Alexander Arn
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| Name | Alexander Arn |
| Chapter | Delta Iota New Mexico State University |
| Date Inducted | Spring 2005 |
| Roll Number | ΔΙ 93 |
| Alumni Chapter/Assoc | National Alumni Association, Phi Sigma Pi Foundation |
| Honorary Member | |
| Major | Finance, Security Technology & Intelligence Studies |
| Birthdate | August 9, 1983 |
| Spouse | |
| Nicknames | Alexander The Great, Goog, Zander |
| Awards | |
Alexander M. Arn (born 9 August 1983) is an Active Alumnus of Delta Iota Chapter at New Mexico State University.
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Early Fraternity Life and Career
Alexander attended New Mexico State University upon graduation from high school in El Paso, Texas, beginning in the Fall of 2001. He was in campus housing when he met Lorena Martinez and Ben Stevenson, both employees of Residence Life and brothers in Delta Iota Chapter. Not being interested in Phi Sigma Pi at first, Alexander decided to explore the non-social fraternities starting with the Business fraternity Delta Sigma Pi. After not liking what he heard from their informational meeting, Alexander was still searching. By chance the next day, Alexander ran into Ben at one of the Rush tabling events. They began to talk and Alexander decided that Phi Sigma Pi was exactly what he was looking for and rushed Delta Iota. After a successful Initiation semester as Iota Initiate Class President, he was inducted into Delta Iota Chapter in the Spring of 2005.
Collegiate Years at Delta Iota Chapter
In his first Active semester at Delta Iota, in the Fall of 2005, Alexander became the Recording Secretary and Technical Committee Chair. Unfortunately at this point, he was in his last remaining year at the University and so only had 2 active semesters as a brother. The year was full of ups and downs as he grew close to the Brothers and then had to endure with the chapter, a Spring semester that saw no new members inducted and much inner turmoil. The chapter commonly refers to it as "The Dark Times". Due to Delta Iota's isolation from other chapters (the closest at the time being in Texas State, approximately 10 hours away), Alexander did not have much interaction with other chapters outside of WICKED, the Southwest Region's Annual Conference, and thus did not have much PSP involvement outside of Delta Iota. His first WICKED was in 2006 in El Paso, TX.
Alumni Years to Present
Upon graduating from New Mexico State University in Spring 2006, Alexander found employment in Los Alamos, NM at Los Alamos National Laboratory,and subsequently relocated. After working for a year, he began his MBA in Los Alamos. After attending WICKED 2008 in Santa Fe, NM, Alexander became actively involved as an Alumni and was subsequently elected Alumni Advisor of Delta Iota Chapter. He attended his first National Convention in 2008 in Nashville, TN and was finally able to see what brotherhood was like on a national level. It changed his life in ways he could not have foreseen. It was at the Convention where a couple of brothers from the Delta Kappa Chapter at UNT dubbed him Alexander The Great. He now plans to attend as many regional/national events as he possibly can. Alexander is a very involved and active alumni, communicating and working with Delta Iota Chapter, Epsilon Upsilon Chapter, and Delta Kappa Chapter. Alexander served as the Alumni Advisor for Delta Iota Chapter at New Mexico State University and Epsilon Upsilon Chapter at the University of New Mexico for 3 years.
Beth Johnson & Lucas Shiver Brotherhood Scholarship
-More information coming soon!
National Involvement
Alexander's Active involvement Nationally began in 2008, with his attendance at the National Convention.
- 2008 National Convention - Nashville, TN
- 2009 National Convention - Louisville, KY
- 2010 National Convention - Harrisburg, PA
- 2011 National Convention - Washington, D.C.
- 2012 National Convention - Orlando, FL
- 2014 National Convention - Atlanta, GA
- Gamma Theta’s 13th Annual Mardi Gras Bash “Greek Toga Fest” 2009 - Baton Rouge & New Orleans, LA
- Gamma Theta's 14th Annual Mardi Gras Bash 2010 - Baton Rouge & New Orleans, LA
Regional Involvement
Alexander's regional involvement has been attending the Southwest Region Conference, WICKED.
- WICKED 2006 - El Paso, TX
- WICKED 2008 - Santa Fe, NM
- WICKED 2009 - Lubbock, TX
- WICKED 2010 - Denver, CO
- WICKED 2011 - San Diego, CA
- WICKED 2015 - Phoenix, AZ (Alumni Volunteer)
Alexander also attended Delta Iota's 10 Year Anniversary Celebration and Delta Kappa's 10 Year Anniversary Celebration December 4th-6th, 2009.
Southwest Region Chapter Hop
- Chapter Hop 2009 & Delta Kappa 10 Yr - Denton, TX
Bigs and Littles
Alexander's Big Brother is Phillip McNamara, who is now an Alumnus residing in Peoria, Arizona.
Alexander has four Little Brothers:
- Sean Halladay, Alumnus
- Mark Lord, Active - Epsilon Upsilon
- James Martinez, Alumnus
- Jared West, Active - Epsilon Upsilon
