The Laurel Annual Report 2020

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OF PHI KAPPA TAU | VOL. 106 ISSUE 2 | OCTOBER 2020

GOING FAR: ANNUAL REPORT 2019-2020

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LEADERSHIP PERSPECTIVES

REMEMBERING JOHN GREEN

HONOR ROLL OF DONORS

It’s been an unusual year for Phi Kappa Tau. Campuses closed, events were canceled, and houses were vacated.

And yet, this year we hosted our first virtual Brotherhood Banquet. Apart but together, we gathered to celebrate the ongoing success of Phi Kappa Tau men, brothers who continually rise to the occasion no matter the circumstances. Their success is a result of the leadership skills they gain from Phi Tau programming.

Like every other time we have been challenged, Phi Taus have raised the bar in the ways they support and empower one another through brotherhood. Your support ensures the future of these young men and of our organization as a whole.

For all your support, now and going forward, we thank you.

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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 4-5 PERSPECTIVES Hear from National President Bill Brasch, Louisville ‘67, and Foundation Chairman Wes Fugate, Centre ‘99, on why your gift mattered more than ever this year.

6 REMEMBERING JOHN Written by Charlie Ball, Miami ‘82, we mourn the loss of a Phi Tau legend, John Green, Nebraska Wesleyan ‘60. John served in leadership roles throughout this organization for over 50 years and impacted thousands of lives. Phi Tau will not be the same without him.

11 AWARD WINNERS Phi Tau’s first ever virtual Brotherhood Banquet celebrated the 2020 Roland Maxwell Trophy winner, the William H. Shideler Award winners, and many more.

DEPARTMENTS 10 | Boles Society 24 | Heritage Society 25 | By the Numbers 26 | Ways to Give 30 | CEO Letter

On the front, inside, and back covers: Art by Logan Lukacs, Baldwin Wallace ‘10

14 HONOR ROLL Thank you for your generosity through the 2019-2020 year!

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PERSPECTIVES

MAILBOX

BILL BRASCH, LOUISVILLE ’67

THE LAUREL IS INTENDED TO START A CONVERSATION with brothers and friends.

Content is carefully selected to engage and excite our readers. It is our hope that stories you read start a conversation with those in your life. Any comments are appreciated. You can submit your feedback— positive or negative, we want it all—to phikapptau.org/ laurelfeedback.

GO FARTHER AND FURTHER, TOGETHER

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SIDELIGHTS Phi Kappa Tau has launched a new monthly newsletter, Sidelights.

Releasing on the 15th of each month, Sidelights is a compilation of stories and updates for Phi Kappa Tau alumni and undergraduates to gain some insight into the ongoings to the Fraternity and Foundation.

If you are not receiving Sidelights and would like to sign up, visit phikappatau. org/update-info to be added to the mailing list.

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Bill Brasch, Louisville ’67, was elected President at the 63rd National Convention in 2018. This year he continues into his third year of Presidency, as well as serving as a Foundation Trustee. Bill is a retired engineer and lives in Louisville with his wife, Pat.

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lumni Brothers around the world, I hope that you and your family are surviving these difficult times that all of us are facing. There have been days when my fraternity and my fraternity brothers are the best anchor I have to face the stormy times in which we live.

While I have been serving in top leadership positions over the past decade, I have often been asked the question, “Why am I still doing that ‘fraternity thing’?” There is no easy answer.

Some time ago I came across an article that raised a related question, “What should be your three top priorities in life?” The answer was “Faith, Family and Fellowship.” Our fraternity has certainly provided me with many fellowship opportunities over my 53 years, more than from any other affiliation I have had. That has been

great motivation for me to continue to offer my time, talent, and treasure to Phi Kappa Tau. I hope the life-long friendships you made as an undergraduate or as an alumni volunteer will encourage you to continue giving to Phi Kappa Tau. Life is a long zig zagging journey for all of us.

There was a time during that journey to learn, a time to earn, and now a time to return the opportunities and wealth that have been bestowed on all of us. Our brotherhood experience as undergraduates provided four years that have, indeed, lasted a lifetime. We are truly “brothers, now and ever!”

I hope that we can count on you to dig deep to help us out during these difficult times.

Let’s go farther and further, together

My Best,

Bill Brasch, Louisville ‘67 National President and Foundation Trustee

PERSPECTIVES

WES FUGATE, CENTRE ’99

A GIFT FOR US ALL

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Wes Fugate, Centre ’99, is Chairman of the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation. An active member since his undergraduate days, he has served as Dean of Leadership Academy, a National Councilor, and on numerous other committees. He currently lives in Chambersburg, PA, and serves as President of Wilson College.

EDITOR-IN-CHIEF Lilly Steger COPY EDITORS Travis Robinson, Eastern Kentucky ’98 CONTRIBUTORS Bill Brasch, Louisville ’67 Tim Hudson, Truman State ’97 Wes Fugate, Centre ‘99

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he world has felt remarkably different since the COVID-19 pandemic began to appear.

In many ways, it has caused me to stop and put things in perspective. Recently, as I was visiting a local business, a sign said, “We wear masks not for us but for you.” That phrase stuck with me, and I realized that there are many things in our lives that we do not for ourselves but for others. Fortunately, giving to the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation can both be fulfilling for you and for others.

The contributions you give help the Fraternity to provide scholarships, more affordable housing, and leadership experiences that our undergraduates might not have been able to receive otherwise.

Their lives are directly impacted by your generosity. Simply put, your gifts make a difference, one brother at a time.

And yet, I happen to think that each month as I make a gift to our Foundation, that I am getting a little back, too. I get the sense of joy of knowing that I am helping others. I get to see young men develop leadership and interpersonal skills. I know that I am contributing in the development of future civic and economic leaders.

For each of you that has made a gift to the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation in the past, thank you.

Thank you for making a difference in not only

the lives of our young men, but I expect as well, in your own life. On behalf of the Foundation Board of Trustees and each of your undergraduates, we are deeply grateful for your support.

As a college president, I know this next year will bring great challenges to many organizations, especially higher education and, as a result, the fraternal world. Right now, our chapters need your support more than ever before. So, as you consider ways to make a difference, I thank you in advance for your support of your fraternity. We will not allow a pandemic to slow our progress towards developing men of character into Men of Distinction. Stay safe, and I look forward to an opportunity for each of us to be together again .

Brother Always,

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 2020; March 2021 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.

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

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FEATURE

BY CHARLIE BALL, MIAMI ‘82

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n July 26th, John Green, Nebraska Wesleyan ’60, entered the chapter eternal. John was a Phi Kappa Tau Hall of Fame member, Executive Director of both the Fraternity and Foundation, and one of the most outstanding leaders Phi Kappa Tau ever had. For his 60 years of membership, fraternity and dedication to Phi Tau were among John’s core values. Phi Kappa Tau would not be the same without him.

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Top to bottom: John at Camp Boggy Creek, a SeriousFun camp in Florida; Ray Bichimer, Ohio State ‘53, John, Jack Anson, Colgate ‘47, and John Meyerhoff, Colgate ‘61, as John presented the Clinton D. Boyd Award for Interfraternal Excellence (renamed the William D. Jenkins Interfraternity Excellence Award) to Anson.

Born February 10, 1942 in McCook, Nebraska, John was an outstanding student leader at Wauneta High School before entering Nebraska Wesleyan University in the fall of 1959, where he pledged the Upsilon Chapter of Phi Kappa Tau along with Tom Cunningham, Nebraska Wesleyan ‘60. They both would go on to significantly impact the Fraternity throughout the rest of their lives.

After a stint in the Navy, which began a long and distinguished career in the U. S. Navy Reserve, it was Tom Cunningham who suggested that John get involved in the national fraternity. He famously attended the 1966 National Convention at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island on his honeymoon with his new bride, Joan, a graduate of Drake University where she had been president of her Delta Gamma chapter.

By 1968, John was a Domain Director and in 1970, he was elected to the National Council. In 1979, John was elected Vice President to National President Tom Cunningham, the first and only time in our history where members of the same pledge class served together as President and Vice President. John was installed as President at the Diamond Jubilee Convention in 1981, completing fifteen years on the National Council in 1985. During his time on the council, the Fraternity went from some of the most challenging times in our history to the completion of the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation’s record-setting capital campaign, which had been conceived by John and a small group of fraternity leaders.

When the Fraternity Executive Director job opened in 1987, John became a candidate and when offered the job, decided to leave a long career in banking and the presidency of his family bank in Nebraska and move his family to Oxford, Ohio. He often said that the “job seeks the man” and when asked to take on a challenge he considered it. John took on Phi Tau’s top staff position with gusto and is particularly remembered for the innovative educational programs developed during that time including a National Leadership Academy, begun in 1988 and TEAM Discovery weekends. He was also instrumental in establishing the SeriousFun Children’s Network as Phi Kappa Tau’s national philanthropy. John showed real leadership not only in Phi Tau, but among our peer Greek organizations as an outspoken opponent of

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hazing and substance abuse and was at the forefront of developing the risk management policies and insurance programs that have been critical to the Greek world.

John left the fraternity staff for the opportunity to work with one of his other life-long passions, golf, in 1998. He was an investor in the start-up Indian Ridge golf course in Oxford and took on a new challenge of running the course.

But when the opportunity came to return to the staff of the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation as Executive Director in 2001, he accepted the challenge and threw himself all in, providing staff leadership to a second successful capital campaign for the Foundation. Retiring for good from the staff in 2007, he remained active on the Foundation board, serving several terms through 2018.

For more than half a century, John Green served in a leadership role in Phi Kappa Tau. He made countless friends and mentored an incalculable number of young men along the way, who all consider themselves better for having known John.

And for all of his passion for Phi Kappa Tau, John was far from one-dimensional. He was a devoted family man, leaving his wife Joan, his son Matt and daughter Lee Anne and their families to carry on his legacy. And along with his family and his fraternity, he loved his community. He was a former president of the Oxford Rotary Club and was its Rotarian of the Year and he headed the boards of Maple Knolls of Cincinnati and the Knolls of Oxford retirement community where John and Joan made their home in recent years and hosted several Phi Tau alumni events.

He was recognized for his contributions to Phi Tau with the Palm Award and as an inaugural member of the Hall of Fame, among many others. The John M. Green Golf Classic to raise funds for SeriousFun Children’s Network was begun in his honor in 2013. He was recognized for his contributions to the interfraternal community with the North American Interfraternity Conference Silver Medal in 2019, the first Phi Tau to receive this award.

While John leaves a legacy of family, business, military, and community achievement, he will be remembered for his boundless energy, his good humor, his unwavering belief in the basic goodness of people and for living by his often-repeated creed: “Do the right thing, because it’s the right thing to do.”

Top to bottom: Receiving the NIC Silver Medal at Conclave (2019), pictured with Jud Horras, NIC President & CEO; John speaking at the 1987 National Convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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EWING T. BOLES SOCIETY

Stephen Martino, Kansas ’91 Warren Mattox, Nebraska Wesleyan ’69 Gary Rose, Tennessee ’83 Charles Shaw, UC Berkeley ‘49 + Mark Sheehy, Ohio ’82 Scott Stewart, Nebraska-Kearney ’69 David Sutton, Oklahoma State ’89 George Tucker Jr., Mississippi State ’63 Cliff Unger, Arizona ’98 Oliver Waggener, Mississippi State ’72 Alan Wilson, Mississippi State ’77 Roger Wright, Mississippi State ’75

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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’ 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 brothers who have entered the Chapter Eternal.

CHAIRMAN LEVEL ($10,000+) Jim Bacon, Michigan Tech ’59 Joe Grimes, Kansas State ’59 Dennis Hillen, Kentucky ’98 Darryl Isaacs LAUREL WREATH LEVEL ($5,000+) Steve Chaddick, Georgia Tech ’70 John Green, Nebraska Wesleyan ’60 John Johnson, Mississippi State ’64 Larry Jones, Colorado State ’63 Larry Kirk, Mississippi State ’68 Malcolm Outlaw III, Mississippi State ’67 David Perkins, UC Berkeley ’48 David Rice III, Mississippi State ’72 David Ruckman, Ohio State ’62

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RED CARNATION LEVEL ($2,500+) Thomas Clayton, Jr., Mississippi State ’85 Chuck Cooley, Miami ’55 Jamie Day, Ohio State ’89 Dan Diepenhorst, Texas State ’86 Joseph Drake III, Mississippi State ‘75 Bill Fisher, Miami ’80 Nic Forella, Arizona State ’18 Wes Fugate, Centre ’99 Buzz Green, Ole Miss ’66 Dale Holland, Kent State ’87 Tom Jeswald, Ohio ’63 Patrick Keal, Kentucky ’04 Roy King, New Mexico State ’73 Glenn Marchant, Mississippi State ’75

SOCIETY LEVEL ($1,000+) Anthony Acosta, Mississippi State ’71 Jack Alvenus, St. John’s ’89 David Ash, Cincinnati ’69 Charlie Ball, Miami ’82 Reginald Bayley, UC Berkeley ’56 Rhett Bentley, Auburn ’74 Bill Brasch, Louisville ’67 Norm Brown, Ohio State ’50 Scott Brown, Texas State ’17 Ray Carlos, Cal State-Fullerton ’01 Trevor Cost, Miami ’00 Ray Cox Jr., North Carolina State ’89 Scott Criswell, Miami ’04 Jerry Curington, Florida ’69 Aaron Curry, Oklahoma State ’91 Cooch Cuturilo, North Carolina State ’73 Daniel Dauer, Old Dominion ’67 Nick Davatzes, St. John’s ’60 Brent DeVore, Ohio ’61 Joseph Drake III, Mississippi State ’75 Steve Dunn, Colorado ’66 Larry Enterline, Case Western Reserve ’71 Robin Fant III, Mississippi State ’81 Richard Foote, Texas ’59 Russ Ford, Kentucky ’89 Mike Gabhart, Georgetown ’95 Jeff Gonzales, Maryland ’98 Rod Guthrie, Wright State ’89 Jim Hamilton, Ohio State ’63 Brian Hardy, Westminster ’93

Roy Harris, Mississippi State ’62 Jeff Hilperts, Spring Hill ’96 William Hinton, Cincinnati ’62 Doug Hogue, Mississippi State ’64 Jason Huber, Kentucky ’96 Tim Hudson, Truman State ’97 Bill Jenkins, Bowling Green ’57 Steven Jones, Bowling Green ’91 Gary Klingbergs, Cleveland State ’82 Jerrald Kuenn, Purdue ’60 Joseph Lambert, Mississippi State ’81 Dave Lapinski, Penn State ’74 Jim Lavelle Jr, Case Western Reserve ’61 Chuck Leemon III, Ole Miss ’69 J.J. Lewis, Central Michigan ’04 Roger Luca, Mount Union ’75 Michael Lummus, Belmont ’06 Thomas Majors III, Mississippi State ’78 Bill Maurer, Westminster ’50 Dick Michael, Michigan Tech ’70 Steve Moore, Rutgers ’99 Jon Nicholson, Bowling Green ’63 Joshua O’Brien, Cincinnati ’97 Solon O’Neal Jr., Florida ’50 Kenneth Parent, Lawrence ’65 Don Phillips, Texas ’82 Bob Ragsdale, Georgia ’66 Rob Reese, Kent State ’87 Jeff Rivard, Central Michigan ’65 Ross Roeder, Michigan State ’58 Mike Rosser, Colorado State ’61 Mack Ruffin III, North Carolina State ’54 Gary Ryan, Ole Miss ’68 John Sayers, Bethany ’78 Kent Saylor, Kansas ’66 Al Separk, East Carolina ’63 Allyn Shaw, Michigan State ’85 Doug Sitzler, Miami ’06 Tim Smith, Bowling Green ’62 Shawn Stachula, Indiana ’15 Todd Stennis III, Mississippi State ’91 Steven Thomas, Mississippi State ’83 Gabe Uebel, Eastern Kentucky ’95 Dan Walrath, Nebraska Wesleyan ’72 Byars Wells, Transylvania ’98

AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

MEN OF DISTINCTION 2020 AWARD WINNERS

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or the first time in history, the Phi Kappa Tau Brotherhood Banquet was held virtually.

Due to the cancellation of Convention, brothers were not able to meet in person this year. The digital awards ceremony celebrated alumni, undergraduate, and volunteers who make this organization better by their hard work and dedication to the vision, mission, and creed of Phi Tau. As always, the young men of Phi Tau continue to astonish us, raising the bar for expectations and accomplishments year after year. Although we could not celebrate them in person, we recognize their success and look forward to when we can gather again.

MAXWELL AWARD DELTA TAU, CAL POLY-POMONA This trophy is presented annually to the most outstanding chapter in the country. The Roland Maxwell Trophy is the highest honor a Phi Kappa Tau chapter can receive.

“Here at the Delta Tau chapter, we build men into leaders who make a positive impact on those around them,” the Delta Tau delegation said in their virtual presentation.

Delta Tau’s strength begins at the very beginning – with recruitment. They recruit men who show a demonstrated interest in becoming men of exemplary character, and nothing less. Within the chapter, they build strong friendships as undergraduates and focus on fostering positive relationships with alumni, partially through individual outreach and partially through their biannual newsletter, The Kellogg, and an active social media presence. When the chapter celebrated its

Delta Tau chapter at Cal Poly-Pomona

62nd anniversary last year, over 150 alumni and their families were in attendance.

At Cal Poly-Pomona, Delta Tau is the most diverse fraternity on campus. Every brother’s unique identity provides an opportunity for the brothers to learn and grow, and the variety of majors provides a chance for the chapter to help each other out with schoolwork. “What makes our fraternity experience great is our amazing sense of brotherhood, our respected chapter house, and our diversity,” they said. Unusual for a fraternity house, the Delta Tau house is completely paid off, which allows rent to be affordable and for the housing corporation to work on repairs and improvements every year.

The chapter maintains an enriching environment by challenging all brothers to pursue their goals. Part of this is encouraging brothers to take on leadership roles with the Executive Board and across campus. The chapter represents 15 different clubs and organizations at Cal Poly-Pomona, one of the most prominent areas of which is IFC, where Delta Tau holds six of the 14 leadership positions.

By graduation of this year, 15% of brothers had professional internships and 80% had jobs secured. “Ethical leaderships begins on our board and stems out to our campus involvement and careers,” they said.

Delta Tau takes their ethical leadership seriously. In the past year, four brothers were full-time staffers at The Painted Turtle, the local SeriousFun camp, in addition to the chapter’s volunteers every summer. Their “Red and Gold Week” event raised over $6,000 for SeriousFun camps, a five-day event with activities to raise money like a car wash, flag football, and table mural paintings. They also helped five Cal Poly-Pomona Sororities raise over $5,000 for their own philanthropic partnerships, including the Alzheimer’s Association, the Make-A-Wish Foundation, and Girl Scouts of America.

“The learning never stops in our chapter, as we adapt and overcome any failures we experience,” Delta Tau concluded in their Maxwell presentation. Congratulations to this Most Outstanding chapter on their Maxwell win! Go Far!

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AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS

WILLIAM H. SHIDELER AWARD BILL KOLPAK, ALABAMA ’16 This award is presented to the most outstanding senior in Phi Kappa Tau and is the highest undergraduate honor that the Fraternity bestows.

When Bill joined Phi Tau his freshmen year, he wasted no time making an impact. After seeing an opportunity for improved scholarship programming, he ran for Scholarship Chair. He was elected and implemented an aggressive study hours program to encourage members to plan study time into their days, while simultaneously developing a recognition program that encouraged all members who went above and beyond in their academic achievement.

Spring of his freshman year, the chapter’s treasurer resigned. Bill was elected and promptly inherited $20,000 of debt. “Through rigorous work, planning and budgeting, I navigated the Fraternity’s financial situation to pay off these debts while still operating successfully and recruiting new members,” Kolpak said.

This was a huge time commitment and took hours of meetings with advisors, the Executive Council, and staff members of the university and Phi Tau. Bill had difficult conversations with the chapter about where they were spending their money and how they were going to budget going forward. “By the time I had served in the role for a year, we had achieved a stable financial situation,” he said.

Following a full term as treasurer, Bill ran for President to improve the fraternity in more ways than financial stability. He won and focused on long-term success by establishing a standards board, developing a more permanent alumni relations job, and creating a new annual charity that fostered the relationship between chapter brothers and their families during parents’ weekend.

“As Treasurer, I was focused on rectifying problems of the past to ensure survival in the future,” he said, “As President, I worked

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Bill and his mom during Parents Week

to establish a structure and relationships so we could grow and achieve new levels of success in the future.”

Bill was active on campus outside of Phi Tau as a 4-year member of Alabama Action, an organization that assists the Tuscaloosa community through service projects at local schools. His senior year Bill became Program Director and coordinated 20 different projects across two schools. He also volunteered in an administrative role for the Alabama International Relations Club Model UN and served on the Alabama Student Government Association as an Associate Justice.

Bill graduated last spring with a BS in Accounting and a 3.4 GPA. He now works in Atlanta. “I have worked with so many outstanding Phi Tau men in my chapter who have pushed me to lead, challenged my ideas and supported me in what I have done,” he said. Congratulations to Bill on this huge accomplishment. Go Far!

We are extremely proud of all the hard work of our award winners and their demonstrated commitment to the ideals and values of Phi Kappa Tau. The following chapters or individuals received awards based on leadership, scholarship, or philanthropy: FOUNDERS FOUR CHAPTERS Delta, Centre College Gamma, Ohio State University Upsilon, Nebraska Wesleyan University Delta Tau, Cal Poly-Pomona THE SONNY STRANGE RECRUITMENT AWARD Alpha Lambda, Auburn University THE OUTSTANDING ASSOCIATE CLASS AWARD Chi, North Carolina State University

BORRADAILE UNDERGRADUATE AWARD Will Steitz, North Carolina State ’19 BEST ASSOCIATE MEMBER Jacob Waltermeyer, South Carolina ‘19 ROSS E. ROEDER OUTSTANDING BOARD OF GOVERNORS AWARD Beta Chi, University of Southern Illinois THE JAREO AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING CHAPTERPRODUCED NEWSLETTER Upsilon, Nebraska Wesleyan University THE MASSOCK AWARD FOR MOST OUTSTANDING CHAPTER-HOSTED EVENT Chi, North Carolina State University CLINTON D. BOYD VPAR AWARD Will Schiltz, Nebraska Wesleyan ’17 GEORGE V. VOINOVICH COMMUNITY SERVICE AWARD Zeta Epsilon, University of Lynchburg PAUL NEWMAN AWARD Beta Beta, University of Louisville THE FLETEMEYER AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING COLONY Delta Kappa, University of Tennessee-Knoxville OUTSTANDING COLONY ADVISOR AWARD Jeff Rogers, Southern California ’77, advisor to Omega, University of Wisconsin-Madison

GREG HOLLEN AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING COLONY PRESIDENT Seth Novosel, Southern California ’18

ANGELO AWARD FOR MOST IMPROVED CHAPTER Alpha Lambda, Auburn University

DOUGLASS AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING CHAPTER PRESIDENT Max Zitek, Nebraska Wesleyan ’16 STENNIS AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING DOMAIN DIRECTOR Paul Artis, Illinois-Springfield ‘15 DR. EDGAR EWING BRANDON AWARD FOR AN OUTSTANDING CHAPTER ADVISOR Ralph Cupelli, Truman State ’94 THE JACK L. ANSON AWARD FOR AN UNDERGRADUATE WITH OUTSTANDING FRATERNAL VALUES Jacob Severyn, Ohio State ’17 OUTSTANDING GREEK ADVISOR Lindsey Denver, Saginaw Valley State

THE MOOSNICK AWARD FOR CHAPTER SCHOLARSHIP Alpha Delta, Case Western Reserve ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE SCROLL Ohio State, Centre, Mount Union, Illinois, Transylvania, Purdue, UC Berkeley, Franklin & Marshall, Penn State, Nebraska Wesleyan, Colorado, Case Western, Washington State, Washington, Colorado State, Cornell, Colgate, Akron, Mississippi State, Oklahoma State, Kent State, Georgia, Maryland, Westminster, Michigan Tech, Bradley, East Central, Evansville, Ole Miss, Tennessee, Muskingum, Eastern Kentucky, Rochester, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Belmont, Lynchburg, Illinois-Springfield, Alabama, Kenyon, South Carolina, Arizona State, Boston NORM W. BROWN PHILANTHROPY AWARD Ohio, Ohio State, Centre, Mount Union, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska Wesleyan, Florida, Auburn, Cornell, Colgate, Mississippi State, Texas, Louisville, Southern Mississippi, Indiana, Kent State, Georgia, Maryland, Old Dominion, Tennessee, Cal Poly-Pomona, William Paterson, Rutgers, Chapman, Lynchburg, Kenyon, Middle Tennessee, South Carolina, Arizona State, Columbus State THE RECRUITMENT PACESETTER AWARD Ohio State, Mount Union, North Carolina State, Auburn, Colgate, Georgia, Cal State-Chico, Chapman

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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 1st, 2019 and June 30th, 2020. Each donor’s lifetime giving level, starting with the Tau link at $2,500, is indicated with the numbers listed.

Members who made a gift in fiscal year 2020 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 (2) Charlie Ball ’82 (4) Fred Breitling ’57 (1) Drew Callahan ’06 C.J. Callahan ’02 Dino Caterini ’51 Chuck Cooley ’55 (10) Trevor Cost ’00 (1) Scott Criswell ’04 John Dan ’74 Jeff Day ’76 (1) Tom DeJonge ’82 Mitch Engel ’71 (4) James Ertel ’71 (1) Bill Fisher ’80 (5) Jim Fouss ’58 Joe Glass ’54 (1) Sam Halter ’58 Norman Hoyt ’66 Robert Jackman ’50 Daniel Johnson ’74 Cal Klumb ’58 Donald Lease ’50 James Leopold ’52 William MacDonald ’62 Robert Mang ’51 Bob Manning ’74 (1) Jeff Marano ’98 Kevin Martin ’81 Gene McKeown, III ’62 David Morganti ’00 David Mueller ’69 James Overly ’53 Mark Pawlak, ’76 (1)

Thomas Podwell ’58 Dave Rinehart ’64 (2) Jonathan Rucker ’77 Doug Sitzler ’06 (1) Neil Smalley ’54 Jeff Smith ’87 Jon Spahr ’58 Carl Steiss ’62 Cory Stopka ’13 James Tekavec ’63 BETA - OHIO Brian Begg ’91 Richard Borton ’63 (7) Tim Bowie ’82 (1) Jack Brannen ’69 Brian Breittholz ’83 (1) David Budd ’56 Gary Clark ’57 (1) Tim Cochran ’90 Larry Conrad ’64 (6) Brent DeVore ’61 (5) Jack Doller ’50 • Mike Dull ’63 Bill Ervin ’94 Chris Garber ’93 (1) Chris Guirlinger ’81 Rick Harrison, Jr. ’79 (1) Matt Hoppe ’05 • Donald Hudak ’59 (1) Tom Jeswald ’63 (8) Frank Kamenar ’61 William Katholi ’58 Brian Lawrence ’93 (1) Toby Lichtle ’05 • Jim McAtee ’65 (6)

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

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(2) KAPPA LINK

$5,000 +

(1) TAU LINK

$2,500 +

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

Randall Murray ’58 (2) Scott Roser ’69 Joe Ruby ’69 Mark Sheehy ’82 (6) Don Stansberry ’87 FW Wagner ’57 Roger Zimmerman ’64 GAMMA - OHIO STATE Robert Andrews ’54 (2) Tom Becker ’80 Norm Brown ’50 (12) Rea Buchanan ’67 Peter Cruser ’63 Jamie Day ’89 (4) Steve Dibert ’82 Harry Donavon ’64 Dave Dreffer ’59 + Scott Fawcett ’57 Mark Fisher ’15 • Robert Fisher ’60

Thomas Gideon ’66 James Gideon ’67 Jim Hamilton ’63 (9) Dan Huffer ’57 (1) Philip Jaeger ’58 Ron Kocher ’61 Greg Lamping, III ’79 Timothy March ’65 Judson McIntire ’69 Carl Okeson ’50 (1) Glenn Redick ’63 (1) Jim Rice ’61 (2) Rhett Rosengarten ’15 • Mark Rucker ’65 David Ruckman ’62 (11) Floyd Singer ’56 Scot Smith ’61 (1) Thomas Stoll ’65 Bob Strung ’69 Tom Tibbitts ’51 Andrew Uhler ’15 •

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Rex Carper ’70 Michael Cervoni ’13 • Jacob Corey ’19 • Robert Eiler ’64 Stephen Farmer ’70 (1) Kent Jackson ’78 David Johnson ’43 • Stanley Kuenn ’64 Jerrald Kuenn ’60 (1) Rahul Kumar ’17 • Adam Lenart ’16 • Mike Lennox ’79 (4) Charles Maynard ’48 Greg Nigoghosian ’13 • Mike Pokorny ’13 • Albert Roberts ’42 Tony Safranek ’18 •

Progress at University of Kentucky’s Kappa house. Construction on the 55-man house is expected to finish Fall 2020.

DELTA - CENTRE Tristan Conroy ’12 Wes Fugate ’99 (5) Charles Hughes ’66 John Newman ’63 Michael Pulliam ’63 Earle Stone ’50 John White ’63 • Kyle Young ’05 EPSILON MOUNT UNION Winston Anderson, Sr. ’57 Ian Andrews ’01 (1) Robert Bragdon ’65 Knox Brown, IV ’80 Santino Diaz-Palma ’19 • Roy Fischer ’57 AJ Fisher ’14 Michael Gates ’12 Austin Hindley ’19 • Joe Holliday ’55 George Kellner ’53

Alex Koehler ’07 Tyler Longstreth ’14 • Roger Luca ’75 Brandon Lucas ’14 Louis Mahshie ’91 • Alec McGinnis ’14 Chris Monrad ’72 Cody Rohaley ’14 Kyle Shepard ’14 Mike Sovak ’15 Jacob VanDerkar ’16 • Dennis Warstler ’68 Spencer Whyte ’15 • ZETA - ILLINOIS Mike Cadell ’90 Terry Crabbs ’64 Robert Fox ’50 Dave Holmes ’56 Robert Johns ’62 Robert Nejdl ’51 Robert Patterson, Jr. ’62 (1) Thomas Stone ’77

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ETA - MUHLENBERG Jim Alderfer ’63 (3) Jeff Baird ’01 (2) Richard Haines ’72 Robert Metzger ’60 Willis Musselman ’68 Gary Singer ’75 Rolf Wolfrom ’72 Chris Zingaro ’89 (1) THETA - TRANSYLVANIA Tim Collins ’78 Robert Ecroyd ’62 Charles Newquist ’72 Cliff Pike ’65 Byars Wells ’98 (3) IOTA - COE Jerrold Adams, Jr. ’59 Michael Beecher ’70 (1) Thomas Granquist ’58 Haze Hazelton ’75 Jordan Lord ’09 (6)

John Mankopf ’65 (4) KAPPA - KENTUCKY Marty Dunning ’07 Russ Ford ’89 • Murphy Green ’57 Dennis Hillen ’98 (4) • Jason Huber ’96 • Patrick Keal ’04 (1) Stephen Kiene ’04 (2) Arthur Knight ’63 Nico Schulz ’09 Bruce Shively ’66 William Sturm ’63 Ralph Wesley ’65 Oscar Westerfield ’64 (1) Jerry Westerfield ’60 (1) David Wilson ’66 LAMBDA - PURDUE Maxwell Baum ’13 • Tim Burkhart ’95 Kyle Campbell ’12

Leroy Schuster ’60 (1) Tim Shaw ’83 (1) John Shirey ’68 (1) Ben Stegman ’15 Jared Vandenack ’13 Jeff Vierk ’86 • William Wagner ’65 Mike Wise ’60 Dave Wozniak ’71 (3) Richard Zieg ’71 (1) MU - LAWRENCE David Harrington ’94 Jeff Lawrence ’58 Kenneth Parent ’65 (4) Tad Smith ’80

NU - UC BERKELEY Greg Anderson ’76 (2) Reginald Bayley ’56 (1) Roman Davis ’67 • Edward Dematei, Jr. ’52 Robert Duey ’58 (1) Alan Dunham ’58 Fred Gregory ’61 (2) Rod Harl ’90 Larry Parker ’76 David Perkins ’48 (6) Guy Petzold ’74 Craig Robbins ’60 Charles Shaw ’49 (15) + Ross Tucker ’50 (1)

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.

William Westley, Jr. ’52

XI - FRANKLIN & MARSHALL Dave Costa ’85 Curt Heinfelden ’66 Michael Treister ’62 OMICRON - PENN STATE Michael Boyd ’66 Robert Byrd ’69 William Heath ’54 Bob Kaiser ’74 (2) Fred Kotalik ’79 Dave Lapinski ’74 (6) Bill O’Neill ’74 Edward Smarsh, Jr. ’81 Howard Thompson ’54 (1) Nelson Van Fleet ’56

PI - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Peter Anastassiou ’76 Melvin Iizuka ’72 Robert Leach ’76 Raymond Lowe ’83 Duane Merrill ’70 (1) Richard Shedd ’73 Jay Smith ’70 RHO - RENSSELAER Cecil Crews ’54 John Cunningham, Jr. ’55 Jack Hawley ’69 Rob Kellis, Jr. ’75

Ralph Schoeffer ’50 Edward Scofield ’49 (1) John Stewart ’63 Robert Thompson, Jr. ’69 (1) TAU - MICHIGAN Howard Buchanan ’53 Tom Christy ’89 Robert Currie ’56 (1) Andy Gillman ’84 Bob Hoy ’84 Bill Powell ’55 (1) Robert Richter ’56 (2) Stephen Vernon ’68 Rex Youse ’54

Gifts to the Foundation benefit our National Programs and help undergraduate men build leadership skills (Presidents Academy 2020).

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UPSILON NEBRASKA WESLEYAN John Allen ’82 (1) Eugene Anderson ’64 Hollis Anderson ’66 (1) Nick Backencamp ’19 • Brian Baumert ’76 Kevin Boatright ’71 (5) Marshall Chasek ’19 • Floyd Colon ’58 Preston Decker ’17 • Connor Dormann ’18 • Nick Drog ’98 David Dyke ’60 Alex Fairchild-Flynn ’18 • Lowell Gaither ’58 Jim Girardin ’56 John Green ’60 (10) + Jared Groves ’19 • Hunter Hall ’19 • Christian Hall ’19 • Chase Hoffscheider ’17 • Jim Horrocks ’70 (1) Jared Hrabik ’18 • Craig Johnson ’96 • Dallas Jones, Jr. ’17 • Colby Karr ’19 • Alex Kerr ’16 Burl Kreps ’51 Ross Larson ’69 Rob Laughlin ’76 Adin Leibel ’19 • Jacob Marshall ’17 Grant Maser ’17 Warren Mattox ’69 Dom Messineo ’18 • Gary Miller ’66 Charles Morrison ’62 Bob Morton ’61 Jack Nispel ’54 Kyle Ott ’19 • Tyson Patrick ’18 • Todd Peterson ’89 Jack Plummer ’58 (2) Austin Ragland ’18 • Gary Riggs ’79 Bill Schlichtemeier ’67 (5) Creighton Schoening ’16 Ben Schulz ’17 • Gene Stewart ’56 Takaya Tokuyama ’17

Bud Turner ’49 • Jerry Vinson ’19 • Bob Vodehnal ’60 Dan Walrath ’72 (3) Jason Walters ’87 Sam Watson ’59 Ian Wear ’17 Max Zitek ’16 PHI - BETHANY Chris Berry ’83 Albert Buckelew, Jr. ’78 Robert Carter ’73 (1) Jon Gaffney ’98 Nick Glenn ’15 • Raymond Hart ’74 Jose Iraheta ’17 • Kenneth Lawrence ’46 Jon Lindeman ’59 Harry Mainzer ’76 Craig Noble ’85 (3) Robert Regney ’49 John Roschella ’82 John Sayers ’78 (5) Dave Shiffman ’64 Scott Sunshine ’77

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Scott Tyree ’10 Greg Waite ’99 Scott Wilcox ’87 Rita Gleason AM • CHI NORTH CAROLINA STATE Cecil Beumer ’57 Ray Cox, Jr ’89 (4) Cooch Cuturilo ’73 (6) Jeff Doane ’94 Bobby Ellis ’55 Robert Girard ’65 Dudley Gwaltney ’80 David Michaels ’77 Michael Patrick ’70 (1) John Piaski, Jr. ’64 Delmar Roberts ’55 Mack Ruffin, III ’54 (1) Gavin Saldanha ’03 Harry Tune, Jr. ’60 (1) Dean Vincent ’77 Matt Webber, ’00 PSI - COLORADO Ed Altman, Jr. ’53

Lloyd Armstrong ’53 Nick Cable ’19 • Andrew Dewispelaere ’14 • Steve Dunn ’66 Bryce Frey ’53 Thomas Hallenbeck ’80 Tom McWilliams, Jr. ’66 (3) Mark Motta ’83 Joseph Pitrofsky ’78 Jake Reuss ’20 • OMEGA WISCONSIN-MADISON Spencer Yurkowitz AM • ALPHA ALPHA MICHIGAN STATE Norman Anderson ’51 Brandon Baswell ’87 Norman Bondy ’61 Fred Cotter ’51 Joseph Galvin ’61 (1) Jack Jandzinski ’60 Richard Karpinski ’59 Jack Katosh ’67 Jay Parker ’64

Ross Roeder ’58 (12) Denny Rosenbrook ’54 Allyn Shaw ’85 (4) Andy Smith ’89 ALPHA GAMMA DELAWARE Jeffrey Blau ’69 • Jeff Brittingham ’81 John Farnandez ’53 (1) Brian Gilbert ’72 Paul Harrison ’70 George Henisee ’65 (1) Bruce Jackson ’66 Edward Kimmel ’56 Ross Lanius, Jr. ’55 Ted Lynam ’60 Donald Lynch ’47 Tom Preston ’64 (1) John Siczka ’53 Steven Smilk ’83 Ray Whiteoak ’57 Ronald Wood, Jr. ’61 Randy Young, III ’66 (1)

Brothers of the Chi chapter at North Carolina State University, winners of the Outstanding Associate Class Award and the Massock Award for Most Outstanding Chapter-Hosted Event.

ALPHA DELTA CASE WESTERN RESERVE Steven Binzel ’08 Larry Enterline ’71 (2) William Fullerton ’54 Gary Johnston ’69 (2) Jim Lavelle, Jr ’61 (2) Philip Orbanes ’66 Bruce Raimy ’60 (1) Dale Richmond ’67 (1) Edmund Rybicki ’60 Joe Sulc ’74 Irland Tashima ’67 (1) Colin Williams ’10 ALPHA EPSILON KANSAS STATE Paul Chaffee ’71 Kevin Finson ’71 (1) Joe Grimes ’59 (8) Tom Huecker ’63 (2) Eric Hummell ’82 (2) Roger Rickard ’58 ALPHA ZETA OREGON STATE Elmo Bowman ’50 (1) Charles McKee ’74 (2) Steven Mulkey ’68 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 (1) Leroy Gross ’51 Eric Lasso ’94 Leonard Lyons ’58 Tom McGurk ’83 (1) Armen Merjanian ’02 • Solon O’Neal, Jr. ’50 (2) Theo Remley, Jr ’67 Terry Reubert ’71 Victor Smith ’63 (2) Gregory Young ’69 (1) ALPHA THETA WILLIAM & MARY Douglas Jones ’74

Dunbar Mac Nemar ’67 George Nance ’66 David Ryan ’88 Michael Sola ’88 ALPHA KAPPA WASHINGTON STATE Bill Krebs ’59 Jason Lund ’99 • Stuart Morgan ’89 • Laurence Morse ’40 Mark Quinn ’70 William Sinclair ’50 ALPHA LAMBDA AUBURN Rhett Bentley ’74 (6) Lanny Carruthers ’98 Boyce Cook ’57 (3) Oscar Davis ’58 John Drew ’01 (1) Buck Feltman ’59 (4) Walter Griffin ’44 (4) Preston Hassler ’56 (2) Michael Henry ’88 (1) Charles Jager ’53 Mark Leslie ’80 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 NU - IOWA STATE Lewis Allen ’67 (1) Craig Johnson ’57 (1) Warren Simons ’61 Galen Zumbach ’73 ALPHA OMICRON LAFAYETTE Steve Cunerd ’61 David Edwards ’63 Bill Keck ’59 ALPHA PI - WASHINGTON Jory Hamilton ’12 • Michael Lukins ’08 John Warren ’62

ALPHA RHO GEORGIA TECH Harold Bufford ’73 Steve Chaddick ’70 (10) William Cook ’71 Benjamin Coomes ’89 Robert Eads ’59 Allan Glover ’69 Tom Hendricks ’89 (1) Richard Hunder ’56 Javier Jimenez ’90 (2) Jim McConnell ’55 John McMillen ’53 Rich Wang ’95 (4) Rich Wang ’95 • Matthew Wiechart ’93 Bud Williams, Jr. ’51 (1) George Curtis AM • Justin Dubbin AM • Patrick Kitchens AM Cameron McIntosh AM • Zachary Parham AM Nikhil Patel AM • Aditya Singh AM • Walker Smith AM James Thompson AM Simon Yang AM • Zachary Cole AM ALPHA SIGMA COLORADO STATE Brad Blockhus ’88 John Gaarde ’63 Allan Howard ’66 Larry Jones ’63 (4) Charles McConnell ’60 Mike Rosser ’61 (6) David Stout ’67 James Turner ’57 J. Gary Wagner ’61 (3) ALPHA TAU - CORNELL William Barney ’61 David Gatti ’51 Thomas Lentz ’58 Tom McNamee ’66 Glenn Peterson ’72 Adam Tope ’01

ALPHA UPSILON COLGATE David Weddell ’67

ALPHA PSI TEXAS-EL PASO Larry Langberg ’63 Vic Pena, ’58 Benny Vanecek ’65

ALPHA PHI - AKRON Jerrold Callen ’66 • Robert Croye ’54 (1) Colby Ellis ’18 • Zach Fuller ’15 Otto Gearhart, Jr. ’66 Jerry Glinsek ’59 (1) John Haas ’65 Walter Howiler ’49 Ian Kline ’18 • Bob Leatherman ’60 (6) Tim Norman ’76 Terry Renninger ’61 (1) John Roe ’64 John Wallette ’17 • Forrest Westfall, Jr. ’71 John Wyler ’61

ALPHA OMEGA BALDWIN WALLACE Paul Hemminger ’69 Jeff Keller ’99 Alex Papke ’14 Allan Reinhardt ’48 John Tolley ’54

ALPHA CHI MISSISSIPPI STATE Anthony Acosta ’71 (1) Michael Albright ’67 Billy Anderson ’53 (1) Thomas Clayton, Jr. ’85 (3) Gene Dent ’79 Joseph Drake, III ’75 (2) Robin Fant, III ’81 (1) Roy Harris ’62 (2) Don Hinman ’71 (1) Doug Hogue ’64 (1) John Johnson ’64 (6) Larry Kirk ’68 (4) Joseph Lambert ’81 (1) Thomas Majors, III ’78 (1) Glenn Marchant ’75 (4) Malcolm Outlaw, III ’67 (4) David Rice, III ’72 (5) Joseph Schneider ’64 Todd Stennis, III ’91 (2) Steven Thomas ’83 George Tucker, Jr. ’63 (1) • Oliver Waggener ’72 (5) Willard Welborn, II ’62 Alan Wilson ’77 (4) Stephen Wilson ’66 Roger Wright ’75 (2)

BETA ALPHA - TEXAS John Anderson ’51 (1) Don Barley ’70 Richard Foote ’59 (4) William Harrison ’61 Paul Midkiff ’80 (2) Don Phillips ’82 (8) Eric Weig ’83 (1) Spencer Schumacher AM • BETA BETA - LOUISVILLE Bill Brasch, ’67 Charles Brohm ’57 David Bybee ’65 Gary Caufield ’50 Joseph Cohen ’64 John Davis ’60 (1) Mike Devereaux ’65 Gregory Gleis ’71 (1) Ernie Groves ’63 Jerry Harrell ’53 Curry Horak ’67 Jack Huber ’55 (1) Forrest Kuhn, Jr ’65 (2) Jack Martin, Jr. ’73 John Martin ’57 Donald McIntosh ’78 (1) Don Romans ’50 (1) Jeffrey Sellins ’64 (1) Rick Steineger ’66 Joe Thomas, PE ’69 Brian Triplett ’79 Kevin Tucker ’72 Richard Wheatley, Sr. ’59 (1)

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BETA GAMMA - IDAHO Keith Gregory ’61 (5) Scott Kunau ’82 Richard Purdum ’53 BETA EPSILON SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI Millburne Cassady Jr ’65 Ron Day ’69 (3) Gregory Odjakjian ’66 Rick Osswald, Jr. ’72 Rick Villarreal ’76 Doug Williams ’76 Obie Young ’64 BETA ZETA NEW MEXICO STATE Jay Groseclose ’72 Ronnie Kemp ’77 Roy King ’73 (6) Norman Marley ’54 Robert Medler ’69 Roger Papet ’49 John Scruggs ’60 (1) Bob Tobey, Jr. ’71 (1) David White ’00 Wick Wickstrom ’57 BETA THETA - KANSAS William Martin ’57 Stephen Martino ’91 (1) David Myers ’68 (1) Robert Rudrauff ’48 (1) Kent Saylor ’66 (4) Edwin Stene ’54 BETA IOTA FLORIDA STATE Ricky Bailey ’03 Robert Ford ’57 Michael Gainer ’72 George Goller ’64 Will Lorenz, ’76 • Michael Macak ’72 Chuck Schauss ’59 (4) BETA KAPPA OKLAHOMA STATE Glenn Barbee ’64 Gregory Blocker ’85 Aaron Curry ’91 David Fulton ’67 (2)

John Gray ’04 (5) Timothy Harper ’81 Kenneth McKinnis ’56 David Miller ’89 Bill Myers ’67 Randall Schuermann ’67 (1) Ray Smith ’70 (2) Mitch Sprowso ’66 David Sutton ’89 (1) • Chris Ward ’78 BETA LAMBDA - INDIANA Westin Biermann ’19 • James Carter ’56 Rafe Cloe ’54 Tom Gorin ’63 William Hammack, Jr. ’68 Thomas Marshall ’52 Glenn Moore ’62 Denis Stillman ’80 Rick Wilson, Jr. ’81 (4) BETA MU - KENT STATE Doug Bambeck ’93 (2) John Bradley ’52 Michael French ’88 (3) Dale Holland ’87 (6) Jeff Keto ’97 Robert Lape ’52 Tim Mills ’90 Jason Reckard ’87 Rob Reese ’87 (8) David Renninger ’61 (1) Bill Wise ’51 (1) BETA XI - GEORGIA Henry Bohn ’56 Peter Bohn, Sr. ’59 Robert Derrick ’67 Dave Hogue ’86 Fred Hunt ’70 Bob Ragsdale ’66 (3) Stephen Rogers ’68 (1) BETA OMICRON MARYLAND Gerald Bloom ’55 Allan Etridge ’64 (1) Ray Ferranti ’69 Rich Fischer ’81 (4) Jeff Gonzales ’98 Bill Kennerly, Jr. ’54 (1)

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John Lusby, III ’65 John Sisson ’65 Michael wilson ’68 BETA SIGMA IDAHO STATE Leander Harral ’54 BETA TAU BOWLING GREEN William Ault ’80 (1) Ernest Bouyack ’59 Richard Crandall ’59 (1) Mike Fredericks ’90 Richard Henningsen ’55 Mike Hirsch ’70 Bill Jenkins ’57 (5) Steven Jones ’91 (2) L. Edward Kime ’51 Chris Loucks ’03 Jon Nicholson ’63 (3) Matt Palmer ’90 (1) Tom Pemberton ’57 Robert Pfohl ’60 Dick Ritchie ’58 (1) Nathan Rodgers ’00 Donald Ross ’59 (1) Warren Ruggles ’57 Gary Rybak ’73 Jay Salvage ’69 Tim Smith ’62 (7) Steve Springer ’94 BETA UPSILON - HOBART Ken Kreinheder ’58 John Reinheimer ’56 BETA PHI - WESTMINSTER Raymond Dunham ’62 Brian Hardy ’93 (6) Marc Harkins ’97 • Doug Henderson ’60 Brian Kocian ’00 Bill Maurer ’50 (3) Phil Petraglia ’80 Donald Scott ’56 Mark Swank ’74 (2) BETA CHI SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Brad Baird ’68 (3) Don Ballestro ’73

Tony Butkus ’68 Oliver Dorn ’64 Frank Farr ’64 Guillermo Flores ’08 Dan Holder ’57 Terry Miller ’66 Dan Serritella ’64 Ray Sophie ’08 Thomas Wehrle ’53 (1) Jerry West ’53 BETA PSI CAL STATE-LONG BEACH Dhar Carman ’61 (2) Richard Jones ’63 Dwayne Larson ’64 Randy Messenger ’77 Dan Miller ’64 Pat Milligan ’59 James Reed ’63 Merle Rogers ’77 Laurence Simpson ’69 Ernest Villa ’65 Mike Yeargin ’61 (3) BETA OMEGA CAL STATE CHICO Tec Childers ’84 Ronald Fear ’58 Doug Hall ’64 Bob Kittredge ’66 (2) Bruce Pentland ’67 GAMMA ALPHA MICHIGAN TECH Harry Askin ’60 Michael Audit ’69 Jim Bacon ’59 (8) Michael Bergeson ’03 Bob Bunce, III ’62 Jim Grimley ’71 Gordon Hare ’73 Marlin Kitchen ’59 (2) Jack Labo ’60 Dick Michael ’70 (7) Patrick Murphy ’08 Jerry Myers ’64 Rick Nielsen ’76 (1) John Polakowski ’64 Charles Rennwald, Jr ’89 Marty Schendel ’81 (2) Carl Sherman ’61 (1)

Alan Sipinen ’79 (1) Gordon Tushek ’66 GAMMA BETA CINCINNATI Harry Addison ’57 Robert Allen ’67 (1) Harry Archer ’64 David Ash ’69 (2) Scott Beck ’82 (1) Tom Carmazzi ’75 Steve Fitzer ’70 (3) Tom Goshorn ’57 John Hague ’65 James Higgins ’64 William Hinton ’62 Joe Huseman ’69 Chris Majestic ’93 (1) Joshua O’Brien ’97 (4) Nick Rachford ’64 (4) Eddie Rauen ’98 (4) James Rudd ’63 GAMMA GAMMA ST. JOHN’S Jack Alvenus ’89 (6) Nick Davatzes ’60 (5) Ray Evans ’63 Glenn Gray ’67 Ralph Lombardi ’62 DeWayn Marzagalli ’61 Kevin O’Neill ’93 Larry Pettit ’62 GAMMA DELTA NORTHERN MICHIGAN James French ’62 Mike Fried ’67 John Hale ’69 (1) Steve Koch ’87 Carl Pletzke ’67 GAMMA EPSILON U OF THE PACIFIC Chris Bates ’74 GAMMA ZETA CONNECTICUT Frank Maresca ’62 John Paganoni ’61 Ken Vonasek ’67

GAMMA ETA EAST CAROLINA Marty Rooker ’71 Al Separk ’63 (4) Chip Vaughan ’76 (1) GAMMA THETA WESTERN MICHIGAN Douglas Barry ’70 James Madaus ’62 (1) John Sabol ’94 GAMMA IOTA SACRAMENTO STATE Jim Halderman ’63 John Ousley, Jr ’76 Paul Sax ’63 (1) John Thompson ’68 (2) Daniel Turner ’66 Steve Vickers ’63 GAMMA KAPPA C.W. POST Lawrence DiGiovanna ’70 William Riley ’70 Nat Tartamella ’64

GAMMA LAMBDA CENTRAL MICHIGAN Mike Greene ’10 John Kaczynski ’04 (4) Jim Lahmann ’65 J.J. Lewis ’04 (6) Grady Nouis ’03 Jeff Rivard ’65 (6) Carl Sproul ’99 (1) GAMMA MU - BRADLEY Bill Blum ’68 Anthony De Persia ’67 Mike Loden ’80 Robert McLaren ’65 Perry Miller ’65 Scott Nass ’93 Gregory Osika ’70 Gary Wright ’62 GAMMA NU - RIT PJ Best ’04 Pete Drexel ’68 Phil Frandina ’08 Tim Moonan ’82 Gary Proud ’66 (1) Robert Uzenoff ’69

GAMMA XI EAST CENTRAL OK Alan Ross ’71 Clifton Sikes ’66 GAMMA OMICRON CAL STATE-FULLERTON Eric Bayani ’88 Ray Carlos ’01 (1) Bill Christensen ’68 Dominic Recchia ’68 Edward Smith, Jr. ’68 GAMMA PI YOUNGSTOWN Andrew Arendas, Jr ’67 Grey Glover ’68 Gregory Pastore ’69

Daniel Dauer ’67 (5) Mike Dozier ’07 • Paul Johnston Jr. ’07 Brad Miller ’69 (1) Nick Popejoy ’11 Staff Stafflinger ’08 Darryl Thompson, II ’14

DELTA BETA - EVANSVILLE Ken Donaldson ’86 Chris Gill ’94 Alvin Roettger ’68 Marty Ulrich ’71 Stephen Willem ’76

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

GAMMA RHO NEBRASKA-KEARNEY Steven Fisher ’67 Lloyd Lipska ’66 Scott Stewart ’69 (11)

GAMMA PSI TEXAS STATE Bill Brumbalow ’68 Dan Diepenhorst ’86 (1) Kenneth Holzheauser ’68

GAMMA TAU OLD DOMINION Thomas Burrell ’71 Damien Cash ’08 •

DELTA ALPHA IOWA WESLEYAN Kim Holtgrewe ’74

DELTA GAMMA - OLE MISS Rip Collins ’69 Chris Fox ’84 Buzz Green ’66 (6) Randall Jones, Jr ’70 Chuck Leemon, III ’69 (7) Gary Ryan ’68 (2) Chuck Woodall ’79 (3) DELTA EPSILON SAINT CLOUD Gary Baumann ’69 Darren Luepke ’00 DELTA ETA - MARSHALL James Kegley ’70 DELTA THETA GEORGETOWN Ralph Cox ’81 Mike Gabhart ’95 Craig Haupt ’76 Dave Huffman ’76 (4) Don Stone ’88 Keith Thomson ’98 DELTA KAPPA TENNESSEE Ryan Callahan ’20 • Sam Crutcher ’20 • Jesse Daniel ’20 • Jackson Hays ’20 • Dick Hodgdon ’75 Jonathon Lucido ’20 • Jordan Marshall ’01 Brandon Meyers ’20 • Dalton Passons ’20 • James Pemberton, Jr ’71 Nick Powers ’20 • Gary Rose ’83 (5) Evan Sudduth ’20 • Harrison Swafford ’20 • Jt Thompson ’20 • Nathan Wilburn ’80

Donors Jonh Sayers, Bethany ‘78, CEO Tim Hudson, Truman State ‘97, and National Councilor Bob Ragsdale, Georgia ‘66 in Washington DC.

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The Delta Kappa chapter at University of Tennessee-Knoxville chartered March 2020.

DELTA LAMBDA MUSKINGUM David Cepek ’91 (1) Steven Dauterman ’73 Steve Hartman ’89 (5) Brockton Hefflin ’81 Chuck Johnson ’71 Shawn Smith ’84 Michael Thomin ’71 DELTA MU - SANTA FE Mike Sena ’71 DELTA NU WRIGHT STATE Rob Fecke ’94 Rod Guthrie ’89 (5) Chris Hoff ’94 Jacques Shardo ’75 DELTA XI CLEVELAND STATE Gary Klingbergs ’82 (5) DELTA PI MURRAY STATE James Klump ’84 Robert McLelland • Jacob Thomas • DELTA RHO EASTERN KENTUCKY Josh Bleidt ’96 (4) Brandon Fogle ’01 Scott Morris ’01 •

Eli Roberts ’00 • Scott Spalding ’01 • Gabe Uebel ’95 (4) Chuck Whatley ’01 (1) DELTA SIGMA - WEBBER Phil Ford ’81 (2) John Logsdon ’88 DELTA TAU CAL POLY-POMONA Jeremy Botica ’06 Daryl Walker ’89 Corey Wilson ’82 (1) DELTA PHI - ARKANSAS Gardner Burton ’89 Dennis Hall ’84 Todd Pharr ’84 DELTA PSI - RIDER Stefan Inc ’89 Tony Leazzo ’90 Mark Scher ’85 (1) Shaun Stalker ’90 (1) DELTA OMEGA TRUMAN STATE Tim Hudson ’97 (4) Steve Williams ’98 (1) EPSILON ALPHA TEXAS A&M Mark Artlip ’88

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EPSILON BETA WEST VIRGINIA TECH Chris Brown ’99 • Nat Eisenberg ’08 Wilden Harbour ’94 Bryan Jenkins ’05 • Cody Keeney ’09 • Grant Sanders ’13 • EPSILON GAMMA COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY Chris DuMont ’89 (1) Chris Larson ’88 EPSILON EPSILON WILLIAM PATERSON Eddie Baldofsky ’13 EPSILON ETA OSWEGO STATE Russ Byer ’90 (1) Stephen Rupprecht ’91 (3) EPSILON KAPPA RUTGERS Bill Aprea ’91 Sasha Kanevsky ’05 Steve Moore ’99 (5) EPSILON LAMBDA LONGWOOD Robert Harrell ’94 John Nastelli ’99 Steve Stratton ’96 (1)

EPSILON MU UNC-PEMBROKE Ryan Revier ’03 Kahlid Tapia ’99

ZETA ZETA ILLINOIS-SPRINGFIELD Paul Artis ’15 • Terry Fruth ’14

EPSILON XI - PACE Marce Filippone ’98

ZETA ETA - ALABAMA Brendan Roach ’19 •

EPSILON OMICRON FROSTBURG STATE Greg Hughes ’96

ZETA KAPPA - KENYON Harding Daniel ’19 •

EPSILON PI NORTHERN KENTUCKY Jim Clark ’04 (1) EPSILON SIGMA CHAPMAN Adam Monson ’09 John Resurreccion ’02 (1) EPSILON TAU - ARIZONA Adam Eklund ’01 Cliff Unger ’98 (6) ZETA ALPHA - BELMONT Michael Lummus ’06 (3) Gregory Maack ’19 • Iain Rice ’18 • Daniel Thomas ’18 • ZETA BETA SAGINAW VALLEY STATE Tyler Hanna ’17 •

ZETA LAMBDA - MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE Colt Anderson ’15 Brandon Lewis ’15 ZETA OMICRON ARIZONA STATE Nic Forella ’18 FRIENDS OF PHI TAU Jared Allen Travis Altman • Lisa Aman • Martha Amongero • Noemi Amongero • Wandarose Amstutz • Megan Andreasson • Safaa Arif • Elijah Ayala • Kristine Basnett • Sally Beutler • Douglas Biden • Emily Biden •

Sunny Biden • Mark Biedron • Linda Biermann • Scott Biermann • Jennifer Booker • Naudia Booker • Tracy Boyer • Pat Brede • Tami Brooks • Jason Brownlee • Tayler Butner • Eva Caballero • David Callahan John Camarena • Kimberly Carlson • Guy Chapman • Betty Chontos • Megan Cleary • Alan Coats Molly Cobb • Beth Cochran • Amy Cook • Alberta Corey • Mary Correll • Jean Coveleskie • Debbye Cowan • Joe Cowan • Terri Crawford • Mickey Crutcher • Rick Crutcher •

Melanie Crutcher • Emily Crutcher • Beth Cullinane • Jeanne Daniel • Stephen Daniel • Sam Daniel • Peter Daniel • Tyler Daniel • Anne Davis • Jerry Dawdy • Deborah Day • Pamela Denka • Shane Dewing • Frank Doyle • Martha Doylr • Courtney Drake • Joseph Drake (1) • Joe Drucker • Steve Drucker • Heather Dykes • Tammy Edgemond • Victoria Evans • Holly Evers • Molly Farrell-Corey • Peri Fealy • Augusta Fisher • Bridgett Flannery • Peter Florio • Cary Follis • Ryan Ford •

Paul Artis, Illinois-Springfield ‘15, recently won the Stennis Award for an Outstanding Domain Director.

Peter Fornell • Emma Frey • Richard Gadomski • Angela Gallagher • James Gallatin • Robert Gann • Susan Garcia • Margaret Gardner • Victoria Gatan • Carly Giancola • Sarah Giffen Terri Gilbert • Chris Gilbreath • Mark Gilbreath • James Gilbreath • Jennifer Godbey • Madalynn Gonzalez • Mindy Graulich • Karen Greiling • Deborah Hall • Beth Ham • Art Hammond • Dawn Hannon • Stacy Harding • Angel Harrison • Bevan Harrison • Graham Hawley • Olivia Hayes • Wilson Hays • John Hays • Keith Hays • Jeffrey Hays • Brian Herrick • Allan Hindley • Leanne Hodgson • Tiffany Hogya • Michael Hugunin • Jeanette Huntington • Bernard In Den Bosch • Darryl Isaacs (14) Pearl Johnson • Sara Jones • Heather Jones • Suzanne Kalac • Maddie Kamradt • Lauren Kaplow • Molly Kavanaugh • Susan Kenyon • Molly Kieff • Margaret Kieff • Patrick Kieff • Jessica Kitchens •

Kyle Klopfer • Scott Kohmetscher • Robert Kunz • Alex Langley • Cathy Law • Michelle Lawhorn • Sean Lee • Rita Leeman • Tommy Leeman • Amanda Lindquist • Zach Linn • Holland Lively • Mary Loase Donna Loeb (1) Caleb Love • Jarrod Luca • Katie Lyday • Nicola McCloskey • Amy McConnell • Tammy McCrum • Jessica McGannon • Cecilie McGhehey Rhonda McIntosh • Deborah McKelvey • Karen McMullen Julie Metteer • Richard Metteer • Dustin Meyers • Aleya Mims • Earle Mize • Liam Moore • Cindy Morgan Carolyn Murphy • Suzanne Murphy • Jennifer Myers • Sara Nichols • Douglas Nock • Harry Oatway • Kathryn O’Linn • Jovani Olvera • Thomas Parrine • Mindy Patterson • Tracy Payne • Emily Peckham • Charlemagne Pelican • Gina & Greg Pelican • Madeline Perry • Susan Popovich • Zachary Powers • Bernard Powers • James Pressley • Linda Pudloski •

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HERITAGE SOCIETY

Charles Shaw

T

he Phi Kappa Tau Heritage Society was established to 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 Anonymous 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 +

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Lewis Culver, Colorado ’24 + Tom Cunningham, Nebraska Wesleyan ’60 + Jay Davis, Webber ’82 Jeff Day, Miami ’76 Mel Dettra, Ohio State ’45 + Michael Dovilla, Baldwin Wallace ’94 Alan Dunn, San Francisco State ’78 + Mike Ecton, Georgetown ’00 Paul Elfers, Wisconsin-Madison ’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 Bert Robbins III, Miami ’53 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 + Allan Soderberg, Purdue ’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 State-Long Beach ’01 Tom Young, Mount Union ’34 +

BY THE NUMBERS

ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS

>1,257

ALPHA CHI, MISSISSIPPI STATE

DELTA GAMMA, OLE MISS*

LAMBDA, PURDUE

$778,500

$88,000

$62,883

GAMMA ALPHA, MICHIGAN TECH

GAMMA, OHIO STATE*

BETA OMICRON, MARYLAND*

$254,500

82,000

$58,500

ALPHA, MIAMI*

PSI, COLORADO

$74,000

$54,000

THETA, TRANSYLVANIA*

BETA MU, KENT STATE*

ALPHA SIGMA, COLORADO STATE*

$91,500

$74,000

$52,500

TOTAL DONORS

$71,389

BETA TAU, BOWLING GREEN*

$168,000

TOTAL GIVEN IN SCHOLARSHIPS

$452,310 TOTAL CEG DISBURSEMENTS

$73,738 TOTAL DOLLARS RAISED FOR

>13.5 MILLION

12 TOP TWELVE CHAPTER ASSETS*

* indicates the group has a Cornerstone endowment within their assets

GRANTS & SCHOLARSHIPS

2018 2019 2020

$371,230 $376,027 $663,533

FUNDRAISING & MEMBERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

2018 2019 2020

ALUMNI RELATIONS & THE LAUREL 2018 2019 2020

$35,912 $65,033 $72,171

$169,476 $147,001 $150,458 TOTALS

2018 2019 2020

$912,055 $902,872 $1,193,467

IN ASSETS MANAGEMENT & GENERAL

$836,380 TOTAL GIFTS (WITH BEQUESTS)

2018 2019 2020

2020 numbers are based on the July 2019-June 2020 fiscal year. *Does not include Cornerstone endowments

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HOW TO GIVE

WAYS TO GIVE INTRODUCING, CLASSY! The Phi Kappa Tau Foundation is pleased to announce a new partnership with the platform Classy. Classy is a donation processing website designed specifically for non-profits.

The Foundation selected it based on its simplicity, user-friendly interface, and clear transparency into where your dollars go.

With Classy, you can give to the Brotherhood Fund, our annual campaign that supports the Fraternity’s greatest needs, directly to your chapter, or to one of our other four giving designations for scholarships, education, and philanthropy.

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To make a gift, or to establish a reoccurring donation, please follow these simple steps: 1. Visit phikappatau.org/give 2. Select your giving designation. If you would like to give to your chapter, you will be asked to select it from an alphabetical list.

3. Once you are redirected to a Classy page, select “Donate Once” or “Donate Monthly” and your amount.

4. Add your payment information and click “Give Now.” 5. Your donation will be processed, and you will receive a receipt in your inbox moments later.

Phi Kappa Tau has survived periods of economic uncertainty before and we need your help now more than ever. Your gift provides leadership programming, educational resources, and ensures our continued operation. As a donor, you are among a valuable group of brothers whose generosity guarantees that whether in-person or remote, we can work to achieve the vision of Phi Kappa Tau.

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Gifts by mail can be sent to Phi Kappa Tau Foundation, Ewing T. Boles Executive Offices, 5221 Morning Sun Road, Oxford, OH, 45056.

For all other ways to donate, including automatic fund transfers, appreciated stocks/securities, planned gifts, IRA rollovers, life insurance gifts, or pledged gifs, please contact Director of Philanthropy Charlie Ball, Miami ’82, by phone 513-523-4193 x272 or email cball@phikappatau.org.

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CHAPTER ETERNAL The following members were reported deceased to the Executive Offices between February 14, 2020 and August 20, 2020.

MIAMI Bob Moore, ‘40 Bert Robbins III, ‘53

PENN STATE Charles Ocksrider, ’50 Wayde Seidensticker, ‘58

OHIO WESLEYAN Ray Beaudette, ‘51 Norman Stuart, ‘57

OHIO Gordon Young, ‘47 Don Blanchard, ‘48 Robert Barkus, ‘51 Don Maston III, ‘84

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Lowell Martin, ‘34 Sterling Livingston, ‘37 Herman Taylor Jr., ‘37 Harold Olson, ‘38 Ben Hickman Jr., ‘44 William Monteith Jr., ‘47 Stanley Jeppesen, ‘49 John Robinson, ‘49 George Hatchett, ‘50

IOWA STATE Don Boelter, ‘54 Jerald Crew, ‘54

OHIO STATE Alan Sophrin, ‘41 Howard Crouch, ‘47 George Heinrich, ‘51 Richard Potts, ‘56 Glenn Reinbold, ‘58 Dave Dreffer, ‘59 Michael Borrelli, ‘61 George Kentris, ‘69 John Schmitt, ‘74 Walter Ahlers, ‘78 MOUNT UNION John McLachlan, ‘55 MUHLENBERG Douglas Portik, ‘93 COE Stephen Gray, ‘67 Gerald Shott, ‘52 PURDUE George Bender, ‘47 Richard Bowers, ‘49 Allan Soderberg, ‘49 Lawrence Little, ‘55 Robert Helman, ‘59

RENSSELAER Edwin Goodman, ‘38 Thomas Phair, ‘57 Craig Austin, ‘67 SYRACUSE Thomas Gavin, ‘50 NEBRASKA WESLEYAN John Green, ‘60 Les Corr, ‘64 Bill Lallman, ‘64 BETHANY (PHI) Sam Engel, ‘46 NORTH CAROLINA STATE Stephen Blaine, ‘73 COLORADO Michael Glassco, ‘59 David Kipp, ‘61

UC BERKELEY Don Loorz, ‘48 Bob Clarke, ‘54 Peter Paige, ‘58 Stan Ferreira, ‘59

CASE WESTERN John Urban, ‘56

FRANKLIN & MARSHALL Paul Haefner Jr., ‘54

WASHINGTON STATE Mark James, ‘72

OREGON STATE Ted Lambert, ‘50

GEORGIA TECH Don Shillington, ’70 CORNELL Charles West Jr., ‘49 MISSISSIPPI STATE Williams Andrews, ‘38 Joel Morris, ’38 Leland Cook, ‘39 Cayce Livingston, ’39 James Young, ‘39 Reggie Laird, ’40 William Cook, 41 Robert Ritter, ‘41 Jeff Segrest, ‘41 Tom Fouche Jr., ‘42 Clifton Godbold, ’46 Bill Flynt Jr., ‘47 Darrel McClughan, ’48 Donald Keady, ‘49 Jimmy Pruden, ’49 Thomas Murphy Jr., ‘50 William Swift Jr., ’50 James Gibson Jr., ‘52 William Haley, ‘53 Willie Rowell, ‘53 Joseph Boyd, ‘54 Bobby Pennington, ‘54 Jack Williams, ‘54 Walter Anthony, ‘55 Danny Brown, ‘55 Bobby Gunter, ‘55 Paul Morrison, ‘55 Daniel Ivy, ‘55 Joe Jefcoats, ‘56 Sidney Stevens, ‘57 Gary Hawkins, ‘61 P. Hughes, ‘67 Robert Anderson Jr., ‘70

TEXAS EL-PASO Stephen Seelmeyer, ‘64

EVANSVILLE Ronald Sorgius, ‘75

BALDWIN WALLACE Finley Jackson, ‘46 William Prokasy, ‘49

UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI Max Bouldin, ’15

TEXAS Gerald Doke, ‘53

GEORGETOWN Robin Bayles, ‘70

LOUISVILLE Bud Mitchell Jr., ‘47 Charles Fackler, ‘65

WRIGHT STATE Martin Borchers, ‘05 COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY John Ceanfaglione, ‘96

IDAHO Jack Starr, ‘60 Richard Yankey, ‘68 SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI William Spence, ’88 KANSAS Alan Lecklitner, ‘54

MICHIGAN TECH Hal Hewitt, ‘58 Kenneth Light, ‘58 CINCINNATI Fredric Rekstis, ‘78 Terence Sojda, ‘78

FLORIDA STATE James Kinsey, ‘49

CAL STATE-FULLERTON Joseph Baer, ‘80

OKLAHOMA STATE Donald Conner, ‘52

TEXAS STATE Rick Siddall, ‘68 Kenneth Slack, ‘68 David Barr, ‘71 Harold Canant, ‘74

GEORGIA Patrick Fitzgibbons, ‘50 WESTMINSTER Jerry Hurd, ‘51 Gerard von Broock, ‘55

NORTH TEXAS Michael Robinson, ‘15

SOUTHERN ILLINOIS Richard Coleman, ‘53 Louis Paz, ‘54 Roger Counsil, ‘57 Theo Leverenz, ‘60 CAL STATE-CHICO Stanley Henderson, ‘61 John Damavandi, ‘62 Marshall Neumann, ‘18

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WHY I GIVE

John and Rob at the John Green Classic Golf Outing in 2019. From left to right, John’s son, Matt, Bob Ragsdale, Georgia ’66, Rob Reese, Kent State ’87, John Green, Nebraska Wesleyan ’60, and Tim Hudson, Truman State ‘97.

In Memory of John

Mike Gabhart and Rob Reese have known John since they were undergradutes in college. They remained close to their mentor as they grew professionally and started families. John impacted both of their lives profoundly and when he died, they looked for ways to memorialize his legacy.

Mike and his wife, Heather

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MIKE GABHART GEORGETOWN ’95 Mike Gabhart, Georgetown ’95, met John during his undergraduate days at Georgetown College, but it wasn’t until he moved to Oxford, OH after graduating that the two became close. “I came up and part of the process was being interviewed by the Executive Director.

John was retiring to start his golf course, but I went before we named the next Executive Director, so I had the privilege of interviewing with John M. Green for my first job out of college,” Mike said.

John and his wife, Joan, regularly took in the Phi Tau staff members living in Oxford. “All of the consultants who moved to Oxford became a part of the Green extended family,” Mike said. “They were like second parents, they stepped right in and were happy to play that role, John and Joan would host Christmas parties. We would wear ridiculous costumes and exchange gifts. They were so accommodating, they wanted you to be a part of their family when you lived in Oxford. Every consultant that I’ve known that ever worked for John felt that way about John and Joan.”

In the 24 years since they met, John had a monumental influence on Mike. “He was a really good role model for me. He always had a smile on his face, but he had expectations of you, and you didn’t want to let him down. His love of Phi Tau, family, and community, he was just a really good person to become close with after college as a mentor. He was someone I could try to emulate.”

“He was such a genuine man. His smile, his sincerity, his passion – he was just so very unique,” Mike said about honoring John. He gave to the fund not only because of John’s influence on him, but due to his influence within Phi Tau at large. “John was a legend in the Fraternity. He was a living legend in Phi Tau and even to his last day Fraternity was incredibly important to him. I know whatever I give, it’s not enough.”

ROB REESE KENT STATE ’87 Like Mike, Rob Reese, Kent State ’87, was also welcomed into the Green extended family. “I really got to know John when I joined staff in the summer of 1992. John was my first professional boss,” he said. “He played a big role in how I formed my ideas about working after college.”

Rob worked on staff as the Director of Expansion for two years and reported to John. “He was a great boss, always smiling, always positive. He was a humble leader. John was the guy who put the flag out every morning and took it down every night,” he said.

“One of the great things I learned from John is the benefit of addressing a problem right away. If something came to his attention, as soon as John knew about it, he would pick up the telephone and get involved.”

“One of John’s

John and Joan Green at Conclave, July 2019

greatest abilities was to make everyone feel special. “John always had a Phi Tau lapel pin... And he always did this thing when he met an

undergraduate he would say, ‘Hey, you don’t have a lapel pin, you should have mine.’ What’s funny is John would carry around 10 of them in his pocket and he would give that guy his and reach into his pocket and put a new one on his lapel. I watched dozens of young men beam after that and say ‘Oh this lapel pin? I got this from John Green.’”

During Rob’s last summer on staff, space needed to be made for new hires in the staff living apartments, so John opened his home to Rob. “I lived with John for three months, and those might have been the only three months of my life that I made my bed every morning. It just felt like something John would expect,” Rob laughed.

One of John’s greatest abilities was to make everyone feel special.

“John always had a Phi Tau lapel pin,” Rob shared, “And he always did this thing when he met an undergraduate he would say, ‘Hey, you don’t have a lapel pin, you should have mine.’ What’s funny is John would carry around 10 of them in his pocket and he would give that guy his and reach into his pocket and put a new one on his lapel. I watched dozens of young men beam after that and say ‘Oh this lapel pin? I got this from John Green.’”

John’s influence on Phi Tau’s across the country cannot be underestimated. “There’s probably 10,000 men across this country that feel like they have a special relationship to John, because that’s how he made people feel. When he was talking to you, John was truly interested in what you had to say.”

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SIDELIGHTS

SIDELIGHTS LEADERSHIP MESSAGE

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS 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

S

ince we last circulated a magazine to our brotherhood (April 2020 – Dads of Distinction), our world finds itself in the midst of a global pandemic, a struggle for equality, and turbulent economic times. It is an understatement to say that these are challenging times for our communities, our host institutions, our chapters, and our members. Since the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic, Phi Kappa Tau has been forced to become comfortable with uncertainty. That is no easy task.

The first of these challenges was not having a firm grasp around how many campuses would re-open and under what operational limitations. We patiently awaited quotes for our Liability Insurance, an industry very uncomfortable with uncertainty. We evaluated models for financial solvency that would be empathetic to the needs of our membership. We made tough decisions around expenses to the organization including the furlough and the eventual removal of positions on staff. All in-person events had to be cancelled. At the local level, add in uncertainty regarding housing, and how our members could safely occupy properties.

No matter the challenge laid before our Fraternity, I have continually found one thing to be constant: the support from brothers and family. Most of us have been isolated from our normal interactions. That said, we are finding a way to connect with those most important to us. I have heard dozens of stories from brothers who connected after decades of not hearing from each other. Be it a Zoom Happy Hour, a morning coffee chat on Slack, or a weekly Facetime call with a parent who constantly has to be reminded they are on mute, we are making time and connecting in meaningful ways. Don’t discount the impact you can have by simply lending an ear, encouraging a brother who is struggling, finding a way to bring laughter to a friend, or just simply telling someone you care. The support we receive and give in return matters, perhaps, more than ever.

As you reflect on the relationships you have specifically with your Phi Kappa Tau brothers, consider how you might be in a position to give back to support this membership experience.

Our collegiate members are dealing with unprecedented campus learning situations and financial hardship. If you can lend support, please consider doing so with a gift to your chapter or to the general fund of the Foundation.

Especially in this time of uncertainty, we know that this membership and our bond of brotherhood matters. I believe that, and I know you do too. As my friend, mentor, and brother John Green was fond of saying – we should all count our blessings. He was so right…

Be Well,

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WM. TIM HUDSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

DIRECTORY

SHOP PHI TAU!

NATIONAL PRESIDENT Bill Brasch Louisville ’67 bbrasch@phikappatau.org NATIONAL VICE PRESIDENT Dale Holland Kent State ’87 dholland@phikappatau.org FOUNDATION CHAIRMAN Wes Fugate Centre ’99 wfugate@phikappatau.org FOUNDATION VICE CHAIRMAN Buzz Green Ole Miss ’66 bgreen@phikappatau.org CEO Tim Hudson Truman State ’97 thudson@phikappatau.org

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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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PHI KAPPA TAU FOUNDATION Ewing T. Boles Executive Offices 5221 Morning Sun Road Oxford, OH 45056 Change Service Requested

PROVIDE SUPPORT TO YOUR CHAPTER! Each chapter has a Chapter Educational Grant (CEG) Fund established within the Phi Kappa Tau Foundation.

Donations designated to this fund are then available for distribution to scholarships, programming support or other educational purposes within the chapter. Covid-19 relief scholarships are also available.

The Board of Governors is the selection committee for granting these funds.

You can designate to your chapter specifically at phikappatau.org/ chapter-giving.

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