Pl a n s f o r 2010 Be t a Ann u a l Ro u nd u p Theta Delta Dragon Ann o u n c e d NEW LOCATION Theta Delta of Beta Theta Pi Chartered 1885 The 2010 Beta Theta Annual The Roundup will be held on Thursday night, May 13, 2010 at Co l u m b u s , Oh i o • www.osubeta.org • Fe b r u a r y 2010 THE ATHLETIC CLUB OF COLUMBUS in Columbus, OH at 136 East Broad Street (downtown), Ne w BETA We b Si t e (w w w .o s u b e ta .o r g ) o f f e r s www.accolumbus.com. There will Se a r c h ab l e Me mb e r Di r e c t o r y , Me ssa g e Bo a r d be a courtesy valet service provided Di s c u ss i o n , Ph o t o s , Ne w s and Mo r e ! at the front entrance. The guest speaker for the evening will be Find your friends in seconds with our new Web Site! (www.osubeta.org) If we have Coach John Markell, the head coach an e-mail address for your friend, you can instantly send them a message. Our new of The Ohio State University Men’s Web site is crucial to keeping us all connected. It’s so important that we have a leap Hockey Team. Scholarship awards of faith by having it built. to the undergrads will be announced. There are 19 eligible 2010 Fraternal You’ll read news and see pictures Fifties to be recognized. your friends have posted to the Reservation dinners are $45.00 Alumni Updates page and Photo per person, and please send check Albums. On the Message Board, s payable to Beta Theta Pi Alumni you post your own messages, Association to Steve Cover ’74, view messages from others and at 282 North Ardmore Road, arrange to meet classmates at an Bexley, OH 43209. Enclosed is a upcoming event! reservation form for your reservation and check payment. The deadline You can also… is April 15 (Tax Day). So please ✔ Read about upcoming Ohio State events and see photos of past events. comply, and please attend. ✔ Get news and info about Beta Theta Pi. A bio of Coach Markell appears on ✔ Save time by making your money contributions online through our secure credit page 3. card service (Remember, you’re voting to support our Alumni communications program!)

HOW TO REGISTER: TIMETABLE It’s easy: go to www.osubeta.org and click on the ’First Time Login’ link in the upper left corner, and type in your last name when prompted. Once you select your record, a y o u n d u p M 13, 2010 R you’ll be asked to enter your Member ID (found above your name and address on this newsletter). Your username will be your email address…one less username to 5:00 p. m. Cash Bar Opens remember! You can set the site to remember your password for next time, so there’s (Cash Bar is Open no need to log in every time you visit. If you have any trouble with registration for the Entire process, click the Tech Support button at the top of the screen for technical Evening) assistance. 6:00 p.m. Seating for Speaker, dinner Reconnecting with Your Classmates is More Than Just Nostalgia and program It’s an opportunity to rekindle friendships, plan a small reunion, spark business alliances and be an active part of Beta Theta Pi. We’re still honing the site, and your 6:00 – 6:45 p.m. Speaker (OSU feedback and input are essential. Your friends are eager to hear how you’re doing! Hockey Coach We are betting that you’ll find this a valuable tool. Markell) 6:45 p.m. Dinner is served We hope you regularly utilize this interactive alumni reconnection tool! and program continues 8:30 p.m. Adjournment Page 2 February 2010

Al u mn i Ho u s e Bo a r d a y l i g i b l e r a t e r n a l i f t i e s f o r 2009-10 M 2009 E F F Arthur M. Hoff ’60 Charles C. Nicolette ’62 President Barth D. Yost ’60 Theodore J. Ongaro ’62 Brent Hatch ’79 (Below) William M. Cobb ’61 William B. Patrick ’62 Thomas E. Couch ’61** Dr. Earl D. Poffenberger ’62 Jerry K. Howard ’61 George V. Sherer ’62 William A. Axline ’62 James F. Streicher ’62 Michael D. Bach ’62** David R. Timberlake ’62 Dr. Harold D. Brown Jr. ’62 Dennis M. Williams ’62 John K. Brugeman ’62 Arthur D. Wolfe ’62 Alan M. Forrester ’62 Charles F. Wright ’62 Ruskin B. Lawyer Jr. ’62 J. R. Zitko ’62** Jerry R. Lucas ’62 Philip R. Wilcox ’63 Robert E. Mathews Jr. ’62 Dante J. Cherubini** Ronald H. McHam ’62 Finances Landon E. McManis ’62 Todd Arend ’90 Thomas A. Melvin ’62 **Deceased Finances Todd Price ’87 House Manager Dan Ketcham ’77 2009 Ge n e r a l Be ta Me m o r y and Co n v e nt i o n Att e nd e e s Ou r My st i c Sh r i n e Al u mn i Bo a r d o f Steven A. Bruno ’11 In Loving Memory…… Tr u s t e e s f o r 2009-10 Nicholas J. Cherry ’12 Joseph A. Chinnici Jr. ’64 David M. Cooper III ’49, Sept. 26 Christopher D. DiYanni ’12 President William B. Jones ’50, Aug. 23 Brian M. Garvine ’92 (Below) Sebastien A. Dothey ’10 * Erik D. Hartrich ’11 James R. Larimer Sr. ’49, Sept.12 Matthew R. McClintock ’10 * David W. Wright ’67 Charles J. Revelos ’55, Oct. 10 Frank Taggart III ’43, June 12 *delegates

The Theta Delta Dragon is published Ne w Me mb e r s In i t i at e d for the alumni and friends of the i n Fa l l 2009 Vice President Theta Delta Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Chip Lawson ’81 Fraternity at The Ohio State University. News items and photographs are always Matt Harcha Secretary welcome and may be sent to Beta Arkmouth, OH, pin-2470 Andy Walborn ’06 Theta Pi Fraternity, Alumni Relations Jeremiah Johnson Office, P.O. Box 296, State College, Treasurer PA 16804-0296. Address changes Minford, OH, pin-2471 Robert M. Morrow ’79 and contributions may be mailed to Luke Kastenhuber OSU Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Alumni Sacem, OH, pin-2472 Alumni Affairs, Dragon Editor, Relations Processing Center, P.O. Box 2007 Membership Editor, Monthly 7007, Albert Lea, MN 56007‑8007. Chris Pilkington Luncheons Chairman Editor: Robert G. Arend ’52, 3822 Powell, OH, pin-2473 Robert G. Arend ’52 Waldo Place at Sawmill Road, Upper Walt Saygers Arlington, OH 43220, 614-442-1177, Social Chairman, Roundup Chairman fax 614-442-1204. Write Bob with any Columbus, OH, pin-2474 Gary S. Cover ’74 suggestions and comments or material Geoff Smith for future issues. Members at Large Columbus, OH, pin-2475 Jared Friesner ’02 Alumni News of Interest from your Edi- tor, Robert G. Arend ’52 ~ Pages 1-4 Joseph Streb Brian Testerman ’05 Columbus, OH, pin-2476 Rod Gregory Matt Copeland Theta Delta Dragon Page 3

Sh o w Yo u r Su pp o r t o f t h e Ann u a l Fu nd ! Fi nd a Fr i e nd Get your name on this year’s Honor Roll, supporting our communications program make your annual donation today! You (including the Theta Delta Dragon), the Looking to reconnect with a long-lost can do so by calling our toll-free hotline annual fund enables us to continue host- brother? Find him using the online at 800-975-6699 or mailing payment to ing alumni events and perpetuating the directory at www.osubeta.org! You OSU Beta Theta Pi Fraternity, Alumni active chapter. can also let us know who you’re Relations Processing Center, P.O. Box looking for by sending an email to 7007, Albert Lea, MN 56007-8007. [email protected] To date, we have raised $8,005. Help NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE! (mention Beta at OSU) and we’ll us to reach our of $25,000 by mak- Make a gift at provide you with the contact info we ing your donation today. In addition to www.osubeta.org. have on file for him.

2010 An n u a l Ro u n d u p Gu e s t Sp e a k e r Pr o f i l e Co a c h Jo h n Ma r k e l l , OSU He a d Me n ’s Ho c k e y Co a c h

John Markell, the head coach of The The Buckeyes finished the season in the Markell, 52, and his wife, Kim, reside Ohio State University men’s hockey team Frozen Four. in Pickerington. The couple has two since the 1995-1996 season, is in his 15th From his playing days, Markell sons, Ryan and Taylor. full season at the help in 2009-2010. The understands one key to improvement is seventh Buckeye head coach, he has led playing teams in the upper echelon of the team to the NCAA tournament five college hockey. Keeping that in mind, 2010 Ca l e n d a r o f Ev e n t s times, marking the only appearances in he has taken it upon himself to match program history. the Buckeyes up against nationally- 1st Annual Active Chapter and In his first full season as head coach recognized programs such as Wisconsin, Alumni Philopathy Bowling Event at OSU, Markell finished 10-19-5 overall Maine, Cornell, Minnesota, Boston When: Saturday, January 30th, and 8-17-5 in the CCHA. It was the first College and Denver. Markell was no 2010 from 2 - 5 p.m. time an OSU hockey club had reached stranger to the CCHA when he came to Where: AMF Bowling Centers double figures in the win column in four Ohio State. His collegiate playing career (4825 Sawmill Rd., Columbus, OH years. He led his team to a playoff berth was spent at Bowling Green, where he 43235) that season and the Buckeyes battled still is regarded as one of finest players All proceeds from this event will league champion Lake Superior to over- ever to lace up skates in the CCHA. He go towards the Haiti relief fund time in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., in their remains one of only eight players in the through the Red Cross. first game. history of the league to be named to the See www.osubeta.org for more details. Markell engineered one of the biggest CCHA’s first team three times and was turnarounds in the history of collegiate elected to the Bowling Green Athletic Annual Beta Roundup hockey with the 1997-1998 Buckeyes and Hall of Fame in 2000. In 1979, Markell May 13, 2010 was named CCHA Coach of the Year signed a free agent contract with the as a result. Over the last decade and NHL’s after being offered Beta Alumni Monthly Luncheons prior to that season, Ohio State averaged and declining a spot on the Canadian All luncheons will be held on the 2nd Thurs- just nine wins per year. The Buckeyes Olympic Team. His first season with the day of each month at the OSU Golf Club, tripled that victory total in 1998, finish- Jets was a memorable one, as Markell Upper Arlington, Ohio at 12:00 noon. ing the regular season with an overall netted the team’s rookie of the year February 11, 2010 March 11, 2010 mark of 27-13-2 and a 19-10-1 record award. Markell’s NHL career spanned April 8, 2010 May 13, 2010 in the CCHA. OSU placed third in the four seasons and included stops in Win- June 10, 2010 July 8, 2010 conference, the highest finish in 14 years. nipeg, Minnesota and St.Louis.

May 2010 Eligible Fraternal Fifties: Joseph K. Arnold ’63 John C. Stover ’63 John E. Matthias ’63 James E. Huffman ’63 Robert F. Urich ’63 S.D. Milliken ’63 Gary L. Jones ’63 Robert W. Beatty ’63 Orrin B. Nordstrom Jr. ’63 Frederick W. Labavitch ’66 John A. Burkhart ’63 Charles W. Pond Joseph K. Lyle ’63 Vincent P. Cardi ’63 Kraig R. Vogt ’62 Ronald D. Osborne ’63 Rex J. Crockett ’63 Gerald T. Sexsmith ’63 Joseph M. Fanelly ’63 Page 4 February 2010

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were not going to live in the mountains, and he heads up rehabilitation at the Stanley Bloyer ’68 might as well live at the beach. As they hospital. If you are in the HHI area, give (313 Yacht Club Drive NE, Ft. Walton say, tough life, but someone has to do it. me a call and we’ll grab a beer. We have a carpet cleaning, water dam- Beach, FL 32548; [email protected]) I Adam Knox ’06 age, flooring inspection business with 10 transferred to University of Tennessee (7257 Beaver Brook Drive, Sprinboro, trucks and a staff of 14. I just finished a at Knoxville from OSU in 1964 and OH 45066; [email protected]) Aloha year as president of Rotary club, yea! I’m co-founded the Delta Kappa chapter of Brothers! Just wanted to update you on still playing with Porsches at the race- Beta Theta Pi at UT, graduated in 1968. I what I have been doing since graduation track and am a driving instructor as is our spent 26 years as Naval Aviator, com- (Pledge Class 2006.5). I live on the North daughter Carolyn (aka Ivy for those who manded Attack Squadron 83, Carrier Shore of Maui in a town called Kuau met her after HS). She lives on the island, Air Wing 6, and the Joint Warfighting and have been here in Hawaii for the for now, and is pretty serious about a guy. Center. Combat in Vietnam, Libya, Iraq. past 3 years. I work for the research and She splits her time doing web design/ Had over 1,000 carrier landings in A-7, conservation program of the University marketing with Resort Quest and with the F-14, F/A-18. I retired from the Navy in of Hawaii. You may get a glimpse of some Hilton Head Hospitality Assn. 1994 and have been consulting in defense of the work I do on the television show Our son Danny got married 12/21/09 and joint military training since. Living in “Maui Choppers” if you are interested. Ft Walton Beach, FL. I’m actively flying in Vegas. He lives in Chattanooga, TN a variety of vintage airplanes: Stearman, B-25, B-17, MiG-21, Antonov An-2, and Todd Thompson ’87 several others. (5976 Glendower, Plano, TX 75093; John Myer ’73 todd.thompson@exeltransportation. (23 Wild Azalea Ln., Hilton Head Island, com) Brett Barrett and I at the OSU vs SC 29926; [email protected]) I sold the USC football game. pizza stores in Asheville, NC in 2000

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