Fraternity History
A Brief History of KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC.
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc., founded on the campus of Indiana University in Bloomington, Indiana January 5, 1911, was initially named Kappa Alpha Nu. With the vision of providing an alternative to the racially segregated student organizations on campus and uniting college men of culture, patriotism, and honor in a bond of fraternity, our founders methodically set forth to realize a dream.
The following year, in 1912, the fraternity chartered a second chapter at the University of Illinois at Champaign, Urbana. By 1921, the fraternity spread throughout the Midwest, began expanding East, and had one chapter in the South. Today, Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Incorporated has over 700 undergraduate and alumni chapters in every state of the union. Chapters exist in the United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, Japan, the Caribbean, and South Africa. The realization of a dream, Kappa Alpha Psi now boasts a global membership exceeding 150,000 Good Brothers.
The Fraternity is the beautiful realization of a vision shared commonly by the late Revered Founders Elder Watson Diggs; John Milton Lee; Byron K. Armstrong; Guy Levis Grant; Ezra D. Alexander; Henry T. Asher; Marcus P. Blakemore; Paul W. Caine; Edward G. Irvin and George W. Edmonds.
Objectives of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity Inc.
- To unite college men of culture, patriotism, and honor, in a bond of fraternity
- To encourage honorable achievement in every field of human endeavor
- To promote the spiritual, social, intellectual and moral welfare of its members
- To assist the aims and purposes of colleges and universities
- To inspire service in the public’s interest
