OMNISCIENCE


BETA EPSILON CHAPTER

Founded on September 19, 1937



THE BEAST OF THE EAST



The Beta Epsilon (BE) Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. was founded on September 19, 1937 at Duquesne University.

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The Charter members are:


  1. Ralph O. Barnett
  2. Lorenzo A. Hill
  3. Russell T. Washington
  4. Benjamin Duncan
  5. Walter Roberts


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1937 - 1938



Charter Members





  1. Ralph O. Barnett
  2. Lorenzo A. Hill
  3. Russell T. Washington
  4. Benjamin Duncan
  5. Walter Roberts


Winter 1938





  1. William E. Snyder, Sr.


Fall 1938





  1. Moses H. Edwards
  2. Horace E. Palmer


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1941 - 1948



Fall 1941





  1. Thomas Ayers
  2. Lewis Wright​


Winter 1947





  1. Charles Deboe
  2. Clarence L. Swain


Winter 1948





  1. Stephen E. Howard
  2. Joseph R. Rollins
  3. Charles W. Tinsley​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1949 - 1955



Winter 1949





  1. Curtis Andress
  2. James H. Blair
  3. James A. Greenlee, Jr.
  4. Howard Thomas​


Winter 1952





  1. Charles N. Charlton, Jr.
  2. Jonas Hood
  3. Samuel W. Lawler, II


Winter 1955





  1. Isaac E. Moore​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1955 - 1960



Fall. 1955





  1. Alfred B. Carl, Jr.
  2. Herman J. Saul, Jr.


Winter 1957





  1. James W. Charlton
  2. Robert Grier
  3. Julius Pegues
  4. Thornton C. Smith​


Winter 1960





  1. John Staten​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1960 - 1965



Fall 1960 (Cal State)





  1. Reggie Cannon
  2. Phil Cliford
  3. James Harley
  4. Alan James
  5. Maurice Kelsey
  6. Clark Moore
  7. ​Roger Roach


Winter 1963 (Cal State)





  1. Thomas A. Brock
  2. Charles "Chuck" Gladney
  3. Joseph W. Golden, Jr.
  4. Robert W. Owens
  5. Frederick W. Harris
  6. ​George A. Simmons


Summer 1965 (Cal State)





  1. Denny Asbury
  2. Art Chandler
  3. Alan Johns
  4. George Martin
  5. John Tolbert
  6. James Montgomery
  7. Aaron A. Walton
  8. ​Fred T. Webb


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1966 - 1967



Initiation Date - Winter 1966
Line Name - "The Line With No Name"





  1. Joseph P. McCormick II
  2. Walter T. Daniels Jr.
  3. Robert Wright
  4. ​Robert W. Smith III


Initiation Date - Winter 1967





  1. Everette N. Bannister​


Initiation Date - Winter 1967 (Cal State)





  1. E. Scott Law
  2. George A. Staples​​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1968 - 1969



Initiation Date - Fall 1968 (Cal State)
Line Name - "Death Row"





  1. Fernando H. Austin, MD
  2. Joseph W. Loftin, Jr.
  3. John Skillings
  4. James Edward Brown
  5. Fred Gladney, Jr. ​


Initiation Date - Spring 1969 (West Virginia)
Line Name -





  1. Charles C. Blue Jr.
  2. James R. Braxtoon
  3. Russell Bloom
  4. Carl Crennel
  5. Garrett Ford
  6. Bob Gresham
  7. Michael Hise
  8. Ricardo Martin
  9. Oscar Patrick
  10. Roderick Robertson
  11. David R. Snell
  12. Michael Truell
  13. Will Robinson
  14. B. C. Williams
  15. Reginald Williams
  16. Ronald Wilkerson
  17. ​Pete Woods


Initiation Date - Summer 1969
Line Name -





  1. Herman A. Ellis
  2. Tom Ficklin
  3. Charles L. Gaines
  4. Jack A. Taylor, Jr.​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1969 - 1969



Initiation Date - Winter 1969
Line Name - "Defiant Ones"





  1. Marvin Greer
  2. Dorel G. Watley
  3. Frederick W. Hill
  4. Johnnie Clark
  5. ​Eric Garrison


Initiation Date - Winter 1969
Line Name -





  1. Samuel J. Stephenson


Initiation Date - Fall 1969
Line Name - "Magnificent 7"





  1. Joseph Brown
  2. James Catlin
  3. Rossie "PJ" Jackson
  4. Mack Randall
  5. Dennis Schatzman
  6. Reggie Tolliver
  7. ​Wilbert "Tom" Whitaker


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1970 - 1971



Initiation Date - Winter 1970
Line Name - "Chumachakee (Chosen Few)"





  1. Tony Parker
  2. Keith Webb
  3. George Lewis
  4. Albert Wynn
  5. Delray Gooch
  6. Michael Hamilton
  7. Jeff Jackson
  8. Bruce Murdaugh
  9. Ronald Curd
  10. Larry Jenkins
  11. Eugene Leak
  12. William Brock
  13. Alvin Cobb
  14. Dennis Powell
  15. ​Doug Browning


Initiation Date - Fall 1970
Line Name - "Determined 3"





  1. E. Dwayne Cooper
  2. Frederick "Skip" Treece
  3. Gary Weaver​


Initiation Date - Fall 1971
Line Name - "Lone Stranger"





  1. Terry Young​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1971 - 1972



Initiation Date - Winter 1971 (Cal State)
Line Name -





  1. William "Billy" Clark
  2. James R. Chamberlain
  3. Adolph Davis
  4. Offerel Johnson
  5. Kenneth Price
  6. Fred Drewery
  7. ​Louis J. Phenizy


Initiation Date - Winter 1971
Line Name - "Ka Ka Tanu (Brothers Three)"





  1. Henry "Hank" Davis
  2. Joe Peoples
  3. ​Julius Myers


Initiation Date - Winter 1972
Line Name - "Aliens 8-1"





  1. Art Mitchell
  2. Dana Brown
  3. Mike Thomas
  4. Charles Lightfoot
  5. Ron Maxwell
  6. Dwight Blake
  7. Bill James


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1972 - 1973



Initiation Date - Fall 1972
Line Name - Saints





  1. Henry Coogler
  2. Maceo Bethel​


Initiation Date - Winter 1973
Line Name - "Nat Turner's Rebellion (NTR)"





  1. Aubrey Wright
  2. Willie Moore
  3. Nate Dove
  4. Randy Shumpert
  5. Neil Smith
  6. ​Joseph Pollard


Initiation Date - Fall 1973
Line Name - Kawaida





  1. George "Pe-Pe" Brown
  2. Keith A. Smith
  3. Manche McLaughlin
  4. Sam Yates
  5. ​Allen O. Payne


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1974 - 1974



Initiation Date - Winter 1974
Line Name - "Fine Nine - 3"





  1. Dudley Bright
  2. Doug Price
  3. Rodney Smith
  4. Clarence Doak
  5. Cornell P. Horten
  6. Lonzo S. Green​


Initiation Date - Spring 1974 (Clarion)
Line Name - "Pomoja Bawana"





  1. Keith Richards
  2. Charles W. Hill
  3. Calvin "Blue" Holloway


Initiation Date - Fall 1974 (Clarion)
Line Name - "Multiple Shades of Blackness"





  1. Clarence "Bootsie" Goldbourne
  2. Karl "Stacey" Russell
  3. Larry Pickett
  4. John Morgan Russell
  5. Anthony "Stretch" Grice
  6. John Derrick Lovelace​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1974 - 1975



Initiation Date - Fall 1974
Line Name - Innervisions





  1. Calvin "Payback" LaSmith
  2. Lee "Shady" Washington


Initiation Date - Winter 1975
Line Name - Hardcore





  1. Ronald D. "Foo" Morris
  2. Howard Sims
  3. Boyd E. Whiten
  4. Kevin A. "Tin Man" Brown
  5. Herbert L. "Chick" Jenkins
  6. Dennis B. Hobbs
  7. ​Kevin Wilson


Initiation Date - Fall 1975
Line Name - "E Pluribus Unum"





  1. Michael Hanna
  2. Stewart E. Atwater, Jr.
  3. Brian Trulear
  4. James Cherry
  5. Ronnie Carter
  6. Wayne E. Martin
  7. Brian "O" Oliver
  8. Larry O. Wright
  9. John E. "JJ" Jones
  10. Charles Prather
  11. ​W. Earle Kellon, Jr.


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1976 - 1976



Initiation Date - Winter 1976 (Clarion)
Line Name - "Serenity, Courage & Wisdom)"





  1. Starling Tate
  2. lloyd White
  3. Rickie Grant​


Initiation Date - Fall 1976 (Clarion)
Line Name - "Clasped Spirit"





  1. Michael C. Goodman​


Initiation Date - Winter 1976
Line Name - Inseperable





  1. Johnnie M. Kelly Jr.
  2. Daniel J. Butler​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1976 - 1977



Initiation Date : 12-4-1976
Line Name - Enterprise





  1. Eric J. Watkins
  2. Kenneth Justice
  3. Michael McLendon
  4. W. Terry Harris
  5. ​Ron Robinson


Initiation Date - Spring 1977 (Clarion)
Line Name - "Forever Learning"





  1. Rick McCoy
  2. Vaughn Booker
  3. Anthony Lewis
  4. Keith J. Fant​


Initiation Date - Fall 1977
Line Name - Gnosis





  1. Michael L. Toupe
  2. Charles F. Trulear, V
  3. Glenn A. Smith
  4. Nelson Young
  5. Malcolm A. Watson
  6. Charles E. Mason
  7. Darryl X. Wise
  8. Craig F. Douglass
  9. Dean J. Marsh​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1978 - 1979



Initiation Date - Spring 1978
Line Name - Cymande





  1. Robert I. Samuel
  2. Alvin K. Davis
  3. Kenneth T. Carr
  4. Lyles H. Smith
  5. Bill Hicks
  6. Rahman Shareef
  7. James Atwater
  8. Craig C. Chisholm
  9. Donald Sullivan
  10. Lallon R. Evans
  11. Kenneth Wooten
  12. Kelly T. Wilson
  13. ​Reginald Huc


Initiation Date - Spring 1979
Line Name - "Savoir Faire"





  1. Brian T. Hannon
  2. Russell W. Lewis
  3. Jeffery L. Leach
  4. Timothy J. "Black" Blackshear
  5. James W. Gaskins
  6. Reginald Martin
  7. Eric V. Greer
  8. Gerald Johnson
  9. Eric Jones (Clarion)
  10. ​Jonathan Morgan (Clarion)


Initiation Date - Fall 1979 (Clarion)
Line Name - "New Awakening"





  1. Michael Robinson
  2. Willie Hutchinson
  3. ​Derek Blakey


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1980 - 1981



Initiation Date : Spring 1980
Line Name - Zenith





  1. John T. Whitfield
  2. Carlo J. Minor
  3. Hubert Allen Leach
  4. Ira L. Johnson, Jr.
  5. Michael A. Major
  6. ​Barney J. Adams


Initiation Date - Spring 1980 (IUP)
Line Name - "Je Suis Un (I amOne)"





  1. David Edmonds
  2. Kenneth McIntosh
  3. Richard McGhee
  4. Yulon Banks
  5. Aaron Hull
  6. Maurice Miller
  7. Michael Briddell
  8. Sylvester Blandford
  9. Douglas Willis
  10. John Holland


Initiation Date: 3-21-1981
Line Name - Fe-Nix





  1. Anthony Spann
  2. Michael Baylor
  3. Wayne E. Young
  4. Jerome (Jeek) Wilson, Jr.
  5. Derek Sharp
  6. Donald A. Porter
  7. Michael Johnson
  8. William Ross
  9. Adam S. Wynn
  10. ​Gregory King


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1981 - 1982



Initiation Date - Spring 1981 (IUP)
Line Name - "Omnes Ad Unum"





  1. Michael Williams
  2. Richard King
  3. Frank Ways
  4. Christopher Prince
  5. Darley Solomon
  6. Latham Campbell​


Initiation Date - Spring 1981 (Clarion)
Line Name - Desire





  1. Brian Huddleston​


Initiation Date - Spring 1982
Line Name - Ujamaa





  1. Jeffrey Smith
  2. Donald T. Smith, Jr.
  3. Willis S. Thomas, Jr.
  4. Lloyd A. Farmer
  5. Warren E. Dorsey, Jr.


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1982 - 1982



Initiation Date : Spring 1982 (IUP)
Line Name - Odyssey





  1. Clarence Samuel
  2. Derrick Thomas
  3. Antonius Jones
  4. John Thompson​


Initiation Date - Spring 1982 (Clarion)
Line Name - Conquest





  1. Kevin Bivins
  2. Thomas Murray​


Initiation Date: Fall 1982 (Clarion)
Line Name - Tenacious





  1. Gary E. Moore
  2. Dennis Glover
  3. Larry Ambush​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1982 - 1984



Initiation Date: Fall 1982 - (12-4-1982)
Line Name - Omniscience





  1. Barry A. Watkins
  2. Fleming James
  3. Ricardo Moto
  4. Galen D. (Guy) Reynolds
  5. Roderick Curges
  6. Norman Bond
  7. Nicholas W. Brown
  8. Robert K. Green
  9. Glenn A. Williams
  10. David B. Coates
  11. Michael Boykins
  12. Anthony A. Gordon
  13. James T. Foggie
  14. Roger Wilson
  15. Alix J. Philippe
  16. ​Russell T. Crockett


Initiation Date - Spring 1983 (Edinboro)
Line Name - "Renaissance Edinboro"





  1. Eric Bosley
  2. Ancel A. Savariau
  3. Kenneth B. Scott
  4. Raymond Bracy
  5. Dale T. Ball
  6. Kevin Ewing
  7. Darryl L. Head
  8. Stacy J. Hitt
  9. George D. Stephens
  10. Martin J. King
  11. ​Melvin J. Brown


Initiation Date - Spring 1982 - (3-31-1984)
Line Name - Pamoja





  1. Derrick S. Wilson
  2. James I. Green
  3. Joseph O. Gibbs
  4. Vincent A. Weddington
  5. William R. Mackie


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1984 - 1985



Initiation Date : Spring 1984 (Clarion)
Line Name - Growing Storm





  1. Randolph S. Barnes​


Initiation Date - Fall 1984 (12-1-1984)
Line Name - Esprit De Corps





  1. Rodney Smith
  2. Todd C. Ware
  3. Swaray A. Kamara
  4. Terrence Turk
  5. Kwame Dixon
  6. ​Keith D. Ellison


Initiation Date: Spring 1985 (Edinboro)
Line Name - Sui Generis





  1. Jacinto Wilson
  2. James T. Thomas​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1985 - 1985



Initiation Date: Spring 1985. (Clarion)
Line Name - "Pure Destiny"





  1. Lee Shaw
  2. Mike Praytor
  3. Caleb Richardson
  4. Linwood Harris
  5. Brett Carter​


Initiation Date - Fall 1985. (12-7-1985)
Line Name - "Renaissance - Pitt"





  1. Robert S. "Bob" White
  2. Kevin D. Watson
  3. ​Kenneth B. Ross
  4. Jones Taylor, Jr.
  5. Randall I. Thames
  6. Jeffrey A. Kelly
  7. E. Spencer Webb
  8. Tyrone S. Whitsett


Initiation Date - Fall 1985 (Clarion)
Line Name - "Quest for Vision"





  1. Timothy Roosevelt
  2. ​Damon Ward


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1986 - 1988



Initiation Date : Spring 1986 (Clarion)
Line Name -





  1. Dennis Ross
  2. Darryl Page
  3. Pura Riggins
  4. ​David Morris


Initiation Date - Fall 1986
Line Name - "Renaissance Too"





  1. Bruce G. Massie


Initiation Date: Spring 1988
Line Name - Nexus





  1. Anthony P. Booth
  2. Tevester J. Lucas
  3. Eric Cofield
  4. Carey D. Edwards
  5. Sydney L. Harris
  6. Jeffery D. Worthy
  7. Roderick T. Rowe
  8. ​David C. Collins


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1989 - 1991



Initiation Date: Spring 1989
Line Name - "Dedicated 2 the Kause"





  1. David J. Smith
  2. James C. Gleaton​


Initiation Date - Spring 1990
Line Name - Odyssey





  1. Brian C. Lunceford
  2. Robert C. Perry
  3. Michael Wilson
  4. Kenneth Hickerson​


Initiation Date - Spring 1991
Line Name - "Tri Vectus"





  1. Marlon Day
  2. Edward Harper, III
  3. ​Kenny Wilson


Beta Epsilon Lineage



1993 - 1996



Initiation Date : Spring 1993
Line Name - Monolith





  1. Marcus A. Gray​


Initiation Date - Spring 1994
Line Name - "Six Dimensions"





  1. Milton C. Robinson
  2. Marlon D. Doster
  3. Rafi S. Cave
  4. Dorian A. Usherwood
  5. Monde Qhobosheane
  6. ​Daymond A. Williams


Initiation Date: Spring 1996
Line Name - Nemesis





  1. Ulysses S. Billips, III
  2. Nirav S. Shah
  3. Byron W. Woodson, III
  4. Esrick O. McCartha
  5. Reginald J. Cummings
  6. llewellyn Oblitey
  7. Donald D. Wallace​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



2002 - 2003



Initiation Date: Fall 2002
Line Name - Resurrection





  1. Anthony Dixon
  2. Eric S. Morris, Jr.
  3. Delon White, II
  4. Daryl Wade
  5. Larry D. Thomas
  6. Cobierre Swanson
  7. Edward Smith, Jr.
  8. Darryl E. Peek, II
  9. Kristopher Howard
  10. ​Kyle M. McDonald


Initiation Date - Spring 2003
Line Name - Paradigm





  1. Ricardo A. Alvarado
  2. Leonard P. Marshall
  3. Thomas R. Powell
  4. Stephen A. Sengstacke
  5. David A. Lattimore
  6. ​Tommie L. Taylor, Jr.


Initiation Date - Fall 2003
Line Name - Ekwinox





  1. Keon F. Scott
  2. Milton Harrison Boyd
  3. Darryl "Swimmer" Washington
  4. Ron Nigel Yorrick, Jr.


Beta Epsilon Lineage



2004 - 2006



Initiation Date : Fall 2004
Line Name - Prophecy





  1. Dexter T. Miller
  2. Raynard E. Washington
  3. Marcus J. Burrell
  4. Brandon L. Edmonds
  5. Patrick J. Milford
  6. ​Christopher T. Mason


Initiation Date - Fall 2005
Line Name - Revelation





  1. Jon D. Washington
  2. Jonathan R. Curry
  3. Anthony Frazier
  4. Kurt O. Vinson
  5. Kevin Jarbo
  6. Kareem Cousar


Initiation Date: Fall 2006
Line Name - "Kountdown to the Rapture"





  1. Braxton M. Henderson
  2. Wesley P. Hodge​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



2007 - 2010



Initiation Date: Fall 2007
Line Name - BEKwest





  1. Sam Perkins
  2. Lance Claiborne
  3. Gary Curtis
  4. Terry Evans
  5. Dorian Redman
  6. Alonzo Mitchell
  7. Barrett Warden
  8. Michael Wray
  9. Austin Wallace​


Initiation Date - Fall 2008
Line Name - "Akolades of Konviction"





  1. Gary Perkins
  2. Marques Moore
  3. Ryan O'Quinn
  4. Anthony Lyas
  5. Jared McClain
  6. Brandon Tyson
  7. ​Eric Jones


Initiation Date - Spring 2010
Line Name - "Duos Mos ViKtum"





  1. Dimitri Odom
  2. Eric Berryman, Jr.​


Beta Epsilon Lineage



2010 - 2014



Initiation Date : Fall 2010
Line Name - "Konflict Diamonds"





  1. Karl Dockery
  2. Danelson Rosa
  3. Dustin Haynes​


Initiation Date - Fall 2013
Line Name - "Krown Royale"





  1. Kyle Wilson
  2. Jason Jennings-Wright
  3. Herb Jenkins, Jr.
  4. Kevin Murray​


Initiation Date: Spring 2014
Line Name - Koalition





  1. Kalieef Scott
  2. Aaron Henry
  3. Chris Sottie
  4. ​Daryl Anderson


Beta Epsilon Lineage



2016 - 2017



Initiation Date: Spring 2016
Line Name - "Klash of the Ti-10"





  1. Ronald Colmon
  2. Brandon Bennett
  3. Miles Walker
  4. Evan Byrd
  5. David Osei
  6. Dillon Carrington
  7. Edgar Boahenne
  8. Malik Scott
  9. Gary Bryant
  10. ​Francis Ogbanna


Initiation Date - Spring 2017
Line Name - "3's a Krowd"





  1. Brandon Alston​


Initiation Date -
Line Name -








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