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Originally Posted by Knoxstudent
Were all of these actual collegiate chapter members or were some inducted as honorary members?
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Hamilton Bohannon (Undergrad -- Alpha Phi?)
Benny Boom (Music video director) Temple
Jerry "The Iceman" Butler (lead singer of The Impressions) Chicago alumni
Rusty Cundieff (Actor and Director, was in
School Daze and
Hav Plenty) Undergrad, U. Southern California
Todd Duncan (Opera singer -- very first Porgy) not sure
Duke Ellington (grad chapter in WV)
Three of the four original members of Shai (Beta Chapter, howard)
Gary Hardwick (Director and Screenwriter) Epsilon, U Michigan
The producers of Stomp the Yard, Trois, and other films (Beta Nu, FAMU)
Donny Hathaway (Beta)
Joseph C. Phillips (Denise's husband on the
Cosby Show) grad chapter in Compton, CA
Lionel Richie (grad chapter in Tuskegee)
Alpha Phi Alpha no longer has honorary members -- Duke Ellington was technically illegally initiated into his chapter because he had no degree, but it was an infraction which was later forgiven.