Attendees of the Alberta Chapter’s 80th anniversary celebration pose to commemorate the weekend’s events.
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The Alberta Chapter recently held its 80th anniversary celebration weekend. One significant highlight of the weekend was the presentation of the Founders Medal to Brother Gary Killips ’71. The award was presented at the formal banquet dinner on Saturday by Brother Craig Sowell, Houston ’92. Another highlight was the introduction of scholarship in recognition of the contributions of brother Allan Warrack ’61. The Dr. Allan Warrack Active Scholastic Scholarship recognizes outstanding academic accomplishments by undergraduate members of Delta Upsilon.
Jacob Palm ’16 and Eli Van Boening ’17, are shown below holding their award certificates with Cory Plautz ’01, as recipients of the seventh annual “Roy James Harney Four Founding Principles Award” at the Founders Day Dinner in Lincoln on Friday, April 10th.
Auburn Michael H. Sarra ’64, was recognized as a Paul Harris Fellow, after 23 years of perfect attendance. This award is given by the Rotary Foundation to a Rotarian or worthy member of the community. Guelph The Guelph Alumni Advisory Board has created the first ever scholarship award for the Guelph Chapter. The AAB wishes to promote higher education and asked for donations over the past year to award the student with the highest GPA. The first scholarship was awarded on March 21, 2015 to Chris Wilson ’16. “I believe this means the chapter is taking the necessary strides to change the culture. By having this award, it not only promotes higher education, but also shows the community how serious we are about getting good grades,” said Wilson.
San Jose On April 26, 2015, DU International and the San Jose Chapter honored Brother Ed Mosher ’52, as he stepped down as San Jose corporation board president after 60 years of service. Over 200 alumni came in from all over the world for this event. The chapter hopes to raise $150,000 for the Chapter Legacy Plan, an endowment in Mosher’s name.
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The DUIF reorganization committee was in Columbia the week of January 26th to kick off implementation of the redevelopment plan. Activities began with a weekend retreat facilitated by DUIF staff and attended by all chapter members. The chapter developed a core covenant statement and established a list of seven programming priorities. Committees were formed around these priorities and goals/timelines established for each.
The chapter awarded the Jason Taitch Memorial Scholarship to Pete Economoy ’15. He was rewarded a $2,000 scholarship at WSU DU 96th Anniversary dinner on March 14, 2015. Around 50 chapter members made it to the annual dinner celebrations.
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