List of Omega Psi Phi members

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The list of Omega Psi Phi (ΩΨΦ) members (commonly referred to as Omegas or Ques) includes initiated and honorary members.

Omega Psi Phi was founded on November 17, 1911, at Howard University and incorporated under the laws of Washington, D.C., on October 28, 1914.

Arts

Name Original chapter Notability References Count Basie Xi Phi (Honorary) Famous American Jazz Bandleader Sterling Brown Gamma Poet, author, writer, and professor emeritus at Howard University Roland Hayes Gamma (Honorary) Internationally known tenor and orator. Langston Hughes Beta Poet Benjamin Mays Gamma Presidential advisor, author, mentor to MLK Max Roach Grand Chapter (Special Intake) Internationally known jazz drummer and improvisationalist. Omegas in the Decades.

Count Basie

Business

Name Original chapter Notability References Earl Graves Sr. Pi Founder of Black Enterprise Magazine Nathaniel Bronner Co-owner of Bronner Bros. Jesse Hill CEO of Atlanta Life Insurance Company from 1973-1992 Byron E. Lewis Sr. Founder of UWG Inc.

Earl Graves Sr.

College Presidents

Name Original chapter Notability References Reginal S. Avery Nu Psi Coppin State University David Beckley Rust College Billy Black Chi Epsilon Albany State College Ernest A. Boykins, Jr. former President of Mississippi Valley State University (1971-1981) Jerryl Briggs current President of Mississippi Valley State University (2017-present) Micky L. Burnim Phi Gamma (Charter Line 1968) former president of Bowie State University Luther Burse, Sr. Psi Psi Fort Valley State University, 1983-1991 William B. Bynum, Jr. Jackson State University (2017-2020) Nathaniel Glover Chi Edward Waters College Samuel DuBois Cook Psi Dillard University, 1974–1997 Lawrence A. Davis Tau Sigma University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Walter S. Davis Rho Psi, founder Tennessee State University Albert W. Dent Psi Dillard University, 1941–1969 16th Grand Basileus William E. Gardner, Jr. former president of Savannah State College (1989 - 1991) William Harris Alabama State University William Jasper Hale Rho Psi, founder Tennessee State University William R. Harvey Gamma Psi Hampton University Billy C. Hawkins Texas College, Talladega College James A. Hefner Chi Omega (1965) Tennessee State University Andrew H. Hugine Jr. Xi Psi former president of South Carolina State University(2003-2007), current President of Alabama Agricultural and Mechanical University (A&M University or AAMU) 2009- present Jimmy R Jenkins Lambda Gamma Livingstone College Samuel D. Jolley, Jr. Upsilon Sigma Morris Brown College Joseph Jones Pi Sigma Arkansas Baptist College Willie D. Larkin Iota Omega Grambling State University James E. Lyons Upsilon Epsilon Jackson State University Roderick McDavis Sigma Psi (Charter Member) Ohio University Walter E. Massey Psi President of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2010-present; ninth president of Morehouse College, 1995-2007 Benjamin Mays Gamma Sixth president of Morehouse College, 1940-1967 Eddie N. Moore Nu Virginia State University James Nabrit, Jr. Psi Dean of Howard University School of Law, 1958-1960; Second Black president of Howard University, 1960-1965, 1968-1969 Ivory V. Nelson Central Washington University, Lincoln University, PA John A. Peoples Upsilon Epsilon (Chapter Charter Member Fall 1948) Jackson State University Nathaniel Pollard, Jr. Eta Sigma Bowie State University Oscar Prater Fort Valley State College Luns Richardson Epsilon Epsilon Charter member Morris College (President) John M. Rudley Omega Epsilon Texas Southern University (President 2008-2016, President Emeritus 2016-Present) Robert L. Satcher Saint Paul's College Thomas H Scheer Theta Phi Kaplan College Jacksonville Albert Sloan Miles College William W. Sutton Theta Sigma Mississippi Valley State University, 1988-1998 H. Patrick Swygert Alpha Howard University Henry N. Tisdale Lambda Sigma Claflin University

David Satcher

Entertainment

Name Original chapter Notability References A.J. Calloway Tau Chi Television Personality Bill Cosby Beta Alpha Alpha Comedian, actor Steve Harvey Special Intake (Tau Tau) Comedian and radio host Visual Observation LaRoyce Hawkins Pi Beta Actor; mainly known for role on Chicago P.D. Jesse J. Holland Eta Zeta Author, television personality Terrence J (Terrence Jenkins) Mu Psi Television Personality Lil' JJ Alpha Delta Pi Comedian, actor Tom Joyner Lambda Epsilon radio host Wanya Morris Special Intake (Tau Tau) member of R&B group Boyz II Men Visual Observation Rickey Smiley Psi Rho Comedian Doug Stewart Xi Psi Sports Radio/TV Personality (The 2 Live Stews) Ryan Stewart Delta Kappa Sports Radio/TV Personality (The 2 Live Stews) Joe Torry Eta Sigma Comedian Will Downing Singer, songwriter Nate Williams Alpha Delta Pi Comedian Harry Lennix Theta Kappa Kappa Actor "The Blacklist"

Bill Cosby Joe Torry

Military

Name Original chapter Notability References Charles F. Bolden, Jr. Gamma Nu (1983) USMC Major General, Astronaut; Current NASA Administrator Frederick D. Gregory Alpha Omega US Air Force Colonel, Astronaut, Former NASA Deputy Administrator Robert Henry Lawrence Jr. Xi Epsilon Major US Air Force, Fighter Pilot, Test Pilot, First Black Astronaut Roscoe Robinson Upsilon Omega First Black Four Star General - U.S. Army & 1st Black representative on the NATO Military Committee William E. "Kip" Ward Phi Nu First Commander of US Africa Command Charles Young Honorary Member (March 12, 1912) Third Black West Point Graduate, Col. US Army, Buffalo Soldier Matthew A. Zimmerman Theta Rho First African American Chief of Chaplains - U.S. Army

Politics

Name Original chapter Notability References Clifford Alexander Jr. First African American Secretary of the Army Kam Buckner Pi Psi Illinois State Representative, Candidate for Mayor of Chicago, Illinois John Burton Sigma Rho First African-American mayor of Ypsilanti, Michigan Neil A. Butler Beta Pi First African-American mayor of Gainesville, Florida since the Reconstruction era Jim Clyburn Xi Psi Congressman from South Carolina's 6th congressional district John P. Davis Lawyer, Publisher, Civil rights activist Oliver Gilbert Former Mayor of Miami Gardens, Commissioner of Miami-Dade County Roger Gregory Upsilon Nu Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit Nathan Hare Phi Psi The first coordinator of a black studies program; Founding publisher of The Black Scholar William H. Hastie Alpha Psi First Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands Benjamin Hooks Epsilon Phi (1942) Executive Director of NAACP, Civil Rights Activist, Minister Cliff Hayes, Jr. Pi Gamma State Delegate representing 77th House District of Virginia https://virginiageneralassembly.gov/house/members/members.php?id=H0285Commonwealth of Virginia Jesse Jackson Jr. Nu Pi Graduate Chapter Joliet, IL Representative from Illinois Jesse Jackson, Sr. Pi Psi Founder of the Rainbow/PUSH Coalition, Civil Rights Activist, Democratic Presidential Nominee, Minister Hank Johnson Kappa Alpha Alpha Representative from Georgia Rushern L. Baker, III Alpha County Executive of Prince George's County Vernon Jordan Zeta Phi Ronald Langston National Director of the Minority Business Development Agency Clarence Lightner Tau Psi First popularly elected Mayor of Raleigh, North Carolina and the first African American elected mayor of a metropolitan Southern city. Kendrick Meek Upsilon Psi Representative from Florida Kweisi Mfume Grand Chapter (Special Intake) Former President/CEO of NAACP, Congressman Michael Morgan Omega Zeta (QZ) Associate Justice -North Carolina Supreme Court Khalid Abdul Muhammad Theta Sigma National Representative for the Nation of Islam & National Chairman of the New Black Panther Party Adrian Perkins Phi Nu Mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana Graham T. Perry Psi Assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois, candidate for municipal judge in Chicago Bayard Rustin Upsilon Leader in social movements for civil rights, socialism, pacifism and non-violence, and gay rights. David Satcher Psi Surgeon General of the United States Carl Stewart Theta Sigma Chief Judge, United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal Teddy B. Taylor Gamma Pi American diplomat Walter Washington Alpha First Home-Rule Mayor of the District of Columbia Robert C. Weaver Eta first United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Togo West Kappa Psi Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Veterans Affairs James E. White Prairie View Agricultural and Mechanical University Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Tyler County Lawrence Douglas Wilder Zeta Governor of Virginia Roy Wilkins Xi President NAACP

Clifford Alexander William Hastie Jesse Jackson Jr. Jesse Jackson, Sr. Hank Johnson

Science

Name Original chapter Notability References Charles Bolden Gamma Nu 12th Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and 1st African American to lead NASA's Discovery joint space venture with the Soviets. Omega's Firsts & Other facts William Montague Cobb Gamma As the first African American to earn a Ph.D. in anthropology, President of the NAACP from 1976 to 1982. Founder of Kappa Psi Chapter Charles Drew Alpha Psi Responsible for the single most important significant medical event with the creation of blood/plasma separation. This process has saved millions of lives in times of peace and war. Ernest Melville DuPorte Sigma Entomologist. In group of 13 members that were first international members of the fraternity, in newly established Sigma chapter at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. (The chapter later moved to Michigan State University.) http://www.oppf13th.org/13thdistrict/ John Hopps Psi Nuclear engineer at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense under George W. Bush Percy Julian Sigma Omega American research chemist and a pioneer in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants Ernest Everett Just Founder Founder. Was a pioneering African-American biologist, academic and science writer http://www.oppf.org Ronald McNair Mu Psi (1969) Astronaut (perished in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster in 1986); Laser Physicist; member of the Baháʼí Faith

Ernest Just Ronald McNair

Sports

Name Original chapter Notability References Herb Adderley Sigma Professional Football Player Green Bay Packers 1st Round Pick 1961, Pro Football Hall of Fame. Anthony Adams Nu Professional Football Player Chicago Bears Defensive Tackle Mark Anderson Beta Eta Professional Football Player Buffalo Bills Defensive End Ottis Anderson Eta Pi Professional Football Player New York Giants Running Back Jordan Babineaux Delta Eta professional football player Seattle Seahawks Thaddeus Bullard Omicron Zeta Former University of Florida and professional football player, current WWE wrestler known as Titus O'Neil Brain M. Carpenter Phi professional football player - Washington Redskins, New York Giants, Buffalo Bills Vince Carter Omicron Omicron professional basketball player Quinton Coples Psi Delta professional football player - New York Jets Keion Crossen Theta Lambda professional football player and Super Bowl champion Nakobe Dean Beta Zeta professional football player Philadelphia Eagles Tony Delk Rho Lambda professional basketball player Mark Duper Theta Delta former professional football player Billy Joe Dupree Sigma Football Player Dallas Cowboys 1st Round Pick 1973 Irving Fryar Tau Kappa professional football player New England Patriots Rhadi Ferguson Alpha For Judo USA Champion and 2004 Olympian Clarence Gaines coached most basketball games in college history Alex Gordon Psi Theta professional football player Ken Hamlin Gamma Eta professional football player Ramon Harewood Psi professional football player Baltimore Ravens James Hasty Chi Alpha Alpha (Washington State University) professional football player - Kansas City Chiefs Madre Hill Pi Omicron professional football player Oakland Raiders DeHart Hubbard Phi 1924 Summer Olympics–first African American to win an individual Olympic Gold medal for the United States. Billy Hunter Grand Chapter (Special Intake) Former professional football player for the Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins; Executive Director of the National Basketball Players Association Malcolm Jenkins Iota Psi professional football player, Thorpe Award Recipient. Charles Johnson Eta Nu former Major league baseball catcher, first-ever first round draft pick of the Florida Marlins, World Series Champion, 4X Golden Glove Award, 2x AllStar. Brad Jones Chi Phi professional football player - Green Bay Packers Ed "Too Tall" Jones Rho Psi former professional football player, 1st HBCU player to be taken # 1. Sean Jones Nu Phi Former Professional Football Player Houston Oilers, Green Bay Packers Defensive End Jacoby Jones Kappa Sigma professional football player Baltimore Ravens Michael Jordan Omicron Alpha Hall of Fame former professional basketball player. Owner of the Charlotte Hornets David Justice Eta Omega former MLB player Vonta Leach Upsilon Zeta professional football player Baltimore Ravens Ray Lewis Grand Chapter (Honorary) professional football player Baltimore Ravens Robert Mathis Nu Epsilon Indianapolis Colts defensive end Cedric Maxwell Epsilon Zeta former professional basketball player Corey Mays Rho Gamma Gamma professional football player Alonzo Mourning former professional basketball player Steve McNair Eta former professional football player Shaquille O'Neal Grand Chapter (Special Intake) Hall of Fame professional basketball player. Minority owner of the Sacramento Kings. Akwasi Owusu-Ansah Gamma Mu professional football player Dallas Cowboys #27 Jabrill Peppers Phi professional football player New York Giants #21 Chester Rogers Gamma Gamma professional Football player currently with the Indianapolis Colts John Salley Nu Omega former professional basketball player; television host Bo Scott Iota Psi professional football player Jerome Singleton Psi Gold medalist at 2008 Summer Paralympics, current world 100M champion and world's fastest amputee Matt Snell Iota Psi professional football player and 1964 AFL Rookie of the Year Stephen A. Smith Grand Chapter (Honorary) Former collegiate basketball player, Sports Reporter, Columnist, Radio Host, Television Personality Ovince St. Preux Iota Beta professional UFC Fighter J.T. Thomas Nu Zeta professional football player - Jacksonville Jaguars Terrence Trammell Zeta Zeta Olympic Silver medalist Hurdles Mo Vaughn Kappa Eta former professional baseball player Charlie Ward Mu Beta Beta former professional basketball player Tim Watson (American football) Lambda Phi former professional football player Chuck Wiley Phi Kappa Kappa former professional football player Steven Wilks Psi Mu defensive backs coach, currently with the San Diego Chargers Corliss Williamson Gamma Eta professional basketball player George Wilson Gamma Eta professional football player - Buffalo Bills Wesley Woodyard Rho Lambda professional football player - Denver Broncos Rayfield Wright Upsilon Sigma professional football player - Dallas Cowboys Hall of Fame Teddy Williams Alpha Delta Lambda (University of Texas San Antonio- UTSA) professional football player - Dallas Cowboys

Vince Carter Michael Jordan Jerry Porter John Salley Jerome Singleton

External links

Omega Psi Phi's official page Famous Omega Men Paul Williams Architect

Further reading

• Blunt. Omega Firsts & Other Facts.