April 21, 1917
Theta Chapter History
Not withstanding the inexorable consequences of war, Kappa Alpha Psi
witnessed slow but continuous progress. On the 21st of April in the
war year of 1917 the Theta Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi was chartered
at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. Located in the
North Central Province, it was the fraternity's eighth great chapter
and the first in the Chicago area. The charter members were
E. Wilbur Johnson, Ira M. Henderson, T.F. Charleston, Carlyle F. Stewart
and Roy Young. Due to the meager number of students enrolled at the
university in the late 1950's and early 1960's, the Theta Chapter became
inactive for a period. It was rechartered in 1967 by Big Brother Davis,
a former student, coach and athlete at Northwestern University.
The history of the Theta Chapter is long and storied and continues to be
written in that good old Kappa Spirit in the name of Phi Nu Pi.