La Salle’s Mu Upsilon chapter of the Phi Beta Sigma fraternity recently celebrated its 35th anniversary with a re-chartering event on campus. Jonathan A. Mason Sr., the International President of the fraternity, presented a replica of the chapter’s original charter to the founding members of the chapter who were in attendance—Roland Finger, ’81, Tyrone Knight, Daniel Tann, Esq., ’82, Hugh Cooper, ’84, and Robert Pack, ’82. (Two of the founding members were not present at the event—William Savage, ’80, was teaching in China, and Keith Enty, ’81, is deceased.)

The event also recognized the past presidents of the chapter since 1990, honored Reginald Browne, ’95, a member of the fraternity who is Senior Managing Director at Cantor Fitzgerald and a La Salle Trustee, with a Lifetime Achievement Award, and presented a scholarship to Thomas McCloud, a senior communication major.

The Mu Upsilon chapter of Phi Beta Sigma, which was founded at Howard University in 1914 and is the only African American fraternity on La Salle’s campus, was established to give African American students an outlet to express their heritage and give back to their community. One of the chapter’s first programs was a fundraiser for children with sickle cell anemia, and many members have gone on to distinguished careers in the military, government, education, social work, ministry, and law.