William John Barrow

William John Barrow
Pimpalicious Jack!
Name	William John Barrow
Chapter	Alpha Sigma Virginia Commonwealth University
Date Inducted	April 20, 2008
Roll Number	ΑΣ 242
Alumni Chapter/Assoc	N/A
Honorary Member	N/A
Major	Biomedical Engineering
Birthdate	July 3, 1988
Spouse	N/A
Nicknames	Jack Jack, JackAttack
Awards	2007 Horatio Alger Scholar

William John Barrow ("Jack") (born 3 July 1988) is an Active Member of Alpha Sigma Chapter (ΑΣ 242) at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Growing Up

William John Barrow ("Jack") was born in Chippenham Hospital in Richmond, Virginia.

At age two, Jack was diagnosed on the autism spectrum (Pervasive Developmental Disorder Not Otherwise Specified). Doctors told his parents that if he was lucky, Jack would be able to live in a group home (instead of being institutionalized) and/or being able to respond verbally to a few yes/no questions. But Jack has obviously exceeded these expectations.

Jack was introduced to the game of chess when he was eight years old. He became exceptionally good at the game. Since he was ten years old, Jack has been rated in the top 50 kids in his age group for chess in the United States. In September 2002, Jack won the Virginia State Amateur Chess Championship.

But Jack did more than just chess. Just like any other kid growing up, he played sports, including soccer, basketball, and baseball.

Jack Barrow attended Clover Hill High School, located in Midlothian, Virginia. While attending there, he was a member of the Chess Club, Mu Alpha Theta, and National Honor Society.

In fall 2006, while Jack was still in high school, Jack applied for the Horatio Alger National Scholarship, which consisted of $20,000.In January 2007, Jack learned that he was one of the 106 (out of a total of 35000) applicants lucky enough to receive a Horatio Alger National Scholarship (People who win this scholarship have overcome so many obstacles and hardships in their lives in order to succeed).

Jack graduated from Clover Hill High in June 2007 with honors.

Collegiate Years at Alpha Sigma Chapter

    In the spring 2008 semester, William John Barrow ("Jack") was inducted into the Alpha Sigma Chapter at Virginia Commonwealth University.  
    He has been an active brother in the fraternity since then.  
    He was also the Alumni Relations chair for both the spring and fall 2010 semesters.  
    During his semesters as the Alumni Relations chair of PSP-AS, he has hosted several Movie Nights and several Game Nights.  
    However, the joint event of his event("Game Night") and Theta Tau's event "Thanksgiving Poker Tourney" held near the end of the fall 2010 semester was his most successful event(by far).  
    This is because not only did brothers/alumni/initiates of Phi Sigma Pi participate in his "Game Night", but also the brothers of Theta Tau and anyone else outside Phi Sigma Pi and Theta Tau attended his event "Game Night".

Bigs and Littles

• Great-Grand-Big: Candice McAllister, Alumnus
  • Grand-Big: LaShanta Smart, Alumnus
    • Big: Heather Wright, Withdrawn
      • William John Barrow, Brother (Spring 2008)
        • Little: John Marin, Withdrawn(Spring 2009)
          • Grand-Little: Joshua Flory, Brother (Fall 2009)
        • Little: David Wiley, Brother (Fall 2010)

Name of his Greek Family Tree starting with him: Team Juggernaut

Further Resources

• Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=505875892&ref=profile

National Involvement:

During the spring 2010 semester, Jack attended the PSP Regional Conference which was held at VCU.

Other Interesting Facts

• Prefers to be called Jack Barrow.
• Descendant from the original kings of England.
• Favorite NASCAR Driver is Jeff Gordon.