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2014 - 2015
Summer Reunion:
It will be held the weekend of July 18th. Right now we
have a golf scramble at 8:30 Saturday morning, an
alumni club meeting at 1:00, and a softball game
around 5:30. The undergraduates are planning
something special for us this year as they will be
initiating the Delta Lambda pledge class at 3:00. We also
have the back room of the Big Apple reserved starting at
7:00. We hope you will come to Murray to rekindle old
friendships and make new ones. The weekend of July
18th is a Summer O session for Murray, so the bookstore
will be open if you want to purchase quality MSU items.
Homecoming:
Homecoming this year will be the weekend of Oct. 10.
Stop by for the parade and we will have a tent at Tent
City with refreshments and food.
Sigma Pi Convocation:
The biennial Sigma Pi Convocation in 2014 was a special
one for our chapter. Andy Morris () was elected as
Grand Sage and Les Wright () was elected as Grand
Herald. This isnt the first time two members of the
same chapter have been on the Grand Council, but it is
the first time where two members from the same
chapter and era have been elected.
David Presson () was elected to the Sigma Pi
Educational Foundations Board of Trustees. He is now
the Vice Chairman of Investments. As Grand Sage, Andy
Morris is also on the SPEF Board of Trustees. The alumni
clubs representative to convocation, Wyatt Alverson
(Faculty Advisor), served on the Judiciary Committee
during the event. Undergraduate representative Josh
Johnston () served on the Codification Committee.
Our chapter brought home five awards from
Convocation. Gamma Upsilon Chapter was recognized
as one of the Top 25 chapters in the fraternity. The
undergraduates also received awards for membership
increase and report efficiency. The Kentucky
Thoroughbred Alumni Club was named Outstanding
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Other News:
Brother Graham Lynch () needs a kidney due to renal
failure. Please call the Vanderbilt Kidney Transplant
team at 615-936-0695 to test and see if you are a match.
They can answer your questions. Let them know that
you are calling on behalf of Graham.
Shawn Reynolds () is now the President of the Murray
State University Alumni Associations Board of
Governors.
Planned Giving:
We ask that you remember the Chapter Endowment
Fund in your estate planning. You can use the statement
below as a guide for donating to the CEF:
I give, devise and bequeath ($______ or _____% residual
of my estate) to the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation,
Inc., a 501 C 3 nonprofit corporation with principal
offices in Lebanon, Tennessee, to be specified for the
Gamma-Upsilon Chapter Educational Fund held by the
Sigma Pi Educational Foundation. *
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Adytum On High:
Updates:
council.
Hunter Wallace () is a Parole Officer in Murray.
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Rush:
History Committee
Keep In Touch:
Legacy!
Over the years Gamma Upsilon has had quite a few
biological brothers and cousins who have been brothers.
In the Fall of 2013 we had our first (that we know of) son
pledge. Pictured below is Christian Stout () with his
father James Stout ().
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