Featured Fraters Doug Keever, 343 & Scott Meier, 868
Frater Doug Keever (343) The Doug Keever way – as Narrated by Frater Craig Shaw (940)
Back in 1964, dinners were served at the TKE House every evening at the same time and ALL members of the Fraternity were required to attend and remain standing until Mrs. Holman entered the room and was seated. She would share life lessons of manners and how to behave, including but not limited to… not interrupting or talking over each other, using a napkin and not talking with our mouths stuffed full of food.
Frater Doug Keever (DN 344) also remembers, “We had a blast with food riots and panty raids until one time Mrs. Holman scolded me, “BEHAVE LIKE A GENTLEMAN!!”, she said. Looking back, I’ve grown to appreciate her role in the TKE House, educating and guiding us as young men. It’s funny, somehow, I wish the new members today could have a similar experience to what I had back then.”
Doug started at Northwest Missouri in the fall of 1963 where he could live at home and commute to save money. “My high school typing teacher, Mike Stevens (DN-205) suggested I attend the smoker
at the TKE House to see if I liked hanging out with any of the guys there. I did and even knew a few that were from Maryville.”
Doug’s Pledge Pop was Gary Willett (DN 312) “He had a pet alligator that I had to take care of and “Being a local boy, when one of my pledge brothers and I got dumped in Burlington Iowa, we were back in Maryville before the actives. We thought we were pretty smart, until they made us pay for our attitude one way or the other. We learned to be humble real quick back then!”
Before Doug could complete his studies, his draft number came up, so he chose to enlist in the United States Air Force, serving as a radio operator in Africa and Spain. When he got out of the service, he returned to Northwest to get his degree in Marketing on the GI Bill. From there, it didn’t take long for Doug to land a job with Armor Meats as a sales rep before returning to Northwest to earn an Art Degree in December 1976. He taught Art for 25 years in Stanberry and retired in 2002.
Frater Keever served on the TKE Board of Control as President from 1992 to 1995 and has been a dues member of the Delta Nu Alumni association for more than 16 years.
Doug said, “he enjoyed the brotherhood and stays connected with many alumni members over the last 50 plus years.”
Doug was born in Kansas City in 1945, he and his family moved to Maryville, MO a year later and lived on the town square for this first 6 years, before moving to a 4-acre farm north of town to raise cows, chickens, pigs, and horses. When Doug was 12 his family moved into town to 4th Street. He attended Maryville High School and was in the Spanish Club and wrestled his senior year at “122 lbs. Dynamite.” Doug met his wife, Caroline, while attending Northwest and they were married in 1972. They have 3 children, 2 boys and a girl plus 5 grandchildren. They are his proudest accomplishments!
Frater Scott Meier (868) Lessons Learned – As narrated by Frater Craig Shaw (940)
Laid back, trustworthy, humble, and above all service minded… these are attributes we can use to describe our Delta NU Frater, Scott Meier. Scott joined Tau Kappa Epsilon in 1980 and served at separate times as the Social Chairman and Vice President, paying for college as Head Resident Assistant through the Work Study Program. Scott also participated in his first two years in college on the wrestling team. Rumer had it back then that IOWA turned out pretty good wrestlers.
Scott and I hit it off right away, he has a way of making people feel comfortable. I started my Junior year on the Football team, weighing approximately 215 pounds and Scott, my Resident Assistant, weighing 137 lbs. soaking wet, asked me if I wanted to wrestle on the TKE RED carpet. HUH, what was he thinking? I couldn’t wait! The lesson I learned that day, there is more to wrestling than weight and there was more to learn from my new friend, Scott.
After my butt whipping, Scott informed me friendly competitions like this happened regularly at the TKE House and this was one of many activities Fraters enjoyed together. How could I not join TEKE! My hope is as you read about Scott’s life we can share a smile and perhaps a toast in person with Scott soon.
Scott grew up in a town of 700 people called Carson, Iowa. His graduating class was small, it only had 17 people in it. His Mother, Norma was a schoolteacher, and his Father Don was an Airman Mechanic who took up farming and then later opened Don’s Conoco Gas Station. Scott’s Sister Brenda served in U.S .Air Force Intelligence and became a high school Science teacher and lives in Linden VA. His brother Craig
served in U.S. Army Medicine and is a family Physician in Elkhorn, NE. And his youngest sister Melanie
has a banking background and is a Business Owner in Council Bluffs, IA.
Scott joined the Army in 1988, he attended basic training in Fort Leonard Wood, MO and after, he went to the US Army Intelligence Center and School (USAICS), Fort Huachuca, AZ. Scott deployed to Panama, August 1999 and was in “Just Cause.” In August 2000, Scott was assigned to the 902nd Military Intelligence Group, Pentagon. In October 2000, he deployed on mission for Desert Shield and Storm. He
then was reassigned under INSCOM in 2003 where he led the first domestic military espionage case with special tradecraft on U.S. soil since 1972. He transitioned out of the military in 2004 and contracted back to U.S. Government agencies.
In 2007, Scott was selected from 25,000 qualified and vetted candidates in the Baltimore/Washington, DC/Norfolk region for one of 56 FBI Special Agent Academy seats to start 2007. After graduating from FBI Academy, he supported White Collar Crime, Foreign Counterintelligence, Domestic Terrorism, and was a pilot for air operations and a member of the SWAT team.
Scott transitioned to a company that contracts to the U.S. government where he has been for 25 years. As a Vice President, he has the honor of working with and leading a team of skilled employees servicing over 25 federal agencies throughout the years and is looking to retire soon!
Scott is very happily married to Critia Rowlette. They married in 2013 in Maryville, MO and had their reception in the brand new TKE house on NWMSU Campus. Photos below.
Today Scott loves Motorcycle Touring: Worldwide Travel, participating in endurance events, Aviation, Volunteering time for missions in Uganda and Christ’s Hands, Harlen/Wallins Creek, KY, fundraising for Jill’s House, a respite care facility for kids with physical and intellectual disabilities.
Scott is a 2x Counterintelligence Special Agent Honor Graduate of USAICS, Graduated with Distinction FBI Academy, and other military and civilian distinctions as a contractor to the U.S, intelligence Community.
It is a challenge to capture anyone’s life accomplishments in short form, but it was my privilege, with deep appreciation, to take a moment and spotlight our frater Scott Meier’s life of service, as we continue to honor one another, and the impact Deta Nu men have made on America. Thanks for the many life lessons, Scott! They taste a lot better than the Red Carpet did back at 222.
Scott Meier, “I am an ordinary man who stumbled often but through God’s grace found a redeeming path in life, and I’m proud to say…
I am a TKE for life!”
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