Eastern North Carolina Alumni Chapter
Eastern North Carolina Alumni Chapter (Founded 7 November 1994 and Reactivated 7 November 2012) is an Alumni Chapter located in the Greenville, North Carolina but serves the entire Eastern North Carolina area. ENCAC belongs to the Mid Atlantic Region.
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Chapter History
Founding and Early Years
ENCAC was originally founded by Bob Landry, Mark Pabst, their wives, and several other recent Alumni on November 7, 1994. Over two hundred letters were sent out to various Alumni and seventeen joined at the time of the original charter. Jeffrey Scott was elected as the first President. Although a Constitutional amendment was passed many years back allowing Alumni Chapters to form, ENCAC was the first modern Alumni Chapter at the time and paved the way for future Alumni Chapters to be founded.
The original Alumni Chapter tried too much to act as another Collegiate Chapter with the same amount of involvement and requirements. The Chapter realized that it cannot have stringent requirements on Alumni that work full time and while trying to support a family. Additionally, Alumni Relations were poor with the local Chapters. Those Chapters felt as though the Alumni Chapter would take away from their activities. With those reasons, ENCAC began losing Alumni and support. Ultimately, ENCAC went inactive in 2000 after just six short years of activity.
Past Chapter Presidents
- Jeffrey Scott, 1994-1996
- Bob Landry, 1996-1998
- Mark Pabst, 1998-2000
Reactivation
After twelve years of inactivity, email correspondence with Alumni Bob Landry, Mark Pabst, Hope Turnbull, Dave Batts, and Chris Crout led to the reactivation efforts in July, 2012. Given the recent events at Tau Chapter, more Alumni stepped up to show their support to the Chapter that they loved so much. From there, it was obvious that Alumni wanted to become more involved with PSP again. Within just one week, over thirty Alumni were excited to see interest in an Alumni Chapter come back to the area and immediately joined the National Alumni Association. These Alumni committed to starting ENCAC up again and a few social events and interest meetings were held in order to keep the momentum going while garnering additional support. In short time, ENCAC doubled its roster by the time the petition was sent to the National Headquarters. The National Council unanimously approved the petition for reactivation on November 7, 2012. ENCAC is currently the largest Alumni Chapter.
The Active Chapter
Executive Council
The 2013 Executive Council consists of the following officers:
- President - Bob Landry
- Secretary - Chris Crout
- Leadership Coordinator - Timmy Sanders
- Fellowship Coordinator - Melody Pugh
Re-Chartering
Reactivation Charter Alumni of ENCAC, as per their petition to the National Council:
Additional Alumni
The following Alumni have joined after the official reactivation of ENCAC:
- Taylor Gates, Tau †
- Larry Unferth, Tau †
† denotes an Active Alumnus/Alumna of ENCAC for the current calendar year.
Events
ENCAC programs monthly events and also promotes events sponsored by Greenville, ECU, as well other Chapters.
Notable Alumni
- Robert A. Landry (T 1102)
- National Vice President 1990-1993
- Distinguished Service Key 1996
- Dr. David L. Batts (T 1242)
- Tau Chapter Faculty Advisor 1998-Present
- Vice President of Membership Development 1996-1998
- Vice President of Alumni Development 2003-2004
- Phi Sigma Pi Foundation Director of Finance 2009-2011
- Richard Cecil Todd & Clauda Pennock Todd Tripod Scholarship Inaugural Recipient 1993
- Distinguished Service Key 2000
- East Carolina University Outstanding Faculty Advisor 2006
- Professional Fraternity Association Faculty Award of Excellence 2007
- Outstanding Chapter Advisor 2008
- Delta Epsilon Founder 1999
- Dr. Mark D. Pabst (T 1108)
- National Alumni Representative 1989-1990
- Vice President of Membership Development 1990-1993
- National Vice President 1993-1996
- National President 1996-1998
- Phi Sigma Pi Foundation Director 2012-2015
- Distinguished Service Key 1994
- Alpha Kappa Founder 1990
- Hope C. Turnbull, CPA (T 1156)
- Vice President of Alumni Development 1994-1996
- Vice President of Finance 1996-2000
- Distinguished Service Key 1998
- Brittany Bodart Eraña (T 1513)
- Richard Cecil Todd & Clauda Pennock Todd Tripod Scholarship 2004
- National Secretary 2004-2006
- Phi Sigma Pi Foundation Director 2008-2009, 2012
- Serena McCutcheon (T 1540)
- Region Consultant 2005-2006
- Christopher A. Crout (T 1685)
- Region Consultant 2011-2012