The University of Alabama

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Scholarship

 

Application Deadline:  Thursday, April 7, 2016

 

Administered by The Kappa Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., in conjunction with

 The Kappa Alpha Alumni Association (KAAA) and The University of Alabama.

 

 

 

 

 

“The Excellent Eight”

The University of Alabama Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., Scholarship is administered in honor of the 

eight founding members of The Kappa Alpha Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha, Fraternity, Inc., reverently 

known as “The Excellent Eight.” Those members are Bruce Carl Allen, Melvin Grover Cleveland, Jr., 

Norman Merriweather, Van Cornelius Pinkard, Joe Clifford Ransaw†, Frank James Roscoe†, Alphonso 

Gary Wesley, and Sylvester Wilson. These men were great proponents of service and leadership to The 

University of Alabama and the Tuscaloosa communities. They coined the motto, “Through Striving We 

Shall Achieve, Through Achieving We Shall Succeed.”