Sigma Chapter's current President, Bill Downing '15, was recently elected as an Archon Councilor for the International Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. His two-year term will begin September 1, 2013, and end on August 31, 2015.
This is an incredible achievement for Bill, and a high honor for Sigma Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Wittenberg. There are only nine Fiji Brothers on the Board of Archons (international board of directors), and only two of them are current undergraduates. There are about 100,000 living Fiji Brothers throughout the world. Do the math. Bill joins an elite group, and now has the responsibility of approving new chapters and colonies of Phi Gamma Delta, enforcing the bylaws for 150-plus Fiji chapters on college campuses across the United States and Canada, and overseeing our International Headquarters staff in Lexington, Kentucky. This is a huge responsibility, but Bill is well qualified.
There are few Fijis anywhere who will, even over a lifetime, achieve the fraternity resume that Bill has accomplished in only 14 months as an initiated Brother:
Current Chapter President of Sigma Chapter
Delegate to the 2012 Ekklesia (biennial convention) in New Orleans
Delegate to the 2013 Fiji Academy (leadership training convention) in St. Louis
Member of the International Fraternity Alcohol-Free Exemption Committee
Officer for the ritual installation team for the chartering of Ohio Wesleyan chapter
Recruitment Chair (Fall 2012)
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| (Bill, far left, with his blood brother Chad Downing '13, Nick Van Dyne '13, and Kevin Bond '14, in front of the International Fraternity headquarters building in Lexington, Kentucky, in August 2012.) |
Bill will continue on to serve as Sigma Chapter's President through December 2013, while also performing his responsibilities as an Archon Councilor, as well as maintaining his high academic standards as a student.
On behalf of all of Sigma Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Wittenberg University's Graduate and Undergraduate Brothers, I salute and congratulate Bill Downing for this special privilege and extreme honor to serve on the Board of Archons.
Fraternally,
Skip Buckley '80
Perge!
