*In this photo:* Dr. Willis L. Lonzer pauses for a Kodak moment with University President Tony Allen during the Mid-Atlantic Association of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. March 19 Hybrid Spring Staff Meeting held in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center.

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Del State welcomes home Dr. Willis Lonzer III at Alpha Phi Alpha event

Tuesday, March 29, 2022

Dr. Willis L. Lonzer III came home to his alma mater recently in his latest leadership capacity – as the national President of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.

Dr. Lonzer attended the March 19 Hybrid Spring Staff Meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Association of Alpha Phi Alpha (MAAC), which was also the Association’s 30th anniversary.

After the MAAC Spring Staff Meeting, the fraternity held a gala event, all taking place in the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Center.

Dr. Lonzer – who began his term as the President of the national Alpha Phi Alphi Fraternity in 2021 – graduated from Delaware State University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Science in Chemistry. He also possesses a Ph.D. in Biochemistry from the University of Akron.

He is an executive scientist with 20 years of global pharmaceutical research/development and global medical affairs experience.

A native of Richmond, Va., Dr. Lonzer joined the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity through the Gamma Sigma Chapter at Del State in 1986.