

Our Chapter

Chartered November 23, 1946.
Charter Members:
Leo Jenkins
Oscar J. Edwards
Chester Williams
James E. Hart
Leonard Walker
Frank Jones
Louis Blake
Leandus Blackus

The Miami Alumni Chapter seeks to provide a positive atmosphere by which our members can achieve in their respective fields and hold high the true ideals of Kappa. The Miami Alumni Chapter is deeply committed to our youth and continues to encourage education and higher learning through scholarship and tutorial programs. The Miami Alumni Chapter will continue to work with other organizations to better the economic and social conditions of African-Americans in the Greater Miami area. Simply put, it is the mission of this Chapter to be a vanguard in paving the way for African-Americans to achieve while humbly being of service to our God, our Community, and our Fraternity.
Fraternity Contributions
Host, 58th Grand Conclave: August 5-9, 1973
Host, Southern Province Council Meeting: :1953, 1970, 1989, 2005, 2014
Host, 5th Annual National Founders' Day: Jan. 5-10, 2010
Notable Members
Thomas L. Battles, Jr.: 33rd Grand Polemarch & 6th Southern Province Polemarch
Rodney Adkins: 73rd Laurel Wreath Laureate
Carnell White: Long-time Past Member, Southern Province Board of Directors
Oscar Braynon II: Florida State Senator (District 33)
Hon. Rodney Smith: 11th Judicial Circuit of Florida
Dorrin Rolle: Former Miami - Dade County Commissioner
Johnny Jones: First Black Superintendent of Dade County Public Schools (3rd largest public school system in the U.S.)
The Honorable Robert Ingram: Mayor and former police chief of the city of Opa-Locka, FL
Arthur Teele, Esq.: Former Director of the U.S. Urban Mass Transit Authority; former President of the National Business League & runner-up for the Mayoral ship of the City of Miami.
Frank "Flap" Jones: Miami Alumni charter member and 12-year Southern Province Board Member
George Knox: The first black Miami City Attorney
Dewey Knight, Jr.:The first black Interim and Assistant Dade County Manager
H.T. Smith, Esq.: The first black Assistant Dade County Attorney; Founding President of the Dade County Black Lawyers Association.
Richard Williams, Jr.: Former member, Grand Board of Directors
Dwayne Wynn: Founding President of the nationally acclaimed Black Professional Network of South Florida.
Ronald Frazier: Past President of the Miami-Dade Chamber of Commerce