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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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