IL SR0166

Designates March 25, 2009, as Kappa Alpha Psi Day in the State of Illinois

Recognizes Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., founded in 1911 at Indiana University by African-American college men, as an international organization with over 200,000 undergraduate and alumni members

Honors the fraternity's commitment to promoting honorable achievement and acknowledges notable members including Johnny Cochran Jr., Bill Russell, Gale Sayers, Ralph Abernathy, Oscar Robertson, and Arthur Ashe

Recognizes Kappa Alpha Psi members who have served in the Illinois General Assembly, including Senators James Clayborne Jr. and Kwame Raoul, Representatives Will Davis, Will Burns, and Eddie Jackson, and Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White

Directs presentation of a suitable copy of this resolution to Mike Owens, North Central Province Polemarch of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.