Join the Rho Phi 1848 Club
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Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation
Mail to:
Joe Weist
2142 Wabash Ave
Terre Haute, IN 47807
Checks made payable to the Educational Foundation will be tax deductible.
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WHAT IS THE 1848 CLUB?
The 1848 Club was launched in 2017 to provide scholarships for brothers in need. All money raised will be awarded to Rho Phi chapter brothers in the form of academic scholarships.
Our original goals included:
Award ten $1000 scholarships each year to deserving brothers
Maintain at least 50 members of the 1848 Club
Begin the process of endowing permanent scholarships through the Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation
Members pledge to donate at least $18.48 per month (or $221.76 annually).
MEMBERS OF THE 1848 CLUB WILL RECEIVE THE FOLLOWING:
Recognition on the website
Recognition in newsletters
Thank you in Pig Dinner program
No cost registration for Pig Dinner ($50 value)
Other smaller benefits throughout the year
Fully endowed funds
Wes and Rebecca Bolsen Scholarship Fund
James H. Graham Student Leadership Scholarship Fund
John D. Hodsden Scholarship Fund
Michael A. McKee Scholarship Fund
Donald R. Mighell Scholarship Fund
Bill Miller Scholarship Fund
Richard A. Newman Scholarship Fund
Dennis Paustenbach Scholarship Fund
Dan Phelps Scholarship Fund
Rho Phi Charter Member Scholarship Fund
Rho Phi Chemical Engineer Scholarship Fund
Rho Phi Mechanical Engineer Scholarship Fund
Michael J. Schipper Scholarship Fund
Joseph A. Weist Scholarship Fund
Stephen R. Whitesell Scholarship Fund
Partially Endowed Funds
JJ Boyce Scholarship Fund (Most Outstanding New Member)
Brandon Dean Couch Scholarship Fund (Most Outstanding Member)
Tim Harlan Scholarship Fund
Luis Pettengill Scholarship Fund
Rose-Hulman TR Scholarship Fund
Scholarship Winners from 1848 Club Since inception - $81,500 Awarded to date to 77 Students
December 2, 2017 - Pledge Retreat
Conner Helbling ($500 recipient)
Griffin Steffy ($1000 recipient)
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February 3, 2018 - Parents' Dinner
Scott Dayton - JJ Boyce Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Matt Michalak - Donald R. Mighell Recipient ($1000 recipient)
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May 5, 2018 - Pig Dinner
Louis Campbell - Brandon Dean Couch Award ($1000 recipient)
Drew Hobick ($1000 recipient)
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October 18, 2018 - Recruitment Dinner
Jacob Geesaman - ($1000 recipient)
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December 2, 2017 - Pledge Retreat
Justin Klein ($1000 recipient)
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February 16, 2019 - Parents' Dinner
Will Byers - Brandon Dean Couch Award ($1000 recipient)
Walter Riley Roberts - JJ Boyce Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Eric Morris - Donald R. Mighell Recipient ($500 recipient)
Nate Eble - Donald R. Mighell Recipient ($500 recipient)
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October 24, 2019 - Recruitment Dinner
Andrew Hessee - ($1000 recipient)
Derrek Miller - ($1000 recipient)
Austin Sauerteig - ($1000 recipient)
Karl Schmacher - ($1000 recipient)
Bailey Sheldon - ($1000 recipient)
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December 7, 2019 - Pledge Retreat
Andrew Novotny - Dennis Paustenbach Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Mike Whitacre - Michael A. McKee Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Garrett Wight - Rho Phi Mechanical Engineering Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
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February 15, 2020 - Parents’ Dinner
Tanner Payne - Donald R. Mighell Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Blake Deckard - JJ Boyce Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Logan Kabrich - Brandon Dean Couch Award - Rho Phi Charter Member Fund ($1000 recipient)
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September 21, 2020
Luke Calabrese - Wes Bolsen Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Blake Deckard - Mike McKee Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Sam Hedrick - Donald Mighell Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Peyton Sakelaris - Richard Newman Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Cody Steiner - Rho Phi Charter Member Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Brett Tuttle - Richard Newman Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
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January 17, 2021
Curtis Bedwell - Rho Phi Restricted Fund ($1000 recipient)
William Bradshaw - Rho Phi Restricted Fund ($1000 recipient)
Quintin Bynum - Rho Phi Restricted Fund ($1000 recipient)
Phillip Noblitt - Rho Phi Restricted Fund ($1000 recipient)
Mike Stevens - Rho Phi Restricted Fund ($1000 recipient)
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February 13, 2021 - Virtual Parents’ Award Presentation
William Bradshaw - Brandon Dean Couch Award - Rho Phi Restricted Fund ($1000 recipient)
Sam Stieby - JJ Boyce Award - Rho Phi Restricted Fund ($1000 recipient)
Sam Hedrick - Donald R. Mighell Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
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April 4, 2021
Brayden Davis - Mike McKee Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
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May 8, 2021 - Virtual Pig Dinner
Grant Ripperda - Rho Phi Restricted Fund ($1000 recipient)
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October 21, 2021 - Recruitment Dinner
Andy Krajecki - Mike McKee Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Kyle Hoyng - Mike McKee Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
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April 2, 2022 - Parents’ Dinner
Curtis Bedwell - Dennis Paustenbach Fund ($1000 recipient)
Dalton Busboom - Chemical Engineering Fund ($1000 recipient)
Christian Cserni - Rho Phi Charter Members Fund ($1000 recipient)
Brayden Davis - Donald R. Mighell Fund ($1000 recipient)
Nick Edwards - Mechanical Engineering Fund ($1000 recipient)
Aaron Greve - JJ Boyce Outstanding New Member ($1500 recipient)
Alex Johnson - Richard A. Newman Fund ($1000 recipient)
Phillip Noblitt - Brandon D. Couch Outstanding Member ($2500 recipient)
Dylan Page - Joseph A. Weist Fund ($1000 recipient)
Ari Rosen - Wes Bolsen Fund ($1000 recipient)
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October 19, 2022 - Recruitment Dinner
Blake Deckard - Joseph Weist Fund ($1000 recipient)
Alec Lewandowski - Mike McKee Fund Recipient ($1000 recipient)
Noah Lockart - Wes Bolsen Fund ($1000 recipient)
Christopher Peter - Stephen Whitesell Fund ($1000 recipient)
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February 4, 2023 - Parents’ Dinner
Jaxon Allen - Rho Phi Charter Members Fund ($1000 recipient)
Ben Brander - John Hodsden Fund ($1000 recipient)
Dalton Busboom - Dennis Paustenbach Fund ($1000 recipient)
Lucas Czarnecki - Don Mighell Fund ($1000 recipient)
Aaron Greve - Donald R. Mighell Award ($1000 recipient)
Paid from the Donald Mighell Fund
Phillip Noblitt - Brandon D. Couch Outstanding Member ($2500 recipient)
Paid from the Mike McKee Fund
Trey Replogle - Joseph Weist Fund ($1000 recipient)
Eli Silva - Wes & Rebecca Bolsen Fund ($1000 recipient)
Jacob VanDorpe - JJ Boyce Outstanding New Member ($1500 recipient)
Paid from Steven Whitesell Fund
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October 18, 2023 - Recruitment Dinner
Jaxon Allen - Richard A. Newman Scholarship ($1000 recipient)
John Biederstedt - Wes and Rebecca Bolsen Scholarship ($1000 recipient)
Christian Duh - Mechanical Engineering Scholar ($1000 recipient)
Ellis Lyons - John D. Hodsen Scholarship ($1000 recipient)
Chris Peter - James H. Graham Student Leadership ($1000 recipient)
Andrew Toler - Rho Phi Charter Members ($1000 recipient)
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February 10, 2024 - Parents’ Dinner
Jaxon Allen - Steven Whitesell Fund ($1000 recipient)
Ethan Doll - Don Mighell Fund ($1000 recipient)
Nick Edwards - Brandon D. Couch Outstanding Member ($2500 recipient)
Paid from the Mike McKee Fund
Aaron Greve - James H. Graham Student Leadership ($1000 recipient)
Gus Shyrock - Joseph Weist Fund ($1000 recipient)
Eli Silva - Rho Phi Charter Members Fund ($1000 recipient)
Evan Weston - JJ Boyce Outstanding New Member ($1500 recipient)
Paid from the Dennis Paustenbach Fund
Current Members of the 1848 Club
Bill Miller (Indiana University 1962, Purdue 1996) - current 2019
Timothy S. Harlan (Indiana State 1972, Rose 2008) - current 2024
Michael Ashman (Indiana University 1991) - current 2019
Brent Williams (Ball State 2004) - current 2019
Rho Phi Chapter - current 2019
Rho Phi House Corporation - current 2023
Tricia and Nolan Morehouse - current 2023
Parents of James Morehouse (Rose 2025)
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Daniel J. Phelps (Rose 1969) - current 2023
George J. Butkovich, Jr. (Rose 1970) - current 2023
Gary W. Gladish (Rose 1970) - current 2019
James M. Lowes (Rose 1970) - current 2024
Endowed Scholarship Donor
Richard Pace (Rose 1970) - current 2023
Bruce Williams (Rose 1970) - current 2019
Steven C. Goble (Rose 1971) - current 2023
Thomas M. Hendrickson (Rose 1971) - current 2023
Jay D. O’Sullivan (Rose 1971) - current 2019
Fred Franzwa (Rose 1972) - current 2021
James H. Graham (Rose 1972) - current 2024
Endowed Scholarship Donor
Thomas L. Jackson (Rose 1972) - current 2023
Alan Smock (Rose 1973) - current 2023
Cecil Whitaker (Rose 1973) - current 2023
Ronald R. Andrews (Rose 1974) - current 2023
William L. Gibson (Rose 1974) - current 2024
Endowed Scholarship Donor
Dennis J. Paustenbach (Rose 1974) - current 2024
Endowed Scholarship Donor
James D. Tribble (Rose 1974) - current 2023
Robert M. Bunch (Rose 1975) - current 2024
Michael J. Hileman (Rose 1975) - current 2019
Michael A. Huhnke (Rose 1975) - current 2021
James D. Myers (Rose 1975) - current 2021
Michael F. Nisbet (Rose 1975) - current 2019
David J. Steinbock (Rose 1975) - current 2021
Robert D. Carter (Rose 1976) - current 2023
R. Edwin Fain (Rose 1976) - current 2023
Thomas P. Frank (Rose 1976) - current 2023
Mark L. Ress (Rose 1976) - current 2021
Michael Mann (Rose 1977) - current 2020
Randal A. Ridgway (Rose 1977) - current 2023
Steve Richey (Rose 1977) - current 2019
Gerry Dail (Rose 1978) - current 2019
Nathan Edwards (Rose 1978) - current 2024
Class of 1980 - current 2021
Paul M. Curtin (Rose 1980) - current 2023
Roe East (Rose 1980) - current 2021
John P. Foley (Rose 1980) - current 2023
Robert Froetscher (Rose 1980) - current 2021
W R Hentzen (Rose 1980) - current 2021
David B. Jackel (Rose 1980) - current 2019
Tim McGrath (Rose 1980) - current 2021
David John Parker (Rose 1980) - current 2021
Michael J. Schipper (Rose 1982) - current 2024
Endowed Scholarship Donor
Thomas C. Redford (Rose 1983)
Michael A. McKee (Rose 1984) - current 2024
Endowed Scholarship Donor
Chuck Moss (Rose 1984) - current 2021
Jonathan T. Richardson (Rose 1984) - current 2019
Brent L. Hendrix (Rose 1987)
Joseph A. Weist (Rose 1987, Evansville 2000) - current 2024
Evan R. Kokoska (Rose 1989)
Douglas A. Collier (Rose 1990) - current 2019
Fred Queary (Rose 1990) - current 2019
Chris Lueking (Rose 1991) - current 2019
Alan Manche (Rose 1991) - current 2023
Brian J. Sullivan (Rose 1992) - current 2023
Mitchel R. Deckard (Rose 1993)
Jeffrey Gessaman (Rose 1993) - current 2019
Leonard J. Muhlenkamp (Rose 1993) - current 2024
Todd R. Hubbell (Rose 1996) - current 2023
Lewis Adrian Reid (Rose 1996) - current 2019
Garrett Wight (Rose 2020) - current 2023
Carl Bradway (Rose 1997) - current 2023
Andrew E. Horton (Rose 1997) - current 2019
Aaron M. Weishaar (Rose 1997) - current 2023
Chad Welch (Rose 1997) - current 2021
Bill Morphew (Rose 1998) - current 2019
Todd Melby (Rose 1999) - current 2021
Wesley J. Bolsen (Rose 2000) - current 2024
Endowed Scholarship Donor
Andrew Tochterman (Rose 2001) - current 2022
Michael E. Dockins (Rose 2002)
Benjamin Giant (Rose 2003) - current 2023
Josh Smith (Rose 2004) - current 2019
Eric Blankenship (Rose 2005) - current 2021
Joshua D. Zabek (Rose 2005) - current 2020
Class of 2009 - current 2021
Quintin X. Coppola (Rose 2009) - current 2023
Nathan P. Richter (Rose 2009) - current 2023
Tim Schrock (Rose 2009) - current 2023
Matthew M. LaCross (Rose 2010) - current 2019
Class of 2012
Zackary Howe (Rose 2012) - current 2023
Shane Boschert (Rose 2013) - current 2023
Andrew G. Eslinger (Rose 2013) - current 2023
Michael Hallstein (Rose 2015)
Brian J. Soller (Rose 2015) - current 2023
Ryan C. Dick (Rose 2016) - current 2024
Colton Motz (Rose 2016) - current 2016
Tyler J. Rockwood (Rose 2016) - current 2019
Mitchell A. Orzech (Rose 2016)
Corey W. Vatter (Rose 2016)
Lucas J. Kopecky (Rose 2017) - current 2020
Jacob C. Whitacre (Rose 2017) - current 2020
Tyler Brutofsky (Rose 2018) - current 2023
Daniel D. D. Ferguson (Rose 2018) - current 2019
Aaron Starlin (Rose 2018) - current 2021
Drew Hobick (Rose 2019) - current 2021
Sean Sullivan (Rose 2019) - current 2021
Justin Klein (Rose 2020) - current 2023
Karl Schumacher (Rose 2020) - current 2023
Timothy A. Wilson (Rose 2022) - current 2023
Phillip Noblitt (Rose 2023) - current 2024
Other Donors
The following brothers have made additional donations to the 1848 Club
James H. Graham (Rose 1972)
Douglas L. Evans (Rose 1977)
Robert E. Cultice (Rose 1978)
Robert Walker (Rose 1980)
Brent A. Mewhinney (Rose 1984)
Dennis O. Ison (Rose 1987)
Robert J. Wheeler (Rose 1987)
Daniel A. Berzsenyi (Rose 1994)
Todd Melby (Rose 1999)
Matthew W. LeVora (Rose 2001)
John R. Kolodick (Rose 2005)
Ryan A. Robinson (Rose 2007)
Bradley T. Herman (Rose 2008)
Day of Giving - 2018
The following brothers gave to the International Fraternity's Day of Giving on May 1, 2018. Some brothers gave gifts amounts that were not publicly disclosed which would make them eligible for the 1848 Club. If you anonymously gave over $221.76 during the Day of Giving and want your name added to the 1848 Club listing, please contact us.
Rho Phi had the most number of donors and the most given for this event.
Gary Gladish (Rose 1970)
Stephen Whitesell (Rose 1970)
Bruce Williams (Rose 1970)
Timothy Harlan (Indiana State 1972, Rose 2008)
Rodney Smith (Rose 1973)
Cecil Whitaker (Rose 1973)
James Tribble (Rose 1974)
Robert Bunch (Rose 1975)
Michael Huhnke (Rose 1975)
Ralph Fain (Rose 1976)
Tom Frank (Rose 1976)
Mark L. Ress (Rose 1976)
David Smith (Rose 1977)
Charles Huffman (Rose 1978)
Paul Rupprecht (Rose 1980)
William Johnson (Rose 1982)
Michael Schipper (Rose 1982)
Tom Redford (Rose 1983)
Michael McKee (Rose 1984)
Brent Hendrix (Rose 1987)
Joseph Weist (Rose 1987, Evansville 2000)
Steven Press (Rose 1988)
Robert Tiller (Rose 1988)
Evan Kokoska (Rose 1989)
Douglas Collier (Rose 1990)
Charles Dewey (Rose 1991)
Steve Allison (Rose 1992)
Mitchel Deckard (Rose 1993)
Ryan Walke (Rose 1995)
Carl Bradway (Rose 1997)
Kyle Aubrey (Rose 2000)
Wes Bolsen (Rose 2000)
Andrew Tochterman (Rose 2001)
Benjamin Giant (Rose 2003)
Steven Parker (Rose 2004)
Zachariah Sitterding (Rose 2004)
Joshua Zabek (Rose 2005)
Derek Trobaugh (Rose 2006)
Timothy Wilson (Rose 2007)
Benjamin Adler (Rose 2008)
Bradley Herman (Rose 2008)
Calvin Bueltel (Rose 2010)
Drew Christy (Rose 2010)
Travis Vanderberg (Rose 2010)
Matthew Baber (Rose 2011)
Tony Celebucki (Rose 2011)
Steven Juszczak (Rose 2011)
William Burchett (Rose 2012)
Steven Durham (Rose 2012)
Lance Irwin (Rose 2012)
Shane Boschert (Rose 2013)
Andrew Eslinger (Rose 2013)
Andrew Siegle (Rose 2013)
Noah Bawel (Rose 2014)
Ryan Landwehr (Rose 2014)
Robert Recine (Rose 2014)
John Byers (Rose 2015)
Zachary Erba (Rose 2015)
Ryan Meyer (Rose 2015)
Matthew Palla (Rose 2015)
Aaron Abbott (Rose 2016)
Ryan Dick (Rose 2016)
Chris Grable (Rose 2016)
Jeff Ludwig (Rose 2016)
Addison Williams (Rose 2016)
Trent Punt (Rose 2017)
Andrew Schuelke (Rose 2017)
Lucas Schulthies (Rose 2017)
Jacob Whitacre (Rose 2017)
Evan Witsken (Rose 2017)
Undergraduates who Donated
Grant Brown (Rose 2018)
Ryan Coffman (Rose 2018)
Walter Dearing (Rose 2018)
Kevin Dufauchard (Rose 2018)
Michael Elmer (Rose 2018)
John Evans (Rose 2018)
Brendan Goldacker (Rose 2018)
Zachery Kanz (Rose 2018)
Justin Krouse (Rose 2018)
Michael Landwehr (Rose 2018)
Jon Poore (Rose 2018)
Nicholas Prather (Rose 2018)
Aaron Starlin (Rose 2018)
Joshua Vincent (Rose 2018)
David Borden (Rose 2019)
Camron Borders (Rose 2019)
George Botros (Rose 2019)
Will Byers (Rose 2019)
Louis Campbell (Rose 2019)
Coleson Carmell (Rose 2019)
Sean Casey (Rose 2019)
Trevor Dallio (Rose 2019)
Jacob Ewing (Rose 2019)
Zheng Fu (Rose 2019)
Samuel Grant (Rose 2019)
Conner Helbling (Rose 2019)
Drew Hobick (Rose 2019)
Derek Hornbeck (Rose 2019)
Carter Hounshell (Rose 2019)
John Kirby (Rose 2019)
Lucas Leiner (Rose 2019)
Nick McGrail (Rose 2019)
Matt Michalak (Rose 2019)
Griffin Steffy (Rose 2019)
Sean Sullivan (Rose 2019)
Thomas Tintera (Rose 2019)
Ben Walker (Rose 2019)
Sawyer Young (Rose 2019)
Dante Betti (Rose 2020)
Eli Combs (Rose 2020)
John Czarnecki (Rose 2020)
Scott Dayton (Rose 2020)
Nathaniel Eble (Rose 2020)
Justin Klein (Rose 2020)
Eric Morris (Rose 2020)
Eric Morris (Rose 2020)
Alejandro Perez (Rose 2020)
Zachary Phillips (Rose 2020)
Matt Robinson (Rose 2020)
Karl Schumacher (Rose 2020)
Bailey Sheldon (Rose 2020)
Corey Vincent (Rose 2020)
Garrett Wight (Rose 2020)
Gavinn Bakker (Rose 2021)
Jonathan Bartlett (Rose 2021)
Quintin Bynum (Rose 2021)
Luke Calabrese (Rose 2021)
Adam Clark (Rose 2021)
Dylan Diorio (Rose 2021)
Zhengshan Fang (Rose 2021)
Jacob Geesaman (Rose 2021)
Nathan Griesbaum (Rose 2021)
Max Hatch (Rose 2021)
Andrew Hesse (Rose 2021)
Logan Kabrich (Rose 2021)
Ryan Krouse (Rose 2021)
Derrek Miller (Rose 2021)
Tanner Payne (Rose 2021)
Jacob Petrisko (Rose 2021)
Jakob Quasebarth (Rose 2021)
Dalton Rankin (Rose 2021)
Peyton Sakelaris (Rose 2021)
Austin Sauerteig (Rose 2021)
Adam Sturgeon (Rose 2021)
Michael Whitacre (Rose 2021)
COVID Relief Donations - 2020-2021 Academic Year
Class of 1980
Class of 2009
Eric Blankenship
Wes Bolsen
Shane Boschert
Carl Bradway
Tyler Brutofsky
Rob Bunch
Robert Carter
Paul Curtin
John Foley
Roe East
Andrew Eslinger
Fred Franzwa
Robert Froetscher
Ben Giant
Tim Harlan
W R Hentzen
Tom Hendrickson
Drew Hobick
Todd Hubbell
Mike Huhnke
Thomas Jackson
Jim Lowes
Tim McGrath
Mike McKee
Todd Melby
Chuck Moss
Lenny Muhlenkamp
Dave Myer
Richard Pace
David John Parker
Mark Ress
Nate Richter
Randy Ridgway
Tim Schrock
Karl Schumacher
Alan Smock
Brian Soller
Aaron Starlin
David Steinbock
Sean Sullivan
Andrew Tochterman
Robert Walker
Joe Weist
Aaron Weishaar
Chad Welch
Cecil Whitaker
Jack Wickham