Henry A. Callis
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Henry Arthur Callis (b. January 14, 1887, - d. November 12, 1974) was one of the seven founders (commonly referred to as The Seven Jewels) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. Callis co-authored the Fraternity name with Eugene Jones and became the only Jewel to become General President of the fraternity.
He became a physician and worked as a medical consultant at the Veterans Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, Professor of Medicine at Howard University and a frequent contributor to medical journals.
Alpha Phi Alpha's Eta Tau Lambda chapter created Alpha Phi Alpha Homes Inc. to address housing for low-income familes, individuals and senior citizens in Akron, Ohio. In 1971, Alpha Homes received an $11.5 million grant from HUD to begin groundbreaking on Channelwood Village with the Henry Arthur Callis Tower as it centerpiece.
Callis' death in 1974 was a milestone for the fraternity as Callis became the last Jewel to enter its Omega Chapter—distinguished to contain the names of deceased fraternity members, and the Alpha Phi Alpha entered a period when it had no living "Jewels". The Callis Papers, personal and family papers of Henry Callis includes awards, certificates, clippings, correspondence, a diary, notebooks, photographs, programs, and scrapbooks relating to Callis and his family were donated to Howard University's Moorland-Spingarn Research Center.
| Founding Members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity |
|---|
| Henry A. Callis |
| Charles H. Chapman |
| Eugene K. Jones |
| George B. Kelley |
| Nathaniel A. Murray |
| Robert H. Ogle |
| Vertner W. Tandy |
[edit] Books on Callis
- Henry Arthur Callis, Life and Legacy by Charles H. Wesley (1977)
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- Wesley, Charles H. [1928] (1981). The History of Alpha Phi Alpha, A Development in College Life. Foundation Publishers. ASIN: B000ESQ14W.
- Mason, Herman "Skip" [1997] (1999). "The Jewels' Jewel'—Henry Arthur Callis", The Talented Tenth: The Founders and Presidents of Alpha. Four-G Publishers, Inc. ISBN 1-885066-63-5.
| Preceded by Henry A. Dickason |
Alpha Phi Alpha General President 1915 |
Succeeded by Howard H. Long |
