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    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                       SR 250

    By Senator Hill





    1-274-05

  1                    Senate Resolution No. ____

  2         A resolution recognizing and commending Omega

  3         Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., for its invaluable

  4         community service to the people of the State of

  5         Florida.

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  7         WHEREAS, on November 17, 1911, three Howard University

  8  undergraduate students, assisted by their faculty advisor, met

  9  and conceived the idea of founding Omega Psi Phi Fraternity,

10  Inc., based on the cardinal principles of "manhood,

11  scholarship, perseverance, and uplift," and

12         WHEREAS, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., was the first

13  fraternity founded at a Historically Black College or

14  University, and, since its inception, has initiated more than

15  130,000 members in 550 chapters in 44 states, the District of

16  Columbia, Europe, Asia, Africa, the Bahamas, the Virgin

17  Islands, and Panama, and

18         WHEREAS, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., is committed

19  to rendering community service that makes a difference in

20  quality of life, and has made invaluable contributions toward

21  improving the educational, civic, and social lives of the

22  people it has touched in Florida and throughout the world, and

23         WHEREAS, Brother George H. Grace of Miami, Florida,

24  presently leads Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., serving as the

25  Fraternity's 37th Grand Basileus; Brother Edgar L. Mathis,

26  Sr., of Jacksonville, Florida, is the National Representative

27  for District 7, which includes Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and

28  Mississippi; and Brother Leslie Gamble of Miami, Florida, is

29  the National Representative for the State of Florida, and

30         WHEREAS, other distinguished Floridians who are

31  Brothers of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., include United

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    Florida Senate - 2005        (NP)                       SR 250
    1-274-05




 1  States Congressman Kendrick Meek, State Senator Anthony C.

 2  "Tony" Hill, Sr., State Senator Gary Siplin, State

 3  Representative Wilbert "Tee" Holloway, State Representative

 4  Frank Peterman, Jr., and Tallahassee Mayor John Marks, NOW,

 5  THEREFORE,

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 7  Be It Resolved by the Senate of the State of Florida:

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 9         That the Florida Senate commends Omega Psi Phi

10  Fraternity, Inc., for its invaluable community service to the

11  people of Florida and recognizes March 11, 2005, as Omega Psi

12  Phi Fraternity, Inc., Day in the State of Florida.

13         BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this resolution,

14  with the Seal of the Senate affixed, be presented to George H.

15  Grace, Grand Basileus of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., as a

16  tangible token of the sentiments of the Florida Senate.

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