now serves it as a chapter adviser. As an undergraduate at U.Va., Moran was named an Echols Scholar and was on the Dean’s List 7 of his 8 semesters. In law school he has received the Oral Advocacy Award which is awarded for top performance in the first-year moot court program. He is a member of the editorial board for The Virginia Journal of Law and Politics and last fall served as a peer mentor for first-year law students. Kyle H. Ochsenbein, Tennessee Tech ’08, majored in Political Science graduating with a 3.9 GPA. He stayed at Tennessee Tech for graduate school where he seeks an M.A. in Education Instructional Leadership. Initiated by Kentucky Theta chapter at Eastern Kentucky University, Ochsenbein transferred and was affiliated by Tennessee Delta at Tennessee Tech. He was scholarship chairman and warden at Tennessee Delta before he was elected president twice. He was named the chapter’s 2007-2008 Phi of the Year. He is a member of several honor societies including Phi Kappa Phi, Omicron Delta Kappa, Mortar Board and Order of Omega. On the Dean’s List for eight semesters, he received the Political Science Senior Award which is the University’s most prestigious Political Science award. Christopher S. Platta, Saint Norbert ’05, graduated with honors earning a 3.87 GPA. He entered the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in 2005 and expects to receive his M.D. with Research Honors next May. At Saint Norbert he was a founding member of Wisconsin Epsilon and served as scholarship chairman, awards chairman and as a member of the Judiciary Board. He was on the Dean’s List every semester and graduated from the College Honor’s Program. He was honored as the most outstanding biology student in his graduating class. He has received numerous other honors and research grants first as an undergraduate and now as a medical student. His current research focuses on radiation treatment for brain metastases, analysis of new treatments for prostate cancer, and the treatment of small cell lung cancer. Joshua J. Solano, Duke ’08, received both a B.S. and a B.A. from Duke University graduating with a 3.52 GPA with majors in Biology and History. He entered the University of Florida College of Medicine last August. He served North Carolina Alpha chapter as librarian, rush chairman and president. He was the chapter’s delegate to Phi Delta Theta’s Presidents Leadership Conference and its Emerging Leaders Institute. At Duke Solano became a member of Order of Omega and was named to the Dean’s List. He was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Extraordinary Research Opportunities Program grant to study immunology at the University of California San Francisco the summer of 2007. Michael Wing Hei Suen, British Columbia ’07, graduated with Honours in Physiology and is now a second-year medical student at the University of British Columbia. As an undergraduate he served British Columbia Alpha on numerous committees and as scholarship chairman, philanthropist,
house manager, treasurer, vice president and as president. He currently serves on the Chapter Advisory Board as Financial Adviser. He was named the chapter’s Unsung Phi in 2005, its Phi Scholar of the Year in 2006 and 2007, and its Phi of the Year in 2007. He is a member of Golden Key and Order of Omega. He received the University’s Physiology Prize for the top written and oral presentation of a graduating thesis and was named to the Dean’s Honour List. Benjamin A. Swisher, Kettering ’03, received a B.S. degree in Mechanical Engineering from Kettering University, worked several years as an engineer, and then entered Harvard University seeking an M.B.A. He was a very involved member of Michigan Delta serving as chorister, awards chairman, athletics chairman, IFC delegate, scholarship chairman and vice president. He received the Tom Harmon Memorial Athletic Award for the senior who contributed most to the chapter’s athletic achievement. He received the University’s President’s Medal and its Outstanding Thesis Award. He became a member of Order of Omega, Who’s Who Among American Colleges and Universities, the Management Honor Society, many other honor societies, and he was named to the Dean’s List every semester. David M. Trogden, DePauw ’04, received a B.A. in Economics in 2004 earning a 3.76 GPA. After working several years as a Business Development Specialist, he entered the evening M.B.A. program at Indiana University’s Kelley School of Business in Indianapolis. At Indiana Zeta, he chaired a committee to eliminate all forms of hazing and then revamped the entire Phikeia program. He served the chapter as new member educator, alumni chair and president. Trodgen was a member of the varsity cross country team and the varsity track and field team. He became a member of Mortar Board, of the honorary for top student-athletes and the theatre honor society. He was listed on the Dean’s List every semester. He is a member of the DePauw Graduates of the Last Decade Council and DePauw’s Indianapolis Regional Alumni Council. Sean S. Wagner, Widener ’02, earned his B.A. in Communication Studies: Public Relations and Advertising. He worked as a Phi Delta Theta Leadership Consultant in 2002-2003. After a year working in private business, he returned to the Fraternity as Director of Expansion. He then became Director of Alumni Services and currently is Associate Executive Vice President. He seeks a master’s degree in Public Administration: Nonprofit Management at Northern Kentucky University. Wagner served Pennsylvania Mu as secretary, recruitment chairman, social chairman and president. He was named the chapter’s Phi of the Year and the University’s Greek Man of the Year. He has been an adviser at both Pennsylvania Zeta at Penn and at Ohio Theta at the University of Cincinnati. In 2002, he was named the Cincinnati Alumni Club’s Ohio Theta Distinguished Alumnus of the Year, a rare honor for an individual who is not a member of Ohio Theta.
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