Chapter History

THE HISTORY OF DELTA ETA CHAPTER

In 1948, Brothers Dr. Henry M. Collier Jr. MD and John B. Clemmons Sr. assisted the young men at Georgia State College (now Savannah State University) in forming the Delta Eta Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc..  The one year pledge process was to be completed by April 30, 1949.  During the Spring quarter , on April 23rrd, twenty pledges were promoted to the probate period, at the same time as nineteen young men aspiring to be men of Omega Psi Phi were promoted.  Georgia State limited the number of students pledging to twenty.  At the time, there were no Greek presence on the campus of Georgia State.  The first to complete the process was to be the first Greek fraternity at Georgia State College.  The Lamps of Omega Psi Phi tried to be the first and cross the "burning sands" with 19 brothers on the 29th of April, 1948.  However, the men of Delta Eta got wind of this information and crossed their probates on the 28th of April, to be the first Greek society on the campus of Georgia State College.  

These twenty brothers are known as the 20 Pearls: 

Donald Adams, Frank Baldwin, Albert Bryant, Tolland J. Collier, Jesse Conrad, James Fisher, Samuel Hamlet, Clifford Hardwick, George Harris, Bernard Henley, Prince A. Jackson Jr., William B. Jackson, Elijah Lamar, Wilber Quinn, James Savory, Alvin Seabrook, Clarence Smith, Lewis Vaughn, Willie Waddell, and Theodore Wright Jr.  

Holding high the light of Alpha, Delta Eta Chapter has a rich tradition in leadership and excellence in the African American community, in the community, and throughout the world.