As an undergraduate, Michael Schoen ’87 found that joining his fraternity, Lambda Chi Alpha, and participating in team sports helped him make the most of his years at MIT. “MIT changed my life,” says Schoen, who played on rugby and varsity soccer teams. “But without athletics and my fraternity, I’m not sure I’d have gotten through MIT. I was the first kid in my family to attend college.”
Early supporter. Soon after graduating, Schoen began making gifts to the MIT Department of Athletics, Physical Education, and Recreation (DAPER). He helped start Friends of DAPER, an alumni organization that raises funds and recruits volunteers, and has served on the DAPER visiting committee. “When I visit MIT,” he says, “I see how facility upgrades and innovative programming are benefiting all students, not only varsity athletes.”
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