• Open with date of death and age at time of death
• Personal Background
  • Date and city of birth
  • Parents
• Education
  • Schools attended if known;
    • Attendance at elementary school(s) and/or middle school if known
    • Year of high school graduation and name of high school if known
    • List achievements in high school
    • List any activities in high school (sports, band, student government, choir, ROTC, school newspaper…)
  • Where did he attend college(s)
    • What degree did he obtain and what year?
    • List any collegiate extracurricular activities (sports, band, student government, choir, school newspaper…)
  • List all advance degrees (M.B.A. J.D. M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D, M.S…), what school and year graduated if known
  • Military Service if applicable
    • What branch (Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force…)
    • List rank
    • Year of honorable discharge if known
    • List wars served (World War II, Vietnam, Korean War…) if applicable;
    • Year retired from military if applicable;
    • List all major commendations and awards;
  • Profession(s)
    • Where did brother work primarily throughout his adulthood?
    • List primary companies, institutions, organizations;
    • Denote any major professional achievements and positions;
    • Any fact and development in brother’s professional career that is unique, influential, historic…;
    • List all elected public office positions;
  • Civic / Community Involvement
    • List memberships other organizations (Sigma Pi Phi, NAACP, Urban League, Kiwanis, 100 Black Men, Shriners…)
    • High School or College Alumni Associations, professional organizations, other fraternal organization;
    • Municipal organizations, volunteer organizations, political parties if applicable;
    • Religious organizations such as church membership;
    • Masonic organizations;
    • List offices held i.e. president, chairman, board member if applicable…
  • Kappa Alpha Psi Membership
    • List year and chapter of initiation;
    • Denote any officer positions held at Local, Province, and/or Grand Chapter Levels;
    • List his current membership in Alumni Chapter if applicable or known;
    • Denote if brother was a charter member or charter line member of a chapter;
    • List any fraternal awards bestowed;
  • Achievements / Recognition
    • List professional awards if known;
    • List civic or organizational awards if known;
    • List academic awards (Rhodes Scholar, Fulbright Scholar, magna cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa,….)
    • List membership in any major Halls of Fame or Museums if known;
    • List whether brother’s estate donated funds to an institution, university, foundation or scholarship
    • List buildings, awards, schools, streets, centers, foundations and scholarships named in the brother’s honor;
    • Denote whether brother’s alma mater, city, or state performed a special recognition at his passing (lowering flags at half mass, moment of silence, press release from city or alma mater...)
  • Family Survivors
    • List parents, spouse, children, grandchildren, and/or siblings that preceded brother in death;
    • List parents, spouse, children, grandchildren, and/or siblings that brother leaves behind;