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<br />
ROB BUTCHER<br />
(Georgia Southern, Iota Upsilon ’93)<br />
Rob is President & CEO of Swim Across America (SAA), the leading<br />
nonprofit in swimming that raises close to $100 million for cancer<br />
research, prevention and treatment through swimming-related events.<br />
Rob is the former Executive Director of U.S. Masters Swimming.<br />
EDUCATION<br />
Georgia Southern University, BBA, 1994<br />
Georgia Southern University, MS, 1995<br />
Auburn University, Post-Graduate Internship, 1996<br />
BOARD INVOLVEMENT<br />
Chairman, National Swimming Pool Foundation<br />
Member, Association of Chief Executives for Sport<br />
PIKE INVOLVEMENT<br />
Founding Father, Iota Upsilon Chapter<br />
RECOGNITION<br />
Competed in the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team Trials<br />
LIFE LESSON: VOLUNTEERING PAYS OFF, TWICE<br />
My first week of freshman year, I relayed to my head swim coach that I would do<br />
anything to work in sports. I had no idea that anything<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 1" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=1"> </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 2" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=2"> ROB BUTCHER (Georgia Southern, Iota Upsilon ’93) </a>
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<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 5" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=5"> International Convention LAS VEGAS JULY 8-12, 202</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 6" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=6"> PIKE SCHOLARS LEADERS ATHLETES GENTLEMEN SPORTS R</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 7" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=7"> OKLAHOMA STATE (GAMMA CHI) z Kicker Matt Ammendol</a>
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<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 9" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=9"> BROTHER FEATURE by Megan K. Nelson MATT AMMEND</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 10" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=10"> Matt Ammendola continued from page 7 While </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 11" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=11"> z Robert Cecil ’18 placed 4th in the 200m free, </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 12" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=12"> BROTHER FEATURE STRONGER Justin Gallegos (Orego</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 13" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=13"> The Nike contract has allowed Gallegos to dr</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 14" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=14"> PIKE and NIKE continued from page 11 Within days,</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 15" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=15"> PHOTO COURTESY OF NORTHWESTERN ATHLETICS PHOTO B</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 16" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=16"> ANYONE CAN PLAY, ANYONE CAN WIN Stacey Moore head</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 17" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=17"> NEW JERSEY JACKALS NAME GIL ADDEO GENERAL MANAGER</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 18" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=18"> 16 | SHIELD & DIAMOND | SPRING 2020</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 19" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=19"> BROTHER FEATURE HIKING THE APPALACHIAN T</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 20" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=20"> PREPARATION Before hitting the trail, Swanso</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 21" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=21"> Laurel Falls </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 22" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=22"> CHAPTER HOUSING JOIN US FOR 2020 INTERNATIONAL WO</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 23" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=23"> Right: Todd ’86, Harrison ’19, and Madison ’16 Ma</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 24" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=24"> CHAPTER NOTES Challenge philanthropy event. Andre</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 25" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=25"> DELAWARE Colony | Newark, DE Initiates: 0. New Me</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 26" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=26"> 1 . 3. MOREHEAD STATE ΗΗ | Morehead,</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 27" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=27"> Top Chapters in Initiations as of January 1, 2020</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 28" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=28"> ETA OMICRON CHAPTER ΗO | Monroe, LA</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 29" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=29"> SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI ΔΜ | Hattiesburg, MS Initiat</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 30" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=30"> WASHINGTON & LEE Π | Lexington, VA Initiates: 29.</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 31" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=31"> 1 . 2. 3. 1. Delta Chi Chapter (Nebraska-Omaha</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 32" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=32"> 1 . 2. 1. Colony at Northwest Missouri members po</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 33" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=33"> SPRING 2020 | SHIELD & DIAMOND | 31</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 34" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=34"> 1 . 2. 1. Beta Mu Chapter (Texas) fall 2</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 35" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=35"> 1. Delta Xi Chapter (Indiana) hosted its second </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 36" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=36"> Lambda Delta Chapter (Vermont) brothers at Lake C</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 37" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=37"> IDAHO ΖΜ | Moscow, ID Initiates: 57. New Members:</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 38" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=38"> 1 . 2. 3. 1. Iota Beta</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 39" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=39"> HIGH POINT ΔΩ | High Point, NC Initiates: 56. New</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 40" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=40"> RIVER VA L L E Y BOWLING GREEN STATE ΔΒ | Bowlin</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 41" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=41"> 1 . 3. COLORADO ΒΥ | Boulder, CO Init</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 42" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=42"> 1 . FLORIDA SOUTHERN ΔΔ | Lakeland, FL Initiate</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 43" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=43"> chapter was recognized by the university for its </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 44" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=44"> PIKE UNIVERSITY PI KAPPA ALPHA PROUDLY PRE</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 45" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=45"> stowed the coveted Loyalty Award, </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 46" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=46"> </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 47" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=47"> accounts payable. “We’ve got the 2020 Convention </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 48" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=48"> </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 49" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=49"> approach, Nelson ensured attendees could return t</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 50" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=50"> According to Bern- </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 51" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=51"> JOHN & MARY LISHER PRESERVE PIKE HISTORY </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 52" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=52"> CUMULATIVE GIVING SOCIETIES The Pi Kappa Alpha Fo</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 53" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=53"> THE PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL Members of the President’</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 54" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=54"> FOUNDATION BOARD OF TRUSTEES ANNOUNCES CHANGES IN</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 55" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=55"> The President’s Council continued from page 51 T</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 56" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=56"> Iota Upsilon (Georgia Southern) Robbie De Rojas ’</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 57" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=57"> GIFTS IN TRIBUTE Tribute gifts to the PIKE Founda</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 58" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=58"> WELCOME FIRST TIME DONORS The PIKE Foundation is </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 59" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=59"> ARKOMA GAMMA CHI ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OKLAHOMA STA</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 60" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=60"> Zeta Chi Chapter (Missouri State) alumni (from le</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 61" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=61"> in addition to the special events that are planne</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 62" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=62"> Pee Dee Pikes Alumni Association officers Robby D</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 63" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=63"> Fund. Currently, $4,156.00 has been raised toward</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 64" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=64"> ALUMNI NOTES ARIZONA Gamma Delta Nick Baldwin ’0</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 65" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=65"> innovative products to market distributed through</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 66" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=66"> Andrew Armacost named President of University of </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 67" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=67"> Fraternity Brothers to run for Team World Vision </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 68" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=68"> Curry Pajcic named Florida Trial Lawyer of the Ye</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 69" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=69"> A Nose for Trouble by Michael Ainslie (Vanderbilt</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 70" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=70"> NEWS OF BYGONE DAYS 150 YEARS AGO: 1870 Howard </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 71" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=71"> CHAPTER ETERNAL Daniel F. McGehee, Champion of V</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 72" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=72"> THOMAS GALE (Kansas State, Alpha Omega ’51) </a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 73" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=73"> passion for sound theology, music, politics, deba</a>
<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 74" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=74"> MILLSAPS Alpha Iota Noblin, John Thomas ’59 11/16</a>
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<a title="Shield & Diamond Spring 2020 page 76" href="https://secure.viewer.zmags.com/publication/352f0be3?page=76"> VOLUNTEER for Pi Kappa Alpha MICHAEL D’ANNUNZIO (</a>