Notable Kappa Men

A short list of contemporary Kappa achievers include:

Business

Johnnie L. Cochran, Jr.- Prominent Los Angeles, CA Attorney
Robert Johnson - BET Founder
Reginald F. Lewis - Former CEO of world’s largest AA company, TLC
Percy Sutton - Entrepreneur and Owner of the Apollo Theater
Lerone J. Bennett, Jr. - Editor
Keith Clinkscales - CEO/President of Vibe Magazine
John E. Jacob - Executive VP of Anheuser-Busch, Inc. and former CEO National Urban League
C. C. Spaulding - First President of North Carolina Mutual Life Insurance Co.
Bert Collins - Current President of NC Mutual Life Insurance
Edward G. Gartner - President of Soft Sheen Products, Inc.

Civic

Dr. Rev. Ralph D. Abernathy *– Civil Rights Leader and former President of the SCLC
Dr. Rev. Samuel D. Proctor *– former Pastor Abyssenian Baptist Church, New York, NY
Dr. Rev. Leon Sullivan – Pastor of Zion Baptist Church, Philadelphia PA
Rev. Gardner C. Taylor
Bishop Eddie L. Long
Rev. Calvin O. Butts – Pastor Abyssenian Baptist Church, New York, NY
Dr. William Gibson – Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the NAACP
C. Vernon Mason – prominent civil rights attorney and activist
Judge Herman Thomas- State Supreme Court of Alabama, Board of Trustees, University of South Alabama

Education

Dr. Horace M. Bond – past President of Lincoln University (PA)
Dr. James B. Shepherd* - Founder and First President of NCCU
Dr. Kenneth B. Clark – prominent social psychologist and researcher
Dr. C. Eric Lincoln- Historian and author
Arthur Schomberg –Historian and scholar of African-American culture

Entertainment

Kenny Burrell – Jazz
Donald Byrd – Jazz
John Singleton – Oscar nominated Director/Screenwriter
Dr. Billy Taylor – Jazz
Cedric the Entertainer – Comedian
Joe Clair – Rap City Host
Tavis Smiley – Talk Show Host, BET
Montell Jordan – R&B Singer
William Grant Still – Composer and Musician
William Raspberry – Syndicated Columnist for the Washington Post
Ed Bradley – Investigative Reporter for 60 Minutes
Ralph Wiley – Sportswriter and Author
Whitman Mayo – Actor
Lester Hairston – Actor
Ernest Thomas – Actor

Government

Past Grand Polemarch Thomas Bradley* - former mayor of Los Angeles, CA
John Conyers - Congressman (D-MI)
Vernon Jones – Georgia State Representative
George Crockett, Jr. – Congressman(D-MI)
Walter Fauntroy – Congressman (D- District of Columbia)
Mayor Elihu Harris – Oakland, CA
Carl Stokes* - former mayor of Cleveland, OH; first A-A mayor of major US city
Louis Stokes – Congressman (D-OH)
Mayor Wellington Webb – Denver, CO
Mayor Michael White – Cleveland, OH
Marvin Arrington – Atlanta City Council President
Mervyn Dymally – Congressman (D-CA)
Rep. Alcee Hastings – Florida
Rep. Albert R. Wynn – Maryland
Rep. Sanford Bishop – Georgia
Bennie Thompson – Congressman (D-MS)
Edward Perkins – US Ambassador to Australia
W. Wilson Goode – former mayor of Philadelphia, PA

Military

Daniel "Chappie" James – USAF, first A-A Four Star General
Thomas D. Purham – US Navy

Science

Dr. Bernard A. Harris, Jr. – Astronaut
Dr. Henry A. Foster – Surgeon General Nominee

Sports

Arthur Ashe – Tennis
Ernest Byner – Football
Wilt Chamberlain – Basketball
Willie Davis – Football
Greg Lloyd – Football
Kenny Lofton – Baseball
Bill Russell – Basketball
Oscar Robertson – Basketball
Gayle Sayers – Football
Kerry Kittles – Basketball
Lorenzen Wright – Basketball
Jon Drummond – Track and Field
Anfernee Hardaway – Basketball
J.J. Birden – Football
Bernie Bickerstaff – Basketball
Danny Manning – Basketball
Johnny Newman – Basketball
Elliot Perry – Basketball
Chris Oldham – Football
Ron Dickerson – Football
Derek Loville – Football
Steve Wallace – Football
Eric Davis – Football
Larry Finch – Basketball
Alex English – Basketball
Alan Henderson – Basketball
Larry Brown – Football
Glyn Milburn – Football
Carl Jackson – Football
Bob Simmons – Football
John Chaney - Basketball
Sam Jones – Basketball
Allen Houston – Basketball
Emmett L. Ashford – Baseball; first A-A ML Umpire
Frederick "Duke" Slater – Football

* Deceased