About the Western Province

One of the original provinces established in 1925, the Western Province of Kappa Alpha Psi includes members in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Nevada, Oregon, Utah, Washington, Japan and South Korea.

Our history tells us that as Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity moved westward, many undergraduate chapters were chartered in states west of Mississippi River. On April 25, 1923 the fraternity chartered the Upsilon chapter on the campus of the University of California Los Angeles, the first chapter of the current Western Province. From 1923 to 1938, brothers who attended UCLA and remained in Los Angeles meet regularly and established the Los Angeles Alumni, chartered on August 8, 1938. The Los Angeles Alumni chapter continued to induct brothers through the Upsilon Chapter at both Undergraduate and Alumni levels.

The Provinces were formally called Regions/Districts. The fraternity held its 15th Grand Chapter Meeting December 26th thru 30th, 1925 in New York City. Grand Polemarch Earl B. Dickerson and the members assembled changed the designation of Regional Director to Province Polemarch. The first Polemarch of the Western Region/District--Judge Carl R. Johnson of Kansas City Missouri, and member of the Kansas City Alumni--served from 1925 until 1931. The second Province Polemarch was J.S. Hunnicut from Topeka, Kansas Alumni; he served from 1931-1932. 

During those early years of the fraternity's history, the Western Region/District extended no further west than the states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska except for the Upsilon Chapter at University of California Los Angeles. As chapters were established westward the Western Region/District expanded thus laid the foundation for the chapters which today make up the Western Province.

- Clayton, E. (2012). "Western Province History, First Edition".

Title  #             Name   Tenure Chapter of Affiliation

Region 5                                                                                  

Regional Director      

    1st   Thomas H. Jackson                Jan-23 Dec 1923   Langston (OK) Alumni  

Region 7

Regional Director                                                                                  

               2nd    Harrison W. Hollie    Jan-24 Dec-24             Kansas City (MO) Alumni

   3rd      Roy C. Garvin  Jan-25 Dec-25             Kansas City (MO) Alumni

Western Province                                             

Province Polemarch      

   4th        Carl R. Johnson            Jan-1926 Dec-1931                 Kansas City (MO) Alumni 

   5th      J.S. Hunnicutt Jan-1932 Dec-1932             Topeka (KS) Alumni

               6th      William H.J. Beckett  Jan-1933 Aug-1933              St. Louis (MO) Alumni

               7th      Percy H. Lee Aug-1933 Dec-1934             Kansas City (MO) Alumni

               8th      J.C. Hatcher Jan-1935  Dec-1937             Topeka (KS) Alwnni

    9th      Edgar J. Johnson        Jan-1938  Dec-1938             Los Angeles (CA) Alumni

               10th   Leon W. Steward       Jan-1939  Dec-1941             Beta Theta

               1th   John W. Brewer           Jan-1942  Dec-1946             Los Angeles (CA) Alumni

               12th   Frank LaVigne Jan-1947  Aug-1947              Los Angeles (CA) Alumni

               13th   Thomas Bradley         Aug-1947  Aug-1957             Los Angeles (CA) Alumni

               14th   Ulysses G. Plummer, Jr.        Aug-1957  Dec-1959             Portland (OR) Alumni

               15th   Charles J.Sudduth   Jan-1960  Aug-1964              Berkeley (CA) Alumni

               16th   Robert F. Green          Aug-1964   Jan-1970  Los Angeles (CA) Alumni

               17th   Charles J.Sudduth   Jan-1970   Aug-1970              Berkeley (CA) Alumni

               18th   Randall C. Bacon      Aug-1970    Aug-1973              Los Angeles (CA) Alumni

               19th   James 0. Whaley       Aug-1973     Aug-1976              San Diego (CA) Alumni

               20th   Robert L. Harris          Aug-1976     Aug-1979              Berkeley (CA) Alumni

               21st   Edward Shelton, Jr. Aug-1979     Aug-1986              Vallejo-fairfield (CA) Alumni

               22nd Mordecai J.Spriggs  Aug-1986     Sep-1988              Phoenix (AZ) Alumni

               23rd   Edgar Bishop  Sep-1988   Apr-1992 Los Angeles (CA) Alumni

               24th   David L. Mills  Apr-1992  Aug-1995              Seattle (WA) Alumni

               25th   Kevin D. Kinsey           Sep-1995    Nov-2001              Los Angeles (CA) Alunmi

               26th   Curtis R.Silvers, Jr.   Nov-2001  Nov-2009   Pasadena (CA) Alumni

               27th   Samuel B. Knight       Nov-2009   Aug-2014 San Diego (CA) Alumni

               28th   Gilbert D. Brown, III Aug-2014 Sept-2019 Los Angeles (CA) Alwnni

               29th   Timothy C. Woods   Oct-2019 Sept-2024              Phoenix (AZ) Alumni

30th Frederick Roots Oct-2024 to current Berkeley (CA) Alumni/Seattle (WA) Alumni