Congratulations to our 2018 award recipients! We are honored to recognize you for your outstanding work this past year and look forward to seeing our Brothers continue Building Better Men through Fraternity and Community.
The Fraternity was honored to recognize 15 outstanding Chapters, Colonies, and Associations, and 14 hard working individuals during the 153rd Congressional Banquet on the evening of June 23.
Among the many accolades given, Benjamin Bloom received the first George M. MacDonald Risk Manager Award, adopted at the 152nd Congress in honor of our past Grand Eta. It is worth noting that the Fraternity broke tradition in recognizing not one, but two outstanding Brothers with the William M. Byrd Alumnus of the Year Award. Brothers Blakeslee and Wolfgang have dedicated much of their time and energy over many years to the Fraternity and their Chapters, rendering it impossible to choose between them. This was one tradition worth breaking for them.
Please join us in congratulating our Brothers and Chapters on all they have done!
Thomas A. Gehring Award for Chapter Excellence
Theta
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Xi Delta
Florida Institute of Technology
Delta Pi
Georgia Southwestern State University
Thomas A Gehring Award for Chapter Excellence: Most Improved
Mu
Stevens Institute of Technology
Bates Block Campus Involvement Award
Rho Delta
Oglethorpe University
Delta Pi
Georgia Southwestern State University
Highest GPA
Delta Xi Colony
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Philanthropic Achievement Award
Pi Theta
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
Outstanding Total Member Education Program
Alpha-Pi
Iowa State University
Rho Delta
Oglethorpe University
Outstanding Risk Management Practices
Delta Pi
Georgia Southwestern State University
Delta Theta
Clemson University
Outstanding Service to the Boys and Girls Clubs of America
Theta
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Outstanding Alumni Newsletter
Alpha-Chi
Ohio Wesleyan University
Xi Delta
Florida Institute of Technology
Psi Zeta
University of Texas at Dallas
Outstanding Chapter Alumni Event
Alpha Theta Chi
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Alpha Zeta
University of West Georgia
Outstanding Community Service
Theta
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Delta Pi
Georgia Southwestern State University
Outstanding Communication/Public Relations
Alpha-Pi
Iowa State University
Delta Theta
Clemson University
Alumni Association of the Year
Xi Delta
Florida Institute of Technology
Chi Phi Club of the Year
New York City
William M. Byrd Alumnus of the Year
Jerome A. “Jerry” Blakeslee, Rho 1970
Gerald L. “Jerry” Wolfgang, Delta Xi 1974
Carl J. Gladfelter Leadership Award
John Kelly, Mu 2018
Campus Administrator of the Year
Cat Nanney
Florida Institute of Technology
Chapter Advisor of the Year
Jonathan “CD” Rawls, Rho Delta 1985, Delta Theta 2017
Clemson University
William D. Parr Chapter Zeta Award
Benjamin Trudeau, Pi Theta 2019
Athletic Excellence Award
Yusuf Abdullah, Rho Delta 2019
George MacDonald Risk Manager of the Year
Benjamin Bloom, Delta Theta 2020
Distinguished Service Awards
Scott A. Benton, Eta Delta 1989
Matt D. Scheller, Psi 2007
Jonathan H. Scott, Delta Pi 2003
Stuart E. Jones, Lambda 1979
Congratulations to all the Chapters especially Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute .