Press Releases

• Archon Wilson Wright, Jr. Awarded Fellowship In American College of Dentists Dr. Wilson Wright, Jr. of Birmingham, Alabama was awarded Fellowship in the American College of Dentists during its 2007 Annual Meeting and Convocation in San Francisco, California.
  July 18, 2008
• Archon Holifield Defines the "21st Century Urban League" Alpha Kappa Archon addressed a packed house of The City Club of Cleveland.
  July 01, 2008
• Boulé Foundation Board of Trustees Elects New Member On June 6, 2008 Archon Robert Holmes of Beta Kappa Boulé was elected by the Boulé Foundation Board of Trustees to serve a three-year term.
  June 17, 2008
• Essence Magazine Recognizes Delta Mu Archousa for Community Service Archousa Gloria Reed Austin is one of twelve women featured in an article in the May 2008 issue of Essence magazine as having made a significant difference in her community and awarded the "Woman Making a Powerful Difference Award".
  June 09, 2008
• Archon Frederick Jones Graduation Keynote Speaker Archon Frederick Jones of Gamma Nu Boulé, Northern Mississippi, was the keynote speaker for the 140th Graduating Class of the Howard University College of Medicine on Friday, May 9, 2008, in Washington, D.C.
  May 19, 2008
• Dr. Sidney A. Ribeau Named Howard's 16th President Sidney A. Ribeau, Ph.D. of Alpha Phi Boulé, has been officially named President of Howard University. This current president of Bowling Green State University was the Board of Trustee's unanimous choice. Ribeau will assume presidency on Aug. 1, 2008.
  May 09, 2008
• Omicron Boulé Archon Named Dean of Hamline University School of Law Archon Donald Lewis, co-founder of Minneapolis law firm, Halleland Lewis Nilan & Johnson, has been named Dean of Hamline University School of Law. Lewis will assume the post on July 1 while remaining Of Counsel with the law firm.
  April 23, 2008
• Alpha Delta’s Archon Jeffery Hopkins Elected to American Bankruptcy Institute’s Board of Directors An ABI member since 2004, Judge Hopkins has frequently served as a panelist and speaker at ABI programs and events.
  April 18, 2008
• Archon Marty Dunn, of Alpha Delta, Joins Dinsmore & Shohl LLP A standout in the legal community and a well-known figure for his commitment to Greater Cincinnati, Archon Dunn has joined Dinsmore & Shahl LLP.
  April 17, 2008
• Archon Harold A. Black honored as Distinguished Speaker by International Finance Association Dr. Harold A. Black was the Distinguished Luncheon Speaker on February 28, 2008 at the annual MFA conference in San Antonio, Texas.
  April 07, 2008
• Beta Boulé Archon Stewart Elected As Fellow To American Academy Of Arts And Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences announced the election of Archon Donald Stewart as a fellow of the Academy. Archon Stewart is a Visiting Professor in the Irving B. Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies School at the University of Chicago
  April 07, 2008
• Remarks By The President At Celebration Of African American History Month This is a month in which we recognize the many African Americans who've made great contributions to our country.
  April 24, 2008
• Lemle & Kelleher Names Archon Hardy As Chairman Of The Firm’s Management Committee The law firm of Lemle & Kelleher, L.L.P. has named Timothy W. Hardy as the Chairman of the firm’s Management Committee for 2008. Mr. Hardy is the first African-American elected to this position in the firm’s 100-year history.
  April 07, 2008
• President Bush Meets With Psi Archon Charles Matthews, National Big Brother Of The Year On September 28, 2007, Archon Charles Matthews and his “Little Brother” Rico met with President Bush who recognized and honored “Chuck” as National Big Brother of the Year.
  January 13, 2008
• Grand Sire Archon Featured in Twin Cities Business Magazine
  January 13, 2008
• Virgis And Angela Colbert Donate The Largest Individual Gift To Thurgood Marshall College Fund At 20th Anniversary Awards Dinner Gala Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) announced that Virgis and Angela Colbert donated $400,000 to the Fund during the organization’s 20th Anniversary Dinner Gala held in New York City at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers on Monday, November 5th , 2007.
  January 13, 2008
• Gammma Beta’s Gregory Morrison Recognized as one of Computerworld’s 2008 Premier 100 IT Leaders December 10…Computerworld, the “Voice of IT Management,” today announced that it selected Gregory Morrison, Rhetoricos, Gamma Beta Boule, as one of Computerworld's 2008 Premier 100 IT Leaders.
  January 13, 2008
• Child Welfare League of America Recognizes Archon Joseph Crumbley The Child Welfare League of America will recognize Joseph Crumbley, DSW, for Best Practice in Kinship Care at its 2007 Adoption and Foster Care Training Conference. The annual meeting took place in New Orleans on December 10, 2007.
  January 13, 2008
• A New Christmas Song A new Christmas CD has been written and produced by Archon Hallerin Hilton Hill.
  December 21, 2007
• Leadership Runs In the Family On October 21, 2007, a dinner was sponsored in Knoxville, Tennessee, to honor Archon Jimmy and Archousa Vicky Hammock for their election to leadership positions in their respective fraternity and sorority.
  December 04, 2007
• Archon Oliver R. Sockwell Jr. Elected to Wilmington Trust Board The Wilmington Trust Corporation announced on June 1, 2007, that Archon Oliver R. Sockwell, Jr. (Epsilon Boulé), had been elected to its Board of Directors.
  December 04, 2007
• Archon Antoine M. Garibaldi Receives Honorary Doctorate Archon Antoine M. Garibaldi, Ph.D., President of Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania, received an honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters degree, from Seton Hall University–during Seton Hall’s commencement ceremony in South Orange, New Jersey on May 7, 2007.
  December 04, 2007
• Gannon President Receives Highest Honor Archon Antoine M. Garibaldi recently was honored by the University of Minnesota’s College of Education and Human Development.
  December 04, 2007
• Archon Gloster Current Named to Assist CEO Gloster Current (Beta Alpha Boulé), currently vice president – policyowner services, has been named to the newly created role of vice president – corporate affairs and assistant to the chief executive officer (CEO).
  December 04, 2007
• Archon William V. Bell Wins Mayoral Race Archon William V. Bell, mayor of Durham, North Carolina, handily defeated challenger Thomas Stith III on Tuesday, November 6, fending off a well-funded opponent to win a fourth term by capturing 58 percent of the nearly 32,000 votes cast.
  November 13, 2007
• Archon Benjamin Hooks Receives Presidential Medal of Freedom On November 5, 2007, in a ceremony at the White House, Archon Benjamin Hooks, of counsel in our Memphis office, received the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor that a President can bestow.
  November 08, 2007
• Archon Kelly M. Smith, Jr. Selected for National Baptist Convention Post The Reverend Dr. Kelly Miller Smith, Jr. of Knoxville Tennessee has been selected to serve as the Executive Director of the Sunday School Publishing Board of the National Baptist Convention, USA, Inc., as of June 2007.
  November 08, 2007
• Archon Daniels Becomes Chairman of National Law Firm Archon John W. Daniels, of Beta Alpha, has been elected chairman of Quarles & Brady, one of the nation's leading corporate law firms.
  October 29, 2007
• Eric Whitaker, MD Named Executive Vice President For Strategic Affiliation Archon Eric E. Whitaker, MD, named executive vice president for strategic affiliations and associate dean for community-based research at the University of Chicago Medical Center.
  October 28, 2007
• New Building Named for Archon Andrew F. Brimmer at Tuskegee The new Andrew F. Brimmer College of Business and Information Sciences was dedicated on the campus of Tuskegee University on October 19, 2007.
  October 23, 2007
• Archon Johnathan Holifield Elected New President & CEO of Urban League of Greater Cleveland The board of trustees of the Urban League of Greater Cleveland has unanimously elected Johnathan M. Holifield, 43, as the next president and chief executive officer for the 90 year-old Urban League affiliate.
  October 15, 2007
• Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis And Education Elects New Board Chairman, Board Members The Board of Directors of Arthur Ashe Youth Tennis and Education (AAYTE), one of the nation's leading public youth tennis programs, has elected Jerry L. Johnson, chairman of Radnor Trust Company, as its new Chairman, succeeding noted Philadelphia attorney Robert A. Swift.
  October 11, 2007
• Duane Morris Appoints Attorney Nolan Atkinson, Jr. to New Chief Diversity Officer Position International law firm Duane Morris LLP is pleased to announce that it has appointed partner Nolan Atkinson, Jr. as the firm’s first Chief Diversity Officer (CDO).
  September 26, 2007
• Grand Sire Archon Moore Slated for Induction in the NBA Global law firm Dorsey & Whitney LLP announced that Cornell Leverette Moore, a partner in the firm's Minneapolis office, has been inducted into the National Bar Association Hall of Fame.
  August 01, 2007
• New Boulé Foundation Trustees Elected The Boulé Foundation Board of Trustees, at its annual meeting in Chicago on June 1, elected to the board of trustees Archousa Jacqulyn C. Shropshire, Archon Kelvin Buncum (Kappa Boulé, Atlanta) and Immediate Past Grand Sire Archon Charles C. Teamer (Alpha Alpha Boulé, New Orleans).
  June 20, 2007
• New President of Morehouse Announced Dr. Robert Michael Franklin was unanimously confirmed as 10th President of Morehouse College by the Board of Trustees in a special meeting held on Saturday, April 28, 2007.
  May 22, 2007
• Partner Joshua W. Martin III Selected to Monitor Progress of Initiative to Improve Inmate Health Care in Delaware Potter Anderson & Corroon LLP is pleased to announce that partner Joshua W. Martin III has been jointly selected by the Delaware Department of Correction (DOC) and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) to serve as the Independent Monitor in overseeing the progress of DOC in satisfying the requirements of a 2006 Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between DOC and DOJ relating to prison medical and mental health care in four DOC institutions.
  June 20, 2007
• Portrait of David L. Evans Unveiled at Lamont A portrait of David L. Evans, Senior Admissions Officer for Harvard College, was unveiled at a ceremony in Lamont Library April 27, 2007.
  June 20, 2007
• Victor C. March, Sr. is Appointed to SunTrust Maryland’s Advisory Board Don Hutchinson, regional president and CEO of SunTrust Bank, Maryland recently announced that Victor C. March, Sr. was elected to SunTrust’s regional Advisory Board. March is chief executive officer of MARCORP, Ltd. (March Funeral Homes).
  June 20, 2007
• Resolution in Support of the Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007 Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity strongly supports the Federal Judicial Salary Restoration Act of 2007 and hereby encourages the United States Congress to de-link the salaries of federal judges from members of Congress to ensure judicial salaries are adequate to attract and retain the best and the brightest lawyers in the nation, including African American lawyers.
  April 16, 2007
• Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity Supports the Removal of Imus from the Airwaves Sigma Pi Phi, the oldest black Greek-letter fraternity, emphatically supports the decision by CBS and NBC and other media outlets to remove radio and television personality Don Imus from the airwaves following his denigrating and offensive comments about the Rutgers University women's basketball team.
  April 16, 2007
• Little Rock Nine To Be Honored In New York Grand Sire Archon Cornell Leverette Moore, Grand Grammateus Peyton Williams, Jr., and Grand Grapter Khephra Burns will join Grand Sire Archon-Elect Robert L. Harris in New York on April 12 for the annual dinner of the African American Experience Fund (AAEF) of the National Parks Foundation at the Rainbow Room.
  April 09, 2007
• PUC Chairman Holland Honored by Boy Scouts Cradle of Liberty Council Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PUC) Chairman Wendell F. Holland recently received the 2007 Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award from the Cradle of Liberty Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
  April 10, 2007
• Hunton & Williams Names Archon Frank Emory As New Head of Litigation Department Hunton & Williams LLP today announced it has named Archon Frank E. Emory Jr. as the head of its 300-lawyer Litigation Department, one of the largest in the nation. In his new role, Emory will be responsible for both the litigation and intellectual property practices.
  March 27, 2007
• Alpha Psi Boulé Establishes Scholarship Fund for African American Men in Hartford Annual scholarships will be made to promising young African-American men whose high school performance is likely to lead to continued success at the college level, who have undertaken volunteer, community service or other extracurricular activities, and who are entering a four-year college on a full-time basis.
  March 27, 2007
• New Book By Archon Robert M. Franklin Released February 8, 2007 Archon Robert M. Franklin (Kappa Boulé), Professor of Social Ethics at Emory University's Candler School of Theology, released a new book, "Crisis in the Village: Restoring Hope in African American Communities".
  March 27, 2007
• President Nelson Receives Education Leadership Award Lincoln University President Ivory V. Nelson has received the The Education Leadership Award presented by the Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund (TMSF) on Monday, October 23 in New York, home of the national organization to provide financial assistance to students attending public historically black colleges and universities.
  March 27, 2007
• Majority Whip Clyburn Sworn-in to 110^th Congress WASHINGTON, DC—Congressman James E. Clyburn today was sworn-in to the 110^th Congress making him the first South Carolinian and second African American to assume majority whip position in history.
  February 04, 2007
• Past Grand Sire Archon William A. McClain Receives Springfield City Schools Alumni of Distinction Award Established by the Springfield Board of Education to recognize former students of the city schools who have distinguished themselves through their exemplary professional success and community service.
  February 04, 2007
• Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Names Top Sony/BMG Executive Max Siegel President Of Global Operations Teresa Earnhardt, CEO of Dale Earnhardt, Inc., announced today the appointment of Max Siegel as President of Global Operations.
  December 20, 2006
• Archon Clarence D. Armbrister Promoted to Executive Vice President and CEO Hart is promoting Senior Vice President Clarence D. Armbrister to executive vice president and chief operating officer. In his expanded role, Armbrister will oversee all operational activities at the university. In addition to his current portfolio, Armbrister will assume responsibility for Human Resources, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, Business Services, and Internal Audit. Athletics will now report directly to the president, with a dotted-line report to Armbrister. The Partnership Schools program will become a part of the College of Education.
  March 27, 2007
• Archon Paul B. Mohr, Sr., Phi Boule, Directs Scholars Program to Help Minorities Funded by the state Legislature and administered by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education, the Alabama Doctoral Scholars Program has helped 45 minority scholars graduate with doctoral degrees from Alabama schools, more than any other state participating in the program.
  March 27, 2007
• Archon James Schell Releases New Book On October 17, 2006, Archon James Schell’s book, We Call Our Daddy "Mister," was released to the public.
  November 26, 2006
• Harvard College alumni raise $1M for Archon David L. Evans' scholarship A three-year campaign to finance a new scholarship for a student from an underrepresented background in the name of Senior Admissions Officer David L. Evans has raised four times its $250,000 target and is already helping three Harvard College students.
  February 04, 2007
• Archon Wesley Coleman Named Executive Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for The Walt Disney Company Archon Coleman will be responsible for areas that include managing Disney's employee communications, organizational and cultural development, employee education and development, global staffing, diversity, compensation and benefits, and employee relations.
  November 26, 2006