Alpha Phi Omega (virtually all unremarkably APO, however as well ΑΦΩ, The-Phi-O, & A-Phi-Q) occurs as co-ed service fraternity organized to provide community service, leadership and social opportunities to university student. A fraternity lives in the United States and the Philippines. Unlike more fraternities, APO's primary purpose is to provide volunteer service inside quadruplet arewhen: service to the community, service to the campus, service to the fraternity, & service to the united states as participating citizens. Existence primarily a service organization, the fraternity restricts its chapters from either maintaining chapterhouse to serve when residences for their members. Background
Alpha Phi Omega claims to become a big fraternity in college campuses in the United States. the fraternity has chapters at ended 350 colleges, a todays active membership of around 17,000 & has on top 300,000 alumni. Chapters zero in size from either merely the handful of active members at occasionally little colleges to above the hundred active members on the loose institutions.

It was founded in December 16, 1925 at Lafayette College in Easton, Pennsylvania by Frank Reed Horton and a class action of previous Boy Scouts and scouters as a way to continue participating in a ideals of Exploratory survey at the college level. (Farther references on the Origination may be witnessed on the site for Frank Reed Horton)

Until 1967, membership around Scouting was a requirement to join. A founders insisted that a lot people gaining membership must pledge to uphold a fraternity's threesome central lesson of Leadership, Friendship, and Service. A fraternity was opened to women within 1976. Altogether members come known as "Brothers", no matter of gender. A Fraternity views "Brothers" as a gender-neutral term.

Average fraternity projects include blood causes, tutoring, charity fundraising cases, Exploratory survey cases, & housing construction/rehabilitation. Signature projects come a annual National Service Week, around a number one fully week of November, & the National Spring Youth Service Day in April. Tremendously of the operations of single chapters is left to their own discretion, though virtually all chapters have membership requirements which necessitate the certain total of hours of service every semester. Occasionally chapters of APO claim to complete all over 5,000 hours of community service inside an academic month.

Prior to women were allowed to join APO, many sororities, parallel around ideals however independent in structure, were formed for women world health organization got been Camp Fire Girls or Girl Scouts. These include Gamma Sigma Sigma and Omega Phi Alpha. Besides, many chapters got "little sister" groups, a few of which (rather a Jewels of Tau) formed separate organizations.

Organization
Alpha Phi Omega is organized into iv levels.

At a top is a Subject Board of Directors, comprising the elective National Officers & others. These officers come elected at a biennial National Convention to 2-biennial terms & include a National President, National Vice-President, sixer National Program Directors. Appointive officials include a International Relations Directors, National Archivist, Law office & others.

Alphthe Phi Omega has a Subject Professional inside Independence, MO. On text a employees rerun a Fraternity's daily-to-day operations, including a National Executive & others.

At a next level, a Fraternity is organized into eleven Regions, from each one headed by an elective Regional Director. To each one Director occurs as member of the National Board, & heads the class action of volunteer Regional Staff, ordinarily consisting of alumni of various chapters.

At a next level, a Fraternity is organized into 60 roughly Sections, apiece headed by an elective Sectional Chair. A Sectional Chairs come elected to of these season terms at a Sections' annual Conferences. the Sections ordinarily handle all about a state or even then, based on the total of chapters around an front yard. Inside areas by having heavy populations of colleges there can be many sections by the state, to each one sustaining 8-12 chapters. Several Sectional Chairs have a class action of volunteer Sectional Staff, ordinarily consisting of alumni of various chapters.

Eventually, busy people st& a 350+ Chapters and Alumni Associations.

Chapter list

A Alpha Phi Omega National web page has lists of 100% Alpha Phi Omega chapters [http://www.apo.org/organization/chapter/lists/state.shtml by State] & [http://www.apo.org/organization/chapter/lists/chapter.shtml by chapter name]. Chapters by having wiki places include Delta, Beta Rho , [http://www.iotaphi.org/wiki/Main_Page Iota Phi],[http://wiki.case.edu/Alpha_Phi_Omega Theta Upsilon] and Mu Alpha.

Famous alumni brothers
Hector Luis Acevedo (Omicron Nu), Former Mayor of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Candidate for Governor of Puerto Rico in 1996 Christopher Ashby (Mu Alpha), Former US Ambassador to Uruguay, 1997-2001 Reubin Askew (Iota Rho), Former Governor of Florida H. Roe Bartle (Iota), Former mayor of Kansas City, Missouri and namesake of the Kansas City Chiefs Robert Banks (Beta Omicron) Discoverer (With J. Paul Hogan) of Polypropylene (a plastic) and catalyst for easier creation of the plastic High Density Polyethylene (a plastic). David Beckley (Psi Lambda(?)), President Rust College, Holly Springs, MS. Robert Mack Bell (Mu Gamma), Chief Judge Maryland Court of Appeals (Highest Court in Maryland) Dolph Briscoe (Alpha Rho), Former Governor of Texas Bill Clinton (Mu Alpha), Former President of the United States Tom Daschle (Mu Sigma), Former United States Senator from South Dakota, Former United States Senate Minority Leader Eugene Eckel (Theta Alpha), Retired President & CEO of AT&T Network Systems International. Robert D. Flanigan (Upsilon Chi), Vice President & Financial officer for Spelman College Erik Robert Fleming (Omega Psi), Member Mississippi House of Representatives, District 72 Mark S. Formby (Epsilon Iota), Member Mississippi House of Representatives, District 108 Marla Graff Decker (Iota Omicron), Virginia Deputy Attorney General for the Criminal Division Mike Garrett (Alpha Kappa), 1966 Heisman Trophy winner for University of Southern California, Played in NFL for the Kansas City Chiefs and San Diego Chargers. Presently Athletic director for USC. Alferd Zannie Hall, Jr. (Kappa Delta), General Secretary for Church of God in Christ Maura Harty (Mu Alpha), Assistant Secretary, Bureau of Consular Affairs – United States Department of State, Former US Ambassador to Paraguay, 1997-1999 Mark Hatfield (Epsilon Kappa), Former United States Senator from Oregon, Former Governor of Oregon. Robert Holden (Beta Mu), Former Governor of Missouri William T. Holloway (Nu Iota), Member Florida House of Representatives, District 103 John "Jack" Jadel (Zeta Kappa), Retired President, Akzo America Russell L. Jones (Theta Iota), Member Arizona House of Representatives, District 24 Thomas Kean (Advisor-Pi Upsilon), Former Governor of New Jersey, President of Drew University, Chairman of National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States aka the 9-11 Commission Carson Kressley (Iota Omicron), Fashion expert on the television program Queer Eye for the Straight Guy H. Martin Lancaster (Rho) Former US House Member from North Carolina, Former member North Carolina House of Representatives, President North Carolina Community College System Jeffrey S. Lehman (Gamma), Former President of Cornell University Joseph Leonard (Alpha Rho), President of Leonard Productions, Inc., a record production company. Member Rockabilly Hall of Fame. [http://www.rockabillyhall.com/JoeLeonard1.html] Bob Love (Kappa Lambda), Former Professional Basketball Player for the Chicago Bulls. Nowadays Director of Community Affairs for Chicago Bulls. James Lovell (Beta Theta), Astronaut: Apollo 13 Commander, Gemini 7, Gemini 12, and Apollo 8 James McLernon (Epsilon Sigma), Former President of Volkswagen of America Dan MacMillan (Xi Sigma), President of Bluefield College Walter Menninger (Zeta), Menninger Foundation Terry Miller (Nu Omega), Former Lieutenant Governor of Alaska Edwin R. Murray (Omega Eta), Member Louisiana State Senate, Territorial dominion Four ; Previous Member Louisiana State Home of Representatives, Dominion 96 Philip Pfeffer (Zeta Nu), Former Chairwoman of Random House and Former CEO of Borders Group Philip Prince (Gamma Lambda), Former President of Clemson University Ike Skelton (Beta Eta), US House Member from Missouri H. Patrick Swygert (Zeta Phi), President of Howard University Hubert Utterback (Advisor-Omega), Former Associate Justice for Iowa Supreme Court, Former US House Member from Iowa, Unsuccessful Candidate for United States Senate Togo D. West, Jr. (Zeta Phi), Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Veterans Affairs under Former President Clinton Sidney Williams (Kappa Lambda), Previous US Ambassador to The Bahamas, March 1994- September 1998, Played in NFL for the Cleveland Browns, Washington Redskins, Baltimore Colts, and Pittsburgh Steelers. Hubby of Maxine Waters, US House Member from California Willard A. Wirtz (Eta), Former United States Secretary of Labor Ray O. Wyland (Alpha-Advisor), Former BSA National Director of Education and Former BSA National Director of Division of Relationships. Founding Adviser for Alpha Phi Omega. Famous honorary brothers
Daniel Carter Beard (National-Honorary), One of the Founders of Boy Scouts of America, Former National Scout Commissioner J. Caleb Boggs (Zeta Sigma-Honorary), Former US House Member from Delaware, Former Governor of Delaware, Former United States Senator from Delaware Joe E. Brown (Alpha Kappa) Actor/Comedian, Best known for playing Osgood Fielding III in Some Like It Hot George H. W. Bush (Alpha Phi-Honorary), Former President of the United States (1000 Points of Light Campaign) Jimmy Carter (Delta Kappa-Honorary), Former President of the United States Hillary Rodham Clinton (Alpha Beta Chi-Honorary), Former First Lady of the United States and United States Senator from New York John J. DeGioia (Mu Alpha-Honorary), President of Georgetown University Dwight D. Eisenhower (National-Honorary), Former President of the United States Daniel J. Evans (Gamma Alpha-Honorary), Former Governor of Washington and Former United States Senator from Washington George J. Fisher, MD (National-Honorary), Deputy Chief Scout Executive of BSA, Beginning within 1919. Became National Scout Commissioner around 1943. Gerald Ford (Gamma Pi-Honorary), Former President of the United States E. Urner Goodman (National-Honorary), Founder of Order of the Arrow J. Edgar Hoover ((Epsilon Mu-Honorary), Former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Sherman Minton (Mu-Honorary), Former United States Senator from Indiana, Former associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States John F. Kennedy (Epsilon Mu-Honorary), Former President of the United States John The. Perkins (Zeta Sigma-Honorary), Previous President of University of Delaware (1950-1967), Served as America representative to UNESCO (1953-1955), Served as an Undersecretary of United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (1956-1957). Carlos P. Romulo (National-Honorary), President of the Fourth Session of U.N. General Assembly from 1949-1950, and chairman of the U.N. Security Council, January 1957 & December 1957. He got served using General Douglas MacArthur in the Pacific, was Philippines Ambassador to the United States. Won a Pulitzer Prize for Correspondence in 1942, a foremost Asian to win a Pulitzer Prize. Adlai Stevenson (Zeta Sigma-Honorary), Democratic Nominee for President of the United States : 1952,1956 . United States Ambassador to the United Nations 1961-1965 James Tarr (National-Honorary), Previous Chief Scout Executive of BSA, 1979-1984 Howard Thurman (Zeta Upsilon-Honorary), Theologian, Creator & Civil Rights Leader. James West (National-Honorary), Number 1 Main Scout Executive of Boy Scouts of America

All male chapters vs. co-ed chapters
At a Alpha Phi Omega 1976 National Convention within Atlanta, Georgia, the decision wwhen manufactured to formally welcome females as brothers of the fraternity. Although this experienced been happening at a select few chapters in an unofficial basis for a total of years, this constituted the 1st formal recognition from either on the national level. When by having numbers of major changes, this a single induced much of concern, especially among older, constituted chapters.

Sequentially to preserve the unity of the fraternity as a whole, a "gentleman's agreement" wwhen crafted on top a years below a 1976 National Convention that, informally, allows chapters that were everthing-male before a 1976 National Convention to remain tons-male when yearn as their todays charters remain effectively & it don't last inactive. Even so, at a July 2005 National Board of Directors meeting, a guide was passed that ruled that a membership of tons chapters must exist as representative of a student body of a college that the chapter is affiliated by having. a guide calls for the formation of a committee to assist the todays a lot-male chapters in their transition to co-coeducational status. A resolutions of this guide use eventually to exist as determined.

As of 2005, the 100%-male chapters come:

Delta, Auburn University Gamma Lambda, Clemson University Gamma Chi, Samford University Delta Omicron, Wabash College (All-male College) Zeta Theta, Drexel University Eta Chi, Hardin-Simmons University Kappa Delta, Florida A&M University Nu Mu, University of Minnesota, Duluth Xi Nu, Texas Wesleyan University

Xi Sigma, Carson-Newman College Pi Zeta, Tuskegee University Pi Chi, Duquesne University Sigma Xi, U of Maine (Orono) Sigma Pi, Prairie View A&M University Tau Zeta, Texas Southern University Phi Zeta, Fort Valley State University Chi Nu, Grambling State University Psi Delta, U of Maine (Machias)

Alpha Phi Omega in the Philippines

Inside 1950, Alpha Phi Omega experienced 227 chapters in the United States. A number 1 chapter was organized in the Philippines that year. Numerous Filipinos move in the Son Scouts. Sol Levy, an APO member from either Wa State introduced a organization to Filipino Scouts. Librado Uretthe, a grad student at Far Eastern University in Manila, was among the audience. Divine by Levy's words, he underst& a publications & shared the children by having fellow Eagle Scouts and students on the FEU campus. He asked their opinion all about Brother Levy's want & a response was practiced. In 2 March 1950, the Alpha Phi Omega International Service Fraternity was chartered in campus.

Alpha Phi Omega grew speedily in the Philippines. By its third season, heptad chapters got been chartered at Manila & Visayan schools & it was registered by having a Securities & Exchange Commission as a nonstock, non-profit-making and nondividend corporation. Alpha Phi Omega (Phil.) Inc. was a 1st branch of a fraternity to become chartered outside the United states. These are separate & independent from either a organization in the U.S. however it adheres to the cardinal information designed by Frank Reed Horton.

International Council of Alpha Phi Omega
ESTABLISHMENT: A Eighties caused renewed email between Alpha Phi Omega (United states) & Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines). Leaders around two organizations, including subject presidents Earle Herbert (America) & Carlos "Caloy" Caliwara (Philippines) concluded there was a require for an international coordinative person to promote the ideals of the fraternity in the area of the world. This resulted in a birth of a International Council of Alpha Phi Omega (ICAPO) at the 1994 Dallas-Fort Worth Alpha Phi Omega (United states) national convention using the sign language of the charter document. A number 1 meeting of a council was held around Zamboanga City in the Philippines at the 1995 Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) national convention. A 2nd meeting of a council was held inside Phoenix 1996 at the Alpha Phi Omega - United states national convention. At that period a formal placed of operating policies for the council was signed & the foremost officers were elected. ICAPO meetings currently regularly occur within conjunction sustaining Alpha Phi Omega national conventions in a United states & the Philippines.

PURPOSE: A purpose of this Council is to promote a lesson & ideals of Alpha Phi Omega, every bit originally exemplified by Frank Reed Horton, in the area of the world. To this prevent, a Council helps withwithwitharound introducing & establishing collegiate-depending Alpha Phi Omega organizations in countries in which these are non okay, placed & helps in institutionalizing Alpha Phi Omega organizations in countries in which these are presently introduced or even established. It serves as an official hyperlink among a diversely constituted independent national Alpha Phi Omega organizations, & works to promote a deeper understanding & an increased working relationship among the independent national organizations.

EXTENSION: Alpha Phi Omega (America) committed to the establishment of Alpha Phi Omega of Canada when Alpha Phi Omega (Philippines) committed to the establishment of Alpha Phi Omega of Australia.