SAE SC Delta Drummer Fall 2013

SC Delta Chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon — DELTA DRUMMER Sept 2013

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2007 Best Chapter Alumni Newsletter—SAE National Convention, Washington, DC University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina—Founded 1882 SAE FACTS

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py ($400 for National and $400 for local). And we raised $2700 for patio furniture for the back patio and rockers for the front porch of the SAE house. It was an AMAZING weekend!"

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Many thanks to Karen and the mothers for their wonderful achievement. Contact Karen at email karendunaway@mac.com .

Leadership School in its 75th continuous year

INSIDE THIS ISSUE: New Officers

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Weston Adams

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Advisor Team

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GPA

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Alumni Notes

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Greenville Social

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Education Fund

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Fall Pledges

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1960s Reunion

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Alumni Reunion

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Scott McLendon

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Members enjoy the Mother Sons weekend with their mothers.

The Mothers of Minerva at SC Delta celebrated a successful Mothers Sons Weekend March 1 and 2, 2013.

The new chairman is Kathy Brannon, brother Getty’s mother. She lives in Gaffney and can be reached at email kathybrannon1255@yahoo.com.

Karen Dunaway, chairman of the event, stated: "The event was INCREDIBLE! We had 53 people for dinner at Monterrey's Friday night. Then we had over 100 attend the Saturday night dinner at Windemere."

She continued: "We are proud to announce the Club raised $800 for the chapter's philanthro-

Reunion Planned for Friday Nov 15 Join us for a Pig Pickin and Oyster Reunion on Friday, Nov 15 before the Florida Game. Brother Bobby Price and many of his fraternity classmates are sponsoring the event. The location is the

Hay Hill Garden Market on Bluff Road at 7 pm. Details on our web site, www.saeusc.com and on page 11. Reach out to Bobby at email rhprice@hpcadvisors.com.

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Edmund Gant is the new Eminent Archon

New Officers Elected for 2013         

Edmund Gant- EA Eric Hood- EDA Alex Spears- EDA Woodie Williams– Treasurer Gus Papajohn- Recorder Mike Otten- Risk Manager Troy Ruediger- Pledge Ed Reid Pair- Correspondent Jack McEnaney- Herald

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Taylor Anderson - Warden Vince Campagna- Warden Ben MIller- House Manager Chandler Watts- House Mgr Jamie McClement- Philanthropy Lucas Bayless- Rush Chair Chris Bernardin- Rush Chair Brenan Lyles- Scholarship Chair

Kevin Driggers ‘92 & Billy Shuman Kevin D Driggers, ‘92, has joined Charleston Coastal Properties in Sullivans Island, SC as a Sales Associate. He was formerly with Tidelands Real Estate as director of sales. Kevin is also a past chapter advisor and a member of the National Kidney Foundation Board. Contact Kevin at email kevindriggers@msn.com or cell 843-345-9069.

Billy Shuman

Courtney Leavitt ‘00 is the House Corporation Manager & Treasurer

Brother Billy Shuman is the Republican nominee for the South Carolina State Senate District 42 in Charleston County. The special election will be held October 1, 2013. Billy was born in Hampton County in the town of Cummings, South Carolina. After graduating from Wade Hampton High School, Billy became the first member of his family to go to college. He attended the University of South Carolina, graduating with a degree in Political Science. A small business owner and entrepreneur, Billy co-founded The Sandlapper Real Estate Group, based in Charleston and Beaufort. In 2011, Billy became a broker for Charleston Coastal Properties. Billy is married to Ginny Shuman. They have two children, Darden, eight, and Nolen, six. Visit his web at www.voteshuman.com.

Parents Weekend Pledge class of 2008 added a tree to our yard as a project

Parents will be invited to the annual SAE Parents Weekend on Friday, Nov 1 and Sat, Nov 2. Details will be available on our web site at www.saeusc.com. Contact Alex Spears at email spearsaf@email.sc.edu or phone (919) 434-3053. This is the weekend of the Carolina Mississippi State football game.

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Weston Adams ‘60—”The Last Confederate” Filmworks and Strongbow Pictures.

Weston Adams, III, former ambassador to Malawi and Managing Partner of Weston Adams Law Firm in Columbia, is also a founding partner of Solar

A former Brigadier General in the SC Military Department, Weston had a filmaker's drive to tell his family's true wartime tale in "The Last Confederate" (2007).

As the keeper of the history of the family, he was the driving force behind the telling of the story and brought his leadership

to the producer’s chair. "The Last Confederate" gives some insight into the individual responses and the reasons for those responses, to the Civil War. It was not all about slavery.

Weston was Executive Producer, Producer, Writer, and Actor, where he starred as "Grandfather Adams". Contact Weston at weston@westonadams.com or

Weston stars as “Grandfather Adams” in “The Last Confederate”

Rush Party Spring 1981 Garnet & Black Billy Taylor, Peter Price, Tommy Foster, Reed Kernodle, Bucky McQueen, Mark Van Natta, Elwyn Bridges, Jimmy Crosby

Stu Ross ‘82 is CEO and Co-Founder of ACO Med Supply in Charlotte. He started ACO in 1995. The company is a premier company that offers a broad and extensive line of products covering all areas of healthcare. This includes medical surgical supplies, rehab equipment, cold therapy and casting products. Stu is married to Martha and has six children. His hobbies include snow skiing, boating and fitness.

Contact Brother Ross at email stuart.ross@acomedsupply.com.

Stuart Ross ‘82

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Jeff Antonelli ‘88 Advisor Team

Jeff Antonelli '88 is with Deloitte Consulting, LLP in Chicago and is Manager of Human Capital— Organization & Talent. He has over 10 years of living as an expatriate and working in Europe and China, plus 15+ years proven experience in forging innovative staffing models and redesigning complete HR infrastructures to enhance operations. Jeff was formerly with Leader Experts and VP of Human Resources with Nordyne, He was also Director of Human Resources at Northrop Grumman Corp.

Contact Jeff at email jeffrey.antonelli@gmail.com or phone (314) 546-1327.

Ellison Neese, Advisor Courtney Leavitt, Housing Corporation Andrew Bennett, Financial Advisor Justin Mims, EA Advisor Crawford Long, EDA Advisor Alex Thomas, Ritual Advisor Sam Bailey, House Father Clayton Hunt, Herald Advisor

Jeff Antonelli

Austin Williams, Recorder Advisor

Brothers from the 1980s met up at the USC Florida Game on Nov 14, 2009.

This includes: Neil Mcwhorter, Ted B Camp, Harry Gregory, Tommy Hagood , Bobby Price, Lee Turner, Andy Peach , Wilson McDonald, Louis Griffith, Joey Copley.

Josh Nexsen, Treasurer Drew Davies, Social Thomas Riley, Social Bill Rogers, Service John Stringfellow, Alumni & Webmaster

FOREVER TO THEE

Justin Mims, Tony Petrozza, & Billy Dailey at SAE Formal

This painting was donated by Brother David Aldridge in honor of the 3 SAE brothers from our chapter who died in the traffic fire in October 2007—Travis Cale, Justin Anderson, William, Rhea. It hangs in the fraternity house 4 - Visit our web site, www.saeusc.com

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Spring 2013 GPA a Record The USC Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life released the Spring 2013 Grade Report here. Once again, the SAE chapter exceeded 3.0, with a 3.12 grade point average.

2007 Homecoming Reunion From left: Tyler Bare, Brad Starbuck, Mitch Kiser, Jay Laura, Allan Howle, RJ Snyder, Cody Freeland, Stryker Huffman, & Bray Pemberton.

Spotlight—Tommy Rowland ‘55 A former Vice-Chair and Chair of the MUSC Board of Trustees, Tom has been a member of the Board since 1982, representing the medical profession from Congressional District 2. After graduating from USC, he received an M.D. from the MUSC in Obstetrics and Gynecology. Tom spent 9 years in the US Navy, 3 years of which was completion of residency training in OBGYN. He entered private practice of OB-GYN in Columbia, SC in 1968. He has been awarded the Order of the

Palmetto twice, and he was named Distinguished Alumnus of MUSC in 1994. A former President of the SC Medical Association, he currently holds professorships at the USC School of Medicine and MUSC. He has also served as President of Southern Medical Association, Southern Gyn Society, and South Atlantic Association of Ob-Gyn. Tom has also visited China, India, Nigeria, and Afghanistan as a Field Training Consultant with Johns Hopkins University.

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“Tommy serves on the Medical University of South Carolina Board of Trustees”

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Alumni Notes Bucky McQueen ‘82, is General Manager of the Hampton Hills Athletic Club in Columbia.

Reach him at email amcqueen@sc.rr.com.

Pledge Retreats include white water rafting

Chapter Eternal Al Alderman ‘61 Bill Talley ‘61 Larry Ladue ‘58 Bill Lamotte ‘66 Bruce Snell ‘79 Waddy Anderson ‘45 Billy Wakefield ‘45 Howard Love ‘48 Linn Tompkins ‘55 Jack Foster ‘58 Bill Schoneberger ‘45 Donald Saunders ‘51 George Brunson ‘38 Joe Caughman ‘44 Bob McLaughlin ‘64 Wilton McKinney ‘47 Edwin Hazel ‘68 Mike Hutto ‘84 Morgan Mitchell ‘58

Stephen Aldridge ‘10, has joined Research Now as a Sales Support Executive in Plano, Texas.

Contact him at email aldridge.stephen22@gmail.com.

Nicholas Eugene Stallworth Scarborough, Sr. '55 of Camden died at home on Friday, March 23, 2012 after a prolonged illness. He was president of Camden Gas and Oil Company and was married to Paula S. Jamie Lynch, ‘95, has joined LRTC in Charleston as a partner. He was formerly with Environment Management & Engineering Solutions where he directed the waste management, site work and remediation services. He has experience cleaning up EPA Superfund sites, directing high profile emergency response, developing and implementing remediation plans, and working closely with regulatory agencies. He is known by to his clients for applying his knowledge of RCRA, DOT, TSCA, and OSHA to their projects in order to develop creative and cost effective solution.

Ryan W Robinson '04 is general manager of Holley Heating and Air in Aiken. Contact Ryan at robinson.w.ryan@gmail.com Corrin F Bowers, III '09, is Estill's newest Town Council member, He was sworn in April 20, 2011. "I am glad to join council," said Bowers, Bowers, 27, has a Bachelor of Science degree in civil and environmental engineering from the University of the South Carolina, He is a farmer with Corrin F. Bowers and Sons Farms.

R Parker Lumpkin is now Plantation Manager of Estherville Plantation near Georgetown, SC. Parker was Program Manager for SAIC (2008-2012), Executive Director of the Southeast Coastal Ocean Observing Regional Association (2005-2008), Captain & Office of Meteorology and Oceanography with the US Navy (1980-2005). Reach out to Parker at email Parkerlumpkin@aol.com.

Thomas M Gremillion ‘01 Thomas M Gremillion ‘01 is a staff attorney with the Georgetown University Law Center in DC. He received his J.D. from Harvard Law School, where he served as co-chair of the International Law Society and Articles Editor for the Harvard Environmental Law Review. Prior to joining IPR, Thomas served as an associate attorney at the Southern Environmental Law Center in Chapel Hill, NC, where he specialized in transportation and land use issues. He also clerked at the Alaska Supreme Court for Justice Dana Fabe, in Anchorage, Alaska. As a law student, Thomas interned at the Environmental Law Alliance Worldwide (E-LAW), and at the USDOJ's Environment and Natural Resources Division Appellate Section. A native of South Carolina, Thomas graduated magna cum laude from the University of South Carolina with a B.S. in mathematics and later received his M.A. in international relations from La Universidad Andina Simón Bolívar, in Quito, Ecuador. Reach Tom at thomasgremillion@yahoo.com.

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Greenville 2013 Rush Party a Success!

SAE sponsored our second annual rush social this summer in Greenville. Alumni, parents and rushees in the Greenville area were invited to attend. The event was held at the Pavilion in the Greenville Drive Stadium (home of the Greenville Drive) for the baseball game scheduled at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 20, 2013.

We had sixty people at the party. The venue was a real benefit to the fraternity in obtaining a strong Fall 2013 pledge class.

As in years past, we have many fine young men in SAE at Carolina and we view the Greenville rush party as an opportunity to support these young men and to continue the tradition of excellence in SAE Delta.

Many thanks to Henry Sullivan '84 for organizing the party.

Contact him at phone (864) 907 -7354 or email hsull@bellsouth.net.

Rev Thomas M Stubbs Jr ‘48 Brother Stubbs, Jr. died on Friday 14 September 2012 after a long illness. Tom was born in 1925 in Atlanta .After high school he joined the Navy and completed his pilot training at the Naval Air Station in Corpus Christi Texas during 1945, before studying Government at Harvard University on the GI bill, graduating in 1948. Tom also received a JD from the University of Georgia Lumpkin School of Law in 1952. For 10 years Tom practiced Law with the firm Rogers, Oxford, and Stubbs. From 1962 until 1965, Tom studied at The University of the South where he received a Masters in Divinity. He served the church full time until 1982 at St Mary's Church in Columbus, GA and St Augustine's, near Jonesboro. His first congregation was formed in 1965 when two small congregations, one black and one white, joined together. Tom returned to the practice of law from 1982 to 1994 and after retiring from law he continued to work at various churches around Atlanta until ill-health forced him to stop.

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SC Delta Chapter Education Fund (CEF) Donate to our Fund!

Please help us grow the SC Delta Chapter Education Fund (CEF)!

Donations can be mailed to Nanci Gasiel in care of the SAE Foundation, 1856 Sheridan Rd, Evanston, IL 60204. Make your check out to SAE and indicate its for the SC Delta CEF. Questions can be sent to Nanci at ngasiel@sae.net or 800-233-1856.

In 2001 the alumni association created the SC Delta Chapter Education Fund (CEF) with the SAE Foundation. The concept was (and still is) to honor many of our late alumni.

tax deductible under IRS laws governing 501(c)(3) organizations. All donations to a CEF are included in the donor's lifetime giving record with the Foundation.

A CEF is a fund managed and invested by the Foundation and used to benefit a chapter's undergraduate members. A CEF is established with a taxdeductible contribution, or a combined total contribution of $5,000.

The pay-out for a CEF is usually not greater than 5 percent of the fund. This is available annually for use by a chapter for projects deemed "wholly educational in nature." In this case we use if for Leadership School tuition.

Chapter Education Funds are

Want to contribute to the housing fund? Send your check made out to SC Delta Housing Corp in care of Courtney Leavitt, 8 Alumni Lane Blythewood, SC 29016

“The Mothers of Minerva raised enough funds to buy new patio furniture and rocking chairs

To date the balance of our fund for fiscal year 2012-2013 is about $18,000. There is enough to send two delegates to the National Leadership (tuition is about $450 per person). But we want to grow this fund and send more members of the chapter to the school.

Want a copy of the latest statement? Click here for a copy on our web site. Questions can be sent to John Stringfellow at email jstring-

House Corporation News Ever since the housing corporation was reorganized in 1999, its purpose has been to raise funds to own, build, and occupy a fraternity house at the Greek Village. USC offered the land under a long term lease for a nominal annual fee.

The cost of the 10,000 sq ft house and furnishings in 2001

was about $1.2 million. The corporation was able to raise about half that amount from alumni donors, then finance the rest. The balance of the mortgage is about $750,000.

Under IRS rules, only the educational portion of a house is considered tax deductible, which can amount to about 1/3

of the footage. We have recently been able to convert the outstanding loan balance to an actual mortgage loan. Credit goes to Brother Courtney Leavitt for his management and supervision of the corporation and the house. Contact him at email clgamecock@gmail.com

New Patio Furniture & Rocking Chairs

for the house!”

Karen Dunaway

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Meet the Fall 2013 Pledges

Jackson Armstrong, Atlanta, GA Adam Bayless, Rocky Mount, NC Jake Boots, Bellaire. TX Michael Brown, Charlo e, NC Mitchell Burck, Houston , TX Robert Collins, Greenville, SC Alex Conner, Greenville, SC Graham Connolly, Richmond, VA Michael Crowley, Charlo e, NC Alex Fitzwilliam, Virginia Beach, VA Anthony Fontana, Virginia Beach, VA Connor Gordon, Bethesda, MD John Gould, Greenville, SC Drew Grayson, Charlo e, NC Adam Gunn, Atlanta, GA Blake Haasis, Greenville, SC Sid M Hall, Williamsburg, VA

Hunter Hartne , Williamsburg, VA Bradley Hollingsworth, Columbia, SC Spencer Horne, Raleigh, NC William Johnston, Greensboro, NC Joey Kitchen, Charlo e, NC Jackson Krone, Charlo e, NC Zach Mitchell, Asheville, NC Nick Murray, Columbia, SC Will Myers, Spartanburg, SC Jonathan Peacock, Greenville, SC David Pollard, Greenville, SC Charles Sanford, Beaufort, SC Miller Will Shealy, Mount Pleasant, SC Ramsey Stephenson, Greenville, SC Joseph Stuhrenberg, Atlanta, GA James Turner, Raleigh, NC Zack Tysinger, Charlo e, NC Simon Walpole, Virginia Beach, VA

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Class of 1965-1970 Reunion Fun! The reunion of the classes of 1965-1970 was held on Friday evening, Sept 13, 2013 at the Carolina Walk Condominiums Roof, starting at 6:30 pm. Thanks goes to the organizers Rusty Burress, Mack Whittle and Bill Britton.

More photos available on our web site here.

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Sponsors 

Tim Brunet

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Opie McWhorter

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Ted Camp

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David Nine

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Richard Clayton

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Andy Peach

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Paul Darr

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Bobby Price

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Bobby Elrod

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Peter Price

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Tommy Foster

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Billy Rhode

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Louis Griffith

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Stuart Ross

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Tommy Hagood

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Steve Short

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Alan Harvill

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Dean Thompson

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Tom Hennelly

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Lee Turner

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Brad Hollingsworth

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Field Wardlaw

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Spann Laffite

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Dana Wolfe

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Tommy McDonald

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David Yacu

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Wilson McDonald

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Byron Yahnis

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Bucky McQueen

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Bill Yarborough

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Gary Schwab

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Jeff Holder

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Rusty Copsey

ANNUAL ALUMNI REUNION

Friday, Nov 15, 2013

Hayhill Garden Market, 1625 Bluff Road, Columbia, SC

7:30 pm—11:00 pm

Open Bar Pig Pickin’ and Oyster Roast Spouses and dates welcome Casual attire

Registration Cost is $15 per person or $30 per couple. Please pay in advance by completing the WE PAY form here for a credit, debit card or check draft.

If you plan to pay at the door, checks can be made out to SAE. Exact cash only, no change will be available.

If you need Florida game tickets, or have tickets that you would like to sell, please email Peter Price at jppricesr@aol.com. He has volunteered to coordinate a Ticket Exchange for the game

Questions? Contact Bobby Price at email rhprice@hpcadvisors.com or cell (803) 315-6567

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Pledging Scott McLendon

Fall 2012 Class

Walking to the House

Scott joined Allied Electronics in 2007 as Vice President of Product Management & Marketing to lead the product management, catalog and marketing teams. Scott succeeded Lee Davidson as Allied President in April 2013. Prior to Allied, Scott worked with Phoenix Contact in Harrisburg, Pa., as the National Sales Manager in 1996. He held various leadership positions, culminating in Vice President & General Manager USA in 2004. During his decade with Phoenix Contact, annual U.S. sales grew an average of 20 percent. From 1986 to 1996, Scott held various sales and sales management positions with: Siemens Energy & Automation in Denver, Colo. and San Diego, Calif.; Bussmann in Columbia, S.C.; and Honeywell in Charlotte, N.C. He earned a BS in Electrical Engineering and an MBA from the University of South Carolina. Scott was born and raised in Columbia, S.C. Reach Scott at email scott.mclendon@alliedelec.com

John A Rockecharlie

Pledging Ceremony

Our mailing address is: SAE Fraternity SC Delta Chapter 509 Lincoln St Columbia, SC 29201

Parents Weekend Nov 1-2, 2013 Miss State USC Football Game Details to come

John ‘84 is a native of Charlotte, NC. A graduate of USC and the TC Williams School of law at the University of Richmond, he was admitted to the Virginia Bar in 1987. He began his legal career as a prosecutor for the City of Richmond and quickly became the Assistant Commonwealth Attorney in charge of the Manchester Courthouse. He handled a wide variety of criminal cases from violent crime to white collar fraud in both the Circuit and General District Court. In 1992 he joined the Chesterfield County Commonwealth Attorneys Office and prosecuted criminal cases in the county until 1994. At that time he went into the area of personal injury law as an attorney with Nationwide Insurance. For 2 years he represented the interests of individual policy holder who were involved in personal injury litigation. IN 1996 he joined the Richmond Commonwealth Attorneys Office as a Deputy Commonwealth Attorney, this time in charge of juvenile court. IN 1998 he joined his present firm and is a managing partner. Email him at jrockecharlie@bowenlawfirm.com.

Join the SC Delta Alumni Association!

Send your $25 dues to us at PO Box 11521 Columbia, SC 29211. Make your check out to SAE. 12 - Visit our web site, www.saeusc.com