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Table of Contents
Contents: Page
Table of Contents 2
Letter of Introduction 3
Marino “The Godfather” Casem 4
History of Kappa Alpha Psi 5
History of Gamma Pi Alumni Chapter 6
History of Gamma Pi Alumni Association 7
Sponsorship Levels 8
Sponsorship Agreement 9
Gamma Pi Alumni Association Officers 10
Invictus 11
Gamma Pi Alumni Association is a 501 C-3 Non-Profit Organization
Online registration available at www.gammapinupes.org
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Greetings,
The Gamma Pi Alumni Association is hosting the 3rd Annual Marino Casem
Scholarship Golf Tournament on September 22, 2017. The tournament will be held
at the Clear Creek Golf Course, 1566 Tiffentown Road, Vicksburg, MS 39183.
All proceeds from the golf tournament will go directly to the Gamma Pi
Alumni Associations Endowed Scholarship fund for Alcorn State University. As we
prepare for the golf tournament, we are asking for your assistance in making this
event a tremendous success. We are seeking your support through sponsorship
levels, and/or by donating merchandise from your company. Your donation is vitally
important to our success, and is graciously appreciated by the Gamma Pi Alumni
Association, and the students of Alcorn State University.
The Gamma Pi Alumni Association requests your confirmed response of
participation in the golf tournament by September 10, 2017. Your response is
necessarily essential for planning, publishing and advertising deadlines. We also
request your contribution be dated before September 22, 2017.
If you have any questions, concerns or require additional information
regarding tournament sponsorship, please contact the 3rd Annual Marino Casem
Scholarship Golf Tournament Coordinator, Marvin Smith: Cell: 678-410-6258 and
Email: [email protected]
Please forward correspondence to: Gamma Pi Alumni Associations
Attn: Marvin Smith
P.O. Box 10116
Jackson, MS 39286
Sincerely,
Marvin Smith Marvin Smith
Golf Tournament Director
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 678-410-6258
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Marino “The Godfather” Casem
Marino “The Godfather” Casem is a former American football coach and
athletic administrator. He served as the head football coach at Alabama State
University, Alcorn State University and Southern University. During Casem’s
tenure, Alcorn State won seven Southwestern Athletic Conference (“SWAC”)
football championships and seven Black College National Championships. In 1984,
Casem led Alcorn State to a perfect 9-0 regular season. The team was ranked number
one in the final NCAA Division I-AA poll, the first time a black college had ever
finished the regular football season in that position. Casem compiled a record of 139-
70-8 (86-48-7 in the SWAC), making him the all-time winningest coach in Alcorn
State University’s history.
As Alcorn State’s Athletic Director, Casem also oversaw thirteen regular
season men’s basketball titles and three regular season women’s basketball
championships. In 1979, Alcorn State’s men’s basketball team became the first
historically black university to capture a win in the National Invitational Tournament
(NIT). Casem has been inducted into the SWAC Hall of Fame, Alcorn State Hall of
Honor, and Mississippi Sports Hall of Fame, and has received the National Football
Foundation Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Football Award and the Football
Writers Association Citation of Honor.
Coach Marino Casem
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History of Kappa Alpha Psi
KAPPA ALPHA PSI, a college Fraternity, now comprised of functioning
Undergraduate and Alumni Chapters on major campuses and in cities throughout the
country, is the crystallization of a dream. It is the beautiful realization of a vision
shared commonly by the late Revered Founders: Elder Watson Diggs, John Milton
Lee, Byron K. Armstrong, Guy Levis Grant, Ezra D. Alexander, Henry T. Asher,
Marcus P. Blakemore, Paul W. Caine, Edward G. Irvin and George W. Edmonds.
It was the vision of these astute men that enabled them in the school year
1910-11, more specifically the night of January 5, 1911, on the campus of Indiana
University at Bloomington, Indiana, to sow the seed of a fraternal tree whose fruit is
available, to and now enjoyed by, college men everywhere, regardless of their color,
religion or national origin. It is a fact of which KAPPA ALPHA PSI is justly proud
that the Constitution has never contained any clause which either excluded or
suggested the exclusion of a man from membership merely because of his color,
creed or national origin. The Constitution of KAPPA ALPHA PSI is predicated
upon, and dedicated to, the principles of achievement through a truly democratic
Fraternity.
Chartered and incorporated originally under the laws of the State of Indiana
as Kappa Alpha Nu on May 15, 1911, the name was changed to KAPPA ALPHA
PSI on a resolution offered and adopted at the Grand Chapter in December 1914.
This change became effective April 15, 1915, on a proclamation by the then Grand
Polemarch, Elder Watson Diggs.
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History of Gamma Pi Alumni Chapter
Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, under the leadership of Brother Elder Watson
Diggs, was founded on the campus of Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, on
January 11, 1911. Kappa Alpha Psi is the crystallization of a Dream. The purpose of
Kappa Alpha Psi is Achievement. Because of the high ideals of Kappa, membership
in the Fraternity has spread rapidly from campus to campus, city to city, and country
to country throughout the world.
The Gamma Pi Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi was established at Alcorn State
University on April 9, 1949. The charter members of Gamma Pi Chapter of Kappa
Alpha Psi are John C. Berry, Sidney S. Boose, Charles Carter, Jonnie Gilmore, Osber
Hicks, Charles E. H. Hunter, John H. Jefferson, Emridge Jones, Needham Jones,
Roscoe S. Pickett, Claude H. Pinkney, Patrick H. Robinson, Edward Steele, Grover
Ulmer, and Riley Williams.
Objectives
To unite college men of culture, patriotism, and honor in a bond of fraternity
To encourage honorable achievement in every field of human endeavor
To promote the spiritual, social, intellectual and moral welfare of its
members
To assist the aims and purposes of colleges and universities
To inspire service in the public interest
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Gamma Pi Alumni Association Brief History
Over the years, Kappa Alpha Psi Incorporated, Gamma Pi Chapter Fraternity Line
Brothers, and other Brothers in the Bond; have traditionally joined together to conduct annual
reunions and social gatherings, at select locations throughout the United States, to celebrate their
love of Kappa Alpha Psi, Gamma Pi, and Alcorn State University. In 2008, Gamma Pi Brothers
gathered and officially organized the first annual reunion for ALL Brothers of the Gamma Pi
origin. Throughout this monumentous occasion, Gamma Pi Brothers agreed to consolidate
resources to celebrate their beloved Gamma Pi Chapter, and to reconnect Brothers from each
chapter’s pledge year. During this occasion, Brothers agreed to reach out and unify ALL Gamma
Pi Brothers, and to consolidate necessary resources to establish a scholarship fund for
undergraduate Brothers attending Alcorn State University. In the Fall of 2008, seventeen Brothers
met at the Hilton Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi, to establish a Non-Profit 501-C-3 Organizational
tax exemption status to provide an endowed scholarship fund for undergraduate Gamma Pi
Brothers attending Alcorn State University.
During this meeting the “Gamma Pi Alumni Association” was founded.
The Gamma Pi Alumni Association was established to support undergraduate Brothers at
Alcorn State University, and to provide community service support to those in need within
underserved and underrepresented communities. From May 1 - 3, 2009, the first official annual
Gamma Pi Alumni Association reunion was held at the Clarion Hotel in Jackson, Mississippi. The
reunion featured a formal banquet/business meeting; the highlight of the affair was Kappa Alpha
Psi Incorporated 31st Grand Polemarch, Brother Dwayne Murray as the guest speaker. The
available services and accommodations consisted of tours of the City of Jackson, Mississippi, a
trip and tour of the Alcorn State University Campus, social activities, and religious services.
Throughout the Gamma Pi Alumni Association’s annual reunions, Brothers have joined
together in fellowship to celebrate their love of Kappa Alpha Psi, Gamma Pi, and Alcorn State
University. Brothers have established a successful endowed scholarship fund at Alcorn State
University; Brothers have joined together to establish a successful Marino Casem Scholarship Golf
Tournament; Brothers have conducted invaluable community service which lead to feeding the
homeless and hungry within the City of Jackson; Distant Brothers have reunited and reconnected;
and Brothers have provided funds to support undergraduate members at Alcorn State University.
The future of the Gamma Pi Alumni Association is bright, and as we move forward
throughout the 21st Century, the desire to achieve and the drive to excel will continue to be the
foundation of this Brotherhood.
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Sponsorship Levels
EAGLE SPONSOR___________________________________________$3500 Eight Individual Playing Spots
Eight Alcorn -vs- Southern Game Day Tickets
Logo on Tournament Marketing Material
Audio Mention on Radio Promotions
Commemorative Gift / Goody Bag for Each Player
One-Hole Sign 24”x18”
Recognition at Awards Luncheon
BIRDIE SPONSOR___________________________________________$2500
Four Individual Playing Spots Four Alcorn -vs- Southern Game Day Tickets
Logo on Tournament Marketing Material
Commemorative Gift / Goody Bag for Each Player
One-Hole Sign 24”x18”
Recognition at Awards Luncheon
PAR SPONSOR______________________________________________$1500 Four Individual Playing Spots
Four Alcorn -vs- Southern Game Day Tickets
Commemorative Gift / Goody Bag for Each Player
One-Hole Sign 24”x18”
Recognition at Awards Luncheon
PUTTING GREEN SPONSOR_________________________________$300 One Individual Player Spot
Goody Bag for Each Player
One-Hole Sign 12”x12”
Recognition at Awards Luncheon
TEE SPONSOR______________________________________________$100 One Corporate Signage-Name and Logo
One-Hole Sign 12”x12”
Recognition at Awards Luncheon
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Sponsorship Agreement
Please complete contact information requirements below and check the required box for
sponsorship level preferred in support of the 3rd Annual Marino Casem Scholarship Golf
Tournament to be held on September 22, 2017. Upon completion of sponsorship agreement, please
mail completed form along with payment to the address listed at the bottom the sponsorship
agreement. Upon receipt of completed agreement form and payment, the Gamma Pi Alumni
Association will contact you to obtain a digital format of your company logo, and to obtain other
pertinent information required to fulfill your sponsorship commitment.
Contact Information:
_________________ _________________ _________________ First Name Last Name Company Name
_________________ _________________ _________________ Address City/State/Zip Phone
_________________ _________________ _________________ Email Fax Website
_________________ _________________ _________________ Industry Service Description
Sponsorship Level: Eagle Sponsor - $3500 Putting Green Sponsor - $300
Birdie Sponsor - $2500 Tee Sponsor - $100
Par Sponsor - $1500
Sponsorship Amount: $______________
Make checks or money order (PayPal) payable to:
Gamma Pi Alumni Association
P.O. Box 10116
Jackson, MS 39286
Gamma Pi Alumni Association is a 501-C-(3) Non-Profit Organization
Online registration available at www.gammapinupes.org
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GAMMA PI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFICERS
CHAIRMAN
Chuck Patrick, Ph.D., Fall 1990
VICE CHAIRMAN
Sylvester J. Harris, Jr., Fall 1990
SECRETARY
William Wade, Fall 1990
TREASURER
Earnest Thompson, Fall 1990
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBERS
Erskin Mitchell, Jr., Fall 1990
Marvin Smith, Spring 1989
Michael Joiner, Esq., Spring 2008
ADVISORS
Ken Tillage, Fall 1965
Preston Lee, Spring 1969
Henry Houze, Spring 1967
Richard Seals, Jr., Fall 1965
Socrates Garrett, Spring 1967
WEB MASTER
Marcus Taylor, Spring 1997
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INVICTUS Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul.
In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed.
Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years Finds and shall find me unafraid.
It matters not how strait the gate, How charged with punishments the scroll,
I am the master of my fate, I am the captain of my soul.
By William Ernest Henley
Gamma Pi Alumni Association Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity,
Incorporated
TRAINNG FOR LEADERSHIP SINCE 1911
2017 Gamma Pi Alumni Association
September 22, 2017
3rd Annual Marino Casem Scholarship Golf Tournament
Marvin Smith
Golf Tournament Director
Email: [email protected]
Phone: 678-410-6258
Clear Creek Golf Course 1566 Tiffentown Road
Vicksburg, MS 39183
601-638-9395