1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Schmid wins
Arthur R.
Priest Award
Texas Tech member earns the
highest undergraduate honor in
the Fraternity
Rob Schmid receives the Priest Award at Leadership
College. He is shown with his father, Jim Schmid.
R
obert Preston Schmid, Te^^fls
Tech '93, was honored as the
recipient of the 1991-1992
Arthur R. Priest Scholarship at the
awards banquet during the 1992
Leadership College while his proud
Phi father, James C. Schmid, Texas
Tech '67, looked on. The $2,500
award from the Educational Foundation
will help finance his senior year
at Texas Tech University where he
has earned a 3.767 grade point
average as a biology major.
"Rob is one of the most outstanding
young men I have worked with
in the past 30 years of advising Texas
Epsilon," said Bill Dean, former
editor of The Scroll.
Brother Schmid has served Texas
Epsilon as vice president of his
pledge class, the chapter's scholarship
chairman, the recording
secretary, and the awards chairman.
He earned a 4.0 g.p.a. and received
the "Best Pledge" award his first
semester. He has received the
chapter's Highest Scholarship
Achievement Award every semester
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since he pledged.
Last spring, he was named the
Outstanding Honor Student in the
Texas Tech Department of Biological
Sciences. He also was named the
Texas Tech Greek Junior of the Year.
Schmid has been on the Dean's List
three times and the President's List
twice. He also has been named to the
National Dean's list and received
scholarships from the Texas Tech
IFC, the A.R.C.S. Foundation, the
College of Arts and Sciences, and the
Texas Tech Dads & Moms Association.
Four times he has been honored
with a Texas Tech University
scholarship.
Schmid is a member of the Texas
Tech Student Senate, the Arts and
Sciences Ambassadors and serves as
president of the local chapter of
Order of Omega. He is involved with
the Campus Crusade for Christ and
the All-Greek Bible Shidy. He is a
member of many honor societies
including Phi Eta Sigma Freshman
Honorary, Lambda Sigma Sophomore
Honorary, Cardinal Key Junior
Honorary, Omicron Delta Kappa
Leadership Honorary, Golden Key,
and Alpha Epsilon Delta Pre-Health
Honorary.
Schmid has also served the
Lubbock community in the Lubbock
Carmed Food Drive, the "Second
Helping" program to feed the
homeless, and the Lubbock High
School's baseball tournament to
benefit the Little League.
Dr. Michael D. Shonrock, associate
dean of students, describes Rob as "a
skilled, knowledgeable, confident,
and committed student leader who is
respected by his peers."
Perhaps the best and most
convincing praise comes from Texas
Epsilon's chapter leaders, who said,
"Rob has been a leader since day one
as a freshman His involvement in
Texas Epsilon and the Lubbock
commimity exemplifies everything
Phi Delta Theta stands for, and it is an
honor to be associated vwth him ....
Rob Schmid is a leader, a scholar, a
strong Christian, and most of all, the
best friend a brother could have."
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