These are the 14 men who gave the world Alpha Phi Omega on a cold December 16, 1925 on the campus of Lafayette College at Easton, Pennsylvania. Click on each name to get a history on each.
Lewis Blair
Thane Cooley (created handclasp)
Ephraim Detwiler
Ellsworth Dobson (co-wrote Constitution and By-laws)
Donald Fritts
Robert Green
Herbert Heinrich
William Highberger
Frank Reed "The Lightbearer" Horton (Main Founder, wrote motto and Ritual)
Gordon Looney (co-wrote Constitution and By-laws)
George Olsen
Everett Probst (designed pin, drew Coat-of-Arms)
Donald Terwilliger (still alive!!!)
William Wood
"In founding Alpha Phi Omega, not only was a new fraternity formed, but also an entirely new type of fraternity was formed ... dedicated to serving others ..."
Donald Terwilliger, Founding member, APO
"As Scouting is worldwide, so should Alpha Phi Omega be worldwide, gradually in the colleges and universities of all the nations. Alpha Phi Omega can help bring about, through the future statesmen of the world, that standard of manhood and international understanding and friendship that will lead to a better, more peaceful world in which to live and in which to make a living and a life."
--Frank Reed Horton, Founder of APO