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Alumni Award
Presented to Epperly
The outstanding accomplishments of William
Epperly will be recognized Saturday, May 11 when he will
be presented the WIU Distinguished Alumni Award. Epperly will
be recognized at the 9:30 a.m. Spring Commencement Exercises
in Macomb.
Epperly, a 1968 graduate in marketing, is
the vice president of the State Farm Mutual Insurance Company's
Hauppauge, NY agency. Headquartered in Bloomington, IL, State
Farm includes 76,500 employees and more than 16,000 agents servicing
66.2 million policies in the United States and Canada. In just
over 75 years, State Farm Insurance has grown from a small farm
mutual auto insurer to one of the world's largest financial institutions.
He served as president of the Milan Chamber
of Commerce, the Milan Economic Development Board, and was campaign
chairperson for Illinois State Rep. Joel Brunsvold for 10 years.
Epperly was a charter member and officer of the Milan Rotary Club
and was past president of Western's Alumni Association. He has
been named the Milan Jaycee of the Year and was the Milan Chamber
of Commerce's Community Service Award recipient. Epperly has been
involved with Delta Sigma Phi fraternity since 1968.
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