Annual Report 2019

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OF PHI KAPPA TAU | VOL. 105 ISSUE 1 | OCTOBER 2019

GOING FAR: ANNUAL REPORT 2018-2019

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE

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CHAIRMAN OF THE FOUNDATION

OUR OBLIGATION TO OTHERS

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

In an effort to get as many volunteers to camp as possible, the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation offers travel stipends to help with transportation costs to attend a SeriousFun camp.

The Foundation provides up to $300 in travel stipends to any undergraduate who volunteers at a camp. All SeriousFun stipend applicants must be an Associate or Resident Council member of Phi Kappa Tau. Stipends awarded are intended for students who will be entering the next academic year as a sophomore, junior, or senior. Applicants should be enrolled as a full-time student.

To apply, visit phikappatau.org/philanthropy.

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good and loyal citizen. I shall try always to discharge the obligation to others which arises from the fact that I am a fraternity man.

Phi Kappa Tau, by admitting me to membership, has conferred upon me a mark of distinction in which I take just pride. I believe in the spirit of brotherhood for which it stands. I shall strive to attain its ideals, and by so doing to bring to it honor and credit. I shall be loyal to my college and my chapter and shall keep strong my ties to them that I may ever retain the spirit of youth. I shall be a good and loyal citizen. I shall try always to discharge the obligation to others which arises from the fact that I am a fraternity man.

Phi Kappa Tau, by admitting me to membership, has conferred upon me a mark of distinction in which I take just pride. I believe in the spirit of brotherhood for which it stands. I shall strive to attain its ideals, and by so doing to bring to it honor and credit. I shall be loyal to my college and my chapter and shall keep strong my ties to them that I may ever retain the spirit of youth. I shall be a good and loyal citizen. I shall try always to discharge the obligation to others which arises from the fact that I am a fraternity man.

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HONOR ROLL OF DONORS Valued contributors to the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation

FEATURES 5 PERSPECTIVE “Now, more than ever, we need leaders.” Foundation Chairmen Wes Fugate, Centre ’99, shares a few words about the impact of the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation.

8 IMPACT: THE VALUE OF LEADERS Curious about the impact of our National Programs? Read about what a few undergraduates had to say they learned from their experiences at Leadership Academy, Presidents Academy, and Regional Conferences.

10 OUR OBLIGATION TO OTHERS This May, Phi Kappa Tau was honored with SeriousFun Children’s Network Excellence in Philanthropy Award. Phi Taus traveled to New York to accept the esteemed award, a meaningful thank you for our long term partnership.

DEPARTMENTS 4 | COO’s Letter 6 | Expanding Our Mission 23 | By the Numbers 28 | Chapter Eternal 30 | Sidelights

On the cover: The SeriousFun Gala in New York City.

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COO’S LETTER

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PHI TAU TALKS Tyler Hanna @Tchanna22 I am strong and supportive because of #myFraternity Dylan Boyte @dylanboyte I am able to become the best version of myself because of #myFraternity Phi Kappa Tau Washington State @phikappatau_wsu I am courageous because of #myFraternity

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A WORD FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICES

WHAT’S YOUR STORY?

Above: Travis and Kristen at the Florida State chartering in 2003. Right: The Robinsons now.

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e all have a Phi Tau story and we all love sharing it.

Mine started when I was a transfer student at Eastern Kentucky University. I joined Phi Tau my first semester on campus and I can confidently say I credit it with providing the right amount of direction and guidance, along with a bit of fun, to push me in the right direction.

More than the proximity itself to the Fraternity, it was my chapter brothers that helped me.

It wasn’t that I saw myself as a follower or that I didn’t have the confidence to lead, but I was happy with my status as a participant. But the older brothers in the chapter saw something in me that I didn’t see yet and they pushed me into leadership roles I never would have pursued on my own. The encouragement from them gave me the nudge I needed to seize leadership opportunities and develop as an individual. Because of them, and Phi Tau at large, I was able to tap into abilities I didn’t know I had and reach my full potential. Twenty years later, I’m not sure where I would be without my experience with Phi Tau. I am grateful for all the opportunities Phi Tau has given me over the years to develop within an institution larger than myself, which is why I continue to prioritize giving to the Foundation years after my own undergraduate experience.

As a father of three, I know it can be difficult to prioritize giving. I’m very lucky my wife, a founding member of her sorority chapter at Miami University, also sees the value in donating to Greek life. She echoes many of the same sen-

timents I do about how her Greek experience shaped her for the better. For us, supporting Phi Kappa Tau is not just supporting an organization I’m personally passionate about, it’s a way to provide leadership opportunities to future young men as our way of paying it forward.

When you think about the things that are worth giving your money to, I hope Phi Tau is at the top of the list. We give as alumni so we can pass on the legacy of leadership to those who follow us. As Fraternity men, it’s our duty to provide the same opportunities for growth and development to the next generation of leaders as were given to us. I give in the hope that someday when my kids go to college, they will have the opportunity to join an organization that helps them grow the way Phi Tau helped me and that is as well-supported as my Fraternity continues to be.

For all of you who make the sacrifice to give to the Foundation, I thank you. I know as a family man it is not always easy. Your dollars go towards programs that have an immeasurable impact on the lives of thousands of young men. We at Phi Tau are very grateful.

Go Far!

TRAVIS ROBINSON CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER

PERSPECTIVES

WES FUGATE, CENTRE ’99

GREAT LEADERS NEEDED, NOW MORE THAN EVER

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Wes has been an active Phi Tau since he was a chapter officer in the early 2000s. He has served on numerous boards, served as Dean of Leadership Academy, and today is the Chairman of the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lilly Steger COPY EDITORS Travis Robinson, Eastern Kentucky ’98

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erhaps now more than ever, our world needs great leaders. We need leaders who stand on good moral character and embody a service to others. We yearn for leaders who will not only do things right, but who will do the right things.

And yet, often, these leaders don’t develop naturally. Society requires organizations who can develop these leaders at a young age – organizations that not only model leadership themselves, but instill skills in future leaders, provide them with opportunities to apply these skills, and learn from their successes and failures.

I am so honored to be a part of a fraternity dedicated to doing just that. You see, I am a product of all our Fraternity has to offer. I was the young new member attending Leadership Academy back in 1999, an opportunity provided to me via the kindness of donors. There, I met role models who taught me what ethical leadership looks like and who inspired me to commit to serving others. I put those skills to the test as a Chapter Officer and eventually a National Officer. Now they live with me every day in my professional life and my work with numerous non-profits.

As luck would have it, years later, I would be asked to become the Dean of Leadership Academy and help to continue instilling those principles to a later generation of Phi Kappa Tau leaders. To this day, I keep up with many of these brothers,

CONTRIBUTORS Tim Hudson, Truman State ’97 Wes Fugate, Centre ‘99

and I stand in awe of how they are contributing to making the world a better place.

Today I have the distinct pleasure of working with trustees of the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation to ensure that our Fraternity continues to make this difference in not only individual young men but, indeed, the world. The opportunity has proven more rewarding than I could have imagined.

On behalf of the Foundation, our volunteers, and staff, thank you to each and every person whose generosity shapes future leaders. Phi Kappa Tau is able to broaden its impact through your generous support. Because of your philanthropy we are able to shape young men into true Men of Distinction. There may be no more noble a calling.

UPCOMING EDITIONS Phi Kappa Tau publishes the Laurel three times a year. Each edition focuses on an aspect of the Phi Kappa Tau experience.

The schedule below identifies upcoming delivery dates.

December 2019; March 2020 ADDRESS CHANGES Visit phikappatau.org/address to update your current mailing information.

LAUREL ARCHIVES Past Laurel publications can be found online at phikappatau.org/laurel. Individuals can browse and view all past editions that are available.

Brother Always,

Wesley R. Fugate, Centre ’99 Chairman of the Foundation

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EXPANDING OUR MISSION

CHARTERINGS

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UPCOMING EXPANSIONS

MUHLENBERG COLLEGE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE-MARTIN

ALPHA RHO COLONY Georgia Institute of Technology BETA THETA COLONY University of Kansas

If you would like to volunteer with one of Phi Kappa Tau’s colonies, visit phikappatau.org/volunteer.

DELTA KAPPA COLONY University of Tennessee-Knoxville

EXISTING COLONIES

DELTA RHO COLONY Eastern Kentucky University

OMICRON COLONY Pennsylvania State University PI COLONY University of Southern California OMEGA COLONY University of Wisconsin-Madison

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EPSILON DELTA COLONY Virginia Wesleyan University TEXAS TECH COLONY Texas Technological University If you know a young man attending school at one of the institutions, recommend him to Phi Kappa Tau by visiting phikappatau.org/join.

ZETA RHO CHAPTER Columbus State University

CLOSINGS

Delta Theta Chapter Georgetown College

After a decline in recruitment and membership retention, the Delta Theta chapter has closed its doors. The Fraternity and the chapter’s Graduate Council are in communication with college administration to determine the best timeline for our return.

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FEATURE

IMPACT: THE VALUE OF LEADERS A

t Presidents Academy last January in Fort Worth, one of the goals was to interview a series of undergraduates and find out the ways that Phi Tau’s educational programming had impacted them.

Each of our National Programs are designed with specific development and educational goals in mind, but it is our hope that all participants leave with a renewed sense of brotherhood and dedication to our core values. Because they all vary so much in terms of size, location, and goals, our members’ first experience at a National Program can look very different. Brandon Pappas, Colorado ’18, attended Convention in Cleveland last year for his first National Program, and the event is still leaving an impression on him. “It was really interesting to see how many different brothers came and how we’re all one fraternal organization, but at the same time everyone is so different,” he said. “What I loved about it was that it was my first experience to understand other people’s backgrounds, and where they were coming

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from and what was so unique about the different chapters.”

He attended leadership academy in Colorado only a few weeks later, where his experience with the organization nationally only continued to grow, “What was so interesting about that was the close bonds I was able to build with brothers from out of state. It just kind of enriched my experience at my own chapter because it made me thankful for what I had at Psi, but also allowed me to bring back some new ideas and characteristics I learned from guys in Washington and California.”

For many brothers, Leadership Academy is their first experience at a National Program. The purpose of Leadership Academy is to take emerging leaders, typically brothers who only initiated the past school year, and to work on conflict resolution, identifying their own leadership style, and using their core values to become more ethical leaders. Many of the participants at Presidents Academy had attended a Leadership Academy first, and it was encouraging to see how many had

been so empowered by their experience it motivated them to run for the role of President.

Will Luca, Mount Union ’16, said his experience at Leadership Academy helped him realize what Phi Tau meant as a lifelong commitment.

“I learned what it truly meant to be a Phi Tau. I was made more aware of the national organization and the idea that the commitment to Phi Tau and the commitment to the values extends past the undergraduate experience and into leadership for your entire life.”

In addition to the takeaways from curriculum written for these programs, perhaps one of the most immediate and pragmatic effects of bringing brothers from across the country is the idea exchange. Dallas Taylor, Southern Mississippi ’16, shared this story with this experience. “A lot of people don’t get the chance to go outside of their chapter and see things other chapters have, so when you go to these National Programs you get to meet people from other chapters that have dealt with similar issues but handled them differently, and because of that you can learn what works best from them and take it back to your own chapter.”

For some, it was just the affirmation that Phi Tau had an impact on their life, simply by admitting them to membership.

Arthur Ensign-George, Centre ’17, said of the lessons Phi Tau has taught him, “I’ve learned so much. I think the main thing is to be a really good role model, and how to rise to the occasion of who I need to be. That started early on as an associate and I’ve really prided myself on being able to practice consistently during my time with the Fraternity.” Phil Bowen, Southern Illinois ’16, expressed a similar sentiment,“I think the greatest contribution I’ve made is serving as a role model to younger chapter brothers and showing them how to be a better person and become better leaders and serve their community.”

Ryan Beard, Ohio State ’17, a member of the 2019 Maxwell winning Gamma chapter, is among those members of Phi Tau who never planned on joining a fraternity. “Since being in Phi Tau I’ve really learned to not be scared to get out of your comfort zone. I wasn’t really planning on joining a fraternity, but I kind of took that leap of faith and did it and now here I am as President. I really decided that in order to grow it’s important to step out of your comfort zone and do the things you’re sacred

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of. By doing that I’ve really been able to put myself up to new experiences, like being in this position. It’s been an eye opening experience and I’ve been able to see myself grow so much since joining the organization.”

Attending a National Program gives members the opportunity to see beyond the scope of their own chapter and realize how vast the Phi Tau network is, and how dedicated members are in this expansive organization. Foundation donors allow these programs to run and, most important, help young members discover who they are, what type of leaders they want to be, and what they stand for. All of our donors should feel proud of their role in helping these men develop from men of character into Men of Distinction.

To learn more about our educational programs, visit phikappatau.org/programs.

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FEATURE

OUR OBLIGATION TO OTHERS T

he SeriousFun gala is an annual event in New York that draws campers, celebrities, and donors to its doors to celebrate the magic of SeriousFun. Campers sing and dance, members of the SeriousFun network give speeches, and celebrities perform or speak of their own experiences, while bringing a higher level

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of awareness to the event. Past events have included George Clooney, David Letterman, Tom Hanks, Meryl Streep, and the Clintons, but along with a slate of celebrities, this year’s guest list also included two tables of Phi Taus as honored guests to receive the 2019 Excellence in Philanthropy Award.

A slate of representatives to the Fraternity and Foundation, including national volunteers, local alumni, and staff members took their seats to receive this award, particularly special because it is only presented when “deemed appropriate and deserved” by SeriousFun. It was presented to Phi Tau based on our commitment to SeriousFun, both through volunteerism and financial support.

Phi Kappa Tau was introduced by Clea Newman, Paul Newman’s daughter. We are very fortunate to have a direct connection with Clea after she attended the 63rd National Convention last summer, and we are equally appreciative of her taking the time she frequently does to speak so kindly of the organization. She introduced us with the following sentiment: To be surrounded by these young men who are so committed to giving back, to volunteerism, and to making the world a better place – not just for themselves, but for others – is truly inspiring.

And I know for a fact they bring that inspiration, that creativity, and that compassion with them to every SeriousFun camp they visit. Just think about how it makes our campers and families feel, to be surrounded by such enthusiasm and joy. It’s people like our Phi Tau brothers who makes the SeriousFun camp experience life-changing – we could not do it without you.

After National President Bill Brasch, Louisville ’67, graciously accepted the award, Cliff Unger, Arizona ’98, took the stage to speak on behalf of Phi Tau. Cliff is a Trustee of the Foundation and a survivor of blood cancer. He has visited three SeriousFun camps and volunteered at two. In his acceptance he said: Of all my personal experience with the network, most impactful and memorable for me was the summer of 2011 when I was fortunate enough to volunteer at the opening session of the first summer at Roundup River Ranch in Colorado. It was hematology and oncology week, and I’m not sure who was more nervous, wide eyed, or excited - the campers, or the brand new staff and volunteers that were breaking everything in.

My week there was not necessarily unique in that all volunteers experience a wide range of emotions, witness the bravery of some truly amazing kids, and engage with each other in more meaningful and

lasting relationships. I was lucky enough to form friendships with some numerous members of the undergraduate classes of Phi Kappa Tau and also with one of the oncology physicians at University Hospital in Denver. I had the chance to learn from his unrelenting optimism, his enthusiasm to support his patients at camp, and the way he supported the overall endeavor. He’s now someone that’s been a tremendous friend and asset to me, as I’ve recently started my own journey through the often-scary world of blood cancer. And that’s really what the camp experience is all about, isn’t it? Connecting with, growing with, and enriching one another.

The same is true for our young men. Above the individual experiences, and the friendships and the memories, what truly drives Phi Kappa Tau’s commitment to SeriousFun is how much our members gain from the stewardship of the camps. Of all the impactful leadership development programs we offer and the rich social education we can provide, our organization simply cannot replicate the learning and growth that comes from SeriousFun. The way it’s touched the lives of more than 2,000 of our members directly, the countless others involved in fundraising in our chapters, or the 1,000+ campers we’ve had the honor of sponsoring to date.

So to parallel the final verse of the Phi Kappa Tau membership creed, “We will continue to discharge the obligation to others that arises from the fact that we are fraternity men.” We could not ask for a more meaningful partnership.

To say we are honored to receive the 2019 Excellence in Philanthropy Award is an understatement. At every level of this Fraternity we encourage the relationship between the two organizations to grow and flourish. Besides the $1.7 million in lifetime donations and the countless hours of manpower we have contributed, it’s the passion, empathy, and relentless support members of Phi Tau feel towards SeriousFun that hold us to a righteous standard of our obligation to others.

Founded by Paul Newman, SeriousFun Children’s Network is a global community of 30 camps and programs creating opportunities for children with serious illnesses and their families to reach beyond illness and discover joy, confidence and a new world of possibilities – always free of charge.

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EWING T. BOLES SOCIETY

CHAIRMAN LEVEL ($10,000+) Edwin Arnold, Colorado State ’61 Jim Bacon, Michigan Tech ’59 Darryl Isaacs Bill Jones, Mississippi State ’60 Jeff Ross, Colorado ’84 Mike Rosser, Colorado State ’61 Charles Shaw, UC Berkeley ’49 + Paul Smith, Mississippi State ’81

Ewing T. Boles, Centre ’14

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hange agents lead by example. Ewing T. Boles, Centre ’14, recognized that to capitalize on the full potential of Phi Kappa Tau, the Fraternity needed committed, selfless leaders willing to support its mission. Brother Boles’s legacy encouraged generations of Phi Taus to lead by example through their philanthropic commitment to Phi Kappa Tau. The Ewing T. Boles Society recognizes brothers and friends who contribute $1,000 or more to the Foundation on an annual basis. The plus sign (+) represents those brothers who have entered Chapter Eternal.

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LAUREL WREATH LEVEL ($5,000+) Steve Chaddick, Georgia Tech ’70 Durward Dunn, III, Mississippi State ’72 Joe Grimes, Kansas State ’59 Jon Hays, Old Dominion ’07 Dale Holland, Kent State ’87 John Johnson, Mississippi State ’64 Larry Kirk, Mississippi State ’68 Glenn Marchant, Mississippi State ’75 Malcolm Outlaw, III, Mississippi State ’67 David Rice, III, Mississippi State ’72 John Sampson, Nebraska Wesleyan ’60 Mark Sheehy, Ohio ’82 John Stepowoy, Ohio ’03 Henry Tucker, Mississippi State ’68 RED CARNATION LEVEL ($2,500+) Bill Brasch, Louisville ’67 Thomas Clayton, Jr., Mississippi State ’85 Jamie Day, Ohio State ’89 Joseph Drake, III, Mississippi State ’75 Bill Fisher, Miami ’80 Wes Fugate, Centre ’99 John Green, Nebraska Wesleyan ’60 Roston Hamilton, II, Mississippi State ’72 Jim Hamilton, Ohio State ’63

Tom Jeswald, Ohio ’63 Roy King, New Mexico State ’73 Donna Loeb John Loomis, Mississippi State ’59 Deborah Lou Potee Warren Mattox, Nebraska Wesleyan ’69 Maur McKie, Mississippi State ’78 Dick Michael, Michigan Tech ’70 Rob Reese, Kent State ’87 Gary Ryan, Ole Miss ’68 Ross Tucker, UC Berkeley ’50 Gabe Uebel, Eastern Kentucky ’95 Oliver Waggener, Mississippi State ’72 Alan Wilson, Mississippi State ’77 Roger Wright, Mississippi State ’75 SOCIETY LEVEL ($1,000+) Jack Alvenus, St. John’s ’89 Charlie Ball, Miami ’82 Doug Bambeck, Kent State ’93 Rhett Bentley, Auburn ’74 Mike Bichimer, Miami ’81 Nancy Bichimer Dave Britt, Kent State ’87 Norm Brown, Ohio State ’50 Trevor Cost, Miami ’00 Ray Cox, Jr., North Carolina State ’89 Cooch Cuturilo, North Carolina State ’73 Daniel Dauer, Old Dominion ’67 Nick Davatzes, St. John’s ’60 Brent DeVore, Ohio ’61 Dan Diepenhorst, Texas State ’86 Don Dorr, Nebraska Wesleyan ’58 Steve Dunn, Colorado ’66 Robin Fant, III, Mississippi State ’81 Fred Fether, Bowling Green ’51

Richard Foote, Texas ’59 Robin Forsythe, Mississippi State ’85 Tom Freeman Jr., Florida ’84 Michael French, Kent State ’88 Mike Gabhart, Georgetown ’95 Buzz Green, Ole Miss ’66 Walter Griffin, Auburn ’44 Brian Hardy, Westminster ’93 John Harkness, Jr., Florida ’64 Roy Harris, Mississippi State ’62 Jeff Hilperts, Spring Hill ’96 Larry Huang, Georgia Tech ’70 Tim Hudson, Truman State ’97 Bill Jenkins, Bowling Green ’57 Linda Jones Steven Jones, Bowling Green ’91 John Kaczynski, Central Michigan ’04 John Keagle, Michigan Tech ’60 Ray Kelly, Akron ’69 Gary Klingbergs, Cleveland State ’82 Gerald Kohlenberger, Southern California ’71 William Lafferty, Delaware ’82 Dave Lapinski, Penn State ’74 Jim Lavelle, Jr., Case Western Reserve ’61 Chuck Leemon, III, Ole Miss ’69 J.J. Lewis, Central Michigan ’04 Michael Lummus, Belmont ’06 Thomas Majors, III, Mississippi State ’78 Stephen Martino, Kansas ’91 Dave Mattingly, Purdue ’59 Mac McKinley, Oklahoma State ’51 Tom McWilliams, Jr., Colorado ’66 Franklin Mills, Nebraska Wesleyan ’52 Steve Moore, Rutgers ’99 Jon Nicholson, Bowling Green ’63 Craig Noble, Bethany ’85

Joshua O’Brien, Cincinnati ’97 Solon O’Neal, Jr., Florida ’50 Tom Pape Kenneth Parent, Lawrence ’65 Michael Patrick, North Carolina State ’70 William Patton, Mississippi State ’83 Don Phillips, Texas ’82 Bob Ragsdale, Georgia ’66 Jeff Rivard, Central Michigan ’65 Travis Robinson, Eastern Kentucky ’98 Ross Roeder, Michigan State ’58 Gary Rose, Tennessee ’83 Paul Rossie, Mississippi State ’76 BJ Ruckriegel, Jr., Eastern Kentucky ’96 Mack Ruffin, III, North Carolina State ’54 John Sayers, Bethany ’78 Allyn Shaw, Michigan State ’85 Rich Shurtz, UC Berkeley ’56 George Simmerman, Jr., Spring Hill ’78 Doug Sitzler, Miami ’06 Tim Smith, Bowling Green ’62 Carl Spraul, Central Michigan ’99 John Starr, Jr., Mississippi State ’77 Todd Stennis, III, Mississippi State ’91 Scott Stewart, Nebraska-Kearney ’69 Terry Stewart, Nebraska Wesleyan ’64 John Thompson, Sacramento State ’68 Cliff Unger, Arizona ’98 Tyler Wash, Georgetown ’06 Byars Wells, Transylvania ’98 Chuck Whatley, Eastern Kentucky ’01 Don Wilczynski, Florida State ’88 Roger Zimmerman, Ohio ’64

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HONOR ROLL

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he Phi Kappa Tau Foundation is proud to present the Honor Roll of Donors. This list recognizes everyone who made a gift between July 1, 2018 and June 30, 2019. Each donor’s lifetime giving level, starting with the Tau Link at $2,500, is indicated with the numbers listed below.

Members who made a gift in fiscal year 2019 are listed alphabetically by chapter. Ewing T. Boles Society members (donors who contributed $1,000 or more) are in bold. Gifts from nonmembers are included in the Friends of Phi Tau section.

ALPHA - MIAMI Frank Adams, Jr ’55 (3) David Ashby ’58 (1) Charlie Ball ’82 (4) Larry Bertsch, CPA ’57 Mike Bichimer ’81 (4) Fred Breitling ’57 (1) Frank Buhler ’47 (3) + C.J. Callahan ’02 Drew Callahan ’06 Dino Caterini, JD ’51 Trevor Cost ’00 John Dan ’74 Jeff Day ’76 (1) Tom DeJonge ’82 Curtis Dunseath ’85 Mitch Engel ’71 (4) James Ertel ’71 (1) Bill Fisher ’80 (5) Jim Fouss ’58 Joe Glass ’54 (1) Sam Halter ’58 Steve Hart ’77 Norman Hoyt ’66 Robert Jackman ’50 Daniel Johnson ’74 Donald Lease ’50 James Leopold ’52 Jason Luring ’96 William MacDonald ’62 Bill Mallory ’54 + Bob Manning ’74 Kevin Martin ’81 Jim McLandsborough ’60 Mike Miller ’79 Charles Mueller ’65 David Mueller ’69

Karl Novak ’54 James Overly ’53 Mark Pawlak, ’76 Thomas Podwell ’58 Mark Potasiewicz ’88 Dave Rinehart ’64 Jonathan Rucker ’77 Paul Shade ’00 Doug Sitzler ’06 (1) Philip Skinner ’77 Neil Smalley ’54 Jeff Smith ’87 Jon Spahr ’58 David Spence, ’76 Carl Steiss ’62 Cory Stopka ’13 Peter Svanda ’56 James Tekavec ’63 Bob Town ’56 BETA - OHIO John Agosti ’57 Richard Borton ’63 Tim Bowie ’82 (1) Jack Brannen ’69 Brian Breittholz ’83 (1) David Budd ’56 Gary Clark ’57 Tim Cochran ’90 Larry Conrad ’64 Brent DeVore ’61 (5) George Drop ’57 Chris Garber ’93 (1) Richard Gilbert ’50 Rick Harrison, Jr. ’79 (1) Tom Jeswald ’63 (8) Frank Kamenar ’61

LIFETIME GIVING LEVELS (16) 1906 SOCIETY

$1 MILLION +

(15) ALPHA CIRCLE

$750,000 +

(14) BETA CIRCLE

$500,000 +

(13) GAMMA CIRCLE

$250,000 +

(12) DELTA CIRCLE

$175,000 +

(11) EPSILON CIRCLE

$125,000 +

(10) ZETA CIRCLE

$100,000 +

(9) BORRADAILE CIRCLE

$75,000 +

(8) SHIDELER CIRCLE

$50,000 +

(7) BOYD CIRCLE

$30,000 +

(6) DOUGLASS CIRCLE

$20,000 +

(5) PHRENOCON CIRCLE

$15,000 +

(4) OLD MAIN CIRCLE

$10,000 +

(3) PHI LINK

$7,500 +

(2) KAPPA LINK

$5,000 +

(1) TAU LINK

$2,500 +

• FIRST-TIME DONORS + DONORS WHO HAVE ENTERED CHAPTER ETERNAL

William Katholi, ’58 Brian Lawrence ’93 (1) Michael McCormick ’83 Walter Merschat ’65 Joe Ruby ’69 Mark Sheehy ’82 (5) John Stepowoy ’03 (6) Gordon Young ’47 Roger Zimmerman ’64 GAMMA - OHIO STATE Robert Andrews ’54 (2) Kenneth Bandy ’68 Donald Baur ’59 Norm Brown ’50 (12) Rea Buchanan ’67 Peter Cruser ’63 Fred Cummings ’53 Jamie Day ’89 (4) Steve Dibert ’82 Donald Fender, Jr. ’58 (1) Robert Fisher ’60

Barry Gilliland ’78 Matthew Hablitzel, ’67 Jim Hamilton ’63 (9) Sean Hicks ’12 • Dan Huffer ’57 (1) Philip Jaeger ’58 Greg Lamping, III, ’79 Joseph Mamone ’56 Judson McIntire ’69 Larry Mottice ’58 Carl Okeson ’50 (1) Glenn Redick ’63 (1) Mark Rucker ’65 Jason Sabo ’91 Floyd Singer ’56 Thomas Stoll ’65 Bob Strung, ’69 Tom Tibbitts ’51 Rex Tracht ’65 Ken Wahl ’53

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HONOR ROLL

DELTA - CENTRE Mark Ball ’04 Tristan Conroy ’12 Wes Fugate, ’99 (5) David Goff ’65 Charles Hughes ’66 Morton Marye ’68 Gene Middleton ’57 John Newman ’63 Richard Thompson ’62 Kyle Young ’05

Tony Coco, Esq ’50 Roy Fischer ’57 Joe Holliday ’55 George Kellner ’53 Alex Koehler ’07 Brandon Lucas ’14 John McLachlan ’55 Chris Monrad ’72 Arthur O'Neil ’55 Kyle Shepard ’14 • Dennis Warstler ’68

EPSILON MOUNT UNION Tom Alten ’81 Wayne Amos ’53 Winston Anderson, Sr. ’57 Ian Andrews ’01 (1) Knox Brown, IV ’80

ZETA - ILLINOIS Charles Alt ’58 Thomas Benson, ’72 Mike Cadell ’90 Terry Crabbs ’64 Robert Johns ’62 Craig Johnson ’54

Darryl and Theresa, parents of Lee Issacs, Kentucky ’18, have made a lead gift to the Foundation in support of Kappa Chapter’s “Campaign for Kappa” to build a new house at the University of Kentucky.

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Robert Nejdl ’51 Robert Patterson, Jr. ’62 (1) Tom Thornton ’87 Greg Voorhees ’69 Scott Wilson ’62 ETA - MUHLENBERG Jim Alderfer ’63 (3) Jeff Baird ’01 (2) James Schwartz ’77 (1) Rolf Wolfrom ’72 John Yingling ’68 THETA - TRANSYLVANIA John Bray ’48 + Tim Collins ’78 Billy Crowe, Jr. ’81 Jack Dorsey ’53 Robert Ecroyd ’62

Julian Hurt ’73 Harlan Judd, Jr. ’62 Charles Newquist ’72 David Richard ’84 Fon Rogers ’71 (4) Byars Wells ’98 (3) Garey White ’46 IOTA - COE Michael Beecher ’70 (1) Chris Edwards ’11 Steve Jackson ’55 (1) Jordan Lord ’09 John Mankopf ’65 (4) Jack Minder, Jr. ’78 Bob Noyes ’54

Charles Cosenza ’50 Robert Davin ’68 Marty Dunning ’07 Murphy Green, ’57 Seth Hall ’81 Douglas Hoffman ’77 Patrick Keal ’04 Stephen Kiene ’04 (1) Arthur Knight ’63 Hayden Logsdon AM • John Mains, Jr. ’60 Jeff Steller ’06 Robert Vance ’60 Ralph Wesley ’65 Jerry Westerfield, MD ’60 (1) Oscar Westerfield ’64 (1)

KAPPA - KENTUCKY John Anson ’58 (2)

LAMBDA - PURDUE Tim Burkhart ’95

Rex Carper ’70 Don Down ’59 Robert Eiler ’64 John Hahn ’68 Matt Hancher ’89 Kent Jackson ’78 Brad Joutras ’00 Jerrald Kuenn ’60 (1) Stanley Kuenn ’64 Mike Lennox ’79 (4) Jack Lienesch ’62 Ed Liesse ’55 Dave Mattingly ’59 (1) Albert Roberts ’42 Robin Savin ’84 Leroy Schuster ’60 (1) Tim Shaw ’83 (1) Tim Sheehan ’64 John Shirey ’68 (1)

William Wagner ’65 Frank Westerman ’52 (1) Mike Wise ’60 Dave Wozniak ’71 (3) Richard Zieg ’71 MU - LAWRENCE Robert Dude ’61 Jeff Lawrence ’58 Kenneth Parent ’65 (4) James Petrie, ’54 Paul Rosenheimer ’49 NU - UC-BERKELEY Greg Anderson ’76 (2) Reginald Bayley ’56 (1) James Black ’58 (1) Edward Dematei, Jr. ’52 Robert Duey ’58 (1)

Alan Dunham ’58 Fred Gregory ’61 (2) Jack Gregory ’65 Troy Miller ’91 Guy Petzold ’74 Les Portello ’60 Craig Robbins ’60 Maynard Rotermund, ’49 Ira Salzman ’72 Charles Shaw ’49 (15) + Rich Shurtz ’56 (2) Ross Tucker ’50 (1) XI - FRANKLIN & MARSHALL George Appel ’85 • John Clark ’59 Joseph Groff ’44 Curt Heinfelden ’66 Michael Mumma ’60 Edwin Sekowski ’57 + Michael Treister ’62 Joseph Weiss, ’55 OMICRON - PENN STATE Michael Boyd ’66 Robert Byrd ’69 Gary Frederick ’76 • William Heath ’54 Bob Kaiser ’74 (2) Dave Lapinski ’74 (6) Bill O'Neill ’74 Bruce Pettersen ’67 Edward Smarsh, Jr. ’81 PI - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Brian Baker ’79 • Daniel Benoit ’78 Kevin Darroch ’77 Jim Docherty ’78 • Albee Erkel, Jr. ’72 Gary Hancock ’55 Melvin Iizuka ’72 Michael John, ’75 Gerald Kohlenberger ’71 Raymond Lowe ’83 Edwin Marzec ’68 Randal Marzec ’79 • Edward Murphy ’80 • Brett Nelson ’77 Bruce Nelson ’74 • Rick Rice ’74

Keith Richey ’75 John Robertson ’74 Kirk Rogers ’78 Richard Shedd ’73 • John Slayton ’81 • Clinton Smith ’73 • Jay Smith ’70 Steven Smith ’73 Dean Vausbinder ’48 Thomas Whitlock ’68 • Michael Yee ’78 •

James Hughes, ’47 David Imes ’66 Louis Kleager ’65 • Burl Kreps ’51 Rob Laughlin ’76 Warren Mattox ’69 (6) Gary Miller ’66 Franklin Mills ’52 (4) Charles Morrison ’62 Jack Nispel ’54 Arthur Richardson ’64 Gary Riggs ’79 John Sampson ’60 (8) Bill Schlichtemeier, ’67 (5) Jon Schroeder ’76 • Gene Stewart ’56 Terry Stewart ’64 (2) Joel Travis ’83

RHO - RENSSELAER Don Appelby ’39 David Bieri ’42 Cecil Crews ’54 Jack Hawley ’69 Rob Kellis, Jr. ’75 Edward Lisee ’67 Ralph Schoeffer ’50 Edward Scofield, ’49 (1) Robert Thompson, Jr. ’69

PHI - BETHANY Albert Buckelew, Jr., ’78 Bill Burr ’88 Robert Carter ’73 (1) Alan Duvall ’63 Raymond Hart ’74 Kenneth Lawrence ’46 Jon Lindeman ’59 Harry Mainzer ’76 Craig Noble ’85 (3) John Sayers ’78 (5) Dave Shiffman ’64 Scott Sunshine ’77 Scott Tyree ’10 • Greg Waite ’99

TAU - MICHIGAN Howard Buchanan ’53 Larry Carr ’61 Ronald Coffman ’56 Robert Currie ’56 (1) Andy Gillman ’84 Robert James ’56 Keith Kepler ’55 Bill Powell ’55 (1) Robert Richter, ’56 (2) Andy Schwartz, ’84 Stephen Vernon ’68 Rex Youse ’54 UPSILON - NEBRASKA WESLEYAN John Allen ’82 Hollis Anderson ’66 (1) Bob Bartle ’69 Mike Bates ’68 Brian Baumert ’76 Kevin Boatright ’71 (4) Mike Cameron ’93 Don Carlyon ’43 Brad Clark ’66 Don Dorr ’58 (2) Nick Drog ’98 Lowell Gaither ’58 John Green ’60 (9) Jim Horrocks ’70 (1)

CHI - NORTH CAROLINA STATE Cecil Beumer ’57 Ray Cox, Jr ’89 (4) Cooch Cuturilo ’73 (6) Aubrey Davis ’56 Bobby Ellis ’55 Robert Girard ’65 Steve Marbut ’71 David Michaels ’77 Michael Patrick ’70 (1) Randy Reeves ’79 Delmar Roberts ’55 Mack Ruffin, III ’54 (1) Gavin Saldanha ’03 Henry Turlington ’63 Dean Vincent ’77 Matt Webber, ’00

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PSI - COLORADO Ed Altman, Jr. ’53 • Richard Brolliar ’55 Carroll Bryant ’48 David Chiu ’05 • Thomas Cronin ’55 Steve Dunn ’66 (7) Hugh Fowler, Sr. ’45 Thomas Hallenbeck ’80 Gordon Harvey ’83 Stu Jordan ’45 Ken Loewen, Jr ’80 (5) James Massey ’83 Tom McWilliams, Jr. ’66 (3) Mark Motta ’83 Joseph Pitrofsky ’78 Jeff Ross ’84 (4) Scott Schell ’78 Rick Steineger ’66 ALPHA ALPHA MICHIGAN STATE Norman Anderson ’51 Brandon Baswell ’87 Calvin Bock ’55 Fred Cotter ’51 Joseph Galvin ’61 (1) Ray Guernsey ’53 Richard Karpinski ’59 William Rees ’50 + Ross Roeder ’58 (12) Allyn Shaw, ’85 (4) Andy Smith ’89 Ernest Weigele ’58 ALPHA GAMMA DELAWARE Jeff Brittingham ’81 John Farnandez ’53 (1) George Henisee ’65 (1) Bruce Jackson ’66 William Lafferty ’82 (4) Ross Lanius, Jr. ’55 Ted Lynam ’60 Tom Preston ’64 (1) Donald Sumner ’62 Ray Whiteoak ’57 David Wilgus ’82 Ronald Wood, Jr. ’61 Randy Young, III ’66 (1)

ALPHA DELTA CASE WESTERN RESERVE Jon Bartos ’62 Raymond Bender ’53 Steven Binzel ’08 William Fullerton ’54 Jonathan Gerbracht ’59 Al Growdon ’61 Gary Johnston ’69 Kermit Kuhl ’54 + Jim Lavelle, Jr ’61 (1) Philip Orbanes ’66 Paul Plank ’69 Edmund Rybicki ’60 John Seferian ’69 Joe Sulc ’74 Irland Tashima ’67 Edward Tatman ’68 Colin Williams ’10 John Zamojski ’05 Carlos Zamora ’13

Solon O'Neal, Jr. ’50 (1) Reed Rollins ’49 (1) Tom Steger ’87 (1)

ALPHA EPSILON KANSAS STATE Paul Chaffee ’71 Kevin Finson ’71 (1) Joe Grimes ’59 (7) Tom Huecker ’63 (2) Eric Hummell ’82 (2)

ALPHA LAMBDA AUBURN Rhett Bentley ’74 (6) Boyce Cook ’57 (2) John Drew ’01 (1)

ALPHA THETA WILLIAM & MARY Baxter Bell ’47 Stephen Goodwin ’78 Douglas Jones ’74 Jeffrey King ’73 Dunbar Mac Nemar ’67 George Nance ’66 David Ryan ’88 Michael Sola ’88 ALPHA KAPPA WASHINGTON STATE Gregg Friberg ’50 + John Jackson ’60 Robert McMillan ’68 (2) Laurence Morse, ’40 Bruno Pierini ’53 •

Buck Feltman ’59 (4) Walter Griffin ’44 (4) Gordon Griffith ’56 Preston Hassler ’56 (2) Michael Henry ’88 (1) Charles Jager ’53 Alex Johannsen ’08 • Matt Morrison ’91 (1) Hugh Nicholson ’51 (1) Bob Pirkle, Jr. ’60 (3) Lyndon Ramey, Jr ’68 Donald Toole ’60 (1) Milton Watts ’62 (4) Jackson Wood ’71 ALPHA MU OHIO WESLEYAN Wayne Buxton ’56 ALPHA NU - IOWA STATE Lewis Allen ’67 (1) Ryan Drum, ’58 Gary Kalmes ’68 (2) Todd Little ’78 Warren Simons ’61 Larry Travis ’56 Galen Zumbach ’73

ALPHA OMICRON LAFAYETTE Steve Cunerd ’61 Bill Keck ’59 ALPHA PI WASHINGTON Rod Chisholm ’56 Michael Lukins ’08 Theodore Redman ’63 John Warren ’62 ALPHA RHO GEORGIA TECH Bill Aprea, ’91 Steve Chaddick ’70 William Cook ’71 Benjamin Coomes ’89 Dean Drinkard ’67 (4) Robert Eads ’59 Larry Huang ’70 (4) Richard Hunder ’56 David Jennings ’72 (1) Javier Jimenez ’90 (2) John Karafanda ’88 Mike Maffett ’65 Jim McConnell ’55 John McMillen ’53

ALPHA ZETA OREGON STATE Elmo Bowman ’50 Charles McKee ’74 (2) Steven Mulkey ’68 William Reish ’80 Sante Valpiani ’68 ALPHA ETA FLORIDA George Biegler, III ’62 Jerry Curington ’69 (4) Don Daniel ’61 (1) Tom Freeman, Jr ’84 (5) Bill Goacher ’58 Walt Hardenstine ’68 John Harkness, Jr. ’64 (4) David Jackson ’61 Ronald Lyman ’83 Leonard Lyons ’58 Tom McGurk ’83 (1)

Steve Chaddick, Georgia Tech ’70, is in his 9th year of service to the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation as a Trustee and continues to be a strong supporter of the Fraternity.

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Bill Jones, Mississippi State ’60, has served as the lead gift donor on the Alpha Chi housing project.

William Pressly ’49 Rich Rabe ’53 Rich Wang ’95 (3) Matthew Wiechart ’93 Bud Williams, Jr., ’51 (1) ALPHA SIGMA COLORADO STATE Edwin Arnold ’61 (7) Wilder Bancroft ’62 Brad Blockhus ’88 John Gaarde ’63 Robert Johnson ’65 Larry Jones ’63 (2) Charles McConnell ’60 Mike Rosser ’61 (6) David Stout ’67 James Turner ’57 Gary Wagner ’61 (3) ALPHA TAU - CORNELL William Barney ’61 Scott Conroe ’01 James Fedele, ’59 Kerran Flanagan ’07 • David Gatti ’51 Thomas Lentz ’58 John Mabey ’74 Tom McNamee ’66 Glenn Peterson ’72 (1)

ALPHA UPSILON COLGATE Stephen Greenbaum ’57 Lloyd Johnson, Jr. ’63 ALPHA PHI - AKRON Jerrold Callen, ’66 Donald Coughlin ’61 Robert Croye ’54 (1) Zach Fuller ’15 • Jerry Glinsek ’59 (1) Jack Greenfield ’53 John Haas ’65 Gary Hallman ’67 Walter Howiler ’49 Kenneth Huhn ’70 Ray Kelly ’69 (2) Bob Leatherman ’60 (6) Tim Norman ’76 Terry Renninger ’61 (1) John Roe, Col. ’64 Chuck Schultz ’71 (1) Charles Sear, Jr ’63 Forrest Westfall, Jr. ’71 ALPHA CHI MISSISSIPPI STATE Billy Anderson ’53 (1) Jeff Booth ’85 • Gordon Burke, Jr ’78 Thomas Clayton, Jr. ’85 (2) Gene Dent ’79 • Joseph Drake, III ’75 (1) •

Durward Dunn, III ’72 (7) Robin Fant, III ’81 Robin Forsythe ’85 • Roston Hamilton, II ’72 (3) Roy Harris ’62 (2) Don Hinman ’71 Bill Hinman ’75 John Johnson ’64 (6) Bill Jones ’60 (13) Larry Kirk ’68 (3) Joseph Lambert ’81 (1) John Loomis, ’59 (1) Thomas Majors, III ’78 Glenn Marchant ’75 (3) Maur McKie ’78 (1) Malcolm Outlaw, III ’67 (2) William Patton ’83 (1) David Rice, III ’72 (4) Paul Rossie ’76 • Paul Smith ’81 (4) • John Starr, Jr. ’77 (1) Todd Stennis, III ’91 (1) Henry Tucker ’68 (2) • Oliver Waggener ’72 (5) Robert White ’63 (1) Alan Wilson ’77 (3) Roger Wright ’75 (1) • ALPHA PSI TEXAS-EL PASO Bill Goodman ’64 Larry Langberg ’63 Vic Pena, ’58 Benny Vanecek ’65 Jim Yockey ’68

Fritz Kronberger ’59 Paul Midkiff ’80 (2) Don Phillips ’82 (8) John Sims ’66 Eric Weig ’83 (1)

Jeffrey Sellins ’64 (1) David Smith ’76 Joe Thomas, PE ’69 Brian Triplett ’79 Richard Wheatley, Sr., ’59

BETA BETA - LOUISVILLE Bob Bowman ’65 Bill Brasch ’67 (4) Charles Brohm ’57 Rob Chiles ’79 (1) Joseph Cohen ’64 John Davis ’60 Aaron DuVall ’14 • Terry Forcht ’58 Kevin Garvey ’73 • Ernie Groves ’63 Jerry Harrell ’53 Curry Horak ’67 David Horn ’67 David Huber ’62 Jack Huber ’55 (1) Forrest Kuhn, Jr ’65 (2) John Martin ’57 Donald McIntosh ’78 Alex Morgan ’17 Jackson Morgan Matthew Morgan AM Sam Morgan AM • Mark Osborne ’71 Justin Potter ’17 • Grover Potts, Jr ’63 Mark Robinson ’82 Don Romans ’50 (1)

BETA GAMMA - IDAHO Bob Acock ’48 + Keith Gregory ’61 (5) Alfred Haas ’79 Ricky Renfrow ’72 BETA EPSILON SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Millburne Cassady, Jr ’65 Ron Day ’69 (2) Gregory Odjakjian ’66 Rick Osswald, Jr. ’72 Bert Stephens ’81 Tom Vervaeke ’83 Rick Villarreal ’76 Doug Williams ’76 BETA ZETA NEW MEXICO STATE Roy King ’73 (6) Norman Marley ’54 Robert Medler, ’69 John Scruggs ’60 (1) David White ’00 BETA THETA - KANSAS William Martin ’57 Stephen Martino ’91

ALPHA OMEGA BALDWIN WALLACE Joseph Bassett ’68 Michael Dovilla ’94 (4) Logan Lukacs ’10 Alexander Papke ’14 • John Tolley ’54 Stanley Wolczyk ’46 BETA ALPHA - TEXAS John Anderson ’51 Don Barley ’70 Joseph Dabney ’68 Gerald Doke ’53 • Richard Foote ’59 (4) William Harrison ’61 Steve Martino, Kansas ’91, is serving as a new Trustee on the Foundation.

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BETA XI - GEORGIA Dale Bartlett ’63 Henry Bohn, ’56 Peter Bohn, Sr. ’59 Victor Grose ’68 Frank Hartley ’97 (1) Dave Hogue ’86 Lawson Holton ’16 • Steve Huppert ’66 Bob Ragsdale ’66 (2) Stephen Rogers ’68 (1) William Shipman ’64 Charles Van Rysselberge ’67 (1) Kyle Rutledge, Oklahoma State ’12, a former staff member, received the Thomas C. Cunningham Scholarship for continuing education, awarded to a current or former member of the Executive Offices who is enrolled in a graduate-level program.

David Myers ’68 Steven Roth ’66 Robert Rudrauff ’48 (1) BETA IOTA FLORIDA STATE Ricky Bailey ’03 Richard Coleman ’68 Robert Ford ’57 Michael Gainer ’72 Walter Garrard ’68 Scott Ingram ’87 Les Kushner ’76 Andy Macak, ’03 (4) Michael Macak ’72 Harry Mullikin, Jr. ’49 (1) Tony Umer ’89 Charles Whittington ’03 Don Wilczynski ’88 (1) BETA KAPPA OKLAHOMA STATE Bill Emerson ’61 David Fulton ’67 (2) John Gray, ’04 (5) Timothy Harper ’81 Richard Kugler, Jr. ’54 (1) Mac McKinley ’51 (6) Kenneth McKinnis ’56 David Miller ’89 Timothy Mills ’83 • Bill Myers, ’67 Willie Nolan ’81

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Kyle Rutledge ’12 Steven Shoemaker ’81 Ray Smith ’70 (2) Chris Ward ’78 BETA LAMBDA INDIANA James Carter ’56 Rafe Cloe ’54 Bob Coddington ’50 (1) William Hammack, Jr. ’68 Buzz Howard ’51 Thomas Marshall ’52 Glenn Moore ’62 Denis Stillman ’80 Rick Wilson, Jr. ’81 (3) BETA MU KENT STATE Doug Bambeck ’93 (2) Dave Britt ’87 (3) Michael French ’88 (2) Terry Hilson ’60 Dale Holland, ’87 (6) Jeff Keto ’97 Chip King ’11 (2) Robert Lape ’52 Tim Mills ’90 Dave Prior ’58 Jason Reckard ’87 Rob Reese ’87 (8) David Renninger ’61 (1) John Smith ’65

BETA OMICRON MARYLAND Gerald Bloom ’55 Allan Etridge ’64 (1) Ray Ferranti ’69 Rich Fischer ’81 Rod Frederick ’62 Greg Hollen ’75 (9) Bill Kennerly, Jr. ’54 (1) Mattew Maschler, Esq ’91 (5) Dana Nasuti ’60 Nick Nicholas ’49 Shalom Plotkin ’90 Tim Simon, BIFCO ’76 (4) Steven West ’72 Michael Wilson ’68 BETA RHO - UCLA Joseph Errico’50 George Ohanian’49 BETA SIGMA IDAHO STATE Leroy Phillippi ’56 BETA TAU BOWLING GREEN STATE William Ault ’80 (1) Richard Crandall ’59 Fred Fether ’51 (6) James George ’57 Richard Henningsen ’55 Bill Jenkins ’57 (5) Steven Jones ’91 (2) L. Edward Kime ’51 Ron Konkle ’51 Jon Nicholson ’63 (2) Matt Palmer ’90

Richard Parsel ’50 Tom Pemberton ’57 Brian Phillips ’63 Dick Ritchie ’58 (1) Nathan Rodgers ’00 Donald Ross ’59 (1) Jay Salvage ’69 Tim Smith ’62 (7) Jim Steward ’63 Gerald Wilson ’62 BETA UPSILON HOBART AND WILLIAM SMITH Ken Kreinheder ’58 John Reinheimer ’56 George Wilkinson ’60 BETA PHI - WESTMINSTER Bill Braund ’54 (11) Raymond Dunham ’62 Brian Hardy, CPA ’93 (5) Doug Henderson ’60 Hugh Kells ’60 Brian Kocian ’00 Harry Osborne ’53 Phil Petraglia ’80 BETA CHI SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Brad Baird ’68 (2) Don Ballestro ’73 Bob Barscewski ’70 Tony Butkus ’68 Frank Farr ’64 Guillermo Flores ’08 Andy Fruth ’08 Wayne Gawlik ’74 Dan Holder ’57 Terry Miller ’66 Dan Serritella ’64 Ray Sophie ’08 Thomas Wehrle ’53 (1) Jerry West ’53 Jim Zakos ’68 (1) BETA PSI - CAL STATE LONG BEACH John Babbitt, Jr. ’82 Eugene Borgna ’58 Dhar Carman ’61 (1) Dennis Hasty, ’58

Dwayne Larson ’64 Randy Messenger ’77 Dan Miller ’64 Pat Milligan ’59 James Reed ’63 Merle Rogers ’77 • Laurence Simpson ’69 Ernest Villa ’65 BETA OMEGA CAL STATE-CHICO James Brown, ’58 Tec Childers ’84 Ronald Fear ’58 Doug Hall ’64 Bob Kittredge ’66 (2) Bruce Pentland ’67 Gene Rockeman ’58 Walt Thorpe ’58 GAMMA ALPHA MICHIGAN TECH Harry Askin ’60 Michael Audit ’69 Jim Bacon ’59 (8) Jim Caruso ’89 Denis Condon ’62 Dave Daniels ’73 Jim Doman ’67 Harry Glidden ’63 John Keagle ’60 (2) Marlin Kitchen ’59 (2) Jim Kolanek ’61 Scott La Beau ’76 Jack Labo ’60 Keith LaFleur ’70 Dick Michael ’70 (7) Jerry Myers ’64 Rick Nielsen ’76 (1) Charles Rennwald, Jr ’89 Marty Schendel ’81 (2) Alan Sipinen ’79 (1) GAMMA BETA CINCINNATI Alan Ackenhausen ’60 Harry Addison ’57 Robert Allen ’67 (1) Scott Beck ’82 (1) Tom Carmazzi ’75 Steve Fitzer ’70 (3) Eric Frayer ’82

Tom Goshorn ’57 Richard Herrmann ’78 • James Higgins ’64 William Hinton, ’62 Joe Huseman ’69 Chris Majestic ’93 (1) Joshua O’Brien ’97 (4) Eric Oliger ’96 Michael Plett ’62 (1) Nick Rachford ’64 (4) Eddie Rauen ’98 (3) Jeffrey Rodriguez ’83 James Rudd ’63 GAMMA GAMMA ST. JOHN’S Jack Alvenus ’89 (6) Nick Davatzes ’60 (4) Ray Evans ’63 Pat Keating ’93 Ralph Lombardi ’62 • DeWayn Marzagalli ’61 Kevin O'Neill ’93 • Larry Pettit ’62 GAMMA DELTA NORTHERN MICHIGAN Jeff Duberville ’86 (1) James French ’62 Mike Fried ’67 John Hale ’69 (1) Steve Koch ’87 Carl Pletzke, ’67 Mark Pynnonen ’79

GAMMA EPSILON PACIFIC Chris Bates, ’74 GAMMA ZETA CONNECTICUT Howard Crossman, Jr. ’63 Ken Vonasek ’67 GAMMA ETA EAST CAROLINA Rob Huguley ’92 • Marty Rooker ’71 Chip Vaughan ’76 (1) GAMMA THETA WESTERN MICHIGAN James Madaus ’62 (1) David Shankland ’62 GAMMA IOTA SACRAMENTO STATE Jim Halderman ’63 Rick Keltner ’76 (6) John Ousley, Jr ’76 Paul Sax ’63 (1) John Thompson ’68 (2) Daniel Turner ’66 GAMMA KAPPA C.W. POST Nat Tartamella, ’64

GAMMA LAMBDA CENTRAL MICHIGAN Mike Greene ’10 John Kaczynski ’04 (3) Jim Lahmann ’65 J.J. Lewis ’04 (5) Jeff Rivard ’65 (5) John Sabol ’94 Kurt Schulze ’70 Carl Sproul ’99 (1) GAMMA MU - BRADLEY Bill Blum, ’68 Jim Davis ’69 (1) Anthony De Persia ’67 Steven Hoffman ’75 Mike Loden ’80 Robert McLaren ’65 Perry Miller ’65 Scott Nass ’93 Gregory Osika ’70 Andy Sondgeroth ’97 Russell Wayne ’71 Gary Wright ’62 GAMMA NU - RIT PJ Best, . ’04 David Cianciola ’72 Tall Paul Darragh ’12 Pete Drexel ’68 Phil Frandina ’08 Peter Gabrail ’83 Tim Moonan ’82 Gary Proud ’66 (1)

Robert Uzenoff, RIT ’69 GAMMA XI - EAST CENTRAL OKLAHOMA Gardner Burton ’89 Clifton Sikes ’66 GAMMA OMICRON CAL STATE-FULLERTON Eric Bayani ’88 Ray Carlos ’01 Tim Clark ’67 Tom Fong ’97 • Tristan Hilpert ’03 Lee Huffman ’94 Dominic Recchia ’68 Edward Smith, Jr. ’68 • Tom Tinker ’97 GAMMA PI YOUNGSTOWN Andrew Arendas, Jr ’67 John Grzebieniak, ’68 John Scoff ’67 Tony Spano ’99 • GAMMA RHO NEBRASKA-KEARNEY Steven Fisher ’67 Lloyd Lipska ’66 Scott Stewart ’69 (11) GAMMA TAU OLD DOMINION Thomas Burrell, ’71 Daniel Dauer ’67 (5) Jon Hays ’07 (5) Paul Johnston Jr., Jr. ’07 Nick Popejoy ’11 Darryl Thompson, II ’14

GAMMA CHI DELTA STATE Charles Nelson ’90 GAMMA PSI - TEXAS STATE-SAN MARCOS Bill Brumbalow ’68 Dan Diepenhorst ’86 Chuck Gibbs ’68 • Bob Moore ’68 Neal Moreland ’68 • Rick Siddall ’68 DELTA BETA EVANSVILLE Jason Butz ’07 Ken Donaldson ’86 Scott Linneweber ’89 Alvin Roettger ’68 Marty Ulrich ’71 Gary Willis ’68 DELTA GAMMA OLE MISS Rip Collins ’69 Buzz Green ’66 (5) Randall Jones, Jr ’70 Allan Kean, Jr. ’74 Chuck Leemon, III ’69 (6) Elliott Namba ’18 • Gary Ryan ’68 (1) Chuck Woodall ’79 (3) DELTA EPSILON SAINT CLOUD Tyler Armstrong ’05 • AJ Lindell ’00 • John Schuster ’96 • Tom Snegosky ’69 DELTA ETA - MARSHALL James Kegley ’70

GAMMA UPSILON SPRING HILL Pat Brennan ’80 Jeff Hilperts ’96 (1) George Simmerman, Jr. ’78 (2) George Vella ’67 GAMMA PHI NORTHEASTERN Michael Demeo, USN(Ret) ’68

DELTA THETA GEORGETOWN Dennis Chaney ’82 Mike Gabhart ’95 (4) Dave Huffman ’76 (4) Larry Mayne ’70 Joey Raymond, Jr. ’98 (2) Scott Robertson ’90 Keith Thomson ’98

National Vice President Dale Holland, Kent State ’87, is the newest inductee to the Heritage Society.

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Jack Tucker ’78 Tyler Wash ’06 (4)

Vinson Pack ’91 David Phillips ’04 • Chris Rhodes ’00 • Travis Robinson ’98 (2) BJ Ruckriegel, Jr ’96 (1) Chris Sissle ’05 • Brandon Smith ’01 • Neal Thompson ’01 Gabe Uebel ’95 (4) Chuck Whatley ’01 (1) Scott Zaboronak ’95

Chris DuMont ’89 (1) Timmy Gallagher ’86 (1) Chris Larson ’88 • Dennis Morgan ’91 (1)

DELTA LAMBDA MUSKINGUM David Cepek ’91 Steve Hartman ’89 (5) Brockton Hefflin ’81 Chuck Johnson ’71 Mike Kennedy ’83 • Shawn Smith ’84 Michael Thomin ’71

DELTA SIGMA - WEBBER John Logsdon ’88

EPSILON ETA OSWEGO STATE Russ Byer ’90 (1) Stephen Rupprecht ’91 (3)

DELTA MU - SANTA FE Mike Sena ’71

DELTA UPSILON TENNESSEE-MARTIN Roger Coates ’83 •

DELTA KAPPA TENNESSEE Scott Brown ’88 Dick Hodgdon ’75 Jordan Marshall ’01 James Pemberton, Jr ’71 Gary Rose ’83 (4) Nathan Wilburn ’80

DELTA NU WRIGHT STATE Rod Guthrie ’89 (4) Chris Hoff ’94 DELTA XI CLEVELAND STATE Gary Klingbergs ’82 (5) John Neubert ’78 DELTA OMICRON PAN AMERICAN Manuel Gonzalez ’84 DELTA PI MURRAY STATE James Klump, ’84 DELTA RHO EASTERN KENTUCKY Khalid Almuzayn AM • Jeremy Bacon ’04 Brandon Bisig ’01 (2) Chase Bisig ’05 • Josh Bleidt ’96 (4) Steve Fessel ’00 • Brandon Fogle ’01 • Josh Ford ’01

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DELTA TAU - CAL POLY-POMONA Jeremy Botica ’06 Gregory Brown ’02 Brian Smith ’91 Daryl Walker ’89

DELTA CHI - ROCHESTER Mike Morgioni ’84 DELTA PSI - RIDER Tony Leazzo ’90 Mark Scher ’85 (1) Brad Seamon ’88 DELTA OMEGA TRUMAN STATE Jacob Breese ’15 Ralph Cupelli ’94 Tim Hudson ’97 (4) Stephen Williams ’98 (1) EPSILON ALPHA TEXAS A&M Mark Artlip ’88 EPSILON BETA WEST VIRGINIA TECH Wilden Harbour ’94 EPSILON GAMMA COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY Kevin Cooke ’88

EPSILON EPSILON WILLIAM PATERSON Eddie Baldofsky ’13 RJ Effinger ’16 • Gennaro Sirianni ’16 • Zachary Tiernan ’16 •

EPSILON KAPPA RUTGERS Sasha Kanevsky, ’05 Dan Littman, ’94 • Steve Moore, ’99 (5) Rob Wassmer, ’93 • EPSILON LAMBDA LONGWOOD Robert Harrell ’94 EPSILON MU UNC-PEMBROKE Ryan Revier ’03 Kahlid Tapia ’99 EPSILON OMICRON FROSTBURG STATE Greg Hughes ’96 EPSILON PI NORTHERN KENTUCKY Jim Clark ’04 (1) EPSILON SIGMA CHAPMAN Adam Monson ’09 John Resurreccion ’02 (1) EPSILON TAU ARIZONA Adam Eklund ’01 Miles Marymor ’13 Cliff Unger ’98 (6)

ZETA ALPHA - BELMONT Michael Lummus ’06 (2) ZETA BETA - SAGINAW VALLEY STATE Brody Flynn ’16 • Alex Kern ’09 • Jason Sweet ’09 Nick Tereck ’09 • ZETA EPSILON LYNCHBURG Sean Austin ’14 • Jeremy Rispoli AM • ZETA ZETA ILLINOIS-SPRINGFIELD Alex Fruth ’14 ZETA THETA NORTH TEXAS Andrew Freeman ’15 • ZETA LAMBDA MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE Colt Anderson ’15 • Brandon Lewis ’15 ZETA XI SOUTH CAROLINA Jacob Waltermeyer AM • FRIENDS OF PHI TAU Lisa Adams Lowery Anderson • Veronica Atkins Greg Augustine • Thomas Ballard • Willow Bechtel • Donna Behan • Nancy Bichimer (1) Jamie Blanford • Gretchen Brechler • Jan Brockley • Deborah Caldwell • David Callahan Penny Chambers • Alan Coats Clay Edwards • Sarah Giffen • Michael Griffin •

Beatriz Haller • James Hammond • Laura Hardin • Kiki Harmon • Ron Helman Darryl Isaacs (10) • Linda Jones • Elizabeth Jordan Mary Loase • Donna Loeb (1) • Deborah Lou Potee (1) • Jon Lucas Jennifer Marecki • Lisa Marecki • May Martin • Zelda Marzec • Emily McCann (3) Tim McGuire Karen McMullen Richard and Donna McMullen (1) Jeff and Debbie McNaul Gigi Meese • Emma Meredith • Jeannette Metteer • Melissa Montgomery Caudill • Cindy Morgan Joe Morley • Carla Pacileo • Debbie Pack • Tom Pape (2) James Price • Carol Prokopchak • Cheryl Rice • David Schaefer • Jess Schauble David Schlaug • Andrew Schneider • Mark Smith • Linda Smith • Tina Sondgeroth • Barbara Stedge • Jim Stone • Marlowe Sutton • John Tartaglia and Jane Foote Tartaglia Clarissa Todd • Melinda Twomey • Angie Van Winkle Etelvina Wagner • Sebastian Warnes Joe York • James Zeller

BY THE NUMBERS

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS

>1,150 TOTAL DONORS

$65,125 TOTAL GIVEN IN SCHOLARSHIPS

10

TOP TEN CHAPTER ASSETS* ALPHA CHI, MISSISSIPPI STATE

BETA ALPHA, TEXAS

$39,079

$748,495

DELTA GAMMA, MISSISSIPPI

GAMMA ALPHA, MICHIGAN TECH

$37,541

$249,512

LAMBDA, PURDUE

EPSILON, MOUNT UNION

$62,883

$36,898

PSI, COLORADO STATE

ALPHA TAU, CORNELL

$54,493

$33,195

ALPHA ETA, FLORIDA

$194,647 TOTAL CEG DISBURSEMENTS

$133,126 TOTAL DOLLARS RAISED FOR

(A 62% INCREASE)

>13.5 MILLION

$49,429

ALPHA LAMBDA, AUBURN

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2017 2018 2019

$328,364 $371,230 $376,027

$32,511

2018 2019

$62,279 $35,912 $65,033

ALPHA, MIAMI GAMMA, OHIO STATE ALPHA SIGMA, COLORADO STATE BETA MU, KENT STATE BETA OMICRON, MARYLAND DELTA RHO, EASTERN KENTUCKY

FUNDRAISING & MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

2017 2018 2019

ALUMNI RELATIONS & THE LAUREL 2017

CHAPTER CORNERSTONE FUNDS

$179,933 $169,476 $147,001 TOTALS

2017 2018 2019

$930,732 $912,055 $902,872

IN ASSETS MANAGEMENT & GENERAL

$1,035,353

2017

TOTAL GIFTS (WITH BEQUESTS)

2018 2019

$360,096 $335,437 $314,811

2019 numbers are based on the July 2018-June 2019 fiscal year. *Does not inlcude Cornerstone endowments

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AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

AND THE WINNER IS...

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e’re very excited to announce the following individuals and chapters received accolades at Conclave this past July for their outstanding contributions to Phi Kappa Tau. Congratulations to our 2019 award winners!

ROLAND MAXWELL TROPHY This trophy is presented to the most outstanding chapter in the country. The Roland Maxwell Trophy is the highest honor a chapter can receive.

Gamma was honored with the distinction based on their service, GPA, and campus leadership.

By creating a “culture of leadership,” Gamma can proudly say 66% of their men hold positions of leadership, not just within their own chapter but across campus at large. Their commitment to service is undeniable - every day of the week throughout the school year they send members to the Columbus Boys & Girls club, and their annual pumpkin sale raised $11,482 in 2018. By utilizing a “standard-based” recruitment method, Gamma is able to recruit like-minded men who push one another to be better men of distinction.

Gamma Chapter, Ohio State FOUNDERS FOUR CHAPTERS Founders Four-designated chapters are those selected by the awards committee to compete for the Roland Maxwell Trophy on the basis of their performance in the previous calendar year.

Gamma Chapter, Ohio State Upsilon Chapter, Nebraska Wesleyan Beta Beta Chapter, Louisville Delta Tau Chapter, Cal Poly-Pomona

WILLIAM H. SHIDELER AWARD This award is presented to the most outstanding graduating senior in Phi Kappa Tau and is the highest undergraduate honor that the Fraternity bestows. Evan Marshall has served his chapter as President, Treasurer, and Community Service Chair. He helped the chapter earn the 2018 SeriousFun Network’s Appreciation Award and increased the chapter service hours to 25 per man. He was a part of 2018’s Maxwell Award winning group at National Convention in Cleveland, as well as the 2017 presenting group at Conclave.

Evan Marshall, Nebraska Wesleyan ’15 ROSS E. ROEDER BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD Beta Chi Chapter, Southern Illinois THE FREDERICK R. FLETEMEYER PRIZE Chi Chapter, North Carolina State

BEST NEW ASSOCIATE AWARD Alexander Fairchild-Flynn, Nebraska Wesleyan ’18 THE GREG HOLLEN COLONY PRESIDENT AWARD Jacob Ramos, Eastern Kentucky AM THE JACK L. ANSON AWARD Luke Williams, Lynchburg ’17 CLINTON D. BOYD VPAR Corbin N. Fox, Ole Miss ’17 DR. EDGAR EWING BRANDON AWARD Gamma Omicron Chapter, Cal State-Fullerton COLONY ADVISOR AWARD Rick Rice, Southern California ’74

THE GEORGE V. VOINOVICH EXCELLENCE IN COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Lambda Chapter, Purdue

OUTSTANDING GREEK ADVISOR AWARD Meagan Brynes, Longwood University

THE JACK JAREO AWARD Gamma Chapter, Ohio State

THOMAS L. STENNIS II AWARD Sasha Kanevsky, Rutgers ’05

THE RICHARD MASSOCK AWARD Beta Chi Chapter, Southern Illinois

TAYLOR A. BORRADAILE UNDERGRADUATE MEMORIAL AWARD Jack Johnson, Alabama ’18

MONROE MOOSNICK SCHOLARSHIP AWARD Alpha Delta Chapter, Case Western Reserve THE SONNY STRANGE AWARD Beta Beta Chapter, Louisville THE BEST NEW ASSOCIATE CLASS AWARD Gamma Chapter, Ohio State

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PAUL NEWMAN AWARD Beta Beta Chapter, Louisville

DWIGHT I. DOUGLASS PRESIDENTS AWARD Drake Berlin, Bethany ’16 HAROLD E. ANGELO AWARD Beta Xi Chapter, Georgia

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCROLL Ohio State, Centre, Mt. Union, Illinois, Transylvania, Kentucky, Lawrence, UC Berkeley, Franklin & Marshall, Penn State, Southern California, Nebraska Wesleyan, Bethany, Colorado, Wisconsin, Michigan State, Case Western, Florida, William & Mary, Washington, Colorado State, Cornell, Colgate, Baldwin-Wallace, Texas, Southern Mississippi, Kansas, Florida State, Indiana, Kent State, Georgia, Maryland, Cincinnati, Bradley, East Central, Texas State, Evansville, Georgetown, Muskingum, Cal PolyPomona, Rochester, West Virginia Tech, Virginia Wesleyan, Rutgers, UNC-Pembroke, Belmont, Lynchburg, Illinois-Springfield, Alabama, Kenyon, Appalachian State, Arizona State, South Carolina, Boston, Columbus State COMMUNITY SERVICE SCROLL Ohio State, Centre, Mt. Union, Purdue, Nebraska Wesleyan, Cornell, Southern Mississippi, Oklahoma State, Indiana, Westminster, Southern Illinois, Cal StateLong Beach, Cincinnati, East Central, Muskingum, Murray State, Cal Poly-Pomona, Truman State, William Paterson, Rutgers, Illinois-Springfield, Alabama, Middle Tennessee PACESETTER AWARD Ohio State, Nebraska Wesleyan, Michigan State, Florida, Washington State, Colgate, Louisville, Georgia, Maryland South Carolina NORM W. BROWN PHILANTHROPY AWARD Ohio State, Centre, Mount Union, Purdue, Nebraska Wesleyan, Cornell, Southern Mississippi, Oklahoma State, Indiana, Westminster, Southern Illinois, Cal State-Long Beach, Cincinnati, East Central, Muskingum, Murray State, Cal Poly-Pomona, Truman State, William Paterson, Rutgers, IllinoisSpringfield, Alabama, Middle Tennessee

PAUL A. ELFERS OMEGA SCHOLARSHIP Matthew Dorn, Illinois-Springfield ’18 Christopher Elmlinger, Centre ’11 Evan Erickson, North Carolina State ’19 Elijah Neundorfer, Columbus State ’19 Jurgen Steupert, Michigan Tech ’17 Ben Uecker, St. Cloud ’17 REA AND LEA ALINEE SCHOLARSHIP Austin Ragland, Nebraska Wesleyan ’18 THOMAS C. CUNNINGHAM SCHOLARSHIP Kyle Rutledge, Oklahoma State ’12 PARENTS SCHOLARSHIP Andrew Burton, Akron ’17 William Robertson, Mississippi State ’17 CHARLES M. SHAW SCHOLARSHIP Manny Crus, Berkeley ’17 Arthur Ensign-George, Centre ’17 E. THOMAS BOLES JR. SCHOLARSHIP Chad Warrick, Akron ’09 ERNEST H. VOLWILER SCHOLARSHIP Dylan Robicheaux, Mississippi State ’16 EWING T. BOLES SCHOLARSHIP Ryan Beard, Ohio State ’17 GREGORY D. HOLLEN SCHOLARSHIP Hayden Anderson, Mississippi State ’18 HAROLD H. SHORT SCHOLARSHIP Steph Labaki, Baldwin-Wallace ’17 J. FRANKLIN S. MCMULLAN SCHOLARSHIP Will Schiltz, Nebraska Wesleyan ’17 J. OLIVER AMOS AWARD Jacob VanDerkar, Mount Union ’16

The following members have been awarded scholarships for the 2019-2020 school year by the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation: PAUL A. ELFERS SCHOLARSHIP Nicholas Zambito, Illinois-Springfield ’18

JACK L. ANSON AWARD Praschant Chakradhar, Centre ’16

The following members have been awarded a chapter scholarship: GAMMA IOTA CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP Andrew Grajeda, Sacramento State ’16 Aaron Khoshsefat, Sacramento State ’16 GAMMA ALPHA CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP Nathan Ackerman, Michigan Tech ’14 Braeton Ardell, Michigan Tech ’15 Ben Bartosh, Michigan Tech ’13 Gongos Gongos, Michigan Tech ’14 Bobby Head, Michigan Tech ’17 Ken Juras, Michigan Tech ’17 Trevor Krygier, Michigan Tech ’17 Ryan Lester, Michigan Tech ’16 Justin Martin, Michigan Tech ’18 Josh Meierhofer, Michigan Tech ’15 Cameron Miller, Michigan Tech ’18 Logan Mills, Michigan Tech ’16 Alex Oliver, Michigan Tech ’16 Leif Olson, Michigan Tech ’17 Lukas Sencyszyn, Michigan Tech ’15 Rob Shilmovitz, Michigan Tech ’14 Zach Tibbits, Michigan Tech ’15 BETA KAPPA CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP Andrew Dempsey, Oklahoma State ’18 Austin McLarnon, Oklahoma State ’18 Nick Rogers, Oklahoma State ’16 GAMMA BETA CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP Jack Federico, Cincinnati AM Brady Landon, Cincinnati AM Bobby Majikas, Cincinnati ’18 Alex Pham-Rider, Cincinnati AM Amilcar Torres, Cincinnati AM Emmanuel Torres, Cincinnati AM Ethan Williams, Cincinnati AM BETA OMICRON CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP Will Dong, Maryland ’16 GILBERT MCCOY MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIP Jared Maxson, Texas State AM Tyler Mote, Texas State AM

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HOW TO GIVE

WAYS TO GIVE ONLINE An online gift is a quick and secure way to make a contribution to the Foundation.

By visiting our giving site, you can make a onetime gift or establish a recurring monthly gift.

The Foundation accepts American Express, Discover, MasterCard and Visa.

CORPORATE MATCHING GIFTS Many companies match their employee’s personal charitable contributions. Ask your employer if your company participates in a matching gift program and make the Foundation your non-profit of choice.

MAIL You can mail a check or credit card gift to the Foundation. Send all correspondence to: Phi Kappa Tau Foundation, Ewing T. Boles Executive Offices, 5221 Morning Sun Road, Oxford, Ohio 45056

PLANNED GIFTS The Foundation will work with you and your estate planner to design a planned gift that meets your shortand long-term financial goals. Planned gifts include, but are not limited to, cash, bonds, stock securities, personal property, retirement plan assets and insurance policies.

PHONE Call (800) PKT-1906 and ask to speak to a member of the Foundation staff.

AUTOMATIC FUND TRANSFERS Regular automatic monthly bank or credit card drafts make giving to the Foundation more convenient to meet your philanthropic goals.

APPRECIATED STOCK/SECURITIES Gifts of stock or appreciated securities offer a cash alternative to giving with great tax benefits to the donor. Please contact the Foundation Office at (800)-PKT-1906 for specific instructions on how to transfer a stock gift.

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LIFE INSURANCE The gift of life insurance can make a remarkable difference for a relatively small dollar investment in premium payments by you during your lifetime. You can name the Foundation as owner of a policy, and as such, the premiums you pay will qualify as a tax-deductible gift. Or, you can name the Foundation as the beneficiary on an existing policy. Benefits paid from such policies not only generate a substantial gift to the Foundation, but are not taxable as a part of your estate.

IRA ROLLOVER The Charitable IRA Rollover allows individuals age 70½ and older to make direct transfers of up to $100,000 per year from individual retirement accounts to qualified charities without having to count the transfers as income for federal tax purposes.

Since no tax is incurred on the withdrawal, gifts do not qualify for a charitable deduction, but may be counted toward an individual’s minimum required distribution.

PLEDGED GIFTS If you do not have the cash or assets to make an outright gift to the Foundation, you can sign a pledge. This agreement allows you to make a philanthropic commitment to the Foundation and pay the gift over a certain period of time. Foundation policy states that pledges must be for more than $5,000 and for no more than five years.

The Phi Kappa Tau Foundation is exempt from federal income tax under section 501(c)3 of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions to the Foundation are deductible under section 170 of the code. The Foundation acknowledges that donors will not receive goods or services in exchange for donations. All contributions are tax deductible to the extent provided by law.

HERITAGE SOCIETY

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he Phi Kappa Tau Heritage Society was established to honor and recognize alumni and friends who have made provisions for future generations of brothers though a will, trust, retirement plan, life insurance and/or other planned gifts.

The plus sign (+) represents those brothers who have entered Chapter Eternal. Their legacy continues to live on through their gift to the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation.

Jack Alvenus, St. John’s ’89 Eldon Baber, Cal State-Long Beach ’79 Kent Bailey, Arkansas ’89 Charlie Ball, Miami ’82 Robert Bartheld, Iowa State ’49 William Bateman, Colorado ’70 + Rhett Bentley, Auburn ’74 Josh Bleidt, Eastern Kentucky ’96 Roscoe Blyler, Penn State ’41 + Kevin Boatright, Nebraska Wesleyan ’71 Ewing Boles, Centre ’14 + Bill Boles, Kentucky ’49 + Mark Boyd, Miami ’71 C.M. Britt, Transylvania ’35 + Steve Brothers, UC Berkeley ’66 Norm Brown, Ohio State ’50 William Budd, Illinois ’31 + Jerry Carlton, Jr, Ohio ’58 David Cathcart, Delaware ’24 + Ray Clarke, Bowling Green ’51 + Bob Cook, Florida State ’81 John Cosgrove, Florida ’68 + Lewis Culver, Colorado ’24 +

Tom Cunningham, Nebraska Wesleyan ’60 + Jay Davis, Webber ’82 Mel Dettra, Ohio State ’45 + Michael Dovilla, Baldwin Wallace ’94 Alan Dunn, San Francisco State ’78 + Mike Ecton, Georgetown ’00 Paul Elfers, Wisconsin ’24 + Jerry Feezel, Kent State ’49 + Gary Fernwood, Bowling Green ’52 Fred Fether, Bowling Green ’51 Larry Fisher, Ohio State ’60 Alfred Fong, Cal State-Fullerton ’67 Phil Ford, Webber ’81 George Gamble, Ohio ’65 Dan Garcia, Cal Poly-Pomona ’97 Bill Goacher, Florida ’58 Adam Goetz, Clemson ’95 John Good, Ohio ’47 + Curtis Greeley, Florida ’55 + Buzz Green, Ole Miss ’66 John Green, Nebraska Wesleyan ’60 Jim Hamilton, Ohio State ’63 Steve Hartman, Muskingum ’89 Jon Hays, Old Dominion ’07 Haze Hazelton, Coe ’75 Donald Henry, Jr., Illinois ’35 + Tristan Hilpert, Cal State-Fullerton ’03 Dale Holland, Kent State ’87 Greg Hollen, Maryland ’75 Chris Hornbrook, Bradley ’80 + Dan Houck, Jr., North Carolina State ’97 Victor Hudy, Michigan Tech ’84 Dan Huffer, Ohio State ’57 Roger Humphrey, Ohio ’34 + Elmer Hunter, Colorado State ’40 + Bill Jenkins, Bowling Green ’57 John Johnson, Mississippi State ’64 KJ Jordan, Wright State ’74 Bob Kaiser, Penn State ’74 Jeff Karpiak, Florida ’69 Rick Keltner, Sacramento State ’76 Bob Kennedy, Southern California ’47 Cal Klumb, Miami ’58 Dave Lapinski, Penn State ’74 Harry Lash, Illinois ’49 + Jeff Lawton, Oswego State ’90 + Bob Leatherman, Akron ’60 Steve Lerer, Rutgers ’02 J.J. Lewis, Central Michigan ’04 Jeff Lewis, College of New Jersey ’97 Steve Lilly, Evansville ’80 Ken Loewen, Jr., Colorado ’80 Todd Lucas, Wright State ’94 Michael Lummus, Belmont ’06 John Mankopf, Coe ’65

Anthony Marucci, Jr, Mississippi State ’89 Roland Maxwell, Southern California ’22 + Jim McAtee, Ohio ’65 Jay McCann, Jr., Spring Hill ’74 + Tom McCleave, Bowling Green ’50 Derick Meadows, West Virginia Tech ’90 Dick Michael, Michigan Tech ’70 Joel Miller, Auburn ’69 Paul Mook, Bowling Green ’50 + J.T. Muncey, Kentucky ’37 + Todd Napier, Evansville ’83 Ben Nelson, Transylvania ’78 Randy Nichols, Ole Miss ’72 Gary Nixon, Akron ’61 Edward Obraitis, Maryland ’51 + David Ozag, East Carolina ’05 + David Paganucci, Sacramento State ’69 + Matt Parker, Evansville ’93 Kent Parr, Evansville ’76 Howard Pieper, Texas ’48 + Gary Proud, RIT ’66 Bob Ragsdale, Georgia ’66 Jim Rawn, Florida ’67 + Joey Raymond, Jr., Georgetown ’98 Paul Raymond, Coe ’23 + Jason Reckard, Kent State ’87 Jeff Rivard, Central Michigan ’65 Ross Roeder, Michigan State ’58 Mike Rosser, Colorado State ’61 John Sabol, Central Michigan ’94 Brent Seelmeyer, Tennessee ’94 Allyn Shaw, Michigan State ’85 Charles Shaw, UC Berkeley ’49 + Tim Simon, Maryland ’76 Randolph Smallwood, Franklin & Marshall ’53 + Ray Smith, Oklahoma State ’70 Don Snyder, Sr., Cornell ’49 + Tom Tatham, Florida ’31 + Lee Turk, Louisville ’66 Lewis Waddington, Colorado ’36 + Darrell Wells, Longwood ’94 George Wenzel, Jr., Florida ’40 + Victor Williams, Texas ’51 + Arthur Wilson, IV, Longwood ’94 Rick Wilson, Jr., Indiana ’81 Kees Woudenberg, Cal StateLong Beach ’01 Tom Young, Mount Union ’34 +

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CHAPTER ETERNAL

CHAPTER ETERNAL The followed members were reported deceased to the Executive offices between March 6, 2019 and July 29, 2019.

MIAMI Seaphes Shinkle, ’11 Frank Buhler, ’47 Earl Folker, ’49 OHIO Roy Hoeck, ’64 William Welch, ’67 OHIO STATE Jack Soules, ’46 Robert Hibbard, ’49 MOUNT UNION Skevos Zervos, ’46 Robert Morgan, ’50 David Kerschner, ’71 ILLINOIS William Guegel, Jr., ’52 TRANSYLVANIA John Bray, ’48 John Fryer, ’54 PURDUE Nevin Raber,’39 Herbert Stugart,’52 Howard Wood, ’53 LAWRENCE Arthur Becker, ’50 UC BERKELEY Thomas Burns, ’40

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL Edwin Sekowski, ’57 PENN STATE Edward Sekula, Jr., ’60 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Frederick Unger, ’68 RENSSELAER Steven Yaros, ’61 MICHIGAN Harry Kotsis, ’56 NEBRASKA WESLEYAN Benjamin Akert, ’48 James Schlichtemier, ’51 Jim Putman, ’61 Roy Bridge, ’62 BETHANY Frank Bush, ’48 MICHIGAN STATE Jim Schlosser, ’48 Ronald Smith, ’51 CASE WESTERN RESERVE Ron Spetrino, ’51 FLORIDA Graham Stansbury, ’46 DELAWARE Martin Burns, ’53

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WASHINGTON STATE Art Krebs, ’49 Gregg Friberg, ’50 AUBURN Kenneth Luke, ’48 Luther Taylor, ’52 GEORGIA TECH Jim Youngblood, ’74 AKRON Jon Wnoroski, ’67 John Maurer, ’84 BALDWIN WALLACE Harry Holland, ’49 TEXAS James Jaynes, ’52 Cody Boswell, ’12 LOUISVILLE Paul Fleitz, ’54 Eugene Conrad, ’55 Duncan Cull, ’56 Walter Porter, ’61 Alexander Horner, Jr, ’61 Bill Hays, Jr, ’64 IDAHO Bob Acock, ’48 U OF MIAMI Hugo Anthony, Jr., ’50

SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Forrest Saucier, Jr., ’48 Richard Schoenick, ’65 Mark Smith, ’78 BOWLING GREEN Mark Barnhill, ’52

NEBRASKA-KEARNEY Steve Tomlinson, ’93 OLD DOMINION Mike Mott, ’67 DELTA STATE Jim Harvey, ’68

OKLAHOMA STATE Duane Neuffer, ’67 Robert Williams, Jr, ’68

TEXAS STATE Frank Guttman, ’68

INDIANA Gilbert Barnes, ’50

ST. CLOUD Abe Benson, ’95

KENT STATE Kenneth Janota, ’49 Lawrence Zuppan, ’50 Anthony Lombardo, ’52 Brad Hughes, ’65

TENNESSEE Joseph Wedding, ’81

GEORGIA Kirby Rutherford, ’64 SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Denis Getman, ’60 Raymond Straka, ’71 CAL STATE CHICO Randy Norris, ’70 NORTHERN MICHIGAN David Ochander, ’61 CAL STATE-FULLERTON Eric Sokol, ’87

TRUMAN STATE Scott Klasner, ’00

WHY I GIVE

Steve, second from left, and his Epsilon Kappa chapter brothers

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utgers University has around 35,000 students, so when Steve Moore, Rutgers ’99, arrived in the fall of 1998 from a little town in upstate New York, he was a small fish in a big pond. “Rutgers is such a big school you can get lost, and even though I wasn’t terribly far from home, the Fraternity was a way to make a big campus feel smaller,” he said over the phone. Steve, who joined Phi Tau in the fall of his sophomore year spent six years at Rutgers in the pharmacy program. “Phi Tau gave me a home away from home.”

Now twenty years after his initiation, Steve is a pharmacist with his own business and prioritizes giving back to Phi Kappa Tau. “I’m just incredibly grateful for my time with Phi Kappa Tau,” he said, “I learned so much from a diverse group of people, my brothers

to this day are some of the people I’m closest to. I really want the experience to continue to be an option for people going forward.”

Steve is a member of the Boles Society, our designation for donors who give $1,000 a year or more. “Look at what you’re doing each month and what else you’re spending your time, money, and effort on. Then decide what’s most important to you,” he recommended to those who might find that number daunting.

Last fall, Epsilon Kappa celebrated their 25th anniversary as a chapter on the Scarlett Knights football field, an event where Steve was in attendance. The chapter was only six years old when Steve joined in 1999, and thanks to the generosity of donors like him, the chapter boasts over 300 alumni and 40-active undergraduates.

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SIDELIGHTS

SIDELIGHTS LEADERSHIP MESSAGE

Phi Kappa Tau 2020: Focusing Our Vision is Phi Kappa Tau’s strategic plan.

Created by the National Council and Executive Offices staff, the plan was ratified in 2016 by the 62nd National Convention in Sacramento, Calif. The plan focuses the organization on five strategic imperatives.

GOVERNANCE RECRUITMENT/RETENTION EDUCATION LEADERSHIP SERVICE Giving back to Phi Kappa Tau is one of the finest traditions of our Fraternity. With strong strategic plans in place for both the Fraternity and Foundation, it is an exciting time to be a Phi Tau. Support the mission, vision and strategic direction of our Fraternity by donating today. You will be glad you did!

phikappatau.org/give

WE APPRECIATE YOU!

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ith the edition of another Annual Report, it’s once again time to say thank you for all of your generous donations to Phi Kappa Tau. We know there is no shortage of causes, charities, and non-profits for you to share your dollars. It never goes unnoticed that, year after year, you continue to prioritize giving to Phi Tau. With the conclusion of Conclave in July, I have again been fortunate to witness some of the best Phi Tau has to offer. It is always exciting to see the “Founders Four” chapters come together to compete for the Maxwell Trophy - the award for highest performing chapter - or to hear a moving speech from the Shideler Award winner, our award for most outstanding graduating senior. These young men are able to perform at such high levels of service, academics, and leadership thanks to you. Donations to the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation sponsor our educational programs that continue to advance our members as thoughtful, ethical, and distinct leaders in the community. Each community service and scholastic achievement is, in some part, thanks to you for sponsoring their development.

For those of you who donate to Phi Tau despite not being members, I am especially grateful. Your generosity to our Fraternity does not go unnoticed. Your donations to an organization for which you are not members is a noble act and one that greatly benefits your sons, brothers, husbands, and friends in immeasurable ways.

The impact of Phi Kappa Tau goes beyond any dollar amount. Every day I am surrounded by people who remind me of the influence this great Fraternity has had on so many lives. I am privileged to have witnessed as many chapter brothers, coworkers, employees, and friends develop into true Men of Distinction because of their relationship to Phi Tau. For this year, and every other year, THANK YOU!.

Go Far,

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WM. TIM HUDSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

DIRECTORY NATIONAL PRESIDENT Bill Brasch Louisville ’67 bbrasch@phikappatau.org

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT Dale Holland Kent State ’87 dholland@phikappatau.org FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN Wes Fugate Centre ’99 wfugate@phikappatau.org

VOLUNTEER DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE AND PRESIDENTS ACADEMY Fort Worth, Texas [January 3-5] REGIONAL CONFERENCES 2020 Pacific Northwest University of Idaho [January 25] Capital North Carolina State University* [February 1] Red River University of Kansas* [February 1]

West Coast San Francisco State* [February 8] Leaders Flying Horse Farms [February 8] Bluegrass Eastern Kentucky University [February 15] Southeast University of Alabama [February 15] Heartland University of Wisconsin [February 22]

New England Penn State* [February 22]

* indicates the location is not yet confirmed If your chapter is hosting an anniversary celebration, alumni event, or other major event, submit the event to communications@phikappatau.org for publication in The Laurel or on the website.

FOUNDATION VICE CHAIRMAN Buzz Green Ole Miss ’66 bgreen@phikappatau.org CEO Tim Hudson Truman State ’97 thudson@phikappatau.org COO Travis Robinson Eastern Kentucky ’98 trobinson@phikappatau.org EDITOR Lilly Steger lsteger@phikappatau.org

Additional contact information for the Executive Office staff, Fraternity National Council, Foundation Board of Trustees, National Advisors, Domain Directors, and Educational Deans can be found at phikappatau.org/contact.

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