The Campaign for the Future of Tennessee Delta

Restoring Our Legacy

Fundraising Campaign Begins (Quiet Phase)

Fall 2009

Campaign Kickoff, Public Phase Begins

Spring 2011

Summer 2011

Homecoming 2010

Founders Day

February 2010

February 2011

Campaign Ends (pledge payments con-tinue to come in over a

5-year period)

Founders Day

Summer 2012

Founders Day

February 2012

House Renovation Plans Finalized

Colony Officers Move into the House and Pledge Freshmen

February 2013

Tennessee Delta Recolonizes with Upper Classmen

Phase 1 Construction Begins

Fall 2011

Founders Day

Spring 2012 Homecoming 2012

Chapter re-chartered and House rededicated

Financial Information

Campaign Timeline

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I am supporting the Tennessee Delta Campaign because of the impact Tennessee Delta had on my life. I enjoyed many elements of my life at Vanderbilt, but nothing affected my college experience as significantly as did my association with the Chapter and the House. I want to offer that same opportunity to my sons and, someday, to their sons.

- Joe Estes, ‘78, Delta 907

Projected Costs:

Furniture, Fixtures, Interiors: 13%

Architectural/Legal/Permitting/Fundraising: 20%

Construction: 67%

Campaign Renovation Floor plans

Exterior Level

Main Level

Lower Level

WHY?

HOW?

WHO?You!

A successful project will take the dedication and support of each of us. Make no mistake—we cannot succeed without your help. As we have very limited ability to borrow funds, your financial support is paramount to our success. This is no small project. To ensure success we need you, our brother, to make the best pledge you are comfortable with, payable over five years. This is a time to be worthy of the trust reposed in you!

The Campaign for the Second Century: Rebuilding the Chapter, Renovating the House

For 108 years Tennessee Delta welcomed students at Vanderbilt, provided them with a home away from home, the camaraderie

of friends and brothers and a place to mature into adulthood. For over a century, more than 1,500 young men have benefited from the Tennessee Delta experience. Each of us is who we are today, perhaps in some ways inexpressible, because of our time at Tennessee Delta of Phi Kappa Psi.

Now, after a brief two-year hiatus, the chapter will be re-colonized and the house renovated so that a second century of young men at Vanderbilt can become better brothers, husbands, fathers and leaders.

Those who came before us handled the chapter as caretakers, and did what they could to sustain it and pass it on. Sometimes, like today, that was under challenging circumstances. Joe Sharpe 1944, Delta 355, almost singlehandedly kept the chapter alive during

World War II. The brothers between 1955 and 1965 breathed life into the chapter in those very uncertain years after the fire when we didn’t have a permanent home. H. Fort Flowers 1909, Delta 58, stepped forward in the 60s and negotiated with the University so that Phi Psi could have the best, most modern house on campus, and then he built it for us. O.D. Glaus 1947, Delta 383, offered important continuity and encouragement from one group of House Corp leaders to another over 40 years from the 1960s until his death in the mid 2000s. There are undoubtedly countless other selfless contributions by legions of Deltans who made efforts to keep the chapter in existence over the last 108 years.

The current generation of Tennessee Deltans can do no less. We must now must step forward and help to restore Tennessee Delta for her Second Century. We must re-establish the chapter and renovate the house so that future unmet brothers can benefit from the same experience that we did.

How will the chapter be re-colonized?

Due to repeated violations regarding alcohol use and rush guidelines, Tennessee Delta was closed for two years by joint action of Vanderbilt University and the Phi Kappa Psi National Headquarters. Both institutions very much want the chapter back on campus and both are adamant that the new Tennessee Delta for the Second Century will be a model chapter based on traditional Phi Psi ideals and appropriate standards of behavior.

We are fortunate that that the National Headquarters is dedicated to creating new chapters and re-colonizing closed ones by sending full-time, trained specialists from the staff to recruit new members and see that the chapter is re-colonized correctly. In fall 2011 Headquarters will dispatch up to three expansion staff members to live full time in Nashville for four to six weeks to re-colonize the chapter with a fresh group of young men. The Phi Psi Expansion staff, along with the Vanderbilt Office of Greek Life, will seek out the top students on campus who have the interest, drive, behavioral standards and capability to create a new chapter that is based on Phi Psi goals and expectations. The staff does not recruit with alcohol, parties or false promises. Everything, including financial obligations and behavioral standards, are laid out clearly from the beginning. Potential members must meet academic grade criteria (GPA above the all men’s average or 2.75, whichever is higher). Once re-chartered, Tennessee Delta will be ready to perform on its

own, under the guidance of a well trained group of local alumni who will form the Chapter Advisory Committee and the House Corporation.

How will the renovation of the house happen?

The Board of Directors of the Tennessee Delta House Corporation has selected the Nashville firm of Street Dixon Rick Architecture PLC to design the renovations of the house to prepare it for the Second century of service. This firm is familiar with Greek housing and is charged with incorporating the latest design practices including environmentally progressive attributes to fit the requirements of the space, the budget and the needs of twenty-first century students.

The house will have living quarters with individual temperature control for six members plus, consistent with Vanderbilt’s residential college system, a suite for a Resident Advisor. Provision will be made for the current campus concept of dining service, utilizing a warming style kitchen for catered meals purchased through the University’s meal plan. Dedicated library and study areas will be designed for technological interconnection capabilities. The social space will be functional and versatile. It will integrate indoor and outdoor space for social functions. A new entrance from the living room will lead to an enclosed yard along 24th Ave. The yard will then flow onto a deck wrapping around the corner and extending along the sidewalk to the main entrance on Kensington.

I, ____________________________, accept the invitation to join my brothers in support of our Fraternity’s mission of education, community involvement and faith. I hereby pledge and agree to contribute the sum of $_______________________as part of the “Restoring Our Legacy” campaign for the Tennessee Delta chapter.†

My gift will be paid in the following manner:

m One-time payment

m Quarterly (Jan/Apr/Jul/Oct)

m Semi-annually

m Annually

m Stock

m Other:

m I am affiliated with a company that has a matching gift program.

Start Date: January April July October 20

Signature: Date:

Print Name: Initiation Year:

Preferred Address:

City: State: Zip:

Home Phone: Work Phone:

Cell Phone: E-mail: Gift to be made: m In my name as printed above m In honor of:

m In memory of:

Payment Method: m Check

m Credit Card*:

______ Visa ______ MasterCard ____ American Express ____ DiscoverCredit card payments will be automatically deducted according to the payment schedule (monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, annually) you have chosen above.

Account No.: Exp. Date: Signature: Note: Please make check payable to “Tennessee Delta House Corporation.”† Contributions to the Tennessee Delta House Corporation are not deductible as charitable contributions for federal income tax purposes

but are essential in achieving the goal of constructing both the educational and the non-educational areas of the chapter house. Please consult your professional advisor or attorney for professional advice.

Plan to be paid over

________________ years/months

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Pledge Agreement

For further information, please contact:Sarah Osier, Account ManagerT: 770-903-3987 F: 770-903-3988E: tndelta@tlgcampaigns.net

Please send this Pledge Agreement to:Restoring Our LegacyThe Campaign for the Future of Tennessee DeltaCampaign HeadquartersP.O. Box 80828 | Atlanta, GA 30366-0828

Giving Levels

1852 Society$150,000 +

24th Avenue Society$100,000 - $149,999

Rose Society$50,000 - $99,999

Shield Society$25,000 - $49,999

OD Glaus Society$10,000 - $24,999

Archons Society$5,000 - $9,999

Tennessee Delta Society$1,000 - $4,999

Tennessee Del ta House Corpora t ion | Ph i Kappa Ps i Fra te rn i ty | P.O. Box 80828 | At lan ta , Georg ia 30366

* Credit card charges for pledges less than $50,000, made through the House Corporation, will appear on your credit card statement as:

“TLGcampaigns.net”

The Campaign for the Future of Tennessee Delta

Restoring Our Legacy

Tennessee delTaHOUse CORPORaTIOn

[Maximum 5 Years]}

Chuck Higgins ‘67, Delta 663, Campaign Co-chair Nashville, TNBE Civil Engineering 1971 – Vanderbilt UniversityMS Environmental and Water Resource Engineering 1978 – Vanderbilt UniversityUndergraduate offices – GP 1970President and Principal Engineer, EDGE Group, Inc.Alumni offices – Chapter Advisor, House Corporation Board member

Rob Williamson ‘80, Delta 970Atlanta, GABS Business Administration 1983 – Vanderbilt UniversityJD 1986 - West Virginia University College of LawUndergraduate offices – AGPresident of Scroggins & Williamson, P.C.Family: wife, Beth and 3 daughters, Lindsey, Molly, and Annie

Pledges: All contributions to the Restoring our Legacy Campaign are welcome! A pledge form is enclosed with this brochure. Please consider making a pledge that is payable over five years – a $5,000 pledge amounts to roughly the cost of a monthly cable bill! You may choose to be invoiced quarterly, biannually, or annually,

or you may choose to make a one-time payment. Receiving most pledges over five years allows us to best manage our fundraising and expenditures related to the renovations, but again, all gifts are greatly appreciated!

Pledges of $50,000 or higher may be paid by check (quarterly, biannually, or annually) through the Phi Psi Foundation to be used for the Tennessee Delta Restoring our Legacy Campaign. You will receive reminders from the Phi Psi Foundation. Send your payment directly to the Foundation and they will inform the campaign headquarters when payment is received to ensure full donor credit is applied. Again, donations to the Phi Psi Foundation are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. Pledges of less than $50,000 will be paid directly to the Tennessee Delta House Corporation of Phi Kappa Psi (and are not tax-deductible).

Matching Gifts: If your company has a matching gifts program, your pledge of $50,000 or higher through the Phi Psi Foundation (companies will not match gifts to the House Corporation) would be matched and you would receive full donor credit. For example, if you pledge $50,000 over

5 years and your company matches that, you would receive credit at the $100,000 donor level!

Stock Gifts: You may utilize appreciated stock to fulfill your campaign gift commitment. If you wish to make this type of gift, please contact our Campaign Account

Manager, Sarah Osier, at: 770-903-3987 or tndelta@tlgcampaigns.net and she will provide you with instructions.

Estate Gifts: While all gifts are welcome, the campaign now needs actual dollars to complete the renovations, so please consider a pledge in addition to an estate gift.

If you wish to designate a gift through your will, trust, life insurance, or by some other means directly to the Tennessee Delta House Corporation, your attorney or counsel can use this sample language: “I leave the sum of $XX,XXX.XX to the Tennessee Delta House Corporation of Phi Kappa Psi at Vanderbilt University”. We recommend that you include instructions that the gift be made care of the Phi Psi Foundation.

Gifts in Kind: Gifts in kind will be reviewed and evaluated on a case-by case basis by the campaign leadership.

Questions? If you have any questions about the campaign, please contact a member of the Steering Committee. If you have any questions about making a pledge or arranging any payment method, please contact our Campaign Account Manager Sarah Osier at 770-903-3987

Steering CommitteeJoe Estes ‘78, Delta 907, Campaign Co-chair Atlanta, GABS Economics 1981 – Vanderbilt UniversityMBA Finance 1985 - Wharton School of the University of PennsylvaniaManaging Director, Investment Banking, Raymond James FinancialFamily: wife, Mary Beth and 2 sons, William and John

James French ‘56, Delta 500Frederick, MDBA Physics and Philosophy 1959 – Vanderbilt UniversityUndergraduate offices – House Manager, Treasurer, Vice-PresidentRetired since 2002 – worked in high technology industries as Staff Manager

John Murray ‘71, Delta 743, Honorary ChairNaperville, ILBE Mechanical Engineering 1973 – Vanderbilt UnversityUndergraduate offices – VGP 1973Retired in fall 2010, previously Chief Engineer of TTX Company for 11 yearsFamily: wife Kathy, 4 children, 9 grandchildren

Doug Hirt ‘68, Delta 685, Alumni Office: House Corporation Board PresidentNashville, TNBE Electrical Engineering 1971 – Vanderbilt UniversityRetired owner of printing businessFamily: wife Melanie, 2 sons and 6 grandchildren

Byron Cain ‘70, Delta 716 Dallas, TXBA Economics 1973 – Vanderbilt UniversityMBA 1975 – University of TexasUndergraduate Office: Pledge EducatorAlumni Offices: Chapter Advisor, House Corporation Board PresidentNational Office: S.W.A.G.Owner of Heritage Tours, LLC Family: wife, Nancy and one son Jeremy

How to make a Gift

Six Tennessee Delta alumni attended the recent Grand Arch Council, held at the Hilton Resort in Orlando, Florida. The

biennial occasion presented the opportunity for the alums to mingle with delegates from all over the country, as well as to talk with staff members from the Headquarters about the upcoming restarting of the Chapter.

Present were: Jim French '55 (Frederick, MY) Jim Hagler '58 (Ten Mile, TN) Richard Daley '59 (Roswell, GA) John Murray '71 (Naperville, IL) Byron Cain '70 (Dallas, TX) Charles Buddeke '09 (Louisville, KY).

Jim Hagler and Byron Cain were present as members of the Order of SC, the "super secret mystic society", the only secret society within a secret society known in the Greek world. The group meets every other year at the GAC. Alumni are eligible for membership upon attendance at their seventh GAC. Other Tennessee Deltans inducted into the Order in past years include H. Fort Flowers 1909 and Dan Flowers ‘49.

Jim Hagler was also there to cap off the final year of his participation on the Board of Directors of the Endowment Fund of Phi Kappa

Psi. He continues though to be the Chapter Advisor to the Tennessee Epsilon Chapter at the University of Tennessee, where he has used Vanderbilt expertise for several decades to mentor the Phi Psi Brothers at UT. Jim and his popular wife Jean have become beloved institutions at the Knoxville chapter.

The older attendees were pleased to welcome incoming Vanderbilt junior Charles Buddeke to the GAC, and they appreciated his initiative in coming to the meeting to explain the undergraduates' point of view in the upcoming re-chartering.

Tennessee Delta at the 2010 GACBy Byron Cain

• In 108 years of existence at Vanderbilt, Tennessee Delta initiated 1,590 Brothers?

• W.E. Floyd, MS alpha 1896, transferred to Vanderbilt to attend medical school and start TN delta along with alumni lead by Jordan Stokes, TN beta 1870?

• Tennessee Delta was installed on October 7, 1901, in ceremonies at the Tulane Hotel in downtown Nashville, with W.E. Floyd TND #1 and Jordan Stokes, Jr. TND #2 initiated?

• Tennessee Delta has produced four archons who have sat on the National Executive Council?

William James Coleman 1906 (Archon 1907-09) Marc T. Shafer 1976 (Archon 1977-78) J. French Hill 1976 (Archon 1978-79) Byron D. Norfleet 1980 (Archon 1981-83)

• Five Tennessee Deltans have been initiated into the Mystic Order of SC at the Grand Arch Councils, the only secret society within a secret society in the Greek World?

Byron W. Cain, Jr. 1970 Daniel Fort Flowers 1949 H. Fort Flowers 1909 James E. Hagler 1958 Shelly G. Hughes 1912

• Tennessee Delta occupied the grand old mansion on Terrace Place on the east side of campus for fifty years, from 1905 to 1955?

• The Terrace Place House was designed by a young Deltan named Caleb Motz, 1903, who became a famous architect? Until the 1950's, it was the only purpose built fraternity house at VU?

• The Terrace Place House was destroyed by fire early in the morning of October 27, 1955?

• The total price tag to build the current Kensington Place House in 1965 was $114,000, of which $15,000 went for furnishings?

• The stones with "Phi Kappa Psi" carved in them in the planter box were part of the entrance arch of the Terrace Place House for fifty years?

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Tennessee Delta throughout the years