SC Delta Chapter of SAE — DELTA DRUMMER APRIL MAY 2016
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Reunion, Brothers Abroad, Parents Weekend Community Service—Palmetto Project
SAE Big Chill. For those of you
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
who didn't attend the fall
Spann Laffitte and Thomas Gremillion
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Allen Hughes and Campbell Powers
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2016 Officers and New Furniture
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Notes
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Brothers and Seniors in the Chapter
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JP Gamble and Annual Dues
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alumni reunion, we missed you. — with Field
Wardlaw, Cole Church, Bucky McQueen and Bobby Price.
Parents Weekend Oct 22, 2016, the UMass/ USC Football game. Details to come.
Brothers Abroad Joseph Stuhrenberg, Ben Miller, Nick Murray and Simon Walpole in Santiago, Chile.
Contact us SC Delta Alumni Assn PO Box 11521 Columbia, SC
Watch for our new web site that is supported by Member Planet. Details coming soon!
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Alumni Notes
Michael Otten Receives Award Michael Otten '16, past Eminent Archon, has been awarded the SAE Foundation Dr. Charles A. Preuss Medical Award (Medical) - $2,000
Thomas Gremillion, ‘01, is Director of Food Policy with the Consumer Federation of America in Washington, DC. He oversees the research, analysis, advocacy and media outreach for the CFA’s food policy activities. He graduated from Harvard Law School in 2007 and also obtained a Master of Arts in International Studies from the La Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar in 2004. At Carolina he majored in Mathematics and was a member of the South Carolina Honors College and Phi Beta Kappa,. Reach Tommy at email Page 2 - Visit our web site, www.saeusc.com
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Alumni Notes Campbell Powers ‘14 Campbell is an Associate Manager, Inbound Sales with Lanyon in Dallas. His company created the industry's leading cloud-based software for managing corporate meetings, events and travel programs. Campbell completed his B.A. in Economics from the Darla Moore School of Business. At Carolina he was a member of the Capstone Scholars Program and the National Society of Collegiate Scholars. He attended Highland Park High School. In the summer of 2011 he was the Recreation Coordinator at the Fripp Island Resort. Reach out to Campbell at email Powerscs18@gmail.com.
Help us find these lost alumni! George L David, III, ‘86
Found Alumnus - Allen Hughes '89 Allen is Counselor General for Leadership Advancement and Mission Stewardship for Anglican Mission in the Americas in Charleston. The Rev. Dr. Canon Allen Hughes serves as Canon Missioner due to his capacity for intuitive organization thinking. He has helped many Anglican Mission churches, networks, and church leaders. He is used in effective transition coaching and/or collaborative process planning. He can be reached at email allen@theamia.org.
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New Chapter Officers for 2016-2017 President – Dixon Collins (Greenville) Vice President (External) - Will Kitchens (Columbia) Vice President (Internal) - Worth Bryan (Asheville) Treasurer – Anthony Fontana (Virginia Beach) Recorder – Ben Hoopes (Albany, GA) Social Chair – Simon Walpole (Virginia Beach) Rush Chairmen – Bernie Herbkersman (Columbia); Jackson Dunaway (Charleston); Henry Sullivan (Greenville); Xander Spears (Charlotte) New Member Educators – Chris Kraft (Charleston) & Wil Watson (Asheville) Philanthropy Chairman – Cam Stringfellow (Columbia) Correspondent – Will Myers (Greenville) Herald – Tim Beard (Rock Hill) Tailgate Chairman – Stephen Humphreys (Charleston) Warden – Pierce Slagsvol (Columbia) & Nick Pizzo (Charleston) Intramural Chairman – Hayne Wilkerson (York, SC) House Manager – Harrison Lapin (Columbia) & John Ross Miller (Greenville) Chaplain – Jack Kelly (Chattanooga) Risk Manager – Jack Gould (Greenville) Scholarship Chairman – Ramsey Stephenson (Greenville) Steward – George Loizou (Virginia Beach) T-shirt Chairman – Henry Sullivan (Greenville) Senior Adviser – Joe Stuhrenberg (Atlanta) & Adam Bayless (Rocky Mount)
New Patio Furniture Thanks to Diane Reid Horne, the Mothers of Minerva purchased new and updated patio furniture for the fraternity house deck
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Notes
Jeff Ammons '92, is a
An SAE is now president of IFC (Fraternity Council) at Carolina. Joe has succeeded to that position due to the unfortunate closing of the Sigma Chi Chapter, and the resignation of the current president and member of that fraternity. Congratulations to Joe, who will serve out the rest of the term through December 2016. He can be reached at email jhs@email.sc.edu.
partner and attorney with the firm of Walker, Clark, Allen, Grice & Ammons, L.L.P in Goldsboro. He obtained his law
degree from Campbell University in 1996. Marred to Lesley, they have two children Sarah Jane and Emilee. Reach out to Jeff at email jeff@nctrialattorneys.com.
Robert B Webb '65 Robert B Webb Sr, '65, is an agency manager with State Farm Insurance in Charleston. He attended McClellan High School and majored in Marketing at Carolina. Married to Julia Rowan, he can be reached at email bobwebb1@att.net.
The chapter wrapped up the week of April 11 of their Paddy Murphy events with the 2016 David Simone Softball Classic. The game was against the Lexington County Sherriff's Department. The funds raised goes toward David’s medical bills. Page 5 - Visit our web site, www.saeusc.com
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Chapter News—Brothers and Seniors 2016
Have a great summer from the Brothers of SC Delta 2016!
Congratulations to the Class of 2016. A social was held at the Carolina Ale House on Friday evening, May 6, 2016 in honor of our new graduates. Page 6 - Visit our web site, www.saeusc.com
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In Memoriam—JP Gamble ‘51 Julius Pendergrass (J.P.) Gamble, Sr., 87, of Lan e, SC died peacefully on Thursday, November 19, 2015 after a brief illness. He was born on April 11, 1928, to Samuel Wayne and Theresa Register Gamble in the Gourdin community near Lane, SC. He was educated in Greeleyville schools and graduated from the University of South Carolina with a degree in business administration in 1950. At USC, he was a member of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity. He was an avid Gamecocks fan throughout his life, and enjoyed attending their football games and flying to their bowl games. After college, he returned to the Gourdin area to join his father on the family farm. In addition to farming, he would later work for the US Department of Agriculture and in the Williamsburg County Economic Development Office as Economic Development Director and Grants Administrator. He married Eunice Temple Ford of Holly Hill, SC on July 18, 1952, and they celebrated 63 years of marriage together this summer.
2016 Alumni Annual Dues Your voluntary annual dues of $25 can now be accepted online at our web site here. You can also mail a check made out to SC Delta Alumni Association to: Mitch Kiser, Treasurer SC Delta Alumni Association
PO Box 11521 Columbia, SC 29211 Page 7 - Visit our web site, www.saeusc.com