For the second consecutive year, Beta Beta has been awarded the prestigious Robert Adger Smythe Award, the top honor the fraternity can bestow upon a chapter. The award came at the 2002 International Convention in Palm Springs this summer.

As other Smythe-winning chapters will attest, winning the award the first time is hard, but maintaining that winning tradition is even harder - making Beta Beta’s second Smythe even more meaningful. We have continued to demonstrate high standards across the board, in scholarship, athletics, rush, community service, campus involvement, alumni relations and more.

Jeremy Pelley, Isaac Cheng, Dan Miller, Adam Benson, Joe Marchesano, Lee Bellah, and Ryan Clark with International President King Buttermore III.

To recognize the efforts of the undergraduates and alumni who have helped get the chapter to this level, Beta Beta will be hosting a special Smythe Installation Ceremony on Saturday, December 7 beginning at 6 p.m. The ceremony will be combined with the chapter’s annual Parents Night, giving actives, alumni and parents a chance to meet and greet one another and share in the thrill of another award-winning year. “The whole chapter is excited about what we’ve accomplished,” said SMC Jeremy Pelley (‘00). “We don’t do what we do in order to win awards; we do it because it’s what makes us Pikes. But, I have to say, being recognized for our achievements is pretty cool.”

Now that the 2002-03 school year has started, the members are working hard to keep up their tradition of excellence. The chapter has already amassed more than 1,000 community service hours, earned a 3.28 GPA during spring quarter, pledged 23 men into our bonds and raised more than $33,000 for the Educational Foundation – putting Beta Beta one step closer to a third Smythe!

Take a look at the photos from the 2002 International Convention.