Henry arthur callis biography of rory

Henry Arthur Callis was one of the Seven Jewels or founders of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity. He was born on January 14, 1887, in Rochester, New York, to the Rev.

Henry Callis and Helen Josephine (Sprague) Callis and was one of five children.

As a result of an elevator accident that killed his mother, Henry Arthur Callis, age 3, spent his formative years under the care of his maternal grandparents in Binghampton, New York.

Callis graduated in 1905 from high school and left Binghampton to attend Cornell University in upstate New York, a university he first visited when he was 6.

Henry arthur callis biography of rory

He earned a partial scholarship and worked as a tutor and waiter for white fraternity houses on campus. He was forced to drop out due to financial struggles the same year, but he did not give up; he saved his money and reentered in the fall of 1906.

During that semester, a group of African American students in a literary society, in which Callis was a member, decided to form a fraternal organization.

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