The In the Words of Our Brothers… “The true friends who are racle always there when you need OAlpha-Omicron of Lambda Chi Alpha them as you grow older.” Indiana University • Bloomington, Ind. - Hugh Rider ‘59 December 2011 “Living with a great group of brothers- just the events of Alumni Letter daily life with them. Creating lifetime relationships that have endured through today.” The Lambda Chi Experience Lasts a Lifetime - David Miller ‘71 New Ways for You to Get Involved with AO as an Alum By Jon Geise ’97, [email protected]

Your Lambda Chi membership isn’t just for our updates and more. Stay tuned for more details On the Web college years – it lasts for a lifetime. That’s why on our site launch. we’re embarking on new initiatives to make sure Second, we’ll be asking all alumni brothers In addition to our forthcoming that you’re getting the most out of your lifelong to take part in a survey to help us better your web site (see details to the Lambda Chi experience. alumni experience. Your feedback will help right in the Alumni Letter), First, we’re pleased to announce the creation us begin to improve our efforts and activities make sure you check out our of our forthcoming alumni web site – which to ensure that more brothers are participating Facebook page by searching will serve as an online community where you more often. “Lambda Chi Alpha Indiana can stay connected with Alpha Omicron and We hope that these exciting new efforts will University (Alpha Omicron)” the friends you met there throughout the help to bring you back closer to your Lambda at www.facebook.com! year! The site will feature many great sections, Chi roots and strengthen the bonds you have with Also, we will be communi- including a searchable directory of brothers’ your AO brothers. Feel free to contact me at any cating with you more often contact information, photo albums, alumni time with questions, comments or feedback. via email, so please make sure your email address is up-to-date. Currently out of Chapter Report over 1,500 living alumni, we only have email addresses for LCA Haunted House the “Highlight of the Semester” 500 alums. By Sanjay Bhasker Update your email address by sending it to our alumni The brothers of Lambda Chi Alpha have been turnout, and our “mini-vacation” was a big relations firm at feedback incredibly busy in the past two semesters, and success. The brothers and their fathers also had @affinityconnection.com have had a great time while accomplishing a lot an incredible time last spring at Lambda Chi’s (mention LCA at Indiana). for the good of our fraternity. Our past spring annual Dad’s Weekend. The highlight of the Note: Our email database is was hectic to say the least, but was incredibly weekend was playing a round of golf with our used solely for LCA communications, fulfilling and exciting! dads, and having them come and visit us in and will never be traded or sold. In early spring we had our formal dance Bloomington! event, which took place on the 63rd floor of This fall we have been incredibly busy as the Sear’s Tower in Chicago, IL. We had a large well, and have had many wonderful experiences as a result. The highlight of our semester so far In Memory was our annual philanthropic event “Lambda We have recently learned of Chi Alpha Presents: A Nightmare on 3rd St.” the deaths of the following Our haunted house was incredibly successful, brothers: and we nearly doubled the amount of people who attended and donated money. The last David Souder ‘33 weekend in October was IU’s homecoming, William Engebretson ‘69 and we welcomed hundreds of alumni back to Alpha-Omicron mourns campus and to our house to visit and relive old their passing, and extends memories. The alumni had a great time at our condolences to their families post-game barbecue, and the brothers really and friends. enjoyed getting to know them more and sharing Ticket collectors socializing with visitors at our stories of times past. haunted house philanthropy.

The Oracle 1 Alumni Q&A Alum Recounts How He Met His Future Wife at Lambda Chi

Thank you to Aaron Book ’09 for participating How have you kept your Lambda Chi and opinion and ideas properly until I was in this Q&A… connections to brothers in your alumni a member and then tenfold when I held a years? position on Exec. After becoming a brother, What is your funniest memory from your Yes I have. Text and email is always a nice easy you have one of two things happen. You Lambda Chi days? way. But going to functions like Homecoming either become just another member of a great The pranks on people living around us. and the golf outing gets some of the guys back fraternity or you become that great fraternity. Messing with their rooms, doors, beds, etc. together which is very nice. You take what it means to be a Chop to heart Always being able to just go far enough to and practice its ideals daily. It has helped me pick on someone and then get it in return. What is the one memory that you will become the man I am today. My roommate Kip Sperling ’08 and I had a share/have shared with your children lot of fun with the two living across from us, and grandchildren? What’s new in your life today? Ryan Vautherot ’08 and Paul Bahra ’08. I will always tell them about how my fiance As mentioned before, I am engaged to the girl We had a lot of battles with water, snowball and I met in the house. And when my kids I fell in love with while living in the house fights in the halls and messing with rooms. get older, what it is like to get lavaliered. and lavaliered. And I still don’t regret going But the funniest was probably sitting on the through that. presidential lido deck and throwing water What about your membership in Lambda balloons at brothers as they walked in and out Chi makes you the most proud? Reconnect with Aaron at of the house. That seemed to never get old. I did not start learning how to use my voice [email protected]

Did You Know? An Alpha-Omicron Brother Heads up an NBA Team

Lawrence Frank ’92 was named the head . when he joined the Boston coach of the this past August Frank became the interim Celtics as an assistant in and will become Detroit’s sixth coach in 11 head coach of the New Jer- 2010, he was put in charge seasons when the NBA lockout ends. sey Nets in January of 2004, of the club’s defense by coach after serving as an assistant . “Frank won two Atlantic Division coach with the team since the For the upcoming season, titles and also reached the playoffs 2000-01 season, and officially Tom Gores, owner of the Pis- in four seasons, including the became the head coach of the tons, has placed an emphasis Nets in June of 2004. on the need to get back to Eastern Conference semifinals three The native of Teaneck, playing Pistons , times. He holds the NBA record for N.J. was very successful dur- which boils down to defense the best coaching start in history, ing his six-plus seasons as the and hard work. In a 2008 winning his first 13 games after Nets’ coach. Frank won two ’92 Daily News article, taking over for coach in Atlantic Division titles and also Frank shared his views on de- reached the playoffs in four seasons, includ- fense with one statement: the 2003-04 season.” ing the Eastern Conference semifinals three “All you can control as a coach is min- times. He holds the NBA record for the best utes, and the better you defend the more Interestingly, Frank never played profes- coaching start in history, winning his first minutes you play.” sional basketball or even college basketball. 13 games after taking over for coach Byron We can expect great things from Law- However, he spent four seasons as a stu- Scott in the 2003-04 season. rence Frank this upcoming season with the dent manager for at Indiana Defense has been Frank’s specialty since Detroit Pistons and are proud to call him a and served as a staff assistant at Marquette he became the head coach of the New Jersey fellow brother of the Alpha Omicron chap- University, where he helped to lead the Nets at the age of 33. The Nets were often ter of Lambda Chi Alpha. Marquette Warriors to two NCAA tourna- in the top ten in defensive efficiency, and ment seeds and a Sweet Sixteen appearance in 1994. He was also an assistant coach at Do you know of an Alpha-Omicron alumnus who would make a good profile the University of Tennessee for three seasons candidate? Send his name and contact information to our editors at under head coach Kevin O’Neill and spent [email protected] (mention LCA Indiana). three seasons as an assistant coach for the

2 December 2011 2011-12 Honor Roll of Donors

Thank you to the following alumni brothers who have contributed to our annual fund so far this giving year, which began September 1. Add Your Name to the List! We rely on our alumni brothers to Hubert A Seller DDS 1943 Joel W. Wilmoth 1981 keep our communications program Loyd K. Stump 1947 Robert Michael Heske 1984 going! Please consider supporting the annual fund this year as we Dean B. Stephan 1950 Joel Christopher Trusty 1984 continue to improve your alumni Thomas J. Blee 1951 James J. Otley 1985 experience. Charles D. Hall 1952 Steven M. Masuccio 1986 There are three ways to make a Robert L. Morton 1954 Scott Alan Smith 1986 contribution: Alvin David Schaaf 1955 Brad Charles Boehmer 1997 • Call 800-975-6699. Phon E. Hudkins 1956 Jeremy S. Eaton 1997 • Log on to our new web site and David Lee Sausser 1957 Matthew Thomas Albrecht 1998 make an online donation (stay Robert Lewis Smith MD 1957 Doug Alan Naue 1998 tuned for details). Douglas S. Leman 1958 Charles Franklin Smith 1998 • Mail a check payable to “Alpha- Hugh L. Rider 1959 Scott Edward Fast 1999 Omicron Alumni Association” to the return address on this Gary Eugene Wilbur 1963 newsletter. Alan Eric Jones 1965 Reflects gifts received as of Ralph E. Lumm 1968 November 22, 2011.

ESTATE PLANNING

Bequests Life Insurance Memorials & Named Gifts A bequest included in your will is a way Many times the insurance coverage that Many donors wish to give a contribution for you to name the Alpha-Omicron one has accumulated over the years is no in memory or honor of another brother, Chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha in your longer needed. A donor can name Alpha- family member or friend. estate plans. A bequest may take the Omicron Chapter of Lambda Chi as the form of cash, securities or other assets. A primary or secondary beneficiary on a Please consult with your estate planner specific sum, property, or percentage of life insurance policy. We will be happy to or other trusted advisor before making an estate, after provisions for survivors receive beneficiary designations, newly any changes to your estate plans and are fulfilled, may be left to Alpha- purchased policies, or paid-up policies. beneficiary designations. For more Omicron Chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha. information, contact Jon Geise at [email protected].

From the Archives

What Is Your Fondest LCA Memory?

We love coming across great old photos from our chapter’s history! If you have pictures from your era, we’d love to feature them on our new web site and/or our Facebook page. Send your submissions to our editors at [email protected] (mention LCA Indiana) or upload them to our online communities.

In this photo: Bob Davee ’81 and Sean St. Clair ’80 with their dates at the White Rose Dance, circa 1981 or 1982. (Thanks to Mike Schaler ’81 for sharing this photo on Facebook!).

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served many of our members as an auxiliary ’60s room to the house, if you know what I mean. ’80s Gary Hamer ’65 As recently as Labor Day weekend, six of Robert Disinger ’83 (571 Broad St., Oneida, NY 13421-2445; us: Ziemer, Rogers, Jones, Inman, Kruger (1332 Cobblestone Rd., Jasper, IN 47546- [email protected]) There are many and I and our wives got together for fraternal 8050; [email protected]) Wow, where to funny memories and most involve my $50 merriment in Newburgh, IN, at the home begin. I have so many funny memories from car, a 1936 Hudson Terreplane, built like a of Brother Jay Inman ’64. A great time my Lambda Chi days. When I was the Chapter Sherman tank and looking like a sedan from was had by all, though the ladies may offer President the brothers decided to go on a panty the Prohibition days. We went triple dating, different versions. And the above, for the most raid. Being the good leader I was, I decided I to football games, the Lambda Lodge, and part, are memories I have shared with my had better not participate. I received a phone just about anywhere that wasn’t too far to children, subtly omitting some details while call that evening on the house phone and it walk back. When not on the road, the “Plane” embellishing others. Membership in Lambda was the campus police. They asked that I come Chi Alpha made it possible for out front to their police car. As I approached me to meet several guys who the car I see a brother who shall go unnamed would become some of my best (hint: my fraternity son and oh yes a Marine) lifelong friends, as well as others handcuffed. The police officer said they picked from all over the USA. There’s him up after a break-in at a sorority. They said not a lot of new in my life he had something hiding in his pants. So, this today, and that’s just the way I’d brother reached down his pants and out came like to keep it. a brassiere. To this day I still believe it was the House Mother’s! Ha! The next day I bailed him and three other brothers out of jail.

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