Foundation Elects New Officers
At its fall meeting, the Triangle Education Foundation elected new officers of the Board. Elected were James McShane marq65, Chairman; Robert Benziger ill61, Vice Chair; Dr. Wayne Echelberger sdm54, Treasurer; Michael O’Connor marq74, Secretary; and Scott Bova, CFRE, President. Each officer was elected to a two year term.

Jim McShane assumes the Chairman’s position from Randy Drew rose67 who was term limited. Mr. McShane is the Chief Executive Officer of The McShane Companies, an integrated real estate development and design/build firm headquartered in Rosemont, Illinois. He also serves as the President of The McShane Foundation. Mr. McShane received his BCE from Marquette University in 1968. He serves on the Marquette University Engineering Advisory Board and was the recipient of the ‘Professional Achievement Award’ from the College of Engineering in 2003. Jim resides in Bannockburn, Illinois with his wife, Kelly. They have five children – Katie, Dan, Molly, Anne and Michael – and three grandchildren

Brother Bob Benziger ill61 was elected to a second term as Vice Chairman. Mr. Benziger is a 1961 initiate from the University of Illinois where he earned his BSEE in 1965 and his J.D. in 1967. While at Illinois, he served as the Triangle Chapter Secretary.

His professional experience includes positions as Patent Attorney at The Bendix Corporation, Patent and Trademark Attorney at Ford Motor Company and Trademark Counsel, Senior Attorney, Assistant General Counsel and Associate General Counsel for Baxter Healthcare Corporation. Bob and his wife, Kim, reside in Deerfield, Illinois. They have two sons, Keith and Seth, and three grandchildren.

Assuming the position of Secretary of the Board is Brother Michael O’Connor marq74. Mr. O’Connor has been in the construction management business for the past 25 years most recently serving as President of AFG Construction Management, Inc. He received his BSEE from Marquette in 1975 and a MSEE from the University of Colorado in 1982. Mike, his wife, Cheryl, and two children, Patrick and Caitlin, currently live in a suburb of Washington D.C.

Dr. Wayne Echelberger sdm54 replaces long term Foundation Treasurer, Richard Sudheimer minn52, who has retired from the position after many years of dedicated service. Dr. Echelberger, Jr. is Professor Emeritus of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of South Florida. He earned his B.S. at the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology where he was initiated into Triangle in 1954. He earned his M.S.E., M.P.H. and Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. Wayne has two children, a dentist in Kentucky and a CPA in Texas, and five grandchildren.

In addition, the board reelected Scott Bova, CFRE as President of the Foundation. Mr. Bova serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the Foundation, a position he has held since 2000. Under Mr. Bova’s leadership the Foundation has grown from $1 M in assets to over $4M. Scott resides in Carmel, IN where he supervises a professional staff of four.

Foundation Announces Technology Improvement Grant Program Winners
The Triangle Education Foundation is pleased to announce it has awarded $12,000 to eight Triangle Chapters for Technology Improvement Grants. The Foundation received over $80,000 in requests from chapters across the country, further emphasizing the need for these types of grants.

The Technology Improvement Grant Program is designed to help chapters purchase and upgrade equipment and furnishings in their chapter houses to provide a competitive and up-to-date learning environment. The grants awarded in this recent round range from technical improvements to updated study materials, continuing to make the Triangle Fraternity chapter houses comprehensive Living Learning Laboratories.

Those chapters receiving grants are as follows:

$1,000 Grants
Toledo
RIT
MSOE
Iowa State

$2,000 Grants
Kansas
Missouri Mines
Minnesota
Michigan

In addition, based on the overwhelming need for these types of grants, the Foundation Board of Directors has made a commitment to continuing and expanding this program in future years. The next round of funding will be made available in the fall of 2008. Chapters who did not receive grants or did not get full funding are encouraged to submit requests at that time.

Triangle Fraternity alumni interested in underwriting full or partial chapter projects through their tax-deductible donations to the Triangle Education Foundation are asked to contact the Foundation President, Scott Bova. Through the support of alumni the Foundation will be able to further expand this program in years to come.

Triangle Foundation Announces Pearl Level of Founders' Club
In 1907 a group of young men gave of themselves to form an organization that would impact young men for many years to come. They had a vision of the future and did what it took to make it happen. They believed in a brotherhood of men, committed to scholarly activity, developing strong bonds of brotherhood, with a strong sense of civic involvement and broadening of one's leadership skills. These men made an investment in the future of Triangle . . . So do the members of the Founders' Club.

The Foundation is pleased to announce a new level just for young alumni. Those alumni who were initiated between 1993 and 2003 can join the Pearl Level for a yearly gift of $120 or for a small gift of $10 a month. To join this group log onto the Foundation website at www.triangle.org/tef/ or contact Scott Bova at sbova@triangle.org.

Founders' Club Pearl Level form