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On December 6, 2025, the Annapolis (MD) Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., celebrated its 60th Charter Day with a gala at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Annapolis, Maryland. It was an evening for brotherhood, fellowship, camaraderie, and remembrance.
The force behind creating a Chapter in the Annapolis area was the brainchild of Willie Q. McManus, who was initiated in 1948 at what is now North Carolina A&T State University. A teacher at Bates High School, he allied with other Kappa brothers who taught there and lived in the area. A petition was submitted to the Grand Board of Directors on October 13, 1965. The request was approved, and the official chartering took place on December 5, 1965, at the YMCA on Northwest Street in Annapolis.
The anniversary program opened with a welcome from Eddie L. Swanson, Jr., 30th and present polemarch. Brother Willis J. Stamps, II, Esq., the Chapter’s 29th polemarch, served as the Master of the Ceremony. Brother Charles E. Exum, Jr., Chief Executive Officer of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., was the guest speaker. Brother Richard B. Mattox, 30th Eastern Province Polemarch, followed with remarks.
Among other guests was Brother Carroll Hynson, one of two surviving charter members, who greeted the assembly and was presented with a white jacket in honor of his many years of fraternal and community service. Brother George E. Gaither, Jr., the other surviving charter member, was unable to attend. Also, shout-outs went to the Chapter’s 50-year Kappas (14 of them) and to those Kappas who presently serve or have served in the military (18 of them).
“The Kappas on the Bay” are grateful to all–past and present–who have supported them in all their endeavors: families, communities, other organizations, its silhouettes, and the leadership across this great fraternity that is the “pride of all our hearts.”
