“It’s About Being A ThreeLegged Stool.”

FOUNDATION DONOR: Brother David Case

CHAPTER AND SCHOOL: Omicron, University of Kentucky

LIFETIME GIVING LEVEL: ORDER OF THE SHEAF

Becoming a brother for David Case is a story that almost never happened. The Ohio native enrolled at the University of Kentucky in the fall of 1975, but that was nearly the end of his college career. “I grew up around my family and being without them, I was just really homesick,” said Case. The following semester, he was encouraged by his cousin, a member of Alpha Gamma Rho, to go through the recruitment process and join the Fraternity. It changed his life. “As soon as I got there, I knew it was home for me,” Case said. Thus, providing him with the fi rst leg of his three-legged stool.

“The fi rst leg is given to you. The second is giving while you’re living,” Case Said. “And the third leg, that’s giving after we’re gone. And we’re just having a ball giving while we’re living.” This “three-legged stool” highlights the Cases’ commitment to Alpha Gamma Rho.

In the ensuing years at the Omicron Chapter, Case learned about the deep bonds of brotherhood that tie all members together. He credits brotherhood for getting him through college, and for his proudest collegiate accomplishment. In 1979, now known as, “Silk,” he helped Omicron Chapter win the University of Kentucky Intramural Basketball Championship. in 1981 when he met Dorothy who was fi lling in at the reception desk for an ill friend. Two years later, he and Dorothy were married, and, earlier this year, the couple celebrated their 50 th wedding anniversary.

Now both retired, Bill from Bayer and Dorothy from the U.S. Air Force, the couple own and operate Critters and Bloom Farm, selling eggs, soaps, cutting boards and various other products. They donate and match all proceeds to support pancreatic cancer research. “Contributing while we’re living is so much more rewarding than after we pass,” Case said.

Case graduated and was hired by Bayer CropScience. For the next 30 years, he would travel the country as a sales representative. During those travels, Case saw how far the roots of AGR had spread. “No matter where I went, I always ran into an AGR,” he said. His most important sales call came

Your Purposeful Mission

As far as Case is concerned, the David & Dorothy Case Omicron Scholarship Endowment Fund is part of being a brother and the three-legged stool. Through his continual giving, Case hopes to inspire other brothers a cross the nation to support the brotherhood that truly Makes Better Men and through them a broader and better agriculture.

The mission of The Educational Foundation of Alpha Gamma Rho is to drive Alpha Gamma Rho’s Purpose of Making Better Men YOUR contributions support scholarships, leadership development training and experiences, opportunities to make life-long connections and more. Every gift to the Foundation, YOUR Foundation, is an investment in the future and makes an impact in the lives of worthy brothers. We thank you for entrusting YOUR Foundation with YOUR gift. Make a gift today at alphagammarho.org/donate.

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Sean Cunniff

ASSISTANT EDITOR

Matt Olson

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