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On Tuesday, April 27th, Indiana Beta heldtheir annual scholarship banquet at the house. It was a packed house honoring another successful year in Bloomington. Among the accomplishmentswere the beginning of a house points system, brother involvement on campus andfinally an introduction of a grieve board. Many awards were given out as well including the Bradley Henniger Scholarship. The person was voted by the Chapter as "the junior who has been the most ready to assist his fraternity brothers." Bradley Henninger was a 1997 initiate who died in 2001. This years winner is newly elected President Dan Yeoman. Previous winners of the Henniger Scholarship include: 2009 Brandon Lucas, 2008 Adam Mercer, 2007 Jordan Roraus, 2006 Raef Chenery, 2005 Chris Mueller, 2004 Eric Stewart, 2003 Mark Richardson, 2002 Derrick Young and Rodney Wead. Each year, approximately $45,000 of scholarship funds are distributed to members of the Chapter, primarily based on academic performance. The funds are provided from a bequest by Ross Hazeltine '35 and other alumni gifts. This year's Hazeltine scholarship winners were: Scott Anderson, Peter Compton-Craig, Ross Ehmke, Ethan Gundry, Stephen Kamin, Patrick Kinn, David Leightner, Barndon Lucas, Tyler Lucas, Kyle Mackey, Daniel Mapes and Taylor Potts. Additional Chapter Scholarship awards went to Sean Hamlin,Zach Mikos, Michael Mowrer and Spencer Springer. Senior Brandon Lucas was recognized for winnning a Solon E. Summerfield Scholarship from the Endowment Fund of Phi Kappa Psi. Two new awards were given this year. The Fall 1973 Pledge Class Scholarship was presented to Richard Young, and the Indiana BetaHouse Corp. presented a new "Phi Psi of the Year" award to alumnus Kent Agness '69 for his efforts as Chairman of the Breaking Away Capital Campaign. |