Robert A. Jarred
Omicron-Kappa Chapter
University of Southwestern Louisiana at Lafayette
Frater Jarred (Opportunity Out of Defeat Club) is an attorney at law, practicing in the areas of taxation, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation. He is a member of the Louisiana State Bar Association Tax Division and the Lafayette Parish Bar Association.
Robert was initiated in 1984 at Omicron-Kappa Chapter (University of Louisiana). As an undergraduate member, he served as Recruitment Chairman, Alumni Relations Chairman, Histor, Hegemon, Crysophylos, and Prytanis. His dedicated service continued past graduation in 1986, being appointed as District Vice President, Delta District, in 1987. He spearheaded the recolonization of his dormant home chapter in 1993 and served as Omicron-Kappa Chapter Advisor for five years. He organized a Board of Trustees, served as its chairman for five years, and organized the Omicron-Kappa Chapter Alumni Association, serving as president for five years.
He served on multiple Courts of Inquiry as Chief Justice, as a Province Advisor in 1998, Grand Province Advisor in 2000, and was appointed by Grand Prytanis Lon Justice to serve on the Judiciary Committee in 1999, having served as chairman from 2001 to 2008.
A Life Loyal Teke, Robert received the Grand Prytanis Award in 2007, the Key Leader Award in 2006, and is a member of both the Ritual and Recruitment Excellence Task Forces. He is Grand Council liaison for the Grand Court and Judiciary Committee, and is chairman of the Black Book Revisions Committee. Frater Jarred began his first term on the Grand Council as Grand Pylortes in 2007 and was appointed Grand Hypophetes in December 2008.
He and his wife Linda reside in Lafayette, La.
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2008-2009
Grand Hypophetes
2007-2008
Grand Pylortes