chapter has initiated more | ||
than 600 members, many of whom have gone on to distinguish | ||
themselves by establishing notable careers in such professions as | ||
public service, law, medicine, athletics, dentistry, education, | ||
and pharmacy; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout its history, the Beta Upsilon Chapter has | ||
committed itself to fostering a brotherhood of concerned citizens | ||
who work in behalf of the greater good, and its members may indeed | ||
reflect with pride on their organization's admirable tradition of | ||
civic involvement and achievement; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby commemorate the 70th | ||
anniversary of the Beta Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi | ||
Fraternity, Inc., and extend to all those associated with the group | ||
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for the chapter as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Dutton | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 224 was adopted by the House on August | ||
15, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||