Acacia Triad - Spring 2020

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In-person Conclave Cancelled for 2020 Conclave is moving to a virtual format for 2020, Read more about why inside. pg. 4

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Human Service Efforts Our active brothers have been hard at work despite a global pandemic and closures. pg. 5

L E T T E R F R O M T H E _

E X E C U T I V E D I R E C T O R _

So Live...

Brothers and Friends of Acacia, May you and your families, friends, and Brothers be well and healthy during this time.

Greetings and welcome to the Spring 2020 TRIAD; the first-ever online-only edition!

Why the online-only edition? At the time when most campuses cancelled in-person classes, most of the 250+ Spring 2020 pledges were not yet initiated, which led to a sizable loss in expected revenue to the International Fraternity for the 2019-20 fiscal year.

The Triad was identified as an area where we could offset some of that loss while maintaining support services for our chapters, and while still publishing the TRIAD online.

There are two themes that I’d like to discuss in this letter and in my blog post.

The first theme is: “These are times of great uncertainty. Let us embrace the uncertainty.”

On the penultimate page of this Triad, you’ll find “An Acacian’s Code” (excerpt from “Thanatopsis” by Willian Cullen Bryant) with words of encouragement: “So Live, that when thy summons comes to join the the innumerable caravan”, we can do so peacefully knowing we have been an active, involved participant in life.

May we all take courage from these words and do what we can to be (safely) involved in our communities, now and always.

Another quote that I think summarizes a healthy viewpoint on today’s uncertainties comes from Napoleon Hill. “Don’t wait. The time will never be 1

just right. Start where you stand, and work whatever tools you may have at your command and better tools will be found as you go along.”

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This is thinking that we can apply every day of our lives, and when circumstances change. How can we all be Creative to foster brotherhood at this time?

The second theme is: “Acacia Fraternity will persist and adapt, as we have for 116 years.”

One adaptation that the Headquarters Staff enacted at the start of the 19-20 year was to begin the Chapter Coaching Model, and discontinue the Leadership Consultant program.

Anecdotally, we’ve heard nothing but positive reviews on this change from chapters, advisors, and campus Greek Advisors.

One final thought I’ll share here is that had the spring semester completed, and we initiated 84% of pledges (retention rate for Fall 2019), we would have been on track to have initiated 627 for year which would have been highest in 40 years (since at least 1980). Fall 2019 was our highest Fall roster membership level in 25 years.

Membership in Acacia continues to grow.

Young men continue to need a place like Acacia Fraternity to find guidance, wisdom, brotherhood, accountability, and to be a part of something bigger than themselves.

Please do see my blog post here for some additional information that you may find of interest.

Fraternally,

Patrick McGovern, Indiana ‘99 Executive Director Acacia Fraternity

CONTENTS Executive Director Patrick W. McGovern Indiana ’99

Director of Communications & Education Benjamin B. Turconi California ’12

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Taking the health, safety and well-being of our members, volunteers, delegates, staff and guests into consideration as our top priority, the in-person 2020 Conclave in Phoenix, Arizona has been cancelled. Read more about why this decision was made and our plans for this summer.

INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ACACIA FRATERNITY 2018-2020 International President Scott H. Meyer St. Cloud State ’89

International Treasurer Robert W. Mickam Texas ’87

First Vice President Andrew K. Sherman Iowa State ’11

International Counselor Jackson H. Aaberg Missouri ’12

Second Vice President Justin M.M. Kaplan Carleton ’07

Judge Advocate Jeffrey H. Jordan Ohio State ’84

Undergraduate Counselor Jonathan R. Ahrens Iowa State ’15

Undergraduate Counselor Daniel P. Whelan Purdue ’16

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President Kris R. Lutt Nebraska ’90 Treasurer William A. Utic Cornell ’74

Secretary Guy Gebhardt Illinois Wesleyan ’66

Executive Director Darold W. Larson Washington State ’81

HUMAN SERVICE HIGHLIGHTS Our active brothers have been hard at work despite a global pandemic and closures.

Read about some efforts that were done this last semester to support our communities leading up to and during this difficult time.

Human Service is not just our motto - it’s what we do!

ACACIA FRATERNITY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2019-2020

Vice President Andrew Jee Oregon State ’87

IN-PERSON CONCLAVE CANCELLED

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CHAPTER NEWS AND UPDATES Our chapters are doing amazing things.

From high GPAs to record human service hours, see what your chapter was up to in the past year.

Directors Dr. John C. Barber Purdue ’58, Emeritus

William M. Riley Jr. Kansas State ’60, Emeritus

John F. Beering Purdue ’88, Emeritus

Robert E. Roberson Illinois Wesleyan ’74

Dwyte E. Brooks Northwestern ’69

Michael L. Rollins Washington ’87

Gerald C. Cook Shippensburg ’66

Larry E. Schroeder Georgia ’77

Aaron P. Darcy Indiana ’95

Dr. L. Dennis Smith Indiana ’56, Emeritus

John C. Davis New Hampshire ’82

Donald W. Solanas Jr. Louisiana State ’68

Benjamin P. DeBenedictis Arizona State ’18

Phil Sutton Ohio State ’88

Brian R. Durst Wisconsin ’87

Byron A. Tabor Iowa ’78

David L. Ferguson Indiana ’74

Robert G. Travnicek, M.D. Kansas ’59

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AFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S LETTER

Ronald T. Hopkins Syracuse ’69

Michael C. Tu California ’91

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ALUMNI NEWS AND NOTES

James Katsaounis Ohio ’95

Dewayne E. Ullsperger Nebraska ’82

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CHAPTER ETERNAL

Dr. John B. Lane Vermont ’57, Emeritus

John W. Wedgwood Purdue ’60, Emeritus

Amos D. Meyers Jr. Shippensburg ’66

Richard I. Williams Grand Valley State ‘00

David R. Quick Rensselaer ’93

Eric V. Zwigart California of Pennsylvania ‘93

CONTACT ACACIA HEADQUARTERS AT: communications@acacia.org or at (317) 872-8210 acacia.org

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PRESIDENT’S LETTER

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GROWTH UPDATE

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EXPANSION AND COLONY UPDATES

ADDRESS CHANGES, CORRESPONDENCE AND MATERIAL FOR PUBLICATION MAY BE MAILED TO: TRIAD Editor, Acacia Fraternity, 12721 Meeting House Road, Carmel, Indiana 46032; or emailed to: communications@acacia.org. All submissions are subject to editing for space and clarity. Standard postage paid in Indianapolis, IN.

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L E T T E R F R O M

I N T E R N A T I O N A L

Hello Brothers, I hope all of you and your families are doing well at this challenging time.

The past several months has changed the world forever.

Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the recent death of George Floyd, our sense T of normal has been altered.

Living in the Minneapolis area H P and watching the events unfold E over the past several weeks R _ E has had a profound impact on our community and myself S specifically. It is reflecting on I that impact that reminds me of D one aspect of being a leader.

E It is not enough to simply be non-discriminatory – we N must be anti-discrimination.

T With that in mind, we will _ be convening a task force to examine our educational programs and our overall awareness of these issues in our communities.

When I see all the first responders and volunteers helping people in need it makes me think of how Acacia has endured over the years.

Over the past 116 years, Acacia has used action, adaptability, perseverance and collaboration in continuing our message of Human Service.

Action – our chapters have always tried to be leading examples of how to help the greater community. We believe in being hands-on men of action.

Adaptability - the new chapter coaching model.

By altering the historical leadership consultant program to be more geared toward on-going education, mentorship, and relationship building.

Perseverance – enduring peaks and valleys that our country and fraternal world faces, which seemed to be the “end” of fraternity life – but we have persevered through it all.

Collaboration – bringing Acacia members 3

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together, reaching out to other fraternities, educational institutions, and other organizations to improve our communities.

All of our work has begun to pay dividends. Between the new coaching model and our collaboration efforts we have begun seeing positive growth across all of our chapters that have adapted. The Acacia perseverance is once again paying off and our Human Service is as strong as ever. But make no mistake there is still work to be done.

We need to do a better job of educating our members and that work continues. Whether that be about antiracism, social justice, inclusion or any other areas that will make society better.

The International Council and I are dedicated to making those changes and being leaders to help drive that change.

Finally, I want to convey sincerely that it was with heartbroken sentiments that the International Council decided to cancel the in-person 2020 Conclave. The reality of trying to hold such a large event during the COVID-19 pandemic just didn’t make sense. Having hundreds of brothers and their guests traveling from all parts of North America to congregate and then returning home is the definition of a high-risk event by every standard.

Lastly, I would like to thank all of our chapter members, alumni volunteers and donors for everything you do for Acacia. Without all your efforts Acacia wouldn’t be as strong as it is today. When I think about your leadership now and the future leaders we will develop together, I feel pride in the knowledge that we will accomplish remarkable things together. Please reach out to me anytime, as I said in my last letter, “How can I help?”

Fraternally

Scott H. Meyer, Saint Cloud ’89 International President Acacia Fraternity

CONCLAVE 2020 CANCELLED Taking the health, safety and well-being of our members, volunteers, delegates, staff and guests into consideration as our top priority, the International Council voted to cancel the in-person 61st Biennial Acacia Conclave and instead shift the event to a virtual format for 2020. Please know that this decision was very difficult for the Council and was not made easily nor lightly. We know that the inperson events are a treasured opportunity for brotherhood and feeling connected to our brothers.

After polling likely attendees and voting delegates, it was decided that we may end up struggling to reach quorum for business and felt that getting together in-person posed too great a risk given the age of many attendees as well as the unknown of where the country and the state of Arizona may be regarding Covid-19 at the end of July. Hosting an event where our members would be traveling from all areas of North America, being in close contact for several days, then traveling back to our homes is too great a risk to take at this time.

Pivoting has been the main tenet of many organizations this spring as we are all adapting to the current situation we are in. Acacia is excited to take on this new venture by hosting a virtual Conclave. Exact dates and times for business sessions will be announced ASAP. Although we will not be in-person in 2020, awards, business sessions, elections and other engagements will still take place. Be on the look-out for more information regarding the event in the coming weeks.

There will still be some registration fee for Conclave, to offset any costs associated with hosting virtual business sessions. We will let you know ASAP what that will be.

For those who have already registered and paid, the Staff will be reaching out to you regarding reimbursement.

We are working on canceling the room block and other meeting room reservations with the hotel. We will instruct them to cancel all rooms, but we would suggest that you follow up and confirm your room has been canceled, as it will be the hotel returning your funds for your room, not the Fraternity.

the Conclave (featured presenters and breakout discussions), the Staff, Council, and Conclave Task Force will be working to rethink how we deliver that content, but in a way that will benefit chapters and members throughout the year, as opposed to only for those present at an in-person Conclave.

The 2022 Conclave is Wednesday, August 3rd Saturday, August 6, 2022 at the Sheraton Atlanta Hotel.

And we plan to still go to Phoenix, but in 2024.

While we are disappointed to not be able to gather inperson around the triangle with Brothers as we celebrate Acacia, we are excited about the opportunity to rethink how we convene at this time. Acacia matters! We will persist and adapt as we always have!

For questions regarding this, please reach out to communications@acacia.org.

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HUMAN SERVICE

As is the case every year, our chapters gave back to their communities. This year there was the additional factor of distance learning, social isolation, and the stress of a global pandemic. Despite this, Acacians figured out ways to give back despite a nearly nation-wide quarantine and exemplify our motto of “Human Service” during this time and provided #HOPEfromHome.

In the land of Badgers, our Wisconsin chapter participated in numerous human service efforts. Brothers Cutrara, Le, Sachar, and Taylor shaved their heads for the St. Baldricks Foundation and raised more than $2,500 towards childhood cancer research.

In Athens, Ohio, the Ohio chapter has held their 5cacia 5K Walk/Run/Bike to support the the Lustgarten Foundation and raise awareness for pancreatic cancer research for twelve years running. During this time they have raised over $150,000 to support this noble cause. While the large group that normally assembles couldn’t all run in-person due to social distancing measures in place, a small group of brothers in-town ran together and others ran/walked/biked/crawled virtually. They wouldn’t let a global pandemic stop them from service!

In Angola, Indiana the Trine chapter has

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Highlight of Efforts

Photos Clockwise from top left: 1. Wisconsin Brothers pose after shaving itt all for St. Baldricks Foundation 2. Ohio Brothers take a socially-distanced picture for 5cacia 3. Trine’s Acacia Claus Efforts 5. Penn State participates in THON #ForTheKids been hard at work to support their community of Steuben county. They raised about $1700 for Acacia Claus to donate toys to children and ensure they had a merry Christmas.

In addition, they were featured in the local paper because of their philanthropy efforts as docents for a local art show that opened with, “There are nice guys out there. They are at Trine University in the Acacia fraternity.” Truly, our brothers in Angola brought credit to our fraternity with their efforts.

Out in Happy Valley (State College, Pennsylvania) our brothers at Penn State

University continued their yearly efforts to support THON (Dance Marathon). THON is a studentrun philanthropy committed to enhancing the lives of children and families impacted by childhood cancer. Teaming up with Gamma Phi Beta for another year, they raised $172,335.26 which was the 3rd most of all Greek Organizations.

This has been undeniably an unprecedented time in the history of our organization.

These are just a few of the efforts our chapters have made to improve our fraternity’s record and give their honest share of effort.

Click here for stories of Human Service during COVID-19 from Active and Alumni Members

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his past year, Acacia returned to two of our former chapters on both coasts. In the Fall, we returned to the University of California – Berkeley and in the Spring we began re-opening at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill. We returned to UNC after being off campus for nearly 80 years, and are excited about our future growth in the Tar Heel state.

Over this past year, our Headquarters’ Staff have worked on building our relationship with the recruitment teams from our Colonies and Chapters through our coaching model. In the fall we were able to see 400+ initiates for the first time in 20+ years.

Going into the Fall, our undergraduate leadership will be facing unique recruitment challenges they were not initially expecting when they were elected into their roles. Our Headquarters’ Staff is working to continue our positive growth into the 2020-2021 Academic Year.

One way we intend on seeing growth is with our return to the University of Texas – Austin this Fall. With this project we hope to help provide a blueprint for how to recruit a quality group of men in today’s climate.

We remain focused on growing our Fraternity going into the next biennium. If you have any interest in being a part of future expansion projects or have an idea for a university you would like Acacia Headquarters staff to look into, please email Director of Organizational Growth and Services Jerod Miles at jmiles@acacia.org.

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UNC-WILMINGTON

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FALL 2021

Acacia Fraternity will be returning to the University of Texas – Austin this Fall. Alumni and Acacia International Headquarters Staff will be working to bring a new colony to campus – with the hopes of moving into a brand-new housing facility in the Fall of 2021.

Acacia was approved to have a second group in the Tar Heel State. Acacia will be starting a new group at the University of North Carolina – Wilmington in the Fall of 2021. The University has experienced growth in enrollment over the last few years and this semester is the ideal time for a new group to begin on campus, as it coincides with the university opening two new dorm facilities.

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AUBURN UNIVERSITY

VENERABLE DEAN TRISTON LONG

Our Auburn Colony is currently sitting at 11 members and is continuing to embrace 365 recruitment at Auburn.

The Colony has developed a partnership with the Alabama Sheriff’s Girls Ranch where they volunteer one Saturday a month. This has been a great event to collaborate with other members of the Auburn community and show potential new members the Service aspect of the Fraternity.

The Colony has created their own non-profit and continues to impact the community on a daily basis and lead the way for what a Fraternity should look like in the community. Acacia Headquarters Staff is working with the Colony to be recognized by the IFC and the university by August 1 of this year.

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VENERABLE DEAN TRAVIS MORRISSEY

Our return to California Berkeley has been a success in it’s first year, with the Colony doubling in the Spring from it’s original class of 16 in the Fall. The Colony is currently aiming to move back into their facility in the near future, with a strong focus on Human Service. This December the California Colony had their first Acacia Claus for Toys for Tots and also planned Seven Days of Service for the Spring.

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VENERABLE DEAN CHRISTIAN TAULLI

The LSU Colony currently sits at 98 members and is enjoying it’s second year back on campus. The Colony currently lives in the Chapter House and will be looking to achieve their charter in the near future.

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VENERABLE DEAN SCOTT BAKER

Acacia’s Harrisonburg Colony is still working to receive University Recognition by James Madison.

While still operating as an unrecognized university group, the Colony continues to operate with over 40 members with a strong emphasis on Human Service.

Our newest colony started this Spring at UNC-Chapel Hill. A recolonization from our Chapter that closed back in the 1930s, our UNC Project is relying on alumni from other chapters who have transferred to the Tar-Heel state for guidance and support. The Colony’s first initiation was held in April 18 and the Colony will continue to grow going into the Fall.

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CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES (as submitted by chapters during Fall 2019)

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VENERABLE DEAN CODY BOLLUM

The chapter has benefited greatly this year being in a bigger facility to accommodate our soon to be 100+ man chapter.

We currently have 12 pledges and plan to initiate them as soon as possible. Our GPA is still above the Greek Average and looking to be around a 3.2-3 after this semester. We held 7 days of service completing almost 400 service hours and raising over 3,000 dollars for charity.

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VENERABLE DEAN ALEX ADAMS

The California University of Pennsylvania (C.U.P) Chapter of Acacia Fraternity really focused on Human Service this past year. We were very involved within the community by helping out with events such as Trick-or-Treat crossing guard work, Acacia Claus, and The Big Event. We even had over 400 hours combined just in the Fall semester. We continued to grow our relationship with first responders and the people that have called California, Pennsylvania home for many years.

During the year we won Greek Week and came in second in our annual homecoming float parade! We even received the President’s award for the 2017-2018 school. This is given to the most outstanding chapter in scholarship and human service. We look to continue this excellence into many years to come.

This upcoming academic school year we hope to double our numbers and continue our excellence on and off campus. Our main focus is recruitment and selecting fine fraternal men that will uphold all responsibilities of an Acacian. This upcoming year is our 30th anniversary since our chartering! Thank you to all of the alumni that have kept our chapter running and we hope to continue to grow and expand.

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VENERABLE DEAN DEAN HUSAR

(Pictured above) Arizona State Spring 2020 Graduating Brothers

61 BLOOMSBURG As of June 3, 2020, the charter of the Bloomsburg Chapter has been suspended due to a series of late-breaking social media posts from a past academic year.

The chapter has been made aware of the suspension, and understands that they may not do anything as a group in the name of Acacia Fraternity. The members of the chapter will be offered an opportunity to take part in an interview process as part of a chapter membership review. At the end of the membership review, determinations of each members status with the Fraternity will be made, and a decision will be made regarding the overall status of the chapter’s recognition.

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Greetings from snowy Ottawa, the Carleton chapter is currently 37 brothers strong with 6 pledges this Winter semester. Since I was elected we’ve had a few successful philanthropies, like when we raised $200 for Toys for Tots with our Acacia Claus philanthropy along with plenty of toy donations. We also raised $300 for the Canadian Cancer Society with our Bleached Tips For the Cure event, where brothers surrendered their hair to the highest bidder to have their tips frosted for charity. This February we’ll be having our American road trip with our Illinois State chapter and the following month will be our Seven Days of Service.

Our philanthropy chair recently attended a webinar held

by Crowd Change and has big plans to maximize our fundraising skills.

I’m excited for what this year will bring, So live.

CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES

CHAPTER & COLONY CLOSURES Morningside Chapter Located in Sioux City, Iowa, our chapter at Morningside University had gradually declined in membership for years. This year the chapter was finally shuttered due to a complete lack of membership.

Washington Colony Located in Seattle, Washington, our colony at the University of Washington had worked diligently for five years to build up their ranks and meet Acacia’s chartering requirements, but ultimately struggled to maintain membership numbers, while also struggling with the burden of finding appropriate housing in a competitive market.

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VENERABLE DEAN BLAKE DEMPEWOLF

The chapter of Acacia at UCO has been making great progress with all areas-from recruitment to finances.

As a chapter, our biggest goal is to start the year debt free. We have been hard at work with recruitment with initiating over 10 guys over the past semester with hopes to double in size by the end of 2020. Our goal is to have Seven Days of Service in the Spring , with involvement from other Greek Organizations on campus. We are also promoting our annual crawfish boil - with all proceeds going to future fundraisers. We have plans in the making to hopefully have a fraternity house by this summer to help with recruitment and have a central place for us to host events and brotherhood events to grow our chapter. We are pumped for 2020 to make our values, brotherhood, and name known on campus to show how great Acacia fraternity is.

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VENERABLE DEAN BEN ALEXANDER-BUIE

Acacia Fraternity’s Colorado Chapter had a successful Fall semester, initiating 16 new brothers out of a 19-man starting pledge class. We further raised over $2000 to support the Make-A-Wish foundation in partnership with the ladies of Chi Omega in Boulder, helping them reach their $100K goal for their “Chi O Karaoke” philanthropy. This Spring, we have started our semester strong with an 11 man pledge class, will be hosting our annual philanthropy “Milkshakes for Diabetes,” and are in the process of adopting a local road.

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VENERABLE DEAN DARIAN PENICHET GARCIA JASSO

The Acacia’s Cornell Chapter has been blooming for years now. When I first joined its ranks, almost 4 years ago, we had unoccupied rooms in our beautiful Northcote. Our size tightened the bonds we had with one another and we became independent from other larger greek organizations.

Today, we are planning ahead for when we have more brothers than our home can shelter and the latter statement about our resilience remains true.

We look to implement rules which will benefit us as the house grows. Initiatives which would standardize our values for everyone. A great example of that is the 10 hour minimum service hour requirement we ratified last year. We might not have as many combined service hours as bigger houses, yet we can ensure we all play our part. We have received the gold standard recognition by our Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life in the past thanks to that. With a larger brotherhood, we will start thinking about organizing our own philanthropy events so that our community impact grows along our membership.

In the fall, I had the pleasure of visiting the Pennsylvania State University chapter, and I am immensely jealous of their recreation room. We just extended our bar another 5 feet and are looking into renovating it so it can accomodate larger gatherings. It is a privilege to say that our current concerns revolve about overcrowding or expansion. In this unfamiliar territory we will look for advice from our national headquarters and alumni. Ultimately, our unity makes us greater than just the sum of our parts.

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VENERABLE DEAN JIMMY KOKINIS

The IIllinois chapter has faced adversities in student conduct this last year resulting in the loss of recognition from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. The chapter had taken swift action in each situation and the International Council felt that they had shown leadership worthy of continued recognition by Acacia Fraternity.

The chapter will undergo a membership review in addition to the changes they have made and the Council believed this warranted an opportunity to continue operations and earn back recognition from the university.

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Illinois State University had its inaugural All Greek Gala in February 2019. The Gala is an awards ceremony for all chapters of Greek life to showcase their accomplishments in the areas of scholarship, service, and philanthropy.

The Illinois Wesleyan chapter had a great fall semester. We initiated 5 new members and all of them are already making an impact for our chapter. We had the highest GPA of all the fraternities on campus with a 3.32 as well as had one brother attain a 4.0 and numerous others make the Dean’s List. We ended the semester by raising over $500 for Acacia Claus and was lucky enough to buy toys for the children at Shriners and deliver them personally to the hospital. So live!

VENERABLE DEAN NAREN BHENDE

Our previous Venerable Dean, Clark Purdy, was honored by receiving the Chapter President of the Year Award for 2019. Clark did a phenomenal job of changing the culture of our chapter. He created an environment of community and accountability. He pushed our chapter to always seek the truth and give the light in our everyday lives. After Clark’s term as Venerable Dean, he then went on and took the roll of IFC President. Clark continues to take an active part and have a great influence in our chapter and community.

Another one of our members, Frank Rodriguez, was honored with the Fraternity Man of the Year Award. This award is given to the fraternity man who goes above and beyond to be involved inside his chapter, the Greek

community, and the community at Illinois State. We are very proud of him and all the work he has done while representing Acacia. Our chapter Advisor, Jeff Boaz, was also honored with the Chapter Advisor of the Year Award.

Jeff will always be a consistent factor in the growth of the Illinois State Chapter and because of his hard work and dedication, we always continue to grow. Jeff will always be the glue that holds our chapter together. We also received an award for commitment to service and an award for a distinctive service event. Our distinctive service event award referred to our 7 Days of Service that we repeat every single Spring.

The Illinois State Chapter is always striving to be the best while having a huge impact in our community. We are very blessed and humbled to accept all these awards at the Gala and hope to continue our successes for the coming 2020 year!

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VENERABLE DEAN NICK PARTIPILO

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VENERABLE DEAN WILL MAHER

The Indiana Chapter of Acacia Fraternity has had great momentum over the past few years, and I am very grateful to be involved in the amazing things we have done. Last spring, we had a first ever Kappa Acaciadillas philanthropy event at our chapter house. It was a huge success and we had a great turnout. We served quesadillas out of our kitchen and all ticket proceeds went to Camp Kesem, a summer camp for children whose parents have been diagnosed with cancer. This past fall we had a great Acacia Claus food drive. We had the brotherhood go out to the local grocery stores and collect food for the IU Food Pantry. We have an exciting philanthropy event in the plans for this spring as well.

In terms of social, last spring we had a great out of town formal to Nashville, Tennessee. We had an amazing turnout for Indiana University’s famous Little 500 bike race, where our bike team was very competitive. This past fall we took an amazing out of country formal to Windsor, Ontario. It was an unforgettable experience to take a trip like this with my brothers. Our Nite on the Nile date party exceeded my expectations and am already looking forward to it next year. To wrap the semester up, we had a great winter date party. It was a great way to end the semester off with my brothers!

TOP 10 CHAPTERS BY ROLL (up to date to 6/1/2020)

1 Indiana (2749)

6 Texas (1481)

2 Illinois (2657)

7 Nebraska (1392)

3 Purdue (2081)

8 Colorado (1329)

4 Penn State (2078)

9 Kansas State (1317)

5 Louisiana State (1830)

10 New Hampshire (1263)

CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES

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PENNSYLVANIA

VENERABLE DEAN DOM BALMER

Hello from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania Chapter! 2019 was a challenging year for our chapter. We dropped to a low-point of 4 members but are already back up to 6, with recruitment for this semester not being done yet. We have worked closely with Headquarters to help us figure out the best path to recovering from our slump and I’m glad to say that we are on our way to turning our situation around. We know that through hard work and perseverance, we will get our chapter’s strength to match up with the image in our minds of what we could be! So live!

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Our new chapter facility will hold 42 men, an upgrade from our previous 29, and be fully equipped with several study spaces, a theater room, a full-service industrial kitchen, and high-speed fiber internet.

With our brand new house on the horizon, our chapter has redoubled recruitment efforts to fill our new space. In the 2019 calendar year, we welcomed 10 excellent men into our brotherhood and are on track to begin pledging the largest Spring class in recent memory with 6 men. These new members have brought new life to the chapter. Each of our 10 new brothers from 2019 now hold positions within our house, half of which are on our executive team. Our Fall 2019 pledge class helped push our chapter’s average GPA to 4th best in the IFC at 3.30 by their #1 new member GPA of all fraternities and sororities at 3.58. This great success can be attributed to the hard work of all of our members and we do not intend to stop driving ourselves higher.

VENERABLE DEAN JONAH BLONDINO

We accomplished more in 2019 than we have any other year since recolonizing in 2015. With the efforts of our recruitment chairs, Brian Kearney and Kyle Leininger, we were able to initiate 18 new members in the fall. We expect to have another larger class this spring, with 9 pledges so far two weeks before recruitment begins. We have had a lot of great ideas from brother Blake Quarrie, a transfer from Indiana University.

We achieved the 6th best GPA on campus last semester, and plan to continue to improve. Thanks to brother Brian Kearney, we also had our first now annual Acacia Claus philanthropy. We donated almost $5,000 worth of toys to the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.

Brother Dylan Glawe worked tirelessly on reforming our bylaws and getting our chapter off of probation last fall as well, one of only a few chapters on campus to do so. I look forward to my term as Venerable Dean in 2020, expect big news coming from the Resh Chapter.

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VENERABLE DEAN SCOTT BEARD

Hello from the Iowa State Chapter!

The last year has been a time of great change for the chapter, but our men have risen to the challenges and pushed us to grow.

In mid-summer, we said goodbye to our beloved chapter house of nearly 80 years. By the generosity of dozens of alumni donors and the tireless efforts of our alumni housing board, we now await a beautiful new chapter house to be built on the same spot. The house will be complete and will be move-in ready in time for the Fall 2020 semester.

(Pictured above) Active and Alumni Members pose for a last picture in front of the house Iowa Acacia has called home for more than 80 years

Looking to the future, we are striving to better live our values through emphasis on Human Service, academic excellence, and strong bonds between brothers. Drive and love for Acacia have been strong this last year, and we only see it getting stronger. As we look forward to our new house, the men of the Iowa State Chapter are turning the page into another exciting era. Come see us in our new house in the Fall!

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VENERABLE DEAN JAXSON WINDHOLZ

The K-State Chapter of Acacia brought in 19 new Young Men during the Fall Semester, 15 of which were initiated this Spring. During the Fall semester, we also earned a Chapter Average GPA of 3.402 which ranked as 6th in K-State’s IFC rankings (Top Percentile). In November, we elected SPRING 2020

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CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES our new executive team and elected the other important positions around the house. During the executive retreat to start the semester, we repainted our dining room to create a more professional tone during dinners/chapter as well.

We recently participated in our annual Telefund Call Marathon, where we called alumni in order to update contact information and to help raise funds for improving the house to help bring in more talented Young Men in the future.

Our Chapter has also taken a strong start in terms of Community Service for the Manhattan community. Over half our members participated in a local animal adoption event very recently, and many people have been volunteering their own time back to other issues affecting the town such as food insecurity and the Kansas State Student Foundation to offer opportunities for more students to attend college

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VENERABLE DEAN HAYDEN LASSEK

Greetings from the Nebraska Chapter!

The brothers here in Lincoln had a fantastic 2019. This previous fall, Fourteen new brothers were added to our ranks, which gives a total of eighteen new brothers initiated in 2019. These brothers show great potential as the classes have already become well-involved in leading the chapter.

The Nebraska Chapter continues to grow year after year, improving in multiple ways steadily. For instance, our local philanthropy, Acacia Against Breast Cancer, was a great success being the first philanthropy event held within our chapter house since the early 2000s. Multiple Greek organizations across campus entered a chili into our contest to help promote and donate to the Pink Ladies of Lincoln.

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VENERABLE DEAN HALE HOLLIS

The Millersville Chapter has been very busy trying to better ourselves in every way we can.

In regards to academics, were able to raise our chapter GPA to the second highest among Fraternities. We also had the most improved GPA among fraternities. This is something we are striving to continue in the spring semester. We were also able to have every member get 17 service hours in the fall helping out our local branch of the Salvation Army with their annual coat drive and their holiday toy drive for needy families. In the spring, we want to tack on even more with seven days of service, highway cleanups, and bloods drives with the American Red Cross.

We took a break from recruiting in the fall to refine and better develop our recruiting process and with the help of HQ Staff Brother CJ Van Antwerp we are ready.

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VENERABLE DEAN DYLAN RIGGS

We’re revamping our service projects for the semester, trying to include a wider range of possibilities. We’ve had 5 really good guys join us.

This previous October, our homecoming Triad consisting of Alpha Tau Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Delta Delta Delta, and Sigma Alpha Mu participated in a week full of competitions and activities. A few brothers participated in the Monday Night Live, a dance competition between all the greek triads. For the third semester in a row, our triad medaled with a second-place finish! We hope to continue this streak in the upcoming Lip Sync Battles this April.

As mentioned above, the Nebraska Chapter continues to strive and improve. As of right now, the brothers are preparing for our Acacia Leadership Scholarship, formals, and summer recruitment. We here in Lincoln are ready to have a fantastic 2020!

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VENERABLE DEAN JARED BAUMGARDNER

We’ve got a number of house improvement projects planned and worked out, just need a few brothers to dedicate some time to it. Overall, we all feel like we’re on an upward swing and have a optimistic view for the semester.

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The Ohio Chapter of Acacia currently sits at 84 members. We remain the highest-earning philanthropy in Greek Life with the 5cacia and maintain an average GPA of 3.0.

CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES doing a larger scale philanthropic fundraiser later in the semester.

In late March we will be having our first paired event with a sorority, Delta Zeta. We have also been building strong relationships with our neighbor fraternities and plan on hosting an event with Sigma Tau Gamma and Alpha Gamma Rho later in the semester. Other than that we have been working on improving our house so it’s ready to be moved to by all of our new actives next semester!

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VENERABLE DEAN DAVID MALLERY

Our Fall 2019 recruitment yielded twenty pledges that successfully became brothers despite the hurdles Fall semester brought our way and our Spring 2020 recruitment yielded pledges. We are determined to stay strong!

Greek Life at Ohio University experienced a very challenging Fall semester, and Acacia wasn’t immune to the scrutiny. Acacia didn’t come out unscathed from the investigation, but we are determined to grow from this experience.

What is next? We are working with the correct individuals at the University, alumni, and the chapter officers to abide by all sanctions. We are building relationships within the Greek Life and University communities.

As we reflect on our past year, we have pride in our continued accomplishments and rankings and our ability to work through these unforeseen obstacles. As we look forward, we are excited to see our new executive board lead us forward and upward.

The largest news with the Oregon State Chapter of Acacia is we had a 2 million dollar remodel done on the chapter house brought on by brother Stan Roberts, a good friend of Lee Kearny, last summer. More will continue in a few months as the volume of changes could not be completed in one summer. This rennovation included new floors, paint, trim, carpet, and other furniture around the house. We initiated the largest pledge class in our chapter’s history of 22 men, and are keeping the momentum up going into this spring recruitment season.

This past fall we reached out academic GPA goal of above a 3.0 house average, and also above the all-campus men’s average, in the same term, which was a major boost to morale as this was a chapter wide goal. Our Oustanding Acacian Scholarship of $1,000 given to the top five performing members each term is also still going strong. This provides a large incentive for academic achievement and creates good role models within the chapter. Overall this past year has been a great one and we are all excited about what we will bring to the future of Acacia!

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VENERABLE DEAN KENNY MACPHERSON

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VENERABLE DEAN JIM MACCORA

We are now up to 13 active members with a fully staffed executive board. At this time last year the fraternity had one active member and was on the verge of losing active status with the school. As of now we are in great standing with the school and the school has upped operating funds for events we can hold that are open to the school, from $1000 a semester to $3000 a semester. Saturday, February 15th was our first annual Black and Gold formal. All members attended including close to 50 alumni and their plus ones.

We held Seven Days of Service and are also planning on

The Penn State Chapter of Acacia Fraternity is off to a great start last spring semester.

We had the privilege of welcoming 30 great men into our brotherhood. This is the largest pledge class taken in most recent years!

We had a very successful THON weekend. In total, our organization raised $172,335.26 which was the 3rd most out of all Greek Organizations. It was an incredible weekend for an even better cause!

We are very excited to have our most recent Venerable Dean, Nate Brodsky, elected as IFC President at Penn State.

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The Purdue Chapter of Acacia had a successful year in 2019. Our chapter initiated 15 brothers who have already improved our chapter as they find their stride with us, one even moved into the house as soon as he was initiated.

Greetings form the St. Cloud Chapter!

The 2020 year is underway and we have a lot of opportunities presented to us. Our chapter is on the way to lots of success in our community and school. We are currently the biggest Fraternity at St. Cloud State University with 20 members. We have been pushing ourselves to be more active at events and we currently have an 95% attendance rate at all of our events. We just had one of our biggest philanthropies, the Polar Plunge, this last weekend. 3 of our brothers raised enough money to jump into the freezing waters. We also have our 7 days of service coming up in March and we are super excited for it.

VENERABLE DEAN AARON VARNAU

We maintained a cumulative GPA above a 3.0, continued to lead Purdue’s greek life with the highest average number of service hours per brother, and raced two karts in the annual Grand Prix race.

2019 was a year of change within house leadership. We recreated our bylaws to be more current with IFC regulations and modern greek life culture, and worked with Local Board President Jeff Alexander to elect our first full Local Board in many years.

This new Local Board has helped by having new flooring installed in most of the house as well as hiring a recruitment consultant to help us grow. We also updated the responsibilities of the Alumni Outreach Chairman (now called Communications Chairman) so that the position would be able to sit on the executive committee while we reestablish contact with our alumni.

Brothers had a fun year as we created new brotherhood activities to better enjoy our time as active members, and celebrated two lavalierings. In 2020, we hope to continue growing in numbers to fill the house once again.

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POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE

VENERABLE DEAN CHRIS WEIGLE

At the end of 2018, Rensselaer Acacia received several visits from Acacia Headquarters. Their final report began with the line “The RPI chapter is in a sink or swim situation.” I am glad to announce that the Rensselaer Chapter has persevered and is again moving forward towards success.

Our recruitment increased by 50% from 2018. Already in the Spring 2020 semester, we have recruited almost as many members as we did in all of 2019. RPI’s Summer Arch program has thrown us several curves that we need to adapt to, but this has also actively encouraged younger members to step up into leadership positions to fill the gap.

We are also very lucky to have the support of alumni such as Joe Adamczyk, as well as our new Chapter Advisor Ryan Gerstein.

So Live!

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VENERABLE DEAN LEVI NELSON

We have been working on planning and following through with bigger events like the yearly dodgeball tournament, a wing eating contest, and an alumni event in May. We have been working hard to improve our relations with other Fraternities and Sororities. We have been raising money for our chapter by running the hockey concession stands every time the Huskies play at home. We consistently raise $500 dollars per shift we work. We also have two brother on the IFC team. Brother Levi Nelson is the current president of IFC and Brother Andrew Spaulding is Vice President of Recruitment.

With all the success in the chapter we are very excited for the future. Our Brotherhood is very strong currently and we have tons of push for recruiting and growing our chapter. We are very proud of what we have accomplished and we look forward to the great things that our Brothers can bring to the table.

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VENERABLE DEAN JAROD DAVIS

Greeting from the Trine Chapter!

The year of 2019 brought a lot of challenges and opportunities to our chapter. Through a lot of hard work, our chapter is in a great position for the future. We tried to push ourselves to be more active in our local community of Steuben county and found ourselves raising about $1700 for Acacia Claus as well as being featured in the local paper because of our philanthropy efforts as docents for a local art show.

Not only did we have success in our community, but success on campus! We were able to create and improve awesome events on Trine’s campus like capture the flag, a super bowl party, and a bi weekly event called Floats ‘N Fries where students hang out as well enjoy some free food.

CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES Our previous Venerable Dean Austin Nault, won Big Man on Campus, where a representative from each fraternity on campus battles it out in various competitions, all in the benefit to raise money for cancer research. It culminated in pageant where now Nault and several brothers performed a choreographed performance that stole the show!

With all the success and challenges we’ve faced and overcome last year, nothing compares to how we’ve managed to cultivate a future for our chapter. Last year, we worked our hardest to improve rush for the 2020 spring semester class. I’m proud to say that we managed to have a much needed and large pledge class for the spring semester.

We’re so proud of what we’ve improved and accomplished last year and we are excited to see where the future takes us!

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VENERABLE DEAN BRENNAN FLAHERTY

Hello from Wisconsin!

Our 2019 was defined by growth, academic success, and philanthropy in the Madison community.

We continue to grow without having to sacrifice our brotherhood and core Acacian values. We are extremely proud to have had three consecutive cohesive efforts gaining a combined 51 members (including this spring’s 23-member pledge class).

Even with our growth, we have not sacrificed our academics in the classroom. Spring of 2019 we were ranked #3 in the UW-Madison Interfraternity Council for GPA and increased to #2 this past fall.

We appreciate our chapter’s scholarship chair for organizing brotherhood study groups, academic major groups, test/resource banks, and holding members accountable.

Finally, we have worked to make Acacia a community name in the Madison area. We successfully executed our Seven Days of Service last Spring which was highlighted by our Acaciapalooza concert at a local club venue where the only performers were Acacia brothers. We ended our week with our Dogs for Dogs event raising over $1000 for a local service dog shelter.

We are looking forward to another strong year!

So live!

38 WASHINGTON STATE VENERABLE DEAN SETH O’BRIEN

Greetings from Washington State University, as fall semester ended, we welcomed in our new Executive Board. We are also happy to say that we continue to be one of the top houses in regard to community service hours averaging 12 hours per member. At the end of last semester, we are proud to say that we initiated 13 new brothers bringing our total members up to 33 total active members which is the largest number of initiates that we have had since regaining our charter in 2012. We are currently in the process of reorganizing our scholarship techniques so that we are able to improve our house GPA through study tables lead by the executive board, as well as providing our brothers with help if they need. In addition, we have continued our alumni outreach by calling brothers from as old as 1940 to reconnect with those who may have become disconnected through out the years that they have been away.

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Foundation Donors Acacia Fraternity and the Acacia Fraternity Foundation express their sincerest thanks to the following donors for their support during the last fiscal year. Your contributions to the Foundation ensure that the Fraternity realizes its vision of providing training, support and guidance to every undergraduate member.

Annual Fund - July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019 2019 Acacia Leadership Academy $100,000 and above Daniel R. Lang, Northwestern $10,000 - $50,000 Robert G. Travnicek, Kansas #ALA Richard I. Williams, Grand Valley State # $5,000 - $9,999 Dwyte E. Brooks, Sr., Northwestern #ALA Mark R. Guidry, Jr., Louisiana State # Leonard W. Kearney, Oregon State # Larry E. Schroeder, Georgia # Dewayne E. Ullsperger, Nebraska #ALA William A. Utic, Cornell #ALA $2,000 - $4,999 Gerald C. Cook, Shippensburg Aaron P. Darcy, Indiana David L. Ferguson, Indiana # Darold W. Larson, Washington State #ALA Kris R. Lutt, Nebraska #ALA James L. McFarland, Wisconsin #ALA W. J. Neal, Kansas State # David R. Quick, Rensselaer #ALA Frank E. Reeder, Shippensburg $1,000 - $1,999 Glendon Arthur, Ohio Travis J. Bowie, Kansas State Lanny R. Brent, Kansas State #ALA Roger M. Cagann, Illinois Kenneth A. Christenson, Washington State # Albert S. Conly, Texas Laurence M. Connell, UCLA Brian R. Durst, Wisconsin # Matthew Gambardella, Rensselaer Guy G. Gebhardt, Illinois Wesleyan #ALA Gregory J. Hamer, Sr., Louisiana State James M. Hoenscheidt, Kansas State # John F. Hoffner, Purdue #ALA Scott J. Houston, Indiana # Andrew Jee, Oregon State #ALA James N. Katsaounis, Ohio #ALA John B. Lane, Vermont #ALA Donald G. Lyon, Iowa State Mary B. Manning, Friend of Acacia *ALA†(1) Michael L. Rollins, Washington #ALA Donald W. Solanas, Jr., Louisiana State # George W. Sorrells III, Indiana #ALA Phillip S. Sutton, Ohio State #ALA Byron A. Tabor, Iowa #ALA Alan S. Tai, Washington State Lowry L. Tims, Texas Michael C. Tu, California L. D. Waibel, Purdue #ALA James D. Weaver, Indiana # Donald S. Wilson, Northwestern Bert T. Wion, Oklahoma State Eric V. Zwigart, California of PA #

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$500 - $999 Robert L. Andring, Washington State Jerry L. Ashcraft, Ohio # John C. Barber, Purdue Daniel D. Bayston, Illinois #ALA Wayne A. Beeder, New Hampshire ALA John F. Beering, Purdue #ALA James S. Birkbeck, Kansas State #ALA Jeffrey T. Boaz, Illinois Wesleyan # Erik Church, Carleton J. S. Cleland, Ohio # Thomas C. Crews, Colorado State # John W. Dyar, Indiana # Amazonsmile Foundation Acacia Fraternity # Ronald T. Hopkins, Syracuse #ALA James P. Jackson, Colorado Allen N. Johnson, Washington State Justin M. Kaplan, Carleton #ALA Curtis A. Krizek, Kansas State Robert J. Lieblein, Shippensburg Brant E. Lieske, Indiana #ALA Robert A. Lincicome, Illinois Woodrow W. Mann, Arkansas Tomislav A. Marincic, Michigan #ALA Randall M. McCullough, Illinois Wesleyan # Patrick W. McGovern, Indiana Rodger L. Merz, Nebraska Scott H. Meyer, St. Cloud State #ALA Amos D. Meyers, Jr., Shippensburg # Ray E. Miller, Shippensburg # Allen E. Parker, Syracuse # John H. Peper, Texas # Eric A. Rasmussen, Purdue Robert L. Reeves, Louisiana State # Robert E. Roberson, Illinois Wesleyan # Donald W. Sabo, Washington #ALA William C. Schmitt, Ohio State Arlo E. Sommers, Ohio State # Paul V. Stevens, Southern California William M. Thornton, Ohio State #ALA Daniel B. Williams, California # Knox Williams, UCLA Bernal R. Woodward, Syracuse # David W. Zier, Oregon State # $250 - $499 George T. Abed, Oregon State # Anonymous William T. Ballew, Purdue # Aaron R. Beattie, Washington State # Thomas J. Boagni, Louisiana State Thomas E. Bolman, Miami of Ohio †(2) Daniel J. Burras, Illinois Wesleyan # James J. Chancellor, Louisiana State ALA R. L. Christie, Illinois Wesleyan # Arthur B. Curtis III, Long Beach State # Frederick R. Davidson, Millersville Alan C. Eachus, Syracuse # Russell J. Eckman, Colorado

# Donated to multiple funds

Jeffrey J. Eller, Washington State #ALA†(5) Ernesto Espinoza, California David H. Fifield, Iowa State ALA Larry B. Forsland, Minnesota # Richard T. Freije, Jr., Purdue # Randolph S. Friedman, California #ALA David A. Fruchey, Purdue Fredrick C. Garrott, Illinois #ALA Rene A. Garza, Texas #ALA Max H. Gollmer, Indiana Kenneth G. Greer, Oklahoma State # Richard R. Halderman, Purdue David Hall, Iowa #ALA Per Hilmo, Washington State # Noel L. Hooker, Central Oklahoma ALA Mark Hulshart, Shippensburg Blake J. Hutchison, Wisconsin # Paul G. Ingram, Oregon State # Jason P. Jeffords, New Hampshire #ALA Eric B. Johnson, Missouri Jeffrey H. Jordan, Ohio State # Gordon L. Kester, Indiana # Derrick J. Kraus, Purdue # Paul A. Larson, Northwestern #ALA Andrew G. Long, Indiana # Robert K. McDonald, New Hampshire Edward J. McGrath, Indiana *# Norman D. Melvin, Penn State # Todd B. Moran, Nebraska #ALA John R. Moritz, Colorado # Michael J. Oakes, Indiana # Gus D. Oppermann V, Texas Bradford K. Oxford, Washington State # Eric D. Petri, Ohio *# Tipu S. Puri, Northwestern Thomas M. Putnam III, Colorado Hollis W. Rademacher, Minnesota John H. Ray, Washington State Jose R. Sanchez, Jr., UCLA # John C. Stevens, New Hampshire #ALA Brian S. Strayer, Ohio State #ALA Peter G. Vierthaler, Washington State # John P. Wagner, Purdue # Mack E. Wootton, Indiana # $150 - $249 Jackson H. Aaberg, Missouri #ALA Martin E. Amundson, Michigan Daniel M. Arnold, Michigan # David L. Bardal, Minnesota # Peter M. Blagaich, Long Beach State Neal E. Brown, Washington State # John C. Brueckman III, Cornell Stewart L. Burger, Cornell #ALA Christopher B. Carpentier, Indiana # John C. Chipperfield, Millersville # Brad D. Cleeton, Missouri # Timothy J. Cobert, Illinois Wesleyan *#ALA Neil R. Cole, Nebraska #ALA Leonard J. Dow II, Miami of Ohio #ALA

ALA Acacia Leadership Academy

Brian S. Downs, Central Oklahoma #ALA Christ Drossos, Jr., Indiana #ALA James F. Essman, Northern Colorado Ryan J. Ferguson, Illinois State # Burnett G. Firstenberger, Jr., Northwestern Michael D. Fishburn, Ohio Gayle E. Fitzsimons, Colorado #ALA Matthew E. Foss, Indiana # Frederick N. Fritsch, Oregon State #ALA H. B. Funk, Kansas State #ALA Michael J. Grace, Nebraska Scott C. Graham, Penn State # James S. Grant, Washington State # James K. Grant, Illinois #ALA Thomas D. Grayson, Ohio State #ALA†(3) Myron E. Grizio, Missouri School of Mines # F. H. Halderman, Purdue # Brian S. Hamilton, Rensselaer #ALA William D. Hansen, Minnesota David K. Haviland, Indiana #ALA Dean J. Hewitt, Missouri # Kevin D. Hicks, Missouri School of Mines * Michael A. Howard, Oregon State #ALA Robert D. Hurrell, Wyoming #ALA Jonathan A. Janoski, California of PA # Craig S. Johnson, Louisiana State # Anthony A. Jung, Purdue Donald R. Lambert, Central Oklahoma ALA E. A. Larson, Friend of Acacia David M. Lemke, Wisconsin Jon O. Long, Missouri #ALA William M. Lynn, UCLA #ALA David L. Mari, Illinois #ALA John W. Marks, Purdue #ALA James G. Marsden, Illinois Wesleyan Joseph H. Marshall, California Kevin T. May, Wisconsin # James J. McDermott, Illinois Wesleyan Martin T. McKnight, Oregon State # James A. Moore, Ohio State #ALA Robert G. Mooth, Indiana #ALA Lawrence A. Morton, Shippensburg #ALA Thomas F. Mulherin, Penn State #ALA James S. Murakami, Long Beach State # Roger A. Nealis, Indiana # Joseph M. Orlesh, Jr., Louisiana State #ALA Robert E. Oswald, Northwestern # David R. Parks, Indiana # Joseph D. Patton, Jr., Penn State Eugene B. Pflughaupt, Northwestern #ALA Bradway F. Phillips, Ohio State # Donald A. Pizer, Penn State Donald W. Placek, Friend of Acacia * David A. Prosser, Shippensburg Dennis C. Rasmussen, Oregon State # Thomas C. Reisdorph, Iowa # Jack V. Robertson, Purdue #ALA John A. Rosso, Arizona Terrance A. Ruona, Louisiana State *#ALA Gregory W. Sayler, Penn State #

^ Corporate matching gift

†( ) Memorial gift

Michael S. See, Washington State #ALA Andrew K. Sherman, Iowa State #ALA Patrick A. Smith, Colorado Zilmon F. Smith, Texas # Thomas A. Smith, Purdue James R. Speece, Jr., Shippensburg #ALA James W. Sutton, Indiana Robert J. Svatos, Illinois Benjamin B. Turconi, California Charles J. Van Antwerp, Trine # Keith G. Wallace, California Michael S. Weber, Iowa State #ALA Paul A. Weglage, Ohio State #ALA Terry D. Wien, Indiana # Acacia Foundatino Wisconsin Robert L. Zell, Purdue # $100 - $149 Robert E. Adams III, Missouri # William G. Alexander, Ohio State William P. Allen, Jr., Texas Warren L. Anderson, Washington State # Lawrence L. Andre, Kansas State #ALA Daniel R. Barr, Michigan Scott A. Beckman, Washington # Sterling L. Benz, Iowa # Matthew J. Bielaska, Jr., Rensselaer Calvin D. Biggers, Arkansas Paul M. Bingaman, Shippensburg James B. Bruce, Washington Brandon W. Brunner, Kansas State ALA Melvin L. Capell, Louisiana State Edward J. Cardinal, California Marguerite Cardinal, Friend of Acacia * Ronald E. Carter, Indiana Jeffrey D. Cary, Illinois Wesleyan Robert L. Childers, Northern Colorado # Donald C. Clagett, Penn State # Wesley G. Clark, Colorado David E. Conner, Purdue #ALA Jean A. Creek, Indiana #ALA David P. Cremer, Ohio State #ALA Frank A. Curl, Arkansas Jack O. Davis, Washington State # Robert M. Davis, East Texas State John C. Davis, New Hampshire John N. Davis, Penn State Dennis E. Davis, Purdue ALA Gary S. DeVoe, Oregon State # Paul E. Dimoh, Syracuse * Anthony J. DiNicola, Syracuse * John R. Drebus, Indiana # Keith A. Ducote, UCLA David G. Dunlap, Texas James D. Dyer, Purdue Richard Eimas, Colorado Jeffrey C. Farren, Indiana Ralph L. Fearon, New Hampshire # William J. Feth, Cornell ALA Ian E. Finn, California of PA James C. Fish, Jr., Texas Kerry J. Fladung, Iowa State John B. Forder, California Robert T. Franson, Cornell Steven A. Gamble, Georgia G. D. Ganter, Syracuse John K. Gardner, Arizona #ALA Oscar Gendrop Espinosa, Cornell * Robert E. George, Nebraska #ALA

George E. Gillespie, Purdue # Stephen R. Gold, Nebraska #ALA H. V. Grumbling, Jr., Michigan William A. Haines, Purdue Ronald M. Hamelberg, Illinois # David C. Harrison, Colorado State Richard R. Harro, Penn State Steven R. Hill, Purdue # Seth A. Holst, Penn State Robert L. Hurni, Ohio State John M. Hyjurick, Shippensburg * Wayne O. Jackson, New Hampshire Dana B. Jacobs, Vermont Robert E. Jacobsen, California Paul A. James, Northwestern Frank T. James, Northwestern Daryl L. Johnson, UCLA ALA Kurt R. Jones, Central Oklahoma ALA Thomas E. Kaercher, Jr., Purdue Gerald E. Kahler, Ohio Carl F. Kantner, Wisconsin John K. Kidd, Indiana # Col. Forest M. Kimsey, Kansas State Christopher W. Knapp, Iowa State #ALA Michael B. Kupper, Indiana Douglas A. Lachance, New Hampshire James A. Lavanchy, Indiana Daniel A. Luttner, Penn State * Sherwood S. Lutz, Penn State * Morgan J. Lynge, Jr., Illinois # Thomas C. Macy, Nebraska Kevin C. Maguire, New Hampshire # Thomas W. Manges, Trine # Robert D. Matthews, Ohio * Joseph E. Mayse, Illinois State # Stewart K. McCollum, Oregon State Thomas W. McDougal, Washington State #†(5) James B. McNay, Northern Colorado Paul A. Meschler, Franklin Joseph L. Mikan, Houston Jerod K. Miles, Central Oklahoma Michael L. Miller, Purdue Brian C. Montgomery, Miami of Ohio David S. Moorman, Purdue Michael J. Morrow, Washington State *†(5) Michael I. Nabel, Rensselaer ALA George A. Nelson, Kansas State Stephen M. Nelson, Illinois ALA Robert D. Nelson, Washington State Clay L. Niemeyer, Ohio State Michael M. O’Dorney, Rensselaer Gerald K. Orrison, Missouri School of Mines P. R. Pankey, Arizona Jeremy Pings, Wisconsin * Jared S. Popplewell, Iowa # David W. Powell, Indiana # Richard A. Powlowsky, New Hampshire ALA Derrick M. Ray, Missouri John S. Redding, Illinois ALA Thomas L. Ricketts, Cornell #ALA William M. Riley, Jr., Kansas State #ALA Charles L. Roberts, Georgia # Hans M. Roensch, Jr., Missouri James F. Rogers, Texas ALA Joel Romaine, Shippensburg # Philip G. Rowe, New Hampshire ALA Richard J. Rubican, California of PA # Allan F. Rucka, Northwestern ALA Arthur K. Rue, Wyoming ALA Robert C. Rupe, Oregon State #

Michael J. Russell, California of PA H. K. Sawyers, Iowa State Alan B. Scher, Wisconsin #ALA Charles F. Schwab, New Hampshire W. S. Seaboyer, Purdue William T. Siegle, Rensselaer Merrill G. Smith, Miami of Ohio # Terry W. Smith, Illinois Wesleyan Christopher W. Soika, Penn State ALA Gary L. Stansbery, Ohio James P. Steffus, Indiana Duane L. Stowe, Washington State Ralph N. Straley II, Penn State Steven C. Swan, Illinois Wesleyan Douglas F. Trumbower, Penn State Ron K. Tsukamaki, Oregon State Stephen B. Turley, Iowa Bruce A. VanSkiver, Washington State John C. Wagner, Northern Colorado Douglas R. Walker, Nebraska ALA Jerome T. Warring, Indiana Joel E. Weaver, Cincinnati Charles B. Wegman, Syracuse Wade J. Weichel, Nebraska Andrew J. Wertz, Ohio State Kenneth R. Whitelaw, Indiana Clyde A. Williams, Kansas #ALA William D. Willis, Louisiana State Phillip T. Wilson, Illinois Wesleyan John H. Witmer, Jr., Penn State Kenneth C. Working, Long Beach State Lance K. Yokota, California # James A. Youngquist, Illinois ALA John F. Zubak, Indiana # Howard S. Zwiefel III, Cornell # $50 - $99 David H. Anderson, Illinois Wesleyan # Steven J. Aves, Illinois Wesleyan ALA Patrick K. Awadjie, Washington State * Thomas J. Balcerski, Cornell # Charles A. Barnett, Indiana ALA Robert L. Billin, California ALA Richard W. Blowers, Central Missouri State Robert E. Blue, Purdue Ronald C. Boller, Purdue # Leonard W. Boord, Ohio # William Bowers III, Penn State Connor R. Bramley, Colorado *#ALA Walter E. Bruetsch, Rensselaer #ALA Keith M. Bushey, Indiana James A. Carr, Illinois # Richard E. Carver, Missouri School of Mines # Roger N. Cavitt, Illinois Wesleyan Richard L. Centner, California # Casey W. Chambers, California of PA #ALA James P. Clark, Indiana # Walter A. Clark, Colorado Paul R. Collier, Purdue Jose E. Covarrubias Ameca, Cornell *ALA James W. Crum, Arkansas Richard E. Curp, Miami of Ohio Thomas W. Cypher, Shippensburg Donald W. Dauterman, Oregon State #ALA Jeremy N. Davis, Iowa State # George H. Devaughn, Mississippi State ALA William J. Dilcher, Iowa State # James R. Dreesen, Indiana # Donald A. Drew, Long Beach State Ira S. Dubnoff, Syracuse Stephen R. Elias, Pittsburgh-Johnstown

William R. Epcke, Northwestern #ALA Harry A. Erickson, Cincinnati Peter J. Eversole, Iowa State # Robert W. Felsburg, Penn State R. G. Fickel, Illinois # Matthew R. Finstein, Illinois State # Warren M. Flodin, Miami of Ohio Aron Forsell, Miami of Ohio # Barry A. Forst, Indiana # Richard L. Fowler, Jr., Rensselaer Michael A. Frucci, Washington State # Matthew D. Gallardo, Penn State * Berge F. Garabedian, Texas Richard S. Garard, Purdue # Ryan T. Gerstein, Rensselaer ALA Herbert W. Gilbert, Wyoming Stephen M. Golden, Boston Edwin H. Gow, Colorado Steven P. Gress, Purdue # Murrey L. Grider, Arkansas William D. Gross, Minnesota * James R. Guthrie, Indiana Hal D. Hanes, Indiana # Ronald A. Hankins, Colorado Kyle A. Hansen, Purdue *ALA Rob Harris, Friend of Acacia * Timothy J. Hartshorn, Nebraska *ALA Javed M. Hassan, Illinois Wesleyan * Eric C. Hawkes, Oregon State # William D. Hayes, Nebraska Richard W. Hegarty, Penn State # William C. Hepler II, Indiana ALA William L. Heubaum, Morningside #ALA Mark L. Hildebrand, Purdue # Henry H. Hill, Texas *# Louis H. Hitter, Arizona Aaron A. Hollingsworth, Texas # Richard E. Holloway, Texas Joseph A. Homans, Washington State #†(5) Donald R. Hoskins, Oregon State # Bill C. Hott, Missouri # Michael I. Howell, Louisiana State * Glen L. Hower, Washington State Shelby D. Hunt, Ohio # Scott K. Hytrek, Oregon State George B. Jackson, Penn State # Francis E. Jagiella III, Purdue *ALA Craig B. Johnson, Missouri * Brian P. Keenan, Nebraska James W. Kehe, Cornell Dale A. Kjack, Washington State ALA Le Roy E. Knohl, Purdue Kevin H. Kolke, Miami of Ohio Michael Joseph Koziol, Rensselaer *ALA Walter L. Kutscher, Jr., Ohio Richard J. LaPorte, Indiana #ALA Stephen G. Lappin, Texas # Ernest J. Larson, Jr., Nebraska James M. Lasher, Oregon State Timothy Layne, Ohio State *ALA Brian T. Lee, Illinois Wesleyan *# Daniel A. Lee, Cal Poly-Pomona Gary L. Lefmann, San Jose State * Earl E. Lego, Shippensburg Michael J. Lembo, Rensselaer # Jordan S. Liebman, Missouri *#ALA Kevin J. Lines, California Benjamin P. Livermore, Indiana # David A. Loofburrow, Washington State #†(5) Robert D. Lucus, Indiana ALA

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Stephen D. Luthye, Kansas Gordon E. Malick, Franklin Stanley J. Martin, Jr., Illinois Wesleyan ALA Donald D. Mattox, Nebraska #ALA W. N. Maynard, Arkansas * Douglas McCan, California George H. McCurdy III, Central Florida ALA Stephen T. McDonald, Indiana # Calvin K. McMurray, Louisiana State Craig W. Medlyn, Indiana # Allan Meguschar, Indiana # Robert W. Mickam, Texas ALA Jason B. Mierek, Illinois Wesleyan Robert S. Miller, Missouri *ALA Jonas B. Miller, California ALA Rodney L. Mirich, Oregon State Stanton D. Monlux, Washington State †(5) John H. Morrison, Jr., Michigan Edward A. Moss, Missouri School of Mines #ALA Eric S. Muff, Nebraska *ALA Mark D. Murray, Washington State #†(5) Rex A. Neal II, Indiana # Richard K. Neil, Michigan # Gregg C. Nelson, Washington State # Eric A. Newcombe, Carleton * Kenneth C. Newman, Purdue # Philip W. Newman, Oregon State Brent S. O’Rear, Central Oklahoma #ALA Elbert E. Oliver, Indiana # Jeffrey A. Olson, Washington State William D. Orth, Wisconsin # Lane E. Osswald, Ohio State # Jeffrey L. Phillips, Illinois Wesleyan * William R. Picard II, Louisiana State #ALA Kameron D. Piper, Missouri *ALA John H. Platt, Jr., Franklin Neil C. Ray, Penn State # George A. Ray III, Penn State ALA James E. Robinson, Oklahoma State Carl D. Rogge, New Hampshire Mark P. Ruzomberka, Penn State Thomas J. Schwoegler, Indiana * Max E. Skirvin, Indiana James F. Smith II, Purdue #ALA Steven E. Smith, Ohio State Dr. Dennis C. Stepanovich, Purdue # Alan V. Stevens, New Hampshire Andrew J. Stout, Cal Poly-Pomona ALA Lawrence C. Sweet, Michigan Charles F. Switzer, Oregon State # Charles R. Tass, Iowa State # John G. Thagard, Texas ALA David E. Thoma, Purdue ALA Thomas L. Timothy, Purdue Robert C. Trezise, Northern Colorado # Nolan K. Valdivia, Illinois Wesleyan Jesse D. Veloz, Purdue *ALA Dean R. Vickstrom, Iowa Alan L. Walker, Evansville *# William Z. Way, Purdue Dale W. Weber, Iowa State ALA Samuel A. Weggeman, Purdue *ALA Eric D. Wheeler, Northwestern Oklahoma State James R. White, Mississippi State Richard W. Whyte, Illinois Wesleyan Thomas G. Williams, Miami of Ohio Nevin R. Williams, Ohio Warren D. Wilson, Wyoming #ALA Joel A. Winick, Illinois # Jeffrey P. Woodcock, Wisconsin #

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Aaron H. Woodstein, Illinois Wesleyan Michael K. Yates, Illinois # Dr. Richard R. Zehrbach, Ohio # Joshua M. Zimmerman, Missouri *#ALA $49 & below Jared H. Abrams, Rensselaer * Stephen H. Achtenhagen, Colorado ALA Jonathan R. Ahrens, Iowa State *# Phillip A. Akfaly, Wisconsin * Lawrence N. Allen, Purdue # James L. Anderson, Wyoming * James W. Andrews, Oklahoma # Robert J. Ashcraft, Illinois Wesleyan * Jack B. Baker, Jr, Wisconsin * Andrew D. Blomfeldt, Wisconsin * John J. Breuch, Wisconsin * S. J. Briggs, Wyoming ALA Nathan D. Brodsky, Penn State * Shane M. Burns, Missouri Daniel J. Caliendo, Kansas William D. Carstedt, Northwestern John S. Chlystek, Wisconsin * Eric D. Cimino, Wisconsin * Lawrence E. Clay, Nebraska # Paul D. Cobb, Purdue ALA Andrew J. Cohen, Wisconsin * Jacob M. Cohn, Wisconsin * Brian P. Conlon, Washington * Barry A. Cook, Wyoming * Carter J. Cooperman, Wisconsin * Eddie M. Cotton, Wisconsin * William D. Crader, Washington State *†(5) Robert A. Crane, Long Beach State # Robert S. Cumella, Rensselaer William H. Cushman, Oregon State # Samuel J. Cutrara, Wisconsin * Matthew Dandan, Wisconsin * William R. Day, Bloomsburg William L. Dearcop, Cornell # Dylan A. Demuth, Wisconsin * Thomas E. Doll, Wyoming * Jonathan F. Douglas, Washington State * Stephen B. Draper, Penn State Cooper R. Dreifort, Arizona State * Stanley C. Dulkoski, Illinois Wesleyan * Peter S. Eisenhut, Cornell # Peter J. Erpelding, Wisconsin * Jack C. Fahy, Wisconsin * James C. Fetterman, Mississippi State Brennan W. Flaherty, Wisconsin * Ethan S. Foley, Wisconsin * Gerald A. Gaebel, New Hampshire # Joshua J. Gannon, Oregon State Donald G. Geurkink, Oklahoma State ALA Sudhish R. Gogula, Wisconsin * George G. Gorbatenko, California ALA James G. Gregory, Washington State Sathvik V. Gurupalli, Wisconsin * Robert B. Hardin, Jr., Oregon State # Cooper E. Healy, Wisconsin * Austin J. Heimerl, Wisconsin * Joseph L. Hershey, Wisconsin * Woodrow W. Hipsher, Wyoming * Paul J. Hiryak, Penn State # Robert Hobe, Purdue ALA Brian J. Hoehne, Illinois Wesleyan Robert M. Houghton, Illinois Wesleyan Ryan T. Hutchinson, Indiana Dylan J. Hyer, Millersville * Sho Iketani, Cornell Christopher R. Johnston, Millersville * Hilton A. Jones, Jr., Washington State #

Nyasanu S. Jones, Jr, Washington State * Andrew M. Kase, Wisconsin * John R. Kaufman, Penn State #ALA Robert W. Kearns, Purdue # Alexander King, Iowa # Walter R. Kolbe, Iowa State # Benjamin B. Kopnick, Wisconsin * Maximilian W. Korth, Wisconsin * Lucas C. Kriz, Missouri *# Lewis W. Latremore, lll, New Hampshire John Le, Wisconsin * William C. Lee, Wyoming * David V. LeMone, Luther A. Smith Felix L. Liu, Wisconsin * Lewis M. Lubarsky, Shippensburg # Michael J. Luberto, Wisconsin * John W. Maddox, Kansas Brandon D. Main, Wisconsin * Paul A. Malarik III, Indiana # Jared D. Manley, Penn State * Jordan Marks, Purdue * John S. May, Illinois State Hadyn T. McKeough, Wisconsin * Robert D. Milburn, Wyoming * Dennis D. Miner, Purdue # Jack Murphy, Wisconsin * Austin T. Nault, Trine * Bryce H. Neels, Wisconsin * Thomas J. Neis, Illinois Wesleyan Ugochukwu U. Nnadi, Washington State * C. E. Noe, Cincinnati * Joe Noelle, Wisconsin * Jovany Ochoa, Wisconsin * James E. Painter, Arizona * Richard B. Parkes, Wyoming * Keshav Parthasarathy, Wisconsin * Michael A. Pastko, Purdue David R. Paules, Wyoming # Craig A. Paulson, Washington State †(5) Dale T. Pearson, Wyoming * Richard G. Peterson, Illinois Wesleyan ALA Jack A. Pickus, Wisconsin * Uros Plecevic, Wisconsin * John A. Polick, Wisconsin * Brett R. Pontelandolfo, Wisconsin * Devin J. Porter, Wisconsin * Howard G. Pratt, Illinois # Dennis R. Publow, Wyoming * Lucas A. Quinn, Wisconsin * Daniel Quintero, Illinois Wesleyan * Frederic C. Reed, Wyoming # Steven R. Ries, Iowa *ALA Rafael D. Rincon, Penn State *# Cameron A. Rivera, Wisconsin * Joel J. Rogers, Wisconsin # Blaine A. Ross, Washington State *# Jack R. Rouleau, Wisconsin *

Marcus E. Russell, Wisconsin * Arjun Sachar, Wisconsin * Jack E. Saloga, Wisconsin * Jack R. Sandridge, Central Missouri State Nicholas A. Seibold, Iowa State # George K. Seitz, Kansas William G. Sfida, Penn State # W. D. Shaw, UCLA Barnabas T. Shiferaw, Wisconsin * Randy D. Shipman, Wyoming * Keith Shipman, Friend of Acacia *# Alexander N. Shockey, Illinois Wesleyan * Bibhav Shrestha, Wisconsin * James Sinclair, Wisconsin * Liam W. Skrzypczak, Wisconsin * Bruce E. Smith, Northern Colorado # Stephen C. Snow, Wyoming George A. Sorrells, Wisconsin * Chad T. Spalding, Wisconsin * James M. Spence, San Jose State Leland W. Sperry, Cincinnati Jacob M. Stamm, Wisconsin * Collin C. Steck, Wisconsin * John Anthony R. Steinbergs, Wisconsin * Elvin K. Stratton, Oregon State #ALA Daniel Strauss, Wisconsin * Shankar R. Sundaresan, Wisconsin * Russell J. Suprek, California of PA Vineeth Suresh, Wisconsin * Vikram Suresh, Wisconsin * Glenn E. Sutherland, Iowa # Ronald M. Swan, Wyoming * Burt E. Swanson, Minnesota #ALA David P. Sweet, New Hampshire # James M. Symons, Cornell Benjamin T. Taylor, Wisconsin * Scott C. Thomas, Pittsburgh-Johnstown # Douglas L. Thompson, Wyoming * Erik Thorson, Illinois Wesleyan # Terrence W. Tom, Wisconsin * David M. Townley, Arizona Lukas A. Trieb, Indiana *ALA Christopher S. Varnau, Purdue # Andrew B. Vipond, Nebraska Srikar R. Vootkur, Wisconsin * Grant D. Wellman, Wisconsin * Joseph R. Welsbacher II, Arizona State # David B. Williams, Illinois Wesleyan # Donald L. Williamson, Shippensburg # Thomas L. Wilson, Wyoming * Riley C. Wistrom, Wisconsin * John C. Witter, Washington State * Daniel P. Woodcock, Wisconsin * Rollie G. Woodward, Wisconsin * Robert E. Yemington, Wyoming * Charles G. Yunko, Wyoming *

Listing of Memorial Gifts: †(1) †(2) †(3) †(4) †(5) †(6) †(7)

A. Ross Manning, Illinois Dr. Irving M. Field, Missouri Marvin E. Rothhaar, Ohio State Donald C. Davis, Oregon State Scott C. Geist, Washington State Roe E. Walker & Robert D. Walker, Illinois Stephen D. White & William E. Linneman, Illinois Wesleyan

AFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S LETTER

Behind every roll number is a story

By Darold W. Larson, Washington State ’81 I wanted to reach out to the entire Acacia family and wish everyone good health and prayers of well wishes as we navigate the rough waters of this pandemic virus. Yes, the seas are rough and boisterous, but I have confidence for a positive outcome.

Upon entering the Fraternity Offices’ in Carmel, Indiana, an Acacian will undoubtedly be shown the chalkboard in our front office. There they will be asked to sign their name, chapter, and roll number. It’s our way of recognizing and reminding alumni they are part of the Acacia family. It is our way of welcoming them home.

a novel, each chapter builds upon the previous. When performed correctly, it creates an indelible mark with lessons that can be applied throughout life’s journey.

Across the top of the chalkboard is written the words, “Behind every roll number, there is a story.” Part of the enjoyment of working for the Foundation is hearing the life’s journey of each Acacian. The journey will vary from Brother to Brother, but the roots of that journey all begin at the same place… with the Ritual.

obligatory ‘Happy Bday!’

So, to the 23,000+ Acacians whom I don’t follow on Facebook, here’s a pre-birthday toast for the coming year. “Your less than stellar performance to master geometry has been brought to my attention. Further contemplation is in order and suggest you adjourn for the day and celebrate your birthday in a manner that is befitting the Black & Gold! Cheers to {roll #}!!”

Foundation trade magazines are predicting the not-forprofits face tumult in the coming months, uncertain times don’t bode well for Foundations, or so they say. The Foundation’s trajectory was for a record year in support of our programs; with your help, success will still be our friend.

Attendees at the Carmel Alumni Gathering at the HQ show

Rarely, do you hear a Brother say he can’t remember his roll number. I will come across some who have forgotten the Litany (call their pride in their roll by recording in on our chalkboard and response) on their Yes, behind every roll membership (traveling) card.

The lessons learned are many, but number is a story – conceived, Still, they don’t forget their roll one critical fundamental is how to nurtured and advanced 54,000 number. Unlike most Fraternities, overcome adversity, failure. How times and growing. What’s Acacia is unique in that we place do you respond when something is your story? Help us grow the importance on one’s roll number. taken away? Is geometry an easy Fraternity by continuing your Acacians will publicly state their subject for you? support to a special family roll number with a sense of pride, member… The Acacia Fraternity. you will see it embroidered on a I have 700 friends on Facebook, hat or shirt, I have even seen a of which 407 are Acacians Team Acacia - not four years, but tattoo or two. Perhaps the pride representing 49 Chapters, all for life! stems from the fact initiation is of whom are members of the not an arbitrarily proposition; it is geometrically challenged club. something that is earned.

My morning ritual begins with a Fraternally, quick check of Facebook to see Our membership program who’s celebrating a birthday. combined with the Ritual of Acacia Birthdays like membership in Darold W. Larson is a masterpiece! It is beautifully Acacia are special and I like to Executive Director written and well thought out. Like write something more than the Acacia Fraternity Foundation SPRING 2020

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The Acacia Fraternity Foundation For the fiscal year 2019-20 the Acacia Fraternity Foundation celebrates three decades of providing funds to support the Fraternity’s leadership training, educational endeavors and educational portions of fraternity house structures and scholarships to deserving student Acacians.

Founded in 1989, the Acacia Fraternity Foundation makes it possible for Acacians and friends of Acacia to make tax-deductible contributions. Over the last 30 years 6,231 Acacians and friends of Acacia have contributed over $13.1 million dollars to the Foundation for these purposes.

The Foundation had a record year in the number of contributors and funds received of nearly $1.1 million from 2,289 donations during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2019. Among the highlights were an incredibly generous unrestricted gift of $100,000 by Daniel R. Lang, Northwestern ‘59 (Pictured above with Darold Larson). Danny’s gift and subsequent matching challenge made 2018-19 a historic year. Brother Lang has renewed his support again this year, and the Foundation wishes to thank Danny and all the Brothers who continue to give back to the Black and Gold! At the year-end, the Foundation assets were $3.45 million.

Foundation Income:

Unrestricted donations Donations to Boarddirected accounts Donations to Chapter donor-directed accounts Investment earnings Total

$ 305,000 $ 45,000 $ 728,000 $ 208,000 $ 1,287,000

Foundation Expenses: Management Fundraising Scholarships Support to Acacia HQ Grants to Chapters Total

$ 59,000 $ 144,000 $ 124,000 $ 217,000 $ 1,396,000 $ 1,939,000

Foundation Operating Expenses

The Foundation makes every effort to minimize expenses and maximize annual and long-term support for the educational activities of the Fraternity. The Foundation’s operating expenses (excluding grants and scholarships) for the fiscal year totaled $204,317. The Board of Directors at year-end was composed of 24 voting directors and 6 non-voting emeritus directors representing 22 different Acacia chapters. Truly a volunteer Board as the Foundation directors pay their own travel and meeting expenses.

Chapter Accounts and Educational Grants

The Foundation awarded $1,574,332 in educational grants during the past fiscal year. Of this total, $1,395,918 was granted to chapters and $178,414 to

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Acacia Fraternity headquarters.

The Foundation made its largest grant ever during the fiscal year, $1.2 million toward construction of the qualified educational portion of a new chapter house at Iowa State University, funded through the generosity of Iowa State alumni and friends.

Annual Foundation grants support Acacia Fraternity’s Darold W. Larson Acacia Leadership Academy held each summer, the Leonard W. Kearney Leadership Summit held during winter semester break, Acacia’s educational visits to chapters and colonies, part of the cost of publishing the Triad and Acacia’s electronic alumni newsletters, and the other educational programs provided by Acacia’s headquarters staff.

In addition to these and the Iowa State chapter house grant, grants awarded by the Foundation during the past year supported the following educational activities: •

Registration fees and travel expenses for 16 chapter and colony members attending the Leadership Academy and Leadership Summit

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Operating and maintenance costs for the educational portion of eight chapter houses

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Renovations for one chapter house

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Travel expenses for speaker at chapter gatherings

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Scholarship award dinner expenses

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Leadership training materials

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Internet equipment for various chapter houses

The Evergreen Society

The Iowa State Chapter received a $1.2 million grant toward construction of the qualified educational portion of a new chapter house at Iowa State University, funded through the generosity of Iowa State alumni and friends.

Each year hundreds of Acacians support our Fraternity sharing their time and talents as alumni leaders as well as generously sharing their financial resources. A growing number of Acacians are also including the Foundation in their estate planning, making legacy gifts of support for Acacia. The Foundation has recorded thirty-six alumni.

The transformational value of future legacy gifts from Acacians cannot be overstated. The foresight of our planned donors is critically important to growing the Foundation and enabling us to provide essential long-term financial support for the Fraternity. It was learned recently by the Foundation of the passing of David A. Odegaard, Cornell ’67. Dave’s prudence and planning generosity will have a lasting effect as a percentage, approximately a half-million in total of his estate was left to the Cornell Chapter and the Foundation.

Scholarship Awards Yearly, through the generosity of many alumni, the Foundation is able to award somewhere between 225 and 250 scholarships Acacians in the amount from $120,000 to $250,000. Last year the Foundation awarded 229 scholarships totaling $123,800 during the past fiscal year.

Foundation Investments The Foundation’s Investment Committee monitors and prudently invests the financial assets of the Foundation.

At the Summer meeting in 2019 the Board voted to move the management of the Foundations assets to a Private Wealth Management Team based in Indianapolis, UBS Financial Services. UBS Asset Management delivers the extensive capabilities of a truly global organization. They offer a powerful partnership of investment expertise, backed up by independent global investment research and state-of-the-art risk management. From asset management to estate planning, this all adds up to one clear aim: to deliver superior investment performance for you.

Membership Today and Beyond

The membership of the Foundation is comprised of all active, alumni, and honorary members in good standing with the Fraternity who contribute to the Foundation during the period between Annual Meetings. At the end of the 2018-2019 fiscal year, the Foundation had 1146 members. A good number, yes, but for Acacia to not only survive but thrive in today’s Greek World, the Foundation needs to position itself in a position of higher financial stability. Of the fifty-four reporting men’s social college fraternities, Acacia comes in with a rank of thirty-three the middle of the pack. North America along with the entire World, is being challenged to the likes we have never seen. As we emerge from this spring’s upheaval, we hope Acacia continues to be a special part of your charitable giving!

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Chapter Fund Donors Arizona State Fund ($100 & above) Robert G. Travnicek, Kansas # ($99 & below) Kris L. Andrews, Friend of Acacia Marcus W. Mountford, Kansas State # Ryan S. Ozenbaugh *# David G. Perkins, Illinois Wesleyan Samuel J. Strayer Joseph R. Welsbacher II # California of PA Fund ($200 & above) Casey W. Chambers # Steven R. Etter # Mark A. Santucci ($100 & below) Michael A. Adams * Ricardo R. Camacho * Bruce E. Carpenter Stephen R. Deal Jonathan A. Janoski # Garrett M. Montilla * Ryan J. Wood * California of PA Scholarship Fund ($8,000 & above) Eric V. Zwigart # ($200 & below) Steven R. Etter # Travis G. Haberjak Richard J. Rubican #

R. G. Fickel # David L. Mari # Howard G. Pratt # Joel A. Winick # Michael K. Yates # Illinois Building Fund ($5,000 & above) Patrick A. Gaughan * ($25 & below) Richard D. James * Illinois Scholarship Fund ($250 & above) Ronald M. Hamelberg # M. L. Mabie Guy H. Manning *†(1) David L. Mari # Matthew J. Pahl * ($200 & below) Richard J. Dominetta Fredrick C. Garrott # Wayne R. Johnson * David L. Kuhn James M. Kurtzweil Morgan J. Lynge, Jr. # Howard G. Pratt Richard K. Price Carol A. Rapp Paul E. Ruby Daniel T. Walker, Jr. †(6)

Illinois State Fund ($1,500 & above) Parimal T. Vyas ($200 - $500) Jeffrey T. Boaz, Illinois Wesleyan # Daniel J. Burras, Illinois Wesleyan # Albert A. Lucenti III * Robert M. Terrell ($50 - $199) California - Capt. Duncan McPherson Vincent J. Agins * Memorial Scholarship Fund Thomas M. Agins * ($500 & above) Anthony M. Aigner * Mark A. Christiansen Patrick Akaniroj * ($100 & below) Kellen L. Amble * Daniel J. Spisak *# Niko A. Anast * Grant T. Barich * Carleton Fund Naren A. Bhende * ($25 & below) Nicholas M. Bretz * Justin M. Kaplan # Neil R. Brown * Graham A. Pedregosa Devin S. Bulmahn * Justin M. Caton * Central Oklahoma Fund Matthew J. Cho * ($100 & above) Michael P. Chorzempa * Randall L. Clark Connor M. Christensen * Brian S. Downs # Erwin D. Cornelius III Cameron H. Cotterman * Colorado Scholarship Fund Nic V. De Santi * ($3,000 & above) Eric Deck * Colorado Acacia House Corp.

Philip J. Duda * ($250 & below) Matthew R. Finstein # Connor R. Bramley *# Michael J. Finucane * University of Colorado Colin J. Flanagan * Carroll J. Washington Jr. Nick Fruscione * Michael V. Fruscione * Cornell Fund Colin W. Fuller, Jr. * ($3,000 & above) Marc D. Gebien * Howard S. Zwiefel III # Tom D. Harlovic * ($100 & below) Grant M. Hauskins * Thomas J. Balcerski # Louis J. Helgeson * Stewart L. Burger # Jacob B. Hoffman * William L. Dearcop # Joshua B. Jaworski * Peter S. Eisenhut # Ramiro Jimenez * Michael T. Nasatka Anthony M. Kampf * Adam Kleinschmidt * Illinois Fund Matthew S. Lisowski * ($100 & below) Yovani Macias * Aaron E. Alley Joseph E. Mayse # Christopher S. Cagadas Daniel R. McCall * California Fund ($500 & above) Gregory B. Stilson Lance K. Yokota # ($100 & below) Richard L. Centner # Kyle Oswalt *

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# Donated to multiple funds

Liam J. McCarthy * Andrew R. McDermott * Jeremy Mihalo * Will T. Minzenberger * Thomas F. Mittler, Jr. * David A. Napoli, Jr. * Beau C. Ott Matthew J. Papale * Jackson Parks * Chris Peterson * Nicholas B. Phillips * Connor B. Potvin * Clark M. Purdy * Rubent Rajendran * Jesse C. Ralph * Mario Ramirez, Jr. * Jackson Remm * Samuel Resuali * Nicholas N. Rivera * Frank E. Rodriguez * Chris J. Rodriguez * Christopher A. Salinas * Jesus Santoy * Matt J. Schiltz * Trevor C. Schreiter * Eric L. Schuneman * Charles M. Shay * Michael J. Shklyar * John R. Skaja III * Ethan Small * Samuel P. Smith * Jacob M. Stark * Justin M. Stephens James L. Weisenauer * Jacob C. Welker * Jacob W. Wernick * Austin D. Wessel * Erik R. Zaczek * Illinois Wesleyan Fund ($150 & above) Daniel J. Burras # R. L. Christie # Robert E. Roberson # Jon B. Schroeter * ($100 & below) David H. Anderson # Jeffrey T. Boaz # Derek J. England Brian T. Lee *# Randall M. McCullough # Robert N. Reed * Erik Thorson # David B. Williams # Indiana Fund ($10,000 & above) Khozema Z. Shipchandler ($500 - $1,250) Scott A. Daugherty Russell E. Frew Michael J. Oakes # Richard L. Routh Thomas O. Schoellkopf James D. Weaver # Mack E. Wootton # ($150 - $499) Michael A. Boedeker Christopher B. Carpentier # James P. Clark # Thomas C. Cornwell James R. Dreesen # John W. Dyar # Gregory Emily Thomas S. Everett David L. Ferguson # Michael D. Findley J. T. Forbes Robert L. Holloway Brant E. Lieske #

ALA Acacia Leadership Academy

Edward J. McGrath *# Allan Meguschar # John W. Morgan David R. Parks # William H. Purcell John C. York ($100 - $149) Rodney S. Brown Gregory S. Carter Christ Drossos, Jr. # Ronald M. Finnigan John M. Frazier Mark E. Hackbarth Brian M. Hall Hal D. Hanes # Dennis E. Harrold David J. Herbert Jerrald T. Kabelin Kris I. Kallembach Calvin L. Kemp Gordon L. Kester # Thomas Kim Shaun M. Kirkwood Earl L. LaCounte Scott A. Lakin * Andrew G. Long # Troy E. Lutes Stephen G. Meyer Robert G. Mooth # Thomas E. Mueller Brock P. Nolan Elbert E. Oliver # James A. Palmer James E. Riddle Daniel A. Roby David L. Schoon Ted B. Shuel Frank D. Staley, Jr. Leo W. West ($99 & below) Jean A. Creek # David P. Fogler Barry A. Forst # Justin M. Hendricks John K. Kidd # Richard J. LaPorte # Benjamin P. Livermore # Matheau P. Luers Paul A. Malarik III # Joseph L. Manson Stephen T. McDonald # Craig W. Medlyn # Rex A. Neal II # Roger A. Nealis # David W. Powell # George W. Sorrells III # Alan L. Walker, Evansville *# Terry D. Wien # Indiana - Kyle P. Simcoe Memorial Scholarship Fund ($1,000 & above) Vine Avenue Advisors, LLC, Friend of Acacia * TWG Development LLC, Friend of Acacia * Jerome A. Gordon III Patrick T. Vihtelic * ($100 - $500) Mitchell Appraisals Inc., Friend of Acacia * Distribution Management Associates, Inc., Friend of Acacia * A & A Custom Automation, Inc., Friend of Acacia Randy & Jennifer Barry, Friend of Acacia Indianapolis Fruit Company, Inc., Friend of Acacia Karen O. Fanning, Friend of Acacia Enviro-Max Inc., Friend of Acacia Crystal A. McCallum, Friend of Acacia * Larry and D. McDonald, Friend of Acacia James M. Munder * Tuley Law Office, Friend of Acacia

^ Corporate matching gift

†( ) Memorial gift

Gerald and Sue Palermo, Friend of Acacia Innovative Healthcare Real Estate LLC, Friend of Acacia D’Zynes Hair Salon, Friend of Acacia Microscope Dentistry Dentistry Shoup LLC, Friend of Acacia * Michael J. and Joyce C. Vietri, Friend of Acacia Matthew S. Zore Iowa Fund ($1,500 & above) Theodore H. Schnormeier Byron A. Tabor # ($250 - $999) Christopher J. Berry James L. Carter Brayton A. Fisher Aaron L. Morrow William L. Tomson * Jeffrey J. Vroman ($100 - $249) John R. Ebensberger Patrick D. Hewitt * Devin E. Johnson Daniel C. Peterson Jared S. Popplewell # John T. Powell Jose R. Sanchez, Jr., UCLA # Hal E. Schimmelpfennig Alexander Taylor ($99 & below) Sterling L. Benz # Jeremy M. Fortier Adam Hoffman * Alexander King # Thomas C. Reisdorph # Robert A. Samples * Nicholas A. Seibold, Iowa State # Glenn E. Sutherland # Iowa State Fund ($500 & above) James E. Barnes * Laury E. Decker ($100 - $250) Wayne W. Nowlan Nicholas A. Seibold # ($99 & below) Jonathan R. Ahrens *# William J. Dilcher # Charles H. Dingle Grant D. Durbahn * Peter J. Eversole # Nicole Heyd, Friend of Acacia Christopher C. MacKenzie # Charles R. Tass # Iowa State - New Chapter House Fund ($100,000 & above) James M. Hanson ($25,000 - $50,000) Phillip L. Baker James H. Davis Richard W. Taylor ($10,000 - $24,999) John P. Bahr Aivars P. Berzins Bruce M. Campbell John P. Campbell * Jerry W. Crossett Peter J. Eversole # Donald L. Good James E. Hunt ($5,000 - $9,999) Alex I. Fraser David and Kimberly Holmberg, Friend of Acacia Brian E. Holub, Friend of Acacia *

Philip C. Larson John T. Lynch James M. McDonald Wilbur G. Sandbulte John E. Shrader Terry L. Thoem Donna Whitney, Friend of Acacia Albert H. Wiese ($1,000 - $2,500) Ronald R. Anderson Jerald D. Ball Larry & Kim Buske, Friend of Acacia Stephen J. Casper IV Brian B. Dubes Robert D. Howlett John A. Kvinge Dr. Ronald M. Larsen Kent W. Madsen * William A. Mann * Donald E. Mathre Lee R. McDonald William G. Pearcy Jeffrey L. Peil Jacob L. Pergande Richard K. Perrin Mark E. Radke * Joseph A. Robuccio James D. Schlick David W. Underwood Norman P. Wagoner Michael D. Walker * Robert E. Wall Neil H. Woodley ($500 - $999) Robert K. Borcherding John W. Bridenstine Alan D. Hoffman Roger W. Kingery Gene D. Lucht David W. McLaughlin George A. Robinson, Jr. Thomas P. Van Sittert * Daniel G. Wisner David E. Wolfe Harold D. Zarr, Jr. ($100 - $499) Robert E. Davis Jeremy N. Davis # Benjamin M. Dirks * Ray E. Gustafson Tanner J. Jaeger Christopher W. Knapp # Walter R. Kolbe # Christopher C. MacKenzie # Jack M. Robinson Gary L. Ruegsegger Nicholas A. Seibold # Andrew K. Sherman # David M. Strom Michael S. Weber # Kansas State Fund ($1,000 & above) James M. Hoenscheidt # ($100 - $500) James D. Bassett Galen D. Deutsch * David E. Herron II * John R. Markley * Brian C. Nelson James C. Wilson, Wyoming * ($99 & below) Lawrence L. Andre # H. B. Funk # Garrett A. Kennedy Joshua Linn * Kaden A. Littrell * Marcus W. Mountford # Eric D. Schmutz * Lucas D. Shivers

Jordan M. Strickler * Ross A. Townsend * Kansas State - Acacia Century Fund ($1,000 & above) William K. Barnow Rick C. Elliott ($100 & below) Marcus W. Mountford # William R. Ramsey * Kansas State - Samuel G. Unger Memorial Scholarship Fund ($3,000 & above) Gary J. Haag ($250 & below) Leon A. Scheffler Jeffery A. Seeger Kansas State - William M. Riley, Jr. Leadership Fund ($1,250 & above) William M. Riley, Jr. # Louisiana State Fund ($10,000 & above) Mark R. Guidry Jr. # ($500 & below) Miles H. Caire * Craig S. Johnson # William R. Picard II # Robert L. Reeves # Terrance A. Ruona *# Louisiana State - Building Fund ($1,500 & above) Joseph M. Orlesh, Jr. # Louisiana State - Charles L. Chief Sartain, Jr. Scholarship Fund ($12,000 & above) Mark R. Guidry, Jr. # ($125 & below) Craig S. Johnson # Miami of Ohio Fund ($50 & above) Merrill G. Smith # Michigan Fund ($25 & above) Daniel M. Arnold # Millesville Fund ($25 & above) John C. Chipperfield # Minnesota Fund ($500 & below) Larry B. Forsland # Garrett P. Lofgren, St. Cloud State * Scott H. Meyer, St. Cloud State # Missouri Fund ($100 & above) Robert E. Adams III # Bill C. Hott # ($99 & below) Dean J. Hewitt # Lucas C. Kriz *# Jordan S. Liebman *# Joshua M. Zimmerman *# Missouri - Anthony R. Olson Memorial Scholarship Fund ($50 & above) Robert E. Adams III #

Nebraska Fund ($1,000 & above) Neil R. Cole # ($300 & below) Lawrence E. Clay # Robert E. George # New Hampshire Fund ($99 & below) Gerald A. Gaebel # Northwestern Fund ($2,000 & above) Marlin H. Kinman, Arkansas Acacia Fraternity # Ohio Fund ($500 & above) J. S. Cleland # James N. Katsaounis # ($99 & below) Jerry L. Ashcraft # Leonard W. Boord # Shelby D. Hunt # Sean W. O’Neil * Eric D. Petri *# Ohio Libray Fund ($99 & below) Andrea Petri, Friend of Acacia * Ohio State Fund ($1,000 & above) Phillip S. Sutton # William M. Thornton # ($500 - $999) Jeffrey H. Jordan # Michael A. Koler Dirk L. Meister Michael L. Rollins, Washington # Paul A. Weglage # ($499 & below) David P. Cremer # Darold W. Larson, Washington State # Karl A. Meyer James A. Moore # Lane E. Osswald # Bradway F. Phillips # Brian S. Strayer # Ohio State - John Nourse Memorial Scholarship Fund ($1,000 & above) Brian S. Strayer # ($250 - $500) Arlo E. Sommers # William M. Thornton # Oregon State Fund ($99 & below) Charles F. Switzer # Oregon State Fund ($500 & above) Curtis E. McCann # Oregon State Fund ($300,000 & above) Stanley A. Roberts ($500 & below) Curtis E. McCann # Eric L. Nygren * Oregon State - Richard S. Reid Scholarship Fund ($500 & above) James B. Goritsan George A. Hinkel Mary L. Reid Joe D. Smith Oregon State University * ($100 - $499)

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Chapter Fund Donors George T. Abed # Brian C. Behrends Charles E. Buxton Dennis C. Conger Donald W. Dauterman # Gary S. DeVoe # Bradley T. Hogan * Michael A. Howard # Paul G. Ingram # Alan M. Jesse Leonard W. Kearney # Kenneth J. Manning Martin T. McKnight # Charles L. Meyer * Tony R. Miller Russell J. Parkinson Dennis C. Rasmussen # Robert C. Rupe # Izaak W. Smith * Charles F. Switzer # Paul D. Tamura Britt W. Thomas Ernest W. Wakeham Dale M. Wells David W. Zier # ($99 & below) Roger B. Bowman Keith E. Brown Benjamin J. Coleman * William H. Cushman # Nancy L. Davis, Friend of Acacia *†(4) Frederick N. Fritsch # Robert B. Hardin, Jr. # Raymond M. Hare Eric C. Hawkes # Donald R. Hoskins # Lloyd D. Johnston Brian A. Kleiner Gerald H. Matson Thomas E. Moore * Reginald R. Reisenbichler Wayne V. Roberts Robert L. Springer Elvin K. Stratton # Mark D. Twietmeyer Michael D. Zumwalt Penn State - G. Kenneth Nelson Memorial Scholarship Fund ($100 & above) Scott C. Graham # Norman D. Melvin # Michael V. Pirrotta ($99 & below) Brandon P. Brodsky Donald C. Clagett # Richard W. Hegarty # Paul J. Hiryak # George B. Jackson # John R. Kaufman # Neil C. Ray # Rafael D. Rincon *# Gregory W. Sayler # Penn State - Herbert M. Andrews Scholarship ($10,000 & above) Herbert M. Andrews

Warren R. Young ($100 - $499) William T. Ballew # David E. Conner # Chad M. Dickerson Bruce H. Doelling Steven R. Hill # John F. Hoffner # Derrick J. Kraus # Ryan J. Laurent Richard D. Miller, Jr. Richard L. Pottenger Jeffrey R. Powers David C. Salyers III Mark J. Schnarr Thomas Stieglitz John P. Wagner # Kenneth W. Wong ($99 & below) Lawrence N. Allen # Kelly D. Anspach * Ronald C. Boller # Jonathan F. Cooper * Steven P. Gress # Mark L. Hildebrand # Robert W. Kearns # Daniel M. Klock John W. Marks # Dennis D. Miner # Kenneth C. Newman # Matthew T. Pitchford * James F. Smith II # Dr. Dennis C. Stepanovich # Christopher S. Varnau # Daniel P. Whelan * Robert L. Zell # Purdue - Leonard E. Wood Chapter Advisor’s Scholarship Fund ($100 & above) George E. Gillespie # Rensselaer Fund ($100 - $500) Brian S. Hamilton # James A. Witkop ($99 & below) Peter K. Anderson Carl F. Billhardt Michael J. Lembo # St. Cloud State Fund ($400 & above) Scott H. Meyer # Texas Fund ($300 & above) Richard A. Gump, Jr. Aaron A. Hollingsworth # John H. Peper # ($99 & below) Henry H. Hill *# Stephen G. Lappin #

Pittsburg-Johnstown Fund ($99 & below) Scott C. Thomas #

Trine (Tri-State) Fund ($500 & above) David L. Elkins Thomas W. Manges # ($100 - $499) Daniel C. Borgerding * Alexander J. Guenther William J. Herdrich Marshall L. Hlatko Richard A. Naze * Alexander C. Ray * Larry A. Smith II * ($99 & below) Vincent J. Arizzi Jameson B. Boblenz Zachary M. Brown Jarod Edward B. Davis * John A. Kerr Charles J. Van Antwerp #

Purdue Fund ($500 & above) John F. Beering # Richard T. Freije, Jr. # William H. Strong

Washington Fund ($1,000 & above) Scott A. Beckman # Robert A. Hofstatter Craig A. Hubbell

Penn State - Square & Compass Fund ($250 & above) William B. McDonnell Penn State - W. Russell Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund ($99 & below) Leland J. and Martha Adams, Jr., Friend of Acacia

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($100 - $999) Richard C. Abrams Dennis K. Dormaier Michael J. Dunn Andrew J. Fabrizio D. B. Gardiner * Robert E. Hunt, Jr. Jeffrey J. Jaksich * David L. Mari, Illinois # Nicholas A. Perovich * Michael L. Rollins # Donald W. Sabo # ($99 & below) Andrew D. Barnes * James R. Buckley Richard W. Ekins Harbin Noel Q. Gado Steven A. Galando * Alexander C. Guerrero * James H. Larson * John P. Madrid * Lawrence W. May * William F. Parsell * Jeffery T. Posner * Corey A. Rogers * Anthony T. Rossano Timothy W. Smith * Ross M. Thomas * Washington State Fund ($1,000 & above) Kenneth A. Christenson # ($100 - $999) Warren L. Anderson # Court A. Andreas Aaron R. Beattie # Neal E. Brown # Barry J. Cowan Jack O. Davis # Jeremy N. Davis, Iowa State # Paul B. Goodman James S. Grant # Robert K. Hampe Jayson D. Hicks John M. Hinshaw Joseph A. Homans # Darold W. Larson # David A. Loofburrow # James P. May Thomas W. McDougal # Patrick C. Mitchell Clifford J. Monlux

Jed W. Morris Mark D. Murray # Gordon D. Olson Michael D. Ostergaard * Bradford K. Oxford # Michael L. Rollins # Jeffrey D. Slothower * ($99 & below) Gary A. Baines Patrick R. Brentin John P. Byrne David W. Chung * Per Hilmo # Trevor I. Jacobs, Colorado * Hilton A. Jones, Jr. # Jeffrey R. Metke Gregg C. Nelson # Ryan S. Ozenbaugh, Arizona State *# Brian E. Parsons David R. Quick, Rensselaer # Blaine A. Ross *# Michael S. See # Patrick D. Sheehan Dominic G. Thomas, Colorado * Skylar P. Van der Putten * Peter G. Vierthaler # Daniel S. Watson Wisconsin Fund ($1,000 & above) Kevin T. May # ($100 - $999) Brian R. Durst # James L. McFarland # George W. Sorrells III, Indiana # ($99 & below) John C. OConnell * William D. Orth # Jeffrey P. Woodcock # Wisconsin - Michael S. Hannes Memorial Scholarship ($1,000 & above) Matthew C. Dunning Kevin T. May # ($100 - $999) David J. Engeldinger # James L. McFarland # ($99 & below) Kurt E. Johnson Jonathan Miner, Friend of Acacia * David M. Pearson *

Listing of Memorial Gifts can be found on pg. 19 A growing number of alumni have stretched their contributions to the Foundation by contacting their respective employers for matching gifts. The Acacia Fraternity Foundation wishes to recognize the following companies for the support of their employees and giving back to the community. Please consider contacting your Human Resource officer and see if you, too, may be able to double your dollars.

Bank of America Charitable Foundation BlackRock Foundation Boeing Company Charitable Giving General Electric Matching Gifts Program Intel Foundation Larkin, Hoffman, Daly & Lundgren Marathon Petroleum Foundation Matson Navigation Charitable Giving Microsoft Giving Foundation PepsiCo Foundation State Farm Companies Foundation ALA Acacia Leadership Academy

^ Corporate matching gift

†( ) Memorial gift

Alumni News & Notes CALIFORNIA Christopher J. Spallino, ’89, #1311 — After working at Penn State for 3.5 years, I took a new job as a marketing manager at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, a large law firm in Pittsburgh. I started May 10 and am happy to be home!

INDIANA George W. Sorrells III, ’84, #1380 — My son George recently started Law school in Indianapolis. He is an Acacian also. I would be very grateful if any brothers in the Indianapolis area would keep their eyes out for him. Especially any attorney’s in the area.

INDIANA UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA Brian B. Yantko, ’97, #59 — My daughter, Grace, has enlisted in the U.S. Navy and is serving as a corpsman--flight medic.

LOUISIANA STATE Calvin K. “Cal” McMurray, ’64, #159 — While in the USAF, I served in Viet Nam, earning the DFC, Air Medal with 3 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry. After retirement, my family moved to Park City, Utah. I have worked for 15 years at the Deer Valley Ski Resort.

I presently run a golf simulator for the Basin Recreation Center in Park City.

MISSOURI Christopher S. Cannon, ’08, #900 — Just had our first baby!

MISSISSIPPI STATE James C. Fetterman, ’66, #91 — Am enjoying life as a retiree, although I still teach accounting and law on occasion for a university in Tampa. Daughter Paula Fetterman recently moved from New York City to Tampa in order to help take care of Kenny, who is stage IV, cancer. Paula works for JP Morgan and they found her a position in Tampa at her request.

NEW HAMPSHIRE Adam W. Dow, ’92, #1232 — I have a wife and three kids now and am the #1 Real Estate Agent in New Hampshire!

Richard F. Smith, ’60, #447 — Retired and loving it!!

OHIO John “Jack” Malokas, ’63, #284 — Recently moved to Portland, OR after over 38 years in Monterey, CA, to be closer to grandchildren. I’m mostly retired now but occasionally do some math teaching/tutoring.

OHIO STATE Thomas M. Murray, ’07, #1124 — After completing her PhD at the University of New Mexico last Spring (2018), my wife accepted an internship at the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles, CA. The internship has since become an offer of a fulltime job, I’ve accepted a job offer in my field, and now we’re relocating to Los Angeles.

PURDUE George Todd, ’11, #1955 — I am enjoying my role as the lead biology instructor in the general education department. I was also elected to the Steering Committee of the Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE) last year! I just got married to Laura Cribb in November of 2019! Our marriage has been off to a great start! Laura is the music therapist at the local continuing care retirement community.

John F. Volk, ’09, #1935 — I left my company after 7 years working in Engineering and Maintenance Management at a nuclear power plant in Illinois. I am returning to Purdue to pursue a MS in Aeronautics and Astronautics, with the eventual goal of working for a defense contractor in the aerospace industry. Having fulfilled the experience requirements at the power plant, I will also be working on the education and testing requirements for a Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

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Have you lost or misplaced your membership shingle and membership card? Has your membership card seen better days? You can now simply order replacement items at the link below. The new membership cards are made of plastic, so no more worrying about the paper cards falling apart in your wallet. All signatures will match with the respective President or Executive Director at the time of your initiation. If you have any questions about this process please reach out to Michael Weber, mweber@acacia.org. If anyone has issues with the form or payment, email Michael.

If you are outside of the US or Canada, please reach out to Michael directly so we can figure out the extra cost for shipping your items. You can order replacement cards at acacia.org/replacement. Prices of these items are as follows:

Replacement Costs (US): Membership Card: $10 Shingle: $15 Card & Shingle: $20

Canadian costs: Membership Card: $25 Shingle: $30 Card & Shingle: $35

2018-2019 Scholarship Recipients

The Foundation awarded numerous scholarships over the past year from chapter scholarship programs and the General Fund. The following major scholarship recipients were announced at the 2019 Acacia Leadership Academy in Bloomington, Indiana.

George F. Patterson, Jr. Foundation Scholarship ($3,000) Brennan Flaherty, Wisconsin

Duncan McPherson Fraternityship ($3,000) Ryan Whitener, Iowa State

Larry E. Schroeder Scholarship ($1,000) Thomas Mittler Jr., Illinois State

AFF General Scholarship ($1,000) Erik Thorson, Illinois Wesleyan Jack Rouleau, Wisconsin Kyle Rossi, Penn State Charles Zayed, Indiana

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David J. Allen Scholarship ($1,000) Gilbert Akuja, Cornell Andrew Richardson, Louisiana State Frank Rodriquez, Illinois State Ryan Mersmann, Kansas State Branimir Ilic, Indiana

Ling Western Growth Scholarship ($1,000) Erik Udstuen, Washington State Calvin To, Arizona State Theodore Stephenson, Oregon State Aram Nejad, Arizona State Dalton Susee, Oregon State

Passing of Brother Mark Guidry Forwarding the news of one's passing is one of the less desirable parts of the Fraternity experience. We regret to share news of the passing of our brother, Dr. Mark R. Guidry Jr., Louisiana State ‘57.

Mark was as dedicated to Acacia as any alumnus in the history of Acacia.

He was a great supporter to the Foundation both at the chapter level and international level and was a driving force to see his chapter return to the Baton Rouge campus in Fall 2018. Mark was first elected to the AFF Board of Directors on August 14, 1993, in Indianapolis. He was re-elected at the 1996 annual meeting for another 3 yr term. He served as Foundation Vice President until he left the board in 1999. Mark remained a committed supporter of the Fraternity and the Foundation until Mark was once again elected to the AFF board in 2011 and re-elected at the 2014 annual meeting. Mark retired from the board at the 2019 annual meeting and was bestowed the title of Director Emeritus by the Foundation Board of Directors.

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mark and his family moved to his father's hometown of Cut Off when he was 10 years old.

He appreciated his time in rural southern Louisiana because he learned to hunt, fish, farm, and ranch. This upbringing helped him relate to this "free-spirited Cajun community" and explains the good-natured, humorous brother that we found in Mark. He left Cut Off to begin school at Louisiana State University where he studied

Electrical Engineering, finding a second home in Acacia and the campus in Baton Rouge.

It was during his time in Baton Rouge that Mark laid the foundation for his life, saw LSU win a national championship, and met the love of his life, Carolyn (who also studied Electrical Engineering).

Brother Guidry married Caroyln the week after graduation and began his professional career at Boeing. He later taught at LSU before getting into the "fast moving" semiconductor industry that led to a series of career moves ending in Silicon Valley.

Throughout his career, Mark (along with his wife Carolyn) employed thousands of people and made notable advances in their fields. After retiring, he spent four years sailing in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, formed a charitable foundation with his wife to support education across the United States (learn more about the Guidry Foundation at guidryfoundation. org). The Foundation presented transformative contributions for the Division of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the College of Engineering according to LSU. And in his retirement, he strived to bring authentic Italian mozzarella to the USA!

When asked about Mark, Bill Utic, Cornell '74, said, "I first met Mark when I moved to the San Francisco Bay Area after graduate school in 1979, where Mark was instrumental (along with Marty Wingren, Duncan MacPherson and other California and non-California Acacians) in reestablishing the California chapter at Berkeley. Mark’s son Dave Guidry became an Acacian while attending Cal. Mark was one of Silicon Valley’s pioneers, with his own semiconductor firm. I remember him showing me around and at the end of a tour. There was a cushioned briefcase (with handcuffs on the handle) holding the finished product. It didn’t look like much, but I was told it was $1 million worth!

As an early member of the Foundation board, Mark was a driving force for creating chapter funds.

He provided matching grants for chapter fund donations for the first several years. Mark believed strong, successful chapters are necessary for a strong and successful international fraternity, and that by providing a way to support chapter fundraising the Foundation would demonstrate its value to alumni and in turn encourage them to also make unrestricted donations to the AFF." Brother Guidry gave more than his fair share to his fraternity, his community, his businesses, and his family.

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CHAPTER ETERNAL ARIZONA John C. Chambers, #60

INDIANA Lowell H. Steen, M.D., #414 Andrew N Kandis, #439 ARKANSAS J. Frederick Risk, #443 J. Barton Hudspeth, #319 R. Wayne Simon, #618 Robert J. Quick, #893 CALIFORNIA John F. Glaub, #1102 Merrill M. Hoffelt, #454 Louis N. Thiros, #1105 Lt. Col. John F. Wickman, #535 Stephen G. Meyer, #1129 CARLETON Alexander John Owens, #303

IOWA Patrick Elvin Cassell, #633

COLORADO Gene E. Tipton, #460 Robert Temple Frost, #474 Calvin F. Johnson, #591 Charles D. Wasson, #686 Charles P. Campbell, #699 Steven W. Mincer, #803 Ralph J. Wallace, #818

IOWA STATE Walter C. Bredbeck, #419 George M. Kreps, #476 Jack L Pease, #488 Stanley R. Long, #514 Walter R. Kolbe, #527 Michael F. Randolph, #530 David A. Trent, #549 Alan S. Berlet, #579

COLORADO STATE David Keith Idler, #79 CORNELL Francis M. Hugo, #597 David A. Odegaard, #743 DENVER Jack J Mehl, #129 EMPORIA STATE Richard K White, #9 ILLINOIS Wilfred M. Green, #697 Wilbur F. Zanin, Jr., #783 Howard A. Gleason, #810 John R. Revell, #886 Robert S. Morrow, #1079 Rick Lance Wills, #1301 James Emil North, #1599

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KANSAS Muryl L Laman, #586 Edwin L Howard, #642 Lyle M. Doyle, #906 KANSAS STATE Keith L. Panzer, #400 Dr. John R. Markley, #430 James S. Birkbeck, #511 Thomas R. Twombly, #562 A. B. Fisher, #946 LOUISIANA STATE Dr. Mark R. Guidry, Jr., #39 William D. Willis, #62 Timothy J. Claiborne, #514 MIAMI OF OHIO Ken C. Carpenter, #153

MICHIGAN Matthew Scott Brummer, #825 MISSOURI C. George G. Griffith, #537 MISSOURI SCHOOL OF MINES William Frank Schuermeyer, #26 NEBRASKA John C. Thompson, #651 Glenn C. Cacek, #708 Charles M. Godwin, #857 NEW HAMPSHIRE Philip S. Yeaton, #47 Richard P. Shapleigh, #79 Robert L. Chase, #223 Howard P. Ross, #281 Peter G. Brown, #548 Eric R. Gardner, #595 Jerome J. Daigle, #662 NORTHWESTERN Wardwell M. Montgomery, #349 Harold F. Klock, PhD, #396 Donald L. Jones, #460 William R. Epcke, #547 William T. Brooks, #549 OHIO Charles M. Ramsey, Jr., #33 OHIO STATE Donald E. Lund, #521 Robert J. Maus, #731 OREGON STATE Roger F. Giles, #163 David W. Phillips, #311 PENN STATE Robert T. Fellows, #400 Vance J. Seeley, #748

Please feel free to contact Acacia Headquarters at communications@acacia.org for more information about a brother or to inform us of a brother’s recent passing.

PURDUE George M. Palmer, #491 Andrew N Kandis, #502 Thomas Stieglitz, #568 Keith E. Davidson, #614 Charles E. Hines, #642 Michael L. Miller, #888 John R. Guenther, #892 Robert N. Syljebeck, #940 RENSSELAER Charles J. Berg, #70 Harvey Moyses, #106 John C Kaiser, #217 Thomas Melville Charlton, #647

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Robert H. Davis, #36 TEXAS Alonzo P McWilliams, #480 William L. Dodrill, #487 Walter Lee Church, III, #619 Steven R. Sawyer, #859 WASHINGTON Maurice H. Stoffer, #374 James H. Larson, #474 Michael C. McBeth, #550

WASHINGTON STATE Verne E. Zellmer, #47 A. Reinold Anderson, #106 Hilton A. Jones, Jr., #112 Malcolm L. Edwards, #149 Dennis A. Bask, #451 WISCONSIN Neal E. Anderson, #596 Wayne L. Jenson, #610 WYOMING Roland W. Hart, #41 Curtis M. Nebinger, #476

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