Chapter Eternal
I hope this doesn't seem morbid, but I saw this on the Delt Webpage and it seemed to me that there should be a place to honor brothers and sisters who have passed on -- especially those who were notable in their service to their organization or society as a whole.
I thought that the alumni category might make the most sense since some of us may know, or at least have met, some of these people.
OBITUARY FROM THE COURIER-JOURNAL (Louisville, Kentucky)
Dr. Hoyt D. Gardner, 78, of Louisville, died Monday, March 25, 2002. He was a native of Paragould, AR, retired from his private practice as a general surgeon, a Navy Veteran of World War II and an Air Force Veteran of the Korean War. Dr. Gardner was past president of American Medical Association, past president of Kentucky Medical Association, past president of Louisville and Jefferson County Medical Society, chairman of U.S. Delegation of World Health Organization, chairman of board of trustees to University of Louisville, chairman of Louisville and Jefferson County Board of Health, chairman of American Medical Political Action Committee, Kentucky State Republican Central Committee, Louisville and Jefferson County Civil War Roundtable, national president of Delta Tau Delta Social Fraternity, chairman of Innominate Society, Thomas Wolfe Society, past member of Rotary Club of Jeffersontown and member of Big Spring Country Club, Jefferson Club and Southeast Christian Church.
He was preceded in death by his wife, Rose B. Gardner, who died March 2, 2002. He is survived by three sons, Hoyt D. Gardner Jr. of Columbia, TN and Thomas G. and Nick Gardner, both of Louisville; three daughters-in-law; and six grandchildren.
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