Did you know that the first official fraternity initiation for Alpha Phi Alpha took place on October 30, 1906? This event was before the organization’s formal adoption to become a fraternity. That fall, a group of visionary students at Cornell University including Charles C. Poindexter as President, George B. Kelley, Henry A. Callis, and others gathered to initiate new brothers: Brother Lemuel E. Graves Brother Gordon H. Jones Brother Eugene K. Jones This was the moment Alpha became more than a