Mr. Pi Kappa Phi mR. jerry t. brewer Jerry Brewer, Sigma (South Carolina), was honored as Mr. Pi Kappa Phi 2010 on Saturday night of Supreme Chapter during the Supreme Banquet. Brewer is the 44th recipient of Pi Kappa Phi’s most prestigious honor and is the first from Sigma chapter. For more than 30 years, Brewer has served the greater fraternity in a number of different roles, most impressively, serving on three of Pi Kappa Phi’s four national boards. Brewer first served on the Push America’s Board of Directors during the 1980s and then on the National Council from 1985 to 1996. In 1994, he was elected as national president at the 44th Supreme Chapter in Atlanta. Brewer was the first national president during Mark E. Timmes’ tenure as chief executive officer. Following his term as national president, Brewer was not done giving back to Pi Kappa Phi. Several years later, he joined the Foundation Board of Trustees and was selected as chairman in 2007. As chairman, he oversaw the completion of the Kelley A. Bergstrom Leadership Center of Pi Kappa Phi, which involved the largest fundraising campaign in the history of the Foundation. In his career, Brewer has become a leader in higher education, currently serving as associate vice president for student affairs at the University of South Carolina. One of the highlights of his tenure at South Carolina has been the development of the university’s Greek Village project, which has resulted in new houses for nearly all of the university’s fraternities and sororities. This project has since become a model of Greek housing development within the higher education community and is being adopted by other major universities around the country.
recounting the fraternity’s progress over the past two years. The banquet concluded with the presentation of Pi Kappa Phi’s biggest honors—including the Phillip M. Summers Student of the Year Award, the Durward Owen Interfraternity Award, the Founders’ Awards, the Pi Kappa Phi Hall of Fame and the Mr. Pi Kappa Phi Award. It was certainly humbling experience to be in the presence of some of Pi Kappa Phi’s biggest and brightest stars. Following the Supreme Banquet, initiated members were allowed to witness Theta Delta chapter perform the Ritual of Initiation for model initiate Channing Proctor. Additionally,
Pi Kappa Phi Hall of Fame Frank Ryll, Beta Eta (Florida State)
Durward Owen Interfraternity Award Richard McKaig, Delta Chi Fraternity
Volunteer of the Year
Dick Baker, Delta Beta (North Georgia)
Regional Governor of the Year Dave Adickes, Alpha Omicron (Iowa State)
Chapter Advisor of the Year
Travis Kennedy, Epsilon Epsilon (Virgina-Wise)
Assoc. Chapter Advisor of the Year Dwayne Todd, Alpha Eta (Samford)
Alumni Advisor of the Year David Conn, Epsilon Psi (Slippery Rock)
Outstanding Friend of the Fraternity Kim novak, Delta Gamma FraTernity
Alumni Chapter of the Year Beta Eta (Florida State)
Housing Corporation of the Year Gamma Kappa (Georgia Southern)
Alumni Event of the Year
Epsilon Alpha (Elon) - 30th Anniversary
Alumni Newsletter of the Year The Omegalite - Omega (Purdue)
the Supreme Chapter posthumously initiated Blake Thomas, brother of past staff member Scott Thomas, Eta Zeta (Queens). The final day of Supreme Chapter began with the Founders 5K run, sponsored by Push America. A group of 16 participated in the early morning tradition. Later that day Pi Kappa Phi’s most outstanding chapters and students were recognized at the Fraternity Awards Lunch. Immediately following was the final session of the Supreme Chapter, during which the new national council was installed. Outgoing President Wahlen presented incoming President Jacobs with the National President’s Pin. In turn, Jacobs presented Wahlen with a ring to commemorate his term as national president. Jacobs concluded the session with his inaugural address. Jacobs spoke of his personal journey in Pi Kappa Phi as well as the fraternity’s successes and challenges. He closed by presenting each member with a gold challenge coin as a token to remind each man of the challenge before them—to become a leader by choice.
LEADERS BY CHOICE
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