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Honoring Hugh Shields

DELTA TAU DELTA INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY | SUMMER 2015

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As I look back over the past academic

year, one theme continues to resonate

with me...perspective.

A quick scan of the headlines would

make you think Greek life is in trouble...

that the movement, as a whole, has

lost its way as members of Greek-letter

social organizations continue

to misbehave.

We need to remember that perception

is not reality. The truth is there has

never been a better time to be Greek...

particularly a Delt!

In April, I attended the annual meeting of the North-American

Interfraternity Conference (NIC), the trade association

comprised of 74 men’s college fraternities. It was very clear

to me what we are seeing in the press is the exception. When

exposed, aberrant behavior is not being tolerated. Every

international fraternity president and executive director from

the various headquarters reaffirmed his commitment to the

promotion of a positive Greek life experience.

Perspective.

At Delta Tau Delta, we remain committed to lives of

excellence. This past year we rolled out The Road:

The Journey to Excellence, which is our comprehensive

membership education program. This is the first time

in the Fraternity’s history we have a comprehensive

program that works to better our members from pledgeship

through graduation. The feedback from our members

has been fantastic, and we are looking to expand it in the

next school year.

Our leadership experiences were updated in 2013 and

are running at capacity. In fact, space for the summer 2015

offerings filled midway through the spring semester and

had waiting lists.

Our Ignite program is tailored to younger brothers working

to understand their leadership style, causes they are

passionate about, and how to make a difference in their

chapter and on campus. We have two Ignite retreats this

summer and two more scheduled during the fall term.

The Charge is our capstone program and is designed for our

rising seniors. It centers on making a difference in the world.

During their five days, participants take the leadership skills

they learn and apply them immediately on the streets of

Chicago. We consistently hear from participants how

The Charge is a life-changing experience.

In May, I attended the Presidents and Advisors Retreat (PAR)

at our beautiful Fisher-Nichols Memorial Headquarters. This

program targets the working relationship between the top two

leaders in our chapters and colonies and challenges them to

analyze their group’s current status and create a strategic plan

for future growth and greatness. The Fraternity’s mission and

values guide their work throughout the weekend and beyond.

During PAR’s 12 years of existence, we have seen chapter and

colonies go from good to great utilizing lessons gained.

Perspective.

Looking more locally, our national GPA has been above a

3.0 for five out of the last six semesters. This academic streak

is a first for Delta Tau Delta. Most recently, 64 percent of

our groups ranked above the all men’s average (AMA) and

54 percent above the all fraternity average (AFA). I would

especially like to note 17 of our groups ranked No. 1 on

campus and 46 ranked in the top three!

During this past school year, our brothers also raised more

than a quarter million dollars for our national philanthropy,

JDRF. It has been three years since we selected JDRF as our

philanthropic partner. In that time, our brothers have raised

more than $600,000 in the effort to eradicate type 1 diabetes!

Delts make an impact where needed most.

Perspective.

It is important for all Delt brothers to stay focused on the

values that guide us, the behavior that defines us, and the

difference we make in the lives of our brothers, the campuses

where the Delt flag flies and the communities where we live.

The work goes on and we earn the badge every day from our

college years to the Chapter Eternal with the way we choose

to live. From this perspective, the vast majority of men who

wear the Delt badge wear it with honor.

It’s all about PerspectiveP R E S I D E N T ’ S L E T T E R

Jody DannemanUniversity of Georgia, 1988

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ContentsDELTA TAU DELTA INTERNATIONAL FRATERNIT YVOLUME 141 | NO. 3SUMMER 2015

26 Cover Story Remembering Hugh Shields

4 Expansion & Recruitment Update

6 JDRF Update

8 Fraternity Headlines 8 Morehead Delts Serve their Community 10 Oklahoma State Delts Recognized for Excellence

11 NIC Honors Past President, Norval B. Stephens

12 Fraternity Snapshot

16 Foundation News

18 Alumni in the News

20 Books by Brothers

21 Delts in Entertainment

22 Delt Sportlight

24 Meet Our Consultants

32 Chapter Eternal

34 Headlines of the Past

ON THE COVERHugh Shields (Indiana University, 1926) joined the Fraternity staff following his graduation and served on staff until his death in 1965. No one has served the Fraternity longer. This retrospective commemorates the 50th anniversary of Shields death.

The RAINBOWPUBLISHER Jim Russell

EDITOR Jack Kreman

INTERNATIONAL OFFICERSJody B. Danneman, President James W. Garboden, Vice President and RitualistSteven A. Paquette, Second Vice President John A. Hancock, Treasurer Bruce L. Peterson, Secretary Scott A. Heydt, Director of Academic Affairs Bryan S. Adams, Eastern Division PresidentMark R. Starr, Northern Division President Charles D. Edwards, Southern Division President Michael R. Tankersley , Western Pacific Division President T. Dan Loving, Western Plains Division President

CENTRAL OFFICEDIRECTORSJim Russell, Executive Vice President and Chief Executive OfficerJack Kreman, Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Alan Selking, Director of Business Affairs Andy Longo, Director of Fraternity Programs Doug Russell, Director of Leadership EducationEllen Shertzer, Director of Member EducationKen Tubbs, Director of Chapter Services Allen Wente, Director of Volunteer ServicesKyle Yarawsky, Director of Growth

ADMINISTRATIONVicky Halsey, Executive Assistant Candice McQuitty, Accounts Receivable Veronica McSorley, Administrative Assistant Lesa Purcell, Administrative Manager Theresa Robinson, Administrative Assistant Kathy Sargent, Administrative Assistant Wendy Weeks, Accounting Manager Taylor Williams, Brand Content Specialist

2015-16 CHAPTER CONSULTANTSJosh Clayton Cody Dewrell Nick GaulinConnor Hollrah Alex Kosmas Zach PaskerAndrew Schreiner Brenden Welch

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATIONEDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD CHAIRMANKenneth J. Kies

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD LIFE DIRECTORSCharles E. Bancroft Richards D. Barger Dennis A. Brawford John A. Brock Robert F. Charles, Jr. David L. Nagel A. Carter Wilmot Donald G. Kress

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION BOARD DIRECTORSMurray M. Blackwelder Alan G. Brackett James N. CosmidesJody B. Danneman Daniel M. DiLella, Sr. Daniel L. Earley Matthew M. Frazier John W. Gleeson Kent R. Hance Jeffry L. Henning Scott A. Heydt David B. Hughes O. K. Johnson Jr. Keith J. Steiner Norval B. Stephens, Jr. E. Peter Urbanowicz Jr. T. Scott Wittman James W. GarbodenDaniel A. Dungan

EDUCATIONAL FOUNDATION STAFFSteve Vedra, Director of Development Alex Neal, Leadership Gifts OfficerDylan Pyne, Leadership Gifts OfficerMaurie Phelan, Vice President AdministrationCarla Parent, Executive Assistant/Facility ManagerPam Reidy, ControllerLaura Ginn, Database and Website AdministratorCherie Baer, Scholarship and Gift Administrator

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E X P A N S I O N & R E C R U I T M E N T U P D A T E S

MONMOUTH UNIVERSITY-KAPPA GAMMA CHAPTEROn Feb. 7, 2015 Delta Tau Delta welcomed the Kappa

Gamma Chapter at Monmouth University in Morristown,

N.J. Thirty-eight founders were initiated to officially bring

the chapter of Delta Tau Delta to the campus.

The Ritual ceremony was performed by the men of Iota Mu

Chapter at Quinnipiac University during the 2015 Eastern

Division Conference. Then Eastern Division President

Anthony Albanese (American University, 1996) presented

the newly-installed chapter with the Bible, robes and charter.

Alexander Noboa was installed as the chapter president

and presented with the Eversole Badge while Tom Booth

(Quinnipiac University, 2013) was named chapter advisor.

Monmouth University is a private university located in West

Long Branch, N.J. with 4,607 undergraduates. The colony

was established in March of 2014 and became among the

largest fraternities on campus. It leads the Greek community

academically. The chapter joins a Greek community of 15

fraternities and sororities.

ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY-ZETA MU CHAPTEROn April 11, 2015 39 founding founders initiated into

the Zeta Mu Chapter, completing the return effort to

Robert Morris University. Originally founded in 1973 and

subsequently closed in 1993, the Delt flag returns with

promising vigor to Robert Morris after a more than 20-year

absence. The Zeta Mu Installation took place in Yorktown

Hall where the Rite of Iris and the Ritual were conducted by

Epsilon Upsilon Chapter at Marietta College.

The banquet was emceed by Mike Smith, Sr., (Robert Morris

University, 1979) at Montour Heights Country Club where

family and alumni celebrated the newly-installed chapter.

International Vice President Jim Garboden (University of

Pittsburgh, 1988) gave the keynote address and presented

the charter to the men of Zeta Mu.

Additionally, Executive Vice President Jim Russell (Purdue

University, 1975) provided chapter president, Ian Healey,

with the Eversole Badge, and Eastern Division President

Bryan Adams (University of Maine, 2007) provided the

Guide, Andrew Oguich, with the chapter Bible, Ritual books

and robes. Also in attendance were former Eastern Division

Presidents Lou McLinden and Anthony Albanese.

“It was a wonderful celebration that brought together

students, parents, alumni, University administrators

and representatives of the national Fraternity,” said

Russell. “There is a very obvious respect and mutual

appreciation within the undergraduates and alumni

of Zeta Mu. The Fraternity is enhanced by the rebirth of

this active chapter after a 22-year lapse.”

Also during the installation festivities and celebration, the

newly-chartered Zeta Mu Chapter presented JDRF Western

Pennsylvania Chapter Representative Danielle Vetter with

a check of $4,000.

Robert Morris University, founded in 1921, is a private,

co-educational university located in the Pittsburgh suburb

of Moon Township. Named after a signer of the Declaration

of Independence, Robert Morris University boasts an

undergraduate enrollment of more than 4,000 students,

as well as more than 1,000 graduate students.

Growing Delta Tau DeltaDelta Tau Delta re-chartered two chapters this spring at Monmouth University and Robert Morris University. Additionally, the Fraternity continued to spread the message of excellence on two new campuses at Emory University and Marquette University and will be exploring growth potential at three additional institutions in the fall.

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Growing Delta Tau Delta

COLONIZATIONS:Delta Tau Delta added two new colonies this spring totaling

105 new founders.

EMORY UNIVERSITY

A staff led expansion concluded at Emory University on

Feb. 22, 2015. Delta Tau Delta’s history at Emory University

dates back to 1882. After a seven-year absence, Beta Epsilon

is revived with a founding class of 64 men with a 3.5 GPA,

the highest on campus.

Emory University is a highly-ranked research university

in the metropolitan Atlanta area comprised of about 8,000

undergraduates. Delta Tau Delta will join a 27-chapter Greek

community with more than 120 years of history.

MARQUETTE UNIVERSITY

A staff led expansion concluded at Marquette University

a week later on Feb. 27. Delta Tau Delta has been absent

from this community for nearly 35 years. A two-semester

recruitment effort yielded a colony of 41 men with a 3.4 GPA.

Marquette University is a private, Jesuit, Roman Catholic

University located in Milwaukee, Wis. The university

typically ranks high in national university rankings. The

university is comprised of more than 8,000 undergraduates

and has a 16-chapter Greek community.

EXPANSIONS:The promise for future growth within the Fraternity is once

again strong for the 2015-16 calendar. Delta Tau Delta will

expand to three campuses in the fall: Mount St. Joseph

University, Ohio University and University of South Florida.

Mount St. Joseph University is a private, Catholic university

in Cincinnati, Ohio. The institution created a strategic

vision to begin Greek life for the first time on campus.

Delta Tau Delta was chosen as the first fraternity to join

the community and will be followed by a sorority and a

multi-cultural organization.

In a time of increased scrutiny on Greek organizations,

MSJU provides a unique opportunity to start a Greek

community from a clean slate. Delta Tau Delta will be

the leader in creating a values-based Greek experience

and the standard for future Greek organizations to come.

The expansion is slated to begin Sept. 8.

Ohio University, nestled in the hills of Athens, Ohio, is

the home of Delta Tau Delta’s Beta Chapter. After being

closed in 2010, the Delta Tau Delta staff will lead a

recolonization effort starting Sept. 14. The Beta Chapter was

originally founded in Athens in 1862 and has since initiated

more than 2,300 men.

Ohio University is a public institution founded in 1804

and recognized as the first university in Ohio. The university

is comprised of 23,000 undergraduates and has 30

fraternities and sororities.

On Sept. 21, Delta Tau Delta staff will begin recolonization

efforts to return the Delt flag to the University of South

Florida after an absence of nearly 23 years. Located in north

Tampa, USF is one of the largest universities in the U.S. with

roughly 45,000 students. The university has a strong Greek

community of 49 chapters.

Epsilon Pi Chapter existed at USF from 1969-1992 and

initiated 292 men. With the return to USF and the 2016

Karnea occurring down the road in Orlando, this will be

an exciting time for Delta Tau Delta in the region.

Thirty-nine founding fathers were initiated at the Zeta Mu Chapter installation at Robert Morris University.

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CHAPMAN DELTS SWITCH GEAR FOR JDRFIn 2008, the Iota Epsilon Chapter of Delta Tau Delta

Fraternity at Chapman University organized the first

annual Delta Queen Pageant. Since then, Delta Queen

has raised more than $200,000 for the Beckstrand Cancer

Foundation. This year, the benefactor of the Delta Queen

Pageant was JDRF.

Delta Queen at Chapman is a well-produced annual

philanthropic pageant show with an executive board of

seven brothers, a show producer and a brand and design

director. These men create corporate sponsorship packets,

ticket design, playbills and a social media campaign all

adapted around the signature crown logo of Delta Queen.

The Delts at Chapman spend many hours planning and

executing this event, which is well-supported by the

Chapman community, with more than 600 people in

attendance. Year after year the chapter’s effort pays off; this

year Iota Epsilon donated a check for nearly $30,000 to JDRF.

In the weeks leading up to the event, fraternities and

sororities were paired together to appoint a contestant for

the show. Each nominee competed in a variety of segments

demonstrating personality and talent, at the same time

striving toward the primary goal of raising money and

awareness for JDRF. Brandee Lara Baranby, a Chapman

dance professor, Sammy Williams, a 1976 Tony Award

winner, Cathy Selva from JDRF Orange County office,

Chapman President Jim Doti and Dean of Students Jerry

Price had the difficult task of adjudicating the show. In the

end, Taylor Krause of Delta Delta Delta was crowned Delta

Queen for 2015.

Delta Queen strives to fulfill its mission of strengthening

the community by encouraging students, parents, alumni

and the local community to work in unity toward a

philanthropic goal. The men of Delta Tau Delta are proud to

continue Delta Queen and hope it will inspire many to live

lives of excellence.

BROTHERHOOD MEETS PHILANTHROPYAt John Carroll University, the Iota Iota Delts rallied behind

Brother Evan Meindl (John Carroll University, 2016), who

lives daily with diabetes. The entire chapter participated

in the JDRF Walk at the Cleveland Metropolitan Zoo on

Sept. 29, 2013, but this walk was personal. Meindl shared

his story about diabetes in a letter given to the presidents of

the Greek organizations on campus and distributed to local

restaurants around Cleveland. Family and friends were also

asked to spread the word about the event via email. Through

their unflagging efforts, the Delts at John Carroll raised

$5,616 for JDRF.

Driven by the success of the walk, the brothers decided

to host a week-long event to raise awareness about type

1 diabetes.

“Our main goal of the week was raising awareness

about JDRF and type 1 diabetes, not how much

money we raised,” said Patrick Hackett (John Carroll

University, 2017), philanthropy chairman of the Iota

Iota Chapter.

From selling shamrocks to make a pledge to JDRF, to

passing out information packets about type 1 diabetes, these

“Pillsbury Dough Boys” spent two days baking for the bake

Delta Tau Delta’s Continued Success with JDRFMore and more chapters are embracing the Fraternity’s national philanthropic partnership to raise money and awareness for the JDRF. Through the collaborative efforts of many organizations, JDRF has $568 million at work advancing its strategic plan.

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sale, raising $300 for JDRF, but more importantly, educating

the community about the challenges of diabetes. The

week ended with a dynamic speech given by Dr. Michelle

Schweiger, a pediatric endocrinologist at Cleveland Clinic.

BETA ETA - UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTAThe Twin Cities JDRF Walk in February had a strong

showing of Delts who came out to volunteer and support

the national philanthropy, JDRF. The men from Iota Sigma

Chapter at North Dakota State made the cumbersome four-

hour drive to volunteer in the balmy 28 degree temperatures

in Minnesota. After the Northern Division Conference in

Ohio, Iota Phi from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire

knew Beta Eta would be in attendance as it participates

annually. As the Twin Cities event approached, Joe Foyt

(University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, 2017), president of the

Iota Phi Chapter, exchanged a few texts with the Beta Eta

president to ensure the groups would meet. After arriving,

Beta Eta informed Iota Phi that Iota Sigma also had a few

brothers at the event. With the support of the Fraternity’s

national philanthropy JDRF, these three chapters came

together in a shared commitment of brotherhood and

philanthropy to make the day a success. After helping with

setup, the men of Delta Tau Delta generally created an

excited atmosphere for the people who came to the event.

“The brotherhood and ability to communicate

amongst each other was always there, but it was

strengthened greatly at the Northern Division

Conference, which gave us the opportunity to

collaborate on this JDRF event. It is quite

amazing that through our brotherhood events

and philanthropic events the ease that has

accompanied the strong ties we now have with

Iota Sigma and Beta Eta!” said Joe Foyt.

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“Without the community, there is no Morehead State. Without Morehead State, there is no Zeta Zeta,” said Adam Abbott, Zeta Zeta Chapter president. The Morehead Delts firmly believe their existence is heavily rooted in the community’s continuous support and involvement. The sentiment of showing appreciation by giving back to the city and people is deeply engrained in the culture of the Zeta Zeta Chapter at Morehead State, as evidenced by their swift actions when severe floods ravaged the city park and little league baseball fields, jeopardizing the much-anticipated opening day for the little league baseball season.

The city of Morehead, Ky., lies on a flood plain, so the occasional run off from the nearby Triplett Creek

doesn’t faze the citizens of the tight-knit community. However, spring showers took a turn for the worse

on Friday, April 3, when Mother Nature battered the Blue Grass State with wave upon wave of torrential

rain, swamping Morehead under nearly four feet of water. Though the waters soon receded, the resulting

aftermath was a city park caked in a two-foot layer of mud with debris strewn about.

The following Monday during the weekly chapter meeting, Abbott put into motion a plan to reorganize

and postpone the planned philanthropy event scheduled for that same week to have all hands on deck

to clean up the city park and three baseball fields.

“When this sad opportunity arose for us to give back to the community that allows us to exist, we jumped

at it without a second thought,” said Abbott.

Mayor Jim Trent opened the park Tuesday morning for the men of Zeta Zeta Chapter, who worked tirelessly for

six days clearing the muddy mess from the fields and adjacent parking lots. More than 20 men worked between

classes and other scheduled obligations to ensure the little league teams would have their opening day.

Morehead Delts Serve Community in Wake of Severe Storms

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F R A T E R N I T Y H E A D L I N E S

Delta Chi Members Recognized for Excellence among all Greek SystemsOklahoma State University’s Interfraternity Council has been recognized for its excellence among all Greek communities, and the Delta Chi Chapter of Delta Tau Delta has been at the helm of this IFC.

Brother Ival Gregory, (Oklahoma State, 1972) head of

the Fraternity and Sorority Affairs office at OSU, was

recognized as the Steven B. Dealph Outstanding Fraternity/

Sorority Professional at the annual Association of Fraternal

Leadership and Values award show Jan. 31.

Under Gregory, OSU’s IFC was awarded the Jellison Award

for overall excellence. The National PanHellenic Council

won two awards: the Southerland award for overall

excellence and the Linda Wardhammer Kaleidoscope

Award for Innovation. Also, the multicultural Greek

community won the Overall Council Excellence Award.

Brother Todd Edmonds (Chapter, Year) is the 2015 president

of IFC. He served as secretary in 2014 and has actively been

involved in fraternity and sorority affairs.

“This is the largest awards show for Greek systems,”

Edmonds said. “We won 32 of the 36 awards we

applied for. There were only a few awards we didn’t

apply for.”

By Matt Cohlmia II (Oklahoma State University, 2016)

Delta Chi members gather at the 2015 Western Plains Division Conference in Dallas, TX.

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Established in 1940, the NIC Gold Medal is the highest service award in the interfraternal world. It recognizes those who have given outstanding lifetime service to the fraternal movement. Since its inception, 114 fraternal leaders have been honored.

Throughout his life, Brother Stephens has been a tireless volunteer and advocate for Delta Tau Delta at his alma mater and across the nation, but also for the entire Greek movement. He is proud to call himself “a fraternity man,” to seek ways to elevate the fraternity experience, and to challenge negative stereotypes of fraternity life.

Most recently he was the initial advocate in the creation of the Anti-Hazing Hotline in 2007. Delta Tau Delta, along with 21 additional founding Greek organizations, led the campaign to create a means for reporting hazing activity in the ongoing fraternal effort to eliminate college hazing.

In his brief acceptance remarks as the final 2015 awards recipient at a long banquet, Stephens drew a warm and lively response with his brief comments. Those included:

“I have a deep sense of gratitude for the NIC for this honor. But, I do not remember being alone in any of the activities mentioned. These were all team projects, as they should be. Thank you for recognizing my part in them, but it was only a part.

“Finally, I want to tell you of the oath that a newly elected citizen of Athens took after a year of preparation in the gymnasium and the academy,” he said. Those who were not elected citizens were given the name ‘idiots,’ unworthy of being citizens.

“But, hear now the words of that oath of 23 centuries ago: ‘I will leave this city richer, stronger and more beautiful than I found it: Richer, stronger and more beautiful. Now, for the years still given to me, I will leave this great Greek city richer, stronger and more beautiful than I found it.’ Thank you again for this honor.”

Stephens is the sixth Delt to receive the Gold Medal. The others, all now in the Chapter Eternal, were: 1940 — Alvan

C. Duerr (Kenyon/Williams, 1893); 1952 — Henry B. Wriston (Wesleyan, 1911); 1965 — Tom C. Clark (Texas, 1922); 1966 — Joel W. Reynolds (Tufts University, 1923); 1991 — Edwin L. Heminger (Ohio Wesleyan, 1948).

A large contingent of Delts and family members attended the banquet, including International President Jody Danneman (University of Georgia, 1988) and Delt Foundation Chairman Ken Kies (Ohio University, 1974).

“This is a tremendous honor for Norval and for Delta Tau Delta,” said Danneman. “Norval has truly been a beacon for what’s good about fraternity. He epitomizes the Delt aspiration of lifelong service, loyalty and love.” Added Kies, “If the fraternity world had a pope, it undoubtedly would be Norval Stephens.” The son and brother of Delts, Stephens was a two-term president at the Beta Beta Chapter at DePauw University. After attaining the rank of captain in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War, he spent four decades as an advertising and marketing executive with DDB Needham Worldwide.

Stephens served on the Arch Chapter from 1988-1994 and was the Fraternity’s 41stpresident from 1992-1994. He subsequently served as chairman of the Delt Foundation from 1995-2009 and continues as a very active director. He was cited to the Fraternity’s Distinguished Service Chapter in 1996.

Norval and his wife, Diane, a DePauw classmate and former chapter president of Kappa Alpha Theta, are the parents of five children and 12 grandchildren. Two of those are Delts: Timothy Stephens (George Washington University 2013) and Christopher Stephens (Northeastern University 2016).

Norval B. Stephens (DePauw University, 1951), a past international president of Delta Tau Delta and former chairman of the Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation, was honored with the North-American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) Gold Medal at its annual meeting April 19 in Kansas City, Mo.

Stephens Awarded NIC Gold Medal

Delta Chi members gather at the 2015 Western Plains Division Conference in Dallas, TX.

F R A T E R N I T Y S N A P S H O T

FRATERNITY SNAPSHOT134 schools • 128 chapters • 7 colonies • 40 states + District of Columbia

Membership is up for the EIGHTH consecutive year and 10th in the last 11

3,766 new members

9,874 undergraduate members

17chapters

ranked #1 academically on campus

G.P.A.3.045

2,379Kershner Scholars fall 2014

1 in 4 Delts achieved Dean’s

List status

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NEW COLONIES RECOGNIZED

2014-15: Emory, Maryland, Marquette, Cal Poly, College of New Jersey

$261,205RAISED

FOR JDRF

TOTAL INITIATES SINCE INCEPTION

176,4852,969 undergrads + 11,299 hours volunteered

Seventeen chapters earned No. 1 academic status on their campus and 46 are in the top three on campus. EIGHTY-SEVEN chapters (70%)

are above the All-Men’s Average and 77 (57%) are above the All-Fraternity Average.

RANKED #3 IN AVERAGE CHAPTER SIZE

undergraduate members

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F R A T E R N I T Y S N A P S H O T

Chapter Name School Name

Chapter Size

# Members Participating

in Delt Leadership

Events

Service Hours to

JDRF

Chapter GPA

Campus Rank

Alpha Allegheny College 60 8 3.2 2/6

Gamma Washington & Jefferson College 30 9 92 2.93 5/5

Delta University of Michigan 104 12 3.287 16/28

Epsilon Albion College 49 12 2.98 5/6

Zeta Case Western Reserve University 81 13 121 3.213 15/17

Theta Bethany College 13 5 2.539 4/5

Kappa Hillsdale College 47 9 62 3.095 3/4

Lambda Vanderbilt University 102 11 6 3.446 7/14

Mu Ohio Wesleyan University 43 8 2.97 6/8

Omicron University of Iowa 49 13 697 3.139 3/26

Rho Stevens Institute of Technology 56 8 156 3.279 10/12

Tau Pennsylvania State University 115 11 36 3.19 15/50

Upsilon Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 48 8 2.82 22/29

Chi Kenyon College 29 12 3.214 4/9

Omega University of Pennsylvania 43 5 3.407 10/31

Beta Alpha Indiana University 188 11 2.985 27/33

Beta Beta DePauw University 86 6 12 3.1 8/10

Beta Gamma University of Wisconsin 66 7 2.935 26/26

Beta Delta University of Georgia 68 7 80 3.18 17/26

Beta Epsilon CC Emory University 63 120

Beta Zeta Butler University 113 21 183 3.347 2/6

Beta Eta University of Minnesota 52 14 117 3.08 18/29

Beta Theta University of the South 22 6 39 3.32 1/12

Beta Mu Tufts University 91 6 3.54 1/10

Beta NuMassachusetts Institute of Technology

29 7 3.544 13/25

Beta Xi Tulane University 20 10 3.17 8/11

Beta Omicron Cornell University 42 9 290.5 3.243 30/39

Beta Pi Northwestern University 106 12 108 3.52 3/13

Beta Rho Stanford University 55 4 48 3.47

Beta Tau University of Nebraska 109 14 48 3.33 5/23

Beta Upsilon University of Illinois 171 11 3.16 11/46

Beta Phi Ohio State University 142 16 240 3.24 7/34

Gamma Alpha University of Chicago 28 5 3.44

Gamma Beta Illinois Institute of Technology 35 9 106.5 3.097 2/6

W H E R E D O E S Y O U R C H A P T E R R A N K ?RANKINGS FOR 2014-2015 SCHOOL YEAR

Chapter Name School Name

Chapter Size

# Members Participating

in Delt Leadership

Events

Service Hours to

JDRF

Chapter GPA

Campus Rank

Gamma Delta CC

West Virginia University 65 6 50 2.768 3/17

Gamma Eta George Washington University 103 14 3.23 1/14

Gamma Theta Baker University 37 10 67 3.04 3/4

Gamma Iota University of Texas 196 9 38 3.098 14/27

Gamma Kappa University of Missouri 160 12 221 3.121 4/33

Gamma Lambda Purdue University 127 11 2.98 12/30

Gamma Mu University of Washington 56 9 150 3.21 21/26

Gamma Nu University of Maine 47 6 32 2.731 7/18

Gamma Xi University of Cincinnati 109 14 160 2.915 15/20

Gamma Omicron Syracuse University 87 7 832 3.1 9/21

Gamma Pi Iowa State University 116 16 361 3.0 12/30

Gamma Rho University of Oregon 90 36 40 3.29 1/18

Gamma Sigma

University of Pittsburgh 48 5 28 2.937 11/15

Gamma Tau University of Kansas 50 11 76 2.96 15/29

Gamma Upsilon Miami University 99 9 18 3.04 13/26

Gamma Psi Georgia Institute of Technology 52 7 24 3.06 22/32

Delta Alpha University of Oklahoma 206 12 2.941 11/19

Delta Beta Carnegie Mellon University 79 7 85 3.15 5/13

Delta Gamma

University of South Dakota 64 20 510 3.247 1/8

Delta Delta University of Tennessee 102 9 2.91 6/17

Delta Epsilon

University of Kentucky 189 12 3.06 14/21

Delta Zeta University of Florida 141 3 165 3.159 15/25

Delta Eta University of Alabama 120 8 2.93 17/30

Delta Iota UCLA 87 8 129 3.288 6/22

Delta Kappa Duke University 101 10 66 3.402 13/17

Delta Mu University of Idaho 78 9 2.93 8/18

Delta Nu Lawrence University 39 8 2.927 4/4

Delta Xi University of North Dakota 45 15 162.5 2.94 7/13

Delta Omicron Westminster College 47 7 3.099 3/6

Delta Pi University of Southern California 51 5 100 3.22 11/21

Delta Sigma CC

University of Maryland 79 4

Delta Tau Bowling Green State University 41 8 25 2.733 15/15

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Chapter Name School Name

Chapter Size

# Members Participating

in Delt Leadership

Events

Service Hours to

JDRF

Chapter GPA

Campus Rank

Delta Upsilon

University of Delaware 106 5 15 3.074 3/17

Delta Phi Florida State University 107 5 2.949 7/22

Delta Chi Oklahoma State University 66 14 17 3.21 2/22

Delta PsiUniversity of California-Santa Barbara

77 20 2.787 10/19

Delta Omega Kent State University 32 20 155 2.98 6/18

Epsilon Alpha Auburn University 49 10 279 2.967 27/29

Epsilon Beta Texas Christian University 131 18 80 3.109 5/11

Epsilon Gamma

Washington State University 74 8 80 2.81 16/24

Epsilon Delta Texas Tech University 172 6 675 2.826 6/20

Epsilon Zeta Sam Houston State University 30 5 3.1

Epsilon Eta Texas A&M-Commerce 38 11 2.63 1/5

Epsilon Iota A Kettering University A 37 8 3.22 3/11

Epsilon Iota B Kettering University B 46 6 12 3.01 6/10

Epsilon Mu Ball State University 77 15 2.653 15/22

Epsilon NuMissouri Univ. of Science and Technology

22 10 2.782 15/23

Epsilon Upsilon Marietta College 33 14 105 2.954 2/4

Epsilon Phi Southeastern Louisiana University 49 34 3.054 2/9

Epsilon Omega

Georgia Southern University 90 9 2.73 88/17

Zeta Alpha CC Marquette University 38

Zeta Beta LaGrange College 31 5 193 2.672 2/3

Zeta Delta Texas State University 111 9 606 2.55 2/14

Zeta Zeta Morehead State University 68 14 21.5 2.92 3/8

Zeta Theta Villanova University 36 4 68 3.2 6/8

Zeta Lambda

Western Illinois University 29 9 108 2.494 12/13

Zeta Mu Robert Morris University 37 6 161 3.35 2/8

Zeta Rho Eastern Illinois University 63 5 120 2.51 10/13

Zeta Sigma Texas A&M University 152 12 3.047 8/19

Zeta Tau University of North Carolina-Wilmington 63 4 3.07 4/13

Zeta Chi University of Southern Mississippi 38 15 2.693 7/13

Zeta Psi Stephen F. Austin State University 52 11 2.53 7/17

Zeta Omega Bradley University 46 14 2.78 12/20

Theta Gamma

Arizona State University 67 7 3.0

Theta Delta Baylor University 61 7 150 2.9 8/12

Theta Epsilon American University 59 7 170 3.41 2/14

Chapter Name School Name

Chapter Size

# Members Participating

in Delt Leadership

Events

Service Hours to

JDRF

Chapter GPA

Campus Rank

Theta Zeta University of San Diego 85 4 3.021 7/7

Theta Lambda

University of California-Riverside 20 4 2.807 8/19

Theta Mu Clemson University 60 3 170 3.367 1/22

Theta Xi Eastern Michigan University 45 20 24 2.55 6/8

Theta Omicron

University of Northern Colorado 52 9 80 2.23 7/8

Theta Tau Moravian College 29 6 24 2.99 2/3

Theta Chi Muhlenberg College 26 11 53 3.187 3/3

Theta Psi College of Idaho 34 9 3.12 2/3

Theta Omega

Northern Arizona University 17 9 2.64 6/12

Iota Beta Wittenberg University 29 10 150 2.823 5/6

Iota Gamma Wright State University 17 10 2.801 3/7

Iota Delta Quincy University 26 5 3.058 1/2

Iota Epsilon Chapman University 84 18 3.438 1/9

Iota Zeta Virginia Polytechnic Institute 72 13 106 3.198 4/29

Iota Theta Kennesaw State University 113 13 2.98 1/10

Iota Iota John Carroll University 24 13 52 3.04 3/4

Iota Kappa Appalachian State University 33 5 3.126 4/11

Iota Mu Quinnipiac University 94 13 55 3.12 16/17

Iota Nu Florida Atlantic University 87 6 450 2.791 3/9

Iota Xi Florida Institute of Technology 26 14 52 2.95 1/8

Iota Omicron Babson College 60 8 78 3.35 2/3

Iota Pi University of Vermont 29 6 2.96 4/9

Iota Rho Pepperdine University 33 9 460 3.147 2/5

Iota Sigma North Dakota State University 60 28 46 3.154 1/11

Iota Tau Sacred Heart University 67 5 2.86 5/5

Iota Upsilon Grand Valley State 32 11 137 2.85 7/11

Iota Phi University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire 26 6 102 3.09 1/3

Iota Chi Lindenwood University 37 7 222 3.18 2/3

Iota Psi Northeastern University 76 11 62.5 3.542 1/8

Iota Omega University of Texas-Dallas 47 8 3.225 1/6

Kappa Beta James Madison University 57 13 3.062 1/16

Kappa Gamma Monmouth University 52 38 502 3.38 1/7

Louisville CC University of Louisville 22 8 92 2.883 9/15

College of New Jersey CC

College of New Jersey 92 11 80 3.155 8/14

Cal Poly-SLO CC

California Polytechnic - San Luis Obispo 74 8 21.5 2.999 3/17

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F O U N D A T I O N N E W S

Bethany Society Welcomes Byrne, Urbanowicz and WittmanAt the Delt Educational Foundation Board of Directors meeting held in Columbus, Ohio in May, three alumni were welcomed into the Bethany Society.

Millard “Buck” Byrne (Ohio State University, 1966) is a local Columbus, Ohio businessman who has been a long-time volunteer for the Beta Phi Chapter. Byrne served as president of the Beta Phi House Corporation from 2005 to 2013.

E. Peter Urbanowicz (Tulane University, 1985) is a managing director with Alvarez Marsal and leads the firm’s healthcare compliance practice. Urbanowicz has served in a variety of volunteer roles including on house corporations and currently as a member of the Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation’s Board of Directors.

T. Scott Wittman (Indiana University, 1982) is a chief investment officer, senior vice president and senior portfolio manager for American Century Investments®, a premier investment manager headquartered in Kansas City, Mo. He is a member of the Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation Board and serves on the Investment Committee.

Membership is reserved for those loyal alumni who have made a lifetime total of cash gifts and pledges over $25,000 or a planned gift in excess of $100,000. Each member receives a signature, tailored green blazer with an embroidered Coat of Arms. To check your lifetime giving history, visit “My Account” at www.deltfoundation.org.

Foundation Seeks Board of Director NominationsThe Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation is currently seeking nominations for its Board of Directors. Basic expectations include the following:

• Make a leadership level gift to the Annual DeltFund each fiscal year.

• Make a leadership level gift to capital campaigns and other special project campaigns.

• If not already a Bethany Society member (cumulative giving of $25,000 or more), new directors are expected to reach this level within three years.

• Attend two Board of Directors meetings per year.

• Serve on a Foundation committee.

If you would like to nominate a brother or yourself, please contact Steve Vedra at (317) 284-0210 ext. 1331 or via email at steve.vedra@delts.org.

Matching Gifts Enable Donors to Increase Their Support!Many companies and foundations will match the value of charitable gifts made by employees and their spouses, board members and retirees. Note: Matching gifts should be directed toward the Delta Tau Delta Educational Foundation, not the Fraternity. To find out if a particular company or foundation has a matching gift program, you can visit our website search engine at www.deltfoundation.org. Click on Make a Gift/Matching Gifts. This search engine provides the proper forms, contacts and giving criteria for more than 19,000 companies!

As You Advance, Remember That Others Follow

17S U M M E R 2 0 1 5

Bryan S. Adams, Gamma Nu, 2007

W. Walker Alexander III, Epsilon Omega, 1996

Jerome N. Allen II, Zeta Kappa, 2001

Darin Ames, Gamma Pi, 1993

John W. Arnold, Gamma Sigma, 1991

Alex G. Bahler, Zeta Omega, 2009

Christopher A. Barcelona Jr., Epsilon Phi, 2008

Michael J. Bauchman, Theta Xi, 2005

Jordan J. Beech, Delta Alpha, 2013

Christopher J. Bocchicchio, Gamma Rho, 2012

Michael Bonacum, Beta Omicron, 2010

Thomas A. Booth, Iota Mu, 2013

Andrew Britton, Delta Alpha, 1986

Troy R. Brostrom, Epsilon Iota B, 1997

Michael Browder, Beta Delta, 1984

Gregory K. Bush, Epsilon Xi, 1986

Ryan D. Caldwell, Theta Kappa, 2002

Clifford E. Cochran, Jr., Epsilon Mu, 1969

William K. Cornett, Delta Omicron, 2011

Sean A. Curran, Gamma Xi, 1997

Ross H. Davis, Epsilon Omega, 2008

Jaison D. Desai, Theta Epsilon, 2006

Jerome DiGennaro, Delta Beta, 1976

Ralph E. Douglas, Gamma Sigma, 1951

John M. Drosdak II, Beta Lambda, 1986

Shawn R. Dunham, Epsilon Zeta, 2014

Charles D. Edwards, Epsilon Phi, 1973

D. Robert Erickson, Zeta Omega, 2013

Jubal L. Evans, Zeta Pi, 1979

Evan R. Finkelstein, Delta Beta, 2014

Ryan T. Fleming, Beta Zeta, 2005

Aaron J. Flewellen, Iota Epsilon, 2004

Mitchell P. Fries, Beta Zeta, 1983

Joel Gavin, Eta, 1990

John Goethe, Epsilon Nu, 1992

Dustin A. Gorder, Iota Delta, 2003

David R. Gordon, Beta Xi, 1985

Lee Grace, Epsilon Xi, 1984

Adam M. Grissom, Delta Xi, 1996

Edward Groton, Gamma Upsilon, 2012

Edward Guthrie, Jr., Mu, 1966

David B. Hammon, Epsilon Nu, 2002

John Hancock, Delta Rho, 1987

Howard H. Harcha IV, Beta Phi, 2012

Brad J. Hein, Beta Zeta, 2008

Stephen L. Helgemo, Delta Phi, 1961

D. Mark Helmus, Beta, 1986

Kenneth A. Herman, Zeta Sigma, 2007

Scott A. Heydt, Theta Tau, 2002

Clay A. Houser, Gamma Beta, 2013

Alexander L. Karakozoff, Beta Rho, 1977

Michael J. Kelly, Delta Phi, 2002

Burl E. Kelton III, Delta Iota, 1996

Joseph Kolp, Eta, 1980

Jeremy M. Komasz, Gamma Eta, 1996

Evan Konecky, Iota Nu, 2012

Cole A. Kopacek, Gamma Pi, 2004

Todd Kotler, Zeta Omega, 1992

Matthew E. Kozlowski, Alpha, 2003

Jack C. Kreman, Theta Kappa, 2004

John Laputz, Gamma Eta, 2011

Daniel L. Larocco, Jr., Iota Delta, 2012

Lanny D. Lautenschlager, Theta Kappa, 2001

Christopher G. Law, Epsilon Upsilon, 2010

Aaron J. Leiker, Gamma Chi, 2005

Richard F. Lindgren, Zeta Omicron, 2004

Mark L. Lintern, Iota Beta, 2008

Eric B. Luke, Gamma Rho, 2008

Marshall Magee, Epsilon Alpha, 1982

Samuel T. Mallick, Lambda Prime, 2014

Robert J. Maneson, Epsilon Epsilon, 2002

Nigel Manick, Theta Lambda, 2003

Justin D. Manning, Delta Omicron, 2004

Andrew McDevitt, Beta Epsilon, 1993

Austin McIlwain, Theta Mu, 2015

David W. McKeague, Delta, 1968

Rian M. Mehta, Iota Xi, 2013

Rev. James A. Mentzer, Alpha, 1971

William J. Miller, Delta Delta, 2006

Franklin D. Mosca, Epsilon Zeta, 2012

Eric Munoz, Delta Phi, 2000

Donald Okerson, Rho, 1969

Rosario A. Palmieri, Theta Epsilon, 1999

Zachary M. Pasker, Omicron, 2014

Bruce Peterson, Epsilon Tau, 1975

Maurie J. Phelan, Friend of the Foundation

Geoffrey Plourde, Iota Rho, 2014

Justin M. Poche, Epsilon Phi, 2007

Steven M. Potter, Zeta Zeta, 2010

Arun Prakash, Gamma Beta, 1999

Michael Pusateri, Upsilon, 1989

Dylan F. Pyne, Gamma Eta, 2012

Anthony J. Quandt, Beta Psi, 2004

Alfred Redwine, Delta Delta, 1971

Graham C. Reeves, Zeta, 2012

Timothy R. Reilly, Beta Delta, 2003

Seth C. Revoal, Gamma Rho, 2003

John D. Rhoades, Epsilon Theta, 1988

William Richardson IV, Beta Zeta, 1979

Matthew Richardson, Parent of Undergraduate

Lance Roberts, Tau, 1982

Jameson S. Root, Zeta, 2007

Alan R. Ross, Gamma Mu, 1980

Blayne K. Ross, Delta Zeta, 1998

James B. Russell, Gamma Lambda, 1975

Douglas W. Russell, Epsilon Xi, 2010

Daren P. Sadowsky, Beta Xi, 2007

Dallas Salisbury, Gamma Mu, 1971

Eric A. Samuels, Beta Phi, 2006

Paul C. Sawyer, Epsilon Mu, 1993

Brandon C. Scherff, Delta Zeta, 2013

Richard A. Schmidt, Delta Xi, 1976

Andrew M. Schreiner, Omicron, 2014

Dwayne Senn, Epsilon Xi, 1983

Robert E. Shattuck, Delta Chi, 2002

Ellen Shertzer, Friend of the Foundation

Gabriel J. Shoemaker III, Zeta Chi, 1993

Dustin Sickinger, Beta Zeta, 2005

David M. Sirey, Iota Iota, 2008

Roary E. Snider, Zeta Omicron, 2006

Mark R. Starr, Zeta, 1995

Alan Steinberg, Gamma Kappa, 1961

William F. Sullivan, Iota, 2006

James E. Swab, Beta Gamma, 1956

Matthew A. T. Sweede, Iota Zeta, 2008

Michael R. Tankersley, Jr., Theta Psi, 2005

Matthew R. Tantau, Theta Omega, 2003

Ross Theriault, Gamma Nu, 2008

Robert C. Thomas, Delta Alpha, 1951

William Tieder, Zeta Iota, 1997

Nicholas A. Toney, Iota Iota, 2010

Kenneth Tubbs, Iota Iota, 2011

Major Matthew Urbanic, Zeta Chi, 1995

Robert P. Valente, Theta Tau, 2007

Steven K. Vedra, Beta Zeta, 2002

Brian Verman, Epsilon Nu, 1994

David D. Wachter, Beta Zeta, 1989

Charles W. Wagster, Iota Kappa, 2014

Allen A. Wente, Theta Omega, 2001

Justin A. Williamson, Epsilon Phi, 2015

Ashley J. Wollam, Epsilon Upsilon, 2008

Mark A. Wrabel, Delta Omega, 1987

David L. Wright, Beta Delta, 2002

Matthew D. Yurky, Alpha, 2009

Become A Delta Alpha Kappa Society Charter MemberFounded in 2014, the Delta Alpha Kappa Society seeks to recognize those Annual DeltFund donors who choose to support the Foundation via recurring gifts. The initials were first added to Fraternity images in 1870 and stood for a secret motto within Delta Tau Delta, which was later declassified. It means, “Labor for the beautiful and the good.”

To become a member, donors need to set up a recurring donation made via a regular payment plan (monthly, quarterly or yearly). Donations can be set up to be run on the 1st or the 15th of every month. Making a recurring gift allows you to build a very significant contribution through smaller installments. For example, donors can join the Order of the C— (premier leadership annual giving society) for as little as $84 per month. To learn more visit us at www.deltfoundation.org or call Steve Vedra at (317) 284-0210.

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A L U M N I I N T H E N E W S

GLEN DASHMIT, 1975Glen Dash, founder of nonprofit Glen Dash Foundation for

Archaeological Research, uses his engineering expertise in tandem

with his love of computer science and archeology to unearth

exciting information and details about ancient civilizations. Most

recently, he set his sights on one particular artifact from a time long

past—the Great Pyramid of Egypt.

The Glen Dash team utilizes remote sensing and advanced

topographic survey techniques to demystify archaeological

puzzles. Dash, along with his

wife and fellow scientist, Joan,

resurveyed the Great Pyramid and

its surroundings to test theories of

how the ancient Egyptians mirrored

their massive feats of architecture

with the stars above.

In addition to his work with the

Glen Dash Foundation, Dash visits his MIT stomping grounds each

year to play softball with his team, the Delta Tau Delta Dawgs.

SPUD DICKDEPAUW UNIVERSITY, 2010

FRITZ KAUFFMANINDIANA UNIVERSITY, 1981Real estate agency, DTZ, announced the promotion of two Delt

alumni, Spud Dick and Fritz Kauffman, in its brokerage division.

Dick was named associate vice president and Kauffman was named

senior vice president.

DTZ is a global leader in commercial real estate services, serving

clients around the world with a full spectrum of solutions for

owners, tenants and investors.

BOB DOTSONUNIVERSITY OF KANSAS, 1968

NBC News correspondent Bob Dotson

received the 2015 William Allen White

Foundation National Citation on April

23 at the University of Kansas. William

Allen White, namesake of the citation

and mass communication school at the

university, was a nationally influential

Kansas editor and publisher. White won the Pulitzer Prize in 1923

and posthumously in 1947.

Dotson, a 1968 graduate of the William Allen White School of

Journalism and Mass Communication, is legendary in the field

of journalism with his work on the long-running NBC series “The

American Story with Bob Dotson,” highlighting everyday citizens

accomplishing extraordinary feats.

Dotson has received more than 100 awards for his work in

broadcast journalism, including eight national Emmys. In 2012 the

Radio Television Digital News Association chose Dotson to receive

the Edward R. Murrow Award for Writing a record sixth time, and

the Society of Professional Journalists cited Dotson’s columns for

TODAY.COM as the “best writing in news media.” His work has also

won top journalism awards from the National Press Photographers,

Dupont‐Columbia and Robert F. Kennedy Foundation.

Dotson is a 2014 recipient of the Fraternity’s Alumni

Achievement Award.

MIKE EDWARDSINDIANA UNIVERSITY, 1984Mike Edwards was appointed to the newly-created position of

director of business development at MBLX Inc., a division of

Livingston International. MBLX Inc., founded in 1983, provides

logistical services barging cargo throughout the inland waterways

of America as well as customized shipping solutions both on and

off America’s rivers for a variety of commodities and cargoes.

As director of business development, Edwards will be responsible

for generating new service options for customers while expanding

into markets that utilize rail and truck transport as extensions of

the river network. Prior to his appoint at MBLX, he managed the

transportation needs for Nucor’s Gallatin steel mill in Kentucky.

Additionally, Edwards served as sales director for American

Commercial Barge Line and as transportation manager for the

David J. Joseph Company, and in both roles managed the barge,

truck and rail movements of various commodities and bulk products.

Edwards earned his undergraduate degree from Indiana

University’s Kelley School of Business where he majored in

transportation management. He is an associate member of the

American Society of Transportation and Logistics.

BOB ENGLEUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, 1967Bob Engle was named high school French teacher of the year

(2014-2015) for Southern California by the Association of American

Teachers of French.

Trained in music, he switched to an all-French teaching schedule

seven years ago out of curricular necessity. He has had 11 students

nationally-ranked in French, has hosted more than 70 students

from France for two weeks at his school, and has taken his students

on immersion trips to Tahiti and France.

He has presented French teaching seminars at two national French

teacher conventions in Montreal and New Orleans.

PETER FOLEYINDIANA UNIVERSITY, 1993Peter Foley was elected judge of

the Morgan County Superior Court

in Morgan County, Ind. Foley ran

unopposed in the general election

in November 2014 after a successful

Republican primary in early May of

the same year.

Foley received his undergraduate degree from Indiana University

and his J.D. from the Indiana University School of Law in

Indianapolis. Prior to his election, he served more than 15 years

as an attorney in Morgan County.

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BRYAN HELVIEBALL STATE UNIVERSITY, 1990

The Indiana High School Athletic

Association awarded Bryan Helvie

the 2014-15 Distinguished Media

Service Award. The IHSAA honored

outstanding members of Indiana

news media from each of its three

legislative districts. Helvie is

recognized for his excellence in the

coverage of high school athletics for

District 3, covering 42 counties across southern Indiana.

Helvie spent nearly 24 years with the Herald-Tribune in Batesville,

Ind., a semi-weekly newspaper where he began his career in sales

before working his way to sports editor and eventually managing

editor and general manager. While overseeing the newsroom as

general manager, he continued his coverage of local sports.

Last summer, Helvie transitioned from the newsroom into the

Batesville Community School Corporation as athletic director of

grades 7-12. As a licensed physical education teacher, Helvie has

coached tennis, golf and basketball for more than 20 years.

JIM HISEKANSAS STATE UNIVERSITY, 1989

Jim Hise was elected the new

board chair of the Youth Volunteer

Corps during the February board

meeting. The Youth Volunteer Corps

is a youth service organization

operating throughout the

United State and Canada and

headquartered in Kansas City. Since

1987, YVC has engaged more than

285,000 youth from diverse backgrounds in year-round service

projects serving more than 4.5 million volunteer hours.

Hise has served five years on the YVC’s board and will serve a

two-year term as board chairman. He is a private wealth advisor for

Merrill Lynch and has also co-founded the All In for a Cure Charity

and has served as director of corporate fundraising for the March of

Dime Kansas City Chapter.

MICHAEL SHONROCKWESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY, 1979

The board of directors at Lindenwood

University in St. Charles, Mo., named

Michael Shonrock the 22nd president of

Lindenwood University on April 9, 2015.

Shonrock took office on June 1, replacing

James D. Evans, who served Lindenwood

as president for nine years.

Prior to his position at Lindenwood,

Shonrock served for three and a half

years as president of Emporia State University. During Shonrock’s

administration, ESU launched the largest, most comprehensive

fundraising campaign in university history, sustained six

consecutive semesters of enrollment growth, and received

an additional annual allocation of $1 million from the Kansas

governor and legislators for an honors college. Prior to that he

spent more than 20 years at Texas Tech University, where he

was senior vice president and an associate professor.

Shonrock’s academic achievements are numerous, holding

advanced degrees from University of Kansas, Pittsburg State

University and Harvard’s Graduate School of Education.

MIKE ULLMANUNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI, 1969

CEO of J.C. Penney, Mike Ullman,

received the Woodrow Wilson

Award for Corporate Citizenship

in September followed by the John

W. Gardner Legacy of Leadership

Award in November. The Wilson

honor is extended to corporate

citizens who have shown a deep

concern for the common good

beyond the bottom line, while the Gardner honor is reserved for

a former White House Fellow who has demonstrated a lifetime of

accomplishment and commitment to service in their public and

personal lives.

Ullman has manned the helm of five major global enterprises,

including J.C. Penney, Macy’s, Louis Vuitton, Duty Free Shops and

Wharf Holdings. Ullman’s civic duties as a humanitarian have never

waned, and in addition to his role as an international leader in a

variety of industries, he also worked with Mercy Ships, a floating

hospital aiding coastal cities in developing countries. Additionally, he

is a longtime board member for the Lucille Packard Foundation for

Children’s Health as well as former chair of the UCSF Medical Center.

Ullman is a 2010 recipient of the Fraternity’s Alumni

Achievement Award.

NICK HEMPHILLWASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY, 2011Nick Hemphill has been elected

president of Delts Northwest

Alumni Association.

As an undergraduate, Hemphill

held many leadership positions

within Epsilon Gamma, including

sergeant-at-arms, risk manager and president. He earned a

bachelor’s degree in economics, with a minor in sport management.

Hemphill remains an active alumnus with the university and the

Epsilon Gamma Chapter. He works in Bellevue, Wash., as a financial

advisor with Merrill Lynch. In his free time he enjoys coaching

baseball, golfing and attending Seahawks and Mariner games.

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B O O K S B Y B R O T H E R S

THE SYMMETRY OF SNOWFLAKESPaul Peters’ (Eastern Michigan University, 1997) second foray into

literary writing manifests in the complex tale of love and life titled The

Symmetry of Snowflakes. Peter takes readers through a timeless story

of enduring life’s struggle and the ever-present search for love.

The protagonist, Hank Hanson, is journeying home for the holidays to

visit the many branches of his family tree, including step parents, ex

step parents and a blended collection of siblings. To give structure to his

unconventional family network, Hanson compares it to a snowflake’s

intricate design. The only missing piece in his life, the element that would

form that rare, perfect snowflake, is the love of an amazing woman.

Peters is an American fiction writer who lived in both Philadelphia and

Toronto after studying at Second City in Chicago. He has since returned

to his beloved mitten-shaped state, Michigan, settling in Ann Arbor.

FIREFLY: A SKYRAIDER’S STORY ABOUT AMERICA’S SECRET WAR OVER LAOSDick Diller (University of Oklahoma, 1963) recounts his time spent

at 20,000 feet as a warplane pilot during the Vietnam conflict in his

thrilling autobiographical book Firefly: A Skyraider’s Story about

America’s Secret War Over Laos.

Diller illustrates his days commissioned to fly A-1 Skyraiders in

harrowing nighttime missions over Laos—surviving not only the

danger of the missions, but also the rigors of the Air Force, from fitness

testing to additional duties assigned, to attacking impossible-to-find

targets in the dead of night with minimal fuel supplies. Additionally,

Firefly contains actual transcriptions of dialogue of pilots locating a

target and making a strike in northern Laos.

Born and raised in Princeton, Ill., Diller graduated with a degree in finance

and received an officer’s commission in the United States Air Force

through ROTC. When the Air Force needed pilots for the Vietnam War,

Diller was assigned to fly A-1 Skyraiders at Nakhon Phanom RTAFB,

Thailand, where he completed 203 missions, mostly at night, over Laos.

FROM SILICON VALLEY TO SWAZILAND, HOW ONE COUPLE FOUND PURPOSE AND ADVENTURE IN AN ENCORE CAREERRick Walleigh (MIT, 1970) debuted his first non-fiction piece in April,

From Silicon Valley to Swaziland, How One Couple Found Purpose

and Adventure in an Encore Career, detailing his life after ditching a

high-powered Silicon Valley career in 2005 to volunteer his time

and energy in Africa.

Walleigh and his wife, Wendy, who joined him on this post-retirement

excursion, are a fraction of the tidal wave of late career baby boomers

who are healthy and motivated to do something beneficial for society.

The book illustrates the Walleighs’ journey from the moment they made

the decision to go to Africa, the details of their work in Swaziland and

Kenya, and the many strange, frustrating and fascinating facets

of African culture and daily life.

To conclude his first literary work, Walleigh provides recommendations

and a challenge to readers to pursue encore careers to benefit the lives

of others while enriching their own. All royalties from the book will be

donated to TechnoServe: Business Solutions to Poverty, a nonprofit that

develops business solutions to alleviate poverty by connecting people to

information, capital and markets.

THE COMPLEXIan Randall Wilson’s (MIT, 1977) award-winning novel,

The Complex, takes readers through a dark and tenuous,

earthquake-rattled Los Angeles where the very fabric of

society begins to unweave. The disturbing yet humorous

futuristic depiction of a California on the precipice of

destruction won Wilson the 2014 Colony Collapse Press

Novella Competition.

Ian Randall Wilson’s short stories and poetry have appeared in many

journals including The Gettysburg Review, Alaska Quarterly Review

and North American Review. He has an MFA in poetry from Warren

Wilson College, and is on the faculty of the writing program at the

UCLA extension. He is the author of two previous short story

collections and the novella, Great Things Are Coming.

THREE WITNESSES: A PAINTER, A PRISONER, A PEASANTGeorge Custodi (Iowa State University, 1969) penned his

non-fiction text, Three Witnesses: A Painter, A Prisoner,

A Peasant, after receiving his father’s diary from his time

as a WWII Italian officer. After coming across two other

such personal journals of the war, Custodi combined

the three accounts to create a WWII memoir from three distinct

perspectives: a painter, a prisoner and a peasant.

The collection of anecdotes and thoughts, available in both English

and Italian, gives readers a unique view of WWII, illuminating three

experiences taking place simultaneously during a period of global

turmoil. The three Italians and their devastating accounts shed

unique light on the individual impact of the war and also of human

perseverance and tenacity.

Custodi dedicates the net proceeds from the sale of this book to a

scholarship program dedicated to one of the three witnesses at the

University of South Carolina-Aiken.

SILVER LAKE CHRONICLES: EXPLORING AN URBAN OASIS IN LOS ANGELESMichael Locke (George Washington University, 1967),

along with co-author Vincent Brook, penned the

first book on the history and lure of Silver Lake, Calif.,

titled Silver Lake Chronicles: Exploring an Urban Oasis

in Los Angeles. Forbes Magazine named Silver Lake

as the “Best Hipster Neighborhood in the United States” in 2012,

and Locke’s narrative fleshes out the celebrities and historical

inhabitants that make the urban oasis a must-visit spot.

Locke served on the first Silver Lake Neighborhood Council as Region

1 representative and vice chair, and was founder of the Beautification

Committee. Since 2003, he has edited and published the Silver Lake

News, an online community newspaper.

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B R O T H E R S I N E N T E R T A I N M E N T & M E D I A

Duane AllenTexas A&M-Commerce, 1965In late March, the lead singer of the Oak Ridge Boys and his band

mates were named as 2015 inductees into the Country Music

Hall of Fame. Along with guitarist Grady Martin and The Browns

singing group, the Oaks will be formally inducted during a

medallion ceremony later this year.

Drew CareyKent State University, 1979On a special April Fool’s Day show, the current “Price is Right” host

since 2007 invited his predecessor, Bob Barker (Sigma Nu), to greet

the audience at the start of the show. Barker hosted the show from

1972 until retiring in 2007.

Chip ChineryMiami University, 1986He appeared on the April 29 ABC-TV’s “The Middle” comedy

series, reprising Clark, the frugal Hoosier grocery store manager.

His latest national Toyota radio commercial spot is done in the

vocal style of longtime Dodgers sportscaster Vin Scully.

Timothy J. CoxMarietta College, 1999As a character actor based in New York, Cox continues to work in

short films, TV series and on stage. His credits in 2015 include TV

series “Castle Secrets & Legends,” TV series documentary “Most

Evil,” short film “Trading Hands,” short film “Misophonia” and

short film “Total Performance.”

Will FerrellUniversity of Southern California, 1990 Ferrell was recently honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of

Fame. In mid-March during major league baseball spring training,

he received national coverage for the fight against cancer by

playing 10 positions for 10 teams in one day. His latest film, “Get

Hard,” had total US sales of $86,168,000 and should be released on

DVD at the end of July. Upcoming projects include reuniting with

Mark Wahlberg in the comedy “Daddy’s Home,” which may be out

near the end of this year, and is currently filming “Zoolander 2” for

a 2016 release.

Stephen GaghanUniversity of Kentucky, 1987The former Oscar and Golden Globe winning director’s new film

project for 2016 is serving as co-writer and director for “Gold,”

which is in pre-production currently. His lead actor is Matthew

McConaughey (University of Texas, 1992.)

JT HodgesTexas Christian University, 2000On April 22, the country singer announced the release of his six-

song EP “Locks on Doors,” which includes the title track, hit single

“Ray Bans” and four other new songs.

Mickey Liddell

University of Oklahoma, 1984As a film producer, Liddell has two new projects in production.

Scheduled for release in late 2015 after shooting in Prague this

summer is “Anthropoid.” The film focuses on two Czechoslovak

soldiers who are sent to assassinate the head of the Nazi SS in 1941.

Liddell’s film “Risen” tells the New Testament story of the first 40

days after the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Release date of “Risen”

is Jan. 22, 2016.

Thad Luckinbill & Trent LuckinbillUniversity of Oklahoma, 1997After a good career as an actor, Thad Luckinbill and his twin

brother, Trent, formed the Black Label Media production company

in 2014 and have been involved in several film projects, including

“Begin Again” with Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo, “The Good

Lie” with Reese Witherspoon and “Scicario,” starring Josh Brolin

and Emily Blunt, has a planned September release in theaters.

Thad recently had a co-star role in the April 22 episode of CBS-TV’s

“Criminal Minds” series.

James MarsdenOklahoma State University, 1995Marsden is currently starring in eight episodes of HBO Sci-FI

series “Westworld” (based on a 1973 film) and has co-starred in

three new 2015 movies out this spring: “Accidental Love” (now on

DVD), “Unfinished Business” and “The D Scene”, out May 8 with

co-star Jack Black.

David SchwimmerNorthwestern University, 1988Schwimmer is playing lawyer Robert Kardashian in the 10-episode

FX anthology series “The People Versus O.J. Simpson.”

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BASKETBALL Several Delt head coaches in the college ranks had successful

seasons once again. In his 12th season at Baylor, Scott Drew

(Butler University, 1993), led his Bears squad to a 24-10 record

and fifth appearance in the NCAA Division I Tournament. His

career record is now 228-160. DePauw head coach Bill Fenlon

(Northwestern University, 1979), in his 23rd season, took his

squad to its fifth berth in the NCAA Division III Tournament

and a 20-10 record. Over 30 seasons as a college head coach,

Fenlon’s career record is now 502-282. Returning for his

sixth season as head coach at Hartwick College was

Todd McGuinness (Bethany College, 2002), who posted

a 15-11 record.

After two seasons with a combined 57-43 record as head

coach of the NBA Development League’s Rio Grande Vipers,

Nevada Smith (Bethany College, 2002) was released by the

Houston Rockets, the Viper’s parent organization, on April 21.

Mike Bratz (Stanford University, 1977) is still with the National

Basketball Association’s Sacramento Kings as assistant general

manager. Seeing action in 11 games for the Stevens Tech

squad was forward Michael Signer ’17 while forwards

Tre’ Campbell and Esteban Vidal were members of the

17-12 LaGrange squad.

SKIING Serving as captain of the 12 man Babson alpine skiing

squad was Kevin Dachos, who was joined by nine other

Delts. He placed 18th in slalom competition at the USCSA

Eastern regionals meet. The top competitor on the squad

was Carter Dowd who earned All-American honors for

the third straight year as Babson placed seventh in the grand

slalom event and tied for sixth in combined statistics at

Mount Bachelor. At the USCSA Eastern regionals slalom event,

T.J. Pope placed 10th, Sam Barber was 19th and Graham

Quisenberry finished 23rd. Named to the All-MacConnell

Division squad were Dachos, Dowd, Barber and Pope. Also

competing for Babson over the winter were Jack Barber,

Max Barber, John Boland, Kevin Cooke and Sam Foster.

WRESTLING Three-time Presidents’ Athletic Conference champion Jacob

Spearman competed at the NCAA Division III championship

meet and led a group of six Delt wrestlers on the Washington

& Jefferson team. Prior to the DIII meet, he placed third at 133

pounds at the Mideast Regional meet. For the season, he led

the squad with a high 30 wins and 15 pins. Dan Pommerer

posted 14 wins and placed third at 141 pounds at the Mideast

Regional. Also seeing action for the Washington & Jefferson

squad were Nicholas Kumburis (285 pounds, three pins),

Samuel Horowitz Soyos (285 pounds), Declan Haggerty

(165 pounds) and John Swann (133 pounds). Jordan Burgess

was a member of the Baker Wrestling squad.

SWIMMING The Wittenberg swim team featured 11 Delts, all of

whom competed at the North Coast Athletic Conference

championship meet. A.J. Burt had fifth place finishes with

the 200 and 400 medley relay teams; was sixth in the 100 yard

backstroke; eighth in the 200 yard breaststroke; and ninth in

the 400 IM event.

Stephen Stuthers was fifth on the 200 and 400 medley relay

teams; 10th in the 200 backstroke and 400 IM; and 12th in

the 100 backstroke. Jared Crum had fifth place finishes on

the 200 and 400 medley relays. Ed Young placed 14th in the

1,650 freestyle race while Lucas George finished 15th in the

1,650 freestyle event and 16th in the 400 IM. Other Wittenberg

competitors were Sean Oberschlake (17th in the 400 IM),

Joe Casedonte, Nicholas Rittenhouse, Patrick Rittenhouse

and Andrew Tengen.

Five of the eight Delt swimmers on the Albion squad competed

at the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association meet.

Kyle Harvey placed second in two MIAA events: 100 freestyle

(10:39.92) and 1,650 freestyle (17:12.94). Garrett Bosworth

finished second in the MIAA 200 butterfly (2:01.84) and also

competed in the 50 freestyle and 100 butterfly events. At the

MIAA meet, Charles Shinske had the team’s third best times

in the 50,100 and 200 backstroke events. Nicholas Deppner

had a time of 22.05 in the MIAA 50 yard event and also in

the 100 freestyle and butterfly events. During the winter, Blake

Blair swam the team’s top 1000 freestyle time of 10:21.81. Tom

Martin had a best 200 freestyle time (1:57.38) at a January quad

meet and teammate Justin DuChene competed in the 200

breaststroke for Albion. Parker Greene of M.I.T. swam on the

winning 1,650 yard relay at the NEWMAC championship. Also

on his team were Michael Chen and Evan Olin.

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BASEBALL As the 2015 major league baseball regular season reached

halfway, Drew Stanton (Stanford University, 2011) of the

Washington Nationals had regained his spot as the team’s

closer. Through games he posted a 1.83 earned run average and

28 saves. Relief pitcher Bo Schultz (Northwestern University,

2008) was in the Toronto Blue Jays training camp but was

optioned to the Buffalo Bisons minor league club prior to the

start of the big league season.

Three former major leaguers are in the big leagues this season,

Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch (Stanford Unversity, 1995)

got off to a good start, posting a 49-42 record at the All-Star

berak. Serving as bench coaches in the American League

are Mike Aldrete (Stanford University, 1983) of the Oakland

Athletics and Steve Buechele (Stanford University, 1983) of the

Texas Rangers.

Returning as collegiate head coaches are Mark Marquess

(Stanford University, 1969) in his 39th season at his alma mater;

Mark Machtolf (Stanford University, 1987) in his 12th year

at Gonzaga University; and Ed Sprague (Stanford University,

1989) also in his 12th year at University of the Pacific. Stanford’s

Alex Dunlap started 38 of the first 39 games (playing at first

base, catcher and the outfield); Stanford catcher Matt Decker,

started five of the first seven contests before being injured;

Lawrence infielder Matthew Holliday was named to All-

Midwest Conference team. Also playing were pitcher-outfielder

Dalton Boucher of Wittenberg and outfielder Michael Mule

of Stevens Tech.

GOLFThe Fraternity’s top professional golfer, Scott Dunlap

(University of Florida, 1984), earned Rookie of the Year honors

on the 2014 Champions Tour after recording the best earnings

total ($1,100, 891) of his career, thanks to six Top 10 finishes. His

previous best money year was 2000 when he earned $1,040,244

on the PGA Tour. With earnings of $221,541 so far at six 2015

tournaments, including a fourth place finish at the ACE Group

Classic, Dunlap is on his way to another big year on the links.

Our best collegiate golfer this spring was Tee-K Kelley of

Ohio State, who ranked second on the Buckeyes squad with

a 73.68 average over 28 rounds. He tied for third (213) at the

Jack Nicklaus Invitational and tied for seventh (210, including

a 67) at the Lone Star Invitational. Kelly played in the Big Ten

tournament in late April and tied for 32nd (301). OSU teammate

Sean Bush played 12 rounds and averaged 76.92. Logan Holt

of Butler tied for 12th at the Big East tournament, shooting a 228

total (including a 70). Over 25 rounds, he averaged 76.4. Other

Delt golfers this season included Christian Bickley of Baker,

Ryan Clark of Lawrence, Blake Harris of Westminster and

the Albion duo of Dan Bespalko and Andrew Martin.

TRACK & FIELDJavelin thrower Taylor Wilson of Idaho had a throw of 183’3”

in a fifth place finish at the outdoor Cougar Invitational meet

and also had a fifth place throw (179’8”) at the Mike Keller

Invitational. At the University Athletic Association outdoor

meet, Case Western Reserve high jumper Graeham Heil

placed second with a 6’2” leap. Teammate Jason Lockamy

competed in several weight throws. Pole vaulter Matt Bush

of Baker reached 13’7” at the Pittsburg State Invitational.

Other teammates seeing action were Seth Ahart, Andrew

Heim, Joe Linder, Andrew Dare and Jamie Steurey.

Distance runner Jon Osman of Wittenberg was 16th in the

indoor NCAC 5000 and Amen Galley was a good sprinter

for DePauw. Other track & field athletes of note this spring

are distance runner Maxwell Korten of Moravian, Dalton

Sendelbach of Lawrence, William Civatte of Monmouth

and Albion competitors Alex Dermody, Cristino Hoban,

Ben Kolanowski, Brant McCollum, Drew Snider, Andrew

Strzelecki and Jon Wylie.

OTHER SPORTS On the tennis court this spring were Delts from a number of

schools. Thomas Manning was a leading player for Allegheny

and was joined by teammates Samarth Gopal and Tyler

Triolo. Westminster doubles partners Nate Connell and

Peter Hasenmueller won All-SLIAC honorable mention in

number one doubles play. Teammate Reese Hicks was also

on the squad. John Wylie of Moravian and his partner had

the top doubles record (15-8) on their squad. Other players

seeing action included Justin McGinnis of Marietta, Ryan

Kynast of Albion, Freddy Daum of Case Western Reserve

plus Wittenberg duo Dennis Gleason and Jialang Woo.

Competing for M.I.T. in volleyball was Alex Klein while

chapter mate Scott Robinson was on M.I.T.’s fencing squad.

Competing on the rowing squad at San Diego were Luke

Uetrecht, Matt Kaumeyer and Jack Pokasky.

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M e e t O u r C o n s u l t a n t s

JOSH CLAYTON, a econd-year consultant, is a 2014 graduate of Appalachian State University, located in the mountains of North Carolina. During his undergraduate experience Josh earned his degree in advertising and was an active member of Iota Kappa Chapter. His career objective is to become a creative director at a global advertising agency.

Originally from Richfield, North Carolina (in the greater Charlotte area), Josh enjoys spending time outdoors, cooking, attending concerts, and watching his favorite sports teams.

CODY DEWRELL is returning for his second year as a chapter consultant after traveling the Midwest and North last year. He is originally from Smyrna, Ga. Dewrell graduated in December 2014 from Kennesaw State University with a degree in sports management. During his undergraduate career, he served Iota Theta as philanthropy chairman, secretary and chapter president. Also while in college he served on the executive council for IFC and worked as the operations intern for the Kennesaw State football team.

Outside of Delta Tau Delta, Cody enjoys cheering on his local Atlanta Braves, Hawks and Falcons.

NICK GAULIN hails from Woonsocket, R.I., and graduated from Sacred Heart University in May 2015 with a degree in media studies. During his time as an undergraduate, he was an orientation leader, sang in the choir, and was heavily involved with the SHU Campus Ministry office. Nick was a founding father of the Iota Tau Chapter and served his chapter as the Guide and alumni chairman. He has attended two Eastern Division Conferences and the 2014 New Orleans Karnea.

Following his chapter leadership consultant career, Nick will pursue a career in play-by-play sports radio broadcasting, hoping to someday be the radio play-by-play broadcaster for his beloved Boston Red Sox.

Meet Our ConsultantsThe chapter leadership consultant position provides values-based educational programming to undergraduate chapter members. Chapter consultants serve as an ambassador of the Fraternity from the Central Office to support chapters in areas of operations, finance, recruitment, programing, Ritual performance and understanding, and alumni relations. Chapter consultants also facilitate communication between the national organization, the local campus chapter and the respective higher education institution.

The chapter leadership consultants for the 2015-16 academic year:

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Born and raised in Columbia, Mo., CONNOR HOLLRAH earned degrees in business administration-finance and mathematics at Westminster College. As an undergraduate in the Delta Omicron Chapter, Hollrah served as the treasurer. In his post-consultant career, Hollrah plans to begin working or continue his education in the finance field.

Originally from Carpentersville, Ill., ALEX KOSMAS attended the Illinois Institute of Technology where he received his degree in applied mathematics. As a Gamma Beta undergraduate, he served as Road chairman, new member educator and chapter president. He also worked at the university’s office of campus life and served on the university strategic planning committee.

After his tenure as a consultant, Kosmas plans to attend graduate school to focus on a career in data science.

ZACH PASKER, hailing from Manchester, Iowa, is a second-year consultant. He earned his degree in political science at the University of Iowa. As an undergraduate in the Omicron Chapter during its colonization period, Pasker was not only a founding father of the colony but he also served as vice president, recruitment chairman and Road chairman.

Pasker’s post-consultant career trajectory includes attending law school and becoming an attorney.

Second-year consultant ANDREW SCHREINER obtained his finance degree in 2014 from the University of Iowa where he served as president and treasurer of the Om