Scholarship Winners - Where are they Now?
Ted Hamilton, Beta Theta ’66 sponsored his daughter Katherine Hamilton Koy (2002/2003 scholarships)
Katie graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004 with a double major in Public Relations and Advertising and a minor in Business. The summer after graduation she took a job with a small medical device company representing spinal implants used in spinal fusion and disc replacement surgeries in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. Three years later, she moved to a position with a larger private company which then merged with Johnson and Johnson's spinal division, forming a new company, Depuy Synthes Spine, and Katie has been working there ever since. As a medical device representative the job can be stressful, but Katie very much enjoys staying up-to-date on the latest in spinal technology and the challenge of being a partner and reference for surgical teams. Katie fittingly lives in Katy, TX, a suburb of Houston with her husband Lance and her rescue Bichon, Twinkie, where they are close to Lance’s family concrete business.
‘Sadly, my older sister and a fellow Alpha Phi Delta scholarship recipient (1999-2001), Elizabeth Brooks Hamilton, passed away a year ago from cancer - I know she was extremely grateful for the leg up the scholarships gave her in life, as she went on to attend law school at the University of Texas at Austin. I was lucky enough to also receive several scholarships from Alpha Phi Delta during my college years. My father, Ted Hamilton, was a member of the College of Steubenville's Beta Theta chapter and encouraged me to apply. I was always excited to be chosen, but unlike my parents, I don't think I quite realized the impact the scholarships had on our family until I got a job myself and became more aware of how much money went into my education. The scholarships helped to supply my books and enabled me to remain active in my sorority, Delta Gamma. I very much appreciate the help Alpha Phi Delta provided to me and have tried to give back to them each year, so that others have the chance to receive the same support’.
Note – Katie has made generous donations to the Alpha Phi Delta Foundation over the years.
Katie graduated with honors from the University of Texas at Austin in 2004 with a double major in Public Relations and Advertising and a minor in Business. The summer after graduation she took a job with a small medical device company representing spinal implants used in spinal fusion and disc replacement surgeries in the Texas Medical Center in Houston. Three years later, she moved to a position with a larger private company which then merged with Johnson and Johnson's spinal division, forming a new company, Depuy Synthes Spine, and Katie has been working there ever since. As a medical device representative the job can be stressful, but Katie very much enjoys staying up-to-date on the latest in spinal technology and the challenge of being a partner and reference for surgical teams. Katie fittingly lives in Katy, TX, a suburb of Houston with her husband Lance and her rescue Bichon, Twinkie, where they are close to Lance’s family concrete business.
‘Sadly, my older sister and a fellow Alpha Phi Delta scholarship recipient (1999-2001), Elizabeth Brooks Hamilton, passed away a year ago from cancer - I know she was extremely grateful for the leg up the scholarships gave her in life, as she went on to attend law school at the University of Texas at Austin. I was lucky enough to also receive several scholarships from Alpha Phi Delta during my college years. My father, Ted Hamilton, was a member of the College of Steubenville's Beta Theta chapter and encouraged me to apply. I was always excited to be chosen, but unlike my parents, I don't think I quite realized the impact the scholarships had on our family until I got a job myself and became more aware of how much money went into my education. The scholarships helped to supply my books and enabled me to remain active in my sorority, Delta Gamma. I very much appreciate the help Alpha Phi Delta provided to me and have tried to give back to them each year, so that others have the chance to receive the same support’.
Note – Katie has made generous donations to the Alpha Phi Delta Foundation over the years.
