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ALUMNI FOUNDATIONS PROGRAM

Background

In 1955, Phi Delta Chi created the Achievement Award Program because of the need to better communicate with the growing and ambitious collegiate chapters that emerged from the end of World War II. Today, the Dale Doerr Achievement Award Program is the primary method for maintaining the cohesive bond between the collegiate chapters and the rest of the fraternity.

Forty-three years later, Phi Delta Chi created the Foundations Program to be generally analogous to the Achievement Award Program yet at the same time to be flexible enough to accommodate the wide diversity in alumni interests and alumni chapter structure. The Foundations Program serves two distinct purposes. First and foremost, it serves as a basic tool for communication between the National Fraternity Office and the Alumni. The questions, in survey form, seek to gain factual information in eight areas of fraternity life. Two areas are addressed in each of the four seasonal reports. There are no right or wrong answers. The simple act of communicating is the base of the program.

Within each report, we accumulate a record of status, activity, interests, and direction for each alumni chapter. Fraternity officers use this information to direct programming, services, and activities for the individual chapter as well as for the alumni as a whole. The program also serves as a means to identify outstanding alumni and alumni chapter achievement. Points are assigned to each report. The three official chapters with the highest points are recognized annually with the top alumni chapter receiving the Outstanding Alumni Chapter Award.

Only official alumni chapters are eligible for the Outstanding Alumni Chapter Award. Alumni chapters can contact the Grand Vice President of Alumni Affairs for information on chartering their chapter.

Click the link below to view or download the report form (in Word *.doc format):

Alumni Foundation Reports for 2008