Kappa Chapter Foundation

2001 - Creation

An organizing committee was formed by the Kappa Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega in early 2001, consisting of Gordon Lucht (K-0743), Matthew J. McGrath (K-1194), and Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030) The organizing committee prepared the initial drafts of the incorporating documents and selected Pantelis T. Papazekos, a local attourney, to be the legal counsel for this effort. The chapter paid the initial expense of $1200 for legal services and costs of incorporating, and the foundation's articles of incorporation were mailed on March 22, 2001, with the three members of the organizing committee as the incorporators. The articles were filed with the Department of State of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania on March 26, 2001.
Application was made with the Internal Revenue Service, and on April 10, 2001 the foundation was assigned an Employer Identification Number.
On May 11, 2001 the incorporators held the first official meeting of the corporation in order to adopt bylaws and appoint the initial officers and trustees. The following persons were appointed as the initial officers:

Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), President
DeWitt T. Latimer, IV (K-1112), Vice-President
Gordon Lucht (K-0743), Secretary
Matthew J. McGrath (K-1194), Treasurer

The initial Board of Trustees was made up of:

Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), Chairman (term expiring at the end of 2003)
Gordon Lucht (K-0743) (term expiring at the end of 2003)
DeWitt T. Latimer, IV (K-1112) (term expiring at the end of 2002)
Matthew J. McGrath (K-1194) (term expiring at the end of 2002)
Mason C. Kincaid (K-1188) (ex-officio as President of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter)
Daniel J. Hannum (K-1186) (ex-officio as Treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter)

On December 9, 2001 Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter exercised their right to elect a trustee for the foundation, electing Timothy P. Clougherty (K-0844) for a term to end in 2004.
On December 16, 2001 the trustees of the foundation elected Richard A. Martin (an alumnus of Omega Mu Chapter at Clarion University of Pennsylvania) as a trustee for the foundation with a term to end in 2004.

2002

The officers elected for 2002 were:

Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), President
DeWitt T. Latimer, IV (K-1112), Vice-President
Gordon Lucht (K-0743), Secretary
Richard A. Martin, Treasurer

At the Summer meeting of the Board of Trustees Michael J. Creegan (K-1176) was appointed as Director of Development and Mason C. Kincaid (K-1188) was appointed as Director of Marketing.
The Trustees serving in 2002 were:

Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), Chairman (term expiring at the end of 2003)
Gordon Lucht (K-0743) (term expiring at the end of 2003)
DeWitt T. Latimer, IV (K-1112) (term expiring at the end of 2002)
Matthew J. McGrath (K-1194) (term expiring at the end of 2002)
Timothy P. Clougherty (K-0844) (term expiring at the end of 2004)
Richard A. Martin (term expiring at the end of 2004)
Mason C. Kincaid (K-1188) (ex-officio as President of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring, 2002)
Daniel J. Hannum (K-1186) (ex-officio as Treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring, 2002)
Matthew T. Fagan (K-1216) (ex-officio as President of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Fall, 2002)
Jacqueline A. Kirchhoff (K-1227) (ex-officio as Treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Fall, 2002)

In December, 2002 the Chapter elected Mason C. Kincaid (K-1188) as a trustee with a term to end in 2005. The Trustees of the foundation increased the number of Trustees by one and elected Matthew J. McGrath (K-1194) and Michael J. Creegan (K-1176) as trustees with terms to end in 2005.

2003

The officers elected for 2003 were:

Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), President
Michael J. Creegan (K-1176), Vice-President
Gordon Lucht (K-0743), Secretary
Richard A. Martin, Treasurer

Michael J. Creegan (K-1176) retained his responsibilities for Development in his new position and Mason C. Kincaid (K-1188) was reappointed as Director of Marketing.
The Trustees serving in 2003 were:

Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), Chairman (term expiring at the end of 2003)
Gordon Lucht (K-0743) (term expiring at the end of 2003)
Timothy P. Clougherty (K-0844) (term expiring at the end of 2004)
Richard A. Martin (term expiring at the end of 2004)
Mason C. Kincaid (K-1188) (term expiring at the end of 2005)
Matthew J. McGrath (K-1194) (term expiring at the end of 2005)
Michael J. Creegan (K-1176) (term expiring at the end of 2005)
Elizabeth G. Durfee (K-1221) (ex-officio as President of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring, 2003)
Michael B. Klipper (K-1228) (ex-officio as Treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring, 2003)
Matthew T. Fagan (K-1216) (ex-officio as President of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Fall, 2003)
Suparna Rajan (K-1248) (ex-officio as Treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Fall, 2003)

2004

The officers elected for 2004 were:

Gordon Lucht (K-0743), President
Michael J. Creegan (K-1176), Vice-President
Richard A. Martin, Treasurer
Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), Secretary

No changes were made in the appointed positions.
The Trustees serving in 2004 were:

Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), Chairman (term expiring at the end of 2006)
Timothy P. Clougherty (K-0844) (term expiring at the end of 2004)
Richard A. Martin (term expiring at the end of 2004)
Mason C. Kincaid (K-1188) (term expiring at the end of 2005)
Matthew J. McGrath (K-1194) (term expiring at the end of 2005)
Michael J. Creegan (K-1176) (term expiring at the end of 2005)
Gordon Lucht (K-0743) (term expiring at the end of 2006)
Karolina Werner (K-1219) (ex-officio as President of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring, 2004)
James Kerchenfaut (K-1256) (ex-officio as Treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring, 2004)

2005

The officers elected for 2005 were:

Gordon Lucht (K-0743), President
Michael J. Creegan (K-1176), Vice-President
Richard A. Martin, Treasurer
Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), Secretary

No changes were made in the appointed positions.
The Trustees serving in 2005 were:

Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), Chairman (term expiring at the end of 2006)
Timothy P. Clougherty (K-0844) (term expiring at the end of 2007)
Richard A. Martin (term expiring at the end of 2007)
Mason C. Kincaid (K-1188) (term expiring at the end of 2005)
Matthew J. McGrath (K-1194) (term expiring at the end of 2005)
Michael J. Creegan (K-1176) (term expiring at the end of 2005)
Gordon Lucht (K-0743) (term expiring at the end of 2006)
James Kerchenfaut (K-1256) (ex-officio as President of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring and Fall, 2005)
Melitta Andersen (K-1265) (ex-officio as Treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring and Fall, 2005)

2006

The officers elected for 2006 were:

Gordon Lucht (K-0743), President
Kevin Y. Chang (K-1295), Vice-President
Richard A. Martin, Treasurer
James Kerchenfaut (K-1256), Secretary

The Trustees serving in 2006 were:

Thomas W. Strong, Jr. (K-1030), Chairman (term expiring at the end of 2006)
Timothy P. Clougherty (K-0844) (term expiring at the end of 2007)
John Flower (term expiring at the end of 2008)
Gordon Lucht (K-0743) (term expiring at the end of 2006)
Richard A. Martin (term expiring at the end of 2007)
James Kerchenfaut (K-1256) (term expiring at the end of 2008)
Bradford L. Yankiver (term expiring at the end of 2008)
Melitta Andersen (K-1265) (ex-officio as President of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring, 2006)
Kevin Y. Chang (K-1295) (ex-officio as Treasurer of Alpha Phi Omega, Kappa Chapter during Spring, 2006)

Scholarship Recipients

Kent D. Shaffer Memorial Scholarship

For a current student, $1000, awarded at the end of the Spring semester.

2002 Vanessa Braganza, Junior, Business/Computing and IT/Policy and Management
2003 Diane Loviglio, Junior, BHA
2004 Matt Van Winkle, Senior, Physics
2005 Ramzi Ramsey, Junior, Business Administration

Carl J. Long Memorial Scholarship

For a first-year student, $500, awarded at the start of the Fall semester.

2002 Andrew Moore (K-1258), Drama
2003 Heidi Johnston, MCS/German
2004 (not awarded)
2005 Edwin Shao, Business Administration

Publications

From the beginning the Foundation took over the publication of The C-Book, starting with the 2002-2003 edition. In 2005 an additional book, Beyond Orientation, was added for the incoming freshmen. The first year was a 3-way partnership between the Foundation, The Tartan, and the Office of Orientation.

Grants

Several grants have been awarded over the years, including to the Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, Braddock Library, and others.

This web site is maintained by Tom Strong (K-1030) <tomstrong@gmail.com>. Please send him any suggestions, comments, updates, or corrections you may have for it.

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