A short history of Sigma Chapter, the 17th House of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Produced and edited by Sigma Chapter Brother Justin A. Petty (Fall 1992) in honor of the Chapter's 90th Anniversary.

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Chapter Lineage

“The Pool of Brotherhood Runs Deep”

1916

edweund bush jourdian

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1921

Norris Bumstead Herndon - Harvard
Charles Hamilton Houston - Harvard

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1923

James C. Evans
Felix C. Thurmond
Ernest G. Balla
Edgar Gordon
Silas F. Taylor
A. B. Lattimore
Julian D. Rainey
F. F. Wheelock
Butler Roland Winston, Jr.
Arnold Bennett Donowa
Edward Howard
Harvey Belmanie Shaw - Boston University
Douglas T. Murray

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Fall 1923/Spring 1924

Dr. J. Boggs - Boston University Medical School

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Fall 1924

Lloyd Meegee Cofer- Tufts
Claude Randolph Taylor- Tufts
Alexander B. Stone- Boston University
Archibald J. Berry- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy

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Spring 1925

Cyril F. Butler
Llyod F. Marshall
John Albert Sanders
Nathaniel Simmons
David E. Lane
George A. Robinson
Jackson A. Robinson
G. Robert Perry
James T. Hewlett

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Fall 1925 - Novermber 19, 1925

William H. Bethel- MIT
Edward S. Hope- MIT
John E. Wyche- Boston University

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Spring 1927

Ferdinand Lucien Rousseve - MIT
John T. Lane
Henry Giddings

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1928

Armand V. Boutee - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Julian C. Branker - Boston University
Harry Parris - MIT
William Bradford Pratt - Harvard
Clarence Reid - Boston University
John Edmund Moseley - Tufts

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Spring 1929

J. Brown - Harvard
William I. Gosuell - Boston University
Antonio de Jesus Cardozo - Suffolk Law

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Spring 1930

Alonzo G. Moron- Brown
Oliver Boutte- Northeastern University
Ewart Gladstone Guinier - Harvard

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1935

Casper Ferguson - Boston College

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1936

George H. Windsor - Bates

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Fall 1939

Thomas Cathcart
William Leak
Cyrus H. Peters
Percy J. Pitts
Dr. Henry C. Turner (Honorary)

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1940

Hilton Gray Hill, II - Boston University

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1941

Dr. Gregory P. Carter

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Fall 1941 - November

Reynolds Costa - Boston University
James Lane - Boston College
Milton M. Conliffe - Tufts College

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1947

Howlett E. Chandler- Suffolk
John P. Rice, Jr.

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1948

Fisher
Emerson Pierce
Robert L. Levister- Suffolk
Romayne V. Lippman, Jr.- Suffolk
Baron H. Martin- Suffolk

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Spring 1949 - April 29, 1949


Intake Chair: John T. Letts

Henry Jacques Hall
John Pierpont Rice, Jr.
George Alfred Strait
William H. Wells

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Spring 1950 - March 25, 1950


Intake Chair: Royal L. Bolling

Richard Branker
Wesley Brown
William V. Deare
William Gardner
Louis Johnson
William Ramsey
Gerald E. Thomas

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Spring 1951 - April 14, 1951


Intake chair: Thomas A. Canter

Walter L. Brown
Leonard A. Braithwaite
Walter Carrington
Joseph S. Mitchell, Jr.
Maston A Nelson, Jr.
Emerson J Pierce
William R. Dorsey - Springfield College
William K. Wolfe - Springfield College

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Spring 1952 - June 22, 1952

Alfred Johnson - Boston University
Harvey Washington
Herman Hemingway - Brandeis University
Starr Scott
Martin Luther King, Jr. - Boston University
Kenneth Simmons
Ernest Simms
John Bustemente
William Morris

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Spring 1953 - May 1953

Lionel O. Lindsay, Jr.
Melvin H. Miller
Otis A. Gates, III - Harvard University
Donald Simmons
William Wharton
Louis Downing
Oliver Galloway

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Spring 1955 - May 14, 1955


Intake Chair: Lionel O. Lindsay, Jr.

Donald Bridgeforth
John G. Bynoe
Lester F. Chambers
Leslie A. Lacey
Nathaniel L. Lacey
Leroy Walton

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Spring 1956 - May 12, 1956

Ernest E. Cherrie, Jr. - Boston University
Norman P. Hunte
Jarrell S. Mitchell - Boston University

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Spring 1957 - May 25, 1957

Noel F. Parris, Jr.
Richard J. Perry - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Charles J. Wiltz
William Thomas Fuller, Jr.
Vernon M. Rhineheart

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Spring 1958 - April 26, 1958

Charles S. Collins
Robert D. Storey
Cleveland M. Coats - Northeastern University
Richard P. Evans
Theodore R. Parrish

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Fall 1958 - January 25, 1959

H. Carl McCall

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Spring 1959 - May 8, 1959


Intake Chair: Edward Patterson

Rudolph N. Gordon, II
John Martin
Bradford Jameison, Jr.

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Spring 1960 - April 1, 1960


Intake chair: Rudolph N. Gordon, II

Thomas D. Broadwater
Artur H. Hoyte
Charles N. Turner
William L Strickland
John G. Butler
Ervin O. Parris - Massachusetts College of Pharmacy
Earl W. Schley

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Spring 1961 - May 21, 1961

Nolan Atkinson, Jr.
John E. Cawthorne - Harvard University
William H. Exum
Horace F. Graves
Samuel C. Johnson, Jr.
James F. Leath, Jr.
Stanley H. Walker
Harold P. Douglas
Wesley S. Williams

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Spring 1962 - May 12, 1962


Intake chair: Nolan Atkinson

James Banks
Larry Galindo
Robert German
James Hoyte

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Fall 1963


intake chair: John E. Cawthorne

Leslie Clerons
Belford V. Lawson, III - Harvard University
Thomas D. Pawley, IV. - Harvard University
Roscoe Trimmier, Jr.
James Wiley

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Spring 1965


intake chair: Thomas D. Pawley, IV

J.B. Scott - Harvard University
Thaddas L. Alston - Harvard University
Stanley Goldsboro - Boston University

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Spring 1966 - January 1966

 

Walter Malette - Boston University

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Spring 1966 - April 6, 1966


intake chair: Thaddas L. Alston

Ernest Attah
Robert Aulston - Boston University
Charles Desmond - Boston University
Brian Dillard
Wendell Knox - Harvard University
Robert D. Lonian
Walter Malette
Robert Scott - Harvard University
Albert Tolbert
Jerry Walker - Harvard University

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Spring 1968 - March 9, 1968

 

Mark E. Gibson
Frank B. Johnson, Jr.
George A. Russell, Jr.
John F. Williams, Jr.

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Fall 1968/Spring 1969 : Unstoppable 17

 

Samuel Bryant
Lewis A. Graham
Ronald LeGrand
Willard Hill
Stafford Hillaire
Michael Jones
Phillip Jordan
Melvin Lipscomb
Richard E. Marshall
James Myers
Vernon Polite
Lincoln Pope
Harold L. Russell
James Simmons
William Swan
Marion Waters
David Wright

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Spring 1969 : Seven Bold Souls - May 18, 1969

 

Mondell Davis
Wallace Rice
Joseph A. Hawkins
Carl Stanley
Michael Johnson
R. Guy Cole
Gerald Fowlkes

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Spring 1970 : 16 Symbols of Soul - April 4, 1970

 

Ken Woodson
Bill Towns
Stephen S. Johnson, IV
Anthony Silver
Norris A. Dodson, III
Eugene R. Cade
Ford T. Dabney, III
Manfred H. Hayes - Boston University
Kenneth R. Holmes
Larry Whitehead
Randall Jones
John Billingslee, Jr.
Fred Moss - Boston University
Steven V. Giles
Robert L. Keene
James D. Garvin

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Fall 1970 : Determined Duo- October 10, 1970


Intake chair: Richard Marshall

Robert Brayboy
Ray Shell

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Spring 1971 : 18 Shades of Black - April 30, 1971

 

Louis K. Bosley
Milton O. Bradford
William G. Caldwell, III
Robert Derosiers
Ferell McDonald, Jr.
George H. Guilford
Randall H. Halstead
Alfred H. Harris
John A. Henderson
Charles M. Hightower
Dennis H. Hinson
Charles K. Lasister, III
James London, Jr.
Gary M. Lucas
Neil S. Rodgers
Charles L. Stroufe
Richard B. Turner
Ronald J. Wilson

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Spring 1972 : Soul Survivors -  April 23, 1972

 

Jeffery Meyers
Carl Singletary
Edward Taylor

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Spring 1973 : Tenacious Two - April 21, 1973

 

David I. Alexander
Bobby C. Stewart

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Spring 1974 : Masters of Darkness - May 4, 1974

 

Tony Van Der Meer
Andre G. Wynn
Larry E. Sudberry
Ronald Waterford

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Spring 1975 : Black Gold

 

Rod Blair
Kim Lasister
Grady Donald

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Spring 1977: Seven Pharaohs of Faith -April 21, 1977


intake chair: George H. Guilford

Steven Brereton - Tuft University
Neil Cole - Tuft University
Daryl Watson - Tuft University
George Russell - Tuft University
Namsoo Dunbar - Tuft University
Melvin Reeves - Tuft University
Paul Johnson - Tuft University

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Fall 1977 - December 11, 1977

 

Quinten K. Miles
Eric W. Miller

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Spring 1978

 

Norman W. Harris, III

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Fall 1979: Nissus Enduri

 

Karey B. Statin - Boston University
John L. Davis - Boston University

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Spring 1980 : Mohagony

Brian Douglas
Simeon Euell
Leon Harrison, Jr.
Kenneth Stith
Aftern Sanderson, Jr.
Jean Celestin

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Spring 1981 : Black Onyx


intake chair: Jean Celestin

Barton R. Greer - Boston University
Randall M. King - Boston University
Cedric H. Jones - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Alphonso D. Jordan - Boston University
Eddie Karim - Boston University
Anthony M. Akers - Boston University
Wilfred “Skip” Jones - Boston University

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Spring 1982 : Ebony Solo


intake chair: Anthony M. Akers

Theotis Williams - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Spring 1983 : Murani


Intake chair: Karey B. Statin

Byron Keith Thomas - Boston University
Maurice T. Joseph - Boston University
Willard A. Stanback, III - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gregory A. Cook - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jeffrey Anthony - Boston University
Nathaniel A. Whitmal - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Howard Richard Jr.- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
John B. Searles - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Spring 1984 : Anthrocite-April 20, 1984


intake chair: Nathaniel A. Whitmal
Asst. intake chair: Gregory A. Cook

Antone Wilson - Northeastern University
Kirk Wornum - Brandeis University
Greg Wright - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Spring 1985 : Dark Phoenix - April 12, 1985


intake chair: Willard A. Stanback, III
Asst. intake chair: Greg Wright

Reginald D. Tucker - Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kent A. Benjamin - University of Massachusetts/Boston
Anthony S. Rust - Tufts University
Walter Whitley - Boston University
Jonathan R. Mooty - Boston University

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Fall 1985 : Golden Odyssey - December 6, 1985


Intake chair: Derrick Smith
Asst. intake chair: Walter Whitley

Derrick L. Grubb - Berklee College of Music
Anthony R. Anderson - Northeastern University
Mark I. Gross - Berklee College of Music

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Fall 1986 : Pharoic Brilliance -December 13, 1986


Intake chair: Kent A. Benjamin
Asst. intake chair: Derrick L. Grubb

Rosendo R. Molina - Northeastern University
William McNeil - Boston College
R. Christopher Harris - Northeastern University
Larry Small - Boston University

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Spring 1987 : Zenith - April 26, 1987


Intake chair: Walter Whitley
Asst. intake chair: Anthony R. Anderson

Antonio Hart - Berklee College of Music
Douglas McCollough - Berklee College of Music

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Fall 1988 : Prometheus -December 3, 1988


intake chair: Anthony R. Anderson
Asst. intake chair: Douglas McCollough

Michael T. Brown - Northeastern University
Sean M. Hamer - Northeastern University
Mslunson H. Delly - Northeastern University
Shawn E. Carter - Northeastern University
F. Kevan Bowers - Boston College
Ramon D. Eady - Northeastern University
Kwame Ndzibah - Northeastern University
Lloyd Wheatley - Northeastern University
Carlos E. Phillips - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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Spring 1990 : Romulus - April 12, 1990


Intake chair: Kwame Ndzibah
Asst. Intake chair: R. Christopher Harris

Leroy A. E. Abraham - Northeastern University
Leroy Hodge - Notheastern University

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Fall 1991 : Khepera Solo - December 7, 1991


Intake Chair: Sean Hamer
Asst. Intake Chair: Leroy A.E. Abraham

James E. Lay, III - Northeastern University

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Spring 1992 : Mtenga - April 18, 1992


Intake Chair: Sean Hamer
Asst. Intake Chair: Mslunson H. Delly

George McAllister, II - Berklee College of Music
David Williams - Boston University

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Fall 1992 : Dactyls - December 6, 1992


Intake Chair: Sean Hamer

Marcus V. McGregor - Boston College
Jemon L. Council - Berklee College of Music
Justin A. Petty - Berklee College of Music
Darryl G. Ford - Northeastern University
Hughan R. Frederick - University of Massachusetts /Boston

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Spring 1993 : Thelatha Kani - April 25, 1993


Intake Chair: Kwame Ndzibah
Asst. Intake Chair: Marcus V. McGregor

William Thomas - Boston University
Douglas A. Miller, II - Boston University
Donald Lyons, Jr. - Boston College

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Spring 1994 : Nwanneka - March 10, 1994


Intake Chair: Jemon L Council
Asst. Intake Chair: Donald Lyons, Jr.

Damien A. Mahaffey - Boston University
Irving P. Roman, Jr. - Boston University
Marcus P. Williams - Boston College
Nathaniel B. Brown - Boston University
Marquis D. Harper - Northeastern University

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Spring 1995 : Ufasimba - February 25, 1995


Intake Chair: Douglas A. Miller, II
Asst. Intake Chair: Nathaniel B. Brown

Keith T. Singletary - Bentley College
Dale A. Burnett - Boston University
Gregory A. Francis - Northeastern University
Obinna A. Onyeagoro - Boston University

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Fall 1995 : Harambe - November 29, 1995


Intake Chair: Nathaniel B. Brown
Asst. Intake Chair: Dale Burnett

Ossie David - Boston University
Tyreek O. Moore - Boston University

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Fall 1996 : Chinweolu - October 25, 1996


Intake Chair: Dale Burnett
Asst. Intake Chair: Tyreek O. Moore

Obie Sims - Boston University
Ronald Mincy, Jr. - Boston University
Miguel A. Mercedes - Wentworth Institute of Technology

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Spring 1998 : Baraka - March 15, 1998


Intake Chair : Tyreek O. Moore
Asst. Intake Chair: William Thomas

Roland L. Guevara - Boston University
Carl H. Allien - Northeastern University
Marvin L. Venay - Boston University
Eugene L. Schneeberg - Boston University

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Fall 1998 : Amandla - December 4, 1998


Intake Chair: Miguel Mercedes
Asst. Intake Chair: Carl Allien

I. Sekou White - Boston University
David C. Brown - Boston University
James B. Mahaffey - Northeastern University
Craig O. L. Dixon - Boston University
Steven D. Pearson Jr. - Northeastern University

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Fall 1999 : Horus - November 20, 1999


Intake Chair: Roland Guevara
Asst. Intake Chair: I. Sekou White

Etienne Lombard - Boston University
Tunde Kamson - Boston University

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Spring 2000 : Aushindi - March 22, 2000


Intake Chair : I. Sekou White
Asst. Intake Chair: James Mahaffey

Onaje Crawford - Boston University
Shomari Moorehead - Boston University

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Spring 2001 : Carthage - April 7, 2001


Intake Chair : James Mahaffey

Daouda Leonard - Northeastern University
Hayden Frederick-Clarke - Northeastern University
Kamau Georges - Berklee College of Music

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Fall 2002 : Subiri - December 7, 2002


Intake Chair : Onaje Crawford

H. Carson Gardner, III- Boston University
Kevin Jackson- Boston College

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Fall 2003 : Orisha - December 6, 2003


Intake Chair : Onaje Crawford
Asst. Intake Chair: Kevin Jackson

Curtis F. Randall - Boston College
Desmon W. Lewis - Boston College
Derrick H. Lewis - Boston College
A. Bisi Oyedele - Boston College

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Spring 2005 : Shombay - March 26, 2005


Intake Chair : H. Carson Gardner
Asst. Intake Chair: Gregory Francis

Tony Rice II - Boston University
Brian Dixon - Northeastern University
Justin Thornton - Boston College
Deon Provost - Boston University

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Spring 2006 : Mapacha - March 25, 2006


Intake Chair : Kevin Jackson
Asst. Intake Chair: Tony Rice II

Joshua Clarke - Boston University
Suahd Iddrissu - Brandeis University

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Fall 2007 : Akoben - November 10, 2007


Intake Chair : Tony Rice II
Asst. Intake Chair: Joshua Clarke

Ahmed Ahmed - Boston University
Kalada Halliday - Boston University
Moses Soweto-Tsali Muir - Boston College
Douglas McEachern - Northeastern University

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Fall 2009 : Akina - November 18, 2009


Intake Chair : Deon Provost
Asst. Intake Chair: Ahmed Ahmed

Ashton Combs - Berklee College of Music
Amon Robinson - Berklee College of Music
Reginald Alouidor - Northeastern University

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Spring 2011 : Azizi -    April 9, 2011


Intake Chair : Gregory Francis
Asst. Intake Chair: Amon Robinson

Jordan Clark - Northeastern University
Javaughn Griffin - Northeastern University
Isaiah Duke - Emmanuel College

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Fall 2013 : Azubuike - November 23, 2013


Intake Chair : Javaughn Griffin
Asst. Intake Chair: Jordan Clark

Ricky Rodriguez - Wentworth Institute of Technology
Kevin Smith - Boston University
Dexter L. McCoy - Boston University
Matthew Farmer - Boston University
Kyle Lawrence - Northeastern University
Jamil Williams - Boston University

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Fall 2015 : Ithnaan Askari - November 14, 2015


Intake Chair: Jamil Williams
Asst. Intake Chair: Matthew Farmer

Yassine El Yousfi - Boston University
William Belt - Boston University

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Spring 2017 : Kidus -  Febuary 24, 2017


Intake Chair: Yassine El Yousfi
Asst. Intake Chair: Kevin Smith

Henoss Taddesse - Northeastern University

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Fall 2017 : Wepwawet -  November 4, 2017

Intake Chair: Henoss Taddesse

Jordan Williams - Boston University
Kyle Campbell - Boston University
DONoVAN Shipley- Boston University
Joshua Sutherland - BErKLEE Colege of Music
Ralph Karnuah - Northeastern University
Matthew Boykin - Boston University

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Spring 2019 : Zlanquapea - March 23, 2019

Intake Chair: Henoss Taddesse
Asst. Intake Chair: Jordan Williams

dennis lurlay - Northeastern University
Yves oubida - Boston College
Emmanuel Reid- Boston University

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Fall 2019 : KHONSU -  November 15, 2019

Intake Chair: Jordan Williams
Asst. Intake Chair: Yves oubida

AARON TORRES - Boston University
ANTHONY DONGFACK - Boston University
KENISE NEAL- Boston University
TREVON SULLEN-TROTTER - BErKLEE Colege of Music
COLEMAN HAYES - MERRIMACK COLLEGE
DERRICK HARRIS - MERRIMACK COLLEGE

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Fall 2022 : Abanoub -  November 7, 2022

INTAKE CHAIR: Kenise Neal
ASST. INTAKE CHAIR: Trevon Sullen-Trotter

eRIC jACKSON iii - bOSTON uNIVERSITY
cHASE MALONE - bRANDEIS uNIVERSITY

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Fall 2023 : Tekrema -  October 30, 2023

INTAKE CHAIR: Donovan Shipley
ASST. INTAKE CHAIR: Anthony Dongfack

Kofi Frempong - bOSTON uNIVERSITY
Uchenna Nwosu - bOSTON uNIVERSITY