During the tenure of Brother Mitchell as Southwestern Province Polemarch, Dallas Alumni hosted perhaps the most outstanding Konclave ever held.  The 68^th Grand Chapter Meeting held from August 14 – 19, 1988 was noted as the first international fraternity meeting with a theme.  The chapter led the entire fraternity in giving "A Salute to the Black Military Experience”, at the largest hotel in Dallas, The Loews Anatole under the leadership of Past Polemarch Brother Sylvester Alford.  The chapter’s Polemarch during this historic meeting was Brother Col. Wendell Parker, who served from 1987 to1989.   The popular R&B group the S.O.S. Band provided entertainment that week.  Famed Attorney, Brother Percy Sutton gave an outstanding speech at the public meeting, County Commissioner John Wiley Price was given the Distinguished Citizens Award and Rev. Jesse Jackson received the Humanitarian Award.  Basketball legend, Brother Oscar Robertson presented special awards to the three living Black recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Laurel Wreath was awarded posthumously to the 14^th Grand Polemarch, Attorney Frank M. Summers.  Finally, then-Grand Polemarch, Randall C. Bacon passed the torch to his successor Dr. Ulysses McBride.  The 68^th Grand Chapter Meeting is still referred to as one of the best ever and it is remembered favorably to this day.