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The Journal of America's Foremo t Bu ines Fraternity Summer 1995 - Volume 84, Number 4 Inside 1995 Collegians of the Year Announced Models for Improving Your Business or Chapter Expansion and Reactivation Collegiate News Cover 1994 Lifetime Achievement Award Honoree Michael R. Mallonee c S ON THE FRATERNITY Ask any alumni Brother about Delta Sigma Pi and their first thoughts usually tum to their collegiate chapter. Ask that Brother about his or her days as a collegiate member and a srrule is normally your fir t reward. That smile is often contagious since you are then immediately regaled with orne of the most extraordinary tales. Usually, they begin with- "Well, there was that time we ...";followed by- "You wouldn't believe what we did!" By the time the tale is done everyone has a glow about them. Like a great potato chip, you usually can't just stop at one. Of course, none of us ever embellish our stories! Most of us fondly remember our days as a collegiate Brother. We worked hard- we played hard. We all have our own favorite tales to tell of what it was like in the "good old days." Recruiting ... Pledging ... Initiation ... Road Trips ... Fund Raising ... Community Service .. Professional Events ... Meetings ... Parties ... Brotherhood. Powerful words- each capable of generating extremely vivid images. It is often tempting for some of us to assume that the standards we set back then couldn't possibly be upheld by the collegiate chapters and Brothers of today. "Things just aren't the same ... it was better in the old days." How many times has someone you know made that comment? Perhaps you've said it yourself. Elsewhere in this issue you will find articles that highlight the activity of our collegiate chapters this past year. Like most of us, I suspect that your chapter's article was one of the frrst things you read. Did it bring back some memories? Remember that old cliche, the more things change- the more they stay the same? Just as we did, the collegiate Brothers of today are facing their challenges with enthusiasm, courage and comrrutment. They recognize that opportunities usually come disguised in the form of challenges. Our collegiate chapters and Brothers continue to participate and excel in the fundamentals that have sustained our Frater Grand President nity throughout its history. They do so in the context of a world where the pace of change is faster than anything most of u Randy L Hultz ever experienced in our own collegiate days. They aspire to fulfill the Purpose of Delta Sigma Pi in a manner we can all be proud of. Recruiting ... Pledging ... Initiation ... Road Trips ... Fund Raising ... Community Service . .. Professional Events ... Meetings ... Partie ... Brotherhood. Every year the torch is passed on and those simple, yet powerful words continue to provide the stimulus for genera tions to come. The legacy that IS Delta Sigma Pi lives on! -fL-YX1J4 Randy L. Hultz Grand President 2 Summer 1995 eThe s - Features Page4 Page 12 1994 Lifetime Achievement Teamwork, Problem Solving, Award pre ented to Michael R. Leadership- Models for Mallonee. Improving Your Business or Chapter. Page6 Page 19 Expansion and Reactivation 1995 Mr. & Mrs. Sidney A. • Roger Williams Sparks Collegian of the Year. • St. Thomas • West Virginia • Nebraska-Omaha • Michigan State Page 10 Depart01ents 1995 Clyde Kitchensffhoben Elrod Regional Collegians of Page 2 Focus on the Fraternity the Year. Page 14 Collegiate News Page 20 Alumni Notes Page 22 Bits and Pieces Back Cover Volunteer Spotlight The Deltasig of Delta Sigma Pi is published four times annually by the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi in the Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. Second class postage paid at Oxford, Oh io 45056, and at additional mailing offices. USPS 152-940. © Copyright 1995 by The International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi, Inc. Send address changes, articles Editor Contributors Member of: and letters to: William C. Schilling Dale M . Clark American Assembly of Collegiate Managing Editor Catrina L. Conway Schools of Business Delta Sigma Pi Managing Editor C. Dean Ferguson College Fraternity Editors Association 330 South Campus Avenue Hilda J. Krueger Shawn Gregory Professional Fraternity Association P.O. Box 230 Randy L. Hultz Professional Fraternity Executives Oxford, OH 45056-0230 Collegiate News Editor Judith A. Jaspers Association (513) 523-1907 Carla S. Tousley Dr. Stephen Stumpf FAX (513) 523-7292 The DELTASIG of Delta Sigma Pi 3 ae • a onee -IS 0 -, 994 I- e c -eve ent The Lifetime Achievement Award is the highest honor an Fraternity member can receive and is is ued annually to the one Brother who has demonstrated exemplary support, service, and leadership to the Fraternity. Grand President Randy L Hultz presents the 1994lifetime Achievement Award to Brother Mike Mallonee at a banquet in his honor, held in Phoenix. tanding ovation Pi Leader hip Foundation ince Tru tee. greeted Brother 1970. The li t of Fraternity Elected a Grand President Michael R. po ition he ha held read like the thirty- econd Grand Mallonee of an organizational chart. Oklahoma City a Mike . tarted hi volunteer he recei ed the ervice a a Di trict Director; 1994 Lifetime Achievement became the Director of ward from Grand Pre ident Alumni Activitie in 1975; Randy L. Hultz. The Lifetime and was ub equently chiev ment Award i the elected in 1979 a the highe t honor any Fraternity twenty- e enth Grand member can recei e and i Pre ident. After hi ervice i . ued annually to the one on the Fraternity' · Board of Brother who ha demon trated Director ended in 1985, e emplary upport, ·ervice. and Mike became a Tru tee of leader hip to the Fraternity. the Delta Sigma Pi Leader- Thi year'. award wa pre- hip Foundation. For fi e ented February 26, in Phoenix. year . he al o erved a During the merger of the leadership Brother Mallonee has Chairman and Pre ident for Fund and the Education Foundation M~d American Provincial Vice President Nonn Kromberg, R. Nelson continuou ly erved the Mike is congratulated by Education the Leader hip Foundation Mitchell, lois and Joe S. loomis, Catherine Merdian, and Greg Howell Fraternity and the Delta Sigma Foundation President Jimmy gather at the Award Banquet to honor Brother Mallonee. in addition to hi dutie as a Pendergrass. 4 Summer 1995 \ t ... ' Numerous scholarships and grants were added and funded during this term as Foundation President. In 1994, the first summer Leadership Academy was sponsored in Oxford with Deltasig and invited guests learning the fundamentals of good leadership. In his professional career, Mike is a First Vice President with Dean Witter Reynolds, Inc., and has been with the firm since February of 1988. He currently specializes in fixed income securities, asset management, and retirement planning. He is registered with the New York Stock Exchange Cathy Trostheide from the Phoenix Alumni Chapter visits with (from left) Golden Council members Bill leonard, Joe Goldblatt and John Richardson and is a member of the at the award banquet. Brother Mallonee is a familiar face at Fraternity meetings. Here he makes a Oklahoma Bar Association. presentation at the 1989 Grand Chapter Congress in New Orleans. His prior career positions include those as an investigator President for Professional The Brothers of Delta Sigma on the Oklahoma Securities Activities, and President. He Pi are honored to recognize the Commission and as General graduated with a Bachelor of exemplary service, support and Business Administration leadership it has received from Chapter Congress in Atlanta, Counsel and Director of the management level was added Division of Investigation and degree in Finance. He later Brother Michael R. Mallonee, Mike's tenure as Grand with four Provincial Vice received his law degree from 1994 Lifetime Achievement President was a period of Enforcement. After three years Presidents being included on of working as an Estate Tax Oklahoma as well. Award recipient. A growth and change. Twenty the Fraternity's Board of new collegiate chapters were Attorney for the Internal Directors. Revenue Service, he opened a installed and several reacti While serving on the vated. The first computer private practice of law which Leadership Foundation Board focused on the areas of system was purchased for the of Trustees, Brother Mallonee Fraternity and a new Execu probate, estate planning, and oversaw the merger of the securities law. Prior to his tive Director, Michael J. Leadership Fund and the Mazur, Jr. was hired. A new current position with Dean Educational Foundation. Witter, Mike was the Assistant Vice President for the Broker age firm of E.F. Hutton. Mike also serves as the Dean Witter representative to the Oklahoma Securities industry Association and is mutual fund coordinator for the Oklahoma City office. He is a trustee of the Oklahoma Securities Industry PAC, and a member of the Lyric Theatre of Oklahoma Associate Board. He has frequently been invited as a guest lecturer on securities law at the University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, and Oklahoma City University. Initiated in 1966 at Beta Epsilon Chapter at the Univer Several of Brother Mallonee's family and friends attended the lifetime Brother Mallonee's international service spans many years. Here, as Achievement Award BanqueL From left: Father and Mother Bob and Ina sity of Oklahoma, Mike served Grand President, he presents the 1982 Deltasig of the Year Award to Mallonee, Niece Jennifer loser, Sister Lettie lee, and friend Ben Collum. as Chapter Secretary, Vice Brother R Nelson Mitchell. The DELTASIG of Delta Sigma Pi 5 ... New Chapters in Rhode Island, Minnesota and West Virginia ... Deltasig returns to Univerity of Nebraska-Omaha and Michigan State a Grand President Randy L Hultz presents the Gamma Eta Chapter charter to Chapter President Philip Smysu.