Thunderin' TAU Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. 2015 Probate Show Atlanta GA

We welcome the "8 Dogmatic Souls of Misery" Ace Bro. D'Mario Harris (Lil Bill) Deuce Bro. Rodney Austin (RoCQ city Que) Tre Bro. LaShawn Reaves (QFessor X) 4. Bro. Adimabua Obata (BuQ Wild) 5. Bro. Mleh Carr (Jail BreaQ) 6. Bro. John Dais (Planet Rock) 7. Bro. John Forte (BaQ Bone) Tail Bro. Brian Selph (Big StanQ) Brother John Varner, III (1-KD-93) is Basileus of Tau Chapter for 2015; Dean of Pledges (DP) Brother Mike Carter (7-T-10) and Assistant Dean Pledges Brother (ADP) Claudious D. Wood (9-T-10). About Tau Chapter: Tau Chapter is a graduate chapter with over 120 paid members. We run the http://hafi.org/ (High Aspiration Foundation) in Atlanta, Georgia. Your monetary donations will help fund our community outreach programs. These programs allow HAFI to continue being an impact on young male lives who are considered “at risk.” The annual Health Fair brings health awareness to the community of all ages. College Prep 101 informs parents and high school students how to register for college and seek financial assistance. Event sponsorship (Spring Scholarship Extravaganza and TAU Open) provides scholarships to high school seniors who desire higher education. Tau would emerge from Eta in 1922 along with Psi at Morehouse College and Eta Omega (for graduate men), followed by Beta Psi at Clark College in 1923. Eta was reassigned to undergraduates at Alcorn University in 1950. The earliest documented Tau chapter activity appeared in 1927. Led by Basileus Amos Williams, Tau had 22 active brothers and boasted a strong Achievement Week program. The chapter roster included Brother William D. Long who, along with six other Atlanta University undergraduates, was initiated at Tau on April 26, 1926. During the 1990s, Brother William D. Long was one of Omega's oldest living members. Brother Long entered Omega chapter in January 1997. Founded in 1865, Atlanta University became an exclusively graduate and professional institution in 1929, the first with a predominantly black student body. Atlanta University conferred its first Master of Arts degree in 1931. Accordingly, the Tau chapter designation changed from undergraduate to intermediate and Tau would now serve Atlanta University men in pursuit of graduate professional degrees and Omega Psi Phi. Also of note, Jessie O. Thomas (Eta Omega) founded the Atlanta University School of Social Work. Brother Thomas served as First Vice-Grand Basileus under William E. Baugh from 1937 to 1939 and as the Tau chapter advisor while matriculating at Atlanta University. Tau chapter became the intermediate chapter of Atlanta in 1969 when Omicron chapter was reassigned to Columbia University in NYC, initially opening its membership to men at the interdenominational Theological Center (ITC). Tau chapter expanded efforts between 1969 and 2000 to initiate collegiate men pursuing graduate degrees from other Atlanta area professional schools including Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia Tech, Emory University Law School, Georgia State, and Devry. Although Omega officially decided at the Indianapolis Conclave in July 2000 to do away with the intermediate status, Thunderin' Tau chapter will remain true to the mission of servicing Omega and young professional men in metro Atlanta. Currently, Thunderin’ Tau Chapter has a member roster which exceeds 100 men and functions as one of several Graduate Chapters in the Atlanta Metropolitan Area. Due to its charter as an undergraduate chapter at AU in 1922, an intermediate chapter from 1931 until 2000, and current status as a Graduate Chapter, Tau is the only Chapter in the Fraternity history to have been categorized as all three genres. Tau is definitely a thriving Pearl of Omega Psi Phi and a home for all Brothers who love Omega Dear. TAU Chapter 1922