TRAILBLAZING THETA BETA BETA CHAPTER

November 17, 1911

On Friday, November 17, 1911, three Howard University undergraduate students, Frank Coleman, Oscar James Cooper and Edgar Amos Love, met with Professor Ernest Everett Just in his office in Science Hall (Thirkield Hall) to establish a fraternity. At this meeting, they decided upon the motto “friendship is essential to the soul” as symbolized by the letters OMEGA PSI PHI, which are the initials of the three Greek words that represent the motto.

June 25, 1982

At Pease Air Force Base located in Portsmouth, New Hampshire the Trailblazing Theta Beta Beta chapter in the First District of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. was chartered.

The Trailblazing Theta Beta Beta Chapter moved from Peace Air Force Base to Dartmouth College.

1988

2023

After 31 years of absence, the Trailblazing Theta Beta Beta Chapter was reinstated by 4 members of the chapter, Satchel Williams, Joey Richmond Jr, Alexisius (Q) Jones Jr, and Cameron Maddox.