The Thomas Arkle Clark Award
annually recognizes Alpha Tau Omega's most outstanding senior
candidates for undergraduate degrees. It was established
as an incentive for young brothers to seek excellence in
scholarship, leadership, service, and the personal qualities
of character, integrity, and responsibility.
If you would like to apply for the 2008 Thomas Arkle Clark
Award click here.
2007 Thomas Arkle Clark Honoree
Daniel Bland, Baylor University
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Honors and Activities
- Presidential Freedom Scholarship
- Humanitarian Cum Laude Award
- Greek Man of the Year - Baylor
- Outstanding Engineering Graduate Award
- Baylor Outstanding Graduating Senior
- Excellence in Student Involvement - Baylor
- Highest Academic Honors - 10 semesters
- Mary McBride Endowed Scholarship
- Stephen E. Wilkinson Award
- Eric J. Carlson Academic Excellence Award
- National Dean's List
- President's Baylor Scholarship
- Endineering Endowed Scholarship
- Baylor in Argentina
- Golden Key International
- Chapter President
- Founding Father
- NIC Award of Distinction - Theta Nu
- Recruitment Committee
- Risk Management Officer
- Judicial Board
- Part Time Waco High School Teacher
- Baylor Student Foundation
- Spanish Tutor
- Biomedical Research Assistant
- Medical Spanish Volunteer
- Mission Waco King's Club
- Steppin' Out Day of Service
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2007
Runner-Up
- Trent Scott - Central Florida
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2007
Honorable Mention
- Josh McFall - North Alabama
- Evan Schaefer - Simpson
- Jacob Will - Kansas State
- Matthew Armstrong - Georgia
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Thomas Arkle Clark
Award History |
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Thomas Arkle Clark was head of the University of Illinois
Department of Rhetoric in 1895 when he helped organize
ATO's Gamma Zeta chapter and was its first initiate.
Seven years later, he was named dean of men, the first
in America to have that title. "Unofficially, he won
the title of Keeper of the University's Conscience
through his insistence on high ethical and moral standards" records
the ATO Story. He did likewise for ATO as Worthy Grand
Chief, High Council member, Educational Advisor, and
Brother. Brother Clark was nationally known in the
early part of the century for his efforts developing
the modern Greek system. |
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Listed below are the former winners
of the TAC award. |
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- 1935 - Ode V. Cecil, Southern Methodist '32
- 1936 - Willis J. Baughman, Wittenberg '34
- 1937 - John Farley, Rhodes '33
- 1938 - Merton B. Scharenberg, Rose-Hulman '35
- 1939 - Ralph L. Westfall, Colorado State '36
- 1940 - Thomas Wood, Georgia '37
- 1941 - William C. Wescoe, Muhlenberg '38
- 1942 - Harry E. Knox, MIT '39
- 1943 - Woodford H. Hayes, Florida '40
- 1944 - 1946 No Award during WWII
- 1947 - Ewell C. Johnson, Georgia Tech '44
- 1948 - Thomas R. Crews, Illinois '46
- 1949 - Edward C. Reed, Nevada-Reno '42
- 1950 - Norton Belknap, MIT '43
- 1951 - Birch E. Bayh, Purdue '46
- 1952 - William E. Berry, Mississippi '49
- 1953 - John J. Carey, Duke '50
- 1954 - Ronald J. Lowell, Oregon '51
- 1955 - George J. Caronis, Ohio State '52
- 1956 - Linny M. Baker, Davidson '53
- 1957 - William R. Jennings, Ohio Wesleyan '54
- 1958 - William A. Preston, Colorado Mines '55
- 1959 - Robert G. Billings, Kansas '56
- 1960 - Lawrence W. Baggett, Davidson '57
- 1961 - Lawrence B. Burkert, Mount Union '58
- 1962 - William C. Parnell, Lehigh '59
- 1963 - Ronald K. Lachner, Drake '60
- 1964 - David L. Banner, Purdue '61
- 1965 - John P. Holdren, MIT '62
- 1966 - Michael D. Kinkead, MIT '63
- 1967 - Michael Q. Eagan, Tulane '64
- 1968 - Ernest J. Maupin III, Nevada-Reno '65 &
James D. Hengstenberg, Louisiana Tech '66
- 1969 - John W. Winkle III, Mercer '66
- 1970 - Randall E. Hendricks, Missouri '67
- 1971 - Mark D. Tew, Mississippi '68
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- 1972 - Dennis E. Kelly, Mississippi State '69
- 1973 - James I. Black III, Florida '70
- 1974 - Robert C. Knuepfer Jr., Denison '71
- 1975 - Thomas Richichi, Missouri '72
- 1976 - Glen D. Johnson Jr., Oklahoma '73
- 1977 - David L. O'Daniel, Murray State '74 &
Thomas R. Jones, Southern Illinois '73
- 1978 - Reagan M. Brown, Southern Methodist '75
- 1979 - Jeffrey O. Anglen, Missouri '76
- 1980 - Mark E. Winkleman, Kansas '77
- 1981 - David G. Salyers, Georgia '79
- 1982 - Bruce A. Kling, Georgia State '81
- 1983 - Mark A. Cohen, Oklahoma '80
- 1984 - Robert W. Schoenlein, MIT '81
- 1985 - James P. Grimshaw, Rose-Hulman '82
- 1986 - William D. Forsyth III, Illinois '83
- 1987 - Timothy L. Lash, MIT '84
- 1988 - James F. Brehm, South Carolina '85
- 1989 - John P. McGrath, Florida '87
- 1990 - Gregory C. Kasper, Indiana '87
- 1991 - Gregory G. Loboda, MIT '88
- 1992 - Stephen F. Van Buren, Simpson '89
- 1993 - John A. Millspaugh, Ball State '90
- 1994 - Michael A. Terry, Illinois '90
- 1995 - Brett D. West, Nebraska '92
- 1996 - Todd F. Lakin, Kansas State '92
- 1997 - Todd Whetstone, Alabama-Huntsville '94
- 1998 - Patrick Jensen, Illinois '95
- 1999 - William T. Hockett, MIT '96
- 2000 - Robert M. Bensman, Kansas State '97
- 2001 - Nir Eyal, Emory '98
- 2002 - Jon Kurche, Kansas State University '00
- 2003 - Blake Anderson, University of Nebraska '00
- 2004 - Andrew Newton, Kansas State ' 00
- 2005 - M. Brett Trapp, North Alabama '00
- 2006 - Spencer Caperton, Baylor University '05
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