Tau Chapter was chartered on May 1st, 1922 at Atlanta
University for
undergraduate men seeking membership into Omega Psi Phi.
Brother Harold H. Thomas, 8th Grand Basileus, and Brother
Walter "Big Chief" Aiken,
famed Atlanta University football coach, are the chapter's
founders.
The Camp Howard War Chapter was instrumental in bringing
Omega Psi Phi to
Atlanta, GA. Established in early 1918, Camp Howard War
Chapter initiated 27 men.
Significantly, three War Chapter initiates - Laurence R.
Harper, Horace A Hodges, and Harvey M. Smith - were Atlanta
University undergraduates.
Brothers Harper, Hodges and Smith helped charter Eta chapter
on December 27, 1919 for students at Atlanta University,
Morehouse College and Clark College.
Tau would emerge from Eta in 1922 along with Psi at
Morehouse College and Eta Omega (for graduate men), followed
by Beta Psi at Clark College in 1923. Eta was reassigned to
undergraduates at Alcorn University in 1950.
The earliest documented Tau chapter activity appeared in
1927. Led by Basileus Amos Williams, Tau had 22 active
brothers and boasted a strong Achievement Week program. The
chapter roster included Brother William D. Long who, along
with six other Atlanta University undergraduates, was
initiated at Tau on April 26, 1926. During the 1990s,
brother William D. Long was one of Omega's oldest living
members. Brother Long entered Omega chapter in January 1997.
Founded in 1865, Atlanta University became an exclusively
graduate and professional institution in 1929, the first
with a predominantly black student body. Atlanta University
conferred its first Master of Arts degree in 1931.
Accordingly, the Tau chapter designation changed from
undergraduate to intermediate and Tau would now serve
Atlanta University men in pursuit of graduate professional
degrees and Omega Psi Phi.
Also of note, Jessie O. Thomas (Eta Omega) founded the
Atlanta University School of Social Work. Brother Thomas
served as First Vice-Grand Basileus under William E. Baugh
from 1937 to 1939 and as the Tau chapter advisor while
matriculating at Atlanta University.
Tau chapter became the intermediate chapter of Atlanta in
1969 when Omicron chapter was reassigned to Columbia
University in NYC, initially opening its membership to men
at the interdenominational Theological Center (ITC).
Tau
chapter expanded efforts between 1969 and 2000 to initiate
collegiate men pursuing graduate degrees from other Atlanta
area professional schools including Morehouse School of
Medicine, Georgia Tech, Emory University Law School, Georgia
State, and Devry. Although Omega officially decided at the
Indianapolis Conclave in July 2000 to do away with the
intermediate status, Thunderin' Tau chapter will remain true
to the mission of servicing Omega and young professional men
in metro Atlanta.
TAU Chapter 1923
1926
1. William D. Long, MA, MS (OMEGA Chapter)
2. Amos Williams (Chapter Basileus 1927)
1933
1. John C. Smith
1936
1. Thomas J. Collins
1939
1. Clarence Smith
1941
1. Kenneth E. Barton
1947
1. Charles E. Hubert, PhD
2. Wendell L. Johnson
3. Raymond M. Grier
4. Clifford L. Davis, JD
1948
1. Melvin Hester
2. Lawrence J. Johnson
1949
1. Samuel T. Turner
1961
1. Thomas L. Merritt
1962
1. Cleon M. Middleton
1963
1. John Ruffin
2. Joe L. Caldwell
3. Wallace McMichael
4. James R. Mims
5. Ralph B. Singfield
1964
1. Julius T. Crouch
2. James A. Roberts
4. Wendell P. Jones
5. Robert Davis
6. Theodore L. Johnson
1965
1. Vernon J. Simpson
1966
1. George W. Clark Jr., MA
2. Gregory L. Showell Sr., MA
3. Oliver Huff, MA
1971
1. Quency Holmes, MBA
2. C. Edmund Fairley, MBA
3. Luther Burton, CPA
4. Issac Clark, Jr., MBA
5. Wayne B. Placide, MBA
6. Layshell Layton
7. Douglas R. Parham, Sr., MBA
8. Lawrence A. Reeves, Jr., MA
9. Clyde Bouler
1972:
1. James A. Ard, MA (OMEGA Chapter)
2. Ronnie H. Davenport, MA, MS (OMEGA Chapter)
3. Frank J. Seibert, MA
4. John A. Burks, MA
5. George W. Ward, MA
6. Donald C. Williams,MA
1973
1. Bobby Burkes, Sr., PhD
2. Philip E. Journer, MA (OMEGA Chapter)
3. Eddie De Legarde, MA
4. Derek Bastain, MA (OMEGA Chapter)
1977
1. Carlton M. Coleman, MS
1978:
1. Jerome Sanders, MS
2. Thomas J. Calhoun, Jr., PhD
3. Calton Hailey, MS
1979
1. Daniel Baldwin, Jr., MBA
1980:
1. Reginald Rosamond, MA
2. Darcey J. Taylor, DDS
3. Charles Strickland, MS
1988
1. Harvey W. Cooper, Jr., M.Div
2. Ervin L. Richards, MA
3. C. Stephen Battle, MA
4. Kenneth Thomas, M.Div
5. Morris E. Reese, MD
6. Michael D. Bullock, MSW (OMEGA Chapter)
7. Nicholas P. Harrell, MBA
8. Stuart Young, MSW
9. Marvin C. Zanders, Jr., M.Div
10. Shawn M. Abernathy, PhD
11. Joseph M. Latimore, MA
1989
1. Robert L. Fisher, Jr., MBA
2. Brian K. Ashord, MS
3. Daniel J. Gibson, MS
1992
1. Darin C. Hall, MBA
2. Michael Pearsall, MS
3. Tim Brown, MS
4. Brian O. Reese, MD
5. Al Harmon, PhD
1993
1. James Wright, Jr., PhD
2. Angus Bates, III, Ed.D
3. L. Michael Burke Jr. PhD
4. Corey A. LAwrence, JD
5. Howard W. Grant, PhD
6. Derrick P. Cole, PhD
1994
1. Andre R. Griggs, MA
2. Gregory D. Douglas
3. Cecil C. Flournoy III, MA
4. Sean L. Mitchell, MA
5. Terrence L. Jenkins
6. Louie H. Huff, Jr., MA
1996
1. Herbert J. Smith, Jr.
2. Marc D.S. Lewis
3. Wilson J. Sheppard
4. Devin P. White, Sr., MA
5. J. Pete Andrews, MA
1997
1. Vincent D. Smith, Jr., MS
2004
1. Marcus Black
2. Dr. Augustus Jordan III
3. Joel Allen
4. Shafton Fraley
5. Allen Fraley
6. Rod Patterson
7. Roderick Cunningham
2005
1. Ronald Patterson, Jr.
2. Ronardo Reeves, MA
3. Shawn Austin
4. Travis Edwards
5. Kelvin Abney, MBA
6. Ronald Smith, Jr., DDS
7. James Kizer
8. Theodore Harper III
2006
1. Reginald Kempson, Jr.
2. Barron Banks, M.Div
3. Jarvis Tarplin
4. Herman Mannings III
5. Phillip Elder, MBA
6. Trammel Fox
7. Gene Toodle
8. Troy Huffman, MA
9. Mark Brice, MS
2007
1. Willie Harrington III, MS
2. Jaiwan Harris
3. Greg Pridgeon II
4. Antonio Gray
5. Genghis Shakhan
6. Charlie Elder
7. Jonathan Wilson
8. Earl Shorty, Jr.
2008
1. Alex Malone, MS
2. Lemetrius Jones
3. Rob Leach
4. Ralph Joseph
5. Rod Smith, M.Ed
6. Alvin Davis, MSW
7. Bruce Prunty
8. Chaz Johnson
9. Claudius D. Wood, Esq.
10. Reginald Huff
2010
1. Jerome Forrest
2. Marcus Benton, M.Ed
3. Jonathan Williams
4. Rendell Jackson
5. DeMario Austin
6. Olugbolahan Adewumi
7. Michael Carter
8. Robert Watson
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