2011-2012 Award Winners Washington 2077
51 98
Washington State 743
23
West Chester 260
$X
9
23
3.15
345
Founded 1983 7
95
Western Michigan
Founded 1943
$X
4
$X
20
18
1081
Whitewater
20
104
$X
7
21
9
660
8
Founded 1970 33
29 $X
1
Founded 1955
31
Founded 1994
101
West Georgia 160
West Virginia Tech
Founded 1908
99
$X
23
8
William & Mary 101
123
Wilmington 85
Windsor 454
Founded 2002 43 $X
21
19
3.28
Founded 2006 29 99
$X
32
16
Founded 1971 21 113
$X
21
9
Founded 2002
103
25 $X
17
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Distinguished Delta Chi Award
This award recognizes significant achievement in ane’s profession or outstanding civic service while upholding the values and ideals of the Fraternity.
REINCE PRIEBUS, Whitewater ’94 Reince Priebus was born on March 18, 1972. Raised in Kenosha, Wisconsin, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree from The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, where he also joined Delta Chi. Priebus also served a term as student body president before graduating cum laude in 1994. While in his last year at Whitewater and following his graduation, Priebus worked as a legislative assistant for members of both the Wisconsin State House and State Senate. He also worked for the State Assembly Education Committee. Priebus next attended The University of Miami School of Law, earning a Juris Doctor (JD) cum laude in 1998. While in law school, he clerked for the Wisconsin Court of Appeals, the Wisconsin Supreme Court, the United States District Court, and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund. Also while at Miami, he was elected President of the Student Bar Association and was a member of the Miami Business Law Review.
Priebus is a partner at Best & Friedrich LLP Litigation Practice Group, Co-Chair of the Construction Group and Government and Public Policy Group. He has represented privately and publicly held businesses, financial institutions, and governmental and quasi-governmental entities. Priebus worked his way up through the ranks of the Republican Party of Wisconsin as First Congressional District Chairman, State Party Treasurer, and First Vice Chair. In 2007 the Wisconsin Republican Committee elected Priebus as Chair, making him the youngest chair in State history. In 2008 Milwaukee’s Business Journal named him one of Milwaukee’s “40 Under 40,” and Super Lawyers in Wisconsin named him a “Rising Star.” In 2009 he was appointed as general counsel of the Republican National Committee (RNC). He worked for the election of Senator Ron Johnson (R-WI) and reelection of Representative Paul Ryan (R-WI) in 2010. In last 2010 he resigned as general counsel of the RNC in order to launch a bid to be elected its 65th chairman. On January 14, 2011, Priebus was elected chairman over the incumbent chairman, Michael Steele, and several other candidates. Written by: Aaron Otto, Kansas State ’98 Publications Committee Member
Humanitarian Award This award recognizes Delta Chi members who, through their actions, exemplify the ideals of Delta Chi and promote the welfare of another person or persons.
ROBERT SNYDER, Pittsburgh ’14
J. DONALD TURK, Florida ’68
Robert Snyder is a man on a mission. Last summer he went to Tanzania to volunteer in an orphanage teaching English, Math, Science, and Geography in class all while leading team building exercises during breaks. In addition to this, he has begun construction on a new school called the Green Hope Orphanage. He leads fundraising efforts for it here in the United States, recently working to grant it 501(c)3 status. This school is where Robert will be spending one and a half months of this upcoming summer, working to continue his mission of educating humans in less fortunate circumstances. As if Robert wasn’t already demonstrating his commitment to East African success, he is spending a month and a half doing research in Kenya and Uganda in their postcolonial eras with special emphasis on policies used to assimilate tribes under one national culture. Robert is hoping that he can help the process of constructing a functional, cohesive nation; especially in South Sudan.
Donald Turk divides his time between many philanthropic contributions in addition to active involvement in the Florida Chapter. His civic contributions are many. A few notable involvements are serving as the Chairman of the Communications Committee for the Polk County Chapter of the American Heart Association, the Board of Directors of the Central Florida Speech and Hearing Center, and serving on the Council on Conservation and the Environment for the state of Florida. He is also the president of the Florida Chapter’s Housing Corporation. Turk was also a recipient of the Meritorious Service Award in 2009.
Visit the Green Hope Orphanage at www.thegreenhopeorphanage.org. FALL 2012
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