Sue was the first in her family to attend Purdue, where she was active in Purdue Musical Organizations, Grand Prix, Delta Gamma Sorority, Alpha Sigma Phi (as a little sis), and worked as a biology lab instructor. She was also involved at University Lutheran Church (ULU) and enjoyed playing sports at the CoRec since there were no women’s intercollegiate sports at the time.

Sue met her husband, Kevin, at Purdue, and they married in 1978. After eight years of teaching high school and college biology, Sue took 20 years off to raise their four children, during which she volunteered extensively at their schools, church, and the Penn Marching Band. All of their children attended Purdue and were active in Purdue Bands, which Sue and Kevin continue to support.

Sue returned to work in 2002 at Penn High School, retiring in 2017. After Kevin retired in 2022, they moved to Purdue’s campus, where they enjoy attending sporting events, lectures, and concerts, and traveling the world with the Purdue President’s Council.

Jeff is a family practice optometrist in his multi-doctor private practice in Watkinsville, Georgia. He is an active member of the American Optometric Association and the Georgia Optometric Association, where he has served in various leadership roles. Currently, Jeff chairs the Georgia Optometric Association Leadership Academy and serves as an appointed member of the Georgia State Board of Optometry. He’s been recognized by his colleagues and patients as the Georgia Young Optometrist of the Year, the Georgia Optometrist of the Year and received The Ohio State University Optometry Early Professional Achievement Award. In his local community, Jeff chairs the M&K Foundation, is active in Rotary International, and serves Oconee County Fire Rescue as a volunteer certified firefighter.

While at Purdue Jeff was active in Sigma Chi Fraternity and Purdue Interfraternity Council (IFC), culminating with roles as president of the Purdue IFC and chairman of the Iron Key Senior Leadership Honorary. His other campus involvement included Alpha Epsilon Delta, Golden Key, Omicron Delta Kappa, Skull and Crescent, and Gimlet. His awards while at Purdue include the MIFCA Jellison Award, the Purdue Class of ’37 Scholarship, the GP Foundation Scholarship, the Debris Yearbook Outstanding Senior, the Sigma Chi Balfour Award, the G.A. Ross Award, a student speaker at Purdue’s Commencement, and Purdue’s Homecoming King.

Jeff and his Boilermaker bride of 28 years, Tricia, have two daughters. Claire is a senior majoring in math education at the University of Georgia and Paige, a 4th generation Boilermaker, is a sophomore in Purdue’s College of Engineering.

Tricia is a Senior Lecturer of Legal Studies in the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia and was recently named the new Director of the Legal Studies Certificate Program at Terry College. Additionally, Tricia was awarded the Terry College of Business 2022 Instructional Excellence Award and was named a University of Georgia Center for Teaching and Learning Fellow for Transformative Teaching.

While at Purdue, Tricia was a School of Liberal Arts Dean’s Freshman Scholar, as well as a member of the Iron Key Senior Leadership Honorary, the Purdue Foundation Student Board 1994 Senior Class Gift Executive Committee, and Order of Omega Academic and Leadership Honorary. Tricia was also a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, serving the Greek community in a variety of roles, including as President of the Panhellenic Association. In recent years, Tricia has served on the Purdue University Honors College Dean’s Advisory Council and the Vice Provost for Student Life Advisory Board.

Tricia married Jeff, a fellow Boilermaker, in 1995, and is the mother of Claire and Paige–both following in their mother’s footsteps as members of Kappa Alpha Theta.

Patsy earned a bachelor’s degree in food and nutrition in business from Purdue in 1969, in addition to an MBA in food marketing from Michigan State University in 1970. She retired from Kraft Foods in 2006 after 36 years in corporate food marketing and marketing communications management.

A community volunteer, Patsy serves on the Women’s Fund of Central Indiana Advisory Board and the Purdue College of Health and Human Sciences Dean’s Leadership Council, in addition to the President’s Council Advisory Board. She is a former member of the Health and Human Sciences Alumni Board. Patsy held several offices from 2006 through 2013, including president and treasurer. She serves her community’s Discover Indianapolis Club in Fishers, holding several leadership roles for over 10 years.

Patsy has received several honors, including the Purdue University Nutrition Science Department Hall of Fame recipient in 2009 and the Purdue University College of Health and Human Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award in 2016. She also received the college’s Gold and Black Award in 2016, an honor reserved for donors who have moved the college forward by committing exceptional financial resources.

In addition to endowing two scholarships, the Patsy J. Mellott Scholarship and Patsy J. Mellott HHS Scholarship, she established the Patsy J. Mellott Teaching Innovation Award in the College of Health and Human Sciences in 2013. In 2015, she endowed the Patsy J. Mellott Women’s Tennis Coach Performance Award. She is a lead donor in the Christine M. Ladisch Faculty Leadership Award and the Purdue Women’s Network Virginia C. Meredith Scholarship for the College of Health and Human Sciences.

Barb is a stylist with Cabi Clothing, a women’s apparel brand based in Los Angeles. She was a four-year member of Grand Prix while at Purdue serving as Director of Promotions her senior year.

Barb graduated from the College of Liberal Arts in 1992.

Barb met Scott when they were both Purdue students, and they have three children—Nicholas, Riley, and Shelby (BS Science 2018). Their daughter Riley is a senior studying marketing in the Krannert School of Management. They love living near campus and being connected to the Purdue community through their church St. Thomas Aquinas and hosting events for Zucrow Graduate Students.