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In 1921, the Fraternity was divided
into districts as a result of proposed legislation by
George F. David II, the third Grand Polemarch and the
third appointed Middle Eastern Province Polemarch (1929).
David was first Grand Polemarch who had not been nurtured
by the Alpha Chapter under the influence of the Founders.
David’s election was crucial. His administration
would, in part, reflect the thoroughness with which
the Fraternity’s ideals had been transmitted.
The Fraternity was originally divided
into three sections (later to be known as districts)
under the leadership of Past Grand Polemarch Irven Armstrong,
Harrison R. Duke and Harold M. Tyler. In 1926, Grand
Chapter converted from eight districts to eight provinces.
And during the original establishment of provinces,
the following provinces where established: Eastern,
Middle Eastern, Central, Great Lakes, Northwestern,
Western, Southern, and Southeastern Provinces.
This establishment accounts for the
first record of the Middle Eastern Province, according
to "The Story of Kappa Alpha Psi",
as Grand Polemarch Dickerson appointed T. Gillis Nutter
to the Middle Eastern Province Polemarch post. During
Province Polemarch T. Gillis Nutter's administration,
he was bestowed the highest honor within the Fraternity
- the Laurel Wreath Award. The Middle Eastern Province,
at the time, was comprised of the following chapters:
Delta, Zeta, Tau, Cincinnati Alumni, Cleveland Alumni,
and Pittsburgh Alumni.
During the 1930s, the Middle Eastern
Province evolved into the Province as we know it today.
The Alpha Kappa (North Carolina Central University),
Bluefield (WV) Alumni, Alpha Nu (North Carolina A&T
State University) and Alpha Tau (Bluefield State University)
chapters were the first to be established in the newly-formed
Middle Eastern Province.
Laurel Wreath Laureates
• T. Gillis Nutter* (Tau) - 1926
• C. C. Spaulding* (Durham Alumni) - 1945
• J. J. "Babe" Henderson* (Alpha Gamma)
- 1974
• Howard C. Barnhill* (Alpha Nu) - 1982
• Henry Frye (Greensboro Alumni) - 2003
Elder Watson Diggs Awardees
• Thomas E. Ashe, Jr.* (Tau /
Beckley, WV Alumni) - 1976
• Lenzie Barnes (Alpha Nu / Durham Alumni) - 1982
• Crawford E. Lane Sr.* (Alpha Nu / Rocky Mount
Alumni) - 1993
• William M. Blakeney* (Alpha Lambda / Charlotte
Alumni) - 2001
• Reverend Ray A. Booton (Alpha Epsilon / Charlotte
Alumni) - 2005
• William Hooker (Delta Gamma / Durham Alumni)
- 2007
Guy Levis Grant Awardees
• Kenneth S. Pugh (Theta Omicron)
- 1991
• Samuel J. Boyd, Jr. (Alpha Nu) - 1992
• Terry Eaton (Zelta Delta) - 1999
• Christopher Wilks (Epsilon Beta) - 2001
* = Chapter Invisible
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