Award Significance

CAPTAIN ERNIE JACKSON LEADERSHIP AWARD

THIS AWARD WAS CREATED BY CAPTAIN EARNIE JACKSON WHO WAS THE ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER FACULTY ADVISOR IN 1991.  CAPT JACKSON WAS EXTREMELY INSTRUMENTAL IN DOING MUCH OF THE LEG WORK TO FIND A HOUSE WE COULD CALL HOME. THIS AWARD WAS CREATED BY HIM TO RECOGNIZE A BROTHER THAT BEST SIGNIFIES THE LEADERSHIP CHARACTERISTICS VALUED BY ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER. A BROTHER WHO SHOWS INITIATIVE WHICH INFLUENCES OTHER BROTHERS TO ACHIEVE KAPPA DELTA RHO GOALS AND ONE WHO DISPLAYS THE HIGHEST MORAL AND ETHICAL VALUES.  THIS AWARD IS VOTED ON BY THE ALUMNI CORP. BOARD MEMBERS
CALVIN J. ARTER AWARD FOR OUTSTANDING SENIOR

THIS AWARD WAS NAMED AFTER CALVIN ARTER WHO IS A CHARTER MEMBER OF ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER. CALVIN WAS A PERSON WHO WAS A LEADER, AND A DRIVING FORCE IN THE FOUNDATION OF ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER.  HE WAS SOMEONE WHO WAS DEEPLY INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY, AND WHO GOT HIS FAMILY INVOLVED WITH KAPPA DELTA RHO. THIS AWARD IS PRESENTED TO A GRADUATING CHAPTER MEMBER WHO EXHIBITS OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO THE CHAPTER, UNIVERSITY, AND COMMUNITY AND EXEMPLIFIES FRATERNAL SPIRIT.  THE RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD IS VOTED ON BY THE BROTHERS IN THE CHAPTER.
DANNY HILDEBRANDT AWARD  FOR OUTSTANDING PLEDGE

DANNY WAS A BROTHER WHO EXEMPLIFIED THE SPIRIT OF THE FRATERNITY.  HOLDING TRUE TO THE PLEDGE OTATH, HE WAS A BROTHER WHO WAS INDUSTRIOUS, AND HE ACHIEVED HAPPINESS THROUGH SERVICE. A PLEDGE WHO SAW THINGS THAT WERE WRONG WITH THE BROTHERHOOD, THE PLEDGE PROGRAM, AND A PERSON WHO PUT QUESTIONS TO THE BROTHERHOOD.   HE FORCED THE BROTHERHOOD TO DO SOME SOUL SEARCHING, THEREBY INITIATING CHANGES IN THE PLEDGE PROGRAM TO MAKE IT A BETTER AND MORE BENEFICIAL PROGRAM FOR THE BROTHERHOOD AS A WHOLE. DANNY HILDEBRANDT WAS JUST AS MUCH DEDICATED TO HIS ACADEMIC STUDIES, AND HIS WRESTLING CAREER AS HE WAS TO HIS FRATERNITY. DANNY PLEDGED KAPPA DELTA RHO IN THE SPRING SEMESTER AND WAS BROTHERIZED AT THE END OF THE SEMESTER. HIS LIFE WAS TRAGICALLY CUT SHORT WHEN HE WAS KILLED BY A PASSING VEHICLE WHILE WALKING ALONG A COUNTRY ROAD.
THE ALUMNI CORPORATION FOUND IT FITTING TO MEMORIALIZE DANNY HILDEBRANDT’S LIFE WITH THE OUTSTANDING PLEDGE AWARD.  THIS AWARD IS VOTED ON BY THE PLEDGE BROTHERS OF EACH PLEDGE CLASS.  THE RECIPIENTS OF THIS AWARD SHOULD TAKE GREAT  HONOR IN BEING RECOGNIZED AS ONE WHO DEMONSTRATES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BROTHER DANNY HILDEBRANDT.
MATTHEW R. VAN PELT AWARD FOR GENTLEMANLY SCHOLAR

THIS AWARD WAS NAMED AFTER MATTHEW RYAN VAN PELT WHO PLEDGED ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER IN THE FALL OF 2002.  MATT WAS A RECREATION MAJOR WHO MADE THE DEANS LIST.  HE ALWAYS TOOK PRIDE IN HIS SCHOOLWORK AND WAS PROUD OF THE WORK HE DID.  HE WAS ALWAYS POSITIVE AND FRIENDLY.  MATTHEW LIVED IN THE FRATERNITY HOUSE AND WHEN HE SAW YOU WALK BY HIS DOOR, HE WOULD ALWAYS CALL YOU INTO HIS ROOM TO SEE WHAT YOU WERE UP TO AND WHAT WAS GOING ON IN YOUR LIFE.  HE ENJOYED THE COMPANY OF EVERYONE NEVER HAVING A BAD THING TO SAY ABOUT ANYONE.  MATTHEW WAS FULL OF IDEAS FOR BOTH THE CHAPTER AND HIMSELF, NO MATTER HOW FAR FETCHED THEY MIGHT BE.  HE WAS ALWAYS WILLING TO BRAINSTORM FOR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO SOME OF OUR PROBLEMS AS A CHAPTER.  MATTHEW WAS A PERSON WHO WAS ALWAYS ON THE GO.  ONE OF HIS FAVORITE QUOTES WAS, “HUSTLE AND GOOD THINGS WILL HAPPEN”.   IF YOU KNEW MATTHEW, YOU WERE A FORTUNATE PERSON BECAUSE YOUR LIFE WAS ENRICHED BY KNOWING HIM. BROTHER MATTHEW RYAN VAN PELT DIED ON JULY 11, 2005 NEAR HIS HOME IN WELLSVILLE, PA FROM INJURIES  SUFFERED WHILE RIDING HIS MOTORCYCLE. THE ALUMNI CORPORATION FOUND IT FITTING TO MEMORIALIZE MATTHEW RYAN VAN PELT’S LIFE WITH THE GENTLEMANLY SCHOLAR AWARD.  THE RECIPEINT OF THIS AWARD IS VOTED ON BY THE BROTHERS IN THE CHAPTER.  HE MUST BE A PERSON WHO MAKES THE MOST OUT OF HIS TIME AT COLLEGE SOCIALLY, AS WELL AS ACADEMICALLY. THE RECIPIENT OF THIS AWARD SHOULD TAKE GREAT HONOR IN BEING RECOGNIZED AS ONE WHO DEMONSTRATES THE CHARACTERISTICS OF BROTHER MATTHEW RYAN VAN PELT.

  ALPHA ALPHA CHAPTER ALUMNI CORP. AWARDS
 
Captain Ernie Jackson Leadership Award:
Danny Hildebrant Award For Outstanding Pledge:
Calvin J. Arter Award For Outstanding Senior
Matthew R. Van Pelt Award For Gentlemanly Scholar:
ORDO HONORIS:


Ordo Honoris

Once a year at its National Convention,  the Kappa Delta Rho Brotherhood celebrates the induction of the newest class of Ordo Honoris members. The Ordo Honoris is the highest ranking mark of distinction that a Brother can receive. It denotes a man who has lived an honorable life and exemplifies the values that were prescribed many years ago by our Founding Fathers.
Alpha Alpha Recipients
 
Richard DeBernardo, Jr., ‘75             Dan Way '79
 Dr. James P. Murphy, ‘59                   Roger Way '91
 Robert Ramsey, ‘69                            Mike Peters '91