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== Collegiate Years at Alpha Chapter == | == Collegiate Years at Alpha Chapter == | ||
− | Gene graduated in 1951 with a degree in History. | + | Gene went to college on the GI Bill. He graduated in 1951 with a degree in History. |
== Alumni Years to Present == | == Alumni Years to Present == |
Revision as of 14:24, 4 September 2009
Gene Seevers (born DD MMM YYYY) is an Alumni Member of Alpha Chapter (Chapter roll #594) at University of Central Missouri.
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Early Fraternity Life and Career
While a student at Central Missouri State Gene had several notable members of Alpha chapter who where then professors including Rolla Wood and Perry G. McCandless.
Gene served in the military and was stationed in Europe for an extended period of time during World War II and afterwards.
Collegiate Years at Alpha Chapter
Gene went to college on the GI Bill. He graduated in 1951 with a degree in History.
Alumni Years to Present
Gene taught for several years after graduation. He went back to school for his Masters and was offered a job as a principal. Before finishing his Masters he went to Texas work for the American Red Cross doing disaster relief work. He worked worked for the Red Cross for around thirty years doing social work and later computer programming. There he met his wife Elinor.
Gene was instrumental in the reactivation of Alpha Chapter.
National Involvement
- Phi Sigma Pi Foundation, Director (2005-2006)
Further Resources
Other Interesting Facts
- Gene was recognized for his efforts to reactive Alpha Chapter with a Distinguished Service Key in 2000.
- On December 1957 that Gene Seevers first met Elinor while she was working as a receptionist for the American Red Cross. Elinor and Gene were married on October 18, 1958.
- Gene is an active pewter collector and served as President of the Pewter Collectors Club of America.
- Gene established the Fannie Faulkner Seevers Memorial Scholarship at University of Central Missouri in honor of his mother.