The Magazine of Sigma Chi Winter 2022

“SIGMA CHI, THROUGH OUR LEARNING SERVICES PROVIDER SIGMA CHI LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE AND THE TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADER PROGRAM, OFFERS OUR MEMBERS COMPREHENSIVE LEADERSHIP

DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE DESIGNED TO HELP THEM BECOME TRANSFORMATIONAL LEADERS.”

It brings me great joy to announce that Sigma Chi Leadership Institute has achieved a historic milestone by becoming the first fraternal-affiliated organization to earn accreditation from an accrediting agency that is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools. This is a significant accomplishment that is years in the making, and its realization is a testament to the commitment of our organization to providing world-class leadership development opportunities to our members.

The Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools’ rigorous standards are a mark of excellence in education. Our accreditation by the association underscores the effectiveness of our programs and the impact they have on our members and their life outcomes.

Sigma Chi, through our learning services provider Sigma Chi Leadership Institute and the Transformational Leader program, offers our members comprehensive leadership development opportunities that are designed to help them become transformational leaders. The Transformational Leader program is a

personal-development experience that encompasses a wide range of topics such as character development, team building, effective communication, and decisionmaking, to name a few.

As part of the Transformational Leader program, members can earn certificates in various areas of leadership. These certificates recognize members' dedication and persistence toward developing their leadership skills and are valuable additions to their resumes.

The certificates that members can earn as part of the Transformational Leader program include the Foundational Leadership Certificate, True North Leadership Certificate, Values-based Leadership Certificate and others. Each certificate is designed to provide members with specific knowledge and skills related to leadership development. More information on each of the program’s certificates is available at scli.org/solutions/certificates.

We believe that the Transformational Leader program and the certificates offered through the accredited Sigma Chi Leadership Institute are essential to our mission of developing leaders who are committed to making a positive impact in

their communities. We are proud to be the first fraternal-affiliated organization to earn accreditation from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, and we will continue to work toward providing the best possible leadership development opportunities for our members.

Thank you for your continued support of Sigma Chi and all of our endeavors.

Sincerely,

D. Timothy Sanderson WESTERN 1985

72nd Grand Consul

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The Magazine of Sigma Chi, the official exoteric quarterly publication of the Sigma Chi Fraternity, has been published continuously since 1881. Its mission is to reflect through content the Sigma Chi experience; to instill and sustain pride in the International Fraternity; to educate and entertain its undergraduate members, alumni, parents and others interested in the Fraternity; to maintain a historical record of the activities of the Fraternity and its undergraduate and alumni chapters; and to present current issues affecting the Greek-letter system, the Fraternity and its members.

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“AS

SIGMA

CHIS, WE ARE DRIVEN BY OUR MISSION OF DEVELOPING

LEADERS

WHO INSPIRE POSITIVE

CHANGE

IN THEIR COMMUNITIES.”

Ask many Sigma Chi International Fraternity alumni about whether their experience as an undergraduate prepared them to navigate personal and professional challenges in life after college, and the answer you’re likely to receive is a yes. This holds especially true among members who gained experience leading their peers in officer roles and those who participated in Sigma Chi’s member development programs. We have the data to prove it.

In a survey of recent graduates, 81% of Fraternity alumni said that Sigma Chi programming contributed to their professional success; 83% indicated that those same programs contributed to their personal successes; and 70% indicated that their participation in programs contributed to growth in their job or career.

Sigma Chi Leadership Institute (SCLI)’s most recent historic achievement should come as little surprise, then. SCLI has achieved a groundbreaking milestone by becoming the first Greek-letter affiliated organization to receive accreditation from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools, which is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education.

Sigma Chi’s Transformational Leader program lies at the heart of our leadership development initiatives. It is a comprehensive program that equips Sigma Chis with the skills needed to become transformational leaders. Through the Transformational Leader program, members can earn certificates in various areas of leadership expertise. These certificates are tangible symbols of their dedication and hard work toward honing their leadership skills, bolstering their resumes and giving them an advantage today’s job market.

Each certificate encompasses a specific aspect of leadership, providing

members with knowledge and opportunities to hone the skills necessary to excel in their endeavors. The certificates available as part of the Transformational Leader program include the Foundational Leadership Certificate, True North Leadership Certificate, Values-based Leadership Certificate, Enduring Leadership Certificate and others. More information on each certificate is available at scli.org/solutions/certificates.

As Sigma Chis, we are driven by our mission of developing leaders who inspire positive change in their communities. Sigma Chi Leadership Institute’s accreditation from the Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools is a testament to our commitment to this mission. I hope that you enjoy learning about Sigma Chi’s historic achievement in this issue.

Sincerely,

Ryan Liskey

MARQUETTE 2010 Editor

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R HELPING UKRAINE

Three people share how they traveled abroad to deliver supplies and assistance to the Ukrainian people

ussia invaded Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, to widespread international condemnation. People around the world leapt into action to provide monetary aid and supplies to Ukraine to help Ukrainian troops, civilians and refugees. Many within the Sigma Chi International Fraternity organization did the same. While those featured below are just a few who did so, for their efforts they have been selected for the Mark V. Anderson Character-in-Action™ Leadership Award.

DRIVING SUPPLIES IN, REFUGEES OUT

Andy Roman, FLORIDA SOUTHERN

2020 , couldn’t sit idle at home when the invasion happened. He’s of Ukrainian descent and has cousins in Ukraine, so Roman hopped on a plane in early March to help get his cousins out of the country. Men ages 18 and up were banned from leaving, so the rest of Roman’s family decided to stay as well.

Roman started volunteering while abroad and met a church group, working together to bring supplies like food and medicine into the country. He began assisting that group, and after unloading supplies, he’d transport 10 to 14 refugees back to Poland.

Roman returned to the United States in late March 2022 and, with the help of his mother, started a nonprofit called Ukrainian Peace to help with the safety, housing and care of refugees during this time of war. Ukrainian Peace will help with the rebuilding process and support of Ukrainians once the war is over. So far it has raised over $20,000 and Roman said the money has helped purchase diesel fuel, gasoline, food and other needed supplies

A Florida state representative connected the Martin County Sheriff’s Office in Stuart, Florida, to the nonprofit, and the sheriff’s office donated more than 100 bulletproof vests to to the nonprofit. Despite the vests still being safe to use, they were past their warranty and required the sheriff's office to purchase new ones.

“My garage is full of bulletproof vests right now. I’ve delivered about half. They’re really heavy, so it’s hard to get them across into Europe. I had four giant duffel bags just full of bulletproof vests to check,” Roman says. “If you told me a few months ago that I’d be delivering bulletproof vests in a war zone to the military, I would be like, ‘What are you talking about? That makes no sense.’”

Since his initial trip in March 2022, Roman returned in May and intends to go again to deliver the rest of the bulletproof vests, supplies and to assist refugees.

Roman says: “It’s been one blessing after the next. It was never my intention to start a nonprofit. I was just going to help my family. But then everything fell into place, and it really did feel like God's plan. I met everybody I needed to meet, and then there were a lot of scary situations where I really thought I was going to run out of fuel or I was really lost. Everything just ended up working out.”

ASSISTING ORPHANS, REFUGEES WITH SUPPLIES

The International Fraternity’s senior director of conference and travel services, Natalie Konowal, who is of Ukrainian descent, has been assisting Ukrainian orphanages through the nonprofit Ukrainian Children’s Aid and Relief Effort for over 20 years. Konowal, who serves on UCARE’s board, and a few others

started the Chicago-based UCARE chapter to assist with the medical and educational needs of the country’s more than 100,000 orphans. After Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, UCARE’s mission changed to aid the children affected by displacement.

In April 2022, Konowal spent 16 days in Poland and Ukraine helping refugees and providing supplies. Before leaving the United States, she bought $2,000 worth of over-the-counter medicines like allergy pills and Tylenol to bring with her. Upon arrival in Warsaw, Poland, a man took them to Kharkiv, Ukraine, where the medicine was desperately needed. While in Poland, Konowal, who is fluent in Ukrainian, volunteered as a translator at a train station where refugees were arriving. She also visited facilities in Poland that house refugee families and was able to purchase bed sheets, mattresses, shoes and food for them.

A group contacted Konowal to let her know 64 orphans had escaped Mariupol, Ukraine, so quickly that many did not have proper shoes. She purchased new shoes, toiletries and food for all of them. In Lviv, Ukraine, Konowal also visited a facility housing refugee orphans and families, and in Poland she purchased shoes, underwear, socks and food for them. During her visit, the Lviv orphans were decorating cookies for the army in town.

“I was very saddened to hear their stories of escape and felt their anxieties on what is next for them,” recalls Konowal. “Anything they asked me to help them with during this trip I tried to accommodate.”

Konowal continues to stay active in supporting Ukraine since her return. She has helped organize a humanitarian drive at her local library as well as a Ukrainian Culture Day at the library.

“All the people helping both in Poland and Ukraine were inspirational to me,” Konowal says. “They helped from their hearts. I used that energy and need for hope to help all those I could.”

SOURCING MEDICAL EQUIPMENT FOR UKRAINE

John Endres, WESTERN MICHIGAN 1984 , and his business partner Rick Finsterbusch started talking about the war in Ukraine shortly after it started and how terrible it is for the Ukrainian people. The pair, along with another business partner, own JANZ Corporation and JANZ Medical Supply, which provide medical equipment to the federal government, primarily the U.S. Department of Defense, and support active-duty soldiers, their dependents and retirees with the equipment.

Because they have access to this type of equipment and supplies, they flew to Munich, Germany, to offer aid to Ukraine. Endres and Finsterbusch began working with the Ukrainian Catholic Charity in Munich to pack supplies that would be driven into the country.

“Primarily they need medicine and trauma equipment for soldiers and as well as the Ukrainian people who basically took up arms,” Endres says.

JANZ has a store in Stuttgart, Germany, so the men went there and grabbed items to donate. They then went to the U.S. special forces base in Stuttgart, where the men and women on the base donated high-quality trauma gear like tourniquets and bandages.

“We brought that and people were overwhelmed with emotion because it’s exactly what they needed,” Endres says. “[Through use of the equipment] we basically have the ability to save lives.”

While abroad, a friend of Finsterbusch’s son said she had two family members in Kharkiv, Ukraine. Together they figured out a way to get the mother and child on a train from Kharkiv to Kyiv and then to the Polish border. They were able to get to Germany and on a plane to Costa Rica, one of the countries that is accepting refugees.

“When they got to Munich, we picked them up at the train station,” Endres says. “We got them taken care of in the hotel, got them fresh clothes, food and gave them some money. We basically got them kind of settled down because you look in their eyes, and they're still terrified.”

“We’re continuing to try to source everything and to send it over, and that’s been a labor of love,” he says. “The will, tenacity and spirit of the Ukrainian people are outstanding and tremendous. And that’s what gives me hope [for the people there during the war].”

Endres and his company are still working with the Ukrainian Catholic Charity to get lifesaving supplies over there, including bulletproof vests and helmets, medicines and additional medical equipment.

MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN YOUR LIFE AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS

A person with good character shows trustworthiness, respect and fairness to others, as well as responsibility and citizenship. Those members who go out of their way to help others and those who overcome obstacles and lead with integrity are good candidates for the Mark V. Anderson Character-in-Action™ Leadership Award.

Sigma Chi introduced the award to recognize the selfless acts of brothers. A formal recognition by the Fraternity allows non-members to appreciate the scope of the organization. For information about the award, see sigmachi.org/character

SIGNIFICANT SIGS

In 2022, Sigma Chi International Fraternity presented brothers the Significant Sig Award to recognize them for their professional achievements that have brought honor and prestige to the Fraternity. Fewer than 1 percent of the Fraternity’s all-time members have received the award. The Fraternity established the award in 1935 as a token of recognition and it has become one of the most distinguished awards in the Greek-letter world.

Chris Ackerley, ARIZONA 1991

Along with his brother, Ted, Ackerley co-founded Seattle’s Ackerley Partners, a private investment holding company where he serves as its managing director. In Seattle, he helped lead the effort to bring an NHL franchise to the city and is now an owner of the Seattle Kraken. Previously Chris was president of the media and entertainment company Ackerley Group and led its merger with Clear Channel. Ackerley serves as vice president of the Ackerley Foundation and has been named one of Puget Sound Business Journal’s most influential “40 Under 40” business leaders.

Ted Ackerley, CALIFORNIA-LOS ANGELES 1992

Along with his brother Chris, Ackerley, co-founded and is managing director of investment holding company Ackerley Partners. He is a minority owner of the Seattle Kraken NHL team. He is an investor in the startup, Tomo, a digital mortgage company, and serves on the boards of Audiosocket, LOANtuitive, Subject Pictures and the Seattle SeaDogs rugby team. He is a director of the Ackerley Foundation and a member of the Community Council of Seattle.

Rocky Anderson, UTAH 1973

Though he is known as mayor of Salt Lake City from 2000 to 2008, Anderson is also known as one of the best lawyers in America. During his legal career Anderson argued antitrust, securities and civil rights cases, often not charging fees. As a mayor, Anderson advocated for climate protection, immigration reform, restorative criminal justice and LGBTQAI+ rights. Anderson has served as editor-in-chief of Voir Dire, the journal of the Utah State Bar Litigation Section and as the Litigation Section’s chair. He has also been president of a multimillion-dollar firm.

Robert Barham, LOUISIANA STATE 1970

Barham has spent his life in service — as a veteran protecting our nation, a farmer feeding Americans, and a statesman representing Louisianans. In addition to running Barham Farms and serving in the U.S. Army, Barham served under former Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal as the secretary of the Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, as a state senator for the 33rd district and as mayor and councilperson for the town of Oak Ridge. He has won numerous awards for his work in conservation and wildlife stewardship.

Jonathan

Bullen, UTAH STATE 1978

Bullen is a co-founder and the chairman of the Colmena Group, a commercial real estate development company in Salt Lake City. So far, the group has co-developed 120 projects that total more than 5 million square feet. Previously, Bullen was president of Cache Valley Broadcasting Company, CEO and chairman of Provo and Eagle Gate colleges and founding member of Wasatch Premier Properties. Bullen is a founder and major donor to the Capitol Arts Alliance and was most recently mission president of LDS church’s Oregon Portland Mission.

Ty Burrell, OREGON 1987

Burrell may be best known as the lovable and goofy Phil Dunphy on ABC’s decade-long, acclaimed sitcom Modern Family. For this role, Burrell earned eight consecutive primetime Emmy nominations for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series, winning in 2011 and 2014. He has also earned five Screen Actors Guild Awards. His most recent project is a web series for ABC called Boondoggle Burrell has supported several charities, including the American Foundation for Equal Rights, Kids in the Spotlight, and Sandy Hook Promise.

Glen Casel, CENTRAL FLORIDA 1991

Casel is the president and CEO of Embrace Families, a child welfare agency in Orlando that formed out of Florida’s effort to privatize and improve child services. Under Casel’s leadership, Embrace Families has primary responsibility for all foster care and prevention programs within Central Florida. Casel is also a senior board member of three nonprofit partnerships and has been named Chief Executive Officer of the Year and one of the region’s “40 under 40” by the Orlando Business Journal.

David Claxton, MCGILL 1978

Claxton is a hematologist-oncologist at Penn State Cancer Institute, where he treats patients with blood malignancies, specifically leukemias and myelodysplastic syndromes. In addition to teaching medical students at Penn State College of Medicine, Claxton has contributed to approximately 60 research papers in the last five years and received over 9,500 citations. Claxton has a permanent endowment in his name at McGill University’s medical school and often helps support non-US physicians and trainees in research and medical careers.

Mike Collar, PITTSBURG STATE 1984

Collar is the president and COO of his family’s business, Winco Fireworks. During his tenure, Collar more than doubled annual sales to $130 million and expanded Winco to nine distribution centers across the country and 40 brick-and-mortar retail facilities. Collar also serves as president of more than 13 companies owned by his family and was the executive producer of pyrotechnics for the Kansas City Chiefs for 23 years. In 2020, Collar was elected mayor of Lake Winnebago, Missouri.

Brett Cornelius, BAYLOR 1991

Cornelius, professionally known as Brett James, is a Grammy-winning songwriter. He has penned 25 No. 1 hits in country music and is the source of such beloved tunes as “Jesus Take the Wheel,” “Summer Nights” and “When the Sun Goes Down.” A prolific producer of music that spans genres, Cornelius has written for Martina McBride, Jason Aldean, Leona Lewis and Kelly Clarkson, among many others. In 2020, he was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame and named a Baylor University Distinguished Alumnus.

Brig. Gen. Eugene Cox, WASHINGTON (ST. LOUIS) 1987

Cox has served our country with distinction as a medical officer in the U.S. Army for more than 25 years. He is currently a command surgeon in Fort Bragg, North Carolina and has previously served in number of leadership positions, including as chief of thoracic surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and chief of surgery and deputy commander at William Beaumont Army Medical Center. Cox has deployed in support of numerous combat operations, such as Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom.

David Crowder, UTAH 1989

Crowder is the founder and managing partner of Section Partners, a venture investment firm. With more than $380 million of capital raised, Section Partners is known as the leader in providing liquidity to owners of common stock of private, venture-backed companies. Crowder was previously the executive vice president at GSV Capital (now SuRo Capital Corp) and a co-founder of Thomas Weisel Venture Partners. In the past year, Crowder became the bishop of his local congregation of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.

Ted Decker, WILLIAM & MARY 1985

Decker has worked for The Home Depot for the past 20 years and currently serves as the company’s president and CEO. In this role, he is responsible for global store operations, global supply chain, outside sales and service, real estate, merchandising, and marketing and online strategy. Decker previously held titles from director of business valuation to chief merchant and executive vice president of merchandising. He currently sits on the Atlanta Committee for Progress board.

John Elwood, INDIANA 1993

Elwood is the CEO of Elwood Staffing, a billion-dollar staffing enterprise. With 1,200 employees and 100,000 temporary associates each year, the company is the 18th-largest — and the largest privately-owned — staffing operation in the U.S. Elwood serves on the board of the Columbus Heritage Fund and on the board of directors of the American Staffing Association.

Dr. David Epley, WHITMAN 1989

Epley is a pediatric ophthalmologist caring for children with eye disorders and adults with strabismus. For two decades, Epley has held leadership roles with the Washington Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons, been nominated for, and completed, a highly competitive leadership development program at the American Academy of Ophthalmology and served as the founding deputy editor for the Knights Templar Eye Foundation Pediatric Ophthalmology Education Center, the world’s first online pediatric ophthalmology textbook and resource center. For six years, Epley has been a director of the American Board of Ophthalmology.

Art Fields, MURRAY STATE 1967

Fields has spent his career in land management and development. He previously held the position of CEO and president of Crescent Resources, a residential and commercial developer. Fields is currently on the Lynwood Foundation executive committee, where he served as chairman of the board for 10 years. Fields is a past trustee and current governor of the Urban Land Institute and a past treasurer of the board of Charlotte Chamber of Commerce. He also established the Arthur W. Fields Sigma Chi Scholarship Endowment at Murray State. Fields is a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Dan Fordice III, MISSISSIPPI STATE 1983

Fordice is the vice president and secretary-treasurer of Fordice Construction Co., a fourth-generation, family-owned construction firm. Fordice served the Mississippi Valley chapter of the Associated General Contractors of America (ACG) for 25 years, sitting on almost every committee and serving as president in 2001. In 2019, he was elected to the national AGC board as the vice president. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army and started two non-profit foundations, the Warrior Bonfire Project and the Southern Heritage Air Foundation.

Steven Ganzkow, TULSA 1969

Ganzkow is the vice chairman and co-owner of American Residential Group, which he formed with fellow Significant Sig Jay Helm, OKLAHOMA STATE 1967. ARG has been involved in the development, acquisition and management of more than $100 million in multi-family communities. Prior to ARG, Ganzkow was an acquisitions partner for Lincoln Property Company. He is on the board and is a past president of the National Association of Industrial and Office Properties, on the board of Living Arts of Tulsa and is chairman of the real estate division of the United Way.

John Grimm, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 1984

Grimm is the president of the Missouri Bar Association and a trial lawyer at the Limbaugh Firm. In 1993, Grimm was appointed as the circuit judge for the 32nd Judicial Circuit, becoming the youngest circuit judge in the state. In this role, Grimm helped establish a mediation program in domestic relations cases and was appointed by the Supreme Court of Missouri to serve on a statewide committee to study and promote alternative dispute resolution.

Bill Hutchison, MCGILL 1959

Hutchison is the CEO of Hutchison Management and a leading authority on transforming cities into smart communities. Some of his early clients were “Smart Toronto” in 1994 and Singapore’s “Intelligent Island” plan in 1997. He currently serves as chair of Canada 150, a national consortium of cities pursuing social, technological and economic transformation. He is also partner and advisor for University of Toronto’s “Creating Digital Opportunity” and “iCity.” Additionally, Hutchinson has served as the founding chair or director of 14 nonprofit organizations.

Stan Jones Jr., PURDUE 1971

Jones, who died in 2017, served the state of Indiana for more than 40 years. Jones served in the House of Representatives and as senior advisor to former Indiana Secretary of State Evan Bayh. As Commissioner for Higher Education, Jones supervised the development of the 21st Century Scholars program, the Indiana Education Roundtable and the implementation of a required high school curriculum. Jones also founded Complete College America, a nonprofit working to increase the number of people with career certificates or college degrees and close attainment gaps in underrepresented populations.

Dan Jordan III, MISSISSIPPI 1987

Jordan is the chief judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi. George W. Bush nominated him to the court in 2006, and Jordan became chief in 2017. Previously, Jordan was a partner at Butler Snow in Jackson, Missouri, and a legislative aide to Mississippi senator Trent Lott. Jordan has served as chairman of the Stewpot Community Services Legal Clinic and the Staff Parish Relations Committee at Christ United Methodist Church.

John

Kampfe,

FLORIDA 1980

From 2008 to 2014 Kampfe was CFO at Turner Broadcasting Systems, one of the world’s largest publicly traded entertainment and media companies. He is a 14-year board member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation (JDRF) and currently serves on the board of Metro Atlanta Chamber of Commerce. In 2013 Kampfe was named a Distinguished CFO by the Media Financial Management Association.

Mike

Kanigher,

SAN DIEGO STATE 1988

Kanigher is a managing director at UBS Wealth Management, where he has been employed since 2003. At UBS, Kanigher manages an 18-person team that oversees more than $9 billion in assets. Prior working with UBS, Kanigher was a vice president at Goldman Sachs. He was appointed to the Financial Advisors Advisory Council in 2014. A Los Angeles native, Kanigher is actively involved in the East Valley YMCA and was awarded a Certificate of Congressional Recognition from the City of Los Angeles.

James Kattman, CINCINNATI 1963

Kattman is an award-winning commercial interior designer. Over his nearly 50 year career, he concentrated on developing large, commercial destination hotels and resorts, designing custom golf course clubhouses, and renovating or repurposing historic properties. Kattman has created structures for Marriott and the Four Seasons, among others, and is known for his work repurposing the Oxford Hotel in Denver, the Estancia Club in Scottsdale and Mohonk House in New York. He owns an antique store and often provides valuation services pro bono.

George Killebrew IV, SOUTHERN METHODIST 1985

Killebrew is currently the commissioner of Major League Rugby. Previously, Killebrew served the Dallas Mavericks in several roles, including as the executive vice president. He has consulted for Mark Cuban Companies and Professional Sports Publications. Killebrew is chairman of the South Methodist University Alumni Association and is a founding member of Dallas Influencers in Sports & Entertainment.

Mark Kocent, PENNSYLVANIA 1982

As university architect, Kocent oversees the 300-acre campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The crowning achievement that led to this appointment was Kocent’s efforts on the school’s award-winning Penn Connects master plan. With a capital expenditure of more than $3.8 billion, Kocent has executed the construction of several buildings key to improving inclusivity and sustainability, including the Perry World Center, a hub for the research and exploration of global policy. Kocent has served on the board of the AIA Philadelphia and remains involved with the Phi Phi chapter at Penn.

Chuck Lamson, UNION 1978

In 2021, Lamson became the president and CEO of the 170-acre Tulsa Botanic Garden. He is also the president of Southpaw Sports Consulting, an equity partner of the marketing firm, SpringDeck, and an adjunct professor of sports management at the University of Tulsa. Previously, Lamson pitched three seasons for the minor league team, Tulsa Drillers, and after an injury, worked the front office first as groundskeeper and eventually as president and majority owner. He has been named Texas League Executive of the Year and was elected to the Texas League Hall of Fame.

Britt Landrum Jr., FLORIDA STATE 1959

Landrum is the founder of LandrumHR, a staffing and professional employer organization. The company has a presence in 49 states and provides HR services to over 1,800 businesses and thousands of job seekers annually. Landrum has served as a board member, chairman or leader of nearly every professional organization in the staffing industry, including the National Association of Professional Employer Organizations, the Florida Board of Employee Leasing, the Florida Employment Association and others. He is a long-time donator of to the Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Pensacola, Florida.

Dr. Carl Laney, OREGON 1970

Laney is a Doctor of Theology with a 40-year career as a professor of biblical literature at Western Seminary. Laney mentors students in biblical studies, biblical archaeology, biblical geography and Judaism. While at Western, he initiated and directed a program that allowed students to study in Israel and authored more than 20 books. At Portland’s Gateway Church he has served as a Sunday school teacher, the chairman of the Missions Committee and on the board.

Comdr. Steve Larson, IOWA STATE 1975

Larson is a 12-time decorated veteran who served 45 years with the Navy and the National Security Agency. One of his many Navy assignments was a tour as the chief of operations for an information support center at the NSA, in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom. Larson retired in 2005 at the rank of commander. Later, at the NSA, he was chief of staff for a global cryptologic center. Larson is active in his church and does music mentoring with elementary students.

Jim Lopeman

III, PURDUE 1963

Lopeman’s 40-year career was spent with small independent oil refineries as they competed against oil industry giants. Most recently, he was CEO of Macmillan RingFree Oil Company. Lopeman has served as president of both the American Independent Refiners Association and the Independent Refiners Association of California. Lopeman is also responsible for leading the decommissioning of Pacific Refining in the Bay Area and redeveloping the site as a new residential community. He was elected to two terms on the board of the Rodeo-Hercules Fire Protection District.

Kent Lowry, WESTMINSTER 1974

Lowry is the chief legal officer for Diamond Pet Foods, one of the largest pet food manufacturers in the U.S. Previously, Lowry was a trial and appellate lawyer, mediator and arbitrator, serving as managing partner for Missouri firms Armstrong Teasdale and Hendren and Andrae. In 2000, Lowry was named a fellow for the American College of Trial Lawyers. He is involved in United Way and holds a leadership role at the Jefferson Club of the University of Missouri.

Jim Luce, NEVADA-LAS VEGAS 1981

Luce was most recently the CEO of Amneal Pharmaceuticals, where he helped launch the company as a generic pharmaceutical manufacturer, helped generate $1.1 billion in prescription sales and led the team that took the company through a successful IPO. Previously, Luce spent time at Bergen Brunswig Drug Company and was COO and CMO of BiogenTech Corp. He is active in Saddleback Church and founded the Legacy Cellar Foundation to liquidate wine cellars and donate the proceeds to charity.

Dr. and Brig. Gen. Scott Malcolm, HARVARD 1997

Malcolm has served Canada as a medical officer in the Canadian Armed Forces for more than 22 years and currently serves as the commander of the Health Services Division in Ottawa. He has deployed in support of combat, humanitarian, peace support and training missions and held numerous roles such as regional surgeon, deputy surgeon general, and a medical advisor in support of the national roll-out of COVID-19 vaccines. Malcolm has been a Boy Scout leader, baseball and softball coach and hockey trainer.

Bob Marlin, MISSISSIPPI STATE 1981

Marlin is the championship and award-winning head coach of the NCAA men’s basketball team at the University of Louisiana. With 119 conference victories, Marlin is the all-time winningest head coach in Sun Belt Conference history. During his 28-year career, he has coached two NBA draft choices, a NJCAA National Player of the Year, one NJCAA Student-Athlete of the Year and countless other successful student athletes. He is involved with the American Cancer Society’s Coaches vs. Cancer program and is an active voice for mental health awareness.

Mark McDaniel, MICHIGAN STATE 1977

McDaniel launched the Michigan-based housing tax credit fund Cinnaire, a leader in creating affordable housing opportunities. As founder and CEO, he expanded the company to provide access to permanent debt financing, construction lending, technical assistance, predevelopment lending, youth leadership training and title services. Cinnaire’s positive impact on the economic vitality of communities is worth $9.3 billion, and the U.S. Treasury Department appointed it a Community Development Financial Institution. He has served on the boards of the Michigan Housing Council, Habitat for Humanity of Michigan and more.

Brig. Gen. Michael McWilliams, WEST VIRGINIA 1992

McWilliams served the United States with distinction as a decorated officer in the Marine Corps. He has been rifle platoon commander as well as deputy commander of Marine Forces South and Marine Forces Reserve. McWilliams participated in four combat deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan and was a logistics officer. He is a volunteer softball coach and volunteers with military charitable organizations.

Ted Melfi, MISSOURI STATE 1994

Melfi is a successful screenwriter, director and producer. He is known as the writer and director of St. Vincent starring Bill Murray and Melissa McCarthy and the co-writer, director and producer of Hidden Figures starring Octavia Spencer and Taraji P. Henson. Melfi is currently working on upcoming films with Jon Hamm, Shirley MacLaine and Danny Glover. Hidden Figures remains his greatest success, having received two Oscar nominations and BAFTA, Writers Guild and Critics Choice nominations.

Tom Menighan, WEST VIRGINIA 1974

Menighan was most recently the CEO of American Pharmacists Association, an organization he has served since 1987. By his retirement in 2020, he had built APhA’s reserves to more than $70 million. Prior to this, Menighan was a founding franchisee of a Medicine Shoppe and a founder of SymRX, Syntegra Solutions and Total Life Care. He was also the vice president of PharMark and a developer of Cornerdrugstore.com. He is an advocate for the care and treatment of those with substance abuse disorders.

Lt. Gen. Tom Miller, TEXAS-ARLINGTON 1990

Miller is the commander of the Air Force Sustainment Center in Oklahoma, a command that provides global logistics and sustainment planning, operations, and command and control. In this role, he leads 40,000 airmen globally and is responsible for $27.2 billion in assets. Miller has also commanded maintenance squadrons and groups in the U.S., Iraq and Afghanistan. He has served as national president of the Logistics Officer Association and is active in military charities.

Jason Millis, HOUSTON 1975

After years in the construction industry Millis started Millis Development & Construction, a general contracting firm that focuses on commercial construction. MDC employs 65 people and averages $35 million in annual sales. MDC was named a “Downtown Innovative Contractor” from 2017 to 2019 by the Greater Houston Partnership and has been awarded other accolades for design and construction.

Tim Moore, TULSA 1983

Moore is chief operating officer for Pact Pharma, a biotechnology company. He has worked for more than 37 years in the biologics industry, advancing treatments for otherwise fatal diseases. He previously was senior vice president, head of global technical operations and biologics for Genentech and executive vice president, technical operations at Kite Pharma, which is a Gilead Company. During his time with Kite, Moore was responsible for overseeing the process development, manufacturing, quality and supply chain for the launch of Yescarta CAR T-cell therapy for Non-Hodgkin lymphoma.

Sean O’Dowd, BRITISH COLUMBIA-SIMON FRASER 1998

O’Dowd is a managing director at Silvercrest Asset Management Group, where he advises on liquidity events, independent valuation analysis, restructurings and business success planning. Previously O’Dowd spent 13 years at Bessemer Trust, where he helped create the firm’s Family Company Advisory group. He serves as treasurer of the Irish American Writers & Artists, on the board of the Emerald Isle Immigration Center and as the first North American ambassador for the Celtic FC Foundation.

Tom Ocasek, OHIO STATE 1961

Ocasek is the director of MW Group, a real estate developer in Hawaii, and of Maui Divers Jewelry. Prior to this he spent 20 years as president of Pomare, Ltd. (known as Hilo Hattie), one of the largest resort retailers. He served as chairman of the Hawaii Visitors and Convention Bureau and president of the Honolulu Zoological Society. Ocasek is passionate about wildlife conservation and is a wildlife photographer. He serves as director emeritus of Polar Bears International and is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Dave Omholt, PURDUE 1992

Omholt is the founder and CEO of The Entrepreneur Authority (TEA), a full-service franchise consulting firm. As the leader of TEA, Omholt was among the first brokers to earn the designation of Certified Franchise Executive. He also leads the Franchise Center of Excellence. Previously, Omholt was an executive at Accenture for 10 years. He is a contributing author to the book, Achieving Quality Performance, and mentors college students through Purdue University’s Old Masters Program.

Dr. Robert Pace, UTAH 1964

Pace is an orthopedic surgeon and a pioneer in bringing the technique of arthroscopy to orthopedic surgery in Southern California. He practiced in two offices in Southern California, served as chief of staff at Fallbrook Hospital, and instructed with the San Diego Shoulder Institute for 24 years. Pace serves on the board of the San Diego Sports Medicine Foundation and after his retirement in 2019, he was elected president of the Board of Governors of the Foundation for Senior Care. He is a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps.

Col. Bill Pallozzi, NORTH GEORGIA 1988

Pallozzi is currently the vice president and chief security officer for MedStar Health. Until 2020, he was the superintendent of the Maryland State Police. Pallozzi joined the department in 1989 where he was appointed chief of staff for the Office of the Superintendent, then chief of the Support Services Bureau and eventually chief of the Criminal Investigation Bureau before becoming superintendent. He is the third superintendent to have held every rank in the department. Pallozzi is a veteran of the U.S. Army and Army Reserves.

Bill Palmer, EMBRY-RIDDLE (DAYTONA BEACH) 1979

Palmer has been an airline pilot, leader, educator and author for nearly 40 years. As a pilot, he logged more than 20,000 flight hours with Northwest and Delta Airlines. Palmer has led the development of aircraft systems manuals for the McDonnel Douglas DC-10, Airbus 330, Airbus 350 and Boeing 787 aircraft. He is the author of Understanding Air France 447, a book about an airline crash in 2009. He has volunteered his time with the Eta Iota chapter since graduating and serves as the house corporation webmaster.

Maj. Gen. Eugene Payne, NORTH CAROLINA STATE 1970

Payne is a logistics specialist and decorated veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps, serving as commanding general for multiple command groups. He was assistant deputy commandant for installations and logistics during Operation Iraqi Freedom. He has served as president and CEO of North American Packaging and chief financial officer for AmCom General Corporation. He is also a management consultant and landscaping executive, serving as vice president of operations at Oyler Bros. and president and CEO of Delta Environmental Group. Payne actively participates in Marine charities and causes.

Lisle Payne, ARIZONA 1964

Payne is a principal and the chairman of Jackson Street Partners, a real estate venture capital firm, and chairman of the Payne Family Foundation. He is also a founder and former CEO of the Fox Group. He served on the Real Estate Investment Committee for the Corporations Commission of California and as chair of California Housing Council board. Payne is a long-time board member for the Positive Coaching Alliance and chair of its Governance Committee.

Ali Pejman, BRITISH COLUMBIA-SIMON FRASER 1994

Pejman is a managing partner and founder of Fort Capital Partners, an investment banking boutique in Vancouver. Before this, he was managing director and head of venture capital at Canaccord Genuity. During his career, Pejman has led equity financing that totals more than $5 billion in gross proceeds. He is an active angel investor and has also raised millions for Big Brothers of Greater Vancouver, BC Children's Hospital and the Sauder School of Business. In 2009, The Globe and Mail named him one of Canada's “Top 40 Under 40.”

Rear Adm. Pete Pettigrew, STANFORD 1964

Pettigrew served with distinction as a naval aviator in the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserves for 34 years. He did three tours in Vietnam, during which he flew more than 325 combat missions and had a confirmed kill of a MiG-21. After moving to the Reserves, he became a commercial pilot for Pacific Southwest Airways and served as technical director for the movie TopGun, in which he also had a cameo. Pettigrew is a long-time supporter of the Combined Federal Campaign and the Navy Relief Program.

Ralph Puckett, GEORGIA TECH 1946

Puckett served as an army ranger during the Korean War. He earned the Distinguished Service Cross for his actions during a November 1950 attack, but the award was upgraded to the Medal of Honor in May 2021 from President Joe Biden. He commanded an airborne division during the Vietnam War and received a second Distinguished Service Cross for heroic leadership in 1967. He has remained active in military affairs, is an inaugural inductee into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame and is the recipient of five Purple Hearts, among other awards.

Jeff Pyatt, WASHINGTON STATE 1981

Pyatt is a co-founder, chairman and CEO at Broadmark Realty Capital which went public in 2019 with Pyatt ringing the New York Stock Exchange bell. He spent his career overseeing the managing, financing, acquisitions (or liquidations) of new or struggling companies. He previously co-founded Private Lenders Group, turned around and sold a heating oil company and participated in the initial financing rounds of telecommunications and technology companies.

Ed Quatmann, PURDUE 1992

Quatmann is the chief legal officer of Caesars Entertainment. Prior to this, Quatmann was the chief legal officer for El Dorado Resorts and the chief legal officer and secretary of Isle of Capri Casinos. He also served as senior vice president, general counsel and secretary for iPCS Inc. and had a corporate and securities practice at Mayer Brown LLP. He has served on the board of the Cancer Support Community and the Community School in St. Louis.

Dr. Phil Reid, MIAMI (OHIO) 1963

Reid was most recently the vice president for research at Eli Lilly while maintaining clinical appointments as a professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine and hospital. Previously he was chief of cardiology at Baltimore’s Sinai Hospital. He is a decorated veteran of the U.S. Air Force and Maryland Air National Guard, where he served as chief clinician, a flight surgeon, chief of medical clinic and consultant to the Air Force Surgeon General.

Bruce Riddle, TULSA 1972

Riddle is the CEO of Riddle Financial Group, an insurance and planning firm he founded in 1979. He has also established sister businesses, an employee benefits firm and a fee-only investment advisory firm. He is also a general agent for MassMutual. Riddle sponsors the OSU Tulsa Business Forums and the Omega Foundation, which treats cleft palate in developing nations. He also helped create the Family Business Institute at the University of Tulsa.

Dr. James Rodgers, TULSA 1973

Rodgers has been a practicing neurosurgeon in Oklahoma for over 40 years. He received his medical degree from the University of Oklahoma College of Medicine and is an owner and managing partner of Tulsa Spine and Specialty Hospital. His work includes treating degenerative conditions, traumatic injury and instability of the spine and treats peripheral nerve problems. He additionally owns and operates the historic Cain’s Ballroom music venue in Tulsa, which has been named by the Los Angeles Times as one of the “12 Best Places for Live Music in America.”

Jack Scott, HANOVER 1971

Scott is a senior consultant with Terracon in Cincinnati, where he markets large projects within the Eastern Midwest and manages federal projects. Before this, Scott served as president and chairman of H.C. Nutting and as vice president and national program manager for Terracon’s federal sector. He has thrice been elected to the board of the Rotary Club of Cincinnati, serving one term as president. Scott has also served on the board Volunteers of America and has been named Campbell County’s Outstanding Volunteer of the Year.

Don Shockey Jr., ROANOKE 1964

Shockey is the chairman and former CEO of Shockey Companies, a group of construction-related organizations founded by his grandfather. He worked for the company in multiple capacities for most of his career, taking a brief leave to serve in the Air National Guard. Shockey is a Roanoke College Trustee Emeritus and a member of its Society of 1842. He was named a distinguished alumnus in 1992 and awarded the Roanoke College Medal in 2019.

Bill Smittcamp, CAL. STATE-FRESNO 1975

Smittcamp is president and CEO of Wawona Frozen Foods in Fresno, a role he has held since 1985. Wawona is a family-owned company that grows, processes and supplies frozen fruit products worldwide. It has grown to be the largest frozen freestone peach processor. He serves on, and was past chair of, the Board of Trustees for Children’s Hospital Central California, is a member of the Board of Governors of California State University, Fresno, and is on the board of the Garfield Water District and Central Valley Community Bank.

Clay Sparrow, GEORGIA TECH 1968

Sparrow is senior counsel and partner at Seyfarth Shaw LLP and is one of the top business lawyers in the Southeast. Sparrow was a corporate attorney and partner at Hurt, Richardson, Garner, Todd and Cadenhead as well as at McCullough Sherrill. He is a veteran of the U.S. Navy and Navy Reserve. Sparrow was instrumental in the formation of World Water Relief, a domestic non-profit working to provide access to clean water for both disaster relief and sustainability.

Walt Stallcup, OKLAHOMA STATE 1960

Stallcup spent 48 years building the “Quick Service Restaurant” industry and owned a chain of Wendy’s restaurants in the Northwest. He served on the Franchise Advisory Council of Wendy’s International and worked directly with Dave Thomas. He also co-founded Taco Bell with Glen Bell and was the chairman of the supply chain program for McDonald’s, where he helped develop its breakfast program and drive-thru windows. He is a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserve.

Dick Stoneburner, TEXAS-AUSTIN 1976

Stoneburner is a managing director at Pine Brook Partners and has over 42 years of experience in the oil and gas industry. He started as a geologist at multiple energy companies before leading the exploration division at Petrohawk Energy, where he later became CEO. Stoneburner serves as chairman for Tamboran Resources, a public natural gas company, in the University of Texas’s Bureau of Economic Geology and in the advisory council to its Jackson School of Geosciences. He is a board member of the nonprofit Switch Energy Alliance.

Bill Tamblyn, SAN JOSE STATE 1981

Tamblyn is a consultant who most recently served as CFO of SpaceTime Insight, which was sold to Nokia in 2018. Previously he was the executive vice president, CFO and COO of Ditech Networks, where he helped take the company public in 1999. He has served the Epsilon Theta chapter for over 30 years as advisor and president of the house corporation. He is actively involved in After-School AllStars, where he served as chairman of the board.

Thomas Taylor, TEXAS-AUSTIN 1959

An architect and engineer, Taylor has been with Datum Engineers since 1959 when it was called Frank Chappell & Associates. He is currently a principal and has led the firm to be one of the most respected structural engineering firms in Texas. He is an honorary member of the Dallas chapter of the American Institute of Architects. He has received three Preservation Dallas awards and the David L. Kelly Distinguished Engineer Award in 2018. He sits on several boards for local nonprofits as well as city planning and preservation organizations.

Jim Todd, KENTUCKY 1963

Todd was most recently a U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Kentucky, a position to which he was appointed in 1994. Prior to that he was known as one of the most successful malpractice defense attorneys in Kentucky, where he had a civil trial practice. Todd has been a local Little League coach and umpire and served on the boards for minor league teams of the Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs.

Dr. Bill Turnipseed, EMORY 1965

Turnipseed, the first vascular surgeon in Wisconsin, has served as a professor of surgery, chief of vascular surgery and director of the diagnostic laboratories at the University of Wisconsin. He ran one of the first vascular laboratories in the Midwest and founded the vascular program at the Madison V.A. hospital. Turnipseed has made significant contributions to the development of duplex imaging, digital subtraction and magnetic resonance angiography. With his wife he founded the William and Sandra Turnipseed Vascular Surgery Foundation.

Brig. Gen. Mike Van Valkenburg, WASHINGTON (ST. LOUIS) 1985

Van Valkenburg served as a decorated officer in the U.S. Air Force for more than 33 years. He has filled multiple roles, including as a professor of chemistry and the chemistry department head at the U.S. Air Force Academy, deputy chief of program development at the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence and director of science and engineering workforce strategy at the Pentagon. He also deployed to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.

Rob Vescovo, SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 2001

Vescovo is the current Speaker of the Missouri House of Representatives. After serving as a member of the Jefferson County Port Authority he was elected to the House in 2014, where he later served as floor leader. He has established a reputation as a defender of taxpayer rights and works to remove waste and fraud in the state government. In 2021 he was named Legislator of the Year by the American Legislative Exchange Council.

Dr. Charles Wykoff,

MIT 1998

Wycoff is the director of research at both the Retina Consultants of Texas and the Texas Retina Research Foundation, an organization he co-founded. He also serves as an associate professor of clinical ophthalmology at Houston Methodist, deputy chair of ophthalmology at the Blanton Eye Institute, and chairman of the Research and Clinical Trials Committee of the Retina Consultants of America. Wycoff’s work has resulted in the gold standard treatment of age-related macular degeneration. He also president of the Vit-Buckle Society.

Bob Zorich, CALIFORNIA-SANTA BARBARA 1971

Zorich is a founder and managing partner of Houston-based EnCap Investments. Specializing in venture capital for the independent sector of the energy industry, the firm has raised more than $38 billion in institutional funding. Zorich was previously a senior vice president at the TCW Group, a co-founder of an oil and gas exploration company, and a vice president and division manager at Republic Bank. He also serves on the boards of several charities, including the WorkFaith Connection and the Hope and Healing Center & Institute, where he is chairman.

CONSTANTINE order of

Sigma Chi International Fraternity is proud to announce the 2022 inductees to the Order of Constantine. Induction into the order is the Fraternity’s highest honor. It is bestowed upon Sigs who have devoted 20 or more years of service to Sigma Chi.

Dan Brown, BUTLER 1984

Brown has been a consistent presence at the Butler undergraduate chapter and an Indianapolis Alumni Chapter member for over 20 years. He has served as chapter advisor from 2006 to 2021 and was named the university’s Chapter Advisor of the Year in 2014. Brown also has been a member of the house corporation’s board of directors since 2000 and served as vice president from 2004 to 2006, as well as serving on the chapter’s Scholarship Foundation board of directors since 2006. Additional roles include serving on the chapter sesquicentennial committee, being a Balfour Leadership Training Workshop faculty member and Northern Indiana province conference facilitator, and being the current province Grand Praetor.

Calder Clay III, GEORGIA 1979

Clay is a 2016 Delta Chapter Hall of Fame inductee who has served the Georgia undergraduate chapter for over 40 years. Upon graduation he became an initiation interviewer and has held that role ever since. He was a member of the chapter’s house corporation from 1994 to 2017. In the 1990s he helped reestablish the chapter on campus and get alumni involvement and support for it. Clay was part of the chapter house fundraising committee from 1994 to 1997 and was involved in the fundraising and relocation of the chapter house in 2015. In recent years he has become the historian and corresponding officer of the chapter’s large alumni base to deliver news like weddings, births and Chapter Eternal entries.

Chuck Colton, ARIZONA 1969

Colton has served as chapter advisor and house corporation president for the Arizona undergraduate chapter. Upon becoming house corporation president, Colton used his real estate development and construction experience to personally oversee the design, funding and construction of a new chapter house that opened in 2014. The house corporation is currently debt free with adequate reserves and is used as a model for other house corporations. Colton is on the Constantine Housing Initiative [CHI] board of directors and chairs the Property Conservation Committee. He received the William T. Bringham House Corporation Officer of the Year Award in 2021. Colton also has served on the Fraternity’s Member Engagement and Alumni Participation committees.

Don Copeland, STEPHEN F. AUSTIN 1989

Copeland has been the Thomas Cowan Bell Memorial Monument warden, Stephen F. Austin house corporation board member, California-Berkeley alumni mentor and annual Leadership Training Workshop faculty member in the Pro Consul, Magister and Ritual divisions since 2012. He also has been the San Francisco Alumni Chapter president since 2010 and been involved with several Fraternity committees, including the Membership Support and Development Committee, Participation and Engagement Committee and Sigma Chi Leadership Institute Legacy Leadership Committee. Copeland has been skilled at using social

media and direct contact to get alumni participation and to connect brothers into geographic and virtual communities. One Facebook group that he manages, Career Referrals for Sigs, has more than 24,000 members. Copeland received the Seven Lights Alumni Award in 2016.

David Decker, NORTHERN ARIZONA 1979

Decker has been the Northern Arizona house corporation treasurer since 1993 and Flagstaff, Arizona, Alumni Chapter vice president since 2017. He also is a member of the Phoenix Alumni Chapter.

Currently he chairs the Northern Arizona scholarship fund and for decades has supported undergraduates and alumni by hosting events, organizing the biennial horseshoe tournament and spearheading other endeavors. Decker also has sought scholarship opportunities for the undergraduates, helped lead efforts to save the Northern Arizona chapter after university sanctions in 1999, and was the organizer of a group to have university officials designate a new hall as an all-Greek dormitory. He also was key in reestablishing the Saint Louis undergraduate chapter beginning in 2013 by mentoring undergraduates and working with local alumni to provide volunteer assistance. He is a recipient of the Seven Lights Alumni Award.

Clyde Dornier, OKLAHOMA STATE 1985

Dornier is a Grand Trustee and chapter advisor for the Whitman and Boise State undergraduate chapters. Previously he also was chapter advisor for the College of Idaho undergraduates and devoted many hours to ensure the chapter keeps its charter by assisting with recruitment and chapter operations. Dornier also is a Ritual Peer; Boise, Idaho, Alumni Chapter member; annual Leadership Training Workshop facilitator; and former chair of the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute Legacy Leadership Committee. He previously was a member of the Member Engagement Committee and was co-author of an online newsletter to alumni from 2019 to 2021. Dornier has received the Seven Lights Alumni Award and two Grand Consul’s Citations.

Richard Dissly, MONTANA STATE 1966

Dissly is credited with helping keep the Montana State undergraduate chapter running after several issues threatened the chapter’s charter beginning in 2004, which is the time he joined the house corporation. The following year

he led alumni fundraising efforts to pay off a bank loan and fund house repairs. He became treasurer in 2007, a position he still holds. In 2008 Dissly organized a group of alumni to stage an intervention with the chapter, which resulted in some members being asked to leave, new house rules and chapter house repairs. The relationship between undergraduates and alumni improved afterward. More recently he has led fundraising efforts for the major renovation of the chapter house and is spearheading the building committee to determine the renovation design and those hired to make it happen. Dissly also co-chaired the chapter’s 90th and 100th anniversary celebrations.

Sonny Freeman, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 1970

Freeman was house corporation president for the Illinois Wesleyan undergraduate chapter from 2011 to 2014 before becoming chapter advisor from 2014 to 2017. He took over as house corporation treasurer in 2015 and is the assistant Grand Praetor for the Mid-South province. While chapter advisor, he guided the undergraduates through a charter suspension and the path back to recognized status while maintaining a sense of optimism and perseverance. Freeman has served on the Member Engagement Committee, Education and Leadership Board, Alumni Services Committee, Alumni Engagement Committee, New Chapter Development Committee and has been part of the chapter advisor training and alumni education continuum faculty. He helped develop new chapter advisor online training modules by writing and editing copy and performing voiceovers and helped develop alternative programs to engage alumni. Freeman has received a Grand Consul’s Citation and the Seven Lights Alumni Award.

Chris Hicks, GEORGIA SOUTHWESTERN 1996

Hicks is the regional chapter support coordinator for the southeast region at International Fraternity Headquarters and is a former Grand Praetor for the South Carolina and Western North Carolina provinces. He was part of the inaugural Ritual Peer training at the former Balfour Leadership Training Workshop and is now a Ritual Master who has served on the Fraternity’s Ritual Committee and has volunteered as a facilitator in the Ritual division at the annual summer workshop. Hicks is a member of the Charlotte, North Carolina, Alumni Chapter and assists his undergraduate chapter by serving as an administrator of its Facebook page and maintaining an alumni database list and Chapter Eternal list. At the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Hicks organized a virtual race to raise more than $60,000 for the Huntsman Cancer Institute. He has received five Grand Consul’s Citations.

Mark Jackson, CENTRAL FLORIDA 1989

Jackson is a former Grand Praetor of the Central Florida province and Central Florida chapter advisor, house corporation president and treasurer. His service first began shortly after graduation when he assumed the role of financial advisor for the chapter. A few years later, upon the chapter advisor’s retirement, he stepped up to fill the open position and helped the undergraduates transition to on-campus housing. Although Jackson has been an alumni director on the house corporation since graduating, his time as president was marked by fundraising $500,000 for chapter house renovations and saving the chapter house from being lost during the chapter’s suspension from campus. He is the former president of the Orlando, Florida, Alumni Chapters, and has facilitated at province conferences and the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop.

Jim Lawson, SAN DIEGO STATE 1985

Lawson is a director of development for the Sigma Chi Foundation and active volunteer. He has played a pivotal role in the chartering or rechartering of at least six chapters in southern California. Lawson has served as chapter advisor for the San Diego undergraduate chapter. He served as chairman of the Cal. StateLong Beach rechartering committee and created the chapter’s first alumni advisory board. He then chaired the rechartering committee to bring the San Diego State chapter back to campus, personally recruited almost every member of the house corporation and helped fundraise and mentor the house corporation. Lawson has been a longtime member of the San Diego Alumni Chapter, which awarded him its Outstanding Service Award, and the Los Angeles Alumni Chapter, of which he is the past president. He has started several Sigma Chi Facebook groups, including the Sigma Chi Business Network group with over 10,000 members, and has received two Grand Consul’s Citations and the Seven Lights Alumni Award.

David Lucescu, BRITISH COLUMBIA-SIMON FRASER 1988

Lucescu has made an impact across multiple chapters in Canada. He has been a chapter advisor for the Waterloo and Western Ontario undergraduate chapters and has served on the British ColumbiaSimon Fraser, Toronto-Ryerson and Waterloo house corporations. Lucescu has done additional volunteer work with the York colony and Brock chapter while it was a colony. He is treasurer of the Sigma Chi Canadian Foundation and also has served as its director. Lucescu has provided financial support and assistance for numerous undergraduate and alumni activities, including the attendance of undergraduate Sigs at alumni banquets, undergraduate activities, chapter anniversary events and golf tournaments. Most recently he took the initiative to connect with the CN Tower in Toronto, which was lit up in blue and gold for the 100th anniversary of Sigma Chi in Canada.

Jim Moore, VIRGINIA 1968

Moore served as president of the Virginia chapter’s house corporation from 2002 to 2021, during which time he reorganized and expanded its board of directors, leading them through a 10-year process to renovate the chapter’s 100-year-old house. The was a $2.5 million expansion and renovation of the house and a capital campaign that raised more than $2 million. He is responsible for revising and upgrading to a digital format the house corporation’s various communications mechanism, including its Constantine Sig newsletter, enabling the house corporation to renew conversations with alumni and facilitate electronic fundraising. Moore also was a member of the Virginia house corporation from 1977 to 1980 and has assisted as an interviewer at many of the chapter’s initiation ceremonies.

Joseph Neuner, OKLAHOMA 1955

Neuner’s involvement with the Kansas City, Missouri, Alumni Chapter began shortly after he left active duty with the Air Force 1957. He has been a member of the alumni chapter since the 1960s and has at various times held the positions of president, vice president, treasurer and webmaster. He was a key organizer of the group’s gold tournaments throughout the 1980s and 1990s, and in the mid 2000s he led the effort to revitalize the group and reinstate it as an official Fraternity alumni chapter after it had lost its recognition. Neuner also led in 2009 the non-student initiation efforts for his brother Jim Neuner, KANSAS 1955, who pledged the Fraternity but was never initiated due to his service in the Korean War.

Duane Ray, MONTANA STATE 2000

Ray has been Grand Praetor of the Big Sky province since 2001 and in that role mentors seven Fraternity undergraduate chapters and one colony. He also attends Boise, Nebraska, Alumni Chapter functions

and encourages alumni chapter members’ participation at events in his province. He is a certified Ritual Peer and served as the assistant Ritual director for the San Diego State chapter’s reinstallation in March 2020. Ray also is the Grand Praetor representative to Sigma Chi’s Chapter and Member Accountability Committee and has received two Grand Consul’s Citations for his service to Sigma Chi. He also has been a facilitator for the Fraternity’s annual leadership training workshops.

David Rickards, BISHOP’S 1997

Rickards served as Grand Praetor for the Fraternity’s Ontario province from 2014 to 2019 and in that time played an integral role in the founding and installation of the Brock chapter in 2018 and establishing the colony at York University in 2019. He also developed an alumni recruitment protocol for Ritual Peers and chapter advisors within the Ontario province. He was assistant Grand Praetor for the province from 2012 to 2014, during which time he worked with the Western undergraduate chapter through a membership review and helped revitalize it afterward. He received a Grand Consul’s Citation in 2018 and has been a facilitator at the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop.

Bill Robinson, CAL. STATEFRESNO 1972

Robinson’s involvement with the Cal. State-Fresno undergraduate chapter, its house corporation and the Fresno, California, Alumni Chapter spans more than 40 years. He has served as a board member and president for the Cal. StateFresno house corporation and as president of the Fresno Alumni Chapter. He has been awarded the Cal. State-Fresno chapter’s outstanding alumni award and received its president’s citation; he is the only Cal. State-Fresno Sig to receive both honors. Robinson additionally served on the steering committee for the 150th anniversary of the Constantine Chapter in 2014.

Sam Roper, GEORGIA 1976

Roper has been manager of the Georgia chapter’s capital campaign since 2015, during which time the group has raised $1.3 million for its current chapter house. Along with Order of Constantine Sig Brad Kohl, 1976, he led the two-year effort to find the property for the house and chaired the architectural committee that led its design. Roper additionally has assisted with recruitment efforts for the Georgia chapter during a time in which it was suspended, leading to its revitalization. He also has assisted with the chapter’s ceremonies of initiation and has been co-chapter advisor for Georgia since fall 2021.

Ryan Wakefield, MONTANA and EMBRY-RIDDLE (DAYTONA BEACH) 2000

Wakefield has been co-chairman of the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop (TLW) operating board since 2021 and has been a faculty member for the workshop and its predecessor, Balfour Leadership Training Workshop, since 2007. He has been a guide for the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit since 2011 and served as a member of the International Fraternity’s New Chapter Development and Province Boundary Committee from 2013 to 2019. He received the Seven Lights Alumni Award in 2020 and was recognized with a Grand Consul’s Citation for his efforts to help the Fraternity host a virtual Krach TLW in summer 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Brad Wimpy, ARKANSAS STATE 1999

Wimpy has been Grand Praetor of the Oklahoma/Arkansas province since 2020. He previously was a chapter support coordinator in the south-central region for International Fraternity Headquarters from

2017 to 2019 and served as chapter advisor for the Arkansas State chapter. He also has been a member of the International Fraternity’s alumni services committee and a faculty member for its annual leadership training workshops, among other roles. He received the Erwin L. LeClerg Outsanding Chapter Advisor Award in 2015 and the Seven Lights Alumni Award in 2017. Wimpy also has received two Grand Consul’s Citations.

Ed Winkler, MISSOURI S&T 1987

Winkler has been a dedicated volunteer for the Missouri S&T chapter since his graduation. He has been a member of the chapter’s house corporation since 1988 and has been its president since 1992. He serves as an advisory board member for the chapter and created and manages its scholarship program. He additionally has volunteered with the Sigma Chi Foundation to review its annual scholarship applications. He received the International Fraternity’s Seven Lights Alumni Award in 2011 and has received a Grand Consul’s Citation. The Missouri S&T chapter named its chapter house the Edward J. Winkler Chapter House of the Theta Eta Chapter of Sigma Chi in his honor during its 30th anniversary celebration in 2008.

BY ASHLEY SZATALA

Small-Town Banker Goes Hollywood Small-Town Banker Goes Hollywood

IJoe Bullock, NEW MEXICO STATE 1971, published Walking with Herb in 2015 before having it turned into a movie

f early academic success predicted career outcomes, Joe Bullock, NEW MEXICO STATE 1971, would have been a writer instead of a banker. Success would come in banking for Bullock, who was first named president of a bank at age 28 and is now semi-retired, but he couldn’t help but think back to that one freshman English class assignment in college that gave merit to his writing abilities.

“It was this [large] lecture session, and we had to write a paper on abortion. I wrote this paper called, ‘To Be or Not To Be,’” Bullock recalls. “About a week later the teacher says, ‘I’ve been teaching for 30 years, and I’ve never given a 100 to anybody until right now,’ and then he hands me my paper.”

Over the years, he’d do some personal writing including an article in Golf Digest about his father’s last golf shot. Bullock also would jot down quick life lessons or the funny things people said or did. In the back of his mind was his English professor’s praise, and he’d wonder, “Maybe I should have majored in something like that,” and, “I need to put this stuff into a book.” On his bucket list was the goal of writing a novel.

He’s now crossed that one off his list.

In 2015, Bullock published Walking with Herb: A Spiritual Golfing Journey to the Masters to positive reviews. As a bonus, the book was turned into a well-received 2021 movie starring George Lopez that became available on streaming services.

Walking with Herb tells the story of 65-year-old Joe Amable-Amo [Joe Goodman in the book], who is struggling with his faith after tragedy hits. While working at his desk at a bank, Joe receives a message from God on his computer that he has been chosen to deliver an inspirational message to the world. He’ll be playing in the world’s biggest golf championship, and if his faith is strong enough, he will win. As Joe embarks on a spiritual journey alongside God’s personal messenger, Herb, Joe learns to make a difference, face his fears, have confidence in himself and commit to God.

In writing the book, Bullock jokes that he didn’t look far for inspiration. The main character and his wife’s names are the same as Bullock and his wife, Sheila. Herb was the name of his college golf coach and both Joes are bank presidents in a small town.

Bullock began writing the novel in 2014, and nearly eight months later had a draft complete. He sent drafts of the book to several people for feedback, including those in the sports industry like former collegiate basketball coach Lou Henson

and professional golfer Bill Rogers, as well as author Ken Blanchard. After some reorganizing and editing, the book was published in March 2015 to favorable reviews.

Significant Sig Carl Everett, NEW MEXICO STATE 1973, has known Bullock his whole life. The two grew up four blocks from each other in Artesia, New Mexico and have continued their friendship throughout college and adulthood. Like many other readers, the message of Walking with Herb resonated with him.

“The book is a great story regarding faith, competition and personal commitment to excellence. I thought it came along at a perfect time [for reminding others about these values],” Everett says. “Joe’s talent as a storyteller and author shines in the book. I am very proud of Joe and his commitment to tell the story with skill.”

The late Tony Award winner Mark Medoff also loved the book and loved golf, Bullock says, and wanted to adapt it into a screenplay directed by his son-in-law, Ross Marks.

“Mark took the story on a deeper, longer journey. There's parallels between the book and the movie,” Bullock says. “The movie is a little more dramatic than the book, and they almost have to be. Mark told me that the only way you write a book, you're telling people what happens. When you're writing a screenplay, you're showing people what happens. It's a different communication form.”

The movie stars Academy Award nominees Edward James Olmos as Joe and Kathleen Quinlan as Sheila Amable-Amo, and George Lopez stars as Herb. Bullock makes a cameo as a PGA official.

Filming took place in mostly Las Cruces, home of New Mexico State University, and Artesia from September to October 2018. The film was almost completely financed locally by investors, including some Fraternity brothers, and the city of Las Cruces.

Order of Constantine Sig Mike Paulowsky, NEW MEXICO STATE 1973, who had Bullock as a Fraternity mentor while an undergraduate, was one of the film’s investors.

“I read the book, and we all passed it around. It’s a good read. They got ready to produce a movie and then needed some money, of course, to finance the project,” recalls Paulowsky, who saw the movie several times because of his investment in the film. “Quite a few people from southern New Mexico who knew either Joe or other people involved in the project began to invest in it. I was one of those people. It was an interesting project, especially in our community, because we’re not large. It was homegrown. We didn’t look for any institutional investors or anything like that. I'm pretty sure nobody who had a nickel in this thing had ever invested in a movie before. These are just a bunch of people who had faith in it and the team involved.”

In addition, New Mexico State has strong ties to the film. Medoff, who died in 2019, was a longtime faculty member and co-founder of the university’s Creative

Media Institute that teaches film and digital arts. Marks and cinematographer Mitch Fowler are professors at the university and several members of the crew attended or graduated from the school.

“Everything came together very well. The financing, everything, went better than we thought it would be,” Bullock remembers. “We kept calling it ‘the anointed project’ because every time we turned around, something turned out better than we thought until the very end.” United Artists digital production company was set to provide a big screen room for Hollywood buyers to see the film in March 2020. That week, Hollywood and the rest of the country shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. After being delayed, WalkingwithHerb was theatrically released in April 2021.

“Although it was pretty widespread, it was not well attended,” Bullock says. “I think it was 2,000 screens but with like five people going at a time because of COVID, so it didn’t generate a whole lot of activity.” The film launched on streaming platforms in July 2021 and is available to watch on Vudu, Amazon Prime, Apple TV and Pure Flix. Overall, the film has been favorably reviewed, including by Variety in May 2021. Some sources of pride for Bullock, in addition to the film’s positive reception, have been having two Hispanic actors play the movie leads and giving 90 percent of his profits from the WalkingwithHerb book to churches and charities.

“When you get this age, what are you going to do, buy a sports car?” Bullock says with a laugh.

Despite recently becoming a more notable member of the Las Cruces community, Bullock enjoys maintaining a low-key life, just as he had before Walking with Herb was published and the subsequent movie’s release.

“I’ve had to give talks about it. People walk up wanting my autograph or want a signed copy of the book,” Bullock says. “I’m thinking, ‘You know, this is the same guy from a small bank all his life. You can get my autograph on a check to get a loan.’”

ALUMNI CHAPTER NEWS

Pictured are participants in the Flagstaff, Arizona, Alumni Chapter’s 23rd annual horseshoe tournament fundraiser for the Northern Arizona house corporation held March 26, 2022, in Tempe, Arizona.

From left, Richard Marrs, KENTUCKY 2009, Richard Marrs, KENTUCKY 1990, Significant Sig Keith Knapp, KENTUCKY 1978, Order of Constantine Sig Claude Trapp, KENTUCKY 1943, Kentucky chapter Consul Quentin Hout, KENTUCKY 2022; and chapter advisor Dan Sirrine, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1987, celebrate Trapp’s 100th birthday.

Order of Constantine Sig Joseph Neuner, OKLAHOMA 1955, seated in center, is pictured during an August 2022 family barbecue at his Kansas home celebrating his recent induction into the Order. Family came from five states to celebrate the occasion.

ROANOKE SIGS CELEBRATE 150 YEARS

More than 500 guests and close to half of all brothers, out of less than 750 living alumni, attended the 150th anniversary of the Roanoke chapter in April 2022 in Salem, Virginia. The weekend event included a golf outing, Ritualistic gathering, White Rose Ceremony and a celebratory gala. The chapter’s Significant Sigs, including 2021 awardee Andy Teeter, 1971, and 2022 awardee Don Shockey, 1964, were recognized, and current chapter advisor, Tommy Blair, 1985, was surprised with a video montage of messages from those whose lives he touched through the years. The chapter’s alumni also raised nearly $300,000 to become the 14th chapter to become an endowed Thomas Cowan Bell Chapter with the Sigma Chi Foundation. Roanoke College President Michael Maxey spoke and discussed the shared values and vision of the college and Fraternity before announcing the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute curriculum would be implemented at the college in the fall. The anniversary event’s steering committee volunteer and Foundation Board of Governors member Chris Walters, 2000, shown at left, said, “Our success truly came down to each and every brother proactively deciding that ‘Yes, this means something to me,’ and taking the time and making the effort to be there. Standing in that absolutely packed ballroom and looking out into that sea of smiling Sigs, I feel as if I can speak for the entire brotherhood there assembled and say we are all Proud to Be.”

ALUMNI CHAPTER ANNIVERSARIES

JANUARY

1/1/1958 Sarasota, Florida, alumni chapter, 65 years

1/18/1993 Northern Virginia alumni chapter, 30 years

1/31/1938 San Diego alumni chapter, 85 years

FEBRUARY

2/1/2003 Greater Fairfield County, Connecticut, alumni chapter, 20 years

MARCH

3/11/2003 Central Missouri alumni chapter, 20 years

Anniversaries are listed every five years.

SIGMA CHI LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE MAKES HISTORY

Sigma Chi Leadership Institute becomes the first and only fraternal-affiliated organization to earn accreditation from an accrediting agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education

SIGMA CHI INTERNATIONAL FRATERNITY

in July 2022 learned that its educational arm, the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute (SCLI), became the first and only fraternal-affiliated organization to earn accreditation by an organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. The distinction has made Sigma Chi the first fraternity to offer members critical leadership skills through its revolutionary Transformational Leader program, developed and delivered by its own accredited institution, SCLI.

SCLI received accreditation through the Middle States Association Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. The groundbreaking moment was more than five years in the making and made possible by the generous funding of Sigma Chi donors.

“We learned SCLI was awarded accreditation prior to the 2022 Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop, Sigma Chi’s flagship leadership development experience. At that moment, our board was joined by Fraternity leadership, supportive alumni and undergraduate members of our brotherhood who believe in the continued evolution of fraternity,” SCLI Chairman and 68th Grand Consul Mike Greenberg, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 1982, says. “This moment should be a great source of pride for the Sigma Chi brotherhood. Accreditation offers credible evidence that the Sigma Chi journey transcends the typical fraternal experience and compliments an undergraduate brother's in-class education.”

SCLI’s accreditation also offers the Greek-letter landscape’s only third-party validation of a fraternal leadership experience. Sigma Chi and SCLI worked hand in hand to develop the Transformational Leader program, alongside well-respected leaders in higher education, business, leadership development and fraternal industries. The courses within the program pick up where academic teachings leave off and impart valuable critical thinking and interpersonal skills that can be applied on personal and professional levels throughout a member’s life.

Undergraduates can earn certificates in the leadership topics offered at signature events like the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop and Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit. Topics include how to identify and focus on core values, persist through adversity, lead and motivate peers through change and recognize the character in others.

The certificates act as differentiators for undergraduates to show not only skill mastery but also their character, values and ideals to future employers or others. They address a growing concern from employers, as noted by a recent World Economic Forum report, that today’s college graduates need enhancements

with the necessary skills and competencies like team collaboration, data analysis and creative thinking to succeed in professional roles.

“Our 21st century world calls us to develop leaders who are equipped with the skills to respond to complex opportunities and challenges with relevancy, innovation and creativity,” SCLI Associate Executive Director Robert Rabe, LOYOLA (CHICAGO) 2018, says. “The Transformational Leader program provides a holistic approach to skill development that empowers our brothers to be the change agents within the emerging workforce and marketplace. It is paramount that we form purpose-driven, values-based leaders who meet the evolving expectations of employers and our larger community.”

Adds 72nd Grand Consul Tim Sanderson, WESTERN 1985: “Sigma Chi wants to inspire and empower brothers to positively impact the world. We should

expect more of ourselves and more of each other. With the launch of the ‘Era of the Transformational Leader’ in June 2021, our Fraternity has evolved into an organization that truly enables the successes of the men who join and enables our men to become leaders who will, in turn, transform the world. Now is the time to invest in ourselves in order to deliver on our promise of ‘expect more.’”

Sigma Chi members have already cited the value of the Fraternity’s educational programming in their professional successes. Fraternity alumni who graduated between 2016 and 2021 were recently surveyed by SCLI and third-party analytics and advisory company. Of those surveyed, 62 percent said Sigma Chi programs were important or very important to them receiving a promotion at work, and 70 percent said their participation in the programs contributed to growth in their job or career.

/////////////////////////////////// “Our 21st century world calls us to develop leaders who are equipped with the skills to respond to complex opportunities and challenges with relevancy, innovation and creativity.”

- SCLI Associate Executive Director Robert Rabe, LOYOLA (CHICAGO) 2018 ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

MICHAEL CHURCH, ILLINOIS 2005

Undergraduates going through the Transformational Leader program are already benefiting from the courses. Prashanth Ragunanthan, CASE WESTERN 2023, an electrical engineering major who currently is one of two undergraduate representatives to the Executive Committee, remembers early on in his academic career struggling to get internships because he did not have qualifications or skills that set him apart from his peers. When the Transformational Leader program was formally unveiled at the 2021 Grand Chapter in Scottsdale, Arizona, Ragunanthan

knew he wanted to take all of the courses because he was so impressed by what SCLI was offering. Thus far, he’s completed the Servant Leadership, Distance Leadership, Enduring Leadership and Authentic Leadership certificates and served on the Adaptive Leadership Committee to offer feedback on the curriculum.

“In the past year and a half, I have had close to 50 interviews for many different companies that are advancing the world of engineering. I am entirely convinced that it had something to do with the fact that I had certificates from the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute on my resume at the time of application,” says

Seventy-second Grand Consul Tim Sanderson, WESTERN 1985, left, informs attendees that Sigma Chi Leadership Institute (SCLI) had received a full grant of accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools while SCLI chairman and 68th Grand Consul Michael Greenberg, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 1982, and Executive Director Jim Cogdal, BRADLEY 2003, look on.

Ragunanthan, who has served as his chapter’s Consul and has held additional leadership positions on campus. “What is even more surprising is that in these interviews, the employers very rarely asked me things relating to my degree or academic performance. In all of my interviews, the employers were fascinated with the soft skills that I had learned throughout all of these leadership development courses and corresponding leadership roles that I have held.”

One such electric engineering internship was curious about his time at the Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit and offered Ragunanthan a full-time position. But, he had to turn down that offer because he recently interviewed with motion and control technologies company Parker Hannifin for its Engineering Leadership Development Program and was fortunate to receive a job offer from Parker Hannifin. Ragunanthan adds that the Transformational Leader experience has catalyzed his leadership journey, and the skills taught have served him in several scenarios.

//////////////// “The content of the courses and the many opportunities I've had to apply the skills I learned in these courses have provided me with the confidence and the skills I needed to tackle every challenge I have had in leadership roles and my life as a whole.”

- Prashanth Ragunanthan, CASE WESTERN 2023 /////////////////

“I'm positive that these skills will also transfer throughout my career and life,” Ragunanthan says. “The content of the courses and the many opportunities I've had to apply the skills I learned in these courses have provided me with the confidence and skills I needed to tackle every challenge I have had in leadership roles and my life as a whole.”

Alumni can become trained facilitators of the curriculum and also sharpen their own communication, leadership and mentorship skills by facilitating the Transformational Leader programs. In addition to facilitation, alumni can become a Foundational Mentor, where volunteers will serve as a one-on-one resource for an area chapter’s Magister and Kustos to help roll out the Foundational Leadership Certificate. It represents one of Sigma Chi’s largest targeted volunteer recruitment initiatives to ensure that chapters receive proper instruction.

In addition, many curriculum elements within the Transformational Leader program are available for purchase by outside companies, corporations and nonprofit organizations. SCLI partnered with Purdue University’s Department of Technology Leadership and Innovation in 2021 where the two launched a sixweek online course on resiliency and a strengths-based approach to personal development for enrolled students.

“Now is the time to get excited and get involved with the Transformational Leader program within Sigma Chi. The Fraternity's vision since 2017 has been to

develop an evolutionary leadership experience for its members, unmatched in the fraternal world. Backed by the industry's highest stamp of approval of accreditation for its leadership institute, opportunities await each brother, regardless of their role in their chapter,” SCLI Executive Director Jim Cogdal, BRADLEY 2003, says.

“Whether its Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop, Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit or perhaps going onto Sigma Chi Online and engaging in Distance Leadership, the 2023-2024 year will be a calendar of potential for Sigma Chis looking to transform their skills and take them to the next level.”

For more information about the Transformational Leader program and to become a trained facilitator in delivering the curriculum, please visit sigmachi. org/transformational-leader.

BY JOSH CHARLES

TRANSFORMATION TO THE POWER OF TRUST

Former Under Secretary of State and 64th Grand Consul Keith Krach, PURDUE 1979, has employed trust and transformational leadership in each endeavor throughout his life. The deployment of his “Trust Doctrine” to defend against technological authoritarianism, safeguard global economic security, preserve democracy in Taiwan and protect human rights earned Krach a Nobel Peace Prize nomination.

//////////////// “Transformation is the most powerful word in any language, because without it we don’t develop, prosper, or grow. If your company, organization, institution, or country isn’t transforming, it’s dying — and the best way to control the future is to invent it.”

- 64th Grand Consul Keith Krach, PURDUE 1979 /////////////////

The 64th Grand Consul and 1979 International Balfour Award winner Keith Krach’s aim has always been to do exactly that. Krach’s life’s work has been focused on creating innovative organizations by building high-performance teams that challenge the status quo — and empowering them to pursue opportunities and accomplish things they never imagined possible. He believes the team with the best people wins, and that different temperaments, talents and convictions and diversity of thought is the catalyst for genius and the secret sauce for transformational change.

Purdue University President Mitch Daniels talks about Krach’s multi-sector transformational leadership this way: “Keith’s career is a story of one giant leap after another focused on creating value and improving the ways in which we all live and work.” Daniels said Krach is, “An American businessman, a Silicon Valley innovator, a philanthropist, and a public servant noted for bringing transformational

leadership in realm after realm — robotics, engineering, commerce, education, philanthropy, diplomacy and even the way people sign [important documents].” When Krach is asked where he learned his transformational leadership skills, wondering if it was at Harvard Business School or as a vice president at General Motors, he just smiles and proudly says: “I learned it as a Sigma Chi at Purdue.” He seems to love to watch their reaction.

IT’S ALL ABOUT TRUST

Krach believes if “Transformation” is the most powerful word in any language, then TRUST is the most important word. “Trust is the basis of every relationship — personal, business, or otherwise. You do business with people you trust; you partner with people you trust; you buy from people you trust; and you love people you trust,” Krach often says.

For 10 years as DocuSign chairman and CEO, he would tell his employees, “We’re not in the software business — we’re in the trust business! We deal with people’s most important documents. Those are the ones that you sign.”

Krach knows that whenever you’re starting companies from scratch, people have to trust you, your product, your processes, and your company. He understands that change is rarely easy, and the underlying principle of trust is the essential element when setting out to achieve transformational change. It is this that serves as the basis for his success as a transformational leader. “When you combine transformation and trust, that is where the magic happens,” Krach says.

And of course, being an engineer, Krach had to bring it down to a single equation: “Transformation to the Power of Trust,” or simply “T2”, which he

//////////////// “This small-town Ohio boy who has been blessed with a true allAmerican dream and having the good fortune of becoming a Sigma Chi will not

bend the knee to Emperor Xi.” ~ 64th Grand Consul Keith Krach, PURDUE 1979 ///////////

reverently refers to as “the Sigma Chi Formula.” Throughout his career, Krach has been driven by his “Transformational Trust Doctrine” of creating trusted tech companies, building trusted teams, forming trusted partnerships, developing trust standards and constructing global trust networks.

KRACH GOES TO WASHINGTON

Krach accepted the challenge of seeing if the Sigma Chi formula that worked so well in business could be applied to running U.S. Economic Diplomacy after having the rare distinction of being unanimously confirmed by the Senate as Under Secretary of State on June 20, 2019. His charge was to develop and execute a global economic security strategy that drives economic growth, maximizes national security, and combats China’s economic aggression.

As a lifelong businessman, it was no small risk on his part to leave his world in Silicon Valley to serve in government. Krach describes the experience as jumping in deep water but says that serving his country turned out to be “the most rewarding risk I’ve ever taken…so far.” When he first arrived in Washington, Krach remembers being given the advice that if he wanted a friend, he should get a dog. He already had one. So, instead he did something better. He brought in a trusted team of battle-tested and high-tech transformational leaders, which included a bevy of Sigs.

One of their most urgent missions was to defeat China’s masterplan to control global 5G communications. If China’s plan to control 5G succeeded, they could not only access a cellphone’s personal data, but could manipulate everything from utility grids to autonomous vehicles, sanitation systems, power grids, manufacturing processes and the internet of things. Their momentum seemed unstoppable, and it seemed inevitable. All previous American efforts to stop them had failed. Both sides of the aisle were hitting the panic button.

THE TRUST DOCTRINE (T2)

Krach’s “aha” moment came when meeting with his foreign counterparts and asking them about their relationship with China. They would often say, “China is a big trading partner,” but then look furtively around the room — as if to make sure no one was listening — and then whisper, “But we don’t trust them!”

That gave Krach the confidence to not only deploy the Trust Doctrine to defeat China’s 5G masterplan, but also to create an enduring model by building the

Clean Network Alliance of Democracies for defending against all areas of China’s techno-economic competition.

In less than a year, the Clean Network grew to include 60 countries, representing two-thirds of the world’s GDP, over 200 telecommunications companies and a host of other industry leaders. Former U.S. National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster said, “The Clean Network’s defeat of the Chinese Communist Party’s masterplan to control 5G communications was the first time a U.S. government-lead initiative proved that China’s economic warfare is beatable because it exposed their biggest weakness: nobody trusts them.” He also added, “I don’t think anybody has done more to integrate economic security and national security than Keith Krach.”

In one strategic move, the “Trust Doctrine” weaponized the trust principles that we honor, and China doesn’t. Instead of letting them abuse our trust, Krach turned the tables and used those very values that protect freedom against them. Perhaps most importantly, this nonpartisan model provided the unity and continuity of policy between Republican and Democratic administrations, which is so vital to America and its allies. As Krach is fond of saying, “Nothing terrifies General Secretary Xi of China more than a united United States and a united alliance of democracies.”

As a result of these and other national security initiatives, Xi declared Krach an enemy of the state and sanctioned his family. At the 2022 Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, Krach put it this way, “This small-town Ohio boy who has been blessed with a true allAmerican dream and having the good fortune of becoming a Sigma Chi will not bend the knee to Emperor Xi.”

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE

One year later, Krach was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for the development of the “Trust Doctrine” and his deployment of it to defend against technological authoritarianism, preserve democracy in Taiwan, protect human rights and safeguard global economic security.

His nominators wrote that, “By applying the principle of trust, Krach proves the world does not belong to the totalitarians and empowers a new generation to think and act differently. With the rise of authoritarianism, the Trust Doctrine represents an all-inclusive framework by which peace may be achieved across multiple sectors of human life.”

At Krach TLW, Krach reflected on his teenage years working in his father’s five-person machine shop. “If my dad was alive today, he would have gotten a kick out of this because when we were sweating away welding parts, he would always jokingly say, ‘We can’t solve world peace, but we can try!’”

HUMAN RIGHTS ADVOCATE

The Trust Doctrine serves as a platform for Krach’s prominent voice for those who have been subject to human rights abuses. “His calls to action have been described as groundbreaking by the Uyghur community. On July 4, 2020, on a national television broadcast, Keith was the first government official to openly label the CCP’s atrocities against the Uyghurs as 'genocide,'” says Nury Turkel, commissioner on Religious Freedom who was born in a China re-education camp for Uyghurs. “But Keith did not stop there. In addition to issuing the first business advisory, he compared the genocide in Xinjiang to the Holocaust, and called for divestment from Chinese companies complicit in human rights abuses. His letters to American CEOs, civil society leaders and university governing boards has spawned a divestment movement on college campuses.”

PRESERVING DEMOCRACY IN TAIWAN

Krach was the highest-ranking State Department official to visit Taiwan in 41 years. China sent a welcoming party of 40 fighters and bombers into Taiwan’s airspace to greet Krach. He utilized the “Trust Doctrine” as the fulcrum in his efforts to shield Taiwan from China’s aggression by strengthening its economic ties to the U.S. and its allies. He has been one of the greatest advocates of Taiwan and its people of any American government official in living memory.

Taiwan’s President Tsai summed up his historic trip by saying, “Under Secretary Keith Krach’s visit exemplified the remarkable possibilities of TaiwanUS relations.”

“Peaceful partnership, not fear mongering — that is the stark choice that Keith Krach has enabled through his years-long campaign to unify the world around a common, peaceful accord,” asserted the Taipei Times. “Krach’s attendant efforts regarding human rights abuses by China and Taiwan’s quest for independence are, in many ways, just different colors in the same noble cause that Mr. Krach pursues as a life purpose…The world truly is a better and safer place because of his courage and efforts.”

KRACH INSTITUTE FOR TECH DIPLOMACY

After leaving office, Krach continues his mission by forming the Krach Institute for Tech Diplomacy at Purdue University with its new president, Dr. Mung Chiang, whom he recruited to his State Department team while serving as Purdue’s then-dean of engineering. It is founded on the vision that technology must advance freedom.

The Krach Institute has rapidly become the preeminent global authority on a new model of transformational diplomacy now known as tech statecraft, which Krach and his team invented by integrating Silicon Valley strategies with traditional foreign policy tools based on the Trust Doctrine.

The institute’s mission reflects the statement Krach made in his U.S. Senate confirmation hearing when asked about his strategy for defending freedom against authoritarian aggression. He responded: “My focus will be on harnessing our three most powerful areas of competitive advantage by strengthening our partnerships with friends and allies, leveraging the innovation and resources of the private sector, and amplifying the moral high ground of our democratic trust principles to advance peace and prosperity.”

KRACH’S SIGMA CHI LEGACY

The impact of Krach’s visionary leadership and innovations have left its mark on Sigma Chi too, starting with his belief that the world needs more trusted transformational leaders than ever before. During his six-year term as chairman of the Leadership Training Board (Precursor to the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute), Krach led the development and launch of the trailblazing Horizons Huntsman Leadership Summit and endowed its first session. As Grand Pro Consul, Krach led the two-year development of Sigma Chi’s first strategic plan by assembling a team of the Fraternity’s most accomplished transformational leaders.

Upon his election as Grand Consul in 2005, Krach unveiled the groundbreaking strategic plan on the fraternity’s 150th anniversary at the 2005 Grand Chapter, which was the largest Greek-letter gathering in history. The plan pivoted Sigma Chi’s vision to becoming the preeminent collegiate leadership development organization dedicated to the mission of developing values-based leaders committed to the betterment of character, campus, and community.

The plan’s strategic imperatives spawned programs like the Mission 365 recruitment training program, the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop and the recent accreditation of Sigma Chi Leadership Institute and the Transformational Leader program. Many innovations that remain within Sigma Chi today were created and endowed by Krach during his tenure as Grand Consul including: the Mark V. Anderson Character-In-Action™ Leadership Award, the Sigma Chi Military Service Recognition Pin and the Non-Student Initiation (NSI) Program.

His commitment to Sigma Chi starts with his wife, Metta, who served as the Fraternity’s International Sweetheart from 1997 to 1999. He also has two Sigma Chi sons, Steve Krach, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2011, Carter Krach, PURDUE 2014, and 11 year-old JD, whom he proclaims is a “Sigma Chi-in-training.”

‘IT ALL STARTED AT SIGMA CHI’

After all these years of incredible accomplishments under his belt, Krach never misses a chance to say that “it all started at the Sigma Chi house at Purdue.” He told the brothers at workshop:

“Sigma Chi provided me countless opportunities to expand my comfort zone and take risks. Sometimes it would take all the courage I could muster to challenge my status quo and jump in water over my head. But it was a great lesson in transformation and learning to trust in myself. I have Sigma Chi to thank for that little voice in my head that tells me to go for it. After a while, that adrenaline rush becomes addicting. I call it ‘scary fun.’ Besides, sometimes the biggest risk of all is not taking a risk at all.”

A CALL FOR EMERGING LEADERS

Order of Constantine Sig and Significant Sig Bill George, GEORGIA TECH 1964, urges young people to step up and lead with their hearts, not just their heads, in his latest book.

Order of Constantine Sig and Significant Sig Bill George, GEORGIA TECH 1964, released True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership in 2007. That book, as well as his 2003 debut Authentic Leadership: Rediscovering the Secrets to Creating Lasting Change and subsequent True North editions, have for almost two decades informed Sigma Chi’s approach to teaching leadership to its members. Since 2018, when the organization formally adopted Transformational Leadership as its instructional model, George’s True North concept has become central to it.

His latest book, True North: Emerging Leader Edition, is aimed at inspiring younger leaders to use their capabilities to have a positive impact on the world. It focuses on young leaders who are committed to something greater than themselves and already making a difference in their company or community. George and his coauthor, millennial tech entrepreneur Zach Clayton, share subjects’ stories about challenges they’re facing, how they found their true north and stayed true to themselves while leading through crises. It also includes concrete suggestions for becoming an authentic leader and knowing when — and how — to speak out on complex public issues.

George’s True North and Authentic Leadership books are the basis of the True North (Authentic) Leadership Certificate available through Sigma Chi Leadership Institute and the Transformational Leader program. It is one of three certificate tracks available at the 2023 Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop taking place Aug. 1 to Aug. 5 at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Sigs who participate in the course will learn to identify their core values and apply them to everyday situations, actions and decisions.

Below, George answers The Magazine’s questions about True North: Emerging Leader Edition, the leadership lessons he learned in his Fraternity chapter at Georgia Tech, his life in business and time spent teaching at Harvard Business School.

What motivated you to produce a new edition of True North and to direct it at emerging leaders?

Leadership is going through tremendous change. In the days when I came up, it was much more like a command-and-control type of leadership. Today, it’s really

all about empowering people and helping people reach their full potential at all levels of an organization. And I think leadership requires everyone to step up; even if you don’t have a formal leadership role, [being a leader requires you] to take on leadership responsibilities. And so, I felt it was time [to update True North with an emerging leaders focus]. We’ve got a lot of challenges in our world, and I felt it’s really time for younger leaders to step up and take over our organizations. Whether they’re corporations, nonprofits, medical organizations, even in the government, I just think we need to open the door for a lot of younger leaders to take over.

So, this book is hopefully an inspiration to younger leaders to use their capabilities to make a difference in the world and to have a positive impact.

How did you go about identifying the group of emerging that leaders that you included in the book?

We were looking for people who are already taking on leadership roles or making a difference and wanting to hear their stories. We were looking for people that seem to be committed to something greater than themselves — not ego-based leaders or so-called charismatic leaders — but people who really were making a difference already in their careers. [We wanted to] tell their stories about the challenges they’re facing and how they found their true north, about how they stayed true to what they were, how they led through a crisis. [One of the leaders we included is] Jen Hyman who started Rent the Runway. When COVID came along, no one was going out and they didn’t need [rental clothing for social or professional occasions], so she had to restructure the entire business. She’s still restructuring it. That was a huge crisis for her, but in a publicly held company, she’s done a fantastic job. So, we want to understand how people are thinking about their leadership right now, particularly younger leaders who are passing through all those stages where you hit difficult times and what they’ve learned from it, what keeps them going and how they’re leading today.

Do you feel that your undergraduate experience in the Fraternity chapter at Georgia Tech helped you develop as an authentic leader? I really credit the Beta Chi chapter of Sigma Chi. It was totally transformative for me at Georgia Tech. I remember I came there — and in those days, there were not many people from the North — I’d come from Michigan, 800 miles away. I remember going through fraternity row [during recruitment] and winding up at the Sigma Chi house at the end of it. I remember walking up there and all of a sudden, I felt I was coming home. I had the same feeling at Medtronic 30 years later: I felt like I was coming home to a place I’d never been [and felt] that welcoming presence, that in fact, this is where I belong.

Sigma Chi became my home. It was hard for me to leave when I graduated; I had some very transformative experiences. My initiation experience was very transformative. I was so inspired coming out of that because I had a chance to look at myself and what I was doing wrong. I ran for office six times or something [immediately after my initiation]. I lost all six [elections]. Some seniors in our chapter took me aside and said, “Bill, let me be honest with you. No one’s ever going to want to work with you, much less be led by you, because you’re moving so fast to get ahead, you don’t take time for other people.”

And that was a telling blow because I’d always wanted to be in a leadership role, but they were absolutely right. It was like I was building a resume instead of building relationships. Leadership is all about working with people and building relationships, working with diverse people, people in different backgrounds, different interests, different motivations. And so, I learned more about becoming a leader in my Sigma Chi chapter. One of my greatest experiences was being Magister, and helping people learn about themselves in that process. I still have great relationships with all the people that were my pledges at the time.

So, I’m extremely loyal to Sigma Chi because of what it did for me. That’s where I learned how to lead. I would tell anyone who’s reading this,“Take on the smallest job. Be the house manager, be the social chairman, be the recruitment chair — just do something because you’re going to learn how to lead.”

Something you mention in the book is the importance of creating purpose-driven and inclusive environments. Why do you feel that’s important and what advice do you have for anyone who is looking to create a more inclusive environment in their company, community or Fraternity chapter?

The very first time I entered the Sigma Chi house at 770 Techwood Drive, I felt included. I felt like I belonged. Even today, when I go back to the chapter, I feel included. I feel welcome, even though I’m a lot older than the undergraduates. Having a place where you call home, where you feel included, is key. The workplace should be that, and if it’s not, you’re not going to be happy. No matter how much money you make, no matter how big your title is, you’re not going to be happy.

Inclusion today means we must include people with significant differences. We live in an identity society where we tend to judge people on where they

//////////////// “Your true north is not about those identity things. It’s about who you are. That’s where we connect — over our humanity, our purpose, our values, our hopes and our motivations.” ~ Order of Constantine Sig and

Significant Sig Bill George, GEORGIA TECH 1964

went to school, their race, their religion, their gender, their sexual identity and their national origin. I think that’s wrong. I’ve been thrilled to see [at Fraternity] workshops and Grand Chapter, the diversity in the Fraternity.

Your true north is not about those identity things. It’s about who you are. That’s where we connect — over our humanity, our purpose, our values, our hopes and our motivations. What matters is who you are inside. It may take you awhile to figure it out because there are a lot of rewards, a lot of focus on identity, but if you can make that shift into your true north, then you’re going to have a much more wholesome life. You’re going to feel much better about the people you’re with and around. You’re going to feel like you belong and you feel included, and everyone wants to feel that, I think.

Is there anything else within the book that you feel Sigma Chi readers should know about?

One of the things that every Sigma Chi is going to confront in their life is a test of moral courage. The last chapter in the book is called The Moral Leader [It examines the question of] Are you true to your values? When you can be true to your values, you’re going to feel good about yourself, no matter how difficult the times are. When you feel like you can be true to who you are, that’s following your True North. But also, that you’re going to be confronted with situations where you have to have moral courage. I remember one of my big tests when I was 23-years-old was going on the stage at Grand Chapter and saying, “Hey, this is wrong. We’re going to lose all of our chapters unless we start accepting people from diverse backgrounds.” We were losing them in a lot of schools and a lot of the older alumni didn’t get it, didn’t support it. *Now they do and that’s a big change, but for me, that took a lot of moral courage to get up there and do that.

And maybe I was a little outspoken in those days, but I felt strongly and passionate. So [I’d ask readers to consider,] what is it that you feel strongly about?

*Note: Sigma Chi International Fraternity had in its governance from 1870 to 1961 a clause stating that all members must be white males. The clause’s effects lingered for years afterward, as the Fraternity instituted other procedures — such as requiring chapters to submit photos of all men who had been given bids — that allowed continuing the prevention of initiating non-white men.

About the Authors

Order of Constantine Sig and Significant Sig Bill George is the former chairman and chief executive officer of Medtronic. He joined Medtronic in 1989 as president and chief operating officer, was chief executive officer from 1991-2001 and board chair from 1996-2002. He is currently a senior fellow at Harvard Business School, where he has taught leadership since 2004.

Bill is the author of: Discover Your True North and The Discover Your True North Field book, Authentic Leadership, 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis, True North, Finding Your True North, and True North Groups. He served on the boards of Goldman Sachs, ExxonMobil, Novartis, Target and Mayo Clinic.

He received his bachelor’s of science in industrial engineering with high honors from Georgia Tech, his MBA with high distinction from Harvard University, where he was a Baker Scholar, and honorary PhDs from Georgia Tech, Mayo Medical School, University of St. Thomas, Augsburg College and Bryant University. He earned Sigma Chi’s 1964 International Balfour Award recognizing him as the Fraternity’s most outstanding graduate that year.

Zach Clayton is CEO of Three Ships, which he founded in 2009. Three Ships owns more than a dozen marketplace websites such as Sleepopolis and HouseMethod that help consumers buy mattresses and homes with confidence.

He holds an MBA with high distinction from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar, and a bachelor’s from the University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, where he was a Morehead Scholar. Clayton serves on the boards of the Dix Park Conservancy and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill General Alumni Association.

About the Book

In True North: Emerging Leaders Edition, renowned leadership expert Bill George and Millennial tech entrepreneur Zach Clayton issue the challenge to emerging leaders—from Gen X to Millennials and Gen Z—to lead their organizations authentically through never-ending crises to make the world a better place for everyone.

The book is filled with stories from successful leaders such as Microsoft’s Satya Nadella and Merck’s Ken Frazier to PepsiCo’s Indra Nooyi and General Motors’ Mary Barra, as well as emerging leaders like OneTrust’s Kabir Barday and Kanbrick’s Tracy Britt Cool of how they overcame great challenges to build successful organizations.

Welcome back, Illinois State University

CHAPTER NAME: Theta Rho

INSTALLATION DATE: Oct. 22, 2022

PROVINCE: East Illinois

SIGS INITIATED AT INSTALLATION: 55

For Consul Levi Brooke, ILLINOIS STATE 2023, the choice of joining a Greek-letter organization was simple, but joining a fraternity that was starting from the ground up was an opportunity to build something bigger. With the help of headquarters staff, the Theta Rho chapter at Illinois State University installed 55 new Sigs on Oct. 22, 2022. Brooke outlines why Sigma Chi stood out to him and, surprisingly, how gathering restrictions brought on by COVID-19 boosted the recruitment efforts of the Theta Rho chapter.

How did this all start? It was the fall of 2019 when headquarters was on campus recruiting people. Our first class had 35 people recruited by [then-associate director of expansion at International Fraternity Headquarters] Taylor Lee, SOUTHERN UTAH 2018, and by the end of the semester we dropped down to eight [members]. Since then, we’ve been building back up. Since we started back at campus, I’ve been at the head table serving as Annotator, Consul and Pro Consul, among others. The first few years, it was a group effort.

Why Sigma Chi? What about the Fraternity stood out to you? Being a founding father and creating something new stood out to me and got me in the door first. When we had alumni come back at a tailgate, and in talking with Taylor, it showed that people care about this group. It was something bigger. People wanted to come back, and it intrigued me. The guys that ended up being in my class kept me here. It’s something that we were able to build and baby through college. With the expansion guys being headquarters guys, recruitment was simpler because you knew what they were telling you was true. It wasn’t just a bunch of college kids possibly stretching the truth.

What was the process like when there was first interest? Taylor was trying to gauge interest, and a friend of mine lived next door to him. I responded to a social media post by my friend, and that’s how I was introduced to Taylor. I was talking with him and when we got further in the process, more expansion guys came down [from International Fraternity headquarters in Evanston, Illinois,] and helped us finish the initial process. The alumni approached expansion to start the efforts to bring the chapter back. Headquarters [staff members] came down and tried to find people who were interested instead of us saying we were interested and wanted to start it on our own.

How long did your chapter’s reactivation process take? How did you manage COVID-19 difficulties? COVID-19 actually almost helped us in the long run. In the fall of 2020, the school still wanted us to be able to recruit so everything was virtual. It put us on an even playing field because all you could see were the five guys on Zoom. You couldn’t see a house or anything like that. It helped us boost our numbers.

What was it like the semester you got your charter? It’s been crazy in general. Aside from getting the charter back, we had a lot of things planned and a lot of things we wanted to accomplish. We had something planned basically every weekend up until [our reinstallation ceremony on Oct. 22.]

What support did your chapter receive from its alumni? We had a lot of involvement from a selective group of alumni. Many of the original founding fathers made it to the [reinstallation] banquet. There’s been a lot more involvement this semester than in the past. Jeff Lindsay, ILLINOIS STATE 2002, and Brian Spaulding, ILLINOIS STATE 1993, among others, have been there since the beginning.

Welcome back, University of South Carolina

CHAPTER NAME: Gamma Nu

INSTALLATION DATE: Nov. 5, 2022

PROVINCE: South Carolina

SIGS INITIATED AT INSTALLATION: 96

Although setbacks delayed the Gamma Nu chapter’s Nov. 5 reinstallation, 96 Sigs were initiated at the University of South Carolina. Consul Jake Hansmann, 2024, explains why he chose the Fraternity, as well as what the process of reinstallment was like. He also discusses the struggles of trying to rebrand the returned chapter from troubled to triumphant and how Gamma Nu alumni are increasingly returning to the chapter they called home as undergraduates.

How did this all start? It started in the spring of 2020. I rushed in the fall of 2020. I came into a group of about 35 people and we had 15 people in our pledge class. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I knew we were starting something. Fast forward two years and I wouldn’t have traded that experience for the world. Without [International Fraternity] headquarters and their support from the beginning, we wouldn’t be here. We wouldn’t have the opportunity to come back. That second chance allows us to form a bond like no other.

Why Sigma Chi? What about the Fraternity stood out to you? My uncle was a Sig at the University of Illinois. He was the only person in my family that was in a Greek-letter organization, so I knew Sigma Chi was going to be one of my top choices. When I went to different recruitment events as a kid who knew next to nobody in a place nearly 700 miles from home, it was all about where I felt I made the best connection. It was something about the guys in Sigma Chi that I knew this is where I needed to be. I felt a sense of being with the group of guys recruiting me. I knew they had a similar sense of morals and passions as I did. I wanted to find a group of guys that if I brought my family down, from my little brother to my grandfather, I’d be more than happy to introduce them to this group.

What was the reinstallment process like? I wasn’t around for the beginning, but I’m familiar with phases one and two of the process. We finished the Phase Two report last December, but due to a major setback we had to resubmit it and our dates [for reinstallation] got pushed back. It was a pretty grueling thing for us. You have guys who have been doing this since their freshman year, and now they’re juniors and seniors. That setback brought us even closer together. We pushed forward. I couldn’t be more proud of my guys. There was a ton of adversity we faced over the past two years and people could have checked out, but the guys hung in there. I couldn’t be more proud to be involved with those 95 other guys.

As a chapter coming back, what was the alumni involvement like?

Jarrod Brooks, SOUTH CAROLINA 1993, has been our most involved [alumnus]. He helped us raise $30,000 for the chapter. It’s been a struggle trying to reach the alumni because of what happened. Our name was tarnished pretty badly [when the Fraternity closed our chapter in 2016] but we’re trying to rebuild the trust. We’ve gotten a lot of support since rechartering. We had over 300 people in attendance at our rechartering banquet. Our alumni support is higher now than it’s ever been, and I attribute 99 percent of that to Jarrod Brooks.

What was it like the semester you got your charter? It was a bittersweet moment at the end because we knew it was coming, but didn’t know what to expect. Everyone generally had the same “we’re almost there” mentality. It’s been our best semester yet; it’s been awesome. There’s been more unity, and you see much more appreciation between each brother. We have put blood, sweat and tears into this Fraternity over the last two years and to see it come together and see all the support is tough to put into words.

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Looking for our Campus Chronicles chapter updates and photos? We will resume publishing them in the FALL 2023 issue of The Magazine of Sigma Chi.

CHAPTER ANNIVERSARIES

JANUARY

1/11/1883 Alpha Epsilon, Nebraska, 140 years

FEBRUARY

2/13/1988 Iota Gamma, Jacksonville, 35 years (Need Pictures)

2/15/1968 Zeta Phi, New Mexico State, 55 years (Need Pictures)

MARCH

3/2/1868 Mu, Denison, 155 years (Need Pictures)

3/6/1993 Chi Chi, Birmingham Southern, 30 years (Need Pictures)

3/26/1988 Iota Epsilon, Charleston, 35 years (Need Pictures)

3/28/1998 Kappa Omicron, Pepperdine, 25 years

3/29/2003 Kappa Sigma, Pacific, 20 years (Need Pictures)

Anniversaries are listed every five years.

The White Rose Ceremony

In 1909, the service in memoriam was officially added to the Ritual. More than a century later, the beautiful White Rose Ceremony is publicly conducted as a final honor to the life of a Sigma Chi and to recognize the brother’s entrance into the Chapter Eternal.

The White Rose Ceremony may be conducted in two ways: as part of a memorial service and at a cemetery. In both, brothers who are present don white roses over their hearts. Then, each brother places his rose on the casket. After honor is called to the name of the deceased, the words spoken by the leader of the ceremony are short, yet poignant and true to the spirt of Sigma Chi:

“InasmuchasourdearlybelovedbrotherworeoverhisheartTheWhiteCrossofSigmaChi,whoseimmaculatewhitenesssymbolizedtousthepurityofhismotives, therefore,itismostappropriatethathenowbearabovehisheartouremblem;andthatwelaywhiterosesuponhiscasketintokenofthesweetmemorieswewillalways cherish of him we loved so well.”

The service in memoriam is one of four portions of the Ritual that can be conducted publicly. It provides a brief, but powerful glance at the meaningful words of Sigma Chi to those outside of our order, showing them the importance of the bonds of our brotherhood.

Denotes Life Loyal Sig

ORDER OF CONSTANTINE SIG AND SIGNIFICANT SIG BILL FLEMING JR., SAM HOUSTON 1965 , entered the Chapter Eternal on Dec. 17, 2021. He was 80. Fleming was born Jan. 16, 1941. He was Grand Historian from 2007 to 2015, during which time he worked to compile and edit One in Heart and Purpose: The Founders and Founding of the Sigma Chi Fraternity. He also was a longtime house corporation member for the Sam Houston chapter, workshop facilitator, Grand Praetor of the East Texas province and member of the Executive Committee from 1997 to 1999. Fleming, a Ritual Master, also served on multiple Fraternity committees. Professionally he was an English professor at Sam Houston State University since 1972 and also served as executive director of the university’s Student Advising and Mentoring Center.

ORDER OF CONSTANTINE SIG AND SIGNIFICANT SIG BILL HERLEMAN, ILLINOIS 1948 , entered the Chapter Eternal on Dec. 1, 2021. He was 97. Herleman was born Jan. 29, 1924, in Quincy, Illinois. He served in the U.S. Army Infantry from 1943 to 1946. Upon graduation Herleman worked for piano and organ companies. He spent 25 years with Wurlitzer Piano and Organ Company in Illinois and became president and CEO. After retiring in 1981 he became a realtor and developed W. N. Herleman Associates, a consulting firm specializing in business startups, management, marketing and real estate. Herleman was a member of the Sigma Chi Foundation Board of Governors and served as treasurer. He also was director of the Illinois house corporation board.

SIXTY-FIRST GRAND CONSUL, ORDER OF CONSTANTINE SIG AND SIGNIFICANT SIG BUDDY METCALF II, AUBURN 1969 , entered the Chapter Eternal on Feb. 20, 2022. He was 75. Metcalf was born Oct. 29, 1946, in Montgomery, Alabama. He was a certified public accountant and founded his own firm, Metcalf-Davis, in 1978. After receiving a kidney from his niece he served on the American Kidney Fund board for years. Metcalf was elected Grand Consul in 1999. Throughout his decades of Sigma Chi service he served on several committees, including being chairman of the audit committee, Balfour selection committee and benefits committee, among others. Metcalf also was director of Constantine Capital Inc. and was part of the annual leadership training workshop faculty for many years.

ORDER OF CONSTANTINE SIG AND SIGNIFICANT SIG DON SEVERE, BRADLEY 1956 , entered the Chapter Eternal on May 30, 2022. He was 88. Severe was born May 7, 1934. He was president and CEO of NPC Insurance and the Employee Benefit Marketing Co., as well as a past NASD broker and dealer. He also worked as a former lobbyist and was a U.S. Air Force pilot who attained the rank of captain. Severe was a member of two citizens’ committees involved with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Patrol in Tucson and Nogales, Arizona. He served for many years on the International Fraternity’s Alumni Participation Committee and Executive Committee and was involved with the Denver and Tucson alumni chapters. Severe was a recipient of the Minton Best Alumni Chapter Officer Award in 1990.

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OF CONSTANTINE JOE PORTER, OKLAHOMA STATE 1964 , entered the Chapter Eternal on April 1, 2022. He was 80. Porter was born Nov. 9, 1941, in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Professionally, Porter was a petroleum engineer. His Sigma Chi service included roles on the local and national levels. Porter was a Balfour Leadership Training Workshop faculty member in the recruitment division and participated on the Oklahoma State house corporation board. He was an alumni ambassador for the Oklahoma region and helped reestablish the Stillwater, Oklahoma, Alumni Chapter. Porter also was founder of an Oklahoma State University Foundation endowed scholarship fund for the undergraduate chapter.

ORDER OF CONSTANTINE CHUCK SANT'AGATA, CAL. STATE-FRESNO

1957 , entered the Chapter Eternal on Feb. 16, 2022. Sant’Agata was born Oct. 10, 1935, in Fresno, California. Professionally he worked in public relations and started Charles Sant’Agata Public Relations and was president and CEO of the American Lung Association of Central California. He was active with many organizations, including the Fresno Chamber of Commerce and Public Relations Society of America-Central California Chapter. Sant’Agata was the Cal. State-Fresno chapter advisor, chaired the committee in the 1960s to fundraise for the chapter’s current house and then chaired fundraising committees for house renovations in 1980, 1990 and 2000. He was a Ritual advisor, served as Grand Praetor and was past president of the Fresno Alumni Chapter.

SIGNIFICANT SIG VAUGHN BORNET, EMORY 1939, entered the Chapter Eternal on Oct. 5, 2020. He was 102. Bornet was born Oct. 10, 1917, in Philadelphia. He was a U.S. Navy veteran who served in World War II and was in the Naval Reserve program for 23 years. Bornet was a prolific author whose books include an autobiography, Learn and Create, Herbert Hoover: President of the United States and The Presidency of Lyndon B. Johnson. He also worked at a few colleges, including as a professor of history and social science at Southern Oregon College from 1963 to 1980 and as chairman of its social sciences division for 14 years. Bornet’s biography is in Who’s Who in the World and in America.

SIGNIFICANT SIG JACKSON BROWN JR., EMORY 1962, entered the Chapter Eternal on Nov. 30, 2021. He was 81. He was born March 14, 1940, in Nashville, Tennessee. Brown was the author of over 20 inspirational and self-help books, including Life’s Little Instruction Book, which spent over two years on The New York Times bestseller list, over a year in the No. 1 spot and was the first book to hold the No. 1 spot on the Times’ hardcover and paperback lists simultaneously. Other books to make the list include A Father’s Book of Wisdom and P.S.ILoveYou. He held a number of creative jobs before forming his own advertising agency and creating TV, radio and print advertisements, including jingles for consumer brands and campaign music for political candidates.

SIGNIFICANT SIG BOB CARDENAS, NEW MEXICO 1955 , entered the Chapter Eternal on March 10, 2022. He was 102. Cardenas was born March 10, 1920, in Merida, Mexico. He was commissioned in the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1941. Cardenas had a notable career as a pilot, earning him multiple awards. In 1947 he flew the aircraft that launched Chuck Yeager, who exceeded the speed of sound. Cardenas was the lead test pilot for the Northrop YB-49. During the Korean war, Cardenas tested jet fighters and bombers, and during the Vietnam War he flew combat missions. In 1968 he commanded the Air Force Special Operations Forces. He was inducted into several halls of fame, including the International Air and Space Hall of Fame. Other accomplishments include negotiating the withdrawal of U.S. forces from Libya with Muammar Gadhafi and serving on several veterans organizations.

SIGNIFICANT SIG MILT DAKOVICH, IOWA STATE 1976 , entered the Chapter Eternal on Feb. 24, 2022. He was 67. Dakovich was born July 20, 1954, in Des Moines, Iowa. After graduating with a degree in civil and construction engineering he started working at Aspro Inc., where he served as president. He also served on the Lincoln Savings Bank board of directors beginning in 2000 and was appointed to the State of Iowa Board of Regents in 2013 and reappointed in 2019. Dakovich was active in industry organizations and was past president of the Associated General Contractors of Iowa, from which he was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award, and the Asphalt Paving Association of Iowa.

SIGNIFICANT SIG DR. JERE FLETCHER, EMORY 1957, entered the Chapter Eternal on Jan. 23, 2022. He was 86. Fletcher was born Jan. 31, 1935, in Statesboro, Georgia. After graduating from medical school also at Emory, he became board certified in internal medicine and cardiology and started his career as the Marine Corp’s ward medical officer in San Diego and was on the University of California School of Medicine faculty. Fletcher returned to Atlanta to become director of internal medicine at Georgia Baptist Medical Center and faculty at Emory’s School of Medicine. He later joined Florida’s Mayo Clinic and its medical college as a professor of medicine. Fletcher conducted research on cardiac rehabilitation medicine and had over 200 peer-reviewed scientific publications on cardiac rehabilitation and prevention.

SIGNIFICANT SIG RICK GUILLAUME, WESTERN KENTUCKY 1965 , entered the Chapter Eternal on March 11, 2022. He was 78. Guillaume was born June 19, 1943, in Louisville, Kentucky. He was a prominent Louisville banker. Guillaume started his career at Liberty National Bank/Banc One and served as president. He also served as vice chairman and CEO of Bank of Louisville, which later became BB&T, and ended his career as chairman and CEO of Kentucky operations for BB&T. Guillaume received several recognitions, including the Metro United Way Society Leadership Award and being named Westerner of the Year by his alma mater. He also served on several boards, such as those of Norton Healthcare, West End School and the Kentucky Performing Arts.

SIGNIFICANT SIG JOHN HALL, VANDERBILT 1955 , entered the Chapter Eternal on Nov. 25, 2021. He was 88. Hall was born Nov. 30, 1932, in Dallas. He was chairman and CEO of Ashland Inc., a specialty chemicals company. In 1966, he was elected the company’s youngest-ever vice president, became president in 1971 and was named board chairman and CEO in 1981. The Gallagher Report named Hall one of the 10 Best Corporate Chief Executives in 1985. His crisis management skills were nationally praised in 1988 when an Ashland storage tank released diesel oil into two rivers. Hall was a champion for education, served on many corporate and organization boards and the Vanderbilt Board of Trust, received numerous awards for his leadership and received honorary degrees from several universities.

SIGNIFICANT SIG HAL HANSEN, KANSAS 1958 , entered the Chapter Eternal on June 7, 2022. He was 85. Hansen was born Nov. 23, 1936, in Hutchinson, Kansas. He studied finance in college and spent his entire 40-year career working for Cargill Inc. The last 20 years there were spent as president of Cargill Investors Services, and he retired from Cargill in 1998. Hansen was active in the National Futures Association and was chairman of the Futures Industry Association from 1992 to 1993 and served on its executive committee for many years. In the 1990s he served on the Chicago Board of Trade and Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Futures Commission Merchants committees.

SIGNIFICANT SIG LAWRENCE MARTIN, VIRGINIA 1964, entered the Chapter Eternal on Jan. 4, 2022. He was 78. Martin was born July 16, 1943, in Jacksonville, Florida. He was a county and circuit court judge in southwest Florida. He also led Florida’s 20th Judicial Circuit Drug Court. In 1970 Martin joined the U.S. Army as a captain in the Judge Advocate Generals Corps, where he prosecuted and defended soldiers in court-martials and represented the government in military appeals. He was the founder and first chairperson/president of the Collier County Fee Arbitration Committee and Defense Lawyers Association, a member of the Kiwanis Club of Naples and a pilot for Angel Flight Southeast.

SIGNIFICANT SIG TOM LONG, EASTERN ILLINOIS 1972, entered the Chapter Eternal on Jan. 28, 2022. He was 71. Long was born on May 3, 1950, in Kankakee, Illinois. He practiced law in the Alton, Illinois, area. He was CEO and vice chairman of Argosy Gaming Co. in Alton, then he was chairman of the board and principal shareholder of the First National Bank of Grant Park, Illinois, and First Community Bank of Godfrey, Illinois. He was a member of the White House Advance Office under President George W. Bush. He was a founding member of the Eastern Illinois chapter.

SIGNIFICANT SIG MICHAEL MANSON, ARIZONA AND STANFORD 1982, entered the Chapter Eternal on April 28, 2022. He was 63. Manson was born Sept. 9, 1959. He was a business executive who used his entrepreneurial experience to create value in areas ranging from pet food with PetSmart to public policy, electric motors, real estate and fastener manufacturing. He co-founded PetSmart and Motor Excellence. Manson also served as the managing member of Brookstone Ventures, a diversified land development and angel investment firm, and acted as an advisor to several startup organizations. He was on the Phoenix and Flagstaff, Arizona, Mayor’s Advisor Council and volunteered with the Boy Scouts of America.

SIGNIFICANT SIG MIKE MCCORMACK, WASHINGTON STATE 1948 , entered the Chapter Eternal on Nov. 7, 2020. He was 98. McCormack was born Dec. 14, 1921, in Basil, Ohio. He served in World War II with the U.S. Army’s parachute infantry. From 1949 to 1950 he was an instructor at the University of Puget Sound and from 1950 to 1970 was a research scientist with Hanford Project. McCormack was elected to the Washington House of Representatives in 1956 and reelected in 1958. He was elected to the Washington Senate in 1960 and then re-elected in 1964 and 1968. McCormack also was elected to the U.S. Congress and served from 1971 to 1981.

SIGNIFICANT SIG RON NORELLI, MIT 1967 , entered the Chapter Eternal on April 19, 2022. He was 76. Norelli was born Sept. 19, 1945, in Baltimore. He studied chemical engineering and worked with Chevron oil refineries in California and at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. He earned his Master of Business Administration from Northwestern University and began working as a management consultant. His firm Norelli & Company helped with small- and medium-sized corporate turnarounds, and Norelli’s specialty was improving the financial and management health of family businesses in transition. He served as president of the international industry trade group Family Firm Institute and was chairman of CEM Corporation.

SIGNIFICANT SIG PAUL PAULSON, OHIO STATE 1954 , entered the Chapter Eternal on Feb. 6, 2022. He was 89. Paulson was born Sept. 25, 1932, in White Plains, New York. He served as a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and received a commendation letter for his actions during the Suez Crisis of 1956 when the Navy had to evacuate 1,500 civilians. After his honorable discharge Paulson worked in advertising. He joined Compton Advertising in 1959 and ran the Procter and Gamble account. In 1978 he joined Doyle Dane Bernbach as president of DDB New York. Paulson left in 1982 to co-found his own advertising agency. He retired in 1992 but served as a marketing consultant until 2010.

SIGNIFICANT SIG JOHN ROACH JR., TEXAS CHRISTIAN 1961 , entered the Chapter on Eternal March 20, 2022. He was 83. Roach was born Nov. 22, 1938, in Stamford, Texas. He started his career at Tandy Corporation in 1967 as a data processing manager. Roach helped make the fully assembled Tandy TRS-80 home computer popular at a time when few fully assembled computers were on the market by selling it for just under $600 in RadioShack stores beginning in 1977. He became RadioShack’s executive vice president in 1978 and was named chief operating officer in 1980. In 1983 Roach became chief executive and chair of Tandy and held those positions until his retirement in 1999.

Sigma Chi Fraternity CHAPTER ETERNAL

Alabama

1944 Joe Covington of Meridian, MS; 12/20

1952 Paul Owen Jr. of Janesville, WI; 2/22

1960 Tommy Adams of Huntsville, AL; 11/21

1960 Frank Helderman Jr. of Atlanta; 3/22

1984 Lawton Miller of Mountain Brook, AL; 1/22

2012 Thomas Darby of Florence, AL; 5/22

Albion

1946 Bob Maynard of Traverse City, MI; 1/22

1949 Richard Foor of Grand Blanc, MI; 4/22

1958 John Kinne of Grand Ledge, MI; 12/21

Arizona

1950 Lowell Bailey Jr. of Phoenix; 1/22

1950 Milton Smith Jr. of Paradise Valley, AZ; 5/22

1986 Scott Disharoon of Redondo Beach, CA; 12/21

Arizona State

1963 Robert Austin Jr. of Kuna, ID; 5/21

1974 Scott Gates of Tempe, AZ; 4/22

Arkansas

1943 Walter Morris Jr. of West Helena, AR; 2/22

1943 Gordon Wittenberg of Little Rock, AR; 1/20

1951 Bob Bailey of Little Rock, AR; 6/21

1951 Bob Stewart of Shreveport, LA; 1/22

1952 Bill Wilson of Kirkwood, MO; 4/22

1952 David Newbern, MD, of Little Rock, AR; 4/22

1958 Sonny Dryer of Jonesboro, AR; 4/22

1961 Bo Huffman III of Fairhope, AL; 8/21

1977 Dan Kemp of Little Rock, AR; 4/22

2008 Zach McGrath of Mountain Home, AR; 6/22

Arkansas State

1955 Larry Lacewell of Irving, TX; 5/22

Auburn

1953 Percy Alford Jr. of Milton, FL; 4/22

1942 Harry Donovan of Indianapolis; 2/20

2014 James Dobbs Davie of Atlanta; 5/22

Ball State

1986 Eric Downey of Fort Wayne, IN; 4/22

Beloit

1955 James Vance of Fort Atkinson, WI; 9/21

1971 Harvey Simer of Minneapolis; 10/20

Bowling Green

1968 William Bunce of Walnut Creek, CA; 2/21

1998 Douglas Crowley of Toledo, OH; 4/22

Bradley

1958 Pat McCarthy of Naples, FL; 1/22

Brown

1945 Philip Holmes of East Falmouth, MA; 10/21

1961 Robert Birch of Lake Wales, FL; 2/22

Bucknell

1955 Marion Minker Jr. of Annapolis, MD; 5/22

1960 Frank Regan of Mount Pleasant, SC; 4/22

1963 Samuel Davis of State College, PA; 4/22

Butler

1956 Thomas Cisco of Indianapolis; 5/22

1961 Gary Russell of Masonic Home, KY; 2/22

1966 Robert Oyler of Milwaukee; 5/22

1969 Pat Kress of Independence, MO; 2/22

Cal. State-Fresno

1955 Ernest Ingraham of Arcata, CA; 1/20

1959 William McGuinness of Fresno, CA; 12/21

1959 Gene Wilkinson of Carson City, NV; 1/22

1960 Willy Kollmeyer of Nevada City, CA; 9/21

1964 Dennis Paldi of Lake Oswego, OR; 11/20

1971 Kenneth Ashburner of Reno, NV; 1/22

1973 Jared Holve of Springville, CA; 3/22

Cal. State-Long Beach

1989 Daniel Gillespie of Long Beach, CA; 4/22

Cal. State-Sacramento

2005 Danny Branco of Vacaville, CA; 5/22

California-Irvine

1985 William Shreve of Laguna Niguel, CA; 5/22

California-Los Angeles

1949 Robert Koch of Pasadena, CA; 12/20

1951 Bob Jordan of Salt Lake City; 4/22

1964 Carl Curtis of Corona, CA; 5/22

California-San Diego

2002 Brian Roe of Calabasas, CA; 3/22

Central Florida

1980 Mark Swearingen of Mansfield, TX; 12/20

1983 Terry Pukas of Lake Mary, FL; 9/21

2012 Will Davis of Okeechobee, FL; 6/22

Chicago

1950 Robert Crane of Elmhurst, IL; 9/21

Cincinnati

1940 Richard Rectenwald of Pittsburgh; 4/21

1944 Charles Riggs of Fort Thomas, KY; 7/20

1946 Kent Reece of Anaheim, CA; 12/21

1958 Tad Schroeder of Cincinnati; 2/22

Colgate

1944 John Herzfeld Jr. of Lake Havasu City, AZ; 5/21

1949 Howard West Jr. of Vero Beach, FL; 12/21

Colorado

1959 Rendall Ayers of Lakewood, CO; 2/22

Colorado College

1958 Edwin Klinck of Sausalito, CA; 1/22

Colorado-Boulder

1953 Fritz Pneuman of Medina, WA; 12/21

1957 Dick Thornburg of Nassau, NY; 11/21

Connecticut

1942 Francis Di Vesta of Key Biscayne, FL; 4/20

Dartmouth

1952 Charles Curtis of New London, NH; 2/22

1957 Francis Corey of Baltimore; 3/22

Davidson

1949 Walter Hopkins of Fernandina Beach, FL; 2/22

Denison

1944 Horace Stocker Jr. of Burr Ridge, IL; 3/21

1950 Dan McGinnis of Punta Gorda, FL; 1/21

1955 Skip Metcalf of Sacramento, CA; 12/21

1957 Edward Beardshear Jr. of Columbus, OH; 5/21

1959 Donald Gurney of Cincinnati, OH; 4/21

1959 Bill Fleming of Grosse Pointe, MI; 5/21

1963 Thomas Meyer of Bedford Hills, NY; 2/21

1964 John Chapple III of Puyallup, WA; 1/21

1973 Michael Craft of Towson, MD; 3/21

1980 Carl Cutler of Villanova, PA; 5/21

1983 George Nation Jr. of Denver; 3/22

DePauw

1956 Donald Garlinger of Glen Ellyn, IL; 12/21

1976 Daniel Saver of Dallas; 4/22

1986 Mark Quigley of Acworth, GA; 2/22

Duke

1950 John Verner, MD, of Plant City, FL; 3/22

1967 Phillip Palmer of Atlanta; 3/22

East Tennessee

1972 Daniel Brock of Murrells Inlet, SC; 3/20

Eastern Illinois

2017 Luke Kligis of Edgerton, WI; 12/21

Embry-Riddle (Daytona Beach)

1972 Joseph Gamarano III of Littleton, CO; 3/21

1974 Robert Hartley of Shawnee, OK; 12/21

2014 Paul McCarthy of Stratford, CT; 1/22

Emory

1949 Samuel Good of Pendergrass, GA; 5/20

1952 John Haldi of New York; 2/22

Florida

1949 James Henderson Jr. of Gainesville, FL; 12/21

1952 Frederick Perkins Jr. of Houston; 1/22

1953 Paul Hubbard Jr. of Chapel Hill, NC; 10/20

1962 Robert Rowe of Rome, GA; 4/22

1963 Joseph Terry Jr. of Arlington, TX; 12/21

1982 Astor Garcia of Fitchburg, WI; 3/22

Florida State

1956 L.R. Sanderson, DDS, of Atlanta; 1/22

1960 Buddy Bannerman of Marianna, FL; 2/22

1960 Durfee Marshall, DMD, of Port Charlotte, FL; 2/22

Fort Hays

1979 Timothy Smith of Goddard, KS; 5/22

1981 Bill Wright of Garden City, KS; 12/21

Georgia

1949 Henley Woods of Simpsonville, SC; 9/20

1954 Jimmy Blitch of Statesboro, GA; 1/22

1964 Len Hauss of Jesup, GA; 12/21

1964 Charles McDaniel Jr. of Thomaston, GA; 2/22

1969 Stephen Greer of Athens, GA; 12/21

Georgia Southern

1979 Michael Rollins of Statesboro, GA; 2/22

Georgia Southwestern

1953 Harry Kriemelmeyer Jr. of Waldorf, MD; 2/22

1968 Eldridge Parker Jr. of Marietta, GA; 5/22

Georgia Tech

1952 Bill Abbott III of Saratoga, CA; 3/22

1956 Jack Heisel of Atlanta; 11/21

1962 J.J. Barnhardt of Winston Salem, NC; 6/22

Hampden-Sydney

1943 Randolph Madison Jr. of Petersburg, VA; 8/20 Hanover

1956 Richard Dickmann of Findlay, OH; 10/21

Hobart

1952 Rod Ross of Bryn Mawr, PA; 1/22

Houston

1956 Carl Houston Jr. of Seabrook, TX; 2/21

1968 Theo Peebles of Weatherford, TX; 4/22

1973 Jim Jenkins of Spring, TX; 4/22

1979 Bud Shaw of Wimberley, TX; 2/22

Idaho

1943 Randall Beard Jr. of Indianola, WA; 6/20

Illinois

1950 Bill Frank of Bloomington, IL; 5/22

1982 Steven Randell of Tinton Falls, NJ; 1/22

Illinois Wesleyan

1948 Richard Taylor of Muncie, IN; 1/22

1975 Wes Schneider of Royse City, TX; 4/22

1972 Warren Smith of Carmel, IN; 1/22

Indiana (Pennsylvania)

1975 Dean Skiles of Saint Thomas, PA; 1/22

1980 Timothy Kacsur of McKees Rocks, PA; 4/22

1986 Tony Viglione of Erie, PA; 12/21

Indiana State

1952 David Harrison of Cary, NC; 1/22

1956 Darroll French of Carmel, IN; 2/22

1996 David Kellems of La Porte, IN; 4/22

Iowa

1945 Don Schutter of Davenport, IA; 1/22

1966 John Calvert of Charlotte, NC; 10/21

Iowa State

1947 Paul Bridwell of Park Rapids, MN; 8/20

1953 Herbert Sayers of Potosi, MO; 5/22

1954 Robert Rohwedder of Springfield, MO; 1/22

1956 Chuck Kingsbury of Lincoln, NE; 4/22

1963 Ali Sharif of Cartersville, GA; 4/22

Jacksonville

2009 Andrew Griffiths of Burke, VA; 4/22

Kansas

1961 Bob Russell of Warrensburg, MO; 4/22

1977 Bill Hack of Lawrence, KS; 1/22

Kansas State

1959 Bob Smith of Overland Park, KS; 3/22

1967 Michael Kelly of Dayton, OH; 1/22

Kentucky

1967 Henry Phillips of Frankfort, KY; 12/21

Lafayette

1957 John Stanley of Clarksville, MD; 9/21

Lamar

1978 Martin Mattox of Orlando, FL; 2/22

Lehigh

1952 Robert Scarr of Westlake, OH; 12/21

Louisiana State

1957 John Compton Jr. of Baton Rouge, LA; 3/22

1959 James Richardson of Covington, LA; 2/22

1960 David Malone III of Metairie, LA; 1/22

1975 Michael Grace Jr. of Baton Rouge, LA; 3/22

1988 Charles Kean of Baton Rouge, LA; 4/22

Maine

1951 Russell Meade of Newmarket, NH; 2/22

1960 Stephen Collins of Fort Myers, FL; 8/21

Maryland

1949 Robert Wiley of Lothian, MD; 1/22

McGill

1940 Frank Turcot of Mandeville, QC; 2/22

1948 Robert Harwood of Westmount, QC; 6/22

1957 John Hobbs of Oakville, ON; 2/22

1960 John Fletcher of Toronto; 6/22

1961 B.D. Margetts of Montreal; 6/22

1962 Patrick Mars of North York, ON; 2/22

1964 Christopher Thomas of Beaconsfield, QC; 6/22

1967 Richard Allen of Toronto; 6/22

1968 James Thorsteinson of Brandon, MB; 6/22

1978 Jean Legare of Ottawa, ON; 5/19

1980 David Marriott of San Francisco; 6/22

Memphis

1982 Paul Southerland of Cordova, TN; 5/22

Miami (Ohio)

1952 Don Wolfe of Mason, OH; 6/22

1969 Patrick Perkins of Charlotte, NC; 6/22

1979 Ronald Kuhner of Beachwood, OH; 3/22

Michigan

1952 James Harsant of Novi, MI; 3/22

1957 Larry Faul of Palatine, IL; 4/22

1957 Marvin Nyren of Northbrook, IL; 1/22

1979 Howard Hockstad of Cedarburg, WI; 2/22

Michigan State

1943 Albert Ware of Lansing, MI; 1/22

1945 Theodore Cahow of Londonderry, NH; 4/20

1962 Carl Boehm of Fallbrook, CA; 1/22

Middle Tennessee

1968 Barry Greever of Murfreesboro, TN; 1/22

Mississippi

1951 Norman Brown Jr. of Germantown, TN; 2/22

1960 J, T. Davis Jr., MD, of Oxford, MS; 3/22

1960 John King of East Stroudsburg, PA; 3/22

1965 Daniel Hughes Jr. of Jackson, MS; 3/22

1971 Steve Edds of Ridgeland, MS; 3/22

2013 Thomas Mayo of Oxford, MS; 4/22

Mississippi State

1955 Jerry Pilgrim of Memphis, TN; 1/22

1959 Glenn Ratliff of Saluda, NC; 12/21

1959 Okel Castleberry of Gulfport, MS; 4/22

1979 Michael Kerby Jr. of Columbus, MS; 2/22

1993 Danny Lott Jr. of Starkville, MS; 6/22

Missouri State

1957 George Richardson, MD, of Sarasota, FL; 11/21

1973 John Curtis of Independence, MO; 2/20

1974 Richard MacDonald Jr. of Phoenix; 11/21

Missouri S & T

2011 Demond Cox of Pearl City, HI; 2/22

Missouri-Columbia

1950 John Dickey of New York; 6/22

1960 Paul Gessler Jr. of Kansas City, MO; 2/22

Montana

1950 Charles Behrens, MD, of Salt Lake City; 6/22

1962 Pirrie Trask of Billings, MT; 1/22

1993 Jeffrey Peters of Reston, VA; 4/22

Montana State

1959 Harry Hyatt of Houston; 1/22

1966 Robert Cebull of Bellevue, WA; 5/22

1968 William Davis of Sidney, MT; 5/22

Murray State

1964 Billy Nix of Murray, KY; 1/22

1966 William Boone of Oxford, MS; 2/22

1966 Phil Lewis of Naples, FL; 2/22

1983 William Wilson of Hazel, KY; 2/22

Nebraska

1955 Kenneth Moore of Austin, TX; 3/22

1956 Stanley Schneider of Colorado Springs, CO; 5/22

1957 Jon Dawson of Anchorage, AK; 3/22

1964 Frank Landis Jr. of Lincoln, NE; 3/22

New Mexico

1954 Hugh Church of Albuquerque, NM; 1/22

1955 Alexander Sneddon Jr. of Albuquerque, NM; 2/22

1960 Robert Meiering of Durango, CO; 4/22

1985 Joel Harris of Alamogordo, NM; 1/22

1955 William Alexander of Coupeville, WA; 10/22

North Alabama

1982 Kembrel Jones of Brentwood, TN; 5/22

North Carolina State

1946 Lolo Dobson of Concord, NC; 2/22

1955 James Arthur of Rock Hill, SC; 2/22

1970 Thomas MacNeill of Raleigh, NC; 1/22

1984 William Pinson Jr. of Burlington, NC; 6/22

North Carolina-Chapel Hill

1947 Griffin Holland of Chevy Chase, MD; 3/22

1955 Walter Converse of Spartanburg, SC; 1/22

North Dakota

1950 Alf Hulteng of Billings, MT; 5/22

1953 William Arnesen of Olympia, WA; 11/20

1957 Gary Anderson of Fargo, ND; 5/22

1974 Greg Stites of Bismarck, ND; 5/22

1966 James Ashland of Hillsboro, ND; 1/22

North Dakota State

1963 Harlynn Bjerke of Adams, ND; 1/22

1967 Lyle Grueneich of Green Valley, AZ; 10/21

Northern Arizona

1981 Dirk Richwine of Parker, CO; 12/21

Northwestern

1955 Milton Erickson of Charleston, SC; 2/22

1963 Robert Buttemiller of Litchfield Park, AZ; 1/22

North Georgia

2009 Brad Hardman of Kennesaw, GA; 3/22

Ohio

1956 Donald Saum of Lakewood, CO; 10/21

1960 Jerry Jones of Uniontown, OH; 9/21

Ohio State

1944 Donald Geiger of Hartford, AL; 2/22

1961 John Noneman of Kent, CT; 1/22

Ohio Wesleyan

1959 William Bach of Normal, IL; 2/22

1967 Thomas Hill of Carbondale, CO; 1/22

Oklahoma

1955 James Givens of Shawnee, OK; 1/22

1960 Stuart Chancellor of Tucson, AZ; 5/22

1962 John Jarboe of Tulsa, OK; 5/22

1965 James Blalock of Arlington, VA; 1/22

1967 Robert Freele of Houston; 4/22

Oklahoma State

1953 John Nelson, DDS, of Denton, TX; 1/22

1954 Dick Seward of Farmersville, TX; 2/22

1955 Ronnie Jabara of McKinney, TX; 3/22

1957 Lee Holcombe of Pawhuska, OK; 2/22

1961 Earl Minter Jr. of Tulsa, OK; 3/22

1964 Karl Kirkeby of Raleigh, NC; 5/22

1969 Daniel Eyler of Cleveland, OK; 2/22

1972 Bill Blackburn of Tulsa, OK; 1/22

1973 Bill McGuire of Jenks, OK; 7/21

Oregon

1943 Richard Hanen of Happy Valley, OR; 6/21

1954 Gordon Wiltshire Jr., DMD, of Lake Oswego, OR; 2/22

1961 Michael Pinto of Portland, OR; 6/21

1965 Raymond Zapp of Lake Oswego, OR; 2/22

Penn State

1949 Joe Fiore of Colorado Springs, CO; 7/21

1958 Dennis Halterman of Bryn Athyn, PA; 12/21

Pittsburg State

1961 Henry Buscher, MD, of La Grange, TX; 1/22

1977 Mark Pauley of Overland Park, KS; 9/20

1991 Kraig Moore of Wichita, KS; 1/22

Pittsburgh

1952 John Mazur of Kailua, HI; 1/22

Puget Sound

1950 James Luzzi, DDS, of Gig Harbor, WA; 4/22

1968 Wayne Spiekerman of Scottsdale, AZ; 4/22

Purdue

1949 John Guthrie of Wiggins, MS; 2/22

1957 Richard Hall of Indianapolis; 5/22

1958 Doug Streff Sr. of Bermuda Dunes, CA; 1/22

1959 Jim Baldauf of Zionsville, IN; 4/22

1966 William Pettibone Jr. of Beverly Hills, MI; 12/20

1967 Richard McNeely of Attica, IN; 2/22

1971 Larry Nicolet of Zionsville, IN; 6/22

Rensselaer

1957 Raymond Seidlitz of Crown Point, IN; 2/22

1965 Edward Brylawski of Milford, PA; 1/22

Rhode Island

1993 Jason Twombly of Loveland, OH; 2/21

Richmond

1959 Richard Parsley of Matthews, NC; 5/22

Roanoke

1958 Ernest Clayton Jr. of Washington, DC; 3/22

1966 Max Mittendorff of East Sandwich, MA; 12/21

San Diego State

1947 Byron White of La Jolla, CA; 11/21

1961 Don Kelm of Port Angeles, WA; 11/21

1983 Michael Rooney of Windsor, CA; 10/21

1989 James Ault of Pauma Valley, CA; 2/22

1990 Paul Smith of San Diego; 11/21

San Jose State

1959 John Thurman Jr. of San Clemente, CA; 2/22

1960 Thornton Bunch Jr. of Napa, CA; 1/22

1965 Donald Cowles of Los Angeles; 12/21

1971 Ben Burgess Jr. of Lodi, CA; 4/22

South Alabama

1968 Michael Corry of Mobile, AL; 5/22

1984 Mike Snitman of Great Falls, VA; 1/22

South Carolina

1960 George Leventis of Charlotte, NC; 3/22

1964 Tim Quinn of Columbia, SC; 5/22

1974 Milton Jeffords IV of Mount Pleasant, SC; 4/22

South Florida

1982 Lou Cimino Jr. of Tampa, FL; 9/21

1986 Rory Bough of Tampa, FL; 11/20

Southern Mississippi

2001 Robert Lambert of Pass Christian, MS; 1/22

Southeast Missouri

1961 Bud Schwettmann of Murray, KY; 4/22

Southern California

1981 Steve Di Lucca of Jerome, ID; 6/22

Southern Methodist

1964 Lawrence Averett of Bedford, TX; 6/22

1986 Stuart Clayton of Lafayette, CO; 1/22

Stanford

1954 Jack Biggar III of Rancho Mission Viejo, CA; 5/22

Stephen F. Austin

1984 Stacy Akins of Nacogdoches, TX; 4/22

Syracuse

1942 Richard Jeffery of Cape Coral, FL; 10/20

1951 Carl Bauer of Venice, FL; 12/21

1968 Alan Komanecky of West Monroe, NY; 5/22

Tennessee Tech

1978 Timothy Fox, OD, of Knoxville, TN; 12/21

1980 Randall Maney of Clarksville, TN; 12/21

2011 Andrew Short of Columbia, TN; 3/22

Tennessee-Chattanooga

1954 Arthur Conroy Jr. of Harpswell, ME; 5/22

Tennessee-Knoxville

1956 Joe Moody of Dallas; 3/22

1957 Charles Waldrop of Columbia, SC; 5/22

Texas A&M-Kingsville

2002 Alex Richards of Corpus Christi, TX; 9/21

Texas-Arlington

1988 Tom Shearer of Flower Mound, TX; 2/22

Texas Christian

2000 Chadwick Vahrenkamp of Arlington, TX; 1/22

Texas State

1991 John Perales of San Antonio; 12/21

Texas Tech

1958 Billy Walker of New Braunfels, TX; 5/22

1960 Terry Scarborough Jr. of Abilene, TX; 10/21

1969 Samuel Chase of Abilene, TX; 3/22

1969 Jack Strong Jr. of Lubbock, TX; 1/22

1970 Vernon McPeak of Fort Stockton, TX; 7/21

Texas-Arlington

1988 Tom Shearer of Flower Mound, TX; 2/22

1991 Kirk Smith of Kodiak, AK; 2/22

1996 Ian Anthony of Euless, TX; 1/22

Texas-Austin

1962 Ernie Frank Jr. of El Dorado Hills, CA; 1/22

Toronto-Toronto Metropolitan

1951 Jim Milner of Collingwood, ON; 2/22

1958 Donald MacLennan, DDS, of Oakville, ON; 2/22

Toronto-Ryerson

1950 Herbert Smith of Chesley, ON; 11/20

Troy

1988 Sean Peters of Lithia, FL; 2/22

Tulsa

1960 Donald Gallemore of Tulsa, OK; 12/20

1961 Daniel Burton of Las Vegas; 7/21

1965 William Dunn Jr. of Tulsa, OK; 12/21

1966 Charles McMahon III of Tulsa, OK; 6/22

Union

1949 Clyde Musty of Colton, OR; 1/21

Utah

1954 James Martin, DDS, of Martinez, CA; 1/22

1955 Joseph Nichols of Salt Lake City; 5/22

Utah State

1957 Dale Pingree of Bellevue, WA; 4/22

1962 Paul Murray of Phoenix; 12/21

Vanderbilt

1945 John Cowan of Nashville, TN; 11/21

1953 Roland Downing of Atlantic Beach, FL; 12/21

1956 John Recktenwall, DDS, of Elizabeth, IL; 1/21

1977 Gavin Nowlan of Nashville, TN; 4/22

Villanova

2017 Ryan Casey of Morristown, NJ; 1/22

Virginia

1947 Robert Harvey of Voorhees, NJ; 12/21

1954 Cliff Barlow Jr. of Atlanta; 1/22

1957 Dan O'Keefe Jr. of Alexandria, VA; 4/22

Virginia Military

1969 Bruce Yawn of Statesboro, GA; 1/22

Wabash

1959 Edward Johnson, MD, of Kula, HI; 2/22

Wake Forest

1951 Edward Copeland of Vilas, NC; 12/21

1953 Edwin Floyd of Fairmont, NC; 6/22

1954 Gene Correll of Franklin, VA; 4/22

1969 Stephen Blackwood of Greensboro, NC; 1/22

Washington (Seattle)

1955 Tom Dolling of La Conner, WA; 5/22

1957 Jack McKenzie of Everett, WA; 12/21

1974 Stephen Jenkins of Palm Coast, FL; 3/22

1976 Bernard Melick of Auburn, WA; 3/22

Washington (St. Louis)

2022 Justin Hardy of Saint Charles, IL; 5/22

Washington State

1960 Phil Mathison of Seattle; 11/21

1961 Vee Drummond Jr. of Bellevue, WA; 4/22

Waterloo

1993 Gregory Giesen of Kitchener, ON; 1/22

1993 Stirling Todd of Milton, ON; 1/22

West Virginia

1952 Fred Wilson, DDS, of Morgantown, WV; 10/21

1953 John Dempsey, DDS, of Morgantown, WV; 9/21

1954 Hoppy Shores of Charleston, WV; 2/22

1966 Jerry Crowley Jr. of Fort Payne, AL; 12/21

1989 Douglas Hodson of Salem, VA; 1/22

1973 Charles Zarnoch of Weirton, WV; 1/22

Western Michigan

1967 Wendell Broome of Rockford, MI; 4/22

1971 Patrick Arseneau of Wilmington, NC; 4/21

Westminster

1969 Patrick Coulter of Tulsa, OK; 2/22

1988 Frank Buchner of Cammack Village, AR; 1/22

Willamette

1947 Gordon Kunke of Corvallis, OR; 5/21

Wilfrid Laurier

1994 Louis Parisio of St. Thomas, ON; 12/21

Wisconsin-Madison

1952 William Lane Jr. of Aurora, CO; 5/22

BY NATE HAWTHORNE, YOUNGSTOWN 2020 //////

REMEMBERING A BROTHER’S BROTHER

Sixty-first Grand Consul Buddy Metcalf, AUBURN 1969, oversaw the Horizons leadership development program rollout and traversed alcohol issues plaguing Greek-letter organizations.

When Order of Constantine Sig and Significant Sig Arthur “Buddy” Metcalf II, AUBURN 1969, was elected Sigma Chi’s 61st Grand Consul during the 72nd Grand Chapter it was an exciting time in the Fraternity — and he knew it.

Earlier in the year, 1999, the first participants for the then-called Sigma Chi Horizons successfully completed the program. This new offering was a first for Greek-letter organizations and was a bright spot for Metcalf.

“The most exciting thing happening in Sigma Chi is probably the Horizons program. The ability to attract sophomores to participate in the Horizons program for the development and training in leadership skills is unprecedented in the Greek[-letter] world,” Metcalf said in the fall 1999 issue of The Magazine of Sigma Chi.

He said that while it would be years before the Fraternity would have quantifiable results showing Horizons’ effectiveness, the initial results showed the program was already helping shape the men who would lead Sigma Chi, and the world, into the future.

Metcalf entered Chapter Eternal at his home in Auburn, Alabama, on Feb. 20, 2022, at age 75. He was born Oct. 29, 1946, in Montgomery, Alabama. When he went to Auburn University, he found his three true loves: the university, Sigma Chi and his wife, Jean Hughes.

Metcalf studied accounting at Auburn University and later in life started his own successful accounting business, Metcalf Davis. Metcalf was initiated into the Gamma Sigma chapter on Feb. 12, 1966. Metcalf said he chose Sigma Chi for the “typical reasons,” namely the people in the organization, his pledge brothers and the “sense of cohesiveness among the active brothers in the chapter, even though they were of different temperaments, talents and convictions,” he recalled in the fall 1999 issue of The Magazine.

“He was a brother’s brother,” Order of Constantine Sig and Fraternity Executive Director Emeritus Mark Anderson, ILLINOIS 1977, says. “He recognized it’s not just about being a boys’ club. He certainly recognized the difference and the values that are discussed and learned through the RBC[s]. He wanted to make sure the brothers knew how each one of those interacted with the other. … It's a combination of all three because the values of Sigma Chi were

clearly important. He had a desire that brothers understood all aspects and had a responsibility to all of them.”

Metcalf rose through the ranks to become Grand Consul, starting out volunteering at leadership training workshops and serving on the Quaestors division faculty for years. He was elected Grand Quaestor in 1993.

63rd Grand Consul Lee Beauchamp, TEXAS A&M-COLLEGE STATION 1975, says Metcalf made it clear that he had two loves in life: Sigma Chi and his family.

“As a Grand Consul, you have a lot of balls to juggle. Buddy, being one of the founders of his accounting firm in Atlanta, still staying involved in Sigma Chi and being a husband and father, he could keep those balls at the right levels and knew when one ball needed to be higher than the other,” Beauchamp says. He adds that Metcalf was able to bring out the best in people, and it was obvious when he took office at Grand Consul.

“He knew how to pull talents out of people. He had a knack [for] finding out what you brought to the table and finding a way to use that to benefit Sigma Chi,” Beauchamp says.

Metcalf’s notable service culminated in a special gift from former Houston Mayor Lee Brown at the Houston Alumni Chapter’s 55th annual Wild Game Dinner on Jan. 31, 2000. Beauchamp presented Metcalf with a certificate from Brown declaring Jan. 31 as “Arthur H. ‘Buddy’ Metcalf Day in Houston.

“That was our way to congratulate and show our respect to him as Grand Consul,” Beauchamp recalls.

PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

As the millennium approached and the internet’s prevalence increased, Metcalf said the internet gave the need for instant satisfaction.

“Too often we are looking for instant satisfaction when one’s morals, values and ideals are developed over a lifetime. To those issues, we must constantly be aware that gratification can only be achieved through a lifetime of commitment to values and ideals,” he said in an interview with The Magazine.

Another issue he saw when coming to office that he wanted to quell was the “image” of college fraternities. At the time, alcohol abuse on college campuses was rampant. He called on Sigma Chi, as well as all Greek-letter organizations, to lead the charge on erasing the stigma surrounding the organizations.

Both Anderson and Beauchamp say Metcalf, above all else, wanted to see all brothers hold themselves and others accountable.

“He was very concerned with the image of Greek[-letter] life, especially in Sigma Chi. He wanted the world to know what our values were. He wanted everyone to know you didn’t need to wear a badge or letters to let others know you were in Sigma Chi. They should know by your actions,” Beauchamp says.

Anderson said Metcalf was a strong proponent of accountability and believed in providing educational services, recognizing the need for personal and chapter accountability.

“(Chapters) shouldn’t simply look to the international fraternal organization to hold an individual accountable for a mistake. It should be an educational process where he learns from his errors, betters himself and learns by explaining and educating others,” Anderson says.

After a year as Grand Consul, Metcalf found that with each new event he attended, he was more and more moved by each undergraduate and alumni brother he interacted with. He pointed to numerous leadership experiences and programs that continued to renew his faith in the young men charged with bettering the organization.

Those experiences during his first year as Grand Consul reminded him of what binds brothers together: the Ritual.

“As a values-based organization, Sigma Chi’s current activities continue to reinforce the ideals and standards that we have been taught through our Ritual. … My experiences during my first year as your Grand Consul have proven to me that there is no need to return to our values – I see them being practiced every day,” he said.

One of the values Metcalf possessed, however, included the spirit of youth. Both Beauchamp and Anderson say he had a tremendous sense of humor. For example, Anderson recalls making notes for Metcalf for Grand Council meetings.

“He would walk up to the podium, look at the notes, and then tear them up or ball them up and throw them over his shoulder and say, ‘You know, Anderson created this for me, but I don’t need this stuff.’ Of course, everyone would go wild, but the truth of it was that Buddy was so incredibly smart, he didn’t need the notes,” Anderson says.

2022 Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop in Review

Surprises, new happenings announced as Krach TLW returned to Bowling Green State University for its 75th anniversary

776 brothers comprised of alumni, pledges and undergraduate members of the Fraternity made their way to the three-day Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop at Bowling Green State University. This year’s workshop marked the event’s 75th anniversary.

During the opening ceremony on Aug. 2, 72nd Grand Consul Tim Sanderson, WESTERN 1985, announced that the Fraternity’s learning services provider, Sigma Chi Leadership Institute (SCLI), received a full grant of accreditation from the Middle States Association Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools, which is an accrediting agency within the U.S. Department of Education. The grant of accreditation is the first of its kind for any Greek-letter organization.

To further explain what that means, chairman of the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute, 68th Grand Consul Mike Greenberg, ILLINOIS WESLEYAN 1982, said Sigma Chi has spent years working to expand the offerings of SCLI to provide its brothers leadership skills that set themselves apart from their peers. The brothers in attendance at Krach TLW are the first to receive that type of accredited certification.

“Now, the Sigma Chi Fraternity, in partnership with the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute, can proudly claim that the Transformational Leader program is the only fully accredited Greek leadership experience offered on campuses around the continent,” Greenberg said. “The Transformational Leader program will deliver crucial leadership and career skills to accelerate your personal and professional pursuits.”

Another high point of the opening session was the keynote address given by the workshop’s namesake, 64th Grand Consul Keith Krach, PURDUE 1979.

Attendees then participated in classroom sessions for one of three certificate tracks — Servant Leadership: Empowering Others, Authentic Leadership: Leading Self or Values-Based Leadership: Aligning Self. At the completion of the workshop, undergraduates became eligible to receive a certificate from Sigma Chi Leadership Institute.

The three-day workshop concluded on Aug. 5 with the virtual Sigma Chi Awards presentation, where followers of the Fraternity’s social media accounts learned which chapters earned the J. Dwight Peterson Significant Chapter Award and other honors during the 2021 to 2022 year, and with the workshop’s closing session.

In a speech during the closing session, Sanderson made it a point to show how beneficial joining the Fraternity is from a statistical standpoint. He noted that the Fraternity conducted an organization-wide survey in which it evaluated whether members identified as suffering, struggling or thriving. He said the average in the United States for adults who identify as “thriving” was 59 percent. For the Sigma Chis surveyed, 83 percent of respondents identified in that category.

Keith Krach, PURDUE 1979, third from left, and the members of the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute (SCLI) celebrate after it was announced that the SCLI received a full grant of accreditation from the Middle States Association Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools. The grant is the first of its kind for Greek-letter organizations.

“That means that becoming a Sigma Chi and benefitting from the experience of this Fraternity propels you into a place where you are more likely to be fulfilled and thriving mentally, physically, financially and otherwise,” Sanderson said. “72 percent of our men reported that the Fraternity helped them develop interpersonal and interactive skills – all of this before we had the capabilities that we have had in modern years...”

To end the closing session, two undergraduate brothers, Ryan Jeffries, OKLAHOMA STATE 2023, and Sean O’Brien, TULSA 2023, earned undergraduate awards of distinction from the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) and, for the third year in a row, Sigma Chi Leadership Institute received a Laurel Wreath Award from the NIC, this time for its Authentic Leadership Certificate.

Attendees also heard from International Sweetheart, Shelby Mecklenborg, and were joined virtually by the session’s keynote speaker, Marriott International CEO Tony Capuano, CORNELL 1987, who answered undergraduates’ questions during a Q&A session.

Sanderson presented a Grand Consul’s Citation to members of the SCLI Board of Directors and the staff of the SCLI. Sanderson also honored Greenberg with a resolution recognizing his service to the Fraternity. Lastly, Grant Franko, R.I.T. 2021, was named the International Balfour Award winner.

Pictured left: From left, Hanover Sigs Connor Kellar, 2025, Sam Ivey, 2025, and Christian Johnson, 2024, stand with their chapter’s Peterson Significant Chapter Blue Award along with Grand Consul Tim Sanderson, WESTERN 1985, at the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop in August.

Rochester Institute of Technology Grad

Chosen as Fraternity’s Top Graduating Senior

The International Balfour Award [IBA] selection committee chose Grant Franko, R.I.T. 2021, as this year’s top graduating senior during the closing ceremony of the Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop held Aug. 2 to 6 at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. Other finalists for the award were Louis Langen, CINCINNATI 2022, and Jack Palla, OKLAHOMA STATE 2022. All three will receive a scholarship from Sigma Chi for their postgraduate education thanks to support from In Hoc Napa Valley and Significant Sig Brandon Chaney, INDIANA 1993

Franko graduated from Rochester Institute of Technology in Rochester, New York, with a degree in business administration focusing on finance and minors in economics and management information systems. On campus, he held many leadership roles. Franko was vice president for his school’s business club and a campus tour guide. As a sophomore he was elected Interfraternity Council [IFC] vice president of recruitment and later elected Interfraternity Council president. In his chapter, Franko held the roles of Consul, during which time he had to navigate the start of the pandemic and ensuring the continuation of brotherhood and chapter operations, and also Quaestor. Franko was selected as Rochester’s Greek Man of the Year his sophomore year. He has been working in finance since graduating a semester early in December 2021.

FRANKO ANSWERS THE MAGAZINE’S QUESTIONS BELOW ABOUT BEING HONORED WITH THE AWARD.

What does it mean to you and your chapter to be named the 2022 International Balfour Award winner?

It is a tremendous honor for myself and my chapter to be named the 2022 IBA winner. My chapter was chartered in 2011 so we are still very young, but we have accomplished so much in our brief history. Despite COVID[-19], we managed to maintain our chapter operations, recruit some outstanding young men and raise $50,000 during Derby Days for the first time in our [chapter’s] history. Throughout my time in the chapter, the older brothers recognized my potential and pushed me to achieve more than I thought possible. To me, being the IBA winner means that anyone can achieve their goals with the strong arms of Sigma Chi supporting them.

Why were you interested in joining Sigma Chi?

I had never considered going Greek in high school, but during my freshman orientation I saw how the Greek[-letter] members on my campus were true leaders. I decided to rush and was drawn to Sigma Chi because I could see the drive and enthusiasm the brothers had toward Derby Days and the transformational experience that Sigma Chi provides. Throughout my time Sigma Chi never disappointed, and I owe my success today to the values and leadership qualities it instilled in me.

How did you prepare for your interviews with the selection committee during Krach TLW?

To prepare for the interviews, my Grand Praetor [Order of Constantine Sig John Predmore, KETTERING 1979] put me in touch with a previous IBA finalist [Josh Fogarty, CLARKSON 2012] from my province. Meeting with him gave me a chance to understand the process and learn what to expect, as I had never even attended a physical K[rach] TLW before. I had a good grasp of the current issues Greek[letter] life was facing from my time as Consul and IFC president, so I researched these issues and formed my ideas of what I could do to advance our common goals if I were chosen to join the Executive Committee. Coming to K[rach] TLW and meeting the other outstanding finalists and remarkable brothers we have put my mind at ease and allowed me to thoroughly enjoy the interview process.

What are you looking forward to while serving on the Fraternity's Executive Committee?

I’m looking forward to continuing my leadership journey and using the skills college and Sigma Chi have taught me to better our organization. I’m honored to be a part of an organization that is pioneering the way for the future of Greek[letter] life. With the SCLI accreditation and the energy we all have coming out of COVID there is so much to be excited about, and I’m looking forward to getting my work started.

Any advice for other young men who aim to be Balfour winners at the chapter, regional or international level?

My biggest advice to younger members would be to always keep Sigma Chi’s values in mind. Whenever there is a tough problem or decision to be made, face it with courage and stay true to your principles. Sigma Chi is a lifelong journey to strive for our ideals and help our brothers along the way. If you step out of your comfort zone, maintain your high ambitions and lean on your brothers to come to your aid, you will find success.

The Sig List

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In World War II, more than 9,000 Sigs served in the armed forces, and 724 members were killed in the war, nearly seven times more than those who died in World War I. Three brothers, George Cannon, MICHIGAN 1938; Maurice Britt, ARKANSAS 1941; and Forrest Vosler, SYRACUSE 1948; received the Medal of Honor.

Eighth Grand Consul Dr. William Dudley, CINCINNATI 1880, was the namesake for Vanderbilt’s football field, Dudley Field, from 1922 until 1980. Dudley is also considered the father of southern football and established the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, the predecessor for the SEC. He also had success as a doctor, discovering carbon monoxide is a component in tobacco smoke, among other notable discoveries.

Alvaro Palacio, MEMPHIS 2010, left his Fortune 100 company in 2019 to found Paramount Athletics, which sells his patent-pending Phantom Grip Gloves. Palacio describes the gloves as a baseball glove, football glove and golf glove meshed together to create a golf glove with immense grip and mobility to improve power and accuracy in a golf swing. More information can be found at paramount-athletics.com.

Shortly after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in late February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the country needed ammunition. AMMO Inc. Executive Vice President Tod Wagenhals, ARIZONA 1988, and the company, which owns gunbroker.com, responded by sending 1 million rounds of AK-47 ammunition to Ukraine. The donation was worth about $700,000 and was acknowledged by the Ukraine Ministry of Defense in early April 2022.

Significant Sig Stewart McLaurin, ALABAMA 1981, president of the White House Historical Association, has joined the board of contributors for USA Today’s Opinion section. His first column focused on how presidential families throughout history, including Grover Cleveland, MICHIGAN 1893, balanced hosting a family wedding in the public spotlight of the White House.

Things to know, notice and tell a brother

BY THE NUMBERS

Measuring Alumni Involvement //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

256,123

Total alumni members

120

Undergraduate resumes reviewed at the 2022 Krach Transformational Leaders Workshop by alumni volunteers

Total alumni groups 124

Total number of alumni volunteers 2,254

three New alumni groups approved by the Executive Committee in 2022

239

Lifetime Non-student Initiate program initiates

63,222

All-time Life Loyal Sigs