Ted Stevens, Theta Rho '48, US Senator from Alaska from 1968-2009, died in a plane crash in Alaska on August 9th. Brother Stevens was the 7th longest serving Senator in history, and the longest serving GOP Senator in history.
He was a loyal Deke and attended many Deke events, staying involved especially with his Theta Rho Chapter, where he was honored in a ceremony in May 2009.
Below are links to a tribute to Brother Stevens from Paul Mullin, and a copy of a letter that Ted sent to the 162nd Convention, expressing his regrets in being unable to attend.
DKE mourns the loss of a great and loyal Brother, Ted Stevens.
On Saturday, July 31, Billy Treadway, Zeta
Zeta '74, was named Honorary President of DKE for 2010-2012. The Honorary President position is filled by an alumnus who
has exhibited long-standing devotion to the Fraternity and its ideals.
The Honorary President presides at all public Fraternity functions, and becomes
an ex-officio member of the DKE Board of Directors, and he serves in this role
until the next Deke Convention.
In announcing the appointment, Doug
Lanpher, DKE's Executive Director said:
"Billy is a terrific ambassador for DKE
everywhere he goes. Billy and his beautiful wife Frances have also been
very gracious hosts to me during my travels to New Orleans, not only putting me
up in their home when I visit, but he has also done much to introduce me around
to many of the key alumni there. If there’s anyone who loves DKE more
than Billy Treadway, I have yet to meet him. I can’t imagine anyone
who will represent DKE as Honorary President with more passion and energy than
Billy Treadway." Although he could not attend the Convention in
person, Billy taped a moving acceptance speech which was greeted by cheers and
a round of clicks. Congratulations to Brother Treadway, and DKE is lucky
to have the services of this loyal Brother!
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DKE HQ would like to expand to RPI in 2010-11. Are there any Deke Brothers studying there who have transferred from other schools? Any recent alumni who are living in the area that might be able to help out?
Please contact Doug Lanpher, dlanpher@dkehq.org or 847.899.0528. Thanks.
Davis Willingham of Beta accepting the Lion Trophy
At the Deke Convention this past weekend, the 2010 Lion Trophy for Best Chapter was awarded to our Beta Chapter at the University of North Carolina. DKE HQ received 14 applications, the most in many years, and each of the five judges commented on how impressed they were with the quality of the applications. Here are the results from the Lion Trophy:
Community Service:
First Place - Beta-North Carolina
Second Place - Psi-Alabama
Third Place - Alpha Mu-Rowan
Alumni Relations:
First Place - Phi Alpha-British Columbia
Second Place - Beta-North Carolina
Third Place - TIE - Delta Chi-Cornell & Psi-Alabama
Scholarship:
First Place - Phi Gamma-Syracuse
Second Place - Theta Zeta-Berkeley
Third Place - Omicron-Michigan
Chapter Improvement:
First Place - TIE - Beta Tau-U Victoria & Tau Chi-Texas A&M
Second Place - Beta Phi-Rochester
Third Place - TIE - Psi-Alabama & Alpha Phi-Toronto
OVERALL:
First Place - Beta-North Carolina
1st Runnerup - Psi-Alabama
2009 / 2010 Annual Dues
Paying your alumni dues covers you through June 30, 2010 and can be paid online by clicking this link.
Dekes in Military Service
Thank you to all our brothers for their dedicated military support past, present and future. If you have a brother that you would like to post on our military honor role, please do so here.
To honor Dekes presently serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, and American and Canadian Armed Forces throughout the world, we present this Honor Roll of Service. View Brothers
