1987–88 Volume 111 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Leadership For A LifetimeBY ROBERT J. MILLER, PRESIDENTPhi Delta Theta Educational FoundationD> 'uring the 1987 campaign yearjust ended, 8,945 persons made atotal of 9,648 gifts as a means ofexpressing much needed support forvarious educational programs. Indoing so, these brothers and friendsof the Fraternity helped sponsor theFraternity's chapter consultant visitationprogram, the scholarshipswhich are awarded to deservingundergraduate members of the Fraternity,the Phi Delta Theta LeadershipCollege and the David D.Banta Memorial Library.Forty scholarships, totaling $70,-950, were awarded this year, bringingthe lifetime total of awards to506 scholarships, representing overhalf a million dollars.The chapter consultant programreceived 10 percent of its operatingcost from the Foundation, whileapproximately 20 percent of theLeadership College expense wasfunded with a grant from theFoundation. The entire operatingcost of the David D. Banta MemorialLibrary is assumed by theincome from the Foundation investments.When the final curtain fell on1987 gifts, the total dollar valuewas approximately $1,600 short ofthe 1986 campaign. This wasthought by many to be a moral victoryin light of the 1986 amendmentto the U. S. tax law.The Founders ClubThe year 1987 was a banner yearfor Phi Delta Theta in the form ofthree newly-installed members ofthe Founders Club, namely, P.Nicholas McDaniel (Westminster'43), Marvin J. Perry (Maryland'53) and Elliott A. Johnson (Chicago'27).For his gift to the Foundation,Brother McDaniel chose a charitableremainder unitrust, the first giftof this type reported to the Foundationtrustees. This plan calls forincome from the trust to be paid toBrother McDaniel during his lifetimeand, upon his death, the principalof the trust will be awarded tothe Foundation. This being anirrevocable trust, it qualifies forFounders Club recognition.Brother McDaniel was initiatedby the Missouri Beta chapter atWestminster College where he graduatedin 1943. He later attended thePacific Coast Banking School andgraduated from the Harvard-HawaiiAdvance Management School in1963. He was employed by theBank of Hawaii from 1947 until hisretirement in 1984. He has servedas treasurer of the Hawaii chapterof the American Red Cross, chairmanof the board of the HawaiiHeart Association, a member ofCivil Service Commission, a directorof Ducks Unlimited and hasbeen actively involved in golf, servingas a director of the Oahu CountryClub and the Wailae CountryClub. He has been recognized as aSentinel of the Columns by WestminsterCollege and was presentedwith a certificate of recognition bythe U. S. Golf Association, both in1986.Perry is an initiate of the Universityof Maryland chapter, where hegraduated in 1952. He served as afield secretary (now chapter consultaiit)on the General Headquartersstaff from 1953 to 1955. He thenbecame a manufacturers representative,specializing in sales to the UnitedStates Government and locatedhis office in Washington, D.C. Inthe intervening years, he has servedas president of Delta Province forthe Fraternity and is currently atrustee of the Educational Foundation.When he was not busy in hisprofession traveling to countries allaround the world, he found time toserve as president of his chapter'shouse corporation, president of theWashington, D.C. Alumni Cluband president of the University ofMaryland Terrapin Club. He currentlyserves as a trustee for theUniversity of Maryland Foundation.In his trade, he has been recognizedas one of the top threerepresentatives in the country.Marv's recognition in the FoundersClub is based on a paid-up life insurancepolicy he presented to theFoundation.Johnson was initiated by the IllinoisBeta chapter on January 17,1925. He helped revive the HoustonPhi Delta Theta Alumni Clubmany years ago and is credited withkeeping it alive through the WorldDIRECTORY OF CORPORATEMATCHING GIFT PROGRAMSArco, Inc.Allied FoundationAmax Foundation, Inc.Atlantic Richfield FoundationASARCO FoundationAshland ChemicalAvon Products, Inc.Bankers Trust CompanyBatus, Inc.Beatrice FoodsChemical BankCitibankContainer Corporation of AmericaDameron Alloy FoundationEquitable Life Assurance SocietyFirst Interstate Investment ServiceFMC FoundationGenRad FoundationlU InternationalIllinois Took Works FoundationJeffries & Co., Inc.Jewel Companies, Inc.Kansas City Southern Industries, Inc.Kimberly-Clark FoundationMerck Company FoundationMiddle South ServicesMobil Foundation, Inc.Mutual of New YorkNabisco Brands, Inc.New Jersey BellJ. C. Penney Company, Inc.PepsiCo FoundationPetro Lewis CorporationPitney BowesQuaker Oats FoundationSalomon Brothers, Inc.Joseph E. Seagram & Sons, Inc.Shering-Plough FoundationSecurity Pacific FoundationSlocumSterling Drug, Inc.Sun CompanySunstrand Corporation FoundationTextron, Inc.Transamerica CorporationUnited Banks of Colorado, Inc.United TechnologiesUpjohn CompanyWinn-Dixie Stores, Inc.Xerox Foundation'102, THE SCROLL, Summer, '88