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THE
MECCA OF THE SOUTHWESTERN PROVINCE
The decade of the 90’s brought new
ideas and new energy to the chapter. A closed Black Tie Dinner
honoring then-Grand Polemarch Robert Harris was held in 1992. After
many attempts to create a successful and lucrative fall fundraiser,
The Guide Right Foundation began hosting an annual golf tournament.
It has remained a popular event. During this period the chapter
also began another tradition, the Prairie View/Grambling Tailgate
Party. This would become an unofficial Kappa reunion, attracting
Brothers from all over the province. It would also be another
occasion for community service either through voter registration
drives or health screenings. The chapter also capitalized on the
popularity and success of “America’s Team”, by successfully
operating a concession booth at Texas Stadium during Dallas Cowboys
football games and raising several thousand dollars in the process.
During this period Brother
Joseph Newton also emerged as a leader within the province by
serving as the Chairman of the C.
Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference
from 1995 to 1998. Brother Dewey J. Minor, a 1990 Dallas
Alumni initiate became the youngest Polemarch in the chapter’s
history when he was elected to serve from 1995 to 1997 at the age of
28.
However, on a sad note, in May 1997,
the last charter member of our chapter, Brother Floyd Wilkerson
joined the Chapter Invisible.
For a second time, Dallas Alumni
hosted the 20th C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference at the
Sheraton Brookhollow hotel from October 2 - 3, 1998.
Following Brother Minor as
Polemarch of the chapter from 1997 to 1999, Brother Will Sennette
III served as Chairman of the
Texas New-Mexico Kappa Caucus and
his successor Brother Anthony Andrews (1999 to 2001) provided
leadership within the state as Area
II Cluster Coordinator from 2001 to
2003 and would later be appointed as
North Texas Administrative Assistant
to the Province Polemarch in 2005.
Dallas Alumni was again involved in
another Kappa first when the chapter welcomed the 30th
Grand Polemarch, Brother Samuel Hamilton to Dallas for what would be
the first in a series of Town Hall Meetings. This allowed the Grand
Polemarch to promote his ideas and answer questions from the
Brothers in attendance in order to create more dialogue within the
fraternity. This event was also held at the Sheraton Brookhollow on
October 25, 2003.
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