Alpha Iota Chapter Scholarship

Alpha Iota Chapter Scholarship

Admiral Ralph Faucet joined Theta Chi Fraternity in 1935 and graduated from the IU Medical School, Bloomington in 1941 after which he immediately joined the US Navy and was deployed to the Pacific to serve in WWII. After a long and distinguished military career as a medical doctor, he retired to private life in San Diego, CA with Elizabeth, his wife of more than 50 years. Upon joining the Chapter Eternal on January 14, 2014, his estate made a $50,000 bequest to the Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity which established the Alpha Iota Scholarship Fund. The fund will be used to grant academic scholarships to members of Alpha Iota Chapter. The application and selection process is coordinated by the Scholarship Committee of the Alpha Iota Educational Foundation.

In October of 2019 the Alpha Iota Educational Foundation transferred $300,000 of its assets to this fund to start the process of merging the two funds into one.  Better investment opportunities, long term preservation, lower operational costs, and increasing administrative requirements drove this strategic decision by the AIEF Board.  The AIEF still conducts an Annual Campaign to support continued growth of the corpus and continues to transfer portions of its assets each year to the Alpha Iota Fund for scholarships.

These scholarship awards of $3,000 to $5,000 each are granted annually. Here a list of the scholarship recipients:

2025

2024
Samuel Bennett
Spencer Brown
Will Gery
Brian MIchalik
Antonio Papeo

2023
Samuel Bennett
Will Gery  
Conor Jaykus  
Brian MIchalik  
Eric Tice  

2022
Brian MIchalik  
Eric Tice Student  
Conor Jaykus  
William Gery  
Samuel Bennett

2021
Will Gery
Will Hummel
Connor Jaykus
Aidan Sullivan
Colin Weger

2020
Vincent Allen
Luke Cunningham
Nick Floretta
Andrew Grismer
Shamik Patel

2019
Mark Vandermyde
Nick Floretta

2018
Tyler Hoppen

2017
Brian Kenez
Jacob Pierzchala
Josh Rindler

2016
Jacob Sheridan
Jacob Weiskirch

If you would like to make a tax-deductible contribution to this fund, please send a check, made out to the Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity and note in the memo section “The Alpha Iota Chapter Fund,” and mail to:

Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity
P.O. Box 503
Carmel, IN 46082

If you have any questions or would like more information about this Fund, please contact Warren Hoffman by email at warren931@gmail.com or by phone at: (803) 530-8367.