Phi Gamma Delta
Chan Coulter
From The Phi Gamma Delta magazine, 1991.
Chan F. Coulter (Iowa 1925) passed ad astra on August 22, 1991. Brother Coulter
was involved with Phi Gamma Delta for over 60 years, volunteering his support and service.
In 1978 an International Fraternity award in his honor, the Chan F. Coulter
Cup, was proposed by the Mu Deuteron Chapter at the University of Iowa and
approved by the Ekklesia. The award is given annually to the graduate brother
who has contributed the most to an undergraduate chapter through service in
a capacity other than as a Purple Legionnaire or General Officer.
During his junior year of college, he was a hurdler on the 1924 U.S. Olympic
track team. Following graduation, he worked in the insurance business many
years before he began farming, which he continued until his retirement in
1963. He served as House Corporation Treasurer at Mu Deuteron from 1953-1958
and then again from 1960-1967. He later served as Section Chief and as Purple
Legionnaire of Mu Deuteron on two different occasions. Following his retirement,
he did volunteer work for the American Legion, Veterans Hospital, and Farm
Bureau.