[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. Res. 244 Agreed to Senate (ATS)]

112th CONGRESS
  1st Session
S. RES. 244

Congratulating Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. for 100 years of service 
    to communities throughout the United States and the world, and 
   commending Omega Psi Phi for upholding its cardinal principles of 
            manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2011

 Ms. Landrieu (for herself, Mrs. Hagan, Mr. Wicker, Mr. Brown of Ohio, 
Mr. Nelson of Florida, Mr. Levin, Mr. Cardin, Mrs. Gillibrand, and Mr. 
 Cornyn) submitted the following resolution; which was considered and 
                               agreed to

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                               RESOLUTION


 
Congratulating Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. for 100 years of service 
    to communities throughout the United States and the world, and 
   commending Omega Psi Phi for upholding its cardinal principles of 
            manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift.

Whereas Omega Psi Phi is the first international fraternal organization to be 
        founded on the campus of a historically black college;
Whereas Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. was founded at Howard University in 
        Washington, District of Columbia, on November 17, 1911, by 
        undergraduates Oscar James Cooper, M.D., Frank Coleman, Ph.D., and Edgar 
        Amos Love, D.D., and their faculty advisor Ernest Everett Just, Ph.D.;
Whereas, on November 17, 2011, Omega Psi Phi will celebrate 100 years of service 
        to communities throughout the United States and the world in many 
        diverse fields of endeavor;
Whereas, in 2011, Omega Psi Phi has more than 700 chapters throughout the United 
        States, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Virgin Islands, South Korea, Japan, 
        Liberia, Germany, and Kuwait;
Whereas Omega Psi Phi has maintained a commitment to the betterment of mankind, 
        the enhancement of the community, and the enrichment of collegiate men 
        through dedication to its cardinal principles of manhood, scholarship, 
        perseverance, and uplift;
Whereas Omega Psi Phi chapters participate in activities that uplift their 
        communities, including voter registration, illiteracy awareness, Habitat 
        for Humanity, health awareness programs, and youth mentoring;
Whereas the men of Omega Psi Phi have distinguished themselves in the field of 
        science, including Dr. Ernest Everett Just, an internationally known 
        biologist, Dr. Charles Drew, who perfected the use of blood plasma, Dr. 
        Ronald E. McNair, an astronaut and member of the flight team aboard the 
        Space Shuttle Challenger, Charles Bolden, an astronaut and the 
        Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and 
        Dr. Fred Drew Gregory, an astronaut and graduate of the United States 
        Air Force Academy;
Whereas the men of Omega Psi Phi have distinguished themselves in the field of 
        sports, including Dr. Robert M. Screen, the tennis coach at Hampton 
        University and the coach with the most wins in the history of the 
        National Collegiate Athletic Association, Michael Jordan, who was 
        inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009, 
        Charlie Ward, the winner of the Heisman Trophy in 1993 and a former 
        guard with the New York Knicks of the National Basketball Association, 
        Dr. LeRoy Walker, a former president of the United States Olympic 
        Committee, and Terrance Trammell, a world champion hurdler;
Whereas the men of Omega Psi Phi have distinguished themselves in the field of 
        government, including William Hastie, the first Governor of the Virgin 
        Islands, Lawrence Douglas Wilder, the first black Governor of Virginia, 
        Togo West, a former Secretary of the Army, James E. Clyburn, a Member of 
        the House of Representatives from South Carolina and the 26th Majority 
        Whip of the House of Representatives, Jesse Jackson, Jr., a Member of 
        the House of Representatives from Illinois, and Hank Johnson, a Member 
        of the House of Representatives from Georgia;
Whereas the men of Omega Psi Phi have distinguished themselves in the field of 
        the arts, including Langston Hughes, the poet laureate who excelled as a 
        poet, playwright, novelist, lyricist, and humorist, and William 
        ``Count'' Basie, an internationally known pianist, composer, arranger, 
        and band leader; and
Whereas Omega Psi Phi will commemorate its history and promote its continued 
        success at its centennial celebration to be held July 27 through July 
        31, 2011, in Washington, District of Columbia: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the Senate--
            (1) congratulates Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. for 100 
        years of service to communities throughout the United States 
        and the world; and
            (2) commends Omega Psi Phi for upholding its cardinal 
        principles of manhood, scholarship, perseverance, and uplift.
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