SEPTEMBER 19TH, 1963

On September 19, 1963, at Morgan State College (now Morgan State University), 12 students founded what is now the nation’s fifth-largest, predominately African-American social service fraternity: Iota Phi Theta Fraternity, Incorporated ®.

The Honorable founders of Iota Phi Theta® are:

1-Alpha-63 Albert Hicks

2-Alpha-63 Lonnie Spruill, Jr.

3-Alpha-63 Charles Briscoe

4-Alpha-63 Frank Coakley

5-Alpha-63 John Slade

6-Alpha-63 Barron Willis

7-Alpha-63 Webster Lewis

8-Alpha-63 Charles Brown

9-Alpha-63 Louis Hudnell

10-Alpha-63 Charles Gregory

11-Alpha-63 Elias Dorsey, Jr.

12-Alpha-63 Michael Williams

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IOTA AT A GLANCE

Founding Date: September 19, 1963

Founding Place: Morgan State University - Baltimore, Maryland

Purpose: "The Development and Perpetuation of Scholarship, Leadership, Citizenship, Fidelity, and Brotherhood among Men."

Motto: "Building A Tradition, Not Resting Upon One"

Official Colors: Charcoal Brown & Gilded Gold

Number of Chapters: 301

Number of Initiated Members: Approximately 30,000

National Service Initiatives:

The National Iota Foundation

The INROADS Partnership

National Affiliations:

The National Interfraternity Conference (NIC)

The National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC)

National Governing Body: The Grand Council

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