ATO PALM SUMMER 2026

PA L M

SUMMER

THE CORNERSTONE

As we celebrate our nation’s 250th anniversary, it’s a great time to remember fraternity life is celebrating too. College undergraduates and alumni have been enjoying the benefits of fraternity membership since 1776, beginning with Phi Beta Kappa.

University and college campuses, local communities, states, the nation and world continue to benefit from fraternity men who, through their undergraduate experience, learned how to be effective leaders and more engaged citizens. Fraternity reinforces patriotism and reminds us the liberty we enjoy as Americans is foundational to who we are as a nation.

Very few things remain relevant for two and a half centuries. Fewer still are able to speak to young men at a time when they are faced with an array of lifelong decisions. Fraternity was relevant in 1776 and in 1865 and, because of a growing number of issues facing boys and young men, even more relevant today.

ATO is proud to be one of five fraternities making up the Fraternity Forward Coalition, a group that rejects the “defensive crouch,” a reflexive posture of apologizing rather than advocating, that our critics expect of us.

This summer ATO and our fellow partners in the Fraterni-

ty Forward Coalition are once again playing offense and launching the Fraternities Know Men campaign. Boys and young men are facing difficult, and in many cases, debilitating challenges that fraternities have spoken to for 250 years.

No college enterprise fights loneliness, depression and isolation better than fraternity does, and no entity is better positioned to deliver solutions for the issues men face as undergraduates and alumni.

Check out FraternitiesKnowMen.org to hear from our ATO brothers and college men who speak directly to the value their brotherhood brought to them and how it changed their lives. As fraternity men, they remind us that on America’s 250th anniversary, the spirit that forged our nation remains alive and well.

Love and Respect,

Wynn Smiley Chief Executive Officer

INSIDE THE PALM

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Wynn R. Smiley

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS:

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SAVING LIVES THROUGH BROTHERHOOD

HOW ATO CHAPTERS ARE PARTNERING WITH THE GIFT OF

LIFE MARROW REGISTRY TO GROW THE DONOR POOL, SPARK CAMPUS ENGAGEMENT AND HELP TURN STUDENT SWABS INTO LIFESAVING MATCHES FOR PATIENTS IN NEED.

For members of Alpha Tau Omega, service has always been a defining pillar of brotherhood. In recent years, that commitment has taken on a profoundly life-saving dimension through a growing partnership with Gift of Life Marrow Registry. What began with one brother’s donation has evolved into a nationwide movement across ATO chapters — one that is helping patients battling blood cancers and disorders find their match and, ultimately, their second chance at life.

At the center of this partnership is Traci Ackerman, manager of strategic partnerships at Gift of Life Marrow Registry, who also serves as the liaison between ATO and the organization. Her role connects national leadership with individual ATO chapters, ensuring that each donor drive and every potential match is tracked, supported and celebrated.

“In my role, I keep the national office informed about chapters that host Gift of Life (GOL) donor drives on campus, including the outcomes of these drives as well as any matches and transplants that result from this activity,” Ackerman said.

At the chapter level, that coordination takes on a more hands-on dimension. As Jude Powell, Florida ’23, explains, student leadership plays a critical role in bridging national partnerships with on-the-ground execution. “As Chapter President of ATO, I serve as the main bridge between our chapter and Gift of Life, helping coordinate donor

drives, logistics, and overall strategy to maximize turnout and impact,” Powell said. “My role expanded a lot when I became Director of Greek Affairs, because I was able to scale that relationship beyond just ATO and bring in other councils to participate as well.”

The partnership between ATO and Gift of Life formally began in 2021, following a powerful moment that helped

galvanize the Fraternity’s involvement. “The partnership between ATO and GOL began following ATO brother Austin Pierce’s stem-cell donation in 2020,” Ackerman said. That single act of donation became a catalyst, sparking a broader commitment across chapters to host donor drives and educate peers about the importance of joining the registry.

Each year, that commitment is reinforced at the ATO National Convention, where Gift of Life plays an active role in engaging members. “Each summer, Gift of Life attends the ATO National Convention to provide attendees with the opportunity to join the registry, engage with chapters about hosting donor drives, and present one chapter with the GOL/ATO Chapter of the Year Award,” Ackerman said.

A Record of Sustained Impact

Since 2015, ATO chapters have hosted 132 donor drives and added nearly 5,000 individuals to the registry. For Ackerman, what stands out most is not only the scale but the consistency of that involvement.

“There is a genuine commitment of ATO chapters to making a meaningful impact,” she said. “The chapters we work with are deeply dedicated to philanthropy and community service, and that dedication is reflected in both the number of donor drives they host and the lives they help save.”

That consistency is something student leaders recognize as well. “What stands out most is the consistency — ATO hasn’t just had one or two big events, it’s been a sustained effort over years,” Powell said. “That kind of commitment builds trust with organizations like Gift of Life and creates a system where each new class of members keeps pushing it forward.”

Ackerman said that sustained engagement of this kind is rare — and powerful. “This level of sustained engagement over time is not easy to achieve, yet ATO chapters continue to show up year after year with passion and purpose. Their ability to mobilize members, educate their peers, and take action has resulted in nearly 5,000 new registry members — each representing a potential lifesaving match. It’s a powerful example of how consistent, mission-driven efforts can create real and lasting change.”

Why Fraternities Make a Difference

A key factor in the success of these efforts is the unique structure and culture of fraternity life. According to Ackerman, fraternity-led initiatives — particularly those driven by ATO — are especially effective at engaging students and increasing participation.

“Fraternity-led donor drives are highly effective because fraternities often serve as influential leaders on campus and actively support one another’s community impact initiatives,” she said. “This strong sense of brotherhood and shared purpose helps drive participation and engagement.”

Powell echoed that perspective, emphasizing the power of peer influence. “Fraternity-led drives work because they’re built on relationships and peer influence,” he said. “When people see their friends getting involved, they’re way more likely to participate. With ATO specifically, we focus a lot on making the process approachable — keeping it simple, high-energy, and mission-driven.”

Beyond influence, it is the culture of service that sets ATO apart. “What stands out most about ATO-led donor drives is their deep commitment to leadership and community service. Their members take initiative, lead by example, and create a culture where giving back is both encouraged and celebrated,” Ackerman said. “This not only increases awareness but also inspires more students to join the registry and become part of a lifesaving mission.”

From Numbers to Human Lives

The impact of these efforts becomes even more powerful when translated into human outcomes. Across ATO’s partnership with Gift of Life, donor drives have already led to 231 potential matches and 23 actual donations.

To Ackerman, these numbers represent something far more meaningful than statistics.

“They represent real people and second chances at life,” she said.

For students involved, seeing those outcomes firsthand can be transformative. “When students realize the impact — actual matches and donations — it shifts everything from ‘this is a good cause’ to ‘this is something real I was part of,’” Powell said. “It gives them a sense of ownership and pride, knowing their small action could directly save a life.”

Ackerman said the broader context of donor matching means every new registry member matters. “For individuals who join the Gift of Life Marrow Registry, about 1 in 76 will be identified as a potential match for a patient in need, and 1 in 12 of those matches will go on to donate.”

For patients facing blood cancers or disorders, the urgency is clear. “For these patients, where a transplant is often their only cure, the odds of finding a match within their own family are only about 30%. That means the majority rely on the generosity of strangers. This is where ATO’s impact is truly life-changing,” Ackerman said.

Each registry entry represents hope, and each donation represents survival. “Our work doesn’t just give patients a second chance — it gives their families and communities the chance to continue sharing life with someone they love,” she said.

The Journey From Swab to Donation

For many students, the process of joining the registry begins at an ATO donor drive — often through a simple conversation that carries lasting significance.

“That initial message is critical in helping individuals understand both the need and the impact they can have,” Ackerman said.

Once a student decides to join, the process is straightforward but highly coordinated. Once they’ve joined the Gift of Life Marrow Registry, they complete a brief online health questionnaire and provide a cheek swab. After the drive, the kits are returned to Gift of Life, where they are processed and sent to a lab. Within approximately three to four weeks, the donor’s HLA type is identified, and they are officially added to the registry. Donors remain on the registry until their 61st birthday.

But Ackerman stressed that the moment of recruitment is the most important stage. “That early moment of registration is incredibly important because individuals are making a thoughtful and personal commitment,” she

said. “It’s essential that they fully understand what joining the registry means and what may be asked of them in the future.”

Expanding Awareness Beyond Campus

While donor drives take place on college campuses, their impact extends far beyond them. Student volunteers often become ambassadors for the mission, carrying what they learn into their hometowns, families, and future workplaces.

“College students have an incredible ability to influence their peers and broader communities, helping to raise awareness and educate others about the importance of stem-cell donation,” Ackerman said.

Powell sees additional opportunity to expand that influence even further. “Looking ahead, I think the biggest opportunity is expanding collaboration across all of Greek life and even beyond that into other student organizations,” he said. “There’s also room to integrate more education and storytelling — sharing real match stories to make the impact even more tangible.”

This ripple effect is essential to the organization’s broader mission. “The reach and energy of these student leaders are truly remarkable — we would not be able to grow the registry at the scale we have without their dedication,” Ackerman said. “Each student volunteer is equipped with the tools and knowledge needed to be an effective advocate. These initiatives don’t just generate donors on campus — they spark conversations and inspire action in communities across the country, amplifying awareness and ultimately helping to save more lives.”

Challenges and the Power of Partnership

Despite progress, significant challenges remain in building and maintaining a diverse global donor registry. One of the most pressing issues is ensuring that every patient — regardless of background — has an equal chance of finding a match.

“Organizations like Gift of Life face a global challenge in both growing and diversifying the donor registry to ensure that every patient — regardless of background — has an equal chance of finding a match,” Ackerman said. “In addition to this, there are common barriers such as

fear of medical procedures, concerns about sharing personal information, and a general lack of understanding about how simple and safe stem-cell donation can be.”

This is where ATO’s role becomes especially important. “Partnerships with organizations like ATO play a critical role in addressing these challenges. Through their strong campus presence and peer-to-peer engagement, ATO members help educate others, dispel misconceptions, and build trust within their communities,” Ackerman said.

Looking Ahead

What began with one brother’s donation has evolved into a nationwide effort rooted in compassion, leadership, and brotherhood. Through consistent action and a shared commitment to service, Alpha Tau Omega has helped transform donor recruitment into a powerful expression of its values. As the partnership continues to grow, Acker-

man sees tremendous potential for expansion.

“Looking ahead, there is tremendous opportunity to expand ATO’s impact by engaging even more chapters in hosting donor drives across campuses nationwide,” Ackerman said. “The greater the participation, the more individuals we can add to the registry — and ultimately, the more lives we can help save.”

Powell agreed, noting that future growth will depend on both scaling existing efforts and refining execution. “Overall, it’s about scaling what already works while making the experience even more impactful for participants,” he said.

Ackerman encouraged continued engagement and growth within the Fraternity. “ATO has already demonstrated an incredible commitment to our mission and continuing to grow that involvement will only deepen its lifesaving impact,” Ackerman said. “We welcome and encourage additional chapters to get involved.”

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BUILDING ENERGY FROM THE GROUND UP

In a crowded energy drink market dominated by global brands and massive marketing budgets, Cooper Himan, Appalachian State ’23, is taking a different approach — one built not on scale, but on proximity. As a business student at Appalachian State University, Himan launched JIT Energy with a simple but ambitious goal: create a product that feels local, personal and embedded in the rhythms of everyday life in Boone, North Carolina.

That vision didn’t begin with energy drinks at all. Instead, it started with an entirely different concept — one that ultimately proved unworkable but set the foundation for everything that followed.

“I was originally attempting to create a healthy alternative to nicotine pouches by trying to do energy pouches,” Himan said. “I came up with the name, branding and fell in love with the process. When it came down to it, the margins were too tight, but I wanted to keep the branding. From there, I started looking at the energy drink market and went all in.”

That pivot — from pouches to cans — was the first of many decisions that would define JIT Energy’s trajectory. It also underscored a theme that continues to shape Himan’s approach: adaptability. Rather than abandoning the idea altogether, he preserved what worked — the identity, the concept of energy on demand — and reimagined how to bring it to life.

From Concept to Reality

Turning an idea into a tangible product is rarely straightforward, particularly for a college student navigating limited resources and a steep learning curve. For Himan, the early days of JIT Energy were defined by equal parts hustle and uncertainty.

“Once I decided to go with energy drinks, I had to start reaching out to manufacturers,” he said. “From there I had to find truckers and logistics to figure out how I was going to ship 17,000 cans. Once I found the right people, I then partnered with a student living company here

in Boone who offered me storage if I, in return, gave them free drinks. Everything was chaos — but chaos that taught me so much.”

That “chaos” is a familiar phase for many early-stage entrepreneurs, but what distinguishes Himan’s experience is how quickly he moved from concept to execution. Within a relatively short period, he had navigated supply-chain challenges, secured storage and coordinated distribution — no small feat for a first-time founder still attending classes.

Equally important was the decision to root the business firmly in the Boone community. Rather than attempting to compete nationally from the outset, JIT Energy focused on hyper-local engagement, offering

free delivery across the area and targeting a specific mix of customers — students, construction workers, and creatives.

The strategy wasn’t just about convenience; it was about connection.

A Brand Built on Community

From the beginning, JIT Energy positioned itself as more than just another beverage option. The brand’s identity is closely tied to the people and places it serves, creating a sense of ownership among customers that larger companies often struggle to replicate.

That community-first mindset is evident in everything from partnerships with local housing organizations to grassroots marketing efforts and pre-order contests. It’s also reflected in how Himan thinks about growth — not as a race to expand everywhere, but as a process of deepening relationships where the brand already exists.

“I think posting untraditional content and knowing exactly who my target audience is has helped tremendously,” he said. “People are so used to and numb to ads, that if you can hook someone unconventionally, it means a bit more.”

That approach has allowed JIT Energy to cut through the noise in a saturated market. Instead of relying on polished, corporate-style campaigns, the brand leans into authenticity, speaking directly to its audience in ways that feel organic and relatable.

The payoff has been tangible. One of the defining moments for Himan came when JIT Energy reached a milestone that signaled its legitimacy within the local scene.

“I think I’m most proud of seeing JIT sold at our top bar here, River Street Ale House,” he said. “That made it real for me, and having all my friends there with me made it a special night.”

Balancing Business and College Life

Building a company is demanding under any circumstances. Doing so while managing the responsibilities of college life adds another layer of complexity. For Himan, the challenge has been less about capability and more about balance.

“The biggest challenge so far has been trying to find the silver lining in having a fun time while I’m still in college and sacrificing some good times to make the business work,” he said.

That tension — between immediate experiences and long-term goals — is one many student entrepreneurs face. Early on, Himan admitted he compounded the challenge by trying to do too much on his own.

“I also think maybe I was too prideful at times by not creating a team and attempting everything alone,” he said. “Once I found some like-minded people who wanted to help, it made everything a lot easier.”

Delegation and collaboration not only eased operational pressures but also strengthened the business itself, bringing in new perspectives and skill sets. At the same time, maintaining a sense of perspective has helped Himan stay grounded.

“It has been stressful at times but honestly shows how lucky I am,” he said. “If my biggest issues are running my own business, school and fraternity life, I must be living a pretty good life.”

The Role of Brotherhood

Himan’s experience at Appalachian State extends beyond the classroom and his business. As a member of Alpha

Tau Omega, he credits the Fraternity with playing a meaningful role in both his personal and professional development.

“I loved the idea of surrounding myself with like-minded individuals,” he said. “The Fraternity means the world to me. I’ve had some really high moments and some really low moments like everyone does, and the Fraternity has been there every step of the way.”

That support has translated directly into the growth of JIT Energy. From helping spread awareness to simply showing up as customers, his fraternity brothers have become an informal but powerful network.

“My ATO chapter here in Boone has shown me so much support that they never needed to share,” Himan said. “Not only do they actively help support [the business] but they always share and help build awareness for it. They have made my life so much easier in a lot of ways I never knew was possible.”

Beyond tangible support, the fraternity experience has helped shape his mindset as a leader.

“I think ATO has helped me grow and develop into a man,” he said, “which has led me to making tough decisions and making sacrifices, all the while holding my head up high.”

While JIT Energy is still in its early stages, Himan is already thinking about what comes next. His ambitions extend well beyond Boone, with a clear focus on scaling the brand across North Carolina.

“I want JIT to scale and dominate the North Carolina market over the next few years,” he said. “And I believe I can do it by finding the right people.”

That emphasis on people — building the right team, cultivating the right partnerships, and staying connected to customers — continues to be a defining element of his strategy. It’s also what sets JIT Energy apart in an industry often driven by scale and standardization.

The path forward will undoubtedly bring new challenges, from increased competition to the complexities of larger-scale distribution. But if Himan’s journey so far is any indication, he’s prepared to navigate them with the same mix of adaptability, persistence, and community focus that got him here.

ATO LEADS

1. NICK ACKERMAN, SIMPSON ’98

Nick Ackerman, Simpson ’98, has been named a recipient of the 2026 NCAA Honors, recognizing extraordinary student-athletes, coaches and administrators whose achievements exemplify the values of collegiate athletics. In 2001, Ackerman became the first NCAA athlete to win a national wrestling title without the use of his legs, which were amputated below the knees as a toddler. His championship at 174 pounds was named one of the 25 Defining Moments in NCAA History. Since then, he has built a distinguished career as a prosthetist, championed legislation including Iowa’s Prosthetic Parity Law and mentored youth and veterans across the country.

2. DAVE NEFF, BALL STATE ’19

Dave Neff, Ball State ’19, has been named president and CEO of the 500 Festival, the Indianapolis nonprofit that produces more than 30 events annually for over 500,000 participants. He began the role Jan. 1, 2026.

Neff previously served as CEO of the Boilermaker Alliance, Purdue’s NIL organization, and has held leadership roles at Pacers Sports & Entertainment, ExactTarget and EDGE Mentoring, which he co-founded. He also serves on the 2026 NCAA Men’s Final Four Local Organizing Committee.

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ROSE-HULMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

What began as a student-led act of compassion has become one of the most powerful traditions in ATO.

Gamma Gamma brothers completed Carmine’s Convoy — a 66-mile, two-day walk from campus to Riley Children’s Hospital — raising $102,000 for families with newborns in neonatal intensive care units. That total more than doubled last year’s $47,000, with proceeds benefiting NICU families at Riley Children’s Hospital and Union Hospital in Terre Haute, Ind.

Now in its second year, the convoy is more than a fundraiser. It’s a tribute.

The initiative is held in partnership with Rook’s Resources, a nonprofit co-founded by Rose-Hulman alumnus and ATO member Thomas Reives and his wife, Shecara. After losing their son Rook in 2017 following a premature birth and extended NICU stay, the Reives family turned grief into purpose. Their surviving twin, Carmine — who spent 165 days in NICUs across multiple hospitals — continues to thrive today with the support of a tracheostomy and ongoing therapies.

His story, and Rook’s legacy, fuel the mission of Rook’s Resources: providing meals, emotional support and community outreach for families navigating some of life’s most difficult beginnings. The brothers of Gamma Gamma walk in honor of both.

ATO GIVES

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FLORIDA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Brothers at Kappa Eta completed their first road cleanup of the semester — braving cold temperatures and light rain to keep their neighborhood clean. Their commitment to service didn’t wait for better weather.

ATO GIVES

NORTH DAKOTA STATE UNIVERSITY

Freezathon wrapped in a big way. For the final hour of the annual event, brothers were joined by a strong turnout of supporters — and when the totals came in, the chapter had broken its previous fundraising record. This year’s event raised more than $62,000 for DownHome, surpassing every prior campaign in the chapter’s history.

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NEBRASKA

The Gamma Theta chapter of Alpha Tau Omega at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln came together for one of its most meaningful events of the year participating in I’ve Got a Name’s annual Walk for Freedom, a community-wide effort to raise awareness about sex trafficking in Nebraska.

The day kicked off at the ATO chapter house on R Street, where Gamma Theta brothers hosted a pre-walk brunch under the “Taus Against Trafficking” initiative, fueling up participants and building momentum before the main event.

The Walk for Freedom, organized by I’ve Got a Name, a Nebraska-based charity dedicated to fighting sex trafficking, brought participants from the Nebraska Union Broyhill Fountain to the Nebraska State Capitol Building, cutting through the heart of Lincoln and putting the issue squarely in the public eye.

With each step, walkers pushed toward raising awareness and ending sex trafficking in Nebraska. Gamma Theta brothers were among those leading the charge, passing hundreds of community members along the route and helping spark conversations about an issue that too often goes unnoticed.

For the brothers of Gamma Theta, Walk for Freedom was more than a philanthropic checkbox. It was a reminder that leadership means showing up for your community, and especially when the cause is difficult. As human trafficking continues to affect Nebraska and communities across the country, the chapter’s participation stood as a clear declaration that they are paying attention and ready to act.

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A&M UNIVERSITY

Brothers at Theta Sigma presented a $10,000 check to VFW Post 4692 in Bryan, Texas. The funds came by way of the PiPom competition, which ATO won in partnership with Alpha Delta Pi.

“When we got that money, I knew there was no better place for it to go,” said Chapter President Jack Eggl, Texas A&M ’23

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Over the course of Viking Week — Kappa Sigma’s signature philanthropy event — brothers raised more than $20,000 for Feeding the Gulf Coast, a Feeding America-affiliated food bank serving 24 counties across South Alabama, South Mississippi and the Florida Panhandle. UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

ATO GIVES

The brothers of Eta Mu donated $51,443 to the 22 Project for the 2025-26 fundraising cycle. The 22 Project works to reduce suicides among combat-wounded and disabled veterans, reservists and active-duty service members.

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TROY UNIVERSITY

128.3 miles. 18 years. $200,000 raised this year. More than $1,040,000 raised in total.

The Kappa Beta brothers walked from Troy, Ala., to Panama City Beach, Fla., in support of Jeep Sullivan’s Wounded Warrior Outdoor Adventures — a journey they’ve made every year for nearly two decades. The miles add up. So does the mission.

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Seventeen Epsilon Kappa brothers spent spring break doing something most students don’t: serving strangers across the country.

As part of the Bowling Green Alternative Break program, the brothers traveled from Bowling Green, Ohio, to South Padre Island, Texas, completing more than 350 hours of community service along the way. Working alongside Sea Rim State Park and Sea Turtle Inc., they collected 60 bags of beach trash, helped prepare a corral for sea turtle eggs and cleaned tanks — even swimming alongside the turtles in the process.

They returned home with stronger bonds and proof that service, when done together, changes everyone involved.

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ATO ROADSHOW

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

Harutyun Mutafyan, Southern California Nexus, entered the National Collegiate Judo Championship this spring as a first-timer in a field of the nation’s best. He came with a single goal: to measure himself against elite competition and sharpen his edge for the international stage ahead — the Pan American and World Championships. He left with a national title and a No. 4 ranking in the United States.

“This win silenced a lot of doubters,” Mutafyan said.

The doubters had their reasons. Mutafyan was new to the tournament, untested at this level, carrying expectations he’d set for himself. But the result was no accident. It was built months earlier, in the work no one sees.

While many of his classmates spent spring break unwinding, Mutafyan spent it training. He used the time to refine the technical side of his game and to cut nearly 10 kilograms — the largest cut of his career — to make weight.

That discipline showed when it counted. Rather than force his own pace, Mutafyan read each opponent and answered in kind, countering style with strategy and adapting match by match. Precision, not power, carried him through the bracket and onto the top of the podium.

The work isn’t finished. With Pan Ams and Worlds ahead, the brother who silenced his doubters at home now turns to prove himself before the world.

NATIONAL FRATERNITY

FIRST AMENDMENT INSTITUTE

Nearly 70 fraternity and sorority leaders gathered this spring for the 2026 First Amendment Institute, and the Taus in the room left ready to fight for more than just their chapters.

The annual institute brings undergraduate leaders from across the country together for an intensive, handson experience focused on the constitutional freedoms that undergird fraternal life itself: freedom of speech and freedom of association. For ATO members in attendance, the event was a reminder that the principles their founders enshrined in 1865, the elevation of man and the supremacy of good over evil, still require active defense.

Participants left equipped with the language, legal grounding and advocacy skills to stand before campus administrators, student governments and university boards and make the case for their members. For chapters facing pressure from institutional overreach, that preparation isn’t just useful. It’s essential.

The First Amendment Institute is produced in partnership with the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and reflects ATO’s longstanding belief that brotherhood carries with it an obligation to lead, not just within chapter walls, but across the broader campus community.

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SGLA

Alpha Tau Omega members showed up and stepped up at this spring’s Southeastern Greek Leadership Association conference in Atlanta.

Taus from across the region joined hundreds of fraternity and sorority leaders for SGLA’s annual gathering, one of the most respected leadership development conferences in the Greek world. ATO members were well represented among the undergraduate delegates serving their campus Interfraternity Councils, a visible sign of the organization’s ongoing commitment to servant leadership beyond the chapter.

SGLA has long been a proving ground for the kind of leaders ATO’s founders envisioned: men who know no narrow limits, who contend for the recognition of true merit wherever it’s found. The brothers who attended this year’s conference returned to their campuses better equipped to lead their IFC peers, strengthen their institutions and represent the values of the Maltese Cross.

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HILL VISITS

ATO members, as part of the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee, had the opportunity to lobby members of Congress for First Amendment protections for all fraternities and sororities.

The Hill visits brought together undergraduates Kelechi Odunze, UNLV Nexus; Faisal Albaldawi, Florida Atlantic ’24; and Gavin Wein, Alabama ’24 with ATO alumni Bob McKenney, Kansas ’99, and Brad Todd, Rhodes ’89; at the Fraternity and Sorority Political Action Committee dinner after a day on the Hill.

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Alpha Tau Omega continued its expansion this spring, establishing nexus groups at three new campuses. A nexus group represents the first step in ATO’s chapter development process, a gathering of like-minded men committed to building something lasting.

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ATO AMBASSADOR WEEKEND

The Alpha Tau Omega Foundation welcomed its Ambassadors and Trailblazers to this year’s Ambassador Weekend in San Antonio, Texas, a celebration of the generosity, leadership and belief that make ATO’s mission possible.

Because of the continued support of those in attendance, ATO undergraduates across the country were given opportunities to grow, lead and succeed. The weekend brought together the Foundation’s most dedicated supporters for meaningful conversations, inspiring insights and time to reconnect while experiencing the best of San Antonio.

The gathering was a chance to recognize the impact donors have made and to look ahead at the future they continue to help build.

RECRUITMENT SUCCESS

ATO Chapters Post Strong Recruitment Numbers

Recruitment data from the past year shows steady growth across Alpha Tau Omega’s chapters. ATO currently counts roughly 8,700 undergraduate members across 126 chapters, averaging close to 70 members per chapter.

In the fall cycle, chapters that grew their pledge classes from fall 2024 to fall 2025 added a combined 247 new members, a 42% increase year over year. Iowa State posted the largest single gain, growing its class from 36 to 61. Samford and Oregon each added more than 20. Mississippi, ATO’s largest chapter at 270 undergraduates, raised its fall class to 87.

The spring cycle followed a similar pattern. Among chapters that grew, spring 2026 recruitment exceeded the prior spring by 122 new members, a 64% increase. Tampa recorded the largest gain, more than doubling its class. Arizona State and Northern Kentucky each added nine, and several smaller chapters, including Mississippi State and Maine, tripled their numbers from a small base.

Six chapters posted gains in both cycles: Boise State, Central Florida, Maine, New Hampshire, Tampa and West Florida. Sustained growth across consecutive recruitment periods points to consistent chapter operations rather than a single strong term.

The results span chapters of varying size and region, from Berkeley to Boise and Maine to Mississippi, reflecting the broad geographic reach ATO’s founders set out to build.

LIFE LOYAL TAUS

Congratulations to the newest members of Life Loyal Taus. These members joined between May 2025 and May 2026.

ANNUAL REPORT 2025

A MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIRMAN

On behalf of the Alpha Tau Omega Foundation, thank you for your continued generosity and belief in the mission of Alpha Tau Omega. Your support is an investment in the lives of the undergraduate men who are discovering what it means to lead, serve and build brotherhood rooted in ATO’s eternal and immutable principles.

The Fraternity has started a conversation about ATO True Men and what that means. Your generosity helps support programs and opportunities that reinforce many of the principles making up the ATO True Men initiative.

The 2026 Foundation Annual Report, covering fiscal year 2025, is a record of lives shaped, opportunities created, and commitments kept. Every program and scholarship supported represents a real ATO brother being encouraged, challenged, and strengthened.

On behalf of the Foundation Board of Governors, thank you for believing in this work and for investing in ATO’s future. We do not take your trust lightly. We will steward your gifts with care so that the impact of ATO is protected for generations to come.

Jerry Papazian Chairman, Board of Governors

“Your support is an investment in the lives of the undergraduate men who are discovering what it means to lead, serve and build brotherhood rooted in ATO’s eternal and immutable principles.”

Foundation Board of Governors

CHAIRMAN

Jerry Papazian

Southern California ’74

VICE-CHAIRMAN

Terry Lillis Simpson ’72

TREASURER

Charlie Paulk Jr. Florida ’59

MEMBERS AT-LARGE

Ray Abernathy, Georgia ’79

Bob Alley, Missouri ’67

John Aymond, Illinois ’77

Phil Bender Jr., Missouri ’84

Jib Black, Florida ’70

Dave Bomberger, Nebraska ’74

Jeff Busch, Washington State ’76

Spencer T. Caperton, Baylor ’05

Gary Flander, Iowa State ’78

Bill Fowler, Colorado State ’83

Dennis Gilbert, Louisiana Tech ’81

Robert Grady, Alabama ’13

Dick Hall, Kansas ’84

Greg Hall, Oklahoma ’70

Fred Maglione, Florida State ’93

Miles McCall, Stephen F. Austin State ’80

William Mizell, Georgia Tech ’84

Bill Muir, Kansas State ’67

Kirby Neumann, Cincinnati ’00

John Robertson, Georgia Tech ’63

FROM THE NATIONAL PRESIDENT

Thirty-eight years ago I came home for the holidays and announced to my family that I had joined a fraternity. It was during Christmas dinner that I learned from my grandfather that he was also an ATO. He was excited to have us share this unique bond, and today his badge sits in a case on display with much of my treasured ATO memorabilia as a reminder that brotherhood is eternal.

As I approach the end of my term as president, I’m so thankful for having had the opportunity to serve our fraternity. We continue to teach undergraduate members that ATO is for a Lifetime, and they continue to tell us that the Creed is just as relevant today as it was when Otis penned it. Our young members receive more than just a badge. With generous support from your donations to the ATO Foundation, the National Fraternity continues to expand its educational programming both at individual chapters and through national events like the Presidents Retreat.

ATO’s True Men Initiative has connected brothers to the true meaning of the Creed so that they walk away with more than the ability to recite 119 words in order. They are amazing young men in a world that doesn’t always appreciate that young men can still have character and lead with a conviction to do what’s right.

ATO doesn’t just happen. Alumni volunteers across the country give their time and treasure. ATO staff at the National Fraternity lead the industry with experience and dedication. Wynn Smiley not only does great work for ATO as our CEO but also leads our peers at the NIC as its chairman. His innovative leadership and decades of service to ATO are a true blessing to our fraternity.

Thank you for your continued support of ATO; it really is making a difference.

Jeff Miles National President

Fraternity Board and National Officers

NATIONAL PRESIDENT

Jeff Miles

Washington ’88

NATIONAL VICE-PRESIDENT

John Millspaugh

Ball State ’90

NATIONAL CHAPLAIN

Rev. Comforted Keen

Central Florida ’71

GENERAL COUNSEL

Coble Caperton

Rhodes ’71

NATIONAL SECRETARY

Kevin Kyde

Kentucky ’98

NATIONAL CHANCELLOR

Mario Garcia

Ball State ’91

NATIONAL TREASURER

Dave Krug

Illinois ’92

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Dan Bland

Baylor ’05

Gavin Chinn

Washington ’88

Michael Henry

Alabama-Huntsville ’10

Ryan Mahoney

Southern Mississippi ’03

John Marion IV Florida ’77

Bob McKenney

Kansas ’99

Erik Norquist

James Madison ’09

Austin Pennington

Texas Tech ’07

Haskell (Buddy) Ross III

Mississippi ’86

FRATERNITY CHIEF

EXECUTIVE OFFICER

Wynn Smiley

Illinois ’83, Purdue ’99

FROM THE CEO

Fraternity membership is growing! Young men are finding what they need in ATO. The growing body of research on young men tells us exactly what that is.

According to recent independent studies, fraternity men are 12% more likely to report positive mental health than their unaffiliated peers. They are nearly 30% more likely to have a male mentor. They are three times more likely to obtain an internship while in college and almost twice as likely to have a job waiting when they graduate. Some 83% say their confidence in their leadership skills increased directly because of their membership.

These are not accidents. They are the product of intentional brotherhood. That is what Alpha Tau Omega has always been about. Our Creed, our Ritual, our True Men initiative all point toward the same conviction: The world doesn’t just need better men. It needs men who are Alpha Tau Omega brothers.

Thank you for your financial support of our brothers, their chapters and Alpha Tau Omega. Without the ATO Foundation, the Fraternity would not be able to provide the type or availability of opportunities that are made available to our chapter brothers. From leadership development to communication skills, citizenship insights and spiritual formation opportunities, ATO is on the leading edge in the Fraternity world.

Thank you!

Wynn Smiley Chief Executive Officer

2025 PER FORMANCE AND FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

Revenues and Support

The Alpha Tau Omega Foundation is a tax-exempt 501(c) (3) nonprofit corporation supported by alumni, their families and friends of the organization. Revenue comes from individuals (cash, stock gifts, bequests), undergraduates, companies (cash and donated services), family foundations and other organizations, as well as investment income. The ATO Foundation investment portfolio is managed in-kind by a professional firm with oversight from the Board of Governors. In 2025, contributions totaled $1,592,459 and of those contributions, $374,384 was in chapter housing gifts.

Expense Allocations

Administrative expenses include those for executive and board governance oversight, financial management, our audit, technology and systems that ensure organization efficiency and overall planning and coordination of the Foundation’s work. In 2025, those totaled $139,633.

In order to secure the annual support necessary to meet the Fraternity’s most pressing educational and leadership needs, our annual fundraising efforts include direct mail, donor visits and alumni outreach. Those expenses were $266,497.

We want you to know that your investment is supporting not only our organization’s current work but also our ability to adapt and sustain ourselves in the future. We thank you for helping us educate and empower ATOs across the country.

Chapter Housing Campaigns

The ATO Foundation provides support for local chapter capital campaigns by accepting donations to be used for educational spaces in chapter house construction and renovations.

TOTAL NET ASSETS

The Foundation’s total net assets on Dec. 31, 2025, were $25,979,730.

GRANTS/SCHOLARSHIPS AWARDED

Grants and scholarships from all funds. Does not include housing.

ATO 2025 ANNUAL GIVING CLUBS

Trailblazer Club

We gratefully recognize the following alumni and friends for making unrestricted gifts of $2,500+ to the 2025 Annual Fund Campaign.

Alabama, Beta Delta

Robert Lawrence Grady

Barrie H. Harmon III

Walter J. Hughes

Alabama-Huntsville, Theta Pi

James Craig Martin

Arizona State, Zeta Alpha

Jeffrey P. Griffin

Auburn, Alpha Epsilon

James C. Lee III

Ball State, Theta Alpha

Bill L. Evans

Baylor, Theta Nu

Daniel Caleb Bland

Spencer Thomas Caperton

Central Florida, Eta Rho

Shawn M. Seipler

Cincinnati, Delta Lambda

Christopher D. Farwell

Austin Hahn

Kyle Neumann

Kirby S. Neumann

Colorado State, Delta Eta

William Whitney Fowler

DePauw, Delta Rho

Dennis G. Boyd

Emory, Alpha Theta

Paul M. McLarty Jr.

Florida State, Epsilon Sigma

Fred John Maglione

Florida, Alpha Omega

James I. Black III

W. Bruce O’Donoghue

Charles M. Paulk Jr.

Frederic A. Scarola

Mark V. White

Georgia Southern, Eta Zeta

Brian S. Graham

Jeffrey S. Jernigan

Paul G. Kamisky

Georgia State, Eta Beta

Louis B. Todd

Georgia Tech, Beta Iota

William C. Mizell

John E. Robertson

Georgia, Alpha Beta

Ray M. Abernathy

Illinois, Gamma Zeta

John C. Aymond

Indiana State, Zeta Omicron

Jaden M. Brown

Iowa State, Gamma Upsilon

Gary A. Flander

Kansas, Gamma Mu

Richard W. Hall

Robert G. McKenney

Kentucky, Mu Iota

Kevin E. Kyde

Thomas N. Moody

Kettering, Zeta Xi

James N. Janowiak

Louisiana Tech, Zeta Chi

Dennis P. Gilbert

Marietta, Beta Rho

Robert M. Brucken

James S. Wilson

Maryland, Epsilon Gamma

Stanley M. Fulton

Mississippi State, Epsilon Epsilon

James H. Lipscomb III

Mississippi, Delta Psi

Gerald A. Cook Jr.

Vance P. Derryberry

Shuler Griffin

Andrew M. Jones

Missouri, Gamma Rho

Robert G. Alley

J. Philip Bender Jr.

Nebraska, Gamma Theta

David L. Bomberger

Greg A. Whittemore

Nevada-Las Vegas, Eta Epsilon

Greg R. Clemens

North Alabama, Theta Eta

Christopher Michael Lucas

North Carolina, Alpha Delta

Edmund S. Burke Jr.

Oklahoma, Delta Kappa

Robert Mel Clark

Richard M. Leonard

Matthew G. McGraw

Purdue, Gamma Omicron

Wynn R. Smiley

Rose-Hulman, Gamma Gamma

Robbin Banerjee

San Jose State, Epsilon Chi

Duane L. Kime

Simpson, Beta Alpha

Jeffrey M. Gater

Terrance J. Lillis

James C. Spooner

Southern California, Zeta Beta

David L. Hotchkin

Gerald Papazian

Stephen F. Austin State, Eta Iota

Miles L. McCall

Wm. Brian Ruyle

Tennessee Tech, Eta Lambda

Charles G. Pruitt

Tennessee, Pi

Edmund T. Palmer

Texas Tech, Zeta Eta

Charles R. Cummings

Texas-Arlington, Kappa

Alpha

Jeffrey Alan Hazelrigs

Troy, Kappa Beta

Brandon Scott Stoudenmier

UCLA, Delta Chi

Neil R. Cadman

Washington State, Gamma Chi

Jeffrey G. Busch

Washington, Gamma Pi

Jeffrey J. Miles

Wisconsin, Gamma Tau

Charles E. White

Ambassador Club

We gratefully recognize the following alumni and friends for making unrestricted gifts of $1,000—$2,499 in the 2025 Annual Fund Campaign.

Adrian, Alpha Mu

Karl G. Epps

S. Gary Spicer Sr.

Alabama, Beta Delta

Barrett A. Burns

Joel F. Dubina

Joseph Richard Henry

James C. Kennemer

John Arthur Lindley Sr. William S. Starnes

Alabama-Birmingham, Theta Phi

Tyler Gene Behel

Robert Langston Brantley

Alabama-Huntsville, Theta Pi

Michael Patrick Henry

Arkansas State, Eta Gamma

James F. Scott

Ball State, Theta Alpha

John A. Millspaugh

Baylor, Theta Nu

Travis Allen Wendt

Carnegie-Mellon, Delta Pi

Ellroy G. Wildhaber

Central Florida, Eta Rho

Matthew W. Scott

Central Missouri, Iota Sigma

Marcus D. Casteel

Cincinnati, Delta Lambda

Eric Stephen Tomchik

Denison, Zeta Iota

Robert C. Smykal

DePauw, Delta Rho

Thomas M. Schneider

Drake, Delta Omicron

Dennis R. Olden

Emory, Alpha Theta

Daniel C. Martin

Florida Atlantic, Eta Mu

Paul M. Lawless

Eric E. Oliver

Luke Rosen

Florida State, Epsilon Sigma

David J. Diaz

Florida, Alpha Omega

Randal M. Alligood

Roy B. Dalton Jr.

Robert G. Firkins

Bernard R. Hamel

Howard H. Hewitt

John B. Marion IV

Frederick J. Mills

Randolph J. Rush

Barry M. Smith

Georgia Southern, Eta Zeta

William M. Collins

John G. Mulherin

Georgia Tech, Beta Iota

Arthur A. Bottone

Robert Keith Chambless

James E. Cusick

Blake D. Moret

Jess Newbern

Thomas E. Noonan

Gregory E. Rollings

David L. Simpson

Albert S. Thornton Jr.

Robert G. Williams

Georgia, Alpha Beta

Donald Fredrick Lindstrom Jr.

Illinois, Gamma Zeta

David P. Krug

Indiana State, Zeta Omicron

Adam G. Fischer

Indiana, Delta Alpha

John H. Potts

Iowa State, Gamma Upsilon

William H. Gardiner

Robert E. Reeve

James Madison, Kappa Zeta

Erik Victor Norquist

Kansas State, Delta Theta

Andrew Martin Newton

Kansas, Gamma Mu

Gregory A. James

Kettering, Zeta Xi

James A. Orbik

Marietta, Beta Rho

Charles L. Riecker

Marshall, Theta Omicron

Brett A. Lafferty

Maryland, Epsilon Gamma

Perry N. Ives

Michigan State, Epsilon Eta

Robert E. Huebner

John S. Ruzza

Middle Tennessee State, Eta Nu

Christopher David Smith

Mississippi, Delta Psi

Tyler Benson Bier

Nathan T. Burnett

Wallace G. Duncan

Van E. Hedges

Richard A. Hemenway

David Brooks Holstein

A. Kel Long III

Charles C. Munn

Charles W. Nicholson Jr.

Danny E. Reynolds

Phillip Jeff Saile

Missouri, Gamma Rho

Charles J. Linn

Montevallo, Eta Omega

Thomas M. Whiting

Nebraska-Kearney, Zeta Upsilon

Philip A. Gaffney

Allan R. Neis

Nevada-Reno, Delta Iota

Thomas R. Reviglio

Newberry, Zeta Psi

Avery B. Wilkerson Jr.

North Alabama, Theta Eta

Jeffrey David Cox

North Carolina, Alpha Delta

Sherrill Franklin Young Jr.

Oklahoma, Delta Kappa

Gary M. Bolton

Gregory H. Hall

Spencer L. Knapp

Old Dominion, Zeta Tau

Dennis M. Gordon

Mark E. Wenners

Oregon State, Alpha Sigma

Harry E. Joy

Purdue, Gamma Omicron

Joel L. Hochman

Andrew H. Kasowski

Stephen R. Siders

Rhodes, Alpha Tau

G. Coble Caperton

Bradley A. Todd

Rose-Hulman, Gamma

Gamma

Inderjeet Jarial

San Jose State, Epsilon Chi

David A. Traverso

Simpson, Beta Alpha

Dallas Michael Lee Downey

Douglas Thurlow Wilson

South Carolina, Alpha Phi

Dana C. McLendon Jr.

William C. Schoen

Southern California, Zeta Beta

John S. Cauffman

James C. Manning

Southern Mississippi, Epsilon Upsilon

Gary E. Briggs

Ryan M. Mahoney

St Lawrence, Alpha Omicron

LTG Howard G. Crowell Jr.

Stephen F. Austin State, Eta Iota

Timothy W. Clipson

Tennessee, Pi

Thomas L. Little

George C. Valentine III

Texas Tech, Zeta Eta

Carlton Kyle Jackson

David W. Kirby

Austin Flint Pennington

Texas, Gamma Eta

C. Dotson Smith

Harry Morgan Spear

Texas-Arlington, Kappa Alpha

Andrew Bennett Link

Troy, Kappa Beta

Steven K. Boydstun

Washington, Gamma Pi

Gavin C. Chinn

Brad Richard Parker

West Texas A & M, Zeta Kappa

Eldon J. Koch

Widener, Iota Delta

David C. Briggs

Wisconsin, Gamma Tau

Don R. Spiegelhoff

Friendship Club

We gratefully recognize the following alumni and friends for making unrestricted gifts of $500—$999 in the 2025 Annual Fund Campaign.

Alabama-Huntsville, Theta Pi

George H. Wakefield III

American, Epsilon Iota

John H. Fonvielle Jr.

Kenneth A. Scutari

Arkansas State, Eta Gamma

Tommy D. Womack

Ball State, Theta Alpha

Robert M. Damler

Bowling Green State, Epsilon

Kappa

Richard A. Lehman

Ray C. Presgrave

Cincinnati, Delta Lambda

William A. Herring

Delaware, Epsilon Rho

Robert Lewis Hutchison

Duke, Xi

Herbert H. Hurst Jr.

Florida State, Epsilon Sigma

Walter Nathan Meloon

Phillip D. O’Connell Jr.

Florida, Alpha Omega

Stephen A. Barnes

Patrick V. Dickinson

John M. Kuykendall

Edmund E. Olson

Francis E. Pierce III

Georgia Tech, Beta Iota

Richard C. Peebles Jr.

Georgia, Alpha Beta

Wynnton E. Cline

Gettysburg, Alpha Upsilon

Karl Richard Brunner Jr.

Goldey Beacom, Iota Kappa

John M. Troop

Illinois, Gamma Zeta

Thomas W. Hough

Indiana State, Zeta Omicron

Robert A. Grangier

Johns Hopkins, Psi

Richard J. Rizzo

Kansas State, Delta Theta

Richard H. Spingler Jr.

Kansas, Gamma Mu

Guy E. Farrar

Lehigh, Alpha Rho

Eugene C. Connell

Memphis, Zeta Rho

Lynn M. Pouncey

Miami, Zeta Epsilon

Dennis S. Lamm

Michigan, Beta Lambda

Dennis J. Kavanagh

Mississippi, Delta Psi

J. Barron Caulfield

Mark Meisenheimer

Nebraska, Gamma Theta

Mark L. Buckley

Nevada-Reno, Delta Iota

Mervyn J. Matorian

New Hampshire, Delta Delta

Thomas J. Bianchi

North Alabama, Theta Eta

Jeffrey Lee Foster

William Benjamin Hodges

North Carolina, Alpha Delta

Franklin A. Hart Jr.

Ohio State, Beta Omega

Charles S. McClure

Purdue, Gamma Omicron

William L. Higginbotham Jr.

Rhodes, Alpha Tau

Paul E. Melton

Joseph W. Thweatt

San Diego State, Epsilon Psi

Travis L. Lindsay

San Jose State, Epsilon Chi

John B. Howard

South Carolina, Alpha Phi

Ryan D. Foster

Woodrow W. Goodson Jr.

Southern California, Zeta Beta

Howard M. Farber

Gerald M. Whitehead

Eric T. Zurbrugg

Southern Methodist, Delta Epsilon

James D. Madden

Tennessee, Pi

Robert N. Clement

Delmar L. Ogle Jr.

Tennessee-Martin, Zeta Pi

William C. Barden

Texas State, Iota Alpha

Myron G. Galchutt

UC-Berkeley, Gamma Iota

Stephan C. Paliwoda

UCLA, Delta Chi

Stephen A. Rados

Vanderbilt, Beta Pi

Lewis H. Conner

David J. Malone Jr.

Brotherhood Club

We gratefully recognize the following alumni and friends for making unrestricted gifts of $250—$499 in the 2025 Annual Fund Campaign.

Alabama, Beta Delta

Paul Jackson Anderson Jr.

James Steven Graves

Ralph H. Yarbrough

Alabama-Huntsville, Theta Pi

Kenneth Squire Mitchell

Gary E. O’Brien

American, Epsilon Iota

George T. Glover

Newton H. Parkes III

Arizona State, Zeta Alpha

Steven D. Weber

Arizona, Epsilon Beta

Russell W. Dorn Jr.

Dennis A. Kuhl

Edward T. McLoughlin

Ball State, Theta Alpha

Eugene B. Habecker

Gregory A. Holt

Richard A. Rarick

Baylor, Theta Nu

Brad Gilbreath

Carnegie-Mellon, Delta Pi

Thomas D. Greider

Central Oklahoma, Zeta Nu

Johnny Ray Brizendine Jr.

Charleston, Beta Xi

Scott A. Cracraft Sr.

Colorado State, Delta Eta

James G. Le Vere

Culver-Stockton, Eta Omicron

Ronald W. Hechler

DePauw, Delta Rho

Charles A. Adams

Florida State, Epsilon Sigma

Cecil G. Carlton

Florida, Alpha Omega

Thomas M. Bucci

R. Todd Dantzler

Richard E. Dantzler

Rafael E. Martinez

Georgia Tech, Beta Iota

Lance R. LeFleur

James A. Sanders

Georgia, Alpha Beta

Robert C. Wynne

Hillsdale, Beta Kappa

Bennett Anthony Nichols

Idaho, Delta Tau

Ronald G. Tee

Illinois, Gamma Zeta

Ray F. Laughlin

David J. Seiler

Indiana, Delta Alpha

John Stanton Regan

Iowa State, Gamma Upsilon

Robert F. Glahe

Scott D. Krambeck

Iowa, Delta Beta

Larry L. Smith

Kansas, Gamma Mu

Jake D. Norris

Louisiana State, Epsilon Zeta

Scott G. Smith

Marietta, Beta Rho

George J. Baratta Jr.

John P. Brucken

James F. Rose

Randall W. Davis

John D. Werkhoven

Mercer, Alpha Zeta

Stephen Darrell Dominy

Joseph Richard Porter III

Miami, Zeta Epsilon

Kent R. Porter

Miami-Ohio, Theta Lambda

David J. Precht

Middle Tennessee State, Eta Nu

David G. Brown

Minnesota, Gamma Nu

Robert A. Minish

Mississippi, Delta Psi

Barry D. Bertolet

Robert D. Church

Ben L. Royce

David O. Smith

Missouri, Gamma Rho

E. Michael Houlihan

Monmouth, Epsilon Nu

David G. Camden

Muhlenberg, Alpha Iota

Andrew M. Rubin

Murray State, Zeta Lambda

Charles B. Baize

David C. Blivin

Nebraska, Gamma Theta

Richard A. Castleberry

Northwestern, Epsilon Xi

H. Donald Nelson

Richard B. Turner

Oklahoma, Delta Kappa

Jeffery L. Cogburn

Oregon, Gamma Phi

E. Danell Giustina

Purdue, Gamma Omicron

R. Lee Cummings

J. David Webb

Rhodes, Alpha Tau

Stevens D. Melton

Rose-Hulman, Gamma Gamma

Troy R. Snider

San Diego State, Epsilon Psi

Kurt V. Krasne

Simpson, Beta Alpha

Eric R. Christensen

St Lawrence, Alpha Omicron

Peter F. Foley III

Tennessee, Pi

Justin Fava

Tennessee-Martin, Zeta Pi

Charles W. Crockarell

Richard M. Hockins

William A. Thomas

Tulane, Beta Epsilon

Shepard F. Perrin III

William Michael Turner

UC-Berkeley, Gamma Iota

Warren L. Coats Jr.

Richard G. Luthy

UC-Riverside, Iota Theta

Timothy Robert Carder

Utah State, Kappa Pi

Nickoles Clason

West Texas A & M, Zeta Kappa

Ronald G. Miller

Connect Club

We gratefully recognize the following alumni and friends for making unrestricted gifts of $100 —$249 in the 2025 Annual Fund Campaign.

Adrian, Alpha Mu Alan

Jon Gibson

Alabama, Beta Delta

Thomas Whit Armstrong

Michael G. Griffin

J. Turner Hudson III

Alabama-Birmingham, Theta Phi

Jonathan Lucas Finney

Christopher B. Kent

Alabama-Huntsville, Theta Pi

William G. Byrd

Harold Matthew Iley

Albion, Beta Omicron

Ronald A. Vanderlinden

American, Epsilon Iota

Brian G. O’Neill

Arizona State, Zeta Alpha

John G. Campbell

James H. Manley

Arizona, Epsilon Beta

William E. Malcomb

Auburn, Alpha Epsilon

Wiley M. Fite

Austin Peay State, Eta Tau

Douglas K. Barnes

Baldwin-Wallace, Epsilon Theta

Hunt E. Gammel II

Baylor, Theta Nu

Thomas Brett Gaither

Glen N. Guthrie

Bemidji State, Eta Sigma

James E. Hetland

Birmingham-Southern, Beta Beta

Robert H. Kelley

Bowling Green State, Epsilon Kappa

John A. Gregor

Thomas W. Heffelfinger

Jerry B. Hissong

Carnegie-Mellon, Delta Pi

M. Delmar Ritchie

Central Florida, Eta Rho

Jeffrey B. Cowherd

Ken Jones

Cincinnati, Delta Lambda

Dennis L. Kellermeier

Scott Joseph Schroeder

Clemson, Eta Pi

Bernard L. Hamby

James G. Kennedy

Colorado Mines, Epsilon Alpha

Ralph H. Dougherty

Colorado State, Delta Eta

Robert C. Blatter

Delaware, Epsilon Rho

Bruce D. Blair

Fredrick J. Crowley

Richard D. Sanderson

Denison, Zeta Iota

Kenneth L. Bush Jr.

James D. Tracy

Denver, Zeta Gamma

Bruce M. Van Slyke

DePauw, Delta Rho

Dennis G. Lydick

C. Scott Molden

Drake, Delta Omicron

Gerald K. Allen

Duke, Xi

Peter C. Brockett

Randy Matthew Yamada

Emory, Alpha Theta

Merritt S. Bond

Donald R. Moore

Stephen G. Ray

Florida Tech, Kappa Eta

Tyler John McLaughlin

Florida, Alpha Omega

David R. Garsh

Kenneth E. Hartsaw Jr.

Thomas R. Hines

Steven W. Igou

Robert A. Isaac

Charles P. Pillans

Robert H. Sitter

John S. Washburn

Georgia Tech, Beta Iota

Richard O. Brinkman

Frederick J. Crowe

John R. Curtis

Roy P. Herring III

John M. McGhee

Charles W. Young Jr.

Georgia, Alpha Beta

Claude P. Harman Jr.

Cone S. Underwood

Hillsdale, Beta Kappa

John J. Sullivan

Idaho, Delta Tau

James E. Grant

Gunner F. Harris

Richard A. Jurvelin

Illinois, Gamma Zeta

Robert T. Benton

John M. Donohue

Roger F. Haines

James R. Hayes

Ray Peale

Indiana State, Zeta Omicron

Walter John Custer

Indiana, Delta Alpha

Gregory P. Blitz

James M. Seeright

Iowa State, Gamma Upsilon

Robert E. Meyer II

Kansas State, Delta Theta

Timothy E. Congrove

Kansas, Gamma Mu

David C. Gough

Patrick Brendan Hosty

Kent State, Zeta Zeta

Robert M. Brewster

Michael D. Finnen

Kentucky, Mu Iota

Roy W. Tooms

Kettering, Zeta Xi

Anthony A. Perona

Lehigh, Alpha Rho

Richard A. Muir

Clark K. Riley

Charles J. Skender

Louisiana State, Epsilon Zeta

Charles V. Hostetler

David L. Laxton III

Stephenon L. LeGardeur

Louisiana Tech, Zeta Chi

Mark A. Bodron

Oliver Scott Hartner

Marietta, Beta Rho

Michael Tyson Brown

Maryland, Epsilon Gamma

David A. Bolesta

Harvey T. Casbarian Jr.

Lawrence H. Owens

Robert Panzenbeck

Donald W. Robertson

Memphis, Zeta Rho

Douglas N. Hornsby

Mercer, Alpha Zeta

Keith O. Wise

Miami, Zeta Epsilon

Thomas W. Smith

Michigan State, Epsilon Eta

Donald Keegstra

Thomas C. Kennicott

Keith C. Lustig

Gary R. Murphy

H. Douglas Smith

Michigan, Beta Lambda

Allan M. Frew

Minnesota, Gamma Nu

James W. Rustad

Mississippi State, Epsilon Epsilon

Charles M. Coker III

Guy D. Guidry Jr.

Kelly L. Mims

John C. Norman

Mark G. Van Devender

Mississippi, Delta Psi

John B. Beard

Marshall A. Briscoe

Bela J. Chain Jr.

David H. Chapman

Edward V. Exum Jr.

Kevin W. Kinkade

Maurice Rush O’Keefe Jr.

Marion M. Perry

Donald A. Presley

Michael J. Ross

Ross W. Stevens

Jared Larson Tucker

Dennis W. Voge

Paul Jeffrey Warden

Edward B. Williston

Missouri, Gamma Rho

Ron T. Dodd

Robert L. Oliver

MIT, Beta Gamma

Sheldon W. Dean Jr.

Monmouth, Epsilon Nu

Lorenzo Sheng Cecilio

Mount Union, Alpha Nu

Mark S. Dray

Muhlenberg, Alpha Iota

David P. Keller

James A. Wilson

Murray State, Zeta Lambda

Joe F. McLean

Nebraska, Gamma Theta

Daniel L. Anderson

Robert G. Dudley

John A. Harnly

Gerald F. Herbolsheimer

Christopher L. Ihle

David K. Jones

Jerry D. Mikkleson

William A. Wells

New Mexico, Eta Kappa

William A. McBee

North Alabama, Theta Eta

Martin R. Abroms

North Carolina, Alpha Delta

Lawrence J. Myers

Northern Kentucky, Theta Omega

Steven M. Koetting

Northwestern, Epsilon Xi

Jeffrey J. Newlin

Occidental, Delta Phi

Richard D. Conant

Peter R. Palermo

Ohio State, Beta Omega

Robert B. Franklin

James R. Pugh III

Robert W. Reiner

Ohio Wesleyan, Beta Eta

Fred W. Blankner

E. Chadwick Carver

Bruce A. English

Oklahoma State, Epsilon Omicron

Adrio Michael Baur

David K. Ratcliff

Oklahoma, Delta Kappa

Albert C. Carnes Jr.

John Esche

Old Dominion, Zeta Tau

Richard E. Campbell II

Oregon State, Alpha Sigma

Michael A. Thomas Sr.

Tice R. Walker

Penn State, Gamma Omega

Eugene R. Curry Jr.

William H. Hughes

Keith D. Mekenney

William H. Surgner

Pennsylvania, Tau

Brian D. Thomas

Purdue, Gamma

James N. BeMiller

Edward C. Colman

James W. Russey

Larry G. Webb

Rose-Hulman, Gamma Gamma

Harold M. Coon

James Distefano

Mitchell R. Olinger

William C. Perkins

Everett Lindley

San

South Dakota, Delta Upsilon

Marlan K. Morse

South Florida, Eta Alpha

Frank J. Walther

Southeastern Louisiana, Eta Chi

John D. Hurley

Southern California, Zeta Beta

Michael Di Sano

Clarence Lee

Robert T. LeFevre III

Donald P. Wichmann

Southern Illinois, Theta Zeta

Kevin K. Gronemeier

Southern Methodist, Delta Epsilon

Charles Thomas Abbott

Patrick F. Hamner

James C. Taylor

Southern Mississippi, Epsilon Upsilon

David G. Oesterling

SUNY-Buffalo, Iota Xi

Ronald A. Egan

Syracuse, Epsilon Phi

Brett Keeler

Jon A. Spiegelhoff

Tennessee, Pi

David J. Myers

Tennessee-Martin, Zeta Pi

Chester M. Cocke

Wilburn J. Evans

Mark A. Harper

Randall P. Prince

Daniel T. Reid

Texas A & M, Theta Sigma

William J. Henderson

Texas State, Iota Alpha

Chris C. Cotten

Texas Tech, Zeta Eta

Jerry D. Boyle

Charles T. Jenkins

Texas, Gamma Eta

Clinton W. Josey

UC-Berkeley, Gamma Iota

R. Jay Sato

UCLA, Delta Chi

Mark F. Nielsen Jr.

UC-Santa Barbara, Iota Nu

Mike H. Cross

Utah, Epsilon Tau

Zachary Steven Crum

Eric Grant McNamee

Matthew Robert Taylor Williams

Vanderbilt, Beta Pi

James M. Grout

Virginia Tech, Theta Delta

John A. Iezzi

Washington State, Gamma Chi

Cam Smith III

Washington, Gamma Pi

Phelps K. Fisher

Western Illinois, Eta Upsilon

Hugh Thomas Cross

Western Kentucky, Zeta Omega

Rex A. Dugan

Wisconsin, Gamma Tau

Edward J. Berman

Worcester Poly, Gamma Sigma

Christoph D. Cavigioli

Paul D. Curdo

Kyle Enloe Financial Advisor, Owner & Co-Founder | Enloe Financial

Giving Back to What Gave First

“I’m thankful donors helped to fund these programs because the content has always been topnotch. Now it’s my turn.”

FOR KYLE ENLOE, NORTH ALABAMA ’10, the path to giving to the ATO Foundation wasn’t a long, drawn-out deliberation. It was the natural result of a circle completing itself.

In early 2026, Enloe made his first real gift to the Foundation. The catalyst was an invitation to return to the Elevate conference, not as a participant, but as a facilitator. Enloe had previously served on staff at ATO National, where Elevate was still finding its footing. He remembered the early days, roughly 200 undergrads and a program full of promise. Now, the conference draws more than 800.

“Transparently, I may have gotten as much out of the program by facilitating as the undergrads,” Enloe said. Standing at the front of a small group, walking emerging leaders through the same development content he had once absorbed himself, he found that the lessons landed differently, with more weight, more context, more meaning.

For Enloe, the decision to give wasn’t abstract. It was personal and practical. He had benefited directly from the Elevate program as a young man. His gift would go right back into that programming. And after several years building his own financial practice, the timing felt right.

When he thinks about the undergrads in that small group he facilitated, he sees himself at their age, ambitious, eager, still figuring out what kind of leader he wants to be. “I’m thankful donors helped to fund these programs because the content has always been top-notch,” Enloe said. “Now it’s my turn.”

Enloe’s story is a reminder that sometimes the best reason to give is the simplest one: something changed your life, and you want to make sure it’s still there to change someone else’s.

MEMORIAL GIFTS AND TRIBUTES

Memorial Tributes

Chapter Name

Memorial Honoree

Contributor

Alabama

Douglas E. Lindley

John A. Lindley Sr.

Baylor

John O’Bryan Seward

Jim D. Hudson

John O’Bryan Seward

William J. Dube III

Cincinnati

Steven Haisley

Timothy J. Repicky

Steven Haisley

Brian K. Haisley

DePauw

Thomas M. Schneider

Stanley M. Fulton

Mark V. White

Jeffrey G. Busch

Maureen Carnevale

Eugene B. Habecker

Jeffrey G. Busch

Frank W. Allcorn

Bruce D. Quick Esq.

Scott J. Schneider

James I. Black III

Richard W. Hall

Sandra W. Ross

Charles D. Pechette

Kevin O’Neill

Cindy H. Stellhorn

John E. Robertson

Andrea Bechtel

Terrance J. Lillis

Tim W. Clipson

John D. Hixon

Shannon Simmons

Stephen R. Siders

Katie Schaller

Wynn R. Smiley

Gregory A. James

Ben Satcher Jr.

John C. Aymond

Howe Q. Wallace Jr.

Grace Bellmer

Julie Burkhard

Charles D. Schmalz

Charles S. Hoeppner

Florida

Mack Dalton

Roy B. Dalton Jr.

Matthew E. Morall

Clay M. Townsend

Robert L. Bryan

Walter N. Carpenter Jr.

Florida State

William P. Smith Jr.

David J. Diaz

Georgia Tech

Hugh L. Page

Richard C. Peebles Jr.

Walter G. Ehmer

James E. Cusick

Jakob R. Martin

Tonya Woods

Iowa State

James R. Greer

Scott Feamster

Kentucky

Russell T. Clayton

Ginger Clayton

Kettering

Mark C. McKenna

James A. Orbik

Marietta

Glenn D. Jones

Steven R. Adell

Maryland

Anthony A. Abato III

David A. Bolesta

Stanley E. Fulton

Stanley M. Fulton

Mississippi

William E. Berry

James E. Miller

Vance P. Derryberry

Mississippi

William E. Berry

Kent Bramlett

Calvin W. Leggett

Phillip J. Saile

Keith A. River

Walter H. Rose

George J. Nosser

Malcolm P. Blane

Busch H. Thoma II

Paul R. Grass

Tyler B. Bier

Ben L. Royce

Gary L. Ragland

Marion M. Perry

Dennis W. Voge

Grover L. Walker

Larry E. Holder

Guy L. Arbuthnot III

Edward B. Williston

Erby H. Montgomery Jr.

Maurice R. O’Keefe Jr.

Kiffin R. Craven Jr.

James R. Korndorffer

Michael R. Holcomb

Edward V. Exum Jr.

Kevin W. Kinkade

Bunker E. Hill Jr.

Robert G. McCool

Kenneth O. Cooper

Vincent J. Cuevas

Glenn A. Adair

Steven B. King

George K. May

David H. Chapman

Dax M. Eckard

Robert W. Dean

Brent W. Wood

Roy Sloan

James A. Montgomery Jr.

Jonathan L. Muirhead

Joshua C. Ryan

Richard A. McRae

Charles L. Hussey

Shuler Griffin

William N. Price

Michael A. Poe

James B. Biddy

Calvin W. Leggett

Elbert M. Jones

Mark A. Larson

James F. Coats

Phillip J. Saile

Donald L. Ware

Wallace G. Duncan

Missouri

Scott J. Arnold

Chris Arnold

Muhlenberg

Henry C. Harner

Duane G. Sonneborn Jr.

North Carolina

James L. Eason

Midge Eason

North Carolina

Jackie Cooke

Edmund S. Burke Jr.

Rose-Hulman

James M. Endress

Kathy Endress

Ronald G. Reeves

Michael P. King

South Carolina

Jeffrey S. Hamilton

Dennis and Elizabeth Caric

Stetson

Brian P. Dain

Brian K. McCormick

Tennessee

Rodgers Gainer

Edmund T. Palmer

Texas Tech

James R. Evans (Ret.)

Charles R. Cummings

UC-Riverside

Jeremy Inscore

Robert C. Inscore

Vermont

Douglas F. Dodge

Heather Dodge

Widener

Nickolas S. Moroni

Scott T. Barnes

Honor Tributes

In honor of David M. Sharapan, Penn State

Mark A. Ribisi

In honor of Gary E. O’Brien, Alabama-Huntsville

Nichole O’Brien

In honor of J. Murray

Milliken, Tennessee

Pam Zimmerman

In honor of Pam Zimmerman, Mississippi State

Kimberly Bennett

In honor of Ryan Davis, Tennessee

Laurie Darnell

In honor of Steven W. Johnson, Florida

Robert S. Newman

Steven W. Igou

In honor of Wynn R. Smiley, Purdue

Julie Burkhard

In honor of Rook Reives, Rose-Hulman

Thomas S. Reives

In honor of Michael B. Cooke and Matthew G. Evans, North Carolina

Edmund S. Burke Jr.

In honor of J. Shuler Griffin, Mississippi

Edmund S. Burke Jr.

CUMULATIVE GIVING SOCIETIES

Order of the Maltese Cross — $100,000 and above Order of True Merit — $50,000—$99,999

Order of the Shield — $10,000—$49,999

Adrian, Alpha Mu

Order of the Shield

S. Gary Spicer Sr.

Otis Glazebrook Society

Karl G. Epps

Alabama, Beta Delta

Order of True Merit

Barrie H. Harmon III

Order of the Shield

Walter J. Hughes

William S. Starnes

Otis Glazebrook Society

Joel F. Dubina

Sam P. Faucett III

Rob Lawrence Grady

James C. Kennemer

John Arthur Lindley Sr.

Jeffrey P. Lisenby

Scott F. Shew

Founders Society

Paul Jackson Anderson Jr.

Barrett A. Burns

James Steven Graves

Joseph Richard Henry

George H. Wakefield III

Alabama-Birmingham, Theta Phi

Founders Society

Tyler Gene Behel

Heritage Society

Robert Langston Brantley

Alabama-Huntsville, Theta Pi

Order of the Shield

James Craig Martin

Otis Glazebrook Society — $5,000—$9,999 Founders Society — $1,000—$4,999

The Alpha Tau Omega Foundation gratefully recognizes the brothers and friends whose generosity strengthens our mission of developing young men through leadership education, scholarship support, and lifelong brotherhood.

The 2025 Roll of Honor includes:

• Donors whose lifetime giving to the Foundation has reached $5,000 or more, regardless of when their contributions were made.

• Donors who made a gift during calendar year 2025 and whose cumulative lifetime giving has reached $1,000 or more.

These investments provide the resources necessary to sustain and expand the programs, scholarships, and experiences that help Alpha Tau Omega members thrive. Thank you for your commitment to the future of our brotherhood.

Founders Society

Michael Patrick Henry

Albion, Beta Omicron

Order of the Shield

Joseph Q. Adams

Otis Glazebrook Society

Mark O. Thorsby

American, Epsilon Iota

Order of True Merit

James E. Pitts III

Otis Glazebrook Society

John H. Fonvielle Jr.

David R. Legge

Kenneth A. Scutari

Founders Society

George T. Glover

Newton H. Parkes III

Arizona, Epsilon Beta

Order of the Shield

Jonathan T. Hoch

Otis Glazebrook Society

William E. Malcomb

Phillips H. Marshall

Founders Society

Russell W. Dorn Jr.

Dennis A. Kuhl

Edward T. McLoughlin

Arizona State, Zeta Alpha

Order of the Shield

Michael C. Cortney

Otis Glazebrook Society

John G. Campbell

Jeffrey P. Griffin

Arkansas State, Eta Gamma

Otis Glazebrook Society

Joseph M. Goss

Tommy D. Womack

Founders Society

James F. Scott

Auburn, Alpha Epsilon

Otis Glazebrook Society

James C. Lee III

Austin Peay State, Eta Tau

Order of the Shield

Roger Michael Taylor Jr.

Otis Glazebrook Society

Levi G. Shearon

Baldwin-Wallace, Epsilon Theta

Otis Glazebrook Society

Aaron E. Baldwin

Joseph M. Ivcevich

William B. Summers

Ball State, Theta Alpha

Order of the Maltese Cross

William L. Evans

Order of True Merit

Matthew S. Bruening

Robert M. Damler

Order of the Shield

Howard J. Lacy

John A. Millspaugh

John P. Sabo

Otis Glazebrook Society

Gary N. Beaumont

C. Jeffrey DeWitt

Randolph G. Holt

Samuel R. Kilmer

Matthew E. Smith

Founders Society

Gregory A. Holt

Eugene B. Habecker

Richard A. Rarick

Baylor, Theta Nu

Order of the Shield

Daniel C. Bland

Spencer T. Caperton

Otis Glazebrook Society

William J. Dube III

Jim D. Hudson

Founders Society

Travis Allen Wendt

Bowling Green State, Epsilon Kappa

Order of the Shield

A. Ray Van Horn

Founders Society

Richard A. Lehman

Ray C. Presgrave

Carnegie-Mellon, Delta Pi

Otis Glazebrook Society

M. Delmar Ritchie

Ellroy G. Wildhaber

Founders Society

Thomas D. Greider

Central Florida, Eta Rho

Otis Glazebrook Society

Glenn A. Dial

Founders Society

Matthew W. Scott

Shawn M. Seipler

Central Missouri, Iota Sigma

Order of the Shield

Marcus D. Casteel

Charleston, Beta Xi

Order of the Shield

Scott A. Cracraft Sr.

Otis Glazebrook Society

Robert E. Moore

Cincinnati, Delta Lambda

Order of True Merit

Eric Stephen Tomchik

Order of the Shield

Austin Hahn

Timothy J. Repicky

Otis Glazebrook Society

Christopher D. Farwell

Kirby S. Neumann

Scott Joseph Schroeder

Founders Society

Brian Kent Haisley

Kyle Neumann

Colorado, Gamma Lambda

Otis Glazebrook Society

William C. Barber

Timothy M. Stephens

Colorado Mines, Epsilon Alpha

Order of the Maltese Cross

David R. Reser

Colorado State, Delta Eta

Order of the Shield

William Whitney Fowler

Robert A. Smutz

Cornell, Beta Theta

Order of the Shield

Charles J. Abbe

Otis Glazebrook Society

John D. Rees

Culver-Stockton, Eta

Omicron

Founders Society

Ronald W. Hechler

Paul A. Larsen

Delaware, Epsilon Rho

Otis Glazebrook Society

James J. Doney

Robert Lewis Hutchison

Denison, Zeta Iota

Order of the Maltese Cross

Robert C. Knuepfer Jr.

Otis Glazebrook Society

Jon B. Boss

Robert C. Smykal

DePauw, Delta Rho

Otis Glazebrook Society

Charles A. Adams

Dennis G. Boyd

John W. Busey

John D. Hixon

Founders Society

John D. Cooper

Kent G. Loprete

Charles D. Pechette

Drake, Delta Omicron

Founders Society

Dennis R. Olden

Duke, Xi

Order of the Shield

Herbert H. Hurst Jr.

Duquesne, Theta Gamma

Otis Glazebrook Society

Naos McCool

Emory, Alpha Theta

Order of the Maltese Cross

Paul M. McLarty Jr.

Otis Glazebrook Society

Daniel C. Martin

Florida, Alpha Omega

Order of the Maltese Cross

Charles W. Arnold III

Harold S. Bates

Arnie F. Bellini

James I. Black III

George W. Etheridge Jr.

David H. Hughes

Allen L. Lastinger Jr.

Charles M. Paulk Jr.

Howe Q. Wallace Jr.

Order of True Merit

David V. Bellini

Jack M. Berry Jr.

Michael D. Minton

Scott R. Moss

Order of the Shield

John C. Bales

Stephen A. Barnes

Robert A. Buckner

Roy B. Dalton Jr.

Edward Downey

Jeffrey K. Jennings

John C. Jennings III

John B. Marion IV

Steven L. Marshall

Frederick J. Mills

Patrick Ryan Nutt

W. Bruce O’Donoghue

Randolph J. Rush

William G. Rush

John M. Saterbo

Frederic A. Scarola

Barry M. Smith

Thomas H. Taylor Jr.

Thomas Picton Warlow IV

Otis Glazebrook Society

Mark G. Carpenter

Samuel F. Elder

Thomas M. Jenks

John M. Kuykendall

James W. Moyles III

Edmund E. Olson

Jeffrey P. Phelan

Francis E. Pierce III

R. David Wallace

Founders Society

Randal M. Alligood

Thomas M. Bucci

R. Todd Dantzler

Richard E. Dantzler

Robert G. Firkins

Bernard R. Hamel

Howard H. Hewitt

Rafael E. Martinez

Mark V. White

Florida Atlantic, Eta Mu

Order of the Shield

Eric E. Oliver

Otis Glazebrook Society

Paul M. Lawless

Founders Society

Luke Weller Rosen

Florida State, Epsilon Sigma

Order of the Shield

Fred G. Clarke

Fred John Maglione

Otis Glazebrook Society

David J. Diaz

Jeffrey F. Scales

Founders Society

Cecil G. Carlton

Phillip D. O’Connell Jr.

Walter Nathan Meloon

Georgia, Alpha Beta

Order of the Maltese Cross

D. Richard Stamper

Order of True Merit

Chop B. Evans

James K. Price

Order of the Shield

Ray M. Abernathy

Dameron Black III

Matthew A. Childs

Frederick L. Fine

David W. Hoch

Brad K. Jackson

Earl T. Leonard Jr.

Thomas W. Malone

Sam P. McKenzie Jr.

James L. Pannell

Thomas R. Peil

William Terry Pickren

Leon James Scott III

Joseph P. Smaha

Otis Glazebrook Society

Wynnton E. Cline

Frank W. Daugherty

Jeffrey W. Jordan

David G. Salyers

Founders Society

Frank W. Allcorn IV

Donald Fredrick

Lindstrom Jr.

Georgia Southern, Eta Zeta

Order of the Shield

William M. Collins

Jeff S. Jernigan

Otis Glazebrook Society

Brian S. Graham

Paul G. Kamisky

Founders Society

John G. Mulherin

Georgia State, Eta Beta

Otis Glazebrook Society

Louis B. Todd

Georgia Tech, Beta Iota

Order of the Maltese Cross

Blake D. Moret

Order of True Merit

Charles Whitney Knoll

Thomas E. Noonan

John E. Robertson

Order of the Shield

Brooks J. Bonnot

Joel H. Cowan

Harold Bruce McEver

Joseph W. Rogers Jr.

Albert S. Thornton Jr.

John B. Uttenhove

Otis Glazebrook Society

Frederick J. Crowe

David Gallagher

John William Mallory III

William C. Mizell

David L. Simpson

William Thomas Smith Jr.

Robert G. Williams

Founders Society

Arthur A. Bottone

Robert Keith Chambless

James E. Cusick

Lance R. LeFleur

Jess Newbern

Richard C. Peebles Jr.

Robert E. Reed

Gregory E. Rollings

James A. Sanders

Gettysburg, Alpha Upsilon

Founders Society

Karl Richard Brunner Jr.

Goldey Beacom, Iota Kappa

Founders Society

John M. Troop

Hamline, Zeta Sigma

Otis Glazebrook Society

John A. Rollins

Hillsdale, Beta Kappa

Order of the Shield

William A. Ruddell

Otis Glazebrook Society

Stephen J. Ackerman

Idaho, Delta Tau

Otis Glazebrook Society

Robert G. Cowan

Illinois, Gamma Zeta

Order of the Maltese Cross

William T. Barry

Jack M. Klues

Cary D. McMillan

Order of True Merit

John C. Aymond

Brandon T. Peele

Order of the Shield

Larry L. Austermiller

David A. Bradley

David J. Bryant

William D. Forsyth III

Thomas W. Hough

Gerald J. Kostelny

David P. Krug

Donald Wahlster Leuthold

Nobel D. Olson

M. William Schueler Jr.

David J. Seiler

Richard A. Voell

Otis Glazebrook Society

Ronald D. Ewing

William B. Hopper

Patrick J. Jensen

Edward F. Kral Jr.

Brad R. Krey

William F. McCarty

Matthew R. Menna

Ralph Waldo Peterson II

Brice W. Weeks

Illinois State, Theta Theta

Order of the Shield

Eric E. Burwell

Kevin R. Petschow

Indiana, Delta Alpha

Order of the Shield

J. H. Potts

Otis Glazebrook Society

David P. Hopkins

Founders Society

John Christopher Fenoglio

John Stanton Regan

Indiana State, Zeta Omicron

Order of the Shield

Jaden M. Brown

Adam G. Fischer

Founders Society

Robert A. Grangier

Iowa, Delta Beta

Order of the Shield

Devon D. Dietz

Mark C. Hensel Jr.

Thomas F. Olson

Otis Glazebrook Society

Larry L. Smith

Iowa State, Gamma Upsilon

Order of the Maltese Cross

William J. Burke Jr.

William H. Gardiner

Order of the Shield

Paul R. Anderson

Gary A. Flander

G. Stephen Holaday

Kenneth E. Kampfe

Joshua J. Novak

Richard E. Pospisil

Robert E. Reeve

Michael R. Sorden

Kyle Steiner

John M. VanderLinden

Otis Glazebrook Society

Lee E. Ashmore

John M. Cotton

Dwight B. Coulter

Michael R. Crabb

Roger L. Deaton

Rolf E. Hansen

Brent A. Jensen

Thomas P. Jons

Douglas S. Kirk

Scott D. Krambeck

Brian L. Morman

Peter M. Strub

Jon W. Tiemeyer

Founders Society

Mark William Allen

Scott Feamster

Rolf H. Lund

James Madison, Kappa Zeta

Founders Society

Erik Victor Norquist

Johns Hopkins, Psi

Otis Glazebrook Society

Richard J. Rizzo

Kansas, Gamma Mu

Order of True Merit

Frank D. Tsuru

Order of the Shield

Richard W. Hall

Robert G. McKenney

Robert L. Stark

Kenneth J. Wagnon

Founders Society

Guy E. Farrar

Gregory A. James

Charles Alan Joseph

Jake D. Norris

James Cornelius Shay

Kansas State, Delta Theta

Order of the Maltese Cross

William L. Muir III

Order of the Shield

Steven C. Johnson

Michael R. Widrig

Otis Glazebrook Society

Douglas A. Firebaugh

Andrew Martin Newton

Richard H. Spingler Jr.

Kentucky, Mu Iota

Order of the Shield

Kevin E. Kyde

Otis Glazebrook Society

W. Lawrence Patrick

Kettering, Zeta Xi

Order of the Shield

James N. Janowiak

Founders Society

James A. Orbik

Lehigh, Alpha Rho

Order of the Shield

Neal S. Colligan

Founders Society

Eugene C. Connell

Louisiana State, Epsilon Zeta

Order of the Shield

David L. Laxton III

Raymond L. Nesbit

Otis Glazebrook Society

Scott G. Smith

Louisiana Tech, Zeta Chi

Order of the Shield

Dennis P. Gilbert

Marietta, Beta Rho

Order of True Merit

Robert M. Brucken

Order of the Shield

Charles L. Riecker

James S. Wilson

Otis Glazebrook Society

John P. Brucken

Robert M. DeRogatis

Founders Society

George J. Baratta Jr.

James F. Rose

Marshall, Theta Omicron

Order of the Shield

Avery Allen Hager

Brett A. Lafferty

Maryland, Epsilon Gamma

Otis Glazebrook Society

Stanley M. Fulton

Perry N. Ives

Harry K. Wells

Memphis, Zeta Rho

Order of True Merit

James F. Beedie

Thank you! FRIENDS OF ATO

Non-ATO members who have donated $10,000 or more to the ATO Foundation in 2025.

Order of True Merit

($50,000—$99,999)

Janice H. Barrow

Sally A. Batz

Jennifer S. Malone Watson

Order of the Shield

($10,000—$49,999)

Amy V. Clausing

Kathleen H. Elam

Ruth Sittner

Paul Finnegan

Kent and Deborah H. Haisley

Marvin and Barbara Hamilton

Elizabeth Long

Samuel M. Mencoff

Joanna Pease

Henry Robin

Otis Glazebrook Society

Lynn M. Pouncey

Founders Society

John D. Werkhoven

Mercer, Alpha Zeta

Order of True Merit

Houston B. Allen

Order of the Shield

Edwin Brant Frost

Founders Society

Stephen Darrell Dominy

Joseph Richard Porter III

Miami, Zeta Epsilon

Otis Glazebrook Society

John H. Pell

Founders Society

Dennis S. Lamm

Kent R. Porter

Miami-Ohio, Theta Lambda

Founders Society

David J. Precht

Michigan, Beta Lambda

Otis Glazebrook Society

Thomas D. Hitchman

Dennis J. Kavanagh

Michigan State, Epsilon Eta

Order of the Maltese Cross

James E. Pingree Nelson

Order of the Shield

Robert E. Huebner

Founders Society

John S. Ruzza

Middle Tennessee State, Eta Nu

Otis Glazebrook Society

Christopher David Smith

Minnesota, Gamma Nu

Founders Society

Robert A. Minish

Mississippi, Delta Psi

Order of True Merit

David Brooks Holstein

Order of the Shield

Gerald Chip A. Cook Jr.

Vance P. Derryberry

John Shuler Griffin

Andy M. Jones

William B. Stroud

Otis Glazebrook Society

Timothy J. Carter

Wallace G. Duncan

Charles C. Munn

Charles W. Nicholson Jr.

Danny E. Reynolds

Phillip Jeff Saile

Founders Society

Barry D. Bertolet

Tyler Benson Bier

Nathan T. Burnett

J. Barron Caulfield

David H. Chapman

Robert D. Church

James Filo Coats

Edward V. Exum Jr.

Van E. Hedges

Richard A. Hemenway

A. Kel Long III

Mark Meisenheimer

Walter H. Rose

Ben L. Royce

David O. Smith

Grover Lee Walker IV

Mississippi State, Epsilon Epsilon

Order of the Shield

James H. Lipscomb III

Missouri, Gamma Rho

Order of the Maltese Cross

Robert G. Alley

J. Philip Bender Jr.

Order of True Merit

Robert E. Bortz Jr.

John H. Chance

William S. Thompson Jr.

Order of the Shield

Jeffrey O. Anglen

Larry S. Bacon

John E. Brauch Jr.

Robert E. Courtney

Lawrence V. Fisher

Harry W. Kolb

Charles J. Linn

Robert E. Piles

David B. Skinner

Daniel J. Welsh

William D. Williams

Otis Glazebrook Society

Gregory S. Bates

David C. Cooksey

P. Gregory Garrison

Jon R. Gilstrap

Dennis R. Harper

James A. Heeter

Brian E. McAuliffe

Richard A. Strano

Kenneth R. Teepe

Ronald R. Wollard

Founders Society

E. Michael Houlihan

MIT, Beta Gamma

Otis Glazebrook Society

Sheldon W. Dean Jr.

Monmouth, Epsilon Nu

Founders Society

David G. Camden

Montana, Delta Xi

Otis Glazebrook Society

L. R. Carl Dix

Montevallo, Eta Omega

Otis Glazebrook Society

Thomas M. Whiting

Muhlenberg, Alpha Iota

Order of the Shield

David K. Kaugher

Otis Glazebrook Society

Richard E. Bauer

Founders Society

Andrew M. Rubin

Duane G. Sonneborn Jr.

Order of the Maltese Cross

Alpha Tau Omega’s innermost circle of honor acknowledges generous alumni whose lifetime Foundation support exceeds $100,000. *Indicates brothers who have joined Chapter Eternal.

Robert C. Knuepfer Jr., Denison ’71

Charles E. Lanham, Indiana ’51*

Allen L. Lastinger Jr., Florida ’61

Dudley L. Lea, Ohio State ’21*

Melvin C. Magidson, Florida State ’49*

Billy J. McCombs, Texas ’49*

Paul M. McLarty Jr., Emory ’60

Cary D. McMillan, Illinois ’77

James A. Meier, North Dakota State ’55

Blake D. Moret, Georgia Tech ’81

William L. Muir III, Kansas State ’67

Kenneth F. Murrah, Emory ’52*

James E. Pingree Nelson, Michigan State ’57

Charles M. Paulk Jr., Florida ’59

Lewis E. Platt, Cornell ’60*

Robert S. Purgason, Oklahoma ’75

David R. Reser, Colorado Mines ’83

John J. Schengili, Bowling Green State ’60*

Warren A. Skenkowitz, Columbia ’00*

Wynn R. Smiley, Purdue ’99

James C. Spooner, Simpson ’79

D. Richard Stamper, Georgia ’80

Howe Q. Wallace Jr., Florida ’74

Llewellyn O. Ward III, Oklahoma ’51*

Dale K. Weber, Iowa State ’29*

Nathan H. Wright, Rose-Hulman ’85

A Statement of Faith in the Next Generation

“ATO is in a unique position to impact men in a positive way for our future.”

Craig Martin Administrator | Cornerstone Presbyterian Church

CRAIG MARTIN, ALABAMA-HUNTSVILLE ’79, didn’t rush into giving. He watched first. For years after graduating, Martin observed the Theta Pi chapter from a distance, tracking how it was growing, what kind of men it was producing, what kind of leaders were coming out of it. What he saw impressed him. Year after year, young men were stepping into positions of responsibility and carrying forward a tradition of philanthropy and leadership development that Martin had experienced firsthand.

By that point in his career, Martin had also developed a clear-eyed view of a growing problem: a gap in male leadership in business, at home, and in the church. He had seen it play out in boardrooms and congregations alike. Good, grounded, servant-minded male leaders were harder to find than they should be.

When the Life Loyal Tau program came along, Martin didn’t hesitate. He joined, not just as a donor, but as a statement. A declaration that he believed in what ATO was doing and wanted to be part of it.

The moment that crystallized his faith in that investment came recently, when he overheard undergrads talking about their experience at the Presidents Retreat. Their energy, the way they described what they’d taken from it, was the kind of conversation that tells you something real is happening.

“Our nation, our families, your business and our fraternity need solid leaders,” Martin said. “ATO is in a unique position to impact men in a positive way for our future.” For Martin, giving isn’t a transaction. It’s a conviction, and one he acts on with quiet, steady purpose.

Murray State, Zeta Lambda

Order of the Shield

Patrick I. Brown

J. Terry Wilkinson

Founders Society

Charles B. Baize

David C. Blivin

Nebraska, Gamma Theta

Order of True Merit

David L. Bomberger

Order of the Shield

Daniel L. Anderson

Daryl L. Anderson

Henry A. Damkroger

William Griff Davenport

Reuben R. Jensen

Robert S. Milligan

Otis Glazebrook Society

Robert G. Dudley

Robert B. O’Neal

Ward H. Reesman

John M. Satterfield

Bryan E. Slone

Ben Wegener

Greg A. Whittemore

Founders Society

Mark L. Buckley

Richard A. Castleberry

Nebraska-Kearney, Zeta Upsilon

Order of the Shield

Philip A. Gaffney

Allan R. Neis

Nevada-Las Vegas, Eta Epsilon

Order of the Shield

Greg R. Clemens

Nevada-Reno, Delta Iota

Otis Glazebrook Society

Thomas R. Reviglio

Founders Society

Mervyn J. Matorian

New Mexico, Eta Kappa

Order of the Shield

Ralph L. Brown Jr.

Sidney F. Hutcherson III

Otis Glazebrook Society

Price M. Bayless

Ramon M. Perez

Newberry, Zeta Psi

Order of the Shield

Avery B. Wilkerson Jr.

North Alabama, Theta Eta

Otis Glazebrook Society

Joseph MacKenzie Carroll

Michael A. Colvin

Christopher Michael Lucas

Founders Society

Jeffrey David Cox

Friendship Society

William Benjamin Hodges

North Carolina, Alpha Delta

Order of True Merit

Thomas S. Kenan III

Order of the Shield

Robert C. Eubanks

John D. Fuller

David Wayne Green

William C. Jackson

Otis Glazebrook Society

Franklin A. Hart Jr.

Founders Society

Sherrill Franklin Young Jr.

North Dakota State, Epsilon Delta

Order of the Maltese Cross

James A. Meier

Order of True Merit

Roger B. Lervick

Michael R. Siurek

Order of the Shield

John F. Altenburg

Ian P. Buchli

Michael P. Christianson

Alan John De Keyrel

Richard J. Erickson

Kirby J. Erickson

Ronald N. Evenson

Mark H. Gulbrandson

Terry J. Hanson

Erik Hatch

Robert W. Heller

Grant A. Herzog

Ray D. Horne

Derek Claude Johnson

Noel C. Jordan

Jason R. Kaufman

John C. Kimball

Robert P. Krause

Robert M. Lervick

Richard G. McDonald

George A. Mellon

Russell D. Miller

Bruce D. Quick

Jay P. Schuler

Carey Thingelstad

Otis Glazebrook Society

David F. Anderson

John A. Bodmer

Eric Howard Dahlager

John E. Davis

Greg J. Dosser

George T. Duemeland

Curtis W. Glasoe

Eric L. Harnisch

Bradley D. Hornbacher

Paul C. Madson

Richard J. Marsden

Christopher J. Nordberg

Andrew Paris

Carl A. Pfiffner

Anthony B. Roehl

Russell D. Schumacher

Jack D. Skjonsby

Jack R. Slama

Paul D. Sproule

Gary F. Westlind

Founders Society

Jon D. Lamusga

Michael S. Leclair

Terry L. Longtin

Bruce A. Nereson

Gale M. Skjoiten

Northern Kentucky, Theta Omega

Order of the Shield

J. Kevin Rowland

Northwestern, Epsilon Xi

Order of the Shield

David R. Thomas

Otis Glazebrook Society

V. Clark Sole Jr.

Richard B. Turner

Founders Society

H. Donald Nelson

Occidental, Delta Phi

Order of the Shield

Howard F. Ahmanson

Ohio State, Beta Omega

Order of the Shield

Charles S. McClure

Oklahoma, Delta Kappa

Order of the Maltese Cross

Robert Mel Clark

Gregory A. Dukes

Peter C. Godfrey

Gregory H. Hall

Robert S. Purgason

Order of True Merit

Raymond J. Kane

David B. Ruble

Order of the Shield

Douglas A. Branch

David H. Gwinn

Joseph Harroz Jr.

Gerald K. Hornung II

Glen D. Johnson Jr.

Spencer L. Knapp

Richard M. Leonard

Matt G. McGraw

Mark E. Payne

Gary Bing Wines

David T. Yelton

Otis Glazebrook Society

Gary M. Bolton

Harold A. Bozeman

Stephen W. Davis

Kirk H. Fritschen

Gary C. Pierson

John T. Piper

Kevin C. Ray

Founders Society

Jeffery L. Cogburn

Oklahoma State, Epsilon Omicron

Order of the Maltese Cross

Bart L. Boatright

Bradley David Dunbar

Order of True Merit

Mark J. Lane

William C. Maupin

John H. Meinders

Order of the Shield

Kurt B. Atterberry

M. Scott Gilpin

Daniel T. Oliver

James Matthew Tilly

Terry Dean Turman

Johnny D. Willis

Otis Glazebrook Society

Daniel T. Herndon

Michael L. Moberly

Michael D. Roberts

J. Marshall Saye

Old Dominion, Zeta Tau

Order of the Shield

Dennis M. Gordon

Otis Glazebrook Society

Ray W. Dezern Jr.

Mark E. Wenners

Oregon, Gamma Phi

Otis Glazebrook Society

William H. Wright

Founders Society E. Danell Giustina

Oregon State, Alpha Sigma

Order of the Maltese Cross

Dennis W. Fritz

Order of True Merit

Richard F. Felker

Michael Hanlon

Ben H. Lee III

Michael A. Thomas Sr.

Order of the Shield

Larry A. Brisbee

Frank R. Fossati

Seth Lolich Gardner

Jeffrey G. Hockley

Charles S. James

Russell J. Taylor

Bruce S. Wade

Otis Glazebrook Society

William P. Haberlach

William R. Kellis

Steven G. Love

Founders Society

Gary C. Cowles

Harry E. Joy

Penn State, Gamma Omega

Order of the Shield

Keith D. Mekenney

Otis Glazebrook Society

Sanford H. Bennett Jr.

Eric Domski

John T. Frain

David B. McKee

Purdue, Gamma Omicron

Order of the Maltese Cross

Wynn R. Smiley

Order of True Merit

Stephen R. Siders

Order of the Shield

W. Kerry Armstrong

William W. Bryant

Frederick S. Klipsch

James L. Rine

Otis Glazebrook Society

Robert P. Crowe

Jeffrey D. Fisher

William Higginbotham Jr.

Joel L. Hochman

Jacob L. Jones

Andrew H. Kasowski

Thomas W. Kincannon

J. David Webb

Founders Society

R. Lee Cummings

Rhodes, Alpha Tau

Order of the Shield

G. Coble Caperton

Otis Glazebrook Society

Bradley A. Todd

Founders Society

Paul E. Melton

Stevens D. Melton

Joseph W. Thweatt

Rose-Hulman, Gamma Gamma

Order of the Maltese Cross

Joseph E. Haniford

David C. Hussung

Robbin Banerjee

Nathan H. Wright

Order of True Merit

Michael L. Hatfield

Richard C. Haut

Gerald D. Matthews

Kenny M. McCleary

Robert W. Pease

Robert J. Stone

Order of the Shield

David L. Ayars

James B. Bechtel

William R. Bradford

Gregory D. Brown

Robert D. Clauss

Eric D. Clouse

William E. Daugherty

Thomas T. Dinkel

Roger D. Edelbrock

Robert W. Fransham

Howard P. Freers

James W. Gidcumb

Jeff A. Harrison

Edmund M. Hemmersbach

Todd H. Hoevener

William B. Johnson

Paul N. Koch

Karl C. Menke

Rodney A. Norder

Todd P. Royer

Robert A. Shipp

Troy R. Snider

Russell F. Sparks

Ronald J. Stark

David Lloyd Troyer

A. Michael Tucker

Paul J. Wagner

John S. Walden

Michael Webster

John J. Weust

Mark C. Whitmore

Ted M. Willer

Otis Glazebrook Society

Robert Larry Berger

Matthew Grant Birch

Michael S. Cardwell

Richard T. Eifert

Terry L. Endress

John C. Fenoglio

Edward A. Figg

Gregory M. Gotwald

Stephen P. Gress

W. Kent Harris

Daily S. Hill

Robert J. Hillis

Michael S. Jennings

Ronald R. Jennings

Daniel J. Kuester

Ashvin Lad

Thomas Scott Reives

Charles L. Sigman

Timothy W. Spurling

Mark Stangl

Richard L. Stanley

Michael J. Van Stone

Founders Society

David M. Badger

Michael E. Bandy

Chris A. Bodenhorn

Thomas C. Copeland III

Scott J. Davis

Gary A. Eck

Greg V. German

Jason Gitt

Matt Isbell

Inderjeet Jarial

Michael P. King

Peter D. Kratz

John R. Lasswell

Jason P. Lueking

Jeffrey S. Marlett

Robert L. Memering

Stephen A. Moorman

John R. Nelson

Paul D. Neukam

Randy P. O’Keefe

Rex E. Phillips

Paul J. Price

Douglas W. Roof

Peter W. Sargent

Stephen A. Sucher

Christopher A. Szaz

Matt J. Wentz

Henry E. Werling

Jeremy P. Williams

Daniel E. Wolodkiewicz

Heritage Society

Edward J. Ransom

San Diego State, Epsilon Psi

Founders Society

Kurt V. Krasne

Travis L. Lindsay

San Jose State, Epsilon Chi

Order of True Merit

Duane L. Kime

Order of the Shield

David A. Traverso

Otis Glazebrook Society

Stephen J. Coates

Donald L. Felich

Michael L. Herkenrath

Donald J. Triolo

Founders Society

John B. Howard

Simpson, Beta Alpha

Order of the Maltese Cross

James C. Spooner

Order of the Shield

Jeffrey M. Gater

Terrance J. Lillis

Douglas Thurlow Wilson

Otis Glazebrook Society

John T. Lawlor

Stephen D. Shepard

Bruce A. Stuart

Founders Society

Eric R. Christensen

Dallas Michael Lee

Downey

South Carolina, Alpha Phi

Order of True Merit

Edward L. Bignon

Order of the Shield

William C. Schoen

Otis Glazebrook Society

Woodrow W. Goodson Jr.

Founders Society

Dana C. McLendon Jr.

South Florida, Eta Alpha

Otis Glazebrook Society

Jay G. Schenck

Southern California, Zeta Beta

Order of True Merit

Steven L. Craig

Order of the Shield

C. Robert Cook

Howard M. Farber

David L. Hotchkin

Jerry Papazian

Gerald M. Whitehead

Otis Glazebrook Society

John S. Cauffman

James Robert Fei

Jody Mulkey

Founders Society

James C. Manning

Southern Illinois, Theta Zeta

Otis Glazebrook Society

Todd R. Abrams

Southern Methodist, Delta Epsilon

Order of the Shield

David R. Grieve

Otis Glazebrook Society

James C. Taylor

Founders Society

James D. Madden

David Robert Tripplehorn

Southern Mississippi, Epsilon Upsilon

Otis Glazebrook Society

Ryan M. Mahoney

Kent D. Pawlak

Founders Society

Gary E. Briggs

St. Lawrence, Alpha Omicron

Otis Glazebrook Society

Howard G. Crowell Jr.

Stephen F. Austin State,

Eta Iota

Order of the Shield

Miles L. McCall

Jason R. Poucher

Wm. Brian Ruyle

Otis Glazebrook Society

Christopher G. Hendricks

Clint H. Simpson

Stetson, Theta Psi

Otis Glazebrook Society

Richard L. Cherry

Founders Society

Brian Keith McCormick

SUNY-Buffalo, Iota Xi

Otis Glazebrook Society

Peter Nickerson

Tennessee, Pi

Order of the Shield

Richard A. Kent

Edmund T. Palmer

Glazebrook Society

Richard C. Bowman

Christopher J. Daugherty

Thomas L. Little

John W.R. Pope Jr.

William K. Ransom

King W. Rogers

George C. Valentine III

Founders Society

Robert N. Clement

Delmar L. Ogle Jr.

Tennessee-Martin, Zeta Pi

Order of the Shield

Murry L. Moore

Otis Glazebrook Society

Joe S. Norville

Founders Society

Charles W. Crockarell

Richard M. Hockins

William A. Thomas

Tennessee Tech, Eta Lambda

Otis Glazebrook Society

Paul E. Perry

Charles G. Pruitt

Texas, Gamma Eta

Order of True Merit

Anthony M. Gatti

Order of the Shield

Dillon Ferguson

Ralph T. Hull

Mike Kahley

Market Sales Leader | Aon

More Than a Social Club

“ATO helped shape me. And I wanted to give back so others could have opportunities they may not have without my support.”

MIKE KAHLEY, BAYLOR ’90, has a way of cutting straight to the heart of things. Ask him why he gives to the ATO Foundation, and he won’t start with himself. He’ll start with a question.

“What did ATO do for you? What did you learn from your experience? How are you better prepared for what challenges are in front of you as a result of ATO?”

Kahley asks those questions because they’re the ones he asks himself. In the early 1990s, as a Leadership Consultant for ATO National Headquarters, he had a front-row seat to something he believed in deeply; a fraternity that was genuinely investing in differentiating programming, in real development, in building better brothers, leaders, husbands and fathers. He watched LeaderShape gain momentum. He saw how a truly national fraternity could expand the idea of brotherhood beyond the walls of a single chapter house.

That experience shaped him. And giving back, for Kahley, is about making sure the same investment that was made in him gets made in others.

The fullness of that conviction arrived at an initiation ceremony at Baylor University’s Theta Nu chapter. Kahley’s sons had gone to college and chosen other fraternities, and he was fine with that. But when his son’s friends chose ATO, Kahley attended their initiations. He sat in that room and found himself transported, back to his own initiation, back to the values he had internalized, back to the ritual that had quietly shaped the way he had led his life ever since.

“ATO helped shape me,” Kahley said. “And I wanted to give back so others could have opportunities they may not have without my support.”

He is direct about what’s at stake: without real investment in one another, time, treasure, and intention, “We are just a social club,” Kahley said. He wants more than that. And his giving reflects it.

Donald H. Kidd

G. David Martin

Tim Marwill

E. George Reynolds Jr.

Frank J. Scanio

Michael G. Smith

Bismark A. Steinhagen

Joseph C. Walter III

Dalton D. Walton

Otis Glazebrook Society

Edward B. Crain

Howard M. Marshall

Founders Society

C. Dotson Smith

Harry Morgan Spear

Texas A & M, Theta Sigma

Otis Glazebrook Society

William H. McCracken

Texas-Arlington,

Kappa Alpha

Otis Glazebrook Society

Jeffrey Alan Hazelrigs

Founders Society

Andrew Bennett Link

Texas State, Iota Alpha

Otis Glazebrook Society

Myron G. Galchutt

Texas Tech, Zeta Eta

Order of the Shield

Charles R. Cummings

Samuel M. Ray

Otis Glazebrook Society

Carlton Kyle Jackson

David W. Kirby

Austin Flint Pennington

Christopher Rieber

Troy, Kappa Beta

Otis Glazebrook Society

Brandon Scott Stoudenmier

Founders Society

Steven K. Boydstun

William Henry Filmore Jr.

Tulane, Beta Epsilon

Order of the Shield

Frank B. Stewart Jr.

Otis Glazebrook Society

Charles A. Magill Jr.

Founders Society

Shepard F. Perrin III

William Michael Turner

UC-Berkeley, Gamma Iota

Founders Society

Warren L. Coats Jr.

Stephan C. Paliwoda

UCLA, Delta Chi

Order of the Shield

Neil R. Cadman

Founders Society

Stephen A. Rados

UC-Riverside, Iota Theta

Founders Society

Timothy Robert Carder

Utah State, Kappa Pi

Founders Society

Nickoles Clason

Vanderbilt, Beta Pi

Order of the Shield

Sam T. Barnes

John W. Johnson

Founders Society

David J. Malone Jr.

Washington, Gamma Pi

Order of True Merit

Jeffrey J. Miles

Order of the Shield

Adam B. Rynd

Otis Glazebrook Society

William E. Barrere

Gavin C. Chinn

Brad Richard Parker

Washington State, Gamma Chi

Order of the Maltese Cross

Scott Lewis Cassels

Rick S. Howell

Order of True Merit

Richard B. Ellingson

Order of the Shield

Joseph D. Blattner

Jeffrey G. Busch

David P. Goetz

Scott M. Minnick

Otis Glazebrook Society

Ben Wood Jr.

West Florida, Eta Psi

Founders Society

Oren Alan Powell

West Texas A & M, Zeta Kappa

Order of the Shield

Joseph C. Austin

Eldon J. Koch

Early Price Pritchett

Otis Glazebrook Society

Ronald G. Miller

Western Illinois, Eta Upsilon

Otis Glazebrook Society

Hugh Thomas Cross

Western Michigan, Iota Upsilon

Order of the Shield

Justin De Graaf

Widener, Iota Delta

Otis Glazebrook Society

David C. Briggs

Wisconsin, Gamma Tau

Otis Glazebrook Society

Gary L. Swenson

Wittenberg, Alpha Psi

Otis Glazebrook Society

Stanley W. Schmucker

No Brother Should Have to Lead Alone

“We were given a foundation to build our lives on. Now, it’s our responsibility to make sure the brothers following us have the same solid ground.”

Paul Kamisky

Chief

Financial Officer

| ECG Management Consultants, A Siemens Healthineers Company

PAUL KAMISKY, GEORGIA SOUTHERN ’86, remembers exactly what it felt like to be a chapter president. He remembers the weight of it.

It was the late 1980s at Georgia Southern University’s Eta Zeta chapter. Kamisky was overseeing the groundbreaking of a new fraternity house, navigating architects, alumni, and school administration as a college student. He was running what amounted to a small business, leading a group of diverse, headstrong young men, and doing much of it without a roadmap or a peer who truly understood the loneliness of the role.

He was good at it. Under his leadership, the chapter earned True Merit, among a slew of other awards and recognition. But success didn’t make it less isolating.

That’s exactly why Kamisky directs his giving to the Presidents Retreat, a training and leadership conference for new chapter officers through the Elevate program. He doesn’t want the next generation of chapter presidents to feel what he felt: like they’re out there on their own.

“I want them to have a space to connect, ask questions, and lean on each other for advice,” Kamisky said.

His journey to consistent giving began at the very first LeaderShape program, where the foundations of his leadership philosophy were laid. He graduated before he could live in the house he helped build, but he takes pride knowing the legacy he left behind. Today, he sees that same spirit of investment in his two children at Clemson, both thriving in the Greek system.

The impact of his giving became deeply personal when he received a call from Brother Shuler Griffin, a simple, personal thank-you that turned, as Kamisky put it, “a financial transaction back into a brotherhood.” A branded YETI mug sits on his desk each morning, a small reminder that he is still an active part of this organization’s future.

“We were given a foundation to build our lives on,” Kamisky said. “Now, it’s our responsibility to make sure the brothers following us have the same solid ground.”

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We gratefully recognize the following undergraduates for contributions of $25.

Adrian Jackson Newman

Alabama-Birmingham

Reid Hale

Nesan Siva

Albion

Vinny Bogovican

Nick Boylan

Caleb Hale

Brady Kusak

Alex Olenik

Charlie Tams

Garrett Whiting

Arizona State

Will Bacchus

Jack Badstuebner

Avery Bowling

Gavin Hintz

John Lauricella

Nathan Roberts

Nate Ryan

Isaiah Talamantes

Arkansas State

Parker Collins

Braeden Flynn

Carter Herring

Tomas Perdomo

Ean Smithson

Ethan Wells

Frank Wirz

Arkansas Tech

Chayton Barr

Brennen Bates

Gabriel Dietz

Aiden Fox

Cannen Garner

Brock Gottsponer

Peter Greenfield

Cain Harmon

Seth Kolb

Garrett Poole

Jackson Schaller

Landen Sims

Ethan Waits

Tucker Watson

Noah White

Austin Peay State

Aden Davis

Tonie Pledge

Ball State

Kyle Cipowski

Parker Gleason

Nathan Irace

Chase Monroe

Bryce Neal

Mitch Snyder

Baylor

MJ Ward

Bowling Green State

Cole Barnes

Abel Coultrip

Zachary Eades

Luke Gloege

Clarke Morian

Jack Stander

Central Florida

Aidan Brown-Winters

Parker Rosenthal

Charleston

Parker Brooks

Colorado

Aneesh Palagati

Colorado Mines

Christian Adams

Noe Avila

Carter Sutsko

Culver-Stockton

Josia Romero

Ryan Yabi

Elmhurst

Anthony Giuliano

Matt Koren

Florida Atlantic

Hayden Cook

Jeffery Katz

Landon Thompson

Florida Gulf Coast

Brayden Datelle

Brandon Leon

Florida Tech

Nathan Amey

Gavin Hall

Alex Leonard

Degan Longmuir

Lachlan McKlveen

Tyler McLaughlin

Ian Nadzan

Jackson Oliver

Aiden Pearman

Nicco Pellicane

Blake Rhodes

Zachary Rosenbloom

Luke Smith

Matas Vaitkevicius

Yongju Yoo

Georgia College

Coleman Neale

Georgia State

Alex Daigle

Iowa

Brayden Burthardt

Kansas

Charlie Doherty

Calder Kamman

Tyler Rowe

Kennesaw State

Hudson Bashkin

Berti Nagy

Kent State

Peyton Katitus

Alexander Thompson

Dom Vennare

Maine

Peter Blaisdell

William Boveroux

Evan Brown

Calvin Kirsch

Ian Yanofsky

Marietta

Tearyn Dukes

Gavin Hesson

Trent Lofland

Bryce Moyers

Justin Shanklin

Marshall

Beau Black

Will Geer

Levi Marshall

Mason White

ALPHA TAU OMEGA CHAPTER STATS

8,552 undergraduates

Average chapter size — 66

91 chapters above 3.0 GPA

54 chapters above 3.25 GPA

11 chapters above 3.5 GPA

3.172 cumulative GPA

58 chapters above the all-men’s average

Maryland

Pat Conron

Middle Tennessee State

Caden Ables

Robert Fitzsimmons

Nick Held

Dallas Jackson

Ethan Klein

Connor Mccann

Dax McNeely

Justin Mikels

Cooper Nunnally

Pierce Ruiz

Jaeger Troost

Millikin

Jacob Bloom

Gavin Dobson

Matthew Gowen

Aaron Koehler

Nickolas Mathews

Alex Tabuchi

Mississippi State

Cole Gunter

Joe Scruppi

Mount Union

Kody Arntz

Mason Cook

Isaiah Frazier

Kyle Matko

Shamus Mihalik

Liam Murphy

Cody Turvey

Muhlenberg

DK Khan

Jace Yannucciello

New Hampshire

Ryan Branson

Alex Petersen

North Alabama

Sean Clary

Jared Gentil

Oakley Hurst

Case Johnson

Drew McDonald

Braxton Siniard

Clay Thrasher

North Carolina-Charlotte

Evan Van Horne

North Dakota

Caden Kulik

North Dakota State

Nathan Carlsen

Mark Dahlman

Nery Guerra

Matthew Hofer

Nick Hornbuckle

Gus Johnson

Noah Meyer

Jackson Morgan

John Patrou

Nick Tofteland

Brevin Wark

Northern Arizona

Raymond Gonzalez

Northern Kentucky

Nick Alexander

Alex Beyst

Vance Mueller

Antonio Sturpe

Oklahoma State

Jackson Birdsong

Damian Cervantes

Barron Clark

Alan Cook

Tyler Dowty

Drew Gehrig

Noah Greene

Riley Harper

Jonny Henley

Aran Kover

Brock Mascho

Ty Matthiesen

Kyle Moffatt

Trent Morris

Ryland Mosley

Quinten Murry

Cash Parrish

Chase Patterson

Dillon Powers

Jackson Reno

Santiago Rios

Henry Savage

Carson Scudder

Oregon State

Aidan Bonner

Will Rinehart

Colton Scott

Daniel Swartz

Penn State

Michael Aquilino

Pennsylvania

Louis Colaiocco

Max Gallagher

Kyle Hauserman

Evan Mougalian

Jackson Polo

Brady Pruett

Pepperdine

Andrew Mings

Purdue

Grant Johnson

Luke Ribordy

Rose-Hulman

Brendan Baldazo

Connor Bishop

Braden Blackburn

Evan Calvert

William Cruse

James DiMarco

Dionysios Liveris

Conner McClure

Ethan Moen

Grayson Richmond

Reese Rouch

Tim Swicord

San Diego

Jacob de Sousa

Isaiah Moore

Simpson

Braeden Barlow

Tristan Blair

Hubie Chaplin

Brady Connor

Tate Dierking

Cole Hamilton

Grant Love

Carter Pichler

Brady Siders

Blane Wallace

South Alabama

Jackson Land

Andrew Otto

Charlie Snyder

Southern Mississippi

Brady Williams

Stetson

Wayne Durkin

Kyle McGrath

Syracuse

Ryan Blankenhorn

Cole Hilary

Tampa

Jackson Adams

Ryan Beck

Nick Butera

Mason Chamberlain

Gabriel Ramirez

Abraham Shelofsky

Texas A & M

Jeff Opsitos

Texas-Arlington

Daunte Torres

UC-Santa Barbara

Nate Browning

Union

Tanner Haley

Sam Hatcher

Gideon Miller

Matthew Rettinger

Utah

Max Missall

Nathan Soderlund

Utah State

Isaac Cabral

Lliam Delahunty

Jonathan Kaiser

Hunter Palmer

Mason Ralphs

Washington & Jefferson

Jimmy Gogol

Mitch Kenney

Tavan Schoenberger

West Florida

Parker Steele

Widener

Julian Cymbalski

Reagan Fesel

Ben Fonseca

Luke Pyle-Ballak

Sean Walls

The Proof Is in a 37-Year Marriage

“I’m reminded every day of how ATO has impacted my life.”

Will Mizell Retired

WILL MIZELL, GEORGIA TECH ’84, doesn’t need a dramatic conversion story to explain why he gives to the ATO Foundation. His reason is woven into the fabric of his everyday life.

For most of his post-college years, Mizell expressed his loyalty the way many alumni do, giving his time and money directly to the chapter. It was personal, tangible, close to home. Then he joined the Board of Governors, and his view expanded.

From that vantage point, he saw something that moved him: a growing urgency. Society, he observed, had developed a troubling habit of dismissing young men wholesale. In that climate, organizations like ATO, ones committed to building moral, wise, selfless leaders, weren’t just valuable. They were necessary.

“Society needs leaders with morals and wisdom in addition to the attainment of knowledge,” Mizell said. He gives because he believes fraternity life, done well, produces exactly that kind of man.

Ask Mizell about a defining moment of impact from his giving and he’ll redirect you. There wasn’t one moment. There’s been a lifetime of them.

He met his spouse through ATO connections as a freshman. Forty-two years later, they’ve been happily married for 37 of them. He spent 35 years in a career alongside fellow fraternity brothers. In retirement, he still sees a couple of them almost daily.

“I’m reminded every day of how ATO has impacted my life,” Mizell said.

That’s the testimony Mizell offers to any brother on the fence: the fraternity experience has a long tail. The friendships, the growth, the mentorship don’t end at graduation. They compound. And investing in ATO means making sure the next generation gets that same return.

ERSKINE MAYO ROSS GIVING CLUB

Alumni and Friends who provide for the ATO Foundation through their wills or other planned gifts are recognized in the Erskine Mayo Ross Giving Club. Please contact the ATO Foundation at (317) 472-0935 if you would like information regarding giving through your will.

Bob G. Alley, Missouri

Kerry Armstrong, Purdue

J. Greg Arterburn, Murray State

Clark W. Bailey, Florida State

C. B. Baize, Murray State

Phil Bender, Missouri

Dave L. Bomberger, Nebraska

Steven K. Boydstun, Troy

WF Brown, Georgia State

Bob M. Brucken, Marietta

John P. Brucken, Marietta

Michael Caldwell, Memphis

Marcus D. Casteel, Central Missouri

Cory J. Ciklin, Florida State

Mel Clark, Oklahoma

George A. Condon, Michigan

Scott A. Cracraft, Charleston

John C. Curvin, SUNY-Buffalo

Dallas Lee Downey, Simpson

Kirby J. Erickson, North Dakota State

Bill L. Evans, Ball State

Jordan Andrew Fischette, Nevada-Las Vegas

Gary A. Flande, Iowa State

Bill H. Gardiner, Iowa State

Shuler Griffin, Mississippi

Greg H. Hall, Oklahoma

Walter P. Hartje, Illinois

Bob E. Huebner, Michigan State

Matthew P. Hughes, Indiana-Pennsylvania

Walt J. Hughes, Alabama

Eric Edward Jerger, Cincinnati

Kegs W. Kegley, American

Paul J. Kessler, Central Oklahoma

Robb C. Knuepfer, Denison

James N. Kodrowski, Alabama-Huntsville

Dave B. Lott, Adrian

Robert D. Lyman, Illinois

Mac D. MacKenzie, Simpson

Miles L. McCall, Stephen F. Austin State

Keith Brian McCormick, Stetson

Donald J. McNally, Rose-Hulman

Bill L. Muir, Kansas State

Jim E. Pingree Nelson, Michigan State

Ray L. Nesbit, Louisiana State

Michael G. O’Harro, Arizona

Robert H. Odell, Duke

Jerry Papazian, Southern California

Charlie M. Paulk, Florida

Cecil R. Phillips, Georgia Tech

Robert E. Reeve, Iowa State

George E. Reynolds, Texas

John E. Robertson, Georgia Tech

Wm. Brian Ruyle, Stephen F. Austin State

Rob L. Scott, UC-Berkeley

Jim W. Shaw, Maryland

Steve R. Siders, Purdue

David L. Simpson, Georgia Tech

Ruth Sittner

Wynn R. Smiley, Purdue

Chris David Smith, Middle Tennessee State

Jim C. Spooner, Simpson

Paul B. Starks, Florida

G. Michael Starks, Central Florida

Ford L. Stuart, Montana

Mark E. Wenners, Old Dominion

A Debt You Don’t Realize Until Later

“I want others to have that window into something deeper than the local chapter experience, the moment where the full picture of what ATO is comes into view.”

Kirby Neumann, Cincinnati ’00, will tell you that his decision to give to the ATO Foundation never really felt like a decision at all.

“It just felt like something I was always going to do,” Neumann said.

He came out of his undergraduate years on a high, chapter president, deep friendships, a sense that something meaningful had happened to him. He knew he’d stay tethered to ATO in some way. The question was never whether, only how.

Two experiences in particular crystallized what ATO had given him. The first was ATO Congress, where the sheer scope of the organization came into focus, the shared values, the range of men carrying them, the realization that brotherhood wasn’t limited to his chapter or his campus. It was something much larger.

The second was what was then called the Noah’s Ark program in Colorado, a combination of physical and spiritual challenge unlike anything he had encountered. Neumann hadn’t thought of himself as much of an outdoorsman,

Kirby Neumann Vice President | Ignite Philanthropy

and his faith had always been present but quiet. That trip brought both forward in ways he still carries today. His chapter’s educational fund made that experience possible for him.

Now, along with a few brothers from his chapter, Neumann helps fund younger brothers’ paths to programs like the Presidents Retreat and Congress. He has watched those men step into chapter leadership, launch careers, and grow into the kind of people ATO hoped they’d become.

“I want others to have that,” Neumann said. “A window into something deeper than the local chapter experience, the moment where the full picture of what ATO is comes into view.”

For Neumann, giving is simply the recognition of a debt you didn’t fully understand until years later. He understood it. And now he’s paying it forward.

CHAPTER ETERNAL

DR. TIMOTHY CLIPSON

Dr. Timothy Clipson, 41st National President of Alpha Tau Omega, died Jan. 24, 2026, after a brief battle with brain cancer. He was 75 years old.

Tim became an ATO as an honor initiate in 1989 as a professor at Stephen F. Austin State University. He became a vivid influence on many men in ATO’s Eta Iota chapter at SFA. Initially serving as a chapter advisor, Tim was appointed the National Fraternity’s education advisor in 1998, helping form and facilitate ATO leadership development opportunities.

Tim was always entertaining, but especially so with audiences mostly made up of 18- to 23-year-old men. Tim would stand in front of a handful or hundreds of ATO undergraduates, asking for volunteers to help him make his point. Of course, his point could not be made without aggressively entertaining antics; Tim directing, undergraduate volunteers pleasantly unaware they were performing.

Tim later served on the National Fraternity Board of Directors, as National Vice President and was elected National President on Aug. 6, 2016.

Of all his titles, Tim lived the title of “friend” the most. Tim was a friend to people around the world, always ready with encouragement, a compliment or a text message

photo of him standing on a boat or by a body of water with the sun setting in the background.

When Tim rebuilt his Etoile, Texas, lake home after a tornado blew it down, he insisted the builders install hurricane storm straps to protect against hurricane-force winds. The builders told him Nacogdoches was too far inland to put in storm straps. Tim insisted. When a hurricane came through Etoile shortly after his house was finished, Tim was grateful that his house withstood the storm. From that experience, ATO created the Storm Strap Award, presented to ATO chapters or individuals that champion excellence despite navigating extraordinary headwinds. Upon retirement, he became a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Business Communication and Legal Studies. As co-founder and president of Leadership Is For Everyone! (LIFE, Inc.), Tim led retreats that touched more than 30,000 Kiwanis-sponsored youth.

Tim’s celebration of life service was held on the SFA campus on Feb. 15, 2026.

BERT EDGAR SAMS

Bert Edgar Sams, Tennessee, died Oct. 23, 2025, in Knoxville, Tenn.

A member of ATO’s Pi Chapter, Bert carried the lessons of brotherhood into a 30-year career at UT Knoxville, retiring as Associate Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. He spent decades advising Pi Chapter and remained active in the ATO Alumni Group, helping organize annual dinners and the Brad Whittington Golf Tournament. In 2022, UT Knoxville’s Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life inducted him into its Alumni Hall of Fame.

In retirement, Bert and his wife, Rusha, built homes with Habitat for Humanity across four continents. He is survived by Rusha, his wife of 57 years, two sons and granddaughter Whitley Grace.

CHAPTER ETERNAL

ATO BROTHERS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL FRATERNITY WHO ENTERED THE CHAPTER ETERNAL IN 2025.

Adrian

Tom Lloyd

Roger Smith

Alabama

Jack Thorington

John Arant

Charles Stakely

Robert Alton

Don McGinty

Arthur Brooke

Thomas Hurst

Steve Sandlin

Sam Phillips

Robert Allen

Albion

Michael Klee

Alabama-Birmingham

Ivan E. Piola

Albion

Donald M. DeWitt

American

Richard Lancaster

Elwin Clark

Arizona

Bill Marum

Willett Gorham

Frederick Joyner

Arizona State

James Sleeper

Arkansas

Joe Daugherty

Arkansas State

Elroy Cantrell

David Reid

Auburn

Lloyd Kranert

Papa Melton

Jim Simmons

Gerald Culwell

John Littleton

Robert Schanbacher

Baldwin-Wallace

Fred Schuerlein

Douglas Albers

Ball State

Todd Klotz

Robin Wenger

Baylor

William Blackburn

Birmingham-Southern

Michael McKerley

Bowling Green State

Kent Williamson

Ray Rennebaun

David Smalley

John Ellis

William Duff

British Columbia

Walter Foster

Carnegie-Mellon

Alan Morten

Tony Pengidore

Central Oklahoma

John Muster

Charleston

Albert Cannon

David Runey

Francis Wham

Allison Wilder

Lawrence Walker

Owen Kenney

Cincinnati

Ralph Melick

Clemson

Charlie Smith

Ernie Ferguson

Colgate

Clark Madigan

Barry Gruttemeyer

Colorado

Verne Busse

Colorado Mines

Robert Kitchell

Stanley Krick

Colorado State

Jim Bennett

Ray Mehaffey

Jon Morris

Cornell

Ronald Childress

William Bronstein

Davidson

Charles L. Cornwell

Delaware

John Knapp

Alan Knight

Denison

Tom Ross

Rodger Halstead

Marc Litt

DePauw

Graham Bryce

Douglas Dowell

Tom Schneider

John Hurley

David McGarvey

Bert Anson

Robert Davies

Parker Gerdes

Ted Gifford

Troy Greenlee

Norbert Talbott

Steve Reim

Drake

Robert Snyder

Dick Hirschauer

Charles Pellino

Duke

William Holman

Edgar Fisher

Thomas Oakley

David Wellman

Donald Maxwell

John Guthrie

Emory

Dick Estes

Ray Chapman

E. Roane

Florida

John Cox

Stewart McVay

Richard Cope

James Rogers

Steven Drake

Jim Phillips

Tom Sansbury

Raymond Royce

John Wells

Steven Strange

Richard Taylor

John Fannin

James LaBrec

Florida State

Jay Steele

Jack Rynerson

Ron Beliech

Georgia J. Nix

Paul Whitlock

Bill Crowe

James Loughridge

T. Wade

Patrick Hardie

Georgia Southern

Frank Lewis

Warren Fuller

Georgia Tech

John Cline

Bill Collins

Arnold Harrington

Heyward Hawkins

Douglas Hartman

Gettysburg

John Ditzler

Jake Jacoby

Hamline

Curtis Stull

Dick Morris

Hillsdale

James Hatch

Idaho

Alex Dandrea

Illinois

Richard George

Indiana

Christopher Clarke

Don Leak

Bob Enoch

Charles Stottlemyer

Indiana State

Bradley Helms

Iowa State

John Kent

Charles Rudning

Maurice Schmoll

John Wilkin

Johns Hopkins

Charles Flagle

Kansas

Steve Hull

Del Byler

Chet Haines

William Edwards

Rich Billings

Don Duffy

Charles Gerwick

Kansas State

Rodney Peterson

Jeffrey Crabb

Harry Lehew

Edward Walsh

Kent State

Arthur Wallach

John McGrane

Louie Mott

Kentucky

Phil Hathaway

Russell Clayton

James Coldiron

Tom Moody

Stewart Prather

Kettering

Gordon Knauer

Lehigh

James Davidson

Hartley King

G. Elston

Louisiana State

T Peak

Steven Smith

Maine

Jerry Roy

Marietta

Glenn Jones

Maryland

Harvey Casbarian

Anthony Abato

Charles Smith

Memphis

Tom Story

Zach Brewer

Mercer

Hollis Hooks

Chester Pierce

Trey Giddens

Luke Callaway

Miami

Roy Black

Michigan

Robert Bredin

John Pallin

Clayton Gordon

David Barrett

Michigan State

Robert Anderegg

Minnesota

James Rustad

Middle Tennessee State

Raymond Ed Neal

Middlebury

Peter Orvis

Minnesota

Harold G. Larson

Mississippi

Caleb Brown

Theodore Dear

Kevin Winstead

Robert Hollingsworth

Lanny Griffith

Larry Grantham

Aubrey Patterson

Carroll McQueen

Gene Reynolds

CHAPTER ETERNAL

ATO BROTHERS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL FRATERNITY WHO ENTERED THE CHAPTER ETERNAL IN 2025.

Mississippi State

Edward Moore

Missouri

Bruce McCurry

Michael Barbe

MIT

Albert Reynolds

Monmouth

Frank Curry

Bob Jornlin

William Beabout

Frank Adam

Montana

Mack Jenkins

Dale Lumsden

Mount Union

Bruce Robb

Mark Whitaker

C. Smith

John Moll

Muhlenberg

Robert Taborn

Wolfgang Koenig

Murray State

David Hornback

Scott Dreher

Jim Burton

Nebraska

James Schaller

Nebraska-Kearney

Matthew Hill

Nevada-Reno

Keith Stauffer

Thomas Burns

Robert Parsons

William Frade

Dennis Johnson

Michael Mackedon

Russell Browne

Robert Lewis

Newberry

James Burr

New Hampshire

Charles Sowerby

Keith Parker

Will Blackey

Richard Cummings

New Mexico

James Trump

New Mexico State

Alan Barreras

North Alabama

Graham Sisson

North Carolina

Brent Kirby

Roscoe McMillan

George Strickland

Wood Smethurst

Ed Burke

Neal Reichle

Gilbert Upchurch

John Ruggles

Thomas Griffith

Francis Eagles

North Dakota

John Leigh

North Dakota State

Donald Anderson

Brian Engberg

North Texas

Keller Fornes

Northwestern

James Bertelsen

Richard Stermer

Occidental

Laurence Bolton

Donald Dair

Gary Kinnett

Ohio State

Donn Alspach

John Rorris

Ohio Wesleyan

Robert Willis

Tom Cammock

Michael Hamra

Gregor Pinney

Don Gordon

George Morris

George Amick

Jan Elliott

Oklahoma

Toar Driskill

James Crabtree

Gunar Stowers

Michael Moberly

Bud Belz

Oklahoma State

Perry Oldham

Everett Hale

Robert Reed

Alvin Cutler

Bert Chiles

Charles Poplinger

David Curphey

Jeffrey Hamman

Larry Porter

Richard Powers

Gen Gladwell

Gordon Carlson

Charles McDonald

Kermit Ellis

James Michel

William McGee

Julius Canahl

Carroll Dwinell

George Carpenter

James Alexander

James Tate

Norman Vandalsem

David Hinkle

Gary Perryman

Mark Hartness

James Head

Michael Bannon

R. Porch

Myron Peace

Johnny Gill

Jack Mason

Frederick Brooks

Paul Johnson

William Brock

Garry Bolstead

Robert Millsap

Billy Bear

Kevin Steng

Michael Farris

Marvin Arnold

James White

Gary Hale

Robert Reichard

Charles Biederman

Francis Ernest

Toby Mock

Robert Nelson

Walter Nixon

Fred Shapley

Donald Hiebert

Thomas Bridwell

Lynwood Kindt

Dale Jewett

Robert Jones

Jeffery Ackerman

Billy Longpine

Matthew Knight

Jerry Sills

Roy Ruedy

Randle Krejci

William Wynd

Russell Owen

Erwin Dorr

Rhonald Whiteneck

Robert Ewing

James Shotton

Jerauld Moyer

Clint Boone

Aurice Thompson

Terry Marlin

Robert Fulbright

Old Dominion

Paul Keister

Richard Paschall

Oregon

D. Glanville

Oregon State

Ronald Grabler

Robert Stipe

Wally Johnson

James Ruscoe

Charles Trapp

Penn State

George Greer

Donald Yasinsky

Pennsylvania

Francis Bosco

Purdue

William Mitzelfeld

Rensselaer Poly

Jack Newkirk

Rose-Hulman

Larry Grimes

Mark Denzin

James Brown

Floyd Tingley

Joseph Neill

Timothy Curtis

Paul Elliott

George Brand

Duke Johnson

Stephen Kennedy

Richard Holthaus

Paul Kotterman

Robert Voges

John Warnke

William Kuchar

Roger Peck

Tyson May

Alan Ker

Steve Dommer

Joseph Vrydagh

Frank Larr

Ralph Llewellyn

William Perkins

David Keiser

James Kunevicius

Philip Loring

Dennis Quimby

Clyde Willian

Richard Englum

Ronald Gesell

Carl Hildebrand

Robert Schukai

Lorin VanGorder

Jan Sonner

James Jones

Robert McCoige

Dave Jonas

Ernest Deagan

William Schumann

James Weir

James Howenstine

John Whitworth

Mark Bland

Harry Harris

Warren Pugh

Robert Travis

Charles Schukai

David Amolsch

Edward Koonmen

Mike Scherer

Alan Crumbaker

Herbert Patterson

Mark Orelup

Bernard Greenwell

James Copeland

Joseph Perona

Larry Leonard

Thomas Reed

Paul Gottfried

Frederick Kolb

William Maddock

William Carrell

Charles Hayward

William Washburn

Ralph Wisco

George Rout

Edward McGovern

Charles Weibel

Clarence Munro

John Slack

Tom Takacs

Richard Olson

Charles Goodale

John Adomaitis

Cleone Markwell

Earl Howlett

William Parks

John Hardesty

Brian Pohlar

Howard Kobusch

Michael Griggs

Joseph Adams

Gail Mathas

Philip Homes

R. Tyler

Charles Rupp

John Elder

CHAPTER ETERNAL

ATO BROTHERS REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL FRATERNITY WHO ENTERED THE CHAPTER ETERNAL IN 2025.

James Skinner

Arnold Hannum

Walter Helmick

George Eddy

Raymond Baker

Jared Lesser

Jack Smith

James Endress

William Booth

William Starnes

Robert Liggett

Robert Barr

David Mullen

Winston Fowler

Richard Pierce

James Morris

Jay Stevens

Carl Kromp

David Morgan

Robert McAlister

Ned Badertscher

Frederick Lundgren

Richard Minnick

William Hauser

John Newlin

Gerald Moore

Joel Roberts

David Burns

James Burns

Robert Stark

Vinton Haas

Jack Matthews

Robert LaFollette

Glenn Eudaley

Jack Cox

Lubo Chelich

Tom Burkett

James Bowman

Bruce Powell

Sam Houston State

Barry Hayes

Maurice Simmons

San Diego State

John Carlisle

Howell Harris

San Jose State

Stephen Mortara

Dave Warren

Ralph Parker

Sewanee

Guy Griffeth

John Scott

William Marks

Simpson

David Dierking

Jay Byers

South Carolina

George Guldan

South Dakota

Chad Menin

Jeffery Brown

Delmar Mulder

Southern Methodist

Richard Zollars

Nick Fox

David Sudbury

Bob Thurmond

Southern Mississippi

Joseph Hebert

Michael Busby

Derrick Procell

Stanford

Herbert Atkinson

Alan Marsh

Stephen F. Austin State

Larry Smith

Brad Norvell

St. Lawrence

Robert Walin

Gene Hays

John Behre

Nick Staropoli

Syracuse

Lawrence Wilke

Tennessee

Terry Comer

Robert Wade

Carl Kidd

Dean Chase

James McClure

James Shipman

Bert Sams

John Cate

Tennessee-Martin

Irving Fentress

Donnie Wright

Kevin Daigler

Robert Harrington

Tennessee Tech

Thurman Migliore

Texas

Frank Brown

James Goerner

David Aiken

Beeman Strong

Beak Howell

Thomas Smith

Light Cummins

Daniel Carcamo

Texas Tech

Marvin Rippy

Brad Parrish

Laurence Melton

Larry Adams

Gary Caffee

Tufts

Kenneth Stewart

Vincent Godleski

Ken Fettig

Tulane

Woody Crews

Paul Deal

Tom Guggolz

Raphael Ross

Taylor Casey UCLA

Wayne Lawson

Charles Thomas

UC-Santa Barbara

Jason Allen

Union

Walter Hammer

Brandon Thornsberry

Hugh Harvey

Utah

David White

Vanderbilt

Guy Copeland

Charles Buechlein

Robert Ledford

Johnny Cate

Vermont

Douglas Dodge

Virginia

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Shaz Fraher

John Snead

Charles Mangham

Washington

Bob Beil

Washington & Jefferson

Herb Neu

Western Kentucky

Fred Simmons

Wisconsin

James Allen

Harry Olson

Richard Butzer

Charles White

Wittenberg

James Grainger

John Baker

Jon Ford

Jim Walsh

Worcester Poly

Alpesh Patel

Vaidotas Kuzminskas

Ralston Bates

Alex Hughes

Wyoming

Alexander Schilt

Alan Simpson

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RICHMOND PROPERTY GROUP

Richmond Property Group began in 2001 when the ATO National Fraternity saw a problem: chapter houses were being lost or falling into disrepair.

Since the live-in experience is such a key part of brotherhood and growth, the Fraternity founded RPG to help protect that tradition. Ever since, RPG has been focused on preserving and enhancing chapter housing — so it stays a strong part of the ATO experience.

The following 21 chapter houses are owned by RPG.

• Ball State University

• University of Cincinnati

• Cornell University

• DePauw University

• University of Georgia

• Georgia Southern University

• Georgia Institute of Technology

• University of Idaho

• Indiana State University

• University of Kansas

• Marshall University

• University of Maryland, College Park

• University of Memphis

• University of Michigan

• University of Minnesota

• Muhlenberg College

• University of New Hampshire

• San Jose State University

• University of South Carolina

• University of Washington

• Washington State University

LIBERTY 250

For 250 years, fraternity has spoken to young men at the moments that matter most: creating brotherhood, building leaders and delivering solutions for the challenges men face today. As a member of the Fraternity Forward Coalition, ATO and four fellow fraternities have joined together to launch the Fraternities Know Men campaign, celebrating that enduring truth and the brothers whose lives were changed by it.