Delta Tau Delta - The Ohio State University

The ohio state university page 5 T he Beta Phi Chapter has been hard at work focusing on scholastic excellence, community involvement, and philanthropy. In my report I will outline for you how we've undertaken these pursuits to become leaders on campus in the classroom and community. While it is impossible to capture in this report the scope of the merit of our chapter, the Beta Phi men of Delta Tau Delta have been following the tradition of those before them; leading lives of excellence. Spring Reveals Largest New Member Class Our recruitment chairman, Woody Truncellito '20, has done an excellent job during his year tenure. In the spring, we had our largest recruitment of all time, as well as the largest on campus with over 300 participants. From this, we took one of the largest new member classes in Beta Phi history, the Beta Kappa class, with 37 initiated members. This fall, we had another successful recruitment, taking in 10 new members in the Beta Lambda class. Third among IFC Fraternities As expected, the men of Beta Phi continued to be campus leaders in academics. Last spring, our chapter was ranked fourth among IFC fraternities with a cumulative GPA of 3.42, which is well above the Ohio State all-male Greek average, as well as undergraduate average. This fall, we moved up a rank into third place with a cumulative GPA of 3.44. This completed our goal as an executive committee to move into the top three fraternities GPA wise. In the spring, we also had 84 men on the Dean's List. $20,000 Charitable Donation Goal I am proud to say that we ran a very effective semester of philanthropy last spring, overcoming adversity along the way. Led by Philanthropy Chairman Evan Rasor '20 and Vice President External Michael Bougie '19, we executed three spectacular events. The first was a pairing with Buckeye Stand-Up Comedy Club to bring in Creed Bratton from The Office. This event raised over $1,200 for JDRF. As a fraternity, we raised $10,535 for pediatric cancer research at Ohio State's annual Buckeyethon event. In April, despite our father's weekend philanthropy golf outing being canceled due to snow, we were still able to have a great charity dinner where we had a presentation from the Columbus JDRF office and rallied the chapter together to raise over $1,000. This fall, we had a surprisingly lucrative T-shirt sale that raised over $3,000 for JDRF and a walk team for the JDRF One Walk on September 30. We will be working on a month- long fundraiser in November, National Diabetes Month. Our philanthropy goal for 2018 is $20,000 of charitable donations and we hope to work diligently this fall to hit that number. Members Active Across Campus Though many of our members are actively involved in individual pursuits, last spring we had a number of members stand out amongst the crowd. Ricky Mulvey '18 was very involved with The Ohio State University's Stand-Up Comedy Club, as well as a writer for the school newspaper, The Lantern. Michael Berthold '19 continued his ongoing passion for music. Andrew Hauer '21 won Alpha Phi's Mr. Ivy. Colin Lippincott '18 won the Fisher College of Business's Rosenfield Family Prize for best security analysis. Jimmy Karban '20, Brendan Burdett '18, and David Aslaner '19 are a part of College Mentors for Kids, which is a program aimed at leveraging natural connection as a student mentor with children to the opportunities of higher education. Reaching Our Chapter Goals As a chapter, we have achieved many accomplishments to be proud of. However, we recognize the need to constantly better ourselves daily. In order to help us guide our chapter, we set three goals as an executive committee: climb into the top three in cumulative GPA among IFC organizations, increase philanthropy contributions to $20,000, and provide road programs focused on skills after college. As president, I am proud to have hit the first goal coming into this fall. As for the second goal, we are ambitious about closing the gap on $20,000 of donations and believe it is more than possible. For the last goal, we look to provide another career-oriented networking event this fall. As the remaining time as an executive committee counts down, we believe we can hit our goals. We also look forward to the next leaders of the chapter to take the reins. As a chapter we want to thank the alumni one last time for all their contributions and unwavering support. Fraternally, Evan Pugh '18, Chapter President (513) 498-3211 | pugh.201@osu.edu Beta Phi a Top Three Fraternity in GPA Chapter Sets Philanthropic, Professional, and Academic Goals Chapter President Evan Pugh '18 with alumni Tom Calhoon '70 and Nathan Silverman '18. Alumni News Howard H. Harcha Jr. '48 is happy to say both his son and grandson were Beta Phi Delts. Howard lives in Portsmouth, Ohio. E-mail: hhharcha@aol.com Phil B. Hammond '59 visited the new Delt house at OSU and was impressed. He also visited the Kenyon College, where he pledged, in September 2017. Phil lives in Phoenix, Ariz. E-mail: p_hammond@yahoo.com George R. Miller '59 was part of the first pledge class to open the Shelter when everything was new and clean. At that time, there was no drinking in the house—really! But not at Larry's on Friday. George remembers Bill Doughtery '17 playing "Fight the Team" on piano at Homecoming. George lives in New Holland, Pa. E-mail: grmbooks@verizon.net E. Willson Baker, DDS, MSCD '60 has had an orthodontic practice for more than 50 years. Willson loves ΔΤΔ and says he's "headed for Heaven one of these days...hopefully!" He lives in Fremont, Ohio. E-mail: willson1958@aol.com James A. O'Neill '69 retired in June 2017 after 45 years of veterinary practice, the last 40 spend as a solo practitioner/owner. James and Kathy celebrated their 45th wedding anniversary in 2017. The couple lives in Sandusky, Ohio. David Edelbrock '82 says his number one lesson to all new Delta graduates is to not live their life on a roller coaster (like the (Continued on page 6)

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