CONVENTION REVIEW
The 55th International Convention Cleveland • July 26-30, 2006
“If someone had bet me that the largest Convention in Delta Chi history would take place in Cleveland, Ohio, I would have taken that bet in a heartbeat,” joked Convention Coordinator Matt Killingsworth, Kansas State ’02. “Turns out I would have lost the bet, and that ended up being a great thing.” The 55th International Convention, held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel City Centre from July 26-30, was attended by more than 300 student members, as well as more than 200 alumni and guests from across North America. The four days of programming, legislation, brotherhood and festivities began with a bang and wrapped up with a big announcement and a big bet.
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WEDNESDAY, JULY 26 Awards and a New Philanthropy Wednesday evening kicked off with Patrick Alderdice, Ball State ’92, and Paul Picciani, Connecticut ’89, rocking through nearly 300 programming and individual awards for chapters, colonies and alumni chapters (see pages 12 and 13 for a full list of awards). But the feature of the kick-off was the announcement of The V Foundation for Cancer Research as the new official philanthropic benefactor of Delta Chi. John Leshney, Senior Vice President of Development for The V Foundation, was on hand to accept a $12,000 check from an initial, nine-chapter pilot program. “You (Delta Chi) have great leadership in Steve (Bossart) and your staff. I have had such a great feeling in getting to know the men of
Delta Chi. You have people with vision and purpose, and they are going to help lead the way, with you on this journey, to help find the cures,” said Leshney.
THURSDAY, JULY 27 Elections and Ritual A procession of the Board of Regents, past “AA”s and members of the Order of the White Carnation began the first general session on Thursday morning. Rich Kruger, Tri-State, called the session to order as “FF”, and Father Anthony Vinson, Northwest Missouri ’98, gave the invocation. Following the invocation, the Convention Chorus led those in attendance in the singing of the Bond Song, and “AA” Steve Bossart, Kent State ’90, led the Convention in the recitation of the Preamble.
