the same goal and who can inspire a young man to work hard in pursuit of that degree. Having adult advisors to the chapter also provides positive male role models to some young men who might otherwise be without.
By Patrick W. McGovern, Indiana ’99
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rothers and Friends of Acacia, greetings and welcome to the Winter 2019 Triad! In this issue, we are excited to share some substantial updates on Acacia Fraternity today, and our plans for the future. We are especially excited to include our new brand identity and Strategic Plan! First, a few thoughts from where I sit. The Value of Fraternity Today It may seem to some who see occasional articles about concerning conduct among some fraternity members that the outlook for fraternities is not good. I’d like to offer some counterpoints. A recently-posted article by a colleague of mine, the CEO of Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity, Patrick Jessee, states the case more comprehensively than I have space for here, please do see article in full: https://nicfraternity.org/advocating-for-thefraternity-experience/ First, there is no excuse for instances of behavior that is illegal or violates our policies, and that there will always be an educational component to our organizations when a member or chapter has strayed from their obligations and commitments.
At a time when there are no other exclusively male-only spaces on college campuses for men to have friendship, brotherhood, accountability, and positive role models, the role that a fraternity can play in supporting and challenging a young man to be the best that he can be is unmatched anywhere else on campus. There is something special and worth preserving about men having a space where they can express their emotions and confusions (vulnerabilities) to other men. You may have heard about some universities that are seeking to eliminate single-gender organizations. I encourage you to visit Standuptoharvard.org for more information about this issue. Acacia is committed to fighting this sort of action by colleges. If you’d like to know more about this topic send me an email at patrick@ acacia.org. In closing, I can tell you that Acacia Fraternity is at our highest membership level in 25 years! With the addition of the LSU Colony, the number of Fall Pledges increased by 18% this year! I hope that throughout these pages, you will see that Acacia has much to be excited about!
However, at a time when face-to-face communication and connection seems to be decreasing while online communication increases, a fraternity offers a unique social support network where young men still come together in-person to plan, reflect, solve problems, share personal challenges, debate, study, and learn to modify their Fraternally, behavior as they grow and develop. At a time when less men are graduating from college (25% less men than women) and when studies have shown a positive correlation between fraternity membership and graduation, a fraternity offers a group of peers who are striving toward 1
Patrick McGovern, Indiana ‘99 Executive Director Acacia Fraternity
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Executive Director Patrick W. McGovern Indiana ’99
Director of Communications & Education Benjamin B. Turconi California ’12
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INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF ACACIA FRATERNITY 2018-2020 International President Scott H. Meyer St. Cloud State ’89
International Treasurer Robert W. Mickam Texas ’87
First Vice President Andrew K. Sherman Iowa State ’11
International Counselor Jackson H. Aaberg Missouri ’12
Second Vice President Justin M.M. Kaplan Carleton ’07
Judge Advocate Jeffrey H. Jordan Ohio State ’84
Undergraduate Counselor Jonathan R. Ahrens Iowa State ’15
Undergraduate Counselor Daniel P. Whelan Purdue ’16
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ACACIA FRATERNITY FOUNDATION BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2018-2019 President Amos D. Meyers Jr. Shippensburg ’66 Vice President Kris R. Lutt Nebraska ’90
Executive Director Darold W. Larson Washington State ’81
Secretary James Katsaounis Ohio ’95
Treasurer William A. Utic Cornell ’74
Directors Dr. John C. Barber Purdue ’58, Emeritus
John B. Pugh Iowa State ’50, Emeritus
John F. Beering Purdue ’88, Emeritus
William M. Riley Kansas State ’60, Emeritus
Dwyte E. Brooks Northwestern ’69
Robert E. Roberson Illinois Wesleyan ’74
Gerald C. Cook Shippensburg ’66
Michael L. Rollins Washington ’87
Aaron P. Darcy Indiana ’95
Larry E. Schroeder Georgia ’77
Brian R. Durst Wisconsin ’87
L. Dennis Smith Indiana ’56, Emeritus
David L. Ferguson Indiana ’74
Donald W. Solanas Jr. Louisiana State ’68
Guy Gebhardt Illinois Wesleyan ’66
Phil Sutton Ohio State ’88
Mark R. Guidry Jr. Louisiana State ’57
Byron A. Tabor Iowa ’78
Ronald T. Hopkins Syracuse ’69
Robert G. Travnicek, M.D. Kansas ’59
Andrew Jee Oregon State ’87
Michael C. Tu California ’91
David R. Quick Rensselaer ’93
Dewayne E. Ullsperger Nebraska ’82
Dr. John B. Lane Vermont ’57, Emeritus
Rick Williams Grand Valley State ‘00
John W. Wedgwood Purdue ’60, Emeritus
CONTACT ACACIA HEADQUARTERS AT: communications@acacia.org or at (317) 872-8210 acacia.org
6 BUILDING MEN OF ACTION The 2018 Strategic Plan of Acacia Fraternity will serve as a lamppost on our journey to improve the fraternity over the next four years. Learn more about the goals of the strategic plan and the timeline to achieve them.
11 A NEW MARK FOR A NEW ERA Acacia underwent a year-long process of discovery and interrogation of our meanings, values, and visual marks. Read about the process and the unveiling of the new marks at our 2018 Conclave.
17 CHAPTER NEWS AND UPDATES Our chapters are doing amazing things. From high GPAs to record human service hours, see what your chapter has been up to this last semester.
3 PRESIDENT’S LETTER 5 CONCLAVE AWARDS 15 EXPANSION NEWS AND UPDATES 26 AFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S LETTER 30 ALUMNI NEWS AND NOTES 33 CHAPTER ETERNAL ADDRESS CHANGES, CORRESPONDENCE AND MATERIAL FOR PUBLICATION MAY BE MAILED TO:
TRIAD Editor, Acacia Fraternity, 12721 Meeting House Road, Carmel, Indiana 46032; or emailed to: communications@acacia.org. All submissions are subject to editing for space and clarity. Standard postage paid in Indianapolis, IN.
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INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT’S LETTER
Letter from the International President Hello Brothers! I am both humbled and honored to be writing to you as the new International Council President of Acacia Fraternity. I take great pride in being able to serve Acacia Fraternity. Whether that be at the local, state, or international levels. All that matters to me is one question, “How can I help?” This fall will be my 30th anniversary of the day I became an Acacian. It definitely doesn’t seem like that long ago that I was living in the Saint Cloud State chapter house. Maybe that’s because I have so many fond memories. I was quite active as an undergraduate serving 4 years on the Executive Council; holding the Philanthropy chair, Junior Dean, Treasurer and finally the Venerable Dean titles. I joined the Minnesota Acacia Alumni Association (MAAA) Board of Directors right out of college as the secretary for a few years before moving to Richmond, Virginia and Atlanta, Georgia for work. Upon moving back to Minnesota, I helped restart the MAAA, which had disbanded while I was away. Since then I served as the MAAA President for 13 years and recently stepped down from that role to become the President of our newly formed St. Cloud State House Corporation Board. I don’t think most of this would be possible without the love and support of my wife Jennifer. Since the day we met twenty-eight plus years ago, she has always been there to help provide encouragement or understanding when Acacia calls. We also have two beautiful daughters, Courtney (13) and Kenna (7) to help keep us busy. At Conclave 2018, along with our new branding, we also embarked on an all new strategic
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plan and I’d like to take this opportunity to tell you a little more about it. The plan was developed over a 10-month process with the help of dedicated brothers. The brothers involved were representatives of both the undergraduate and alumni ranks including the AFF, Headquarters staff, contributing chapter alumni, undergraduate leaders, and the Council. The International Council is the governing body of the Fraternity, elected by the Conclave, and led by the International President. This term, I have challenged all the Council members to help move the fraternity forward by placing focus on an area of responsibility. A few areas of focus are areas to help keep membership costs down, a more focused alumni volunteering structure, and better data analytics to help us tell our story in a more concise and relevant way. In closing, I would like to share a philosophy on communication that is dear to my heart. That is the aspect of transparency. With this in mind, I believe an open door policy is paramount. This is an idea that I have always tried to follow. Whether it being the Venerable Dean of the St. Cloud State Chapter, MN Acacia Alumni Association or St. Cloud State HCB President and now as the International Council President I believe this policy is helpful to make sure everyone feels they have a part in Acacia. Together, we will move our fraternity forward and ensure the next generation is guaranteed a “fine fraternal experience” and become “Men of Action!” All I need from you is to let me know, “How can I help?” In Brotherhood,
Scott Meyer SCS, 152 President, International Council
PAST PRESIDENT’S LETTER
To the Brothers of Acacia Fraternity: Last summer’s Acacia International Fraternity 60th Biennial Conclave in New Orleans was a great time of learning, fellowship, and brotherhood! One of the highlights of Conclave was that all the living past International Presidents of Acacia were in attendance—we believe this is the first time all living past presidents had been together at a Conclave since the 1970s! As I concluded my term as International President at Conclave, I look back on my Acacia experience and, while at Conclave, was reminded why I (like many others) have joined our beloved Fraternity—because of who we are—our commitment to Human Service, Leadership Development, and Life-long Friendships. Since I was first elected to the International Council in 2008 as the International 2nd Vice President and then subsequently elected International President in 2014; we’ve seen our Fraternity grow, develop and improve itself exponentially in terms of quality of membership, sustainability and growth of undergraduate chapters, and improved headquarters operations. That said, we’ve also witnessed significant changes occurring with Greek Life on college campuses. To address these emerging issues, we’ve continually enhanced our programming to educate our undergraduate brothers on issues such as sexual assault and bystander intervention, alcohol abuse concerns (by prohibiting alcohol above 15% ABV in chapter houses – a new standard agreed to by all NIC fraternities), and hazing prevention by implementing new approaches to membership education via Cornerstones. All this, however, will be for-naught if our alumni brothers fail to step-up and support our undergraduate chapters. As the undergraduate culture continues to change on college campuses, alumni involvement and support through a more engaged alumni advisory is more necessary now than ever before if we, as Acacians, desire to have our chapters continue to see success. I challenge every Acacia brother reading this to reflect on the ideals of Acacia that are important and how he can support the educational and leadership development of his local chapter. Looking ahead, I wish all the best to our 27th International President of Acacia Fraternity, Brother Scott Meyer, as he along with the International Council and Headquarters Staff, under the leadership of Executive Director Patrick McGovern, continue to work diligently to ensure Acacia Fraternity continues to build upon its recent successes and its historical legacy. As our Fraternity moves forward, it will be equally necessary for the Acacia Fraternity Foundation to increase its financial support to the Fraternity for the increased level of educational programming for the undergraduates in addition to the current support for academic scholarships, Acacia Leadership Academy programming and Cornerstones engagement. However, in order for the AFF to increase its support for the Fraternity’s educational programming—each of us, as Acacia alumni, will be asked to make a contribution to the Acacia Fraternity Foundation. Thank you Brothers for the opportunity to serve you as Acacia’s 26th International President. It’s truly an experience that I will forever remember. Sincerely and Fraternally, Jeremy Davis Immediate Past International President—Acacia International Fraternity
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PILLAR 1: GROWTH Pillar 1: Growth The fraternity has the largest total membership in over twenty-four years and we intend to continue that trend of growth. Because Acacians are Men of Action, we are ready to appeal to a new generation of college students.
Objective 1.1 - Reinforce Active Chapters
Maintain base of existing chapters and support individual chapter growth –– Grow Membership to 1250 members by Fall 2020, 1500 members by 2022 –– Targeted annual membership retention rates of 86% by 2019-11-01, 87% by 2020, 88% by 2021, 89% by 2022
Objective 1.2 - Expand Acacia
Increase expansion operations consistently and diligently –– 2 Expansions per year for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 academic years –– 3 Expansions per year for the 2020-21 and 2021-2022 academic years –– 4 Expansions per year for the 2023-24 academic year
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Pillar 2: Communications With a reinvigorated brand and an improved communications network, Acacia is prioritizing communications in order to bring brothers together.
Objective 2.1 - Elevate Acacia Brand
Raise Awareness of Acacia Brand and maintain consistency in Acacia Brand –– Educate chapters and members on the new Acacia brand strategy and how to use it in chapter operations starting in the 2018-19 academic year, and every semester through 2022 –– Educate alumni on the new message starting 2018-19 academic year, and every semester through 2022
Objective 2.2 - Amplify myFraternity Stories
Aid and assist brothers in telling their “Why Acacia” story –– Help each chapter develop their “Why Acacia” story and a clear brand for their campus starting in the 2018-19 academic year, then annually through 2022
Objective 2.3 - Boost Social Content
Increase social media relevance, content, & following –– Double the number positive “Acacia Stories Told” by May 2019; triple the number by 2020 –– Publish one (1) video post per month during the academic year
Objective 2.4 - Increase Alumni Communications
Increase regular communications to our alumni with alumni-specific content –– Publish a regular “Advisor Bulletin” to specifically target Chapter Advisors and House Corp. Presidents by Spring 2019 –– Publish alumni-related content (e.g. how to engage your alumni base, etc.) by Fall 2019
PILLAR 2: COMMUNICATIONS
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PILLAR 3: MEMBERSHIP EDUCATION Pillar 3: Membership Education Joining a fraternity is not an experience with a finite beginning and end point. We want to ensure all segments of our membership benefit from a continuous experience of learning and growth.
Objective 3.1 - One Membership Experience
To provide a consistent membership education experience for ALL members of Acacia & Facilitate ongoing “traditional Acacia” education and training –– Develop a membership education program that is required for all chapters to utilize by Conclave 2020. Implement during 2020-21
Objective 3.2 - Prepare Tomorrow’s Leaders
To provide education on life skills in order to prepare our members as successful college students and for life after college –– Complete evaluation of existing on-line life skills education tools and select tool that will best meet our needs (with potential customization) by Fall 2019. –– Implement (with customization to meet our needs) an on-line life skills education product by Fall 2020
Objective 3.3 - Promote Resilience
To Provide Education on Mental Health and Wellness to ALL members of Acacia –– Provide mental health and wellness education and training to ALL members by September 2020
Objective 3.4 - Enhance Officer Education
To provide excellent and effective officer training, preparation, and resources –– Broaden officer education by expanding the VD Summit, Regional Summits, and / or on-line training, by January 2020
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Pillar 4: Alumni Engagement Acacia Fraternity. Not just four years, but for life. We are committed to improving the lifelong Acacia experience and expanding opportunities to alumni engagement.
Objective 4.1 - Strengthen Advisory Support Establishing and strengthen Alumni Advisory Teams & develop accessible training for Advisors –– Host quarterly Chapter Advisor “town halls”/ video chats, starting Fall 2019
Objective 4.2 - Boost Chapter Alumni Engagement
Boost alumni engagement with chapters –– Encourage every chapter to complete the following three items, annually, by May 2020: (1) Two or more Newsletters per year (2) Verified alumni speakers for Cornerstones talks, (3) Host or help plan an Annual Alumni event –– Acacia HQ to Include alumni engagement training for undergraduates at Conclave/ ALA/VD Summit starting with VD Summit 2019
Objective 4.3 - Encourage Alumni Involvement
Grow the number of involved alumni and establish individual relationships between member & Fraternity –– Verify 50% of chapters completion of Alumni Induction Ceremony by May 2019; 75% by May 2020; 90% by May 2021; sustain 90% –– Provide tools & resources for Alumni-to-Alumni engagement by August 2021
PILLAR 4: ALUMNI ENGAGEMENT
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ne of the most exciting - and subsequently boisterous - happenings of Conclave was the unveiling of a new wordmark for Acacia. With our membership levels reaching their highest point in over 24 years, and withstanding some of the most serious challenges fraternities have ever faced in the higher education landscape, Acacia is poised to begin a new period of growth and expansion. To bolster these efforts, the fraternity embarked upon a process to dreflect upon what are Acacia's strengths today, how is our identity articulated and represented by our members, and what can we do to consistently present this identity to Acacians and a broader public audience alike. The result so far has been, put simply, uniquely Acacian. Acacians recognize our fraternity as unique, and as our founders intended when settling on the name Acacia, much of that recognition stems from our distinct name. Defining just what makes us unique, aside from our name, is where things often get trickier. Nor is the name itself without controversy, as decades past saw movements to change Acacia’s name to feature Greek letters Alpha Alpha Alpha, being one example - in an effort to “sound more like the other fraternities.” Most of us can likely agree in retrospect that we are glad such efforts failed. And still, the conversation - often bordering on debate - is alive and well today. What is our fraternity all about? Why this name? How do we talk about being
different while not alienating ourselves from those who don’t yet know us? It was in this spirit, in an effort to articulate and visually represent that which is often esoteric about Acacia, and to stand as distinct among fraternities in this modern era, that the International Headquarters staff under the direction of the International Council engaged with Indianapolis-based branding agency, MilesHerndon, to create a new mark and visual identity for our fraternity. Through a six-month process of research, stakeholder interviews, and collaborative ideation, the result is a unique wordmark (customized font available only to Acacia), refreshed color palette of gold, blue, and green, and keywords that distill the six meanings of Acacia into approachable, youthful terms. With the unveiling of this new mark and supporting collateral at Conclave came a wave of vigorous discussion, largely pointing to the same decades-old questions - Why does it look the way it looks? What does it mean that it looks the way it looks? What does it say about us that it looks the way it looks? What is it that we even want to say about ourselves as Acacians - to ourselves, and to others? More questions arose. What are Acacia’s “official” marks and insignia? Where are they codified, and how do we change them, or stop them from changing? Pockets of brothers engaged in passionate debate. (Continued on next page)
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Primary Logo/Wordmark The primary, full-color logo is strong, classic, approachable and distinctive. It is a custom font made special for Acacia. No one else has access to it but the Fraternity
Primary Mark The mark is only used as a social avatar or as a complementary design graphic.
The Crest No changes have been made to the Coat of Arms (the image on the left without the Wordmark beneath it) but The Crest has been updated to include the new wordmark. It is when these elements are combined that one can see just how much the design of our beloved Coat of Arms has informed the design of the Logo and especially the Primary Mark.
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The Laws of Acacia and historical records were checked. Ad hoc committees went to work. They outlined cases for change, and for preservation. While the Laws of Acacia codify but a handful of insignia, the concept of a wordmark dates back only to the Centennial Conclave of 2004 when such a mark was revealed alongside a modernized, digital-friendly Coat of Arms. What better venue than the International Conclave with its representatives from all chapters across North America to determine this aspect of the future of our fraternity? If one result became clear through the entire exercise, it was that Acacians hold dear our values, our insignia, and our marks. Our unique identity. A resolution was put forward articulating as much, and the Conclave delegation voted nearly unanimously in support of the new wordmark and brand
identity, with a specific provision to ensure that no change be made to the Coat of Arms without the approval of the Conclave. More informally, numerous dedicated alumni and passionate active members asked to be included in future efforts to shape and strengthen Acacia’s brand identity. From our founding and our unique name, to the Masonic requirement, pre-pledge era, and ultimate dropping of any such requirement, to the adoption of specific plans and policies, and recognition of insignia and branding campaigns -- perhaps it is in these moments, with these diverse and passionate viewpoints and our ability to come together as Brothers around the principles and values that matter to us most, that truly defines Acacia.
The Six Meanings All Acacians are familiar with the six meanings of Acacia as outlined in the Pythagoras membership manual. But explaining these six meanings entailed distilling a page of text and a book’s worth of information surrounding the discussion of those meanings. To live the values of Acacia in our daily lives, it is important to know what the values are. Of course there is Virtue, Knowledge, and Truth, but the Six Meanings of Acacia are just as much a part of our value system as any other part of our history. 13
To explain the values of Acacia to prospective members, therefore, it is important to be able to explain - to distill - the six meanings of Acacia in approachable terms; what does “pollenize and perpetuate” really mean? Our efforts at the Headquarters served to make it easier to share what’s important to us with our communities. The following definitions and explanations do not replace the previous writings on the topic. Rather, they merely serve as an introduction for further discussion.
Distinctive Live and lead with distinction.
Active Hands on, men of action.
Creative Give life, change lives, create meaning.
Persistent Trusted, reliable, never changing.
Accountable To self and to one another.
Immortal Stand for something. Stand for good.
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ince Conclave, Acacia’s expansion and recruitment efforts have focused on the past, the present, and the future.
Currently, members from Acacia Headquarters staff have been working directly with several of our current chapters on how to best improve chapter recruitment practices. Additionally, we have seen growth from several of our current colonies. This semester, great steps have been taken for our future. This coming fall, our plan is to focus on current chapter and colony recruitment with the hopes of several colonies moving closer to their charter. There have been conversations with multiple universities about future expansions and we look forward to revealing these down the road. If you have any interest in being part of future expansion projects or have an idea for a university you would like Acacia Headquarters staff to look into, please email Director of Expansion and Recruitment Jerod Miles at jmiles@acacia.org.
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CURRENT EXPANSIONS AUBURN UNIVERSITY SPRING 2019 The first initiation for Auburn is less than a month away on April 13. The chapter already has a solid class of founding fathers, most of whom are in the Honors college. We look forward to initiating our first members to our newest colony.
HARRISONBURG
VENERABLE DEAN LUCAS WOLFE
lucato3@gmail.com This last semester, the Harrisonburg colony helped the Secret Boutique (secretboutique.org) get a headquarters in Harrisonburg. Their first Fall pledge class was very successful and we look forward to their contributions as brothers. They were very active in their community and showed up in numbers to numerous of JMU philanthropy events and bettered their Greek community relations. The colony continues to work on a path to chartering in the near future.
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VENERABLE DEAN BRADEN BRIGNAC
bbriggs667@gmail.com The LSU Colony has already initiated 50 brothers and have held officer elections for the first executive board. The colony sent their VD and Recruitment chairmen to the Lee Kearney Venerable Dean and Recruitment Summit in January. Leadership Consultant Kodjo Awadjie, Washington State ‘16, is on-site for the duration of the semester as the colony re-establishes their operations and chargers towards chartering.
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VENERABLE DEAN JAKOB TAYMAN
j98tayman@gmail.com
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Getting a four person pledge class added a lot to the brotherhood. Getting a new house was a catalyst for the newfound momentum of the colony. Over the last semester the brotherhood has grown closer together than in previous semesters. Washington looks forward to continuing on their path to chartering.
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CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES
CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES (as submitted by chapters during Fall 2018)
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VENERABLE DEAN TYLER JACOB
tjacob@asu.edu
We recruited our largest pledge class yet with 19 new members this Fall. We successfully moved in to our first house in the Greek Leadership Village, an entire residential area for Greek organizations. We won two different sorority philanthropies by helping raise up to $1,000 for the programs the sororities sponsored.
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VENERABLE DEAN CASEY COOPER
casecoop87@gmail.com
This semester we are looking to revamp our pledge education system and get caught up on our past debt.
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VENERABLE DEAN SPENCER HOLMES
hol5761@calu.edu
Over the past couple of years, Acacia has strived to do its part to help serve its community. We have annually assisted the town and participate in several community events to help not only the town, but the people in it. A couple of these events include, Acacia Claus, Town clean up, and the Trick-or-treat crossing guard work. As a fraternity centered and based around the idea of human service, we gladly contribute our honest share of efforts to help our community in any way that they need. As a chapter we have accomplished many goals that we’ve set for ourselves, but also, we have been recognized nationally. Just this summer we were awarded the Human Service Programming Award at Conclave for outstanding work in our community. Not only are we humbled by our accomplishment, but it has proven to our community that we are not just a fraternity, but a brotherhood that recognizes when help is needed. Thank you so much to the Alumni that
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had donated so that more active brothers could attend Conclave 2018. It has made a difference for the chapter and motivated active brothers to continue to improve the Fraternity. This academic school year our chapter main goal was recruitment. The chapter goal is to double its numbers of active brothers. In the current fall semester, we pinned 5 pledges in the pinning ceremony. The most pledges the chapter has had in the fall semester in the past years. We were able to succeed in recruitment by readjusting the chapter recruitment process.
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VENERABLE DEAN COLTON CRAWFORD
cjcrawford027@gmail.com Greetings Brothers!
Last semester, our Pledge Class raised over $250 for the Shepherds of Good Hope homeless shelter, created a new position of Junior Chapter Advisor, and marched in Pride again this year. We look forward to an exciting spring semester. So Live.
61 CENTRAL OKLAHOMA VENERABLE DEAN RYAN ROLLINS
rrollins28@gmail.com
Many of our members have stepped with our finances, which has allowed us to catch up on our past debt. Recruitment was revitalized and valued for the first time in a long time in our chapter and we recruited 5 awesome guys. Our young guys are starting to become leaders in the fraternity, taking a stronger leadership role in the chapter and ensuring we have a bright future.
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VENERABLE DEAN ALEXANDRE VAILLANCOURT
aguyv@hotmail.com Fall semester we had a super strong rush and initiated 22 members – which is double what we’ve done for the last three years! We have also taken the steps to have stronger financial management to ensure the financial security of the chapter for the future. Sorority relations have also improved this semester due to our efforts.
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rl663@cornell.edu
cmpurd1@ilstu.edu
VENERABLE DEAN RAYMOND LIAO
The Cornell Chapter has had an amazing semester thus far. I am proud to announce that we were recognized with two awards at this summer’s Conclave, Excellence in Dining Operations and Excellence in Alumni/ Chapter Publication. Many thanks to Brother Leung for continually producing amazing editions of our alumni magazine, The Traveler. If your chapter hasn’t received a copy, please let me know! In addition to that, we’ve done an amazing job in fulfilling our motto of Human Service. Our chapter is leading the IFC in terms of philanthropy, paving the way for the 32 other fraternities on campus. I’m incredibly proud of our growth and below is a picture from our participation in helping build an inclusive playground at Stewart Park. We’ve also been improving our connections with other fraternities and sororities on campus by holding mixers, participating in their philanthropic events and other social events. I’m confident that we will continue to reach greater heights in order to prepare ourselves as educated men.
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VENERABLE DEAN KEVIN LIPKIN
kevin.lipkin33@gmail.com
Fall semester we held a philanthropy event which raised over $3,000 for the Sinnick Foundation. We had 42 initial pledges and initiating 40, which is one of the best retention rates of any group. We are proud of the overall culture change in the house due to the changes we made. People are maintaining a clean house and are proud of our facility. Thank you to all of our alumni for their support in the past and future.
VENERABLE DEAN CLARK PURDY
The 2018 calendar year was quite an eventful one for the Illinois State Chapter. We had a successful spring and fall rush which led to our active chapter growing from 43 actives to 65 actives. The constant growth and development of our chapter has allowed us to continue at excelling in all of our pillars: Academics, Human Service, Brotherhood, and Leadership. Despite our continued growth we have continued to maintain a 3.0 GPA and serve as one of the highest fraternity GPA’s in IFC’s. We had 2 philanthropies in 2018 with the biggest one being our 4th Annual Acacia Claus. This year, our chapter raised $3,500 for the Toys for Tots Foundation and had a Gingerbread House Competition that brought together over 10 Greek organizations for one cause. It was great to give back to the community and we loved involving the larger Greek community in our cherished philanthropy. We also hosted a successful 7 Days of Service and we were the top fraternity in Spring 2018 for Service Hours. We hold dear to us our motto of Human Service and continue to hold it closely to us as we continue growing. Also, our brotherhood has continued to grow and prosper over the past year, with our dedicated Chaplain setting up multiple brotherhood events over the year for guys to come out and spend time with each other. Even as we grow, our brotherhood remains very tight-knit. Our chapter’s leadership was outstanding inside and outside of our fraternity. We had 2 brothers (Albert Lucenti and Ramiro Jimenez) serve on the IFC Executive Board for 2018, with Ramiro being the IFC President. Over the summer Ramiro was awarded the NIC Undergraduate Award of Distinction, an award that only 11 men in the country were selected for. Our leadership and involvement in the Greek community has been fantastic and we look to serve as an example for other organizations to follow. Our internal leadership was also outstanding and the entire 2018 Acacia Executive Board should all be proud of their accomplishments over the past year. While continuing to grow in size we still were able to uphold our values of our fraternity and pass the knowledge on to the new guys as they join. It’s been a great year at the Illinois State Chapter of Acacia and there are only bigger things to come in the near future.
54 ILLINOIS WESLEYAN VENERABLE DEAN STEPHEN VEGA
svega@iwu.edu
Fall semester we were most proud of our recruitment efforts, philanthropy, and our Homecoming activities. So Live.
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VENERABLE DEAN BRANIMIR ILIC
president@iuacacia.com
Our Academic Plan worked out very well in the fall semester and the Housing Corp Board spent $3,000 on tutoring fees to help us put Academics at the forefront of our priorities. Risk Management has improved significantly with our new leadership at the helm and our New Member Education has gotten a lot better under AJ and JT Forbes. Our bicycle team has been hard at work preparing for Little 500 and we look forward to a great weekend!
our tight-knit brotherhood will be an asset in the spring. We implemented a new academic program that I think improved our academics a lot and we held our first philanthropy this year, ‘Chest Day’ for Veterans Affairs. At the event, we held a push-up contest and we sold food to benefit the VA.
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VENERABLE DEAN RYAN WHITENER
whitener@iastate.edu
We didn’t have anybody willing to take Cornerstones Chair position, so Jon Ahrens took it on. He held a mini Cornerstones retreat where we talked about making sure people understood where the chapter was at and looking more inward than outward. Everybody understood the impact they have in the chapter and figured out what they could do to help wherever they could. We had a successful Alumni Homecoming Tailgate, driven to keep alumni involved in the chapter and continuing to hold it every year. Finally, we are working together with the HCB to finish planning the new house and are excited for the plans to move forward.
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VENERABLE DEAN MICHAEL PORTER
mcporter21@ksu.edu We held a new philanthropy this year called ‘Tropi-can-a’ which was a transition from the Back to school barbeque and it went super smoothly. The tone of the house this semester is improved from last year, the chapter seems much closer than they did last year, leading to better recruitment.
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VENERABLE DEAN DYLAN HYER
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PENNSYLVANIA
VENERABLE DEAN JOSH BROMLEY
joshbromley11@gmail.com
Fall semester we did more branching out with recruitment and created a study event for academics and recruitment where the students can interact with Greeks in a more positive way. Our brotherhood is focused more than ever and we look forward to improving our chapter as the academic year continues.
djhyer@millersville.edu
The Millersville Chapter of Acacia has succeeded above and beyond our goals and responsibilities so far this semester. We have participated and lead much of our college campus in human service and philanthropy. As always, we began the year by participating in “Movers and Shakers” helping move freshman into their dorms. We started off by organizing a blood drive within the first few weeks of school. We participated in
TOP 10 CHAPTERS BY ROLL (up to date to 1/1/2019)
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1 Indiana (2685)
6 Texas (1481)
connor-swim@uiowa.edu
2 Illinois (2614)
7 Nebraska (1374)
3 Purdue (2066)
8 Colorado (1308)
4 Penn State (2044)
9 Kansas State (1300)
5 LSU (1783)
10 New Hampshire (1263)
VENERABLE DEAN CONNOR SWIM
We came together as a brotherhood a lot this fall semester and know that
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VENERABLE DEAN MATTHEW PROPHIT
mattprophit@gmail.com
the annual Walk like MADD event held at the Philadelphia Zoo, with twenty-five members representing Team Steven Daverio; A fallen Brother of Acacia due to a drunk driver. Team Daverio’s goal was to reach $3,000 in donations. With the help of our friends, family, and fellow brothers we were able to raise well over our goal and reach $4,750 in donations. Acacia Claus is upon us and since we had such a success with last year’s Acacia Claus collaborating with Millersville Athletics, we will be doing so again this year. We received a shout-out on the local university radio station to give us an early start to spread awareness of our “Toy Toss” event during the Men’s and Women’s basketball game on December 2nd. Our Venerable Dean, Dylan Hyer, was named IFC president as well as President of the Its On Us Campaign. It’s On Us is a Sexual Assault Awareness campaign ran by Acacia and was named “campus program of the year”, Millersville’s highest honor. For risk management purposes, we took it upon ourselves to all get CPR/First Aid Certified and be prepared for any emergency. We will be getting certified through the American Red Cross and the class will be administered by our Former Venerable Dean and Chapter Advisor Nick Hench. We are excited to welcome a pledge class of 5 this fall semester! We increased the active chapter by 47% last year, winning the 47th challenge and we are on board to do the same this year. We look forward to a prosperous spring semester, as we continue to be the most successful chapter at Millersville University!
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VENERABLE DEAN MICHAEL BENDER
acaciamuvd@gmail.com Hello Brothers!
We are excited to announce that we were able to track down our original 1907 charter! The brotherhood has become closer together this semester and grades have increased this semester as well.
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VENERABLE DEAN DAKOTA DRENTH
djd007@morningside.edu No report received.
This fall semester has been a great one for the longest running Acacia Chapter! Nebraska Acacia has had the privilege of welcoming 15 great men into our brotherhood. We’ve had great service events like our Huskers Against Breast Cancer philanthropy which raised thousands of dollars for the Pink Ladies of Lincoln. Our Triad won UNL Homecoming week with the help of the ladies of Delta Gamma and Gamma Phi Beta. We also established a Parent’s Club to give our chapter more of a “Home Away from Home” feel for our members. Thank you to our alumni for the support they have given us this year! We look forward to keeping the ball rolling going into 2019. So Live!
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VENERABLE DEAN COLIN DEDRICK
cjdedrick18@gmail.com Greetings from Ohio Acacia!
The Ohio Chapter of the Acacia Fraternity has had a successful semester of recruitment, athletic and philanthropic excellence! After being awarded the New Member Recruitment Award at this summer’s 60th Biennial Conclave in New Orleans, Ohio Acacia recruited 18 members into pledgeship during Ohio IFC’s formal recruitment in early September. In addition to a successful recruitment week, Ohio Acacia has tasted nothing but gold in Fall athletics. In the Greekwide events we have participated in, such as the annual Homecoming Football and intramural 4v4 Football
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CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES tournaments, we were victorious. We were also proud to bring home championship trophies in Gamma Phi Moonball and Sigma Kappa Soccer, both philanthropicbenefiting tournaments. Though our philanthropic focus lies mostly in the Spring with our annual 5cacia, we expanded our efforts with a joint event this Fall with the Sigma Kappa Sorority. Our organizations paired to host a week-long donation drive benefiting My Sister’s Place, a domestic violence agency in Athens, OH. We are proud to have collected over 4 dozen items and $2,750 in monetary donations for the agency. We look forward to our upcoming Gatlinburg formal and ending the Fall 2018 semester as strong as we started. We also wish the best of luck to our brothers taking on their next step in their fraternal journey as they move to the next step of Acacia membership as proud alumni. So Live!
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VENERABLE DEAN TIM LAYNE
timothylayne93@gmail.com
Thank you to all of the alumni that have supported the chapter as we make plans to grow to build a strong brotherhood. We look forward to a successful spring semester.
Internally, we are undergoing some positive administrative change in financial management, and have developed the Outstanding Acacian Award, a termly scholarship for Oregon State Acacians who exemplify excellence and well-roundedness. The creation of the Alumni Affairs Committee has us hoping to gain some much-desired support and involvement from our local alumni, in addition to giving back to those who were active Acacians before us. As our new and highly motivated executive council is ushered in, I foresee a bright future in the many young men I call my brothers.
21 PENNSYLVANIA STATE VENERABLE DEAN NATE BRODSKY
nbrodsky97@gmail.com
We held a Volleyball Tournament with other IFC Chapters and the State College Borough Police and a great time was had by everyone. We made very good progress on THON, by the end of fall semester, we had already doubled the amount we had raised by this time last year. Penn State IFC had a Holiday Lights tour and Acacia came in second! We were very excited to have two members elected to IFC Board, one of them being IFC President (JP Brady).
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VENERABLE DEAN ANTHONY HUSER
husera@oregonstate.edu
The Oregon State chapter of Acacia has experienced meteoric growth from our Fall recruitment efforts, with a chapter record of 38 men signed! We expect to see the top 25-30 individuals of this class initiate, which will bring us to a sturdy 80-man chapter. I am also proud to say that Oregon State took home the Ritual Exemplification award at this year’s International Conclave in New Orleans, LA! We aim to continue providing an outstanding ritual experience for this new round of initiates. Additionally, we have continued to fight hard this term to maintain our Blood Drop award for being the Greek organization with the most volunteer hours at the OSU blood drive for the third year in a row! Other philanthropic endeavors of ours include the adoption and maintenance of Cloverland Park, a prominent community area in Corvallis, as well as heavy participation in Chi Omega’s 5k philanthropy, Color me Chi-O in hopes of winning for our third consecutive year. Brother Jon Weinberg has also helped us achieve a greater presence in the Greek community by being elected Oregon State’s 2019 IFC President. Congratulations!
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VENERABLE DEAN ETHAN CARTER
carte215@purdue.edu
Hello brothers near and far! Things have been busy here at our chapter, and we are excited to share some of them with you! This past year, our overall GPA jumped
CHAPTER NEWS & UPDATES to over a 3.0 average in Spring 2019, which is above both the IFC and all-men’s averages. Additionally, we were able to continue our record of one of the highest service hour counts the same semester with 902, which is over 20 hours per brother. We also received the “Chapter Programming” award from the 60th Biennial Conclave, 4 undergraduate awards, and 1 alumnus award; we are very proud of these individuals, and we are excited to see where the light shall take them. In the realm of new member education and recruitment, we worked diligently to try something new: we had two spring classes, in which the latter finished their new member process after beginning the fall semester. This required a great deal of work from the active members, but we were all proud to see these men become Acacians! Finally, we are beginning to approach the middle of the fall semester, we are pleased to report that we are on track for over 1,000 service hours and our GPA to increase as members focus more on their educational duties. We are proud to say that thus far, we have 5 outstanding individuals that have accepted their offer to join the new member process; we are still actively recruiting in order to allow more men to have the opportunity to be a part of something greater. We are excited for what the remainder of the semester has in store for us, and what the remainder of the academic year as well!
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VENERABLE DEAN ANDREW SPAULDING
ajamesspaulding1@gmail.com
Getting 8 quality guys was very exciting. Our Trick or Can philanthropy collected 600 lbs and we helped pack 24,000 meals for Feed My Starving Children!
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VENERABLE DEAN AUSTIN NAULT
atnault15@my.trine.edu
Acacia Claus was a hit, this year we raised $1,300 for our philanthropy due to our Human Service Chairman Jarrod Davis. Officer Transitions have been the best they have been, with officers meeting with each other and forming a gameplan for the next semester so there is a plan going in to the Spring semester. Alumni engagement has been a great with monthly alumni newsletters
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POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE
VENERABLE DEAN JARED ABRAMS
jared@abramsgang.com
The Rensselaer Chapter is currently in an interesting spot. For the 2017-2018 school year, we initiated a total of 10 brothers. At the time of writing this, recruitment still has not started, due to policies put into place by the RPI Administration. We are hoping to get a pledge class of about 12 men. We have also been improving different areas of our house. Over the summer, we had our basement ceiling redone, along with the ceiling in our chapter room. We have plans for gutting our dining room, along with renovating the hardwood floors in the chapter room. We are also working on continuing to improve our academics by working with the Advising & Learning Assistance Center on campus. We are planning on setting up group tutoring for our brothers, as well as pledges once we have them. If you want to get involved or want to coordinate something with the Rensselaer Chapter, please feel free to reach out to me anytime.
38 WASHINGTON STATE VENERABLE DEAN ERIK UDSTUEN
president.acacia.wsu@gmail.com Our Ritual Knowledge has vastly improved since my initiation, we have the litany down and all that stuff; Service Hours, all our members were required to do 12 hours, about 85% of our members will be completing that goal; Financial transparency, we have had a lot of financial problems in the last 2 years. This year mostly due to Ryan Ozenbaugh’s help, we have sent out notices on what we needed and what money is due. We also have transparency regarding membership due payments.
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VENERABLE DEAN MICHAEL LUBERTO
luberto@wisc.edu Greetings from the Wisconsin Chapter! We have put a strong focus on recruitment and philanthropy this last semester. In the fall semester, we had 100% retention of pledges and our pledge class organized 3 philanthropy events on their own (Movember, jacket drive, Langdon street trash pickup). So Live!
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Foundation Donors Acacia Fraternity and the Acacia Fraternity Foundation express their sincerest thanks to the following donors for their support during the last fiscal year. Your contributions to the Foundation ensure that the Fraternity realizes its vision of providing training, support and guidance to every undergraduate member.
Annual Fund - July 1, 2017 - June 30, 2018 2018 Conclave & Acacia Leadership Academy $25,000 and above Robert G. Travnicek, Kansas Lora L. Travnicek, Friend of Acacia * $10,000 - $15,000 Larry E. Schroeder, Georgia # Dewayne E. Ullsperger, Nebraska # $5,000 - $9,999 Mark R. Guidry Jr., Louisiana State # Leonard W. Kearney, Oregon State # David R. Quick, Rensselaer ^ William A. Utic, Cornell #ALA
Lowry L. Tims, Texas John W. Wedgwood, Purdue Knox Williams, UCLA David E. Wolfe, Iowa State # James T. Wormley, Illinois #ALA $500 - $999 John C. Barber, Purdue Daniel D. Bayston, Illinois #ALA Wayne A. Beeder, New Hampshire #ALA
Jeffrey T. Boaz, Illinois Wesleyan # Roger M. Cagann, Illinois # Christopher B. Carpentier, Indiana James A. Chambers, Ohio State Clifton L. Clark, Washington State $2,000 - $4,999 Dwyte E. Brooks Sr., Northwestern #ALA Thomas C. Crews, Colorado State Allan B. Decker, Syracuse Albert S. Conly, Texas William G. Foster, Syracuse †(5) Gerald C. Cook, Shippensburg Amazonsmile Foundation Microsoft Corporation Darold W. Larson, Washington State #ALA David A. Fruchey, Purdue #ALA James L. McFarland, Wisconsin #ALA Jason J. Gass, Missouri Amos D. Meyers Jr., Shippensburg Richard A. Gump Jr., Texas David A. Odegaard, Cornell *# James E. Hayes, Purdue # William M. Riley Jr., Kansas State #ALA William H. Hernstadt, Rensselaer Richard I. Williams, Grand Valley State #ALA James M. Hoenscheidt, Kansas State Bernal R. Woodward, Syracuse # Ronald T. Hopkins, Syracuse Eric V. Zwigart, California of PA # Michael A. Howard, Oregon State Paul G. Ingram, Oregon State # $1,000 - $1,999 Michael A. Koler, Ohio State Ohio State Acacia Robert J. Lieblein, Shippensburg Anonymous A. Anonymous Woodrow W. Mann, Arkansas Travis J. Bowie, Kansas State # Tomislav A. Marincic, Michigan #ALA Lanny R. Brent, Kansas State Patrick W. McGovern, Indiana Jack R. Burchfield, Central Oklahoma Martin T. McKnight, Oregon State # Kenneth A. Christenson, Washington State # Rodger L. Merz, Nebraska Aaron P. Darcy, Indiana Ray E. Miller, Shippensburg #ALA Brian R. Durst, Wisconsin # Shawn C. Morgan, Iowa # Ernesto Espinoza, California #ALA Michael J. Oakes, Indiana # Michael P. Fillman, Western Ontario Gus D. Oppermann V, Texas Guy G. Gebhardt, Illinois Wesleyan Allen E. Parker, Syracuse Gregory J. Hamer Sr., Louisiana State # Dr. William A. Peterson, Minnesota Scott J. Houston, Indiana #ALA Hollis W. Rademacher, Minnesota Andrew Jee, Oregon State Thomas E. Richardson, Arkansas †(12) James N. Katsaounis, Ohio ALA Wilbur G. Sandbulte, Iowa State Michael O. Keating, Indiana Michael C. Smith, Northwestern ALA Edward S. Knight, Texas George W. Sorrells III, Indiana # John B. Lane, Vermont #ALA Paul V. Stevens, Southern California Laurence R. Letson, Nebraska Zachary M. Vietri, Indiana Robert A. Lincicome, Illinois #ALA Paul A. Weglage, Ohio State Kris R. Lutt, Nebraska Daniel B. Williams, California W. J. Neal, Kansas State #ALA Roger A. Nealis, Indiana $250 - $499 Bradford K. Oxford, Washington State George T. Abed, Oregon State Warren L. Anderson, Washington State #ALA John B. Pugh, Iowa State Robert E. Roberson, Illinois Wesleyan # Steven J. Aves, Illinois Wesleyan Thomas J. Boagni, Louisiana State # Michael L. Rollins, Washington # Thomas E. Bolman, Miami of Ohio †(2) Donald W. Solanas Jr., Louisiana State R. L. Christie, Illinois Wesleyan # William H. Strong, Purdue J. S. Cleland, Ohio # Phillip S. Sutton, Ohio State Douglas G. Congrove, Ohio State Byron A. Tabor, Iowa #ALA Jeremy N. Davis, Iowa State #ALA Alan S. Tai, Washington State
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* First-time AFF donor
# Donated to multiple funds
Stanley K. Doobin, Rensselaer David L. Ferguson, Indiana #ALA Larry B. Forsland, Minnesota # Richard T. Freije Jr., Purdue #ALA Randolph S. Friedman, California ALA Gauge &. Gavel, Washington State Max H. Gollmer, Indiana #ALA Michael J. Grace, Nebraska ALA F. H. Halderman, Purdue # James P. Jackson, Colorado * Eric B. Johnson, Missouri Allen N. Johnson, Washington State Craig S. Johnson, Louisiana State #†(14) Gordon L. Kester, Indiana #ALA Walter R. Kolbe, Iowa State Paul A. Larson, Northwestern Terry A. Lesch, Texas ALA Samuel R. Lolan, Louisiana State Randall M. McCullough, Illinois Wesleyan Robert K. McDonald, New Hampshire Allan Meguschar, Indiana Scott H. Meyer, St. Cloud State # Robert A. Milani, Illinois Gary H. Miller, Nebraska * Robert G. Mooth, Indiana #ALA Michael I. Nabel, Rensselaer #ALA Cory S. Oakley, Ohio ALA Joseph M. Orlesh Jr., Louisiana State #ALA Gerald K. Orrison, Missouri School of Mines
Donald A. Pizer, Penn State #ALA Robert L. Reeves, Louisiana State Joseph D. Rivera, Illinois Wesleyan John A. Rosso, Arizona #ALA Joseph R. Shannon, Texas * Merrill G. Smith, Miami of Ohio #ALA Patrick A. Smith, Colorado Thomas A. Smith, Purdue James R. Speece Jr., Shippensburg #ALA Brian S. Strayer, Ohio State # William E. Swigart, Indiana Robert M. Terrell, Illinois State John A. Tetz, Syracuse Thomas F. Treat, Arkansas Scott M. Valley, Washington State John P. Wagner, Purdue # L. D. Waibel, Purdue # Donald S. Wilson, Northwestern Mack E. Wootton, Indiana #ALA Lance K. Yokota, California #
Frederick R. Davidson, Millersville Donald P. Doherty Jr., Georgia Leonard J. Dow II, Miami of Ohio #ALA Christ Drossos Jr., Indiana #ALA Jeffrey J. Eller, Washington State #ALA James F. Essman, Northern Colorado Ryan J. Ferguson, Illinois State *# Michael D. Findley, Indiana H. B. Funk, Kansas State #ALA Michael P. Gallo, Louisiana State Robert E. George, Nebraska # Stephen M. Golden, Boston #ALA William A. Haines, Purdue #ALA Richard R. Halderman, Purdue John W. Harpole, Illinois Wesleyan * William D. Hayes, Nebraska ALA Alan R. Hirasuna, California Joseph A. Homans, Washington State # Blake J. Hutchison, Wisconsin #†(1) Michael T. Jensen, Illinois Wesleyan * John K. Kidd, Indiana #ALA E. A. Larson, Friend of Acacia Michael J. Lembo, Rensselaer #ALA Andrew G. Long, Indiana #ALA William M. Lynn, UCLA #ALA David L. Mari, Illinois #ALA Joseph H. Marshall, California Donald D. Mattox, Nebraska Douglas V. McKinnon, Illinois *# Lawrence A. Morton, Shippensburg #ALA
Gregory J. Mulawa, Michigan Gregg C. Nelson, Washington State Joseph D. Patton Jr., Penn State John W. Plattner, Northwestern David W. Powell, Indiana John H. Ray, Washington State Raymond J. Rogers, Rensselaer Allan F. Rucka, Northwestern #ALA Thomas L. Shelton, Texas Andrew K. Sherman, Iowa State Zilmon F. Smith, Texas James F. Smith II, Purdue #ALA George Snider, Rensselaer Robert C. Trezise, Northern Colorado #ALA
Michael C. Tu, California Benjamin B. Turconi, California Charles J. Van Antwerp, Trine # Michael S. Weber, Iowa State William H. Weiskopf II, Northwestern Howard L. White, Purdue #ALA
$150 - $249 Thomas S. Altvater, Central Missouri State
Martin E. Amundson, Michigan Daniel M. Arnold, Michigan Neal E. Brown, Washington State # Kevin T. Cannon, Indiana Jeffrey D. Cary, Illinois Wesleyan †(4) John C. Chipperfield, Millersville #ALA Mark A. Christiansen, California # Donald C. Clagett, Penn State Neil R. Cole, Nebraska #
ALA Acacia Leadership Academy
$100 - $149 William G. Alexander, Ohio State ALA Lloyd J. Allison, Illinois * Alan B. Anderson, Washington Court A. Andreas, Washington State Jerry L. Ashcraft, Ohio Thomas J. Balcerski, Cornell David L. Bardal, Minnesota ALA John W. Baty, Iowa State # Matthew J. Bielaska Jr., Rensselaer
^ Corporate matching gift
†( ) Memorial gift
Calvin D. Biggers, Arkansas * Paul M. Bingaman, Shippensburg William H. Block, Rensselaer ALA Kenneth S. Bonnette, Louisiana State
Patrick R. Brentin, Washington State Peter A. Brown, New Hampshire Brandon W. Brunner, Kansas State Vernon E. Buck, Emporia State Stewart L. Burger, Cornell ALA Shane M. Burns, Missouri Melvin L. Capell, Louisiana State Edward J. Cardinal, California James V. Castro Courtland, Houston Robert L. Childers, Northern Colorado Michael J. Ciaraldi, Cornell Wesley G. Clark, Colorado Brad D. Cleeton, Missouri Ronnie L. Coons, Illinois Wesleyan David D. Cornwell, Indiana * Robert K. Craig, Colorado ALA Mark D. Cranston, Wyoming Philip J. Crihfield, Purdue Frank A. Curl, Arkansas Jeffrey N. Curto, Illinois Wesleyan Dennis E. Davis, Purdue #ALA Robert M. Davis, East Texas State John N. Davis, Penn State Wesley A. Drew, Illinois Wesleyan * Alan C. Eachus, Syracuse John R. Ebensberger, Iowa Richard Eimas, Colorado Peter S. Eisenhut, Cornell * Roger D. Elliott, Illinois Wesleyan Peter J. Eversole, Iowa State ALA Eric A. Farinha, Washington State Wendy Faust, Friend of Acacia * Ralph L. Fearon, New Hampshire William J. Feth, Cornell Ian E. Finn, California of Pennsylvania # Kerry J. Fladung, Iowa State Warren M. Flodin, Miami of Ohio Michael A. Frucci, Washington State ALA
Matthew Gambardella, Rensselaer Steven A. Gamble, Georgia Fredrick C. Garrott, Illinois John H. Gentle, Indiana William C. Goolsby, Luther A. Smith James S. Grant, Washington State # Myron E. Grizio, Missouri School of Mines ALA Robert A. Haiges, Oklahoma State David Hall, Iowa ALA Ronald M. Hamelberg, Illinois Brian S. Hamilton, Rensselaer Ronald A. Hankins, Colorado #ALA William D. Hansen, Minnesota David C. Harrison, Colorado State Richard R. Harro, Penn State David K. Haviland, Indiana # Richard W. Hegarty, Penn State Edward G. Hempel, Rensselaer †(8) William C. Hepler II, Indiana # Jerry R. Hilligoss, Indiana Douglas R. Horth, Purdue Donald R. Hoskins, Oregon State # Richard N. Howell, Indiana Robert L. Hurni, Ohio State # John W. Iberg, Minnesota George B. Jackson, Penn State Robert E. Jacobsen, California Paul A. James, Northwestern
Frank T. James, Northwestern #ALA Jason P. Jeffords, New Hampshire Kenneth W. Jenkins, Rensselaer Robert O. Jesberg, Illinois
Gregory W. Sayler, Penn State W. S. Seaboyer, Purdue # Gary D. Sexson II, Illinois Wesleyan ALA
Hilton A. Jones Jr., Washington State #ALA
William T. Siegle, Rensselaer Roy A. Silver, Southern California Terry W. Smith, Illinois Wesleyan Christopher W. Soika, Penn State Michael D. Starry, Kansas * Duane L. Stowe, Washington State ALA Ralph N. Straley II, Penn State ALA Timothy J. Sullivan, Illinois # Steven C. Swan, Illinois Wesleyan Charles F. Switzer, Oregon State Charles R. Tass, Iowa State Charles M. Thiaville, Syracuse
David W. Jordan, Illinois Wesleyan Anthony A. Jung, Purdue # Gerald E. Kahler, Ohio Carl F. Kantner, Wisconsin Pierre A. Kern, UCLA Col. Forest M. Kimsey, Kansas State Christopher W. Knapp, Iowa State #ALA
Le Roy E. Knohl, Purdue #ALA Kevin H. Kolke, Miami of Ohio Earl L. LaCounte, Indiana Donald R. Lambert, Central Oklahoma ALA
Ernest J. Larson Jr., Nebraska Alan K. Leahigh, Illinois Wesleyan # David M. Lemke, Wisconsin Anthony D. Little, Oregon State #ALA Benjamin P. Livermore, Indiana Jon O. Long, Missouri #ALA Jacob F. Luftman, Rensselaer #ALA Joseph J. Lundy, Penn State Morgan J. Lynge Jr., Illinois # Paul A. Malarik III, Indiana Angelo M. Marasco, Purdue James G. Marsden, Illinois Wesleyan * Theodore V. Martinson, California James P. May, Washington State # Kevin T. May, Wisconsin James L. McCormick, Kansas James J. McDermott, Illinois Wesleyan William A. McElfresh, Michigan Craig W. Medlyn, Indiana Jerod K. Miles, Central Oklahoma Jonas B. Miller, California ALA Michael L. Miller, Purdue #ALA Clifford J. Monlux, Washington State # Douglas W. Moore, Kansas State John R. Moritz, Colorado Thomas E. Mueller, Indiana # Michael T. Nasatka, Cornell Richard K. Neil, Michigan Robert D. Nelson, Washington State ALA Stephen M. Nelson, Illinois #ALA James S. Nichols Jr., Oregon State #ALA Brian J. O’Brien, Illinois Elbert E. Oliver, Indiana Robert D. Paine, Washington State P. R. Pankey, Arizona ALA David R. Paules, Wyoming #ALA Samuel A. Peak, Illinois #ALA Bradway F. Phillips, Ohio State John G. Pido, Penn State * Richard A. Powlowsky, New Hampshire John P. Pribble, Washington State # David A. Prosser, Shippensburg Thomas M. Putnam III, Colorado Raymond L. Rash, Iowa ALA Dennis C. Rasmussen, Oregon State #ALA Neil C. Ray, Penn State Derrick M. Ray, Missouri ALA Thomas L. Ricketts, Cornell #ALA Charles L. Roberts, Georgia Carl D. Rogge, New Hampshire #ALA Joel Romaine, Shippensburg #ALA Frank R. Roper, Southern California #ALA
Mark P. Ruzomberka, Penn State #ALA Roy T. Sager, Shippensburg H. K. Sawyers, Iowa State
Patrick D. Sheehan, Washington State #
Brett C. Thomas, Washington State ALA
William J. Tinnell, Texas Jarrod N. VanZant, Central Oklahoma ALA
Peter G. Vierthaler, Washington State Daniel T. Walker Jr., Illinois # Jeffrey B. Warner, Iowa #ALA Joel E. Weaver, Cincinnati Dale W. Weber, Iowa State # Charles B. Wegman, Syracuse Andrew J. Wertz, Ohio State Gregory A. White, Indiana James R. White, Mississippi State Roy S. Whiteman, Indiana ALA Robert K. Wichmann, Purdue Nevin R. Williams, Ohio Edward A. Wilson, Michigan Phillip T. Wilson, Illinois Wesleyan John H. Witmer Jr., Penn State Jeffrey P. Woodcock, Wisconsin Howard S. Zwiefel III, Cornell # $50 - $99 Daniel R. Barr, Michigan Robert L. Billin, California Richard W. Blowers, Central Missouri State Robert E. Blue, Purdue # William Bowers III, Penn State William T. Bradford, Long Beach State ALA
S. J. Briggs, Wyoming #ALA Jordan A. Brown, Ohio State * Robert L. Bruce, Illinois Wesleyan * John C. Brueckman III, Cornell Keith M. Bushey, Indiana Roger N. Cavitt, Illinois Wesleyan Synergy H. Central Illinois *†(10) Harold F. Chambers Jr., Cincinnati * Robert W. Chutter, Vermont Walter A. Clark, Colorado John T. Clutter, Washington State Gerald E. Coffey, Colorado Mark D. Cole, Indiana #ALA Paul R. Collier, Purdue #ALA Aaron L. Cook, Missouri School of Mines Jean A. Creek, Indiana Robert C. Crouse, Shippensburg ALA James W. Crum, Arkansas Richard E. Curp, Miami of Ohio Thomas W. Cypher, Shippensburg ALA Jon L. Danuser, Missouri School of Mines #
Donald W. Dauterman, Oregon State # George H. Devaughn, Mississippi State Russell C. Dionne, Syracuse #ALA Ira S. Dubnoff, Syracuse Keith A. Ducote, UCLA Robert S. Dyer, Wyoming
William R. Epcke, Northwestern Steven R. Etter, California of Pennsylvania #ALA
Robert W. Felsburg, Penn State Ronald M. Finnigan, Indiana Arnold L. Flottman Jr., George Washington #ALA
John B. Forder, California Barry A. Forst, Indiana # Ohio State Fraternity Foundation * Frederick N. Fritsch, Oregon State # Gary R. Fulk, Indiana ALA Berge F. Garabedian, Texas Sam E. Gibson, Arkansas Herbert W. Gilbert, Wyoming James C. Gillen, Indiana George E. Gillespie, Purdue # Ward L. Ginn, Kansas State Edwin H. Gow, Colorado * David T. Gowans, New Hampshire ALA James G. Graham, Purdue Scott C. Graham, Penn State # Leroy C. Graham, Colorado James K. Grant, Illinois # Mark D. Griffis, Central Florida Michael S. Heiser, Penn State ALA Carmen N. Hesselberg, Wisconsin Steven R. Hill, Purdue ALA Seth A. Holst, Penn State * Bill C. Hott, Missouri David J. Hower, Cornell *†(9) Glen L. Hower, Washington State Shelby D. Hunt, Ohio Robert D. Hurrell, Wyoming # Scott K. Hytrek, Oregon State John R. Kaufman, Penn State James W. Kehe, Cornell Chad K. Kemp, Ohio State * Douglas E. Klaus, Illinois Nathan A. Klein, Purdue Alexander J. Kotz, Illinois State * Walter L. Kutscher Jr., Ohio #ALA Hannah Larson, Friend of Acacia * Susan Larson, Friend of Acacia James M. Lasher, Oregon State ALA Robert W. Le Veau, Colorado ALA Earl E. Lego, Shippensburg #ALA Gordon E. Malick, Franklin John W. Marks, Purdue #ALA Charles F. Martin III, Purdue # Jerry L. Mayes, Indiana # Stephen T. McDonald, Indiana #ALA James B. McNay, Northern Colorado Dirk L. Meister, Ohio State * Robert W. Mickam, Texas Jason B. Mierek, Illinois Wesleyan Joseph C. Miller, Illinois Christopher P. Minardi, Rensselaer #ALA Brian C. Montgomery, Miami of Ohio David S. Moorman, Purdue #ALA John H. Morrison Jr., Michigan Edward A. Moss, Missouri School of Mines #ALA
Mark D. Murray, Washington State #ALA Keith A. Nagley, Millersville ALA Edgar A. Owre, California Graham A. Pedregosa, Carleton *# John H. Platt Jr., Franklin Jared S. Popplewell, Iowa *# John T. Powell, Iowa Howard G. Pratt, Illinois # Steven H. Prince, Cornell ALA Eric A. Rasmussen, Purdue
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William G. Reckmeyer, Iowa State * Kevin C. Robert, Louisiana State ALA Jack V. Robertson, Purdue James E. Robinson, Oklahoma State Steven C. Rohrbeck, Penn State * Charles L. Schroeder, Southern California William G. Sfida, Penn State Carlyle W. Shaw, New Hampshire Max E. Skirvin, Indiana # Steven E. Smith, Ohio State * Bruce E. Smith, Northern Colorado James M. Spence, San Jose State William B. Stratbucker, Nebraska Scott L. Swanson, Illinois Wesleyan * William Z. Way, Purdue #ALA Clyde A. Williams, Kansas Harold D. Zarr Jr., Iowa State # $49 & below Jackson H. Aaberg, Missouri # Stephen H. Achtenhagen, Colorado Linda R. Adams, Friend of Acacia *†(3) Robert E. Adams III, Missouri # Lawrence N. Allen, Purdue Richard A. Anderson, Miami of Ohio Alan B. Baird Sr., Texas ALA Peter N. Baker Sr., Purdue Charles D. Bentley, Georgia Brian D. Boly, Oregon State * D. S. Brinkman, Washington State *# Walter E. Bruetsch, Rensselaer ALA Daniel J. Caliendo, Kansas ALA Daniel W. Cantu, East Texas State William D. Carstedt, Northwestern Frank J. Cassata, Illinois State G. R. Chancellor, Northwestern ALA
Martin S. Collier, Ohio State William R. Day, Bloomsburg Stephen B. Draper, Penn State ALA Roger H. Evans, Illinois * James C. Fetterman, Mississippi State James A. Frost, Cincinnati William H. Gearhart, Colorado State Edward A. Gonzalez, Stephen F. Austin Thomas D. Grayson, Ohio State †(13) Holden A. Greenberg, Iowa State * Murrey L. Grider, Arkansas Harold E. Heath, Central Oklahoma Robert Hobe, Purdue Michael A. Homsey, Shippensburg Clifford E. Hunt, Indiana # Sho Iketani, Cornell JCPenney, Inc. Keith B. James, Northwestern ALA Jay S. Kallor, Missouri School of Mines Alexander King, Iowa * Howard P. Lambert, Penn State #ALA Richard J. LaPorte, Indiana ALA Lewis W. Latremore III, New Hampshire Thomas P. Lazzara, Shippensburg * Forrest C. Lea, California * Richard A. Magahiz, Northwestern * James R. McCormick, Michigan David K. McDaniel, Texas * Ryan N. McDowell, Oregon State Jeffrey R. Metke, Washington State * Jake K. Miner, Rensselaer * Nicholas M. Montanari, Washington State Patrick J. Muller, Iowa Philip W. Newman, Oregon State #ALA Jeffrey A. Olson, Washington State William D. Orth, Wisconsin *# Michael A. Pastko, Purdue #
Robert E. Peterson, Indiana ALA Justin D. Petrikas, Cal Poly-Pomona * William R. Picard II, Louisiana State ALA Jack R. Sandridge, Central Missouri State Nicholas A. Seibold, Iowa State #^ George K. Seitz, Kansas Harold D. Stephenson, Georgia Charles A. Stevens, Long Beach State ALA Alan V. Stevens, New Hampshire Elvin K. Stratton, Oregon State
Thomas B. Stryer, Miami of Ohio Jeffrey L. Swank, Ohio State * David P. Sweet, New Hampshire Lisa Swift, Friend of Acacia * James M. Symons, Cornell Erik Thorson, Illinois Wesleyan *# Noah R. Trobe, Missouri Dean R. Vickstrom, Iowa Andrew B. Vipond, Nebraska Alik Welyn, Friend of Acacia
Listing of Memorial Gifts: †(1) †(2) †(3) †(4) †(5) †(6) †(7) †(8) †(9) †(10) †(11) †(12) †(13) †(14) †(15) †(16) †(17)
David J. Allen, Indiana & George F. Patterson Jr., Cincinnati Dr. Irving M. Field, Missouri Michael D. Adams, Colorado Michael A. Blood, Illinois Wesleyan William G. Foster, Syracuse William D. Ganger, Washington State Herschel R Hadley, Purdue Edward G. Hempel, Rensselaer David J. Hower, Cornell Alexander M. Jenkins, Missouri Theodore "Ted" C. Pimm, Oregon Thomas E. Richardson, Arkansas Marvin E. Rothhaar, Ohio Charles Lenton Sartain Jr., Louisiana State Walter Russell Scott Jr., Penn State J. Darby Sere, Louisiana State Thomas M. Whitney, Iowa State
2017-2018 Scholarship Recipients
The Foundation awarded numerous scholarships over the past year from chapter scholarship programs and the General Fund. The following major scholarship recipients were announced at the William A. Utic AFF Scholarship Luncheon during our 60th Biennial Conclave on August 3, 2018:
George F. Patterson, Jr. Foundation Scholarship ($3,000) Andrew Ritts, Iowa
Duncan McPherson Fraternityship ($3,000) Seth Chance, Central Oklahoma
AFF General Scholarship ($1,000) Robert O’Hara, Penn State Connor Tinker, Purdue Kyle Fleming, Kansas State
Ling-Stout Western Growth Scholarship ($1,000) Corey Rogers, Washington James Lehman, Oregon State Jonathan Weinberg, Oregon State Jarrod Bailey, Arizona State Brandon Michelena, Arizona State 25
AFF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S LETTER
An Exceptional Year! By Darold W. Larson, Washington State ‘81
An Exceptional Year! As we officially begin the 2018-19 year, I want to spotlight some exciting changes and additions in the way the Foundation will conduct business and continue to support all things ‘black & gold.’ Acacia Fraternity is having an Exceptional Year!
Acacia is having an Exceptional Year! - membership growth in Acacia continues to be our friend. Over one-third of our chapters will initiate 47% more men than last year. Acacia is having an Exceptional Year! - quality educational programming is driving our success! Our membership education program, Cornerstones, the Acacia Leadership Academy, the Biennial Conclave, the Lee Kearney Venerable Dean and Recruitment Summit and our chapter visitation programs are succeeding.
the Annual Fund and enables the Foundation to raise resources that will fund the Fraternity’s strategic plan, the vision to be the preeminent fraternal organization on all college campuses, and enhance our agility to support our chapters through an increasingly challenging campus climate. Providing a Values-Based Leadership Experience Our goal is to raise $430,000 in 2018-19 of which 70% will be used for immediate funding priorities and 30% will go to targeted, endowed fund and/ or chapter fund accounts. Your investment in the Exceptional Fund helps bridge the gap between the services the Fraternity provides, making the undergraduate experience more affordable, supports growth initiatives by the Fraternity as well as build endowments for the future.
How does one place a value on the Greek experience? There is truly something unique... Attendees at the 2019 Lee Kearney distinct… superior and Acacia is having an Venerable Dean and Recruitment Summit yes, exceptional when Exceptional Year! – it comes to the Acacia experience. Last year, the dedicated alumni are making a difference! Through a generous gift from Northwestern Brother Daniel R. generous contributions of brothers to the AFF had a tremendous impact on our growth and I hope (Danny) Lang, the Foundation has established The every brother will consider giving to the new Acacia Lang Challenge in which he will match unrestricted gifts to the Foundation up to $100,000 with the Exceptional Fund. I look forward to working with you additional goal of obtaining the support of 1,000 new to formulate our vision of a meaningful experience contributors. for the next generation of Acacians. For more information on The Exceptional Fund please contact The Annual Fund becomes The Exceptional Fund me at dlarson@acacia.org or at 317-771-1740. For years we have depended on your investments on a project-by-project basis. We recognize the challenge to permanently raise the Fraternity’s trajectory towards excellence, all in an environment that is increasingly challenging to Greeks. One year of excellence is not enough – we must sustain it. With your help, we intend to accomplish this goal through the launching of the Acacia Exceptional Fund. This new approach for donor giving replaces
Fraternally,
Darold W. Larson Executive Director Acacia Fraternity Foundation
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Chapter Fund Donors Arizona State Fund ($500 & above) Dwyte E. Brooks Sr., Northwestern #
Colorado Scholarship Fund ($7,500 & above) Colorado Acacia House Corp.
($200 - $499) John F. Hoffner, Purdue Gordon D. Olson, Washington State #
($99 & below) Carroll J. Washington Jr. #
($100 - $199) Nancy Kelleher, Friend of Acacia * Nancy L. Michelena, Friend of Acacia * Donald Ozenbaugh, Friend of Acacia * William C. Schmitt, Ohio State Brian S. Strayer, Ohio State # Joseph R. Welsbacher II * Raymond Zaller, Friend of Acacia * ($99 and below) Jarrod E. Bailey * David J. Bolger, Texas Brentlee J. Cass II * Daniel D. Evenson, St. Cloud State * Barry A. Forst, Indiana # Marcus W. Mountford, Kansas State David O. Shumway, Oregon State * David M. Townley, Arizona California Fund ($200 & above) Misa Arce * Mark A. Christiansen # Irving Gomez * Timothy P. Johnson *^ Zackary W. Morris ^ Lance K. Yokota #
Illinois Wesleyan Fund ($3,000 & above) Illinois Wesleyan Chapter Alumni Association * ($200 - $299) Daniel J. Burras # R. L. Christie # Harrison W. Freeland Robert E. Roberson #
Cornell Fund ($5,000 & above) David A. Odegaard *# Howard S. Zwiefel III #
($100 - $199) Alan K. Leahigh # Jay W. Williams #
($100 - $199) Robert T. Franson Illinois Fund ($100 & above) David L. Mari #
($25 & below) Erik Thorson *# Indiana - Kyle P. Simcoe Memorial Scholarship Fund ($4,500 & above) Dustin S. Detzler
Illinois Building Fund ($2,400 & above) Daniel D. Bayston # Paul E. Ruby #
($1,000 - $4,499) Jerome A. Gordon III
Illinois Scholarship Fund ($250 - $500) Daniel D. Bayston # Roger M. Cagann # M. Lewis Mabie David L. Mari # Christopher D. Reinbold * Paul E. Ruby # Timothy J. Sullivan #
($250 - $999) Joseph & Caitlin Alerding Jr., Friend of Acacia
Cohen Real Estate * The Whitsett Group LLC Tendercare Home Health Services, Inc. Enviro-Max Inc. Gerald A. Palermo, Friend of Acacia Innovative Healthcare Real Estate LLC D’Zynes Hair Salon
($100 - $249) Richard L. Cook * Richard A. Guinn ($100 - $199) James M. Kurtzweil Noah V. Huth * Morgan J. Lynge Jr. # BlackRock Inc. * Douglas V. McKinnon *# Apple, Inc. * Stephen M. Nelson # California - Capt. Duncan McPherson Richard K. Price Carol A. Rapp, Friend of Acacia * Memorial Scholarship Fund Raj N. Vora ($100-$400) Daniel T. Walker Jr. # Richard L. Centner Joel A. Winick Mark A. Christiansen # California of PA Fund ($100-$200) John R. Bean * Daniel T. Edwards * Andrew R. Etter Ian E. Finn # Travis G. Haberjak Matthew R. Nebel Shawn M. Odell * Michael A. Pisco Richard J. Rubican Russell J. Suprek ($99 & below) Bryan L. Downs Trevor J. Fidler * Joseph S. Jacobs * Michael J. Russell * California of PA Scholarship Fund ($2,500 & above) Eric V. Zwigart # Carleton Fund ($25 & below) Graham A. Pedregosa *# Colorado Fund ($25 & below) Carroll J. Washington Jr. #
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* First-time AFF donor
Michael & Pamela Spencer, Friend of Acacia
($100 - $249) Randy & Jennifer Barry, Friend of Acacia Karen O. Fanning, Friend of Acacia Tuley Law Office Michael & Joyce Vietri, Friend of Acacia Matthew S. Zore * Indiana Fund ($10,000 & above) Khozema Z. Shipchandler
($99 & below) Peter M. Abruzzo Albert J. Day Richard J. Dominetta James K. Grant # Howard G. Pratt # David R. Wetzel
($1,000 - $1,999) Scott A. Daugherty Russell E. Frew Steven K. Haines Thomas O. Schoellkopf
Illinois State Fund ($500 & above) V. S. Cain * ($200 - $499) Jeffrey T. Boaz, Illinois Wesleyan # Daniel J. Burras, Illinois Wesleyan # Ryan J. Ferguson *# Mitchell D. Rosenthal * ($100 - $199) Joseph E. Mayse Robert E. Roberson, Illinois Wesleyan # ($99 & below) Benjamin R. Brandwein * Matthew R. Finstein Matthew A. Hackiewicz * Kyle A. Mast * Beau C. Ott * Justin M. Stephens * Parimal T. Vyas *
# Donated to multiple funds
John W. Dyar Barry A. Forst # John M. Frazier * Brandon S. Freyberger Mark E. Hackbarth David K. Haviland # Michael V. Hoover * Charles W. Jarrett Jr. Roy R. Johnson * Calvin L. Kemp Paul R. Knachel Michael B. Kupper Jeffrey A. Lindauer Troy E. Lutes Theo S. Mascari Jerry L. Mayes # Stephen T. McDonald # Robert G. Mooth # Thomas E. Mueller # Brock P. Nolan James A. Palmer David R. Parks # James E. Riddle Daniel A. Roby Max E. Skirvin # Frank D. Staley Jr. Jason M. Swathwood Terence A. Walts Leo W. West Kenneth R. Whitelaw Mack E. Wootton # John C. York Gregory M. Young United Way of Greater Atlanta ($99 & below) Charles A. Barnett Stephen Clevenger Kirk A. Eggebrecht David P. Fogler Justin M. Hendricks William C. Hepler II # Clifford E. Hunt # Ryan T. Hutchinson * John K. Kidd # Darold W. Larson, Washington State # Joseph L. Manson Daniel J. Rodgers Jeffrey K. Vandervoort Iowa Fund ($100,000 & above) Theodore H. Schnormeier
($400 - $999) Christ Drossos Jr. # J. T. Forbes * Hal D. Hanes Matheau P. Luers #^ Michael J. Oakes # Richard L. Routh
($5,000 - $5,999) Leonard W. Kearney, Oregon State #
($200 - $399) James P. Clark Thomas C. Cornwell Thomas S. Everett David L. Ferguson # Scott J. Houston # Brant E. Lieske # John W. Morgan Max F. Spaulding
($100 - $249) Michelle Lacquement, Friend of Acacia *# Daniel C. Peterson * Hal E. Schimmelpfennig
($100 - $199) Michael A. Boedeker Jack L. Brinkman * Gregory S. Carter Mark D. Cole #
Iowa State Fund ($200 & above) Philip C. Larson Nicholas A. Seibold # Richard W. Taylor #
ALA Acacia Leadership Academy
($250 - $500) Shawn C. Morgan # Aaron L. Morrow Jose R. Sanchez Jr., UCLA
($99 & below) Jeremy M. Fortier Jared S. Popplewell *# Jeffrey B. Warner #
^ Corporate matching gift
†( ) Memorial gift
($100 & below) Nicole Heyd, Friend of Acacia Christopher W. Knapp # David M. Strom Iowa State - Harold D. Zarr, Jr. Educational Scholarship Fund ($50 & above) Harold D. Zarr Jr. # Iowa State - New Chapter House Fund ($200,000 & above) James H. Davis ($100,000 - $199,999 Phillip L. Baker ($50,000 - $99,999) James E. Hunt Dennis G. McComber G. H. Nystrom * ($25,000 - $49,999) Richard W. Taylor # ($10,000 - $24,999) Aivars P. Berzins * Bruce M. Campbell Jerry W. Crossett Laurence A. Lowry ($5,000 - $9,999) John H. Danks * William J. Dilcher Alex I. Fraser John R. Fulkerson Paul C. Hermanson * John T. Lynch James M. McDonald * Lee R. McDonald Arthur P. Roy David W. Smith Terry L. Thoem ($2,500 - $4,999) Randyl D. Elkin Donald L. Good James M. Hanson Thomas A. Plagman Bruce F. Rich James E. Weiss Donna Whitney, Friend of Acacia *†(17) Larry A. Wogahn Neil H. Woodley Harold D. Zarr Jr. # ($1,000 - $2,499) John P. Bahr Jerald D. Ball John W. Baty # James D. Carr Stephen J. Casper IV Mark R. Guidry Jr., Louisiana State # James L. Hinkeldey David & Kimberly Holmberg, Friend of Acacia * Robert D. Howlett John A. Kvinge * Donald G. Lyon Donald E. Mathre Jeffrey L. Peil Richard K. Perrin Joseph A. Robuccio James D. Schlick Daniel A. Schwartzstein John T. Vogel *
($500 - $999) Louis R. Ball * Thomas J. Brown Matthew B. England ^ Tanner J. Jaeger * Roger W. Kingery Boeing Company Matching Gift Program * David W. McLaughlin * George A. Robinson Jr. Howard V. Speer David E. Wolfe # ($200 - $499) John W. Bridenstine Larry & Kim Buske, Friend of Acacia Christopher C. MacKenzie Gary L. Ruegsegger ($100 - $199) Robert E. Davis Ezra L. Shields ($99 & below) Richard B. Barnard * Michelle Lacquement, Friend of Acacia *# James Madison Fund ($100 & above) Timothy H. Lewis, Missouri School of Mines
Scott H. Meyer, St. Cloud State #
($99 & below) Darold W. Larson, Washington State # Kansas State Fund ($3,500 & above) Family Services Group - Kansas City * Kansas State - Acacia Century Fund ($3,000 & above) Lynn R. Johnson Kelly D. Miller Leon A. Scheffler ($1,000 - $2,999 William K. Barnow Brent B. Bayer Travis J. Bowie # Rick C. Elliott John C. Haas Robert L. Hampton Nathan C. Mentzer ($250 - $999) Roger D. Brannan Derek D. Dawes Curtis R. Hapgood Julie Milleson, Friend of Acacia * George A. Nelson Terry L. Resseguie Kansas State - Samuel G. Unger Memorial Scholarship Fund ($1,000 & above) Gary J. Haag Kansas State - William M. Riley, Jr. Leadership Fund ($14,000 & above) William M. Riley Jr. # Louisiana State Fund ($10,000 & above) Mark R. Guidry Jr. # Louisiana State - Building Fund ($100,000 & above) Mark R. Guidry Jr. #
($1,000 - $5,999) Roger A. Crane *†(16) Gregory J. Hamer Sr. # Joseph M. Orlesh Jr. # David M. Thornton * ($100 - $499) Thomas J. Boagni # James J. Chancellor Harry J. Gabriel * Anthony J. Impastato * David J. Lukinovich * ($99 & below) Steve C. Carleton * Oscar A. Cruz Craig S. Johnson # Harold A. Moise Juan C. Nogueira Allen B. Pierson III * Hollis M. Taylor Louisiana State - Charles L. Chief Sartain, Jr. Scholarship Fund ($5,000 & above) Mark R. Guidry Jr. # Minnesota Fund ($250 & above) Larry B. Forsland # Scott H. Meyer # Missouri Fund $100 & below) Robert E. Adams III # Jon L. Danuser, Missouri School of Mines #
Harrison G. Ingold # Thomas D. Wilson *
Missouri - Anthony R. Olson Memorial Scholarship Fund $200 & below) Jackson H. Aaberg # Harrison G. Ingold # Nebraska Fund ($2,000 & above) Neil R. Cole # ($100 - $200) Robert E. George # Thomas C. Macy Ohio Fund ($100 - $250) J. Scott Cleland # Christopher J. Laker Ohio State Fund ($1,000 & above) Brian S. Strayer # ($250-$499) William M. Thornton ($100 - $249) Michael J. Blake * Gregory M. Horvath Robert L. Hurni # Karl A. Meyer * Steven R. Shambora * ($99 & below) Denton Bowman * David L. Clark * Marc S. McQuaid * James R. Miles Lane E. Osswald *
Ohio State - John Nourse Memorial Scholarship Fund ($1,000 & above) Arlo E. Sommers ($500 - $999) Michael L. Rollins, Washington # Brian S. Strayer # ($100 & below) Paul L. Brown Jerry L. Fogt * Stuart T. Klapp Clay L. Niemeyer Oregon State Fund ($200 & above) Martin T. McKnight # Oregon State - Richard S. Reid Scholarship Fund ($5,000 & above) Leonard W. Kearney # ($1,000 - $2,999) James B. Goritsan Mary L. Reid, Friend of Acacia ($250 - $999) Deane E. Allin Brian C. Behrends Paul G. Ingram # Stanley A. Roberts Joe D. Smith Scott M. Thibert ($100 - $249) Charles E. Buxton Donald W. Dauterman # John R. Gruher Donald R. Hoskins # Alan M. Jesse Gary W. Lund * Kenneth J. Manning Clifford D. McCabe James S. Nichols Jr. # Maxine J. Pimm, Friend of Acacia *†(11) Robert C. Rupe Scranton G. Thomas Thomas L. Unternahrer Michael W. Vonderahe * Ernest W. Wakeham Dale M. Wells ($99 & below) Steven M. Bigham * Roger B. Bowman Brian J. Bowman Keith E. Brown William H. Cushman Rauf Diwan Frederick N. Fritsch # Robert B. Hardin Jr. Raymond M. Hare Ian C. Hawes Eric C. Hawkes Dan A. Hytrek James W. Kelley Anthony D. Little # Gerald H. Matson Philip W. Newman # Dennis C. Rasmussen # Wayne V. Roberts Stephen C. Runge Keith M. Seymour Dale G. Shuman Harrison W. Sigworth Jr. Dale W. Weber, Iowa State #
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Chapter Fund Donors James F. Smith II # Steven R. Steinhubl James J. Thayer Joe S. Varner Garrett C. Veeder Thomas A. Walsh Howard L. White # Kenneth W. Wong Robert E. York * Robert L. Zell
Robert O. Weed Penn State - G. Kenneth Nelson Memorial Scholarship Fund ($900 & above) Brandon P. Brodsky * Craig S. Huse ($200 - $299) Michael V. Pirrotta
Penn State - Square & Compass Fund ($10,000 & above) Herbert M. Andrews Penn State - W. Russell Scott Memorial Scholarship Fund ($250 & above) Scott C. Graham # ($99 & below) Leland J. & Martha Adams Jr., Friend of Acacia †(15)
($250 - $500) John F. Beering John C. Brosz * Larry R. Clapper Bruce H. Doelling David A. Fruchey # Derrick J. Kraus Michael L. Miller # David S. Moorman # Richard L. Pottenger David C. Salyers III Kerry W. Skelton John P. Wagner # L. D. Waibel # ($100 - $249) John M. Binnie Lon A. Brown William J. Bushnell Brent D. Cherry Paul T. Cody * David E. Conner Dennis E. Davis # D. Bryce Dryden * Curt Freeman * John T. Gall George E. Gillespie # Steven P. Gress Herschel R. Hadley *†(7) William A. Haines # F. H. Halderman # Mark L. Hildebrand Charles E. Hines Anthony A. Jung # Christopher M. King * Dennis D. Miner James R. Myers Jeffrey R. Powers Fred L. Rasp Jr. David J. Ritz Mark J. Schnarr W. S. Seaboyer #
* First-time AFF donor
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($100 & below) Tomislav A. Marincic, Michigan # Washington Fund ($500 & above) Scott A. Beckman Robert A. Hofstatter
($99 & below) Robert E. Blue # Ronald C. Boller Paul R. Collier # T. Scott Glover Robert R. Halderman Ryan J. Laurent Jeffrey J. Lemna Charles F. Martin III # Richard D. Miller Jr. James W. Munden Michael A. Pastko # David E. Thoma
($99 & below) Richard G. Held, Friend of Acacia * Alan G. Keller
Purdue Fund ($1,000 & above) Richard T. Freije Jr. # Dr. Douglas A. Gormley James E. Hayes #
Vermont Fund ($1,000 & above) John B. Lane #
Purdue - Leonard E. Wood Chapter Advisor’s Scholarship Fund ($200 & above) Thomas Stieglitz Rensselaer Fund ($500 & above) James A. Witkop ($99 & below) Peter K. Anderson Richard L. Fowler Jr. St. Cloud State Fund ($300 & above) Scott H. Meyer # Jacob A. Sundquist ($100 & below) David E. Manley, Minnesota * Benjamin T. Monson Gary V. Reiter Syracuse Fund ($99 & below) Russell C. Dionne #
($200 & below) Matthew B. Dudek-Dziedzic * Robert C. Thames
($100 - $199) Paul S. Belpasso * James A. Doran John A. Kerr Thomas W. Manges Paul D. Yoder * ($99 & below) Vincent J. Arizzi Ethan N. Miller * Charles J. Van Antwerp #
# Donated to multiple funds
($100 - $199) David L. Mari, Illinois # Anthony T. Rossano Robert W. Williamson, Washington State
Washington State Lester N. Liebel Cornerstones Scholarship Fund ($100 - $499) Aaron R. Beattie Craig A. Paulson
Washington State Fund ($1,000 & above) David R. Ganger, Friend of Acacia *†(6)
Wisconsin Fund ($1,000 & above) Matthew C. Dunning #
($250 - $999) Robert K. Hampe Joseph A. Homans # Thomas W. McDougal Gordon D. Olson #
($250 - $500) Brian R. Durst # James L. McFarland # George W. Sorrells III, Indiana #
($100 - $249) D. S. Brinkman *# Neal E. Brown # Kenneth A. Christenson # Jack O. Davis Jeffrey J. Eller # Martin R. Fischer Paul B. Goodman James S. Grant # Douglas J. Grant Robert W. Hentges Jayson D. Hicks Darold W. Larson # David A. Loofburrow Jed W. Morris Mark D. Murray # John P. Pribble # Scott N. Settle
($100 - $249) Paul K. Hurlbut Alan B. Scher # ($99 & below) William D. Orth *# Wisconsin - Michael S. Hannes Memorial Scholarship ($1,250 & above) Matthew C. Dunning # ($200 - $999) David J. Engeldinger James L. McFarland # ($100 - $199) Blake J. Hutchison # Alan B. Scher #
Listing of Memorial Gifts:
Texas Fund ($250 & above) Aaron A. Hollingsworth Larry S. May
Trine (Tri-State) Fund ($1,000 & above) David L. Elkins *
Patrick D. Sheehan # Daniel S. Watson ($99 & below) S. Alexander Bohler * Benjamin F. Colson * Thomas C. Lindberg Kyle S. Lindsley * James P. May # Colin S. McGraw * Clifford J. Monlux #
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David J. Allen, Indiana & George F. Patterson Jr., Cincinnati Dr. Irving M. Field, Missouri Michael D. Adams, Colorado Michael A. Blood, Illinois Wesleyan William G. Foster, Syracuse William D. Ganger, Washington State Herschel R Hadley, Purdue Edward G. Hempel, Rensselaer David J. Hower, Cornell Alexander M. Jenkins, Missouri Theodore "Ted" C. Pimm, Oregon Thomas E. Richardson, Arkansas Marvin E. Rothhaar, Ohio Charles Lenton Sartain Jr., Louisiana State Walter Russell Scott Jr., Penn State J. Darby Sere, Louisiana State Thomas M. Whitney, Iowa State
ALA Acacia Leadership Academy
^ Corporate matching gift
†( ) Memorial gift
Alumni News & Notes CALIFORNIA Douglas McCan, #913 - Just started a new position in September 2018 as Senior Project Manager with CBRE. CALIFORNIA OF PENNSYLVANIA Frank J. Shoaf, #121 - Brother Shoaf was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in May 2018. He recently returned from serving six months at the 613th Air Operations Center in Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii, where he served as a military strategist and planner, and was honored with the Pacific Air Forces Team of the Quarter award. Upon his return he was hand-selected to serve as the acting squadron commander of the 258th Air Traffic Control Squadron in Johnstown, Pennsylvania which is responsible for civilian and military air traffic control in the region. Lt Col Shoaf is currently enrolled in Air War College, a leadership and management program for military personnel who aspire to executive level positions in military and government service. Frank and his wife Tammy (Delta Phi Epsilon) will be celebrating 20 years of marriage in June 2019. CARLETON Connor Hamilton-Greener, #343 - In November 2017, I accepted a job offer as a Special Constable with the Barrie Police Service. Special shout out to the Carleton Chapter for voting me in as their Risk Manager for 2013-2014, the experience paid off. CENTRAL OKLAHOMA Michael J. Moore, #718 - I’m a Dad! Grey Everett Moore was born June 11, 2018. COLORADO STATE Ed Poser, #126 - Retired -- managed a number of Engineering projects, including extremely technical projects from the small up to the monster size of over a thousand technical personnel. Managed two of Bechtel’s Engineering Departments, one of which was tasked with the design of any projects in Bechtel’s business areas. Have five sons, one of which followed into Engineering. Four Grand Children: Nick, Charlie, Eddie and Louisa EASTERN ILLINOIS Melvin “Rick” Jones, #5 - I have been teaching at the South Suburban community college since 1990 as a full-time English Professor. I also serve on the Faculty Advisory Council to the Illinois Board of Higher Education. Wife and I went to EIU Homecoming on October 2015 and had our first Acacia reunion, with 20 members and 7 wives/ girlfriends joining us. Some of these brothers had not seen each other since the 1970s or early 80s. We had a social luncheon dinner tailgating outside the football stadium, a dinner, a breakfast at brother Mike Denning’s restaurant Spankys in Mattoon, IL and remembered those members who had died: Jerry Opp, David Kouba, Joe Chron, Doug Lawhead, Jim Monroe, and now in Dec. 2015, we sadly
lost our brother Kurt Amos in Lincoln, IL. We hope to get together for another reunion one of these days, too. ILLINOIS STATE Marc Woodbury, #6 - I retired from the travel business in 2014 after 38 years. I am glad to be out of that endeavor. For the last 9 years I have been learning a ‘new’ trade, managing and working on an 1850 mansion in Edenton. Wessington House was and is the grandest house in northeastern North Carolina. Search Wessington House and you will find the reference to the historic registry of homes. My son is a full-time fireman with Monterey Fire Department. He spent 14 days fighting the big fire in SoCal this past fall. Needless to say, we are very proud of him. INDIANA David C. Dale, #659 - After 56 years of practicing law in Bluffton, Indiana, I retired and Carol and I moved to Fredericksburg, Virginia, in August, 2018, to be nearer to most of our family. Max Gollmer, #685 - Retired after 40 years with a wonderful company and have 24 years of happy retirement with my wife and family. Michael D. Findley, # 739 - Managing my Financial Planning Practice. Traveling, Skiing, Loving Life. Daniel A. Roby, #748 - Retired after 50 years of enjoyment in practice of law - now spend winters in Naples, FL. David R. Parks, #1144 - All is well in Arizona. I’m looking forward to seeing many brothers during the 2020 Acacia celebration! Chris Smith, #2086 - Brother Chris Smith and wife Shivani welcomed their newborn son, Leo Michael Smith, on Nov. 20, 2018. The happy family resides in Orange County, CA. IOWA Jim Ottomeyer, #718 - Celebrating 25 years as a Doctor of Chiropractic and owner of Frontier Integrated Health Center, Inc. LOUISIANA STATE Warren Hawkins, #216 - I am semi-retired and living in Asheville, NC, but continue to serve on our board and investment committee as well as the boards of several portfolio companies. LUTHER A. SMITH Bill Goolsby, #19 - I was a founding member of the chapter at the University of Southern Mississippi. I later served as the Faculty Advisor for the chapter at Washington State University. I served as a Professor of Finance at the University
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ALUMNI NEWS & NOTES of Tennessee from 1972 until 1989, Victor L. Lyon Distinguished Professor of Finance and Real Estate and Chair of the Department of Finance at Washington State University from 1989 until 1996 and Donaghey Dean of Business at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock from 1996 until 2007. MIAMI OF OHIO Thomas Fennell, #760 – My wife Laura and I just purchased our first home in Riverside, Illinois. Kyle Bidwell, #800 – I have been with Cleveland Clinic for a little over 5 years, I currently lead a team supporting all of the pediatric physicians at Cleveland Clinic MISSOURI Ralph L. Cordes, #571 - Retired and volunteer at Emergency Room at Maine Medical Center. Married for 63 years to Marlene Kramme Cordes with 1 daughter, 3 sons, and 3 granddaughters. Michael J. Reese, #823 – St. Louis Effort for AIDS, by unanimous vote, has elected Michael Reese as President of the Board of Directors for 2018. Mr. Reese has served as a board member since 2012 and has previously held the offices of 2nd Vice President and 1st Vice President, as well as chairing the Fundraising and Development Committee and the Organizational Governance and Strategy Committee. Mr. Reese works for Wells Fargo Investment Institute as an Assistant Vice President of Wealth Analytics and Insights. St Louis Effort for AIDS is a multi-million dollar healthcare charity dedicated to serving those in 7 counties in the St. Louis region who suffer from the effects of HIV and AIDS related healthcare issues. Robert E. Adams III, #931 - Moved to New Orleans for work for the next 2 years. NORTHERN COLORADO Bruce E. Smith, #17, - I proudly wear my pin to church each Sunday! NORTHWESTERN Dwyte Brooks, #834 - retired from active private dental practice after 39 years. Still active in organized dentistry. Married to Susan for 49 years, semi-retired pediatric practitioner. 2 children, 4 grandchildren. Mason since age 21, wife is Eastern Star. Member of board of directors of the Acacia Fraternity Foundation OHIO Robert D. Matthews, #277 - USAF Ret.: Grade of Full Colonel. Professor of Engineering, Ret. Retired Test
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Engineer. Michael D. Fishburn, #324 – Relocated to Abu Dhabi, UAE, working for Etihad Airways as Network Catering & Culinary Star Hotels Manager. OHIO STATE Steven Smith, #672 - I have received an MA in biblical Counseling and a M Div in Theology. I owe it all to my college time in Acacia which gave me the foundation to accomplish all I have been able to do. My brothers in Acacia were supportive and encouraging. We had great at our house at 275 E. 15th. I’ll never forget our treks on Saturday down to the stadium for football games and our parties with the sorority girls down the street. Mrs. Hayes was always available to hear our suffering or for an after dinner hand of bridge or two. My favorite was our dog named Pythia. I wish all current brothers at OSU the best and an equally satisfying experiences. PENN STATE Art Rapp, #633 - Retired in the UK in 2009. Have been in the UK since 1978. Now living in a small village 10 miles south of Oxford where we have spent 2 years fixing up a derelict house. My daughter will be married in the UK on 17 June 2018. She is a Ph. D. in geology and worked for NASA in Houston for 5 years before moving to Cardiff in Wales where she has just bought a house. Christopher Soika, MD, #963 - Retired from the military and moved from Seoul to near Atlanta. Resumed practicing medicine in a civilian community hospital after four years in the Army. Grant Boone, #1907 - I graduated from Penn State in May 2018 with a degree in Agribusiness Management and a concentration in Economics. Shortly after graduation I began a career as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch and have since started the Boone Group in our Annapolis, Maryland office. I look forward to building a prosperous business and having a positive impact on many individual’s financial life. PURDUE Robert William Kearns, #739 - Retired from the sales staff at Becks Hybrids in July 2018. However, I am still selling Becks for my local Becks dealer. John W. (Wally) Marks, #835 - Retired since 2013. Involved with three grandchildren (18, 14, 11). Celebrated 50-year wedding anniversary this year. William Strong, #1093 - My partners and I closed our second fund, Longford Capital Fund II, LP, in August 2017 at $500 million. Longford Capital is a private
investment company that invests in the outcomes of commercial, business-to-business legal claims and portfolios of claims believed to be high value and meritorious. My middle son, Fletcher, and his wife Samantha are expecting their second child in August of this year. Fletcher is a securities litigator in New York. SAINT CLOUD Justin Brown, #339 - As a Financial Advisor, I work with you to identify your life and retirement goals, develop a financial plan to suit those goals, and work beside you to see them through. SHIPPENSBURG Joel Romaine, #99 - Was named Chief Operating Officer of Community Powered Federal Credit Union, Bear, Delaware. SYRACUSE We moved to Las Cruces, New Mexico to follow our daughter, Kara, son-in-law, Nick, and grandson, Mays. We have been here since June and have fallen in love with the people and place. Beautiful Organ Mountains to the East provide a famous back drop with views throughout the city. TEXAS T. Frank Smith IV, #816 - My wife is in process of selling her multi city company to our daughter and semi retiring. My son, T. Frank Smith V, is managing the new motel and RV park. Grandson T. Frank Smith VI and granddaughter, Alexandra, doing well. Son, Paul, has three children all doing well and hopefully soon the lead grandson will be out of diapers. Daughter, Leslie’s, three girls doing well and oldest granddaughter now driving. TRINE Marshall L. Hlatko, Roll #63 - Graduated from Tri-State (Trine) in ’48 w/Aero and Radio. Treasurer for Sigma Mu
Sigma for 4 years. Navy WWII (Radar). 1950 - Insurance - State Farm. Active in local Masons. UCLA Jose Sanchez Jr., #417 - I retired at the end of 2016 after a 30 year career as a manager at a large public sector water wholesaler. I am volunteering as a Board member at a mutual water company, a credit union, and a religious education board at our church. I also recently joined Knights of Columbus and teach confirmation. My wife recently retired after a 36 year career as a an elementary school teacher. My son just graduated from the University of Iowa and started pilot training as an officer in the U.S. Air Force and my daughter is a junior in high school. WASHINGTON STATE John H. Ray, #118 - My wife, Nina, and I enjoyed a cruise to Maine and Nova Scotia in September and two trips to Spokane, WA and Pasco, WA to attend a wedding and a family reunion. Best regards to Acacia. WISCONSIN Adam M. Rowe-Johnson, #1075 - Just finished my first year of law school and currently work as a law clerk for the Olmsted County Attorney’s Office in Rochester, MN for the summer. Charles Pellicane, #1036 - Recently helped form a startup that is disrupting the energy industry’s method of assessing risks on capital projects. Risk Assessment Profiler (RAP) just launched, but already has its first customer with a major Southwest Utility Firm. WYOMING Stephen C. Snow, #257 - Holding a reunion for Wyoming brothers in October. Please contact me at ssre@crocker.com for more details!
CARLETON TURNS 30! A celebration worthy of 30 years of excellence on the Carleton Campus in Ottawa, Canada as over 200 Acacians and friends of Pythagoras united to cheer the milestone. So good to have many of the Founders in attendance who took a chance on Acacia, not only starting a Fraternity but an entire Greek system. Honored to have former LCs and ‘key’ former volunteers in Eric Church, Greg Owen, Chris Martin, George Levesque, Justin Kaplan & Graham Pedregosa. Pleased to welcome former LC and Council member, George Levesque to the “Order of the Apron.” Instrumental in getting the ALA off to a great beginning - Brother Levesque represents the memory of George Patterson in the finest tradition! Cheers to the over 450 alumni of the Carleton Chapter and here’s to 30 more years!
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CHAPTER ETERNAL
CAL POLY-POMONA
CHAPTER ETERNAL
Kenneth Ray Walden, #169
Larry D. Christensen, #566 Scott L. McMorris, #714
CENTRAL OKLAHOMA
KANSAS STATE
Charles S. Lindsey, #63
CINCINNATI
Carl E. Rullmann, #296
COLORADO
MISSOURI
William Devin Reeder, #892 Robert B Stauffer, #508
Larry M. Yost, #42 Douglas L. Kidd, #694 Steven K. Thornbrugh, #608
NEBRASKA
LONG BEACH STATE
MG John H. Jacobsmeyer, Jr., #17 Elmer K Richardson, #159 Kenneth T. Kyle, #465
Byron K. Moore, #63
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Robert L. Bruns, #421 Michael D. Adams, #804
Klaus-Peter R. Steuer, #23 Norman C. Saatjian, #37 Charles A. Stevens, #54
COLORADO STATE
LOUISIANA STATE
Dr. William J. Mollere, #54
Oliver L Stevenson, #4 Kenneth L. Tiffany, #6
CORNELL
LUTHER A. SMITH
NORTHWESTERN
Jack A. Collom, #4
Robert C Howe, #494 Carey W. Fletcher, #596
ILLINOIS
James B. Davis, #39
MICHIGAN
James G. Bailey, #59 Harold E. Bowman, M.D., #419 Albert R Beckman, #568 Richard N. Howell, #637 Ernie L. Wilhoit, #715 William P. Asbury, #787 Steven W. Barrick, #932
Henry A. Manwaring, #347 Arthur L. Valpey, Jr., #385 John F. Durr, #408 Arthur C. Hills, #419 Raymond A. Kirmaier, #423 Benjamin H. Vine, #426 Stuart W. Churchill, #427 Jarrett R. Clark, #428 Robert Q. Greene, #429 Jacob F. Fahrner, #432 Kenneth P. Jones, #436 Claude Gene Sherry, #444 Robert G. Smellie, #445 Elbert S. Kennedy, #453 Herbert Hill Chapman, #462 Carroll S. Brown, #468 Archibald D. McGregor, #469 Kenneth L. Smith, #481 John B. Hazelworth, #487 Leo H. Barbour, #502 John M. Arms, #557 Theodore W. Daykin, #548
IOWA
MINNESOTA
Lester T. Sharp, #494 Robert O. Jesberg, #569 David A. Monson, #598 Eugene C. Swager, #652 Robert C. Robinson, #711 Maynard W. Miller, #953 Donald F Rippberger, #961
ILLINOIS WESLEYAN
Kenneth Qualkenbush, #5 Paul Dennis Carnine, #48 Christopher V. Grube, #159
INDIANA
Jim W. Nelson, #388 Merlin L. Mayberry, #397 Charles J. Schertz, #418
IOWA STATE
Arnwald W. Anderson, #362 Dr. Lowell B. Johnson, #426 Lynn R. Pendry, #469 Lee R. McDonald, #551 John P. Bahr, #545
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Frederick J. Bremer, #475 Donald F. Miller, #589 James F Pohtilla, #619 Albert Knutson, #643 Robert B. Doolen, #704 Thomas Henry Hale, #782
MISSISSIPPI STATE John H. Brooks, #84
NORTHERN COLORADO
Frank W. Phalen, #282 Wayne H. Holtzman, PhD, #287
OHIO
COL Donald F. Friend, #75 Jack A. Pore, #76 James L. Wagstaff, #78
OHIO STATE
Melvyn J. Stauffer, #53 John B. Faulk, #628 Hal W. Peters, #638
OKLAHOMA STATE
Coleman J Hewlett, #123
OREGON STATE
Donald C. Davis, #19 James W. Kelley, #292 Wesley H. Chase, #356 Galen Itami, #445
PENN STATE
Daniel C. Gillespie, Sr., #337 William C. Ketner, #533 Edwin P. Kohler, II, #543 Glenn R. Shee, #724
PITTSBURGH-JOHNSTOWN David Alan Kephart, #523
PURDUE
Howard H. Hanes, #624 Thomas G. Sibbitt, #634 Hugh D. Hanes, #695 Edward J. Anderson, #778
*Most Brothers listed passed away since our last Triad publication; however, many of these are names we have just recently learned about from past years. Please feel free to contact Acacia Headquarters at communications@acacia.org for more information about a brother, or to inform us of a brother’s recent passing.
RENSSELAER
Francis E. Card, #11 Waldon E. Kiesshauer, #27 Edward G. Hempel, #35 Warren Martin Bollinger, #545
SAN JOSE STATE
James E. Bentson, #38
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN Coy G. Baldree, #24 Zane R. Vaughan, #34
SYRACUSE
Ronald A. Westervelt, #402 William H. Overholt, #422 James W. Murphy, #515
TEXAS
WASHINGTON
James A. Baker, #578 Jack M. Sanders, Jr., #965
Richard A. King, #461
TRINE Paul S. Belpasso, #14 David B. Ryan, #49
William D Ganger, #46 W. H. “Bill” Stuart, Jr., #188 Michael K. Tang, #278
UCLA
WISCONSIN
Norman L. McCracken, #102 Joseph C. Abdo, #213 Robert W. Martin, #217
Major Vincent Currier, #7 Stephen H. Russell, #128
During this same period, Norm also served as a Second National Vice-President for Acacia National Fraternity, further demonstrating his love and commitment to his Fraternity, which during the last month of his life he continued to ask on how are the guys doing. We indeed miss you Norm. You have been instrumental in whom we are all today. You are truly “one of a kind” and we remember you fondly. Dr. William J. “Bill” Mollere, Louisiana State ‘72 Brother Bill passed from this life on November 9, 2018. At 72 years of age, Bro. Mollere had lived a blessed life and held many professional,
Robert C. Wheaton, M.D., #55 Hugh S. Bird, #579 Richard E. Hartnig, #614
WYOMING
VERMONT
Mr. Norman C. Saatjian, Long Beach State ‘57 Norm will always be remembered in the hearts and minds of many Acacians throughout the country, but none so more than the Cal-Poly Pomona Chapter that he helped to start. Norm participated in tireless executive officer meetings, along with weekly chapter meetings at the Cal-Poly Campus and was a regular at the bi-annual retreats in Big Bear Lake, California. It was through these early and formative years of the Cal-Poly Chapter where Norm taught, nurtured and set the example of what it takes to be a fellow Acacian in both word and deeds.
WASHINGTON STATE
Kim L. Briggs, #206
fraternal (serving as Grand Master of Masons in Louisiana), and social titles, but none did he relish more than “just plain Bill.” Later in life he would discover Albert Pike’s writings include one that would describe his life: “That which causes us trials shall yield us triumph: and that which make our hearts ache shall fill us with gladness. The only true happiness is to learn, to advance, and to improve: which could not happen unless we had commenced with error, ignorance, and imperfection. We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.” William Devin Reeder, Missouri ‘08 It is with great sadness that we say goodbye to Brother Reeder, the Co-Chapter Advisor of our Missouri Chapter. He will forever be remembered for giving everything he had, as often as he could. Will loved Elvis and recruiting unlikely companies to find beauty in themselves and each other. His acceptance of everybody and refusal to overlook anybody overwhelmed us. The fact that he touched so many, so deeply, in such a short amount of time will forever be a testament to his character. 34
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