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CHAPTER SPOTLIGHT: VICTOR LU

Editor’s Note: Representing the chapter as Spotlight is Victor Lu.
From the hometown of Granger, Indiana, Victor is in his senior
year now, working toward his degree in finance with a math mi-
nor. Victor is an outstanding young man and a phenomenal se-
nior leader. He is involved in the Investment Banking Workshop
in Kelley and has committed to work for an investment banking
firm in Chicago as of last year. In addition to leading by ex-
ample in his ambitions and studies, he currently serves the Pi
Chapter as the academic chairman and has made great strides
to improve the academic support system within our house. Victor
is also part of the IFC Standards Board, and works as a business Victor providing tutoring assistance to a new pledge
technology teaching assistant. Aside from a recent internship at member.
William Blair and Co. as an investment banking summer analyst,
Victor enjoys basketball, skiing, tennis, and fitness and exercise. provided analytical and functional support on various
M&A transactions. The experience proved to be
What led you to join the chapter? financial crisis had struck, and every day brought new incredibly valuable, and I am excited to return as full-
I was initially encouraged to rush by several friends indications its effects: storefronts being shuttered, for- time employee upon graduation
already initiated into Beta. They spoke highly of the sale signs springing up throughout the neighborhood,
chapter’s values, the strength of the brotherhood, and my father monitoring his retirement savings with Outside of school what do you do for fun?
the standard of excellence upheld by the brothers in all consternation, etc. I quickly realized that the activities I enjoy staying physically active by playing
aspects of their lives. I became convinced that joining of the financial industry, while often inscrutable, affect basketball, tennis, and lifting weights - our house is
such a group would make me a better man. As a senior lives on a very real level. Given the enormous impact conveniently located within a one minute walking
now, I can undoubtedly say that joining Beta was one of the field has on broader society, I soon decided to distance of the campus recreation center. Lots of the
the best decisions I’ve made. The men I am constantly pursue finance as a career. brothers in the house are also avid fans of various HBO
surrounded by and live with push me to succeed in What would you like to do with your degree? series - Game of Thrones and Westworld, to name a
the classroom, to pursue meaningful involvement on This past summer, I worked in Chicago for William few. On Sunday nights, one can usually find a group of
campus, and to conduct myself in a manner befitting a Blair and Company, an investment banking firm. I us in front a television, deeply engrossed in the newest
true gentlemen. I am humbled and honored to have had episode.
the good fortune of being part of such a brotherhood.
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IN Chamber Moderator Mike Huber, Tom Hirons
’73, president Hirons Marketing, and David Bowen,
computer link with K - 8 Education. L-R: Lee Lurton (IU’64), Jonathon Brandt (Miami
’75), and Fred Pfenninger (IU ’71) strike a pose.
Warm room of Beta Members listen up on
Technology, Opportunity & Future!
L-R: Nick
McCormick ’06
Beta District and Alex Shortle
Advisor ’06, 10 years
Adam Collins after, founding
& Charles Fathers pledge
McCormick ’72.
class Indiana Pi!
L-R: Aaron Smith ’08, Ryan Goode’09, and Nick
McCormick ’06.

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