Alcorn State University Alumni Chicago Chapter since 1919

The Alcorn A & M College Club was organized in March of 1919 at the home of Dr. R.C. Chatman at 4521 S Vincennes Avenue in Chicago, Illinois.     

The club was incorporated in 1930.  The chose motto was and still is "SED ETIAM ACTUM: NON TANTUM VERBUS," which translates to "NOT ONLY BY WORDS BUT BY ACTS."

(History taken almost entirely from the notes and data of one of the founders, John H. Mitchell, D.D.S.)

Chicago Chapter Alumni House

Founders 

L.S. Boatner*

Carry L. Briggs*

Dr. R.C. Chatman*

Mary H. Flowers*

Carl Hansberry*

J.H. Horton*

R.H. Lake*

Dr. A.L. Lucas*

Dr. John H. Mitchell*

J.M. Myers*

Atty. L.J. Nash*

Dr. Riley F. Thomas*

*deceased