Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Iota Zeta Chapter Scholarship Fund

About The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Iota Zeta Chapter

Since its founding on December 4, 1906, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. has supplied voice and vision to the struggle of African-Americans and people of color around the world. Alpha Phi Alpha, the first intercollegiate Greek-letter fraternity established for African-Americans, was founded at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York by seven college men who recognized the need for a strong bond of Brotherhood among African descendants in this country.

The visionary founders, known as the Jewels of the Fraternity, are Henry Arthur Callis, Charles Henry Chapman, Eugene Kinckle Jones, George Biddle Kelley, Nathaniel Allison Murray, Robert Harold Ogle, and Vertner Woodson Tandy. The Fraternity initially served as a study and support group for minority students who faced racial prejudice, both educationally and socially, at Cornell. The Jewel founders and early leaders of the Fraternity succeeded in laying a firm foundation for Alpha Phi Alpha's principles of scholarship, fellowship, good character, and the uplifting of humanity.

The Iota Zeta chapter was charted Saturday April 27th, 1974 at The University of Maryland, College Park by ten brothers who we call, The Ten Sons of the Phoenix.

Mission: Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity develops leaders, promotes brotherhood and academic excellence, while providing service and advocacy for our communities.

Vision: The objectives of this Fraternity shall be: to stimulate the ambition of its members; to prepare them for the greatest usefulness in the causes of humanity, freedom, and dignity of the individual; to encourage the highest and noblest form of manhood; and to aid down-trodden humanity in its efforts to achieve higher social, economic and intellectual status.

About The Fund

The Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Iota Zeta Chapter Scholarship Fund provides annual scholarships to members and Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity at the University of Maryland, who demonstrate financial need and academic excellence. _{*Gifts in support of this fund will support the current use scholarship fund until the minimum threshold required to convert this fund to endowment is reached.}

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Please contact sagiving@umd.edu for more information about the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Iota Zeta Chapter Scholarship Fund. 

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