Omega Psi Phi Notes exam study guide questions and answers(graded A+)

When & Where Was Omega Psi Phi Founded? Friday, November 17, 1911 On the Campus of Howard University Founder names and Titles Dr. Oscar James Cooper Professor Frank Coleman Bishop Edgar Amos Love Dr. ernest Everett Just Brainpower Read More Previous Play Next Rewind 10 seconds Move forward 10 seconds Unmute 0:00 / 0:00 Full screen 4 Cardinal Principles Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, Uplift Omega Psi Phi is the first organization to be funded on what? Historical Black Clollege Omega Psi Phi initials were derived from what phrase Friendship is essential to the soul Who became the First grand Basileus and when? Bishop Edgar Amos Love On November 23, 1911 Who became the First Grand Keeper of Records (National Secretary) Dr. Oscar James Cooper Who Became the First Grand Keeper of Seals (National Treasurer) Professor Frank Coleman Famous Omega: Host On Family Feud Steve Harvey Famous Omega: Famous American Poet Langston Hughes Famous Omega: Was Basketball player and has expensive brand shoes named after him Michael Jordan Famous Omega: Played basketball who is now a sports analyst Shaquille O'Neal When Did Omega Dear become the official Hymn? 1931 Who is the 41st Grand Basileus? Dr. David Marion Howard University did not fully recognize Omega Psi Phi as a national organization until what year? 1914 Omega Psi Phi Health Initiative Chapters organize, coordinate and facilitate activities that promote good health practices Omega 1911 Project Members donate $19.11 to help raise funds where 50% goes to the Smithsonian Project and the other 50% was recommended to help educate African Americans on how to conduct themselves when stopped by law enforcement What happens annually on March 12th? Every March 12th there is a memorial service held in remembrance of members who have entered the Omega Chapter Omega 1000 for 1000 Fundraising Campaign 1000 Members are asked to donate $1000 to make up a combined fund if $1 Million Dollars ti help support the growth of HBCU's In what Year did Dr. Oscar James Cooper become the Second Grand Basileus? 1912 Where did Second Grand Basileus Dr. Oscar James Cooper investigate establishing a second chapter? Lincoln University The first Official Hymn was written by who? Otto Bohannon Who was the 6th Grand Basileus? Clarence F. Holmes When Was the Omega "Sweetheart Song" adopted as the Official sweetheart song? Where? 1940, Nashville Grand Conclave Who was the first to hold both positions of Grand Basileus and Vice Grand Basileus? Dorsey C. Miller Jr. Omega Psi Phi Became to first black Greek organization to establish a chapter where? Great Britain Who was the 39th Grand Basileus? Dr. Andrew A. Ray All Undergraduate Founders were Liberal arts students. True or False? True Grand Basileus Moses C. Norman Served the longest tenure of how many years? Six Years Omega Psi Phi (During WW1) had several Members graduate in the first class of black soldiers from where? Camp Fort Des Moines Training Facility In what Year did Omega Psi Phi Become one of the founding members of the Pan-Hellenic Council? 1930 What year did Founder Dr. Ernest Everett Just enter the Omega Chapter ? 1941 In 1949 the first National Headquarters building was located at what address? 107 Rhode Island Ave N.W., Washington, DC Stanley Douglas served as the editor of the first Oracle which was published when? Spring of 1919 Who were members of the Federal Council of Negro Affairs or "Black cabinet" as well as Omega Men? Robert C. Weaver, Lawrence Oxley, Roscoe Brown, Frank Horne, William Hastie, J. Arthur Weiseger, Ted Poston, Campbell C Johnson and William Trent. During the _______ Omega Men became more actively involved in the fight to eliminate racial descrimination. Fifties The Los Angles Grand Conclave in 1955 initiated a program whereby each graduate chapter would have to purchase this. A Life Membership from the NAACP Bayard Rustin was a activist and advisor to the man who gave the I have a dream speech. Martin Luther King Jr. What year did Founder Professor Frank Coleman enter the Omega Chapter ? 1967 Where was Founder Dr. Ernest Everett Just Born? Charleston, South Carolina Where did Founder Dr. Ernest Everett Just get his Doctorate from? and what it in? Doctorate in Philosophy from University if Chicago Where was Founder Professor Frank Coleman Born? Washington, DC Founder Professor Frank Coleman was the head professor of what department at Howard University? Physics Where was Founder Dr. Oscar James Cooper Born? Washington, DC Where did Founder Dr. Oscar James Cooper get his Doctorate from? and what it in? Doctorate in Medicine from Howard University Where was Founder Bishop Edgar Amos Love born? Harrisonburg, Virginia Founder Bishop Edgar Amos Love has bachelors in what three areas of study? which did he get an Honorary Doctorate for? Arts, Divinity and Sacred Theology; Divinity Founder Dr. Ernest Everett Just became the first recipient of what prestigious award. NAACP Spingarn Medal Omega Psi Phi's first 50 years were marked by the ______(place and year) Grand Conclave, where 13 out of 23 former Grand Basilei attended 1961 Washington, D.C. When and where was the granite monument in memory of the found founders. November 16, 1975 near Thirkeild Hall Omega Psi Phi has less than 700 chapters worldwide ( True of False) False, has OVER 700+ chapters worldwide Omega Psi Phi was founded in the office of Dr. Ernest Everett Just in the Science hall which is now called what? Thirkield Hall During the _______ (Year and place)Grand Conclave Carter G. Woodson inspired the the establishment of what? 1920 Nashville; National Achievement Week IN what Year was the Office of the Vice Grand Basileus created? 1922 The Lambda Chapter, organized at University of South California is referred to as what? "The Pearl of the West Coast"