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112TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. RES. 244 

Congratulating Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. for 100 years of service 

to communities throughout the United States and the world, and commending Omega Psi Phi for upholding its cardinal principles of manhood, 

scholarship, perseverance, and uplift. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

JULY 29, 2011 

Ms. LANDRIEU (for herself, Mrs. HAGAN, Mr. WICKER, Mr. BROWN of Ohio, 

Mr. NELSON of Florida, Mr. LEVIN, Mr. CARDIN, Mrs. GILLIBRAND, and 

Mr. CORNYN) submitted the following resolution; which was considered 

and agreed to 

RESOLUTION 

Congratulating Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. for 100 years 

of service to communities throughout the United States 

and the world, and commending Omega Psi Phi for 

upholding its cardinal principles of manhood, scholarship, 

perseverance, and uplift. 

Whereas Omega Psi Phi is the first international fraternal 

organization to be founded on the campus of a historically black college; 

Whereas Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was founded at 

Howard University in Washington, District of Columbia, 

on November 17, 1911, by undergraduates Oscar James 

Cooper, M.D., Frank Coleman, Ph.D., and Edgar Amos 


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Love, D.D., and their faculty advisor Ernest Everett 

Just, Ph.D.; 

Whereas, on November 17, 2011, Omega Psi Phi will celebrate 100 years of service to communities throughout the 

United States and the world in many diverse fields of endeavor; 

Whereas, in 2011, Omega Psi Phi has more than 700 chapters throughout the United States, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, South Korea, Japan, Liberia, 

Germany, and Kuwait; 

Whereas Omega Psi Phi has maintained a commitment to the 

betterment of mankind, the enhancement of the community, and the enrichment of collegiate men through dedication to its cardinal principles of manhood, scholarship, 

perseverance, and uplift; 

Whereas Omega Psi Phi chapters participate in activities that 

uplift their communities, including voter registration, illiteracy awareness, Habitat for Humanity, health awareness programs, and youth mentoring; 

Whereas the men of Omega Psi Phi have distinguished themselves in the field of science, including Dr. Ernest Everett 

Just, an internationally known biologist, Dr. Charles 

Drew, who perfected the use of blood plasma, Dr. Ronald 

E. McNair, an astronaut and member of the flight team 

aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger, Charles Bolden, an 

astronaut and the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Dr. Fred Drew 

Gregory, an astronaut and graduate of the United States 

Air Force Academy; 

Whereas the men of Omega Psi Phi have distinguished themselves in the field of sports, including Dr. Robert M. 


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Screen, the tennis coach at Hampton University and the 

coach with the most wins in the history of the National 

Collegiate Athletic Association, Michael Jordan, who was 

inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of 

Fame in 2009, Charlie Ward, the winner of the Heisman 

Trophy in 1993 and a former guard with the New York 

Knicks of the National Basketball Association, Dr. 

LeRoy Walker, a former president of the United States 

Olympic Committee, and Terrance Trammell, a world 

champion hurdler; 

Whereas the men of Omega Psi Phi have distinguished themselves in the field of government, including William 

Hastie, the first Governor of the Virgin Islands, Lawrence Douglas Wilder, the first black Governor of Virginia, Togo West, a former Secretary of the Army, James 

E. Clyburn, a Member of the House of Representatives 

from South Carolina and the 26th Majority Whip of the 

House of Representatives, Jesse Jackson, Jr., a Member 

of the House of Representatives from Illinois, and Hank 

Johnson, a Member of the House of Representatives from 

Georgia; 

Whereas the men of Omega Psi Phi have distinguished themselves in the field of the arts, including Langston 

Hughes, the poet laureate who excelled as a poet, playwright, novelist, lyricist, and humorist, and William 

‘‘Count’’ Basie, an internationally known pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader; and 

Whereas Omega Psi Phi will commemorate its history and 

promote its continued success at its centennial celebration to be held July 27 through July 31, 2011, in Washington, District of Columbia: Now, therefore, be it 

1 Resolved, That the Senate— 


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1 (1) congratulates Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, 

2 Inc. for 100 years of service to communities 

3 throughout the United States and the world; and 

4 (2) commends Omega Psi Phi for upholding its 

5 cardinal principles of manhood, scholarship, perse6 verance, and uplift. 

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