Eta Iota Iota Chapter of The Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Incorporated

From 1976 until 1990, the brothers in the United States Virgin Islands had a dilemma where brothers were located both on the island of St. Thomas where Zeta Xi Chapter was officially located and forty miles to the south in the Caribbean Sea in the island once called The Danish West Indies, now known as St. This island has a history of having been under seven European flags prior to being purchased

by the United States in 1917. Croix were also loosely organized and functioned for years leading up to their receiving a charter, where they were reorganized by the International Headquarters as “Zeta Xi Chapter II”. To correct this anomaly the Supreme Council under the leadership of Grand Basileus C. approved a charter on December 8, 1990 to resolve the problem of one chapter split between the two islands. The charter members included John Abramson, who served in the capacity of Zeta Xi II Keeper of Records and Seal many years prior. He along with Cipriani A. Phillips, Jr., Willie King, Terrell M. Henderson, Renwick S. Lynch, Richard Alexander, Edward W. Gardner, David Pugh, Vincent A. Gordon, and Vincent H. Cephas were the charter members. Brother Cephas was also included as a charter member despite having entered into Omega Chapter on July 29 of that same year.