BAAA Journal: Fall '22, Vol 5

Issue No. 5

THE

Fall 2022

BAAA Journal

THE HOOVERS OF BETA ALPHA

From the Cover: Flip to page 12 to learn the story of the Hoovers of Beta Alpha

Fall ‘22

Table of Contents

Features

Issue No. 5

In This Issue 04

Homecoming Itinerary

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Editor’s Note

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BAAA Update

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BAEF Seeks New Members

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Alumni Spotlight: Bill Nance

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BAAA Crossword

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The Hoovers of Beta Alpha

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Spring ‘22 Graduates

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Alumni Bulletin

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Crossword Answers

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Contact Us

Editor John Conroy Assistant to the Regional Editor John Destefano Publisher Joe Studer

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Beta Alpha Homecoming 2022 Friday, Oct. 21st 5 - 7:30p Drinks and Dinner at Di’Trapinis 400 E 6th St, Rolla, MO 65401 7:30p -

Brotherhood at the Chapter House 1 Fraternity Dr, Rolla, MO 65401

Saturday, Oct. 22nd 10 - 11a SELF Board Meeting Chapter Dining Room, Please Arrive Early if Attending 11a - 1p BAAA Barbeque Chapter House Veranda, Food Provided by BAAA 5 - 7:30p Dinner and Trivia Fundraiser at Matt’s Steakhouse 12200 Dillon Outer Dr, Rolla, MO 65401 Attire: Business Casual 8p -

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Brotherhood at the Chapter House 1 Fraternity Dr, Rolla, MO 65401

Drink Whiskey.

Support BAEF. Repeat.

BAAA will be offering etched whiskey glasses for sale for $20. All proceeds will benefit the Beta Alpha Education Foundation.

Homecoming ‘22 If you have a suggestion for merchandise you would like to see in the future, please contact Connor Schott at connorschott@yahoo.com.

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Editor’s Note Issue No. 5

Fall ‘22 Brothers, Families, and Friends, I'm happy to share with you another great edition of our BAAA journal. We've packed a lot of updates in this one. Many engagements, weddings, and newborn announcements amongst our KA family. In addition to the personal updates, we spotlight Bill Nance (PC '00) and our chapter's first Hoover award won back in 1969!

The Hoover article demonstrates that with hard work, dedication, and the right attitude you can accomplish a goal that may have otherwise seemed insurmountable. And the funny thing is, once you accomplish that goal it somehow elevates those around you and those that come after you. Perhaps after knowing it can be done, there's no excuse to not achieve. Maybe there's some extra motivation that pushes you to prove you can do it too. Whatever the reason, we do know that after the pledges classes of '64-69' proved it could be done - by winning our first Hoover award (now called the Marshall award) in 1969 - we won a lot more. Time and time again our chapter has been recognized with the most prestigious award, bringing it home at least 12 more times.

I encourage everyone to look to those before you who have achieved great feats and find it in yourself to succeed as well in all aspects of life - home & work.

Be that role model that sets the standard for those that are around you and who will come after you. What you do or don't do has a significant impact.

In the meantime, with it being homecoming season let's do our best to reach out to our brothers and get down to Rolla, MO for some drinks, stories, and laughs.

And if you feel up to it, you can also impart some wisdom on the young brothers inhabiting the house.

Sincerely, Jack Conroy PC2k14

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Jack Conroy PC ‘14

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BAAA Update Brothers, It’s been a busy few months for BAAA - crazy to think that we’ve almost been around for three years! We’ve been working hard to keep the drumbeat rolling through our monthly meetings (please reach out if you’d like to join in!), newsletters, website updates, and Homecoming events! Of course, we’re still looking to the future as well, but more on that in a moment.

Since the inception of BAAA we’ve had a focus on bringing Alumni together - back then it was with the chapter website & the newsletter - both of which I’m happy to say are still making major progress and putting out great work!

Joe Studer PC ‘16

Contact Us: President Bill Thomas wrthomas@cmrestore.com

Newsletter Editor Jack Conroy jackryanconroy@gmail.com

Website Jared Hanisch Jared.Hanisch@gmail.com

Social Media Brad Bales bjbales0614@gmail.com

Homecoming & Reunions Colten Controy coltenpconroy@gmail.com

Merchandise Connor Schott connorschott@yahoo.com

Last newsletter, we announced the addition of an Alumni Tab to the chapter website and I’m happy to share this time around that an entire revamp of the chapter site is coming in the next few months! This version should be quite a bit faster to load, easier to maintain, and leverages modern design practices to look really sharp - Jared and the website team have really been doing a great job!

As you all know, we’ve got another edition of the BAAA Journal out now as well and I know Jack has touched on it but this one has some really fun stories in it, I hope you all enjoy it as much as I have! The folks on the newsletter team have really been doing great as well - I’ve heard a lot of praise from alumni about the recent editions, if you see Jack or any of the newsletter team around at Homecoming please let them know!

With those two efforts (Newsletter and Website) now being firmly established, we’ve seeked to grow our portfolio a bit - as we’re now entering our second Homecoming which we’re helping to plan! The focus this year is to provide that same Homecoming experience while learning and growing from our first foray last year and I’m really excited for the results - Colten has been putting the Conroy touch on everything he’s been planning, and I have no doubt it’ll be a great event!

Finally, we’ve kicked off a new effort to welcome our new alumni as they graduate our Merchandise team, led by Connor Schott, has been working to get engraved whiskey glasses for each new graduate - which are then handed out to these brothers as they graduate to welcome them as alumni! Similar glasses will also be sold at the homecoming dinner, and all proceeds will go to BAEF. This is just the first piece of merchandise BAAA plans on creating - if you have any ideas please let Connor know!

As always, if anyone has any questions about BAAA, or you have feedback you’d like to share, please don’t hesitate to reach out to betaalphaalumni1903@gmail.com.

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Beta Alpha Educational Foundation Have you thought about serving as an alumni volunteer? Not sure where to start or how your talents could further the experience of our active chapter? Joining the BAEF is a great place to start.

Today, our alumni organizations consist of three organizations. The Beta Alpha Alumni Association is our alumni outreach and communication organization. They manage the chapter website, they are in charge of KA alumni social media. They keep track of actives as they become alumni and they are redefining Homecoming with terrific new ideas to get alumni to come back. The BAAA is the “Social Committee Chairman” of our alumni organizations.

The Students Educational Loan Foundation is our housing corporation. They own the chapter house, lease it to the active undergraduates, take care of house maintenance and pay the mortgage. The SELF is, you guessed it, the “House Manager” of the alumni organizations.

What about the BAEF? The Beta Alpha Education Foundation is the “rich alumni” of the alumni organizations! The BAEF was created in 2012 as a 501 (c )(3) Public Charity. The BAEF is able to collect and grant money to the SELF Board for education related expenses for the chapter house.

The BAEF collects money and awards it as scholarships. Donations made to the BAEF are tax deductible according to IRS regulations. This is the organization where the money flows in.

Ove the last several years, the BAEF has awarded between $50,000 and $60,000 in scholarships annually to undergraduates. We work close with some of Beta Alpha’s most involved and generous alumni. We have made significant impacts on the ability for many undergraduates to continue their education at MS&T. The BAEF is the organization that has the ability to change KA’s lives for the better.

So far we have only scratched the surface of what we can do! But to reach our potential, and extend the benefits to the undergraduates we serve, we need a few good men. Current members of the BAEF are: Jim Hennessey (President), Joseph Walker (VP) Zach Flageolle (Secretary) and Jim Sowers/Chris Markus as Treasurer. Reach out to any of us to express your interest in serving. We plan to have our annual meeting virtually, in the weeks leading up to Homecoming.

Contact Jim Hennessey at jim.hennessey@outlook.com if you would like to join.

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BAEF WANTS YOU

Contact Jim Hennessey for Details

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Alumni Spotlight: Bill Nance

By John DeStefano, PC2k16

Bill Nance (PC '00) is currently the Director of Engineering for advanced manufacturing technologies at Boeing STL, but he didn't always plan on working with aircraft. His initial engineering enthusiasm came from watercraft and his passion for powerboat racing. When it was time to look for colleges, his parents took him to different powerboat manufacturers to help him understand what it would take to work in the field. The overwhelming advice was to get a degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Missouri Rolla because "the only difference is the density."

apply a lot of the lessons learned from managing projects in Phantom Works to how he approaches his new role. Being Director reminds him of why he chose this career and rekindled his passion for the hands-on side of Aerospace Engineering and building things.

Bill was always inspired by Kelly Johnson, the engineer responsible for U-2 and the SR-71 Blackbird. He admires Johnson's ability to sketch the SR-71 design on a napkin and go on to build it in only a few months, it is historically seen as an outstanding achievement.

However, Bill's admiration of Once at Rolla, it didn't take long Kelly Johnson does not extend to for Bill to realize that there was not his choice of favorite plane, which much money in building boats, but is the Northrop/McDonnell there were plenty of opportunities to Douglas YF-23. The YF-23 was a build planes. Before graduating with a contender in the competition for what B.S. in Aerospace Engineering and a would become the F-22, losing out to Master's in Mechanical Engineering, Bill joined Lockheed Martin. The program was canceled the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity and served as after the loss, but Bill quickly pointed out that the rush chair twice and went on to be president of NASA flew the only two YF-23 models ever built the Rolla chapter. Bill attributes "the solid for thousands of hours before they retired the engineering education, leadership opportunities, aircraft that can now be seen at museums in DC and project management skills" he gained during and Dayton. his time with KA and at school with helping to Another passion of Bill's is ice hockey, he actively launch his career at Boeing. He believes it was competes with Hockey North America in his free clear that Rolla had better prepared him to enter time. While the Blues were celebrating their the workforce than many of his peers.

Stanley Cup victory with a parade in St. Louis, When he was first hired at Boeing in 2006, he was Bill was in Toronto competing in the international assigned to work in their Phantom Works championship finals for his division. Playing a program. There he worked mainly on proprietary team from Boston, Bill's team won and brought programs and handled product management, but home a second championship to St. Louis that with his recent switch to Director he is excited to weekend. be back in production engineering. "There's no Whether it's powerboats, experimental fighter jets, replacement for walking the floor; to be the best ice hockey, or raising his three children, Bill has engineer, you have to get back on the kept himself busy since his days in Rolla. manufacturing floor." Bill has found that he can 10

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Special thanks to Jerry Gilmore, Ed Schmidt, Barry Graul, Wayne Alexander, Rich Delange, Jim Duresky, Rick Fischer, Dale Faerber For their help with this article.

The Hoovers Of Beta Alpha

By LD Stephenson

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Sometimes a newsletter article seems like the old Mission Impossible. How on earth are we going to find this information that is more than half a century in the past? The answer is to go to the source like the 1947-57 CBS radio and television show, You Are There. Originally narrated by Walter Cronkite long before he did the national news, You Are There focused on famous events of the past. Similary, we thought to take the same approach and ask the brothers living at the time how the chapter successfully competed and was selected for our first J. Edgar Hoover Award for Chapter Excellence in 1969. Believe it or not, many of us certainly remember recieving the Award. However, we have very little memory of the selection process or how what we did to win.

solicited the help of several brothers from that era, and they a started digging for the lost gold of the past. While these brothers in their mid 70’s still have most of the brain cells, the part of their brains associated with factual details about the Hoover award seemed to have escaped. Now what? More digging!!

As described in the November 1965 KA Journal, the Hoover award was conceived by Winthrop M. “Robbie” Robinson, University of Alabama (Alpha Beta) in the spring of 1964. It was named the J. Edgar Hoover Award for Chapter Excellence. Quoting from the KA Journal, “The Award is intended to recognize chapters which by their campus attainments have enhanced the Jack Conroy, Beta Alpha Alumni Association reputation of the order and which through their (BAAA) Journal Editor, challenged the chapter devoted efforts have effectively promoted the president the year Beta Alpha was presented with high ideals and teaching of the Order.” The first the first Hoover Award, Wayne Alexander, with Hoover Award winners were announced in three simple questions. How we won the Award, January 1967 KA Journal. University of what were the biggest influences contributing to Missouri-Columbia KA chapter, Alpha Kappa, our success, and how did we celebrate? Wayne was one of the three chapters to win the first year.

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Again, quoting from the November 1965 KA Journal, “Because of the difficulty in establishing universal criteria to apply to all chapters for the selection of one outstanding chapter in the Order, The Hoover Award was not established for that purpose." Instead, the Executive Council decided that the Award would annually recognize three chapters with at least one outstanding area of chapter operations contributing to the Order’s overall objectives, and that it be presented annually to the three chapters in the Order.

Regional Advisers were to nominate three chapters each spring. Nominations would have the following areas reviewed: general chapter administration, campus leadership, public relations, and scholarship. A nominating statement by the province commander would be required before going to the executive council for final selections. Typically, the awards would be announced at the annual Kappa Alpha Order Officer Training School, like Beta Alpha’s Award in August 1969 at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi.

that capacity until 1985.

Karl recognized that we had grown into a very strong chapter encouraging the active chapter to apply for the Hoover Award. The active chapter prepared an application highlighting activities, public relations, achievements, priorities, scholarship, and the culture of Beta Alpha.

Kappa Alpha Order National offices sent two of their officers to interview Beta Alpha officers and members verifying our attested improvements in member recruitment, administration, financials, operations, quality of pledge training, community service, involvement and leadership in student organizations, athletic and intramural achievements, scholastics, and generally observe how the membership conducted itself. Only these national folks would know if the chapter was consistent with the ideals of Kappa Alpha Order.

The officers found a very well run, financially strong, and well-maintained house.The members conducted themselves like the moral, responsible gentlemen of KA’s high expectation. Specifically, they found examples of significant community service projects involving a number of house Beta Alpha had already won Samuel Zenas members. There was aslo great success in Ammen awards that recognized a chapter for being academics, Beta Alpha was #1 among all in the top 10% of chapters nationwide. BA’s fraternities at UMR in 1968 and 1969. The chapter faculty advisor, Dr. Karl Moulder, a humanities had created a tradition of committed, well-trained, professor at the University of Missouri at Rolla and capable leaders in the chapter and on campus, (UMR), had been the chapter advisor since the late all while maintaining adherence to the Ritual.

1940’s. He later became Chiles Province Commander in addition to his chapter advisor role. Wayne then moved to Jack's question regarding Karl was an initiate of Beta Iota (Drury College, influences on the chapter. We, the writers, Springfield, Missouri). Karl helped with his suddently had our eureka moment. It started when inestimable positive influence on the chapter over LD Stevenson (PC ‘65) recently cleared part of his his time as chapter advisor until his death in 1973. attic for a new air conditioner. An old box of He earned several Kappa Alpha Order honors, the “Rolla” stuff was falling apart and needed highest of which was the Knight Commander’s attention. In the box, he found several KA Journals Certificate of Honor for service to Kappa Alpha from 1965 through 1969 and an oldOrder he received in 1972. mimeographed letter. I’m sure this is the only Additionally, for many years Russ Perry, a local existing copy of the letter, but how on earth could Rolla clothing store owner and Beta Alpha initiate, everything come together to it? You could say fate assisted Karl with chapter advisor duties. Russ intervened. The letter was to the chapter from was a real friend to the chapter. He employed quite newly elected Beta Alpha chapter President John a few brothers from BA in his clothing business Wolf, No. I, dated June 22, 1966. If LD’s air over the years, which certainly helped the brothers conditioner had lasted another month, we wouldn’t financially while students at UMR. Karl’s spirit, have found this until it was too late. ideals, and devotion toward Kappa Alpha continued after his death when Russ assumed responsibilities as chapter advisor and served in 15

The summer of 1966 marked 6 years since the chapter's new southern-style house. It was the nicest fraternity house on campus and the first to be built on Nagogomi Terrace (later renamed Fraternity Drive). The university had previously designated the area for future fraternity houses.

John and brother Barry Graul had just returned from the National KA Officer Training School in Nashville, Tennessee. When writing the letter, John had many doubts about the overall state of chapter operations.

The letters revealed that the Beta Alpha chapter of 1966 would be unrecognizable from the awardwinning class of 1969.

Having just finished the Kappa Alpha Officer Training School, John felt the active chapter had become complacent. The house and landscaping needed attention, if not some significant sprucing up. Additionally, the overall grade point had slipped, the chapter had increased attrition in pledge classes and brothers left because of lower grade points. There were other indicators, too: campus participation had decreased; John observed low morale, poor alumni relations, and very poor involvement in the 1966 summer rush, which he determined after his first St. Louis rush party on June 12th. At this point in the chapter’s life, Beta Aplha would never be considered for a Hoover award without major changes. We don’t know if John’s goal was to guide the chapter toward a Hoover Award or not, but we suspect he just wanted improvement in all aspects of chapter operations because the chapter was at that point headed in the wrong direction.

John suggested what some would have said were draconian policies to return the chapter to a top tier chapter of excellence. He recommended “that save only for financial circumstances of the chapter, any member demonstrating a poor scholastic attitude and record that is detrimental to the operation of the chapter, must be moved out of the house at the end of first semester (Fall 1966) and placed on alumni status or suspended.”

Throughout the summer of 1966 and going forward, much more emphasis was placed on recruiting pledge candidates who were more consistent with KA ideals and could be more competitive in their new university environment.

John and the chapter officers initiated mandatory study hours for all pledges and brothers whose 16

grade point the previous semester was below the school’s “all-men’s” average were required to adhere to 20 hours per week of scheduled study hours subject to verification or monitoring and possibly fines, if necessary.

An article by Dr. Charles R Walker (Gamma Kappa – OCU), the KA National Scholarship Officer in the Winter 1969 KA Journal summarizes 10 years (’58-’68) of scholarship for the Order. These statistics were used to develop a proprietary index for the Order. This index is used to compare chapters across the Order but are not grade point averages. These statistics were compiled from National Interfraternity Council (NIC) data for fraternities, and showed BA’s 10-year grade point index average was 2.51 above “all men’s” average index for the 10-year period. BA ranked 31st among 88 chapters listed for the 10 years. Chapter President, John Wolf’s, No. 1’s, concern was that BA’s grade point index had slipped from a +6.42 above “all-men’s” (’62 - ‘63) to a -3.16 below for (’65 - ‘66). As an aside, spring semester 1966 began with the additional challenge of the hot water heating system froze during the semester break, resulting in a very chaotic start to the semester and ’65 pledge class “help” week.

Additionally, the house was without heat for at least the first week of the semester with outside temperatures as low as the 20’s at night. This certainly contributed to the lower grade point index for the year as many brothers got a slow start to the semester.

From the data in Dr. Walker’s article, BA made very positive scholarship changes as the house grade point index compared to all KA chapters climbed to +3.17 above “all-men’s” for (’66 - ‘67) and +3.79 for (‘67- ‘68). As mentioned earlier, this was #1 among fraternities at Rolla. The scholarship practices and more stringent requirements for recruiting pledges that John Wolf, No. 1, initiated during the fall of 1966 proved to be a great help to raising the chapter’s overall grade point as well as finding new members better prepared for university life. Gene Albrecht, No. 1, and officers for the ’67 – ’68 as well as Barry Graul, No. 1, and the chapter officers for ’68 – ’69 school years continued John’s work the next two years to help cement the needed requirements for the Hoover Award.

Brothers finishing up work on the sidewalk entrance to the old chapter house in 1967.

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KA Journal articles in the Summer ’68 and ’69 listed chapter Luminaries across the Order. In that time, Beta Alpha had 12 members listed out of the 184 across the Order. Chapter Luminaries were highlighted for their campus activities in Scabbard and Blade, Blue Key, and several engineering, and national scholarship organizations, which certainly contributed to the chapter turnaround and Hoover Award application.

(actives and well as pledges} engineered and installed the water drainage system for the parking lot and tennis/basketball court, saving the chapter significant money in the chapter budget. They also installed paved walks from each rear wing door to the parking lot.

“Beta Alpha Boosts Community” activities was the title of BA’s submission by Dale Faerber, No. IV, to the summer ’69 KA Journal highlighting BA’s Beta Alpha’s chapter report to the KA Journal for support for community activities. “The brothers of the summer 1968, highlighted chapter house Beta Alpha have spread their activities over a wide improvements as the fall pledge class donated a spectrum this year. We have strengthened new wall to wall trophy case in the den, adding a community relations by helping in projects such as welcome addition to an updated chapter house March of Dimes, Easter Seals, Heart Funds and interior. Fletcher Glancy, No. V, provided the Muscular Dystrophy Association (MDA), plus report that also highlighted the addition of the working to help raise funds for Missouri Boy’s paved rear parking lot and new tennis/basketball Town in St. James. The chapter spread friendship court which helped finish major improvements to to other cities as they went into the underserved the house that had been on-going since moving into neighborhoods of St. Louis for a weekend to give the house in 1960. the people in these low-income area’s assistance and guidance in the area of home improvement and maintenance.

The chapter also held a Christmas party for the underprivileged children of Rolla. Santa Claus visited the home and brought presents and food for all the children. The name Kappa Alpha not only echoed in the many communities, but also among the organizations on campus as we won first place for the second year in a row for Homecoming decorations, placed second among fraternities in the IFC Christmas Sing, and won first place among fraternities in campus intramural sports.”

The addition of the parking lot and tennis court was made possible after the State of Missouri The national Kappa Alpha Order convention in impounded part of the chapter’s land east of the 1969 was held in August at Millsaps College in house between I-44 (then Route 66) and the south Jackson, Mississippi. Although memories are wing. As I-44 was developed through Rolla, the somewhat hazy, we knew prior to the convention State needed the land to join what is now the that year that we were one of the finalists for a University Drive overpass over I-44 to Nagagomi Hoover Award. Wayne Alexander, No. I, Rick Road or formerly county route E. As a result of the Fischer, No. II, and Dale Faerber, No. IV, attended state “taking” the strip of land, the proceeds the convention and accepted the Award for the allowed the house to build the rear paved parking chapter. Driving to the convention was a real lot and tennis/basketball court. The addition of the challenge as they drove through the eye of paved lot, led to removing the gravel front parking Hurricane Camile on their way to Jackson. The lot, really an eye sore, from the front of the house. problem was not the eye but driving through the Through some self-help projects, the entire house rain before and after the eye. Hurricane tracks

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The name Kappa Alpha not only echoed in the many communities, but also among the organizations on campus

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The beginnings of the house Tennis Court, shortly before the Chapter won it’s first Hoover (1967).

showed Camille came ashore as a Cat 5 hurricane and by the time it went through the Jackson area had decreased to a tropical storm. Comments from all three said they had never seen such heavy rain as they found their way to the convention. Knowing the chapter was “in the running” for the Hoover Award, they wanted to make sure they made it to the convention in time to accept the Award if the chapter had in fact been selected for the Hoover Award.

This certainly validated the work begun by John Wolf, No. I, and the chapter officers of ’66 – ’67, which initiated changes in the fall of 1966 that would result in the selection for the Hoover Award three years later. Without the support and continuation of John’s vision through the next two years, the Award would have been a pipe dream.

The chapter had greatly increased their overall grade point, recruited more successful members, increased their presence in organizations on campus and contributed greatly to the community, both in Rolla and parts of inner-city St. Louis. The addition of the new parking lot and tennis/basketball court as well as higher grade point averages certainly helped with recruiting and retention.

Jack Conroy asked how we celebrated the Award.

The chapter did not really have a celebration per se because actions to win the Award were ingrained at that point as “normal activities” for the chapter. The whole chapter, of course, had tremendous pride in winning the Award. A chapter brother, Dale Faerber and his dad built a glass enclosure case for the Award to amplify the importance of the Award.

The Hoover Award was formally announced and presented to the alumni at Homecoming in October 1969.

The chapter had been an excellent example of fraternity life for many years even before moving into the new house in 1960. The combination of chapter members, a very supportive alumni chapter, and two chapter advisors, Karl Moulder and Russ Perry, helped the chapter move forward successfully, resulting in Beta Alpha of Kappa Alpha Order being selected for the first time as The Hoover Award winner in 1969. We look forward to continuing to honor the legacy of the Hoover Award to inspire chapter excellency academically and beyond.

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Spring ‘22 Grad Pledge Class: Major: Mechanical Engineering PC2k17 Location: Kansas City, MO Title: Mechanical Engineer Employer: Collins Aerospace IV- Corresponding Secretary, Brotherhood Chair, Chapter Formal Chair, Parents Day Chair, Merchandise Involvement Committee, Assistant Rush Chair Campus Involvement

Fraternal Order of Leaders, Senior TA for ME 2761, Liquid Rocket Design Team

Pledge Class: Location: Employer:

PC2k17 Rolla, MO

Chapter Involvement

Major: Electrical Engineering Title: Graduate Student N/A

House Manager, St. Pats Rep

St. Pats, Eta Kappa Nu (HKN), IEEE, Tau Beta Pi, Campus Student Activity Finance Board, Undergrad Research Involvement (EMC Lab)

Pledge Class: Location: Employer:

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PC2k17 St. Louis, MO

Major: Chemical Engineering Title: Field Engineer Nooter

Chapter Involvement

N/A

Campus Involvement

SUB, AIChE

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duates Pledge Class: Location: Employer:

Major: Civil Engineering Title: Project Engineer Clayco, Inc. Recording Secretary/Academic Chair, Greek Week Chapter Chair, Intramural Chair, Brotherhood Chair, Merchandise Involvement Chair, St. Pats Games Chair PC2k17 St. Louis, MO

Campus Fraternal Order of Leaders, American Society of Civil Involvement Engineers (ASCE), Chi Epsilon

Pledge Class: PC2k18 Location: Springfield, MO Employer:

Major: Title: N/A

IST N/A

Chapter Involvement

IT Committee, Philanthropy Committee, Housing Committee, Historian Committee

Campus Involvement

Student Union Board, Student Council

Pledge Class: Location: Employer:

PC2k17 St. Louis, MO

Major: Mechanical Engineering Title: N/A N/A

Chapter Involvement

Vice-President (II), Corresponding Secretary (IV), Parliamentarian (VII), Parents Cay Chair

Campus Involvement

IFC Representative

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