Jonesboro Alumni Chapter was chartered by 13 Nupes in the city of Jonesboro, Arkansas on  June 30th, 2001. Jonesboro (AR) Alumni Chapter is a part of the "Mighty" Southwestern Province. Many of the Kappas from Jonesboro Alumni Chapter have gone on and are presently achieving on high levels within the fraternity and communities in which they serve.

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CHARTER MEMBERS:

 

Algernoa L. Crenshaw, Wilbert Gaines, Theron A. Hightower, David Humble, Fred Leonard,

Antonio Madlock, Roderick Mosley, Ronald Norman, Lucas Perkins, Kenneth Robinson, Billy

Swopes, Torrence Tuberville, Curtis J. Walker

 

 

 

 

NAME OF POLEMARCHS

WITH YEARS OF SERVICE

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(i.e. 1989 - 1995): Fred Leonard (2001 – 2003)

Ron Norman (2003 – 2006)

Bobby Seals (2006 – 2008) Chapter Invisible Cyrus Coleman (2008 – 2010)

Kevin Jordan (2010 – 2014)

Michael Joiner, Esq. (2014 – 2016)

Cornelius Moore (2016 – present)

 

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SW PROVINCE OFFICERS

WITH YEARS OF SERVICE

(PAST/CURRENT):

 

Wilbert Gaines – Theta Mu Advisor (1975 – 1986)

Wendell Williams – Theta Mu Advisor (1986 – 1988)

Theron Hightower – Theta Mu Advisor (1988 – 2000)

Ronald Norman – Theta Mu Advisor (2000 – 2007)

George Grant – Theta Mu Advisor (2009 – 2012)

Erik Wilson - Theta Mu Advisor (2012 – 2013)

AnQuentin Williams - Theta Mu Advisor (2013 – 2014)

Michael B. Joiner, Esq. Theta Mu Advisor (2014 – 2016)

Tierre Hamilton, Sr - Theta Mu Advisor (2016-2019)

Robert Johnson - Theta Mu Advisor (2021-present)

 

Cyrus Coleman - SWP’s Kappa Foundation Chairman (2008 – 2010)

 

Michael Joiner, Esq. - Arkansas Administrative Asst. (2009 – present)

Vice Chairman of the Arkansas Kappa Caucus (2009-2011)

Chairman of the Arkansas Kappa Caucus (2011- 2015)

Arkansas Board Member (2011 – 2015)

 

Theron Hightower – SWP Election Committee Member (60th) and Chairman of the (61st) SWP Statistician for the 23rd CRWLC                                              Arkansas Alumni Board Member (1999 - 2001)

Arkansas Administrative Asst. (1998 – 2007)

SWP’s Vendor Chairman (2001 – 2011)  

    SWP’s National Nominating Comm. Member (2004 – 2006) _ SWP Planning Committee Member (70th - 76th Provincial

Councils and 2006 Fall Intake in Hot Springs, AR)

SWP’s Chapter Certification Coor. (2006 – 2011)

Executive Operating Assistant to the SWP Polemarch

(2006 – 2011)

Appointed SWP Sr. Vice Polemarch (July 12, 2011)

Elected by the SWP as the Sr. Vice Polemarch  

(April 14, 2012 - present)

Appointed SWP Polemarch (May 1, 2016)

 

PROVINCIAL LEVEL AWARD(S)

RECEIVED BY INDIVIDUAL(S)

WITH YEAR RECEIVED:  

 

Province Polemarch’s Appreciation Award:

 

Theron A. Hightower – 1999, 2003, 2006 – 2010, 2012, 2014,2016

Cyrus Coleman – 2009

Michael Joiner – 2009 – 2012, 2014, 2015

OTHER PERTINENT

HISTORICAL INFORMATION:

 

Charter Members of the SWP Life Membership Program:

 

Theron Hightower Fred Leonard

Lyndrell Randle Leonard Smith

Destry Stirgus Curtis Walker

 

Wilbert Gaines was inducted into the Arkansas High School Officiating Hall of Fame on August 6, 2004.

 

Leroy Mansko of Newport, AR was the first initiate into the Jonesboro Alumni Chapter on November 19, 2004, in Little Rock, AR, on the UALR campus. The, then, SWP Senior Vice-Polemarch Ron Julun performed the ceremony.

Michael Joiner, Esq. graduated from the Memphis Law School where he was the Chief Justice of the Moot Court Board.  In the 70 or 80 plus years of this school’s existence, only two blacks have held this post - with him being the only male.  He was an Assoc. Editor for The University of Memphis Law Review, selected as one of the few Pupils for the Leo Bearman, Sr. American Inn of Court in Memphis, the Vice President of the Student Bar Association in 2007-2008, a recipient of the Cecil C. Humphrey’s Law Fellowship, the Judge John D. Martin Scholarship and the Evans & Petree Law Firm Scholarship.  He and his daughter was recognized in the Class Salutations Address presented by the Class Speaker.  He has passed the Arkansas, Mississippi and Tennessee Bar Exams.

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* Theron Hightower - 26th Appointed Southwestern Province Polemarch (2016- present)

* Curtis J. Walker - County Judge in Mississippi County, Arkansas (2016 -present)