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THE C LI F F O R D S P AN G L E R S O C IE TY
The Clifford Spangler Society honors those alumni and
friends of Alpha Kappa Psi who made provisions for future
generations of business leaders through will bequests, life
insurance, trusts or other planned gifts.
Leadership opportunities, scholarships, awards and other
educational programs are provided for through such gifts.
The Spangler Society acknowledges with grateful appreciation those who have chosen to make these commitments to
the future.
The following members have indicated that their estate
plans include a bequest to the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation:
INVEST
IN THE
FUTURE
Upon Brother Spangler’s
death, the Alpha Kappa Psi
Foundation received half of
his sizable estate. His gift —
then the largest gift received
by AKPsi — was the foundation of several scholarships
and awards and continues to
support ongoing programs of
the foundation.
OF
ALPHA KAPPA PSI
Anonymous
Sonia A. Advani, Wisconsin ‘99-Life
Heather E. Allen, Florida State ’89-Life
Paul R. Bailey, Michigan State ‘88-Life
William K. Bissey, Indiana ‘61-Life
Jeffrey A. Blade, Butler ‘84-Life
Samuel V. Boodoian, Wayne State ‘51-Life*
Timothy L. Brandenburg, Cincinnati ‘96-Life
Paul J. Brinker, Cincinnati ’84-Life &
Leslie-Ann Brinker, Old Dominion ‘76-Life
Angela D. Brown, Adrian College ‘81-Life
Gerald D. Byrd, Long Beach ‘62-Life*
Joseph A. Clark, Old Dominion ‘01
Michael G. Dickerson, Virginia Tech ‘04-Life
William A. Donnelly Jr., NYU ‘36-Life*
Gregory R. DuRoss, Wayne State ‘70-Life
Gary L. Epperson, Hoosier Alumni ‘92 Honorary-Life
Chris Ryan Feather, Pittsburgh-Johnstown ‘95-Life
John M. Garbaczewski, Arizona ‘54-Life
Victor A. Greene, West Georgia ‘77-Life
Howard O. Hampton, NYU ’43-Life*
Jessica L. Hill, Arizona State ‘95-Life
Kenneth W. Hufford, Montana ‘33-Life*
Matthew T. Jaeger, Trinity ‘98-Life
Jess C. LaNore, Purdue ‘00-Honorary/Life
Catherine Lassesen, UNLV ‘82-Life
Robert M. Linden, Central Michigan ‘64-Life
Marvin L. Longabaugh, Texas Tech ‘80-Life
R.K. Lee, Washington ’67-Life
Paul E. Lubic, Christopher Newport ‘94
Richard W. McVay, Texas Tech ‘79-Life
M.C. Moore, Virginia Tech ’86-Life
George W. Morford, Washington ‘48-Life*
John Paul Muehlman, Western Kentucky ‘67-Life*
Nicholas A. Myers, Florida ‘99-Life
James Christian Nuccio, UNC-Charlotte ‘09-Life
Ryan Ott, UC-Davis ‘06-Life
Lumir S. Palma, Illinois ‘37
Dr. Robert S. Prati, San Diego ‘96-Life
Todd J. Regis, Western Michigan ’86-Life
Daniel J. Roselli, Michigan State ‘89-Life
David Russo, Christopher Newport ‘05
Karl A. Sakas, William & Mary ‘01-Life
Carlton J. Siegler, Columbia ‘31-Life*
Gordon L. Snider, Colorado College ‘37-Life*
Clifford D. Spangler, Nebraska ‘28-Life*
Dan L. Stubblefield, Middle Tennessee ‘89-Life &
Barbara L. Stubblefield
Steven T. Tabac, Michigan‘63-Life
Christine M. Vasquez, Arizona State ‘98-Life
Stephen Vasquez, Arizona State ‘72-Life
Mark D. Warden, USC ‘81-Life
David P. Wendroff, Portland ‘79-Life &
Wendy A. Wendroff, Tri-State ‘80-Life
*Audit Eternal
If you have included the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation in your estate plan — or are considering doing so — please request a letter of intent from the Alpha Kappa
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Psi Foundation.
The 2012
letter akpsi.org
of intent is not a legal document, but simply shares your wishes with the foundation.
>> contents
“
Perfect your personal brand—and consistently
display that brand across
all your career collateral,
online and offline—and you’ll
jump far ahead of your jobseeking competition.
.”
— Mark Babbitt, Page 17
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Alpha Kappa Psi’s vision and core values
VISION
Alpha Kappa Psi is recognized as the premier developer of principled business leaders
JOB SEARCH STRATEGY 2.0 17
By mastering the key components of a
highly successful job search strategy,
young professionals entering the workforce for the first time can sail right past
their job-seeking competition and often
get hired quickly.
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FRATERNITY NEWS 5
CORE VALUES
In developing principled business leaders, Alpha Kappa Psi adheres to these lifetime values:
Brotherhood
Trust, respect, cooperation, companionship and aid to
brothers is the expected norm
Service
Sharing of time, talent and treasure with society and
with our fraternity is a priority
Knowledge
Education and experience is emphasized and shared
Unity
A common understanding of our vision and values
that transcends chapter, generation and profession is
utilized to anticipate and create the future
Integrity
All actions, whether in business or in life, are guided by
honesty, ethics and fairness
STRENGTHENING CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE 12
If an ethics officer is appointed as an
agent of the board of directors, this will
create conditions that will provide additional leverage for corporate governance reform, thereby furthering our
society’s pursuit of increasingly ethical
corporate cultures.
SIX QUESTIONS 11
FOUNDATION UPDATE 19
CHAPTERS REPORT 24
TRACKING 33
ALUMNI NOTES 34
AUDIT ETERNAL 37
ALUMNI CHAPTER DIRECTORY 40
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Foundation Board of Directors
YOUR GIFT TO THE
ALPHA KAPPA PSI
FOUNDATION
WILL BE MATCHED
DOLLAR-FOR-DOLLAR
OFFICERS
David P. Wendroff CFV, Portland ‘79-Life, Chairman
Paul R. Bailey III, Michigan State ‘88-Life, Vice Chairman
Lisa A. Calandriello CFV, American ‘97-Life, Secretary/Treasurer
DIRECTORS
Jon P. Doyle, Seattle ‘86-Life
John C. Werner, Virginia ‘84-Life
Fraternity Board of Directors
OFFICERS
Charles D. Steffens CFV, Portland ‘87-Life, Chairman*
Dan L. Stubblefield CFV, Middle Tennessee ‘89-Life, Vice Chairman*
Jennifer H. Kuhn CFV, Colorado ‘99-Life, Secretary
Alexis P. Perdomo CFV, Florida International ‘92-Life, Treasurer
DIRECTORS
Richard V. Battle, Texas ‘70-Life
Jeffrey A. Blade, Butler ‘84
Kenneth B. Hastey, Saint Louis ‘76-Life
Jennifer I. Raiford, Eastern Michigan ‘94
Gregory M. Sottolano CFV, American ‘96-Life*
* Executive Committee member
But we need to hear from you by June 30!
Our fraternity has been blessed with an amazing opportunity,
but we need your help to make it a reality. Through June 30,
a generous donor will match dollar-for-dollar all contributions made to our Principled Business Leadership Fund, up to
$50,000. Never before has Alpha Kappa Psi been approached
with a challenge like this.
The Principled Business Leadership Fund serves a very special
purpose. It was established as a joint effort between the Alpha
Kappa Psi Fraternity and Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation to
improve the quality of educational programming at fraternity
events. Specifically, the fund helps to cover the expenses for
top-notch, sought-after speakers that Alpha Kappa Psi could
not otherwise afford.
Alpha Kappa Psi counts on contributions from its loyal alumni
to make our vital programs available to students each year,
but right now, support for our PBL Fund is critical. Challenge
gifts like this are rare for any organization, so we really need
everyone’s help so our fraternity can fully take advantage of this
special opportunity.
To make your contribution, click on the ‘Make a Gift’ tab at
akpsi.org, or mail it to the foundation using the envelope
located in this magazine (please note that the gift is for the
PBL Fund when mailing your contribution).
Management Team
OFFICERS
Alexander T. Sultan CFV, San Diego State ‘93-Life, President
Stephanie N. Potter CFV, Auburn ‘00, Executive VP
REGIONAL DIRECTORS
Darin F. Schuld, Saint Louis ‘94-Life, Central Region
Gregory Q. Patterson CFV, Northwood ‘02, Eastcentral Region
Thomas N. Tran CFV, Pennsylvania State ’02-Life, Eastern Region
Michael G. Dickerson CFV, Virginia Tech ‘04-Life, Mideast Region
Bijoy P. Shah, Purdue ‘04, Midwest Region
Jennifer J. Dobel CFV, Iowa State ’01, Northcentral Region
Naneen Christopher, Seton Hall ‘05-Life, Northeast Region
Micheal E. Dickson CFV, Central Washington ‘02, Northwest Region
Rodney C. Turner, Alabama State ‘93-Life, Southern Region
Courtney C. Harrison CFV, Lamar ’05-Life, Southcentral Region
Richard J. Ashbrook CFV, Florida State ‘93-Life, Southeast Region
Howard Chang, Southern California ‘95, Southwest Region
Marie D. Lawrick CFV, Boise State ‘85-Life, Westcentral Region
Heritage Center Staff
CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
Gary L. Epperson CAE, Hoosier Alumni ‘92-Hon/Life
MANAGING DIRECTORS
Jess C. LaNore CAE, Purdue ‘00-Hon/Life, Alumni Services/Foundation COO
Brian D. Parker, Indiana ‘93-Life, Operations
Jessica R. Seitz, Auburn ‘02-Honorary/Life, Student Services
DIRECTORS
Jennifer L. Adamany, San Diego ‘05-Life, Chapter Services & Expansion
James A. Forristell, Advancement
Jeffery D. Hughes, South Florida ‘00, Alumni Development
Jason R. Pierce, Education
Christopher W. Pye, Shippensburg ‘04-Life, Communication & Information Srvcs.
EXPANSION COORDINATORS
S. Tyler Austria, James Madison ‘08-Life
Lindsey Lu-Pon, California - Merced ‘09
MEMBER SERVICES COORDINATORS
Cathy J. Cole, Hazel A. Collier, Deborah A. Orff and Melinda S. Rosenthall
The Diary of Alpha Kappa Psi
Volume 101, No. 2
©2012 Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation. First published in 1908
PUBLISHER
Gary L. Epperson CAE, Hoosier Alumni ‘92-Hon/Life
EDITOR
Jess C. LaNore CAE, Purdue ‘00-Hon/Life
CONTRIBUTORS
Mark Babbitt, YouTern
W. Michael Hoffman, Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University
Robert E. McNulty, Center for Business Ethics at Bentley University
Mark Rowe, LRN Corporation
Steve Stackhouse-Kaelble
7801 E 88th Street
Indianapolis, IN 46256-1233
(317) 872-1553, [email protected]
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>> fraternity news
Using advice from business mavens like Tony Robbins and Eben Pagan, entrepreneur Andy Drish spoke to a full-house of PBLI attendees in Chicago on
the topic “How to beat procrastination and double your productivity.” Andy also presented at the Atlanta and Philadelphia PBLIs and was regarded as
one of the most popular speakers.
Conference focuses on
principled business
leadership skills
In February, the fraternity hosted its
seventeenth annual Principled Business
Leadership Institute. The popular event
was held in Philadelphia (10-12), Dallas/
Chicago (17-19) and Atlanta/Reno (2426). Attendance exceeded 3,400 individuals — including more than 350 alumni
— making the fraternity-wide event the
largest to date.
The PBLI offered students and alumni a weekend focusing on professional
skill building at the individual level while
allowing for networking opportunities.
Attendees participated in a curriculum
centered on the values of principled
business leadership and the values of
AKPsi — brotherhood, unity, integrity,
service and knowledge. In Chicago, an
inaugural alumni-only tract was provided
in addition to the general programming.
Events began on Friday with regional
meetings followed by a time for chap-
| PBLI
Five chapters lead all others in attendance
Of the fraternity’s 230 chapters and colonies, 206 had students in attendance at the Principled Business Leadership Institute and
the average number of participants per chapter was 15. The five chapters with the most in attendance were:
CENTRAL FLORIDA
70 Attendees
MISSOURI
53 Attendees
RADFORD
52 Attendees
CENTRAL MICHIGAN
47 Attendees
DREXEL
46 Attendees
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ter members and alumni to connect on
their own. Educational programming
ran all day on Saturday and concluded
with a closing keynote address and the
presentation of awards for winners of
the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation’s Case
Competition (see page 19). For alumni,
the evening included a fraternity-sponsored get-together at a local restaurant.
New at this year’s event was the use
of the Twitter hashtag #12pbli which allowed those in attendance to share their
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experiences. The fraternity also introduced real-time program evaluations so
speakers could receive instant feedback
from students and alumni.
Partnership provides
internships and more
The fraternity recently partnered
with YouTern, a leader in finding quality
mentor-based internships at start-ups,
small to medium businesses and grass
roots non-profit organizations. Together,
Alpha Kappa Psi and YouTern will promote the value of quality internships and
the invaluable experience that a proper
mentoring program has to offer.
For students and recent graduates,
YouTern’s online content and internship
search features are free of charge. Additionally, when alumni register for one
of YouTern’s Career Showcase Webinars
or attend one of its signature live events,
Photos by Alexander Sultan
Scenes from the 2012 Principled Business Leadership Institute
YouTern will donate a percentage of the
revenue to Alpha Kappa Psi.
YouTern also maintains a career
development blog where our members
have access to articles on internships,
entry-level career advice, posts about
college life and entrepreneurial issues
— all told in a “no-fluff ” style that has
many calling the blog “a must read” for
college students.
YouTern joins AKPsi’s other strategic partners, including the Center for
Creative Leadership, Corpus Optima,
Bentley University’s Center for Business
Ethics, the International Leadership Association and the Greenleaf Center for
Servant Leadership.
Through the fraternity’s partnerships, our members benefit by having
access to discounted or free educational
opportunities and in some cases reduced
membership rates. Information about all
of Alpha Kappa Psi’s partnerships can
be found at www.akpsi.org.
Fraternity returns to the
“Big Easy” in 2013
Alpha Kappa Psi’s 57th Convention
will be held at the Sheraton New Orleans, August 7-10, 2013. The Convention — AKPsi’s premier event — is held
once every two years.
The Convention includes the Chapter
Congress Meeting and College of Leadership. However, recognizing the varied
interests of our members and guests, the
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schedule will also include a variety of social activities, such as the popular Alumni
Night Out and tours of local attractions.
This is the second time the Convention has been held in New Orleans. The
fraternity first met there in 2001.
More information on the 2013 Convention can be found at akpsi.org.
Latest chapters placed
on probation
Since the last publication of the Diary, eight chapters have been found in
violation of the laws of Alpha Kappa
Psi after investigations by the fraternity’s
Judiciary Committee. These chapters
were placed on probation for demonstrating behaviors considered to be
detrimental to the reputation of the fraternity and/or the health and well-being
of its members.
Chapters placed on probation received corrective action plans and were
declared ineligible for chapter-based
awards during their probationary period.
Also, the universities at which these
chapters reside were contacted and may
face further disciplinary actions from
their universities.
CSU-San Marcos. Status: Placed on
probation until December 31, 2012.
Responsible for: Hazing policy violations
including mental hazing and intimidation
of pledges.
Georgetown. Status: Placed on probation until June 30, 2013. Responsible
for: Alcohol violations including the use
of fraternity funds to purchase alcohol,
underage drinking, providing alcohol to
members and pledges, and having alcohol at a pledge event.
Welcome to our newest Life Loyal members
Life Loyal members are alumni and undergraduates, of all ages, who choose to continue to take advantage
of their Alpha Kappa Psi membership long after their college years. They include scores of successful men and
women from every walk of life who have added distinction to themselves and AKPsi by becoming Life Loyal
members. The fraternity is pleased to recognize its newest Life Loyal members who joined between November
1 and April 16:
Richard A. Abel III, Shippensburg ‘09-Life
Andrew J. Adamany, San Diego ‘07-Life
India E. Adams, South Carolina State ‘00-Life
Kalimah Anderson, Tennessee State ‘10-Life
Michael D. Aquino, CSU-San Marcos ‘11-Life
Erin M. Borud, Nevada-Reno ‘10-Life
Kyle R. Bushey, Ball State ‘09-Life
William Callarman, West Texas A & M ‘62-Life
Ziporah L. Choice, Auburn ‘11-Life
Emily Christopherson, South Florida ‘09-Life
Jill Collins, Nevada-Reno ‘09-Life
Erik C. Cooper, Illinois-Chicago ‘09-Life
Abriel M. Corsey, Towson ‘10-Life
Jela’ni P. Dais, West Georgia ‘01-Life
Karen P. DeChant Ross, Toledo ‘97-Life
Rebecca M. DeNisi, South Carolina ‘07-Life
Guy J. Di Spigno, Carroll College ‘67-Life
Peter V. Doan, San Diego ‘08-Life
Michelle C. Durante, Towson ‘11-Life
Kelsey A. Forsberg, UW-Milwaukee ‘09-Life
Alexander G. Gac, Creighton ‘02-Life
Joshua S. Green, San Diego State ‘06-Life
Carol D. Hall, Tennessee State ‘07-Life
Alexander B. Hambleton CFV, Lock Haven ‘02-Life
Najam Hassan, John Carroll ‘09-Life
Christopher J. Howard, Austin Peay ‘11-Life
Christa M. Huebner, CNU ‘09-Life
Max Johnson, CSU-San Marcos ‘11-Life
George A. Kanattu, Drexel ‘08-Life
Patricia A. Lammers, Dayton ‘11-Life
Jason J. Lent, UW-Milwaukee ‘09-Life
Kerry L. Lesell, Central Washington ‘11-Life
Kevin MacTaggart, Saint Louis ‘10-Life
Malia L. Mason, South Carolina State ‘10-Life
Richard J. McCabe, Nevada-Reno ‘10-Life
John McKinney, CSU-San Marcos ‘11-Life
John D. Metz, Kentucky ‘07-Life
Christabelle Mun Yan Neng, Wesleyan Col ‘11-Life
Michael E. Nelson, Norwich ‘94-Life
Chad A. Penny, Cincinnati ‘11-Life
Jamie L. Perry, Towson ‘10-Life
Lisa M. Petronio, Buffalo ‘07-Life
Gustavo A. Ponton, Towson ‘11-Life
Chesney P. Rathbun, Wyoming ‘07-Life
Andres E. Rodriguez, CSU-San Marcos ‘11-Life
Blake S. Scott, Christopher Newport ‘11-Life
Perry G. Timmons, Charleston ‘06-Life
Jonathon G. Torres, Lock Haven ‘06-Life
Dai T. Trinh, Washington State ‘10-Life
Bevan J. Tse, San Francisco State ‘11-Life
Katherine Vance, Loyola ‘90-Life
Izaac Villalobos, CSU-San Marcos ‘10-Life
Katie C. Wagner CFV, UNC-Charlotte ‘08-Life
Aurielle C. Williams, Auburn ‘11-Life
Candy L. Williams, Georgia State ‘91-Life
Daniel T. Williams, Texas-Dallas ‘10-Life
Angelo L. Wong, Howard ‘11-Life
Kaitlyn M. Wood, Austin Peay ‘09-Life
Not a Life Loyal member? See page 32 to learn more about this special fraternity program.
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The Life Loyal membership certificate
of Founder Robert S. Douglas is on
display at the Heritage Center in
Indianapolis. Douglas was the 369th
person in the fraternity to receive a
Life Loyal membership. Since 1929,
more than 23,000 have achieved this
special status.
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Newest chapters and colonies
 Collegiate chapter or colony,  Alumni chapter or colony
Alumni
1 Baltimore
Colony
- Santa Cruz
2 California
Colony
- Long Beach
3 CSU
Delta Omicron, rechartered (5/11/12)
Arkansas
4 Central
Lambda Sigma, colony (1983)
Alumni
Colony
5 Charleston
6 Columbia
Chi, rechartered 3/24/12 (1920)
Carolina
7 Coastal
Psi Zeta, chartered 4/21/12
8 Dartmouth
Colony
Roads Alumni
9 Hampton
Rechartered 1/14/12 (1967)
Alpha Kappa, colony (1923)
10 Idaho
Marymount
11 Loyola
Psi Epsilon, chartered 4/21/12
12 MIT
Colony
(N.J.)
13 Monmouth
Psi Iota, chartered 12/3/11
Florida
Colony
14 North
Missouri State
15 Northwest
Colony
Alumni
Colony
16 Panama
Psi Delta, chartered 4/29/12
17 Shenandoah
Columbia
Oregon
18 Southern
Psi Theta, chartered 2/11/12
Francisco State
19 San
Psi Kappa, chartered 5/14/11
20 Temple
Psi Eta, chartered 4/7/12
21 Vermont
Colony
Virginia State
22 West
Psi Gamma, chartered 4/29/12
Monmouth
Temple
The fraternity is geographically divided into 13 regions, each managed by a team of volunteers. Each of these teams is led by a regional director who oversees his or her regional
management team (RMT). RMT members include chapter and faculty advisors, regional managers, chapter advisory board (CAB) members and others. For information on how to help a new
chapter or volunteer in your area, visit the ‘Volunteer Opportunities’ section at akpsi.org.
George Washington. Status: Placed on
probation until December 31, 2012.
Responsible for: Hazing policy violations
including the creation of undue stress on
pledges by requiring them to carry several
unnecessary items at all times, and intimidation by using a demeaning tone and
attitude of superiority toward pledges.
Marist. Status: Placed on probation until June 30, 2013. Responsible
for: Alcohol policy violations including
alcohol present at a pledge event, underage drinking, utilizing a common source
container, and failure to implement
precautions to help prevent members
and pledges from excessive consumption
of alcohol.
Michigan. Status: Placed on probation
until December 31, 2012. Responsible
for: Alcohol policy violations including
having alcohol present at a pledge event,
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underage drinking, failure to implement
precautions to help prevent members
and pledges from excessive consumption
of alcohol, failing to curtail the service
of alcohol at a predetermined time and
failure to report an incident to the Heritage Center.
Northwood. Status: Placed on probation until December 31, 2012. Responsible for: Hazing policy violations including mental hazing by causing rushees
to experience discomfort and embar-
rassment when racially derogatory and
insensitive remarks were made during a
public recruitment event.
Sam Houston State. Status: Placed on
probation until June 30, 2013. Responsible for: Hazing policy violations
including intimidation by smearing and
pouring food on pledges in a manner to
humiliate them, the use of blindfolds as
well as violating the pledge education
program by not utilizing pledge action
plans prior to removing pledges from the
pledge program.
Western Michigan. Status: Placed on
probation until June 30, 2013. Responsible for: Hazing policy violations including the use of line ups, requiring pledges
to track down a chapter officer after midnight, creating undue stress on pledges
by requiring them to carry unnecessary
items at all times, and verbal intimidation
and harassment of pledges. <<
‘New’ at the fraternity’s archives
Pi Fraternity between 1940-43.
Upon giving the ball to the fraternity’s archives in honor of his
late father, Bill said: “He was very
proud of his fraternity and I can’t
think of a better place for it.”
Northwestern Charter
Founders’ Minute Book
The original Alpha Chapter Minute Book includes the fraternity’s first
constitution and bylaws, and minutes taken through 1915. Of note, the
initial pages of the document are in the handwriting of Founder Howard M. Jefferson, the first secretary of the fraternity. While not a new
gift to the archives, the fraternity’s most cherished historical artifact
recently underwent a comprehensive restoration. When the fraternity
originally took possession of the book, all the pages were loose and
the covers were detached and corroding. Last year the book was professionally rebound using archival-quality materials and is now back
on display at the Heritage Center in Indianapolis.
The fraternity extends its gratitude to the Council of Alpha for
underwriting the expenses of the restoration.
Georgia State Softball
Bill Jordan, whose father William T. Jordan Jr. joined AKPsi
at Georgia State (then Georgia
Evening College) in 1937, sent
the fraternity this softball dating
from the early 1940s. Inscriptions on the ball commemorate
victories in football, softball and
bowling over rival Delta Sigma
In the late 1960s, after Northwestern University decision to
terminate its undergraduate
business program, Alpha Kappa
Psi’s third oldest chapter ended
its run on the Evanston campus.
William J. Davie, ‘66-Life, was the
chapter’s last president, and he
took it upon himself to store the
chapter’s trunk. Among its many
artifacts, the trunk contained
the chapter’s
original 1911
charter,
ritual bible
(presented to
the chapter
in 1927 for
hosting the
fraternity’s
convention
that year)
and altar
cloth. William
passed away
in 1995, and at
the request of
his widow, his
friend Gerald
Ottesen ‘65 delivered the trunk
to the fraternity’s headquarters
for safekeeping in 2011.
Alpha Kappa Psi Day
Proclamations
When Fraternity President John
D. Cahill, Buffalo ‘52-Life, visited
AKPsi’s Epsilon Iota Chapter
at West Texas A&M (then West
Texas State) in 1969, he was presented with back-to-back “Alpha
Kappa Psi Day” proclamations.
Presented by the mayors of
Amarillo and Canyon, they were
dated April 23 and 24, respectively. Jack served the fraternity
as president from 1968-71, and
1983-87. <<
The fraternity welcomes contributions of historical memorabilia for preservation at the Heritage Center in Indianapolis. To make a contribution, please contact the Heritage Center for more information.
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| Six Questions
Fraternity Chairman
of the Board
Alpha Kappa Psi’s chairman, Charles D. Steffens, Portland ‘87-Life, speaks
about the fraternity’s strategic plan, engaging our alumni and what the fraternity
has to offer.
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How did you become involved
as an AKPsi volunteer?
I never thought about being a volunteer when I was a student member,
it never really crossed my mind. I
stumbled into it really. I was visiting
the Boise State campus one afternoon
in 1994 and found an announcement
for an AKPsi information rush event. I
thought it would be interesting to hear
how their chapter was different or
similar to my own. The BSU students
discovered I was an alumnus, recommended me to be their chapter advisor and from then on I was hooked.
Chapter advisor led to regional director led to fraternity vice president led
to board of directors.
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What is the most rewarding part
of being a volunteer?
I think it is seeing how the opportunities AKPsi provides to its members
continue to evolve — and that the
members benefit from what the fraternity has to offer — is a big part of the
satisfaction I get. But the single most
rewarding part of my positions has
been the ability to help out students
the way that the fraternity helped me;
that giving back to them makes being
a volunteer worthwhile — whether it is
speaking at a PBLI or Convention session, participating at chapter event, or
just talking with a brother one on one.
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How has AKPsi contributed to
your professional development?
An AKPsi brother got me my first job
at Micron Technology, and I have been
here for 22 years now, in a variety of
technical roles, whether an analyst,
IS trainer or project manager. But
when the time came for me to take
a managerial role as a service owner
and I was preparing for my interviews,
I found that very little of my Micron
background prepared me for the
non-technical aspects of the new role.
All of the examples I used during my
interview process were from being an
AKPsi volunteer including budgeting,
recruiting, goal setting, and dealing
with conflict — all the soft skills of being a manager I got through my work
with the fraternity. Those examples
were the ones that got me the job I
wanted, not my past technical experiences at Micron.
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How has it contributed to your
personal development?
AKPsi has really helped me in a
number of social interaction skill sets.
When I first was a pledge I was a very
shy individual. I had problems speaking in front of groups, etc. Through the
pledge process, becoming a brother
and eventually president of my
student chapter, I became much more
confident in social situations. Although
I am still an introvert in many ways, I
am much more able to deal with social
situations both large and small, and I
attribute that to my AKPsi experiences
as a student and volunteer brother.
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What is the best way for an
alumnus to get re-involved?
If you haven’t visited the updated
AKPsi website (akpsi.org), do that first.
There are more opportunities to connect to the fraternity, foundation and
individual chapters than ever before.
Are you looking to contact a student
chapter, or get involved with a local
alumni chapter? Alumni can browse
the online chapter directories and
find contact information. For those
looking to volunteer, they can review
the volunteer options on the website,
contact the regional director for that
region or the Heritage Center. The
Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation is another
way to get involved — make a contribution in support of our scholarship and
leadership development programs,
and get a valuable tax-deduction while
you’re at it.
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How can AKPsi maximize potential for alumni engagement?
Alumni engagement is continually part
of the fraternity’s strategic plan and
always a focus of discussion at board
of directors meetings. Whether it is
through the giving of our alumni’s time,
talent or treasure, we are working with
the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation to
create and expand opportunities for
involvement. For example, we continue
to evolve the fraternity’s volunteer
structure to allow for shorter term or
lower time commitment activities at
the regional and chapter levels—by
making it easier for people to volunteer, we create more value for the
students by engaging a broader set of
alumni volunteers. It is also important
for the fraternity to continuously focus
on educating our members at the
student level so they will know what
to expect once they graduate and
become alumni. <<
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ETHICS OFFICER
REDUX
The
Corporate
Ethics
Officer
Redux:
Strengthening
Organizational
Governance
After of a decade of business
scandals and economic crises, the boards
of public companies have come under
increasing scrutiny, while their roles and
responsibilities have been enlarged
considerably – not just by the SarbanesOxley Act (SOX) but also by various
Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC) stock exchange listing requirements, and the Federal Sentencing
Guidelines for Organizations (FSGO).
These legislative responses were all based
in some measure on the conclusions of
Congress and others that inadequate
ethical oversight of senior management
by boards has been a significant or even
dominant cause of corporate misdeeds.
Although the causes for the recent
Global Financial Crisis from which we
are only starting to emerge are complex
and varied, there is a broad consensus
that significant factors in bringing about
this crisis were failures in governance,
ethics and culture.
One factor behind these corporate
governance failures that has received
little attention is the fact that the ethics
and compliance function in corporations
has not performed as expected. More
specifically, the ethics officer (EO)1 has
not engaged the board of directors in
sufficiently meaningful ways to ensure
the ethical oversight necessary for truly
effective corporate governance. As we
see it, there are at least three reasons for
this: First, ethics officers are typically
answerable primarily to senior management, and only incidentally to the board
of directors. This creates an inherent
conflict of interest since the EO may
W. Michael Hoffman, Robert E. McNulty and Mark Rowe
Center for
Business Ethics
This article was prepared for the Diary by Bentley University’s Center for Business Ethics,
an Alpha Kappa Psi Strategic Partner.
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need to call to account the very people
who can make or break his or her career.
Secondly, in many – if not most – cases,
ethics officers do not have the power,
status and authority in their corporations
that they need to do their job effectively.
Thirdly, as presently structured, the
nature of the relationship between ethics
officers and their boards does not
provide the degree of mutual support or
the leverage necessary for ethics and
compliance programs, and the governance process as a whole, to reach their
full potential.
Despite the significant governance
reforms, none have addressed the
aforementioned three issues underlying
the failure of ethics and compliance
programs to operate with full force and
effect. As an important step to remedy
this situation, we propose to make the
EO an agent of the board of directors.
Under this new model the EO would be
appointed by the board, report directly
and be accountable to the board, and
have his or her compensation set by the
board. Furthermore, only the board
would be authorized to fire the EO. This
is a relationship that far exceeds the
giving of periodic reports to the board
about what is going on in the ethics and
compliance program. The FSGO now
recommends at least one such appearance before the board annually.2 This
doesn’t go far enough. It may give the
ethics officer limited “access” to the
board, but it does not give the EO
independence or significant board access.
Let’s look in more detail at what we
have identified as the three sources of
“ethical governance dysfunction” in
corporations.
An inherent conflict of interest in
current EO reporting structures
The EO is the person with primary
responsibility for ensuring a company’s
ethical performance, and the success of
that mission depends on creating a
universal expectation that no one in the
company, no matter how senior, is above
the law or the requirement to behave
ethically. Given the huge influence of
senior management on a company’s
business performance and culture as
well as the frequency of senior executives in corporate fraud and abuses, one
of the EO’s most important responsibilities is to monitor and critique senior
management’s decision-making and
conduct. However, when the company’s
reporting structure dictates that the EO
is appointed by, reports to, and is
accountable to management — the
situation found in almost all companies
with ethics officers — this creates a
conflict of interest in which the EO is
likely to be influenced, consciously or
subconsciously, by the self-preservation
instinct. When that happens, the EO’s
objectivity and independence cannot fail
to be compromised.
Besides the internal credibility of its
ethics and compliance program, a
company must also be acutely sensitive
to the perception of regulators, prosecutors and sentencing judges, especially
given that the EO’s independence and
objectivity are relevant in assessing
program effectiveness within the terms
of both the FSGO and the Department
of Justice’s “McNulty Memo.” By having
the EO’s report to the board, this
conflict of interest is essentially removed. The EO can operate indepen-
dently of management with the direct
authority of the board and all the
protection that affords.
Ethics officers do not have sufficient
power, status and authority
While there is no doubt that an ethics
officer profession has become well
established over the last two decades,4 we
believe there has been a worrying trend
toward declining EO importance in the
corporate hierarchy. This view is shared
by other commentators, including
Richard J. Bednar, former Coordinator
of the Defense Industry Initiative on
Business Ethics and Conduct (DII).
Bednar noted several symptoms that
mark this trend, including:
• EOs are not regularly invited to
CEO meetings with direct reports;
• EOs are asked to take on assignments unrelated to their core mission;
• Senior management frequently calls
the general counsel instead of talking to
the EO.
The proposal that the EO be an agent
of the board has the important virtue of
elevating the EO in the corporate
hierarchy. It would also give the EO the
very real authority that comes with any
board appointment, and would signal to
management and all employees, more
than any board resolution, that the ethics
and compliance program was endorsed
and supported by the highest authority in
the corporation.
Boards need to enhance their
ethical oversight capabilities
It is not enough for directors to be
diligent and vigilant; they need access, on
demand, to high quality information
“The EO is the person with primary responsibility for ensuring a company’s ethical performance, and the success of that mission depends on
creating a universal expectation that no one in the company, no matter
how senior, is above the law or the requirement to behave ethically.”
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ETHICS OFFICER
about management proposals and
activities, and about the company’s operations in general. Ideally, the board will
acquire such information in the ordinary
course of an open and collaborative
relationship with senior management.
However, the recent history of corporate
scandals demonstrates that boards
cannot depend on management disclosure and must take a proactive approach
to information gathering and processing.
By changing the nature of the EO’s
relationship with the board of directors,
not only will the EO become more
effective, but he or she can also significantly assist the board in performing its
ethical oversight responsibilities, such as
in the following ways:
• Advising the board on acquiring,
analyzing, and acting upon information
pertinent to its ethical oversight
responsibilities;
• Assuring the board of high quality
ethics information;
• Engaging the board in a more
comprehensive process of continuous
ethics education to fully satisfy FSGO
requirements;6
• Guiding the board on suitable
opportunities for demonstrating ethical
leadership and positively influencing
the corporate culture as envisioned by
the FSGO.7
Developments supporting an
EO-board of directors reporting
relationship
The FSGO requires that “individual(s)
with operational responsibility [for the
ethics and compliance program] shall
report periodically to high-level personnel and, as appropriate, to the governing
authority, or an appropriate subgroup of
the governing authority, on the effectiveness of the … program.” We believe that
the reporting by EOs to the board, as it
is currently structured, is inadequate and
will not be adequate until there is a direct
reporting relationship of the kind we are
proposing.
A non-binding footnote to the SEC
final rule applying to Section 406 of
SOX provides that the “appropriate
person” to whom violations of the code
of ethics should be reported — typically
the EO — “should have sufficient status
within the company to engender respect
for the code and the authority to
adequately deal with the persons subject
to the code regardless of their stature in
the company.”8
We are proposing that the board of
directors be directly responsible for the
appointment, compensation and
oversight of the EO on the basis that
independence and an absence of
conflicts of interest are just as essential
to the successful performance of the
ethics and compliance function as to the
external audit function.
Perhaps the most relevant model is
that of compliance officers in the mutual
fund industry. The SEC’s Rule 38a-1
requires each mutual fund to appoint a
chief compliance officer (CCO) who
must report directly to the fund’s board
of directors. The rule contains several
provisions expressly designed to promote
the independence of the CCO from the
management of the fund. For example,
only the fund board can hire or fire the
CCO; and the fund board (including a
majority of independent directors) must
approve the designation of the CCO and
must approve his or her compensation or
changes in compensation.
Anticipated objections and rebuttals
We are aware that our proposal does
not enjoy universal support among
business leaders or EOs; popularity,
however, is not necessarily a gauge of
merit. For example, some critics have
said our proposal would have no value at
their organizations because their senior
management is highly ethical. This
position is at best optimistic, perhaps
naïve, and possibly even complacent; it
takes no account of the fact that even
managers with a longstanding reputation
for integrity can, and sometimes do,
buckle under pressure, allowing their
REDUX
ethical judgment to be compromised.
And, of course, management teams
come and go.
Others contend it is impractical for
the EO to report directly to the board
of directors because the board comprises outsiders who meet infrequently,
and, therefore, are out of touch with the
company’s operations. This argument
reflects a limited view of how boards
ought to work and do, in fact, often
work. Throughout the year, directors are
frequently engaged in company business
outside of full board meetings, both as
individuals and in board committees. In
any event, the EO’s access to the board
should not be limited to formal meetings
– many EO’s report to directors on an
ongoing basis.
Some people with whom we spoke
believe that if the EO were an agent of
the board, management would be less
inclined to share information. This
position assumes that under the current
reporting model, management does, as a
rule, share information with the EO,
which is not the case. As an agent of the
board, we contend that such information
sharing with the EO would increase as
the EO’s stature in the organization
would have increased.
Some fear that our proposal would
preclude a collaborative relationship
between the EO and management.
However, this arrangement would enable
the EO to serve as an important conduit
between management and the board; and
if management is operating in the right
way for the right reasons, there would be
nothing to hide from the board.
Others claim that the inherent conflict
of interest to which we referred applies
not only to EO’s but also to internal
auditors, lawyers and accountants, and
yet, no one is advocating that they report
to the board. However, the functional
responsibilities of professionals in such
areas are not primarily dedicated to the
assurance of the ethical integrity of the
organization. This is precisely the
primary mission of the EO, which makes
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ETHICS OFFICER
REDUX
it especially important that it be insulated
from undue pressure.
Finally, others have argued that boards
have been culpable themselves, and having
the EO report to the board will not
necessarily change that. This is true.
However, if the EO is reporting directly
to the board, there is every prospect of
raising the board’s level of ethical
awareness and preparedness to perform
its oversight duties properly. This is at the
heart of our proposal: having the EO
report directly to the board would
energize its commitment to ethics, compliance, and sound governance in general.
governance. In spite of considerable
reforms, we believe that the disconnectedness of the ethics and compliance
function from the board of directors
constitutes a significant problem, which
has prevented both from working as
they should.
If the EO is appointed as an agent
of the board, this will create conditions that will provide additional
leverage for corporate governance
reform, thereby furthering our society’s
pursuit of increasingly ethical corporate cultures. Business will consequently benefit and so too will our economy
and society generally. <<
W. Michael Hoffman is the founding
executive director of the Center for Business
Ethics, and the Hieken Professor of Business and
Professional Ethics at Bentley University.
Robert E. McNulty is the director of
programs at the Center for Business Ethics at
Bentley University, and the executive director of
the nonprofit organization, Applied Ethics, Inc.
Mark Rowe is a knowledge leader at LRN
Corporation, and the former senior research
fellow at the Center for Business Ethics at
Bentley University.
Conclusion
We entered the new millennium amid
a series of major corporate scandals
followed by the worst global financial
crisis since the 1930s. Behind all of these
problems we see fundamental failures of
This article has been adapted from “The Ethics
Officer and the Board: Partners for Effective
Ethical Governance” by W. Michael Hoffman
and Mark Rowe, in Ethikos and Corporate
Conduct Quarterly (Sep. – Oct. 2007).
REFERENCES
1
We use the term “Ethics Officer” to include the variety of job titles, including Compliance Officer, Business Conduct Officer, Business Practices Officer, etc., that apply to
individuals who are responsible for their organization’s ethics, compliance, and business conduct programs.
2
The “Application Notes” for §8B2.1(b)(2) of the FSGO state: “If the specific individual(s) assigned overall responsibility for the compliance and ethics program does not have
day-to-day operational responsibility for the program, then the individual(s) with day-to-day operational responsibility typically should, no less than annually, give the
governing authority or an appropriate subgroup thereof information on the implementation and effectiveness of the compliance and ethics program.”
3
Memorandum, dated December 12, 2006, from Deputy Attorney General of the United States, Paul McNulty, to United States Attorneys, giving updated guidelines for
prosecuting corporations. It includes nine factors to consider when weighing whether to charge or negotiate a plea in corporate criminal cases. The McNulty Memorandum
replaced the Thompson Memorandum of 2003. For more information see: http://www.usdoj.gov/dag/speech/2006/mcnulty_memo.pdf
4
This is evidenced by the growth in membership of the two leading professional associations for ethics and compliance practitioners: the Ethics and Compliance Officer
Association and the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics.
5
For a fuller discussion of Bednar’s observations and concerns, see Sherwood, E. L., “The Evolving Position of Ethics Officer,” Ethikos and Corporate Conduct Quarterly, Vol. 20, No.
1 (2006): 10-19. (When the general counsel is also the chief ethics and compliance officer, which is true in many corporations, this situation greatly exacerbates the conflict of
interest issue mentioned earlier.)
6
Since the amendment of the FSGO in November 2004, directors have been required to be educated about their company’s standards and procedures through “effective
training” and the dissemination of information appropriate to their roles and responsibilities [United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 8B2.1(b)(4)].
7
United States Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 8B2.1(a)(2).
8
Federal Register, Volume 68, No. 21, (January 31, 2003), page 5118, footnote 45.
Center for
Business Ethics
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Through the fraternity’s partnership with Bentley University’s Center for Business Ethics, AKPsi members
get a membership discount and access to valuable resources. The CBE promotes integrity and trust in business by encouraging the establishment of organizational cultures and practices that drive ethically responsible
decision making and conduct to create long-term economic, social and environmental value. The center staff
pursues this mission through the application of expertise, research, education and a collaborative approach to
dissemination of best practices. Visit akpsi.org for more information about this and other AKPsi partnerships.
Job Search Strategy 2.0:
Five Keys to Success in our
New Economy
This past year, I’ve talked to hundreds of college
students about their job searches and career paths. As
we approach another graduation season, most—for
reasons we all understand—are scared to death about
their pending entrance into the workforce.
During most of these conversations it is clear that
their job search concerns, while certainly valid, have
solutions that are very much within their control. Most
can significantly improve their chances of getting a
job—by improving their job search strategy right now.
In fact, by mastering the key components of a
highly successful strategy, young professionals entering
the workforce for the first time can sail right past their
job-seeking competition and often get hired quickly!
Without further delay, here are the top five keys to
success in a well-executed job search:
1.TheBecome
more than “just a GPA”
almighty GPA. Your GPA was the foundation
of your parent’s bragging rights. Your GPA helped
you advance through high school—and was maybe
your golden ticket into your college of choice. Your
GPA helped, perhaps, pay for some of your college by
triggering scholarship money. But the reality, in our
current economy, is that your GPA doesn’t mean
much when your competition has both a good GPA
and has obtained real world experience.
This article was prepared for the Diary by YouTern,
an Alpha Kappa Psi Strategic Partner.
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Even those with a 4.0 GPA counting on their
academic excellence to carry them into the workforce
are likely to soon face a cold hard fact: in many
industries, your job seeking competition with a 3.1
GPA—the confident networkers with significant handson experience and abundant soft skills—is going to
kick your butt in the real world.
But, all hope is not lost! From my perspective,
AKPsi brothers have a huge advantage over many
others. You are already developing soft skills and have
achievements outside the classroom. And, even seniors
can complete an internship or two before the end of
the school year.
Start now, and move past being “just a GPA”
before graduation.
2.
“Wow!” recruiters with your resume
and cover letter
Despite the best of intentions, and sometimes
hundreds of double-checks, far too many resumes
littered with typos, unfinished sentences and poor
layout are delivered to recruiters. These resumes scream
“Unemployable!”
Using a resume professional or trusted mentor,
create an articulate resume that passes the first-glance
test with good grammar, correct spelling, quantified
action statements and an easy-to-read layout with lots
of white space.
At the bottom of this page is an excellent example
of a resume header which includes a “summary of
skills” section (instead of the severely outdated
“objective statement”):
Once you have your resume template, make it clear
to the recruiter that you’ve done significant research on
the company.
How? By personalizing and customizing every single
resume and cover letter you send! In the cover letter,
include the recruiter’s name and keywords from the
company’s website. Perhaps mention a post or two
from its blog, or cite a mention of the company in a
recent article. In the resume, you MUST include
keywords—word for word—from the job description.
Eliminate common errors, present a clean resume
format and show some passion and interest in this
position, and you are sure to “wow!” the recruiter.
3.To Perfect
a personal brand
many, “personal branding” has become a
buzzword—or at least a method of polishing a rough
stone. Others believe that personal branding is as
simple as sanitizing your online presence of questionable content.
The reality is recruiters see your personal brand as
much more than that; they see your brand as a statement of your value proposition, a summary of your
skills, a peek into your character and personality—and a
snapshot of the working environment (aka “company
culture”) where you may perform at your best (or not).
How do you best get started at building your
personal brand? Consider this advice from YouTern
contributor Dana Leavy:
“It’s not enough to simply create your “personal brand”—who
you are, what you do, what you’re looking for, what your skills
are, etc. You can have a stellar brand that puts any and every
professional in your field to shame, but it won’t do jack for you if
the messaging behind that brand isn’t coming through in your
communication. That goes for your resume, your website, your
marketing materials, and anything else that has to do with
marketing you or your business on a professional level.”
Dana goes on to say there
is one question you need to
ask yourself when developing
your unique personal brand:
“What would you like prospective
employers to know about you?”
— Continued on page 38
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>> foundation update
Foundation Director John Werner (left) and Foundation Chairman David Wendroff congratulate Reno’s first place Case Competition team “Region 8
Consulting” from the Kappa Chapter (Oregon).
Competition highlights
strategic challenges and
managerial dilemmas
For the fifth year, the Alpha Kappa
Psi Foundation sponsored the Case
Competition at February’s Principled
Business Leadership Institute. Representing 51 chapters, 60 teams competed in
the annual event.
Through the foundation’s Case Competition, students were introduced to the
realities of decision making — including
incomplete information, time constraints
and conflicting goals — giving them
first-hand experience in analyzing business situations. The competition was
designed to stimulate students’ thinking by challenging their capabilities and
preparing them for future managerial
decision making.
CASE
COMPETITION
| Case Competition
Making the case: How to save a hotel
This year’s case focused on a fictional family-owned hotel that struggled
when business and leisure travel took a dive after the events of 9/11.
Among other things, each Case team had to consider the options between
maintaining the hotel’s status as an independent property, and the benefits
and risks of becoming a franchise of a branded hotel chain. Through research and industry data, competing teams had to present a solution that
would convince the family and minority stakeholders on how to ensure
profitablity, stability and success in the future.
“Sapphire Solution”s from the Beta Upsilon Chapter (South Carolina) placed third
at the Case Competition in Atlanta.
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Honors for outstanding
student leaders
In December, the Alpha Kappa Psi
Foundation announced the members of
the 2011-12 All-AKPsi Academic Team.
In all, 507 students were recognized
with team honors—an all-time record.
The All-AKPsi Academic Team honors those members who maintain excellence in academic standing while making
positive contributions to their chapter,
campus and community.
The selection process measures an
applicant’s ability to balance the pursuit
of a degree with the development of
leadership skills, interactive extracurricular participation and a sense of social
responsibility. Candidates needed to
have junior or senior full-time status and
a grade point average of 3.5 (on a 4.0
system) or higher.
From among the remarkable applicants, eight received “Team Captain”
honors and were presented with educational grants (see page 23).
Focusing on practices of
exemplary leaders
Alpha Kappa Psi’s 2012 Academy
will be held June 22-25 in Morgantown,
Ind. Participants will include 20 of the
fraternity’s brightest students. The application deadline for this all-expensespaid leadership development retreat was
in March.
This intimate, hands-on, challenging
learning experience was designed especially for those students who demonstrate outstanding leadership potential. It
is based on the contemporary concepts
contained in the business best seller, The
Leadership Challenge, and focuses on the
practices and commitments of exemplary leaders.
Through the Academy, participants
learn how to become positive forces in
their organizations and professions —
leaders who can make a visible difference. A limited enrollment and a remote
location ensure that the experience is
highly personal. Interactive group sessions are complemented by small group
discussions led by AKPsi facilitators.
Funding for this year’s Academy is
being made possible by a generous grant
from Past Fraternity Chair Dan Roselli,
Michigan State ‘89-Life, and his wife Sara,
and contributions by past Academy fellows, alumni and alumni chapters. <<
We need your help before June 30
The fraternity has been blessed with an amazing opportunity, but we need your
help to make it a reality! Through June 30, a generous donor will match dollarfor-dollar all contributions made to the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation’s Principled
Business Leadership Fund, up to $50,000. Never before has Alpha Kappa Psi
been approached with a challenge like this! Please take a moment to read about
this special fund (see page 4) and consider making a tax-deductible contribution
today. For your convenience, a donation envelope is included in this issue
(between pages 20-21). So we can property record your contribution, please
note on your gift that it is in support of the PBL Fund . <<
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| Case Competition
Educational grants
awarded at each Case
Competition location
First through third place awards
were presented at each of the five
Case Competitions held during February's PBLI.
Atlanta 1st Place: “Phoenician Solutions” from the Xi Sigma Chapter
at Florida International, 2nd Place:
“Crawford Burlington” from the Epsilon
Sigma Chapter at Georgia Tech, 3rd
Place: “Sapphire Solutions” from
the Beta Upsilon Chapter at South
Carolina. Chicago 1st Place: “Top Gun”
from the Zeta Xi Chapter at Central
Michigan, 2nd Place: “Insert Corporate
Sponsor” from the Alpha Eta Chapter
at Minnesota, 3rd Place: “Three Links”
from the Epsilon Chapter at Illinois.
Dallas 1st Place: “The Super Committee” from the Nu Pi Chapter at Trinity,
2nd Place: “G Consulting” from the Xi
Omicron Chapter at Texas-San Antonio,
3rd Place: “Creative Connections” from
the Xi Omicron Chapter at Texas-San
Antonio. Philadelphia 1st Place: “AD
Consulting” from the Epsilon Rho
Chapter at Pennsylvania, 2nd Place:
“UPO Consulting” from the Nu Chapter
at Boston, 3rd Place: “HHYT!” from the
Epsilon Rho Chapter at Pennsylvania.
Reno 1st Place: “Region 8 Consulting”
from the Kappa Chapter at Oregon,
2nd Place: “PPS Consulting” from the
Upsilon Psi Chapter at California-Davis,
3rd Place: “AK Consulting” from the Pi
Tau Chapter at Stanford.
Past Foundation Chairman Steve Vasquez
with members of the Chicago Case Competition’s third place team from the University
of Illinois, “Three Links.”
This year’s case was authored by the
Harvard Business Review. It was based on
a scenario where a struggling hotel seeks
solutions to return to profitability and
relevance (see sidebar on page 19).
To evaluate the Case Competition
presentations, more than 50 alumni and
community leaders volunteered to hear
cases and provide constructive feedback.
Teams placing first, second and
third place were awarded $1,500, $750
and $500 scholarships respectively. The
scholarships were provided through the
Carlton J. Siegler Scholarship Fund. A
complete list of winners can be found
on the sidebar at right.
2011-12 Donor Honor Roll update
Listed here are donors who made contributions to the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation of $100 or more during the 2011-12 Annual
Fund Campaign (for gifts received through April 26). The campaign began on July 1 and will conclude on June 30. A complete
listing of all donors will be included in the fall issue of the Diary.
1904 Society | $10,000+
Daniel J. Roselli, Michigan State ‘89-Life*
National Philanthropic Trust DAF
Stephen Vasquez CFV, Arizona State ‘72-Life*
Chairman’s Club | $5,000+
American Endowment Foundation
Microsoft
Robert E. Richardson, Iowa ‘76-Life &
Pamela L. Richardson, Drake ‘81-Life
Chris J. Rufer, UCLA ‘68-Life
David P. Wendroff CFV, Portland ‘79-Life* &
Wendy A. Wendroff CFV, Tri-State ‘80-Life*
Alexander T. Sultan CFV, San Diego State ‘93-Life
Eric Tang, Southern California ‘02-Life
Thomas N. Tran CFV, Penn State ‘02-Life
United Way of The Inland Valleys
Carrisa Valdez, San Diego State ‘10
John R. Wielandy, Saint Louis ‘62-Life
Sapphire Club | $250+
Thomas E. Barry, Southern Illinois ‘63-Life
Richard V. Battle, Texas ‘70-Life
William K. Bissey, Indiana ‘61-Life*
John D. Cahill, Buffalo ‘52-Life
Robert E. Carlson, Drake ‘93-Life
Tony C. Clark, Iowa ‘74-Life
Sue Duli
President’s Club | $2,500
William L. Foulds, Penn State ‘64-Life
Council of Alpha
Nancy A. Ghizzone, Iowa ‘89-Life
Jon P. Doyle, Seattle ‘86-Life
Steven G. Gierak, Wayne State ‘45-Life
John C. Werner, Virginia ‘86-Life
Barry D. Gumaer, CSU-San Bernardino ‘93-Life
Elaine J. Hamilton, Auburn ‘92-Life
Michael C. Harris
Founder’s Club | $1,000+
William A. Hertlein, Colorado ‘07
Bank of America Foundation
J.P. Morgan Chase Foundation
Paul J. Brinker, Cincinnati ‘84-Life* &
Preston Johnson, Sam Houston ‘76
Leslie-Ann J. Brinker, Old Dominion ‘76-Life*
William L. Koleszar, Florida State ‘86-Life
Lisa A. Calandriello CFV, American ‘97-Life
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United Way of the Bay Area
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Baltimore Community Foundation
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Vadim Shleyfman, Towson ‘09-Honorary &
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Tamara Withers, American ‘97-Life
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information about this recognition club.
| All-AKPsi Academic Team
Meet the 2011-12 All-AKPsi Academic Team co-captains
This year, 507 juniors and seniors were named to the Alpha Kappa Psi Foundation’s All-AKPsi Academic Team. From these outstanding individuals, a dedicated committee of alumni volunteers chose
the following eight students to receive educational grants and represent the team as co-captains.
Truitt Jeter
South Carolina ‘10
International Business, Global Supply Chain Operations
Management, 3.90 GPA
“I believe my involvement in
AKPsi and campus organizations have
developed
me as a more
organized and
pragmatic
leader. I believe I can now
delegate tasks and seek
feedback to improve myself.
These skills are the framework for a competent leader
— transferrable to any situation and necessary for future
success. I have found through
AKPsi that the support from
my brothers including their
perspective, feedback and
participation yields success.”
Hannah Miles
Missouri ‘09
Accounting, 4.00 GPA
“Through AKPsi, I have become a much more confident
public speaker
and networker.
I have also
made connections with
numerous business professionals and members of the
community, which will help
me with my goal of securing a
successful job upon graduation. I want to be a strong
asset for any firm that I end
up working for, and my leadership roles with AKPsi have
helped me master the crucial
skills of time management,
event planning, teamwork
and communication.”
Kari Notton
Illinois ‘09
“The resources I will gain
during my professional
career will help me to attain
one of my main goals: creating and maintaining an active
role for myself in the nonprofit sector. I am extremely
passionate about the topics
of environmental awareness and corporate social
responsibility.
I hope to play
a major part in
encouraging
the firm I work
for to increase its involvement in the community
and focus on improving its
environmental impact.”
Benjamin Rascoe
Miami (Ohio) ‘08
Marketing, 3.63 GPA
“Being in Alpha Kappa Psi
is constant motivation to
maintain my GPA because I
am always surrounded by intelligent individuals who push
me to do my best. I credit my
internship experiences and
job offers with the accomplishments I’ve had within
AKPsi. The
majority of
any interview I
have ever had
is spent discussing my accomplishments
in Alpha Kappa Psi.”
Allison Schelble
Washington (St. Louis) ‘10
Philosophy-NeurosciencePsychology, 3.77 GPA
“As a prospective medical
professional, Alpha Kappa
Psi has truly impacted the
manner in which I view
the connections between
business and
medicine. I
joined AKPsi
in the hopes
that I could
learn more about the world
of business and professional
development, topics lacking
from my premedical curriculum. I have been exposed to
a wide range of knowledge
about these topics, and
learned so much more from
my personal experiences in
the fraternity.”
Joe Viviano
Kansas ‘10
Accounting, Finance, and
Business Administration,
3.89 GPA
“Through my involvement
in Alpha Kappa Psi and
other campus organizations, I have
acquired and
refined a skill
set that will
benefit me in
my professional career and
personal life. As chapter
president I helped to
ignite a stagnant chapter by
increasing accountability,
membership and commitment to the fraternity.
On campus, through the
Finance Scholars Program
and Academic Worldquest,
I have worked in teams to
represent the university in
case competitions and visits
to financial institutions.”
Cori Boyce
Miami (Ohio) ‘09
Marketing, 3.71 GPA
“Especially in the business
world, it is important to
know the ins and outs of
how to be a professional, as
well as how to network and
maintain connections with
everyone that you meet. Alpha Kappa Psi has taught me
professional qualities that I
never would have known or
understood
if I were not
involved in
the organization, and has
better prepared me for the
professional world than the
majority of my peers.”
Jessica Ferrucci
Binghamton ‘09
“The brothers of Alpha
Kappa Psi helped my
professional development
by reviewing my resume,
holding mock interviews so
I would be less nervous in a
real setting, and giving me
pointers on small details
such as a strong handshake
and the difference between
casual and
professional
jewelry. Socially, Alpha
Kappa Psi
made me feel connected to
people who shared my goals
and views. It gave me an established circle of friends on
campus, as well as opportunities to help me network
beyond the chapter.” <<
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Chapters
Report
Chapters were asked to share news on one event from earlier
this year, whether philanthropic, social or focusing on professional development.
Arizona
The Alpha Nu Chapter teamed up
with Tucson’s Orange Grove Middle
School in February to create a
custom program to promote online
safety and digital citizenship. The
high-energy, interactive event
featured music that drove home
the event’s theme: “Do you ROCK
online?” The ROCK acronym
reminds students to “Read Over
and Check for Kindness” before
posting anything online.
Arizona State
Binghamton
The Omega Zeta Chapter hosted
“Finance Night” in September. The
even included networking
opportunities with Morgan Stanley,
Ernst & Young, PwC, Goldman
Sachs, Northwestern Mutual and
NBT Bank. Students had the
opportunity to display analytical
skills, participate in a question and
answer session and join round
table discussions.
Arizona State
This February, the Iota Xi Chapter
held its annual Helping Hand Run
benefitting Hospice of the Valley.
More than 250 participants ran the
5k/10k race in Tempe. The chapter
was able to raise $4,500, bringing
its five-year total to more than
$20,000, making the chapter the
highest donor in the state.
Boise State
This spring, the Theta Omicron
Chapter went to the Discovery
Science Center in Boise to help
kids during Biology Days. The
brothers volunteered by running
experiments and hands-on displays
while teaching basic biology
lessons. It was a great way to give
back to the community and bond
as brothers.
Bentley
In March, the Psi Lambda Chapter
held a fundraising event at popular
local restaurant, with 20% of each
couponed bill going to the chapter.
Members of the chapter enjoyed
delicious tavern food, including
burgers, sandwiches and specialty
dishes. It was also a special
occasion as it was a birthday of one
of our brothers.
Boston
The Nu Chapter co-hosted the first
installment of Boston University’s
School of Management Dean Speaker Series, “The World Economy in
Crisis: Debt, Double-Dip, Employment Outlook.” The chapter
developed and pitched the theme
to Dean Kenneth Freeman, knowing
that business students are
interested in issues such as where
Arizona
the economy is going, China’s
impact and future bubbles.
British Columbia
The Omega Gamma Chapter
kicked off the year hosting the
university’s Annual Freshman
Reception. It was a massive event
where nearly 400 freshmen
entering college got the chance to
hear about where to go, which
clubs and organizations to join, and
how to get involved in leadership.
Butler
Lambda Upsilon’s February
professional event served to build a
stronger relationship between the
chapter and the College of
Boise State
Business by partnering to host a
networking event. The successful
event brought more than 50
employers to Butler’s campus and
provided business students the
opportunity to build business
contacts for future internship and
job opportunities.
California – San Diego
The Nu Xi Chapter hosted its
annual inter-chapter volleyball
tournament in February, in which
students and alumni from the
Southwest Region were invited to
participate in a weekend-long
series of events to meet and bond
with brothers. This year the chapter
had ten chapters compete.
British Columbia
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Binghamton
Calgary
UC - San Diego
Canisius
Calgary
“Luv at the Pub” was hosted by the
Omega Chi Chapter in February in
support of the chapter as well as
the Alberta Diabetes Foundation.
This event brought out more than
60 participants to a local pub to
enjoy food, drinks, Valentines
Day-themed activities and prizes
generously donated by local
vendors in Calgary. More than
$1,000 was raised.
CSU - San Marcos
In March, the Pi Upsilon Chapter
conducted a Business Leadership
Panel to educate the campus, chapter and the public on business
leadership. The panel consisted of
Butler
three CEOs, one lawyer and one
recent graduate. The 60 guests in
attendance had the opportunity to
learn from more than 100 years of
combined experience from the
panel members.
Canisius
For the second year in a row, the
Delta Tau Chapter retreated to the
woods of Alleghany State Park for
two nights of camping and
brotherhood. The weekend was
filled with scenic hiking, relaxing by
the fire, and quality time with our
AKPsi family.
Carnegie Mellon
The Omega Psi Chapter hosted a
Spring Corporate Networking
Dinner at Carnegie Mellon. While
holding an appreciation for
networking with recruiters, the
chapter had 10 companies
participate including Teach for
America, Capital One and National
Security Agency.
Central Michigan
Through its partnership with the
Career Services Department on
campus, the Zeta Xi Chapter
hosted its semi-annual Career Day
in February. The event was open
to CMU students and recent
alumni who were looking for
employment opportunities in the
form of full-time jobs and
Fresno State
internships. This semester there
was representation from 70
well-known companies and more
than 800 students in attendance.
Pepperdine
In March, the Omega Epsilon Chapter held a social mixer with
Chapman’s Rho Chi Chapter at
Manhattan Beach. Members of the
chapter got to meet their fellow
brothers and enjoy beach activities.
As a newly-chartered chapter this
event helped its members network
and build relationships.
Clemson
The Omega Upsilon Chapter
volunteered at the Fox Nest Animal
Shelter in November. Brothers
helped the staff by taking dogs out
for walks and providing social
interactions with the homeless
animals. One brother even helped
to get one of the puppies adopted.
Colorado
In March, the Gamma Zeta Chapter
volunteered at the Muscular
Dystrophy Association’s Muscle
Walk in Broomfield. The MDA
Muscle Walk is held to raise funds
for research and services for
people with muscle-damaging
Carnegie Mellon
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Gannon
CSU - San Marcos
diseases and to recognize their
trials and achievements. Members
assisted with set-up, registration,
serving lunch and cheering on
those who participated in the walk.
Cornell
The Omicron Upsilon Chapter
hosted a junior-senior mock
interview session in January. The
event created real interview
situations and brought together
brothers of different ages to learn
from each other in a professional
setting. The session was
beneficial in preparing juniors for
their job searches and the results
were evident in successful
summer placements.
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Drake
In February, more than 150 individuals attended the Beta Phi Chapter’s
“Diversity in the Workplace” event,
which was a collaborative effort
between the chapter and the Coalition of Black Students. The
panelists, Gary Scholten, Laura
Bernstein, Robin Jenkins and Belma
Jusufovic, each addressed a
question concerning diversity. This
was followed by a breakout session
where students addressed diversity
scenarios dealing with issues such
as race, sexual orientation,
disability and language barriers.
Fresno State
In March, the Gamma Lambda
Georgia
Indiana
Indiana State
James Madison
Chapter held its “Interview for
Success” program, which included
guest speaker Ty Kaprelian, a field
marketing specialist at Becker
Professional Education. Students
came from all over campus to learn
about successful interview
strategies during the creative,
fun-filled learning experience.
Gannon
The Theta Iota Chapter hosted its
third annual spring professional
event. The dinner allowed brothers
to network with influential
members of the Erie community,
Gannon alumni, and listen to
Barbara Chaffee speak. Chaffee
had helped establish the
Department of Homeland Security,
was special assistant to President
George W. Bush, and is now CEO
of Erie Regional Chamber and
Growth Partnership.
George Washington
In February, the Beta Mu Chapter
held a presentation by Dean Doug
Guthrie of the school of business
regarding the evolving importance
of economic relations between the
US and China. The event was an
eye-opening opportunity to learn
the factors that have influenced
China’s economic growth and to
hear the dean’s perspective on how
the nations should approach trade
in the future.
Illinois
Minnesota
Iowa State
Louisiana State
Illinois
The Epsilon Chapter partnered
with Deloitte to host a dance-athon to raise money for the Jimmy
V Foundation. Teams of four
danced for three hours straight for
a fun night of good music, great
friends, and “Dancing for Dollars.”
Indiana
The Beta Gamma Chapter hosted
its Fundraising Gala in March. The
event raised thousands of dollars
for the Pancreatic Cancer Action
Network, aimed at promoting
research toward a cure as well as
supporting those affected by the
disease. Speakers included two
representatives of the network as
well as a pharmaceutical
researcher with 15-plus years of
industry experience.
Iowa State
In March, the Delta Omega
Chapter took advantage of an
exclusive opportunity to tour Iowa
State University’s alumni center
and to hold a chapter meeting
there afterward. Conducted by
Delta Omega’s alumni advisor —
who is associate director at the
alumni center — the tour engaged
the chapter into the workings and
history of ISU’s alumni.
Kansas State
This fall, the Alpha Omega Chapter
hosted a successful golf tournament to raise money for its
Missouri
Kansas State
Nevada - Reno
philanthropy. Funds raised were
given to the Johnson Center for
Basic Cancer Research, the
research center at Kansas State
University. The chapter raised
$1,800 for to the Johnson Center.
college of business’ faculty and
staff in March. This event was an
opportunity for the brothers to
show those in the college how
much they appreciate all that is
done to further the academic and
interpersonal skills of its students.
Georgia
The Alpha Epsilon Chapter hosted
an Italian Night Dinner fundraiser in
March. It was sponsored by
Carrabba’s Italian Grill and
included some of the restaurant’s
signature appetizers, entrees and
desserts. Members of the chapter
sold approximately 150 tickets and
the event was a huge success.
Indiana State
Every year the Donald W. Scott
College of Business at Indiana
State University hosts the Fall
Welcome Picnic for the business
students. At this year’s picnic, the
Mu Omicron Chapter distributed
planners to both returning and new
students. The event provided an
excellent opportunity for the
chapter to advertise itself to the
business students of the university.
James Madison
The Nu Psi Chapter hosted an
appreciation breakfast for the
Louisiana State
Last fall, the Beta Chi Chapter
volunteered for a Habitat for
Humanity service project. The
brothers spent their time hanging
siding, finishing roof trim and
painting a house. This project gave
the brothers an opportunity to
bond through teamwork, and most
importantly it gave them the
opportunity to help build a home
for a very deserving family.
Loyola
In February, the Gamma Iota
Chapter hosted “Intern Queen”
Lauren Berger for a public
professional event. Lauren was
named in Business Week’s “Young
Entrepreneurs 25 under 25.” Having
had 15 internships in college, she
shared her secrets to success
about how to land a dream
internship. It was a great opportunity for students to get motivated
and interact with Lauren.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Penn State
Marshall
In April, the Zeta Rho Chapter
hosted a “Senior Prom” for
residents of nearby senior centers.
Working with Gamma Beta Phi and
the Student Ambassadors, punch
and snacks were served and tunes
from Frank Sinatra to the electric
slide were played all through the
night. At the end of the evening,
the Prom king and queen were
announced, giving the seniors a
true prom experience.
Miami (Ohio)
Brothers of the Gamma Chi
Chapter went on a bowling trip
with 18 students from the Winton
Hills Academy in February. The
chapter sponsors the students’
class at Winton Hills through
Adopt-a-Class. In April the chapter
hosted “Dare to Dodge,” a charity
dodge ball tournament, to raise
money for the students.
Michigan State
In February, the Gamma Mu
Chapter hosted a networking mixer
in conjunction with two other
business college organizations. The
event was the first of its type at
MSU, drawing over 200 students
and alumni and more than 40
recruiters representing 25
companies. It allowed brothers to
hone professional skills and build
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strong relations with a variety of
prestigious organizations.
Michigan Tech
Since 1968, the Theta Kappa
Chapter has been responsible for
Michigan Tech’s career fair for both
fall and spring semesters. The
chapter is responsible for set-up
and tear-down, and managing the
registration table while escorting
200-250 companies to their
booths in a span of a few hours.
This year’s fairs were held in
September and February.
Minnesota
In September, the Alpha Eta
Chapter hosted alumni and student
members at its house on a beautiful
Saturday afternoon for two
reasons: to celebrate the new
school year and the first football
game of the season, and to honor
the life of Tom Burnett Jr. ‘85, a
past chapter president who gave
his life on Flight 93 in 2001.
Missouri State
The Lambda Rho Chapter invited
Missouri State’s Interim President
Clif Smart to speak to the chapter
this past February. Most of the
discussion during the program was
focused on the university, and more
specifically, the Missouri State
College of Business Administration.
It was a great opportunity for
members of the chapter to ask
questions and network with the
interim president.
Monmouth
In October, the Psi Iota Chapter
volunteered at a bike ride event for
the Ronald McDonald House of
Long Branch, N.J. At 6:00 am, 40
members gathered at Seven
President’s Beach and were spread
out along a 60-mile course. The
event raised awareness and money
for the house which provides
families with resources so they can
keep their children healthy and
happy.
Nebraska
This past October, the Zeta
Chapter volunteered at the Lincoln
Children’s Museum. For four hours,
members showed off their
Halloween spirit by dressing in
costumes and handing out candy to
children and passing families. At
the end of the night, everyone
helped clean up and decorate for
the following day’s Halloweenthemed events.
Nevada
As both a recruitment and service
event, the Psi Phi Chapter made
valentines to send to members of
the US armed forces serving
overseas. With one member
serving in the Air National Guard
and another who is engaged to a
military member, showing support
for our troops was something near
and dear to the chapter.
North Carolina - Charlotte
The Eta Omega Chapter plans a
Missouri State
its second annual Corporate Benefit
Dinner for Cystic Fibrosis. The
dinner included seven companies
and 56 students while raising funds
for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
(CFF). Featured speakers were from
UBS and CFF.
St. John’s
Pittsburgh
professional networking rush event
every semester. This spring’s event
featured the credit manager and
inter-company accountant from
SABIC Innovative Plastics who
spoke about professional
development and interviewing
skills. After the presentation,
refreshments were served and
brothers met with rushees to hold
mock interviews and practice what
everyone learned.
Ohio
This April, the Xi Rho Chapter
hosted a speaker series for
brothers, students and faculty of
the Ohio University College of
Business. This was the third year
the chapter has sponsored the
event. This year’s theme, “Innovate
Your Way to the Top,” included a
segmented speaking series from
Portland State
South Carolina
business industry professionals,
and a corporate-sponsored
breakfast and lunch.
Roanoke
The Nu Tau Chapter co-sponsored
Roanoke College’s spring internship
fair with Career Services. There
was a large school-wide turnout of
students who were eager to speak
to employers about internships in
the Roanoke Valley and throughout
the state of Virginia.
Pennsylvania
In November, the Epsilon Rho
Chapter hosted “Media &
Entertainment Week.” The
week-long series of events
provided the chapter with the
opportunity to share its strong
alumni ties within the media and
entertainment industries with the
Pepperdine
Syracuse
student body in the form of
professional and social events.
Speakers from MTV, EA Games and
Universal Music came to speak.
More than 1,500 students attended
the series of events.
Penn State
The Gamma Epsilon Chapter
participated in the Pennsylvania
State Dance MaraTHON in
February. Affectionately referred to
as THON, this event is the largest
student-run philanthropy in the
world. This year, THON raised
more $10.6 million for The Four
Diamonds Fund, which benefits
children with pediatric cancer, and
the chapter contributed almost
$66,000 to this year’s total.
Pittsburgh
In March, the Delta Chapter held
Pittsburgh - Johnstown
During the month of February,
members of the Nu Phi Chapter
held a fundraiser for the American
Cancer Society. Members of the
chapter sold stars with the names of
loved ones who had been affected
by cancer. The chapter also sold
bracelets and T-shirts that said
“Choose Your Color” on them
representing all types of cancer.
Portland State
This winter, the Epsilon Omega
Chapter orchestrated a fundraising
and philanthropic event to benefit
the community with its third annual
VikingFest concert. The event
allowed brothers to practice event
planning, advertising and philanthropic relations. This year’s
partner was the Doernbecher
Children’s Hospital.
St. John’s
In honor of Women’s History
Month, the Beta Sigma Chapter
presented “Boss Ladies: Women in
Business.” The purpose of the event
was to highlight women who broke
the glass ceiling to attain success in
the corporate world. It featured
Beta Sigma alumna Khandyce
Menard ‘08 who enthusiastically
spoke about first-hand experiences
of being a woman in a male-dominated industry.
Shippensburg
The Xi Tau Chapter held its annual
“Etiquette for Success Academy”
workshop at the Ceddia Union
Building this spring. Guest speakers
were invited and presented on
topics ranging from social media and
marketing yourself, how to deal with
difficult people and quick tips for
interviewing. Each presentation was
interactive and informative.
South Carolina
The Beta Upsilon Chapter gathered
early one Saturday morning in
February for a highway cleanup at
its adopted street in downtown
Columbia. Pledges and brothers
teamed up to pick up litter on the
stretch of highway to help the
community streets stay clean.
Shippensburg
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Tennessee State
Towson
Southern Oregon
In December, the newly-founded
Psi Theta Chapter held its “Feed
the Needy” event in Ashland’s
Lithia Park. Through this event,
more than twenty brothers
provided home-cooked meals and
distributed articles of clothing to
those in need.
Stanford
At the beginning of February, the
chapter hosted “Business Day” for
local high school students. This
community service event featured
workshops for students focusing on
topics such as public speaking,
resume writing, interview skills and
dressing professionally. Twenty-nine
students from six different high
schools were in attendance.
Syracuse
In the spirit of brotherhood, the
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Trinity
Wake Forest
UNC - Charlotte
members of the Alpha Omicron
Chapter came together last fall to
begin their first full semester as a
rechartered chapter. More than 30
members gathered at the local ice
rink to bond with fellow members.
Tennessee - Martin
For the third straight year, the Zeta
Chi Chapter has hosted a “Pie an
AKPsi” event. This spring fundraiser
has grown into a huge success. The
entire chapter participates and
displays a vast amount of unity. The
event gives the campus a chance to
witness the brotherhood AKPsi has
throughout the year while raising
funds for the chapter.
Tennessee State
In November, the Chi Psi Chapter
hosted an event on Tennessee
State’s campus where local
homeless individuals could come
and enjoy a Thanksgiving meal
provided by the TSU Catering
Company. The chapter was joined
by other TSU organizations to help
serve more than 200 adults and
children. After the meal, the event
turned into a dance off for the
children while the parents were
given “thankful” bags that included
toiletries and clothing items.
Texas - San Antonio
In early October, the Xi Omicron
Chapter volunteered for Habitat
for Humanity and helped build a
house for a Rwandan family. This
was truly a rewarding experience
because the chapter was able to
work with the family they were
helping build the house for.
Texas State
The Theta Sigma brothers had the
opportunity to attend a guided tour
of McCoy’s corporate headquarters. The tour was led by Megan
McCoy; she gave an in depth tour
about the company’s history and its
culture. Members of the chapter
had the chance to sit down with
the CEO himself, Brian McCoy, and
ask him questions about his
business and personal life.
Towson
In November, the Omega Kappa
Chapter hosted its “Towson
Business Symposium.” The event
connected students with executives, successful business people
and thought leaders. Representing
firms with more than a trillion
dollars in combined assets under
management, the CFO of T. Rowe
Price, EVP of Legg Mason and an
MD of an investment-consulting
firm shared invaluable career and
professional development advice.
Washington
first social event of the semester at
a local ice skating rink. The escape
from the rigors of campus was a
great opportunity for the new
pledges to become more familiar
with members of the brotherhood
on a personal level.
Virginia Tech
Western Washington
Washington State
Trinity
This spring, the Nu Pi Chapter
co-hosted an event with Career
Services called “Dress to Impress
and Interview Success.” The event
provided an opportunity for
students to learn about proper
attire in the business world and
receive valuable interview hints.
The chapter brought in a
professional recruiter to host the
event, and put on a business
fashion show featuring members of
the chapter as the models.
Virginia Tech
In January, members of the Beta Xi
Chapter partnered with the Theta
Iota Chapter of Alpha Phi Alpha
Fraternity to perform in Virginia
Tech “Progress Through Unity” step
show. The annual event honors the
works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
through highlighting the evolution
of African American culture,
rhythm and step.
Wake Forest
The Gamma Delta Chapter held its
Washington
In January, the Rho Chapter
welcomed seven Northwest
business executives to its
Professional Networking Mixer.
Among them were three former
Rho Chapter presidents from
decades past and the first woman
to pledge the chapter. Each
professional gave a talk on business
leadership over a catered dinner.
Our brothers were thrilled to
spend time and network with these
exciting and engaging individuals.
Washington State
The Beta Lambda Chapter
embarked on a whitewater rafting
trip in Montana last fall. It’s been
described by our members as one
of the most memorable events
during their time in chapter. We
started the night camping and
ended the next day with sunburns
and soaked swimsuits. The
excursion gave us the opportunity
to strengthen our brotherhood.
estate sector in New York City, how
he has been a part of building the
new Freedom Tower, and what is
expected of new graduates as they
enter the job market.
Western Washington
In March, the Omega Beta Chapter
held an alumni event in Seattle.
Alumni and students from the
Northwest Region were invited to
join in a day of bonding and
brotherhood. The attendees were
broken up in to groups of eight and
participated in games, including the
closing game of “Are you Smarter
than a Student Brother.”
Wisconsin – Milwaukee
In April, the Delta Phi Chapter
hosted its annual Brewers Tailgate
event. Funding for this event came
from corporate sponsors and local
businesses. Everyone had a great
time as members invited family,
friends, and alumni to partake in
activities such as grilling out, tailgating games, raffles and music. <<
West Virginia
In March, the Beta Rho Chapter
hosted a professional development
event featuring guest speaker
Thomas Dowd, father of member
Laura Dowd, West Virginia ‘11. He
talked to the chapter about his rise
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Peter Katcoff has taken his teaching on the road,
serving as an adjunct faculty member for Royal
Education in Vietnam. His career focus on that
area of the world started with his connection as
director and chief marketing officer of a startup
called Nurses4US, which was launched to recruit,
train and place Philippine nurses in U.S. hospitals.
Peter Katcoff
“I’m a learner by nature,
and I’ve never stopped”
At 73 years old, Peter Katcoff, CSULos Angeles ‘68-Life, is a long way from
his first days in school, but he’s never
strayed far from education. He’s spent
many years either learning or teaching,
and he acknowledges that most of the
time he’s doing both.
He admits that as a teenager, college
wasn’t his first choice upon finishing high
school in the 1950s. “I wasn’t in the mood
at the time for education,” he says. But
he found other avenues for enrichment,
including a few years in the Air Force and
a long career at Pacific Bell, where he was
in marketing and sales management. It
was during his time at Pacific Bell that he
went back to school, earning a bachelor’s
degree in marketing management and
research at California State University in
Los Angeles in 1968. He followed that
up with an MBA from the University of
Southern California in 1977, focusing his
attention on organizational behavior.
By the beginning of 1986, he had
put in 27 years at the telephone company and was ready for early retirement.
That’s when learning and teaching really
returned to his life with gusto. “I was
drawn into organizational development
six months after my early retirement,”
he says. “I was 47 and didn’t know what
I wanted to do. One day a friend of a
friend told me about a friend of his who
made $100,000 in 100 days.”
That friend of a friend of a friend
was involved in consulting and teaching
about organizational development, connecting with corporate clients and teaching them new and more profitable ways
to run their businesses. Katcoff jumped
into the business, too. “It’s looking at
the organization as a cultural system,”
he explains, examining the interlinking
forces impacting the organization, from
customers, suppliers and employees to
the political environment. “It’s looking at
all of that. This was something new and
it was transformational, and it worked.
It’s both bottom-up and top-down.”
Through the years he’s worked with
such companies as Hewlett-Packard,
Intuit, Monster Cable Co. and PacifiCare
Behavioral Health. Together they have
focused on such elements as productivity improvement, leadership development, personnel, customer service and
strategic planning, along with such key
areas as inventory management, purchasing and marketing.
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Alabama
Drayton L. Green ’04 is a senior financial analyst of
Medical Properties Trust in Birmingham, Ala.
“When I do teach, whether it’s in a teaching setting or as a consultant, I’m actually in
a learning mode, too; we learn together.”
— Peter Katcoff
Appalachian State
Richard E. Sorensen ’81-Faculty will retire in 2013 after
serving as dean of Virginia Tech’s Pamplin College of
Business for 31 years. He previously led Appalachian
State’s business school for nine years.
Buffalo
Charles E. Pugh ’49-Life retired in 1990 and moved from
Lubbock to Austin so he and his wife Donna could be
closer to their sons and grandsons.
California – Los Angeles
“From that I got into teaching,” he
recalls. He joined the adjunct faculty
at San Jose State University in 1988,
and three years later started teaching at
the University of San Francisco in the
master of human resources and organization development program. And
then it was back to school for Katcoff.
“I was asked to go for a doctorate in
education, which I completed in 2002,”
he says. The focus was organization
and leadership.
Katcoff has even taken his teaching on the road, serving as an adjunct
faculty member for Royal Education in
Vietnam, as part of the executive master of business administration program
there. His career focus on that area of
the world started with his connection
as director and chief marketing officer
of a startup called Nurses4US, which
was launched to recruit, train and place
Philippine nurses in U.S. hospitals.
AKPsi came into Katcoff ’s life soon
after he started his bachelor’s studies at
CSU-Los Angeles. He was impressed
by the blend of career and social interests and the involvement of faculty
advisers. “I immediately liked what I
saw and became involved and joined as
a life member. I saw the focus on business and that there was a social aspect.
It was people who were very focused
but also enjoying life.”
He reconnected with the fraternity
recently as a Case Competition judge in
Reno, at the Principled Business Leadership Institute conference there. Katcoff
says the chance to interact with young
AKPsi members was truly inspirational:
“I came away with a new optimism
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about the future of our country.”
Judging was a new angle for him,
but still fit nicely with his lifelong emphasis on learning and teaching. “When
I do teach, whether it’s in a teaching
setting or as a consultant, I’m actually in a learning mode, too; we learn
together,” he says. “I am a learner by
nature, and I’ve never stopped.”
Steven N. Miller
From family business to
venture capital investor
Steven N. Miller, Illinois ’84-Life, grew
up in the family business, and figured
that one day he’d end up running it.
Though things didn’t quite turn out that
way, he’s happily sharing his wisdom—
and investment capital—with big thinkers starting businesses of their own.
Miller’s family business was Quill
Corp., started in the Chicago area in
1956 by his uncle and father. “The
two of them started peddling office
supplies, knocking on doors, and then
it became a mail-order company and
stopped doing in-person sales calls,” he
recalls. “I went in on summer vacation
to do basic kinds of tasks and learned
the business that way. As I grew up and
went to high school, I decided I wanted
to study business and go to Quill when
I graduated.”
That part of the story went as
planned. He studied marketing at
University of Illinois, where he joined
AKPsi as a sophomore and became
chapter president as a senior. Then it
was back to Quill, where he was given
Roger G. Fein ’61-Life, a judge of the Circuit Court of
Cook County, Ill., was appointed the supervising judge
of the Civil Division of the Second Municipal District in
Skokie. He resides in Northbrook.
Creighton
Gerald F. Petersen ’60 has worked on 29 Christian Encounter Christ weekends. He has 12 grandchildren and
resides in Norfolk, Neb.
Columbia
Henry R. McArdle ’39-Life retired from the University
of Hawaii as a full professor emeritus. He resides in
Kaneohe, Hawaii.
Denver
Lawrence E. Hegstrom ’48 retired from CF&I Steel
Corp. Pueblo in 1987 and Equitable Life Assurance in
1998. He resides in Grand Junction, Colo.
Detroit (Day)
John L. Van Vliet ’62-Life is a retired corporate tax consultant. He resides in Plymouth, Mich.
Drake
Ronald A. Wait ’66 completed his 26th year in the Illinois
Legislature as a state representative. He is currently the
longest serving Republican in the House.
Florida
Capt. Arthur L. Burke ’57-Life is a retired CPA. He enjoys fishing, photography, reading and keeping up with
members of his family who live throughout the US. He
resides in Leesburg, Fla.
Hofstra
Gino Reina ’94 is a partner with the firm SECOR Asset
Management. SECOR provides pension advisory, portfolio solution and Alpha Strategy services. He resides
in Glen Rock, N.J.
Indiana
Terry J. Robinson ’80-Life will celebrate his 30th year
with Comerica Bank (Detroit) in June as SVP and Department Manager, Middle Market Banking.
Marquette
Leo V. Ryan ’44-Life co-authored the book, Entrepreneurship: Values and Responsibility, which was published last year. He is a professor of management and
dean emeritus of the College of Commerce and Kellstadt Graduate School of Business at DePaul University,
and a longstanding member of the Clerics of St. Viator.
Miami
William P. Siggins ’65 is a senior volunteer for the Carlsbad (Calif.) Police Department, where he has logged
more than 2,100 hours of volunteer service.
increasing responsibility, running a
Canadian distribution center and buying
and merchandising a $30 million product
line. By 1995, the consumer use of the
Internet was gaining steam, and Miller
was given the chance to make a particularly significant mark on the business. “I
wrote a business plan for the company’s
first website,” he says.
Within a couple of years Internet
sales were running about $15 million,
still a small percentage of the roughly
$800 million in total sales, but enough to
catch the attention of another industry
giant. “At the time, Staples knew how to
run a big box store but didn’t have a direct marketing or e-commerce presence.
They were looking for direct marketing
and e-commerce, and it was either build
or buy. They bought.”
Even though selling Quill in 1998
meant giving up his goal of eventually
running the company, Miller says he was
100 percent in favor of the acquisition
and knew it was an excellent opportunity—after all, it was a billion-dollar deal.
And he knew that the work he was doing
in e-commerce, though still a small slice
of sales, was a significant part of Quill’s
attractiveness to Staples. “I remember
the headline distinctly: ‘Staples to acquire
Internet-focused Quill.’ It was interpreted that we were ‘Internet-focused.’”
And that continued to be Miller’s
focus as he pondered what to do next. “I
knew I wanted to stay involved in the Internet; it was 1998 and everyone wanted
to be involved in the Internet,” he says.
Miller settled on the idea of venture
capital investing in fledgling e-commerce
companies. “One problem I had was
Prior to co-founding Origin Ventures, Steven
Miller spent 10 years at Quill Corporation, a direct marketer of office products started by his
family in 1956. His experience there included running the Canadian distribution center as well as
P&L responsibility for a $30 Million product line.
Steve’s final two years at Quill were devoted to
starting up its e-commerce operation.
that I didn’t know anything about venture capital.” He found a partner who
did, Bruce Barron, and together they
launched Origin Ventures LLC to make
investments in such areas as e-commerce, health care and biotech.
“We like to invest at an early stage. We
like to be the first professional investors
to work with entrepreneurs, to help build
their team and strategy,” he says. Origin
Ventures serves a small number of limited partners and has about $15 million
under management. “We’re a boutique
shop, very focused on early-stage investing in the Midwest,” he says.
An important part of this kind of
investing is sharing not just dollars but
wisdom, and he says the wisdom he
shares includes things he learned in his
collegiate AKPsi days. “Far and away, the
biggest lesson today is that it’s all about
the people,” he says. “The team that is
put together to execute is even more important than the idea. I learned this at Illinois and in AKPsi. One thing that AKPsi
taught me is that one person is not going
to be able to accomplish a big plan alone;
you put together a group. It’s still true
today. We really focus on the team.”
And in the end, it’s that sharing of
wisdom that makes Miller’s venture capital work so fulfilling—that, and helping
others realize their dreams with a helpful
“One thing that
AKPsi taught me is
that one person is not
going to be able to
accomplish a big plan
alone; you put together a group. It’s still
true today. We really
focus on the team.”
— Steven Miller
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injection of capital. “The idea is to make
money, but really the most fun part of
my job is mentoring smart people who
have interesting ideas and working with
them to make their ideas a reality,” he
says. “When I see 20 people working
somewhere in part because we decided
to write the first check, it’s gratifying.”
John D. Cahill
Long-time fraternity
volunteer and leader
From an early time in his life in the
Niagara Falls area, John “Jack” Cahill,
Buffalo ‘52-Life, knew exactly what he
wanted to do. “Before I ever went to
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college, I knew I was going to be a lawyer. Even in middle school, I definitely
wanted to be a lawyer.”
So what is someone’s whose interests
have long been focused on law doing in
a fraternity focused strongly on business?
It’s the people. “I was in law school at
the University of Buffalo,” Cahill recalls.
Two of his close friends were in AKPsi,
one serving as chapter president and the
other as vice president. “They were trying to get me to join the fraternity. I finally relented to get them off my back.”
Turns out he wasn’t the only future
lawyer who looked into AKPsi in Buffalo. “I wasn’t in the business school,
but I met a lot of people at rushes, and
several were in law school,” he recalls.
In honor of Alpha Kappa Psi holding its 1971
Convention in Las Vegas, Fraternity President
Jack Cahill (left) is presented with the key to
the city by Mayor Oran Gragson.
The bottom line: “I enjoyed it.”
After finishing up law school, Cahill
joined the Judge Advocate General
Corps of the U.S. Navy. He became the
legal officer at Chincoteague Naval Air
Station in Virginia. “I almost made the
Navy a career because I had a great time
there,” he says. And as a legal officer, “I
was my own boss.”
He decided instead to wrap up his
JAG tour and move to Los Angeles,
where he studied tax law at the University of California Los Angeles and Uni-
versity of Southern California. Tax and
probate became his specialties. “People
are always going to be dying and they’re
always going to be taxed,” he points out.
He spent years working in tax law for the
County of Los Angeles, becoming chief
tax counsel. He eventually moved into
private practice but remained quite active
in drafting tax legislation.
In California, a friend was active in
a local AKPsi alumni group, and that
brought the fraternity back into Cahill’s life. In a very big way. “We built
the alumni chapter to be a big, strong
chapter,” he recalls. “We were getting
top-notch speakers for every event. We
even almost got Kennedy when he was
running for president.”
As he became more and more active, he moved into leadership roles. He
became fraternity vice president in 1965,
then president in 1968. He stayed active
on the executive committee for years,
and returned for two more terms as
president beginning in 1983. He’s been
president longer than anyone else (seven
years, combined) and is the only president to serve non-consecutive terms. In
honor of his dedication to the fraternity,
he received Alpha Kappa Psi’s highest
honor, the Gold Distinguished Service
Award, in 1971. And he’s done lots of
travel for the fraternity, too. “I have
spoken to 70 or 80 universities on behalf
of AKPsi, mostly motivational.”
He certainly doesn’t mind the travel.
It fits his adventurous sensibilities. After
all, this is a guy who loves to ski and surf,
who traveled Eastern Europe before
the Iron Curtain fell, and who at age 63
dropped into a bungee jump off a bridge
in New Zealand. As the speaker honoring him with the California State Bar’s
Benjamin F. Miller Award last year noted,
“Jack has always epitomized the phrase
carpe diem—seize the day.” <<
Miami (Ohio)
Arthur H. Frederick ’58-Life is the founding president
of the Saugatuck Douglas Rotary Club, which chartered last year. He resides in Douglas, Mich.
Steven G. Gierak ’45-Life volunteers as a crossing
guard and AARP income tax preparer. He has been
the treasurer of Township Goodfellows for more than
25 years. He resides in Redford, Mich.
North Carolina – Charlotte
Western Michigan
Dr. Frank DeFelice ’68-Life published an e-book in
February, What All Americans Need to Know about
Economics. It is available for download at amazon.com.
Northern Michigan
Jim R. Haugan ’76-Life has been the owner of Village
Skis and Bikes in Woodbridge, Va. since 1984. He and
his wife Debra have been married for 30 years and
have two sons.
Roanoke College
Kinya R. Stewart ’97 is the president and CEO of Legacy Builders and Construction Services in Baltimore.
The company provides general contracting and construction management services for the commercial
sector in the Washington, D.C. area.
Southern Indiana
Curtis W. Kinney ’74 is celebrating the ten-year anniversary as founder and CEO of Innovative Consulting
Group. He resides in Evansville, Ind.
Oregon State
Rose L. Lachowski ’11 is working for a large national
banking institution. She resides in Corvallis, Ore.
Seton Hall
Anthony M. Gartman ’81-Life married Luz Lara in December. They reside in Winnetka, Calif.
Southern California
Kurt I. Hahn ’59-Life, a board member of the North
Sonoma County Healthcare District, was elected to
the board of the California State Rural Healthcare Association. He was the recipient of the California Hospital Association’s Leadership in Governance Award
in 2009 and is a prominent voice in healthcare politics in California. He and his wife Joandell reside in
Healdsburg, Calif.
Syracuse
F. Story Musgrave ’58-Life, a recipient of NASA’s Distinguished Service Medal and a member of the Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center,
was the keynote speaker at the annual conference of
the Northern Illinois University Graduate Student Research Association in March.
Texas
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Todd R. Strehlow ’76 and his company, WFA Staffing
Group, were named to the Metropolitan Milwaukee
Association of Commerce’s “Future 50” for the third
straight year. The list honors the fastest growing companies in Wisconsin.
>> audit eternal
Adrian College
Robert A. Duggan ’85-Life (11/3/11), Livonia, Mich.
Alabama
James W. Bailey ‘49 (3/20/12), Memphis, Tenn.
James F. Cashman ’05-Fac (12/2/11), Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Arizona
Brook O. Berger ‘53-Life, Fort Wayne, Ind.
John Garbaczewski ‘45-Life (10/22/10), Scottsdale, Ariz.
Paul Q. Monier ‘49 (2/9/12), Tucson, Ariz.
Boise State
Larry S. Kurpiewski ‘70-Life (11/28/09), Boise, Idaho
Boston
Leslie G. Bridges ‘49 (10/31/11), Montague, Mass.
Frederick V. Fowler ‘53 (2/9/12), Wayland, Mass.
Arthur G. Milligan ‘49-Life (11/13/11), Venice, Fla.
Boston College
John D. Trasatti ‘55 (1/5/2011), Dalton,Mass.
Brigham Young
Maurice E. Smith ‘39-Life (3/9/07), Saint George, Utah
Buffalo
Alfonso C. Bellanca ‘40-Life (2/10/11), Los Angeles, Calif.
California –Berkeley
Vlad Debabov ‘10 (1/21/12), Berkeley, Calif.
Darrell W. Gurney ’81 is the author of Never Apply for
a Job Again: Break the Rules, Cut the Line, Beat the
Rest, which arrived in bookstores in January. He can
be found online at facebook/LifeWorkPlanning.
California – Los Angeles
Toledo
Gail L. Mees ‘58 (9/23/11), Crown Point, Ind.
James E. Neal ’53 wrote the book Effective Phrases
for Performance Appraisals after receiving his postgraduate degree from the Institute of Labor and
Industrial Relations at the University of Illinois. The
book is now in its 12th edition and will soon reach sales
of 1.5 million copies.
Virginia
Alfred C. Shackelford ’50 is a retired farmer and
school teacher. He resides in Keswick, Va.
Wayne State
Steve Stackhouse-Kaelble was the author of the
three alumni profiles in this section.
Gary W. Bowersox ’62-Life delivered 80,500 school
supplies in the mountains of Afghanistan, along with
4,000 eyeglasses. He directed these projects for the
Hawaii Kai Rotary Club and the Kamehameha Lions
Club, respectively. He resides in Honolulu.
Davis Berberian ’56-Life owns an export trading
company specializing in medical devices. His company recently began selling prosthetic and handpainted lens to serve the needs of Americans with
eye disfigurements.
David C. Pinkerton ’53 (7/27/07), Gig Harbor, Wash.
Carroll College
Central Michigan
April Lucas ‘08 (11/17/11), Wixom, Mich.
Dayton
Eugene J. Torchia ‘56 (6/6/11), Dayton, Ohio
Denver
Herbert P. Schumann ‘36-Life (12/25/08), Denver, Colo.
Richard R. Washburn ‘50-Life (2/11/10), St. Joseph, Mich.
Thomas F. Weiss ‘34-Life (2/14/10), Alamosa, Colo.
Detroit (Day)
Larry J. Christian ‘70-Life (9/14/11), Warren, Mich.
Detroit (Evening)
Lawrence Bilkie ‘60-Life (2/18/09), Lakewood Rnch, Fla.
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Drake
Michael J. Zircher ‘85 (4/9/11), Des Moines ,Iowa
Duke
Fred A. McNeer ‘50-Life (1/27/12), Charlotte, N.C.
Eastern Michigan
Matthew R. Slate ‘95 (2/5/12), Sterling Heights, Mich.
Emory
William R. Shelnutt ‘49 (9/25/06), Hilton Head, S.C.
Florida
Frank O. Pruitt ‘41, Lake Charles, La.
Georgia
Marion L. Carey ‘50 (8/11/11), Easely, S.C.
Robert McClintock ‘36-Life (6/5/11), St. Augustine, Fla.
James W. Pihos ‘47-Life (5/13/11), Ft Lauderdale, Fla.
John W. Stanley ‘44-Life (11/6/08), Nashville, Tenn.
Norwich
Russell Laubenheimer ‘61 (5/16/10), U Saddle Riv, N.J.
Oklahoma State
- Continued from page 18
Oregon
To really impress a recruiter with a
unique value statement, your job is to
go past “I’m a business major” (which
is what you are doing, not what you
are) and “I’m a really hard worker”
(which anyone can say, and most do)
to create a truly unique brand. What
makes you the “hire-able” you?
Perfect your personal brand—and
consistently display that brand across
all your career collateral, online and
offline—and you’ll jump far ahead of
your job-seeking competition.
Charles Scheffel ‘40-Life (6/24/11), San Antonio, Texas
Marvin C. Abeene ‘65-Life (6/2010), Salem, Ore.
Southeast Missouri
James L. Meese ‘73-Life (2/10/12), Festus, Mo.
Southern California
Georgia State
Samuel D. Mobley ‘55-Life (1/26/12), Powder Sprgs, Ga.
Gray G. Berg ‘50 (2/4/10), La Canada, Calif.
Bryan Gunning ‘60-Life (10/22/09), Los Angeles, Calif.
Lawrence G. Kollin ‘47 (6/21/11), Fullerton, Calif.
Henderson State
Syracuse
Melinda R. Gilbert ‘84 (5/4/11), Dierks, Ark.
Idaho State
Abe Z. Riggs ‘73-Life (10/28/10), Puyallup, Wash.
John R. Rohde ‘58-Life (10/2011), Boise, Idaho
Lawrence H. Gingold ‘55 (11/3/11), Jamesville, N.Y.
Hubert B. Hall ‘39 (1/26/08), Marcellus, N.Y.
Texas Tech
Tammy S. Lima ‘86 (8/25/09), Allen, Texas
Illinois
Utah
Rexford E. Bruno ‘38-Life (12/31/06), Bloomington ,Ill.
Eldon W. Schmutz ‘49-Life (7/7/10), Cedar City, Utah
Indiana
Virginia
Gordon I. Gerbick ‘47-Life (10/18/11), Crown Point, Ind.
Robert W. Weller ‘49 (3/6/11), Richmond, Ind.
John M. Sherwood ‘39 (4/28/10), Bonifay, Fla.
John Carroll
Leonard M. Clezie ‘60-Life (2/28/10), Woodbridge, Va.
Warren V. Bauserman ‘39 (10/16/08), Manassas, Va.
Basil L. Jackson ‘48 (6/22/11), Bluefield, W.V.
Kansas State
Wake Forest
Roland M. Swim ‘55-Life (11/15/09), Kansas City, Mo.
Charles W. Baker ‘57 (11/12/11), Raleigh, N.C.
Lewis and Clark College
Washington
George J. Burgess ‘55-Life (11/4/11), Portland, Ore.
Emmett E. Koontz ‘69 (2/1/12), Kirkland, Wash.
Miami
Washington (St. Louis)
Charles C. Baake ‘42-Life (3/21/10), Pleasant Hill, Calif.
Donald L. Wolfsberger ‘54 (11/3/11), St. Louis, Mo.
Miami (Ohio)
David Spriggs ‘56-Life (8/16/11), New Port Richey, Fla.
Washington State
Michigan
Robert D. Anderson ‘52 (1/12/12), North Palm Bch, Fla.
Virginia Tech
Harry Hunsaker ‘48-Life (4/25/10), Port Orchard, Wash.
Lew R. Morris ’56 (4/17/10), Spokane, Wash.
Ivan R. Sayles ‘37-Life (5/25/10), Pullman, Wash.
Wayne State
Hughey F. Donnell ‘48-Life (2/18/07), Kansas City, Mo.
Thomas F. Sotham ‘47-Life (6/29/04), Phoenix, Ariz.
Theodore Buckwick ‘56-Life (11/15/11), Florissant, Mo.
William C. Oddy ‘41-Life (9/24/07), Athens, Ga.
James F. Wallis ‘41-Life (7/20/11), Waterford, Mich.
Nebraska
Western Michigan
Paul F. Lienemann ‘49-Life (9/30/11), Omaha, Neb.
Lance Peterson ‘74-Life (11/26/11), South Haven, Mich.
New York
Wichita State
Missouri
William C. Bartlett ‘30 (2/22/09), Himrod, N.Y.
T. Rodney Gilmore ‘44 (3/23/11), San Marcos, Calif.
George E. Hay ‘35-Life (6/14/10), Sidney Center, N.Y.
Patrick G. Marra ‘57 (3/2/10), Sarasota, Fla.
Michael J. O’Reilly ‘62-Life (11/24/10), Las Vegas, Nev.
John D. Schaeffer ‘43, State College, Pa.
North Carolina – Chapel Hill
Luther S. Faison ‘50 (8/6/09), Austell, Ga.
James K. Spencer ‘55 (12/8/10), Fairfax Sta, Va.
Northern Colorado
Erik A. Wahlborg ‘96 (12/11/09), Monument, Colo.
Northwestern
Stanley K. Lundberg ‘41-Life (2/17/12), Schaumburg, Ill.
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Paul D. Mahan ‘57-Life (4/5/03), Fortuna, Calif.
Wisconsin
Gerald G. Simmon ‘62 (2/6/10), Ellijay, Ga.
Wisconsin-Milwuakee
Jennifer Johns ‘07 (2/26/12), Wauwatosa, Wisc.
Wyoming
Stanley Blackburn ‘37 (3/9/11), Albuquerque, N.M.
Alfred J. Goetz ‘59-Life (9/8/10), Fort Collins, Colo.
George H. Hoffman ‘39 (12/18/09), Greybull, Wyo. <<
4. Network, network, network!
A recent survey by Jobvite shows
that 74% of all jobs are filled through
networking.
That may be a little scary for those
of who say that networking is the
least favorite component of a job
search. This, especially for us introverts, is where technology comes to
the rescue. There are innumerable
online resources available to help you
find a job: LinkedIn (you DO have a
LinkedIn account, yes?), Twitter chats,
Facebook connections, AKPsi.org,
local industry and association
websites—and much more.
Once you get comfortable with
networking online, extend your sphere
of influence to “IRL” (networking
shorthand for “in real life”). Chapter
events (student and alumni), fraternity
conferences, on-campus clubs and
associations—all ready for you to
greatly expand your personal network.
Internships and volunteer assign-
ments are also a great networking
opportunity. Be sure to take full
advantage! After all, you never know
who may be the one person who
knows that someone who will
become your champion—and help
get you a job offer.
Finally, remember the golden rule
of networking: “Give more than you
receive.” Not coincidentally, those
who work hard to help others as
much or more as they seek to help
themselves quite often benefit most
from networking.
5. Master the interview
The interview is the job search
component many job seekers
consider the most difficult, but it
doesn’t have to be! Like the other
components on this list, interviews
are within your control.
Here’ are some tips to help you
excel at the face-to-face interview:
• Research the company very
well—going way beyond just the
mission statement and “About Us”
pages on the company’s website;
check out its Twitter, Facebook and
LinkedIn pages. Learn everything you
can before your first phone or
in-person interview!
• Create a cheat sheet. There are
hundreds (if not thousands) of blog
posts out there with great answers to
common interview questions; in a
short amount of time you can
compile a likely list of questions you’ll
be asked in an interview.
• Practice! Arrange informational
interviews—basically, low-pressure
practice sessions—to help you gain
confidence asking and answering
questions in a professional setting.
• Remember, the interview is a
two-way conversation—not an
interrogation. Engage the interviewer
with small talk and good eye contact,
and be yourself (after all, it is you
they are hiring!).
• Come prepared with three to five
really good questions—one or two
about the company and its culture;
one or two about the specific position
and how you fit into the role, and;
one question for the recruiter that
gets him or her thinking (suggestion:
“What is it that you like about
working here? What about this
company makes it easy for you to get
up every day and come to work?”
• Show some passion! This is no
time to go through the motions.
Show excitement and genuine interest
in the position, the company and the
role—and the job just may be yours.
There is a structure to job
searching. There is a proven strategy
that works.
Mastering these five keys to a
successful job search, along with the
experience and soft skills you’re
gaining as an Alpha Kappa Psi
brother, will enable you to rise above
your job seeking competition and
get hired! <<
Mark Babbitt, the CEO and founder of
YouTern, was the author of this article.
YouTern is proud to showcase high-quality, mentor-based internships from start-ups, small to medium businesses as well as grass
roots non-profits. It also has one of the best career-development blogs in the industry. YouTern is dedicated to supporting college
students and recent graduates with their career development goals and has pledged to help Alpha Kappa Psi members every step of
the way, both online and in person by providing insightful content and high-impact internships. Learn more about Alpha Kappa Psi’s
newest strategic partner by visiting www.akpsi.org/youtern.
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CENTRAL REGION
MIDEAST REGION
Kansas City Metro Alumni Chapter
c/o Lisa Abele
[email protected]
AKPsi Kansas City Alumni Chapter
Baltimore Metro Alumni Colony
c/o Janine Downey
[email protected]
Saint Louis Metro Alumni Chapter
c/o Darin Schuld
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www.stlmetroalumni.com
St. Louis Metro Alumni Chapter - Alpha
Kappa Psi Fraternity
EASTCENTRAL REGION
Motor City Alumni Chapter
c/o Nick Serafin
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Ohio Valley Alumni Chapter
c/o Carrie Falta
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EASTERN REGION
Greater Philadelphia Alumni Chapter
c/o Ryan Nissen
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AKPsi - Greater Philly Alumni Chapter
Pittsburgh Alumni Colony
c/o Shannon Kelley
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@AKPsiAlumPGH
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[email protected]
www.akpsicaa.com
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Queen City Alumni Chapter
c/o Karen DeChant Ross
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Queen City Alpha Kappa Psi
Triangle Alumni Chapter
c/o Nancy Nguyen
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Raleigh/Durham Alumni Chapter Alpha Kappa Psi
United Kingdom Alumni Colony
c/o Rachael Wilding
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MIDWEST ALUMNI
Chicago Alumni Chapter
c/o Abby Bay
[email protected]
www.akpsichicagoalumni.com
Chicago AKPsi Alumni Chapter
@ChiAKPsiAlumni
City of Festivals Alumni Chapter
c/o John Graham
execs@cityoffestivalsalumni.org
www.cityoffestivalsalumni.org
City of Festivals Alpha Kappa Psi
Alumni Chapter
Hoosier Alumni Chapter
c/o Todd & Nicole Klemp
[email protected]
www.hoosierakpsi.org
Hoosier AKPsi
NORTHCENTRAL REGION
Omaha Alumni Chapter
c/o James McNamara
[email protected]
Twin Cities Alumni Chapter
c/o Rick Jones
[email protected]
www.akpsionline.com
Alpha Kappa Psi Alumni - Twin
Cities Chapter
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Garden State Alumni Colony
c/o Chad Smith
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Alpha Kappa Psi - Garden
State Alumni
New York Alumni Colony
c/o Thomas Tran
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Alpha Kappa Psi - New York
Area Alumni
Florida Gold Coast Alumni Chapter
c/o Nora Arguello
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South Carolina Alumni Chapter
c/o Deirdre Edmon
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Tampa Bay Alumni Chapter
c/o Eddie Zaragoza
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www.gtbac.webs.com
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Alumni Chapter
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Alamo City Alumni Chapter
c/o Andria Dever
[email protected]
Alamo City Alumni
Los Angeles Alumni Chapter
c/o Noel De La Torre
[email protected]
AKPsi - Los Angeles Alumni Chapter
Phoenix Alumni Chapter
c/o Mary Floberg
[email protected]
www.akpsi-phoenixalumni.com
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Chapter
San Diego Alumni Chapter
c/o Tyler McLinden
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WESTCENTRAL REGION
Mile High Alumni Colony
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Kappa Psi
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c/o Larrynnee Holloman
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c/o Aida Del Moral
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or by contacting the Heritage Center at mail@
akpsi.org or (317) 872-1553.
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Bay Area Alumni Chapter
c/o Sonia Advani
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c/o Joseph Zeiger
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c/o Nick Myers
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