Today we honor “Pioneer”: Brother William J. Walker- was an instructor at North Carolina College for business methods (he replaced Brother C. T. Willis after his sudden death in 1954) and was a manager for the Southern Fidelity Mutual Insurance Company during the time of Black Wall Street in Durham (Parrish Street). He was also on the Board...
Today we honor “Pioneer”: Brother Dr. Lawrence Howland Knox, a noted Chemist known for his groundbreaking scientific brilliance and was one of only 30 African Americans to receive a Ph.D. degree in all branches of chemistry in 1916. He was a charter member of the Eta Lambda Chapter in 1920. Brother Knox (b. 1906) received a B.S. from Bates...
Today we honor “Pioneer”: Brother Dr. Carroll T. Willis was a noted educator and chair of the Department of Commerce from 1920-1955. He developed, planned, and structured the business education and commerce department at NCCU. He graduated from Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute (now Hampton University) in 1919 and further his studies at Columbia University....
Today we honor “Pioneer”: Bro. James T. Taylor, a noted educator and community leader, holds the distinction of serving as the first President of the Beta Theta Lambda Chapter. He was initiated in the Phi Lambda Chapter in 1927. He received his baccalaureate degree in 1921 when NCC served both high school and college-level students. Brother...
Today we honor “Pioneer”: Brother James Morse Schooler, Sr., a noted educator, administrator, and was designated the “Dean of ANCA”. Brother Schooler was initiated into Xi Chapter in 1927 at Wilberforce University. He graduated from Wittenberg College (majored in English) in Springfield, OH in 1927. He received an M.A. Degree from North Carolina College (NCCU)...
Today we honor “Pioneer”: Brother Dr. Robert P. Randolph served as Student Health Services Director and University Physician at North Carolina College from 1957 to 1966. He was initiated in the Gamma Chapter in 1928. While at Virginia Union, the 15th General President Brother Dr. Rayford W. Logan was also associated with the chapter when he...
Today we honor “Pioneer”: Brother Dr. Alphonse Heningburg was of the African American educational elite (a nationally known educator and lecturer). He was initiated into Alpha Nu Lambda in 1924 in Tuskegee, AL, and served as Chapter President. During his collegiate years, he received training at Tuskegee Institute and later Grinnell College where he graduated with...
Brothers, our chapter will be celebrating 84 years of service to the Durham/Chapel Hill communities. Since our founding on May 7th, 1938, Beta Theta Lambda has grown over the years from impacting our communities to strengthening the bond of Brotherhood that has been felt for 84 years. As we celebrate our Founders Day with our...
On Saturday, January 15, 2022, the Beta Theta Lambda Chapter launched the Dr. Walter M. Brown Alpha Academy. Established in 2019, Beta Theta Lambda saw the need and heard the call to develop an academy to target middle and high school minority males to provide mentorship and guidance as they prepare for college and adulthood....
“The year 1906 was in the middle of a liberal, progressive movement whose philosophy was remolding America’s social, economic and political institutions. Paradoxically, the Negro in America has reached the nadir. Riots and lynchings occurred without redress. The denial of the franchise was entrenched in law and sustained by the courts. Education and schools were...
