The History of

The Lambda Gamma Chapter

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The Winthrop University Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi is an aspiration of twelve young men who were initiated into the Zeta Epsilon Chapter of University of South Carolina on April 4, 1981. Since 1978 there had been a strong interest in establishing a chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi at Winthrop. However, there was a strong opposition from the Winthrop Administration who felt there were not enough black males to support another black Greek fraternity. Hence, on February 7, 1981 these twelve men were initiated into the Scroller's Club: Shaw Boyd Reginald Brunson Vincent Coleman Woodrow Hayes Fredrick Knight Finley O’Neal Timothy Peay Vincent Pearson Charles Thompson Henry Watkins Michael Wilmore Robert Wilson The Rock Hill Alumni Chapter and the Zeta Epsilon Chapter were very instrumental in guiding these Scrollers through their pledge period and on April 4, 1981 they were initiated into the fraternity. The Grand Board of Directors of the National Headquarters of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. adopted on June 13, 1981 the degree for an establishment of a chapter in the name of Lambda Gamma to Winthrop College. On February 22, 1982 the twelve newly initiated brothers assembled at Bannon Hall in Rock Hill, South Carolina to receive their charter from past South-Eastern Province Polemarch Melvin T. Solomon.