Phi Phi Chapter Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated (Chartered March 1, 1927)
Basilei 1927 - Present (revised 12/31/09)
Compiled with the Assistance of Several Brothers
Basileus
Henry B. Hucles (deceased)
Dr. Arthur P. Davis (deceased)
A. B. Greer (deceased)
Joseph T. Bright (deceased)
Term
1927-1928
1928-1930
1932-1934
1934-1935
Yrs
2
2
2
1
James E. Segear (deceased)
1935-1937
2
Dr. Henry J. McGuinn (deceased)
1937-1938
1
Richard W. Foster
1938-1940
2
Robert J. Kenney (deceased)
Oliver W. Hill, Sr.
1940-1942
2
1945-1946
1
William H. Parker (deceased)
1950-1952
2
Elmer Gordon1 (deceased)
Dr. Tinsley Spraggins
1952-1954
1954-1956
2
1
Alvin W. Morris, Sr. (deceased)
Theodore T. Coleman (deceased)
1956-1958
2
L. Douglas Wilder, Sr.
1958-1959
1
C. V. Kelley (deceased)
Dr. Richard I. McKinney
Samuel J. Thompson (deceased)
Harold O. DeWitt (deceased)
David E. Longley (deceased)
Linwood T. Binford, Sr. (deceased)
Quallie W. Moon2 (deceased)
George Hedgespeth (deceased)
Career Information
Founder - Athletic Director and Coach at VUU
Outstanding Professor of English at VUU
Founder - Realtor at Thurken Realty Co.
Founder - Principal and Teacher in Richmond
Public School System
First Principal of Maggie L. Walker High
School
Founder - Head of the VUU Department of
Sociology
Teacher in Richmond Public School System
and President of Virginia Mutual Benefit Life
Insurance Company (ret)
Founder - Owner/Realtor at Kenney & Co.
NAACP Civil Rights Attorney and Partner Hill,
Tucker and Marsh Law Firm (ret)
Manager of Richmond District of NC Mutual
Life Insurance Company
President of Storer College (W Va.) and
Instructor at VUU and MSC (ret)
Agent for NC Mutual Insurance Company
Richmond Urban League & Director of
Employment for Williamsburg
Trustee and Training Director of Virginia
Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Company
Principal and Teacher in Richmond Public
School System
Entrepreneur and VUU Student Activities
Director
Assistant State Toxicologist
Faculty Member at VUU and Howard
University (ret)
Superintendent of Janie Porter Barrett School
and Alumni Director for VUU
Richmond Urban League and Faculty Member
at Norfolk State College (Little State)
Va. State Department of Rehabilitation
Auto Mechanics Teacher at Armstrong High
School
First Black Governor and Partner of Wilder,
Gregory and Associates Law Firm
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Phi Phi Chapter Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated (Chartered March 1, 1927)
Basilei 1927 - Present (revised 12/31/09)
Compiled with the Assistance of Several Brothers
Basileus
Dr. Rayford L. Harris, Sr.
Term
1959-1961
Yrs
2
J. B. Williams (deceased)
1961-1963
2
Frank B. Hart (deceased)
Charles R. Nicholson, Sr.
1963-1965
1966-1968
2
2
Junius Woodard (deceased)
Anthony (Pete) Rogers
Alexander L. (Jack) Mosby
Alvoston L. Taylor, Jr.3
James B. Friend, Jr. (deceased)
Leroy T. McAllister (deceased)
Ralph L. Anderson, Sr.
Posey R. Young
1968-1970
1971-1973
1973-1974
1974-1975
1975-1977
1977-1979
1979-1981
1981-1983
2
2
1
1
2
2
2
2
Robert T. Greene, Sr. (deceased)
1983-1985
2
Thomas Taylor
Tyrone A. Gaines
1985-1987
1987-1989
2
2
Rayford L. Harris, Jr.
1989-1992
3
Lawrence L. Logan
1992-1994
2
Kevin L. Jackson
Ellis A. Henderson, Jr.
Jerry C. Crews, Jr.
Pearly Nicholson, Jr.
Randy D. Byrd
George Ross
Jerry C. Crews Jr.
Glen A. Hence
Xavier Shannon
1994-1996
1996-1998
1998-2000
2000-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2007
2007-2009
2009-
2
2
2
2
1
2
2
2
Career Information
Professor Emeritus at Va. State University and
Industrial
Arts
Teacher
at
Blackwell
Elementary (ret)
Vice President of Universal Life Insurance
Company and Agency Director of Richmond
Beneficial Insurance Company (Former D.R.)
Vocational Rehabilitation
Assistant Finance Director in Richmond Public
Schools (ret)
Principal Richmond Technical Center (ret)
Principal Richmond Public School System (ret)
Principal Richmond Public School System
Owner, Construction Company
County Supervisor (ret)
Orthodontist
Va. State University Assistant Professor and
Teacher/Coach in Public School Systems
Provost J. Sargent Reynolds Community
College
Government Employee
Data Processing Department Whitehall-Robins
Pharmaceuticals
City of Richmond Employee and Former
Teacher in Richmond Public School System
(District Representative 1999-2002)
Federal Government Employee – Defense
General Supply Center (Bellwood)
Pharmaceutical Salesman
City of Richmond Employee
Auditor with Westvaco Corporation
Va. Corrections System Employee
Financial Planner
City of Richmond Employee
RRHA Employee
P&S Trading Assoc., Scott & Stringfellow, Inc.
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Phi Phi Chapter Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated (Chartered March 1, 1927)
Basilei 1927 - Present (revised 12/31/09)
Compiled with the Assistance of Several Brothers
This list was compiled with the greatest assistance of the following Brothers: Dick Foster, Skip Foster,
Rayford Harris, Sr., and Willis Pettis. Other assistance was received from several of the Basilei on the
list; some of whom did not always remember who preceded or followed them (or how long they served).
This list will have several errors in terms of service and numbers of years of service. Where names were
received in order of service and without complete years, it was assumed that terms began and ended
with the current October-September format and were two-year terms. In some cases, terms were listed
as one- or three-year to fill the gaps.
Other names were received where Brothers “were certain” that John Doe was a Basileus, but “I can’t
remember when he was Basileus, or whom he followed, or how long he served.”. Some old Oracles
have been used, but more are needed. District records have also been used. Any assistance will be
greatly appreciated. Call me at home (329-2875) if you can help.
1
Elmer Gordon was reported to have been a Basileus. It has been documented that he was the Vice Basileus of William
Parker.
2
Quallie Moon was the Vice Basileus of T. T. Coleman. It has not been confirmed that he actually became Basileus. It is
assumed that he did move up.
3
The Oracle chapter directory for Winter 1977 lists Alvoston Taylor as Basileus. However, we all know that the list was
often not up to date. I seem to remember Alvoston Taylor as either Basileus or Vice Basileus in the spring of 1974. This
was during the time a charter line was in the process at University of Richmond.
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