Robert Harold Ogle was one the (commonly referred to as Jewels) of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity at Cornell University in 1906. He proposed the Fraternity’s colors and was Alpha chapter’s first secretary. Ogle joined George Kelley in working out the first ritual and later became a charter member of Washington D.C.’s Mu Lambda Chapter. Robert Harold Ogle entered the career secretarial field and had the unique privilege of serving as a professional staff member to the United States Senate Committee on Appropriations. Robert Ogle died in 1936.