Grand Polemarch Reuben A. Shelton III, Esq.
[Philadelphia, PA - August 3, 2019]
On August 3, 2019, at its 84th Grand Chapter Meeting in Philadelphia, PA, Reuben A. Shelton, Esq. was elected Grand Polemarch (President/CEO) of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
Attorney Shelton is a resident of Chesterfield, MO and member of the St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. Shelton has served as Senior Grand Vice Polemarch (Vice President) since 2015 and member of the Grand Board of Directors since 2007.
Shelton was initiated into the fraternity, November 23, 1974 at the University of Kansas, the Mu Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, where he was captain of the basketball team. He retired in 2016 as Lead Litigation Counsel for Monsanto Company.
Before Monsanto, he was Special Chief Counsel in the office for the Missouri Attorney General. Mr. Shelton also served as Judicial Law Clerk for the Honorable Clyde S. Cahill in the United States District Court, Eastern District of Missouri.
Mr. Shelton is Past President of the Missouri Bar Association and Vice President of the Missouri Development Finance Board. He is Past President of the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis, and the St. Louis Bar Foundation, the first African American ever elected to those positions.
Reuben Shelton served as Polemarch (President) of the Middle Western Province, Mu Chapter, and the St. Louis Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Kansas, a Juris Doctorate degree from St. Louis University, and a Master of Business Administration from Washington University in St. Louis.
Source: https://kappaalphapsi.org/
Grand Chapter Officers
Grand Polemarch - Reuben A. Shelton III, Esq.
Senior Grand Vice Polemarch - Jimmy McMikle
Junior Grand Vice Polemarch - Myles Chandler Miller
Grand Keeper of Records and Exchequer - Rhen C. Bass, Sr.
Grand Strategus - Enyinda O. Boms
Grand Lt. Strategus - Vacant
Grand Chapter Nominating Committee Chairman - Glenn Harris
Grand Historian - Kevin P. Scott
Grand Board of Directors
Grand Board of Directors (Alumni) - Clifford D. Franklin
Grand Board of Directors (Alumni) - Robert L. Jenkins, Esq.
Grand Board of Directors (Alumni) - Jwyanza B. Watt
Grand Board of Directors (Undergraduate) - Bryce T. Dickerson
Grand Board of Directors (Undergraduate) - Khalis E. Hicks.
Grand Board of Directors (Undergraduate) - Austyn D. Lee
Provinces
Kappa Alpha Psi has 12 provinces. Each province is governed by a Province Polemarch and Province Board of Directors. Click the province names below to visit the various province websites.
| NORTHERN PROVINCE
States Covered: NW. OH, MI, W. NY, Canada |
EASTERN PROVINCE
States Covered: DC, MD, VA, Bermuda |
| SOUTHERN PROVINCE
States Covered: AL, FL, Grand Bahamas, Rep. of Panama, U.S. Virgin Islands |
WESTERN PROVINCE
States Covered: AZ, CA, NV, AK, OR, WA, ID, UT, HI, Japan, Korea |
| NORTH CENTRAL PROVINCE
States Covered: IA, IL, IN, WI, MN |
EAST CENTRAL PROVINCE
States Covered: OH, W. PA, WV |
| SOUTH CENTRAL PROVINCE
States Covered: KY, TN, N. MS |
SOUTHWESTERN PROVINCE
States Covered: AR, LA, S. MS, NM, TX |
| SOUTHEASTERN PROVINCE
States Covered: GA, SC, South Africa |
MIDDLE EASTERN PROVINCE
States Covered: NC, S. WV |
| NORTHEASTERN PROVINCE
States Covered: DE, CT, MA, NJ, PA, RI, NY, ME, NH, VT, Germany, UK |
MIDDLE WESTERN PROVINCE
States Covered: CO, KS, MO, NE, OK |