Southwestern Region Past Leadership
1st Southwestern Regional President
A. Maceo Smith
In 1953, the fraternity was seeking to purchase a building to house the national headquarters. Under the presidency of Bro. A. Maceo Smith, at the 39th General Convention it was voted to purchase the property belonging to Xi Lambda Chapter in Chicago, Ill. “I think of a home away from home…” said A Maceo Smith when asked about purchasing the property.
1st Southwestern Regional Assistant Vice President
H. Rudolph Sims
Five brothers, one from each region, were chosen as Assistant Vice Presidents at the 40th Annual General Convention in Miami, Florida. The first Southwest Region Assistant Vice President was Harold Rudolph Sims. A Beta Sigma initiated seated on the campus of Southern University.
Past Regional Vice Presidents
Symbols:
* – Omega Chapter
(#) – General President
1949-1970
| 1. A. Maceo Smith (17th)* | 2. Lloyd H. Williams, Sr.* |
| 3. Jesse S. Chandler* | 4. T. Winston Cole (21st)* |
| 5. Wayne C. Chandler* | 6. Jacob T. Stewart* |
| 7. Ernest L. Wallace* | 8. Lillard G. Ashley, Sr.* |
1971-1997
| 9. Ozell Sutton (26th)* | 10. Robert “Bob” M. King Sr. |
| 11. George S. Thompson* | 12. Charles Lewis* |
| 13. Raymond E. Carreathers* | 14. Randall Palmer, III |
| 15. Adrian L. Wallace (30th) | 16. Harry E. Johnson (31st) |
1998-Present
| 17. Terry J. German | 18. Terry L. Arrington |
| 19. Tophas Anderson | 20. Arthur McDade |
| 21. Roderick L. Smothers | 22. Maurice D. Gipson |
| 23. Tarrynce G. Robinson | 24. Jermaine O. Netherly |
Past Assistant Regional Vice Presidents
Symbols:
* – Later served as Regional Vice President
A – Appointed to position
Lay Members 1947-1953
| 1. James Ray Johnson(Beta Kappa)(2 Terms) | 2. Charles W. Wexler (Delta Theta) |
| 3. Henry Ponder (Alpha Delta) | 4. Williard D. Dallas (Beta Kappa) |
| 5. Otis Simmons (Upsilon) | 6. Lloyd H. Williams, Jr. (Delta Theta) |
*Lay Member was officially changed to Assistant Vice President
Assistant Vice Presidents 1954-1966
| 7. H. Rudolph Sims | 8. Edward Hanley |
| 9. Ruffin LeBrane (2 terms) | 10. John Henry |
| 11. John Watson | 12. Rufus Caine, Jr. |
| 13. Kirby Kirksey |
1967-1974
| 14. James Glover (2 terms) | 15. Napoleon Forte |
| 16. William Holden | 17. Delbert DeWitty (2 terms) |
| 18. Brace Godfrey | 19. Bruce Ruffin |
1975-1982
| 20. Harry Gatewood | 21. Lucius Alexander |
| 22. Chauncey Reeves | 23. Charles King, Jr. |
| 24. Dennis Sullivan | 25. Tyrone Dudley |
| 26. Eddie Mason, III | 27. David Clark |
1983-1990
| 28. Sherwin Harvey | 29. Marion Bracy |
| 30. Darryl Thornton | 31. Melvin Tate |
| 32. Lester Mayfield | 33. Marc Robertson |
| 34. Eric Dargan | 35. Robert Rudolph, Jr. |
1991-1998
| 36. Darrel Papillion | 37. Cheyjuan Martin |
| 38. Patrick Washington | 39. Richard Scott, Jr. (2 terms) |
| 40. Kevin Speed | 41. Roderick Smothers* |
| 42. Walter Tillman, Jr. |
1999-2006
| 43. N. Ashe Mahlaba (2 terms) | 44. Micah Smith (2 terms) |
| 45. Willie Cooper | 46. Rico Wright |
| 47. LeArtis Lister (2 terms) | 48. Tyrone Haynes |
2006-2014
| 49. Maurice Gipson* (2 terms) | 50. Andre J. Wagner |
| 51. Charles Phipps | 52. Jamel Jones (A) |
| 53. Christopher L. Harvey | 54. Roger Sancho |
| 55. Gilbert Cutkelvin | 56. Deshaun Artis |
2014-Present
| 57. Demario Lowe | 58. Rashad Hall |
| 59. Barry Taylor | 60. Ja’Von Long |
| 61. Richard Mudd | 62. Russell Williams, III |
| 63. Christian Coleman | 64. Ayowolemi Akinyamoju |
| 65. Darrin Nixon | 66. Brandon Nguyen |
| 67. Parris Evans (A) | 68. Terrell Woodard, Jr. |
| 69. Samajh Robinson |