SPRING 2012

Also available online at www.thetachi.org VOLUME 92, NUMBER 1 SPRING 2012 [ NATIONAL PRESIDENT

Editor Bart Zino, Iota Theta 2008 Contributing Writers Michael Rubright, Beta Sigma 1987 Anthony Santella, Rho 2014 Philip C. Thornton, Gamma Theta 2005 100th anniversary of the first Rattle Wesley K. Wicker, Alpha Phi 1979 Graphic Design Dear brothers, Jody Toth This year marks the 100th anniversary of the publication of the first Published by edition of The Rattle of Theta Chi Fraternity. Like our Fraternity itself, Maury Boyd and Associates, Inc. The Rattle has undergone many changes through the years but The International Headquarters is located at: remains as relevant today as it was 100 years ago, if not more so. I am 3330 Founders Road Indianapolis, IN 46268-1333 proud to be part of an organization that is not only able to retain its PHONE: 317-824-1881 most cherished traditions but that is also able to adapt in order to FAX: 317-824-1908 EMAIL: [email protected] meet the changing needs of its members. I hope that this edition of The Rattle inspires you to take an even WEBSITE: www.thetachi.org more active interest in Theta Chi Fraternity. The young men who are To reach the Foundation Office, please e-mail the Director of Foundation Services at: currently members of our undergraduate chapters need your support [email protected] and guidance; as such, I challenge you to become involved as a chapter advisor or member of an The Rattle is the official alumnus publication alumni corporation or advisory board. Of course, our Foundation Chapter that provides scholar- of the Grand Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity. It is provided electronically to all undergraduate ships for tuition and Theta Chi’s leadership development programs always needs your financial and alumnus members of Theta Chi chapters, support as well. colonies, and interest groups. Print editions are provided to: all active contributors to the Grand Our 156th Anniversary Convention will be held July 4–7 in Palm Springs. This National Chapter and/or to the Foundation Chapter; volunteers of the Fraternity; and undergraduate Convention will mark the end of my term as National President and I am quite pleased with the chapters. Individuals may request a printed copy progress Theta Chi has made during the last four years. Of course the real credit for our accom- by contacting the Editor at [email protected] or by updating their information at plishments belongs to our undergraduate brothers, our dedicated alumni volunteers and our out- www.thetachi.org. standing professional staff at the International Headquarters. Since our last Convention, Theta Chi Contributions has continued to grow; we’ve reinstalled several dormant chapters and added chapters at colleges Story Submissions:The Rattle welcomes all story submissions. Decisions to publish submitted materi- and universities where we have never been before. Almost all of our chapters have experienced als is at the sole discretion of the Editor. healthy growth and our total membership is at its highest point in nearly two decades. Additionally, Photo Submissions: Please share photos of your events! Both print and electronic publication we have upgraded the financial and database systems of our Headquarters, which will help Theta requires photos to be captured at high resolution (minimum 300 dpi, and preferably 600 dpi). Set your Chi continue to grow, prosper and keep in touch with more members. And, of course, we have camera to its highest setting for maximum file size. made some leaps forward with The Rattle and our other forms of communication as well! Please do not alter or try to correct the original capture. Doing so can permanently delete informa- So, brothers, I thank you again for the honor and privilege of serving as National President of tion that our production team will need to process the best picture for publication. Also, please use a Theta Chi. I truly believe in Theta Chi and our founders’ vision of a fraternity that helps our mem- flash to make sure the subjects are well-lit. Large bers become better friends, better students and better men. photos can be posted to an FTP site or mailed to the editor on a CD. When you submit copy, photos or video for inclusion in The Rattle, you agree to Most fraternal regards, allow Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., The Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., and The Norwich Housing Corporation the right to post, publish, broadcast, print or otherwise use in any manner Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. deems appropri- Douglas Allen ate. All media submitted becomes the property of National President Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. Please send any materials for publication, as well as Theta Chi Fraternity address changes, to the Editor at: [email protected] OR 3330 Founders Road Indianapolis, IN 46268

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Help us grow Pockets of Hope 2011 Foundation Donors Rally for Rho PAGE 6 PAGE 8 PAGE 22 PAGE 47

4 FROM THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/Honor those who make The Rattle possible.

5 MEET THE FIELD STAFF/Theta Chi announces the 2012/2013 Leadership and Education Consultants.

7 WELCOME BACK/Beta Iota and Zeta Rho return to campus.

20 AN OUTSTANDING BROTHER/The Norwich Housing Corporation salutes Pat O’Connor.

22 FOUNDATION/Theta Chi says “thank you” to its 2011 donors.

On the Cover 36 ALUMNI NEWS BRIEFS/Updates from Theta Chi alumni. In February 1912, The Rattle of Theta Chi Fraternity made its debut. Little did 40 UNDERGRADUATE NEWS BRIEFS/What’s new among the chapters. Founding Editor Ralph Heath know how 46 CHAPTER ETERNAL/Theta Chi bids farewell to those brothers who have many brothers it would reach—or how far joined the Chapter Eternal. it would go. Read the story on page 12.

From the Editor Our fraternity benefits from the our magazine you also have to be willing to read between the lines— at unique (and uncommon) advantage the subtle jokes and jabs, cleverly phrased editorials and impassioned of having over 150 years of heritage calls for action. We have much more in common with our predecessors and history from which to draw per- than it might seem. spective, strength and inspiration. As I found over the course of my research for this article, the loves And, for the last 100 of those years, we and frustrations of the brothers who preceded us bear a striking resem- have enjoyed unrestricted access to blance to the challenges and opportunities we face today. I regret that I the stories of who and what has moved cannot share all of their stories with you here. If I could, it would Theta Chi into the position it occupies require not a magazine article, but an entire book. If you are ever in today. In this edition, you will get to Indianapolis, I welcome and encourage you to visit us at the read about some of those brothers as seen through the lens of The Rattle, International Headquarters to see for yourself what made, and contin- our long-serving national publication. ues to make, The Rattle “the voice of our Fraternity.” And, thank you for Researching for this story was challenging, not only in terms of the reading. sheer volume of reading that had be done while balancing my other day- to-day responsibilities, but also of having to decide what was worthy of comment. There is definitely a narrative to be told about The Rattle’s evo- Bart Zino, lution over the years, but I learned that to fully appreciate the richness of Director of Communication

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Dear brothers:

As Theta Chi marks the 100th year of publishing The Rattle, it is appropriate that we consider what has made our magazine a time-honored tradition within the Fraternity. It is most fitting that we honor our past and present Editors of The Rattle, from Founding Editor Ralph C. Heath (Gamma/Maine 1908) to current Editor Bart Zino (Iota Theta/Central Florida 2008). Since 1912, our Fraternity has been blessed to have had so many individuals who are incredibly passionate about Theta Chi occupy the Editor’s office. That passion is reflected in the many volumes of The Rattle produced over the years. The countless hours dedicated to interviews, research, writing, and layout is enormous. As we celebrate this impor- tant milestone in the life of this publication, we express our gratitude for the men and women who have served as its Editor. We also owe thanks to the many brothers and friends who have contributed as writers and photographers. It is always a pleasure to work with volunteers who care so deeply about the Fraternity and its works that they are motivated to capture its history in words and picture to share with the greater brotherhood. Last, but most certainly not least, we are extremely grateful to our chapters, undergraduate members and alumni for consistently providing enjoyable and inspiring stories about the positive impact Theta Chi has had on the lives of its members, our communities and the world of higher education. Without such outstanding chapters and members, there would be no features to write or histories to chronicle within the pages of The Rattle. I hope you will walk away from each reading of The Rattle with a greater sense of pride in being a Theta Chi. Let us all consider what we will do as brothers, chapters, and an International Fraternity to continue fill the pages of our great publication with such wonderful stories. Fraternally,

Michael Mayer Executive Director

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2012/2013 Leadership and Education Consultants

Theta Chi is pleased to introduce the 2012/2013 Leadership and Education NDSU Complaint Resolution Board, NDSU Consultants (LECs). Consultants travel on behalf of the International Headquarters to General Education Committee, President’s help chapters and colonies discover their strengths, confront problems and facilitate Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs, and Lions Club International. Cory was recognized change. Consultants also provide assistance and training to colonies and recently as NDSU’s Student Leader of the Year in installed chapters. The Fraternity thanks the outgoing 2011/2012 field staff for all of 2010. He was also a leader in Freshmen their hard work this past year. The 2012/2013 LECs are: Orientation as a Student Coordinator. Cory is a double major in mathematics and mathe- Jeffrey Draluck Jason Howeth matics education. (Epsilon Zeta/Tampa 2012) (Delta Phi/North Texas 2012) Joseph Macko Jeff served as Fundraising Chair for Epsilon At Delta Phi, Jason served as Alumni (Zeta Tau/Michigan-Flint 2012) Zeta and also held the position of IFC Relations Chair, Public Relations Chair, and Joe Macko has served as President, Vice President. He attended was a member of the President and Marshal of Zeta Tau Chapter. He the ELITE (Educating Rush Committee. He is a aided in starting the Leaders in Today’s co-founder of the UNT UM-Flint IFC by drafting Environment) freshman Green Tones, the their constitution and leadership program on University’s first contem- bylaws and serving as campus and served as a porary a cappella ensem- their first president. He mentor within the pro- ble, and was twice elect- also later served as the gram as an upperclass- ed as their vocal coach. IFC Vice President of man. Jeff is a sport man- He helped to lead the Recruitment. Joe has agement major, is a Green Tones to the attended the NIC member of the Sport Management Club, and International Championship of Collegiate A IMPACT conference. He has interned with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Cappella in 2011 as the only group invited is a founder of the UM-Flint Chapter of Order the University of South Florida Game Day from the state of Texas. He was also a three- of Omega and served as its first Vice President. Operations and Event Management, and the time representative of the UNT College of He worked on the Flint campus as a Resident Collegiate Licensing Company. Jeff frequently Music—the largest college of music in the Adviser. Joe is a health science major with a volunteers at the local Shriners Hospital. United States—to the Student Government concentration in pre-physical therapy. He con- Association. Jason was also a Student sistently made the dean’s list and maintains a Matthew Gillis Orientation Leader. Jason is a music major 3.84 GPA. (Beta Iota/Arizona 2012) with a minor in business foundations and is An initiate of Alpha Iota Chapter at Indiana planning to attend law school following his ser- Alex Nunchuck University, Matt transferred to the University of vice on the field staff. (Iota Theta/Central Florida 2012) Arizona to be closer to Alex served as Iota Theta’s Secretary and his family in the Los Cory Loveless Public Relations Chair. Angeles area. Matt (Phi/North Dakota State 2012) He worked as a Resident arrived at Arizona dur- Theta Chi’s 2011 Colley Award recipient has Adviser and was a mem- ing the initial start-up of served as Phi Chapter’s President, Treasurer, ber of UCF’s LEAD Beta Iota’s recoloniza- and Marshal, as well as at Scholars Program. He is tion effort and quickly the national level on the also a contributing edi- became involved in Theta Chi Ritual Review tor for The Odyssey, a assisting the colony with Committee. On the national newspaper writ- recruitment and opera- NDSU IFC, Cory was ten by Greeks for tions training. At Beta Iota, elected to the positions Greeks. Alex attended Matt served as Secretary, Rush Chair, and of Vice President and UIFI in the summer of 2011. He is an Public Relations Chair. At Beta Iota’s reinstalla- Secretary/Treasurer. He Interpersonal/Organizational Communication tion banquet, he was awarded the Park also served as the Major with a Minor in Theatre Studies. Alex Valentine Perkins Award for assisting with the Scholarship Chair of the has made the dean’s list on several occasions chapter’s return to campus. A nutritional sci- NDSU Greek Programming Council. Cory is and has maintained a 3.2 GPA. He will have ence major, he made the dean's list, earned a the Student Government Association Assistant earned his bachelor’s degree in just three 3.65 GPA, and was also involved with the Pre- Finance Commissioner, treasurer of the Blue years. n Optometry Club, Nutritional Science Club, Key Honor Society, and a member of the and Red Cross Club.

THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 5 [ IHQ NEWS/ EXPANSION Organic Expansion Essential to Future Growth

BY PHILIP C. THORNTON, REGIONAL COUNSELOR (GAMMA THETA/SAN DIEGO STATE 2005)

t the 2004 Convention in Phoenix, I served as Gamma Theta’s Kennedy, Kiefer Eubank and Brandon Loschiavo, responded that they A undergraduate delegate and recalled learning of a did not find any of the fraternities at Kentucky appealing and had decid- brother —Aaron Tabor (2006)—who had transferred from Arizona State ed not to join anywhere. to Northern Arizona University and was planning on creating a Theta Chi Zack convinced them to begin the work of bringing Theta Chi back to chapter there. I asked other delegates about this and how it was possible UK. Along with his father Regional Director Darick Brown (Eta for a lone brother to undertake such a large challenge. There were a Gamma/Morehead State 1989) and Chapter Advisor Robert Leitch (Eta number of brothers asking similar questions: “How can one brother do Beta/Eastern Kentucky 1996), Zack guided and coached his friends on that?” “How do you even start a chapter?” True to his word, Aaron began recruiting other great students to join Theta Chi. In a mere 10 months hosting information sessions and recruitment events at NAU that fall and the membership of the Zeta Rho colony exploded from three members recruited enough members to gain colony status shortly thereafter. In to 52, and on December 5, 2011, Grant, Kiefer and Brandon, along with October of 2006, Iota Kappa was granted a charter. 49 of their friends became brothers at Zeta Rho’s reinstallation. It is our duty to establish the standards of our fraternity at each college These are some fairly recent examples, but this kind of organic expan- campus. Sadly, this is one of the oft-overlooked obligations of our broth- sion is not a new phenomenon. A look back at Theta Chi’s history shows erhood, even though we know it works. In 2011, we saw the (re)installa- that transfer brothers and alumni were actually an integral part of the tion of three chapters in three very different parts of the country. Fraternity’s early rapid growth. Interestingly, the paths by which each of these chapters came to be mir- The most important event in the history of the Fraternity, aside from ror the work of Brother Tabor as a transfer student: all three were started the founding in 1856, was the chartering of Beta Chapter at the by a legacy, a graduate student and friends of brothers. Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1902. Those efforts to charter Beta were thanks to Park Valentine Perkins (1905), a transfer student Iota Xi/Georgia College from Norwich University. Brother Perkins pushed Alpha Chapter to grant In the Fall of 2009, Joseph Longoria, Jr. entered Georgia College and a charter to his group of friends across the border in Massachusetts. State University in Milledgeville, GA. Joe participated in the formal rush Alpha Chapter, which had previously rejected two other petitions from process and was unhappy with his options. When Joe Longoria Sr. (Delta Perkins, resisted. It was only after Perkins enlisted the help of alumni J. Phi/North Texas 1985) learned of his son’s thoughts on GCSU Greek Albert Holmes (1895) and E. Wesson Clark (1892) that the charter was life, he encouraged him to create a Theta Chi chapter on his campus. granted for Beta Chapter. This singular event unleashed the floodgates of Jason Longoria (Delta Beta/Georgia 2013), Joe Jr.’s brother, also encour- growth for Theta Chi: between 1902 and 1912, Theta Chi installed nine aged him to go the route of expansion. Joe Jr. took his family’s advice and more chapters in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, recruited some high school friends who were also attending GCSU. On and Maine, fulfilling the initial dream of our founders to become a truly April 9, 2011, Joe Longoria, Jr., was bestowed the badge of Theta Chi by national fraternity. his father and brother at the installation ceremony of Iota Xi Chapter. Brothers, we all owe our Fraternity membership to the unrelenting efforts of Brother Perkins. Theta Chi’s staff, Regional Counselors and Beta Iota/Arizona alumni are already working with existing colonies that had been started by transfer members or men referred to us by initiated brothers. As we all In 2009, I began work on my master’s degree in business at the had tremendous undergraduate experiences in the Fraternity, let us work University of Arizona. Prior to my arrival, I knew that I wanted to attempt to bring that same experience to new campuses. Extend a Helping Hand to reinstall the inactive Beta Iota Chapter, which had been dormant since and assist in the growth of our great fraternity. 1973. Assisted by undergraduate transfer brother Matthew Gillis (Beta Iota/Arizona 2012) and alumnus brother Gordon Davenport (Delta Mu/Texas 2003), a Beta Iota interest group was formed in the spring If you have a son, a brother, a cousin or a family friend who would make 2011 semester. After the challenging journey of growing from interest a great brother, talk to him about joining or starting a Theta Chi chapter. If group to colony, more than 48 alumni and new brothers witnessed Beta you are currently a member of a chapter, talk to your unaffiliated friends at Iota regain its charter on November 12, 2011. other campuses about starting a Theta Chi chapter. If you are considering graduate school or are already enrolled, investigate options to head up the initial recruiting at the campus. Zeta Rho/Kentucky After you’ve recruited a few committed members for your interest Theta Chi had been inactive at the University of Kentucky campus for group, your next step should be to contact JD Ford, Director of more than 20 years. In the fall of 2010, Zack Brown (Eta Beta/Eastern Recruitment and Expansion ([email protected]) at the IHQ. He will pro- Kentucky 2014) was speaking to three of his friends from high school— vide guidance on your group’s next steps. all freshmen at UK at the time—about fraternities. Zack, who was pledg- Additionally, if you have a potential recruit to refer for membership, sim- ing Theta Chi at EKU, talked about his experience with Theta Chi and ply complete the Recommend a Recruit form on the Theta Chi website. asked his friends if they had joined a fraternity. His friends, Grant

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Theta Chi returns to Arizona and Kentucky

Theta Chi added two chapters back to its active chapter roster in the fall 2011 semester. Beta Iota at the University of Arizona was reinstalled on Saturday, Nov. 12, while Zeta Rho at the University of Can you help? Kentucky was reinstalled Saturday, Dec. 3. Do you know of any outstanding undergraduates at any of the following institutions that might make a good Beta Iota/Arizona Zeta Rho/Kentucky match for Theta Chi? If so, please send a Forty-eight new brothers (including two Fifty Founding Fathers were initiated over recommendation to our expansion team alumnus initiates) will now continue the work the weekend of December 3. Joining them by using the Recommend a Recruit Form of Beta Iota, which had been inactive since were Associate Executive Director Ben Hill, on www.thetachi.org/recommend. 1973. Director of Recruitment and Expansion JD Current Colonies and Interest Groups: National Historian William Palmer served Ford, Director of Standards Jason Handberg, Omicron/Richmond as installing officer. Joining him were Past Regional Counselor Darick Brown, Chapter Delta Eta/Colorado State National President Mike Maloney, past Adviser Robert Leitch, and all six of the Fall Delta Pi/Indiana State Norwich Housing Corporation board member 2011 Field Staff. National Vice President Eta Psi/UAB Jeff Anderson, former colony adviser Philip C. Joseph R. D’Amore served as the installing University of Illinois-Chicago Thornton, and many other alumni and volun- officer. Southern Polytechnic State teers. Leadership and Education Consultant First recognized in the fall 2010 semester, Averett Ryan Walbridge and Executive Director the interest group was formed after a group of Texas State Michael Mayer represented the International UK freshmen notified the International (Re)installed Spring 2012: Headquarters staff. Headquarters of their desire to restart Zeta Alpha Upsilon/Nebraska “Theta Chi is proud to be represented by Rho. In less than a year, the group grew to 27 Gamma Zeta/Oklahoma State such an outstanding group of students at the members and nearly doubled again this fall. Iota Omicron/Florida International University of Arizona,” Executive Director The interest group formally colonized on Iota Pi/Louisiana State Michael Mayer said. “The Fraternity looks for- Sept. 18, 2011. ward to many successes ahead for Beta Iota.” Originally installed on May 11, 1968, what Look for details about these four Beta Iota Chapter traces its roots back to was to become Zeta Rho Chapter began as a reinstallations in the fall 2012 edition. 1912 with the formation of the Square and small group of undergraduates calling them- Compass, a local fraternity and the first organi- selves the “Oxmen.” The group had been zation of its kind to take root at Arizona. In organized by Vic Walk, a transfer student and Bring back my chapter! 1922, the members affiliated with Delta Sigma Theta Chi from Purdue University, and even- The process of installing or reinstalling a chapter, Lambda, a small national fraternity, but tually colonized in April of 1966. known as expansion, requires tremendous returned to local status in 1936 after the par- “We’ve very excited to be back at the amounts of time, energy and resources. The first ent organization disbanded. Efforts to affiliate University of Kentucky,” Director of step frequently starts at the alumni level. If you with Theta Chi began in 1938 with the help of Recruitment and Expansion JD Ford said. “We would like to learn more about how to begin the Square and Compass alumni and members of have high hopes and high expectations for process of expansion at your alma mater, e-mail the Grand Chapter. Beta Iota Chapter was these brothers and wish them well. n [email protected]. installed on May 17, 1941. The most recent effort to restart the chap- ter began in 2009, when Philip Thornton (Gamma Theta/San Diego State 2005) arrived on campus to begin work on his MBA. Thornton, a former LEC, had expansion expe- rience and agreed to serve Theta Chi as a Graduate Adviser. In this role, he helped recruit and train a new generation of Beta Iota

members. D’Amore Joseph by Photo provided “It has been an honor to work with these men as they realize their dream of reviving the Beta Iota Chapter at the University of Arizona,” Thornton said, adding that with Beta Iota’s return to campus, Theta Chi now has an active chapter at every public university Zeta Rho’s 50 Founding Fathers pose for a picture after their reinstallation ceremony. The chapter had in Arizona. been inactive since 1990.

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From Cardboard to Concrete Building Better Lives in the Land of Eternal Spring

BY MICHAEL RUBRIGHT (BETA SIGMA/LEHIGH 1987)

Guatemala, known as the “Land of tain level, it is covered with dirt and people Eternal Spring” for its temperatures that rarely often construct makeshift houses. Methane go higher than 80 or lower than 60, is a beauti- seeps through the dirt floors, filling these ful place where you can find countryside, places with deadly gas. In all seriousness, it is a beaches, mountains, art and culture. Its capi- complete misnomer to call these houses. In tal, Guatemala City, is home to more than 2 middle-class suburban America, our tool sheds million people and is a place of stark contrasts. are far nicer than where these people live. You can find majestic skyscrapers, lavish malls Life in the garbage dump is terrible. Men as well as five-star hotels and restaurants. The and women leave their houses by 4 a.m. to city is the center of the country’s economy and make the several-mile trek to the bottom of culture. Small children peek out of the “window” of their the to sift through mounds of garbage, includ- house. Young children are usually left alone ing medical and other hazards in order to find It is also, however, home to some of the during the day while their parents work. worst crime and poverty in the world. Broken recyclables or other items that they can sell. into 22 zones, the city is commonly known as The average value of a day’s work is about one of the most dangerous cities in the world. Each year, a group of people working with $3—on a good day. It is a place filled with It is commonplace to see armed guards at Beyond the Walls, a non-profit organization despair and desperation. banks, places of business and aboard delivery based in Morris County, NJ, travel to However, there are pockets of hope inside trucks. The most dangerous place of all, a Guatemala to work with some of the neediest this place. Beyond the Walls has partnered place where it is half-jokingly said that even people on earth. In the middle of Central with Potter’s House, a Guatemala-based non- the military won’t go, is Zone 3, home of the America’s largest city you will find a network profit organization whose mission is to defeat Guatemala City garbage dump. of well-organized communities that surround all forms of poverty by serving those who live During the past four summers, I have spent a 40-acre garbage dump. Trash from all over in and around the garbage dump. Volunteers vacation time in Guatemala City—not at the city is brought to the dump, which fills a have worked with Potter’s House staff to build world-class hotels on the beach, in the moun- natural ravine. The people, disparagingly and renovate houses, provide medical treat- tains or touring museums—but in Zone 3. known as “scavengers” by their countrymen, ment, teach job skills, put on sports clinics, While this is not exactly the kind of vacation depend on the dump and its garbage for sur- and provide day camps for children. Beyond that most people would sign up for, it is one vival. Nearly 11,000 people live in homes con- the Walls and its contributors fund lunch and that cannot be matched. structed on the landfill; 7,000 of these people tutoring through the Potter’s House educa- are children. When the garbage reaches a cer- tion program. The goal is not to go in and do

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People put their hands on the incoming garbage trucks to lay claim to its contents.

Walking down the alleyway where they built a house last year. Houses here are roughly five feet About Beyond the Walls and Potter’s House across from each other. Many do not have doors, but instead some kind of curtain over the door- Beyond the Walls can work with any group or individual who is looking to make a difference some- way. where. They are a small operation with very low administrative costs, but they continue to make a difference in the lives of people everywhere. You can find them at www.beyond-the-walls.org. something nice and then go home. The goal is Potter’s House, celebrating their 25th year of serving the Treasures of the Guatemala City garbage to let the people there know that there are dump, offers sponsorship and volunteer opportunities. Through the sponsorship program, you can people who love and care about them, and support a child in his or her education and nutrition programs. It is a tremendous opportunity to who want to help them break the bonds of share the blessings that you have been given. You can find them at www.pottershouse.org.gt. poverty.

A Call to Action smell, unlike anything I had ever smelled and ugly place started to become a little more Traveling to Guatemala, particularly to before, kept us in a constant state of nausea. beautiful each time I returned. The garbage spend a week in a garbage dump, was not The armed guards stationed everywhere rode dump became part of my own life. The scav- something I had ever envisioned. The only “shotgun”—literally and figuratively—on engers, people we refer to as “Treasures,” thing I knew about the country was that my trucks. The streets leading into the garbage became people that I knew and cared about. niece, Sophia, was born in Guatemala City dump were filled with men passed out from The children became my own children. I before being adopted into our family. Things sniffing glue and lying in their own feces. We became part of something bigger and far all changed, though, when I sat in church one saw dogs so mangy that you would struggle to more important than myself. Seeing the hope Sunday and watched a video of one group’s classify them as canines. And there were chil- and faith that these people have despite what recent trip. As I looked at the eyes of the chil- dren covered in dirt, many without shoes, run- we would consider unlivable conditions made dren living in squalor, all I thought about was ning everywhere through trash and contami- me rethink everything I had ever thought. how that could have been my niece—she nated water. The constant circling of buzzards Suddenly, the things that were so important could be any one of those children—and I felt overhead served as a constant reminder of back home—cars, televisions, cell phones, called to do something. where we were. The prevalent feeling was pity; and computers—seemed so insignificant. I My first trip to Guatemala was quite over- how could you not feel bad for these people? began to rethink how I was spending my time whelming. While I knew most of the other Something happened with each successive and my money. In the end, I realized that I was people on the trip, I felt somewhat alone, as I trip; the last three of which have included my a much better person when I was in quietly absorbed the entire experience. The 16-year-old daughter, Emily. A very dangerous Guatemala than I was when I was home in the

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United States; I focused more on others, focused more on faith and focused more on relationships. The group I travel with takes on a variety of projects. While there is a major focus on con- struction and renovation, other projects allow us to meet the diverse needs of the people while forging lasting relationships. We travel with doctors and nurses who provide much- needed medical care. In addition to setting up a free clinic outside of the garbage dump, the medical staff travel to those who cannot afford to stop working long enough to get to the clin- ic. We travel with coaches who put together soccer and baseball clinics for the children who often spend their days wandering around with little or no adult supervision. We travel with teachers who offer Bible camp activities to children who greatly need a message of hope. Pockets of Hope Living conditions in the garbage dump communities are incredibly sad. The people who live here often live in little more than shacks made of rotted wood, scrap metal and cardboard. They have dirt floors and no The author and his daughter with the Lopez family, the family the Rubrights sponsor and for whom they plumbing. If they cook anything in the house, raised funds via Facebook for a new house. The house was completed this past November it is done with open wood flames and little air (left to right) Michael, Jennifer Lopez, Emily Rubright, Aura Maria, Michelle Lopez (front). circulation. The conditions are incredibly dan- gerous and inhumane. It is not atypical to find upwards of five or six people living in a 12 x 12 home to help support the family and because homes are being built, children are being fed space. If they are lucky, an entire family may they feel their children are destined to work in and educated, adults are learning job skills share one bed. the garbage dump and would not need formal and the community is learning how to take We construct very basic concrete-block education. care of each other. Volunteers provide the houses with poured concrete floors, but, as funding and labor to build houses and put on one resident put it, they are “palaces.” That is Jennifer’s Story programs. hard to hear when you realize that the 20 x 20 The first time I travelled to Guatemala with I believe in the usefulness houses we build, at a cost of about $4,500, are my daughter, in 2008, I committed to sponsor smaller than some rooms in the United States. a girl named Jennifer, who was 10 at the time. of my Fraternity Throughout the weeklong construction peri- She lived with her mother and three siblings. When I entered the brotherhood of Theta od, the people who will live in these houses Her father, an alcoholic, had left the family. Chi, I often heard the phrase “Theta Chi for work alongside us. When finished, homeown- He still lives near them, but offers no kind of life.” That sounded good, and I guess I always ers can live in a safe dwelling (concrete pro- support, either financial or emotional. We thought that I would be friends with my broth- tects from stray bullets and seeping methane were able to meet her, converse through a ers forever. As I’ve gotten a little bit older, gas) with a toilet and shower. translator and communicate with letters though, I think it means more. Yes, I have a While the conditions are horrendous, the throughout the year. lifelong bond with my Theta Chi brothers, but saddest situation belongs to the children. The toughest day of my life came two years I also have a lifelong responsibility to “extend There are few men that stay with their fami- ago when I watched Jennifer leave Potter’s a helping hand to all who seek it.” lies—most are led by single mothers who are House after school to head to her house. As This year, I was blessed with a tremendous barely old enough to be considered adults. she walked away, passing a pile of trash and a opportunity. I found out that Jennifer’s Older children do not go to school because guy sniffing glue, it hit me that this was makeshift house was literally collapsing, they are charged with watching younger sib- real—it wasn’t cute, it wasn’t fun and it wasn’t putting her and her family at risk. In order to lings while parents work to earn meager temporary. While I spend a week here, she help, I decided to raise the money to build salaries. Most children in the dump communi- lives this every day of her life. I wept as I imag- them a new and safe house. I turned to social ties will not finish sixth grade—many drop ined her future. media and asked every one of my Facebook out before that. There is little value on educa- With all of this despair, there is great hope. friends to donate $1 and in turn forward the tion because parents need their children Through the work of Potter’s House, real request to each of their friends. The response

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Jennifer’s house, before a new one was built in November. The concrete sink in the foreground does not have any running water, neither does the toilet in the background. This area of their Michael’s group brings tools with them in their checked baggage to cut concrete blocks. house is outside with a piece of sheet metal cover- ing, but no walls was overwhelming—we raised more than $5,000 in only a couple of weeks. Many of those who were part of my campaign were my Theta Chi brothers—Theta Chi for life. Today, Jennifer, her mom and three siblings live in a house with a concrete floor, a shower, a toilet and a bed for each person. The Treasures aren’t the only ones whose lives are being transformed. Our volunteers’ lives are changing too. Seeing the world from the garbage dump has put so much in per- spective for me. Finding out that the things I often worry about are largely insignificant compared to people who worry about food and shelter on a daily basis. Complaining about anything is hard to do when you see a person picking through garbage in order to survive. I urge all of my brothers, young and old, to do more than just say you are a Theta Chi; I urge you all to be the helping hand and make a difference, whether it is in your community, in another state or across the globe. n The inside of an almost-finished house.

THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 11 [ COVER STORY/FEATURE The Rattle BY BART ZINO (IOTA THETA/CENTRAL FLORIDA 2008), EDITOR At the February 1912 or the last century, The Rattle has enter- National Convention, tained, informed, persuaded and chal- F Herbert D. Leary lenged its readers as the official magazine of (Gamma/Maine 1910) Theta Chi. The Rattle is not only significant received permission to because of its age, but as an enduring tradi- develop a magazine to tion of the Fraternity. It has grown to play a be called simply The much larger role as Theta Chi’s historical Theta Chi. When the record, public forum, mouthpiece and barom- publication failed to eter of opinion. materialize, the Grand It turns out that The Rattle’s greatest contri- Ralph C. Heath Chapter (formed less bution to Theta Chi isn’t solely its content, but than five years before) turned to Leary’s chap- how those stories, letters, photos and editorial ter brother Ralph C. Heath to get things back pieces brought its readers together. In a major on track. The new publication would be called way, the magazine helped cultivate the The Rattle, and made its debut a few weeks later Fraternity’s sense of national identity and on Feb. 28, 1912. pride. Without a magazine like The Rattle, The plan was straightforward: Heath would some of the major decisions that Theta Chi produce the first five editions and then turn it had to make in its nascent years would not back over to the Grand Chapter. Heath recruit- have received the thoughtful consideration ed another Gamma brother, Percy R. Seamon they deserved. And, some of the Fraternity’s (1908), to help out as business manager. most notable heroes might not have ever had Although only four years removed from col- the chance to share the ideas that would form lege and without any editorial experience Theta Chi into what it is today. whatsoever, Heath and Seamon produced Volume I at their own expense and on their Our Motto: Get Together The first decade of the 20th century was a own time. Their business model was simple: A motif shared among many of The Rattle’s busy one for Theta Chi. Between 1902 and readers could buy an edition one at a time for editors over the years was the idea of the fra- 1912, the Fraternity’s chapter roster had grown 25 cents each, or purchase a year’s subscrip- ternal conversation—using the magazine to from two to eight, with two more—Iota, at tion for a dollar. create a place where members could discuss Colgate University and Kappa, at the University Heath, who was also serving on the Grand and even openly debate the issues of the day. of Pennsylvania—on the way. At that time, Chapter as National Treasurer at the time, And that’s precisely where founding editor Theta Chi had about 800 members, 230 of shared his vision for The Rattle in his opening Ralph C. Heath (Gamma/Maine 1908) began. which were estimated to be undergraduates. editorial:

Vol. I, No. 1 (February 1912) “The staff asks that you forgive any mistakes which you may see, but in forgiving not to forget to criticize—knock us if you will, but show some interest one way or the other in what we are undertaking. If ‘every knock is a boost’ the harder they come the better we’ll like ‘em.” —Ralph Heath

Vol. I, No. 2 (April 1912) “We want articles from everyone who feels in the mood to write. We don’t care whether you know how to write or not. We want to know and want others to know what you are doing for yourself, your college and for Theta Chi… we want to make [the Rattle] so much a mirror of Theta Chi life that a stranger reading it would know what a splendid Brotherhood Theta Chi is and what manner of fellows we have in our ranks.” —Ralph Heath

12 THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 100 years of bringing Theta Chi the news.

“The Rattle is here for just one purpose—to give you all the news. The Rattle intends to seek out every member of Theta Chi and make him think once more of the good old days in col- lege—the happiest and best days of his life.” The first edition was a collection of letters from alumni chapters and undergraduates, under colorful headlines like “Boston Beans,” “Pittsburgh Smoke” and “The Ravings of the Maine(iac).” Many of the letters were about recently passed or upcoming reunions, updates on the whereabouts of certain mem- bers, and news from the active chapters. Gamma Chapter, for instance, reported that 10 of its members had agreed to quit smoking, and that anyone caught would be forced to wear a “pompadour-style” haircut as punish- ment. The letter concluded that two pom- padours had already appeared. Another letter urged the Fraternity to adopt an official hatband, reasoning that “all general fraternities have a standard hat band, and I think we should have one.” Heath and Seamon, perhaps recognizing that the only way The Rattle could survive was with reader input, encouraged brothers to write in as often as possible: “The Rattle will print anything that is Theta Chi news and earnestly asks that each brother consider himself a member of the staff and contribute generously to our columns.” Over the course of the next year, the maga- zine began to find its footing. Alumni and

Vol. I, No. 3 (June 1912) Vol. II, No. 4 (July 1914) The pages of The Rattle are filled reflections of the attitudes of society “It is a source of regret that any issue of The Rattle at the time. A call for brothers to attend the summer outing at Bass should go to press without news items from every Point promised “athletic games, eats, drinks” and “others like her.” active and alumni chapter.”—John Foster

The very same issue, though, had a serious note: “We regret to state Vol. II, No. 3 (April 1914) that at the present time Norwich University is under military quar- From a speech at the 1914 Convention in Boston: antine. Owing to two cases of smallpox among students the authori- “That [Theta Chi] spirit has made Theta Chi branch ties have placed the entire university, including the professors under out from one college to fourteen institutions, and if quarentine. The April 1913 issue reported: “The Massachusetts men it is fostered, there will not be letters enough in the have passed through an epidemic of scarlet fever of 24 cases and Greek alphabet to name all the chapters . . . ” four deaths.” (Theta chapter lost no men during the 3 month seige.) —Major Shuttleworth, Alpha/Norwich

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chapter letters became a regularly occurring Foster also published reports from meet- we expanding too quickly? Not quickly feature, as did reports on new chapter installa- ings of the Inter-Fraternity Conference (now enough? Where else should we be opening tions, Convention business and editorials the North-American Interfraternity chapters? How shall we decide?” Brothers about the political issues of the day. The read- Conference, or NIC), as well as stories from from all corners of the Fraternity wrote in on er response was tepid at times, but what little alumni about interesting trips, chapter visits the subject, though a concrete plan would not feedback Heath received indicated that The and reunions. Editorials about important fra- be decided upon until 1927. Rattle was slowly gaining momentum and a fan ternity issues of the day—for example, ques- There is no doubt that the issue would have base. tions about different rushing standards, inter- been settled sooner were it not for the disrup- Greek competitiveness and the role of campus tion brought about by the United States’ interfraternity councils—appeared as well. entrance into World War I. A Greater Fraternity When “business reasons” prompted Foster Having reached their to resign in 1916, Percy Seamon was called goal of “giving you all back to the magazine, this time as editor. He War and Transition the news,” Heath and took Foster’s innovations and ran with them, The full attention of Theta Chi turned to Seamon, per their declaring his intention to make The Rattle “the Europe following the United States’ formal agreement, turned the mouthpiece of the Fraternity.” entry into World War I. Although the decision magazine over to the Seamon tried introducing new depart- to enter the war was unpopular for some, Grand Chapter in 1913 ments for undergraduates and alumni, writ- brothers rallied behind the president and resigned. John H. ing in 1917 that The Rattle “is and should be nonetheless. A June 1917 editorial gave voice Foster (Alpha/Norwich the voice of the Fraternity and that through to the Fraternity’s patriotic spirit: 1903) became editor. this medium any member of Theta Chi “The call has come. We are now all actively John H. Foster Foster had editorial should have an opportunity of presenting to preparing for the great conflict in which we, experience from his years as a cadet at the rest of the Fraternity anything that he citizens of our beloved United States, must Norwich where he worked as editor of the wishes to say.” take part.” school’s newspaper The Reveille. Under his edi- For all its serious philosophizing, the maga- The Rattle’s war coverage was comprehen- torship, The Rattle took on more of a maga- zine also maintained a wry sense of humor. sive. In addition to an increase in articles and zine-like character. In his first edition, he Under Seamon’s editorship, weighty stories editorials praising the virtues of patriotism and reported on the impending installations of about hazing, the conflict in Europe, and military service, a “Roll of Honor” listing all of Mu/California, Nu/Hampden-Sydney and alcohol use were balanced out by humorous the Theta Chis fighting overseas appeared in Xi/Virginia. A biographical sketch of anecdotes, poems, short stories and even illus- each edition, as well as a listing of those who Fraternity founder Arthur Chase also trations. had died. Seamon and other national fraterni- appeared, as did one of retiring professor An important issue that garnered a lot of ty figures called on readers staying at home to Samuel Shattuck (Alpha/Norwich 1860), who attention among the brothers during this time consider purchasing Rattle subscriptions for had held his post at the University of Illinois was about Theta Chi’s expansion plan. From soldiers in the trenches who otherwise would for over 40 years. all corners of the country, brothers asked “are not be able to.

Vol. V, No. 3 (March 1917) Vol. V, No. 3 (March 1917) “Although many of us were opposed to President Wilson, on of “There are a great many of the brothers whose work his policies and actions of the past, we nevertheless are behind for Theta Chi warrants recognition, but who, neverthe- him in every way in the present crisis… The only thing we must less, are not of Grand Chapter caliber. Think this over and remember is our duty to our country.” be sure that you know just who you are voting for.”

Vol. VI, No. 2 (February 1918) Vol. VI, No. 3 (April 1918) Early editions contained letters from brothers in service. George “Only one addition has been made to the Honor Roll E. Dole, Gamma ’17 wrote: “This is the first chance I have had to since our previous revision: Brother Hatcher, who had write since we landed here. . . . The weather was ideal for the already volunteered and received a cold shoulder from transporting of troops. The last five days were not fair, but that the Medics, finally landed a job with the Signal Corps in added to our safety for it is almost impossible for a submarine to the Accounting Division. At present he is stationed at attack in a heavy sea. The three days and nights that we traveled in Hoboken, N.J.” —New York University’s correspondent the danger zone were days that the Lord had planned for us.” November 1917

14 THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 The Lasher Years In 1925, Seamon announced his retirement, and rising star George Starr Lasher (Alpha Gamma/Michigan 1911) was named as his replacement. In his first edition, Lasher outlined his vision for a new kind of Rattle: “To entertain, to instruct, to arouse men- tally, and withal to make for more real brother- hood—such is the func- tion of the fraternity George Starr Lasher magazine. Is it little won- der then that a man should approach the task of editorship with a tremendous question as to whether he can measure up to the responsibilities and to the opportunities involved?” Lasher, or Starr as he was known, would do more than merely “measure up.” Over the course of his nearly 40-year career, he would go on to become one of the most beloved and Starting with the September 1917 November edition, The Roll of Honor was listed in each Rattle and accomplished editors in the interfraternal listed the name and rank of each Theta Chi brother in active duty. world. Starting with his first edition, Vol. XIV, To celebrate the end of the conflict, the and urges the support of her every son who No. 1, he made an aggressive series of 1919 Convention was held at the Hotel Astor solemnly swore to uphold her cause both as an improvements to not just the content of The in New York City. Fraternities, and Theta Chis, active or as an alumni brother that she may Rattle, but also to its appearance and frequen- were ready to rebuild. Seamon challenged all emerge from the reconstruction period fully cy. Gone were the one-column layouts and Theta Chis with the following editorial: prepared and better equipped to meet the gray walls of text, as were the cartoons and silly “Today Theta Chi calls her every son that problems of the future. Theta Chi needs her stories. For the first time, photography and lay- they may renew their pledge of service and every son! Will you respond, dear brother?” out were just as important as the content, and love to her splendid ideals … Theta Chi needs the dimensions of the magazine were

Vol. X, No. 1 (October 1921) The struggle for submissions is a timeless struggle: “We want to scold some of you writing guys. Not all of you, but some of you. Some of the Correspondents of The Rattle and just doing fine and some are not. We want to set the delinquents up in a corner and throw rocks at them.” —Percy Seamon

Vol. XI, No. 1 (February 1922) I want to take the best that Alpha has and sow it clear to Tau. I want the best that Beta boasts of and plant it as far as Mu and Alpha Epsilon. I want to gather up the best, the highest attainment of each chapter so that I may pass it on to the other chapters ‘that they may profit thereby.’ There is lots of bad water in the best of us, but the more good water we pour into the glass, the less room is there for the evil corks!” —Harold A. Fellows (Kappa/Pennsylvania) April 1919

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increased for easier handling. By 1928, The Rattle would be published an unprecedented eight times a year. With Starr at the helm, The Rattle adopted most of the characteristics of a truly modern magazine. As far as content was concerned, Starr introduced a number of new columns, includ- ing: “As the Active Sees It,” for undergraduate editorials; “When Greek Meets Greek,” shared news from other fraternal organizations; “College Days and Nights,” which replaced the long-problematic chapter letters; and “Editorially Speaking,” an editorial column whose popularity among other organizations and editors would eventually place Starr at the center of the fraternity universe. Starr’s Rattle featured a second column, “Between You and Me,” inspired by his under- graduate days spent discussing and attempting to solve “most of the problems of the uni- verse.” He envisioned it as the kind of column where he might “say just what I might say if The 1948 Victory Memorial Issue listed the names of 342 brothers and pledges who had given their you and I were sitting in front of the fireplace lives in WWII. Editor Lasher noted that the list was incomplete, as it was impossible to trace the at an hour when we should be in bed.” records of all who had perished.

Having only four editions a year meant that war. Though the usual chapter news and Depression, War (again), magazine space came at a premium. Lasher Grand Chapter announcements did not com- and Moving Forward made it clear that in order for the magazine to pletely disappear, there was a greater emphasis The prosperity of the 1920s gave way to aus- cover the same amount of ground as it did placed on the brothers who had either volun- terity and caution in the 1930s. More articles previously, it would “be possible only through teered or been drafted for military service. advising chapters and members to adopt more the most careful, and, at times, ruthless edit- Coverage of the war was again comprehen- conservative financial plans and cut back on ing, with emphasis placed upon condensa- sive, but tempered by memories of the loss extravagant expenses appeared, and the publi- tion.” This, however, was only the beginning. and struggle of the first World War. Many cation schedule dropped from eight editions a After the attacks on Pearl Harbor in 1941, chapters saw huge reductions in membership; year to four. Theta Chi again braced for the full impact of many active chapter rosters were reduced to

Vol. XVII, No. 6 (March 1929) “The most stupid thing about a fraternity chapter is its passion for conformity. Almost anything, no matter how asinine, will be adopted by a group if it is the thing that is done by other chapters on the campus." —George S. Lasher

Vol. XXI, No. 6 (March 1933) At the height of the Depression in 1933, Lasher wrote, “Despite decreased enrollments and decreased incomes, the things fundamental to Theta Chi Fraternity will remain: loyalty to college, ambition to serve worthily, the development of men of sound character, and that most priceless of fraternity gifts, fellowship… Theta Chi shall live wherever Theta Chi is today.”

November 1931 January 1933

16 THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 zero. Starr dubbed the April/May 1942 edi- to a small or regional audience, which meant appear. Executive Director George Chapman tion “The Service Issue,” and dedicated it to that underrepresented regions and chapters (Omega/Penn State 1920) even authored an giving readers a “picture of Theta Chi campus- were growing unhappy with the content of the article titled “Just What Goes on Here?” es at war,” in the hopes of encouraging a wor- magazine. detailing the inner workings of the Executive ried and rapidly tiring fraternity: Lasher wrote in the January 1951 edition: Office in Trenton, NJ. “An inspiring story it will be, for already the “Henceforth an effort will be made to give to articles and pictures which have been sent in the magazine a character more consistent with Difficulties Ahead by the chapters indicate that Theta Chi the role it should play in interesting readers, In the summer of 1963, the 77-year-old Fraternity is a leader in leadership,” Lasher alumni and undergraduate, in problems that Lasher unexpectedly suffered a stroke while wrote. “It should be a Rattle that will make concern the Fraternity as a whole, in ideas that visiting his daughter, Mary Elizabeth, in everyone proud of the undergraduates.” are stimulating to men with much in common, Chicago. He was transferred to a nursing After the war ended, Theta Chi and the rest in news that will develop a pride in worth home in upstate New York. Mary Elizabeth, an of America began the slow road to recovery. while achievements, in items that have human accomplished journalist in her own right, took The much-hyped “Victory Memorial Issue” interest among all members, and in the over as editor for the next two editions. that appeared in August 1948 gave thanks and exports, the experiments and the programs Even with Mary Elizabeth’s help, publica- recognition to the many brothers home and that are a part of the picture of college frater- tion of The Rattle fell behind schedule and the abroad who contributed to the war effort. In nity, those responsible are Theta Chis or search for a full-time replacement began. The compiling and editing all of the content need- belong to some other Greek organization.” Grand Chapter unani- ed for the edition, Starr described the issue as Chapter letters, which Lasher had “abol- mously named Lasher “the most difficult challenge faced in more ished” some 18 years earlier, would move to a Editor Emeritus in the than twenty years of magazine editorial experi- new publication, The Theta Chi News, so more fall of that year and ence.” It was hailed as a resounding success space could be devoted to “that which should appointed Walter R. and an appropriate testament to Theta Chi’s interest, stimulate, and inspire all members of Collins (Delta Gamma/ fallen heroes. the fraternity and those outside its ranks who West Virginia Wesleyan are interested in fraternity life.” 1956) as editor. A Greater Emphasis The tone and direction of The Rattle shift- Lasher died on on the Modern ed as a result. Stories with headlines like March 19, 1964, in “Battle with the Bottle,” about a fraternity Buffalo, NY. His passing Walter R. Collins By 1951, The Rattle had undergone yet member’s struggle with and recovery from was mourned not only another change in direction. Theta Chi’s alcohol addiction, “Holiness of Grades by Theta Chi, but also by the interfraternal chapter roster had exploded since the conclu- Questioned,” in which a member questioned community and the many chapters and cam- sion of the war, and the sheer volume of con- the usefulness of the traditional grading sys- puses that he impacted throughout the course tent coming in to Starr’s office was too much tem, and “The Message and the Medium,” of his life. Lasher’s editorship spanned a total to handle. Compounding the problem was the which featured one alumnus’ innovative use of 39 years, and bore witness to the Great fact that a lot of what was submitted appealed of television to teach large classes began to

Vol. XXX, No. 5 (April–May 1942) “An inspiring story it will be, for already the articles and pictures which have been sent in by the chapters indicate that Theta Chi Fraternity is a leader in leadership. It should be a Rattle that will make everyone proud of the undergraduates.” —George S. Lasher, on the upcoming “Service Issue”

Vol. XXXVII, No. 1 By 1949, Theta Chi had become “A Truly National Fraternity,” and the map on the cover reflected the spread of chapters from coast to coast. This explosion in membership and diversity of chapters forced changes in content as the magazine took a more national appeal. Fall 1943 Victory Memorial Issue 1948

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Depression, the repeal of Prohibition, two to journalistic standards. When Dale Slivinske died on Aug. 28, 1989, wars, the Cuban Missile Crisis and other signif- Davis resigned in 1969, Executive Director Dave Westol (Beta icant global events. Even when things seemed and Jacobson followed Zeta/Michigan State at their worst, Starr always maintained an opti- suit a year later. Their 1973) took over the mistic journalistic tone that, although not replacement, Jeff Pierfy responsibilities of the ignorant to the state of the world, assured (Epsilon Rho/Rider magazine until a full- readers that America and Theta Chi would 1965) would sit in the time replacement could persevere. editor’s chair for a short be found. That replace- With Collins at the helm, The Rattle time before being ment was newly hired changed once again. The magazine now con- Jeff Pierfy replaced by Associate Director of Develop- tained fewer but longer feature stories and a Executive Director Dale ment Dr. Wesley K. more open layout. Chapter letters, in a style Slivinske (Gamma Sigma/Duke 1968) in the Wicker (Alpha Phi/ Dave Westol resembling today’s chapter news briefs, also summer of 1973. Alabama 1979). resurfaced, gradually taking up more and Slivinske, an English Around the same time, ownership of The more space in subse- major and former mem- Rattle was transferred to Theta Chi Funds for quent editions. ber of the field staff, Leadership and Education, Inc., a public foun- Unfortunately, by the would hold on to the dation that provided fall of 1968, The Rattle post for the next 20 individual scholarships had fallen almost a year years. He introduced and financing for the behind schedule. several improvements to Fraternity’s leadership Sensing a need to act, the magazine's look and and educational pro- the Grand Chapter feel, wrote his own con- gramming. Editorial assigned all publication tent, and was an active content took on an edu- Dale Slivinske duties directly to the Ed Jacobson member of the College cational character, but Executive Office. Fraternity Editors’ Association (now the also began to cater Newly appointed Executive Director Fraternity Communications Association). He toward the Fraternity’s Howard Alter (Omega/Penn State 1941) dis- served as president of the CFEA in 1977. fundraising needs in Wes Wicker patched his assistant, M. Walt Davis (Delta Under Slivinske’s editorship, The Rattle general. Upsilon/Arizona State 1965) and Senior Field finally returned to a regular publishing sched- In his first edition as editor, Wicker, Secretary Ed Jacobson (Sigma/Oregon State ule. Chapter and alumni news took up a large announced the beginning of “a new theme 1967) to get things back on track. In addition portion of each edition, as did Executive which the Fraternity will pursue in the next to their regular duties at the Executive Office, Office updates and announcements. Feature three years: ‘Excellence in Theta Chi.’ We Davis and Jacobson worked weekends clipping stories about prominent alumni and under- plan to feature outstanding alumni, outstand- stories, doing the layouts, and editing content graduate members were common as well. ing undergraduates and outstanding chapters

Vol. 30, No. 4 (Summer 1969) “With this issue of The Rattle we, after several agonizing years, finally have the Summer 1969 issue out while it is still summer and still 1969. Since the Executive Office has assumed, or more correctly was assigned, responsibility for editing The Rattle in the fall of 1968, this has been our goal.” — Howard R. Alter

Vol. 71, No. 1 (Spring 1991) “We know that you’ve missed The Rattle. We did, too… The next Rattle will be bigger, better… and sooner. Thanks for sticking with us.” —Dave Westol

Summer 1969 Winter 1992

18 THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 in the next six issues of the magazine, count- To d ay Between You and Me ing this issue and through 1995.” Wicker sought to make The Rattle more In 2008, ownership of The Rattle transferred With the near-instant access to information closely resemble that of mainstream publica- back to the Grand Chapter. Leadership and made possible by e-mail, social media and the tions like People, and did so by shifting the edi- Education Consultant Bart Zino (Iota Internet, it might seem strange to some that torial spotlight back to the Fraternity’s alumni Theta/Central Florida the Fraternity continues to publish a twice-a- base. Wicker wrote a substantial portion of 2008) was assigned to year print magazine. But, I believe that no each edition’s content, and interviewed many develop the 2009 edi- blog post or Tweet could ever adequately of Theta Chi’s most prominent alumni to tion—the year’s only replace the richness of a powerful feature develop the profiles. edition—and edited it story or the permanence of a chapter’s record Wicker announced his resignation from that fall between chap- of accomplishments. Even today, The Rattle is Theta Chi Funds in 1996, but would remain as ter visits. Zino was one of the Fraternity’s most consistently reli- editor until the completion of the fall 1996 named editor in January able historical records. edition. El Ahlwardt (Gamma Rho/Florida of 2010. It is also our way of representing the best State 1973) was named The new Rattle under Theta Chi has to offer to the rest of the world. Bart Zino as his replacement. Zino’s editorship took In that sense, Heath and Seamon’s goals of Under El’s leadership, on a cleaner, more mod- having a “fraternity mouthpiece” endure even The Rattle’s tone became ern design. He reintroduced Chapter News a century later. more expository—in and Alumni Briefs as regular departments and I believe that The Rattle remains a work in addition to topics relat- developed a content strategy that appealed to progress, especially as we continue to grow The ed to alumni and Theta both alumnus and undergraduate readers. In Rattle’s digital presence. The rapid pace at Chi Funds, El developed contrast with past editions where a majority of which technology is evolving will enable us to stories that dealt with the content was generated in-house, a substan- do increasingly interesting things, but only if Theta Chi’s traditions, tial portion of The Rattle’s content is now writ- we stay on top of the trends and keep looking El Ahlwardt history and culture. The ten directly by alumni and undergraduates. for new and better ways to “bring you all the spring 2003 edition, for Zino also changed how The Rattle is read. news.” The digital Rattle you see today is only example, investigated how the Fraternity’s The spring 2010 edition officially kicked off the beginning. As long as there are stories to badge was manufactured. The Rattle’s digital transition, allowing readers tell—and brothers to tell them—the presses In the spring of 2006, El announced his res- access to a whole new kind of magazine—one will keep rolling. n ignation. Cathie Morgan was named his with links, videos, and extra content. Today, replacement and served as editor until the The Rattle reaches approximately 35,000 publication of the spring 2008 edition. Theta Chis, interfraternal friends and college/university administrators.

Fall 1995 Spring 2003 Spring 2010

THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 19 [ NORWICH HOUSING CORPORATION

The Norwich Housing Corporation Salutes Pat O’Connor BY WES WICKER (ALPHA PHI/ALABAMA 1979)

The Norwich Housing Corporation (NHC), formerly known as current Chi chapter house, one of the the National Board of Trustees, offers loans to local house Fraternity’s most impressive facilities. It bears noting that Brother O’Connor was also one of corporations for life safety improvements, house renovations and lead contributors to the recently built chapter construction loans. NHC President Patrick T. O’Connor completes house at Georgia Tech, another impressive his term of office on August 31, 2012. Thank you, Pat, for your facility. He dedicated his gift to honor his continued service to Theta Chi. father and grandfather. I first met Pat when we were undergraduate For the past 10 years, the NHC board has ranks among that of our most elite leaders, brothers, at the archrival institutions of been blessed to have the leadership of Patrick such as Dave DeVol, Dale Taylor and the late Alabama and Auburn, respectively. Auburn T. O’Connor (Chi/Auburn 1978). Pat is a past Howard Alter. Very few brothers have served and Alabama students, alumni and fans have a National President and served on the Grand on both the Grand Chapter and The Norwich general dislike of each other that permeates Chapter for eight years prior to his election to Housing Corporation. Fewer still have served their relationships, both on and off the grid- the NHC. When Pat first joined the board in as president of those boards. iron. But in Pat O’Connor, I found that broth- 2002, he had already enjoyed a long tenure There is an obvious reason why Pat’s erhood supersedes college rivalries, and we and service to the National Fraternity. As an involvement in the Fraternity became so developed a quick friendship. NHC board member, Brother O’Connor beat prevalent. It was in his genes…literally. Pat is a Ten years later, Pat was an up-and-coming his admirable record, logging countless hours double-legacy Theta Chi. His grandfather, attorney in Savannah, GA, and I was a gradu- while working with undergraduate members Benjamin J. O’Connor (1923), was a charter ate student at the University of Georgia. I and alumni house corporations in building member of Alpha Nu Chapter at Georgia called on Pat to assist the chapter in a legal better, safer and more attractive fraternity Tech. His father, Daniel P. O’Connor (1954) matter, and we had the opportunity to renew houses across the country. also joined Theta Chi at Tech. our friendship, albeit over an unpleasant cir- Pat brought his distinct knowledge of While Pat didn’t follow in their footsteps in cumstance. A couple of years later, I became National Fraternity operations to the NHC, terms of his college choice, he did become a the director of Theta Chi Funds for and helped transition it from a real estate own- Theta Chi at Auburn University. Today, the tra- Leadership and Education, Inc., and I for- ership corporation to a real estate lending dition continues: Brother O’Connor and his warded on Pat’s nomination as a candidate for agency. As an attorney, Pat donated countless wife, Carol, are the proud parents of three Chi the Grand Chapter. His natural leadership professional hours, pro bono, to solving real Chapter sons: Thomas (2005), Tyler (2009), skills were quickly appreciated, and he became estate-related legal issues, and has guided our and Tate (2015), a freshman quarterback for National President within a couple of years. fraternity and the Norwich Housing the Auburn Tigers. Brother O’Connor is well-known in the Corporation through several difficult chal- Pat’s involvement in Theta Chi has not state of Georgia’s legal community. He has lenges. Pat’s wisdom and dedication have been exclusively restricted to the National been recognized as one of the “Top 100 served the Fraternity very well. Fraternity. He has long been involved with the Lawyers” in Georgia on several occasions, and Pat’s leadership as President of the National growth and development of his own chapter. he is a leader of the Georgia Bar Association. Fraternity and as president of the NHC—18 Brother O’Connor was instrumental in the Patrick T. O’Connor’s family legacy in years of voluntary service to Theta Chi in all— planning, fundraising and construction of the Theta Chi, and civic and fraternal leadership make me proud to be considered as one of his friends and fraternity brothers. Job well done, The O’Connor Legacy Brother O’Connor. n

Wesley K. Wicker, Ed.D., serves as Counselor to the Norwich Housing Corp oration. He is the former President of The Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi, former Director of Development for Theta Chi Funds for Leadership and Education, Inc. and a former Benjamin J. (1923) Daniel P. (1954) Thomas (2005) Tyler (2009) Tate (2015) Editor of The Rattle.

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[ FOUNDATION/MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

Dear brothers,

There is a Chinese proverb that says, “Spring is sooner recognized by plants than by men.” As I see leaves budding on the trees and color returning to the landscape, I am reminded of the sense of growth that spring brings. In a way, I see the same thing happening with Theta Chi. Over the course of the past several years, our beloved fraternity has been experiencing growth in a variety of ways. We had more new initiates and more undergraduate members last year than in the previous 14 years, and average chapter size is at a 17-year high. At the same time, we have seen consistent growth in the number of young men participating in our leader- ship development programs. I have no doubt that the growth that Theta Chi has been experiencing is directly related to the growth in partic- ipation at our leadership development programs. With quality leaders come quality chapters. Our chapters are larger and stronger today because we are preparing our undergraduate members to lead. The Foundation Chapter plays a significant role in this process because it provides much of the funding for those leadership development programs. Over the course of the past several years, The Foundation Chapter has increased its asset base from just over $4 million to just under $10 million. This growth has resulted in additional benefits and resources that are making a difference in the lives of brothers across the country. Unfortunately, not all of our undergraduate members are able to participate in our leadership development programs. There are still a significant number of young men who have never had the opportunity to grow in terms of their leadership capacity. In most cases, cost is the prohibitive factor. We want to ensure that every one of our undergraduate members has the opportunity to participate in one of our leadership development programs. Whether it is a Mid-Year Leadership Conference, the Deranian Presidents Conference, The Initiative Academy or National Convention and School of Fraternity Practices, we want these aspiring leaders to graduate ready to lead their communities, their campuses, their chapters and, most important- ly, themselves. As our Creed states, Theta Chi is “nurtured by resolute men.” It is our duty to prepare our undergraduate mem- bers to be precisely that. Just as spring brings natural growth, Theta Chi must bring personal growth to the young men who represent the future of our beloved fraternity. In order to achieve this worthy goal, The Foundation Chapter is focusing on its own growth. We must grow the amount of support that we provide to our leadership development programs by growing the amount of support that our alumnus members provide. We must acquire new supporters, reactivate lapsed supporters and increase current supporters. We must grow the average gift size, the number of supporters and the total dollars raised. We greatly appreciate the generosity of our supporters, who exemplify our motto, “An Assisting Hand.” If you are not already a supporter, we ask that you consider becoming one by making a gift. When you support The Foundation Chapter, you help us perpetuate the traditions and the ideals of Theta Chi!

Better Because of Theta Chi,

David May, Foundation Chapter President Zeta Sigma/Wisconsin-River Falls 1970

P.S.— If you have any questions or suggestions regarding The Foundation Chapter, please feel free to contact me at your convenience. I can be reached by e-mail at [email protected].

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The Foundation Chapter Salutes its 2011 Donors The Foundation Chapter is grateful to all those who have contributed to our mission of promoting the LIFETIME academic, leadership and service ideals of Theta Chi Fraternity. We are very proud of the men who continue GIVING LEVELS (Level indicates lifetime to give back to their Fraternity regardless of their personal circumstances, ages, or chapter affiliations. giving total) We would especially like to acknowledge Theta Chi’s most generous members, without whose gifts Board of Visitors $25,000+ our scholarships would not have been possible. Chairman’s Council $10,000–$24,999 Membership in the Foundation Chapter’s giving levels is based on cumulative Freeman Fellow lifetime giving. A key to giving levels can be found on this page. $5,000–$9,999 Chase Council $2,500–$4,999 ALPHA Brig. Gen. Paul F. Kavanaugh MEN SINCE '56 MEN SINCE ’56 DELTA Norwich University Dr. David G. Doane James L. Gallagher William H. Sawyer Rensselaer Polytechnic Century Club Roger E. Murray Institute CHASE COUNCIL E. Russell Peach, Jr. Frank A. Ruiz $1,000–$2,499 Elmer W. Parsons Lt. Col. Nicholas H. Collins Lt. Col. Basil S. Burrell Dirk A. Plummer CENTURY CLUB Men Since ’56 Gary A. Henry Hon. Daniel W. Fleetham, SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD John R. Wetmiller $500–$999 Blaine O. Plummer Sr. Jack J. Basil, Jr. Leonard F. Glaeser Gordon M. Kilby Snake & Sword Michael J. Wollman CENTURY CLUB Francis E. McIntire Keith F.Ashelin SNAKE & SWORD $250–$499 Robert G. Howland Christian P. DeCarlo Steven Sargent Allan P. Walch Founders Club Thomas W. Donaldson BETA GAMMA David O. Werdin $100–$249 Charles H. Perenick Massachusetts Institute of University of Maine Richard E. Chute MEN SINCE ’56 Technology E. Lyle Flynn Heritage Club Donald E. De Blieux FREEMAN FELLOWS James W. Hamilton $50–$99 Philip R. Marsilius CHASE COUNCIL Kenneth F. Beckley, Jr. Jayson H. Bearce Capt. F. Terry Jones Gregory J. Wilson Paul T. Leonard Paul A. Farrar, Jr. MEN SINCE '56 Richard S. Doyon Douglas W. Ronaldson Edward G. Generous CENTURY CLUB James C. Otis FOUNDERS CLUB John J. Koziol Col. Reinhard Lotz Edward A. Ort Frank W. Amadon, III CENTURY CLUB Edward F. Williams, Jr. J. Keith Davy Jason T.Timpe L. Steven Walton Thomas J. Coughlin John T. Lonati Richard A. Jacobs David A. Elliott

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SNAKE & SWORD Thomas B. Walsh William G. Germanakos LIFETIME FOUNDERS CLUB GIVING LEVELS John L. Brown (Level indicates lifetime giving total) Heath C. Kent Board of Visitors EPSILON $25,000+ Worcester Polytechnic Chairman’s Council Institute $10,000–$24,999 CENTURY CLUB Freeman Fellow Stephen J. Salvatore $5,000–$9,999 Peter J. Mulvihill Chase Council Joseph A. Gugliemino $2,500–$4,999 Gerald R. Backlund Stephen L. Goodwin Century Club Norman J. Taupeka $1,000–$2,499 David B. Hallock Men Since ’56 $500–$999 MEN SINCE ’56 John J. Marczewski Snake & Sword Norman L. Diegoli $250–$499 James M. Tolos Founders Club Dr. Allen H. Levesque $100–$249 James A. Alfieri Heritage Club Robert A. Meyer $50–$99 SNAKE & SWORD Harry B. Ogasian Jonathan H. Tucker MEN SINCE '56 ZETA John W. Driscoll University of New Donald H. Baptiste, Jr. Hampshire Albert J. Russo FREEMAN FELLOWS SNAKE & SWORD Dan F. Sweet William H. Richards CENTURY CLUB Albert S. Marulli Scott W. Lowe FOUNDERS CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 Dr. Charles A. Correia Norris A. Browne Col. Bruce G. MacLennan IOTA Scott A. Hopkins Colgate University SNAKE & SWORD CHASE COUNCIL Montgomery R. Childs John Z. Hecker FOUNDERS CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 John R. Dulude James M. Hughes FOUNDERS CLUB SNAKE & SWORD MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 Edward E. Williams W. Roland Carrothers T. Howard Noel Thomas L. Fendley KAPPA Armand Minasian Paul B. Vetter, II John G. Cosby, Jr. ETA HERITAGE CLUB University of Pennsylvania Gerald H. Barnes Benjamin C. Garrett, III University of Rhode Island Glenn P. Crone Michael E. Atwood CENTURY CLUB NU SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB Hampden-Sydney College James R. Hart Edward P. Foster Col. John C. Diller, Jr. MU Raymond K. Butler, Jr. University of California CENTURY CLUB James N. Garrett, Jr. MEN SINCE '56 MEN SINCE ’56 Sean Kelly SNAKE & SWORD PI Thomas A. Pizza Donald R. McIlvain FREEMAN FELLOWS Charles A. White, III Dickinson College SNAKE & SWORD William T. Horton MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD Edward T. Trapani Thomas P. Williams CENTURY CLUB William J. Beatty CHASE COUNCIL F. Curtis Johnston James W. Ross, Jr. John A. Caldwell Hon. Morris M. Terrizzi Richard A. Gammell Col. John F. Bouldry FOUNDERS CLUB David R. Gates LAMBDA SNAKE & SWORD MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB Richard M. Cross Stuart R. Dexter Cornell University C. Edward Richardson, III Rev. H. Paul Leap Richard C. Otter Randall S. Parks CENTURY CLUB James E. Goens FOUNDERS CLUB William C. Broocks FOUNDERS CLUB Lucius W. Johnson, Jr. James H. Buzby Neil J. Facchinetti Ralph E. Congdon David W. Capper OMICRON MEN SINCE ’56 Gregory S. Finley Nathaniel W. Phillips SNAKE & SWORD HERITAGE CLUB University of Richmond Dan R. Hartmann Anthony F. Kern Michael Testa, Jr. MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB Col. Paul F. Nugent, Jr. XI Harold M. Shaw, III Ray L. Horton George M. Thomas, Jr. Elbert Hargesheimer, III University of Virginia THETA Donald Grinsfelder John E. Zydron, Sr. FOUNDERS CLUB Zacharias A. Kollias University of Massachusetts James G. Snider CHASE COUNCIL Dr. John S. Prince, Jr. Marc A. Thiebeult Cal Organ Michael D. Leonard Dr. Steven J. Agosti John P. Girardi CENTURY CLUB G. Peter Lamb, III Dr. Charles T. Faulkner Thomas C. Moschos SNAKE & SWORD Charles F. Benjamin Dale S. Coats CENTURY CLUB Dr. Richard E. Topping, Jr.

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TAU 1856 Legacy Society Members University of Florida CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL El Ahlwardt (Gamma Rho/Florida State 1973) J. Bruce Hoffmann Douglas M. Allen (Delta Beta/Georgia 1990) Howard R. Alter, Jr. (Omega/Penn State 1941)* CHASE COUNCIL Edmund G. Tubel J. Ronald Atchley (Eta Rho/Centenary 1975) Timothy J. Joslin John M. Barker (Alpha Upsilon/Nebraska 1931)* Rodney A. Hammond Carlton F. Bennett (Zeta Pi/Old Dominion 1972) CENTURY CLUB Dean Black (Delta Pi/Indiana State 1987) B. Lawson Spare Sherwood Blue (Alpha Iota/Indiana 1926)* Joseph C. Moretta James B. Boggs (Delta Epsilon/Miami-FL 1958) Lamont K. Roberts Hollis D. Brown (Sigma/Oregon State 1939) Thomas L. Miller Christopher L. Thompson P. Alan Bulliner (Beta Sigma/Lehigh 1965)* Ross E. Mowry Andrew L. Carr (Delta Phi/North Texas 1983) Lester E. Segal George W. Chapman, Jr. (Omega/Penn State 1949) John S. Sherman, Jr. Kenneth J. Cruger (Gamma Rho/Florida State 1954) Joseph E. Gazdak M. Walt Davis (Delta Upsilon/Arizona State 1963) MEN SINCE ’56 Edward A. Eickhoff (Eta Phi/Oakland 1984) Thomas N. Richardson Richard D. Elder (Gamma Theta/San Diego State 1970) Dr. William E. Pinney Lt. Col. Rex L. Holloway Thomas V. Freeble (Alpha Beta/Pittsburgh 1925)* Robert S. Lamont, Jr. John D.B. Fridholm (Eta Delta/Babson 1984) Michael P. Reed Michael G. Friedel (Zeta Nu/Parsons 1971) J. Gary Hoopes Mark T. Geenen (Gamma Xi/San Jose State 1981) Carl C. Jansen, Jr. Walter Gutjahr (Gamma Theta/San Diego State 1956) Maj. Ralph C. Gravlee, Jr. William A. Haggstrom (Alpha Pi/Minnesota 1958) Capt. Robert R. Osterhoudt, Ret. William C. Hart (Mu/California 1944) Lonnell T. Hogan George W. Hesdorfer (Beta Alpha/UCLA 1939)* SNAKE & SWORD Warren E. Hoffman (Alpha Iota/Indiana 1976) Nathaniel L. Storms Danny P. Kaiser (Alpha Mu/Iowa State 1976) Daniel L. Lovell Willis P. Lanier (Alpha Nu/Georgia Tech 1927)* Robert H. Cleveland Kevin Mack (Zeta Pi/Old Dominion 1989) Clyde J. Pittman William G. McAllister (Alpha/Norwich 1931)* Emmett E. Holloway, Jr. Douglas A. Miller (Zeta Beta/Adrian 1990) FOUNDERS CLUB Herb Morgan (Theta Iota/UC-Santa Cruz 1988) James R. Eriksen John A. Park William F. Mortensen (Gamma Lambda/Denver 1969) Jason D. Zirpolo James J. Moylan (Gamma Lambda/Denver 1969) Michael P. Floyd Patrick T. O’Connor (Chi/Auburn 1978) James C. Otis (Gamma/Maine 1969) UPSILON Ronald Pearce (Rho/Illinois 1956) New York University RHO SIGMA James E. Perkins (Mu/California 1919)* University of Illinois Oregon State University CHASE COUNCIL Carl D. Peterson (Alpha Pi/Minnesota 1984) Dr. Robert P. Renner CHASE COUNCIL FREEMAN FELLOWS F. Barry Nelson Roger Pinneo (Alpha Rho/Washington 1957) James L. Munson Robert K. Russell, Jr. Wilson B. Powell (Alpha Omega/Lafayette 1933)* William A. Frey, III Ellsworth D. Purdy CENTURY CLUB Daniel R. Luthringshauser Shawn T. Prohaska (Delta Omicron/Gettysburg 1989) CENTURY CLUB CHASE COUNCIL Thomas F. Sarcona David D. Ratliff (Beta Zeta/Michigan State 1988) William D. North John C. O’Brien Thomas G. Angelo Earl D. Rhodes (Delta/RPI 1921)* William E. Thonn Dr. George H. Caspar Daniel P. Reilly (Alpha Pi/Minnesota 1988) George E. Smith, Jr. MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB Dale E. Eckerty Salvatore Masotto Chris Roan (Eta Delta/Babson 1972) Curtis C. Tigard Lloyd H. Giardino Terrance A. Robinson (Zeta Beta/Adrian 1966) MEN SINCE ’56 Jack I. Hamilton James McQueen Edwin M. Salkeld, Jr. (Beta Nu/Case Western 1957) Jason V. Bauer MEN SINCE ’56 Rick A. Gimbel SNAKE & SWORD Frank Schrenk, Jr. (Beta Sigma/Lehigh 1951)* George E. Carlon C. Drew Kofahl Vincent L. Cappadocia William Schuetze (Psi/Wisconsin 1966) Col. Reginald D. Fifer, Jr. Dr. Bruce E. Kirk Harold E. Kline Dr. James G. Bradsher Victor Simon (Beta Lambda/Akron 1935) Robert E. Paulson Gregory A. Parrott Dale Slivinske (Gamma Sigma/Duke 1968)* Richard D. Willy PHI Stephen B. Jolley William Suter (Beta Delta/Rutgers 1943) John R. Koucky North Dakota State SNAKE & SWORD University Dan F. Sweet (Zeta/New Hampshire 1940) SNAKE & SWORD David F. Harra CENTURY CLUB William H. Thomas (Alpha Phi/Alabama 1963)* Edgar E. Lundeen, Jr. Dr. Allan O. Diefendorf James J. Wilhelm Christopher L. Hage John R. Vispo (Zeta Pi/Old Dominion 1972) Greg P. Jacob Daniel C. Murphy Jimmy M. Wall (Alpha Phi/Alabama 1951)* FOUNDERS CLUB Gary L. Rosevold Thomas F. Godfrey J. Michael Wieting (Eta Rho/Centenary-LA 1978) *deceased

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MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 Lt. Col. Darrell I. Tuntland William A. Grun John B. Simonieg David A. Heitzenroder Rome H. Mickelson James V. Forsythe “We had more new initiates and more undergraduate members Col. Helmuth O. Froeschle SNAKE & SWORD last year than in the previous 14 years, and average chapter size Gary W. Burau John N. Weiss, Jr. Kyle R. Blake Keith L. Straley is at a 17-year high. At the same time, we have seen consistent Kim M. Colwell Richard B. Maltz SNAKE & SWORD Robert A. Hoffman growth in the number of young men participating in our Kiel R. Ova Stephen J. Martin leadership development programs.” FOUNDERS CLUB FOUNDERS CLUB Jon E. Weng Lamar E. Rohrbach —David May, Foundation Chapter President Paul E. Huss Dr.William L. Lear

CHI ALPHA BETA Auburn University University of Pittsburgh BOARD OF VISITORS CHASE COUNCIL William R. Snyder MEN SINCE ’56 Patrick T. O’Connor Frank L. Thomas Steven J. Hanna Donald A. Parry Edward A. Milbrandt Dr. William C. Luft CHASE COUNCIL CENTURY CLUB G. Porter Bridwell Donald R. Thompson Col. James H. Boykin Dr. Jod L. Stabley Kurt A. Hartman Ross P. Obley SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB Walter P. Linne Richard O. Abbe James F. Turner, Jr. MEN SINCE ’56 Laurence A. Young Mark E. Cheston David B. Amundsen Michael J. Duffy Leonard P. Kaiser Dr. Gerald D. Hagin Paul T. Harnack MEN SINCE ’56 Richard L. Knapp FOUNDERS CLUB L. Noel Moore SNAKE & SWORD John T. Pence Edward H. Leighten Col. Edward S. Bolen John W. Zelahy Brian C. Peters N. Kevin Tavakoli FOUNDERS CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 ALPHA ETA SNAKE & SWORD Terence L. Michaels James V. Tomochek University of North Carolina Dennis W. Abercrombie William F. Rieder Gary C. Stephans Paul D. Znika CENTURY CLUB D. Wayne Garlock Scott E. Cabaniss Charles L. Battle ALPHA GAMMA John V. Blagrave Philip A. Chapman University of Michigan Gary L. Dominy CENTURY CLUB John E. Miller Scot A. Clark G. Leroy Lail, Jr. CHASE COUNCIL Jeffrey J. Kucer FOUNDERS CLUB Thomas C. Nolan Mark J. Thomas MEN SINCE ’56 Gary B. Sappenfield Daniel Tyler O’Connor Clark De Jonge John C. Merrill Dr. John H. Summey Robert C. Boyer Daniel F. Finn PSI CENTURY CLUB William P. Przybylski SNAKE & SWORD University of Wisconsin Keith A. Carabell John M. White SNAKE & SWORD Don R. Moore CENTURY CLUB William R. Rude Jack R. Fenwick Thomas R. Oberhofer Dr. James E. Dickson, II Jeffrey G. Bennett FOUNDERS CLUB Kevin M. McIntosh James F. Frankenbery Michael T. Weiss Anthony L. Paalz, Jr. Thomas A. Massey Robert A. Kennedy Jon C. Graan Harry G. Schoger, Jr. David W. Horner MEN SINCE ’56 Michael R. Berghoff Frederick W. Fox David E. Branaman William R. Werner Dan C. Schoonmaker Louis G. Karras ALPHA IOTA Dale J. Jennerjohn Derek S. Roudebush Robert U. Harris Brian R. Kotzian Michael J. Magin Indiana University MEN SINCE ’56 Gregory A. McKenzie Jason F. Benner CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 Dr. G. Kenneth Lewis, Jr. Jack A. Cross Warren E. Hoffman, II Frederick D. Scheiber Raymond R. Hill FOUNDERS CLUB Dr. Norm A. Hagman Leon E. Pilewski John L. Burley Ryan N. Waddington David L. Kelly FREEMAN FELLOWS James E. McClusky William D. Poole J. Edward Munnik James W. Callison Jeffrey B. Fosler, Jr. Coleman A. La Master Gregory A. Imboden Rober t W. Trenor Rev. Milton R. Lange Thomas L. Wiese Kevin J. Kultgen Dr. Richard R. Schumacher Christopher W. LaRowe Maj. Thomas G. Bobowski Trevor D. Gruenewald CHASE COUNCIL SNAKE & SWORD Richard L. Shirley, Jr. Bruce M. Pennamped Stanley H. Livingstone, Jr. SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD Brian V.Will James F. Kerler Bill Grover ALPHA EPSILON Larry D. Contos Bradley S. Bahnak Stanley S. Smith Stanford University Dr. Jack Clark Francis SNAKE & SWORD Tony J. Marchio FOUNDERS CLUB Dr. Manfred G. Reinecke Philip R. Holdread Robert C. Pollock Paul C. Sirney Philip K. Berry CENTURY CLUB Lt. Col. John E. Zike Dennis M. Baltimore Frank W. Hodgdon, III FOUNDERS CLUB FOUNDERS CLUB Loren K. Evans Nicholas W. Alivojvodic, II Ralph O. Zahnow ALPHA DELTA William J. Shoup SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB Capt. Gordon E. Miscoi Purdue University Roy W. Fowler, Jr. Richard M. Buskirk FOUNDERS CLUB ALPHA LAMBDA OMEGA FREEMAN FELLOWS Pennsylvania State University Lt. Col. Harold V. Motsinger Thomas B. Conway Ohio State University Fr. Philip T. Bowers ALPHA ZETA James R. Ourth CHASE COUNCIL University of Rochester HERITAGE CLUB CHASE COUNCIL CHASE COUNCIL Robert S. Stevens, Jr. James C. Stalder Jason A. Gnagy James C. Scott Kenton N. Riggs CHASE COUNCIL Michael O. Thornburg Joseph R. Doyle CENTURY CLUB Duncan M. Cruickshanks Thomas H. Richards, Jr. CENTURY CLUB CENTURY CLUB Christopher G. Allocco Jeffrey B. Milbourn Lawrence C. Berger John D. Staehle CENTURY CLUB Timothy P. Dutcher Stephen M. Leggett ALPHA KAPPA Craig L. Franz Richard R. Malzahn Dr. Kenneth A. Hubel West Virginia University Robert B. Tucker Dr. Palmer E. Mart Richard E. Ferguson Glen C. Webb, Jr. Martin D. Rabinowitz Dr. Paul E. Vassil Dr. Eric W. Robbins CENTURY CLUB Richard J. Willke James E. Nowicki George M. Rentoumis Jason K. Barnes Roger E. Mills Mark W. Taft Dr. Frederick E. Robbins

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ALPHA SIGMA University of Oregon CHASE COUNCIL Frank N. Preston CENTURY CLUB James A. Hamilton MEN SINCE ’56 Michael J. Ryan, III Philip B. Putnam, Jr. SNAKE & SWORD Ricardo W. Hudnell Leo L. Naapi

ALPHA TAU Ohio University FREEMAN FELLOWS Arthur M. Krasilovsky J. Jeffrey Smead CHASE COUNCIL Thomas E. McNamara Robert C. Lewis CENTURY CLUB H. Robert Wismar, Jr. George M. Sarkes, Jr. Michael H. Kugel MEN SINCE ’56 Lawrence N. McVay, Jr. Patrick E. Smith John E. Dalton Robert H. Lundberg Jerry B. Beck Ernest R. Miklavic SNAKE & SWORD James B. Byers Carl N. Shadix Edward P. Schroeder FOUNDERS CLUB Richard J. Longo

MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 Dwighd D. Delgado FOUNDERS CLUB ALPHA OMICRON ALPHA UPSILON Washington State University Fred R. Friswold Col. Roger F. Wickert A. Thomas White Noel H. Ethridge University of Nebraska Creig L. Andreasen Dwight E. Florence John C. Cattaneo CENTURY CLUB CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL CENTURY CLUB Philip H. Mattison Roger H. Schauss Kelly W. Hintz Michael D. Roe Richard E. Rush, Jr. Albert M. Bandman ALPHA XI FOUNDERS CLUB Dr. Michael F. Stewart MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB Hugh E. Bonnoront University of Delaware Todd A. Salsman Ronald C. Gaughf Robert J. Sheridan Eric W. Raasch ALPHA RHO Peter J. Johns CHASE COUNCIL Lonn A. Sipes Chad W. Ellsworth ALPHA MU Col. Robert M. Hall University of Washington Richard K. McCrea SNAKE & SWORD Raymond N. Ashmun Iowa State University CHASE COUNCIL F. Turner Plunkett CENTURY CLUB Steven R. Ingram Martin E. Neal Vernon F.Vikingson CENTURY CLUB Dr. Steve H. Bomar, Jr. Thomas R. Murray Dr. Walter J. Krebs David M. Svingen MEN SINCE ’56 Charles O. Rawlins David W. Finneran Dr. Gary A. Bramer CENTURY CLUB Fred J. Otradovsky MEN SINCE ’56 Bradley A. Hill MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 Dr. Robert D. McCartney Jeremy H. Zellmer Raymond A. Dodge, Jr. Robert C. Parrott Frank T. Barretta ALPHA PI Michael E. Lidman University of Minnesota Dr. Robert J. Hoxsey SNAKE & SWORD George E. Youngblood William A. Hunnel John R. Sladkey David W. McDaniel SNAKE & SWORD Norman S. Mathews William S. Hearn FREEMAN FELLOWS Bernard A. Gleason William J. Brook William A. Haggstrom SNAKE & SWORD Donald F. Stauffer MEN SINCE ’56 Alan G. Beavers Kevin P. Couillard Roger D. Pinneo Raymond M. Krett, Jr. CHASE COUNCIL ALPHA PHI Lowell A. Tripp John C. Marscher, Jr. John H. Walsh Gary L. Burcham Paul R. Norstrem University of Alabama Robert M. Chastain Robert A. Loudon FOUNDERS CLUB Robert Brubaker John Hallberg Jones Lt. Col. William A. Dirring Michael J. Gregoire FREEMAN FELLOWS Timothy B. Schwering Marvin L. McConaghy Capt. Ronald M. Bell FOUNDERS CLUB CENTURY CLUB Scott P. Jones Keith R. Zoromski Michael A. Potter Ronald J. Nida CHASE COUNCIL SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD David E. Conner Daniel P. Reilly Dale Taylor William C. Mims Robert H. Smith ALPHA NU Carl D. Peterson James R. Welch Adam B. Lowy George C. Garikes Georgia Institute of Marvin D. Juliar Technology Vernon A. Hill, Jr. FOUNDERS CLUB Charles N. Parnell, III James R. Murphy Ronald K. Shinogi Col. Roy V. Fair Dr.Wesley Keel Wicker CHASE COUNCIL Thomas F.Williams, Jr. Claybourn B. Rhinehart

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CENTURY CLUB SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD Charles P. Lamb James D. Ward John E. Worden, Jr. Dennis E. Giesinger Clifford V. Coddington Matthew S. Davis Jimmy M. Wall Donald L. Rathmell, Jr. LIFETIME Kenneth N. Ross John R. Jordan Stephen C. Rankin BETA DELTA GIVING LEVELS BETA KAPPA MEN SINCE ’56 Patrick P. Hughes Rutgers University (Level indicates lifetime Hamline University Thomas F. Dohnal giving total) Lawrence H. Kloess, Jr. ALPHA OMEGA BOARD OF VISITORS FREEMAN FELLOWS Bryan P. Inderhees Col. John L. Conway, III Lafayette College William H. Suter Board of Visitors John R. Heneman Jeffrey D. Cohen Charles W. Rush CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL $25,000+ Thomas K. Brichford C. Benton Burroughs, Jr. CHASE COUNCIL CHASE COUNCIL Stephen J. Macri Chairman’s Council George P. Morris, Jr. Floyd H. Bragg Roger Benjamin SNAKE & SWORD CHASE COUNCIL $10,000–$24,999 Michael L. Kearn William R. Patterson, Jr. Dr. Otha C. Salter CENTURY CLUB Michael J. Close Chad L. Slater Vincent H. Connolly Freeman Fellow MEN SINCE ’56 Robert E. Kusch BETA XI Harry J. Herrmann $5,000–$9,999 Robert A. Moore CENTURY CLUB Birmingham-Southern CENTURY CLUB Chase Council Colin J. Schulte Thomas K. Keller, Sr. MEN SINCE ’56 College Richard F. Engel $2,500–$4,999 Thomas W. Mayer Dennis R. Slepsky Sanford A. Goldstein Richard L. Eagles CENTURY CLUB Col. Roland E. Ballow Robert C. Smith Century Club MEN SINCE ’56 Edward D. Wetzel Nikolai Makarenko, Jr. Ben Sims Kevin C. Horne $1,000–$2,499 Cory D. Olson Ralph E. Bothe Robert C. Lockwood David J. Boczar Men Since ’56 John R. Bunde SNAKE & SWORD James M. Coffey Dr. J. Eugene Lammers $500–$999 Benjamin J. Zurn C. Walker Segars John R. Harrington FOUNDERS CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 Snake & Sword Steven W. Tracy FOUNDERS CLUB Richard Geiger Shawn F. Menke MEN SINCE ’56 $250–$499 Dr. Jon D. Skare 2nd Lt. Lucas T. Elgie David C. Ogden SNAKE & SWORD BETA EPSILON Founders Club SNAKE & SWORD Gary N. Gildersleeve Mark T. Luther University of Montana $100–$249 James D. Bailey ALPHA CHI Maj. Michael R. Nester HERITAGE CLUB Syracuse University Calvin K. Flury, Jr. CENTURY CLUB Heritage Club FOUNDERS CLUB Richard N. Montgomery, Jr. CENTURY CLUB Stephen R. Brainard Gary A. Carmichael $50–$99 Ronald C. Roberts Edward S. Cochran Donald A. Hubner Warren G. Eberts, Jr. MEN SINCE ’56 BETA OMICRON Dennis W. Morgan SNAKE & SWORD Gary D. Bakke HERITAGE CLUB University of Cincinnati Thomas M. Kenyon John G. Thomas, III SNAKE & SWORD Scott C. Jaberg MEN SINCE ’56 CHASE COUNCIL MEN SINCE ’56 Gary R. Layton Louis Dudas Ryan S. Bacon Donald A. Leckrone S. McCorvie Wham Robert N. Cleaver David J. Feshbach FOUNDERS CLUB Douglas D. Jones Kenneth W. Schwenke Dominic M. Romano Luke C. Nelson CENTURY CLUB Kevin J. Doyle FOUNDERS CLUB Lt. Col. Jeffrey L. Bachmann Jason H. Seidl SNAKE & SWORD Joshua S. Sheldon George L. Sherwood James P. Urbanowicz Christopher J. Mocella Ralph C. Jacobs BETA ALPHA BETA LAMBDA Alan W. Shinn Francis S. Vasques University of California- Philip H. Ross, Jr. Gordon S. Bowen BETA ZETA Robert M. Cox, Jr. University of Akron Robert K. Reuter Los Angeles Michigan State University Konrad Mattes Larry M. Issak CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL FREEMAN FELLOWS FOUNDERS CLUB BOARD OF VISITORS William R. Dahlgren MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD James W. Baker Harry M. Slade David L. Westol Lowell P. Orr, Jr. Dennis M. McManus CENTURY CLUB CENTURY CLUB Gordon A. Queen Peter T. Mahlstedt FREEMAN FELLOWS BETA THETA David R. Grinstead Paul L. Poitras David A. Nice Robert S. Moses Bruce R. Leech Dexel University J. Clyde James Dr. Bruce E. Gelb Robert M. McLaughlin Donald C. Liebson Robert L. Hood William K. Bamler Norman S. Clark CENTURY CLUB Kevan R. Emmott Ronald H. Saemann Robert L. Caldwell CHASE COUNCIL Vincent G. Vidas Bruce M. Kehler MEN SINCE ’56 Robert J. Pfaffenberger Michael D. Weinstein Lt. Col. Mark D. Ratliff Harold E. Williams Jesse C. McCollam, Jr. SNAKE & SWORD FOUNDERS CLUB Stephen M. Baker Albert E. Spencer Col. Frank J. Tansley CENTURY CLUB William D. Howser, Jr. Dr. Dennis M. Mahoney Clifford L. Rooke William M. Barnes Ray E. Walker SNAKE & SWORD James C. Stankiewicz FOUNDERS CLUB HERITAGE CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 Roland L. Sutton, Jr. Merrill E. Balser Matthew P. Woodward Frank G. Coyle Gregg M. Feder Neal P. Weichel David L. Coplai James R. Fresch Albert W. Brodie Joseph C. Wolfe MEN SINCE ’56 ALPHA PSI John J. Jacobowitz William R. Koch FOUNDERS CLUB BETA PI Dr. Jared M. Salvo Dr. Paul L. Townsend Monmouth College University of Maryland Stanley Gawel Karl F. Schaeffer SNAKE & SWORD Gary C. Steinhardt Gary S. Colton Jeffrey D. Hosek MEN SINCE ’56 CHASE COUNCIL Dr. Michael P. Lafkas John F. Coneys Dr. Joseph C. Latona Richard E. Yahnke Robert L. Simmons Lt. Cmdr. Louis A. Toth MEN SINCE ’56 Spencer T. Snedecor, III Richard A. Latham Dr. Terry L. Myers SNAKE & SWORD BETA NU FOUNDERS CLUB Dr. Robert P. Luberto Peter E. Pisasale Gregory I. Derbak CENTURY CLUB Case Western Reserve FOUNDERS CLUB Bradford N. Scales Dennis E. Walker Anton C. Krucky Francis X. Conway University Thomas M. McCoy David J. Butler Joseph C. Jensen Jon V. Salazar FOUNDERS CLUB FREEMAN FELLOWS BETA RHO Daniel H. Fink Dale A. Pulver SNAKE & SWORD John J. Muldowney Illinois Wesleyan University Dr. Valentine R. Ferraris Dr. Gerald A. Gadowski BETA GAMMA HERITAGE CLUB CHASE COUNCIL Rick P. Baken FREEMAN FELLOWS MEN SINCE ’56 University of North Dakota Michael R. Hetrick Edwin M. Salkeld, Jr. Richard R. Chmielewicz Peter C. Cappas Charles P. Grier CENTURY CLUB CENTURY CLUB James M. Jacobsen Sherman E. Hoganson FOUNDERS CLUB BETA IOTA CENTURY CLUB Lt. Cmdr. James E. Douglas E. Troutman Dr. Jerry L. Klein John N. Grissim University of Arizona Gentry, Jr. Jeff Praissman MEN SINCE ’56 Todd L. Wiseley William P. LaBounty John G. Madsen CHASE COUNCIL William D. Dickinson William K. Johnson Brian R. Fleming F.L. “Bud” Scanlan Gates M. Stoner Cedric C. Dilsizian Thomas P. Jackson BETA ETA Charles R. Boothby Peter J. Stratton Thomas M. Marcuccilli Charles A. Green Washington College Richard R. Cook, Jr. MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB CENTURY CLUB John E. Bower Brian T. Gegel Michael Kalsman Edward F. Leonard, Jr. John E. Zabel Gary C. Coates

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The Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi Fraternity Revenue and Expenses For the Year ending June 30, 2011 (Pro-Forma)

Combined Statement of Activities Statement of Financial Position and Changes in Net Assets Assets Revenues and support Cash and cash equivalents...... $258,606 Contributions ...... $400,670 Trust income receivable ...... 216,118 Interest and dividends ...... 100,153 Contribution receivable ...... 144,369 Realized gain on sale of investments ...... 11,066 Prepaid expenses and other assets ...... 5,790 Royalties ...... 9,284 Inventory ...... 1,150 Investment income- perpetual trust ...... 238,242 Investments – Market ...... 3,887,334 Change in value of perpetual trusts ...... 762,834 Benefical interest trust ...... 5,819,997 Change in value of charitable trusts ...... (1,074) Charitable remainder trusts...... 13,206 Other...... 174 Funds held for others ...... 108,457 Total revenues and support...... $1,521,349 Total assets...... $10,455,027

Expenses Liabilities and Net Assets Scholarships and grants ...... $371,962 Accounts payable...... $814 Alumni programming ...... 921 Accrued expenses and other liabilities ...... 3,059 Management and general ...... 176,418 Scholarships payable ...... 260,000 Fundraising ...... 26,863 Payable to Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc ...... 30,336 Total expenses ...... $576,164 Liability under charitable remainder trusts ...... 2,843 Funds held for others ...... 108,457 Change in net assets Total liabilities ...... $405,509 before unrealized gain on investments ...... $945,185 Unrealized gain on investments...... 481,924 Net Assets Change in net assets ...... $1,427,109 Unrestricted ...... 513,459 Net assets, beginning of year ...... $8,622,409 Board Designated Allocation...... 1,615,320 Temporary restricted ...... 119,824 Net assets, end of year ...... $10,049,518 Permanently restricted ...... 7,800,915 Total net assets ...... $10,049,518

Total liabilities and net assets ...... $10,455,027

The above financial information was compiled from financial statements that are available upon request for a nominal fee to cover copying and shipping costs.

Walter R. Sitz Daniel G. Ritter Dr. Elmer C. Easton BETA TAU BETA UPSILON Kevin A. Pendergrass Horace B. Tomlin Dr. James S. Potyka George H. Baile University of Southern California State University- SNAKE & SWORD Thomas C. Cawley Lynn W. McQuade Kurt S. Wiesner California Fresno Clark W. Gant Michael W. Rausch SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB CENTURY CLUB FREEMAN FELLOWS Larry Balakian Charles A. Denault Randall Konstans Charles L. Cucullu, Jr. Raymond H. Vincent Thomas E. McCormick, III Thomas C. Maloy Paul C. McBeth, III Stuart D. Hines, Jr. Laurence P. Engel Barry T. Faber Jerome D. Towe CENTURY CLUB Chester E. Garrison James V. Morabito Robert W. ‘Red’ Smith BETA PHI Maynard H. Turnbull, Jr. Stuart R. Hirasuna Dr. Seth H. Apter Wallace D. Mersereau University of Nevada P. Wayne Frey Christopher H. Bassford BETA SIGMA Edwin M. Undercuffler MEN SINCE ’56 Bruce C. Paltenghi CHASE COUNCIL Lehigh University Carl I. Oberg FOUNDERS CLUB Richard P. Riley MEN SINCE ’56 Philo M. Romine CHASE COUNCIL Donald W. Stever, Jr. MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD Scott M. Herman CENTURY CLUB Frank R. Scheid, Jr. Gary Tilles John B. Satrom George E.N. Pulido Charles R. Bell Arnold L. Hansmann David B. Foltz Charles H. Aims, Jr. Richard J. Tichenor HERITAGE CLUB Karl G. Ritterby Neil W. Volant Armand J. Gougasian Jingwei Lei Elmo V. Maggiora

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MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB GAMMA DELTA SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB John G. O'Neill Robert H. Linka Dr. John M. Stephenson Florida Southern College Robert J. DeSousa Terry M. Carr Nathan W. Kong George A. Louis Ronald H. Colvin David R. Kase Rene’ J. Donnard MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD David W. Lowe, Jr. P. Randall Tuttle, Jr. MEN SINCE ’56 James A. Falconer George A. Curach GAMMA THETA Robert M. Held SNAKE & SWORD Max W. Walker John J. Smith Donald J. Peterson San Diego State University Steven A. Dawes Leland J. Virag M. Ronald McMahan, Jr. Andrew C. Scaturro John P. White William F. Mortensen James T. Wright CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD FOUNDERS CLUB David E. DeVol MEN SINCE ’56 FOUNDERS CLUB Robert A. Hough Bob W. Stanley Manuel J. Lavrador James L. Conway Harvey W. Lambert Sam W. Colerider, III CENTURY CLUB Paul T. Burns, Jr. David M. Jackson GAMMA EPSILON Gregory R. Cox GAMMA BETA CHI BETA OMEGA Western State College Michael A. Greenberg Richard W. Marden OMICRON Albert A. Zale Warren D. Welch Allegheny College Susquehanna University CENTURY CLUB Wake Forest University CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL CHASE COUNCIL Larry J. Fitzsimons MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD FREEMAN FELLOWS Lt. Col. Harry E. Bonner Raymond C. Lauver David B. Inglis Ronald J. Preston David A. Costantino Christopher R. Dedera Mark W. Manlove CENTURY CLUB CENTURY CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 FOUNDERS CLUB CHASE COUNCIL Dennis C. Dilworth Roy A. Clark, III Edward R. Schmidt David A. Randall Kevin R. Moylan Bradley N. Schulz Lawrence D. Townsend, II Frederick J. Cullen MEN SINCE ’56 FOUNDERS CLUB HERITAGE CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 James B. Beck Kenneth C. Gift J. Patrick Fahey SNAKE & SWORD David B. Winder Dr. N. Hadley Heindel Jordan N. Shames Michael N. Callan Mark W. Gillette Randolph B. Screen Paul A. Rockar, Jr. FOUNDERS CLUB GAMMA MU Edward T. Frackiewicz, Jr. S. Donley Ritchey, Jr. Bowling Green State Jeffrey S. Nelson University Walter C. Gutjahr, Jr. John H. Weierman CENTURY CLUB Lee J. Van Syckle SNAKE & SWORD GAMMA IOTA Derek E. Krueger Top Ten Chapters by Total Contributions University of Connecticut MEN SINCE ’56 FOUNDERS CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 James A. Brown John W. Spotts William A. Reynolds, Jr. Gilbert G. Koch 1. Omega/Penn State ...... $135,218.80 Steven C. Holladay John J. Stammen SNAKE & SWORD Jeb S. Rosebrook 2. Zeta Pi/Old Dominion ...... $6,307.00 Col. Theodore G. Jenkins Charles H. Peterson, Jr. Richard D. Feil, Jr. 3. Zeta Sigma/Wisconsin-River Falls ...... $5,165.00 Daniel J. Lizdas GAMMA PI Peter W. North SNAKE & SWORD University at Buffalo 4. Alpha Iota/Indiana ...... $4,400.00 David S. Johnson CENTURY CLUB J. Kevin Telepo 5. Gamma Upsilon/Bradley ...... $4,390.50 GAMMA KAPPA Elliot S. Rose Miami University 6. Alpha Delta/Purdue ...... $3,325.00 FOUNDERS CLUB Roger L. McLaughlin CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL John G. Rich Barry A. Ransom 7. Eta Pi/East Stroudsburg ...... $2,951.36 Dr. Christopher J. Vesy Robert E. Rutan George H. St. George 8. Alpha Upsilon/Nebraska ...... $2,726.00 CENTURY CLUB John R. Ast James W. Pellot GAMMA NU Jeffrey S. Kenyon New Mexico State University 9. Gamma Rho/Florida State ...... $2,703.04 Nicola A. Selvaggio MEN SINCE ’56 10. Delta Kappa/Ball State ...... $2,666.17 John B. Ruddock CENTURY CLUB Fredric J. Schade William A. Curry David J. Nishioka William W. Walluk Allen C. Waddle, Jr. Kenneth P. Schirmuhly Robert H. Peiffer GAMMA XI Bruce M. Johns San Jose State University SNAKE & SWORD MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD GAMMA ZETA Jerald L. Passer Kevin P. King CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL John W. Waite Robert D. Schuettler Oklahoma State University Daniel L. Schoenborn Mark T. Geenen Dale H. Meyers Robert D. Holland MEN SINCE ’56 CHASE COUNCIL William H. Conner FOUNDERS CLUB Martin L. Goldman Jack E. Cisney FREEMAN FELLOWS Kenneth J. Munro, Jr. Paul L. Groover James L. Cotesworth Bruce W. Cushman Michael A. Walch Alan K. Saunders William R. Klocko Douglas W. Gausmann David J. Maikowski Charles N. Mason, Jr. CENTURY CLUB Richard C. Sanders Russell C. Vowinkel D. Ward Plummer, Jr. Maj. Bernard R. Gervais Dr. Donald J. Reichard SNAKE & SWORD Emeric R. Holderith, Jr. CHASE COUNCIL W. Allen Dunstan, Jr. MEN SINCE ’56 Richard C. Polley Jeffrey H. Taylor Micah Harrel GAMMA RHO Charles H. Lupsha Florida State University C. Bernie Clark FOUNDERS CLUB Gary M. Ilg Peter R. Silva Ronald E. Tranquilla Harry N. Ward Charles F. Townsley Edmund L. Noonan, III CENTURY CLUB CHASE COUNCIL Jack L. Snitzer Merle F. Ulsh, Jr. F. Gordon Fransen Elmer L. Ahlwardt, Jr. SNAKE & SWORD Marty G. Schaefer SNAKE & SWORD Maj. Mark Hillis, Ret. FOUNDERS CLUB Matthew T. Kennedy William R. Shivell GAMMA ALPHA George A. Geist Capt. Donald H. Ramsden Douglas K. Tucker Craig A. Anderson Roger D. Poe University of Tennessee- Scott T. Kemp James L. Rhinesmith Chattanooga HERITAGE CLUB Richard S. Heiland CENTURY CLUB Dr. Thomas A. Foreman Jason Jones Gary P. Pietrangelo Bruce W. Brown Walter R. Abstein MEN SINCE ’56 Charles F. Magee Reed B. Baird Dale W. Carlson Marvin J. Moseley, Jr. BETA PSI HERITAGE CLUB Moreland L. Stevens Albert C. Voll Jeffrey S. Witte Presbyterian College GAMMA ETA James H. Scott Francisco L. Moreno GAMMA BETA Bucknell University Raymond R. Schroeder FREEMAN FELLOWS Furman University GAMMA LAMBDA MEN SINCE ’56 James S. McEachern, III CENTURY CLUB Steven M. Pyle MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 University of Denver William P. Miller Chairman's Council Dr. Scott W. Milliken John B. Murphy CHASE COUNCIL Ronald N. Salyer Michael G. LeFever James J. Moylan George R. Anderson Lt. Col. Donald L. Curry

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MEN SINCE ’56 CHASE COUNCIL DELTA ZETA MEN SINCE ’56 Dr. F. Edward Bentley Leon W. Stroud University of Nebraska- John R. Jagger Top Ten Chapters by Charles T. Grimes Omaha Raymond E. Schafer CENTURY CLUB Rev. Frank D. James Dale F. Hughes Number of Contributors Dr. Kermit V. Ragain CENTURY CLUB Darrell Brammer SNAKE & SWORD Steven A. Pickering Thomas W. Jamieson Donald L. Owens 1. Zeta Pi/Old Dominion ...... 58 Joseph E. Hurley George L. Marling SNAKE & SWORD Dr. Donald L. Mays Jeffrey R. Bland Michael L. Farquhar 2. Alpha Delta/Purdue ...... 51 Jesse M. Grigsby Dr. Thomas D. Wintle Aaron B. Phillips 3. Alpha Iota/Indiana ...... 47 FOUNDERS CLUB Milton L. Ross Matthew B. Meehan DELTA BETA MEN SINCE ’56 4. Tau/Florida ...... 44 Larry A. Roller Andrew W. Price University of Georgia James M. Harrington Gene A. Baugh 5. Delta Kappa/Ball State ...... 34 CHASE COUNCIL SNAKE & SWORD Larry L. Nifong GAMMA PSI 6. Alpha Nu/Georgia Tech...... 31 Douglas M. Allen Dennis G. Brewster SNAKE & SWORD University of Puget Sound William J. Oliver, Jr. 7. Alpha Phi/Alabama ...... 29 FOUNDERS CLUB Gregory L. Puls CENTURY CLUB George E. Brown Lt. Col. Santo J. Terrano 8. Gamma Upsilon/Bradley ...... 28 Michael A. Ramoska FOUNDERS CLUB CENTURY CLUB Joseph A. Randazzo, Jr. Matthew L. Dafforn 9. Beta Sigma/Lehigh ...... 28 MEN SINCE ’56 Henry P. Long, Jr. Leland L. Etzler John F. Painter Bruce R. Smith DELTA ETA Bernhard G. Wallmann 10. Beta Kappa/Hamline ...... 27 Ray I. Gosney Colorado State University MEN SINCE ’56 Charles A. Ray John L. Rummel James W. Curtis, II SNAKE & SWORD Craig C. Winegardner Leo L. Koenig, Jr. Dr. J. Curtis Blackwood, Jr. Dr. Thomas A. Jones Tyler J. Clemens Milton M. Fukuda Claude G. Horne, Jr. SNAKE & SWORD FREEMAN FELLOWS SNAKE & SWORD George B. Duke, Jr. DELTA THETA DELTA MU Luther D. Knipe, Jr. Sean M. DonCarlos Louis Roberts University of Toledo University of Texas George E. Burkhart, Jr. CHASE COUNCIL James F. Leggett DELTA GAMMA Steven J. Mudder CENTURY CLUB FREEMAN FELLOWS Gerald R. Smith G. Randall Nulle West Virginia Wesleyan James S. Ivancso Leonard J. Becker, Jr. HERITAGE CLUB Robert D. Goodale University Dr. Thomas J. Haverbush CHASE COUNCIL Eric A. Scott David D. Tauer GAMMA OMEGA Gene F. Dose CENTURY CLUB Paul A. Broman Vanderbilt University James P. Godsey Kevin P. Kross GAMMA SIGMA CENTURY CLUB Peter A. Boehme CHASE COUNCIL SNAKE & SWORD Duke University MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 Rhett G. Eubanks Robert C. Carroll Howard D. Orebaugh Charles E. Elkins Douglas A. Joseph CENTURY CLUB Capt. Roger H. Hill CENTURY CLUB C. D. Spiegel James D. Neumeyer Elliott N. Sutta DELTA NU Hamilton I. Jones Robert M. Parrish Gregory D. Lessig Laurence O. Howard, Jr. Richard G. Sterling SNAKE & SWORD University of Vermont Leonard M. Kutzke Marcus W. Page John A. Bennett MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD MEN SINCE ’56 Clyde R. Trathowen Stanley J. Reiter Clyde H. Harriss, Jr. Gregory L. Fletcher Sovern J. Larkins, Jr. David L. Greemore H. Donald Ulrich Archie D. Call Craig D. Choate Orville R. Pelletier SNAKE & SWORD David M. Callahan SNAKE & SWORD MEN SINCE ’56 David R. Pfeltz Dr. John L. Chapin FOUNDERS CLUB Lee D. Hitchcock Raymond J. Ohlman Michael A. Korman MEN SINCE ’56 Joe B Brown DELTA EPSILON T. Mark Sweeney Christopher A. Babcock W. Richard Blackwell DELTA XI University of Miami Thomas Kerscher William H. Haynes DELTA ALPHA Valparaiso University SNAKE & SWORD FOUNDERS CLUB Carl H. Woerner Linfield College Norman L. Cook Frank D. Calistro DELTA IOTA CHASE COUNCIL Ronald J. McGauvran CHASE COUNCIL Northwestern University James R. Morgan FOUNDERS CLUB Craig M. Sjurset Harold R. Gibson John B. Stetson, Jr. CHASE COUNCIL CENTURY CLUB Clive Gordon Wilson SNAKE & SWORD Clifford W. Garstang George F. Bone Ronald H. Snyder Dana R. Lundquist John E. Kemp CENTURY CLUB GAMMA TAU MEN SINCE ’56 Drake University Edward P. Erdman Top Ten Chapters by Melvin D. George Keith R. Knoblock Eugene R. Prietzel CHASE COUNCIL GAMMA PHI Percentage of Giving Eugene Denk Albert A. Kopec, Jr. MEN SINCE ’56 Nebraska Wesleyan Participation Elliott L. Manke Thomas J. Rossley, Jr. Todd M. Schutte University FOUNDERS CLUB Michael J. Elston Dr. Eric E. E. Moum CENTURY CLUB 1. Zeta Pi/Old Dominion...... 8% Dr. Harold T. Cates CENTURY CLUB H. Lawrence Sandall SNAKE & SWORD John C. Palyok 2. Gamma Zeta/Oklahoma State. . . 4% Ned S. Smith John B. Shrader Hal L. Guyer David J. Butler Jeffrey A. Smith 3. Zeta Kappa/Ohio Northern . . . . 4% MEN SINCE ’56 DELTA KAPPA Laurence K. Apple Dr. Fred T. Waring 4. Gamma Lambda/Denver ...... 4% DELTA OMICRON Ball State University Gettysburg College Barry R. Blankfield MEN SINCE ’56 5. Epsilon Psi/NJIT ...... 3% CHASE COUNCIL Marvin G. Bures CHASE COUNCIL SNAKE & SWORD Richard L. McCauley John A. Gerd 6. Zeta Sigma/Wisconsin-River David E. Cowan Robert J. Uhlar, Jr. Dr. Norman D. Ross Michael S. Hall Dr. Jason L. Bespalec Falls ...... 3% CENTURY CLUB Gerald L. Clark CENTURY CLUB 7. Beta Kappa/Hamline ...... 3% Mark R. Gage GAMMA UPSILON Dr. Virgil R. Condon Bradrick S. Burk Alfred J. Darold Bradley University Dr. M. Allen Tompkins 8. Eta Pi/East Stroudsburg ...... 3% David L. Hershey Rev. Donald J. Ely Robert H. Stine Lt. Col. Glenn J. Meigel CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL GAMMA CHI 9. Iota Lambda/Longwood...... 3% William D. Marohn Randall M. Jacobs Randolph-Macon College 10. Beta Nu/Case Western ...... 3% Col. John T. Halley MEN SINCE ’56 Dru A. Neikirk Jack M. Stanton Thomas J. Vignola CENTURY CLUB Shawn T. Prohaska Ray C. Goodwin Jeffrey H. Glisson

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SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 2011 Undergraduate Donors Robert K. Vierick, Jr. Dr. Stephen A. Baker Richard C. Stohlberg, Jr. Chauncey O. Johnstone Steve E. Hennis Zachary R. Baitinger Thomas E. de la Vergne Scott C. Mara ETA EPSILON THETA Dave O. Paul EPSILON ALPHA University of Rhode Island Tufts University High Point University DELTA PI MEN SINCE ’56 Shawn E. Saiya Douglas S. Wulsin Indiana State University Frank M. Thomas, IV MEN SINCE ’56 Alexander J. Binder CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Ronald Bernal Jonathan H. Mann Ralph H. Hansen Cody C. Miller EPSILON PSI SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD New Jersey Institute of Technology MEN SINCE ’56 Dr. Francis J. De Grado Ronald A. Moore OMICRON Brian J. Evans Ross C. Miller HERITAGE CLUB EPSILON BETA University of Richmond Colony SNAKE & SWORD Devin B. Paltenghi Lycoming College Boris Federoff ZETA KAPPA Ricky D. Ward Charles G. Shive DELTA PHI CENTURY CLUB Ryan Johnson Ohio Northern University John M. Wilson, Jr. FOUNDERS CLUB University of North Texas Jack Sandler Daniel L. Woods D. Rex Bryce, Jr. Thomas J. Brink FREEMAN FELLOWS Jonathan O’Neal Howard Dudley MEN SINCE ’56 PHI ZETA MU Bruce R. Tucker CHASE COUNCIL North Dakota State University American International DELTA RHO Vance K. Maultsby, Jr. EPSILON GAMMA Joseph H. Heruth University Colony North Carolina State Tony Goolsby University Widener University Brett R. Garske Gene Gonzalez Craig O. Nicholson CHASE COUNCIL CHASE COUNCIL Zachary R. Sandberg John R. Erdody CENTURY CLUB Christian P. Chace John W. Lynch ZETA PI George B. Foster Old Dominion University CENTURY CLUB Dr. William J. Leonard, Jr. CENTURY CLUB Kenneth W. Wilson Edwin S. Carpenter OMEGA Robert A. K. Gurkin III Donald C. Etheridge MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD Pennsylvania State University Brendan L. Roberts Jason A. Taylor Steven J. Fredrickson Dale R. Baker Marvin B. Sutton, Jr. John T. Wilkinson Kevin A. Trippel Brett A. Castellat William J. Mitchell David A. Varela MEN SINCE ’56 DELTA CHI Gregg A. Strom William E. McCullough, Jr. BETA THETA Paul W. Neubauer Lenoir-Rhyne University FOUNDERS CLUB Drexel University SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD John R. Balis Dylan J. Temples ETA LAMBDA Lan M. Nichols Robert E. Danbom Brett G. Gillies EPSILON DELTA Michael Marlys Virginia Tech Thomas L. Adams Youngstown State University Jonathan R. Hopkins Trevor H. Halstead FOUNDERS CLUB T. Joel Nichols DELTA PSI CENTURY CLUB Christopher M. Barone Jonathan L. Britt University of Kansas Gary D. Swanson ETA PI BOARD OF VISITORS George R. Stowe East Stroudsburg University GAMMA RHO DELTA SIGMA M. Lindsay Olsen MEN SINCE ’56 Connor E. Chrisman Clarkson University Florida State University FREEMAN FELLOWS Steven S. Casper CHASE COUNCIL Patrick J. Wolfe Dana K. Richardson SNAKE & SWORD Richard Schwasnick Thomas J. Sisco ETA PHI Dr. Timothy W. Olsen James C. Klepin Oakland University Robert J. Doherty DELTA TAU CHASE COUNCIL Dana G. Wreath EPSILON ZETA Eric M. Muzzarelli Kent State University Christopher H. Kennedy University of Tampa DELTA RHO CENTURY CLUB CHASE COUNCIL North Carolina State University IOTA LAMBDA Steve P. Turchik CENTURY CLUB James E. Davis Chris Reilly Johnathan Tucker Longwood University Keith W. Keller Bryan S. Stringer Kyle Brandon Nichol Gerald R. Semon CENTURY CLUB Ryan P. Gerstner Dr. Jeffrey G. Chaffin DELTA PSI Tyrone J. Brooks MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 Capt. Bruce A. Sublette University of Kansas Matthew J. Hovey Richard E. Eroskey Ronald E. Moore Dr. William L. Nichols MEN SINCE ’56 Chris Callen Darrien J. Drummond Richard B. Loughry SNAKE & SWORD Vincent N. Mandese SNAKE & SWORD Kenneth R. Rueff SNAKE & SWORD EPSILON GAMMA James L. Badertscher Patrick M. Gavin Charles A. Ferguson Widener University David L. Schiska Andrew J. Knopp Kyle W. Gunning Bradley L. Heiges Ronald L. Elder EPSILON ETA Richard J. Velzy FOUNDERS CLUB Indiana University of Kenneth J. Wilson Adam M. Ewald Pennsylvania CHASE COUNCIL DELTA UPSILON DELTA OMEGA Allen M. Woods Arizona State University Ripon College CENTURY CLUB CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL CENTURY CLUB Jennings F. Stright, Jr. M. Walt Davis David D. Chase MEN SINCE ’56 CHASE COUNCIL CENTURY CLUB Douglas T. Mesmer Michael P. Maloney James B. Kohnen William E. Croft, Jr. Jerry M. Hardacre, II

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SNAKE & SWORD MEN SINCE ’56 EPSILON CHI SNAKE & SWORD Donald B. Cochran Jeffery S. Day Joseph A. Weiss Missouri University of Douglas A. Miller Wayne L. Fryback James H. McCormick Bruce N. Spring Science and Technology Michael G. Schmalhurst LIFETIME FOUNDERS CLUB James M. Kearns Daniel W. Hobson GIVING LEVELS SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB Dr. Charles L. Bartholomew (Level indicates lifetime FOUNDERS CLUB Francis A. Schuessler Dr. John K. Caruthers FOUNDERS CLUB giving total) HERITAGE CLUB Jan R. Garrett MEN SINCE ’56 James D. Schweigert Board of Visitors FOUNDERS CLUB Barry A. McEwen Andrew H. Schmitt Dr. Lawson G. Wideman $25,000+ F. Michael Autieri HERITAGE CLUB ZETA LAMBDA Mark D. Kanous Westminster College EPSILON THETA Chairman’s Council EPSILON SIGMA EPSILON PSI CHASE COUNCIL Tufts University $10,000–$24,999 Wagner College New Jersey Institute of ZETA GAMMA Technology David A. McCormick CENTURY CLUB Freeman Fellow MEN SINCE ’56 University of Alberta Paul S. Heneghan $5,000–$9,999 MEN SINCE ’56 Michael D. Murphy CHASE COUNCIL MEN SINCE ’56 Mark S. Louchheim Dr. Preston E. Pierce Chase Council Charles E. Libby Vincent F. Bennett Christopher T. Burrows Steven E. Daris MEN SINCE ’56 $2,500–$4,999 Andrew G. Williams John L. Zozzaro FOUNDERS CLUB Dr. Ronald A. Grant Century Club SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB ZETA DELTA Saint Cloud State University Steven P. Klebacha SNAKE & SWORD $1,000–$2,499 Dr. Mark S. Nemiroff Joseph P. Bieksha James M. Peck James H. Hyson Men Since ’56 Peter M. Syrdahl Vincent C. Minardi CHASE COUNCIL $500–$999 Robert E. McDivitt, Jr. Brent D. Skaja MEN SINCE ’56 ZETA NU EPSILON IOTA Snake & Sword FOUNDERS CLUB James J. Hauser MEN SINCE ’56 Parsons College East Carolina University $250–$499 Heiner H. Wolff Thomas K. Rospos Dennis G. Hines FREEMAN FELLOWS FOUNDERS CLUB John A. Purciello Founders Club HERITAGE CLUB Michael G. Friedel C. Layton Getsinger EPSILON TAU Thomas L. Snyder $100–$249 Brandon J. Manderscheid Stephen F. Austin State Michael E. Rusak CENTURY CLUB Heritage Club University Joseph C. Striedl Dr. Richard M. Goldstein EPSILON KAPPA $50–$99 ZETA EPSILON Bruce B. Rotherforth University of Idaho CENTURY CLUB SNAKE & SWORD California State University- FREEMAN FELLOWS Matthew B. West Miguel A. Pardo Long Beach MEN SINCE ’56 Douglas J. Kayem Charles L. Koch Calvin S. Smith CENTURY CLUB John E. Dickinson Michael J. Noble MEN SINCE ’56 EPSILON XI MEN SINCE ’56 Charles W. Davis, Jr. SNAKE & SWORD Carmine A. Sodora David L. Birch Clarion University of Paul W. Wright Brian P. Comstock Jeffery L. Marrs Pennsylvania Theodore B. Farver SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD Regis P. Zelenz MEN SINCE ’56 Larry L. Hook MEN SINCE ’56 C. Raymond Lane, Jr. John M. Giacomini ZETA XI Paul R. Gray FOUNDERS CLUB Carl M. Anderson University of California- FOUNDERS CLUB Charles R. Hentz Davis EPSILON LAMBDA Ray W. Forquer, II Carl E. Lord Arthur W. Newell Vincent Cerone Lewis and Clark College Daniel T. Konvolinka Michael G. Pilatos CHASE COUNCIL Dr. Ralph H. Miller SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD EPSILON UPSILON HERITAGE CLUB SNAKE & SWORD Dale R. Rutherford Charles A. Steck Central Michigan University Marc J. Sohayda Dean P. Zibas CENTURY CLUB James E. Marsh CHASE COUNCIL Christopher Graham James C. Mower EPSILON James C. Chapin EPSILON OMEGA Timothy L. Schirber EPSILON MU FOUNDERS CLUB Eastern Michigan University OMICRON California State University- W. Brent Chaney Waynesburg College CENTURY CLUB Sacramento Tyler J. Whaley CENTURY CLUB John E. Delo MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB Dr. George M. Yellich MEN SINCE ’56 ZETA ETA Steven A. Ross FOUNDERS CLUB John G. Haffner, Jr. Phillip E. Pulis, Jr. Winthrop H. Banning MEN SINCE ’56 David J. Lucchetti Northern Michigan Thomas M. Manney University Robert W. Shaffer, Jr. SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD MEN SINCE ’56 Col. Leroy E. Conner, Jr. Stephen R. Cole MEN SINCE ’56 Steven L. Ashton EPSILON PHI George R. Coleman Kenneth G. Mullens University of Central Paul T. Sayers Thomas M. Maddock EPSILON PI Missouri Stanley G. Farrell James E. Campbell ZETA ALPHA Scott H. Dodge Northern Illinois University ZETA OMICRON FREEMAN FELLOWS Slippery Rock University CENTURY CLUB Douglas G. Schemenauer ZETA THETA Shippensburg University SNAKE & SWORD MEN SINCE ’56 Troy State University William F. Marutzky Douglas S. Rambaud MEN SINCE ’56 William H. Noelke Robert R. Jackson MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 Charles C. Yohn CHASE COUNCIL Dr. Donald F. Hannon Danny L. Sikes EPSILON NU William A. Priebe William A. Tetley, Jr. Paul D. Herbert California State University- Wayne E. Holous ZETA PI Los Angeles James C. Meyer CENTURY CLUB SNAKE & SWORD ZETA KAPPA Old Dominion University Steven A. Cumbea J. Patrick Scullen Ohio Northern University FREEMAN FELLOWS Federico A. Dugena BOARD OF VISITORS Francis X. Cooper CENTURY CLUB Rodger H. Comstock FOUNDERS CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 Carlton F. Bennett Noel D. Schleininger William J. Sweet CENTURY CLUB Richard A. Kirchhoff CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Phillip R. Rodewald ZETA BETA Ronald E. Roll Dr. Robert Benavides, Jr. Benny L. Rosete Adrian College John R. Vispo Steven A. Mork Gary D. Fisher William Britton Rowe MEN SINCE ’56 CHASE COUNCIL Richard L. Erb FREEMAN FELLOWS Eugene J. Casey SNAKE & SWORD Michael J. Schoettler Douglas R. Pfitzenmaier Kevin R. Mack Col. Roger D. Baskett Lt. Col. Terrance A. Lawrence G. Seligman Robinson EPSILON RHO Jeffrey L. Johnson MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB SNAKE & SWORD Rider University William H. Clay, II CENTURY CLUB James W. Pyle, Jr. Richard A. Werber Donald E. Kurtz CENTURY CLUB Stanley E. Sweeney Dr. Ronald E. Huff Gene R. Eckler James J. Kendall, III Patrick J. Kilbane, Jr. John S. Roberts Harold J. Winer Stuart J. Bury FOUNDERS CLUB Larry E. Wine Richard E. Deeter John K. Smith Michael J. Mayer MEN SINCE ’56 Richard A. Schmidt, II MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD Samuel N. Mayo, III James E. Kendall Brett A. Peters David P. Nau Dr. David R. Farmer

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Michael E. Sakakini FOUNDERS CLUB SNAKE & SWORD ETA LAMBDA ETA PI Weldon A. Bradshaw, Jr. David A. Chinnock David K. Miller Virginia Tech East Stroudsburg University Mark C. Goetsch Darrel T. Sadowski Norman G. Odeneal, II FREEMAN FELLOWS BOARD OF VISITORS Joseph R. Maslow Donald Wilhelm FOUNDERS CLUB David M. Wilberger, Jr. Dr. Richard W. Leland W. Brock Osborn HERITAGE CLUB Frederic G. McCarty, II CHASE COUNCIL FREEMAN FELLOWS Scott E. Bateman Terry G. Cooney Patrick L. Devlin Allan W. Calarco SNAKE & SWORD ZETA TAU ETA DELTA Joseph R. D’Amore, Jr. Townsend N. Barnett, Jr. University of Michigan-Flint Babson College CENTURY CLUB Paul K. Hitte CENTURY CLUB Kevin C. Riley SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB Charles G. Maton Randy S. Maugle Randolph L. Edmondson, Jr. Joshua L. Dugas John D.B. Fridholm Konrad D. Schlenner William H. Hoffman Vernon R. Divers, Jr. Donald G. Rockwell C Rock Roan John D. Kendall Taylor H. Lewis Col. James A. Viola MEN SINCE ’56 John W. Herzke MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 ZETA PHI Daniel M. Nelson Stephen J. Murphy William C. Major Adam M. Quinones California Polytechnic State John A. Zanchi, Jr. Warren L. Friedlein University Cmdr. Robert B. Powers Thomas E. Modlin Owen S. Mael SNAKE & SWORD MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD Winston J. Banks SNAKE & SWORD FOUNDERS CLUB Jon A. Fasola Donald T. Hajec Leonard W. Burkhart Eric C. Hanpeter Michael J. Barnum Christian A. Steber Timothy W. Britt ZETA PSI Marc A. Green Stephen R. Riddick Western Illinois University Everette T. Smith CENTURY CLUB Jack D. Dempsey, Jr. Mickey R. Price David A. Tyler John R. Ward, Jr. G. Scott Reinen Daniel J. Wujek Steve M. Swinson “As our Creed states, Theta Chi is ‘nurtured by resolute men.’ Timothy A. Gardner MEN SINCE ’56 Ian J. Watkins Daniel A. Riggs It is our duty to prepare our undergraduate members to Jon M. Nuckols SNAKE & SWORD be precisely that. Just as spring brings natural growth, Nathaniel A. Merian Richard S. Lundeen Daniel A. Gonzalez Victor D. Caricato Theta Chi must bring personal growth to the young men who HERITAGE CLUB William R. House ZETA OMEGA represent the future of our beloved fraternity.” West Chester University Eric M. Prescott —David May, Foundation Chapter President Harry C. Jenkins CHASE COUNCIL David W. Couch Bruce M. Goodman SNAKE & SWORD ZETA RHO Dr. Charles S. Moll University of Kentucky ETA ZETA ETA MU ETA RHO HERITAGE CLUB University of Findlay Centenary College of CHASE COUNCIL Edinboro University Lon E. Hecht Louisiana David A. Hyman SNAKE & SWORD CHASE COUNCIL Kurt D. Schiemer C. Douglas Lyon CHASE COUNCIL CENTURY CLUB ETA ALPHA Thomas E. Ryan J. Ronald Atchley L. Kenneth Fister Clemson University CENTURY CLUB FOUNDERS CLUB David C. Strieder Jerry E. Crail Bruce A. Olson CENTURY CLUB Anthony J. Lupo SNAKE & SWORD FOUNDERS CLUB David R. Hinds David A. Lawrence MEN SINCE ’56 Lt. Col. Thomas R. Worsdale HERITAGE CLUB Jared P. Brown James R. Vargo Christopher Clarkson SNAKE & SWORD Justin D. Howland James D. Rickard ETA BETA MEN SINCE ’56 Daniell W. Loep Eastern Kentucky University ETA THETA Dr. Michael J. Sanwald Dr. William J. Hayes ETA CHI Chadron State College ZETA SIGMA CENTURY CLUB SNAKE & SWORD George Mason University SNAKE & SWORD ETA TAU University of Wisconsin- Thomas E. Seward, Jr. Benjamin A. Ciesinski CENTURY CLUB River Falls Gregory B. Hill California State University- Gary J. Herman David M. Everard MEN SINCE ’56 Stanislaus CHAIRMAN'S COUNCIL Robert F. Boland Thomas H. Knight, Jr. Murray B. Wachtel ETA IOTA CENTURY CLUB Michael S. Fletcher ETA NU MEN SINCE ’56 David A. May Newberry College Thomas H. Hedtke Alma College Steven G. King SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB FREEMAN FELLOWS FOUNDERS CLUB Craig T. Hafer Brad C. Waters ETA PHI FOUNDERS CLUB Jeffry R. Storey Chad S. Merricle Adam J. Thayer Oakland University Christopher E. Beckett CHASE COUNCIL ETA KAPPA Michael J. Abate FOUNDERS CLUB ETA OMICRON CHAIRMAN’S COUNCIL Robert H. Moody, II James Madison University John A. Kinnett Northwestern State Edward A. Eickhoff Gary W. Maier ETA OMEGA CENTURY CLUB University FREEMAN FELLOWS CENTURY CLUB G. Larry Short California State University- ETA GAMMA CENTURY CLUB John F. Horvat Chico Jeremy J. Untz Morehead State University MEN SINCE ’56 David M. Deggs Joel D. Martinek CHASE COUNCIL CENTURY CLUB CENTURY CLUB Scott W. McGuffin Kyle J. Weaver MEN SINCE ’56 Gerald Dittrich Edward W. Stone Gene Clark John B. Davis Robert B. Ramagos MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB CENTURY CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 FOUNDERS CLUB John P. McLaughlin FOUNDERS CLUB James G. Kocis David J. Scotto Timothy P. McGill Jeffrey B. Hill Alvin E. Johnson Adam A. Jannik, II James H. Pratt Mark J. Fairchild Jeffrey H. Lewis Derek C. Brandt Frederick E. Zorn, Jr. Floyd A. Skeans James R. Henkel HERITAGE CLUB Barry E. Bouley SNAKE & SWORD Ryan C. Bortner Justin A. Suarez

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THETA ALPHA THETA ZETA THETA NU THETA TAU THETA PSI IOTA BETA California State University- University of North Carolina- Rowan University Western Michigan University University of Wisconsin- Missouri State University Northridge Asheville Oshkosh MEN SINCE ’56 MEN SINCE ’56 CENTURY CLUB SNAKE & SWORD FOUNDERS CLUB Robert C. Moran, Jr. Michael J. Janness CENTURY CLUB Matthew B. Meyer Timothy D. Scully Thomas E. Graham Joshua J. Palleon SNAKE & SWORD SNAKE & SWORD THETA XI MEN SINCE ’56 THETA BETA THETA ETA Matthew G. Monroe Carl A. Pacubas Virginia Commonwealth Dominic R. Tomburrini Craig J. Strelow Matthew J. Frauenhoffer The College of New Jersey Sam Houston State University University SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB CENTURY CLUB FOUNDERS CLUB THETA PHI Mark E. Moss Peter J. Langston William J. Stephenson, IV CENTURY CLUB Jonathan N. Chasen California State University- Brian K. Hall FOUNDERS CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 SNAKE & SWORD Bakersfield Timothy J. English Thomas P. Clark IOTA DELTA Matthew P. Green Anthony M. Engel SNAKE & SWORD Southeastern Louisiana SNAKE & SWORD Andrew B. Wigginton THETA OMEGA University THETA DELTA Ronald M. White THETA OMICRON Timothy L. Rader FOUNDERS CLUB Appalachian State University FOUNDERS CLUB Santa Clara University Mars Hill College Rueben R. Zamudio Darren S. LeBlanc Jeremy K. Higgins SNAKE & SWORD CENTURY CLUB MEN SINCE ’56 Brandon D. Novosad Allen K. Craven Kenneth M. LaGrande W. Brandon Boyd Donald D. Yeary THETA CHI IOTA ZETA Bryan P. Emmert Grand Chapter Honorary FOUNDERS CLUB Radford University HERITAGE CLUB Michael E. Echerd FOUNDERS CLUB THETA SIGMA MEN SINCE ’56 FOUNDERS CLUB Cody S. Velkovich Darren W. K. Ching University of California- Daniel W. Fleetham, Jr. Michael A. Brinson Santa Barbara IOTA ALPHA FOUNDERS CLUB University of North Carolina- THETA EPSILON THETA IOTA MEN SINCE ’56 IOTA THETA University of California- Hon. R. A. Randall Wilmington Kennesaw State University Michael A. Kohler University of Central Florida Santa Cruz FOUNDERS CLUB CENTURY CLUB CHASE COUNCIL Thomas R. Oberleiton, III SNAKE & SWORD J. Barry Schrenk Herbert W. Morgan, Jr. William B. White

THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 35 [ ALUMNI/NEWS AND NOTES Credit: Mike Testa Mike Credit: Credit: Rich Boroway Credit:

Eta Chapter brothers and friends gather for a picture at their quarterly dinner meeting in December. Pictured from left to right, bottom row: Jim Sullivan (1960), Bob Piacitelli (1962), John Eastman (1962), Dave Cunha (2013), Aaron Attwater (2013), Howie Nesbitt (1968), Dick Gammell (1957), Dick Hagopian (1962). Top row: Mike Testa (1963), Russ Knight (1983), Alex Binder (2014), Gary Henry (Gamma/Maine 1980), Kevin Chronley (1982), Ed McGlinchey (1961), Angelo DeStefano (1962), Pete Rosen (1993), Ron Smith (1958)

Gamma/Maine Judson Cake (2001) won his fourth Bangor Five-Mile Road Race, held on Labor Day in 2011. Cake took the lead early and completed the course in 25 minutes, 48 seconds, beating his 2005 record by 19 seconds. He has won every Bangor Labor Day race that he has com- Brothers Lippold, Reynolds, Nasca, Vasiloff, Boroway and Rumanowski commemorate their 60th birthdays by making a “youth statement” in the French Alps. peted in. Eta/Rhode Island Delta/RPI The alumni of Eta Chapter continued their BY RICH BOROWAY (1973) traditional quarterly dinner meeting for the 12th year in a row. Attendance at these events In the fall of 2010, John Lippold (1973) contacted a few of his classmates and proposed is between 10-20 brothers from classes ranging an adventure for 2011, the year we would all turn 60 years old. We had taken many golf trips from the 1950s to the 1990s. Undergraduates over the years, but John wanted to make a “youth” statement and do something a little more have also begun attending since the reinstalla- challenging. Being an occasional cyclist and a big follower of the Tour de France, he decid- tion of the chapter in 2011. Most in atten- ed that cycling up Alpe d’Huez, in the Central French Alps, might be an appropriate chal- dance are from the local area but almost every lenge. Alpe d’Huez (just outside Grenoble) is arguably the most famous and one of the dinner makes a surprise visit by a brother who most difficult climbs in the Tour de France (9.5 miles at an average 8% grade—some sec- travels to meet with the group. tions are 12%). To our surprise, he got three takers, and so the planning and training began. John found Theta/Massachusetts a bed and breakfast halfway up the famous mountain, and there was no turning back. The Wayne Barcomb (1966) finished writing his group arrived on Sept. 11, 2011, and after a day of acclimatization, successfully conquered fifth mystery-thriller novel, Pressure Point, a fol- the beast two days later. The climb was everything they had bargained for (and much, much low-up to his 2009 novel The Hunted. Before he more). was a writer, Brother Barcomb worked in the Besides John, the victorious riders were Paul Reynolds (1973), Carl Nasca (1973), Chris college textbook publishing industry and is a Vasiloff and Chris’ wife Cyndie. Rich Boroway (1973) and Ray Rumanowski (1973) were past chairman of the higher education divi- also on the trip and volunteered to play the extremely critical role of “SAG Wagon” dri- sion of the American Association of vers. The six Delta Chapter brothers (and three wives) spent a glorious week in the Alps Publishers. Look for The Hunted in bookstores and finished the trip off with a visit to Paris. John is already planning for 2021 and our later this year. 70th birthdays. Alex Kasendorf (1996) was presented with the Helping Hand Award by the San Fernando Valley Jaycees at their annual Gala Dinner in October 2011.

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Rho/Illinois Rho Chapter celebrated the 95th anniver- sary of its founding on the University of Illinois campus with a reunion weekend held from Oct.14–16, 2011. The event also marked the 20th anniversary of Rho’s return to Scott Passmore Credit: Illinois. In attendance were more than 60 chapter alumni representing the classes of 1961 through 2011. Events included a reunion mixer held on Friday night and a tailgate bar- becue on Saturday at the chapter house. The chapter also gathered to remember Brothers Albert Krusemark, III (1963), C. Victor (Vic) Manny (1970), Jeffrey Speigel (1995) and Joshua Rymarz (2013), who passed to the Chapter Eternal since the last gathering five years ago. Special thanks go out to reunion organizers Charles Davis (1967) and Scott Passmore (1992) for their efforts in Rho alumni commemorate the chapter’s 95th anniversary in October. Pictured from left to right: Bill planning the weekend. Sailor (1963), Chuck Davis (1967), Brian Rinker (2001) Rho alumni wishing to reconnect with fel- low alums, update their contact information or receive news about future events should e- mail Chuck Davis ([email protected]) or

Scott Passmore ([email protected]). Ryman Jeff Credit: Sigma/Oregon State On Oct. 22, 19 Sigma Chapter alumni rep- resenting the classes of 1979 through 1985 gathered in Seattle for the Oregon State vs. Washington State football game. Brothers from Maryland, Wisconsin, Texas, California, Washington and Oregon were all in atten- dance. The Beavers won, 44-21. Alpha Gamma/Michigan Ryan Waddington (1993) and Tim Streit (2000) established Huron River Venture Partners and Huron River Ventures I, L.P., a $15 million venture capital fund based in Ann Arbor, MI. The fund focuses on early stage Sigma brothers cheer on the Beavers in Seattle. clean technology companies in the state of Michigan. HRV has received investments from the State of Michigan, DTE Energy Company and a number of private investors and counts Robert Buckler (1970) among its advisory board members. James Sun Credit: Alpha Epsilon/Stanford Professor Don Boileau (1964) was named George Mason University’s 2011 Faculty Member of the Year. He was recognized by the Mason Alumni Association at their annual More than 225 guests attended Beta Alpha’s Alumni Day Tailgate in Pasadena. The Alumni Day Celebration of Distinction in April 2011. Tailgate event has become a much-anticipated tradition for Beta Alpha alumni Boileau began his career at GMU in 1981 and became chair of the communication depart- education and contributed to the develop- Beta Alpha/UCLA ment in 1987, a post he held for 13 years. He ment of the first doctoral program in commu- On Saturday, Oct. 29, 2011, Beta Alpha has published more than 35 articles teaching nity college education at GMU. Chapter welcomed over 225 guests to its 12th

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What happened to my update? While The Rattle staff tries his best to ensure that each edition of The Rattle contains relevant and timely news updates, he regrets that, due to time and space constraints, he cannot always accommo- date every story that is submitted for the edition that it may have been intended for. Not all sub- mitted stories will be selected for publication. However, readers are still asked and encouraged to notify the editor of new developments or stories by e-mailing him at [email protected]. Contributors with time-sensitive material are asked to notify The National Eagle, Theta Chi’s breaking news blog, by e-mailing [email protected]. The editor reserves the right to edit or omit story submissions prior to publication. Not all submitted stories will be selected for publication.

Rogan Kersh returns to Wake Forest.

Annual Alumni Day Tailgate at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena for UCLA’s Homecoming football game versus the University of California. Five Credit: Jim Nothel Credit: decades of Beta Alphas were in attendance, as were brothers from more than seven Theta Chi chapters. The chapter extends its congrat- ulations to Co-Chairs Jeff Mahony (1989) and James Sun (1992) for putting on Beta Alpha’s third consecutive alumni event in which more than 200 guests attended. Gamma Omicron/Wake Forest Rogan Kersh (1986) will return to his alma Delta Sigma brothers reunite in Saratoga Springs for a day of brotherhood and catching up. mater as Wake Forest’s new Provost starting this summer. Brother Kersh is currently a pro- Delta Beta/Georgia Delta Sigma/Clarkson fessor of public policy and Associate Dean for National President Doug Allen (1990) Fifty-five brothers from the classes of 1978 Academic Affairs at New York University’s received Sigma Chi’s Grand Consul Citation through 1991 attended a reunion for the Wagner Graduate School of Public Service. for interfraternal service. The award was pre- Delta Sigma Chapter on Sept. 28, 2011, in Gamma Upsilon/Bradley sented by Past Grand Consul Wayne Tucker Saratoga Springs, NY. Fifteen spouses and girl- (of Sigma Chi Fraternity) at a meeting of friends attended as well. Chuck Ebeling (1966) was inducted into national fraternity presidents earlier this year. Bradley University’s elite Centurion Society at Bradley’s Founder’s Day convocation on Oct. 14. Brother Ebe ling is an accomplished public relations and communications professional whose career included 15 years with McDonald’s Corp. He retired in 2000 as McDonalds’ vice president of communications and chief spokesperson. Today, he helps pro- Don Edmonds Credit: mote public relations and community engage- ment through the Ebeling PR-ize at both Bradley and Loyola universities. The PR-ize is a program in which students work in teams to complete a public relations campaign in tan- dem with local businesses and non-profit orga- nizations. The Centurion Society is limited to the 100 most influential living alumni of Bradley University. Brother Ebeling is the fifth Theta Chi to join the Society after Gilbert Gordon (1955), Gen. John Shalikashvili (1958), Bruce Bagge (1962), and Howard Colley winners Don Edmonds, James Sears and Vance Maultsby, Jr., presented their award plaques to Delta Phi Chapter in honor of the completion of their new chapter house. Former chapter president McKibben (1962). Landry Lewis (2011) is third from left.

38 THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 ALUMNI/NEWS AND NOTES ] Credit: Harrison Haas Harrison Credit:

Photographer Harrison Haas takes in Chicago by ODU men’s basketball coach Blaine Taylor (front row, second from left) was initated into Zeta Pi Chapter. stepping out onto the Willis Tower Skydeck. Lee Edmondson (1972) is front row, left and Regional Counselor Patrick Crute is front row, right.

Delta Phi/North Texas In other news, Zeta Pi recently initiated assumed office at the age of 22 on Jan. 1, 2008, Three past Colley Award recipients reunit- ODU Men’s Basketball Coach Blaine Taylor after a closely contested race. Now in his sec- ed for the dedication of Delta Phi’s new chap- on Sept. 24, 2011. Coach Taylor has attended ond term, Mayor Brannon is currently the ter house on Oct. 22, 2011. Brothers Don R. and spoken at Zeta Pi alumni events for many youngest mayor in the state of Ohio. years. As an undergraduate, he played varsity Edmonds (1958), James M. Sears (1961), and Theta Epsilon/Kennesaw State Vance K. Maultsby, Jr. (1974), agreed to basketball at the University of Montana. donate their award plaques to the chapter for Although he had been interested in joining Daniel Hill (2011) participated in the permanent preservation and display in the Theta Chi’s Beta Epsilon Chapter, he was not United States Army Civil Affairs and foyer of the new house. They formally present- allowed to because of other commitments. Pyschological Operations Command’s 14th annual Randy Oler Operation Toy Drop at ed the awards at Delta Phi’s Oct. 3 chapter Eta Mu/Findlay meeting and gave a few brief remarks. Fort Bragg, NC. Soldiers who donate a toy are Edmonds won the award in 1958, Sears in Mayor Adam Brannon (2007) was recently entered into a lottery to conduct a parachute 1962, and Maultsby in 1974. The Colley Award re-elected mayor of the city of Bellefontaine, jump with a foreign jumpmaster. Ten coun- is Theta Chi’s highest undergraduate honor OH. A Democrat, Mayor Brannon received tries participated in the event this year and and is awarded annually. nearly 63 percent of the vote to defeat helped collect over 20,000 toys for the local Republican challenger Robert Lentz. He first community and other nationwide causes. Epsilon Zeta/Tampa Harrison Haas (2008), a New England- based photographer, had some of his work published in The History of Gunstock: Skiing in the Belknap Mountains, in October 2011. Zeta Pi/Old Dominion The Theta Chi Alumni Association of Old Dominion University’s sixth annual Helping Hand Invitational Golf Tournament raised over $1,200 for ForKids. The fundraiser yield- ed an additional $1,200 for the chapter’s scholarship fund. Michael Barnum (2005) and Scott Reinen (2003) served as the event’s main contacts.

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Beta Eta/Washington College Where’s my chapter? The brothers of Beta Eta Chapter spent their Valentine’s Day with the residents of the Did you remember to submit your chapter news update by the published deadline? News Heron Point retirement and assisted living briefs for the spring edition are always due no later than February 15 each year; the fall deadline is home. Every brother participated. August 15. Not sure what to write about? News briefs typically report awards that the chapter or Beta Lambda/Akron an individual member won, a recent philanthropic event that the chapter successfully hosted, and/or Mike Nalepka (2013), community service projects (these are just a few suggestions). We also want to know about brothers Beta Lambda’s first two- who have been elected to IFC or student government positions. Still not sure what to report on? term chapter president, Keeping reading below or e-mail the Editor at [email protected]. was elected IFC President in early 2012. The chapter is also excited to report that a Omega/Penn State major project to renovate For the third time in five years, Theta Chi the chapter house is won Penn State’s Homecoming Competition. almost complete, thanks Mike Nalepka In the other two years, the chapter won sec- to the nearly $70,000 in ond and third place, respectively. alumni contributions over the last three years. Credit: Ian Manchester Credit: Originally built in 1977, many aspects of the Alpha Zeta/Rochester facility required major repairs and updates. Alpha Zeta Chapter won this year’s KD But with the support of Beta Lambda’s alumni Shamrock 5K Run/Walk at Rochester network, the completed renovations include a University. Twenty brothers ran in the event, new roof, new vinyl siding, new leather sofas, a raising $350 for Prevent Child Abuse America. remodeled library including new computers, a The chapter also received the distinction of new 65" plasma TV, hot water tank, landscap- “Fittest Fraternity” for having the top eight ing improvements and a new regulation foos- runners with the best cumulative time. ball table. The chapter reports that both Alpha Zetas celebrate their new title as Rochester’s undergraduates and Alpha Kappa/West Virginia “Fittest Fraternity” at this year’s KD Shamrock alumni have contributed Matthew Webster (2011) was elected IFC 5K Run/Walk. an impressive number of Rush Chairman at the end of the fall semester. work hours to perform in a presentation of ideas to past and present all of the necessary work. Alpha Tau/Ohio Hinman CEOs. The chapter is espe- In December 2011, the men of Alpha Tau Lastly, the chapter implemented a new high cially grateful for the participated in a Secret Santa event organized school scholarship program, targeted toward contributions of William by the Salvation Army. They raised $400 and potential new members. The chapter awarded R. Dahlgren (1955), who used the money to buy gifts for a local family $1,000 in scholarship money to qualified donated nearly $60,000 William Dahlgren in Athens (OH) for Christmas. applicants. over the past three years to ensure that the men of Beta Lambda have a Alpha Psi/Maryland Beta Zeta/Michigan State home that they can be truly proud of. During the fall 2011 semester, 15 Alpha Psi In the fall 2011 semester, the chapter brothers traveled to Anacostia Watershed for a earned the highest fraternity GPA, saw their Beta Nu/Case Western community service project. In the early morn- chapter house go through a major renovation, Aditya Rengaswami (2015) spearheaded ing rain, they helped clean up the local neigh- and worked with the MSU Office of Greek Beta Nu’s participation in his service event borhoods, parks, streambeds, and riverbanks Life to develop new philanthropy programs. members of Cleveland’s different political par- that dot the Anacostia River. Max Isaacoff (2013) took first place at Kappa ties to clean up Forest Hills Park. Brother Mike Walsh (2012) was elected president of Alpha Theta’s philanthropy event Mr. Rengaswami has also launched his own non- the Accounting and Business Association and Casanova. profit organization, Kids Against Hunger, for Raghav Ahuja (2013) was elected vice presi- The chapter has also been recovering from the purpose of feeding the hungry in the dent of finance for the Business and a fire that occurred in the chapter house on Cleveland area. So far, he has raised more Information Technology Society. Vas October 30th. Since the fire, Beta Zeta than $4,000 to get the project started. Beta Nu Blagodarskiy (2014) was selected to be a part Chapter had its walls re-plastered, new doors brothers have stepped up readily to volunteer of the University’s prestigious Hinman CEOs put in, ceilings remodeled, basement floors re- for transporting, setting up, and running the entrepreneurial program, in which partici- sealed, game room remodeled and residential necessary equipment to package the food and pants have one year to develop a business plan areas re-carpeted. Brothers who find them- get it where it is needed. from the ground up. The program culminates selves in Michigan are encouraged to visit.

40 THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 UNDERGRADUATE/NEWS AND NOTES ] Credit: Jeff Matheny Jeff Credit: Photo provided by: Thomas Sisco by: Photo provided

FSU fans greet Alex Yarbrough as its new The recently renovated Beta Lambda chapter house stands out at the University of Akron. Many of the Homecoming Chief at the 2011 Homecoming renovations were made possible by alumnus William R. Dahlgren. Pow Wow.

Additionally, a unique award was given to Syndrome. Beta Psi brothers play on Gamma Omicron/Wake Forest Matthew Miller (2011) for high achievement Presbyterian’s golf, football, tennis, and base- Gamma Omicron recently unveiled their in Japanese language. ball teams, and the chapter looks forward to new website and newsletter. The new site can The chapter’s “Vox” lip synch competition, defending its title as PC’s intramural basket- be viewed at go.wfu.edu/thetachi. now in its second year, took place on Feb. 25, ball champions. The chapter reports that the 2012. The chapter raised $800 for Community Beta Psi house has undergone many new Gamma Rho/Florida State Greenhouse Partners, nearly double last year’s improvements, including building new coun- Alex Yarbrough (2012) was elected the profits. ters, stages, purchasing a television for the 2011 FSU Homecoming Chief in front of a alumni room, and renovating the deck. Beta Psi/Presbyterian sold-out Leon County Civic Center for FSU’s Beta Omega/Susquehanna annual Homecoming Pow Wow. Among the Chapter President Cole Winburn (2013) many things he has done, he spent last year was recently voted IFC president. The chapter In December, Beta Omega Chapter mem- studying at FSU-Paris on a full academic schol- participated in both Relay for Life and donat- bers and friends went caroling at the local arship. ed money to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Selinsgrove Center. They brought presents for Florida State Seminoles shooting guard Hospital to support a young girl with Down the elderly and sang to them as well. Michael Snaer (2013) was selected to the All- Atlantic Coast Conference Second Team, as well as All-ACC All-Defensive Team. Brother Snaer (No. 21) has averaged 14 points per game and 3.8 rebounds this season. In the fall, Gamma Rho had its second Cheers for Children Philanthropy, a cheer-

Credit: Chris Fernandez Credit: leading competition held in the FSU basket- ball Arena. The chapter raised over $11,500 for the Kidz 1st Fund, topping last year’s total of $10,000. The Kidz 1st Fund is a charity set up by Seminoles football coach Jimbo Fisher to raise money and awareness for Fanconi Anemia, a rare condition that his son Ethan suffers from. Gamma Tau/Drake Gamma Tau Chapter started the fall 2011 semester off with a first place finish in Delta Gamma’s Anchor Splash. Gamma Tau also had another successful Polar Plunge, in which The brothers of Beta Omega make some friends at the Selinsgrove Center. members took turns jumping into icy water to

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raise money for the Greater Des Moines Special Olympics. This year’s Polar Plunge raised more than $1,000.

Delta Zeta/Nebraska-Omaha Miller Mike Credit: Theta Chi at UNO reports that the chapter won this year’s Homecoming competition and raised more than $400 for the Yellow Ribbon Foundation. The brothers also paired up with UNO sororities to deliver Thanksgiving din- ners to Omaha families in need. Delta Rho/NC State At the end of the fall 2011 semester, Delta Rho was named one of five Caldwell Chapters by the NC State IFC. Scoring is based on a chapter’s academic standing, participation in Greek Week, Homecoming, and IFC, intra- mural sports performance and overall excel- lence in chapter programming. The chapter was also recognized for “outstanding alumni relations.” Lastly, Brother Johnathan Tucker (2012) won Fraternity Man of the Year. Regional Director Brit Rowe presents Zeta Tau President Austin Bailey with Theta Chi’s Most Improved Chapter Award at the spring 2012 Mid-Year Leadership Conference in Adrian, MI. This year’s winning Epsilon Sigma/Wagner chapter was selected by the field staff. Epsilon Sigma brothers hosted a campus- wide dodgeball tournament to raise money for Zeta Tau/Michigan-Flint He is President of the UM-Flint chapter of the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Although The members of Zeta Tau were awarded Order of Omega, President of Flint Corps., a overall fundraising fell short of the chapter’s school board member in the Mt. Morris goal, the brothers reported that the event suc- the Volunteerism/Service Learning Award by Priority Children at their 17th Annual School District (the youngest person ever cessfully brought Wagner students together elected in Genesee County, MI), and is the for an enjoyable evening. Children’s Champion Awards Breakfast in Flint, MI, in February. The award was present- founder of Friends of the Mt. Morris Library, a Epsilon Tau/Stephen F. Austin ed in front of a crowd of more than 900 peo- community non-profit organization. Last (but not least) is Ryan Elder (2015), Epsilon Tau initiated its fifth and largest ple. The fall semester was a busy one for Zeta who was named Mr. Panhellenic by the UM- pledge class since its reinstallation in 2009. Tau: during their first week of school, they Flint NPC in February. This initiation is especially important because raised $1,000 for the Make-a-Wish Foundation it was the first one to take place in the chap- by sponsoring a Campus Cookout for Kids Eta Mu/Findlay event and soliciting donations from students, ter’s recently acquired three-story, nine-bed- For the third year in a row, Eta Mu Chapter staff and community members. The money room house. In addition, brothers Allan was recognized for donating the most food for raised was used to fund a child’s wish to go on Holder (2014), Jovel Hamilton (2014), and the Helping Hands Across America Food a cruise in the Caribbean. The chapter’s intra- Jermaine Merritt (2015) were selected to be Drive. In total, the chapter donated 1,200 mural basketball team won the Sportsmanship Orientation Leaders for summer 2012. pounds of nonperishable canned food for the Award and they closed out the semester with drive—twice as much as the next largest dona- the highest fraternity GPA on campus. tion— with the help of alumni and friends. Serving on UM-Flint’s Student Government The University of Findlay was able to collect a Executive Board are Marcus Papin (2012), total of 28,000 pounds, 2,000 more than its Vice President, Marty Quertermous (2015), original goal. The chapter also launched its Director of Student Organizations and new website earlier this year. Partnership Board, and Tamer Abuaita

Credit: Jamal Smith Credit: (2014), Director of Student Relations. Aside Eta Pi/East Stroudsburg from his duties in Student Government, Sam Pearce (2013) is currently serving as Brother Papin is also IFC President, Vice IFC Vice President and also heads the Burg President of Student Communication, and Boogie event planning committee. The Burg Vice President of the Student Advertising Boogie—also organized primarily by Eta Network. Pis—is a planned dance marathon similar in Brother Mike Whalen (2014) is busy nature to Penn State’s famous THON event Epsilon Tau brothers recently moved into this three- enough to warrant a section in his own right. story, nine-bedroom house in Nacogdoches, TX. and benefits the B+ Foundation, which pro-

42 THE RATTLE/SPRING 2012 CHAPTER/NEWS AND NOTES ] Credit: Miles Figg Credit: Credit: Derek Putnam Derek Credit:

Miles Figg and Garrett Mueller sit on top of Mt. Laoshan outside of Qingdao, China. Mt. Laoshan is the tallest coastal mountain in China and a sacred landmark for followers of Eta Mu brothers receive recognition for the third year in a row for donating the most food to the Helping Taoism. Hands Food Drive.

vides support for children with cancer. The Matthews (2013). Additionally, Brother Eta Omega/Chico State chapter reports that it has raised well over McNeal was named Mr. NSU for 2011. In November, Eta Omega brothers won $2,700 so far. Eta Omicron also celebrated having the back-to-back intramural championships in highest overall fraternity GPA for fall 2011. Eta Omicron/Northwestern State football and volleyball. Theta Chi and partners Chapter President Michael Stephenson (2013) Alpha Gamma Delta won the 2011 Greek For the 2011 NSU Homecoming, seven out is serving as Executive Director of NSU’s Up Olympics and placed second in the overall of 10 men on the Homecoming Court were ’Til Dawn, which has raised $65,000 for St. competition. This past Halloween, the broth- Theta Chis from Eta Omicron, including the Jude Children’s Hospital over the last two ers teamed up with the Campus Alcohol and 2011 Homecoming King, Chase Stepp (2013). years. Brother Stephenson separately held a Drug Education Center to promote safe party The brothers on the Homecoming Court silent auction to benefit a local St. Jude patient practices and hand out water. Lastly, the chap- were: Ryan Owens (2013), Cameron Tillman and raised $3,000. The chapter has made it a ter acquired a new set of letters for their chap- (2012), CJ Johnson (2013), Jackson McNeal tradition to enter a team for Up ’Til Dawn ter house, which is undergoing a series of (2012), Austin McCann (2013) and Solomon each year. major renovations. Iota Beta/Missouri State Iota Beta had the highest fraternity GPA, highest new member GPA, most community service hours, and most community service house per member among fraternities. Additionally, the fraternity won IFC intramur- al sports in volleyball, pool, ping-pong, and tennis. Miles Figg (2013) spent his summer semes-

Photo provided by: Eta Omicron Chapter Eta Omicron by: Photo provided ter aboard the University of Virginia’s Semester at Sea Program. During the trip, he ran into Evan Meyer (2010), a Theta Chi from Gamma Lambda Chapter at the University of Denver, who was serving as the program’s offi- cial photographer. Brother Figg’s travels then took him to Qingdao, China, for the fall 2011 semester, where he studied abroad in a cultur- al and language immersion program at Qingdao University with fellow Iota Beta Northwestern State’s Homecoming Court was composed of almost all Theta Chis this year. Two of those brothers—Chase Stepp and Jackson McNeal—won Homecoming King and Mr. NSU, respectively. All brother Garrett Mueller (2013). seven Theta Chi nominees are pictured here.

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Fall 2011 Top Recruiting Chapters Alpha Phi/Alabama – 47 Gamma Rho/Florida State – 35 Russo Joseph Credit: Iota Beta/Missouri State – 35 Tau/Florida – 34 Iota Mu/Missouri – 30 Iota Theta/Central Florida – 29 Rho/Illinois – 28 Alpha Iota/Indiana – 25 Iota/Colgate – 24 Chi/Auburn – 24 Delta/RPI – 23 Zeta Epsilon/Long Beach State – 22 Theta Epsilon/Kennesaw State – 22 Iota Lambda brothers and new members after spring 2012 recruitment. Iota Lambda has established Psi/Wisconsin – 18 itself as a reliable source of student leaders at Longwood. Alpha Nu/Georgia Tech – 17 Delta Rho/NC State – 17 Delta Phi/North Texas – 17 Iota Delta/Southeastern Louisiana – 17 Alpha Xi/Delaware – 15 *Recruitment numbers were calculated based on paid, registered initiates as reflect- ed in the fall 2011 initiation report as of Christopher Brown Credit: Feb. 15. Initiates that were not properly reg- istered and/or paid for were not included in the final count.

Iota Theta/Central Florida David Lynch (2012) was voted UCF’s 2011 Homecoming King. Additionally, Medardo Cevallos (2013) and Anthony King (2013) were elected to the IFC Executive Board as Vice President of Finance and Executive Vice Jake Whitacre President, respectively. (2012) Iota Xi brothers celebrate the crowning of Ross Daniel as GCSU’s newest Mr. Georgia College in February. was crowned Mr. Casanova at Kappa Alpha Theta’s annual philanthropy. Vice President of Community Service and Vice Brother Thompson and Alex Murer (2013) Iota Lambda/Longwood President of Membership Development. were also elected as Summer Welcome Iota Lambda brothers continued the tradi- Brothers Brandon Fry (2012), Matthew Hovey Leaders and will mentor incoming freshmen tion of volunteering at the Richmond (2012), and Brian Reid (2013) served on the this summer. Iota Mu Chapter finished 10th in Marathon Water Station and participated in Student Government Association as President, grades out of 28 other fraternities and hosted Habitat for Humanity, the Farmville Food Vice President, and Treasurer, and Brother their first formal at the Lake of the Ozarks. Bank and the Martin Luther King, Jr. Service Logan Miller (2012) lead as President of the Day Challenge, which is a day of service devot- Theta Chi Chapter of Order of Omega. Their Iota Xi/Georgia College ed to helping the Farmville community. Bobby terms ended earlier this spring. Less than one year after the Iota Xi chapter Smith (2012) was named Greek Man of the was installed, Ross Daniel (2012) was crowned Year and Brother Dane Summerell (2012) won Iota Mu/Missouri 2011’s “Mr. Georgia College.” The winner was Most Panhellenic. Iota Lambda received Iota Mu reports that the fall semester was announced at the homecoming basketball Chapter of the Year as well as the Outstanding an excellent growing period for Theta Chi at game on February 11. Brother Sean Espinoza Leadership Award. Additionally, the chapter is the University of Missouri. Nick Thompson (2014) was elected to his second term in office excited to announce that brothers Matthew (2014) was elected to the Alumni Association as SGA Treasurer. The Iota Xi chapter tied for McPartland (2013) and Zach Sneed (2013) Student Board. Dylan Barnard (2014) was the highest GPA on campus in the fall 2011 now serve on the Interfraternity Council as hired as a member of the campus Tour Team. semester.

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Bowling for Breast Cancer lands a strike

BY PHILIP MAKAREWICZ (IOTA MU/MISSOURI 2009) Credit: Avidahn Avidahn Levin Credit:

Iota Mu brothers present a check for more than $3,300 to Susan G. Komen’s Mid-Missouri affiliate following their inaugural philanthropy, Bowling for Breast Cancer.

ota Mu held its first philanthropy in Columbia, MO, on March 3, 2012. to network with the Greek community and formed new relationships they ITheir event, Bowling for Breast Cancer, raised over $3,300 in support would have otherwise not had the opportunity to do so. of the local affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure and took place at “My team had a great time and the men of Theta Chi were great Columbia’s local bowling alley. A total of 14 teams consisting of members coaches and cheerleaders. I can’t wait to participate again,” said one from the Greek as well as the local Columbia communities participated. sorority participant. Around 70 participants were in attendance, in addition to the brothers The women weren’t the only ones enjoying themselves. Chapter working the event. President Dean Pearce (2014) described the event as his proudest The chapter organized a weeklong competition and invited MU’s moment as president. sororities to compete. Teams received points based on the number of “I am so fortunate to say that I was there to witness the first of many event T-shirts they purchased, a banner they designed and hung from philanthropy events to be hosted by Iota Mu,” he said. their houses to promote the philanthropy, and their overall team scores Pearce coached the winning team, ‘The Training Brawlers,’ and was during the bowling portion. happy to see his fellow brothers give back while having a great time. Philanthropy Chairmen Robert Humphry (2014) and Nick Thompson Former two-term president Daniel Vazquez (2012) was impressed to (2014) began fundraising months prior to the event date. General spon- see the event come together from scratch and be executed even through sorship letters were sent out to companies describing the event and how officer transitions. they could benefit from sponsorship. The event was also featured on the “The chapter really took the idea and ran with it,” said Vazquez. local news explaining how companies and members of the community As an alumnus and founding father, I couldn’t be more proud of this could get involved. Parents of chapter members also kicked in some sup- chapter. Putting on a solid, well-received philanthropy has been a goal port to increase the total amount raised and the remaining proceeds since the group was still a colony. I can’t express how amazed I am by the came from t-shirt sales and the teams that gave a donation to participate. accomplishments of this chapter and I know they are never going to set- Each team was paired with a brother to coach and cheer them on dur- tle, knowing perfection is always just one step further. ing their round of bowling. Many brothers expressed this as a great way

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We have been honored to call these men our brothers. The condolences of Theta Chi’s extended worldwide family are offered to the family and friends of our deceased brothers.

BETA PHI DELTA UPSILON Massachusetts Institute of North Dakota State University Arizona State University Technology Louis E. Davis, 1959 Jay J. White, 1981 Cary R. Mock, 1964 Jeremy R. Bucholz, 2000 David J. Geovanelli, 1983 GAMMA PSI DELTA PHI University of Maine University of Wisconsin University of North Texas Robert E. Savage, 1954 John B. Gravenstine, 1935 William E. Boyd, 1952 Paul A. Flaherty, Jr., 1965 OMEGA Dr. T. E. Zachary, 1956 DELTA Pennsylvania State University To report news James E. Stephens, 1957 James C. Cornelius, 1960 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Herbert G. Wittman, 1950 of a brother who has passed on to the Dana Covill, 1973 Dr. Christopher Penhallow, ALPHA BETA Chapter Eternal, e-mail [email protected] 1962 THETA University of Pittsburgh EPSILON GAMMA University of Massachusetts Robert G. Lisetto, 1968 Widener University Patrick D. Casey, 2000 ALPHA THETA Charles R. Gilliard, 1967 Dr. Roger E. Allen, 1936 BETA OMICRON GAMMA XI Dartmouth College Chester C. Conant, 1937 University of Cincinnati San Jose State University EPSILON PI Dr. Michael Heyman, 1951 Walter T. Wakefield, 1939 Timothy E. Troutman, 1966 Terry L. Hostek, 1970 Northern Illinois University Col. George T. Pitts, Jr., 1940 ALPHA IOTA BETA SIGMA GAMMA TAU Kenneth J. LeWald, 1967 Harold S. Lewis, 1943 Indiana University Lehigh University Drake University EPSILON TAU Donald B. Walker, 1944 Dr. Russell H. Davis, 1943 Thomas P. Bradford, 1943 Lawrence T. Walsh, Jr., 1954 Stephen F. Austin State Walter B. Kozloski, 1946 Eldon D. Mogle, 1947 Edward R. White III, 1945 University Robert F. Crerie, 1949 Charles E. Brown, 1948 GAMMA UPSILON Robert H. Holland, 1943 Bradley University James H. Garrett, 1984 Alan S. Warden, 1948 William Tosheff, 1951 Roger S. Funk, 1946 Jerry E. Bennett, 1959 Joseph J. Westwater, 1950 Thomas F. Hexamer, 1959 Samuel M. Purdy, 1947 EPSILON PHI William T. Fowler, 1959 University of Central Missouri William D. Sweeney, 1950 ALPHA MU Richard W. Flores, 1950 M. P. Moore, Jr., 1961 John F. Belshe, 1957 Martin S. Cryan, 1952 Iowa State University Lt. Col. Earl R. Velie, 1945 George F. Seiferth Jr., 1952 James M. Moeller, 1960 Andrew J. Hutchinson, Jr., GAMMA OMEGA ZETA PI Cmdr. Robert F. Paul, 1951 1948 Vanderbilt University Old Dominion University ALPHA NU James S. Darling, 1953 Alden G. Hoyt, Jr., 1948 Clarence J. Smith, Jr., 1950 John F. Hamilton, 1988 Peter M. Doiron, 1956 Georgia Institute of Technology Dalton F. Brion, 1949 Dr. Thomas H. Gray, 1953 Lt. Col. Richard E. Murray, Samuel C. McLendon, 1943 Casper R. Musselman, 1935 ZETA SIGMA 1956 Jere G. Osmer, 1957 DELTA ALPHA University of Wisconsin-River George B. Holman, 1951 Linfield College James M. Sanders, Jr., 1957 H. T. Calvert, Jr., 1952 Falls ALPHA XI Thomas V. Morgan, 1962 Andrew C. Knowles, III, 1957 George Hopkins, Jr., 1954 Alvin E. Johnson, 1970 University of Delaware James J. Hansen, 1967 R.C. Carpenter, 1958 Henry M. Haberle, Jr., 1952 William H. Colona, Jr., 1949 Matt M. Donovick, 1971 ETA LAMBDA Robert J. Chucka, 1958 Robert W. Ryder, 1957 Timothy S. Glenn, 2000 Virginia Tech Robert J. Harding, Jr., 1960 ALPHA TAU William D. Norlander, 1958 John S. Liskey, 1971 Lt. Col. G.E. Bradley, Jr., Ohio University Vance F. Rigling, 1933 DELTA KAPPA 1960 Herbert H. Stickney, 1940 William F. Gillespie, 1961 Ball State University ETA MU University of Findlay Thomas B. Cavanaugh, Jr., ALPHA UPSILON John M. Wehman, 1963 Lowell Goodwin, 1951 1960 Daniel R. Bauer, 1981 University of Nebraska Richmond M. Wight, 1963 Owen F. Lemna, 1951 Matthew L. Collins, 1963 Michael A. Soldwish, 1982 Keith G. Bauman, 1957 W.B. Hopkins, 1966 Thomas B. Jackson, 1954 Gerald W. Anderson, 1964 John W. Bowman, 1969 Don P. Portolese, 1954 Robert C. Birmingham, 1990 Norman W. Tate, 1965 ALPHA CHI William G. Taylor III, 1970 James F. Godfrey, 1957 THETA ZETA Peter J. McErlain, 1970 Syracuse University Scott R. Mansfield, 1975 Donald M. Myers, 1957 University of North Carolina- Garrett Dinardo, 1972 Jack M. Friel, 1945 David A. Begelman, 1994 Richard C. Thompson, 1959 Asheville Steven G. Mason, 1977 Dale A. Desaulniers, 1988 BETA PHI Jack M. Linton, 1958 John W. Bowman, 1998 David B. Carleton, 1974 Theodore R. Tibbets, 1963 BETA DELTA University of Nevada BETA KAPPA John J. Reasoner, 1969 PI Rutgers University Eugene J. Kiliany, 1957 FRATERNITY Dickinson College William T. Waddington, 1950 DELTA OMICRON BETA PSI Peter J. Potochney Hon. Morris M. Terrizzi, Gettysburg College BETA EPSILON Presbyterian College 1937 Ralph J. Cacciutti, 1995 University of Montana John C. Johnson, 2013 TAU Gordon T. Hughes, 1960 DELTA TAU GAMMA DELTA University of Florida Kent State University BETA MU Florida Southern College Ivan D. Lechowich, 2006 Harold E. Howell, 1950 Middlebury College Thomas E. Bernard, 1948 Dr. Peter J. Stanlis, 1942 David L. Stone, 1967 GAMMA ZETA Oklahoma State University David F. Steadman, Jr., 1950

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“We kept expecting him to turn up . . .”

BY ANTHONY SANTELLA (RHO/ILLINOIS 2014)

I first heard it from a phone call. No baked goods for us to sell. We got to work one could find Josh Rymarz. soon after returning to campus. I wrote a It seemed illogical, at first. Even if no brief announcement that we used to spread one could reach him, he had to be some- awareness of the situation and our fundrais- where. And, it had only been a day since er, while brothers visited the other fraterni- his family had not been able to reach him. ty and sorority houses on campus—nearly Alex Schuh (2014), a member of Josh’s 70 in all. We started a Facebook group to pledge class, said later that, “we kept promote the event and watched in literal expecting him to turn up while we sat out- shock as the number of those attending side his apartment and say, ‘Hi guys.’ ” swelled to more than 1,000 in only a few Alex was the first one to let me know hours. Soon, we were in contact with the that Josh was missing. As we waited for neighboring fraternities and sororities to more information to become available, we borrow chairs and tables as the scope of the were not prepared for what turned out to event grew. Brother Charlie Kusk (2014), be the end result. who had known Josh best, commented Standing outside our chapter house afterward that Josh, “brought a lot more later that night, the unthinkable hap- that was positive out of people rather then pened. We learned that Josh Rymarz had just to have them grieve.” died. For many of us, it was a new and Calling the fundraiser a success is a gross frightening experience. Not even two understatement. Greek Advisor Brandon weeks had passed since we had returned Common commented that he “witnessed to campus for the new semester, and I was true Greek unity as members from dozens suddenly and unexpectedly experiencing of chapters on campus came out in droves.” a close loss for the first time. Representatives from practically every “Everyone was silent, and if anybody Greek chapter and council were there. The said anything it was never above a whis- emotional impact of this became greater as per,” Steve Torrez (2011) recalled later. We watched in literal shock as the number of those entire chapters showed up at once. “That scene of 25-plus brothers sitting out- attending the fundraiser in Josh’s memory swelled to more than Never have I been more proud to be a side in total silence was one of the saddest 1,000 in only a few hours. Greek than on that first Wednesday in and scariest things I have ever seen.” September. Not only did our brothers From that low point, though, we made a Greek organization offers to its members— support each other, but they received it something amazing happen. In a little under comes from what we learned the day after Josh from a community of over 8,000 Illinois two days’ time, we came together and orga- died: that we do have each other. Greeks as well. The lengths they went to help nized a campus-wide fundraiser in Josh’s us in our time of need went above and honor—an event that ended up raising over beyond our expectations. $4,000 for the Epilepsy Foundation of Greater The 48-Hour Fundraiser Our loss was sudden. It left us feeling empty Chicago, a charity chosen by the Rymarz fami- The idea to do a fundraiser in Josh’s honor and confused. With the support that the Rho ly. It was the largest event Rho had organized was also Brian’s. The plan was to turn the first Chapter brothers gave each other, we gained since recolonizing in 1989. floor of our chapter house into a dessert bar strength. And, the way that the Illinois Greek But on Saturday night, still in shock, we where visiting students could pay their community came to our side inspired us. For looked to then-president Brian Kelinson respects to Josh and make a donation in his all this, we are truly thankful. We will miss you, (2012) for leadership. Seeing the silence and honor. While Kelinson worked on a plan, the Josh, but you will not be forgotten. depression that settled over our chapter, he rest of our chapter went north to Richmond, recalled, “That’s what we really had to take IL, for a memorial service at Josh’s old high care of first: everybody’s well being.” school that Sunday. The knowledge that my That night, he contacted the IFC, key Rho fellow brothers were there with me was the alumni and others to inform them of the situa- best support I could have received at that tion. The next day, Brother Kelinson put time, and I did my best to reciprocate. together a meeting of our chapter. Joining us Meanwhile, Brother Kelinson was hard at were counselors from the University, various work laying the groundwork for the fundrais- alumni, and Theta Chi Executive Director er. A local grocery store promised him a dona- Mike Mayer. The best of a fraternity—of what tion of $500 worth of cakes, cookies, and

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