History of Alpha East

HISTORY OF THE EASTERN REGION OF ALPHA PHI ALPHA FRATERNITY, INC.

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. was founded on December 4, 1906 in Ithaca, NY, making what is now known as the Eastern Region, the birth place of Alpha. The region comprises of 12 states covering the geographical areas between Virginia and Maine and also includes Bermuda and Germany. The Eastern Region was monumental to the expansion, development and sustainability of Alpha Phi Alpha, especially in its early stages. It was here that the fraternity was incorporated, held its first national convention and began expansion by establishing chapters on other college campuses such as Howard University, Virginia Union University, Yale University, Columbia University, University of Pennsylvania, among many others.

AlphaEast is also the home of the National Headquarters in Baltimore, Maryland. The region currently has 148 active chapters and over 3,000 active members. AlphaEast takes great pride in being “First of All, Leading the Way.”

EASTERN REGION VICE PRESIDENTS

	Name	Chapter	Years Served
1	Thomas W. Henderson	Gamma	1930 – 1934
2	Farrow R. Allen	Alpha Gamma Lambda	1934 – 1938
3	Roger F. Gordon	Psi	1938 – 1940
4	Andrew R. Tyler	Eta	1940 – 1942
5	Lloyd Burrell, Jr.	Rho Lambda	1942 – 1944
6	Louis H. Schuster	Nu Lambda	1944 – 1947
7	Edward W. Brooke	Sigma	1947 – 1950
8	Walter Booker	Mu Lambda	1950 – 1953
9	J. Rupert Picott	Beta Gamma Lambda	1953 – 1956
10	Charles A. Broaddus	Rho	1956 - 1959
11	Alfred C. Fentress	Alpha Phi Lambda	1959 – 1962
12	Frank W. Morris, Jr.	Epsilon Gamma Lambda	1962 – 1964
13	Frank J. Ellis	Delta Lambda	1964 – 1967
14	W. Decker Clarke	Zeta Phi Lambda	1967 – 1971
15	Charles P. Howard, Jr.	Delta Lambda	1971 – 1975
16	H. Gray Gillem, Sr.	Theta Rho Lambda	1975 – 1979
17	Thomas R. Hunt	Eta Eta Lambda	1979 – 1983
18	William Ross, Jr.	Rho Lambda	1983 – 1987
19	Warren A. Scott	Gamma Theta Lambda	1987 – 1991
20	John A. Mann	Zeta Upsilon Lambda	1991 – 1995
21	Samuel G. Wilson	Omicron Eta Lambda	1995 – 1999
22	Albert E. Lucas	Eta Alpha Lambda	1999 – 2000
23	Leroy Lowery	Mu Lambda	2000 – 2001
24	Darren M. Morton	Eta Theta Lambda	2001 – 2005
25	Dennis G. Kemp, Sr.	Kappa Phi Lambda	2005 - 2009
26	Sean McCaskill	Alpha Omicron Lambda	2009 -

DISTRICTS OF THE EASTERN REGION

District 1 - IAAC International Association of Alpha Chapters Bermuda, Germany

District 2 - ONECA Organization of New England Chapters of Alpha CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT

District 3 - NYACOA New York Association of Chapters of Alpha NY

District 4 - NJAAPAC New Jersey Association of Alpha Phi Alpha Chapters NJ

District 5 - PAAC Pennsylvania Association of Alpha Chapters PA

District 6 - MAAC Mid-Atlantic Association of Alpha Chapters DC, DE, MD

District 7 - VACAPAF Virginia Association of Chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. VA