NOTABLE OMEGA MEN

Military

  • Bro. (Colonel, USA) Charles Young.

  • Bro. (General) William “Kip” Ward.

  • Bro. (Major General, USA ret.) Mathew A. Zimmerman.  First Black Chief of Chaplains, US Army.

  • Bro. (Major General, USA) Abraham Turner.

  • Bro. (Major General, USMC ret.) Charles Bolden – Astronaut, graduate of the United States Naval Academy (pilot).

  • Bro. (Lieutenant Colonel, USAF) Guion Bluford – First African-American in Space. He boarded the Space Shuttle “Challenger” in 1983 and performed the first “spacelab mission” on the Orbiter Challenger.

 

The Arts

  • Bro. William “Count” Basie – Internationally known pianist, composer, arranger, and band leader.

  • Bro. Sterling Brown – Teacher, poet, writer, Professor Emeritus of Literature at Howard University, has a special foundation for folk culture and jazz music.

  • Bro. Carl Rowan – Syndicated columnist.

  • Bro. Joe Torry – Comedian, actor

  • Bro. Ricky Smiley – Comedian, actor

  • Bro. Steve Harvey – Comedian, actor

  • Bro. D.L Hugley-Comedian, actor

  • Bro. Anthony Anderson-Comedian, actor

 

Athletics

  • Bro. De Hart Hubbart – A University of Michigan sprinter; was the first Black person to represent the United States in the Olympic Games (1924).

  • Bro. Ed “Too Tall” Jones – Outstanding player with the Dallas Cowboys

  • Bro. Joe Black – An all-time great Brooklyn Dodger baseball pitcher. In 1952, he had the lowest earned-run average in the Major Leagues.

  • Bro. Charlie Ward – Heisman Trophy winner and NY Knicks guard.

  • Bro. Steve “Air” McNair – Outstanding quarterback with the Tennessee Titans.

  • Bro. Shaquille O’Neal – Star center with the Los Angeles Lakers.

  • Bro. Jerry Ball – Player with the Oakland Raiders.

  • Bro. Cedric Maxwell – Outstanding professional basketball player with the Boston Celtics and other teams.

  • Bro. Leroy Walker – A U.S. Olympic coach (sprinters) for many years.

  • Bro. John Salley – Won NBA Championships with the Detroit Pistons and the Chicago Bulls

  • Bro. Keith Jackson – Outstanding football player with the Miami Dolphins.

  • Bro. Mark Duper – Another fantastic Miami Dolphins player.

  • Bro. William Floyd – Fullback for the Charlotte Panthers

  • Bro. Earl “The Pearl” Monroe – Former Outstanding NBA Guard

  • Bro. Eddie George- Four time Pro Bowler 

 

Business

  • Bro. Gillard S. Glover – President, Afro-American Life Insurance Company.

  • Bro. Thurman McKenzie – Co-owner of M and M Products (Sta Soft Fro).

  • Bro. Otis M. Smith – General Counsel, General Motors Corporation.

  • Bro. Nathaniel Bronner – Co-owner of Bronner Brothers Beauty Supplies.

  • Bro. Jesse Hill – President of Atlanta Life Insurance Company.

  • Bro. William Kennedy III – President of North Carolina Mutual Insurance Company.

  • Bro. Earl Graves, President and CEO of Black Enterprise Magazine

 

Civil Rights

  • Bro. Grant Reynolds – Played a major role in President Truman’s 1948 decision to desegregate the United States Armed Forces.

  • Bro. James Nabrit – Former Dean of Howard University Law School and former president of Howard University. A leader in the training of the early Civil Rights lawyers.

  • Bro. Wiley Branton – Attorney of the “Little Rock Nine” and former Dean of Howard University School of Law.

  • Bro. Roy Wilkins – Long-time Executive Director of the NAACP.

  • Bro. Benjamin Hooks – Succeeded Bro. Roy Wilkins as Executive Director of the NAACP, the most effective of all civil rights organizations.

  • Bro. Khalid Muhammad

 

Education

  • Bro. Benjamin E. Mays – President Emeritus of Morehouse College, writer and lecturer.

  • Bro. Herman Dreer – Teacher, minister, writer, and author of The History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., 1911-1961.

 

Politics

  • Bro. Lawrence Douglas Wilder – Became Governor of the Commonwealth of Virginia in 1990. He also received the Bronze Star for his military heroics in the Korean War.

  • Bro. William Hastie – First Governor of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

  • Bro. George L.P. Weaver – Former U.S. Secretary of Labor.

  • Bro. Vernon Jordan

  • Bro. Robert C. Weaver – First African American to serve on the Presidential Cabinet when he became Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in 1966 under President Franklin Roosevelt.

  • Bro. Clifford L. Alexander, Jr. – Secretary, Department of the Army.

  • Bro. Rev. Jesse Jackson – Candidate for the United States Presidency in 1984 and 1988.

 

Science

  • Bro. Dr. Ernest Everett Just – Internationally known biologist and professor at Howard University.

  • Bro. Dr. Charles Drew – Perfected the use of blood plasma; Professor of Surgery at Howard University.

  • Bro. Percy Julian – Discovered the use of foam to extinguish fires and discovered a method of producing cortisone synthetically.

  • Bro. Dr. Fred Drew Gregory – Astronaut, graduate of the United States Air Force Academy (pilot).

  • Bro. Dr. Ronald E. McNair – Astronaut, graduate of M.I.T., Ph.D. in Physics (civilian).