The  history of  the BETA MU chapter of  KAPPA ALPHA PSI  FRATERNITY  INC. is storied and filled with over 80 years of ACHIEVEMENT. Men of  various walks of life have been initiated into THE BOND since it's  inception in 1940 and  instilled with the  burning desire and drive of ACHIEVEMENT IN EVERY FIELD OF HUMAN ENDEAVOR. These men can attribute  that desire and drive to our illustrious  founder, Brother  John W. Whitaker, affectionately known as "POP" Whitaker on the campus of  LeMonye College. 

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                                                       JOHN W. "POP"  WHITAKER 1902 -1996 

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SPRING 1940 CHARTER MEMBERS 
INITIATED MAY 7TH 1940 
PORTER BAYMAN *
JAMES CHANDLER, JR *
ELMER HENDERSON *
CLARENCE GREEN, JR *
GARLAND PINKSTON *
CHARLES LEE, JR 
ERNEST ABRON *
WILLIE MCANULTY *
THOMAS HENRY 
WILLIAM PASCHELL, SR 
CHARLES HONESTY 
WILBUR PUGH 
JESSE TURNER *
ARTHUR FLOWERS *
CURTIS BROWN 
JAMES HOSE, JR 
LAWRENCE DORSEY 
CHARLES MASON 
REGINALD SHELBY 

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SPRING 1941 
INITIATED APRIL 12TH 1941 

AUTHUR FLOWERS (*)
WILLIAM PICKETT 

 

SPRING 1942 
INITIATED APRIL 10TH 1942 

CURTIS BROWN
WARREN DAVIS 

JAMES HOSE, JR
SHANNON LITTLE (*) 

 

FALL 1942 
INITIATED OCTOBER 24TH 1942 

LAWRENCE DORSEY

HOWARD CHANDLER (*)

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SPRING 1946 
INITIATED APRIL 6TH 1946 
CHARLES MASON

C.E. LINCOLN (*)

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SPRING 1947
INITIATED DEC 13TH 1947
ARTHUR PEYTON (*)

YOULON SAVAGE

CHARLES TISDALE

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FALL 1948

INITIATED DEC 13TH 1948

DONALD JACKSON

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SPRING 1948

INITIATED MAY 7TH 1948

STAFFORD DANIELS

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FALL 1949

INITIATED DEC 15TH 1949

THEODORE JOHNSON (*)

CASELLE KNOX

EMMITT BEASLEY (*)

FERGUSON TOLBERT

WILLIS DANDRIDGE (*)

ANDREW WEIR

LANGSTON HAWKINS

ANDREW WEIR

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FALL 1950

INITIATED NOV 26TH 1950

OTTO LASHLEY

REGINALD SCOTT

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SPRING 1951

INITIATED MAY 5TH 1951

JAMES TOWNSEND, JR (*)

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SPRING 1952

INITIATED MARCH 29TH 1952

FRED MCGEE

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FALL 1952

INITIATED DEC 6TH 1952

DR. BOOKER HODGES (*)

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FALL 1953

INITIATED DEC 1TH 1953

McALLISTER WATERS (*)

MAURICE BULLITT

WILLIAM COLLINS

VERTICE SMITH

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SPRING 1954

INITIATED MAY 7TH 1954

WILLIAM SPENSER

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FALL 1954

INITIATED DEC 3RD 1954

MELVIN HODGES

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SPRING 1955

INITIATED MAY 7TH 1954

JOSEPH TURNER

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FALL 1955

INITIATED DEC 14TH 1955

HEWITT LATHAN

EZEKIEL OWENS

ALFREDO WELLINGTON

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SPRING 1957

INITIATED APRIL  6TH 1957

CHARLES WHITE

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FALL 1957

INITIATED DEC 5TH 1957

DONALD WEST

CHESTER CADE

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FALL 1958

INITIATED NOV 1ST 1958

JESSE JONES (*)

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The Beta Mu Chapter was inactive during the early 1960s. The chapter didn't have enough active brothers on the yard to have pledgees so anyone wanting to pledge Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. in Memphis  had to align with Beta Lambda, (Lane College). Even though they never attended Lane College, their paperwork was sent to IHQ thru Beta Lambda. We owe Beta Lambda a debt of gratitude because the Beta Mu, we know and love today was given new life thru this action.

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SPRING 1964

INITIATED APRIL 18TH  1964

MICHEAL BRASWELL

WARREN BROWN

DR. BOBBY COLLINS

NORMAN DOWNEY

IVORY  JOHNSON

WILLE JONES

EDDIE NEWBY

ARTHUR WEBB *

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SPRING 1966
INITIATED APRIL 22ND  1966 

DAN HANCOCK II *

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FALL 1966
INITIATED NOV 19TH  1966 

LEROY BAKER

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SPRING 1967
INITIATED JULY 22ND 1967

DONALD PINKSTON *

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SPRING 1968
INITIATED MAY 11TH  1968 

LARRY SUAREZ

SANDOR MORELAND

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SPRING 1969
INITIATED APRIL 19TH  1969 - "SPARITAN 13"

ROBERT WILLIAMS

JAMES SEYMOUR

ROBET HINES *

HERBERT CARTER

WILLIE HENRY

MAYNARD MONTGOMERY

RICHARD WILSON

WILLIE MEGGETTE

JOHN BLAIR

RONALD JOHNSON

SAM BACHELOR

DENNIS WOOTEN

GLEN BLANKENSHIP

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Beta Mu's first line after the inactivity was Spring 1970

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SPRING 1970

INITIATED APRIL 2ND  1970 - "SINFUL SEVEN PLUS ONE"

VERNON THOMAS *

CALVIN JOHNSON

HERMAN McNEIL

CLEM MADLOCK *

ROBERT WOOTEN 

HERBERT LESTER

CLARENCE WILLIAMS

DONALD HARDY *

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SPRING 1971

INITIATED APRIL 24TH  1971- "SATAN 9"

NATHAN JONES *

TIMOTHY SEYMOUR

RONALD PINKSTON

Le ROY JOHNSON

RICHARD C. WHITNEY

OCIE LEWIS

BENNIE LIGGINS

CHARLES JOHNSON *

EDWARD DAVIS *

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SPRING 1972

INITIATED APRIL 21ST 1972  "FANTASTIC 5"

RICHARD OLIVER

MOSES HENDERSON *

DAVID MADLOCK

MARTIN BUTCHER

RANDY PUCKETT

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FALL 1972

INITIATED NOVEMBER 25TH  1972 - "UNLIMITED SEVEN"

LARUE KELLER

LARRY SCRUGGS

GEORGE RUTHERFORD

BENNIE WESTBROOKS *

GEORGE YOUNG

AMBROSE BENNETT

RAMON TATE

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SPRING 1973

INITIATED APRIL 7TH  1973 - "EBONY  14"

MAURICE JOHNSON

BARRY SOMMERVILLE

ROBERT ALDRIDGE *

REGINALD JACKSON

ROBERT GILL *

KENNY MONTGOMERY

MARVIN SUDDUTH

CHARLES POWELL

RAYMOND ORR

JAMES COWAN III

THEODORE JOHNSON *

CLINT JACKSON

MICHAEL MARSH

SPENCER EVANS

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SPRING 1973

INITIATED DECEMBER 1ST  1973 - "ECO-11"

STEVE NEWSUM

CARLOS PHIFER *

HAYWOOD CARPENTER

RAYMOND CONLEY

STANLEY DOWELL

VERDALL CATHEY

ROBERT MILLER

LE ROY JOHNSON

KENNETH SHORES

RALPH THOMPSON

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SPRING 1974

INITIATED MAY 1ST  1974 - "TRANSIT 9"

JOHNSON SAULSBERRY

ANTHONY DAVIS

MARVELL MITCHELL

DANNY DICKSON

MICHAEL ROGERS

JERRY LIPSCOMB

BRACK HENDERSON

DON WARD

JIMMY DALE TAYLOR

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SPRING 1974

INITIATED NOVEMBER 30TH  1974 - "THE LAST 5"

KENNETH MOTEN

JAMES COWAN

CALVIN PATTON

WILLIAM JACKSON

JEFFREY CUNNINGHAM

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SPRING 1975

INITIATED APRIL 12TH  1975 - "INSANE/STRIVING 5"

BILLY GIST

JAMES MORRIS

RICHARD COLE

ALBERT LANGSTON

GORDON WASHINGTON

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FALL 1975

INITIATED DEC 6TH  1975 - "FORCE 4"

ROBERT BRADEN

KENNY WALKER

DON ROSS 

MILTON MATTHEWS *

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SPRING 1976

INITIATED APRIL 6TH  1976  

EDWIN JACKSON *

JOE TOWNS

ANTHONY HOWARD

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FALL 1976

INITIATED NOVEMBER 27TH  1976 - "THE UNTOUCHABLES"

SAM POWELL

KENNETH TUGGLE *

HENRY HENLEY

REGINALD JENKINS

LEROY HANNA

WILLIE MARTIN

WARREN CHAMBERS

HAROLD SCRUGGS

KEITH PRUITT

LEMUEL RUSSELL

CHESTER HAWKINS

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SPRING 1977

INITIATED APRIL 2ND 1977  

TYRONE HOBSON *

THEOPOLUS THEUS *

GREGORY TURNER

WILLIE BROOKS

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FALL 1977

INITIATED DECEMBER 3RD  1977 - "KRISIS 3"

VINCE McINTOSH

DEREK PETERSON

HORACE TAYLOR *

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FALL 1978

INITIATED NOVEMBER 25TH  1978 - "K.S. KONFUSION"

PAUL TUCKER *

WYATT CHASE *

HARVEY SIMMONS

JOHNNY ALDRIDGE

JOSEPH BOOKER

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SPRING  1979

INITIATED APRIL 9TH 1979 - "K.S. NUTT"

HAROLD GALLOWAY

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FALL 1979

INITIATED NOVEMBER 11TH  1979 - "THE FACTION FIFTEEN"

WILLIAM CROSS

GERALD JENKINS

DR. LEE FAULKNER

RICKY MCREYNOLDS

KENNETH GRANDBERRY

GAELIN NEELY

CHAUNCEY GRAY

RONALD ROSS

ERIC HOLMES

ANTHONY TAYLOR

MADISON JACKSON *

CHARLES THOMAS III

KELVIN WILBURN

STANLEY WRIGHT

MAX SIMS

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FALL 1981

INITIATED NOVEMBER 28TH  1981 - "TIMEX 2"

GERALD DELK

JONATHAN E. SAULSBERRY

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SPRING 1982

INITIATED MAY 1ST 1982  

STEVE TAYLOR

TYRONE RICHARDSON

ANDRE TOWNSEND

JAMES HARBOUR

BARRY WILBURN

WILLIAM JOHNSON

LEE DAVIS

BUFORD MCGEE

DENNIS EDWARDS

CARL MILLER

CHRISTOPHER GARDNER

MARTY SMITH

JAMES GREEN

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FALL 1982

INITIATED DECEMBER 4TH  1982 

ALAN ENGLEBERG

GERALD BAKER *

RONALD SIMMONS

CHRISTOPHER BARNETT

MICHAEL TOLLIVER

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SPRING 1983

INITIATED APRIL 24TH  1983  

RICKEY ANDERSON

ANTHONY  D. BOYCE

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SPRING 1984

INITIATED JULY 21ST  1984  

THOMAS NOLAN

TONY  BROWN

WILLIE DENTON *

REGINALD FRENCH

BEN PORTER

ERIC WOODS

ODIE NEELY

OSMUNDS TOWNS

DERRICK JOHNSON

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SPRING 1986

INITIATED MAY 3RD 1986 - "SCHOLARLY FIVE"

ELBERT JEFFERSON,JR

FLOYD TATE, JR

ROLAND TURNER

ROBERT SAMPSON, JR *

RODERICK SCOTT

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FALL 1986

PLEDGED BY ADVISOR  "10 DREAMS OF CREME"

ALGER WILLIAMS

TORRANCE MAYO

MARVIN HOLLIS

STANLEY MURRAY

GRAYSON HALL

DEWANYE ROBINSON

ALBERT HORTVATH

JEFFREY SHEGOG

CLARENCE JOHNSON 

MICHAEL SMITH

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SPRING 1987

INITIATED APRIL 12TH - "GANGSTA 5"

PERRY BAKER

RAILFORD PETERSON

ANTHONY CURRIE

JOE WESTBOOK

JOHNNY MOORE

 

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FALL 1988 

 MONROE BROOKS JR

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SPRING 1989 
INITIATED MARCH 3RD  1989 

CHORCIE JONES

MARCUS KIMBROUGH

DANNY WASHINGTON

RONALD WATSON

JAMES MOORE

CEDRICK WOOTEN

DARRYL NEAL

MELVIN SPEARS

MICHEAL SHOTWELL

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FALL 1989 
INITIATED DEC 1ST 1989 - "8 BELOW  JUST LIKE BEFORE "

GARNETT WILLIAMS

BARRY MEYERS

ALVIN CLARK

WILLIE MERRITT

KENNETH DICKERSON

ANTHONY MORRIS

MARCUS BELTON

VINCENT GRAY *

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SPRING 1990
INITIATED  APRIL 20TH 1990 - "3 THE HARD WAY"

RYAN MIRE

TERRY REDDEN

MICHAEL FINLEY

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SPRING 1991
INITIATED  APRIL 13TH 1991- "6 UNKONQUERABLE SOULS "

CHRISTOPHER SHIPP *

TERRY JOHNS

DONOVAN DORTCH

REGINALD OLIVER

ERIC THOMAS

MICHAH TOWNS

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SPRING 1993
INITIATED  MAY 5TH 1993 - "FAB 5 "

DARRELL COBBINS

DERRICK MORRIS

JIMMY SCOTT

KAREEN MARLOW

NAKITA MOORE

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SPRING 1996
INITIATED AUGUST 30TH 1996 - "THREE MAN THREAT "

RICHARD TROWERS

LEWIS BURTON

WILLIE BOYD *

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SPRING 1997
INITIATED JULY 18TH 1997- "NOTORIUS 9 "

DEWITT RAYFORD

WALTER BURTCH

BURLAWN STREET

MICKELL LOWERY

EDGAR BROWN

DERRICK CRAIG

MARLON SANDERS

VERNON FOSTER

MICHAEL ROGDERS

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FALL 1998
IHQ has their INITIATION DATE  as APRIL 15TH 1999 - "4 DIAMONDS IN A ROUGH "

MARCUS JONES

ROBERT TATE

WADE EVANS III

MARC LEFTWICH

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SPRING 1999
INITIATED APRIL 15TH 1999 

CHRIS PEARSON

DERICK FULSON

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SPRING 2000
INITIATED MARCH 25TH 2000- "THE 9 LINKS TO THE LEGACY "

SAMUEL BACHELOR

DUPREE CHATMAN

MICHEAL BELL, JR

MAURICE CRAYTON

KEVIN BEAN

BRIAN JOHNSON

LUTHER SMITH

NICHOLAS TATUM

MIKE DALE

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SPRING 2001
INITIATED MARCH 24TH 2001  "ACE "

JOHN ROBERTSON

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SPRING 2003
INITIATED  MARCH 1ST  2003  

JAMES JONES, JR

BRANDON INGRAM

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FALL 2003
INITIATED  DECEMBER 6TH  2003  

TAVARIOUS PALMER

JEFFREY PAYNE

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SPRING 2004
INITIATED  FEBRUARY 29TH  2004  

ROBERT LONG, JR

DAMITERIUS MCDANIEL

COREY GREEN

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SPRING 2005

INITIATED  APRIL 21ST  2005

STEPHEN RICKS

JORDAN HEWITT

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SPRING 2006

INITIATED  MARCH 25TH  2006 - " TWIN DIAMONDS OF FAHRENHEIT 911 "

TIMOTHY MOSBY

GENE RAY

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FALL 2007

INITIATED DECEMBER 1ST  2007  

CHRISTOPHER ADKINS

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FALL 2008

INITIATED  NOVEMEBER 8TH  2008

LEON RICHARD NELSON

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SPRING 2009

INITIATED MARCH 21ST  2009 

ANTHONY HAWKINS

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FALL 2009

INITIATED  NOVEMBER 14TH  2009 - " 4 KARATS OF DISTINKTION "

ERIC SCOTT

SIMMIE RAY DINKINS

ERNEST MACKLIN

DONOVAN MULLINGS

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FALL 2010

INITIATED  NOVEMBER16TH  2006 

TRACY WOODS

LERICK HARDIN

CHRISTOPHER MORRIS

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* Denotes Chapter Invisible