PROGRAM ACTIVITIES ANNOUNCED
FOR GRAND BOULE CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION IN PHILADELPHIA

(AFRICAN AMERICAN NEWSWIRE)Philadelphia---A gala 100th birthday celebration is planned for the Grand Boule of Sigma Pi Phi Fraternity in this City of Brotherly Love June 26-30 at the Marriott Hotel Downtown.

As the first Greek fraternity established for African American men, Sigma Pi Phi has 112 member boules (chapters) throughout the United States and in Nassau, with a total membership of 4, 200.

More than 900 members and their spouses are expected to attend the annual centennial celebration in June. According to Calvin O. Pressley, Grand Sire Archon (national president) of the fraternity, "An extraordinary array of national and international leaders will address the Grand Boule. The 100th anniversary celebration, while formal, is not all work."

Pressley indicated that Dr. Otis Moss, Jr., of the Olivet Institutional Baptist Church in Cleveland, Ohio, will give a memorial address at the Sunday morning service; Vernon Jordan will be the keynote speaker at the opening session on Monday, and Kenneth I. Chenault, Chairman and CEO of American Express, will give the lecture at the Youth Appreciation and Scholarship Luncheon.

Former Philadelphia Mayor Rev. W. Wilson Goode will speak at a Social Action Forum and former U.S. Health and Human Service Secretary Louis Sullivan will be featured speaker at a Grand Boule Policy Forum.

Major social highlights include "An Evening with Jeffery Osborne," sponsored by the Boule Foundation, "A Taste of Philadelphia" hosted by Philadelphia-based Alpha Boule, and the closing formal dinner/dance. Recreational activities will include golf and tennis tournaments. In addition, special programs are planned for spouses and youth.