2008 Order of Achievement Recipients
by Tad Lichtenauer • August 2008 • 17 Comments •
At the 52nd General Assembly in Phoenix, Arizona, two alumni brothers were awarded the Order of Achievement: C. Robert Kidder (Michigan 1967) and Dr. Timothy L. Tucker (Union-TN 1986).
Established in 1958, this award recognizes alumni for outstanding achievement in their professional careers. Recipients are elected to receive the award in General Assembly years, but may receive it at another appropriate event.
Robert Kidder
Kidder is a graduate of the University of Michigan and went on to earn his master’s at Iowa State University.
After graduation, he joined the U.S. Navy and served as an officer in the Naval Civil Engineering Corps.
He joined Duracell in 1980 as the Vice President of Finance and Administration for Duracell Europe and then president of Duracell, Inc in 1984. In 1988, he became the president and CEO Duracell International, Inc.
Kidder became the chairman and CEO of Borden where he led the restructuring of the corporation that created new companies including Borden Dairy, Borden Food, and Wise Foods.
He’s currently the CEO and Chairman of his co-founded private investment firm, 3Stone Advisors LLC. He is also a board member of Morgan Stanley and Schering-Plough, Columbus Children’s Hospital, and Ohio University.
Throughout his entire career, Kidder says that the Seven Core Values have been crucial to him.
“While my brothers are different in this more recent part of my past, the challenges are the same and the learnings from the Seven Core Values remain important to me. I’m honored to be here with you and thank you for the 2008 Order of Achievement award.”
Dr. Timothy Tucker
Dr. Timothy Tucker (left) also received the Order of Achievement at the 52nd General Assembly in Phoenix.
Tucker is a pharmacist in Huntingdon, Tennessee, and president of the American Pharmacists Association. He is a former speaker of the American Pharmacists Association House of Delegates and has testified before the U.S. House of Representatives Government Reform Committee on implementing Medicare Part D, and spoken before the U.S. Senate Finance Committee regarding community pharmacy contract negotiations.
Tucker is also a past national president of Phi Lambda Sigma, and served as co-chair of the State of Tennessee TennCare Centers of Excellence Board of Directors. He is president of Tucker & Roe, Inc., a long-term care consulting firm. Tucker also is a former president of the Tennessee Pharmacists Association and former president of the Tennessee Board of Pharmacy.
In addition, he is currently serving a second term on the American Pharmacists Association Board of Trustees.
Tucker has served as the Union chapter’s faculty adviser for approximately 21 years and was awarded Lambda Chi Alpha’s Order of Merit in 1998.
“I’m very humbled to receive this award,” Tucker says. “Lambda Chi Alpha has given me much more than I could ever give back to it. God’s been good to me to let me serve my fellow man, and Lambda Chi has taught me many of those things 25 years ago when I was initiated.”
Tucker was featured in the August 2007 Cross & Crescent.
Todd Whatley Says:
August 2nd, 2008 at 4:30 pmYou totally deserved it Tim…Thanks for everything
Todd Whatley
Lambda-Zeta 666
Bill Greer Says:
August 2nd, 2008 at 5:17 pmAn outstanding honor for an outstanding Lambda Chi Alpha brother, mentor, leader and inspiration. I have long since quit trying to keep up with how often Lambda-Zeta Zeta, under Tim’s guidance, has won the Grand High Alpha Award. I’m proud of you, Tim.
Bill Greer
Lambda-Zeta 77
Jeff Williams Says:
August 4th, 2008 at 3:24 pmTim,
Congratulations! You are certainly worthy of every honor that our fraternity can bestow upon you. I appreciate your service to our brotherhood and your loyalty to your friends.
Jeff Williams
Epsilon-Omicron 1214
Mike Oghia Says:
August 7th, 2008 at 1:28 pmAlso, Bobby McDowell, High Pi and Master Steward for the Epsilon-Phi Zeta chapter at the University of Kentucky received an Order of Merit on Friday, August 1st at a small ceremony here in Louisville because he couldn’t make it to Phoenix. He graduated from Georgetown University here in Kentucky, Kappa-Omega Zeta.
Brad Huddleston Lambda Zeta 356 Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 11:20 amTim,
Congratulations on a much-deserved award. I still don’t know how you do it all. You give so much to so many, I can’t fathom how you serve in all the ways you do. Thanks for all you have given to the Lambda Zeta Chapter and to me.
D.R. Randle Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 1:22 pmCongrats Tim. And thanks for all the hard work you have done and continue to do for Union University and Lambda Chi.
D.R. Randle
Lambda-Zeta 396
Ty Jones Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 1:35 pmTim,
I am honored to call you my brother and my friend. Congratulations!
Ty Jones
Lambda-Zeta 503
Robert L. Jones Says:
August 14th, 2008 at 5:46 pmTim,
Congratulations and thanks for all your help over the years for keeping the traditions of Lambda Zata zata preserved.
Bob Jones
Lambda Zata 45
Jeff Shands Says:
August 15th, 2008 at 9:54 amTim,
Congratulations on your big award! You mean so much to so many(including me). You are a true servant and a true brother.
Jeff Shands
Lambda Zeta 420
Jason Shannon Says:
August 15th, 2008 at 5:37 pmTim,
Congratulations on your recent award. You are definitely a role model to each of us. An amazing example of what hard work can do for any one.
Jason Shannon
Lambda Zeta 400
Michael Johnston Says:
August 15th, 2008 at 9:49 pmTim,
Congrats, you deserve this and much more.
I don’t think there is another person in the world who can name each and every Lambda Chi at Union for the past 21 years!
Many nights has Tim given his time listening to myself or some other underclassmen and given advice on some subject that seemed so critical at the time!
Thanks is not enough but thanks just the same…
Congratulations Brother Tucker!
Fred Shackelford Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 9:26 amCongratulations, Tim. I can think of no one who deserves it more.
Todd Reid Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 11:33 amTim,
I have known you now for over twenty years and I have never met another who has given so much of himself to others! Congratulations!!!!
Todd Reid
Lambda Zeta 267
Rob Dixon Says:
August 18th, 2008 at 10:26 pmWell deserved Tim!
Michael Moore Says:
August 20th, 2008 at 10:28 amTim,
Congratulations brother! You have made all of your fellow Lambda Zetas very proud!
Michael Moore
Lambda Zeta 286
Chad P. Wilson Says:
August 28th, 2008 at 9:06 pmTim,
Thanks for your love for others. God bless you brother….
Chad P. Wilson
Lambda Zeta 458
david m sharpe Says:
September 2nd, 2008 at 4:09 pmWay to go,Brother Tucker!God Bless You!
Yours In Zax,
Rev.David M Sharpe
Sigma Chi # 195