Portland State University
Chi Epsilon

Congratulations!

We are now Chapter 131, Oregon Alpha

Our installation/initiation ceremony took place June 2, 2008 at 7PM

NEWS RELEASE

Twenty-nine students were initiated as the founding class of the new chapter of the Chi Epsilon National Civil Engineering Honor Society at Portland State University. The PSU chapter is the first chapter to be established in Oregon and is designated Oregon Alpha. Officers Deanna Hutchinson (President), Brian Leatham (Vice-President), Paul Worrlein (Secretary / Treasurer and Editor), and Jack Dahl (Marshall) were also installed. A reception followed that was attended by the new student members and officers, CEE faculty, and the visiting delegation from Chi Epsilon national headquarters (PRESIDENT and CUMBERLAND DISTRICT COUNCILLOR DR. GREGORY D. REED, P.E., NATIONAL SECRETARY/TREASURER DR. THOMAS M. PETRY, P.E. , and ROCKY MOUNTAIN DISTRICT COUNCILLOR DR. ROBERT D. HOLTZ, P.E.) Chi Epsilon was organized to recognize the characteristics of the individual civil engineer deemed to be fundamental to the successful pursuit of an engineering career, and to aid in the development of those characteristics in the civil engineering student. Founded in 1922 at the University of Illinois, there are currently 123 active chapters at major engineering universities throughout the United States. More information about Chi Epsilon can be found at http://www.chi-epsilon.org/. Congratulations to all - including the past inductees and officers of the Civil Engineering Honor Society at Portland State University! A complete list of members can be found here.