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Joel Sparks and Mike Schierbeek at the CANR Honors Banquet were they both received awards. | | |
| Greek Week |
The team of AGR, AEPi, and AOPi took first place overall at this years 2010 greek week. good job ladies and gentlemen!
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| Spring 10' New Members |
| Ryan Green, Johnathan Iseler, Patrick Meszaros, Michael Prohaska, Paul Wamhoff, and Brock White. |
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| Agrability |
This year the Alpha Gamma Rho fraturnity made a dontaion of $2500 to Agrability. The members would like to say thanks to all who made donations.
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Greek Gala Awards 2009
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Tau Chapter once again received much recognition this year at the annual Greek Gala Awards. We left the event with five awards including
Most Improved GPA
Alumni Programming
Chapter Standards
Social Relations and Risk Management
Finance Management
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Congratulations Dan Tratt
Tau Chapter would like to congratulate member Dan Tratt for being elected the newest VP of Membership for the Interfraternity Council
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| Fall 09' New Members |
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Russle Wegener, Clint Steketee, Dustin Baker, Steve Schaeff, Dave Holzwart, Blake Laethem, Kyle Clayton, Kyle Isaac, Dave Gust, Jake Isley, Andrew Keinath, Matt Reau, Frank Zwemmer
not pictured: Zach Dieffenbach, Joel Sparks
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| Congratulations to Robert Laux! |
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Our annual winner of the Carl G. Card Award
The Carl G. Card Award is presented every spring to an outstanding senior who has served on no more than a single executive council position.
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| Spring 09' New Members |
Tim Malburg, John Cagney, Colby Lievens, Troy Macbeth, Matt Lubbers, Kevin Fischer
not pictured Justin Estee |
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| Alpha Gamma Rho Leadership Scholarship |
| Incoming Fall 2009 freshman men apply for the Alpha Gamma Rho Leadership Scholarship! Get one of three $500 scholarships. Apply by March 13. Click here for link to the scholarship page. |
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| AGR Initiates class of Fall 2008 |
From left to right: Tyler Berens, Nate McCalla, Pablo Manjano, Scott Hartsell, Dan Tratt.
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| Alpha Gamma Rho Donates $2000 to Michigan Agrability |
Thanks to all of our sponsors and everyone that came to Hog Roast this year! We were able to donate $2000 to Michigan Agrability who helps disabled farmers. We might not have had great weather that night, but everyone still had a great time.
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| Alpha Gamma Rho Receives 2nd Place in Greek Week |
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March 28- April 5, 2008
Alpha Gamma Rho along with Alpha Chi Omega Sorority and Sigma Pi Fraternity tied for second overall in Greek Week. The team raised over $19,000 for Race for the Cure.
MTV Night - 3rd Place
Battle of the Bands - 3rd Place
Songfest - 2nd Place
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| Spring 2008 New Members |
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The Spring 2008 new members from left to right:
Eric Shannon, Andrew Brecht, Rob Rayman, Dan Mittlestat
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| AGR vs FarmHouse Basketball Game |
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Wednesday January 23, 2007
AGR defeated FarmHouse in IM Basketball with the final score of 35-27 continuing the AGR winning streak against FH. |
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| Greek Gala Awards |
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November 15, 2007
This evening we had five members attend the greek gala which is a dinner put on by the greek community of Michigan State to recognize outstanding greek houses. We were represented by Loren Wernette, Paul Ayers, Dave Oesterle, Chris Heck, and Rob Halley. The awards we recieved included:
-Chapter-House Management: best management of chapter house facility and property
-Alumni Programming: best chapter alumni relations and involvement
-Campus Relations: best involvement in campus activities, clubs, and organizations
-CHAPTER OF THE YEAR: BEST OVERALL FRATERNITY AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Thanks to all of the guys in the house and the alumni for all of their support and hard work to build better men and through them a broader and better agriculture.
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| New Parking Lot |
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November 5, 2007
Today we had the second phase of our parking lot construction project. A couple weeks ago we had the tree taken down and today they came and tore out the old asphalt, put a layer of gravel down and then poured the new layers on top. They were only able to put one layer on most of the lot to allow for it to settle over the winter. They will return once classes have ended to put the final layer of asphalt down. We want to thank anyone who donated to this project. It is great to have a new lot.
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| Homecoming 2007 |
Homecoming this past weekend was a great time. Everything went every well, especially the win over Indiana. We had a a wide number of members from different era's join us. I would like to thank everyone that came and helped put Homecoming together. It was a lot of work and everyone did a great job. Also I would like to thank all of our Alumni that contributed to our fund raising project this year. If you don't already know our project this year is redoing our house parking lot. We hope to have the project done this fall before the snow falls. Thanks again and have a great rest of the year.
David Oesterle
VNR Alumni Relations
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| Tree Removal |
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October 11, 2007
Today we had the tree in the parking lot and a couple of other trees around the house removed. This is the start of the fall project by the Alumni board which will continue next week with the re-paving of our parking lot.
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Hog Roast 2007
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September 14, 2007
We would like to thank all of our donors for their generous contribution to AGR and Michigan Agr-Ability. We had one of out best turnouts for the hog roast and would like to thank everyone for that. Hopefully next year it will be even bigger.
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| New Members Fall 2007 |
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Monday October 1, 2007
We had 8 new members join, they include:
Left To Right: Mike Schierbeek, Jake Gust, Brice Stine, Bob Delmotte, Jacob Gebhardt, Nick Leipprandt, Chris Heck, Brad Love
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| AGR Member Elected Treasurer of CANR Student Senate |
Monday, April 8, 2007
AGR member Brian McMillen was elected to serve as Treasurer of the MSU's College of Agriculture & Natural Resources Student Senate .
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| AGR Member Elected President of Block & Bridle |
Wednesday, March 28, 2007
AGR member Paul Ayers, current AGR Vice Noble Ruler of Recruitment, was elected to serve as President of the MSU Block & Bridle Club, one of the college's largest clubs.
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| AGR Member Elected to ASMSU |
Tuesday, March 27, 2007
AGR member Martin Villarreal was elected to the Student Assembly of the MSU student government, the Associated Students of Michigan State University, as the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources representative.
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| AGR Ranks in Top 5 Teams For Greek Week 2007 |
February 26, 2007
The 2007 Greek Week Team of Alpha Gamma Rho fraternity, Theta Chi fraternity, and the Delta Gamma sorority came in 5th of 13 teams for the Greek Week events.
Below are the individual standings for the 2007 Greek Week:
1st Place : Field Events - February 17th-18th
--1st Place : Relay
--1st Place : Tug-of-War
--2nd Place : Miss Greek
--5th Place : Human Pyramid
10th Place : MTV Night - Tuesday, February 20th
10th Place : Battle of the Bands - Wednesday, February 21st
6th Place : Songfest - Saturday, February 23rd
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| AGR Helps Raise Over $215,000 For Charity |
February 17-24, 2007
The Michigan State University Greek Community, including Alpha Gamma Rho and 25 other fraternities and 13 sororities, came together for the 2007 Greek Week events and raised through personal and organization donations totaling just over $215,000.
One-hundred percent of the funds raised are donated to the following charities:
$190,000 for American Cancer Society
$6,000 for the Boys and Girls Club of Lansing
$6,000 for Special Olympics
$6,000 for Sarcoma Foundation
$8,000 for Make-A-Wish Foundation
8,000 aluminum cans to St. John's Food Cupboard
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| AGR Initiates Ten New Members For Spring 2007 |
Monday, February 12, 2007
Alpha Gamma Rho initiated ten new members for the Spring 2007 semester, they are:
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Eric Mammoser, Freshmen, Fisheries & Wildlife, Wheaton, IL
Joe Hodge, Freshmen, Beef Cattle Management, Lapeer, MI
Brett Feldpausch, Freshmen, Agribusiness Management, St Johns, MI
Rob Halley, Freshmen, Animal Science, Big Rapids, MI
Tim Gilliland, Sophmore, Construction Management, Imlay City, MI
Mike Krcmarik, Freshmen, Fisheries & Wildlife, Grand Rapids, MI
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Nate Harmon, Freshmen, Beef Cattle Management, North Branch, MI
Lance Schoenbine, Freshmen, Animal Science, Auburn, MI
Jeffry Howard II, Freshmen, Turfgrass Management, Tipton, IN
David McCalla, Freshmen, Mechanical Engineering, Milan, MI
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| AGR vs FarmHouse Basketball Game |
Wednesday February 7, 2007
AGR defeated FarmHouse in IM Basketball with the final score of 36-19. A Michigan State University 'Red Cedar Log' yearbook photographer was present to document the game for the yearbook.
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| AGR Members Attend Block & Bridle National Convention |
January 25-27, 2007
From left to right: Spencer Smith, Paul Ayers, Rob Kirkpatrick
Three members of Tau Chapter represented the Michigan State University chapter of the Block & Bridle Club at the 87th Annual Block & Bridle National Convention in Kissimmee, Florida.
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| Tau Elects 2007 Executive Council |
Monday, November 20, 2006
From left to right: Joel Fischer, Loren Wernette, Andy Austin, Spencer Smith, Tim Stotz, Paul Windemuller, Will Bristol, Joe Gust, Paul Ayers, David Oesterle
2007 Tau Chapter Executive Council
Noble Ruler - Will Bristol
VNR Membership - Tim Stotz
VNR Recruitment - Paul Ayers
VNR Recruitment - Spencer Smith
VNR Finance - Paul Windemuller
VNR Activities - Andy Austin
VNR Alumni Relations - Dave Oesterle
VNR Scholarship - Joel Fischer
VNR Planning - Joe Gust
VNR Management & Operations - Loren Wernette
2007 Tau Chapter Small Offices
Athletic Director - Brian McMaster
Steward - Bobby Laux
Student Senate - Brian McMillen
Philanthropy - Phil Harmon
Historian - Zach Cook
Greek Liaison - Daniel Lindsey
Greek Liaison - Cory Heiden
Chaplain - Adam Dietrich
Usher - Mike Hunt
Usher - Martin Villarreal
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| AGR Wins Awards |
Thursday, November 16, 2006
From left to right: Spencer Smoth, Paul Ayers, Andy Stahl, Ryan Varner, Andy Austin
Alpha Gamma Rho, along with over 40 other fraternities and sororities at MSU, attended the annual Greek Gala Awards dinner and won the 'Grant Davidson Award' for best house facility management & upkeep, and also the 'Membership Education Award' for the exemplary quality of the continuing fraternity education of Alpha Gamma Rho members.
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| 2006 Annual AGR Hogroast |
This past fall the brothers of Alpha Gamma Rho held their annual Hog Roast fundraiser. This year we tried something new by having official sponsors for this event. We were able to raise over $2,000 with the help of community sponsors, alumni donors, and those who attended. We would like to thank all those who donated and hopefully we can get more donors included next year.
Fraternally,
Andy Stahl '1333'
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| AGR Initiates Seven New Members For Fall 2006 |
Alpha Gamma Rho initiated seven new members for the Fall 2006 semester, they are:
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Martin Villarreal, Junior, Entomology, Saginaw
Joe Pasch, Freshmen, Animal Science, Beal City
Daniel Lindsey, Freshmen, Agriscience, Tekonsha
Cory Heiden, Sophomore, Human Resource Management, Monroe
Bobby Laux, Freshmen, Agriculture Industries, Petersburg
Loren Wernette, Sophomore, Crop & Soil Science, Mecosta
Brian McMaster, Sophomore, Agribusiness Management, Sandusky
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| AGR Welcomes New Colony |
May 23, 2006, Kansas City, Mo.
Beta Pi Colony of Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity is proud to announce on May 16, 2006 the National Fraternity of Alpha Gamma Rho welcomed its newest colony at Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. This group, now known as Beta Pi Colony, was formerly the Beta Pi Chapter of AGR. Representing the national fraternity were Director of Chapter Development Thad Koenigsfeld, and Chapter Consultant Josh Wackler. Members of the Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Louisiana State University were present to initiate the 21 undergraduate brothers into the new Beta Pi Colony.
The new adviser for the colony is Jeff Hillard. Jeff is a professor in the Department of Agricultural Sciences, and he served as an adviser for Beta Pi when it was still a chapter. The new brothers are heavily involved in a wide variety of clubs and organizations in the agricultural college and on campus, but they felt that something was still missing in their college experience. After some discussion, they decided AGR could help fill that void, and give them something to truly be proud of. After meeting certain requirements, and recruiting enough young men to qualify, they were ready to make the thought of an AGR colony on their campus a reality.
The original Beta Pi Chapter at Louisiana Tech had its charter revoked in May of 2001 due to a variety of reasons, but mostly due to low numbers. This new group hopes to re-establish AGR as the top fraternity on campus, and is aiming to regain the chapter charter very soon. A group of the new members plan to attend the National Convention in Breckenridge, Colorado this August, and they are excited to participate in even more AGR events in the future.
Congratulations to the gentlemen at Louisiana Tech for their hard work and dedication towards Alpha Gamma Rho. AGR looks forward to seeing this colony develop and grow. The fraternity will eagerly wait for them to achieve chapter status in the near future. Congratulations again to the new Beta Pi Colony of AGR!
If you would like to congratulate the new colony members you may contact them or the advisers by any of the following ways: Beta Pi Colony, PO Box 10198 Ruston, LA 71272
Noble Ruler - Joshua Wilhite, jwi013@latech.edu
Adviser - Jeff Hillard, hillard@latech.edu
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| National AGR Announces New Website |
Friday, May 19, 2006
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity is proud to announce a new web site.
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity is again breaking new ground with a new web site. The new web site address is alphagammarho.org.
We hope all AGRs will find the new web site easier to access resources and connect with members. It is our goal to make sure our members always have the ability to take advantage of the technology we are able to provide. We want you to have the availability to become stronger members by using networking and developmental tools we will provide through this web site.
Please remember this web site is for you. As you begin to use the new site please contact me with any questions, suggestions, or thoughts you may have. We welcome your feedback. After all it is your web site. Contact me at any time via e-mail or phone. We hope all AGR members and friends of AGR will find this new web site helpful as we continue to grow in our second century together.
Amanda Erichsen
Communications Coordinator
email: amanda@alphagammarho.org
phone: 816-891-9200, ext. 11
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| Gamma Alpha Chapter Installed at Florida Southern College |
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity is proud to announce on April 2, 2006 the National Fraternity of Alpha Gamma Rho installed its newest chapter, Gamma Alpha, at Florida Southern College (FSC) in Lakeland, Florida. The brothers of the Alpha Gamma Chapter from the University of Florida, Gainesville, installed the newest brothers of AGR. Alumni and national representatives, including Grand President Richard Carpenter, Southeast Regional Vice President Richard Kelly, Executive Director Phil Josephson, and Director of Chapter Development Thad Koenigsfeld, witnessed the official initiation of 20 undergraduates and six alumni. One of the new alumni members, Malcolm Manners, is a FSC faculty member serving as adviser.
FSC President, Dr. Ann Kerr, was present at the celebration banquet Sunday evening, as were several other representatives of the college administration, giving personal words of encouragement and praise. This event was a monumental accomplishment for the young men who have worked toward this goal for the past four years.
The group of men has grown from a small club to one of the largest Greek organizations on FSC's campus. They have been extremely active on campus and in the community. As a colony, the group has sent representatives to the last two AGR national conventions as well as several other workshops and seminars around the country.
There are two individuals who have and will continue to serve as advisers to the new Gamma Alpha Chapter. Dr. Malcolm Manners and Professor Timothy Hurner have both been dedicated to the success of the organization and have guided this group of men through the lengthy development stages. Dr. Manners was initiated with the undergraduate brothers. Professor Hurner is an AGR alumnus from the University of Florida. Both of these individuals have worked hand-in-hand with the undergraduates lending advice and support.
Congratulations to all those who have played a role in the success of the brothers at Florida Southern College. Persistence, hard work, determination and commitment have made the goals of these men a reality. With the guidance of their advisers, the support of alumni and the continued enthusiasm of the members, the Gamma Alpha Chapter at Florida Southern College expects to thrive for years to come.
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| AGR Wins Fraternity League Basketball Championship |
Thursday, March 23, 2006
The Alpha Gamma Rho basketball team deafeated Sigma Alpha Epsilon 58-43 to be the 2006 Fraternity League Champions.
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| Alpha Gamma Rho raises funds for Michigan farmers to modify their farm. |
The Michigan AgrAbility Project will be able to help a few more farmers this coming year thanks to the great efforts of Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) Fraternity, a chapter at Michigan State University. This fraternity consists of young men studying agriculture at Michigan State University with the desire to enrich their academic experience through agriculture programs and community service. On September 9, 2005, AGR held their annual hog roast to raise funds for this worthy program, contributing $1,600 to the farmer rehabilitation fund. The funds generated from the 2005 Annual AGR Hog Roast will help purchase farm modifications for Michigan farmers who are seeking help from Michigan AgrAbility. This Michigan State University Extension program assists farmers with disabilities or changes in their lives that reduce their ability to continue farming. Modifying equipment will allow the farmer to perform the job at hand in a more comfortable and safer way. Typically, regardless of farmer's physical abilities, they do not have the option to just forget a difficult task; such as feeding cows or cultivating corn. The Michigan AgrAbility Project assists farmers to identify and install modifications to their farm equipment to make the job doable. The fund assists farmers with the cost of the equipment so they can continue working. If you know of a farmer who could benefit from this program ask them to call the Michigan AgrAbility Project at 800-856-4106 to participate or for additional information.
Contacts:
Vicki Morrone, Michigan AgrAbility Project Coordinator
100 E State St, Suite G 200
St. Johns, MI 48879
989-227-6455
517-282-3557
Matthew Oesterle
Alpha Gamma Rho
oester21@msu.edu
(517) 507-7155
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| Alpha Gamma Rho holds More Alumni in Congress Than Any Other Fraternity |
In 2003, there were 10 Alpha Gamma Rho alumni in the United States Congress, more than from any other single fraternity. Below are their names and the AGR Chapter they are members of:
Senate
Wayne Allard, Colorado State
Samuel BrownBack, Kansas State
Conrad Burns, Montana State
Charles Grassley, Iowa State
House of Representatives
Thomas Latham, Iowa State
Jefferson Miller, Florida
Devin Nunes, Cal Poly
Adam Putnam, Florida
Nicholas Smith, Michigan State
Gerald Weller, Illinois
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| Alpha Zeta Names AGRs to Honor Roll |
Early in August, the Fraternity of Alpha Zeta, the nation's oldest professional honorary society to recognize agricultural scholarship, leadership and service, observed its 100th Anniversary in Columbus, Ohio, where it was founded in 1897. The fraternity now boasts more than 105,000 members, including both men and women representing 67 chapters in the United States.
To mark its 100th anniversary, Alpha Zeta officials established a Centennial Honor Roll on which the names of 200 persons considered to have made outstanding contributions to food production or in natural resources, were to be inscribed.
One hundred of those chosen were to be selected out of the fraternity's membership. An additional 100 persons were to be named out of the millions of others in agriculture. An impressive ceremony took place to announce the honorees chosen and present them with beautiful medallions, elaborate citations, and special pins and photographs.
While the prestige of Alpha Gamma Rho has always been high, the fraternity's status gained even more at the Columbus Summit. Of the 200 men and women chosen for Alpha Zeta's Centennial Honor Roll, 56 were members of AGR, the largest number of any one organization, society or fraternity.
Heading the list of Alpha Gamma Rho Brothers, who could easily be considered a WHO's WHO of Agriculture, was Philip Josephson, AGR's tireless Executive Director. Other AGRs whose names are nationally or internationally recognized included Nobel Peace Prize winner, Norman Borlaug of Mexico; former US Secretaries of Agriculture Clifford Hardin and Earl Butz; Russ Mawby, former Kellogg Foundation Chairman; Dean Kleckner, president of the American Farm Bureau's 3.1 million members; Bill Knox, publisher of Hoard's Dairyman; Loren Kruse, editor for Successful Farming; Gene Swackhamer of Farm Credit; Orion Samuelson, internationally known farm broadcaster; and David Pfender, Purdue's Dean of Agriculture.
Dr. Rae Wilkinson, High Chancellor of Alpha Zeta, and Steve Drake, Alpha Zeta's executive officer, did the honors and presented the medallions on the stage when the honorees were introduced.
Alpha Zeta received more than 500 nominations for consideration, and with more than a fourth of all those actually named to the illustrious Centennial Honor Roll, brothers in the bond of Alpha Gamma Rho can continue to be rightfully proud of their school achievements.
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