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For the promotion of academic excellence, through the recognition of outstanding students, the OMICRON Chapter has established the Thomas Wolfe Award for merit in the area of creative writing, and the Charles L. Seebeck Award for achievement in computer science. Applauded as an admirable gesture from a social fraternity, these awards were first presented on Honors Day, April 7, 1977, and symbolize the chapter's high esteem for scholarly performance. THE THOMAS WOLFE AWARD In memory of the late Brother Thomas Wolfe, a distinguished alumnus of Pi Kappa Phi and a well-known American author, the OMICRON Chapter has established the Thomas Wolfe Award. Through the department of English, this award is presented annually to an undergraduate student who has excelled in the area of creative writing. Brother Wolfe was born in Ashville, N.C. on October 3, 1900. At age fifteen, he entered the University of North Carolina. Upon graduation from the University, Brother Wolfe continued his study of writing at Harvard. His most famous work, Look Homeward Angel, is a semi-autobiographical novel based on his youth and was published in 1929. Brother Wolfe died on September 15, 1938 and is buried in the family plot in Ashville. THE CHARLES L. SEEBECK AWARD In honor of Dr. Dr. Charles L. Seebeck, an initiate of the Alpha Chapter of Pi Kappa Phi at the college of Charleston, and a distinguished member of the faculty at the University Of Alabama, the OMICRON chapter has established the Charles L. Seebeck Award. Through the New College, this award is presented annually to an undergraduate student in the Computer Based Honors Program who has shown outstanding achievement in the field of computer science. Brother Seebeck was born on July 19, 1908 in Charleston, where he was initiated into Pi Kappa Phi. Later he was awarded his masters degree from Harvard and his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina. Brother Seebeck's varied career includes: Teaching, Computer consulting and programming, the co-author of many published articles and the book, Mathematics of Finance. He became the University of Alabama's first computer director and in 1968 initiated the Computer Based Honors Program. Following his retirement in 1976, the University Of Alabama named it's Computer Center in his honor. |
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