[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 173 (Wednesday, January 2, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E2033-E2034]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 IN RECOGNITION OF THE 9TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE PI LAMBDA LAMBDA CHAPTER 
                         OF OMEGA PSI PHI, INC.

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                        HON. GERALD E. CONNOLLY

                              of virginia

                    in the house of representatives

                       Wednesday, January 2, 2013

  Mr. CONNOLLY of Virginia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the 
9th Anniversary of the Pi Lambda Lambda Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi 
Fraternity, Inc. The chapter includes the communities of Prince William 
County, the City of Manassas, the City of Manassas Park, and Stafford 
County.
  Coinciding with the local chapter's 9th Anniversary is the national 
organization's 101st Anniversary. The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity was 
founded on Friday evening, November 17, 1911 by three Howard University 
undergraduate students, Edgar A. Love, Oscar J. Cooper, and Frank 
Coleman, and their faculty adviser, Professor Ernest E. Just. Together 
they laid the foundation of an organization based on the core 
principles of manhood, scholarship, perseverance and uplift. For 
ninety-eight years, the membership has upheld a strong tradition of 
friendship and civic engagement.
  At this year's Annual Achievement Week Banquet, the Pi Lambda Lambda 
Chapter honors the 2012 Achievement Week Award recipients. These awards 
are given to the men and women who, through their character and 
actions, preserve Omega Psi Phi's four founding principles. I 
congratulate the following individuals on being awarded these honors:
  The Citizen of the Year Award: Brother Conrado Morgan.
  The Colonel Charles Young Military Leadership Award: Brother 
Lieutenant Colonel Leonard Newman III.
  Omega Man of the Year: Brother Charles Mitchell.

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  Basileus Special Act Awards: Brother Tony Bullock, Brother David 
Holliday, Brother Robert Reese, Jr., Brother Cozy Bailey, Sr., Brother 
Leonard Newman III, Brother Adrian Gore, Brother Jimmie Jacobs, Jr., 
Brother Harvey L. Woodson, Jr., Brother Trevor Hamilton, Brother 
Bernard Oliphant, Brother Anthony Burgess, Brother Byron Cherry, Sr., 
Brother Vernon Campbell, Brother Andrew McCall II, Brother Albert 
Woods, Brother Earl Clark, Brother Erik Noel, Brother Gregory Reid, 
Brother Lloyd Marshall, Brother Arthur Sobers, Jr., Brother David 
Ballard, Brother Joseph Boutte, Brother DeSean Davis, Brother Drefus 
Lane, Sr., Brother Vincent Gordon, Brother William Vaughn, Jr., Brother 
Joseph Boutte, Brother Derrick Harris, Sr., Brother Conrado Morgan, 
Brother Rowland Webb, Sr., Brother Stephen Blakely, Brother Crispin 
Abad, Brother Gregory Reid, Brother Johnny Ledbetter, Brother Matthew 
Mitchell, Brother Thomas Victor Montgomery III, Brother Jeffrey Allen, 
Brother Victor Hinton, Brother Robert Melvin, Brother Iven King, Jr., 
Brother Tyrone Simon, Brother Kenneth West, Brother Simon King, Brother 
Randall Webb, Brother Lewis Forrest I, Brother Byron Cherry, Sr., 
Brother Lee Bennett, Jr., Brother Elijah Jackson III.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask that my colleagues join me in conveying our 
appreciation for eight years of civic service by the Pi Lambda Lambda 
Chapter of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. It is civic groups like 
the Pi Lambda Lambda Chapter that define the character of our 
communities and give measure to our generosity of spirit.

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