Pi Kappa Alpha - Purdue University

Candlelight Page 2 home association Funds imProvements, Provides saFe environment For memBers W hether it's fixing what is broken or investing in improvements, someone is always working on the Chapter House. Unfortunately for the Home Association's budget, it's been a banner year for the things-that-broke and the things-to-improve. In the fall, we saw the reconstruction of one of the kitchen drainage systems, requiring the removal and replacement of a portion of the concrete floor. This winter, the Chapter House lost heat for a few days as the property manager battled to unfreeze the heating system caused by a design flaw. Those are the unusual repairs, as we build a tolerance to what young men usually find a way to break. In better news, the recent occupancy of the Chapter House has given the Home Association the funds to live up to our commitment of providing stellar housing accommodations to the Chapter membership. Capacity increased to 65 following the summer renovations of five rooms. The trophy room study table was upgraded, six room windows were replaced, and the security lighting is now 100% LED. Most recently, and clearly most important to the members, the Home Association and the Beta Phi Foundation have partnered to fund large- scale improvements to the internet service. While the details are not solidified, the total expense will exceed $30,000 over the next five years and is a much-needed improvement in this technologically driven world. In fact, the members have been vocal in the support of those upgrades; more vocal than their displeasure at the loss of heat in January. As we make repairs and improvements to the house in the future, we are committed to providing a safe environment for the members and their guests. Fraternally, Matt Folz, Theta Omicron '07 Home Association President matthew.r.folz@gmail.com Richard A. Glenn '49 Gerald E. Grant '54 Robert L. Rain '55 Ernest L. Hartman '56 C. Craig Hudson '56 Jim M. Thompson '57 Don W. Rain '58 Richard L. Russell '58 Thomas G. Swift '58 Dale J. Frost '59 Edward L. Neufer '59 Harry F. Hixson Jr. '60 Charles D. Kent '60 Fredric C. Westendorf '60 Richard A. Justice '61 Donald J. Orr '61 William C. Young '62 Charles N. Hetrick '63 Samuel J. Gilmore '64 James A. Schwai '64 John W. Bevelhimer III '65 Martin C. Hegglin '65 Wendell L. Pieper '65 Robert K. Rosler '65 James W. Barr II '66 David A. Walters '66 Raymond J. Nardelli '67 Jeffrey B. Orwig '67 Kenneth G. Bassler '69 Jeffrey L. Copeland '69 Richard L. Duncan '69 R. Richard Hofmann '69 Geoffrey C. Boling '70 Brian R. Doolittle '70 Stephen A. Little '70 Dennis E. Dreyer '71 Thomas W. Eyre '71 G. Michael Ketz '71 Bruce C. Bailey '72 Ralph S. Born '72 Rex A. Martin '72 Randall S. Meyerholtz '72 Alvin G. Rohrer '72 Joseph J. Lazzara '73 William A. Samuelson '73 David J. Johnson '74 David F. Peppler '74 Jeffrey M. Etter '77 Steven C. Mathy '81 Christopher J. Inglot '82 Robert J. Nice '82 Robert J. Shusta '82 Michael R. Sutton '82 Stephen L. Clapp '83 Dean S. Moya '83 Craig Morris '84 James E. Shaw II '84 W. David Bevirt Jr. '85 Joseph A. Conti '85 Jeffrey S. Uligian '85 Tyler W. Viernow '85 Michael D. Wright '85 Stephen M. Gillig '89 Thomas C. Callahan '92 James R. Langston '92 Jeffery C. Langston '92 Jeffery M. Wunderlich '93 William A. Kinder '95 J. Ryan Maggart '95 John F. Cyr '96 Brad E. Ritchie '00 Benjamin A. Phillips '10 David J. Yates '10 thank You, LoYaL Beta Phis W e are so thankful and proud of what Beta Phi accomplished in 2017. The 88 alumni listed below stepped up to invest in Beta Phi's future, and we could not be more grateful. Thank you for com- mitting more than $20,000 toward Leadership School for the Chapter and the general foundation fund. We could not have won the Smythe Award without you!

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