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Originally Posted by Little32
I just received this link to a bio of a relative of mine, Dr. Oscar Ritchie. The bio mentions a sustained relationship with Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity (KAPsi is mentioned as well, but it seems that he was a member of APhiA, though there is no information about when and where he became a member). Has anyone heard anything about him in relation to the fraternity?
http://www.hierographics.org/owritchiebio.htm |
Brother Oscar W. Ritchie was the first African American full tenured professor at a predominantly white university in the state of Ohio. He taught for many years at Kent State University( where the Pan African cultural arts building is named in his honor, making him the first African American to have a predominantly white public university building named in his honor). Dr.Ritchie was a proud and very active member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. His service to our Fraternity is cited many times in our History book. Additionally, he served as faculty advisor during the formation of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity chapter at Kent State and was instrumental in helping that organization gain a University chartered status. Brother Ritchie epitomized the highest expressions of our Fraternity's mission to uplift downtrodden black humanity by his courageous and unceasing fight against the blatant racism of the time both on the KSU campus and in the larger black community. At the same time he demonstrated intellectual excellence to those he taught, he showed everyone at KSU that African Americans would have to be respected as full equals in all areas of university life. Put in it's simplest terms Brother Ritchie was an Alpha man.