Brandon Eldridge
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Brandon Eldridge
Hometown: Sikeston, Missouri Initiation Number: 001 Initiation Class: Αlpha (Α) Graduation Class: 2009 Co-Brother: Chris Anderson Little Brothers: Anthony Lucido, Brian Scholfield, Tim Farmer |
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First High Alpha of Pi Lambda
In Office 2004-2005 Succeeded by: James Houpt |
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High Kappa of Pi Lambda
In Office
Preceded by: Succeeded by: |
Awards Won: 2005-2006 Brother of the Year, 2008 Dedicated Brother of the Year
Why Lambda Chi?: Everyone knows how the story goes. I went to Springfield, Missouri to visit from friends…who happened to be Lambda Chis. While they had lost their charter a semester prior, they were still a fully functioning chapter. I enjoyed my weekend and as I returned to St. Louis, the more than year-long journey began to bring Lambda Chi Alpha to St. Louis College of Pharmacy.
Something about yourself:
1. Married Angela Schnake (’09 as well) on June 28, 2008. The wedding was attended by more 20+ Brothers.
2. 50% owner (Along with Nick Dryer) of “The Duchess of Woodson-Upon-Maryland-Upon-McPherson” who has been featured as the Mascot on every Composite Photo for the chapter since 2006.
3. Once threw a large landscaping rock ~15 yards and crushed a squirrel while drunk. [Nick Dryer will full corroborate this story!] The next day I threw a football over a mountain.
4. Played in 2 Missouri HS Baseball State Championships. Due to my being on the team (and nothing more), I and the rest of the team were inducted into the Sikeston High School Hall of Fame.
5. Still Undefeated Heavyweight (>200 lb) Champion of Leg Wrestling within Pi-Lambda Zeta.
6. Due to a horrible automobile accident, I have a prosthetic wooden leg and a flesh-and-bone foot.
7. Completed the Iditarod (Dog Sled Race) in near world record pace with 50% of his being blind and the rest suffering from a bad case of the gout.
8. Was editor of High School Newspaper (”The Bulldog Barker”) in 11th/12th grade. Had a “column” on the back page of most issues titled “Photoshop Phriday” where I manipulated photos of students to make them look stupid and/or retarded or make fun of their inadequacies. I was also awarded a SHOW-ME Award of Excellence in Journalism (Essentially, First in State) for an expose done on shoplifting in Sikeston. [This is entirely true.]
9. Member of Missouri Boys State staff working with IT Department (during the program), and fundraising, HS Recruitment, and Program Orientations (Year Round)
Nicknames and how you got them: TheEmbellisher/”OH, NOW BRANDON” - I’m well-known for taking a normal story, doubling it (to make it more awesome, of course) and retelling it as a bigger and better version. Knowing this, I’d suggest rereading this entire profile for veracity.
Where you going after graduation? I’ve signed on to work at Super D Drugstore in Sikeston, Missouri. The wife will be working in hospital pharmacy in either Sikeston or Cape Girardeau.



