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Paul Waymond Caine (1890–1931) [1] was a businessman in Indiana and Illinois, and a co-founder of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, one of the first Black Greek-letter organizations established at a majority-white university. Prior to research conducted in 2012, Caine was believed to have died in 1922 in Peoria, [2] but in fact he died of injuries suffered in an explosion at his dry-cleaning business in Rockford in April 1931. [1]
Caine was born in Greencastle, Indiana. [2] He enrolled in business at Indiana University in either 1909 or 1910. [1] Although he left the university in 1911, he remained active in the fraternity and assisted in the founding of new chapters. [2]
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Paul Waymond Caine (1890–1931) [1] was a businessman in Indiana and Illinois, and a co-founder of the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity, one of the first Black Greek-letter organizations established at a majority-white university. Prior to research conducted in 2012, Caine was believed to have died in 1922 in Peoria, [2] but in fact he died of injuries suffered in an explosion at his dry-cleaning business in Rockford in April 1931. [1]
Caine was born in Greencastle, Indiana. [2] He enrolled in business at Indiana University in either 1909 or 1910. [1] Although he left the university in 1911, he remained active in the fraternity and assisted in the founding of new chapters. [2]