1865 Trust

Kent B. Stoffel

(Alpha Eta Chapter–Westminster ’42) passed away in 2022 at the age of 99. Recently, the Kappa Alpha Order Educational Foundation received an estate gift from him totaling more than $ 500,000. His gift will provide meaningful scholarships to members of the Alpha Eta Chapter. Kappa Alpha Order and the KAOEF appreciate his generosity and lasting legacy.

Kent was born in 1923, in St Louis, Missouri. He first attended Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, where he was initiated in 1942 by the Alpha Eta Chapter. He then transferred and graduated from Washington University in St. Louis where he affiliated with the Beta Theta Chapter. He graduated with a B.S. degree in engineering. His clubs included the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and The Engineers Club of St. Louis. During World War II, he served

In the March 1946 Journal Brother Stoffel was reported as “promoted to Lieutenant (jg) upon arriving at San Diego, California, on January 27, 1946. While aboard the LCS (L)38, in the Pacific for the past 14 months, he participated in the battle of Okinawa, and later destroyed mines off the coast of Japan and in the China sea. The ship has returned to the States to be decommissioned.”

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