[Distinguished Fijis]
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Macklin
Smith
Railroad. A train enthusiast, he takes special pride in having operated the train ride at the Riverview Amusement Park in Des Moines in the 1970s.
Kessel D. Stelling, Jr. (Georgia 1978)
Brother Stelling is Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors for Synovus Financial, a financial services company based in Columbus, Georgia, with approximately $56 billion in assets. He began his banking career in his hometown of Augusta and later worked for three community banks in the Atlanta metro area before joining Synovus in March 2006. He was named President and CEO in October 2010 and became Chairman of the Board in January 2012. Upon his retirement as CEO in April 2021, he became Executive Chairman. Kessel is a former Chair of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia and currently serves on the boards of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, Georgia Power, Georgia Chamber of Commerce, and the Georgia Historical Society. He has been recognized with the Leadership Character Award from the Robert Greenleaf Center for Servant Leadership, the Distinguished Alumni Award of the University of Georgia Terry College of Business, and an Honorary Doctorate in Business Administration from the University of South Carolina. From 2007 to 2011, he served as House Corporation President for the Kappa Deuteron Chapter at Georgia, and he is the sire of two Fiji sons from his chapter, Chris (2007) and Drew (2010).
George C. Stevens, Jr. (Occidental 1953) Brother Stevens is a writer, author, playwright, director, and producer. He founded the American Film Institute in 1967 and created the AFI Life
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Verrecchia
Achievement Award in 1973. In 1977, he created the Kennedy Center Honors, which he produced until 2014. He has made award-winning films and miniseries and served as chairman of the President’s Committee on the Arts and Humanities under President Barack Obama. Over his professional career, he has earned 17 Emmys, eight Writers Guild Awards, two Peabody Awards, an Honorary Academy Award, and the Humanitas Prize, which recognizes film and television writing intended to promote human dignity, meaning, and freedom. A veteran of the U.S. Air Force, he also served as Director of the U.S. Information Agency’s Motion Picture Service in the 1960s, supervising over 1,500 films.
Alfred J. Verrecchia (Rhode Island 1967) Brother Verrecchia had a 50-year career with Hasbro, Inc., the publicly held toy and board game company headquartered in Pawtucket, Rhode Island. Starting as an intern in 1965, he advanced to serve as CEO from 2003 to 2008 and chairman from 2008 to 2015. Since 2013, he has been independent chairman of Iron Mountain Inc., a global business dedicated to storing, protecting, and managing information and assets. He is a former member of the board of CVS Health, FGX International, Bacou USA, and Old Stone Corporation. He also served as chairman of Lifespan Healthcare System of Rhode Island and of the Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital in East Providence. His dedication to alma mater is reflected in current service as chairman of the board of URI Foundation & Alumni Engagement and on the College of Business Dean’s Advisory Council, as well as generous gifts to the College of Business. URI awarded him an Honorary Doctor of Laws in 2004.t THE PHI GAMMA DELTA
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