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.”