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KAPPA ALPHA PSI® FRATERNITY, INC,

KAPPA ALPHA PSI FRATERNITY, INC. ®For information contact John F. Burrell, Executive Director

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

KAPPA ALPHA PSI® FRATERNITY, INC. ELECTS 34th INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

PHILADELPHIA, PA - AUGUST 3, 2019.

On August 3, 2019, at its 84th Grand Chapter Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, Reuben A. Shelton, Esq. was

elected Grand Polemarch (president/CEO) of Kappa Alpha Psi® Fraternity, Inc.

Attorney Shelton, a resident of Chesterfield, MO and member of the St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa

Alpha Psi Fraternity. Shelton has served as Senior Grand Vice Polemarch (Vice President) since 2015

and member of the Board of Directors since 2007.

Shelton was initiated into the fraternity, November 23, 1974 at the University of Kansas, the Mu Chapter

of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, where he was captain of the basketball team. He retired in 2016 as Lead

Litigation Counsel for Monsanto Company.

Before Monsanto, he was Special Chief Counsel in the office for the Missouri Attorney General. Mr.

Shelton also served as Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Clyde S. Cahill in the United States District

Court, Eastern District of Missouri.

Mr. Shelton is Past President of the Missouri Bar Association and Vice President of the Missouri

Development Finance Board. He is Past President of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and

the St. Louis Bar Foundation, the first African American ever elected to those positions.

Reuben Shelton served as Polemarch (president) of the Middle Western Province, Mu Chapter and the

St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from

the University of Kansas, a Juris Doctorate degree from St. Louis University, and a Master of Business

Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.

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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. is an international organization founded on the campus of IndianaNCN University, Bloomington,

Indiana on January 5, 1911. Since its inception, it has trained over 150,000 men, particularly undergraduates, for leadership roles in their

communities and the attainment of a high degree of excellence in their academic pursuits. The International Headquarters is located in

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. – 2322-24 North Broad Street • Philadelphia, PA 19132 215.228.7184 • 215.228.7181 (fax) • www.KappaAlphaPsi1911.com

Reuben A. Shelton – Grand Polemarch John F. Burrell – Executive Director

“Brother To Brother, Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges”

34th AdministrationCORE VALUES

Reuben A. Shelton, III Esq.34th Grand Polemarch

“Brother To Brother, Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges”

34TH Administration’s focus will be: CORE VALUES

“Brother To Brother, Breaking Barriers, Building Bridges”

Core Programs34th Administration will continue to place a premium on the

Fraternity’s Signature Initiatives:

Guide RightUndergraduate Risk Management

St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital (Sunday Of Hope)Big Brothers Big Sisters

Mental Health: Education, Awareness And TreatmentLearn To Live (With N.O.B.L.E.)

Financial LiteracyMilitary And Veterans Affairs

Youth LiteracyRoom To Read (New)

Room to Read invests in the future of nearly one million children each year.

Room to Read seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in low-income communities by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. Working in

collaboration with local communities, partner organizations and governments, we develop literacy skills and a habit of reading among primary school children, and support girls to complete secondary

school with the relevant life skills to succeed in school and beyond.

About Us

The Global Reading Network notes reading informational, child-friendly books:

1. Prepares students for later grades

2. Expands a child's vocabulary

3. Aids second language learners

4. Offers solutions to real-world problems

5. Teaches children more about the world they live in

Find more information on ROOM To Read at:RoomToRead.org

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2020 National Founders’ Day Weekend January 2-5, 2020/Las Vegas, NV

Kick-Off Press Conference**July 10-12, 2020/Phoenix, AZ (Location TBA)**

Grand Board of Directors Meeting **May 13-16, 2021/Phoenix, AZ (Location TBA)**

85th Grand Chapter MeetingJuly 13-18, 2021/Phoenix, AZ

86th Grand Chapter Meeting July 18-23, 2023/Tampa, FL

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