[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 18]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages 27259-27260]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



           TRIBUTE TO THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF ALPHA PHI OMEGA

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                            HON. ROB PORTMAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, December 15, 2000

  Mr. PORTMAN. Mr. Speaker, today I pay tribute to the 75th Anniversary 
of the founding of Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity.
  On December 16, 1925, Frank Horton formed Alpha Phi Omega with a 
group of students at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania. 
Horton's service in World War I, and his subsequent introduction to the 
Scout Oath and Law, helped to inspire him to found the fraternity as a 
way to encourage young people to help others and to bring about a 
better, more peaceful world.
  Alpha Phi Omega members are united by the principles of leadership, 
friendship and

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service. These principles are designed to aid fraternity members in 
discovering and developing their leadership abilities, not only by 
making last friendships, but also by planning and providing helpful 
service to others.
  Since its founding, Alpha Phi Omega has chartered chapters at more 
than 700 campuses nationwide, and more than 300,000 Americans have been 
inducted into the organization. The fraternity is proud to count 
Members of Congress and even Presidents of the United States among its 
many distinguished alumni. Today, Alpha Phi Omega is active on about 
350 campuses, large and small, with 18,000 current members throughout 
the country.
  For its members, Alpha Phi Omega is much more than an extracurricular 
activity. It is a way for members to make their campuses, their 
communities and their world a better place for all of us. Alpha Phi 
Omega begins as a college experience, but its members have made it a 
lifetime commitment to turning Frank Reed Horton's noble ideal of a 
better and more peaceful world into a reality.
  I commend Alpha Phi Omega National Service Fraternity for a 
successful first 75 years, and I would like to thank my friend and 
constituent, Mr. Ed Richter of Franklin, Ohio, for bringing this 
significant milestone to my attention. Mr. Richter currently serves as 
National Service/Communication Program Director for the organization.
  I join my colleagues in wishing continued success to Alpha Phi Omega 
and its distinguished members and alumni.

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