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alabama alpha Granted one More Year in Chapter house • Chapter Looks Forward to Upcoming Football Season • Thank You, Generous Alumni, for Contributing to the Sustaining Membership Program

ince my last report, the timeline has become clearer for our Finally, I want to thank the many brothers who generously support chapter house relocation to the Alpha Tau Omega house. The us financially, even during these difficult economic times in our sATW s will begin occupying their house this fall. Zeta Beta country. Alabama Alpha’s Sustaining Membership Program is our Taus will also begin a year-long renovation of their house this sum - annual contribution campaign. The money raised through this cam - mer. Due to this the University gave us the option to either move to paign helps publish this newsletter, provides funds for ongoing the ATW house this fall and let ZBT occupy our current house for maintenance to our facility, and supplements the programming one year, or ZBT would move to the ATW house for one year, and offered by the undergraduate chapter. The Sustaining Membership we could remain in our current location for one more academic year Program raised $12,750 in 2010 from 39 generous then move into the ATW house in the fall of 2012. We chose the lat - brothers. These gifts are acknowledged on page 3 in ter option. Delaying our move one year will give us more time to The Psi, but thank you, again, for your support. adequately plan for the transition and provide us the opportunity to be near Bryant-Denny Stadium for one more football season. Look Amici, In the Bond, for further information this fall on plans for a celebration weekend shannon price ’88 next spring to honor our chapter house. House Corporation President Changes for the Betterment of the fraternity Alabama Alpha Determined to Be the Best

Chapter earns Bronze star award a speCial thank-You This spring, our Chapter was awarded for our 2010 accomplishments. Jay Masingill ’68 announced last fall that he will no longer be Alabama At the Greek Excellence Awards banquet, the University awarded our Alpha’s Chapter advisor. We want to congratulate him on his retirement Chapter with the Bronze Star Achievement based on certain criteria, and sincerely thank him for his years of service as the Chapter advisor for including scholarship, philanthropy, campus involvement, and overall over 30 years. The Chapter is pleased to announce that John adam page ’05 Chapter operations. Beginning in the fall, our Chapter has implemented is our new Chapter advisor, beginning this spring semester. Our alumni a cabinet positions program, that helps undergraduate members dedi - team also has a new member, Marc robins ’83 , who will be our scholar - cated to Alabama Alpha become more involved in the fraternity, as well ship advisor and new member education advisor. as on campus. (Continued on page 2) the ΨPsi Changes for the Better Successful Alumnus (Continued from page 1) George riley ’70 CoMMunitY serViCe eVents BeneFit CoMMunitY Grateful for Phi Psi In the fall, we participated in the second annual Shipwreck Party at Pine Valley Retirement Community, located in Northport, just north of Brotherhood campus. We teamed up with Alpha Omicron Pi and held a bigger and better event than last rother George riley ’70 was born in 1950 year’s party. Our philanthropic efforts are led by in Atlanta. His father was a career Army our philanthropy chairman, richard rabello ’10 , Bman, so as a child and teenager George and this semester we are planning an event to lived all over the world, including Japan, Alaska, take place on our front lawn that will benefit the Louisiana, Birmingham, and Boys and Girls Club of West Alabama. We will Huntsville. He graduated team up with Alpha Omicron Pi again and Chapter President Conner Barnes ’07 and from Lee High School in potentially Phi Kappa Sigma and one other SWGP Tryon Hubbard ’64 at the Presidents Huntsville, and started as a sorority for the event. The event will feature Leadership Academy in Indianapolis. freshman at the University field day activities for the kids and we will host of Alabama in 1968. After a carnival-style events centered on providing the reCruitMent proGraMs freshman year with little or children with a full day of fun. All funds raised iMpressiVe no social life, he decided to by this event will go to the Boys and Girls Club This semester, we were able to achieve a five- give fraternity life a try. He and other organizations. man spring pledge class, by Recruitment pledged Phi Psi in the fall of Chairmen Ben Beutel ’07 and Culin Brown ’10 . 1969 and was initiated in January 1970. Being a adVisors MotiVate Chapter We plan to use that momentum and bring a Phi Psi made a big difference in his life. Prior to Recently we announced that Jimmy hubbard solid pledge class for the fall. Recruitment pledging he had few social skills, little teamwork will be our official faculty advisor for the under - efforts for the fall have already begun. The experience, and virtually no self-confidence. graduate Chapter. Jimmy currently serves as summer recruitment program is led by community director in the Hackberry Chapter VGPs ryan snyder ’09 , Jake The confidence and interpersonal skills developed Community on campus and enjoys the opportu - Moore ’09 , and rob schuhmann ’10 . Any while an undergraduate, living in the house, and nity to educate students in a wide range of life recruitment recommendations are greatly working with the brothers are still with him today. skills and assist them in becoming productive appreciated and can be completed at the He is sure that many of the brothers from that time and active citizens in the world community. He Chapter website, www.phipsiala.com—look period will recall the famous “chapel” house that will be working closely with Marc robins and under the Contact Us tab. We have set a he and several other new initiates rented during our scholarship chairman, robbie pilcher ’09 , pledge class goal of 30-40 solid young men spring semester 1970—the social events held there to help achieve and promote a better academic for the fall semester. are legendary. environment for our members. Each member who fails to meet his obligations set forth by the new MeMBer proGraM Creates He earned his degree in electrical engineering in scholarship committee will be taken to review stronG Brotherhood May 1972. He worked for General Electric by the governing and grievance committee, With the help of John Adam Page and Marc Corporation in Huntsville on the Saturn V pro - which then assesses penalties. Robins, eli landow ’09 and Clinton gram; he then joined Control Data Corporation Cuzzort ’08 have completely transformed our as a hardware engineer and later was a systems New Member Education program. We are analyst. He also worked at the University of looking at new and improved ways of devel - Georgia, Florida State University, and the oping a pledge into a worthy brother of our Kennedy Space Center. fraternity. The program has been reformatted to benefit each individual and help craft him Between 1980 and 1996 he founded several into a true Phi Psi gentleman. small consulting businesses located in Cocoa Beach, Florida, focusing on real-time computer Our members are dedicated to making improve - systems and several PC-based software applica - ments to Chapter as a whole, as well as each tions. After 16 years of running the businesses, individual associated with the fraternity. Our chasing contracts, managing employees, and fil - brotherhood and alumni support are at an all- ing IRS paperwork, he decided to fulfill a long- time high, and we believe that time desire to earn a Ph.D. and become a college we can build off that momen - professor. He and his wife Dr. Kris Nagel pulled tum to achieve our goals. up stakes from Florida, moved to Atlanta, and he enrolled at the Georgia Tech College of Fraternally, Computing as a full-time student. He earned his Conner B. Barnes ’07 Ph.D. in computer science in 2001 and was Conner Barnes ’07, Justin Pickle ’09, and Ben President Beutel ’07 at Formal in New Orleans. (Continued on page 4)

2 Phi kaPPa Psi thank you, alaBama alPha Brothers, for your suPPort he Alabama Alpha House Corporation gratefully acknowledges its supporters. The following is a list of contributors to the Alabama Alpha House Corporation and the Alabama Alpha Foundation since 1980. Donors’ cumulative giving totals are listed by giving level. If an error has been tmade in recording the amount of your gift(s), we sincerely apologize. Please send corrections to the Alabama Alpha House Corporation, P.O. Box 19144, Birmingham, AL 35219. Thank you, again, for giving back to the Chapter—it truly makes a difference! the ivory Club * Tom Clyce (22) Ben Woolf (290) * Bruce Carothers (139) Melvin Hutson (55) ($100,000 and above) * Larry Cook (53) Lee Woolf (6) Brad Cassellman (321) Fred Jones (42) * Phillip Cook (206) Marcus Woolf (315) Andrew Dillon (59) Roy Jones (229) the Crimson Circle * Denton Copeland (137) Thomas Early (260) Walter Magel (147) ($50,000-$99,999) Alfred Corina (58) the shield society * Chad Ellis (463) Richard Mayo (39) Ben Dennis (96) ($500-$999) Jeff Ford (328) Robert Merrill (54) the houndstooth Club John Donnell * William Banks (18) * Steve Frazier (135) Boyden Moore (302) ($25,000-$49,999) John Ellis (195) Jamie Bierchen (169) Jason Frye (242) John Moorman (115) Tryon Hubbard (1) Patrick Finley (20) John Chicarelli Walt Hayes (452) Albert Pardue (19) Ed Lowery (122) * Howard Gillum (11) Jerry Creel (151) Jim Intihar (357) Brad Plumley (351) The Estate of * Gene Glass (60) Ralph DeSanctis (198) Warren Laird (199) Mercer Prickett (74) Northa Porter Mayo Jon Gornstein (27) Gary Dillard (85) * Sherwood Lawrence (49) Robin Renken (148) David Gunter (150) John Gafford (8) Michael Lovett (227) Ryan Smith (388) the Founder’s Circle Guy Gunter (61) Charles Goldthwaite (46) David Miller (273) Rusty Spruell (284) ($10,000-$24,999) Michael Gunter (185) Brad Gray (207) Earl Stafford (189) Jason Terry (312) * Fred Clay (66) Thomas Gunter (111) Gerry Henderson (266) John Thompson (93) Matthew Totty (331) * Jay Masingill (86) * Larry Harper (102) William Higgins (83) * Brad Turner (301) Mark Van DeWater (334) George McAdams (77) * John Harris (121) Matthew Hyde (155) John Wilson (245) Riley Walter (100) John Stakes (43) Bill Helmstadter (270) Tim Jefferson (340) Andrew Watson (386) Gary Hopkins (7) Richard Johnson (201) Chapter patron * Phillip Whiteman (163) the amici Club * Scott Huffman (249) Robert Jones (319) ($100-$249) Donald Williams (13) ($5,000-$9,999) * Harry Katapodis (165) Frank Kanelos (82) Ronald Abernathy (243) * Anonymous * Jack Keel (124) Christopher Larson (94) Jeremy Auvil (403) Chapter supporter * Gordon Carter (160) David Moyer (333) John Neal (4) Kyle Bazemore (225) (Up to $99) Ken Damsgard (16) * Ralph Mitchell (89) John Olszewski (72) Dayn Beam (167) Franklin Alexander (205) Frank Davis (57) * Ray Moir (84) Robert Pirtle (141) Jack Beard (208) * Eric Beard (233) Mark Dixon (217) * Troy Nagle (2) Pledge Class of 1984 Charles Cain (264) Ryan Brewer (369) * David Ekland (170) James Newman (296) Tim Price-Williams (104) Ryan Casey (362) Douglas Canida (184) * Sam Harris (47) * Todd Nugent (257) Richard Raleigh (30) Richard Chastain (197) * Eric Curole (459) Mark Moore (138) Robert Oviatt (156) John Ramsey Timothy Connell (265) Richard Funk * P. Scott Nelson (300) Michael Payton (287) * Will Rasberry (402) Tommy Dobbins (241) Steve Harris (250) * Mike Newman (32) Drew Peterson (51) James Reed (336) Gary Ely (178) * Jason Irvin (407) * Shannon Price (291) Rodger Rainey (95) Ward Saxon (98) Jeff Emerson (288) Anthony Malatino (56) John Reese (52) Max Ray (190) Larry Sims (128) John Goodwin (299) Brian Mena (364) James Rayfield (78) Terry Smart (66) Keith Gray (240) Thomas Miller (438) the Mars spring Circle George Riley (106) Frank Taylor (3) Thomas Haladey (286) Jeffrey Mobley (204) ($1,000-$4,999) Oscar Russell (31) Steven Williams (202) Jason Halcomb (261) Alfred Hopton (304) Lee Allison (140) * Farley Snow (12) John Hall (213) Jonathan Ross (477) Dan Armstrong (44) Wayne Terry (5) the alpha Club * Brandon Hanks (387) Kevin Smith (389) Daniel Banks (14) William Tidwell (64) ($250-$499) James Henson (69) John Watt * Stan Brock (28) *James Wallace (15) James Amason (105) John Higginbottom (215) James Webb Jr. (404) Bruce Burttram (62) Jerry Watson (9) Judson Bailey (314) James Hodgson (80) Ed Wesson (126) Dyar Burttram (34) James Webb (117) Brooks Barksdale (347) Lou Hoffman David Williams (110) Dennis Cameron (136) Anthony Williams (200) * William Boozer (33) Terry Holley (159) * John Carey (118) Philip Williams (216) Mark Carlisle (342) Alexander Hood (113) * 2010 Donor

Congratulations, new initiates undergraduate andrew r. Bath Mark r. hoppes Michael p. Morford Newburgh, Ind. Dublin, Ohio Venetia, Pa. Calendar ragin’ Cajun weekend — April 15-16 edward C. Brown zachary t. Fell Chad M. Mazurek Albany, Ga. Oakdale, Pa. Fort Lauderdale, Fla. a-day Celebration — April 16

raylen J. Cowart Joseph p. Ford robert p. schuhmann iii Boys and Girls Club event — TBA Sarasota, Fla. Loveland, Ohio Louisville, Ky.

3 George riley ’70 (Continued on page 4) the ΨPsi fortunate to be hired by the Georgia Tech College of Engineering as an associate pro - Phi Kappa Psi fessor. He earned tenure at Georgia Tech in PRSRT Alabama Alpha Chapter FIRST CLASS 2007 and continues to enjoy the academic P.O. Box 19144 environment. U.S. POSTAGE Birmingham, AL 35219 PAID He has four children; Jennifer is the head of LAWRENCE, KS PERMIT #570 the Carolina Digital Library and Archives at Address Service Requested UNC Chapel Hill, Patrick earned a Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University and works at Google in Mountain View, Michael is fin - ishing his third year as a computer science major at Georgia Tech, and Matthew is com - pleting middle school and will be a high school freshman in the fall. He also has one granddaughter, Quinn Elizabeth Riley, who is almost 2 years old.

He and Kris are enjoying life and looking forward to their 25th wedding anniversary in early 2012. They are also looking forward to the empty nest coming up in a few short years. Brother Riley can be reached by e-mail at [email protected]

WeBsites alabama alpha www.phipsiala.com Attention : This newsletter is intended for alumni and parents. If your son is still attending The University of Alabama, he will receive a copy at the Chapter House. If he has graduated, please send us his permanent address to update our records. Thank you. phi kappa psi national www.phikappapsi.com reCruitment reCommendation the university of alabama ecruitment recommendations can be completed at the Chapter website, www.ua.edu www.phipsiala.com , under the Contact Us tab or e-mailed to Culin Brown ’09 at [email protected], Conner Barnes ’07 at [email protected], or to Crimson tide summer Recruitment Chairmen ryan snyder ’08 at [email protected], Jake Moore ’10 www.rolltide.com at [email protected], or rob schuhmann ’10 at [email protected]. Please e-mail the summer recruitment chairmen for incoming students who should be contacted during their Bama Bound sessions. Chapter officers President Treasurer Chaplain Social Chairman Conner Barnes ’07 Chase Cero ’08 lon Cowart ’08 Mark english ’09 (205) 394-2695 [email protected] Recording Secretary Messenger Alumni/PR Chairman scott pilcher ’09 eli landow ’09 ryan nash ’09 Vice President ryan snyder ’08 Historian Fraternity Educator Philanthropy Chairman (404) 353-6310 robert rudolph ’09 eli landow ’09 richard rabello ’09 [email protected] Sergeant of Arms Membership Chairman House Chairman Corresponding Secretary Mylin ackermann ’08 Culin Brown ’08 eli landow ’09 Matthew allen ’08 Scholarship Chairman scott pilcher ’09