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Dan Cucchi Named Most Distinguished Graduate at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's New Agent Academy Graduation Ceremony

Florida's Chief Financial Officer, Alex Sink, Brother Dan Cucchi and FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey are pictured above at FDLE's New Agent Academy Graduation Ceremony.

Last year, after 20 years of service with the Broward County Sheriff's Office, Dan Cucchi, '84 retired with the rank of Detective Sergeant. A month later, he was sworn-in as a Special Agent with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) where he has been assigned to the Miami region over the past year conducting various statewide investigations. Dan is also a member of the agency's SWAT team and is currently on a rotation assignment for Governor (Brother) Crist's security detail when he is in the South Florida region. Dan is pictured above in October, 2007 at the FDLE New Agent Academy Graduation Ceremony in Tallahassee where he was presented with the agency's Commissioner's Award, given in recognition for Most Distinguished Graduate. The award was presented by FDLE Commissioner Gerald Bailey and Florida Chief Financial Officer Alex Sink, both featured in the photo above.

"I currently reside in Fort Lauderdale with my wife of 17 years, Lisa Ann, and our two sons, Antonio (11) and Dominic (5). I sometimes run into Delta Lamda brothers in the South Florida area. Fellow pledge brother, Mike Miller ('84) and I still remain very close friends sharing regular family functions with each other."

Delta Lambda Refounding Father Andrew Jones '01 is now a candidate for the Florida Legislature from Orlando

Building things from the ground up has become a familiarity to Pike Brother and fourth generation Seminole, Andrew Jones '01.

Andrew was initiated into Pike as one of the 140 members of the Alpha class who worked to re-constitute and lead the Delta Lambda chapter at FSU. Andrew used these considerable leadership skills in rebuilding his fraternity, in serving his community, and now in raising his family.

"It feels very special to be a founding father and be able to have recreated our Fraternity from the ground up," said Andrew. "We were able to make the Fraternity special to us by getting involved in all the things that interested us. As Pikes, we were able to use our leadership skills to give back to the community and bring in guys who shared the same vision as us."

The founding Alpha class worked to make community service a strong and important part of Pike. Andrew recalled one memorable trip in which a dozen Brothers drove up into Georgia to help in cleanup efforts after a tornado had damaged the area. "We would go in small groups and just do things like that," said Andrew. "We all had 3.7 GPAs but still had time to give back to the community." Among some of the other unforgettable times for Andrew as a Brother was an event called "Meet the Pikes" night at Doak Campbell Stadium. It was held in the FSU President's Box overlooking the football field in which the members of the Alpha class were introduced to the audience. In attendance that night were some prominent Pike legends such as Bobby Bowden, chapter Founder Ken MacLean, Andy Miller and Charlie Barnes. Despite all the activities and events Andrew participated in with his Brothers, it was the downtime that became the most memorable. Andrew recalls, "My fraternity brothers were the people that I could relax and hangout with. We could be ourselves and talk about anything."

After completing his undergrad work at FSU, Andrew advanced on to attend law school as a member of the inaugural class at Florida A&M University. As a law student, Andrew organized and began a student run mentorship program that was later adopted by the university. "I learned as a Pike how to build things up and used that to help build the Law School and make it better," said Andrew.

Among his many contributions to the community, Andrew became a founder yet again, this time to a successful philanthropy named "Guys with Ties." This philanthropy hosts events to raise money for various charities in the Orlando area. The philanthropy since has expanded to new locations thanks to three other Pike brothers. Alex Price '98 started a new "Guys with Ties" affiliation in New York City, Matt Timmerman '01 in Charlotte and Eric Carr '01 in Jacksonville.

Andrew has also dedicated his life to serving the community by becoming a state prosecutor in Florida's Seminole and Brevard counties. He is now running for state representative in Florida, which will enable him to further give back to the community by working to increase the well-being and safety of the area. Andrew is married and is a father of three.

Andrew still attends the annual Pike alumni event during homecoming. "Being a Pike is a privilege," says Andrew. "There is a lot of foundation, loyalty, leadership and giving back to the community. Pike is a great legacy to carry on, and one that I will carry on for the rest of my life."

[Article contributed by Chris Koch '01 and Kerry Sweeney]

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