For over 70 years Alpha Phi Omega has been going strong. Here are just a few of the many reasons why.


1950 Service at Thanksgiving and Christmas is effectively carried out by APO on many campuses. Pictured are officers of the Epsilon Phi Chapter, Youngstown State University, Youngstown, Ohio, shown giving about 1,500 can goods to the Salvation Army.

1980 Expanding the ranks of Alpha Phi Omega in South Carolina is Alpha Alpha Epsilon, recently chartered at the College of Charleston. Lucius E. Young, LTC, Ret., Past National President, officiated at the ceremony and Chuck Bowen, South Carolina Sectional Chairman, assisted in bringing this Chapter to life.
65 years ago

1931 Edition of the "LightBearer"
The protection of the name of Alpha Phi Omega, insignia, and trade mark, by the U.S. Patent Office has been completed. The number of the Trade Mark Certificate is 265.052. This protection is for 20 years, subject to renewal.

50 years ago

September 1946
Gamma Beta Chapter at San Jose State College held a formal initiation for a pledge class of eight. One of the pledge projects was to paint four benches and eight flower pots, in which were planted some boxwood shrubs. The Chapter was helping the S.C.A. in a campaign to raise money for the national "Heifers for Relief " The Chapter again has the Bindex agreement at San Jose State, allowing the Chapter to give two scholarships next fall as they did before the war.

35 years ago

Fall 1961 Issue
The Torch & Trefoil announced that the 1961 Fall Pledge Class was dedicated to John E Kennedy, President of the United States.

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On December 14, 1996