Triangle Chapter
Penn State Alumni Association
PO Box 1215
Morrisville, NC 27560
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About Us
Triangle Chapter Awarded 2019-2020 Elm Level of Distinction by Alumni Association
The Triangle Chapter is proud to announce that our Chapter has been recognized for the sixth consecutive year as a 2019-2020 Elm Level Group of Distinction by the Penn State Alumni Association!
Affiliate groups named as a “Group of Distinction” have served in several different programmatic categories, including career networking, social interaction and fellowship, supporting students, and leading THON-related activities. To reach Elm Level (the highest level), an affiliate group must meet at least 14 of the 15 different categories, and we met all 15 this year. This honor includes several benefits to our Chapter, including some financial incentives, but really it's about being recognized as being one of the leading alumni groups in the nation.
We are one of only 33 (out of about 300) affiliate groups that has reached this level this year, one of very few that have reached Elm Level all six years it has existed, and the only one in North Carolina this year. Thank you to all of you for helping us to reach this highest level of achievement. It is a testament to the involvement of a very dedicated group of alumni that we have the pleasure of joining here in the Triangle!
We Are!
Don Torino, President, Triangle Chapter Penn State Alumni Association
Dan and Pat Amey named
2019 Triangle Chapter Members of the Year
This year, the Triangle Chapter was proud to present its third annual Chuck Darran Member of the Year Award to Dan and Pat Amey. Dan and Pat are longtime Chapter members for several decades and have always been terribly generous with their time and resources. Their family has represented the Triangle Chapter at Homecoming for many years. In 2017, our Chapter placed second in the inaugural Homecoming Parade Award for out-of-state Chapters, and they didn't even know they were being judged on their enthusiasm! In 2018, knowing the gauntlet had been laid, their family walked in the Homecoming Parade with a North Carolina BBQ theme, and, of course, won the $500 first place prize for the Chapter! For all their enthusiam, their generosity in our various philanthropic endeavors, and their presence at nearly every Chapter event, we're proud to award this year's Chuck Darran Member of the Year to Dan and Pat Amey. Make sure to congratulate them next time you see them!
The Triangle Chapter’s Chuck Darran Member of the Year award is given to an active Chapter member who has made significant contributions to the mission and operation of the Triangle Chapter by providing fellowship, philanthropy, and support to alumni and friends in the Triangle area of North Carolina. It is named for our past President, Chuck Darran, who led admirably and selfishlessly from 2010 until his death in 2015.
Past awardees:
2017: George Gillis
2018: Dan Stahlman
History of the Triangle Chapter
The story begins with Charles T. “Chuck” Glaser in 1980. Chuck had moved into the Triangle area, and contacted Penn State, asking if there was a place alumni met to watch games and root on the Nittany Lions. Since Penn State wanted a club in the area, they jumped in with both feet and sent Chuck a box filled with a computer list of alumni in our area. If he and his wife, Jackie, were willing to host a game party they would provide snacks and beer. In spite of their apprehension of having 200 people in their living room, they opened their home to hold the first game party…and the Penn State Triangle Chapter was born! They continued to hold events and were joined by others to finally become an official “Chapter” in 1983, hence our 30 year anniversary in 2013.
Past Presidents:
Front row: left to right;
Chuck Glazer (1) 1982-1984, Chuck Darran (8) 2010-2015, John Brien (2) 1984-1986
Back row: left to right;
Russ Campbell (7) 2008-2010, John Lynde (4) 1991-1998, George Gillis (3) 1986-1991, Brian Hoegg (5)1998-2000.
Missing, Jeff Blum (6) 2000
Triangle Area of North Carolina
Red: Durham-Chapel Hill Metropolitan Statistical Area
Blue: Raleigh-Cary Metropolitan Statistical Area
Yellow: Dunn Metropolitan Statistical Area
The Research Triangle, commonly referred to as "The Triangle", is a region in the Piedmont of North Carolina in the United States, anchored by the cities of Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill. The eight-county region, officially named the Raleigh-Durham-Cary CSA, comprises two Metropolitan and one Micropolitan Statistical Area: Raleigh-Cary and Durham-Chapel Hill metropolitan area. The region's population was 1,314,589 at the 2000 census.[1] The research universities of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, and Duke University are located in this region. The "Triangle" name was cemented in the public consciousness in the 1950s with the creation of Research Triangle Park, home to numerous high-tech companies and enterprises. Although the name is now used to refer to the geographic region, "The Triangle" originally referred to the universities, whose research facilities, and the educated workforce they provide, have historically served as a major attraction for businesses located in the region. Most of the Triangle is represented by, and closely associated with, the second, fourth and thirteenth congressional districts.
PO Box 1215
Morrisville, NC 27560
tripsu91