Page 3 - The Delta Shield - Summer 2015

ChAPter NewS AlumNi NewS Austen Packer ’07 – Here is a picture of me landing after a combat mission to Iraq in September of 2014. I spent nine months deployed on the USS George H. W. Bush as part of the Valions of STRIKE FIGHTER SQUADRON FIFTEEN. I’ll be getting married to Claire Richard in September, and we’ll both be at Homecoming! Robert Ayerst ’78 – To kick off spring, a group of six Undergrads joined my wife and me for a day of sailing on Kentucky Lake aboard my 37 foot sailboat. It was a beautiful day outside and the guys got their frst taste of spending the Austin Packer ’07 landing his plane in Iraq. day on the lake. All had a great time and the Undergrads are extremely excited to join Rob in the future. Have Alumni News? e want to hear from you! WSend your personal updates, accomplishments, adventures, and photos to our Account Manager Kasey Breedlove at kbreedlove@ thelaurusgroup.net, or simply fll out the tear-away form at the bottom of your cover letter and Undergraduates (From Left to Right): Ian Simonson, Hunter Price (VGP), Chris Fitzgerald, return it in the mail. We want to Dan Weitz (GP), Charlie duPont (P), Simon Zeidner. Rob Ayerst ’78 at the helm. share it in the next issue of The Delta Shield! Brian Rizzo ’13 (pictured far right) standing with Congratulations to Brian Rizzo ’13, former GP and recent graduate, Vanderbilt’s 2015 winners. who was named Vanderbilt’s Greek Man of the Year! Brian was also named to the honorary society, Order of Omega, for the top 3% of academically performing Greeks. Prior to his tenure as GP, he served as New Member Educator. Under his leadership, the fraternity was named Vanderbilt’s Most Improved Chapter and has been a two- time fnalist for Chapter of the Year. On the IFC Executive Council, Brian authored the IFC Inclusivity Agreement and was Chairman of the Greek Allies Program. Brian was active with Vanderbilt Student Government and the Dean’s Advisory Board. He studied abroad at McGill University and the London School of Economics, and he interned for the United Nations Offce at Geneva. He wrote two senior theses, both of which were awarded Highest Honors. He was accepted to both Oxford and Cambridge for graduate school, and will be attending Clare College at Cambridge University in the fall. Want to Be A Mentor? by Byron Cain o you have the inclination and time to We are especially looking for alums who Dbe a mentor, coach, guide, “Merlin” to are in the following felds: engineering one of the young men in the Chapter? We / wealth management / law / general are looking for alums who would like to business management. guide our undergraduates in career research This can be a way to have a positive, or life skills. specifc impact on the lives of our younger What is the commitment? That is up to Brothers! Eight of our students have been the student and alum involved. It can be matched up so far, and these volunteer as little as one phone call or meeting, or alums are already making a difference in an ongoing supportive relationship. You their individual lives. don’t have to live in Nashville, or wherever To share your expertise and life the student lives, because it can happen experience in a valuable, meaningful, one- through old-fashioned telephone calls as on-one format, contact Byron Cain ’70 at well as meetings. bchome@texastourstrade.com.”