Lambda Chapter

Founding Date:

November 23rd, 1911 at Howard University, Washington, D.C.

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Founders:

Edgar Amos Love, Oscar James Cooper and Frank Coleman. Joining them was their faculty adviser, Ernest Everett Just.

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Chartering Date:

May 3rd, 1925 at the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA by Bryce “Union” Taylor, Lloyd Griffith, and Thomas Griffith.

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Mission:

The mission of Omega Psi Phi is to foster the growth of men, both college and post college men, by providing an outlet and opportunity to serve the community. Omega Psi Phi's purpose is to provide a union for college men of similar ideals and aspirations.

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Vision:

The fraternity seeks to stimulate the ideas and ambitions of its members; occupy a progressive helpful and constructive place in the political life of the community and the world; foster humanity, freedom, and dignity of individuals; and aid all humanity in its efforts to achieve higher economic and intellectual status.

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Cardinal Principles:

Manhood, Scholarship, Perseverance, and Uplift

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Motto:

Friendship is Essential to the Soul

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Notable Chapter Facts:

First Omega Chapter of the West- "Pearl of the West Coast"

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This chapter is NOT RECOGNIZED and NOT ACTIVE at UCLA. Please contact Kevin Dougherty in the office of Faternity & Sority Life, for  further information.

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National Website:

http://www.oppf.org/home.asp

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**We are a citywide chapter covering the campuses of California State University, Northridge, University of Southern California, Loyola Marymount University, University of California, Los Angeles, California State University Los Angeles, and Occidental and Pepperdine Universities.**

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