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The Epsilon chapter of Kappa Alpha Order was founded in 1869 at Emory's original campus in Oxford, Georgia. Kappa Alpha Order seeks to create a lifetime experience which centers on reverence to God, duty, honor, character and gentlemanly conduct.

There are three ways to support the Epsilon chapter of Kappa Alpha Order: 

• Kappa Alpha Building Fund supports the upkeep and maintenance of the KA Mansion at 14 Eagle Row.
• Kappa Alpha Gifts supports recruitment, active and alumni social events, and other programming to support KA.
• The Anton “Tony” Dworak ‘90C Kappa Alpha Order Endowed Leadership Award was named after Tony Dworak ‘90C who passed away in August of 2022 from sudden onset of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a very rare and fatal condition. Income from this endowed fund is used to assist undergraduates on financial aid pay dues.

Emory’s Makers of History who Initiated Epsilon of Kappa Alpha Order

• Ely R. Callaway Jr. initiated 1937, 1940C, 1996H Entrepreneur
• R. Bruce Logue initiated 1931, 1934C, 1937M Pioneering Cardiologist
• James A. Mackay initiated 1937, 1940C, 1947L, 1986H Congressman; Environmentalist
• Henry A. Mann initiated 1963, 1962Ox, 1964C Architect
• Ferrol Sams initiated 1938 (Mercer), 1945M, 1990H Physician; Novelist
• John W. Stephenson initiated 1967, 1970C, President, J. Bulow Campbell Foundation
• Randolph W. Thrower initiated 1930, 1934C, 1936L, 1984H Tax Lawyer; IRS Commissioner
• Robert W. Woodruff initiated 1909, 1912C, 1979H CEO, The Coca-Cola Company; Philanthropist

Emory Medal Winners who Initiated Epsilon of Kappa Alpha Order

• 2014 John W. Stephenson initiated 1967, 70C
• 2013 Walter M. “Sonny” Deriso Jr. initiated 1965, 68C, 72L
• 2001 W. Shain Schley initiated 1959, 62C, 66M
• 1999 James L. Ferman Jr. initiated 1962, 65B
• 1997 J. Harper Gaston initiated 1949, 52C, 55M
• 1996 William C. Waters III initiated 1946, 50C
• 1994 Henry A. Mann initiated 1963, 62Ox, 64C
• 1993 Jerry Wayne Leach initiated 1961, 64C
• 1993 Ulysses S. Seal III initiated 1946, 48C, 49G
• 1992 James H. Wilson Jr. initiated 1937, 40C
• 1991 John N. McLaughlin initiated 1941, 41C
• 1990 Ely R. Callaway Jr. initiated 1937, 40C
• 1986 Covington Hardee initiated 1937, 40C
• 1984 Ferrol A. Sams Jr. initiated 1938 (Mercer), 45M
• 1972 Charles Howard Candler Jr. initiated 1923, 26C
• 1969 Randolph William Thrower initiated 1930, 34C, 36L

KAs who won the Bobby Jones Scholarship:

• William Eye ‘12
• Andrew W. McCrary ‘06
• Joshua Thompson McCaleb ‘04
• George Christopher Nunn ‘96
• Steven Mitchell Cannon ‘87
• Karl Eric Wommack ‘87
• Charles L. Scott ‘82
• William Roderick Richardson ‘80
• Lyman Hawley Reynolds, Jr. ‘76