Brother Donald E. Grace was initiated into the fraternity through the Dallas Alumni Chapter on April 4, 1960.  His dedication and attention to detail enabled him to move up through the ranks.   He served as Polemarch of our chapter from 1973 to 1976.  He relocated to Austin and eventually became Polemarch of that chapter as well.  Brother Grace also served on the Grand Board of Directors and was the long standing Chairman of the C. Rodger Wilson Leadership Conference, which was named for the Past Grand Polemarch.  He also served as one of the chief organizers and long time Chairman of the Texas-New Mexico Kappa Caucus, which began in 1983 in order to create greater equity among the States and Chapters within the Southwestern Province.  After laying the groundwork for this change in the provincial landscape, the Dallas Alumni Chapter experienced a tremendous period of prominence and influence.  After years of consistent leadership, Brother Grace was given the Elder Watson Diggs Award in 1993 as a member of Austin Alumni after having moved there in 1976.  Brother Grace would return to Dallas frequently and he visited Dallas Alumni one last time in May 2004 to stress the importance of documenting the history of the chapter.  After a long battle with cancer, he joined the Chapter Invisible on Christmas Eve 2004.  The entire Fraternity mourned his loss.  The 69^th Southwestern Province Council was dedicated to his memory and the annual Southwestern Education Leadership and Training Foundation Scholarship was named in his honor in 2005.