The university presents the Distinguished Service Young Alumnus Award each year to alumni age 40 or younger who are elected by a vote of the TSU Alumni Board of Governors. The vote indicates these alumni have performed outstanding service in their professions, achievements, and communities, and have demonstrated support of TSU through contributions of time, talent, and funding; through recruitment of students; and through the placement of graduates.

Blume serves on TSU’s Cast Metals Advisory Board and its Alumni Board of Governors. He was a member of Delta Chi fraternity as a TSU student, and received the Richard T. Donaldson Campus Involvement Award in 2004. He has actively supported the University as an alumnus through Skull and Bones, Delta Chi, and serving as a Homecoming weekend organizer. He has helped with student move-in days, secured in-kind and other University gifts through his employer, and supported TSU’s annual Scholarship Gala.