Theta info Flashcards
Name the Charter Members of Theta Chapter?
Dr. Thomas Abraham Boger
Dr. Alexander Cecil Browne
Dr. Arvelle Richard Cole
Dr. Samuel LeCount Cook
Dr. Gordon Henry Jackson
Dr. Henry Howard Towles
How many charter members did Theta chapter have?
Six members
Theta Chapter’s first president?
Gordon Jackson
Theta Chapter’s first treasurer?
Alexander Browne
When was the Theta Chapter founded?
February 21, 1910
Theta Chapter initially encompassed…
the University of Chicago, the University of Illinois, and Northwestern University
Theta Chapter is currently chartered at…
University of Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago, and Loyola University Chicago
Where was Dr. Gordon Henry Jackson’s Potomac apartment?
at 30th and Michigan
Significance of Dr. Gordon Henry Jackson’s Potomac Apartment Buildings?
He provided apartments to Theta members, allowing them to live rent-free for the first six months
When and who did Theta Chapter initiate the first white student into a Black Greek Letter Organization
Dr. Bernard Levin, June 21,1946
What award did Theta Chapter win in 2022?
Midwestern Regional Outstanding College Chapter of the Year
Fraternity objectives?
To stimulate the ambition of its members;
To prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual;
To encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood;
To aid downtrodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic, and intellectual status.
Who were the 5 honorary Theta chapter members?
Rev. Archibald Carey, Sr., 1912 – pastor of Institutional A.M.E. Church and would later be elected Bishop of the AME Church
Dr. Alexander Jackson, 1913 – physician and board member of the Wabash YMCA, 1913
Dr. George Cleveland Hall, 1919 – physician and philanthropist. Chief of Staff of Provident Hospital, and organizer of both the South Side Branch of the NAACP and the Chicago Chapter of the National Urban League.
Dr. Ulysses Grant Dailey, 1919 – physician and founder of the National Physicians Association
Jesse Binga, 1920 – founder of the Binga Bank, the first black owned
Where was Theta Chapter’s first fraternity house?
4104 S. Vincennes Ave. in Chicago.
Where was the second fraternity house?
4432 S Parkway (4432 S Martin Luther king drive)
When and what award did Theta Chapter win in 4 consecutive years?
Starting in 1958, college chapter of the year.
