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The Purple and Gold
THE JOURNAL OF CHI PSI FRATERNITY
Spring 2006
Sigma Convention Celebrates 150 Years
Peter Schenck, BJ Eswein Remembered
Chi Psi Eye Profiles: NFL Coach Mangini,
New Habitat CEO, Report from Bagdad
Centennial Remembrance of the
Great San Francisco Earthquake That
Destroyed Gamma Delta Lodge
Welcome Chi Psi’s
Newest Alpha – at
Miami University
(Yes, it’s the one in Ohio.)
Attend Chi Psi’s
165th Convention
In Columbia, S.C.
Sights around Columbia: Finlay Park, St. Patrick’s Day Festival at Five Points, Penguins at Riverbanks Zoo, one of the many area golf courses, Gateway to the historic Horseshoe at USC.
At The University of South Carolina • Wednesday 25 July – Sunday 30 July 2006
T
he University of South Carolina is home to more than 200 years
of history and tradition, rising from a single building in 1805
on what would become the heart of the campus, the Horseshoe.
The eleven buildings that now make up the Horseshoe frame a lush
lawn that is an irresistible gathering place. The Columbia campus is the
flagship school for an eight-campus system. In Columbia, fifteen
degree-granting colleges with 1,450 faculty offer 350 different programs
to 27,000 students. School colors are garnet and black, and the athletic
nickname is the Fighting Gamecocks.
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ur 165th annual gathering of the Chi Psi family is set for late July at the
University of South Carolina in the capital city of Columbia. Convention
events include the 165th Spencer Leadership Institute beginning
Wednesday, Games at the Strom Thurmond Wellness Center on Thursday, the
Beta 50th Anniversary Barbeque on Friday evening, and the Formal Banquet on
Saturday. Lots of family fun is available within a short drive – from the zoo, museums, gardens, and historic houses in Columbia to great beaches along the coast
– so consider vacation options around Convention week. Log on to the Web site
at www.chipsi.org or call the Central Office at 615-736-2520 for details.
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The Purple
and Gold
The Journal of
Chi Psi Fraternity
SPRING 2006 • VOLUME 124 • NUMBER 2
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
Alpha Rho Delta at Miami
University, in Oxford, Ohio, is
Chi Psi’s newest Alpha following
the charter initiation and
installation banquet . . . . . . Page 4
Alpha Sigma at the University
of North Carolina turned 150
in 2005, and Chi Psi held its
Annual Convention there to
mark the occasion . . . . . . . Page 8
The 1906 Convention photo
was missing from the national
collection, but an original,
including two Brothers who
died in the Cornell Fire, was
found recently and now hangs
in the Central Office . . . . Page 12
In the Chi Psi Eye features our
second NFL coach, more travels
with Dr. Dan, the new Director
of Habitat for Humanity, a report
from Bagdad, and other news of
our Brothers . . . . . . . . . . . Page 13
Chi Psi remembers 1906 mostly
for the fire that destroyed the
Lodge at Cornell and killed four
Brothers and three firefighters.
In April of that year, however,
the Great Earthquake destroyed
Gamma Delta’s Lodge and much
of Stanford University . . . Page 22
Omega: We celebrate the lives
of Chi Psi Brothers who have
died, including two long-time
national board members,
Peter Schenck, ΕΔ’59, and
BJ Eswein, ΔΔ’71 . . . . . . . . Page 24
Crew, Capstone House,Williams-Brice Stadium,The Lodge, Five Points Fountain, Strom Thurmond Wellness Center.
Volume 124, Number 2, © 2006: The Chi Psi Educational Trust and Chi Psi
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Gill Sans and Comic Sans fonts, printed by The Watkins Printing Company, Columbus, Ohio.
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Rho Delta – Page 4
Convention – Page 7
1906 Photo – Page 12
Head Coach – Page 13
Earthquake – Page 22
If you did not receive a copy of
the Fall 2005 issue of The Purple
and Gold, which included the
2004-05 Annual Report, visit
www.chipsi.org for the electronic
issue or contact the Central Office
to receive a printed version.
Pete Schenck – Page 25
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Publisher: Sam Bessey, ΗΔ’97 • Editor: Bill Hattendorf, ΑΔ’69, Σ’82
Contributors: Kyle Moen, Ι’02, Todd Falls, ΤΔ’89, Brad Beskin, Σ’05, Joan Ross,
Kurt Gilliland, Σ’92, Whitey Silverio, ΕΔ’71, Larry Batina, ΔΔ’74, Nate Evans, Ε’01
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Alpha Rho Delta
Chartered at Miami University
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Former Council Chair Michael C. Hurst, ΤΔ’87, shares a handshake and
greeting with Alpha Rho Delta’s #1, Jason Rarecha, ΡΔ’06.
Above: Council Vice Chair Troy Ivey, ΙΔ’90, and Travis Valentine, ΩΔ’05
Below, Brothers circle the room and close the Banquet with Chi Psis Ever.
hi Psi Fraternity is proud to announce the
installation of Alpha Rho Delta at Miami
University in Oxford, Ohio. Over the weekend
of 17 September 2005, more than thirty alumni
and undergraduate volunteers from seventeen different
Alphas convened at the weekend home of James B.
McGregor, ΤΔ’98, in Springfield, Ohio, to initiate the
twenty-two founding members of Alpha Rho Delta. The
weekend culminated with a traditional initiation banquet
at the Hyde Park Golf and Country Club in Cincinnati,
arranged by corporation president Bob Dearth, A’66.
Former Trust Chair Cliff Massa III, ΕΔ’71, organized
the proceedings for the formal initiation ceremonies
with Central Office staff member Kyle Moen, I’02, while
Bill Hattendorf, ΑΔ’69, Σ’82, was the designated chief
presiding officer, with Brian T. Heil, Ε’80, and Brother
Massa also sharing duties. Kyle Moen presented the
colony members for their induction into Chi Psi.
FROM DORM TO COLONY – Granted Colony
status in the Fall of 2004, the Colony’s story really began
in 2002 with a group of diverse freshmen in Miami’s
Emerson Hall. Through social and academic interactions, a group emerged that ate together and attended
Miami sports events as a unit. They even gave themselves
a name: The Fighting Llamas (after the name of a
member’s former basketball team). Several members of
the group went through formal rush, but many felt that
Alpha Rho Delta Installation
existing groups did not meet their needs or match well
with their values. As stated in their petition for Alpha
status, they “wanted to change the landscape of Miami’s
fraternities by actually living the values being preached –
service, respect, courage, chivalry, and so forth.” The
men sought, above all else, a family.
On a cold evening in the Fall of 2003, the group
gathered in an off-campus apartment and made a pact
to create an organization at Miami for students to form
a lifelong bond, to give back to the community, and to
develop under the guidance of honorable principles.
After exploring the options with existing organizations,
they turned to the Greek Affairs Office. The Chi Psi
Central Office had sent an extension packet literally
the week before to that office. After much discussion
and many conference calls with the Central Office, it
was decided to pursue establishing Chi Psi at Miami.
The group did not choose Chi Psi in a traditional sense.
Rather, an intersection of fate brought the gentlemen
to the gentlemen’s Fraternity; the group had chosen
Chi Psi as much as Chi Psi had chosen the group.
ALUMNI ASSOCIATIONS – Rho Delta has been fortunate to have an active Chi Psi Regional Alumni
Association within driving distance. The Columbus Area
Alumni Association (CAAA) was instrumental in establishing the Colony at Miami. CAAA President (and former CO staffer) William J. Green, ΜΔ’95, visited Oxford
early-on, providing moral support and organizational
guidance for the Colony. The CAAA hosted events in
both Oxford and Columbus to lend additional support
for the group. And former Chi Psi Educational Trust
Chair Robert A. Dearth Jr., A’66, is the new president of
the Rho Delta Alumni Corporation, succeeding Jamie
McGregor, who led the organizational process.
Many other alumni joined in the efforts to help
form a new Alpha at Miami. The Colony was “adopted”
by Central Office Staff member Kyle Moen, who spent
much of his personal time driving back and forth to
Miami University
Founders Tim Reynolds, Anthony Baczewski, Mike Frey, and Kurt Ericson.
Council Chair Joseph J. Devaney, Ρ’80, ΜΔ’99, Executive Council member
Todd Falls, ΤΔ’89, and former Visitor Scott Boyd, ΘΔ’01.
#1 Jason Rericha, ΡΔ’06 (right), gives special thanks to Central Office staff
member Kyle Moen, Ι’02, for his guidance and assistance to Rho Delta.
Oxford to encourage the efforts of the Miami students.
Other key alumni included Council Chairs Michael Hurst,
ΤΔ’87, and Joe Devaney, Ρ’80, ΜΔ’99, Council Finance
Chair Jim Lazarus, ΣΔ’01, Alpha Visitor Preston Humphries,
Β’03, and alumni James B. McGregor, ΤΔ’98, Charles
McConville, ΖΔ’89, and O. Henry Hoversten, Ν’45.
Colony members attended Executive Council meetings
and National Conventions, and they completed a program
for recruitment development. They also took part in a Risk
Management Retreat, a Program for Self Development,
and an Alpha Management Retreat.
Within the Miami community, Rho Delta became
active early-on in philanthropic and social pursuits. They
created a bed race event as part of National Youth Service
Day, and raised money and awareness for breast cancer,
child abuse prevention, and a local animal shelter. A “hallmark” of Rho Delta is the Annual Rose Sale, held in the
two weeks prior to Valentines Day. Quite an involved ordering and delivery system is required. The Rose Sale encourages interaction with students across a wide spectrum of
the Miami community, and the delivery of a rose captures
part of the essence of a Chi Psi Gentleman, supporting the
reputation as men of true character.
M
UNIVERSITY was founded in 1809 in
Oxford, Ohio, which is approximately 45
minutes north of Cincinnati. The University is
named after the once local Native American
tribe, the Miami Indians. Miami University was an all-male
institution until 1909 when it merged with Ohio Normal
College to become a full-fledged coeducational institution.
U.S. News & World Report currently ranks Miami among
the top 25 public universities in the nation based on academic quality. Miami’s graduation rates are among the
highest nationally, ninth among NCAA Division I public
universities (eighty percent).
The undergraduate student body is composed of
6,900 males and 8,400 females; 9,500 from Ohio, 4,300 out
of state, and 1,500 foreign. The average SAT entry score is
1200 (comparable to Rutgers and many other Chi Psi
schools). Just over two-thirds of students graduate in four
years, and about eighty percent graduate within six years.
There are now 28 fraternities and 21 sororities at
Miami, with 33% of the campus being Greek (26% of the
IAMI
CHARTERING THE NEW ALPHA – The Rho Delta
Colony attended the National Convention at Chapel Hill
in force last summer. Jason Rericha was point person on
presentations to the Executive Council and the Convention,
and his fellow colonists were active and effective presenters
and lobbyists. The Executive Council endorsed the
proposal to elevate the Colony to Alpha status, and the
Convention enthusiastically voted in the affirmative.
Perhaps it is worth noting the final lines of the petition
for the Rho Delta petitioners: “Much like the road of life,
the path that brought us here was filled with twists and
turns. The experience and knowledge gained along the
way forged bonds between us. With the support and guidance of the Central Office and dedicated alumni, a trail
has been blazed at Miami University with the offering of
virtues such as chivalry, loyalty, and honor. It is by these
virtues, we wish to be judged, for they are the foundation
of our cause. Twenty-two different founders find themselves down this one sacred road, illuminated by the belief
in themselves and each other that this noble cause will
long endure not because of where we come from or where
we are going, but rather because of who we are and what
we believe in.” ■
men are Greek). The allfraternity GPA is 2.9,
while our Colony’s at the
time of installation was
3.1. The average chapter
size is 60, although the median is lower because a few
fraternities have a disproportional number of members.
Miami is the other Mother of Fraternities after
Union, with four national fraternities and one sorority
founded there: Beta Theta Pi (1839), Phi Delta Theta
(1848), Sigma Chi (1855), Delta Zeta (1902), and Phi
Kappa Tau (1906). According to the NIC’s Executive
Director Jon Williamson, “Miami is one of the true
cradles of Greek life. Its Greek community makes a
difference in the lives of undergraduates by enriching
their lives and adding to their compassion and respect
for fraternity life. The community places a strong
influence on academics and gives reason for alumni
to return to campus to build upon and renew
acquaintances made in undergraduate years.”
Alpha Rho Delta Installation
The Charter Initiation Class of Alpha Rho Delta of Chi Psi:
Name, Class, Hometown, Major; Interests/Honors; Career Goals (Position)
Anthony Baczewski ’06 – Dublin, OH, Microbiology; Eagle
Scout, basketball, dodge ball; pediatrician. (Pledge Ed.)
Benjamin Cox ’06 – Piqua, OH, Business; basketball, adopt-aschool; management. (#2)
Kyle Cuthbert ’08 – West Chester, OH, Business; MU water ski
team, basketball; create own business. (Social Chair)
Chris Darland ’06 – Mason, OH, Finance; Delta Sigma Pi,
basketball, softball; create own business.(Housing, Alumni
Relations & Development Chair)
Kurt Ericson ’06 – Cincinnati, OH, Accountancy and Decision
Sciences; rock climbing, Golden Key, Delta Sigma Pi, Beta
Gamma Sigma, Gamma Sigma Alpha; consultant. (#4)
Michael Frey ’06 – Toledo, OH, Finance; intramural sports,
Delta Sigma Pi, eucharistic ministry; job in finance.
Steven L. Guy ’06 – Chesterland, OH, Marketing; intramural
sports, Greek life; sports management.
William J. Huber ’07 – Findlay, OH, Biochemistry; track &
field, dorm programming, philanthropy; cure Alzheimer’s.
Nannaya Jampala ’06 – Wadsworth, IL, Chemistry &
Psychology; philanthropy; physician in neurology.
Jack Knellinger ’06 – Bellbrook, OH, Computer Science; basketball, philanthropy, Student Advisory Council; counselor.
Justin Lynn ’06 – Tucson, AR, Accounting & Decision Sciences;
philanthropy; accounting software co. (Sgt-at-Arms)
Matthew Martin ’07 – Chillicothe, OH, Political Science;
dorm council, Miami Symphony, philanthropy; law.
Matthew McKinney ’06 – North Canton, OH,
Organizational Leadership; start own restaurant.
Matt McLaughlin ’06 – North Canton, OH, Accounting,
philanthropy; accounting. (Service & Philanthropy)
Ryan Pampush ’06 – Cincinnati, OH, Computer Science,
computers; master’s degree & start own software
company. (Information & Communications Chair)
Jason Rericha ’06 – Novelty, OH, Engineering Mgt.,
varsity football, Dean’s Advisory Council, Fraternal
Futures; masters degree & start own company. (#1)
Timothy Reynolds ’06 – Parma, OH, Business Economics;
local government, philanthropy, athletics; Economics
professor. (#3)
John D. Romer ’07 – Dayton, OH, Zoology; athletics; doctor in sports medicine. (Scholarship & Athletics Chair)
Christopher Saltis ’08 – North Canton, OH, Finance;
basketball, community service.
David B. Spunt ’07 – New Albany, OH, Political Science &
Journalism; athletics, student radio, philanthropy;
career in public radio.
Thomas Thole II ’06 – Cincinnati, OH, American Studies;
water skiing, softball; banking. (Recruitment Chair)
Ryan Tremblay ’08 – Troy, OH, Finance; soccer, wrestling,
philanthropy; business professional & coach. ■
The Brothers of Alpha Rho Delta proudly display their Charter. Kneeling (l-r): Justin Edward Lynn ’06, Jason Michael Rericha ’06, Ryan Lee Tremblay ’08,
Thomas Joseph Thole II ’06, Kurtis Richard Ericson ’06, Matthew Steven McLaughlin ’06. Standing (l-r): Christopher Kenneth Saltis ’08, John Michael
Knellinger ’06,William James Huber ’07, Michael Timothy Frey ’06, Ryan Michael Pampush ’06, John Daniel Romer ’07, Anthony Peter Baczewski ’06,
Benjamin Michael Cox ’06,Timothy Charles Reynolds ’06, Christopher Phillips Darland ’06, Matthew Ross Martin ’07, Kyle Robert Cuthbert ’08,
Matthew Douglas McKinney ’06. Not pictured: Steven Louis Guy ’06, Nannaya Jampala ’06, David Barry Spunt ’07.
Miami University
Alpha Sigma Marks 150 Years
Hosting Chi Psi’s 164th Convention
The Sigma Symposium
featured a number of
prominent alumni
speaking about their
professions, including
the dean of American
sportswriters, Furman
Bishop, Σ’38 (top),
Alex Washburn, Σ’83,
a principal with
W Architecture in
New York City, and
Neel Latimore, Σ’83,
former press secretary
to Hillary Clinton.
A
lpha Sigma of Chi Psi, as part of its Sesquicentennial celebration (originally founded at the
University of North Carolina in 1855), hosted
Chi Psi’s 164th Annual Convention during the
first week of August 2005 at Chapel Hill. Undergraduate
and alumni delegates from across the country converged
on one of the nation’s best college towns to forge and
renew bonds of friendship far beyond their respective
Alphas.
The Spencer Institute sessions provided actives with a
classroom environment to develop the tools necessary to
effectively run their Alphas. Lead by volunteer alumni,
sessions included risk management, financial training for
#4s, leadership training for #1s, recruitment workshops,
calendar planning, and much more.
The Convention hosted a “Sigma Symposium” of
excellent alumni speakers who shared their experiences
and world-views with delegates and guests. Speakers included Richard Whisnant ’81, Alexandros Washburn ’83,
Furman Bisher ’38, Tom Terrell ’79, Jim Medford ’67, Don
Woodard ’79, Ali Farahnakian ’89, and Neel Lattimore ’83.
The Educational Trust sponsored an awards reception
at the Morehead State Dining Room, where Trust
scholarship and fellowships were announced. After
delegates had a chance to change clothes, the Chi Psi
Games competitions took place at the intramural fields,
and dinner was provided there by a well-known local
barbeque establishment.
Retiring Executive Council Chair Michael Hurst, ΤΔ’87, accepts an oversized gavel from new Council Chair Joe Devaney, Ρ’80, ΜΔ’99, and congratulations from #23
Sam Bessey, ΗΔ’97; #7 Dan Ahlberg, Ν’67, presents a scholarship to Aaron Eifler, ΕΔ’07; Representatives from Thayer, Founders and Goodbody finalist Alphas.
164th Annual Convention
(Perhaps it should be noted here that “barbeque” in the
South generally refers to pulled pork from a slow-roasted
pig – not charcoal-flamed hotdogs and hamburgers.)
A scavenger hunt (documented not by collections of
things but by photos from single-use cameras) acquainted
delegates with more of the local area than they might have
otherwise ventured into.
Friday night was the celebration of Alpha Sigma’s
Sesquicentennial with dinner and dancing on the grounds
of the Lodge. The official program was short to allow for
other activities, but the Distinguished Service Award was
presented to Phil Smith, Sigma ’64. Music for the evening
was provided by The Zookeepers, a band of Sigma alumni
who first performed together in their undergraduate days.
The Formal Convention Sessions were led excellently
by #6 Charles Madison, Sigma ’84, at the UNC Student
Union. All sessions ran smoothly with Charlie’s special
light-hearted humor. A major topic of discussion during
Convention was the possible elevation of the Rho Delta
Colony to Alpha status. The gentlemen from Miami
presented a compelling case to delegates in both formal
sessions and informal gatherings. After the Council’s
strong endorsement, the Convention ratified Alpha
status in enthusiastic fashion.
On Saturday, a memorial service was held at the
Chapel honoring all Brothers who passed away this year.
The Official Photo was taken on the steps
of Wilson Library, then all processed to
the Hill Alumni Center for the Final
Banquet. It was a beautiful and spirited
affair that capped a rewarding and fulfilling week. Singing has been stronger at
some Banquets, but Philip Spencer, Maid of
Chi Psi, The Banquet Song, and several collegiate fight songs were heard distinctly.
The Banquet ended Convention with an
enthusiastic closing gavel and a hearty
rendition of Chi Psis Ever. ■
From top:Two break-outs of the Spencer Leadership Institute; Thursday evening’s barbeque/games; Donald Beeson Σ’82; Ryan Gardner Σ’07,
Brad Beskin, Σ’05, Kurt Gilliland, Σ’92, and Ben Eisner, Σ’05; Linda Ahlberg, Jim Lazerus, ΣΔ’01, Dr. Dale Randall, ΣΔ’51, #7 Dr. Dan Ahlberg, Ν’67.
Chapel Hill 2005
Rho Delta Colony #1, Jason Rarecha, ΡΔ’06, with his fellow colonists, making his case for elevating the group to Alpha status.
Left: Most improved Alpha Pi Delta at North Carolina State with the Founders Trophy, posing with #7 Dan Ahlberg, Ν’67; Right: Chi Psi Educational Trust
Vice Chair Bob Spindell, Ο’65, with Rutger’s Alpha Rho & their Goodbody Award for scholarship and educational programs.
Left: Alpha Epsilon at Michigan accepts the Thayer Trophy from Joseph J. Devaney, Ρ’80, ΜΔ’99; Right: George Mason’s Travis Valentine, ΩΔ’05, accepts the
2005 Stanley Birge Award for most outstanding undergraduate Chi Psi. Also on stage are previous Birge recipients Sam Bessey, ΗΔ’97,
Troy Ivey, ΙΔ’90,Tom Terrell, Σ’79, Sam Perkins, ΟΔ’80, Steve Starnes, ΕΔ’01, and Ryan Ahlberg, Ε’03.
Current and former Central Office staff gathered for a group photo to be used in the new Chi Psi Story: Ryan Ahlberg, Ε’03, Jeffrey Andrews, ΠΔ’04,
Todd Falls, ΤΔ’89, Steve Crow, Ε’79, ΑΔ’84, Kyle Moen, Ι’02, Preston Humphries, Β’03, Bill Hattendorf, ΑΔ’69, Σ’82, Brad Beskin, Σ’05, Sam Bessey, ΗΔ’97,
Julian Emerson, Β’80, Nate Evans, Ε’01,Whitey Silverio, ΕΔ’71, Φ, Ψ, Joe Hughes, B’84, Ananda Ghosh, Σ’05, Bill Bode, ΘΔ’01, and Donald Beeson, Σ’82.
164th Annual Convention
DSAs Honor Sigma’s Strickland & Smith
Philip L. Smith, Sigma ’64
John Strickland, Sigma ’65
DSA Citation XXV
DSA Citation XXVI
ohn was the first in the Strickland
family to bypass the University of
Michigan, looking to “set his own sail”
not with maize and blue but with Carolina
blue. At UNC the last thing he expected to
do was join the fraternity of his brother –
Paul Kent Strickland, Alpha Epsilon 1963 –
but fate brought him and two of his fellow
prep school classmates to the Lodge at 321
West Cameron.
Brother Strickland has been continuously involved with
Chi Psi and Alpha Sigma since his graduation, whether his
banking career pulled him toward Chicago or New Jersey. He
first became a director of the Sigma Corporation in 1969 serving as President of that board from the late 1970s into the ’80s,
later becoming a Trustee of the Sigma Foundation.
With frequent trips to the Chapel Hill Lodge, he has
known every #1 and several Brothers of each Alpha Sigma class
since 1964, and that list of Brothers now includes his son,
Christopher, Alpha Sigma 2002. Even when John has not
served the Alpha in an official capacity his influence is always
felt. His advice and counsel has served countless numbers of
alumni and undergraduates as they have worked for Alpha
Sigma. Very little happens at Alpha Sigma without John having
played some role.
John’s expertise in numerous areas was put to good use
on the National level when he served on the Chi Psi Executive
Council and chaired several key committees during the late
1970s and early ’80s. Chi Psi is stronger for his thoughtful
leadership, questioning concern and Brotherly care in all
areas of the Fraternity.
E
xpecting to join another fraternity
upon his arrival in Chapel Hill, Philip
L. Smith was drawn instead to the
Lodge, and Chi Psi and Phil Smith have
both been enriched by the union. With his
achievement-driven style, he seemed a natural leader at Sigma, and the Alpha chose
him as both #1 and #4. By his senior year,
Alpha Sigma took home both the
Goodbody Award and the Thayer Trophy.
After UNC and Harvard Business School, he ran his own
successful business for many years as owner and president of
Parnell-Smith, an automobile and truck parts distributor and
service center. When Alpha Upsilon Delta was taking root at
Wake Forest, Phil was one of the first to lend a hand – from
helping with rush to serving on their new alumni board to
recruiting other alumni to assist with the Colony and young
Alpha. Back on his feet after a serious illness in the 1990s, he
heeded the call to Ann Arbor to take on the job of Executive
Director, enriching and protecting the Chi Psi family as advisor,
leader and supporter.
A long-time member of the Sigma Corporation, Brother
Smith served as President from 1969-72, and he headed the
Sigma Foundation from the late 1990s to 2003. He took an
active role in three capital campaigns and has attended virtually every alumni weekend over the years. Very few Brothers have
been as intimately involved in the shaping and influencing of
as many aspects at Alpha Sigma as Brother Smith, and his wife,
Virginia, has been a partner with him every step of the way.
Brother Smith stands as proof that Chi Psi is not just for
college years but for life.
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The Official Photo of the 164th Annual Convention of Chi Psi Fraternity in Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Chapel Hill 2005
This once lost photograph of the 1906
Convention in Detroit was found in an
antique store, and the dealer acquired it in
an estate sale. It is now in the possession of
the Central Office thanks to Kurt Gilliland,
Σ’92, and a little interfraternal cooperation.
Alpha Psi Brothers (at sides of enlarged area
at right) included Oliver LeRoy “Ducker”
Schmuck ’07, from Hanover, Pennsylvania, and
William “Billy” Holmes Nichols ’07, from
Chicago, Illinois, who would perish later
that year in the Alpha Psi Fire at Cornell.
Lost 1906 Convention Photo Discovered
Two Cornell Brothers who would perish in the December fire are pictured as delegates.
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he alumnus advisor for Delta Kappa Epsilon at
the University of North Carolina stumbled upon
a piece of Chi Psi memorabilia in a local antique
store. That advisor in turn contacted Chi Psi
Executive Council member and Sigma Alumni Advisory
Board President Kurt Gilliland, Σ’92. It is a framed and
matted photograph of the attendees of the 65th Annual
Convention of Chi Psi in Detroit in 1906. The following
Alphas (seventeen of them) are represented by Alumni,
undergraduates, or both (with number of attendees):
Psi (5)
Xi (1)
Pi (2)
Tau (1)
Alpha Delta (1)
Theta (4)
Nu (1)
Beta Delta (1)
Alpha (1)
Iota (1)
Gamma Delta (1)
Phi (3)
Rho (1)
Delta Delta (1)
Epsilon (16)
Epsilon Delta (3)
Chi (5)
A majority of the gentlemen in the photograph are
undergraduates in the class of 1907, but there are alumni from as early as 1860 as well as various classes between
1870–1906, including future National Presidents John
Wendell Anderson, Psi 1889, Epsilon 1890 (row 2, fifth
from left) and Edward C. “Skipe” Swift, Epsilon 1876
(row 2, ninth from left).
In the back row, fourth from left, is Malcolm D.
Jeffrey, Theta 1906, an ancestor of recent #7 Malcolm D.
“Jack” Jeffrey, Theta 1954. (There are eleven members of
the Jeffrey clan who went to Williams and who became
members of Chi Psi.)
Five Alpha Psi Brothers made the trek to Detroit for
Convention, including two who would perish in the
Cornell Fire in December: Oliver LeRoy Schmuck, 1907.
and William Holmes Nichols, 1907. ■
From the Archives
IN THE
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CHI PSI EY
Eric Mangini Heads Jets
Leaving mentor Bill Belichick’s Patriots to become the
second Wesleyan Chi Psi NFL Head Coach
E
ric Mangini, Alpha ’92, became the youngest
head coach in the NFL (and the secondyoungest ever in the NFL) when the Jets hired
him in January, stealing him away from mentor
and Chi Psi Fraternity Brother Bill Belichick, Alpha ’75,
and the New England Patriots. The baby-faced Mangini,
who turned 35 the same week, is the latest Belichick
disciple to take over a team in the last year, joining
Romeo Crennel, Charlie Weis and Nick Saban.
Mangini spent ten of his eleven years working under
Belichick, including the last six in New England. Not
only have the Patriots won three Super Bowls, they have
dominated their division rivals, winning six straight over
the Jets.
“They are the benchmark, but there's some things
he realizes he'd do a little differently,” Jets general manager Terry Bradway said. “You get a guy from a successful
program who knows how to win, your players are excited
to see that.”
The Jets can use all the insight into Belichick and
the Patriots they can get. That might be one of the reasons they picked the former New England defensive
coordinator to replace Herman Edwards. Now he must
deal with the pressure of trying to be as good as his mentor while resurrecting a team following a 4-12 season.
“I think the main qualities that made this job attractive to me were the commitment by the front office to
winning and to building an organization for the long
term,” Mangini said. “I look forward to building an
organization that people can be proud of, one that's
built with character, with toughness, and with discipline.”
Belichick reportedly told Mangini not to take the
job, knowing the task ahead: He was coach of the Jets for
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a day before bolting for New England in 2000. In fact,
the last four Jets coaches have left without being fired.
“If you want to be the best you have to beat the best
and if we can win this division, I think there's going to
be some really good competition,” Mangini said.
Eric Mangini's first job in the NFL consisted of
handing out media notes in the press box and washing
jockstraps. That was only a dozen years ago when he was
a go-fer on Bill Belichick's staff in Cleveland.
Born in Hartford, Eric received the Brian Piccolo
Award for outstanding athletic and academic achievement and was named the Scholar Athlete of the Year as a
senior at Bulkeley (Conn.) High. He became a Chi Psi at
Wesleyan, where he was a political science major. Eric
and his wife, Julie, have a son, Jake.
Mangini is close friends with Jets assistant GM Mike
Tannenbaum, who serves on the board of directors of
Mangini's football camp/charitable foundation in
Hartford, which raises money for children’s causes. But
Mangini's football “Godfather” is Brother Bill Belichick,
the man who has nurtured him. The Jets-Patriots Border
War could become a tug of war.
“Eric's done a great job for me,” Belichick said.
“He's been an outstanding coach. I've been with him in
three different organizations, and I have all the respect
in the world for Eric. He worked his way from the most
entry-level position to a place of great responsibility
during several successful seasons,” Belichick said. “The
opportunity Eric has earned is truly an example of good
things happening to a good, hard-working person. I
wish him well.”
Except in the division, one would guess, where they
must face each other twice a year. ■
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On the Road to Bagdad
Notes from Bagdad
By Lt. James A. Haltom, Sigma ’03
T
he summer between my sophomore and junior
year in college, in 2001, I joined Army ROTC at
UNC. Starting late, I was behind in required
classes, so I doubled up on those I had missed,
starting three weeks before September 11th. Junior-year
ROTC cadets sign a contract to become officers, so we
were non-deployable until after graduation. As I worked
toward a commission, I watched America roll to war.
Upon graduation in Spring 2003, I was commissioned as a reserve officer in the National Guard where I
would be a soldier one weekend a month, two weeks a
year – or so I thought. I had also been accepted in Teach
for America, a non-profit group that recruits non-education majors to teach in critical need areas of America for
two years. I was placed in rural Mississippi, in a county
with no stop lights in a self-segregated school system.
The school was on the brink of being taken over by the
state for low test performance and teacher turnover. I
had my Guard unit changed to Mississippi.
As I began to teach, I was overwhelmed with the
poverty of rural Mississippi. The entire school qualified
for free lunch, and many of my student's parents only
had part-time, minimum wage jobs. I was challenged by
a system that was really struggling. Most of my students
wanted to learn, but their education system lacked proper tools, the home environment was less than perfect,
and the community did not value education. I struggled
to find a way to gain ground against the odds they faced.
Yet, by Christmas, I felt my class was making gains.
We were finding a way to bridge that educational gap.
Then I got word that my Guard unit would be activated
for Iraq and I would have to leave school in late March,
six weeks before the end of the school year. For those
remaining weeks, I devoted all my attention on being
the best teacher I could be, but it was hard knowing
what was ahead.
In March 2004, I reported to Fort Knox, Kentucky,
for the five-month Armor Officer Basic Course (AOBC).
Our graduation there was bitter-sweet. We all knew we
were heading to Iraq and would be responsible for
leading soldiers. I had become good friends with fellow
Lieutenant David Giamio. He would later be killed in
Tikrit, Iraq, by a landmine while on patrol.
After more schooling, more waiting, a Christmas
leave, and a few days in Kuwait, I arrived in Iraq on
January 14th to begin my year there – over a year since I
found out I would be going to Iraq.
My Battalion was placed in the city of Najaf, Iraq.
Najaf at that time was being patrolled by a Marine unit
and was very calm. While there had been a month-long
fight between U.S. forces and insurgents in August, by
January Najaf was a very safe city. For the next several
weeks, the Marine unit we were replacing showed us the
area and their systems; a sense of relief came over my
unit as it appeared we would be in a relatively safe unit.
However, as our Battalion took control from the
Marines; word came down that our platoon needed to
go further north to help a sister battalion that was about
20 miles south of Fallujah. My men were shocked. We
began to leave on Valentines Day, but we were turned
around just outside the gate. Postponed daily for two
weeks, uncertainty wore on our nerves until word came.
When we arrived at our new base, it seemed that this
unit was expecting tanks to arrive (since we were
tankers!), but our tanks had been left in Mississippi and
were replaced with Armored Humvee gun trucks.
After only a few days, our battalion conducted a battalion-size raid and my platoon was the lead element.
Using the concealment of darkness, we entered a house
for the first time expecting enemy contact. Fortunately
we captured the targets with no shots fired. That would
be the first of many raids we would do in the next weeks.
For the next two months, my platoon went on daily
missions, often two or three times a day. We conducted
raids, cordons and searches, counter mortar patrols,
route clearances, and convoy escorts to Baghdad and
further north. We experienced our first Improvised
Explosive Device (IED) attack.
Toward late April, we were told to go back to our
unit, but our return to Najaf would be short-lived, as our
company almost immediately went further north to a
base five miles outside of Fallujah in the Al Anbar providence within the area known as the triangle of death
where many Americans had been killed.
For more than three months my company patrolled
the countryside southwest of Fallujah. While we thought
our time at the other base had been hard, these next
months proved to be even more difficult. We conducted
more raids, found several large weapons cashes, and
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In his undergraduate days at the Lodge at UNC, Brother Halton was the recipient of
the Robert Spearman Award, and he served as Pledge Educator, IFC Representative,
and Lodge Manager. On Campus, he was President of the Order of the Old Well,
VP for Public Affairs of the UNC System Association of Student Governments, on
the Board of Directors for the Carolina Student Union, and Assistant Program
Director for the North Carolina Renaissance Program.
pany were hit by IEDs, but my platoon got the infamous
title of "IED finder platoon" as we were hit by more. I
worried every day about losing soldiers, but as the weeks
rolled by, we managed no major injuries or loss of life.
When I went home for a two week R&R (rest and
relaxation) at the end of June, I was told my unit would
move again before I returned. While I enjoyed being
home with my family and friends, it was hard being
there worrying about what I would return to.
When I did return, to my surprise, my unit went
back to the Najaf area; a different unit ended up going
north instead of us. My men were relieved. For the next
month, my company patrolled Najaf without incident.
With about three months left in Iraq, my company
was reassigned to Karbala, a city about 30 miles north of
Najaf, which was under the same conditions as Najaf.
Our primary mission was to secure the Iraqi JCC (joint
command center) where the government controlled the
providence of Karbala. My platoon provided security to
U.S. forces operating within the compound. In addition,
I was assigned as the security advisor to the city police
department, a 5,000 strong unit.
In the middle of December my Brigade began to
rotate back home, a few weeks earlier than expected. I
watched my men load up on helicopters. I was to stay
with other officers to train our replacement unit until
sometime after the New Year.
On Christmas Day, however, I was told to get out. I
was surprised. I quickly packed up and got on a chopper
to begin my journey home. The call home on Christmas
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day to let my family know I was coming home was amazing. I was flooded with emotion as I finished my tour
and completed the journey I began two Christmases ago
when I heard I would go to war.
I arrived in the U.S. on 30 December and had a fourday leave for New Year's. I caught a ride from Mississippi
to Atlanta and surprised my family on 31 December as I
walked in the door for breakfast – two days since I left
the middle east and three days since I last showered.
They did not mind. The joy of my homecoming was
indescribable. I spent quality time with my family and
linked up with two Chi Psi Brothers for New Year's. Less
than 48 hours earlier I had been in the Middle East, and
on New Year’s Eve I was safe for the first time in a year.
I was given the opportunity to continue my military
training when I got home, and I am now at Fort
Benning for the five-month Infantry Captain's Career
Course to prepare for Company command. When the
course is complete I will attend Ole’ Miss Law School.
I cannot begin to express my appreciation for the
Brothers of Chi Psi, who supported me with letters, emails and packages. Pledges I never even met sent me
packages. Without brotherly support, a difficult year
would have been even harder.
I also have to thank my family. They are why I am in
the military. I am so thankful for their love and support.
And I must acknowledge the two dozen soldiers
from my brigade who did not come home. Their sacrifice will always be remembered and their families held
in my heart. ■
More Travels
With Dr. Dan
L
ast summer’s issue of The Purple
and Gold featured the travels of
Chi Psi’s current #7 in a cover
story. Dr. Dan Ahlberg, Nu ’67,
has continued his journeys around the
country for Chi Psi. After last summer’s
164th Convention in Chapel Hill (pages
8–11), his meanderings have included
trips to the installation of our newest
Alpha at Miami University in Ohio
(cover story and pages 4-7), the joint
board meetings in March in Nashville
(top, on the General Jackson showboat),
the fall Executive Council meeting at
Lehigh University in Bethlehem (next
from top), visiting with Alpha Zeta Delta
in Champaign (at right), and the fall
meeting of The Chi Psi Educational
Trust in Chicago (at bottom).
Travels with Dr. Dan
Remember when
you joined Chi Psi?
Remember who introduced you
to the Fraternity?
Probably you can see his face and
remember his name.
What a difference he made in your life.
Consider being that person for someone else.
Introduce a young man to Chi Psi and make a
difference in his life.
Help Chi Psi create a life-long experience
for someone you know.
Make a recruitment recommendation today
at co@chipsi.org – or call 615-736-2520.
Provide all the contact information you can (recruit’s name,
class, phone, email, school info, and details about yourself too).
Someone will be glad you did.
And you will be too.
Will you help keep your classmates in touch?
H
elp keep in touch with your Chi Psi Brothers.
In spite of our best efforts, we lose track of
too many Brothers over the course of their
lives! We need your help to prevent this from
happening. Consider volunteering to be a Class Agent
(also known as the #27, or Corresponding Secretary).
The primary objective of the Class Agent Program is
to prevent losing track of our Brothers. The average
American moves every five years – so 20% of a college’s
or fraternity’s database changes every year. Many
Brothers simply drift away and too often are not able to
re-connect until it is too late.
Our goal is to recruit class agents in each class year
of each Alpha to remain in contact with Brothers as
they journey through life in order to:
• Keep track of every Brother
• Maintain accurate records for address, phone, etc.
• Keep Brothers informed about current events
regarding the Alpha and National Fraternity
• Keep Brothers more involved in our Fraternity
and with each other
Recruitment
For the most recent classes this program is already
underway because of the program announcement at the
last Convention. In those cases, usually the Brother who
served as #1 of his class will act as Agent for the class and
contact each classmate annually to update the records.
The #1s seem the best candidates from each class for
the job, so we would first ask those Brothers to volunteer
as Class Agents. If you served as #1 but think someone
else might be a better candidate, please contact that
Brother, or contact the Central Office to help you find
him. The basic program would work like this:
• In August the Class Agent would receive a class
printout with each classmate’s most recent address,
phone, e-mail, and other basic information.
• The Class Agent attempts to reach every classmate
by 31 December to collect and share news of the class,
and he completes a contact form to help keep Central
Office and Alpha alumni records up-to-date, etc.
So, particularly if you were a #1, please contact
the Central Office to volunteer or to ask questions at
co@chipsi.org or 615-736-2520.
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Jonathan Reckford Heads Habitat
From corporate leader to minister to director of Habitat for Humanity
H
abitat for Humanity International’s Board of
Directors has named Jonathan T.M. Reckford,
Sigma ’84, to serve as the global homebuilding
ministry’s new chief executive officer. Brother
Reckford served the last two years as executive pastor of
Christ Presbyterian Church of Edina, Minnesota. Prior to
that, he was president of stores for the Musicland division
of Best Buy; senior vice president for Circuit City; and
director of strategic planning for Disney Design and
Development.
“I believe passionately in Habitat’s mission and can’t
think of a movement I would rather join,” said Reckford.
Rey Ramsey, board chair for Habitat for Humanity
International, said the board unanimously selected
Reckford based upon his track record redirecting and
leading complex organizations and for his personal
commitment to serve the poor and forgotten.
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who served as
honorary chair of Habitat’s succession planning task
force, said, “Jonathan Reckford is a wonderful choice
to become Habitat for Humanity’s new chief executive
officer. His background in business will help Habitat
navigate the economy and business climate, and his
pastoral experiences will help him shepherd Habitat’s
ministry and assure it continues to share and demonstrate Jesus’ teachings worldwide. I am delighted that
Jonathan will lead Habitat forward in its mission to help
bridge the housing divide between those who have everything and those who live in abject poverty. Rosalynn and
I look forward to working with thousands of other volunteers to help assure the success of Habitat’s worldwide
ministry under Jonathan Reckford’s leadership.”
Reckford and his wife, Ashley, who is originally from
Albany, Georgia, are longtime supporters of Habitat and
have worked alongside Habitat partner families in building their homes. The change is a big one, Reckford said,
but is a natural next step.
“I have felt an increasing passion to serve more
directly in heeding Christ’s call to serve the poor and
forgotten,” he said. “My motivation is best summed up
by the desire to live out the great commandment,
expressed by Micah as a call to ‘act justly, love mercy
and walk humbly with your God.’ ” [Micah 6:8]
Jon grew up in Chapel Hill, although he prepped at
St. Paul’s School in New Hampshire. He came home to
Chapel Hill for college and was attracted to Chi Psi
because of high school friends and because of his dad’s
relationship with the Lodge. His father, Kenneth, was a
classics professor at UNC and a favorite at the Lodge.
Jon was particularly active on campus, and was an
executive assistant to the student body president (Mike
Vandenberg, Sigma ’82) as just a sophomore. He ran for
SBP against another Brother, Kevin Monroe ’83, who
won the election. (In this election both candidates and
both campaign managers were Chi Psis. Jon’s campaign
was managed by Neel Lattimore ’83, who was a speaker
at the 2005 Convention – see page 8).
Jon’s choices always seem to have reflected a mix of
activities involving head, heart and helping hand. As part
of a leadership development program as an undergraduate, he spent summers being introduced to a variety of
careers and settings. One summer, he completed
Outward Bound School, another summer he worked for
a municipal police force, another he spent working with
Pan American Airways. A fourth summer, he worked in
the American Bar Association’s dispute resolution section and completed ABA mediation training.
Reckford began his career as a financial analyst at
Goldman, Sachs in New York in 1984. Regularly logging
80 hours a week at work, he found the position intellectually stimulating, but ultimately determined that investment banking was not the career he wanted to pursue.
Perhaps the decision had to do with living in Times
Square that year and walking by scores of street people
on his way to the subway each morning.
“The magnitude of the misery was overwhelming,”
he recalls, particularly against the backdrop of the megadeals he was working on in the business world, and the
lessons he had taken to heart growing up in a family
long involved in justice issues and civil rights work. His
parents were active in the civil rights struggle in North
Carolina and his grandmother, the late New Jersey congresswoman Millicent Fenwick, was known for her commitment to justice issues, including the legislation that
resulted in formation of the Helsinki Commission to
monitor compliance with the accord on human rights.
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Clockwise from top left:
1. Jonathan T.M. Reckford, Sigma ’84,
is introduced as the new CEO of
Habitat for Humanity International.
2. It didn’t take long for the new CEO to
get on a housebuilding site. 2nd from right
in blue shirt, he helps raise the walls on
Habitat’s 200,000th house (in Knoxville).
3. Reckford with his wife, Ashley (a ΚΔ at
UNC), and their children Grace, Lily, and
Alexander. Ashley is from Albany, Georgia,
just 35 miles from Americus, where
Habitat was founded and is headquartered.
4. At a house dedication in Thailand.
Not sure what his next career step should be, but
sensing the need to get perspective, Reckford accepted a
Henry Luce Foundation Scholarship to live and work for
a year in Asia. With that, he traveled to Korea to work
with the Olympic Organizing Committee, working on
marketing sponsorships, coaching the Korean national
rowing team, and living in the Olympic village with 300
Korean coaches and athletes. It was, says Reckford, “an
immersion experience in international living.”
It also was during that year that his serious faith
journey began, as he met weekly with a Baptist minister
friend to explore issues of faith “walking through the
Bible,” an exploration that led to a decision to begin a
personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
After his Olympic duties and an eye-opening, threemonth journey through Southeast Asia, he returned
to the U.S. and earned his MBA at Stanford with a certificate in public and nonprofit management. Here, a
professor’s words struck home with him: “The same skills
that will make you a success in the for-profit world also
are desperately needed in the not-for-profit world.”
Then Jon joined Marriott’s corporate strategy group
in Washington, D.C., where his soon-to-be fiancée,
Ashley, was practicing law. Friends from undergraduate
days in North Carolina, they had stayed in touch during
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his various moves and while she attended law
school at the University of Georgia.
After getting married, Reckford’s next career
stop was Walt Disney Design and Development, in
Orlando, Florida. In 1995, he joined Circuit City
Stores as vice president, earning a promotion to
senior vice president for corporate planning and
communications in 1997. In 1999, he was recruited to become president of stores for Musicland
Group, where he led 1,330 Sam Goody, Media
Play and other stores, delivering $1.9 billion in
sales and record earnings. He helped lead them
through the transition when they were acquired
by Best Buy. By then, he began thinking it might
be time to take what he had learned in the business world to the not-for-profit world.
His response included a mission trip to India,
a journey that reignited his passion for social justice
work. Active in local faith communities wherever he had
lived, he prayed and went through a period of discernment about what he should be doing next in life. Eventually, his volunteer service turned into full-time ministry
as executive pastor of a 4,300-member church, leading a
ministry with a 70-member staff.
As much as he has enjoyed and been challenged by
his work with the church, he says, “God has this way of
showing up at unexpected times with surprises.” This
time, the surprise was a call informing him of Habitat for
Humanity’s search for a CEO.
A longtime admirer of Habitat’s “hand up rather
than a handout” in helping low-income families build
and buy homes – an “empowering approach to ministry”
– Reckford believed that the organization was a good fit
with his personal faith and values, and that his business
career had honed the skills needed to lead a nonprofit
with excellence. He was unanimously elected chief executive officer by the International Board in August.
“The chance to serve Habitat combines many of the
things I am most passionate about, with the potential to
put my skills and gifts to use for a greater purpose,” said
Reckford. “This is the kind of role I have been preparing
for my entire life.” ■
C
ornelius A. “Neil” Barnett, Epsilon ’57, wrote
to #23 Sam Bessey, “It was very inspiring to read
about the latest scholarship recipients. I was one
of those recipients way back in 1958. Those
funds were critical in allowing me to study for a Michigan
MBA to go with my engineering degree. A successful
career at Procter & Gamble was made possible because
I had both. I've tried to be a loyal contributor to the
Trust, so that young Brothers can benefit as I did.
Even before the scholarship, the Brothers in Alpha
Epsilon were very important to my college experience.
Several of us have stayed close after graduation, even
though we live all over the country. Most years, thanks to
John Edleman's organizing, we get together for a dinner
after the homecoming game in Ann Arbor.
I was pleased to read that the Epsilon initiation
banquet [as featured in the Spring ’04 issue of the P&G]
continues to be a first class event. I was prompted to
look through some old photographs. As
#1, I was seated at the head table at the
Detroit Athletic Club. The alum sitting at
my right was Morris Taylor. During dinner he asked me if I'd ever heard of Dr.
Ted Barnett, a graduate of the U of M
Medical school. He had served with him
in Europe as a member of the Red Cross
in 1920. Ted Barnett was my father, who
died when I was just two years of age!
You can imagine how much it meant to
me to have him recall the experiences
they had over a two year period.
I've attached the two photos I found.
You'll recognize Slip Slifer, at least. My
wife and I will be in Ann Arbor for
Homecoming, and many of the class of
1957 should also be there as well. ■
On the ski slopes at Aspen are (l-r) Central Office Staffer Kyle Moen, I’02;
former Alpha Delta #1 Mike Owen, ΑΔ’00, and his wife, Caren; and
Julian B. Emerson, B’80, new Educational Trust Chair and Chair
of the 165th Convention this summer at Columbia.
Checking the press run on the new edition of The Chi Psi Story at The Watkins
Printing Company in Columbus, Ohio, are former editor of The Purple and
Gold and company representative Bill Green, ΜΔ’95, and current editor of the
magazine and of The Chi Psi Story Bill Hattendorf, ΑΔ’69, Σ’82.The new books
have been distributed to all undergraduate Chi Psis. For information on
ordering your own copy, see the back cover of this issue.
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I
n earlier days of the fraternity movement, most pins
and badges were created by local jewelers to order.
Quality and consistency became a concern, so most
fraternity jewelry of the last century has been
produced by larger producers, with the business consolidating into just a few well-known brands. Chi Psi moved
to a single jeweler 100 years
ago, in 1906.
Dr. John Austell, Beta
’61, took a very old-fashioned
approach recently to create
a new Badge for himself.
Dr. Austell, who had retired
and moved from the Atlanta
area where he was campus
Dr. John Austell, Beta 1961,
and his Chi Psi jewelry
dean of a two-year college, approached a local jeweler
near Columbia in Lexington, SC. He brought with him
gold coins that had been kept in a safe deposit box and
almost never viewed. In order to get something “useful”
out of the coins, they were melted down and cast into
the badge using the “lost wax” method, and the badge
was hand engraved. The 24KT gold was alloyed with
another metal to make the final product more durable
and the end product is 22KT gold. The jewels are from a
family heirloom pin giving the badge instant sentimental
as well as intrinsic value.
Brother Austell received his BS in biology and his
Master’s in biochemistry from the University of South
Carolina, and then his PhD from Florida State. A career
in education followed active duty in the Army Medical
Service Corps. He retired from the military as a Lt.
Colonel and as Executive Officer of a 750 bed Army
hospital unit. He taught in USC’s Biology Department
for ten years before moving to Atlanta.
As an undergraduate, John held several
offices at Beta including the position of #1 and
was very active in other university organizations.
After graduation, he served as Corporation
president for many years, and later he served as
faculty advisor. He is presently a Board member
of the Beta Corporation and the Beta Foundation and has become active again in fraternity
affairs after returning to Columbia. ■
D-Day Plus Sixty:
Additional Stories from Our Own Greatest Generation
Bomber Talk
D
avid B. Magee, Kappa Delta ’49: I really hesitate to
write of my experiences as a bombardier, as I never
went overseas and would not wish to compare myself
with so many great war heroes. However, I did have some
interesting experiences while in training.
I went to bombardier school in Big Spring, Texas. I was
making my bomb run at a target in the desert. I dropped the
bomb and was looking through the bombsight to watch the
impact. To my absolute horror, a huge American Airlines DC4 Flagship flew right over my target. Fortunately, the plane
flew by after my bomb was dropped. Obviously, the pilot was
off-course and in a restricted area, but for a few moments I
thought I would need a change of underwear.
At a later date, I was stationed at Westover Field in
Massachusetts, training in B-24s. Toward the end of that
training period, I had to drop a few bombs to fill out my
quota of ten I think. I dropped the ten bombs and told the
pilot that I was finished. I then remembered that the ground
crew loaded 20 bombs before takeoff. I tried to close the
bomb-bay doors, but they would not close. The cotter-pins in
the bombs had to be replaced before landing. I did not wish
to climb out onto that narrow catwalk, nor did I feel I could
order one of the gunners to do so. I had shut down the
bombsight and told the pilot that I would drop them visually
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into the Quabbin Reservoir, which we used as a practice
range. We did so, but to my horror I realized that I had
missed the reservoir, and had actually bombed Amherst,
Massachusetts, by mistake. Fortunately, all we hit was a
dirt road!
Perhaps you are familiar with the poem “High Flight,”
written by my elder brother Pilot-Officer John Gillespie
Magee Jr. shortly before his death in his Spitfire in December
1941. (DBM – Rye, New York)
War in the China-Busma-India Theater
J
ohn Clark Alberts, Pi ’44: It’s nice to know that someone
acknowledges that we did fight a war in “CBI” – ChinaBurma-India. The WWII issue of The P&G (Summer 2004)
carried a story referring to this forgotten theater.
I flew 106 trips over “The Hump” to Burma in C-A6s
(actually, that’s 212 trips, since you have to come back) and
several months with CBI Jungle Rescue in B-25s.
Generally when I mention it, it takes too long to explain
as it seems few have heard of us and our enemy, weather,
logistical problems, and forgotten-man troubles. Then we
were assigned to the Army of occupation in Bavaria. (JCA –
North Barrington, Illinois)
(Other WWII stories were featured in the Summer 2004 issue of The Purple and Gold.)
The Great Earthquake
100 Years Ago, the Great Earthquake destroyed the Lodge and much of Stanford.
Reported for The Purple and Gold of May 1906 by Ernest N. Smith, ΓΔ’09
O
n the morning of 18 April, the peninsula upon
which Stanford University and San Francisco is
situated was visited by one of the most disastrous earthquakes of modern times. In the
twinkling of an eye, buildings which had taken years to
erect were spread upon the ground; work which was the
result of the labors of a lifetime were demolished
beyond replacement. San Francisco suffered more by the
fire than by the earthquake, but it was the latter which
caused the demolition of our grandest buildings at
Stanford, and turned a university, which seemed about
to enter upon a new era of usefulness and prosperity
back in its course at least seven years.
You who have spent four years at your college, or
you who are still undergraduates, you who have fought
for your chosen college, and you who have glorified in
the achievements of your Alma Mater can realize what a
feeling comes over one who goes to sleep at night and
rises in the morning to find a large part of his university
in ruins. But there was even more to mourn over. For
years Stanford men and women had looked forward to
the time when the construction of the university would
be finished and would be a fitting monument to the
cause of education and to the memory of the founders.
That dream seemed about to be realized. Another year
would probably have seen them opened. And then came
the catastrophe which brought all to a standstill.
Our Lodge was the only house on campus which was
wrecked beyond repair, but all were damaged. It is
almost a miracle that no Brother was hurt, although
some narrowly escaped being hit by falling chimneys.
The first shock came shortly after five o’clock in the
morning. There was a sudden grinding and rumbling,
and the house seemed to roll as though laboring in a
heavy sea. Brothers who jumped from their beds at the
first tremble were thrown to the floor. With the listing of
the building the doors jammed, and it was necessary to
break some down to get into the halls. Two of the
Brothers did not wait but jumped from the second story
windows, landing on the grass uninjured. The rest of us
fell and ran down stairs. The front door was jammed, so
we broke two plate glass windows and jumped to safety.
For a few moments there was terror and consternation.
House after house belched forth its frightened occupants who stood huddled in the streets momentarily
expecting another shock. Then the cry went up, “The
chapel has fallen!” Hurrying into the house for clothes
we were soon on our way to the Quad in company with
hundreds of others. The view was a never-to-be-forgotten
one. The ruins of the Memorial church lay before us.
The huge spire containing the clock and chimes had
pitched forward into the inner quadrangle, the transepts
had folded and dropped into the interior. Behind the
church lay the huge smokestack of the engineering
buildings and a group of students were feverishly digging the ruins. After an hour’s search they came to the
mangled body of the night engineer who lost his life in
an attempt to turn off the steam and electricity.
Going around to the front of the Quad we saw the
Memorial Arch. The top had fallen off and crashed to
the pavement below and a crack extended down one
end nearly to the base. On the right of the Quad lay the
ruins of the new library, and further on the ruins of the
new gymnasium, which when completed would have
been one of the finest in the United States.
At Encina Hall, the men’s dormitory, the excitement
was intense. This great building held over three hundred
students and all succeeded in getting out safely but
about a dozen. These had been caught under one of the
largest chimneys which fell through four floors to the
basement. It was the work of but a few minutes to organize relief gangs to help those imprisoned. Hundreds of
students swarmed into the wreckage until it was necessary to rope off a space and work with some degree of
order. For over two hours the work went on until all had
been rescued save one. He was at the very bottom of the
heap and was mangled beyond recognition. He was a
sophomore and working his way through college. The
four classes promptly raised enough money to send his
body home accompanied by one of his classmates.
As our Lodge was a wreck and unsafe to live in, we
received many offers of help from other fraternities, most
of whom offered to take us in temporarily. We declined
these offers with thanks and set about constructing a
new Chi Psi Lodge in a corner of the tennis court. It was
made of canvas and had but two rooms, but we were very
From the Archives
After the Great Earthquake – Top: The temporary Gamma Delta Lodge; Bottom: Memorial Arch, inside the old Lodge, and the ruined Chapel
comfortable and had no cause to complain when we
considered the plight of many others. This camp was
maintained for over a week, until it was learned that college was definitely closed for the semester. Meanwhile,
after fear of further shocks had subsided, we ventured
into the building and removed all undamaged furniture
and the piano, storing it nearby.
Pictures can give but a little idea of the damage
which we received. The Lodge was dropped six feet from
its foundations and twisted to one side at least four feet.
The interior was completely wrecked, as can be seen in
one of the pictures. There is nothing left but the shell of
a house, and that would fall with another good shake.
It is impossible at present writing to say what we will
do for a Lodge next year. Contractors who examined the
building say it will be almost impossible to put it back in
place again, and if it could be done it would cost as
much as it would to build a new house. We hope to rent
a house on the campus for next semester at least.
The Great Earthquake
College will be open for fall term the latter part of
August. The loss has been a great one for the university,
but the majority of the instruction buildings have not
been badly damaged and can be repaired probably during summer. The Chapel will never be rebuilt according
to original plans, and it is likely that the Memorial Arch
will be reduced in size. There will be less ornamental
work about the college hereafter, but all efforts will be
towards making a solid, well-constructed set of buildings.
Every student is anxious to return next year. There is
a determination shown on all sides to stick with the university no matter what happens. We are not ruined. The
work of reconstruction has already begun. It is a terrible
disappointment to see one’s university set back years, but
the blow given was not a fatal one. Stanford spirit has
helped us in lesser difficulties. It is helping us now, and
the college will take up its work next September with
renewed energy, and continue to give instruction and
enlightenment to all who may step within its doors. ■
IN MEMORIAM
Brother, Thou hast kept the trust, True to thy fraternal tie;
Sweet be thy repose in dust, Mourned and loved by all Chi Psi.
Grant him, Lord, eternal rest, With the spirits of the blest.
ALPHA THETA
WILLIAMS COLLEGE
John C. Clifford ’50 died on
5 Dec 01. A graduate of the
Blake School and Williams, he
was a member of the Air
National Guard and the Minikahda Club. He is survived by
his wife of 51 years, Bette, two
sons, two grandchildren, a
brother, a sister, and other relatives.
John S. Osborne Jr. ’63, of Salisbury, CT, died
1 Dec 04. He was a senior law partner at Watson,
Farley & Williams. He was captain of the
Williams track team. He spent two years in the
Peace Corps in Liberia and received a law
degree from Michigan in 1968. He belonged to
the Ephraim Williams Society. He is survived by
his wife, Pamela, a daughter, and a brother.
ALPHA ETA
BOWDOIN COLLEGE
William V. Copeland ’33 died on 1 Sept 04
in Orlando, FL. After Bowdoin, he was in the
insurance business for many years, managing
the Providence office of Liberty Mutual. During
WWII, he served in the U.S. Navy, attaining the
rank of lieutenant junior grade. After the war,
he was a member of the Pawtucket Naval
Reserve Unit. He served as president of the
Lincoln Country Club while in Rhode Island.
He moved to Florida in 2000. He was married in
1937 to Imelda Gauvin, who died in 1988, and
they had a son, Loren.
James Donald Crowell ’35 died on 10 Feb
05 at Hilton Head Island, SC. Originally from
Glen Ridge, NJ, after Bowdoin he did graduate
work in business, mathematics and statistics
while serving as a clerk with the Commercial
Investment Trust in NYC. In 1937, he became
an actuarial assistant with the Colonial Life
Insurance Co. in Jersey City. During WWII, he
served in the U.S. Army, becoming a first lieutenant. After the war, he became an actuarial
assistant with the Veterans Administration in
Washington, DC., and from 1951 to 1971, he
was an actuary with the U.S. Department of
Labor. Following retirement in 1971, he moved
to Hilton Head Island. He was married in 1943
to Elizabeth Selby, who died in 1963.
James Roland Alexander Melville ’36 died
on 27 June 04 in Fayetteville, NC. Born in NYC,
he prepped at Augusta Military Academy in
Virginia. He was a grant engineer with IngersollRand in Philipsberg, NJ. He moved to Florida in
1975, and then to North Carolina in 1990.
Kenneth Nettleton Birket ’39 died in
Lancaster, PA, on 20 Jun 05. He was a captain in
the Army Air Corp during WWII. He held positions with the George B. Hanlow Co., the
Boston & Maine Railroad, and Norfolk County
Trust, and then taught at Bryant and Stratton
Junior College, in the Dedham (MA) public
schools, and at the Boston Center for adult education with the Veterans Adm. He retired in
1978. He was married in 1943 to Margaret Reed,
who died in 1994. He is survived by a daughter,
3 sons, a brother, a sister, and six grandchildren.
William Henry Bledsoe ’39 died on 3 April
03 in Cagnes sur Mer, France. He prepped at
Gloversvile HS and Phillips Exeter before
Bowdoin, and received an MA in European
history from Harvard in 1940. During WWII,
he was a sergeant in the Army and then an
agent in the Counter-Intelligence Corps. After
the war, he worked in Paris at the Radiodiffusion Corp. and then became chief of the
North American Service of the French
Broadcasting System in Paris. He later joined
Pan American World Airways where he was a
senior flight control agent. Survivors include a
sister and a sister-in-law.
Robert Edward Foley ’39 died in Sparks,
NV, on 1 August 03. He was born in Boston and
attended Newton High School. During WWII,
he served in the U.S. Army attaining the rank of
captain. After the war, he was manager of
Produc-Trol Company of Philadelphia.
Peter Frederick Wulfing ’39 died in Silvis,
IL, on 22 Jan 03. Born in St. Louis, he prepped
at St. Louis Country Day. Following Bowdoin, he
attended Harvard Business School, and then
became an accountant with Airpath Instrument
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Co. before serving as a private in WWII. He
joined the St. Louis Gear Company in 1945 and
became its president in 1948. The company
moved to Keokuk, IA, in 1962. In 1971, he married Molly Matlock. He is survived by his wife,
two sons, a daughter, and a number of other
relatives.
Harry Heath Baldwin III ’40 died 7 Jan 05
in Lexington, MA. Following graduation from
Bowdoin, he was a messenger with Merchants
National Bank in Boston, and then served as a
corporal with the Army Air Force in WWII. He
then returned to the bank (which became New
England Merchants National Bank), received a
degree from the Graduate School of Banking at
Rutgers, and was VP of the bank until he retired
in 1982. He was president of the Boston chapter
of the American Inst. of Banking and the Bank
Officers Assn. of Boston, was trustee of the
Symmes Arlington Hospital and the Mass. 4-H
Foundation, director of the Boston YMCU and
the Nat’l Municipal Finance Officers Assn. of
the US and Canada. He chaired the Arlington
Trust Fund Commission and the First Parish
Unitarian Church Standing Committee. He was
the Bowdoin 1940 Class Agent from 1986 to
2004. Survivors include his wife of 62 years,
Eleanor, two sons, two daughters, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
Russell Lee Christopher ’46 died on 20 Nov
05 in San Benito, TX. In WWII he received a
Purple Heart and three Bronze Stars. After
Bowdoin he graduated from UMaryland’s
School of Medicine and went into private practice and was school physician in Hinsdale, MA.
He joined the staff of Austin Riggs Center in
Stockbridge, and graduated from the Houston
State Psychiatric Institute. Returning to Mass.,
he had a private practice in adult and child psychiatry until retiring in 1987. He was a member
of the Lower Adirondack Regional Arts
Council, the North Country Arts Council, and
the Harlingen Art Forum. Survivors include his
wife, Nancy, a son, two daughters, four stepchildren, and twelve grandchildren.
David Merton Towle ’46 died on 9 Dec 04.
He served in the Army in WWII, and graduated
cum laude from Bowdoin as a member of Phi
Beta Kappa. After working in his father’s lum-
In Memoriam
A Tribute to the Former Chair of The Chi Psi Educational Trust
Peter H. Schenck, ΕΔ’59
ormer Chi Psi Educational Trust Chair
Peter H. Schenck, Epsilon Delta ’59,
died suddenly of natural causes on
Saturday 24 September. As an undergraduate at Northwestern, Pete was elected #1
and #4 of Alpha Epsilon Delta. He was a longtime member of the Alpha’s Alumni
Corporation and served as president in the
1980s. Pete served two separate six-year terms
on The Chi Psi Educational Trust and was Chair
during his last three years on the board. Pete
received Chi Psi’s 115th Distinguished Service
Award in 2000. The DSA citation stated “Peter
Schenck embodies the best qualities of Chi Psi.”
That was certainly true. Pete and his wife, Ann,
were regular attendees at Chi Psi functions for
many years.
Peter Schenck was born in Bryn Mawr, PA,
and the family moved to Hinsdale, Illinois during WWII. After attending Hinsdale Township
High School, he graduated from the
Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. He attended Princeton University and Elmhurst College
before entering the U.S. Army in 1955. After his
discharge, he enrolled at Northwestern
University, earning a bachelor’s degree in business in 1960. At Northwestern, he joined Alpha
Epsilon Delta of Chi Psi. His career was spent
entirely in the textile industry, starting at
Johnson & Johnson in 1960. He retired in 2000
after 22 years at Quick Service Textiles Inc. of
Chicago, where he was V.P./Merchandise
Manager. Peter was an active member of
Community Presbyterian Church in Clarendon
Hills, serving as a deacon, an elder and chairman of the stewardship committee. Proud of his
Dutch heritage, he was also active in the
Holland Society of New York, serving as president of its midwest branch. He was also a longtime member of Ruth Lake Country Club in
Hinsdale. Peter, Ann and their family loved to
travel, watch Cubs and Sox baseball, and most
of all, play golf. In addition to his beloved wife,
Ann, he is also survived by five children, a sister,
six grandchildren, and other relatives.
At the memorial service for Peter Schenck,
Dr. Ralph N. “Whitey” Silverio, ΕΔ’71, spoke
about his Northwestern Brother:
F
G
ood Morning. My name is Ralph
“Whitey” Silverio and I am a longtime
friend and Brother of Peter Schenck
through his association with Chi Psi
Fraternity. It is on behalf of the twenty-five thousand Brothers of Chi Psi that I offer our deepest
sympathy to Peter’s wife, Ann, and to his entire
family. And, I would like to thank the family for
allowing me to share with you, in brief remembrance, this very important part of Pete’s life.
It may strike some of you as a bit out of
character for Pete to have devoted himself to
something like a college fraternity. We know
that Pete was not a frivolous person, nor was he
outrageous or undignified in behavior.
Unfortunately, the current negative image
regarding fraternities is imbedded within the
In Memoriam
conventional wisdom. I can assure you however,
that when Peter Schenck pledged Chi Psi, verging on a half century ago, Chi Psi’s purpose was
then – as it is now – the establishment of elevated and refined friendships.
This may sound a bit high minded to
some, and I’m not suggesting that Chi Psis, during Pete’s undergraduate days, or in the present, do not like to have fun. Peter liked to have
fun; he was fun to be around. And, if heaven
didn’t know that – it knows that now. But, Peter
approached fun, like he approached everything
else in life, with propriety, balance and perspective. Perhaps this is best expressed by those glorious words in scripture “To everything there is
a season, and a time to every purpose under
heaven.” Peter understood that there was a time
to enjoy all that life has to offer and a time to
offer life what all can enjoy.
As a parallel to the old sports adage that
“athletics instill character,” Pete was always effusive about what Chi Psi instilled in him – leadership qualities, what is meant to be a gentleman, what it took to be a productive member of
society. Personally, I subscribe to a variation on
that old adage that “athletics brings out or
inspires character.” Chi Psi was in the right
place, at the right time with the right message,
to help polish and refine qualities of character
that were already there. Pete was always willing
to learn, to adjust, to grow. That was true with
Chi Psi as it was for his work, his family, his faith.
He had that great habit of making the good
things part of his being, and in turn, make us
better for it. The idea of an elevated and refined
friendship appealed to Peter and it became a
central part of him – the way he thought, the
way he felt, the way he acted -- and most certainly our Fraternity has been better for it.
Pete’s involvement was both on a national
level and with his chapter at Northwestern, and
it extended over six decades. To give you an
idea of what Peter meant to his Fraternity, I
share with you that in the 165-year history of
Chi Psi, with better than seventy thousand
Brothers participating in that history, the
Fraternity has recognized only 122 men with its
highest award. Peter Schenck is one of them.
You probably realize by now that I would
canonize Peter if I could. But, there is only one
St. Peter and he has that very large church
named after him, and besides Peter Schenck
did have a bit of an ego. Those of you who have
played golf with him probably know that. I know
it because for years Peter and I would have
lunch and always at Red Kerr’s downtown. Some
of you may remember Johnny “Red” Kerr as a
very fine pro basketball player of the 50’s, who
also happened to be 6’6 with red hair. I always
wondered why Pete insisted that we go there –
but since he always broke for lunch – I didn’t
argue! (What are Brothers for!!!) It was revealed
to me one day as we were walking out of the
restaurant. As we passed I noticed a gentleman
point to Pete and whisper to a colleague –
“That’s Red Kerr.” When we got outside I said to
Former Educational Trust Chair Peter Schenck, ΕΔ’59,
with his wife, Ann, at a Chi Psi Convention Banquet
Pete, “There are people in there who think that
you are Red Kerr.” He said with a wry smile, “I
know.”
I must pay tribute to Peter’s wife, Ann.
Because, like everything else in Peter’s life, she
was very much a part of his Chi Psi experience.
In fact to this day, I think Ann knows more
about the Fraternity than he did.
In deference to their love of baseball, I like
to refer to Pete and Ann as Chi Psi’s hall of
fame, double play combination. For Ann supported Peter in all things just as he supported
her in the two or three thousand organizations
that she has been involved with
Like a great double play combination -they made things happen. For me, the epitome
of their Chi Psi involvement was their participation in the campaign for a new home for the
fraternity at Northwestern. They made a wonderful gift to the project even before there were
architectural plans. Then Ann asked what was to
become of the library in the old home that was
named after one of Peter’s Brother’s who had
died of cancer shortly after graduation. No
plans had been arranged, but Peter and Ann
determined that the memory of Brother
Edward Menke would be preserved in Chi Psi’s
new home – and they made an extraordinary
gift to make that happen.
I cannot think of more words that can say
more about two people who have devoted their
lives to faith, family and friendship. So, allow
me to borrow words from St. Paul, which forms
the basis for Peter Schenck’s Alma Mater,
because I believe they describe our friend and
Brother so directly:
What so ever things are true
What so ever things are honorable
What so ever things are pure
What so ever things are lovely
What so ever things are gracious
If there be any excellence
If there be anything worthy of praise
Think on these things
Whatever you have learned and received
and heard and seen in me, do
And the God of peace will be with you.
ber business for a year, he earned a master of
science degree and a doctor of philosophy
degree in physics. He joined MIT as a scientist
for 38 years until he retired in 1991. His
research on radar and defense systems took him
to the Pacific islands, the summit of Mount
Washington, and many other locations. He was
a member of the American Geological Union
and a life member of the Institute of Electrical
and Electronics Engineers. He was a member
of the Appalachian Mountain Club and the
Action Congregational Church. Survivors
include his wife of 57 years, Shirley, a sister, and
two brothers.
John Edwin Davin ’49 died on 27 Aug 05 in
Irvington, NY. Born in Dublin, Ireland, he
prepped at the Newton School in South
Windham, VT. He attended Bowdoin before
and after his service in the Navy. He became a
travel consultant with the Automobile Club of
New York. During his 43 years with that organization, he held a number of important positions. He continued his education at New York
University and the City College of New York. He
retired in 1992 as director of travel for the
Automobile Club of New York. He is survived by
his wife, Lillian Sydnor Davin, whom he married
in 1982, a daughter, and a grandson.
Henry Francis Daley Jr. ’51 died on 4 Apr 05
in Canton, MA. He was a staff sergeant during
WWII. After Bowdoin, he taught math and
coached football at Rockland High in Maine for
two years. He then joined Liberty Mutual
Insurance, where he became chief underwriter
of casualty insurance. He was president of
Mutual Underwriters Assn. of New England, was
a member of Northeastern School of Insurance
advisory board, and was a parish council member at St. Mary of the Hills Church, where he
sang in the choir for more than 40 years. He was
honored for his service by his church and by the
town of Milton (MA), where he coached a youth
hockey league team. Survivors include his wife,
Catherine, a daughter, a brother, three sisters,
and three grandchildren.
Lawrence M. Boyle ’53 died on 4 Apr 05 in
Ft. Myers Beach, FL. After graduation from
Bowdoin, he served in the Army for two years,
becoming a first lieutenant. He worked for two
years with Goodyear Tire and Rubber in Boston
before joining the faculty of Deerfield Academy
to teach Latin and coach, and eventually serve
as assistant admissions director. He received a
Fulbright grant to attend a classics seminar in
Rome, and he received a master of arts degree
from Trinity College. He is survived by his wife,
Hannas, whom he married in 1964.
Robert Knute Gustav Arwezon Jr. ’53 died
on 22 Feb 05 in Anchorage, AK. After Tilton
School, Bowdoin, and the Army, he worked in
oil company marketing in Rhode Island and
New Jersey. From 1965-71, he bred and raced
sled dogs in Alaska. Entering the real estate profession in 1967, he was president of the
A Tribute to Former Council Member
BJ Eswein, ΔΔ’73
I
can remember where I was and what I was
doing when I met Jim Eswein. It was the
Summer of 1971 after my freshman year at
Cal. Jim was transferring from U of
Washington and had lived in the Chi Psi Lodge
up there. I was living at the Berkeley Lodge that
summer, organizing Rush when Jim came by.
We hit it off immediately due to our common
backgrounds of growing up on the Peninsula.
That friendship, begun over 34 years ago, has
continued ever since.
I last spoke with Jim two days before his
fatal tumor episode. I had recruited Jim after
his January 2004 kidney cancer operation to
help the Berkeley alumni purchase that Lodge
from the National. For the last 18 months, Jim
was a vigilant and instrumental ally on a mission
to help us achieve our goal. On that Sunday we
spoke for about forty-five minutes on the fraternity issues and people involved, then discussed
his recent trip to DC to watch his beloved New
York Mets lose to the lowly Washington
Nationals, then discussed his kids and life’s normal issues. We parted by saying that we would
contact each other as soon as we heard from the
National guys regarding our recently submitted
proposal to buy the building. That follow-up call
was never made. Over 34 years I shared many
experiences with Jim, Bruce, BJ, Bruce James, or
whatever we called him.
As Jim and I finished grad school in 1977
and I returned to the Bay Area, we became
actively involved in the Delta Delta Alumni
B.J. Eswein, ΔΔ’73, at a long-ago Convention
Corporation. Jim became President and I
Treasurer. In the summer of 1979 we traveled to
Ann Arbor for Convention, and crafted a deal
to purchase the building at that time. That deal,
though incomplete, lasted for over ten years.
Jim and I worked closely on fraternity matters from 1977-1983 as advisors to the students,
coordinators of alumni activities and liaison
with the National. Jim held several volunteer
positions with the National for over 15 years. I
was best man at Jim’s wedding and he attended
my wedding. When he moved to NYC in the
mid-’80s, we lost immediate contact but stayed
close. With the advent of the Internet we were
often in contact.
Jim was an avid baseball fan taking his kids
not just to NY Mets games, but to All-Star games
all around the country including Seattle,
Anchorage Board of Realtors and a director and
treasurer of the Alaska Association of Realtors.
He served on several Anchorage committees
and task forces regarding wetlands and coastal
management. He served as president of the
Southern Alaska Advisory Council and was
honored as Anchorage Realtor of the Year in
1974 and 1984 and was State Realtor of the
Year in 1984. Survivors include his wife, Alice,
and a sister.
William Weston Fisher Jr. ’54 died on 1 Dec
05. He prepped at the Kingswood School in
West Hartford. Following Bowdoin, he served in
the U.S. Navy for twwo years, and then did
graduate work at Yale, completing his MA in
1958. He studied law at Michigan Law School,
receiving his JD in 1960. After being an associate with Robinson & Cole in Hartford, he joined
the Travelers Insurance Co., where he became
head counsel. From 1975 to 1985, he chaired
Small Craft, Inc., designing and building rowing
shells with his co-owner and son, Jonathan. In
1985, he returned to the practice of law, specializing in criminal defense. He served as town
attorney for Granby, CT, and as chair of the
Granby Chapter of the American Red Cross, was
a member of the Granby Tennis Club, and
served as Commodore of the Groton (CT) Long
Point Yacht Club. He is survived by his wife of 53
years, Louise, two sons, a daughter, a sister, and
four grandchildren.
Richard Sheldon Farr ’63 died on 16 Dec 03
Chicago and elsewhere. I know his kids enjoyed
every game, win or lose. In fact, in 1995 he
brought Tom and Liz out to LA for a DodgerGiant game. I think we four were the only fans
rooting for the Giants.
In 2000, I invited Jim to our annual fraternity guys Cal-Stanford football get-together and
told him if he didn’t attend, we would talk about
him. Jim attended almost every one since then.
In May 2004, I was fortunate to stay with
Jim at his condo in Croton, 30 miles north of
NYC. It was a comfortable place, just perfect for
his needs. We spent some quality time together
focusing on our shared objectives and planning
strategies. We visited NYC and Jim showed me
around the World Trade Center site and some
neighborhood churches. We had lunch with
Steve Puccinelli, another Delta Delta Brother,
and met some friends for a drink at Grand
Central Station.
Jim was loyal, dedicated and one of my
closest confidants. While our lives changed over
the years, we never lost respect or admiration
for each other. With his new found “free time”
as he was dealing with kidney cancer, Jim spent
endless hours working towards a common goal
he and I shared. He even flew out to California
several times to attend alumni banquets, football games and other events. He was a true ally
and friend.
Jim’s passing is tough on all of us for it
reminds us of our own mortality and forces us to
identify what is truly important in life.
Jim, you’ll be missed. Who else could we
tease with such love and admiration? You’re not
gone, you’ve just preceded us. See you soon.
– Larry Batina, ΔΔ’74
In Memoriam
in Fremont, CA. After Bowdoin he received his
MA in Communication from Stanford in 1964.
He was promotion manager for KHVH AM and
TV in Honolulu while he worked on his doctorate degree for Stanford. In 1968 he was diagnosed with MS, and he worked as an enablercounselor for physically handicapped students
at De Anza College. Later, he worked for
Hewlett-Packard and then bought and operated
a Hobbe’s Restaurant. Surviving are his wife,
Barbara, and three sons.
ALPHA EPSILON
of sailing, golf, music, and U of M football; and
his love of people and outgoing personality will
be well remembered by his community. He is
survived by his wife, Frances, two daughters, a
brother, Don William Robinson, E’44, five
grandsons, and other relatives.
Clark E. Pardee ’45, of Birmingham, MI,
died on 25 Aug 05. He attended Western
Military Academy and Michigan before serving
in the South Pacific, where he survived his B-24
being shot down near Borneo. Returning to
civilian life, he majored in economics at
Michigan and married his high-school sweetheart in 1948. Creativity expressed itself in his
writings, cartooning, and encyclopedic knowledge of jazz; and he drew yearly Christmas cards
that have been treasured. During his career, he
worked as an account executive for several firms
including Florez Inc., Bill Sandy Co., and
Bloomfield Intercom. After retiring, he enjoyed
a ten-year second career as a freelance writer
for Ford and other clients. He is survived by
his wife of 56 years, Mary, three children, and
a grandson.
Frederick R. Pickard ’51 died as a result of a
brain tumor on 28 Dec 04. Fred grew up in
Grand Rapids and earned a BBA and MBA at
Michigan. He played football, including the
Rose Bowl game of 1 Jan 51. After OCS, he
served on a destroyer escort as a gunnery officer
in the Pacific at the end of the Korean War. At
Pearl Harbor he became Special Services officer
and was coach of the Navy football team. He was
named head coach of the Hula Bowl in 1956 for
a team made up of Service All-Stars and members of the pro. Returning to Ann Arbor in
1956, he joined Merrill Lynch, where he retired
in 1990 as senior VP. Football Saturdays in Ann
Arbor were always a big part of Fred’s life, and
he was a life member of Barton Hills CC. He is
survived by his wife of 52 years, Evelyn Gardner,
three sons and nine grandchildren.
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Arthur D. Robinson ’43, a long-time realtor
and businessman of Niles, MI, died on 25 Dec
04, following an extended illness. After
Michigan he entered midshipman school at
Notre Dame and was commissioned an ensign
in the Naval Reserve. He served landing craft
duty in the Pacific Theater, saw action at Pelilu
and Leyte Gulf, was involved in the relocation of
the Chinese Nationalist Army to Taiwan after
the War. After his service, he was employed by
Wyandotte Chemicals and then Electro-Voice
until beginning a 30-year career in real estate.
As realtor and broker with Morden Realty
(which became Modern Realty), he was top
sales associate in 1976 and achieved Senior
Million Dollar Club numerous times. He was a
two-term president of his Rotary Club, a Paul
Harris Fellow, and was chair of the Niles
Republican Club from 1967-74. He was actively
involved in passage of a new city charter, served
on the Zoning Board, and was a director of the
Greater Niles Community Development Corp.
A long-time member of Trinity Episcopal, he
served several terms on the Vestry, was Senior
Warden in 1984, and was a steadfast member of
the choir’s bass section. Art had a life-long love
UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA
Voit Gilmore ’39, former
Southern Pines, NC, mayor
and state senator, whose greatest contribution was smoothing
over race relations in Southern
Pines, died of Parkinson’s disease on 15 Oct 05. A native of
Winston-Salem, he earned a
BA in journalism and an MA and PhD in geography from UNC. His generosity to the
Department of Geography includes the Voit
Gilmore Distinguished Professorship in
Geography and a geography travel fund to give
qualified students and faculty funds for travel
and research. An experienced world traveler,
Gilmore was owner and president of Four
Seasons Travel Service of Pinehurst since 1970.
He worked several years at PanAm Airways, was
a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, and was a news
correspondent in the Arctic and Antarctic for
five years. He was a life fellow of the Royal
Geographic Society of London, a recipient of
the “Mr. Travel” Award from the Golden Helm
Society of World Travel Leaders, president and
ALPHA PHI
HAMILTON COLLEGE
David McLean ’60, of Hot Springs Village,
AR, died on 8 Apr 06 after a long battle with
heart disease. At Hamilton, he was #1, played
basketball and ran track, and was a member of
Nous Onze. He received his MBA from
Columbia Univ. in 1962. He was an officer in
the Navy from 1962-65 and participated in the
Cuban Missile Crisis on a landing ship tank
(LST) and in the Dominican Republic flare-up
in 1965. He was a reporter and asst. financial
editor of the Newark (NJ) Evening News, a
reporter and columnist for the Wall Street
Journal, assoc. editor at Nation’s Business magazine. He joined the Postal Service in 1975 and
successfully managed national media relations,
employee publications and speech writing for
the agency. He was a member of the National
Press Club for more than 25 years, an usher, lay
eucharistic minister, and newsletter editor at
Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, and legislative
director for the Nat’l Assn of Retired Federal
Employees. An artist for more than 35 years, his
paintings were hung at Artists Workshop Gallery
in Hot Springs (where he was chair in 2004). He
is survived by his wife, Carroll, a sister, and a
nephew.
In Memoriam
ALPHA SIGMA
chief executive officer of the American Society
of Travel Agents and the president of the Travel
Council of North Carolina. At UNC, he was
invited to ride to Washington, D.C., on a special
train with President Franklin D. Roosevelt. In
1961, he was appointed by President John F.
Kennedy to head the U.S. Travel Service. He is
survived by his wife, the former Jody Baldwin,
five children, and other relatives.
Thomas W. Kates ’71 died on 26 Oct 05. He
prepped at Loomis and was a Morehead Scholar
at UNC before earning his Masters in Teaching
at UChicago. He and his wife, Jane, moved to
Kent, Conn., in the early ’80s, to join the Kent
School faculty, and they raised their two sons
there. He was known as a devoted history
teacher and enthusiastic coach for 22 years at
Kent School. An avid golfer, he was passionate
about teaching, traveling (always sending postcards), reading, and family. He was predeceased
by his brother, Bill, and is also survived by his
mother and sister.
ALPHA CHI
AMHERST COLLEGE
William R. Throckmorton ’41 died on 9
Dec 05 in Belmont, MI. Bill graduated cum
laude from Amherst, majoring in history and
politics. He attained the rank of 1st lieutenant
(infantry) and was a decorated combat veteran.
He worked for Sears for most of his career, and
was a volunteer for Rockford Public Schools
and the North Kent Service Center. He wanted
to make sure that no one forgot those who
served in WWII and wrote several books on the
topic, including “Lord Jeff’s Unsung Heroes,”
“They Also Served” (in two volumes), and
“Memories of WWII.” He was a member of the
Rockland VFW, the Grand Rapids Civil War
Round Table, and the Michigan Co. of Military
Historians and Collectors. He was predeceased
by his first wife, Donna, and is survived by his
second wife, Wilma, seven children and stepchildren, fourteen grandchildren, and sixteen
great-grandchildren.
ALPHA PSI
CORNELL UNIVERSITY
John C. Lydon Jr. ’46 of Charlotte, NC, died
24 Dec 03. He was a veteran and was active in
religious affairs.
William D. Turner Jr. ’49 of Ashville, NC,
died on 18 Nov 03. He had been Exec VP and
Treas. of Turnpike Properties, general mgr of
the Ashville Pepsi Bottling Co. , and gen. mgr of
the Vanderbilt Hotel. He was a veteran, and was
a member of the Rotary Club and the Biltmore
Forest Country Club. Survivors included his
wife, Polly, and son, William III, Sigma ’81.
Robert E. Shope ’51, an
expert on viruses and perhaps
the world’s most distinguished
arbovirologist, died 19 Jan 04.
After graduation, he went on
to receive his MD from Cornell
in 1954 and served as a Captain
in the US Army Medical Corps
from 1955-57. He was a professor of microbiology and immunology at the Univ. of Texas
Medical Branch. He built the World Reference
Center for Emerging Viruses and Arboviruses.
He was an emeritus professor in the
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
at Yale. He was an author and was active in community and professional affairs. Bob served as
President of the Amer. Soc. of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene; Chair of the James A.
Baker Institute for Animal Health at Cornell;
member of the WHO Expert Panel on Virus
Diseases and the U.S. Delegation to the U.S. –
Japan Cooperative Medical Science Program,
the International Commission on Taxonomy of
Viruses (ICTV), the Armed Forces Epidemiology Board, the Fogarty International Center,
National Institutes of Health, the Institute of
Medicine Committee on Improving Civilian
Medical Response to Chemical and Biological
Terrorism Incidents, the American Museum of
Natural History Infectious Disease Exhibition,
the National Research Council Program on
Strategies to Protect the Health of Deployed
U.S. Forces, and the National Research Council
Committee on Climate, Ecosystems, Infectious
Diseases, and Human Health. Over the years his
honors included the Bailey K. Ashford Award
from the American Society of Tropical
Medicine and Hygiene; the Richard M. Taylor
Award from the American Committee of
Arthropod-Borne Viruses (ACAV) and the
Walter Reed Medal from the American Society
of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Bob was a
teacher and mentor, colleague and friend to
many, and he is survived by his wife, Virginia,
two daughters, two sons, a sister, and six grandchildren.
ALPHA NU
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
James Lawrence Rankin '34 of Carmel
Valley, CA, died on 23 Jan 06 as the result of a
stroke. Born in St. Paul, he graduated from U
of Minnesota and the Minneapolis College of
Law, and was a Navy Lieutenant during WWII.
His business career was long and varied. He was
vice president of the Pillsbury Co., director of
Millers National Federation, director of the
Grocery Manufacturers of America and the
Mpls. Savings and Loan, president of Wheat
Flour Inst. and the Renown Foundation. In
1960 he became president and CEO of
Foremost Dairies in San Francisco. In 1963, he
became president of General Development
Corporation of Coral Gables, FL, developers of
Port Charlotte and Port St. Lucie. Jim returned
to the Food Industry in 1965 as head of Helme
Products, NY owners of Bachman pretzels,
Schraft Candy, etc. In 1968 he became president
of Speigl Foods, and then Dalgety Foods, USA.
He was VP of Flagg Industries and Calny
Foods and then president of Hawaii Koi Co. Jim
was a member of Edina Country Club, the
Minneapolis Club, Stock Exchange Club, World
Trade Club of San Francisco, Union
Club of New York, Siwanoy Golf Club,
Monterey Peninsula Club and Carmel Valley
Ranch Tennis Club. He is survived by his wife,
Elaine, a son, two daughters, a sister, three stepchildren, six grandchildren, four step-grand-
children, and twelve great-grandchildren.
Robert L. Michelson ’41 died 15 Feb 06. A
graduate of Blake School and UMinn., Bob
served in the US Army during WWII. He was a
longtime employee of Honeywell, Inc., founder
of the MN Decoy Collectors Association, an avid
duck hunter, golfer and photographer. Bob had
a marvelous sense of humor, was dearly loved by
many and will be missed by all. He was preceded in death by his sister and is survived by his
wife, Ann P. Michelson, a daughter, a son, four
granddaughters, and numerous other friends
and relatives.
Glenn Arthur Eide '50 of
Wayzata, MN, died on 26 Feb
06 at home surrounded by his
family. He served in the US
Navy from 1944-45. [He married Mary, his wife of 52 years,
and moved to Wayzata in 1952
to start their family.] Glenn
took over Eide Saw from his father in 1951, and
sold it in 1976 to established Eide Machinery
sales in 1976, which passed to his son, Mitchell,
in 2005. Glenn was a pioneer and leader in the
industrial woodworking business for over 50
years; a president and founding organizer of the
Woodworking Machinery Distributors Association (WMDA). Glenn was a cornerstone of citizenship and service, from his days as a
Community Chest fundraiser and Shriner to
officer in Friends of the Big Woods and the
Wayzata Historical Society. He enjoyed 47 years
as a private pilot, and a lifetime of fishing and
hunting with family and friends. He was preceded in death by his wife of 52 years, Mary, and
is survived by children Kristen and Mark, four
granddaughters, and other relatives.
Thomas W. Noble ’57, of Edina, died on 7
November 05. “He lived a big life and has now
embarked on his new and free journey.”
Preceded in death by his parents and brother,
John, he is survived by his wife of twenty-five
years, Mary; daughter Libby, sons Michael,
Jeffrey, and Tom, seven grandchildren, and
numerous other relatives.
ALPHA IOTA
UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN
John Spencer Wadsworth ’36, a Northern
Kentucky businessman, died on 19 Nov 04 in
Naples, FL. Captain of his high school football
team, he became president of his UWisconsin
sophomore class and then #1 at Iota as the
Alpha won the Thayer Trophy his senior year.
His Chi Psi relatives included brothers
Randolph L., I’17, and Arthur, I’33, and cousins
Frank P. Stegeman, I’25, and Robert H. Stegeman, I’35. “Scotch” (as his friends called him)
worked his way up the ladder at Wadsworth
Watch Case Factory to become president of the
family business until the Elgin Watch Co.
bought the business. Then he moved to another family business, Littleford Day Inc., and
transformed it from a road-maintenance
machinery manufacturer to the high-speed,
industrial machinery producer it is today. He
retired in 1990 to Naples. He was very active in
civic affairs and clean government, and was
chair of the greens committee at the Hole-inthe-Wall Golf Club and a member of the Naples
Yacht Club, the Gyro and Commonwealth Clubs
and the Cincinnati Country Club. He is survived
by his wife, Mary, a son, a daughter, five grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren
ALPHA BETA DELTA
LEHIGH UNIVERSITY
Walter Cray Haulenbeek
’39 of Garner, NC, died on 11
Sept 05. A former #1 at Lehigh,
his two older brothers, Garrie
’36 and Robert ’37, were also
Chi Psis. He served in the Army
in Western Europe where he
documented much of his time
on film, being an avid amateur photographer.
He began his career in personnel at Union
Carbide and then at the Frank W. Egan
Company, before fulfilling a life-long dream to
own a general store in Vermont, Putnam’s
Market in Saxtons River. His last 17 years of
work-life were ones that seemed to make him
the happiest, as he lived on a large farm in rural
Vermont as a handyman and general “go-to”
guy. “The Farm” became the home where
grandchildren spent the best times with
Grandpa, a caring man with a wonderful sense
of humor. He is survived by his wife of 58 years,
five children, fourteen grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren.
ALPHA GAMMA DELTA
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
Walter J. Apley ’70 died on
4 April 05 in Richland, WA,
following a brief but hardfought battle with cancer. Born
and raised in Salem, OR, he
graduated from Stanford with
bachelor’s
and
master’s
degrees
in
engineering.
Following five years as a nuclear submarine officer, he earned his master’s and doctorate
degrees in nuclear engineering from the U of
Washington. He held numerous leadership
positions at Pacific Northwest National
Laboratory in 1977, and most recently, he was
an invaluable member of the Battelle Energy
Alliance team that successfully bid on the management of the Idaho National Laboratory. Walt
was an active member of Christ the King
Church and the American Nuclear Society, and
supported several community organizations,
including Columbia Basin College, the
Children’s Center, United Way, and the March
of Dimes and programs at many N.W. universities. A loving husband and father, son and
brother, he was a voracious reader, enjoyed
composing limericks and loved history, especially books on Ben Franklin. He lived life with
humility and a gentleness that was endearing,
and had a smile that was contagious. Preceded
in death by two sisters, Walt is survived by his
wife, Gail, two daughters, his parents, a sister
and numerous nieces and nephews.
Known for his wry wit and penchant for sharing quotations, he would want us to remember
In Memoriam
the words of Mark Twain, “Power, money, persuasion, supplication, persecution – these can
lift a colossal humbug, push it a little, weaken it
a little; but only laughter can blow it to rags and
atoms at a blast. Against the assault of laughter
nothing can stand.”
ALPHA DELTA DELTA
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
Dr. Philip Knowlton Ferrier ’39 died from
complications of Alzheimer’s disease on 10 Sept
05. A graduate of UC Medical School in San
Francisco, he was a general surgeon, with a private practice in Berkeley from 1950-84. In
WWII, he was a captain in the Medical Corps,
coming ashore in Europe on D-Day plus 6, and
he received the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and
Silver Star during the war. He was married to
Esther Elizabeth Christopher for 49 years, and
they had four sons and five grandchildren. He
was a deacon at the St. Johns Presbyterian
Church, and his favorite pastime was hiking in
the back country of the Sierra Nevada. He
climbed Mount Shasta, Mount Rainier, and
even peaks in Nepal. He was preceded in death
by his parents, wife and brother, and is survived
by all his children and grandchildren. At his
request, there were no services, as he would not
have wanted people to make a fuss over him.
ALPHA EPSILON DELTA
NORTHWESTERN / UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO
James Trimble Evans ’51 died in Lac du
Flambeau, WI, on 20 Feb 05. He is survived by
his wife, Faye, 5 children and 6 grandchildren.
ALPHA ZETA DELTA
UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
William H. Creason Jr. ’50, of Williston, FL,
died on 13 Nov 05. He was a retired wholesale
plumbing distributor in Naples. A WWII Navy
veteran, he belonged to the Mayfield Rotary
Club, the Mayfield City Council, and the Trinityby-the-Cove Episcopal Church. His survivors
include two daughters, a brother, three grandchildren, six nephews, and a niece.
ALPHA PSI DELTA
UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO
Edwin A Bemis Jr. '41 died
on 14 July 05 following a yearlong battle with cancer. Ed
studied undergrad and graduate physics at Colorado, where
he taught physics to Navy flyers; played clarinet, trombone,
and piano in a dance band; and learned to pilot
a biplane and competed in a national biplane
competition sponsored by Jimmy Dolittle. He
was a talented classical musician in voice, piano
and pipe organ. After serving in the Navy in the
South Pacific and Japan during WWII, he
returned to UColorado, and then came to Los
Alamos in 1947, when the streets were still
paved with mud. At Los Alamos National
Laboratory from 1947-1980, Ed studied and
helped develop protective measures against a
variety of radiation sources. He was a charter
member of the Health Physics Society, and one
In Memoriam
of the first Certified Health Physicists. In Los
Alamos he was president of the Arts Council, a
founding member of Coro de Camara, president of the Choral Society, president of the Los
Alamos Concert Association, president of the
Los Alamos Student Concert Association, was a
member of a two-piano, four-hands group, and
sang with various local groups. As a founding
member and president of the Los Alamos
Historical Society, founding member and
Chairman of the State Health Coordinating
Council. He was a founder of the Family YMCA,
which was the first in the country whose charter
was to serve as a family organization, and he
served as an adult sponsor for its Youth in
Government program. He was a member of the
first Los Alamos Charter Commission, and he
helped found the Triangle Club for AA members. He was a founding member and Member
of the Board of the Los Alamos Nutrition
Interest Group.
A founding member of a number of local
organizations, Ed was a member of the architectural planning committee for Los Alamos
Library, and as a member of its endowment
committee, he helped to establish the Library
Endowment Fund. He served as president and
member of the board of Civitans, president of
the Los Alamos PTA, president of Toastmasters,
and he served on the Democratic Central
Committee of Los Alamos County. He was a
member of the board and president of the Los
Alamos Council on Alcoholism.
Ed received numerous recognitions and
awards for his service. He was listed in Who’s
Who in the West in 1954. In 1978 he received
an Honorable Mention for the Jefferson Award
for outstanding citizenship in service of the
community.
He received the Governor’s
Certificate of Appreciation for Outstanding
Volunteer Service in 1983.
In 2001, Los Alamos conferred its highest
honor upon Ed, that of “Living Treasure,” in
recognition of his many years of community
service. His wife of nearly 50 years, Darleene
Christensen, predeceased him, and he is survived by three daughters and other relatives.
James N. Brown ’40 of Hilton Head and
Holdrege, SC, died on 10 May 04. After
Colorado, he served as a lieutenant in the Navy
in WWII and was on loan to the Petroleum
Administration during the Korean War. During
his service, he married Dorothy Hardendorf
and had two children. Dorothy died in 1964. He
married Audrey McCann in 1971. He retired
from Gulf Oil Corp. in 1982. He was a member
of Sea Pines Country Club, was board member
of the Spanish Wells Club and the Senior Men’s
Golf Assn of Hilton Head, and president of the
Chevron Gulf Retirees Assn’s Lowcountry chapter. He was preceded in death by his son and
three brothers. He is survived by his wife
Audrey, a daughter, two granddaughters, a sister, and numerous other friends and relatives.
ALPHA ETA DELTA
UNIVERSITY OF OREGON
James W. Wells Jr. ’39 of Prairie Village,
Kansas, died on 11 Dec 04. Born in
Saskatchewan, Canada, he was raised in
Portland. After graduating from Oregon, he was
a trainee at the Chase Bag Co., and he married
Jane Shepherd, who preceded him in death in
1996. In 1942, he joined the Army as a private
and separated four years later as a captain.
Returning to Chase Bag Co. as a sales representative, he later became sales manager, then
manager of the Portland factory, then national
vice president and director of sales, headquartered in NYC. In 1973 he moved to Kansas City
and was vice president of the Percy Kent Bag
Company. He was a member of the Kansas City
Country Club, the River Club, the Union
League Club, the Kansas City Club, the
Multnomah Athletic Club and the Portland
Golf Club. He is survived by his wife, Hazel, two
sons, four stepsons, a stepdaughter, and fourteen grandchildren.
Charles N. Tripp ’41, died
on 24 June 05. He was CEO of
Charles N. Tripp Co., an investment banking firm, that he
merged with Kidder Peabody
in 1979. He was commissioned
a second lieutenant from
ROTC at Oregon. He served as
a captain with the 13th Armored Division,
assigned to Patton's Third Army in Europe.
Tripp was an avid fisherman on the Columbia,
Willamette, McKensie and rivers in Canada and
Baja Mexico. A fine athlete in high school, he
lettered in football and track. He and his wife
traveled extensively to Europe, the Orient,
Australia and Canada. He is survived by his wife
of 63 years, Florence, two sons, a daughter,
three grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. The Portland Golf Club members
held a “celebration of life” after his demise.
Steven Eric Cooper ’72 died 15 July 05 in
Eugene. He graduated with a bachelor’s degree
from the University of Oregon in 1972, Phi
Beta Kappa. He served in the U.S. Army as a
radar specialist in 1972 and was stationed in
Germany. He worked in the technical and manufacturing field and enjoyed photography, tai
chi and church activities. He was a member of
North Eugene Faith Center, and his family will
remember him for his “intelligence, kindness,
sense of humor, artistry, strong faith and love
of family.” Survivors include his mother and
two brothers.
ALPHA IOTA DELTA
GEORGIA TECH
Richard C. Reed Jr. ’48 died on 30 April 05.
Born in Port Arthur, TX, he was a graduate of
Georgia Tech, later made his home in Houston,
and lived his last 15 years in Boynton Beach, FL.
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Virginia
Reed of Houston, TX, and their three children
and eleven grandchildren.
Richard B. Love ’72 died on 4 Feb 04 of a
brain disease in Decatur, GA. He had worked in
auto sales most of his career, and had been
treasurer of the Iota Delta Alumni corporation
during some challenging times for the Alpha in
the 1970s. He is survived by his wife, Abbye
Love, four sons, and other relatives.
The Executive Council of Chi Psi Fraternity
Dr. Daniel B. Ahlberg, Ν’67, #7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Golden Valley, Minnesota
Joseph J. Devaney, Ρ’80, ΜΔ’99, Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . .Jacksonville, Florida
Troy N. Ivey, ΙΔ’90, Vice Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chattanooga, Tennessee
Samuel C. Bessey, ΗΔ’97, #23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Nashville, Tennessee
Other Council Members:
W.S. “Bill” Hattendorf, ΑΔ’69, Σ’82, Η’83 . . . . . . . . .Gill, Massachusetts
Dr. Ralph N. “Whitey” Silverio, ΕΔ’71, ΦH, ΨH . . . . .Evanston, Illinois
William H. Cooper, ΑΔ’74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Griffin, Georgia
Michael C. Hurst, ΤΔ’87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Sewanee, Tennessee
Dr. E. Todd Falls, ΤΔ’89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Birmingham, Alabama
Kurt O. Gilliland, Σ’92 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Raleigh, North Carolina
James E. Lazarus, ΣΔ’01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlottesville, Virginia
Ben Eisner, Σ’05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Michael Carlson, Ν’05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Minneapolis, Minnesota
Andrew W. Eschweiler, I’06 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Madison, Wisconsin
Council Members Emeritus:
W. David Romoser, ΖΔ’65 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Mequon, Wisconsin
Michael Kosusko, Ξ’77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Durham, North Carolina
Harold G. Arnwine II, ΤΔ’86, ΝΔ’02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .New York, New York
Past #7’s:
Malcolm D. “Jack” Jeffrey, Θ’54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Columbus, Ohio
Dr. George W. Ray III, Α’54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lexington, Virginia
Robert C. Preble Jr., Χ’44 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Chicago, Illinois
Carleton A. Holstrom, Ι’57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Pipersville, Pennsylvania
Council Advisory Board Members:
J. Lee Cook, ΑΔ’74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Atlanta, Georgia
Paul Landaker, ΗΔ’75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Portland, Oregon
Michael R. Webb, ΑΔ’80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Kingwood, Texas
Craig S. Chelius, ΘΔ’83 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Seattle, Washington
John A. Cohenour, ΜΔ’85 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Atlanta, Georgia
Michael F. O'Neill, Ξ’87 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Lake Forest, Illinois
Todd A. Fouts, ΖΔ’89 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Edelstein, Illinois
Adam Wellman, Ε’93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ann Arbor, Michigan
Todd H. Packebush, ΗΔ’93 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Littleton, Colorado
Mark S. Puzella, Α’94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Cohasset, Massachusetts
Andrew Van Deren, Ο’94 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Richmond, Virginia
Lathrop B. Nelson, ΟΔ’97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Heath J. Mills, ΣΔ’97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Tallahassee, Florida
Nathaniel Eberle, ΜΔ’98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Orlando, Florida
David A. Shuler, Ν’01 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Plymouth, Minnesota
The Chi Psi Educational Trust
Julian B. Emerson, Β’80, Chair . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Columbia, South Carolina
Robert F. Spindell Jr., Ο’65, Vice Chair . . . . . . . . .Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Benjamin R. Silliman, Γ’86, Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .New York, New York
Steven L. Crow, Ε’79 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Charlotte, North Carolina
William L. Warren, M’88 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Atlanta, Georgia
Daniel T. Clifford, ΗΔ’97 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Bakersfield, California
Warren W. Shu, E’99 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Los Angeles, California
Philip A. Gillingham, ΘΔ’00 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Seattle, Washington
Ryan Ahlberg, Ε’03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Minneapolis, Minnesota
Associate Trustee
Walter C. Williams, Γ’91 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Ithaca, New York
Chi Psi Alphas & Corporations
Phi – Hamilton College
#1: Peter Shepard ’08
pshepard@hamilton.edu
198 College Hill Road, Clinton, NY 13323
Cell: 315-525-4735
Corporation Treasurer: David Scott ’93
djscottmc@alumni.hamilton.edu
5 Yale Street, Holyoke, MA 01040-2655
H: 413-539-9621
Epsilon – University of Michigan
#1: Dean Caplan ’07
deancap@umich.edu
620 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Cell: 269-998-0266
President: Brian T. Heil ’80
BTHLodger@aol.com
11301 Fawn Valley Trl, Fenton, MI 48430-4010
Home: 810-750-4501
Sigma – University of North Carolina
#1: Travis C. Starkey ’07
tstarkey@email.unc.edu
321 W. Cameron Ave., Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Cell: 859-338-9265
Corp. President: Charles A. Madison, Esq. ’84
charlie22@nc.rr.com
920 W. Johnson St., Raleigh, NC 27605-1762
Home: 919-828-8890
Beta – University of South Carolina
#1: Todd Bailey ’07
tbaileyusc@yahoo.com
508 Lincoln St., Columbia, SC 29225
Cell: 251-533-7133
Corp. President: Thomas Outlaw ’78
Tommy@tricityfuel.com
5330 Sunset Blvd., Lexington, SC 29072-9260
Home: 803-356-8027
Gamma – University of Mississippi
#1: William Barrett Brewer ’08
wbbrewer@olemiss.edu
303 Fraternity Row, University, MS 38677
Cell: 615-545-5442
Corporation President: Robert Forsythe ’99
Phone: 901-238-8866
3609 Mimosa Avenue, Memphis, TN 38111
rwforsythe@bellsouth.net
Omicron – University of Virginia
Lodge: 804-296-6704
#1: Drew Donaldson ’08
@virginia.edu
1536 Rugby Rd. Ext., Charlottesville, VA, 22903
Corp. Pres: Andrew T. Van Deren ’94
atvanderen@yahoo.com
3025 Monument Ave., Apt. D2, Richmond, VA 23221
Cell: 703-864-9318
Chi – Amherst College .
#1: Andrew Nguyen ’06
atnguyen@amherst.edu
AC 773 Keefe Campus Center, Amherst, MA 01002
Home: 909-519-2957
Corp. Pres: Hew D. Crooks ’90
hcrooks@greatcirclecapital.com
546 North Beson Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824 H: 203-256-0502 C: 203-550-6967
Psi – Cornell University
#1: Daniel Thorp ’07
dgt8@cornell.edu
810 University Ave., Ithaca, NY 14850
Cell: 508-934-9750
President: Jake Hennemuth ’98
jakeh@ruanecunniff.com
767 Fifth Avenue, Suite 4701, New York, NY 10153
Phone: 212-832-5280
Nu – University of Minnesota
#1: Ryan Owen Timm ’07
timm0137@umn.edu
1515 University Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414
Cell: 262-434-0118
Corp. Pres: Paul L. Hellickson ’88
paul.hellickson@westgroup.com
2529 Pierce Street NE, Minneapolis, MN 55418-3839 Home: 612-788-8060
Iota – University of Wisconsin
#1: Alex R. Knodell ’07
arknodell@wisc.edu
150 Iota Court, Madison, WI 53703
Cell: 612-385-8364
Corp.Pres: Phillip H. Prange ’88
prange@gatewayventure.com
208 Lakewood Blvd, Madison, WI 53704 B: 608-252-9245 H: 608-255-2937
Rho – Rutgers,The State University of New Jersey
#1: Michael Wallace ’07
miwallac@eden.rutgers.edu
114 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901
Cell: 908-421-0484
Corp.Pres: Vincent Le Blon ’77
vincent.leblon@judiciary.state.nj.us
21 Bunker Hill Run, East Brunswick, NJ 08816-3315
Home: 732-238-5368
Xi – Stevens Institute of Technology
#1: Ben Louis Bateman ’07
bbateman@stevens.edu
804 Castle Point Terrace, Hoboken, NJ 07030
Cell: 908-625-1742
Corp. Pres: Dennis Paul Grupe ’90
dennisgrupe@att.net
344 Westview Ave., Fort Lee, NJ 07024
C: 201-218-5765 H: 201-302-9725
The Chi Psi Central Office
147 Maple Row Blvd., Suite 200, Hendersonville, Tennessee 37075
Office: 615-736-2520
Samuel C. Bessey, ΗΔ’97 . . . . . . . . . . . .Executive Director, Executive Secretary
Kyle Moen, Ι’02 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director Alumni Services
Preston Humphries, Β’03 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Director of Extension
Brad Beskin, Σ’05 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Alpha Visitor
Donald Beeson, Σ’82, ΥΔ’86 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Associate Executive Director
and Risk Management Administrator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Office: 919-929-7070
Box 4633, Chapel Hill, NC 27515 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Fax: 919-929-9053
Ann Leath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Office Manager, Chi Psi Central Office
Fax: 615-826-9986
Email: co@chipsi.org
Who’s Who
Zeta Delta – University of Illinois
Lodge: 217-531-2087
#1: Kyle Churillo ’08
kchuril2@uiuc.edu
110 E. Armory Ave., Champaign, IL 61820
Cell: 630-779-1157
Corp. President: Matthew Hess ’00
matt.hess@hotmail.com
3148 W Meadow Lane Dr., Merrionett Park, IL 60803 Home:708-218-3121
Upsilon Delta – Wake Forest University
#1: David Senter ’07
sentda3@wfu.edu
PO Box 7452, Winston-Salem, NC 27109
Cell: 336-339-3208
Corp. President: Bruce Thompson ’88
brucethompson@parkerpoe.com
3909 Stratford Court, Raleigh, NC 27609 rbt@ppab.com H: 919-783-6993
Sigma Delta – Duke University
#1: Daron Newell Gunn ’07
jac25@duke.edu
PO Box 99312, Durham, NC 27708
919-559-9330
Corporation President: Jim Lazarus ’01
laz@alumni.duke.edu
136 Harvest Drive, Charlottesville, VA 22903
Cell:703-568-5233
Pi Delta – North Carolina State University
Lodge: 919-828-6554
#1: Corey Gooden ’07
cagooden@ncsu.edu
3414 Hillsbourgh St, Raleigh, NC 27607
Cell: 910-876-1982
Corp. President: Brett J. DeSelms
H: 919-439-2086 B: 919-606-1949
800 Old Baron Drive, Fuquay Varina, NC 27526
brettd@nc.rr.com
Omega Delta – George Mason University
Lodge: 703-359-2511
#1: Corey Callahan ’07
ccallaha@gmu.edu
825 Union Forge Lane, Cheseapeake, VA 23322
Cell: 757-284-9300
Corp. President: Andrew Dewing, ΟΔ’84:
Dewings@att.net
8604 Viney Vista, Suffolk, VA 23436
757-238-8190 Cell: 757-537-0383
Rho Delta – Miami University
#1: Kyle Robert Cuthbert ’08
cuthbekr@muohio.edu
356 Shriver Center, Oxford, OH 45056
C: 757-284-9300
Corp. President: Robert A. Dearth Jr., A’66
ohpancake@aol.com
1834 Keys Crescent Ln, Cincinnati, OH 45206-1825
Home: 513-221-1944
Eta Delta – University of Oregon
#1: Kris Kellog ’07
1018 Hilyard St., Eugene, OR 97401
Corporation President: David Waterfall ’82
10744 SW Heron Circle, Beaverton, OR 97007
Atlanta Area
Contact: Bo Jackson, Γ’77: C: 404-245-6486 H: 404-325-8522 B: 770-447-378
670 Sunnybrook Drive, Decatur, GA 300334
bjackson@t-u.com
Alpha Delta – University of Georgia
Lodge: 706-353-3898
#1: James Wheeler ’07
wheels22@uga.edu
1120 South Milledge, Athens, GA 30605
Mobile: 404-213-9433
Corporation President: J. Lee Cook ’74
J_Lee_Cook@msn.com
3298 Grant Valley Road, Atlanta, GA 30305
H: 404-228-7923
Beta Delta – Lehigh University
#1: Grant Hartman ’07
gch2@lehigh.edu
39 University Dr., Box C720, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Cell: 717-487-2000
Corporation President: Scott R. McKay ’78
scott.r.mckay@accenture.com
1815 Apple Tree Lane E., Bethlehem, PA 18015-5202
Cell: 610-730-6612
Delta Delta – University of California
Lodge: 510-540-9213
#1: Jason Dreibelbis ’07
jdrei27@gmail.com
2311 Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704
Cell: 760-415-5421
Corp. President: Matt Michael ’82
B: 916-646-6492 Cell: 916-204-6492
5100 Laurelview Ave., Carmichael, CA 95608
michael-n-sons@msn.com
Epsilon Delta – Northwestern University
#1: Billy Carberry ’08
w-carberry@northwestern.edu
2313 Sheridan Road, Evanston, IL 60201
Cell: 781-856-3324
Corporation President: Don Lennie ’66
dlennie@wdln.tv
715 North Elmwood Ave., Oak Park, IL 60302
Home: 708-386-4184
Theta Delta – University of Washington
#1: Jay Fredlund ’07
4600 22nd Avenue NE, Seattle, WA 98105
Corp. President: Kent Smith ’89
1715 Naomi Place, Seattle, WA 98115
Iota Delta – Georgia Tech
#1: Jon Vuong Hong ’07
150 4th Street NW, Atlanta, GA 30313
Corporation President: T. Allen Park ’68
9220 W. Lake Highlands Drive, Dallas, TX 75218
Lodge: 541-345-2711
kkellogg@uoregon.edu
Cell: 303-818-7499
H20fal@aol.com
Home: 503-627-7027
Lodge: 206-526-7203
jayfredlund@hotmail.com
Cell: 360-420-2244
KSmith@NoteWorld.com
Home: 206-527-9424
Lodge: 404-892-9623
president@gtchipsi.org
Cell: 301-728-4240
tallenpark@aol.com
Phone: 214-957-3747
Tau Delta – University of the South
Lodge: 931-598-1272
#1: Daniel Shaver ’07
shavedk0@sewanee.edu
735 University Avenue, Sewanee, TN 37383
Cell: 931-598-2074
Corp. President: Michael Hurst ’87
michaelchurst@charter.net
49 Roark's Cove Road, Sewanee, TN 37375-3027
Home: 931-598-0588
Chi Delta – Clemson University
#1: Roy Talbert ’07
rtalber@@clemson.edu
2128 University Station, Clemson, SC 29632
Cell: 803-917-0766
Corp. President: Donald Eric Bischof ’00
eric.bischof@gmail.com
17 Stearns Road, Apt. 2, Brookline, MA 02446-5118
Home: 617-775-0567
Omicron Delta – Washington & Lee
#1: Padrick Dennis ’07
5 Lee Avenue, Lexington, VA 24450
Corp. President: Andrew J. Dewing ’84
8604 Viney Vista, Suffolk, VA 23436
Mu Delta – Rollins College
#1: Charles Mackenzie ’07
1000 Holt Ave, # 2483, Winter Park, FL 32789
Corp. President: Felipe Pinzon ’97
621 Arbor Lake lane, Tampa, FL 33602
Lodge: 540-462-5006
dennisp@wlu.edu
Cell: 228-861-4374
dewings@att.net
Home: 757-238-8190
Lodge: 407-646-2040
cmackenzie@rollins.edu
Cell: 617-851-2823
fpinzon@tampabay.rr.com
Phone: 813-416-4390
Xi Delta – Texas Tech
Lodge: 806-762-1677
#1: Terronald Logan ’07
terronald.logan@lonestaralpha.org
2223 17th Street, Lubbock, TX 79401
Cell: 214-334-2509
Corporation President: Jason Cox ’98
jcox@coxinnovations.com
13435 W. Center Drive, Lakewood, CO 80228
Cell: 303-204-3033
Chi Psi Regional Alumni Associations
Columbus (Ohio) Area
Contact: William J. Green, ΜΔ’95
7545 Mills Road, Ostrander, OH 43061
Capital Area
Contact: Cliff Massa III, ΕΔ’71
1935 Franklin Avenue, McLean, VA 22101
wgreen888@aol.com
740-666-8845
cmassa@pattonboggs.com
B: 202-457-5294
Denver Area
Contact: Joe Hughes, Β’84, ΨΔ’97
joebhughes@hotmail.com
4800 Baseline Road, E104, PMB 449, Boulder, CO 80303
303-554-9123
Middle Tennessee Area
Contact: Kyle Moen, I ’02
kmoen@chipsi.org
147 Maple Row Blvd, Suite 200, Hendersonville, TN 37075 B: 615-736-2520
New England Area
Contact: Bill Hattendorf, ΑΔ’69
206 Main Street, Box 4935, Northfield, MA 01360
Philadelphia Area
Contact: Lathrop Nelson, ΟΔ’97
334 Fitzwater Street, Philadelphia, PA 19147
Alpha Pi Alumni
Corp. President: Brian E. Shea Π’82
862 Worcester Dr., Niskayuna, NY 12309
Alpha Psi Delta Alumni
Contact: Chris Wong ΨΔ’87
1340 Humboldt, Denver CO 80218
Alpha Nu Delta Alumni
Corporation President: Steven Sacco ΝΔ’01
10302 Appalachian Circle, #311, Oakton, VA 22124
whgama@aol.com
B: 413-498-5470
lnelson@mmwr.com
H: 215-925-1952
brian.shea@iasg.us
H: 518-393-4012
cpwonger@yahoo.com
303-861-0979
ssacco07@cox.net
703-975-7976
Want to Start an Alumni Association in Your Area?
Contact Kyle Moen, I’02, in the Chi Psi Central Office
147 Maple Row Blvd, Suite 200, Hendersonville, Tennessee 37075
Office: 615-736-2520 Fax: 615-826-9986 Email: kmoen@chipsi.org
For additional information about Chi Psi and its entities, including the Boards, Alphas, Corporations, Foundations and individual
members, please contact the Chi Psi Central Office by phone at 615-736-2520, e-mail co@chipsi.org, or visit www.chipsi.org.
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