Robert Harold Ogle

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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.

Ogle entered the career secretarial field and served as a professional staff member to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations.

Ogle died in 1936.

External links

Alpha Phi Alpha website

References

Wesley, Charles H. (1981). The History of Alpha Phi Alpha, A Development in College Life (14th ed.). Chicago: Foundation. ASIN: B000ESQ14W.
Mason, Herman (1999). "The Methodical Jewel—Robert Harold Ogle". The Talented Tenth: The Founders and Presidents of Alpha (2nd ed.). Winter Park, Florida: Four-G. ISBN 1-885066-63-5.

v t e Founding members of Alpha Phi Alpha

Henry Arthur Callis Charles Henry Chapman Eugene Kinckle Jones George Biddle Kelley Nathaniel Allison Murray Robert Harold Ogle Vertner Woodson Tandy

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