C. Grant Wilkins #635

Brother Wilkins graduated from the University of Denver in 1947 after being initiated in 1944.

As an undergrad, Brother Wilkins was a member of the Phi Epsilon Phi community service club and the Pioneer Club, as well as a member of the DU track team.

As an alumnus, Brother Wilkins was the president of the Alpha Zeta House Association and the District Chief for Beta nationally. He was also the Chairman of the Chancellors Society, a member of the DU Alumni Association and awarded the Community Service Award at DU Founder’s Day in 1982.

“I formed lifelong friendships in Alpha Zeta while at DU and today, 60 years later, those that are still alive remain my best friends,” Brother Wilkins says. “I also have many Beta friends throughout the United States and from other chapters after attending National Conventions for many years.”

He was the owner of Mountain States Advertising, which covered 14 states, and was District Chief of District 26 in the early 1970’s. He has served on numerous community, museum, hospital and Colorado boards as a chairman and trustee. His great love of Rotary Inter- national has taken him to 50-plus countries and he was the recipient of its prestigious Polio-Plus Pioneer Award.

He’s still an avid booster of the DU hockey team, and he was ecstatic to see the school win its first national championship in 35 years this past season.

Grant’s brother Jim was a member of Beta Tau Chapter of Beta Theta Pi at the University of Colorado.

He and his wife Marlene have two children, Shari, 57, and Mark, 55.