Greetings Brothers, Last week's Monday Pearl highlighted the Office of Second Vice Grand Basileus. Included in the communication was a list of the brothers who occupied said office. Included in the list was Brother J. Heyward Harrison from Pi Chapter at Morgan State College in Baltimore, MD (understood by most to be organized in the Second District). Please note that Brother Harrison was included in the Third District 2VGB list because when he served in 1953, Pi Chapter was organized in the Third District. In 1955, Pi Chapter was reorganized into the Second District. The History and Archives Committee understands that Bro. Harrison went on to serve as a proud and longtime member of the Second District and was a loyal Son of Omega. This week's Monday Pearl is a precursor to a project underway by the Committee to produce biographies featuring the only two men to hold the Office of Grand Basileus from the Third District (since the formation of districts): 18th Grand Basileus Campbell Carrington Johnson (1945-47) and 19th Grand Basileus Harry Theodore Penn (1947-49). The Committee has also included an interesting and somewhat related report of the 1946 Redistrictricting Committee that appeared in the March 1947 Oracle. Please read to the end. It is encouraging to know that current and former Grands Dan Jones and Mark Jackson, Walter H. Riddick, Charles Chambliss, Kenneth Brown, Robert Fairchild, and Curtis Baylor have earned the confidence of the brotherhood and ascended to top leadership despite the historically challenging voting delegate landscape. Do something for somebody this week Brothers. Read More - 18th Grand Basileus Campbell C Johnson Read More - 19th Grand Basileus Harry T Penn Read More - Report of the Redistricting Committee F.I.E.T.T.S. 3rd District History and Archives Committee _______________________________
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