Articles of Incorporation of Alpha Phi Omega Under the General Not for Profit Corporation Act, State of Missouri

To the Secretary of State, Jefferson City, Missouri:

We, the undersigned

E. Ross Forman, 702 Avondale Road, Erdenheim, Philadelphia, PA 19118

Dr. Glen T. Nygreen, Hunter College in the Bronx, New York, NY 10468

Aubrey B. Hamilton, 6105 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63112

Robert J. Hilliard, P.O. Box 108, College Station, Pullman, WA 99163

Gerald M. Plessner, 15781 N.E. 14th Avenue, North Miami Beach, FL 33162

Dr. Tom T. Galt, 711 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 2930

Joseph J. Scanlon, 1100 Waltower Building, Kansas City, MO 64106

1. The name of the corporation is Alpha Phi Omega.

2. The period of duration of the corporation is PERPETUAL.

3. The address of its initial Registered Office in the State of Missouri is 1100 Waltower Building, Kansas City, State of Missouri, and the name of its initial Registered Agent at said address is Joseph J. Scanlon.

4. The first Board of Directors meeting shall be thirty-nine (39) in number, their names and addresses being as follows:

E. Ross Forman, 702 Avondale Road, Erdenheim, Philadelphia, PA 19118
Dr. Glen T. Nygreen, Hunter College in the Bronx, New York, NY 10468
Aubrey B. Hamilton, 6105 Lindell Boulevard, St. Louis, MO 63112
Robert J. Hilliard, P.O. Box 108, College Station, Pullman, WA 99163
Gerald M. Plessner, 15781 N.E. 14th Avenue, North Miami Beach, FL 33162
Dr. Tom T. Galt, 711 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 2930
Joseph J. Scanlon, 1100 Waltower Building, Kansas City, MO 64106
Ed Andrews, American Camping Assoc., Bradford Woods, Martinsville, IN 46151
Prof. Harry C. BArnett, 533 Elm Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Dr. H. Roe Bartle, 4712 Roanoke Pkwy., Apt. 404, Kansas City, MO 64112
Dr. Lester G. Brailey, Room 930, 33 West 42nd Street, New York, NY 10036
George F. Cahill, 7th Floor Keenan Building, 643 Liberty Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15222
Dean Earle W. Clifford, Jr., Rutgers-The State University, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Frank G. Cuny, 337 Placerville Drive, Placerville, CA 95667
Dr. Malcolm N. Dana, 555 Glen Avenue, Madison, WI 53711
Dr. James W. Dean, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, VA 24061
M. R. Disborough, 100 E. 10th Street, Wilmington, DE 19801
Irwin h. Gerst, 22136 Bryant Street, Canoga Park, CA 91304
John E. Hanke, 721 San Juan, La Junta, CO 81050
Dean James P. Hannigan, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843
Douglas M. Harris, 29 Ten Eyck Place, Edison, NJ 08817
Dr. Lawrence L. Hirsch, 2434 West Grace Street, Chicago, IL 60618
Dr. Albert E. Iverson, Boy Scouts of America, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Dean Lewis N. Jones, Administration Building, Texas Tech, Lubbock, TX 79406
Sidney B. North, 1856 Sherman Avenue, Evanston, IL 60201
Arno Nowotny, University Development Board, Box 7458-Littlefield House, Austin, TX 78712
Gen. H. O. Paxson, Kirkland Hall, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN 37203
Rev. Robert J. Payne, 339 Hillsdale Avenue, Hillsdale, NJ 07642
Dr. Harold F. Pote, 336 Bandera, Sun Gold Point, La Jolla, CA 92037
Dean Hershel G. Potts, Eastern New Mexico University, Portales, NM 81130
William S. Roth, Bethany Hospital, 51 North 12th Street, Kansas City, KS 66102
A. G. Spizzirri, Ursuline College, 3105 Lexington Road, Louisville, KY 40206
Dr. Lester R. Steig, 2160 Newell Road, Palo Alto, CA 94303
Warren Stookey, Southern Illinois University, Alumni Office, Edwardsville, IL 62025
Richard L. Tombaugh, Purdue University, Ag Hall Annex, Lafayette, IN 47907
Rev. Frans A. Victorson, Saron Lutheran Church, St. Joseph, MI 49085
Dr. Delmer H. Wilson, Boy Scouts of America, New Brunswick, NJ 08903
Dr. Ray O. Wyland, 7123 Estepa Drive, Tijunga, CA 90142
Lt. Col. Lucius E. Young, 4508 Argyle Terrace NW, Washington, DC 20011

5. The purpose and objects for which the corporation is organized are as follows:

To carry on the educational and charitable purposes hereinafter set or any of them, bot hdirectly and by application of assets, to or for the use of ``Alpha Phi Omega'', and, in connection therewith, to receive and administer funds for such services, and to that end to take and hold by bequest, devise, gift, purchase or lease, either absolutely or in trust, any property, real, personal or mixed, wtihout limitation as to amount or value; to sell, convey, and dispose of any such property and to invest and reinvest the principal andincome thereof, and to deal with and spend or apply the assets and earnings thereof for any of the aforesaid purposes; to receive, take title to, hold, use and apply the principal and income of the aforesaid properties nad the principal nad income of any stocks, bonds, obligations or other securities of any corporation or corporations, domestic or foreign, municipal or governmental; provided, however, no activitiy conducted by the corporation shall be contrary to the provisions of section 501(c)(3) of Internal Revenue Code (1954), as now or hereafter amended.

1. To purchase, rent, erect, or otherwise acquire buildings and facilities, remodel, and rehabilitate buildings and facilities to be used for the eduactional and charitable purposes herein specified, and to purchase or acquire equipment incidental or necessary for use in such facilities; and

2. T obe and remain organized and operated exclusively as a non-profit charitable corporation to assemble college students in a national service fraternity in the fellowship of the principles of the Boy Scouts of America as embodied int its Scout Oath and Law; to develop leadership, promote friendship, and provide service to humantiy; and to further the freedom that is a national, educational, and intellectual heritage; and

3. To provide and finance such professional staff and other staff as may be necessary, in the opinion of the Directors, to further any or all of the above purposes; and

4. To adopt bylaws for the administration of the corporation; and to amend the same from time to time in the manner provided therein; provide, no bylaw or amendment thereto may be contrary to or inconsistent with the purposes of the corporation as herein set forth, nor with any provisions of these Articles of Incorporation.

5. The corporation shall have all of the powers enumerated in Sections 355.010 to 355.520, Revised Statues of Missouri, as now or hereafter amended; provided, however, that the corporation shall not exercise any powers presently granted by such statues, or as they may hereafter be amended, incosistent with or contrary to the provisions of Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (19540 or as said section may hereafter be amended.

6. No part of the activites of this corporation shal lbe the carrying on of propaganda, or otherwise attempting to influence legislation, nor intervening in any political campaign on behalf of any candidate for public office. No part of the income or property of this corporation shall inure to the benefit of, or be distributed to, its members, directors or officers, except for reasonable compensation for services actually rendered in carrying on the work of the corporation.

7. In the event of dissolution of this corporation, or if for any reason the purposes of this corporation should become impossible of performance, all assets remining after all liabilities and obligations of the corporation have been paid, satisfied and discharged, or adequate provision made, shall be distributed to one or more organizations organized and operated for similar exempt purposes or for other purposes within the purview of Section 501(c)(3) and which have exemption from Federal income tax under Section 501(c)(3) of the 1954 Internal Revenue Code, or such Section as it may be amended, or a corresponding provision of a prior law, or tothe Federal, state or local government for a public purpose.

E. Ross Forman
Dr. Glen T. Nygreen
Aubrey B. Hamilton
Robert J. Hilliard
Gerald M. Plessner
Dr. Tom T. Galt
Joseph J. Scanlon

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