PI S: Brothers In Action
True Pike Initiates 3,000th Brother; Alpha Eta Dedicates an Education Center in his Honor
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he o a ty Aw r “is eente to an al fo i lotie deic ton an evotion to Pi
Faterit Edowet ¡un Tutee, Convetion attenee contios ince 1978, esta he a edowed leaehi colai in 1983, curet y i te Ju o ¡oune Society o cumtve lietime iv n evel, mee of t e ¢oud ton’s Oak £ut Society, ou g mee of ot te Ala Et l¤i soci ton an te am ¥ ¦lu Asoci ton, oora in tton team ee of t e Zeta S g ¦lu soci ton an Centa Vir ¦lu Asoci ton, SMC of o e / hooay i tton team o eig t convetion, in tton/ inta ton team o 11 chate, SMC of i tton team t si §eaeri Ac deie, uest aclt mee of I¨ Univerit , in tl ca of A© ªeats i 2014, an te Inteat on Faterit ’s o a ty Aw r recip et in 2023. I met “A. Fa” as e is kow, at m fit Univerit of oid oe ootba ame as fema ege in t e Fa o 1981. I now kow that he was i 30s, ut bac« the e was “ol” al to m 18-yea-ol e f. At m in tton, I s w not e ide of ak a wen ad paced i in o e, it was oe of t oe omet tat ¬ wl chei to the en o y a . T i ast a , I w s eent fo te in tton o Aha Et ’s ac y ®a¯s ‘23, the 3,000th oter i tted Fa, an aoter oet to chei orever. “Gowin up °ap n owin A. Fa Smit toug ole bote Eth (Ala t ’20), I m ooed to be choe fo ti hitoic mietoe — I wil o y et to up o thi ince ile eac ,” Zac a d foowin i ntat on.
Ka la.” T e recip et is eected te Faterit ’s Supee Counc an a bee eente to one al nu y ice 1969. Amot the i t of the aterit eceiv n ti aw r over t e eas ae 1978 — Vir . Mcoo (Il o, Beta t ’25); 2007 — To Tue (Te a ech, Ep o Ga ’67); an 2016 — Edw A. Peae (In , Deta X ’71). A Fa Smit was peeted t e Inteat on Faterit ’s o a ty Aw r du the ue
2023 T oa C. Ti Leaehi cde in ecogit on o over 55 yea o deic ted sevice to PI. “I c not thi o a moe o al ie. A. Fa Smit i te defiit on o o alt.
Beo the comitet to each oter, e a ntated 1% of a ike, o al chate, sice the ou g in 1868 at the Univerit o Vir ! I w s ooed to peet the o a ty Aw r to hi ti pat ume,” sa Inteat on eidet Chi Petero ‘91. Fa Smit was tated into Ala t Chate o Octobe 9, 1966, b O.H. E ton ‘62, bei g evice to Pi Ka la that woul a potion o even ecade. He a erve a capte adv o to Foi ’s A a Et n Uiverit o South Foi ’s eta P Chate’s houe coroat on ee, al dvio oar mee, Sunie Reio Peient, Inteat on
FLORIDA, ALPHA ETA Lo a t Defi e: A. F a Smit , ecipet
of i p la’s 2023 Loat Awr
By Ernie Cox (Florida, Alpha Eta ‘81)
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