Alpha Phi Omega


Est. 1925



Leadership. Friendship. Service.


“I felt a college organization should be formed that would strengthen men in these ideals, and give them an opportunity for leadership experience and for service to others.”

Dr. Frank Reed Horton
Founder, Alpha Phi Omega

The Story Behind The Founding

by Dr. Frank Reed Horton

“Alpha Phi Omega is destined to be one of the greatest college fraternities in the world because it has as its foundation the highest ideals of the ages, the most perfect standard the generations have been able to produce, a standard accepted by all nations, all religions and all people, where the motivating idea is to look for the good and try to do good to everyone regardless of who or what belief and furthermore has the practical application in most commendable educational social services.”


The Lightbearer, November 1927

Dr. Frank Reed Horton
Founder, Alpha Phi Omega

2nd Floor, Hogg Hall originally called Brainerd Hall,  Lafayette College
Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO.

“If you work upon marble, it will perish, if you build temples, someday they will crumble into dust, but if you work on the immortal souls of men, giving them a just fear of God and causing them to love their fellow men, you engrave on those tablets something that will last into all eternity.”


Harold Roe “The Chief” Bartle
Builder, Alpha Phi Omega

Missouri Valley Special Collections, Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City, MO.

The Story of “The Chief”: H. Roe Bartle

KC Yesterday, Connecting you to the history of Kansas City

Did you know?

Kansas City Chiefs was named after Brother Harold Roe Bartle’s nickname, “The Chief” in 1962 by the team owner, Lamar Hunt.

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