The Summer-Fall 2024 edition of The Rattle is now available online!*
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Here are this issue's highlights
Page 2: From the Past International President
- Past International President Craig Andreasen shares an inspiring and thought provoking farewell address and reminds us why our brotherhood is the cure to what ails higher education
Page 4: Expansion
- Check our recently reinstalled and recolonized chapters along with other recent redevelopments and future expansion opportunities
Page 6: –Cover Story– "Remembering The Grand Old Man"
- David E. DeVol (Gamma Theta/San Diego State 1959), The Grand Old Man of Theta Chi, has joined the Chapter Eternal. Learn more about his legacy and enjoy the retrospectives shared by alumnus brothers
Page 14: Feature: "Downhill Dignitaries"
- In 1957, Chuck Perkins (Delta Nu/Vermont 1954) took his wife Jann to the top of the Mad River Glen Ski Area in Waitsfield, VT, and it became one of their earliest memories as a couple. Now, they've been married 67 years and were recently immortalized in the U.S National Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame. It's a story of two Ski Bums and their legendary Alpine Shop
Page 17: Scholarships Impact Lives
- During the 2023/2024 school year, the Foundation Chapter awarded more than $310,000 in academic scholarships to over 180 Theta Chi brothers. Meet a few of the grateful brothers who received a scholarship because of the generosity of Theta Chi brothers like you
Page 18: From the Foundation Chapter
- The Foundation Chapter is working diligently to secure Theta Chi's future. Have you cherished your Theta Chi experience? Consider leaving your legacy to help continue Theta Chi's traditions, ideals, and brotherhood for generations to come
- Meet the brothers who recently joined the Foundation Chapter's board of directors
- Make your tax-deductible gift at thetachi.org/give
Page 22: Chapter News
- Collegiate brothers continue to make a difference on their respective campuses through acts of service, scholarship, and leadership. Don’t miss these special stories:
- Gamma/Maine partners with the Families First Community Center
- Tau/Florida's J. Michael Higgins (2023) gives the Gift of Life
- Alpha Lambda/Ohio State dominates 2024's BuckeyeTHON
- Iota Beta/Missouri State brothers are kings and kingmakers
Page 26: Feature: Alpha Commission Initiates Three Brothers
On December 16, 2023, Theta Chi welcomed three new Norwich University alumni into our brotherhood. Learn more about Alpha Chapter's newest initiates.
Page 27: Alumni News
Updates on Theta Chi alumni from around the world, along with several submissions from brothers, including:
- Chi/Auburn's Bassmaster starts his own 501(c)(3) to aid future fishermen
- Alpha Phi/Alabama initiates a patriarch and an Alabama legend who becomes the sixth Theta Chi from his family
- Alpha Omega/Lafayette alumni are trying to make a spark on campus - and invite you to homecoming!
- Zeta Alpha/Slippery Rock alumni were featured in a news story about SRU's 2023 Homecoming
- Zeta Sigma/Wisconsin-River Falls' Chris Werhane (1987) is inducted into Adaptive Sports Hall of Fame
- Zeta Psi/Western Illinois' Ken Caldwell (1978) takes a final bow as he retires from Disney
- Houston-area alumni hold another successful networking luncheon
Page 36: Chapter Eternal
This issues listing includes obituaries for:
- Earl D. Rhodes Theta Chi for Life Award recipient Allen F. Carter (Eta Omicron/Northwestern State 1976)
- Henry B. Waller II (Beta Tau/Southern California 1966)
- Two former House Mothers
- Chi/Auburn's Wanda West
- Beta Chi/Allegheny's Doris Briggs
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