The Hamlet of Armonk is located in the Town of North Castle in the eastern section of Westchester County, New York. The Town of North Castle comprises approximately 26.5 square miles and is situated at the narrow waist of Westchester County.
On October 23, 1906, George Kelley proposed that the organization be known by the Greek letters Alpha Phi Alpha, and Robert Ogle proposed the colors black and old gold. The divisive issue of whether the terms club or fraternity should be used was still debated.
For publication materials, the official colors are blue (Pantone 293 C) and gold (Pantone 130 C). These colors must be used and remain a dominant design element. For the University website, please refer to the blue and gold hexadecimal (hex) values in the image below, which are equal to the Pantone colors.