Star & Lamp | Spring 2026

THEY’RE CROSSING THE COUNTRY.

YOU CAN FOLLOW EVERY MILE.

This summer, Pi Kappa Phi brothers are cycling across the country, raising awareness and money for the disability community.

From the first mile to the last, every day brings new stories, new challenges and real impact.

Stay connected. Follow their journey. See the difference they’re making.

SCAN TO FOLLOW THE TEAM

WE LIVE IN A TIME OF CONSTANT CONTACT.

At any given moment, we can text, scroll, post, comment and keep up with what others are doing in real time. By nearly every modern measure, society is more connected than ever before.

Yet for so many people, real connection feels harder to come by.

This issue was inspired by that contrast. Within these pages, you will see where disconnection shows up in the lives of undergraduate members and alumni today, along with the ways Pi Kappa Phi continues to offer something many people are struggling to find: authentic community.

In a letter to the brotherhood, Ross Szabo, Theta Eta (American), reflects on mental health, loneliness and the kind of brotherhood we owe one another. His message reminds us that real support begins with the willingness to notice when someone is struggling.

That lesson feels especially relevant in a story about the rise of online sports betting, where addiction can hide behind a phone screen, and a brother may be struggling long before anyone recognizes the signs.

In this issue, you’ll be introduced to Beta Eta (Florida State) brothers David Orozco and Cameron Chung. Their friendship began in college and, years later, became the foundation for a business partnership. Their story is a reminder that brotherhood does not always reveal its full value right away. Sometimes, its significance becomes clearer with time.

That same sense of brotherhood and belonging appears in the story of Micah Elijah Caldwell, a Kappa Chapter (UNCChapel Hill) alumnus and re-founding father, who now steals the spotlight in the first national tour of “Shucked,” the musical. Through every stage of his journey, Pi Kappa Phi has remained part of his life, not simply as a college experience, but as a brotherhood that continues to show up, sometimes even in the audience.

You will meet undergraduate brother Cooper Nelson, Iota Eta (Embry-Riddle), who found not only a path toward a future in aerospace, but also a community of brothers and teammates who challenge him, support him and keep him grounded. In a demanding environment where it would have been easy to retreat inward, he instead found connection in the people around him.

Yet another story of connection will take you to Holy Angels in Belmont, North Carolina, where belonging is woven into daily life. There, people with disabilities are not reduced to assumptions or limitations. They are known, valued and given opportunities to grow, contribute and participate fully in the community around them.

Even Pi Kappa Phi’s history reflects that same search for meaning and belonging.

In this issue’s “Moment at the Museum,” you will learn more than ever before about the Chrestomathic Literary Society and the environment that shaped Pi Kappa Phi’s founding.

Long before digital platforms promised connection, our Founders understood the importance of being heard, understood and part of something larger than themselves. Pi Kappa Phi was born, in part, from that pursuit.

At its best, Pi Kappa Phi offers more than contact. It offers relationships built on shared values, trust that deepens over time and a sense of belonging that endures long after graduation.

In a world where disconnection has become increasingly common, that kind of brotherhood matters more than ever.

As you read this issue, I hope you will consider the difference between being in touch and being truly connected. Who knows you beyond the surface? Where have you found real belonging? How are you helping create it for others?

Technology keeps us in contact. Brotherhood is what gives that contact meaning.

In Pi Kappa Phi,

JAKE HENDERSON CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER

NATIONAL COUNCIL 2026-2028 ATI NAL COUNCIL

slate of nominees

Pursuant to Supreme Law, the Nominating Committee is pleased to nominate the following individuals for service on the National Council. This slate of officers will be presented to the 59th Supreme Chapter in Scottsdale, Arizona, from July 23-26, 2026. Each individual is listed with the position for which he has been nominated.

WALTER "WALLY"

WAHLFELDT

NATIONAL PRESIDENT UPSILON (ILLINOIS-URBANA-CHAMPAIGN)

WALLY WAHLFELDT was initiated into the Upsilon Chapter at the University of Illinois in 1983, where he served as archon. Upon graduation, he joined Pi Kappa Phi staff, serving as a leadership consultant, where he led recruiting efforts at Alpha Gamma (Oklahoma), Alpha Omicron (Iowa State) and Beta Epsilon (Missouri-Columbia) and then served as Pi Kappa Phi’s director of communications. As an alumnus and volunteer, he has served on the Upsilon Housing Corporation, is a Nu Phi Society member, was secretary of the Pi Kappa Phi Properties Board of Directors and is currently National Vice President/President Elect.

Wahlfeldt is a managing director at JLL, one of the world’s largest corporate real estate services organizations, leading JLL Retail Corporate Services, providing consulting, analytics and transaction services to retailers such as T-Mobile, Nike, Walgreens, Trek and Google. He resides in River Forest, Illinois, with his wife, MaryLisa.

(DREXEL)

RICK BERK began his journey with Pi Kappa Phi when he was initiated into the Alpha Upsilon Chapter at Drexel University in 1982. He built a successful career in the technology and digital infrastructure space and now brings that expertise to his leadership roles within the Fraternity. Berk joined the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation Board of Trustees in 2016 and has served in several key capacities, including vice chairman, before assuming his current role as chairman. He also contributes his expertise as a member of the Fraternity’s Technology Committee, helping guide the organization’s digital innovation strategy. A proud member of the Nu Phi Society, Berk was recognized with a Certificate of Appreciation in 2022 for his continued service and leadership.

ANDRAE L. TURNER is an initiate of the Eta Rho Chapter at Texas State University, where, as a student, he served as warden, IFC vice president of Judicial Affairs and IFC president. He was also elected president of the Mid-American Greek Council Association (now known as the Association of Fraternal Leadership and Values). Turner joined Pi Kappa Phi staff as a leadership consultant working on the expansion and growth team. As a volunteer, he has served as a chapter advisor, a city events coordinator, the founding president of both the Eta Rho Alumni Chapter and Eta Rho Housing Corporation and as a prevention education program facilitator. He is a member of the Nu Phi Society, a Pi Alpha and currently serves as National Treasurer of Pi Kappa Phi.

In addition to his volunteer roles with Pi Kappa Phi, Turner is an active and involved alumnus of Texas State University, where he currently serves as a trustee of the Texas State Development Foundation. Turner previously served on the Board of Directors of the Texas State Alumni Association, including a term as president. Additionally, Turner serves on the Board of Directors of Goodwill Industries of Houston, the Houston Area Urban League and the Texas Lyceum. Turner holds a bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration from Texas State University and master’s degrees in healthcare administration and business administration from the University of Houston-Clear Lake. Living in Houston, Texas, Turner is a Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives and is an administrator at UT Southwestern Medical Center.

BEN BUSH was initiated into the Alpha Alpha Chapter at Mercer University, where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in environmental science. As a student, Bush served as archon of his chapter. After graduation, he joined Pi Kappa Phi staff as a leadership consultant. Bush earned his law degree from the Florida State University College of Law. For the past 22 years, he has practiced as a real estate transactional attorney in Tallahassee, Florida, representing lenders and landowners in commercial and agricultural transactions throughout Florida and Georgia. Between serving on Pi Kappa Phi staff and attending law school, Bush rode on the 2000 Journey of Hope South team. For several years, he has volunteered in support of the Gear Up Florida arrival in Tallahassee. He has served on the Pi Kappa Phi Properties Board of Directors as the vice chair for acquisitions. Bush lives in Tallahassee, Florida, with his wife, Adriana, and two daughters, Sofia and Amelia.

DWAYNE TODD is a re-founding father of the Alpha Eta Chapter at Samford University, where he served as vice archon and archon and was named to the Council of Archons his senior year. His alumni leadership involvement in Pi Kappa Phi includes serving as the founding chapter advisor for both the Eta Chi Chapter (Texas Christian) and the Alpha Nu Chapter (Ohio State) and as the founding chair for Pi Kapp Pride. Additionally, Todd has served as a regional/area governor, a facilitator for many of the Fraternity’s educational programs and a member of numerous national committees. With a career in higher education spanning more than 30 years, he currently serves as the vice president for student engagement and success and dean of students at Ohio Wesleyan University. Todd holds a Bachelor of Music from Samford University, a Master of Divinity from Southwestern Seminary and a Ph.D. in Higher Education from The Ohio State University. He lives in Columbus, Ohio, with Steve, his partner for 26 years.

JOHN R. BRADFORD, III, is an initiate of the Zeta Alpha Chapter at Clemson University, where he served as vice archon, archon and vice president of Order of Omega. During his senior year, he represented his chapter on the Council of Archons and was honored as Clemson’s Greek Man of the Year. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in agricultural engineering from Clemson University and an Executive MBA from the University of Memphis, where he spent two years as the university’s mascot, “Pouncer” the Tiger.

BRADFORD, III

JOHN R. CHAPLAIN

ZETA ALPHA (CLEMSON)

In 2013, Bradford joined the Pi Kappa Phi Properties Board of Directors and currently serves as vice president of the Property Management Committee. He is also a member of the Nu Phi Society and a Pi Alpha. In 2024, he rode in Gear Up Florida alongside his son, Jack Bradford, Tau (NC State), becoming the Fraternity’s first father-son team to complete the ride together. Bradford has been elected to public office six times, serving two terms as Cornelius town commissioner and four terms in the North Carolina House of Representatives. During his legislative tenure, he held several key leadership roles, including senior chairman of the House Finance Committee, majority deputy whip and freshman majority whip. An entrepreneur, Bradford is the founder and CEO of Park Avenue Properties and PetScreening. After selling Park Avenue Properties in 2020, he focused on scaling PetScreening into a nationally recognized, industryleading pet policy management platform for the rental housing sector. Under his leadership, PetScreening has been named by Inc. Magazine as one of America’s 5,000 fastest-growing private companies for four consecutive years. Bradford married his high school sweetheart, Shea, and they have four children.

TODD

SARGENT

CHANCELLOR

ETA SIGMA (CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES)

TODD SARGENT was initiated as a founding father of the Eta Sigma Chapter at the University of California, Los Angeles. After graduation, Sargent served for several years as the Eta Sigma chapter advisor. He continued his Pi Kapp volunteer journey as chapter advisor for the Theta Zeta Chapter (George Washington), regional governor in the Mid-Atlantic Region, chapter advisor for the Zeta Rho Chapter (Cal State-Fullerton), regional governor in the Southern California Region, leadership instructor at Pi Kapp College for Chapter Officers and National Chaplain. In addition to his Pi Kappa Phi volunteer roles, Sargent has held multiple leadership positions within the UCLA Alumni Association, UCLA School of Public Affairs and the City of Los Angeles. He holds a bachelor’s degree in political science from UCLA and an MBA from The George Washington University. He is currently global executive director of organizational development for The Walt Disney Company. Sargent lives in Los Angeles, California, with his husband, Alexander.

THE BROTHERHOOD WE OWE EACH OTHER WHY REAL CONNECTION

MATTERS

by Ross Szabo, Theta Eta (American)

My first attempt at college lasted two months.

To anyone looking, I was a typical student. In reality, I was struggling with bipolar disorder and hiding it behind unhealthy habits. I grew up in a family affected by mental health challenges, addiction and trauma. My parents loved me deeply, but emotions were not something we talked about. I learned early to deal with my feelings alone.

By high school, I learned how to disconnect from my emotions. When I was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, I did not know how to process what that meant or how to talk about it. Instead, I became skilled at hiding what I was going through. Most people thought I was fine. The truth is that I was barely holding things together.

College did not magically fix that. In many ways, it exposed how much I had normalized destructive behavior. After years of dissociating and covering my emotions, I had drifted far from anything that looked like healthy coping.

It took years and hitting rock bottom at age 22 before I finally accepted that I could not keep living that way. Recovery began when I acknowledged what was happening and started learning healthier ways to respond to my emotions.

Those experiences shaped how I think about mental health today.

Throughout my career, I have encouraged people to talk openly about mental health. But talking is only the beginning. Even as awareness has increased, many people still struggle to describe what they are feeling or how to ask for help. I have seen countless fraternity men go through the same thing: carrying struggles quietly while appearing fine on the surface.

The gap for many young people is not awareness. It’s understanding. Students hear words like anxiety, depression and trauma all the time, but few are taught how to recognize those feelings in themselves or what to do when something feels wrong. Awareness alone does not teach someone how to cope, how to help a friend or even how to ask for help.

IN A DISCONNECTED WORLD

Sometimes support begins with something simple: noticing when a brother seems different and asking a genuine question.

“Hey, you seem quieter than usual. Is everything ok?”

“How have you been doing, really?.”

Questions like these can open the door to conversations that might not happen otherwise.

In my work with students today, I see another challenge shaping young men’s lives: disconnection. I meet students every week who say they have hundreds of contacts in their phone but no one they feel comfortable calling when something is wrong. Many students want meaningful relationships but lack the tools to build them.

Young men are not the only people experiencing loneliness, but they often struggle in ways that are difficult to recognize. What appears as withdrawal, frustration or emotional distance may actually be someone who has never learned to talk about what he is feeling. Some young men only know how to distract themselves, shut down emotionally or insist they are “fine.”

Disconnection does not always look dramatic.

Sometimes it looks like silence. A brother who begins showing up less often. Someone who laughs along with everyone else but never shares what is really going on.

Connection, however, can be a powerful antidote. Connection looks like a brother checking in privately, or a conversation that moves past small talk or a chapter culture where honesty is normal and vulnerability is respected. Sometimes the most important thing a person can hear is that he does not have to carry everything alone.

Fraternities can play an important role in addressing this challenge.

I did not join Pi Kappa Phi as an undergraduate. I became a member later in life, when I was initiated as an alumnus. This experience gave me a different perspective on brotherhood. It reinforced something I already learned through my work with

BROTHERHOOD OTHER

students: brotherhood is not defined by events, traditions or shared memories. It is defined by whether people genuinely show up for each other.

Fraternities should not act as counseling centers, but they can be places where men feel safe enough to stop pretending. A healthy fraternity environment is one where brothers notice each other, listen without judgment and encourage openness about struggles. It means creating a culture where asking for help is seen as a strength, not a weakness.

Some of the most meaningful support I received in my life has come from other men who cared about me, even when they did not know exactly what to say.

Support does not have to be complicated. It can start with paying attention when someone seems different, checking in privately and listening without immediately trying to fix the problem. One honest conversation may not solve everything, but it can remind someone that he matters and that he is not alone.

I still don’t have every answer when it comes to mental health. But I know how powerful it is when someone simply shows up and listens.

When I think about the true value of fraternities, I don’t think first about events or programs. I think about environment. Real change happens when people feel noticed, supported and connected.

In a culture where many young men are used to pretending they have everything under control, creating spaces where honesty is welcome can make a profound difference.

For Pi Kappa Phi brothers, this challenge deserves serious attention. Brotherhood should mean more than shared experiences or social events. It should mean showing up for each other during the moments that are hardest to talk about.

For alumni, that support can begin with asking different questions when reconnecting with a brother. Instead of asking only about work or what’s new in life, ask how he is really doing.

Sometimes support begins with something simple: noticing when a brother seems different and asking a genuine question.

These conversations may seem small, but they matter. Connection is not simply about being around other people. It’s about being known, being supported and being reminded that you belong. That kind of connection is what brotherhood should represent.

This week, reach out to a brother. Call, text or meet for coffee. Ask how he is really doing. Real connection often begins with one honest conversation. And sometimes that conversation can change someone’s life.

Ross Szabo, Theta Eta (American), is a nationally recognized mental health speaker, author and educator who has spent more than two decades helping students, educators and organizations better understand mental health. Diagnosed with bipolar disorder as a teenager, Szabo has dedicated his career to breaking down stigma and teaching practical skills for recognizing and responding to mental health challenges. He is a founding faculty member and wellness director of Geffen Academy at the University of California-Los Angeles where he created a program for students in grades 6-12 to learn about mental health once a week. He is the chief executive officer of the Human Power Project, a company that creates mental health curriculum. Szabo works with high schools, colleges and professional organizations across the country and is the author of Behind Happy Faces and A Kids Book About Anxiety.

THE HOUSE THE CHAPTER ALWAYS WINS, ALWAYS LOSES

by Rachel Greene

In fraternity houses nationwide, this generation of brothers has more knowledge and tools related to substance use, addiction and mental health at their fingertips than any generation of men before them. Most can spot the signs in a brother stumbling through the front door at 3 a.m. night after night. They know when someone is visibly unraveling. They know what a brother who’s “not okay” is supposed to look like.

But there’s a new habit making brothers “not okay.” And this one? It doesn’t stumble through the door after last call. It scrolls.

It’s a silent habit, hiding in plain sight. It’s the man on the couch during a rivalry game, refreshing odds instead of watching the field. It looks like a quick glance at a screen during dinner that turns into another, then another. It’s the group chat lighting up with parlays, “Have you locked in your picks?” and “I won big last night.”

It lives inside their phones, the digital extension of themselves. Nobody bats an eye when a brother checks his phone all day, so it can fly under the radar. That’s what makes it so dangerous.

When it comes to the addictive phenomenon that has taken college campuses by storm, the deck is stacked against young men.

Welcome to the world of online sports betting.

The following scene is fictional, but it is inspired by common patterns described in research and reporting. It is not one identifiable Pi Kappa Phi brother. Still, it reflects a reality that brothers and chapters are navigating right now.

His habit began, as most things did in the chapter house, casually. He put 10 bucks on a game because his whole associate member class was doing it, and because the newly downloaded app gave him a great promo. It said his bet was “risk-free,” so he figured he was playing smart. It was as easy as a swipe and a payment, and suddenly he could contribute to the conversation with his brothers.

At first, that’s all it was. But soon, the bets followed him out of the group chat and out of the chapter house, too. While he should

have been focused on lectures, he was checking his phone. When he met his big brother for the first time, he placed a live bet at the dinner table. When he sat on the couch trying to enjoy a brotherhood event, he felt his stomach tighten when one missed free throw cost him every dollar he had left. He wasn’t watching the game anymore. He was only ever watching his phone. And then, he was watching his wallet empty out.

And the worst part? No one noticed. Not because his brothers didn’t care, but because everything seemed normal. He was still there, still present enough not to raise any alarms. He laughed at the right moments, showed up to chapter and did all the right things. But all the while, his mind was somewhere else, running numbers, replaying losses, thinking about the next bet and trying to win back what he already lost.

He isn’t the only one.

Now, back to the facts.

Everything changed in 2018 when the United States Supreme

country. The National Conference of State Legislatures reports that 38 states allow sports betting, with 30 allowing bets to be placed directly from a mobile phone. What once required a trip and felt visible now lives in the same device many young men already struggle to put down.

But there’s a new habit making brothers “not okay.” And this one? It doesn’t stumble through the door after last call. It scrolls.

THE ODDS AREN’T EVEN

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The danger is not simply that sports betting is legal now. It’s that it is mobile now.

And that danger is not only financial. The American Psychiatric Association classifies gambling disorder as a behavioral addiction because research shows it is similar to substance-related disorders in its physiology and treatment. In other words, this is not just a bad habit, weak self-control or harmless fun gone a little too far. It is an addiction that mental health professionals now recognize alongside alcohol use disorder and other substancerelated disorders.

Mobile betting changes everything. It removes friction and breaks down barriers, making betting fast, private and always available. When those barriers disappear, the people most at risk are often the ones most likely to act on impulse.

It also removes the witnesses. A brother will likely notice if you disappear to a casino. He probably won’t notice if you disappear into your phone. The warning signs are camouflaged as regular screen time, and the industry knows it. Push notifications, “boost” offers, “risk-free” promotions and live odds are not just harmless features. They are part of an environment designed to keep people engaged.

And for some people, that engagement turns into addiction. The American Psychiatric Association says gambling disorder is marked by repeated, ongoing betting that continues despite serious problems in a person’s life. Its warning signs include frequent thoughts about gambling, unsuccessful efforts to cut back or moderate, irritability when trying to stop, “chasing” losses, hiding the extent of involvement and losing important opportunities because of gambling.

If sportsbooks have an ace in the hole, it’s this: they don’t just have a young audience to target. They have its captive attention.

Young men are not the only people affected, but they are one of the most vulnerable groups. A 2025 study in the Journal of Gambling Studies found that men ages 18 to 25 are at disproportionately increased risk for gambling problems, and that sports gambling frequency was a strong predictor of problem gambling severity among that same demographic.

A brother will likely notice if you disappear to a casino. He probably won’t notice if you disappear into your phone. The warning signs are camouflaged as regular screen time, and the industry knows it.

A brother with a sports betting problem does not need a lecture. He needs someone to notice him...

Public opinion is shifting, too. In Pew Research Center’s 2025 survey, 47 percent of men under the age of 30 said legal sports betting is a bad thing for society, up from 22 percent in 2022. Pew also found that 22 percent of U.S. adults said they had bet on sports in the past 12 months, up from 19 percent in 2022, with the increase driven entirely by online betting. In other words, more people are placing bets, but more people, especially young men, are also recognizing that something about this feels wrong.

And the financial fallout is very real.

A 2024 National Bureau of Economic Research paper found that when online sports betting increases, financially constrained households see credit card balances rise, available credit fall and overdraft frequency increase. The researchers also found that legalization reduced savings, suggesting that easier access to betting can destabilize financial health well beyond the apps themselves.

What does that look like in Pi Kappa Phi?

It’s a brother who starts with 10 bucks, then wins $50. He bets the $50, even though he promised himself he’d be done after $10. Then he loses, but he remembers how it felt to win, and he decides he needs to end on a high. He bets another $20. Then another. It stops being “betting money” and starts feeling a lot more like “money I have to get back.” And those losses aren’t limited to college brothers. An alumnus can chase losses the same way an undergraduate student can, and he may have much more to lose.

Addiction does not always look like a brother passed out on the couch.

Sometimes, it looks like the guy who is still showing up, still laughing, still watching the game, but slowly losing himself on the sidelines. He has one eye on the screen at all times, and an everpresent knot in his stomach, but on the outside, he looks fine. And while young men are a high-risk target for this industry, sports betting can take hold at any age.

As Dr. Martin Seppala said during the opioid crisis, “Addiction is a disease of isolation.” Sports betting can isolate a brother without removing him from the room. He can be surrounded by people and still be alone in his addiction.

This is where sports betting stops being an issue of personal responsibility and becomes a Fraternity-wide issue. Not because Pi Kappa Phi can control what happens in the app store, or because brothers can solve an addiction crisis on their own, but because they can influence the kind of culture their chapters create, one where warning signs are taken seriously and seeking help is not stigmatized.

Johann Hari, an author and TED speaker known for his work on addiction, has said, “The opposite of addiction isn’t sobriety, it’s connection.” In an undergraduate chapter, connection is not abstract. It’s built in shared meals, late-night talks and a culture of looking out for each other. If that is true, then brotherhood can help protect against sports betting addiction. A brother with a sports betting problem does not need a lecture. He needs someone to notice him, someone willing to initiate an Ultimate Respect conversation and say, “You don’t seem like yourself lately. Can we talk?”

The most powerful solutions are often the simplest ones.

The question is whether Pi Kappa Phi brothers are willing to put their money where their mouth is, not by wagering more, but by looking for the signs, showing up with support and refusing to let a brother lose to addiction, even when the battle is on his phone.

The house always wins when the chapter stays silent. But that is not the way it has to be. The chapter and the greater Fraternity can be where a brother finally stops scrolling, looks up, remembers he belongs and asks for help.

If you or a brother is struggling, free, confidential help is available right now: Contact the National Problem Gambling Helpline 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 1-800-MY-RESET or utilize their online chat feature at ncpgambling.org/chat.

For help finding meetings, contact the Gamblers Anonymous National Hotline at (855) 2CALLGA, (855) 222-5542.

To find treatment referrals for mental health and substance use, call the SAMHSA National Hotline at 1-800-662-HELP (4357).

by Rachel Greene

David and Cameron’s partnership didn’t begin in a boardroom. It began with 50 McDonald’s chicken nuggets at Florida State University.

On his first night as a Pi Kappa Phi associate member, David Orozco showed up as he always did: with food. He wasn’t trying to impress anyone; for him, sharing food is second nature.

As a child of Colombian immigrants who fled the drug wars of the 1980s, Orozco watched his parents sacrifice everything to build a life in the United States. In 1998, they opened Brisas Empanadas, a restaurant in New Jersey built around recipes passed down from Orozco’s grandmother, now a staple in the community. Food, for him, was never just food. It was heritage, a token of affection and a way to connect with others, all at once.

That night, as he sat in a brother’s apartment eating nuggets between games of FIFA with Cameron Chung and other Pi Kapps, he was doing more than making friends. Without even realizing it, he was forming a friendship with the man who would eventually help him transform his family’s legacy into a national brand.

They were learning, in real time, how connection and credibility are built: through consistency, initiative and shared effort.

That same mindset followed them into the classroom.

Like many students, both arrived at Florida State with one plan for their future and left with another. Chung initially planned to become a sports agent. Orozco entered as a management major, knowing he wanted to work in business but still figuring out his path.

They were learning, in real time, how connection and credibility are built: through consistency, initiative and shared effort.

The connection was forged in the Beta Eta Chapter at Florida State. Chung joined in fall 2010, and Orozco followed in spring 2011, after a high school friend encouraged him to check out Pi Kappa Phi before any other fraternity.

Beta Eta had only recently returned to campus, and for these two brothers, that was part of the appeal.

“It was a really cool feeling, like we were able to create a new story,” said Chung.

Alongside their brothers, they helped Beta Eta build a strong reputation on campus. The chapter earned academic distinction, achieving the highest fraternity GPA on campus, and became a place men wanted to be.

Orozco eventually found his way into Florida State’s elite professional sales program. He soon convinced Chung and several other brothers to join him. Together, they learned relationshipbuilding and revenue-generation skills that would later prove essential.

It was in that program that they internalized the mantra: “Success is when preparation meets opportunity.”

Their friendship grew outside the classroom, too. They shared the highs of helping lead their chapter to the highest GPA on campus, but they also faced the lows, like when their “PUSH Play” concert series for The Ability Experience fell apart after promoters pulled funding.

“I just remember feeling like we worked so hard for a year to do this massive thing,” Orozco said. “And then it just didn’t happen.”

The failure stung, but it also brought something to life in him: a determination to prove that he could do difficult things, even after failing.

After graduation, both men landed in New York City’s corporate world. Orozco worked hard at UPS, managing major accounts and becoming a top sales rep. Chung took on the fast-paced world of financial consulting and software implementation.

As roommates in Manhattan and later Brooklyn, they kept seeing the same thing they had seen in college: how the other worked and handled pressure. Even with good pay and real opportunity, Orozco started to feel disconnected from corporate life.

Trust takes time, and meaningful connection does, too.

But those relationships? They will shape your life in ways you cannot understand yet.

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He couldn’t help thinking that the skills he learned about generating revenue could turn his family’s restaurant into something bigger.

And when he started thinking seriously about doing that, he only had one partner in mind.

“I only asked Cameron,” Orozco said. “If he said no, I already decided I would do it by myself.”

In 2017, sitting in a sandwich shop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Orozco asked Chung the question that would change both of their lives: “So, do you want to sell empanadas for a living?”

Chung was already considering a change. Though he had a strong resume and promising opportunities in corporate America, he was asking himself: if even the “good” job felt unfulfilling, what was he ultimately working toward?

As a first-generation American whose parents immigrated from Jamaica, Chung saw not only the business potential but also the chance to build something meaningful from the ground up and share in the results of that work. He trusted Orozco, believed in the product and knew the timing was right to take a risk.

So, he took the leap.

Chung left the corporate life and moved to New Jersey, where the two spent the early years of the venture living above Brisas Empanadas, the original family restaurant.

Their initial vision was a fast-food franchise model. They quickly realized it would be too expensive and too difficult to scale, so they pivoted toward wholesale and distribution instead.

That willingness to pivot has become a defining characteristic of their business strategy.

Their partnership works because their strengths are different. If Orozco is the engine, Chung is the guardrails. Orozco is the dreamer, quick to see possibilities and bring energy to new ideas. Chung is the strategist, bringing structure, calm and asking smart questions that keep bold ideas grounded. “I needed someone who could not just balance me out, but amplify me through that balancing,” Orozco said.

Their partnership is not built on sameness. It is built on trust, honesty and a decade-plus of shared experience that allows them to thoughtfully challenge one another without ego getting in the way.

That kind of trust did not appear overnight. It was built through chapter life, campus leadership, being roommates, having hard conversations and years of seeing how the other person responded to pressure and witnessing their true character.

As undergraduates, some parts of chapter life felt overly formal. Years later, they’ve come to see them as a great model for business. Officer roles taught them about business hierarchies, accountability and delegation. Chapter meetings and Robert’s Rules of Order, which once seemed confusing, taught them the importance of structure and process. Beta Eta was not just where they met. It was where they learned how to build something from the ground up, organize and lead.

Today, that foundation has helped them carry Orozco’s grandmother’s recipes far beyond one New Jersey restaurant. Their business now reaches 80 percent of the country, from in-flight meals for airlines to specialized whole-grain empanadas developed for K-12 schools from Colorado to Virginia.

After years of behind-the-scenes in private-label manufacturing, they are now entering a new phase of their journey, focused on growing their brand through a supermarket retail line and a pilot program with a major national convenience store chain.

The company has been entirely self-funded, built through long hours, uncertainty, reinvention, grit and the occasional skipped paycheck.

When they reflect on their journey, both return to one word: community. “I really do believe community is the most important thing in life,” Chung said.

What began in Pi Kappa Phi as friendship and brotherhood became a lasting support system — and eventually the foundation for a business partnership that has changed both of their lives. The connections built in Pi Kappa Phi do not always reveal their significance right away. Sometimes they begin with latenight conversations, chapter meetings or even a box of chicken nuggets. Sometimes they become friendships that endure across distance and different stages of life. And sometimes, years later, they become the foundation for something much bigger.

To current undergraduate brothers, Orozco and Chung would say: do not underestimate the value of the connections you are building right now.

Stay in touch with your brothers. Be the person who checks in. Learn how to lead. Learn how to recover when things do not go as planned. Trust takes time, and meaningful connection does, too. But those relationships? They will shape your life in ways you cannot yet understand.

For Orozco and Chung, Pi Kappa Phi was never just a four-year experience. It was the beginning of lifelong connections — the kind rooted in brotherhood, strengthened by shared ambition and still shaping their lives and work today.

SOON TO A CITY NEAR YOU

by Rachel Greene

Let’s set the scene:

FADE IN

NEW YORK CITY, 42ND STREET — DUSK

The sky is a deep purple, but the street itself is bright as day.

To a newly 18-year-old man, it feels magical.

In the glare of countless marquees, his eyes finally land on the one that will captivate him for the next two and a half hours and influence his life for far longer: “RENT.”

Once inside, this young man finds his seat in the Nederlander Theatre, and as he settles into the velvet cushion, his armrest hums with the vibrations of the orchestra warming up beneath the stage.

Finally, the lights begin to dim, not all at once, but in a slow, calculated fade that pulls the room into a collective, expectant silence.

A single, blinding white spotlight cuts through the dark, hitting the center of the stage. The first chord rips through the silence, and a new world emerges. The street outside, where he’d stood just moments ago, has vanished. There is only music, the heat of the stage lights and the unmistakable feeling that something astonishing is unfolding.

For the third time in his young life, he sees himself represented on stage, this time on Broadway, in a way that will come full circle years later.

But for now, he is simply part of something that feels bigger than himself, united with his fellow audience members for the duration of the show.

[END SCENE]

That young man was none other than Micah Elijah Caldwell, Kappa (UNC-Chapel Hill).

Today, creating the magic he once witnessed on stage is his full-time job.

But every story has a first act.

ACT I

Caldwell’s story begins not on a stage, but in the foster care system, where he was adopted at six weeks old by John and Carrie Caldwell.

Growing up in Morganton, North Carolina, Caldwell was raised by older parents who instilled in him what he describes as “Southern values.” You shake hands, speak to everyone and never meet a stranger. Their home was a sanctuary of music, equipped with both an organ and a piano. His father was known in the community as “Mr. Music,” and his mother was an opera singer.

Music was Caldwell’s first language. He began formal piano lessons at age five and won his first major competition in the sixth grade. He eventually picked up the alto saxophone, which he would play for 13 years through middle school, high school and college.

Long before he ever considered professional theater, performing and storytelling were already part of his life.

Church, Caldwell says, taught him that. To him, the choir loft and the pulpit had their own kind of theatricality and the ability to make people feel something. Looking back, he sees those early years in church as some of his first lessons in performance, long before he ever stepped onto a professional stage.

His parents nurtured that part of him, taking him to productions from the time he was two years old, including musicals like “The Wiz” and operas like “Porgy and Bess.”

In his teenage years, he saw “Hairspray,” and then finally, he saw “RENT” on Broadway.

In each of those productions, he could see himself, as a Black man, represented on stage. Altogether, they gave Caldwell the feeling of recognizing something in himself onstage and, maybe for the first time, understanding that the distance between the audience and the stage was not as vast as it seemed.

Even so, after “RENT,” the dream was still just a dream. At that point, the stage was still in the distance, not yet within reach.

What came next were the years between the spark of his dream and its realization, filled with marching band rehearsals, fraternity meetings, a cappella performances, cross-country cycling and the growing conviction that a life under the lights was worth pursuing.

ACT II

Long before he ever considered professional theater, performing and storytelling were already part of his life.

Instead of heading straight to a conservatory to pursue classical music after high school, Caldwell sought out the “all-American” college experience, as he calls it, and headed from Morganton, North Carolina, to Chapel Hill.

As a classically trained musician, his father hoped Caldwell would attend Juilliard. To his father, the conservatory was the logical next step.

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But Caldwell knew that the solitary life of a classical pianist, requiring six to eight hours a day alone in a practice room, would never satisfy his extroverted soul. He wanted more than that. He wanted music, yes, but also sports, school spirit, a social life and the “bigger bubble” of a campus.

At the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he found all of it.

He joined the marching band and eventually worked his way up to drum major, while also joining the UNC Achordants a cappella choir. The singing group leaned into sketch comedy, character work and storytelling, giving Caldwell an early taste of the acting instincts he now shares with audiences every night.

“That’s sort of where the acting bug started,” he said. “We wrote our own sketch comedies and acted in them, and I was like, ‘Oh, I can really do this.’”

And then there was Pi Kappa Phi.

When Pi Kappa Phi leadership consultant Woody Woodcock, Gamma Kappa (Georgia Southern), asked sorority women on campus to identify the “stand-up guys” at Carolina, Caldwell’s name came up again and again. That led to a call, then a meeting with another leadership consultant, Curt Herzog, Theta Lambda (Missouri State), and, eventually, an invitation to help recharter the Kappa Chapter.

What made him say yes was the specific opportunity in front of him. More than a chance to join an organization, this was an opportunity to build one.

“I joined Pi Kappa Phi because I got to build something from the ground up with a bunch of amazing men,” Caldwell said. “We were able to create something new, something different.”

He had looked at other fraternities, but the chance to shape a chapter from the ground up was unique to Pi Kapp. It meant building the kind of brotherhood he wanted to be part of, one that valued camaraderie, authenticity and diversity.

“Curt gave me a challenge to go out and create what I wanted,” he said. “So I came back with eight people who fit my idea of what the chapter could be.”

At Carolina, the different parts of Caldwell’s identity began to weave together more clearly. He was a musician, a performer, a leader and an extrovert with a gift for pulling people in. And in Pi Kappa Phi, Caldwell found the brotherhood he had always yearned for as an only child.

ACT III

Carolina gave Caldwell the college experience he wanted and the space to discover who he actually was, as a performer and as a person. But his college experience was not without detours.

As a Ronald E. McNair Scholar, a program designed to prepare undergraduate students from underrepresented backgrounds for doctoral studies, he spent part of college on a path pointed toward academia. For a time, he fully intended to become a music teacher. But the closer he got to that path, the clearer it became that it was not the right one.

Student teaching, in particular, was a turning point. Standing in front of a classroom of students taking his class just to satisfy a credit requirement, he felt unfulfilled. He wanted to be around people who cared about music the way he did. More than that, he wanted to be inside the art form itself.

So, he listened to that feeling.

When he visited New York University, it just felt right.

“It was everything I wanted,” Caldwell said. “It was diverse. It was bustling. There was music. There was art. There was theater. The city’s chaos wasn’t scary to me. I was like, ‘I want to dive in headfirst.’”

He auditioned for NYU’s Master of Fine Arts program in musical theater, walked out with what he describes as “full-body chills” and called his parents with a conviction that would prove correct.

“I said, ‘Y’all, I’m moving to New York, and I’m going to NYU.’”

By the spring of his senior year, that future was official.

But before New York came the Journey of Hope. Like many brothers, Caldwell was drawn to Pi Kappa Phi in part because of The Ability Experience’s mission of service to others. He also has a cousin with high support needs, making that mission feel even closer to home.

At the time, one of the roles on the trip involved performing puppet shows and engaging with people with disabilities through live performances. What might have looked to other brothers like just another part of the trip was, in many ways, a rehearsal space for Caldwell, where storytelling, adaptability and audience connection took center stage.

He served as crew chief for the 2011 South Route team, and the experience taught him lessons that would follow him to New York and beyond. It demanded leadership under pressure, flexibility, endurance and the ability to keep going even when plans changed.

It meant building the kind of brotherhood he wanted to be a part of, one that valued camaraderie, authenticity and diversity.

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While on the road that summer, Caldwell faced an immediate hurdle. He planned to move to New York as soon as the trip ended, but had nowhere to stay. Through Pi Kapp connections, that problem was solved. A brother’s sister offered her apartment couch for his first two weeks in the city. That summer, he sang across the country, served others, led under pressure and finished the trip in Washington, D.C., serenading the crowd with his rendition of “Lean on Me.”

Five days after the cross-country journey ended, he moved to New York. The whirlwind, and Caldwell’s next chapter, had begun.

ACT IV

At NYU, what Caldwell had been reaching toward for years came into focus. There was rigorous training, creative challenge and the confirmation that theater was not just a passion. It was something he could do professionally.

He thrived.

The summer after his first year, he booked his first professional theater gig. More work followed, including off-Broadway performances, workshop productions and opportunities that began turning aspirations into a career.

Then, his journey unexpectedly came full circle.

Years after seeing “RENT,” Caldwell found himself understudying actor Justin Johnson, only to realize later, while flipping through a stack of old Playbills, that Johnson played Angel in the very production of “RENT” that so deeply moved him years earlier.

That chance connection opened another door. Johnson called Caldwell about an opportunity, one that helped him earn his Equity card, a major milestone in a performer’s career that signaled he had officially joined the professional union for stage actors and stage managers.

To someone else, that moment might seem too perfect to be real, but for Caldwell, it was one more reminder that even when a dream takes years, the pieces often make sense only once they finally come together.

After graduating, Caldwell built a career in New York. He performed off-Broadway, taught at Marymount Manhattan College and eventually joined the school’s admissions team. He taught, directed and coached while also carving out his career behind the scenes.

Still, the road to success was not smooth.

Like many performers, Caldwell faced his fair share of rejection, uncertainty and near misses. After earning his Equity card, he went years without booking the kind of musical theater role he had worked so hard for. There were callbacks, auditions and moments of hope. But then there was disappointment.

The industry, as he knows well, can be relentless.

“It has taken me 15 years to book my first national tour,” he said. “It’s not that I haven’t worked in those years, but on this scale of things, that’s how long it took.”

And then, after years of waiting, came “Shucked.”

Caldwell auditioned for the show in one form or another for five years, dating back to when it was originally called “Hee Haw! The Musical.” By the time he finally read for the role of Grandpa, he knew exactly what he was stepping into.

“I was like, ‘This is mine,’” he said.

And it was.

Now, as part of the first national tour of “Shucked,” Caldwell spends his nights doing exactly what the 18-year-old version of himself once watched in awe from a Broadway audience. Under the lights, he creates a world on stage and invites people into it.

Caldwell said that playing Grandpa feels like it is “in his bones,” because he is channeling his father, drawing on his humor and presence every night.

In city after city, Pi Kappa Phi brothers have been showing up in the audience. Some are Kappa Chapter brothers. Some are Journey of Hope brothers. Some are members of Pi Kapp Pride. Others simply hear that a Pi Kapp is on stage and decide they want to be there. Time and time again, what could have been just another tour stop becomes a reunion.

After the curtain falls, there are photos, hugs and conversations that seem to pick up where they left off, even years later. There is the joy of being seen not just as a performer, but as a brother — the same man many of them knew at 19, now standing in the spotlight.

Pi Kapp Pride exists to support Pi Kapps of all sexual orientations and gender identities while also helping the broader Fraternity better understand and meet the needs of those members.

For Caldwell, that mission matters. Just as seeing himself represented onstage helped him imagine a future in theater, Pi Kapp Pride affirms something equally powerful within the Fraternity. Brothers like him have always existed and deserve to feel fully at home in Pi Kappa Phi.

After his parents, the first people Caldwell came out to were his chapter brothers, because he saw them, too, as family.

FINALE

It would be easy, when telling a story like Caldwell’s, to make it sound like fate.

To point to “RENT,” to NYU, to the Journey of Hope, to Pi Kappa Phi and to “Shucked,” and to tie it all into a narrative about things falling neatly into place.

On tour, Caldwell keeps a North Carolina Pi Kappa Phi pin on his backpack, a small reminder of both his home state and his Fraternity.

As Caldwell built his life in New York, he also stepped more fully into another part of his identity. After coming out as gay, he found visibility and community in Pi Kapp Pride, the Fraternity’s affinity group for members who identify as gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, questioning and allied. Founded in 2014,

But that is not quite true.

Things did not just fall into place for Caldwell. He practiced. He auditioned. He got the rejections. But he kept going.

He performed wherever and whenever he could. He leaned on his family, his Pi Kapp brothers and his faith. If there is magic in his story, it is not that things simply worked out for him. It is the perseverance that kept him chasing his dreams.

And all along the way, there were people in the wings, applauding him before the curtain ever rose.

There were John and Carrie Caldwell, who adopted him, loved him and filled his childhood with music. There were chapter brothers who helped him build something from the ground up. There were Pi Kapps who gave him a couch to sleep on when his dream was just beginning. There were mentors who opened doors. And there was a younger version of himself, sitting in a Broadway theater, daring to imagine a life beneath the lights.

And in city after city, the brotherhood that helped shape him continues to show up.

Pi Kappa Phi, Caldwell says, is part of why he is who he is. It pushed him to aim higher academically, built his confidence and, most of all, gave him a place to belong.

And through Pi Kapp Pride, that sense of belonging became even more evident. For Caldwell, that community not only reflects who he is, but gives other brothers, especially younger ones still coming into their identity, a chance to see themselves and know there is a place for them in Pi Kappa Phi.

Somewhere out there, another young person is sitting in a darkened theater right now, watching the lights come up and feeling that same spark.

Caldwell’s story is a reminder to keep going. The lights may not come up all at once. But when they do, look out into the audience. You might just find your brothers looking back.

A PLACE TO Belong Belong

by Rachel Greene

What began with one infant in need has grown into a community where residents are not only cared for, but known, celebrated and given room to live fully in Belmont, North Carolina, at Camp Hope and alongside partners like Pi Kappa Phi and The Ability Experience.

On any given Saturday morning, in the small community of Belmont, North Carolina, Chris shows up for work. He ties on his apron, takes his place behind the counter at Spruced Goose Station and gets ready to take orders. He knows the regulars, and they know him. He greets each with a smile and is happy to serve a good meal with a side of conversation.

Later in the week, he might find himself making candy bouquets to sell, building his newest Lego set or spending time on the Catawba River. His days are filled with work, hobbies, friendships and routine, and his life is as full as anyone else’s.

Chris has a disability. That is part of his story, but it is hardly the entire story.

For 70 years, that is what Holy Angels has been showing the Belmont community, and the world beyond it.

Located on the Sisters of Mercy campus, Holy Angels serves children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical needs. It is a place where residents receive

around-the-clock care and support, but it is also a place where they are given opportunities to learn, work, grow and build lives filled with dignity, purpose and connection.

It began not with business plans or a mission statement, but with a young mother in crisis. She arrived at the doorstep of the Sisters of Mercy carrying her infant daughter, Maria Morrow. Maria had been born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus, and doctors had given her only months to live. Without hesitation, the sisters took her in.

Maria lived far beyond that prognosis, and the life she was given became the beginning of something much larger than any one person. What the Sisters of Mercy offered her was care in a moment of need, but it became the foundation for a community built on the belief that people with disabilities deserve dignity, opportunity and a true sense of belonging. When she passed away in 2010 at age 54, she left behind the legacy of a community that had grown around the belief that her life mattered.

Today, that legacy can be seen all across Holy Angels.

It can be seen at Camp Hope, the organization’s 15-acre recreational facility on the Catawba River, where residents enjoy the outdoors together. It can be seen in Life Choices, Holy Angels’ day program, where participants build skills, develop confidence and take part in activities that support greater independence and connection. And it can be seen in downtown Belmont and nearby McAdenville, where residents head to work, greet customers and become part of the fabric of the community.

The pontoon boat at Camp Hope is named for the woman who started it all. Decades after Maria arrived with nowhere else to turn, residents like Chris now board the Spirit of Maria, laughing with friends and enjoying a life shaped not by limitation, but by possibility.

Holy Angels is now home to 83 residents with intellectual and developmental disabilities and complex medical needs. Thirty-nine residents and community members also participate in Life Choices.

It began not with business plans or a mission statement, but with a young mother in crisis.

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Still, to describe Holy Angels only by numbers would not tell the full story.

Without stepping onto the Holy Angels campus or into one of its businesses, it would be easy to imagine Holy Angels as a medical facility or a care center. It’s so much more. It is a home, a workplace, a classroom, a gathering space and, above all, a community.

That is especially visible in the businesses where Holy Angels residents work as crew members. At Cherubs Cafe, Market on Main, the Cotton Candy Factory and Spruced Goose Station, crew members greet customers, serve food, create art and earn their own money. Rather than being

The opportunities available to Holy Angels residents begin long before a shift starts. Residents can learn horticulture, develop artistic skills and create products sold in Holy Angels’ shops, earning commission, saving up for outings and experiencing the pride that comes from paying their own way. That independence is a central part of Holy Angels’ philosophy. For Chris, those opportunities are part of his daily life. He enjoys his work at Spruced Goose Station, takes pride in making candy bouquets and looks forward to summer days at Camp Hope. He returns home to the space he shares with his roommates with the satisfaction of a hard day’s work.

In Belmont, many of those crew members have become local celebrities. Customers

Laurie Lewis, director of community outreach, has seen that happen up close. A former schoolteacher who now supports residents in their vocational roles, she has watched Holy Angels crew members challenge assumptions simply by showing up, doing their jobs and letting people get to know them. “There are so many jobs they can do, but people with disabilities are often underestimated by society,” Lewis said.

She has also seen what happens when that underestimation begins to fall away. “Members of the community love the businesses, but they really come for the employees,” Lewis said. “They know them, love them and want to see them.”

For many customers, a conversation at the counter is their first real interaction with someone who has a disability. Lewis has watched those interactions shift expectations and transform pity or discomfort into real human connection. “They come into a business expecting one thing and leave having experienced something else entirely,” she said. “People just don’t know what they’re missing until they experience it themselves.”

Lewis came to Holy Angels looking for work and instead found purpose.

“My role here is like teaching, but on a whole different level,” she said. “I fell in love with Holy Angels the moment I walked through those doors. It didn’t take long to realize this was much more than

Pi Kappa Phi brothers to do more than complete a service project. His vision was to bring student members together to build what was needed, repair what had worn down and form real relationships with the people they served. What began with that early effort at Holy Angels grew into a partnership that has endured for decades.

There is also something fitting about where that relationship grew. Holy Angels was founded in North Carolina, much like The Ability Experience, making the partnership feel all the more natural. Both grew from a belief that people with disabilities deserve dignity, opportunity and lives fully woven into the communities around them.

Over the years, that bond was strengthened by Regina Moody, Holy Angels’ longtime president and chief executive officer, who spent 40 years guiding the organization’s growth. Moody also

have shared an understanding that belonging does not just happen. It must be intentionally built and maintained. At Camp Hope, that shared commitment can be seen clearly. Along the South Fork of the Catawba River, the camp gives residents a place to enjoy the outdoors together, to gather with friends, to laugh around a campfire and to spend time on the water in a setting built with them in mind.

Pi Kappa Phi brothers helped build structures at Camp Hope and have returned over the years to restore and expand the space. Even the camp’s name reflects that connection, inspired by Journey of Hope and the spirit of hope and belonging that has brought the organizations together. Chris said spending time at Camp Hope is one of his favorite parts of each summer.

Back on the Holy Angels campus, Pi Kappa Phi brothers also built the PUSH Pavilion, which, over the years, has welcomed Journey of Hope cyclists for Friendship Visits, dance parties, a personal favorite activity for Chris, and time spent simply being together with Holy Angels residents.

That connection continues to be felt today. Residents look forward to visits from Pi Kappa Phi staff members each year.

Holy Angels. The care is real, the support is constant and the opportunities are meaningful, but underneath all of it is something even more essential: the belief that every person deserves dignity and a place to belong.

What the Sisters of Mercy offered Maria Morrow all those years ago was a place to live. What grew from that act of mercy was a place to belong.

On Saturday mornings in Belmont, that belonging looks wonderfully ordinary. It looks like Chris behind the counter at Spruced Goose Station, greeting regulars by name.

And maybe that ordinary scene is a sign of how extraordinary Holy Angels truly is. It has created a community where people with disabilities are known, needed and loved. Holy Angels has become a place for them to belong.

IT’S JUST

ROCKET

by Rachel Greene

Many people outgrow their childhood fascination with space, trading it in for something more ‘down-to-Earth.’ For Cooper Nelson, an undergraduate student at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a brother of the Iota Eta Chapter, that fascination only grew stronger. Now, he’s building a future around it.

“I’ve always wanted to go into the space field,” Nelson said. “Ever since I was 8 years old, I was the ‘I want to be an astronaut’ kid. I loved everything spacerelated. That’s who I’ve always been.”

As driven then as he is today, Nelson spent three summers saving up to buy his own 3D printer at just 13 years old, using it to turn the ideas in his head into something real.

What began as a childhood dream became more ambitious and specific as he grew older. He set his sights on aerospace engineering, undergraduate research opportunities and eventually NASA’s Human Lander Challenge, a competition in which teams work to solve real engineering problems tied to landing astronauts on the moon.

JUST SCIENCE

When it came time to apply to college, Nelson’s dream had not faded, so he went all in on making it come true. He set his sights on Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, a school where he could pursue a highly specialized path from day one.

What ultimately confirmed his decision to attend Embry-Riddle was the Undergraduate Research Institute, or URI.

“Aerospace engineering programs are offered at schools across the United States, but the Undergraduate Research Institute is only offered at the Embry-Riddle Prescott campus,” said Nelson. “This program allows undergraduate students to apply for grant funds that we’re able to use on research projects.”

That opportunity may sound straightforward, but it sets the school apart.

“At most schools, you aren’t given an opportunity to get into research until you’re a graduate or PhD student,” he said. “With my career goals in mind, I wanted to get into research as early and as often as possible. So, I chose Embry-Riddle.”

Nelson had his heart set on space and Embry-Riddle, but he knew he wanted his college experience to be about more than academics alone.

“I came to campus knowing that I was going to join a fraternity,” he recalled. “Embry-Riddle is a different kind of environment than most schools. There are a lot of like-minded people, but that can lead some people to turn inward and become less social. I’m not like that, and I didn’t want my college experience to be like that, either.”

From the moment he met two Pi Kappa Phi brothers on campus during an

Embry-Riddle preview day the April before he enrolled, Nelson had a sense that he had found the kind of group he was looking for.

“Pi Kappa Phi was a group of guys who I knew immediately were very driven and like-minded,” he said. “They had the same kind of social energy I did, and it seemed like a great group of people to be around.”

On that same visit, Nelson also learned about PARSEC, a student research team focused on systems engineering and advanced aerospace challenges.

By the fall of his freshman year, both interests had become real opportunities. On the same afternoon, Nelson interviewed with PARSEC and Pi Kappa Phi.

He was invited to join both.

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Together, those experiences gave him exactly what he had been looking for. Through PARSEC, he found a way to push himself academically and professionally. Through Pi Kappa Phi, he found a brotherhood that gave him somewhere to belong.

Soon, Nelson was balancing an already rigorous Embry-Riddle course load with fraternity life and the demands of PARSEC. Alongside his PARSEC teammates, he took part in the NASA Human Lander Challenge, spending months researching, designing and testing a solution to a real spaceflight problem before presenting their work to NASA judges.

For the 2025 challenge, Nelson and his teammates focused on a difficult but important problem. They needed to find a way to tell how much fuel is left in a spacecraft tank when the fuel no longer settles at the bottom, the way it does on Earth.

The work was highly technical, but Nelson said the real value of the experience went far beyond solving any single design problem.

“The experience you get from it, from the whole systems engineering life cycle, you can’t find that anywhere else,” he said.

The team spent months researching, narrowing possible approaches through trade studies, writing proposals, building testing systems and preparing to defend their work on a national stage. Like any high-level team project, it demanded trust as much as technical skill.

“You never worry about people doing their part on a project like this,” Nelson said. “Everyone knew exactly what they were working on, and everyone wanted to get it done.”

After submitting an initial proposal, 12 finalists were invited to present in the final stage of the challenge. There, competitors submitted a technical paper, delivered a 25-minute presentation, answered 20 minutes of questions from judges and participated in a poster session designed to test not just the strength of their idea, but also how well they understood the work behind it.

At that final stage of the challenge, Nelson and his teammates presented their work against teams from across the country and earned first place.

For a team of undergraduate students competing against graduate students and teams from powerhouse programs, the moment was incredibly validating and absolutely unforgettable.

While PARSEC has challenged Nelson to grow as an engineer and leader, Pi Kappa Phi has given him the support needed to sustain that growth.

At Embry-Riddle, where heavy STEM course loads, research commitments and campus leadership roles all compete for students’ time, Pi Kappa Phi has become both a source of friendship and a source of stability in his life. For Nelson, some of that support looks simple on the surface, but makes all the difference. Brothers study together in the same library rooms every day, help each other prepare for exams and take breaks together in the middle of long days.

“When you have somewhere you know you can always go, even if it’s just for an hour or half an hour, and even if you’re going to sit and just goof off with all the guys, that matters,” Nelson said. “It’s just a fantastic experience having a constant group of people to lean on, and to be around.”

For Nelson, that support is part of what makes the chapter so special.

“Our chapter — it’s a true brotherhood,” Nelson said. “Everyone cares about each other and wants to see every single guy succeed.”

At a school where the pace is demanding and the expectations are sky high, that

brotherhood is part of what keeps Nelson grounded. It has also shaped the way he thinks about his future. “Having these connections creates not just a better day-to-day life, but relationships that I know are going to be in my life forever,” he said.

From the way he trusts his PARSEC teammates to meet NASA deadlines to the way he leans on his brothers during the most demanding academic weeks, Nelson has learned that the people in his circle affect not just his daily life, but the person he is becoming.

“If you’re going to focus your energy on anything in college, or really in life, make it building connections with people,” Nelson said.

Through PARSEC, he continues to do just that. This year, he is back for the 2026 challenge in a leadership role as testing officer, leading the testing side of the project while also guiding newer teammates through the same process he was introduced to last year.

Nelson calls connection the “cheat code” for life, and his own story so far makes a compelling case for why. The relationships he has built at Embry-Riddle through PARSEC, Pi Kappa Phi and the broader campus community have made his day-to-day life richer and have turned

a childhood dream into what is already becoming a remarkable career path.

As Nelson looks toward the future, his goals remain as ambitious as they were when he was 8 years old. Now, his ambition is matched by real experience, real responsibility and a real support system beneath it. Whether his future leads him deeper into aerospace research or somewhere he has not yet imagined, one thing is already clear. The relationships he has built at Embry-Riddle, through PARSEC and in Pi Kappa Phi, have laid a strong foundation for whatever comes next.

In the high-stakes world of aerospace engineering, Cooper Nelson is proving that while technical skill may help launch a dream, it is the strength of the people around you that helps keep it in motion.

CHAPTERS OF EXCELLENCE

To be named a Chapter of Excellence for the 2025 calendar year, undergraduate chapters must have displayed exemplary achievement in areas such as recruitment, retention, The Ability Experience fundraising and involvement, scholarship, alumni engagement, campus involvement, governance and financial integrity. For each Chapter of Excellence, three areas in which they excelled will be shared. Chapters named Champion Master Chapters or recipients of the Founders’ Award in 2025 will be denoted with an icon shown in the key. •

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CHAPTERS OF ACHIEVEMENT

To be named a Chapter of Achievement for the 2025 calendar year, undergraduate chapters must have demonstrated their ability to operate sustainably in the areas of finance, membership growth and scholarship.

SIGMA (South Carolina)

THETA (Cincinnati)

IOTA (Georgia Tech)

OMICRON (Alabama)

RHO (Washington & Lee)

TAU (NC State)

CHI (Stetson)

PSI (Cornell)

ALPHA ALPHA (Mercer)

ALPHA EPSILON (Florida)

ALPHA MU (Penn State)

ALPHA RHO (West Virginia)

ALPHA TAU (RPI)

ALPHA UPSILON (Drexel)

ALPHA OMEGA (Oregon)

BETA THETA (Arizona)

BETA UPSILON (Virginia)

GAMMA BETA (Old Dominion)

GAMMA GAMMA (Troy)

GAMMA KAPPA (Georgia Southern)

GAMMA UPSILON (Oklahoma State)

GAMMA PSI (Augusta)

DELTA DELTA (Truman State)

DELTA EPSILON (Jacksonville State)

DELTA ZETA (Appalachian State)

DELTA LAMBDA (UNC-Charlotte)

DELTA UPSILON (Pittsburgh)

DELTA CHI (Kansas State)

DELTA PSI (Texas-Arlington)

EPSILON BETA (Grand Valley State)

EPSILON ETA (Winthrop)

EPSILON THETA (Seton Hall)

ETA DELTA (Kennesaw State)

ETA MU (Wingate)

ETA PI (Coastal Carolina)

ETA CHI (Texas Christian)

THETA ALPHA (Southern Mississippi)

THETA GAMMA (Buffalo)

THETA IOTA (Washington State)

THETA LAMBDA (Missouri State)

THETA OMICRON (Reno)

THETA SIGMA (Cal State-Long Beach)

THETA PHI (Louisiana Tech)

IOTA BETA (Texas-San Antonio)

IOTA THETA (Tennessee Tech)

IOTA KAPPA (Greeley)

IOTA XI (Texas-Dallas)

KAPPA DELTA (Florida Atlantic)

KAPPA EPSILON (Stony Brook)

KAPPA IOTA (Idaho)

KAPPA MU (California-Merced)

KAPPA XI (DePaul)

KAPPA PI (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo) LAMBDA IOTA (Vermont)

KAPPA SIGMA (Colorado-Colorado Springs)

KAPPA CHI (Northeastern)

KAPPA PSI (Wake Forest)

Chapters not listed as Chapters of Achievement or Excellence have been named Chapters of Opportunity for the 2025 calendar year. To be named a Chapter of Achievement or Excellence, chapters must display sustainable or outstanding operations throughout the year and complete and submit the Founders’ Report on Chapter Gateway each semester.

2025 FINANCIAL REPORT

ENHANCING THE FRATERNITY EXPERIENCE THROUGH ACCESS TO CHAPTER HOUSING

Pi Kappa Phi Properties supports chapters’ efforts to acquire and maintain quality, affordable, safe and competitive housing through a well-funded real estate investment platform. Pi Kappa Phi Properties has served the Fraternity as the national housing corporation since 1966. The following is a snapshot of Pi Kappa Phi Properties in 2025, delivering on its mission to help chapters acquire, construct, improve, finance or manage housing that is competitive on their respective campuses.

STEPHEN P. DEPALMA INFRASTRUCTURE LOAN FUND

In 1987, at the 41st Supreme Chapter in Dallas, Texas, Pi Kappa Phi established the Infrastructure Loan Fund (ILF), a key initiative to support chapters, alumni associations and housing corporations with acquiring, renovating and furnishing chapter houses, as well as securing ritual equipment. To finance the fund, $15 was set aside from each initiation fee paid after January 1, 1988, and by the 1988-89 fiscal year, at least $50,000 would be deposited annually.

Pi Kappa Phi Properties began managing the fund and its policies after the 41st Supreme Chapter, with the goal that the fund would continuously grow, ensuring a sustainable resource for chapters in need. The fund quickly became a vital asset to chapters seeking to improve or acquire housing.

In 2012, at the 53rd Supreme Chapter, the ILF was renamed the Stephen P. DePalma Infrastructure Loan Fund to honor Past National President Stephen P. DePalma, Beta Alpha (NJIT), whose leadership and vision were integral in creating and shaping the fund.

Since its inception, the ILF has provided essential loans for shortterm, project-based resources, helping chapters across the country secure and improve housing.

$2,125,175

30,

$2,064,299

$1,994,925

$1,980,220

$1,944,177

$2,044,972

$1,997,725

$1,882,833

ALPHA GAMMA (OKLAHOMA)

ALPHA EPSILON (FLORIDA)

ALPHA ZETA (OREGON STATE)

ALPHA LAMBDA (MISSISSIPPI STATE)

ALPHA NU (OHIO STATE)

ALPHA OMICRON (IOWA STATE)

ALPHA CHI (MIAMI)

GAMMA LAMBDA (MISSOURI S&T)

GAMMA KAPPA (GEORGIA SOUTHERN)

DELTA OMEGA (TEXAS A&M)

EPSILON BETA (GRAND VALLEY STATE)

ETA TAU (KENTUCKY)

IOTA DELTA (NEW HAMPSHIRE)

IOTA TAU (RUTGERS)

KAPPA OMEGA (UTAH) RECEIVABLES $1,036,094

ERIC J. ALMQUIST HOUSING INVESTMENT FUND

In 2012, Pi Kappa Phi took another bold step toward securing quality homes for its chapters by establishing the Housing Investment Fund at the 53rd Supreme Chapter. This fund was designed to fulfill the Fraternity’s vision of providing every chapter with a solid, local home. Financed by an annual fee from undergraduate chapters, based on membership size, the fund has proven to be transformative. To date, it has allowed Pi Kappa Phi Properties to invest more than $2 million in capital and purchase 16 properties across the country.

In 2018, the fund was renamed in honor of the late Eric J. Almquist, Alpha Omicron (Iowa State), who passed away on February 18, 2018. Almquist, who served as National Secretary and had been a vital part of Pi Kappa Phi’s leadership, was a driving force behind the Housing Investment Fund’s creation. As Past National President Dr. Thomas Sullivan reflected, “Eric embraced his role as a leader, putting service before self, and he improved the world around him with every decision.”

Before joining the National Council in 2014 as Historian, Almquist dedicated eight years of service to Pi Kappa Phi Properties, first as vice president of the Stephen P. DePalma Infrastructure Loan Fund, and later as chairman of the board. Today, his vision for providing students with quality chapter homes lives on.

$2,218,054*

PI KAPPA PHI FOUNDATION DONORS

$100,000+ SUPPORTERS

The following donors have been instrumental to the success of our Fraternity through lifetime gifts totaling $100,000 or more to the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation. These donors exemplify the principles of servant leadership and a commitment to lifelong brotherhood.

* denotes Chapter Eternal Italics denotes a new $100,000+ supporter † denotes a donor who has moved to a new $100,000+ supporter category

STAR & LAMP SOCIETY

Robert Bennett, Sr.* Alpha Alpha (Mercer)

Kelley and Joan Bergstrom

Alpha Omicron (Iowa State)

Thomas Berk

Alpha Upsilon (Drexel)

Jim Krucher

Beta Alpha (NJIT)

David Morgan, Sr.

Beta Omicron (Northwestern State)

Pete Petit

Iota (Georgia Tech)

Bruce Rogers Chi (Stetson)

SUPREME CIRCLE

Steve and Penny DePalma Beta Alpha (NJIT)

Jason Dodd Delta Omega (Texas A&M)

Ernest and Joni Johnson Alpha Iota (Auburn)

Dave Shook† Alpha Psi (Indiana)

Allen Woody, III* Xi (Roanoke)

FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE

James Alter*

Alpha Mu (Penn State)

John R. Andrews Delta Delta (Truman State)

Bob Austin Alpha Upsilon (Drexel)

Chuck Barnard Delta Delta (Truman State)

Jay Barnwell Delta Lambda (UNC-Charlotte)

Pete Barr Alpha Epsilon (Florida)

Harry Caldwell, Jr. Omicron (Alabama)

Hon. Thomas Carter

Gamma Delta (Memphis)

Jack Casper Alpha Upsilon (Drexel)

Tom Coley Beta Eta (Florida State)

Jim Daley* Alpha Eta (Samford)

Ajay Desai Alpha Omicron (Iowa State)

Ben Griffin, Jr.* Alpha Epsilon (Florida)

Anders and Joanna Hall Mu (Durham)

Eldred Harman* Alpha Omicron (Iowa State)

Frank Havard* Gamma Phi (South Alabama)

Floyd Herum* Alpha Omicron (Iowa State)

Nathan Hightower Omicron (Alabama)

Jim House Alpha Eta (Samford)

Barry Howell Gamma Upsilon (Oklahoma State)

John S. and Peggy L. Kirk Psi (Cornell)

Bob Lane

Alpha Omicron (Iowa State)

David Lane Omega (Purdue)

Tracy Maddux Zeta Theta (Texas-Austin)

Frank Parrish, III Alpha Omicron (Iowa State)

J. Gunnar Schalin Upsilon (Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)

Jim Turk* Xi (Roanoke)

Dudley Woody Xi (Roanoke)

Listed are the members and friends who contributed to the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation in 2025. Donors are listed by chapter with lifetime giving level denoted using the Foundation Donor Key.

* denotes Chapter Eternal

ALPHA (College of Charleston)

Order of the Rose

Glenn McConnell

Council Club

John Hassell

David Jaffee

Richard Pierce

Foundation Club

Gary Catterton

Terry Moore

Greg Padgett

Lamplighter’s Club

Steve Chandler

Otis Engelman

Andrew Jaffee

Andy Westbrook

Executive Director’s Club

Philip Duwel

Harry Freeman

Gus Gustafson

Charley Hamrick

Gold Star Club

Adam Cooper

Christian Jablonski

Marshall Sigmon

Chevron Club

Frank Boineau

Crossed Swords Club

Dennis Jaffee

Richard McDonald

BETA (Presbyterian)

Order of the Bell

Clint and Carolyn Massey

Council Club

Greg Elam

Cliff Goodwin

Foundation Club

Andy Forrest

Eugene Vaughan

Lamplighter’s Club

Tom Stearns

(BETA cont.)

Executive Director’s Club

Bill Cunningham

David Dixon

John Ritter

Richard Stall

Gold Star Club

Walk Jones

Crossed Swords Club

William Baxter

Martin Boyd

Tyler Jones

James Kennedy

GAMMA (California-Berkeley)

Council Club

Steve Ryder

Foundation Club

Robert Whelan

Lamplighter’s Club

Ted Mitchell

Steven Pas

Frank Winton

Executive Director’s Club

Paul Casale

Kurt Fahlman

David Halligan

Marc Wolfsheimer

Gold Star Club

Robert Zeni

Chevron Club

Christian Santiago

Crossed Swords Club

Rafael Martinez

Ryan Panos

SIGMA (South Carolina)

Order of the Rose

Jerry Brewer

Walter Pickens

Order of the Bell

Dan Reynolds

(SIGMA cont.)

Foundation Club

Hays Pickens

Lamplighter’s Club

Bob Gatti

Gold Star Club

Wright Paulk

Stephen Rhodes

EPSILON (Davidson)

Executive Director’s Club

Harold Kernodle

ZETA (Wofford)

Order of the Bell

Mark and Cindy Bundy

Lamplighter’s Club

Jack Kaplan

Executive Director’s Club

Greg Gilbert

Robert McJunkin

Thomas Palmer

William Smethie

Gold Star Club

Ken Bedenbaugh

Jesse Crimm

Clarence Riner

Chevron Club

Sean Holmes

Crossed Swords Club

James Inabinet

Alex Wood

ETA (Emory)

Council Club

John Nix

THETA (Cincinnati)

Executive Director’s Club

Pat Sponsler

IOTA (Georgia Tech)

Council Club

Alan Parrish

Foundation Club

Bob Rowe

John Wilson

Lamplighter’s Club

Bob and Sue DeFurio

Chris Doyle

Mike Jones

Executive Director’s Club

David Baker

Col. Joel David Bonewitz,

USAF

Stewart Carlin

Tom Christian

Dave Cunnold

Monte Nelson

Jason Stein

Gold Star Club

Greg Corcoran

KAPPA (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Order of the Rose

Stuart Hicks

Council Club

W. Keith Rollins

Lamplighter’s Club

George Braun

Alvin Daughtridge

Russell Hadley

Clifton Hux

Jack Redhead

Mark Winston

Executive Director’s Club

Charles Adams

Ben Ball

Peter Berg

Trey Bright

Ryan Ferraioli

Brad Hanover

Bryan Little

Ben Roberts

Jim Wilmott

(KAPPA cont.)

Gold Star Club

Harry Montgomery

LAMBDA (Georgia)

Order of the Bell

McHenry Hamilton

Phil Tappy

Council Club

Chad Powell

Lamplighter’s Club

Jayson Dukes

Mark Harp

Chris Turner

Executive Director’s Club

Phil Allison

Chris Belk

David Black

Tom Jackson

Buck Stoll

Fred Thrower

Gold Star Club

Steve Conway

Chevron Club

Ralph Geronimo

Brian Jungles

Mitchell Phillips

Tom Russell

Chris Savage

Richard Waters

Crossed Swords Club

Jake Jones

Matthew McNeill

Justin Peachey

MU (Durham)

Founders’ Circle

Anders and Joanna Hall

Order of the Bell

Frank T. Wrenn, III

Executive Director’s Club

Gene Atkinson

NU (Nebraska-Lincoln)

Foundation Club

Col. James Stanton Christol, USAF (Ret.)

Jim and Pat Guretzky

Lamplighter’s Club

Warren Hill

Bill Wesslund

Executive Director’s Club

Thomas Miller

Gold Star Club

Ed Bierl

John Stohlmann

XI (Roanoke)

Founders’ Circle

Dudley Woody

Order of the Rose

Steve Esworthy

Council Club

Don Potter

James Stump, Jr.

Foundation Club

Robert Bonney

Paul Caldwell

Joe Donohue

Paul Henkel

Tod Senne

Lamplighter’s Club

Mark Edgell

Rick Milan

Cameron Ogilvie

Randall Overby

Executive Director’s Club

Robert Barber

David Doyle

Richard Flora

Charles Freeman

Jeffrey Hilton

Paul Jenkins

Bill Martin

Fred Schneider

Kevin Sullivan

(Washington & Lee)

(RHO cont.)

Executive

CHI (Stetson)

Star & Lamp Society

Bruce Rogers

Council Club

Gabe Gehret

Lamplighter’s Club

TAU (NC State)

Lamplighter’s Club

and Kathy Evans

Leon Joyner

Executive Director’s Club

Jim Johnson

Mike Leamon

Harry Mashburn Christopher Myers

Andrew Page

Gold Star Club Rob Cates

Chevron Club Cole Flickinger Richard Leigh

Crossed Swords Club Harrison McLamb

UPSILON (Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)

Founders’ Circle J. Gunnar Schalin

Order of the Bell

Wally Wahlfeldt

Foundation Club

Jack Bakker

Lamplighter’s Club

Jim Kutill

Charles Moka

Executive Director’s Club

Gary Behrens

Bob Bogdanoff

Jay Clifton

Skip Fowler

Greg Provencher

John Shustitzky

Chevron Club

Paul Steinway

Crossed Swords Club

David Devinger

(OMEGA

Eddie Culver

Tyler Johansson

Executive Director’s Club

Tom Wrenn

PSI (Cornell)

Founders’ Circle

John S. and Peggy L. Kirk

Council Club

Greg Della Rocca

James Emig

Foundation Club

Michael Piscitelli

Dave Prescott

Alex Sherer

Lamplighter’s Club

Cory Wright

Executive Director’s Club

Gary Fisher

Lawrence Thayer

Gold Star Club

Bob Chatterton

Chevron Club

Robert Winter

OMEGA (Purdue)

Council Club

Rik Hill

Pat Kuhnle

Phil Leslie

Foundation Club

Andy Conlin

John McDonald

Lamplighter’s Club

Jim Berlien

Hugh Flanagan

Brent Grunig

Tom Harzula

Dave Mitzner

Don Porth

Halbert Smith

Robert Wingard

(ALPHA

Crossed

Slesnick

ALPHA ZETA (Oregon State)

Council Club Bob Elfers

Foundation Club Chuck Hartsough

Lamplighter’s Club

Munn

Chevron

ALPHA ETA (Samford)

Founders’

Order

Council

Dwayne

Lamplighter’s

Executive

Crossed

ALPHA THETA (Michigan State)

Foundation Club

Lamplighter’s Club

Brian Connelly

Eivind Kolemainen

Executive

Gold

David Hames Steven Lambouris

Crossed

ALPHA IOTA (Auburn)

Supreme Circle

Council

Foundation

Lamplighter’s

Executive

ALPHA KAPPA (Michigan)

Executive Director’s Club

Jason Robert Prickett

Gold Star Club

Douglas Wayne Mikatarian, USN

ALPHA MU (Penn State)

Lamplighter's Club Dick McKnight*

Gold Star Club Nelson Mattern

Chevron Club Bob Healy

Crossed Swords Club Kyle Heffner

ALPHA XI (St. John’s)

Foundation Club

Jack Molinelli

Executive Director’s Club

Louis Destefano

Bruce Elowsky

Rich Groller

Gerald Holst

Thomas May

Richard Ramge

Gold Star Club

George Siracuse

Chevron Club

Daniel Gross

Crossed Swords Club Frank Deturris

ALPHA OMICRON (Iowa State)

Star & Lamp Society

Kelley and Joan Bergstrom

Founders’ Circle

Bob Lane

Frank Parrish, III

Order of the Rose

Jeremy Galvin

Council Club

John Brockmann

Jeremy Katt

Em Linney

Tom Ruzicka

Brett and Geleen Toresdahl

Foundation Club

Johnny Andrews

Jeremy Dickinson

Jim Moon

Lamplighter’s Club Guy Goodenow

Ben Jones

Terry Sanderson

John Veak

Executive Director’s Club

John Ferguson

David Hancock

Gold Star Club

Mark Stacey

ALPHA RHO (West Virginia)

Council Club

Craig Winkelmann

Foundation Club Victor Folio

Lamplighter’s Club

Tom Begley

Gold Star Club

Jay Marano

Chevron Club

Andy Dunn

Crossed Swords Club

Steve Wollaston

(ALPHA SIGMA cont.)

Foundation Club

Tom Banks

Jon Rymer

Jimmy Van Frank

Executive Director’s Club

Brent Spalding

Gold Star Club

James Campbell

John Nelson

Chevron Club

Charles Ekholm

Mark Guenther

Wayne Orr

Crossed Swords Club

Paul Halkiades

BC Rechter

Andrew Ten Eyck

ALPHA TAU (RPI)

Foundation Club

Hawk Hawkins

Executive Director’s Club

Dave Dropkin

Steve Kaitz

Gold Star Club

Robert Sidelko

Crossed Swords Club

Joey Templin

ALPHA UPSILON (Drexel)

Star & Lamp Society

Thomas Berk

Founders’ Circle

Bob Austin

Jack Casper

Order of the Bell

Barry Campbell

Walt Sheppard

Council Club

Tony Noce

Foundation Club

Jack Buhsmer

Darren Tapp

Bob Thorp

Lamplighter’s Club

Sam Costa

Joseph Deluca

Executive Director’s Club

Philip Earley

Gino Fortunato

Daniel Gormley

Daniel Sonon

Gold Star Club

Walter Fawcett

Walt Hopkin

Austin Meehan

Don Schey

Chevron Club

William Carey

Leo Fitchko

Crossed Swords Club

Charles Carabello

George Mullin

ALPHA PHI (Illinois Tech)

Council Club

Christopher Blanchette

Nathanael Gombis

Martin Kotsch

Foundation Club

Brian Winkelmann

Lamplighter’s Club

Richard Hughes

Paul Wagner

Executive Director’s Club

ALPHA CHI (Miami)

Executive Director’s Club

Michael Jacobs

ALPHA PSI (Indiana)

Supreme Circle

Dave Shook

Order of the Bell

T.J. Sullivan

Council Club

Brent Anderson

Foundation Club

Max Fawley

Rodney Len Gunning

Todd Waldman

G. Scott Louderback

Fred Thursfield

Executive Director’s Club

Jim Halsey

Gold Star Club

Scott Evenbeck

Pete Schrock

Charles Seely

Daniel Walters

Chevron Club

Skip Bailey

Dale Dean

Terry Russell

ALPHA OMEGA (Oregon)

Council Club

Stanley Lynch

Foundation Club

Fred Streimer

Executive Director’s Club

Gilbert Lissy

Crossed Swords Club

Cayleb Clark

BETA ALPHA (NJIT)

Star & Lamp Society

Jim Krucher

Supreme Circle

Steve and Penny DePalma

Order of the Bell

Anthony Castillo

John Lee

Council Club

Rick Pedersen

John Pugliesi

Dave White

Foundation Club

Aivars Krumins

Richard Labinsky

Louis Miceli*

Brandon Sorensen

Don VanHouten

Lamplighter’s Club

Ted Cassera

Richard Comiso

Ed Klebaur

Executive Director’s Club

Nick Adams

John Bernet

Henry Karnas

Don Linske

Francis Wood

Gold Star Club

Christian Beckmann

Russ Chomiak

Anthony Mangone

Bob Mason

Rich Nass

Chevron Club

Jim Brogan

Crossed

ALPHA SIGMA (Tennessee)

Order of the Rose

William Sigmon

Council Club

Al Sewell

Rick Thompson

Gold Star Club

Gregory Kolb

Ken Slepicka

Chevron Club

Kevin Randich

Crossed Swords Club

Branden Wawrzyniak

Steven Camaiore

Bob Morgan

Steven Sawicki

Crossed Swords Club

Raj Bhardwaj

BETA BETA (Florida Southern)

Council Club

Dave Robertson

Executive Director’s Club

$500,000+

SUPREME CIRCLE

$250,000–$499,999 FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE

$100,000–$249,999 ORDER OF THE ROSE

$50,000–$99,999 ORDER OF THE BELL

$25,000–$49,999 COUNCIL CLUB

$10,000–$24,999 FOUNDATION CLUB

$5,000–$9,999

LAMPLIGHTER’S CLUB

$2,500–$4,999

Rex Smyth FOUNDATION DONOR KEY STAR & LAMP SOCIETY

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S CLUB

$1,000–$2,499

GOLD STAR CLUB

$500–$999

CHEVRON CLUB

$250–$499 CROSSED SWORDS CLUB

$1–$249

(BETA BETA cont.)

Gold Star Club

Steve Hemman

Jack Trufant

Chevron Club Mike McKinley

BETA GAMMA (Louisville)

Gold Star Club

Jim Koshewa

Chevron Club

Nicholas Battjes

BETA DELTA (Drake)

Order of the Rose

Jim Hornbrook

Lamplighter’s Club

James Rutherford

Executive Director’s Club

Kenneth Piller

Gold Star Club

Mark Crosthwaite

James Labiak

Martin Radtke

Bruce Swanson

Crossed Swords Club

Stephen French

BETA EPSILON (Missouri-Columbia)

Order of the Bell

Jay and Christine Stuckel

Council Club

Andrew McCarthy

Michael Wallace

Foundation Club

Mike Hinds

Executive Director’s Club

David Epperson

John Landwehr

Kenneth Weyand

Chevron Club

Bob Baker

Crossed Swords Club

Ed and Christy Elsea

Gene Twellman

Jack Woodbury

BETA ETA (Florida State)

Founders’ Circle

Tom Coley

(BETA ETA cont.)

Order of the Rose Jeff and Kris Wahlen

Order of the Bell

Eric Wahlen

Council Club

Tom Atwood

Gil Fernandez

Chuck Krblich

Mike Loy

Foundation Club

Buz McCall

Lee Nichols

Executive Director’s Club

Beau De Beaubien

Reg Dickey

John Eaton

Guy Hollingsworth

Steven Louchheim

Chuck MacMillin

Harry Mcintosh

Ian Shapiro

Dave Stoddard

Gold Star Club

Frank Borzen

Ryan Hay

Emilio Sanchez

Chris Willis

Chevron Club

Chuck Wilson

Crossed Swords Club

Dick Morgan

BETA THETA (Arizona)

Order of the Rose

Jake Henderson

BETA IOTA (Toledo)

Order of the Bell

Lance and Dee Talmage

Council Club

Rob Friess

Foundation Club John Eisenmann

Lamplighter’s Club

Chris Barton

Gerald Dunaway

Executive Director’s Club

Gary Johnson

Woody Wodarski

Gold Star Club

Dick Smalley

Chevron Club

Marcus Uchaker

(BETA IOTA cont.)

Crossed Swords Club

Blake Mielcarek

Matt Sutter

BETA KAPPA (Georgia State)

Foundation Club

David DeMarco

Greg Moreland

Executive Director’s Club

Jack Johnson

John Whitley

Gold Star Club

Don Clark

Ed Vaughn

Crossed Swords Club

Richard Gouge

BETA LAMBDA (Tampa)

Foundation Club

Dave Sullivan

Lamplighter’s Club

Gary Cooper

Gold Star Club

David Villari

BETA MU (McNeese State)

Council Club R. B. Smith

Lamplighter’s Club

Ed Potratz

BETA NU (Houston)

Lamplighter’s Club

Jerrod Allen

BETA XI (Central Michigan)

Council Club

Basil Lyberg

Executive Director’s Club

Larry Beale

Mike Czop

Dale DeWaard

Gold Star Club

Mike Schlusler

Chevron Club

Dexter Keller

Crossed Swords Club

Damien Ramsey

BETA OMICRON (Northwestern State)

Star & Lamp Society

David Morgan, Sr.

Council Club

Wes Breeden

Foundation Club

Michael Allain

Lamplighter’s Club

Larry Gracie

Lane Luckie

Jack McCain

Executive Director’s Club

Robert Broadwell

Gold Star Club

Thomas Marlbrough

Monte Robinson

Crossed Swords Club

Stanley Brouillette

Nathan Pearson

BETA PI (Eastern Michigan)

Chevron Club

Robert Schreer

BETA TAU (Valdosta State)

Lamplighter’s Club

Tom Brooks

Chet Mirabal

Executive Director’s Club

Bill Maxwell

Vince Settle

Chevron Club

Michael Raynor

BETA UPSILON (Virginia)

Council Club

John Clifford

Dan Kimball

Foundation Club

Chuck Nesbit

George Shipp

Don Slesnick

Lamplighter’s Club

Rusty Thompson

Executive Director’s Club

Bill Watson

Gold Star Club

Steve Applegate

James Kessack

Tom Minneman

(BETA UPSILON cont.)

Crossed Swords Club

Pearon Lang

BETA PHI (East Carolina)

Executive Director’s Club

Dennis Barbour

Gold Star Club

Charlie Wohlnick

BETA PSI (Tennessee Wesleyan)

Chevron Club

Jeff Garbow

BETA OMEGA (East Tennessee State)

Foundation Club

Bill Mayes

Lamplighter’s Club

Keith Younger

Chevron Club

Skip Campbell

GAMMA ALPHA (West Alabama)

Foundation Club

Seth Jackson

Lamplighter’s Club

Jason Jackson

Harry Shiver

Executive Director’s Club

Brian Jenrette

GAMMA BETA (Old Dominion)

Foundation Club

David Simas

Lamplighter’s Club

Paul Moses

Matthew Parker

Joe Van Cleve

Executive Director’s Club

William Jenkins

Don Midgett

Gold Star Club

Richard Howard

Crossed Swords Club

Laurence Boscaro

GAMMA DELTA (Memphis)

Founders’ Circle

Hon. Thomas Carter

(GAMMA DELTA cont.)

Foundation Club

Terry Benton

Lamplighter’s Club

Herb Blow

Executive Director’s Club

Tom Lynch

James Younger

GAMMA EPSILON (Western Carolina)

Lamplighter’s Club

Larry Callicutt

Marv Cope

Frank Willis

Executive Director’s Club

Tony Perkins

Jerry Shepardson

Crossed Swords Club

David Huskins

GAMMA ZETA (WVU Tech)

Executive Director’s Club

Chuck Hutzler

GAMMA ETA (Athens State)

Chevron Club

Edward Cichorek

GAMMA THETA (UNC-Wilmington)

Executive Director’s Club

Leonard Harris

Denny McCaughan

Dick Powell

Blake Rasnake

GAMMA IOTA (Louisiana State)

Executive Director’s Club

Geoff Beatty

Michael Porche

GAMMA KAPPA (Georgia Southern)

Order of the Bell

Glenn Aspinwall

Foundation Club

James Albers

Joe Odom

Lamplighter’s Club

Thomas Camp

Skip Griffin

Chris Wagner

(GAMMA KAPPA cont.)

Executive Director’s Club

Pat Cates

Lee Davis

Gold Star Club

David Whatley

Brad Wilson

Chevron Club

Daniel Osborne

GAMMA LAMBDA (Missouri S&T)

Foundation Club

Paul Scherrer

Gold Star Club

Bob Bentzinger

GAMMA MU (Belmont Abbey)

Gold Star Club

Bolivar Green

Crossed Swords Club Charlie Grissom

GAMMA NU (LaGrange)

Council Club

Jeff Esola

Foundation Club

Ronnie DeValinger

Mike Fay

Lamplighter’s Club

Mike Rothschild

Ralph Sims

Executive Director’s Club

Ronald Lewis Farr

Chevron Club

Jimmy Edwards

Crossed Swords Club

Timothy Ellis

Drew Williamson

GAMMA XI (Georgia Southwestern)

Lamplighter’s Club

Dave Suppes

Executive Director’s Club

Raymond Baggarly

GAMMA RHO (Lander)

Lamplighter’s Club Jim Lusk

Executive Director’s Club

Don Amick

Jeremy Inabinet

Barry Young

Chevron Club

Steve Harris

GAMMA UPSILON (Oklahoma State)

Council Club

Gilbert Sanders

Lamplighter’s Club

Brian Stanley

Executive Director’s Club

Mark Christman

Mark Neftzger

Cary Rogers

GAMMA PHI (South Alabama)

Lamplighter’s Club Tom Peterson

Executive Director’s Club

Billy Breeden A.J. LeGrone

Gold Star Club Paul Hendrix

Chevron Club

Sean Johnson

GAMMA CHI (Jacksonville)

Executive Director’s Club

John Stephenson

GAMMA OMEGA (Montevallo)

Lamplighter’s Club

Royce Lader

Crossed Swords Club

Randy Harris

Mark Nall

DELTA ALPHA (Virginia Tech)

Council Club

Steve Lewis

Chevron Club

Rett Alexander

Jerr Rosenbaum

DELTA BETA (North Georgia)

Lamplighter’s Club

Joseph Goletz

Charlie May

Don Morris

PJ Rodgers, USA (Ret.)

Executive Director’s Club

Donald DuRant

Vic Eilenfield

Vic Irvin

Gold Star Club

Stephen Fugedy

Jeffrey Teplis

DELTA GAMMA (Nebraska-Omaha)

Gold Star Club

Rick Buschelman

DELTA DELTA (Truman State)

Founders’ Circle

John R. Andrews

Chuck Barnard

(DELTA DELTA cont.)

Order of the Rose

Jamie Horner

Foundation Club

Chuck Howard

Josh Wansing

Mike Zolezzi

Lamplighter’s Club

Dave Hennings

James Palmer

Steve Schneider

Executive Director’s Club

Darryl Beach

Whitey Holt

Mark Schell

Keith Stilwell

Gold Star Club

Brian Graham

Patrick Lucitt

Pat Miller

Jim Shumake

Chevron Club

Tim Barth

Steve Louer

Stephen Sankpill

Crossed Swords Club

Jack Fry

Giovanni Gradellini

Fred Pletz

Dave Sweeney

Eric Vehige

Chuck Zoeller

DELTA EPSILON (Jacksonville State)

Executive Director’s Club

Dean Buttram

Bob Coley

Josh Robinson

Chevron Club

Bart Chandler

DELTA ZETA (Appalachian State)

Order of the Bell

Art Quickenton

Foundation Club

Pat Danehy

Gregory Honeycutt

Lamplighter’s Club

David Huss

Executive Director’s Club

Steve Miller

Gary Sugg

David Vaughn

Gold Star Club

Marc Gmuca

Bruce Greenland

Chevron Club

Doug Keel

Crossed Swords Club

Will Dennis

Luke Snyder

DELTA ETA (Morehead State)

Lamplighter’s Club

Greg Kring

Executive Director’s Club

Paul Cantrell

Crossed Swords Club

David Clover

DELTA IOTA (Middle Tennessee State)

Council Club

John Peden

Foundation Club

Jon Campbell

Scott Davidson

Executive Director’s Club

Stephen Crass

Andrew Moss

Chevron Club

Bob Hipsher

DELTA KAPPA (UNC-Pembroke)

Lamplighter’s Club

O.L. Canaday

(DELTA KAPPA cont.)

Crossed Swords Club

James Canaday

DELTA LAMBDA (UNC-Charlotte)

Founders’ Circle

Jay Barnwell

Council Club

Bill Jackson

Bo Proctor

Executive Director’s Club

Jamie Best

Robbin Harkey

Michael Haynes

David Higgins

Charlie Marus

Ethan Norman

Gold Star Club

John Deal

Crossed Swords Club

Richard Beekman

Matt Ramsay

Scott Saffer

Drew Secker

DELTA MU (Methodist)

Gold Star Club

Jeffery Deitz

DELTA XI (North Alabama)

Chevron Club

Jeff Suggs

DELTA OMICRON (Nicholls State)

Executive Director’s Club

Jacques Frere

DELTA PI (Wright State)

Foundation Club

Bruce Rockwell

DELTA RHO (University Park)

Foundation Club

Ed Lang

Executive Director’s Club

Bob Graziano

DELTA SIGMA (Bowling Green State)

Foundation Club

John Babel

Lamplighter’s Club

Brian Swab

Executive Director’s Club

Alex Dudek

Kevin Lotosky

DELTA TAU (James Madison)

Lamplighter’s Club

Jerry Keilsohn

Thomas Brooks Lyles, Jr.

Executive Director’s Club

Ken Rand

Crossed Swords Club

Malcolm Perkins

DELTA UPSILON (Pittsburgh)

Executive Director’s Club

Jim Maochi

Kyle Miller

DELTA PHI (Radford)

Executive Director’s Club

John Spannuth

DELTA CHI (Kansas State)

Council Club

Larry Keller

Matthew Keller

Foundation Club

Tim Lindemuth

Lamplighter’s Club

Kevin Larson

(DELTA CHI cont.)

Executive Director’s Club

Dylan McKenzie

Kerry Skelton

Gold Star Club

Dale Bushyhead

Steve Hill

Chevron Club Carey Sudduth

DELTA PSI (Texas-Arlington)

Order of the Rose

Mark Jacobs

Council Club

Billy Jacobs

Foundation Club

Russ Faulkner

Executive Director’s Club

Bill Holland Kevin Kocian

Crossed Swords Club

Patrick Conway

Seth Ressl

DELTA OMEGA (Texas A&M)

Order of the Rose

Tom Sullivan

Foundation Club

Abe Bush

Lamplighter’s Club

David Guerra Doug Mosel

Executive Director’s Club John Raggio

EPSILON ALPHA (Elon)

Council Club

Christian Wiggins

Foundation Club

Trent Gilbert

Chase Rumley

Gold Star Club

Danny Hart

Chevron Club

Ben Seay

EPSILON BETA (Grand Valley State)

Chevron Club

Rodney Killips

EPSILON GAMMA (Longwood)

Lamplighter’s Club Chauncey Sisco

Executive Director’s Club

Dale Rankin

Gold Star Club

Justin Hale

EPSILON DELTA (Auburn-Montgomery)

Lamplighter’s Club

David Smith

EPSILON EPSILON (Virginia-Wise)

Lamplighter’s Club

Chad Horvat

James Trullender

EPSILON ETA (Winthrop)

Executive Director’s Club

Colin Frazier

Jeffrey Mahoney

Gold Star Club

Alex Salemme

EPSILON THETA (Seton Hall)

Lamplighter’s Club

Len DePalma

Gold Star Club

Trip Veit

$250,000–$499,999 FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE

$100,000–$249,999

$50,000–$99,999

$25,000–$49,999

$2,500–$4,999

$1,000–$2,499

(EPSILON THETA cont.)

Crossed Swords Club Jake Koehler

EPSILON IOTA (UNC-Greensboro)

Lamplighter’s Club Jim Shaw

Crossed Swords Club

Sam Steele

EPSILON KAPPA (Southern Polytechnic State)

Council Club Mike Hubsky

Foundation Club David Nelson

Executive Director’s Club

John Diamond

Crossed Swords Club Ken Williams

EPSILON LAMBDA (South Carolina Upstate)

Gold Star Club

Taft Matney

EPSILON MU (Bradley)

Foundation Club Christopher Assise

Lamplighter’s Club

James Sapp

Executive Director’s Club

Hector Martinez

Gold Star Club

Greg Evans

EPSILON NU (Cal State-Sacramento)

Foundation Club Todd Rehfuss

EPSILON OMICRON (Villanova)

Order of the Bell

Joe Brady

Chevron Club

Jeffrey Pasquerella

EPSILON RHO (Lenoir-Rhyne)

Executive Director’s Club Christopher Felts

EPSILON SIGMA (Christian Brothers)

Chevron Club Robert Werle

EPSILON TAU (St. Joseph’s)

Executive Director’s Club Hon. Robert F. Powelson

Chevron Club Santo Donia

EPSILON PHI (Alabama-Birmingham)

Council Club Pat Austin

Crossed Swords Club

Jeff Rodgers

EPSILON PSI (Slippery Rock)

Council Club Greg Moffett

Foundation Club Jerritt Park

Lamplighter’s Club Andrew Hartwell

Gold Star Club Kenneth Goss Scott Pilotti

EPSILON OMEGA (Texas Tech)

Foundation Club Gregg Turner Bob Welsh

Lamplighter’s Club Nick Turner

Executive Director’s Club Eddy Finta

ZETA BETA (California-San Diego)

Crossed Swords Club JP Freire Trevor Ryan

ZETA GAMMA (North Dakota)

Council Club Mark Hobson

Foundation Club Chris Johnson Steward Sandstrom

(ZETA GAMMA cont.)

Executive Director’s Club Erik Granstrom

Gold Star Club David Kirkland

Crossed Swords Club Todd Chrzanowski

ZETA DELTA (Shippensburg)

Lamplighter’s Club Steven Merkel

ZETA EPSILON (George Mason)

Order of the Bell Alan and Molly Duesterhaus

Executive Director’s Club Jeff Armstrong

ZETA ZETA (North Florida)

Lamplighter’s Club Mike Carter

ZETA ETA (South Florida)

Chevron Club Yusuf Fattah

ZETA THETA (Texas-Austin)

Founders’ Circle Tracy Maddux

ZETA IOTA (Indiana-Pennsylvania)

Executive Director’s Club Mike Bender

ZETA KAPPA (Stockton)

Gold Star Club Michael Bowblis

ZETA ALPHA (Clemson)

Council Club

Scott Gasparini Frank Yarborough

Gold Star Club

Eric Peterson Matt Winter

ZETA LAMBDA (Cal State-Chico)

Order of the Rose Daniel Hitzke

Executive Director’s Club Ryan McLaughlin

ZETA NU (West Chester)

Chevron Club

John Twohig

ZETA XI (Averett)

Executive Director’s Club

Bobby Perkins David Thomas

ZETA PI (Marshall)

Lamplighter’s Club Chris Conley

Executive Director’s Club

Brian Goldstein

Chevron Club

Matthew Nguyen

ZETA RHO (Cal State-Fullerton)

Foundation Club

Vic Valencia

Executive Director’s Club

Ross McCollum

ZETA PHI (Colorado State)

Council Club

Corey Dillon

Executive Director’s Club

Mark Torrez

ZETA CHI (Albright)

Lamplighter’s Club Matthew Osorio

ZETA OMEGA (Towson)

Gold Star Club

Chris Grant

ETA ALPHA (Concord)

Foundation Club

Christopher McGown

(ETA ALPHA cont.)

Executive Director’s Club

Mike Spain

ETA BETA (Indiana State)

Executive Director’s Club

Eric Fisher

ETA GAMMA (Colorado)

Executive Director’s Club

Mark Parrish

Jason Pickel

Gold Star Club Mark Sumrall

ETA DELTA (Kennesaw State)

Foundation Club Brian Barnett

Gold Star Club Randall Coan

Crossed Swords Club Kevin Mason

ETA EPSILON (Maryland-College Park)

Lamplighter’s Club Ross Knoblauch

ETA THETA (San Francisco)

Council Club Cosmo Taormina

Gold Star Club Larry Wong

Chevron Club Bob Pahilanga

ETA IOTA (Christopher Newport)

Council Club Chris Conner

Foundation Club Tim Campbell

ETA LAMBDA (SUNY-Brockport)

Foundation Club

Scott Atkinson

Crossed Swords Club Peter Kowalski

ETA MU (Wingate)

Executive Director’s Club

Robert Erb

Gold Star Club

Dickie Christy

Crossed Swords Club

Gavin Pierce

ETA OMICRON (San Francisco State)

Foundation Club

John Lowry

Crossed Swords Club

Cedric Cheng Brent Federico

ETA PI (Coastal Carolina)

Foundation Club Matt Zellars

Lamplighter’s Club

Dave Myroup

Gold Star Club

Zach Beals

ETA RHO (Texas State)

Council Club Andrae L. Turner

Lamplighter’s Club Nathan McDaniel

Crossed Swords Club

Chris Fischer

ETA SIGMA (California-Los Angeles)

Order of the Bell

Todd Sargent

Crossed Swords Club Narbeh Mnasians

ETA UPSILON (Miami-Ohio)

Lamplighter’s Club

Mike Kudravetz

Ryan Lugabihl

Beau Samples

Crossed Swords Club Nick Ballinger

ETA PHI (Maryland-Baltimore County)

Foundation Club

Matt Garono

ETA CHI (Texas Christian)

Foundation Club Kenny Oubre

Lamplighter’s Club

Ben Johns Ben Roman

Executive Director’s Club Mark Curry

ETA OMEGA (New Mexico State)

Foundation Club Ruben Talavera

THETA ALPHA (Southern Mississippi)

Foundation Club Brandon J. Belote

Lamplighter’s Club Chris Huffman

Executive Director’s Club Bradley Charlesworth

THETA BETA (West Georgia)

Executive Director’s Club David Condon

THETA DELTA (Florida International)

Foundation Club Phillip Lloyd Hamilton

THETA EPSILON (Kansas)

Executive Director’s Club Brian Rock

THETA ZETA (George Washington)

Executive Director’s Club

Mike DiSabatino Sean Hallisey

Crossed Swords Club Curt Sonnet

THETA ETA (American)

Council Club Justin Angotti

Lamplighter’s Club Carlos Ramirez

Chevron Club

Isaiah Headen

THETA THETA (Iowa)

Order of the Bell Greg Buehner

Lamplighter’s Club Cody Gremore

THETA LAMBDA (Missouri State)

Foundation Club Curt Herzog

THETA MU (Massachusetts-Amherst)

Council Club

Joe Piedrafite

Chevron Club Nick Julian

THETA SIGMA (Cal State-Long Beach)

Foundation Club Andrew Carnes

Executive Director’s Club Garrett Nyberg

THETA TAU (High Point)

Lamplighter’s Club Sam Martorella

(THETA TAU cont.)

Executive Director’s Club Andrew Realon

Chevron Club Adam Hoffman

THETA PHI (Louisiana Tech)

Executive Director’s Club Parker Begale

THETA PSI (RIT)

Lamplighter’s Club Michael McCall

Executive Director’s Club Jeffrey Flagg

IOTA ETA (Embry-Riddle)

Crossed Swords Club Shahan Ahmed

IOTA THETA (Tennessee Tech)

Chevron Club Bryson Kelpe

Crossed Swords Club Samuel Purdon

IOTA IOTA (Cal Poly-Pomona)

Crossed Swords Club Izaiah Huerta

IOTA XI (Texas-Dallas)

Crossed Swords Club Andrew Rajan

IOTA OMICRON (Iona)

Foundation Club Cameron Woods

Lamplighter’s Club Robb Olivieri

Gold Star Club

Tommy Severin

Austin Stellato

Crossed Swords Club Matt Shearin

IOTA RHO (Western Illinois)

Crossed Swords Club

Dakotah Baker

Marc Ramirez

IOTA TAU (Rutgers)

Gold Star Club Andrew Castillo

Crossed Swords Club

Gareth Patterson

IOTA PHI (Loyola-New Orleans)

Crossed Swords Club

Jaime Jimenez

Ryan Louis Kramer

IOTA PSI (Boise State)

Gold Star Club Cavin Villarreal

KAPPA ALPHA (Case Western Reserve)

Crossed Swords Club Noah Boksansky

KAPPA NU (Sonoma State)

Crossed Swords Club Zachary Gillott

LAMBDA IOTA (Vermont)

Crossed Swords Club

Michael Tomas

KAPPA OMEGA (Utah)

Crossed Swords Club

Nolan Carpenter FRIENDS OF THE FRATERNITY

Council Club

Janet L. Esworthy

Shirley Hardee

Carol Harper

Lamplighter’s Club

Todd Shelton

Rachel Westra

Executive Director’s Club

Cason Brewer

Kevin Dodson

Mary Ebert

Judith Johnson

Claire Stuckel Levinson

Andrew and Mei Moy

Kyle Phillips, Chi Psi Fraternity

Becky Smith

Taylor Stamp

Lois Taylor

Gold Star Club

Justin Buck, Pi Kappa Alpha

Fraternity

Rudolf Hoellrich

Holmes Murphy

Lisa Janco

Robert Pailes

Dave Schopler

Michele Williams

Chevron Club

Scott Alfele

Chris Barr

James Brady

Jimmy Dockal

Delta Tau Delta Fraternity

Martha Eismont

Seth Elliott

Jessica Faria

Farmhouse Foundation

Maria Foing

Stephen Gattoni

Tiffany Hagbeg

George and Karen Harsh, III

Susanne Johnson

Jerry and Toni Kendrick

Leigh Kohrs

Francis L Wootton

Marshall and Melissa Welch

Peyton Merrill

Moon Mills

Joseph Morris

(FRIENDS OF THE FRATERNITY cont.)

Leslie Morris

Lori Orgeck

Pat Pappas

Cecile Pestano

Natalie Pickup

John Poulopoulos

Jason Powell

Karen Starkey

James Syar

Theta Chi Fraternity

Amelia Tosti

Maureen Walker

Mindy Welch

Carl and Vickie White

Jane Worley

Joe Wyatt

Crossed Swords Club

Jeff Adkins

Reagan Allen

Kasi Arner

Curtis Baird

Spencer Baker

Michele-Lee Barasso

Gina Bell

Brandy Berrymanbone

Addame Bookmiller

Matt Bouma

Bill Braman

Melissa Breaux

Chad Broce

Katherine G. Broce

Asha Brock

Chad Brooks

Rosy Brophy

John Buck

Christopher Bush

Danielle Cabrera

Heather Callaham

Lauren Carman

Jim Carson

Chris Clavey

Dave Cleveland

Wendy Cooper

Leah Craig

Joseph Czarnecki

Presley Dakoff

Matt Daues

Ilana Davis

Nicole Demetrescu

Jeremy and Sonia Deveau

Emily DiPasquale

Paul Doerger

Scott Ferris

Cheri Figueroa

Leah Finn

DaNell Fischer

Sandra Fisher

Mary Flatt

(FRIENDS OF THE

$250,000–$499,999

$50,000–$99,999

$10,000–$24,999

$5,000–$9,999 LAMPLIGHTER’S CLUB

$2,500–$4,999

$1,000–$2,499

NATIONAL PRESIDENT’S CIRCLE

National President’s Circle recognizes current students who have made a gift of $19.04 or more to the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation. These gifts go toward areas of greatest need and support student members through scholarships and educational programs.

SIGMA (South Carolina)

Finian Godfrey

AJ Rollo

KAPPA (UNC-Chapel Hill) Andrew Davis

ALPHA GAMMA (Oklahoma)

Michael Granato

ALPHA EPSILON (Florida)

Conor Finnegan

ALPHA RHO (West Virginia) Anson Wright

ALPHA TAU (Rensselaer Polytechnic)

Austin Porter

ALPHA UPSILON (Drexel) Michael Mastrangelo

ALPHA PHI (Illinois Tech)

Carson Floyd

ALPHA OMEGA (Oregon) Cayleb Clark

BETA ALPHA (NJIT)

Nicholas Bartletta Raj Bhardwaj

BETA GAMMA (Louisville) Blake Orr

BETA KAPPA (Georgia State) Talmage Lee

GAMMA PHI (South Alabama) Walker Bodiford

DELTA LAMBDA (UNC-Charlotte) Scott Saffer

DELTA TAU (James Madison) Jacob Wissot

DELTA PSI (Texas-Arlington)

Elijah Diaz

EPSILON IOTA (UNC-Greensboro)

Sam Steele

ZETA BETA (California-San Diego)

JP Freire

Trevor Ryan

ZETA THETA (Texas-Austin)

Dylan Cochran

Daniel Lei

ZETA CHI (Albright) Max Pacentrilli

ETA MU (Wingate)

Matt Dooley Gavin Pierce

ETA TAU (Kentucky) Henry Clan Declan Hays

ETA PSI (Central Florida) Joshua Swanson

THETA XI (Arizona State) Lukas Gunther

IOTA BETA (Texas-Austin) Ryan Zahedivash

IOTA ETA (Embry-Riddle) Shahan Ahmed

IOTA THETA (Tennessee Tech) Sam Purdon

IOTA IOTA (Cal Poly-Pomona) Jack Abeid

Izaiah Huerta Luke McGinley Josh Smay

Ian Walsh

IOTA NU (Mississippi State) Zach Weisel

IOTA XI (Texas-Dallas) Andrew Rajan

IOTA PSI (Boise State) Joe Beard

KAPPA THETA (San Diego) Parker Newlin

KAPPA LAMBDA (Wisconsin-Madison) Ryan West

KAPPA XI (DePaul) Ryan Emmick

KAPPA SIGMA (Colorado-Colorado Springs) Asher Early

KAPPA PHI (Loyola-Chicago) Steven Pappas

KAPPA OMEGA (Utah) James Syar

LAMBDA ALPHA (Belmont) Austin Johnson

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THE SOCIETY

The Kroeg Society recognizes brothers and friends who invest in the success of Pi Kappa Phi through unrestricted annual gifts totaling $1,000 or more each year to the leadership fund.

ALPHA (College of Charleston)

Otis Engelman

Richard Pierce

BETA (Presbyterian)

Andy Forrest

Cliff Goodwin

Eugene Vaughan

GAMMA (California-Berkeley)

Robert Whelan

SIGMA (South Carolina)

Walter Pickens, Jr.

Dan Reynolds

ETA (Emory)

John Nix

IOTA (Georgia Tech)

Alan Parrish

John Wilson

KAPPA (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Alvin Daughtridge

Stuart Hicks

LAMBDA (Georgia)

Phil Tappy

MU (Durham)

Frank T. Wrenn, III

XI (Roanoke)

Steve Esworthy

Paul Henkel

Dudley Woody

OMICRON (Alabama)

Lonnie Strickland, III

RHO (Washington & Lee)

Jock Wallace

UPSILON (Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)

Jay Clifton

J. Gunnar Schalin

Wally Wahlfeldt

CHI (Stetson)

Gabe Gehret

Bruce Rogers

PSI (Cornell)

James Emig

John S. and Peggy L. Kirk

OMEGA (Purdue)

Andy Conlin

Rik Hill

ALPHA ALPHA (Mercer)

Ben Bush

ALPHA GAMMA (Oklahoma)

Jay Morris

Trey Tipton

ALPHA DELTA (Washington)

Bob Bux

ALPHA EPSILON (Florida)

Pete Barr

Bob Halcrow

Tim Hancock

Mark Timmes

ALPHA ZETA (Oregon State)

Bob Elfers

Fred Raw

ALPHA ETA (Samford)

Warren Hilson

Jim House

Jack McDonald

Dwayne Todd

ALPHA THETA (Michigan State)

Paul Long

ALPHA IOTA (Auburn)

Ernest and Joni Johnson

Allan Reynolds

ALPHA OMICRON (Iowa State)

John Brockmann

Jeremy Galvin

Jeremy Katt

ALPHA SIGMA (Tennessee)

Jon Rymer

ALPHA UPSILON (Drexel)

Bob Austin

Thomas Berk

Barry Campbell

Tony Noce

Bob Thorp

ALPHA PSI (Indiana)

Brent Anderson

Dave Shook

Todd Waldman

ALPHA OMEGA (Oregon)

Stanley Lynch

Fred Streimer

BETA ALPHA (NJIT)

Steve and Penny DePalma

Jim Krucher

Louis Miceli

Rick Pedersen

BETA DELTA (Drake)

Jim Hornbrook

BETA EPSILON (Missouri-Columbia)

Michael Wallace

BETA ETA (Florida State)

Gil Fernandez

Chuck Krblich

Mike Loy

Lee Nichols

Eric Wahlen

BETA THETA (Arizona)

Jake Henderson

BETA IOTA (Toledo)

John Eisenmann

BETA KAPPA (Georgia State)

Greg Moreland

BETA OMICRON (Northwestern State)

Wes Breeden

BETA UPSILON (Virginia)

John Clifford

GAMMA DELTA (Memphis) Hon. Thomas Carter

GAMMA KAPPA (Georgia Southern)

James Albers

Joe Odom

GAMMA NU (LaGrange)

Mike Fay

GAMMA PHI (South Alabama) A.J. LeGrone

DELTA ALPHA (Virginia Tech)

Steve Lewis

DELTA DELTA (Truman State)

John R. Andrews

Chuck Barnard

DELTA ZETA (Appalachian State) Gregory Honeycutt

Art Quickenton

DELTA LAMBDA (UNC-Charlotte)

Jay Barnwell

Ethan Norman

DELTA TAU (James Madison) Thomas Lyles, Jr.

DELTA CHI (Kansas State) Matthew Keller Larry Keller

DELTA PSI (Texas-Arlington) Russ Faulkner

Bill Holland

Mark Jacobs

DELTA OMEGA (Texas A&M) Tom Sullivan

EPSILON KAPPA (Southern Polytechnic State) Mike Hubsky

EPSILON OMICRON (Villanova)

Joe Brady

EPSILON RHO (Lenoir-Rhyne) Christopher Felts

ZETA EPSILON (George Mason) Jeff Armstrong

ZETA THETA (Texas-Austin) Tracy Maddux

ZETA ALPHA (Clemson) Frank Yarborough

ZETA LAMBDA (Cal State-Chico) Daniel Hitzke

Ryan McLaughlin

ZETA PHI (Colorado State) Corey Dillon

ETA GAMMA (Colorado) Mark Parrish

ETA THETA (San Francisco) Cosmo Taormina

ETA IOTA (Christopher Newport) Chris Conner

ETA RHO (Texas State) Andrae L. Turner

ETA SIGMA (California-Los Angeles) Todd Sargent

THETA ALPHA (Southern Mississippi) Chris Huffman

THETA THETA (Iowa) Greg Buehner

THETA LAMBDA (Missouri State) Curt Herzog

THETA MU (Massachusetts-Amherst) Joe Piedrafite

FRIENDS OF THE FRATERNITY Cason Brewer Kevin Dodson

Mary Ebert

Janet L. Esworthy

Carol Harper

Judith A. Johnson

Andrew and Mei Moy

Kyle Phillips, Chi Psi Fraternity

NU PHI SOCIETY

Members make an annual gift to the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation based on the number of years they have been an initiated brother. Eligibility for the Nu Phi Society is restricted to those brothers who have attended five Supreme Chapters, been inducted into the Pi Kappa Phi Hall of Fame or named Mr. Pi Kappa Phi. This list shows who fulfilled their Nu Phi obligations and remained current in 2025. * denotes Chapter Eternal

ALPHA (College of Charleston)

John Hassell

Richard Pierce

Marshall Sigmon

GAMMA (California-Berkeley)

Steve Ryder

SIGMA (South Carolina)

Jerry Brewer

Hays Pickens

Walter Pickens

ZETA (Wofford)

Mark Bundy

IOTA (Georgia Tech)

Jason Stein

KAPPA (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Stuart Hicks

MU (Durham)

Anders Hall

Frank Wrenn

NU

(Nebraska-Lincoln)

Jim Guretzky

XI (Roanoke)

Steve Esworthy

Durward Owen*

Jim Stump

Dudley Woody

OMICRON (Alabama)

David Adams

Nathan Hightower

Lonnie Strickland

UPSILON (Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)

Gunnar Schalin

Wally Wahlfeldt

CHI (Stetson)

Gabe Gehret

Tyler Johansson

Bruce Rogers

PSI (Cornell)

John Kirk

Nick Linder

OMEGA (Purdue)

Brent Grunig

Tom Harzula

Phil Leslie

Greg Linder

ALPHA ALPHA (Mercer)

Ben Bush

Phillip Jackson

Brad Montgomery

ALPHA EPSILON (Florida)

Bob Halcrow

Tim Hancock

Bert Luer

Mark Timmes

ALPHA ZETA (Oregon State)

David Vawter

ALPHA ETA (Samford)

Dave Corey

Jack McDonald

James Smith

Dwayne Todd

ALPHA THETA (Michigan State)

Matt Shaheen

ALPHA IOTA (Auburn)

Scott Finney

Ralph Foster

Tommy Hartwell

Ernest Johnson

ALPHA OMICRON (Iowa State)

Johnny Andrews

Kelley Bergstrom

Jeremy Galvin

Bob Lane

Emerson Linney

Brett Toresdahl

ALPHA RHO (West Virginia)

Tom Begley

ALPHA SIGMA (Tennessee)

William Sigmon

ALPHA UPSILON (Drexel)

Rick Berk

Tony Noce

Bob Thorp

ALPHA PHI (Illinois Tech)

Christopher Blanchette

Nat Gombis

Brian Winkelmann

ALPHA PSI (Indiana)

Max Fawley

Dave Shook

T.J. Sullivan

Todd Waldman

BETA ALPHA (NJIT)

Christian Beckmann

Tony Castillo

Steve DePalma

Jim Krucher

John Lee

John Pugliesi

Brandon Sorenson

Dave White

BETA EPSILON (Missouri-Columbia)

Mike Hinds

Andrew McCarthy

Jay Stuckel

BETA ETA (Florida State)

Tom Atwood

Tom Coley

Mike Loy

Lee Nichols

Jeff Wahlen

BETA THETA (Arizona)

Jake Henderson

BETA IOTA (Toledo)

Gary Johnson

Lance Talmage

Mark Urrutia

BETA KAPPA (Georgia State)

David DeMarco

BETA MU (McNeese State) R.B. Smith

BETA NU (Houston)

Jerrod Allen

David Dalton

BETA XI (Central Michigan)

Basil Lyberg

BETA OMICRON (Northwestern State)

Wes Breeden

David Morgan, Sr.

BETA TAU (Valdosta State)

Chet Mirabal

GAMMA ALPHA (West Alabama)

Jason Jackson

Seth Jackson

GAMMA BETA (Old Dominion)

David Simas

GAMMA DELTA (Memphis) Hon. Tom Carter

GAMMA KAPPA (Georgia Southern)

Glenn Aspinwall

GAMMA NU (LaGrange)

Jeff Esola

GAMMA RHO (Lander)

Jeremy Inabinet

DELTA DELTA (Truman State)

John Andrews

Chuck Barnard

Chuck Howard

Steve Schneider

Josh Wansing

Mike Zolezzi

DELTA ZETA (Appalachian State)

Art Quickenton

DELTA IOTA (Middle Tennessee)

Jon Campbell

Scott Davidson

John Peden

DELTA LAMBDA (UNC-Charlotte)

Bill Jackson

Bo Proctor

DELTA SIGMA (Bowling Green State)

Jim Karlovec

DELTA CHI (Kansas State)

Larry Keller

Tim Lindemuth

Kerry Skelton

DELTA PSI (Texas-Arlington)

Russ Faulkner

Mark Jacobs

Kevin Kocian

DELTA OMEGA (Texas A&M)

Tom Sullivan

EPSILON ALPHA (Elon)

Chase Rumley

Christian Wiggins

EPSILON EPSILON (Virginia-Wise)

Chad Horvat

James Trullender

EPSILON LAMBDA (South Carolina Upstate) Walker Brewer

EPSILON OMICRON (Villanova)

Joe Brady

EPSILON PSI (Slippery Rock)

Andrew Hartwell

Greg Moffett Jerritt Park

EPSILON OMEGA (Texas Tech)

Bob Welsh

ZETA EPSILON (George Mason)

Alan Duesterhaus

ZETA ZETA (North Florida)

Mike Carter

ZETA THETA (Texas-Austin)

Tracy Maddux

ZETA ALPHA (Clemson)

John Bradford

Scott Gasparini

ZETA LAMBDA (Cal State-Chico)

Daniel Hitzke

ZETA RHO (Cal State-Fullerton)

Vic Valencia

ZETA PHI (Colorado State)

Corey Dillon

Mark Torrez

ZETA OMEGA (Towson)

Chris Grant

ETA DELTA (Kennesaw State)

Brian Barnett

ETA ZETA (Queens-Charlotte)

Scott Thomas

ETA IOTA (Christopher Newport)

Chris Conner

ETA PI (Coastal Carolina)

Dave Myroup Matt Zellars

ETA RHO (Texas State) Andrae Turner

ETA SIGMA (California-Los Angeles) Todd Sargent

ETA PHI (Maryland-Baltimore County) Matt Garono

ETA CHI (Texas Christian)

Ben Johns

Kenny Oubre

Ben Roman

ETA OMEGA (New Mexico State) Ruben Talavera

THETA ALPHA (Southern Mississippi)

Brandon Belote

Bradley Charlesworth

THETA DELTA (Florida International)

Phillip Lloyd Hamilton

THETA THETA (Iowa) Greg Buehner

THETA LAMBDA (Missouri State) Curt Herzog

THETA TAU (High Point)

Sam Martorella

Andrew Realon

THETA PHI (Louisiana Tech)

Parker Begale

THETA PSI (RIT)

Jeffrey Flagg

IOTA OMICRON (Iona) Cam Woods

THE GATEWAY SOCIETY

The Gateway Society recognizes individuals who include the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation in their estate plans.

* denotes Chapter Eternal and italics denotes new membership in the Gateway Society. While saddened by the loss of any brother, we are humbled and grateful to have been remembered by some alumni in their estate plans, unbeknownst to us. We recognize their generosity through posthumous membership in the Gateway Society by denoting them with an * and in italics.

ALPHA (College of Charleston)

Daniel and Leslie Barry

Julius Burges*

Andrew Jaffee

David Jaffee

Johnny Moye

Richard Pierce

Jason Schall

George Sheetz*

Chip Voorneveld

GAMMA (California-Berkeley)

Gary Schwartz

Robert Whelan

ZETA (Wofford)

Jesse Crimm

IOTA (Georgia Tech)

Bob Rowe

KAPPA

(UNC-Chapel Hill)

Stuart Hicks

LAMBDA (Georgia)

J. Rodney Harris*

James Lester*

Luke Lester

Phil Tappy

David Tidmore

MU (Durham)

Anders and Joanna Hall

Frank T. Wrenn, III

NU (Nebraska-Lincoln)

George Driver*

XI (Roanoke)

Ed Corson*

Steve Esworthy

Whit Gravely

Timothy Hayes

Durward Owen*

Tod Senne

Allen Woody*

Dudley Woody

OMICRON (Alabama)

George Greene

Lonnie Strickland, III

Conner Vlerebome

RHO (Washington & Lee)

Dick Anderson*

Dutch Waldbauer

UPSILON (Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)

Dick Bangert*

Gary and Tish Boltinghouse

Mike Lowery

Ladd Prucha*

Bob Saccomano*

J. Gunnar Schalin

Phil Whipple

CHI (Stetson)

Gabe Gehret

Bruce Rogers

Michael Sweeney

PSI (Cornell)

George Bullis

OMEGA (Purdue)

Jack Berlien*

Dave Johnson

John Lovell

John McDonald

ALPHA ALPHA (Mercer)

Jamey Porter

ALPHA GAMMA (Oklahoma)

Tripp Hall

Jay Morris

ALPHA DELTA (Washington)

John Cragg

Stan Gratis

Walter Jones*

George Morford*

Joshua Siegel

ALPHA EPSILON (Florida)

Mike O’Donnell

Mark Timmes

ALPHA ZETA (Oregon State)

Marck Wroble

ALPHA ETA (Samford)

Jim Daley*

Jerry Matthews

Jack McDonald

Dwayne Todd

ALPHA THETA (Michigan State)

Kim Jepson*

George Pardee*

ALPHA IOTA (Auburn)

Charles Blackledge

Ernest and Joni Johnson

ALPHA OMICRON (Iowa State)

Chuck Cummings

Jeremy Galvin

Frank Parrish

ALPHA SIGMA (Tennessee) Ira Katzman

ALPHA TAU (RPI)

James Adler

William Bruder*

ALPHA UPSILON (Drexel)

Thomas Berk

Martin Burrows*

Richard Mensch

Darren Tapp

ALPHA PHI (Illinois Tech)

Christopher Blanchette

Ken Peterson

Branden Wawrzyniak

Brian Winkelmann

ALPHA PSI (Indiana)

Brett Baltz

Jim Halsey

Dave Shook

T.J. Sullivan

ALPHA OMEGA (Oregon)

Dade Wright

BETA ALPHA (NJIT)

Steve and Penny DePalma

Tom Graham

Jim Krucher

Joseph Manfredi

Louis Miceli*

Rich and Theresa Nass

John Pugliesi

Brandon Sorensen

BETA BETA (Florida Southern)

Charles Meyer*

Ted Scharfenstein*

Jeff Wallace

Robert Weitzner

BETA GAMMA (Louisville)

Ron Krebs

BETA DELTA (Drake)

Bob Moody

BETA ETA (Florida State)

Tom Coley

Randy Lenczyk

Dick Morgan

Chris New

Jonathan Stevens

BETA IOTA (Toledo)

Gary Johnson

Lance and Dee Talmage

Marcus Uchaker

BETA KAPPA (Georgia State)

John Whitley

BETA LAMBDA (Tampa)

Eric Magendantz

Dave Sullivan

BETA XI (Central Michigan)

Jeff Brasie

BETA OMICRON (Northwestern State)

Doug Barnett

BETA PI (Eastern Michigan)

Larry Wilson

BETA SIGMA (Northern Illinois)

Adam Roach

BETA UPSILON (Virginia)

Glenn Dickson

George Shipp

BETA PHI (East Carolina)

Doug Littiken

GAMMA ALPHA (West Alabama)

Roger Reed

GAMMA BETA (Old Dominion)

Tom White

GAMMA GAMMA (Troy)

Bryan Scruggs

GAMMA EPSILON (Western Carolina)

Phillip Cates

Mark Dellinger

GAMMA KAPPA (Georgia Southern)

Glenn Aspinwall

Pat Manning

GAMMA NU (LaGrange)

Ronnie DeValinger

Jeff Esola

Twad Wadsworth

Jim Wirshing

GAMMA XI (Georgia Southwestern)

Ben Croxton

Bill Finney*

GAMMA TAU (North Texas)

Taylor Lindholm

Patrick Smith

Matthew Varnell

GAMMA PHI (South Alabama)

Alex Dumais

DELTA ALPHA (Virginia Tech)

Jon Barney

DELTA DELTA (Truman State)

John R. Andrews

Mike Heeley

Whitey Holt

Mike Zolezzi

DELTA EPSILON (Jacksonville State)

Josh Robinson

DELTA ZETA (Appalachian State)

Ronnie Bryant

Marc Gmuca

Art Quickenton

Mark Watson

DELTA IOTA (Middle Tennessee State)

Stephen Crass

Scott Davidson

Rob Hardin

DELTA LAMBDA (UNC-Charlotte)

Matthew Brown

Michael Grass

Ethan Norman

Bo Proctor

DELTA SIGMA (Bowling Green State)

Craig Anderson

John Babel

DELTA TAU (James Madison)

Earle Copp

DELTA UPSILON (Pittsburgh)

Eric Scerbo

DELTA CHI (Kansas State)

Tim Lindemuth

Kerry Skelton

DELTA PSI (Texas-Arlington)

Mark Jacobs

DELTA OMEGA (Texas A&M)

Tom Sullivan

EPSILON ALPHA (Elon)

Christian Wiggins

E.J. Young

EPSILON EPSILON (Virginia-Wise)

Mike Donathan*

Joshua McCray

Kevin Stovall

EPSILON THETA (Seton Hall)

Jake Koehler

EPSILON KAPPA (Southern Polytechnic State)

Sandy Ransom

EPSILON LAMBDA (South Carolina Upstate)

James Diamond

EPSILON RHO (Lenoir-Rhyne)

William and Denise Worley

EPSILON PSI (Slippery Rock)

Jairus Moore

Dan and Wendy Reynolds

Matthew Stuart

EPSILON OMEGA (Texas Tech)

Benjamin Shae

Bob Welsh

ZETA GAMMA (North Dakota)

Erik Granstrom

ZETA EPSILON (George Mason)

Alan and Molly Duesterhaus

James Perkins

ZETA ZETA (North Florida)

Robert Bennett

Mike Carter

ZETA THETA (Texas-Austin)

Tracy Maddux

ZETA KAPPA (Stockton)

Franco Catania

ZETA ALPHA (Clemson)

Jake Carter

ZETA LAMBDA (Cal State-Chico)

Chip Anderson

Daniel Hitzke

ZETA XI (Averett)

Pete Blum

ZETA UPSILON (Bloomsburg) Paul Hadzor

ZETA PHI (Colorado State) Corey Dillon

ZETA CHI (Albright)

Paul Meinster

ETA ALPHA (Concord) Pete Martin

ETA DELTA (Kennesaw State) Eric Jeffares

ETA ZETA (Queens-Charlotte) Davis Tapp Scott Thomas

ETA IOTA (Christopher Newport) Chris Conner

ETA LAMBDA (SUNY-Brockport) James Simonds

ETA OMICRON (San Francisco State) Eric Hammer

ETA RHO (Texas State) Brett Lee Andrae L. Turner

ETA UPSILON (Miami-Ohio) Beau Samples

ETA PHI (Maryland-Baltimore County) Marcus Garcia

THETA ALPHA (Southern Mississippi) Major John Edward Bezou, Jr. John Langley

THETA DELTA (Florida International) Noel Guillama Alain Sanchez

THETA ETA (American) Carlos Ramirez

THETA THETA (Iowa) Greg Buehner Andrew Cole

THETA XI (Arizona State) Bill Harden Wayne Unger

THETA TAU (High Point) Andrew Realon

IOTA LAMBDA (Quinnipiac) Christopher Mistretta

IOTA NU (Mississippi State) Brayden Talton

IOTA RHO (Western Illinois) Kyle Ramlow

KAPPA THETA (San Diego) Parker Glaessner

FRIENDS OF THE FRATERNITY Emily Gamauf Betty Lowell* Carl and Christine Stamp

HONORARY GIFTS

The members and friends, listed in black, made a gift to the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation in honor of a brother, loved one or friend in 2025.

2024-25 OMICRON CHAPTER

ADVISORS, OMICRON CLUB

BOARD AND UNDERGRADUATE

EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

Kendrick Reaves

JIMMY ABERNATHY

Julie Harris

DANIEL ADKINS

Jeff Adkins

ANDREW ALFELE

Scott Alfele

WALTER ALLAN

Joseph Ross

BLAKE ALLEN

Reagan Allen

ALPHA CHAPTER

Frank Boineau

ALPHA EPSILON CHAPTER

Bob Halcrow

Grady Johnson

Donald Morrison

Diego Santangelo

ALPHA LAMBDA CHAPTER

Jessica Faria

ALPHA SIGMA CHAPTER

Mark Guenther

Michele Williams

The Williams Family

ALPHA UPSILON CHAPTER

George Fitchko

JACOB ARNER

Kasi Arner

STEFSON ARNOLD

Ryan Kramer

GUNNY BAE

Andrew Ten Eyck

ALEX BARR

Chris Barr

JOHN DAVID BELL

Gina Bell

BETA CHAPTER ALUMNI

William Baxter

William A. Baxter

Martin Boyd

William Cunningham

Andy Forrest

Stephen Hemman

Walk Jones

Richard Stall

BETA OMICRON CHAPTER

Wesley Breeden

Stanley Brouillette

Danielle Cabrera

Jacob Norris

Joshua Wiggins

GRIFFIN BOOKMILLER

Addame Bookmiller

ADAM BRADY

James Brady

JOSEPH A. BRADY, III

Andrae Turner

TEDDY BRAMAN

Bill Braman

NATE BROCE

Chad Broce

MATTEO BROCK

Asha Brock

ROBERT BROMLEY

Basil Lyberg

JAKE BROOKS

Chad Brooks

VALARIE BRYANT

Steven Veit

NATE BUCK

John Buck

GRIFFIN BUSH

Christopher Bush

SAM CAFFARELLI

Tom Russell

CAM CALLAHAM

Heather Callaham

SHANKARA CARSON

James Carson

ANTHONY CATENACCI

Katie Oen

WYATT CHOATE

Janet Griffith-Hatchett

DREW COBB

Tiffany Taylor

JEREMY TAYLOR CONANT

Zachary Weisel

SHANE CONWAY Lane Luckie

CHRISTIAN COOPER

Wendy Cooper

CASEY CORNELIUS

T.J. Sullivan

ANDREW DAVIS

Lani Davis

CLAY DAVIS

Douglas K. Mosel

DELTA CHI CHAPTER

Tim Lindemuth

DELTA DELTA CHAPTER

Tim Barth

Jamie S. Horner

DELTA GAMMA CHAPTER

Rick Buschelman

DELTA TAU CHAPTER

Jacob Wissot

DELTA ZETA CHAPTER

Marc Gmuca

WILSON DEMETRESCU

Nicole Demetrescu

JACKSON DOCKAL

Jimmy Dockal

JASON DODD Tom Atwood

ROBERT DODSON Kevin Dodson

SPENCER DOERGER

Paul Doerger

BRYAN DONALDSON

John Brockmann

JAMIE DONNHEIMER

Anna Hill

DYLAN ELLIOTT Seth Elliott

STEVE ESWORTHY

Ethan Norman

ETA RHO CHAPTER

Chris Fischer

YUSUF FATTAH

Marc Ramirez

SAGE FERRIS

Scott Ferris

AIDAN FIGUEROA

Cheri Figueroa

WYATT FISCHER

DaNell Fischer

JONATHAN FOX

Ginny Fox

SHEPARD FREEDMAN

Emilio Sanchez

WILLIAM FURGALA, JR.

William Furgala, Sr.

ZACHARY GACEK

Sandy Gacek

GAMMA EPSILON CHAPTER

David Huskins

GAMMA PHI CHAPTER

William Breeden

GAMMA RHO CHAPTER

Robert Amick

KARL GARDNER

William Holland

NICO GATTONI

Stephen Gattoni

ALAN GAYLOR

Joey Ross

DOMINIC GEWECKE

Rob and Denise Gewecke

CARL GILBERT

Gregory Gilbert

JACOB GORDON

Anne Gordon

NEAL GRABARKEWITZ

Tom Sullivan

SAM GUGENHEIM

Alison and Scott Gugenheim

RICK GUGGOLZ

Thomas Brooks Lyles, Jr.

ROWEN GUTHIKONDA

Jodi Guthikonda

MATTHEW HAGBERG

Tiffany Hagberg

THOMAS HALL

Molly Hall

ANTHONY HAREY

Andrew Harey

DAVIS T. HARLEY

Michael Harley

DAKOTA HARSH

George and Karen Harsh

ALEXAVIER HARTY

Danielle Goddard

CURT HERZOG

Steve Esworthy

Ethan Norman

Becky Smith

CHARLES HUBER

John C. Marano, Jr.

JAY HUNT

Thomas B. Peterson

MATTHIAS HUTTER

Amelia Tosti

CORBIN IFKOVITS

Kristen Ifkovits

ALEXANDER INCORVAIA

Frank Incorvaia

IOTA NU CHAPTER

Lori Walsh

IOTA OMICRON CHAPTER

Robb Olivieri

IOTA PSI CHAPTER

Joseph Beard

PHILLIP JACKSON

Becky Smith

EVAN JACOBS

Stacie Ross

BILL JOHNSON

Greg Kolb

CARL JOHNSON

Stephen Chandler

HADEN JOHNSON

Susanne Johnson Deitz

TANNER JOHNSON

Angie Johnson

JUSTIN JOHNSTON

Brenda Johnston

TYLER JUNG

Brian and Elaine Jung

KAPPA CHAPTER

Diederick Duque

Russell N. Hadley

KAPPA THETA CHAPTER

Suzanne Gogna

JACK D. KENNEDY

Erik Granstrom

WESLEY KENNEDY

Connie Kennedy

MATTHEW KERN JR.

Nysha Kern

WESTON KIRK

Elizabeth Kirk

OSCAR KOCH

Jim Guretzky

LUCAS KOHRS

Leigh Kohrs

BETH AND ALDEN KUNNEMANN

Douglas Kunnemann

KYLE KUSHLEIKA

Chris A. Clavey

LUKE AND DOMINIC

KWIATKOWSKI

Peter Kwiatkowski

SAMUEL LAGOS

Will and Katie Lagos

LAMBDA CHAPTER

Mark Harp

Moon Mills

Chad Powell

ELIJAH LARUE

Sheila LaRue

JAKE LAWLESS

Karen Tolisano

AUSTIN LEAIR

Jake Leair

JACK LEITZKE

John M. Leitzke

GAVIN LEVINSON

Melanie Levinson

BRAD LITTLE

Amy Little

JACKSON W. MACKNALLY

James Macknally

WILL MANNING

Jeff and Julie Manning

ZACHARY MARKOWSKI

ShawnMarie Haas

GRANT MASON

Jimmy Mason

LUKE MCGINLEY

Carol McGinley

RAY MCLEES, III

Jesse Crimm

CHARLIE AND BROOKS MERRILL

Peyton Merrill

GAGE MILLS

Moon Mills

WILLIAM MIMS

Robert Greene

HAYDEN MOCK

Edward E. Mock, Jr.

DAVID MOON

Jennifer Moon

ZACK MOORE

Mack Moore

RICH MORGAN

Ben Ball

JAKE MOY

Andrew and Mei Moy

ROBERT MURRAY

Christy Murray

ALVIN NEAL

Jesse Crimm

JEFF NIEDENTHAL

Tom Atwood

KRIS NICOLOSI

Geoffrey Beatty

KYLER NORD

Rebecca Nord

ETHAN NORMAN

Steve Esworthy

AARON NORWOOD

Peter Norwood

OMEGA CHAPTER

Melissa Breaux

OMICRON CHAPTER

Robert Inman

Ladson Montgomery

Wes Parker

Richard Woodson

Stan Woodson

BILL ONCEA

Robert J. Cates

TOLA ORGECK

Lori Orgeck

RICHIE PANIKIEWSKY

Ann Panikiewsky

STEVEN PAPPAS

Pat Pappas

LIAM PARKE

Courtney Parke

TREY PARKER

Chris Parker

JOE PARSONS

Sandra Fisher

JACK PATTERSON

Taylor Lamberth

SHARON PATTERSON

Wesley Patterson

SERGIO PESTANO, III

Cecile Pestano

ERNIE PIFFLE

Whitey Holt

NATHEN POLLAK

Greg Pollak

SPENCER POWELL

Jason Powell

PSI CHAPTER

Gary Fisher

MATT RAMSAY

Ethan Norman

SKEETER REES

Chuck Howard

RHO CHAPTER

Dorsey Ward

JACKSON RILEY

Heidi Riley

CHRIS RINER

Jesse Crimm

HONORARY GIFTS (CONT.)

JIM AND TOPPY ROBINSON

Leslie R. Morris

TRES ROBINSON

Christopher Felts

WILLIAM J. RUSSELL

William W. Russell

MERRITT SAFFER

Scott Saffer

BRADLEY SANKER

Jason Sanker

JAXON SARADPON

James Saradpon

JAMES F. SCHMIDT

Mary Schmidt

ANTON SCHOPLER

Dave Schopler

JUSTIN SCHWARTZ

Eric Schwartz

CAMERON SCHWENTKER

Caroline Schwentker

JOSEPH SIMAS

David Simas

RALPH SIMS

Ron DeValinger

CHASE SIMON

Allyson Simon

BECKY SMITH

Steve Esworthy

Karen Starkey

SHIA SMITH

Rhonda Smith

KAREN STARKEY

Steve Esworthy

DR. LONNIE STRICKLAND

Sid Trant

JIM AND PATSY STUMP

Dudley Woody

TOM SULLIVAN

Tom Atwood

Ethan Norman

MATT SUTTER

Ethan Norman

WILLIAM SWEENEY

David Sweeney

GRAYSON SWIMS

Brandy Bone

Jenna Swims

JENSEN SYAR

James Syar

TAU CHAPTER, FALL OF 1994 CLASS

Karl Cole Flickinger

LEO TENENBAUM

Roseanne and Andrew Tenenbaum

LUKE TERRANOVA

Tom Miller

JOEY TESTA

Joe Testa

THETA DELTA CHAPTER

Darius Goh

THETA ETA CHAPTER

Isaiah Headen

THETA PHI CHAPTER

Parker Begale

THETA ZETA CHAPTER

Curt Sonnet

MARK E. TIMMES

Rachel Westra

MARK E. TIMMES AND BROTHERS INITIATED BETWEEN

1990-99

Todd Sargent

FRANKIE AND JAKE

TINNEMEYER

Frank Tinnemeyer

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SANTA BARBARA

ASSOCIATE CHAPTER

Lisa Janco

UPSILON CHAPTER CENTENNIAL

John Shustitzky

GIUSEPPE VITULLI

Joao Freire

CHRIS WALL

John Brockmann

MARSHALL WELCH, IV

Melissa Kearney and Marshall Welch

SEAN WELKER

Colleen Welker

MEMORIAL GIFTS

AIDAN WHITE

Meredith White

CHRISTIAN WHITE

Vickie White

JONATHAN LOGAN WHITFIELD

Deborah Whitfield

MASON AND PARKER WILL

LeeAnne and Chad Will

BRETT WOODARD

Martha Woodard

BENJAMIN WORLEY-REICHMAN

Jane Worley

REECE WYATT

Joe Wyatt

MATT ZELLARS

Becky Smith

ZETA CHAPTER

Sean Holmes

The members and friends, listed in black, made a gift to the Pi Kappa Phi Foundation in memory of a brother, loved one or friend in 2025.

DONALD LEE ALEXANDER

Gary A. Catterton

WALTER ALLEN

Joseph Ross

ERIC ALMQUIST

John Brockman

JOSEPH ANCHUNDIA

Justin Hale

STEPHEN BAILEY

Barry Young

JIM BELL

William M. Ford

STEVE BOHNER

Allan Ainsworth

Robert Baker

Matt Bouma

Michael Chereskin

James Conti

Jeffrey Cubel

Jeffrey Egilsrud

Bruce Halley

Jeffrey Leaf

Daniel Leininger

Patrick Kuhnle

David Mitzner

DAVID BOND, II

Carey Sudduth

AL BROWN

Donald VanHouten

ROBERT BURNETT

Christopher Willis

BRITTANY CASASSA

Jake Koehler

JIM CASORIO

Hector Martinez

JEFF CHANG

Ryan Panos

CHAPTER ETERNAL

Russell Chomiak

KURT C. CLACK

Jeffery Deitz

CHUCK CUTAJAR

Alfred Dickey

CHARLES “RANDY” DULANEY

Patricia Whitlow

WILLIAM FURLING

Hector Martinez

GAMMA NU CHAPTER ETERNAL

Ralph Sims

STEVE GIBSON

James Thompson

RYAN GIGLIA

Scott Atkinson

JOSEPH GREER

Daniel Gross

WARREN GRYMES

John Stephenson

SPENCER HARPER, JR.

Carol Harper

CHARLES HENDERSON

Guy Hollingsworth

GRANT HENDRICKSON

Ben Bush

WAYNE HENSON

Douglas Keel

BARRY HOLLANDER

Jeffrey Suggs

HENRY HSU

Wilmarth Alexander

DANIEL F. KEHOE

Bolivar Green

HUBERT M. LATTAN

Judith Johnson

WILLIAM CHRISTOPHER

MAXWELL

William Maxwell

DAVID MCALLISTER

Alvin Daughtridge

GRIFFIN MCCARTHY

Terry Sanderson

John Brockman

LEE MCCULLAR

Walter Cardona

W. MCKENZIE

Larry Beale

T.H. MCLAUGHLIN, JR.

Thomas McLaughlin

JACK MCMANUS

Erasmus Griffin

David Whatley

LOUIS MICELI

Richard Labinsky

PAUL NICHOLS

Norman Stoddard

RICHARD NIJEM

Walker Settle

F. OLMSTEAD

Larry Beale

DURWARD OWEN

Glenn Aspinwall

Tom Atwood

Chuck Barnard

Gary Behrens

Robert Bentzinger

Peter Berg

Noah Boksansky

Joseph Brady

John Brockmann

Abe Bush

Charles Cates

Chi Psi Fraternity

John Clifford

Delta Tau Delta Fraternity

Jeremy Dickinson

Mary Ebert

Mark Edgell

Steve Esworthy

Scott Evenbeck

William M. Ford

Ray and Janet Galbreth

Clifton Goodwin

Curt Herzog

David Higgins

Whitey Holt

Nancy Holtkamp

Bill Jackson

David and Dolly Jaffee

Phil Josephson

Daniel Kimball

Eivind Kolemainen

Emerson Linney

Mike Loy

Basil Lyberg

Ethan Norman

Cameron Ogilvie

Gregory Padgett

Steven Pappas

Mark Parrish

Richard Pedersen

Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity

Francis Bo Proctor

Michael Rothschild

Trevor Ryan

Jon Rymer

(DURWARD OWEN cont.)

Tod Senne

Dave Shook

David Smith

Frederick Streimer

Lonnie Strickland

Jay Stuckel

Gary Sugg

Michael Sullivan

Shelley Sutherland

Theta Chi Fraternity

Andrae Turner

Thomas Turner

Andy Westbrook

David White

Robert Winter

Frank T. Wrenn, III

Bonnie Wunsch

DURWARD OWEN AND THE ENDURING FRIENDSHIP HE

SHARED WITH BOB OFF Farmhouse Foundation

JAMES PADDOCK

James Koshewa

JERE PEARSALL

Asher Early

ROBERT CHARLES PEMBERTON

Alfred Sewell

DON PERRIN

Gregory Nesbitt

MATT PLASKET

Cameron Ogilvie

R. POLAND

Larry Beale

WALLACE REAMS

Tony Evans

MATTHEW RZYSKI

Garrett Nyberg

WAYNE SALVO

Gilbert Lissy

PHILLIP SANDHAGEN

Michael McKinley

MARK SCALI

Anthony Noce

TED SCHARFENSTEIN

John Trufant

R. SCHWARTZ

Larry Beale

JOHN G. SHILEY

Charles Krblich

DONALD LEE SMALL

David Villari

NATHAN STAMP

Taylor Stamp

WILLIAM LEE STEPHENS

Michael Stephens

DR. PHIL SUMMERS

Dave Shook

ERIK SWENSON

Seth Chapman

John Greaves

DEE TALMAGE

Matthew Sutter

WILLIAM C. TAYLOR

Lois Taylor

DARREN TIETZ

John Brockman

JASON TIRADO

Jeffrey Armstrong

LISA WAMBOLDT

Jeremy Dickinson

MIKE WEST

Thomas Brooks Lyles, Jr.

ROBERT C. WHITE

W. Keith Rollins

ANNE WILSON

James Wilson

DANNY WOODSON

Robert F. Broadwell

ALLEN WOODY

Robert Barber

Albert E. Lietzau, V

STEVE WRENN

Ken Bedenbaugh

JEFF VOGT

Don and Michelle Porth

WILLIAM YORK

Stewart Carlin

THE ABILITY EXPERIENCE 2025 DONORS

Donors are listed by giving level for the 2025 calendar year.

*indicates Pi Alpha

$50,000+

Leandro P Rizzuto Foundation

Bruce and Sally Rogers*

$25,000-$49,999

Ryan McCarthy*

$10,000-$24,999

Capital Group Charitable Foundation – Bryant

Pritchett

Michael Davis*

The Geo Group Foundation Inc

Tiffany Knaul

The Logan Family Donor

Advised Fund

Chris Oldham*

$5,000-$9,999

Joel Borellis*

The Building People

Michael Carter*

Ruth Cotter

Dan Dawson*

Epsilon Theta Alumni Association

Shaun Fagrell

Russ Faulkner*

Florida Powertrain & Hydraulics Inc.

Michael Garvey*

Nat Gombis

Sidney & Bobette Guller

Family Foundation

Whitey and Jan Holt*

Stephanie Karl

Jim Karlovec and Dana Longo*

Rebecca Lambert

Robert Lane

Jefferson McLane

Molly Morris

Professional Contract Services, Inc.

Robert Raesemann*

Shanahan Family Foundation

Bryan and Victoria Williamson*

$2,500-$4,999

Heather Anderson

Tanner Bacon*

Nicholas Battjes

BK Management

Shannon and Joe Bowman

Mary C. Bratton

Robert Broadwell

Compass Group

Leslie Conrad

Troy Davig

Lori and Dayrl Dunahoo

Jacob Echevarria*

Courtney Elliott

Gilbert Estrada

Stew Fisher

Phillip Lloyd Hamilton*

Jake Henderson

Rikard Hill

Larry Keller*

Matthew Keller*

Scott Kopple*

Phillip Leslie*

Michael Manross*

Shane Mulrooney*

Richard Pierce*

Kimberly Roe

Sean Ryan

J. Gunnar Schalin

SMART Wealth LLC

Matt Smith

Michael Smith

William Steffancin

Mike and Melissa Tecosky*

Andrae Turner*

Amy Varble

Daisy Vollmer

Paul Vulcan*

Joseph Wessel

Jeffrey White

Kevin Yates*

$1,000-$2,499

Jen Allen

Mark Allers*

Fred Angel*

Christian Angotti

Jonathan Apy

Kandice Apy

Rachael Arenstein

James Aschkenasy*

Adam Bacon*

Mark Bacon*

Paula Baker

Amanda Bambrick

Baptist General Convention of Texas

Charles Barnard

Michael Barnes*

Nathan Barron

James Baska

Sean Beach

Julie Benson

Kevin Berry*

Wil Beyer

Matthew Boardman

Chris Bock

Marc Boom*

Billy Boulden*

Rick Bowers

John Bradford*

Joseph Brady*

Tom Brady

Patty Brandt

Melissa Breaux

Christopher Brockmeyer*

Jason Brumley*

David Buchanan*

Rodrigo Burciaga

Christin Burek

Antonio Burgess*

Alexandria Bustos

Jair Cabral*

Anthony Carreira

Jenny Carroll

Margaret Chadwick

Michael Chadwick*

Spencer Chan*

David and Ellen Chapman

Clent Chatham*

Lisa Chittenden

Daniel Clark

Jody Clayton

Anthony Codet

Jeffrey Colburn*

Christine Coleman

J. E. Coleman

Brad Collins*

Larenz Combs

Charles Cook

Dawn Cooper

Rick Cosgrove

Cameron Cotten

Jeffrey Creighton*

Josh Cunningham

The Cushman Family

Patsy D’Angelo

Liza and Mike Daisley

John A. Day

Ajay Desai

Brian Dickman*

Cathleen Diegnan

Jason Dodd

Richard Dull

Ellen Durant

Dena Economou

Jenn Edmonds

Lloyd Etheredge

Mike Etheredge

Mark Fedechko

Maryan Fedechko

Adrian Fernandez*

Freddy Fernandez*

Christopher Ferrell*

The Feyh Family Seeding Gifts Fund

Rudy and Carol Feyh

Marilyn Finkelstein

April Fister

David Fix

Brad Flowers

The Doug Flutie, Jr Foundation for Autism

Carol Forsstrom

Heather Frauenhofer

The Fries Family

Kristen Furcini

The Julio R. Gallo Foundation

Shanti Gangadharan

Steve and Julie Gansler

Kenzie Garcia

Rudy and Emily Garza

The Wendell & Anne Gauthier

Family Foundation

Geoffrey Glass

Howard Goldsmith*

Samuel Steele

($1,000-$2,499 cont.)

Sage Gordon Richard and Mary Eli Gould

Jacob Greer

Mauro Guerrero

Linda Hall

John Harju

Cathy Harrison

Anne Havard

Andrea Hedrick

Colby Hicks

Kinzie Pepper Hill

Rudolf Hoellrich

Terri Hoellrich

Mark Howat

Debra Howe

Jim Hoy

Sean Huteson

Andrew and Kristin Jaffee*

Jasper Engine Exchange Inc.

Christine Jentsch

J. Ernest Johnson

Pete Johnson

Ashley Joyce

Matt and Allison Kaczenski*

Colin Kavanagh

Nelly Kazzaz

Kevin Kelly*

Kalen Kenney*

John Kinnaman

Kippen Frometa Grillo Trust

Patrick Kuhnle

Mary Anne Kull

Brock and Kirsten Lamarca

Chanze LaMott

Barb Larkin

John Laurie

Raymond Lederer

Rachel Lehmkuhl

Joseph Leva

Alan and Irene Lund

Giving Fund

M3S Sports LLC

Tracy Maddux

Analise Major

Scott Malcolm

Carroll Maquet Fund

Maria Marano

Peter and Cheryl Marconi

Ryan and Wendy Mayo*

John McGarry*

Payton McGrath

Kevin Measel

MedEx Ambulance Service

Pedro Medrano

Brian Mister

Daniel Moore

Dominic Moore

Pete Moore

Henry Moritz

Bradley Mudge

Kevin and Sarah Murphy

Vasudevan Nanjangud

Michael Nardozzi

National Financial Services

Todd Nelmes*

M. G. and Donna Nelson

Mark Newton

Ethan Norman*

Scott Oldakowski

The Optimist Club of Houston Texas

Marcus and Sandra Ordonez

Hannah Perdue

Robin Perdue

Phyllis Perkins Elizabeth Philpott

Pamela Pierce

Pinnacle Financial Partners

Melissa Pinter

Maia Poetsch

Kevin Pollard

Nick Prichodko* Gregory Proctor

Leah Pugh

Ellen Pulliam

Arthur Quickenton

Jack Raftery

Kyle Ramlow*

Edward Rappoport

Edward Rebula

Josh Reichard

Rae Lynn Reinecke

Kerry Roark

Nanette and Merrill Ritter Foundation

Alexander Rodriguez

Renaldo Rodriguez*

Michelle Rudell

John Rundle

Paula Ruska

Luke Salmon*

Neil Salmon

The Jack Samet Fund of the Jewish Foundation of Greensboro

Andrea San Miguel Sasse Family

John Scardina*

Dante Schembari*

Megan Schneider

Bryan Schuetz*

Michael Scott*

Eric Searls*

Linda Sears

Erin Segovia

Nicholas Sgarzi

Jeff Shapiro

Joshua Sheffler*

Alison, Matt and Devyn Sherman

Charles Shoop*

Caroline Simas

David Simas

Elizabeth Simas

Melanie Simon

Lanford Slaughter

Slocum Center

Joseph Smith*

Kami Smith

Mary Smith

Brandon Sorensen*

George Stahle* Braden Stantz

Veda Barry

Carolyn Barton

Willow Bay

Rex Beall

John and Tricia Becker

Jason Beckert

Thomas Begley

Sinikka Bell

Andrew Bembry*

Jeffrey Bennett

Denise Bennett Walls

Marcy Benson

Terry Benton

Bergstrom Foundation

Edward Bernard

Charles Berra

James Best

Dana Bieber

Charles Bishop

Lucas Blazejewski*

Kara Boccella

Bradley Bodiford*

Shawna Bold

Walter Bolin

Charles and Jan Bonini

Dana Boratenski

Stephanie Borges-Miller

Victor Boschini

Ali Bowers

Pam Bowers

Kevin Bradley

Jeff Brandt

Peter Brant

Heather Brantley

Douglas Braun

Wesley Breeden*

Amy and Tony Briney

Walter Broadhurst

Kay Brockermeyer

Deborah Brokaw

Mary Beth Broumand

Richard Bryce*

Aubrey Bubrig

Alison Buehler

Gregory Buehner*

Nathan Buoncristiani

Wayne Burger*

Rosalie Stewart

AJ and Erin Stockwell*

Stone and Holt

Weeks Foundation

James Stone

Red Stone

Jackson Stout

John Sura

Kevin Sutherland*

Jo Ann Swienton

Susan Swigor Charitable

Gift Fund Hart Syed

Linda Taft

Ruben Talavera*

Dino Taylor*

Deomari Thorpe

Clayton Tiedeman

Jocie Tiedeman

Nik Toocheck

Gregory Turner*

Nicholas Turner*

Michelle Ussery

Angelica Villanueva

John Visconi*

Jannet Vreeland

Susan Walden

Todd Waldman

The Wards

Zachery Wiles*

David Wiley

Richard Wilhelm*

Maggie Wills

Dudley Woody*

Michael Wright

Jaina Yates

Jennifer Zmud

$500-$999

2.0 Consulting 3F Revolution

AAA Drilling Foundation

Clarence Abner

William Adams*

Daniel Adan

Eric Albro

Mario Alcantar

Kiera Aldridge

Shana Aldridge

Kathleen Alicks

Graham Allen

Chris Anderson

John Andrews

Christian Anthony

Troy Antonik

Augustine Apodaca

Tabitha Argent

Andre Arman*

Jeffrey Armstrong*

Ashley Mcfarland

Aesthetics

Asimpa LLC

Wendi Aspes

Evan Austin*

William Austin

Joan Baartz

Brian Bacher

Caroline Bailey

Robert Bailey*

Chad and Tami Coltrane

Janice Colvin

Letty Concepcion

Christopher Conley

David Conn

Joseph Coote

David Corey*

Casey Cornelius

The Corner Boxing Club

Robert Cornett

McKenzie Cox

Michael Cozad*

C.R. Peterson + Assoc.

Mary Cremean

Kathryn Crossland

Ken Cruse

Andrew Culler

Saylor Cutting

Arnold D’Angelo David Dalton* Kate Dalton Sandra Dammann

Hristos Daskalakis Lincoln Davis Mark Davis

Davis*

Davis

De Leon

DeAnda Dalton Deener* Daniel Dehlin Sonya Deines Traci DePew

DeQuiroz*

Dever

and Gene Diebold

Diehl

Diehl

Dietrich

Dillom

Dolan

Donohue

Donohue

Dosher

Dowd

Ducey

Duchossois

Mark and Elsie Burgess

Randy Burgess

Kasey Burke

Alexander Burton Buzzpadd.com

Dan Byrne Matthew Cady *

Damon Cahill

Brenden Camarata

Ricardo Campos

Cindy Camus

Pete Cannon

James Cardarette

Luca Carfagno

Maura Carr

William Carr Christian Carter*

Donald Carter Kathy Carter Gabriel Caunt CE Design and Execution Timothy Chambers David Chapman Jr.

Chapman-Hoy Mitchell Chatfield Andrew Chmura Dirk Christensen

Churches

Clark Matthew Clark Jennifer Cochran

Cochrane Roy Coffey

Ted andRachel Coleman

Daniel and Jennifer Colimon

The Collegiate Lineup LLC

Isaac Collier

PORTERFIELD-TIRADO MEMORIAL FUND

($500-999 cont.)

Brandon Kauffman

Darryl Kellough

Dean Kelly

Jason Kelly

Steve Kempton

Jenny Kernan

Rob Ketch

Christopher Kiker*

King Plumbing

Yolanda Kinsman

Jerry and Peggy Kirkegaard

David Knavel*

Nickie Knight

Mark Knowlton

Colleen Kohler

Sharyn Konick

John Kostiuk

John Kovar

Roman Kowalski

Krispy Kreme

Alec Kromm

Joe and Marilyn Kubec

Erica Kuchinski

Sean Kuni

The Alden and Margaret Laborde Foundation

Stephanie Laborde

Monica Landress

Edward Lang

Kent and Gloria Langley

Erik Larson

Adolfo Laura

John Lauth

Jeffrey Lavoncher

Barbara Lee

Jimmy Lee

John Lee

Leichtag Foundation Grantmaking Fund of the Jewish Community Foundation

Lembo - Montgomery DDS

Kate Leung Insurance Agency Inc DBA

a State Farm Agent

Terry Lewis

Jimmy John Liautaud

David Lindley

Joan and Rich Little

Charles Logan

John Logar*

Loo Colette Loots Lucila andIsmael Lopez Andrew Lorenc*

Lumsden* Basil Lyberg* Mary Anne Lyberg Terry MacCauley

Brian and Jeanne MacDonald Ian MacDonald Ashley Malcolm

Marandino

Marston

Marti Chad Martin

Martin

Martin

Anthony Martinelli

Giovanni Martinez Elsa Maskell

Gary Mast Andrew Matznick* Kristen Mayfield Nancy McCarthy Jill McCuin

Carl and Vera McCullough

Brian McDonald*

McDonald

Kevin McGee*

Meredith McGhee

Jim McGoldrick

Thomas McKeown

Kevin and Lorraine McQueen

Charitable Fund

Jimmy Merkel

Meyer

Michal

Stephen Miles

David and Judy Miller

Jamie Miller

Nicole Miller

William J Miller

Birgir Mishurda Mark Mitchell

Monte Finanacial Group LLC

Mark Montgomery

Moody

Todd Porterfield, Alpha Delta (Washington), passed away on August 7, 2000. Porterfield was cycling with the Journey of Hope South team and was struck by a car in Lexington, North Carolina. He leaves a legacy of compassion, brotherhood, dedication and selfless giving.

Jason Tirado, Zeta Epsilon (George Mason), passed away on April 30, 2000, from a fall during a hiking trip. Tirado was a 1999 Journey of Hope cyclist and was spending the 2000 spring semester as a Gear Up Florida project manager. He impacted hundreds of lives during his time with The Ability Experience.

The 2025 Porterfield-Tirado Memorial Grant Recipients are Ashley House in Enumclaw, Washington, and Always B Smiling in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Morgan Moonlight Medical

Frank Morrissey

Zach Moss Reed Moulton Vander Mudge James Mullen

Ryan Muniz Griffin Myers

Naran

Johan Niedergerke

Blake Nixon

Heidi Nohe

Kevin O’Grady*

O’Hara

Oles

Andrew Oliver

Dallas Olson

Susan Ombrellaro

Chi Omega

Blake Orr

Erik Österlund

Kim Overstreet

Daryn Oxe

Greg Pancirov Holly Papanek

Alice Parker

Kuldeep Parmar

Robert Patane

Matthew Payne*

Peattie* Diane Pendleton James Perdue Madison Perkins The Peternell Family

Foundation

Patrick Pfeil

Philoptochos Society of St. Nectarios Greek

Orthodox Church

Walter Pickens

Meera andShankar Pillai

Emile Pinera

Vincent Pirro

Plumbers & Steamfitters

Michelle Plunkett

Thomas Polcyn

Julie Ponder

Dale Powell

William Powers

Alexander Price

Christy Prisco

Helen Raesemann

JoAnne Rago

Jennifer Ranglas

Joshau Rappoport

Michael Ray

Redd Iron Inc

Joseph Regenstein*

Devyn Reilly

Travis and Jackie Reno

Michelle Replogle

Maria Reyes

Robley Rigdon

Christofer Rivera

Roadrunner Pool Service

Bradley Robins*

Gina Robins

Scott Roby

Russell Romano

Mary Rondini

Matthew Rosenberg

Robert Rosenberg

Robert Rosenblum

Michael Rothschild*

Margaret Rukstalis

Jenny Rundle

Susan Rusch

Rebecca Rutledge

RWS Enterprises LLC

Douglas Ryan

Sean Ryan

Jan Ryder

Alicia Salazar

Eileen Salmon

David Salyers

Beau Samples*

Steward Sandstrom

Robert Sangster

James Saradpon

Katy Scafe

Deborah Scales

Mindy Scher

Alyse Schmidt

Lori Schraner

Tyler Schuette

Scott Schuetz

Bryan Schutte*

Don and Karen Scott

Mary Sealey

Terri Seki

Steve Selman

Steve Sergi

Chris Serrano

Ishmael Sevilla*

Shanklin*

and Paula Sheehan

Sheorn*

Shissias

Shreve

Siby

Siefert

Skobla

77 SOCIETY MEMBERS 2025

The

LACERTA

We express our condolences and mourn the passing of our brothers now in the Chapter Eternal. May their memories remain in our hearts and their families be surrounded by love.

SAGITTA

This list reflects notifications received at National Headquarters between October 1, 2025, and February 28, 2026. First name, last name and date passed to Chapter Eternal are listed for each member.

CYGNUS

To inform National Headquarters of a member who has passed to the Chapter Eternal, please email letusknow@pikapp.org.

ALPHA (College of Charleston)

Dale Woodard, 12/1/2025

SIGMA (South Carolina)

Christopher Hoffman, 11/12/2025

ZETA (Wofford)

Carl Gilbert, 11/19/2025

KAPPA (UNC-Chapel Hill)

Jeffrey Whitney, 7/9/2022

Norwood Clark, 12/20/2025

LAMBDA (Georgia)

David Seeler, 9/28/2025

Hank Rienecker, 11/13/2025

MU (Durham)

LYRA

Kenneth Wertz, 10/31/2025

NU (Nebraska-Lincoln)

Dennis Tente, 1/29/2023

XI (Roanoke)

Henry Downing, 3/10/2024

OMICRON (Alabama)

Edward Kerr, 1/13/2024

RHO (Washington & Lee)

Tinkham Veale, 3/18/2014

TAU (NC State)

HERCULES

Aidan O’Grady, 1/24/2026

UPSILON (Illinois-Urbana-Champaign)

Nick Colegrove, 10/14/2025

CHI (Stetson)

Raymond Smith, 10/16/2021

PSI (Cornell)

Robert Hendrickson, 5/2/2021

ALPHA ALPHA (Mercer)

Jeffrey Leetun, 10/15/2025

ALPHA EPSILON (Florida)

Robert Snyder, 12/3/2025

David Stewart, 1/3/2026

ALPHA THETA (Michigan State)

George Pardee, 4/28/2023

ALPHA IOTA (Auburn)

Robert Willard, 9/5/2025

Harvey Mayes, 10/29/2025

Alfred Ramsey, 1/30/2026

ALPHA LAMBDA (Mississippi)

Dennis Bubrig, 1/8/2026

ALPHA MU (Penn State)

James Spangler, 4/25/2025

ALPHA XI (St. John’s)

Thomas Healy, 1/19/2026

ALPHA OMICRON (Iowa State)

Floyd Herum, 1/12/2026

Jason Henson, 2/1/2026

ALPHA SIGMA (Tennessee)

Robert Pemberton, 11/28/2019

Edward Conner, 1/1/2025

ALPHA UPSILON (Drexel)

George Hatchard, 1/18/2026

Lewis Bott, 1/20/2026

ALPHA PSI (Indiana)

John Hill, 10/18/2025

BETA ALPHA (NJIT)

Louis Miceli, 12/6/2025

Gregory Kiamie, 12/14/2025

BETA BETA (Florida Southern)

Phillip Sandhagen, 2/5/2023

BETA ETA (Florida State)

Austin Shepard, 6/13/2023

Douglas Willix, 11/3/2025

AIDAN O’GRADY

CORONA BOREALIS

BETA MU (McNeese State)

Kemble Guillory, 10/11/2025

BETA XI (Central Michigan)

Louis Firenze, 6/19/2025

BETA OMICRON (Northwestern State)

Sylvanus Howell, 4/13/2025

Leo Waddell, 10/3/2025

BETA UPSILON (Virginia)

Morgan Birge, 1/6/2026

BETA PHI (East Carolina)

William Dryden, 10/22/2020

Robert O’Connor, 10/15/2025

BETA PSI (Tennessee Wesleyan)

Barry Saunders, 1/12/2025

BETA OMEGA (East Tennessee State) David Mielke, 3/29/2025

GAMMA DELTA (Memphis)

Ronald Dawson, 6/25/2008

DELTA SIGMA (Bowling Green State) Alex Meiring, 6/17/2025

DELTA PHI (Radford) Kevin Keys, 1/31/2025

EPSILON EPSILON (Virginia-Wise) David Donathan, 12/18/2025

CEPHEUS

EPSILON MU (Bradley) James Casorio, 11/27/2025

EPSILON TAU (St. Joseph’s) Gregory Campoli, 12/15/2011

EPSILON OMEGA (Texas Tech) Matthew Grigsby, 10/2/2025

ZETA NU (West Chester) Elan Kaplan, 9/28/2025 Romolo Leomporra, 10/22/2025

ZETA XI (Averett) Jay Davis, 8/2/2025

DRACO

Harold Osborn, 4/5/2024

GAMMA THETA (UNC-Wilmington)

Jay Huff, 10/11/2025

GAMMA KAPPA (Georgia Southern)

Pete Hires, 1/2/2026

Emanuel Price, 2/9/2026

GAMMA NU (LaGrange)

Joseph McLean, 1/13/2026

DELTA DELTA (Truman State) Robert Madigan, 5/21/2025

DELTA EPSILON (Jacksonville State) John Lord, 10/9/2025

DELTA OMICRON (Nicholls State) Benjamin Allen, 7/1/2024

ETA LAMBDA (SUNY-Brockport) Thomas Magno, 1/21/2026

THETA DELTA (Florida International) Carlos Moreno, 6/7/2021

THETA ETA (American) Daniel Bessette, 12/6/2025

THETA PHI (Louisiana Tech) Josh Williams, 7/13/2025

AIDAN O’GRADY joined the Chapter Eternal on January 25, 2026. Born on March 26, 2005, in Stamford, Connecticut, O’Grady was an undergraduate student at North Carolina State University and a proud brother of the Tau Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi. He was known for his kindness, loyalty and ability to bring calm and clarity to any room he entered. Through his involvement with The Ability Experience and Special Olympics Connecticut, O’Grady embodied the Fraternity’s value of service before self. Whether in the classroom, playing sports, serving others or exploring new places, he approached life with determination and appreciation for the world around him. Although his life was far too short, he leaves behind a lasting mark on his brothers, family and friends. He will be dearly missed by all who knew and loved him.

CASSIOPEIA

MOMENT AT THE MUSEUM

by Rachel Greene

There is a story within the story of Pi Kappa Phi’s founding that is often overlooked, and that is the story of the Chrestomathic Literary Society.

Year after year, when the Fraternity’s founding is celebrated, we return to the familiar narrative that Founders Andrew Alexander Kroeg Jr., Simon Fogarty Jr. and Lawrence Harry Mixson founded a group called Nu Phi to finally create an opportunity for themselves within the Chrestomathic Literary Society. But what was that society, and why did those roles matter so much that they were willing to go to the trouble of creating a “non-fraternity” in pursuit of them?

The Chrestomathic Literary Society was one of the College of Charleston’s main spaces for student voice and influence. It gave students the opportunity to write, speak, debate and take part in the intellectual life of the College. Its officers helped guide one of the most important student organizations on campus, and in a college as small as theirs was in 1904, that kind of leadership was significant.

That culture extended into print through the College of Charleston Magazine, a student publication featuring student

and alumni-authored pieces on books, campus happenings and college life. The magazine was published under the auspices of the Chrestomathic Literary Society, which meant the same organization that gave students a place to debate and speak also gave them a place to publish. For the Founders, then, the Society’s leadership roles represented far more than status. They offered access to one of the College’s primary spaces for student expression, both spoken and written.

That matters because it changes the context of Pi Kappa Phi’s beginning. Kroeg, Fogarty and Mixson were not simply frustrated students seeking titles, but aspiring young leaders who wanted their voices heard and their ideas shared.

There is another reason the Chrestomathic connection is significant to Pi Kappa Phi’s history. The Chrestomathic Literary Society itself had been founded in 1848 by students who broke away from the Clisophic Literary Society because they believed their rights were being infringed upon by a tyrannical majority. Long before Pi Kappa Phi existed, the Chrestomathic Literary Society already had its own story of dissatisfied students deciding that if the existing structure would not make room for them, they would build something new.

More than half a century later, Pi Kappa Phi’s Founders found themselves confronting a version of that same problem. By 1904, the leadership roles of president, vice president, secretary, treasurer, librarian, reader, quarterly orator, critic and janitor within Chrestomathic were held almost exclusively by fraternity men. Because of that, the Founders had a negative view of fraternities in general. They saw them as tools for excluding others and pushing promising leaders aside in favor of their own members. Fraternities, to them, were systems of control, not brotherhoods built on merit or shared principles.

So, they organized against that system. Forming Nu Phi, meaning "non-fraternity," 15 men vowed to one another that they would vote for the same candidates in the Chrestomathic Literary Society’s 1904 elections. They created their own slate and tried to outmaneuver the campus fraternity structure that kept leadership out of reach. Yet when the time came, eight of their members broke that vow and cast their ballots for fraternity candidates instead.

That betrayal could have destroyed the group entirely. Instead, it was the beginning of something new.

The seven loyal Nu Phis found in one another a true brotherhood. In keeping their word to each other, they discovered that the bond between them had become something stronger than a temporary political alliance. Ironically, in trying to create the antithesis of fraternity through the Nu Phi Society, they had begun to embody what fraternity, at its best, should be. That loyalty, trust and shared conviction prevailed, even when the slate did not.

With the Nu Phi name stained on campus and their understanding of the word fraternity transformed, those loyal men came together and founded Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity as we know it today.

That founding bears a striking resemblance to that of the Chrestomathic Literary Society. Both organizations were born from frustration with exclusion. Both emerged when a group of young men decided the existing organizational structure would not make room for them. Both began, in their own way, with separation from a dominant majority and the decision to build something new instead.

Ultimately, the men of Pi Kappa Phi did what they had set out to do. Bound together by an unexpected brotherhood, they succeeded in breaking through the hold the other fraternities had maintained on the Chrestomathic Literary Society’s leadership. Within the Chrestomathic Literary Society, Kroeg was elected vice president, Mixson became secretary, founding member Anthony Pelzer Wagener was elected treasurer and Henry Klugh Purdy, the first member recruited after the founding, became janitor. Those victories showed that the Founders recognized a barrier, built something strong enough to overcome it and finally claimed their rightful place in leadership.

Eventually, the legacy of the Chrestomathic Literary Society appeared in Pi Kappa Phi in another important way through the Fraternity’s magazine. Originally called The Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity Journal in 1909, the publication adopted its current name in 1911 with the first issue of the Star & Lamp.

Just as the College of Charleston Magazine gave students a way to carry their ideas beyond the walls of the College, Pi Kappa Phi’s magazine gave the Fraternity a way to share its own ideas and updates across distance. In both cases, print extended the organization’s reach beyond the rooms where its members gathered. It allowed people to see themselves as part of something that could last beyond their college years.

The Fraternity was born in a campus environment where speaking, writing and publishing were closely linked, where leadership within a literary society meant influence over both conversation and print and where young men learned that if they wanted their voices to matter, they would have to claim a position from which to speak.

So, when Pi Kappa Phi’s founding is remembered, the Chrestomathic Literary Society should not be treated as a footnote to the real story. It is part of the story itself. It was the backdrop that sharpened the Founders’ ambitions, the institution that revealed the unfairness they were up against and the model that, in some ways, Pi Kappa Phi’s founding would follow.

Both organizations were created by young men who refused to accept exclusion, believed that their voices mattered and understood that words, whether spoken in debate or printed on a page, mattered.