Robert H. Ogle

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Founding Members of
Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
CC Poindexter [1]
James Morton
Morgan Phillips [2]
George Tompkins [3]
CC Poindexter
Henry A. Callis
Charles H. Chapman
Eugene K. Jones
George B. Kelley
Nathaniel A. Murray
Robert H. Ogle
Vertner W. Tandy

Robert Harold Ogle was one the seven founders (commonly referred to as Jewels) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. He proposed the Fraternity’s colors and was Alpha chapter’s first secretary. Ogle joined George Kelley in working out the first ritual and later became a charter member of Washington D.C.’s Mu Lambda Chapter.

Robert Harold Ogle entered the career secretarial field and had the unique privilege of serving as a professional staff member to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.

Robert Ogle died in 1936.


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  • 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 Methodical Jewel'—Robert Harold Ogle", The Talented Tenth: The Founders and Presidents of Alpha. Four-G Publishers, Inc. ISBN 1-885066-63-5.