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A new biennium and the start are to remain a viable force in of another academic year. As the academic and business com time passes, both of these peri munities. Fluctuating student ods will undoubtedly reveal new enrollment continues to have a and in some cases a continua direct impact upon our member tion of all the challenges that ship level. Our alumni program can occur in our fraternity and needs further development. Fu personal lives, challenges that ture success in many respects is demand a commitment to suc directly related to active, inter cess if they are to be overcome. ested and involved alumni. We as a fraternity have re These are but a few of the cently completed the most suc challenges we must address. cessful Grand Chapter Congress Whether the challenges associ in our organization's history. ated with a successful profes Congress attendance and partic sional fraternity are national, ipation in leadership seminars provincial, regional or local, ev were outstanding. The chal ery effort should be made to lenges of today and tomorrow overcome them. The. success of were analyzed and plans were individual members and our fra Richard J. Parnitzke developed to overcome these ternity as a whole depends challenges. upon out commitment to suc New leaders were elected at cess. this immediate past Congress. If we are to continue to move With this new administration forward and keep pace with the comes a sense of continued dedi needs of our members, I strong cation to provide you, the lead ly believe our collegiate mem ers of today and tomorrow, with bers must convince their peers the direction so necessary for that a professional experience success. through membership in Delta In addition to an outstanding Sigma Pi is in their best inter Congress, we as a fraternity ests and certainly is on a level have just completed another well above any other organiza very successful biennium. Ex tion. Alumni must also realize pansion continues at a planned that this is our fraternity. We as pace in both the collegiate and a fraternity want and need their alumni chapter areas. We now valued involvement in local and have an alumni chapter in the national affairs. Our future suc long dormant Northwestern Re cess is assured if we all contrib gion. Membership is at an all ute to that success. time high. Interest in our frater nity continues to grow. New em Fraternally, phasis on leadership training has provided many dividends on all levels. The challenges before us to Richard J . Parnitzke day are immense in many ways, Grand President but not to the point of becoming overpowering. Financial mat ters remain a major issue to be dealt with. The role our fraterni ty should assume in the future requires constant review if we 2 November, 1983 ® of delta sigma pi !An Educational Journal November, 1983 Volume LXXIII, No. 1 USPS 152·940 Features IDepartments I Commentary . 2 Alumni in action ....................... 18 Bits and pieces ............... ........ 46 Focus ................... ............ 47 Karl Flemke· is our 20th Meet Linda S. Alcheh, National Honorary Mem- Collegian of the Year . 12 ber . .. .......... .. 8 I Cover I Deltasigs arrive in Denver for the Leading the fraternity for Educational Foundation 34th Grand Chapter Congress. the 1 983-1 985 biennium awards 1 983 scholarship Coverage of the convention be ..... .. .. ....... 24 and grants . ...... 32 gins on page 4. Delta Sigma Pi is the professional business fraternity founded in 1907. The Deltasig of Delta Sigma Pi, its official publication, was fi rst published in 1912. EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR Michael J. Mazur, Jr. Michael T. Walsh CFEA Fraternity growth contin- 1883*1983 ues . .. ....... ... 34 CE N T ENN I AL Postmaster: Pl ease send labels Form 3579 to Delta Sigma Pi, 3330 South Cam pus Avenue , P.O. Box 230, Oxford , Ohio 45056-0230. The DELTASIG of Delta Sigma Pi is published four times annually in the months of November, January, March, and May. Editorial office- 330 South Campus Avenue , P.O. Box 230, Oxford, Ohio 45056-0230. Subscription price $30.00 per year . Second Class postage paid at Oxford, Ohio 45056-0230 , and at additional mailing offices. The DELTASIG is pri nted in the U.S.A. by Compolith Graphics, Indianapolis. Indiana, and Maury Boyd and Associates, Indianapolis, Indiana. the DEL TASIG of DELTA SIGMA PI 3 3LI th <irand Chapter Congress The National Awards Luncheon at Clemson University. Alan Lan was held on Monday afternoon. delegate of Kappa Tau Chapter, a Chapter Efficiency Index Honor cepted this award for Dr. Peters Roll Certificates were presented to and described the outstanding wor 26 collegiate chapters by Director of which he has done with the chapt Chapter Operations Mark A. Rob as their advisor. Following these erts and Assistant Executive Direc marks, Southeastern Regional Di tor Mike Walsh. The presentation rector Dean Ferguson presented t to Gamma Omega Chapter at Arizo Stephen Jones, the District Directo na State University and to Alpha of the Year Award in recognition o Beta Chapter at Missouri-Columbia Stephen's exemplary service as were most significant as these chap District Director during the 1982-8 ters had received 100,000 points in year. the Chapter Efficiency Index for 27 The Most Improved Chapte and 43 consecutive years, respec Award was presented by Mideast tively. Central Regional Director ern Regional Director Mickey John· John V. Henik was presented with a son to M u Chapter at Georgetown special award for having the region University. In making the presenta· with the highest average in the tion, Mickey noted the members of 1982-83 Chapter Efficiency Index. M u Chapter reversed an almost im John's 10 chapters achieved an av possible situation in the course of erage of 89,675 points. the past year; had achieved nearly a Executive Director Mazur then 600% increase in new initiates and was called to the podium to present achieved 100,000 points in the the National Chapter Advisor of the Chapter Efficiency Index. Year Award to Dr. Paul F. Peter Director of Alumni Activities sen, Advisor of Kappa Tau Chapter Dick Parnitzke presented the Alum- Angela Keeny, from Alpha Beta Pi Colony at Purdue University and oth ers enjoyed the Grand Chapter Con gress Dance Sunday evening. ter Operations Mark A. Roberts and Chapter Consultants John W. Belke II and Richard M. Garber. Intermountain Regional Director Bill Leonard served as Constitution and Bylaws Parliamentarian. Dis trict Director Mike Moegenburg served as Chancellor and Golden Council member Frank Busch served as Resolution Counselor. Ex ecutive Director Mike Mazur and Assistant Executive Director Mike Walsh served as secretaries and re corders for the convention. Mike Mazur called the Roll of the Grand Chapter and, when completed, there were 159 delegates representing 122 Honorary member Joe Batten, from Alpha Iota Chapter at Drake University, collegiate chapters and 37 Alumni set the ton.e for a successful convention with his motivating keynote chapters. address durmg the opening business session. 6 November, 1983 ni Chapter National Community the Year-1983. Linda expressed her Service Award to the Tucson-Old thanks on her selection and pledged Pueblo Alumni Chapter and the to serve Delta Sigma Pi at her best Most Outstanding Alumni Chapter as a member of the Board of Direc Award to the New Orleans-Crescent tors and the National Executive City Alumni Chapter. The Colle Committee. giate Chapter National Community During the day on Monday, Service Award was enthusiastically spouses, guests and several alumni presented to Theta Kappa Chapter members toured the mountain com at the University of Akron by munities of Central City and East Central Regional Director .Jeff Georgetown and enjoyed lunch at Nelson. the Silver Queen Restaurant and The highlight of the national Wine Celler in Georgetown. awards for collegiate chapters was After lunch, the Opening Busi the presentation of the Most Out ness Session continued with the Re standing Chapter Award to Iota Pi port of the Grand President deliv Chapter at San Diego State Univer ered by Grand President Mallonee. sity. Western Regional Director In this report he highlighted the 11 Skip Loomis presented this award goals which had bee~ established by to the chapter and outlined their nu the 1981-83 Board of Directors at merous accomplishments. Under their meeting after the 33rd Grand graduate of the Year-1983 Linda S. Chapter Congress. Mike indicated Alcheh of Zeta Psi Chapter at the that nearly all of these goals had State University of New York-Alba been reached through the dedicated ny addressed the members assem efforts of volunteers and staff mem· bled after presentation, by Mike hers. Chancellor Moegenburg then Mallonee, of a plaque in recognition called on Past Grand President Tom of her selection as Undergraduate of Mocella to deliver the report of the North Central Regional Director Marc Franson moderated one of the seminars on professionalism. Committee on Nominations for which he served as chairman. Sec onding speeches were given for the nominees and additional nomina tions from the floor were made. On Monday afternoon, the first series of 12 collegiate Educational Seminars were presented. Offering 12 collegiate seminar topics was a rather ambitious task as only four topics had traditionally been offered at previous conventions. Through computer assisted seminar assign ments, all appeared to go smoothly. The Leadership and Motivation Seminar was chaired by Undergrad uate of the Y ear-1981 Al Gordon as The 34th Grand Chapter Congress offered members the opportunity to sisted by District Directors Stephen attend more leadership seminars than ever before. (See CONVENTION on page 40) the DEL TASIG of DELTA SIGMA PI NATIONAL HONORARY MEMBER KARL FLEMKE President and Chief Executive Officer of Junior Achievement becomes the fraternity's 20th At nearly each Grand Chapter National Honorary ter Congress Banquet which follow: Congress since 1939, one of the high Member lights has been the Ritualistic initia I appreciate the opportunity to be tion of the National Honorary Mem with you here today; to be able to ber.