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This year’s AE
Golf Tournament
winners, pictured
with the cup.
The starting lineup swings away.

Legends of AE Golf Tournament The next morning at the house we raffled off a
Coach Mullen signed football and a Coach Mike
White signed basketball. The overall winner of
By Chuck Riggs ’69 (AE 890) with us, which provided great synergy between the tournament trophy was the team of Mark
alumni and brothers! The day started off with
Wow—the inaugural Legends of Alpha Epsilon French ’85 (AE 1348), Mike Mitchell ’87
pastries from Dunkin’ Donuts and a shotgun
Golf Tournament was an amazing success! (AE 1521), Chris Ure ’89 (AE 1623) and
start at 10:00 AM sharp.
The tournament was held on February 18 this Zach Broderson. The trophy will reside in the
year, and we played on the beautiful Tom Bostic During the round of golf, we had a lot of fun house and will have the winners name each year.
University of Florida Golf course on a terrific (with a few mulligans as needed). Lunch was With such an outstanding start, we will do the
sunny day. provided from Gator Dockside, and consisted
tournament in February again next year. Thanks
of an excellent BBQ. After the tournament we
We had 61 Golfers, 52 Alumni and 10 Actives, to everyone who helped, as we could not have
went back to the hotel to tell a lot of tales and
who helped with the tournament and played done this without you!
war stories!
Phase II of Veterans Initiative is Open
Alpha Epsilon Legion

Phase II of our Veterans Initiative is now underway! We have built
GOLD SILVER this piece to honor all our brothers who have served our country
Dave Buell ’69 (AE 889) Luis Fernandez ’94 courageously in the United States Armed Forces. We are adding
Skip Fink ’69 (AE 888) (AE 1881) additional names this summer. If your name has not been placed on
Chuck Riggs ’69 (AE 890) Kory Kreul ’94 (AE 1868) the plaque yet, or if you know a brother who is not on the plaque but
Mike Sullivan ’69 Rich Levy ’93 (AE 1830) should be, please email Rick Riisma ’94 (AE 1886) at rriisma@gmail.
(AE 886) Don Slesnick III ’94 com, or Mike Hill ’67 (AE 815) at mployerhill@gmail.com. Please
(AE 1888) include name, branch of service, and dates of service of the brother
(The Gold Legion Joe Smith ’93 (AE 1828) who served. All gave some, some gave all! Long Live Alpha Epsilon!
members are Rick Riisma ’94 (AE 1886)
pictured below)
Alpha Epsilon Hall of Fame

Inductees into the Alpha Epsilon Hall of Fame are alumni bothers who
upon graduation from the university have gone on to lead distinguished careers and excelled in their
chosen field of work. In doing so, these individuals have brought tremendous credit and honor to
our fraternity. This award was first presented in 1979 to former U.S. Congressman Sydney Herlong
’29 (AE 49). To date, 12 of AE’s most prominent alumni have been inducted into the chapter’s hall of
fame. Each of these honorees has their portrait on display on the Wall of Honor in the alumni library
Hall of Fame (Continued on page 6)

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