Phi Delta Theta FraternityWhat’s been happening: Continue to recruit sales and sales management talent nationally, primarily in medical device and services and in services and solutions to the legal industry. Son now in Battle Ground Academy MS. Host international students (so far: China, Brazil, Germany, Tunisia, Italy). Majored in Religious Studies and Psychology. Chaired Middle TN Chapter Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation-did political work and fundraising leading to the restoration of elk in TN and in the Great Smokey Mountains National Park. Currently hosting US State Department YES Program selected "Student Ambassador" from Tunisia. Great young man. Attending BGA (scholarship generously offered by BGA), serves as "Student Ambassador" meeting dignitaries and groups to share his message of common ground, support and friendship of Tunisians and vast majority of Muslims to America and Americans. Upon return to Tunisia will serve as an ambassador of America/Americans to his countrymen. He is hopeful that the continuing Arab Spring will lead to greater democracy and freedoms for Muslim majority countries. The Arab people desire more representative governments. He reminds us that it took hundreds of years for democracies to evolve in western cultures and the road to these social improvements is opposed by entrenched power structures and will take time, sacrifice and suffering to overcome in Arab countries. |