Alpha Tau Omega - Iowa State University

IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY PAGE 3 Connor Ahrendt '23 | Finance, Management Bill & Babs Gardiner Scholar | $2,000 Alex Lachenmayer '23 | Construction Engineering Gene Ehlert Scholar | $2,000 Lane Wilgenbusch '23 | Accounting Bill Gardiner Distinguished Scholar | $1,800 Lucas Mertes '23 | Biology Bill Gardiner Man of Merit Distinguished Scholar | $1,800 Kevin Wormer '23 | Supply Chain Management Bill Gardiner Man of Merit Scholar | $1,600 Ford Griffith '24 | Journalism and Marketing Bill Gardiner Scholar | $1,600 Joshua Painter '23 | Marketing Bill Grundmann Scholar | $1,600 Brodey Welter '23 | Finance, Healthcare Management Dale K. Weber Achievement Award | $1,600 Declan Creadon '23 | Cybersecurity Engineer Gary & Maureen Flander Excellence Scholarship | $1,600 Dominic Wachal '23 | Finance Edwin Hill Man of Merit Scholar | $1,500 Gavin Goihl '23 | Finance, Business Analytics Dale and Verlene Weber in Honor of Payton A. Leyden Scholarship | $1,400 Jace Bauknecht '23 | Agricultural Business, Business Economics Dan Molyneaux Scholar | $1,400 Tyler Seda '24 | Accounting Smith-Putnam Scholar | $1,400 Elijah Lenort '24 | Finance John VanderLinden Scholar | $1,300 Donald David '24 | Criminal Justice Verlene Vaughn Weber Scholar | $1,300 Lachlan Kreunen '24 | Software Engineering Doug Kirk Scholar | $1,200 Charles Luick '23 | Entrepreneurship Josh Novak Scholar | $1,200 Kyle Kuffel '24 | Marketing Smith-Putnam Scholar | $1,100 Logan Peterson '24 | Finance Bill & Babs Gardiner Scholar | $1,000 Daniel Block '24 | Supply Chain Management William Henry '24 | Business Management, Marketing Mitchell Fix '24 | Management Information Systems Smith-Putnam Scholars | $1,000 each Josh Elbert '24 | Pre-Vet Order of Omega Scholar | $900 Micah Bunnell '24 | Finance Smith-Putnam Scholar | $900 John Baird '22 | Management Information Systems, Business Analytics Jason Berger '21 | Industrial Engineering Gamma Upsilon Loyalty Scholarships | $750 each Kyle Ambrose '24 | Business Analytics Henry Leslie '24 | Supply Chain Management Ethan Nadeau '24 | HR Management Order of Omega Scholars | $750 each ALUMNI NEWS Mike D. Foreman '61 lives in Lakeville, Minn., and has volunteered at the Minnesota Zoo since 2008. Most of his family lives in the Des Moines area. Email: md4man41@gmail.com John M. Rowe '70 is semi-retired in Centennial, Colo. He is a member of NATE: The Communications Infrastructure Contractors Association as well as a volunteer at Meals on Wheels and Project Angel Heart. Email: comrealest@aol.com Mike R. Crabb '75 is enjoying a purposeful retirement while in his "third career" as a part-time driver and chaplain at a retirement community in Altoona, Iowa. He occasionally gets lunch with Kim Smith '74 when visiting Des Moines. Mike's wife, Roxann, is still working but shortening her hours. Email: mrcrabb94@gmail.com Steve T. Alschuler '89 shares that his son, Josh, pledged ATΩ at CU Boulder. Steve lives in Longmont, Colo. Email: salschuler@comcast.net Pete Gallos '14 is a fourth-year medical student applying for residency, reaching the end of his "decade-long span of degrees." Pete lives in Lake Villa, Ill., and hopes to be a resource for brothers who are pre-med or interested in med school! Email: gallosp1011@gmail.com Drew R. Tiffany '15 married Marissa on August 25, 2023, in White Bear Lake, Minn., with several brothers in attendance. The couple celebrated their one-year anniversary by traveling to and biking around Mackinac Island, Mich., with their dog Wilson. They live in Farmington, Minn., where they bought their first house in May 2023. Email: drewtiffany@outlook.com CHAPTER ETERNAL David L. Larson '49 October 2022 James H. Ewoldt '55 July 26, 2024 Robert B. Applegate '66 October 19, 2023 Lee Hixson '75 October 18, 2024 Gamma Upsilon Achieves Excellence ______ Fourth-Highest GPA Among ISU Fraternities ______ O n November 19, 2024, the fall Scholarship Awards Dinner was held at the ATΩ chapter house to honor undergraduate brothers who achieved scholastic success during the spring 2024 semester. The full chapter achieved a GPA of 3.30 for the fall semester and ranked fourth (one position higher than the previous semester) among all ISU fraternities. Congratulations to our undergraduate brothers on their continued academic success. We were honored to recognize the scholastic achievements of the 29 brothers listed below by awarding them $36,950 in scholarships. Your generous gifts to Gamma Upsilon continue to provide valuable support to the chapter, scholarship program, and undergraduate brothers. For more information on the scholarship program and scholarship recipients, visit the Academics page on the Iowa State ATΩ website: atoisu.com/academics Thank you for your continued support of ATΩ and our scholarship program. Fraternally, Gary Flander '78 Scholarship and Fundraising Coordinator Dennis Kushlak '61 Dr. Neil Gustafson '64 Tom Jons '69 Mark Allen '71 Rob Glahe '77 Gary Flander '78 John VanderLinden '79 Eric Rogers '90 Matt Bilunas '92 Jordan Euson '08 Drew Braucht, Duke Thank you to the following brothers and friends who have donated to Gamma Upsilon since the last Tau Talk:

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