Pka S&D 1995 Mar
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
Pi Kappa Alpha's OFFICERS LEADERSHIP ACADEMY JULY 28 -AUGUST 1, 1995 UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE Pi Kappa Alpha's Most Comprehensive Educational Program HI GHLIGHT : Educational Session for: SMC IMC ThC Ru h Chainnen Member hip Educator Chapter Advi or Participate in Leadership De1e lopment and Personal Enrichment Workshops! Enjoy discussion with International Officer ! trend rh e International Aw01d Banquet! Meet Pike from all over the countr ! Make our plans now to attend this important event! SIDELD&DWIOD FEATURES 1995 CHAPTER PRESIDENTS CONFERENCE 5 EXPANSION: ROCKH UST AND LOUlSVILLE JOIN PiKA. 6 1994-95 SPORTS REVIEW. BY JAY LANGHAMMER 12 A MAN OF THE STUDENTS. BY TIMOTHY J. McNARY 20 CHAPTER ANNIVERSARIES 22 DEPARTMENTS FROM THE PRESIDENT'S DESK 4 UPDATE 5 CHAPTER NOTES 8 EDUCAT IONAL FOUNDATION 18 ALUMNI NOTES 25 NEWS OF BYGONE DAYS 3 1 RUSH RECOMMENDATION FORM 37 CHAPTER ETERNAL 38 ON THE COVER On th e Cover: Jamie Asher (Kappa Zeta '95) of Louisville, was PiKA 's top college football player in 1994. A three-year starte1; Asher is Louisville's all-time receiving leader with 154 receptions. Photo by Mark Lynch, courtesy of University of Louisville. Story on page 12. Above photo: In this 1925 photo, the brothers of Tau Chapter at the University of North Carolina assemble on the chapter house steps. Tau, along with severa l other chapters, celebrates a note worlhy anniversary this yeG/: Story on page 22. VOLUME 106 1 NUMBER 1 1 MARCH 1995 FROM THE PRESIDE T'S DESK SIDELD& n my home tate ofVirginia late February and early March can be bleak. The air i often cold, windy and damp. While the old oak I are abloom in the deep outh and the snow begi n to thaw out We t, here winter eem interminable. That may well ha e been how our Founder felt in harlotte vi ll e during 1868. But the cli mate did not DIAMOND cool internal spirit , for a new fi re wa bei ng built along the hall o f OF PI KAPPA ALPHA We t Range at the University ofVirgin ia. T he e were the very day when ix men came together - highl ighted forever in Room 47 on Published by unday evening, March I , 186 . The re ulting fl ame ha provided Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity wannth to o very many for, now 127 year . 8347 West Range Cove Memphis, Tennessee 38125 F. nderson Morse 901 n 48-1868 winter end and the hope of pring beckons, the week si nce II a t (William and Mary, wrote have been anything but bl eak. Travels, letter and phone call Gamma ' 6) Timothy J. McNary Editor provided holiday greeting reunions with old fri ends and fa mily, and new friendship that start with the fi rst exchange of the grip. There were many pecial event to Barbara E. Perkins Managing Editor savor. We welcomed two new chapter into the bond - Kappa Epsi Io n at Rockhurst o ll ege and Kappa Zeta at the Univer ity o f Loui svi ll e. Both ofthe e chapter will add greatl y to the legacy Jay lang hammer Patrick F. Haynes they inherit. Executive Director Kevin E. Virta (Wes tern Michigan, Epsilon Psi ' 3) aw the birth Contributors of his fi r t chi ld. On December 3 1, many of us gathered for the wedding of Di rector of ervice cottA. Ru ssell (Kansas, Beta Gamma ' 5) - a joyous way to ring in the ew Year! ex t, the Sarah B. Pittman Communications Assistant 1995 Chapter President Conference was held in Memphi . For the twenty-third year, Pi Kappa Alpha' top young leader convened for three in ten ive days o f learning. A the fi r t brother to Gwen DeShazo Heather L. Huffman attend th i confe rence as an SMC, and then later return as Intern at-ional President, it wa amazing Sandra H. Newsom to refl ect on how our Fraterni ty ha progre ed! Proofreading Pa ige l aughlin Other fo nd memori es included the 1995 NorthAtlantic Regional Leadership onference, a pro Circulation ductive council meeting, and alumni fun ctions in C incinnati and Atl anta, all wedged in between Raymond l. Orians chapter fi nance and conduct chall enges that went with cancell ed fli ghts and icy propell ers. Which Executive Vice President leave me at the prior point of our Founders Day. 1994-1 996 Supreme Council Thi s is a ti me fo r recall ing our connecti ons to the pa t and our caring fo r each other a brother F. Anderson Morse President fo r li fe. There is an importance in pau ing fo r remembrance. During a dinner di scus ion with Chad DeMartino (Co lumbia, iota Lambda '93), he said he wondered whether the Founder could Michael S. Risk have po sibl y foreseen what they created. Though an optimi t by nature, l really do not think they Vice President coul d have predi cted PiKA's fl ourish. But, their ideals have withstood the test o ftime. Their belief John Michael Williams were captured th rough our Ritual, which tates the dream and the va lue of our beloved Frater Vice President nity. Every chapter would be well served by a tronger appreciati on of tho e ideals. Wallace G. long Ill Vi ce President Out ide of one's fa mi ly and fa ith, there is very little in this world like that described in our Ritual. Thomas J. Handler It peaks to a brotherhood that hope to hape its member ' character in relati on to the highest Vice President ideal of human excell ence. It speaks to a circle o f fri ends that under tands why you mu t al Jeffrey C. Rohwer ways be your brother's keeper. Our Ritual is blind to one' personal background, race or creed. Undergraduate Vice President It reminds us all that fa ith fa mi ly and fraternity can be inextricably linked. And it provide a Michael P. Shannon heritage of substance, not superfi ciality. Undergraduate Vice President H. King Buttermore Ill We are here today thanks to the li ghting of a fl ame on the West Range and becau e countle Legal Counsel tewards passed that fl ame on, keeping it a fe from hann through the fri end hip and va lue that our R itua l encourage . Our greatest chall enge i to work and stri e to make thi Fraterni ty li ve by MEMBER COLLEGE FRATERNITY EDITORS tho e ideal fo r a very long peri od oftime. ASSOCIATION SHIELD & DIAMOND ( ISS 8750-7536) 1 mn cducat•onal May the fl ame of Phi Phi Kappa Alpha remai n with you alway ~:~:'l~~~~~~~~:~.e~ ~~~~=r~~~~S~~~~m~;,- ~:::t!~~ March and June Each member rcccm: a copy ofthcSh1eld &: Dtantond end conespondcncc to the same addrcs . Manu· 10e npts arc IOVJtcd. but the pub h. her will not assume n:spons• F ra tern a II y, blhty for the return ofunsohcited matcnal Change ofaddress =~~;~po"J~l~~~~~!~~~~~~:~~~~~~~~~ ·~~~a:~C:is~l~:~~ addrc. umlladdre change a'l:cr gruduauon_ Copynght 1995 by P1 KappaAipho Frntemuy. All nghts rt"ened econd Cia po tagc potd at Memph1 . Tennessee ond add1t1onal mtulmg *office POSTMASTER : Send addrc s changes to S HIELD & DIAMOND , 8347 West Runge Co\ic, Memphts, TN 38125 PRINTED IN U. F. Ander on Morse fnternational Pre ident 4 M R H 1995 Update- Director of Chapter Finance, Three· Consultants Added at Mid-Year Executive Vi ce President Raymond L. Orians (Memphis. Delta Zeta '66) announce the hiring of three new con ultant to the ta ff o f the Memoria l Headquarters: R a lph W. S imo n er ed l\ o term a (Central Florida, Eta ecretary on l FC' ex Phi '89) was a p ecutive board and wa pointed to serve in the na me d IF ' G reek Fraternity's newly cre Ma n of the Year in ated director ofc hapter 1994. He wa a l o finance position, effec cha irman of the tu ti ve De ce mbe r 20, de nt G overnm e nt 1994 . S imon previ A ociation' tudent ously served Pi Kappa Ralph W. Simon Nick P. LeRoy W. Blake 1onroe a ll ocati ons commit Alpha as a chapter con (Central Florida, (Utah, (Texas-Arlington, tee. sultant in Fall 1994. In Eta Pil i '89) Alpha Ta u '90) Eta Up ilon '93) W. Blake 1on roe hi s new duties, Simon (Texas-Arlington. Eta wi ll be responsib le for managing the account U ni versity of Utah campu a president o f Up ilon '93) join ed the Fraternity' ta ff in receivable to the General Fund and Housing Order of Omega, and as a member of the tu January 1995. He graduated in December 1994 Fund. He will a l o develop and implement dent Advisory Committee and as the student wi th a B.A. degree in public r lati on . Heal o comprehensive fin ancia l management pro representative to the Equa l Opp01tun ity/ A ffi r received a minor in sales and marketing. an gram for the chapters whi ch will include a fi mative Acti on Committee. undergraduate, Monroe er ed hi s chapter a nancial software package. J efrey M . Meletio (Winthrop, Th eta Sigma public relation chai1m an. phil anthropy chair Nick P. LeRoy (Utah, A lphaTau '90) joined '91} j oin ed the Frate rnity' staff in January man, athl etic chairman and external ice pre i the Fraternity's sta ff in December 1994.