FAMOUS OMEGA MEN
The Arts
William "Count" Basie - Internationally known pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader.
Langston Hughes - The Black Poet Laureate, excelled as a poet, playwright, novelist, lyricis and humorist.
Sterling Brown - Teacher, poet, writer, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Howard University, has a special foundation for folk culture and jazz music.
Carl Rowan - Syndicated columnist.
Joe Torry - Comedian and actor.
William H. "Bill" Cosby - Comedian, author, actor, producer.
Roland Hayes - Internationally known tenor of the 1920s. Hayes sang in five different languages.
Steve Harvey- Comedian and actor.
Rickey Smiley- Comedian and actor.
Tom Joyner- Radio show host.
Athletics
Michael Jordan - Outstanding basketball player with the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards of the NBA.
Mike Reid - A former wide receiver from the Atlanta Falcons and an E-Theta Chapter Bruh.
De Hart Hubbart - A University of Michigan sprinter; was the first Black person to represent the United States in the Olympic Games (1924).
Ed "Too Tall" Jones - Outstanding player with the Dallas Cowboys football team.
Joe Black - An all-time great Brooklyn Dodger baseball pitcher. In 1952, he had the lowest earned-run average in the Major Leagues.
Anthony Smith - Beta Eta Spring 1986, Outstanding football player for the Oakland Raiders.
Charlie Ward - Heisman Trohy winner and NY Knicks gaurd.
Steve "Air" McNair - Outstanding player with the Tennessee Titans.
Hank Aaron - Home-run King who broke Babe Ruth's record.
John Salley - Player with the Chicago Bulls, Detroit Pistons and Los Angeles Lakers.
Shaquille O'Neal - Star center with the Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers and Miami Heat.
Jerry Ball - Player with the Oakland Raiders.
Cedric Maxwell - Outstanding professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics and other teams.
Leroy Walker - A U.S. Olympic coach (sprinters) for many years.
Terrence Trammell - 2-time (2000, 2004) Olympic silver medalist in 110m hurdles.
Vince Carter- Star guard for the Toronto Raptors, New Jersey Nets of the NBA.
Keith Jackson - Outstanding football player with the Miami Dolphins. A Pi Delta brother!
Mark Duper - Another fantastic Miami Dolphins player.
William Floyd - Big man on the San Francisco 49ers football team.
Earl "The Pearl" Monroe- An outstanding basketball player with the ......
Business
Earl Graves - Publisher of Black Enterprise magazine.
Gillard S. Glover - President, Afro-American Life Insurance Company.
Thurman McKenzie - Co-owner of M and M Products (Sta Soft Fro).
Otis M. Smith - General Counsel, General Motors Corporation.
Nathaniel Bronner - Co-owner of Bronner Brothers Beauty Supplies.
Jesse Hill - President of Atlanta Life Insurance Company.
William Kennedy III - President of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company.
Civil Rights
Rev. Jesse Jackson - Former Director of Operation PUSH; Founder, Rainbow Coalition.
Grant Reynolds - Played a major role in President Truman's 1948 decision to desegregate the
United States Armed Forces.
James Nabrit - Former Dean of Howard University Law School and former president of Howard
University. A leader in the training of the early Civil Rights lawyers.
Wiley Branton - Attorney of the "Little Rock Nine" and former Dean of Howard University School of Law.
Roy Wilkins - Long-time Executive Director of the NAACP.
Benjamin Hooks - Succeeded Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP, the most effective of all civil rights organizations.
Vernon Jordan - Former Executive Director of the National Urban League.
Khalid Muhammad- A member of the "Nation of Islam."
Education
Dr. Carter G. Woodson - The earliest and most outspoken proponent for the study of Black History.
Benjamin E. Mays - President Emeritus of Morehouse College, writer and lecturer.
Herman Dreer - Teacher, minister, writer, and author of The History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 1911-1961.
College Presidents (known as of 1991)
| Name of Presidents |
Institution |
Location |
| Dr. William Harris |
Alabama State University |
Montgomery, Alabama |
| Dr. Billy Black |
Albany State College |
Albany, Georgia |
| Dr. Lawrence A. Davis |
University of Arkansas |
Pine Bluff, Arkansas |
| Dr. Nathaniel Pollard, Jr. |
Bowie State University |
Bowie, Maryland |
| Dr. Ivory V. Nelson |
Central Washington University |
Ellensburg, Washington |
| Dr. Henry N. Tisdale |
Claflin College |
Orangeburg, South Carolina |
| Dr. Samuel D. Cook |
Dillard University |
New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Dr. Oscar Prater |
Fort Valley State College |
Fort Valley, Georgia |
| Dr. William Harvey |
Hampton University |
Hampton, Virginia |
| Dr. H. Patrick Swygert |
Howard University |
Washington, D.C. |
| Dr. James E. Lyons |
Jackson State University |
Jackson, Mississippi |
| Dr. Roy D. Hudson |
Livingstone College |
Salisbury, North Carolina |
| Dr. David Satcher |
Meharry Medical College |
Nashville, Tennessee |
| Dr. Albert Sloan |
Miles College |
Birmingham, Alabama |
| Dr. William W. Sutton |
Mississippi Valley State University |
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| Dr. Walter E. Massey |
Morehouse College |
Atlanta, Georgia |
| Dr. Luns Richardson |
Morris College |
Sumter, South Carolina |
| Dr. Samuel D. Jolley, Jr. |
Morris Brown College |
Atlanta, Georgia |
| Dr. David Beckley |
Rust College |
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| Dr. William E. Gardner |
Savannah State College |
Savannah, Georgia |
| Dr. James A. Hefner |
Tennessee State University |
Nashville, Tennessee |
| Dr. Haywood Strickland |
Texas College |
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| Dr. Jesse L. Burns |
Edward Waters College |
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| Dr. Eddie N. Moore, Jr. |
Virginia State University |
Petersburg, Virginia |
Politics
Lawrence Douglas Wilder - Became Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1990. He also received the Bronze Star for his military heroics in the Korean War.
William Hastie - First Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.
George L.P. Weaver - Former U.S. Secretary of Labor.
Vernon Jordan
Robert C. Weaver - First African American to serve on the Presidential Cabinet when he became Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966 under President Franklin Roosevelt.
Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. - Secretary, Department of the Army.
Rev. Jesse Jackson - Candidate for the United States Presidency in 1984 and 1988.
Dr. David Satcher - Formerly, the Director of the CDC and the Present of Meharry Medical College.
Science
Dr. Ernest Everett Just - Internationally known biologist and professor at Howard University.
Dr. Charles Drew - Perfected the use of blood plasma; Professor of Surgery at Howard University.
Percy Julian - Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires and discovered a method of producing cortisone synthetically.
Dr. Fred Drew Gregory - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (pilot).
Charles Bolden - Astronaut, graduate of the United States Naval Academy (pilot).
Dr. Ronald E. McNair - Astronaut, graduate of M.I.T., Ph.D. in Physics (civilian).