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 2008-2009 Thomas Arkle Clark
Award click here.
2008 Thomas Arkle Clark Honoree
Thomas Reives, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
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Click here to see Thomas's acceptance speech at the 2008 Congress in Louisville, KY.
Click here to see Thomas's ATO Roadshow 'Tau 2 Watch' video.
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Honors and Activities
- Chapter Vice President
- Public Relations Officer
- Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honor Society
- Order of the Engineer Organization
- Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Fraternity
- Fox Burns Blanket Award
- John A. Logan Award
- HCAC Field Event Most Valuable Player
- 2 time HCAC Triple Jump Champion
- HCAC Long Jump Champion
- 2nd Team Academic All-American in Football
- 2nd Team Academic All-American in Track and Field
- RHIT Football Receiver of the Year
- 1st Team All-HCAC Football Team
- SCAC High Jump Champion
- RHIT Football Most Improved Player
- RHIT Track and Field Newcomer of the Year
- RHIT Track and Field Team Captain
- Relay for Life of Vigo Colleges
- Lost Creek Elementary School Carnival
- Bike for Trikes
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Sustainability Club
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2008
Runner-Up
- Tyler Mills - North Alabama
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2008
Honorable Mention
- Jeffery Ader - Emory
- Tim Kesselem - Cinncinnati
- Brad L. Harris - Georgia
- Anthony Carter - Kansas State
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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
- 1972 - Dennis E. Kelly, Mississippi State '69
- 1973 - James I. Black III, Florida '70
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- 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
- 2007 - Dan Bland, Baylor University '05
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