About Us

Rho Education Foundation Philadelphia, PA

It’s purpose in the words of the founders, the late Jeffrey Otis Jones, shall be “ to establish, develop and maintain, in perpetuity, an endowment which will annually provide funds to be awarded in the form of scholarship aid to applicants who are members or potential members of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. and who show evidence of being able to pursue successfully post high school education

The Foundation is a 501 c3 arm of Mighty Rho Chapter established to provides Mighty Rho Chapter funds annually for scholarship for young men entering college or returning to college. The Foundation has ensured that young men from the Philadelphia metropolitan area are afforded the ability to attend college.

Thomas Watkins, Jr

Education Foundation Chairman
Financial Advisor with
Lincoln Investment

Reuben Mills

Vice-Chairman

Dr. J Otis Smith

Secretary
Management Consultant with
Stand By Systems II, Inc.

Robert Bruce Hill

Treasurer

William Gipson

Member

Dr. C James Trotman

Professor Emeritus
West Chester University

James G. Slaughter

Retired Public School Administrator

Kevin Lamb

Member

Ernest Merriweather

Member

H. Walter Early

Member

David Poindexter

Co-Chairman- Education
and Scholarship Committee

Darrell Tiller

Member

Dr. James Earl Davis

Professor, College of Education
Temple University

Troy Robinson

Member