Scholarship Chair: Brother Larry Purnell
The Gainesville (FL) Alumni Chapter awards annual $1,000 Dr. Edgar Allen “E.A.” Cosby Scholarships to students with a minimum 2.5 GPA who plan to attend a four-year college or university.
The scholarship honors Brother Dr. Cosby, the first Black dentist to serve on the Florida Board of Dentistry. Known for his civic leadership and generosity, he served the Gainesville community and held several leadership positions within the Gainesville (FL) Alumni Chapter. A Spring 1943 initiate of the Alpha Delta Chapter at Fisk University, Brother Dr. Cosby was also instrumental in establishing the University of Florida Chapter, the Zeta Phi of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.
