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Also available online at www.thetachi.org VOLUME 99, NUMBER 2 WINTER 2019 FROM THE INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT

Editor Benjamin R. Hill (Eta Kappa/James Madison 2002)

Assistant Editor Who Inspires You? Nick Hoke (Alpha Iota/Indiana 2014)

Dear Brothers, Contributing Writers: Justin Breen (Rho/Illinois 1999) I originally planned to write about all the collegiate brothers who Bob Carroll (Gamma Upsilon/Bradley 1988) inspired me, but this space can’t even contain a small fraction of John H. Felsenthal (Gamma Tau/Drake 2019) Gordon T. Hughes (Zeta Epsilon/ those stories. Instead, I’ll tell you about Daniel Brauer (Eta Omicron/ Long Beach State 1966) Northwestern State 2008), a brother from my own chapter who Graeme MacKenzie (Zeta Upsilon/Hartford 2014) inspired me over a decade ago to stay involved as an alumnus. James J. Moylan (Gamma Lambda/Denver 1969) Bill Russo, Chief Housing Officer During Daniel’s interview at our chapter’s membership review, I saw Published by his commitment to the Fraternity as a young collegiate brother and Maury Boyd and Associates, Inc. the disappointment, even anger, that resulted from the “brothers” who had betrayed him. I can still vividly recall thinking, “This guy The International Headquarters is located at: International President 865 W. Carmel Drive, Carmel, IN 46032 expected a great Theta Chi experience. The chapter let him down. Tait J. Martin To reach the International Headquarters staff: He’s the type of brother we have to fight for.” Daniel inspired me to MAILING ADDRESS: be a better member and continues to impress me in his career and as a Theta Chi. P.O. Box 503 Carmel, IN 46082 Lt. Cmdr. Brauer is currently the engineer on the USS Greeneville, a nuclear fast attack submarine PHONE: 317-848-1856 stationed in Pearl Harbor. Daniel and his crew deploy on exercises —underwater—for up to six FAX: 317-824-1908 months! And you thought having a roommate in the chapter house EMAIL: [email protected] was rough? WEBSITE: www.thetachi.org To reach the Foundation Office, please email: According to his wife Kayla (who’s been connected to him ever since [email protected] her 〈⌷⌸ sisters introduced them 13 years ago), Daniel continues to The Rattle is the official alumnus publication of live the ideals of Theta Chi. Even after being commissioned as a naval Theta Chi Fraternity. It is provided electronically to all collegiate and alumnus members of Theta Chi officer in 2008, Daniel still found time to regularly give back to the chapters, colonies, and interest groups. Print Fraternity. When stationed as a professor of naval science at Old editions are provided to: all active contributors to Dominion University in Virginia, he gladly volunteered to be an the Grand Chapter and/or to the Foundation academic adviser for our Zeta Pi Chapter. Kayla shared, “I honestly Chapter; volunteers of the Fraternity; and collegiate chapters. Individuals may request a printed copy think it was what he was most proud of during his shore duty.” by contacting the Editor at [email protected] or by updating their information at www.thetachi.org. In addition to a number of awards and commendations he received, the captain of the USS Greeneville recognized Daniel’s talents as an Contributions Story Submissions: The Rattle welcomes all story exemplary leader and effective mentor. Daniel even had the opportu- submissions. Decisions to publish submitted nity to guide Lt. j.g. Blake Dwyer (Eta Upsilon/Texas A&M 2015) materials is at the sole discretion of the Editor. during his initial tour as a submarine officer… they didn’t find out Photo Submissions: Please share photos of your they were brothers until well into the mission! events! Both print and electronic publication requires photos to be captured at high resolution (minimum 300 dpi, and preferably 600 dpi). Set Gentlemen, take a few minutes to think about that brother who your camera to its highest setting for maximum file makes (or made) you a better person or who encouraged you (either size. Please do not alter or try to correct the origi- nal capture. Doing so can permanently delete knowingly or unknowingly) to stay involved in Theta Chi. Reach out to them and let them know what information that our production team will need they did. It wasn’t until pausing to write this article that I realized I never told Daniel the impact he to process the best picture for publication. Also, please use a flash to make sure the subjects are made on my time in our Fraternity. While I’d prefer to tell him face-to-face, I don’t think I could get well-lit. Large photos can be posted to an FTP site through without tearing up with pride, then having to make jokes about it, and then forgetting what I or mailed to the editor on a flash drive. When you submit copy, photos, or video for inclusion in wanted to say. So, I figured this is the next best thing. The Rattle, you agree to allow Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc., The Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi Frater- Thanks, Daniel, for being such a great example of the usefulness of our Fraternity. You make me and nity, Inc., and The Norwich Housing Corporation the right to post, publish, broadcast, print, or Theta Chi extremely proud! otherwise use in any manner Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. deems appropriate. All media submitted be- Stay Resolute, comes the property of Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. Please send any materials for publication, as well as address changes, to the Editor at: [email protected] Tait J. Martin, Ph.D. Editor’s Note: In September 2019, Daniel completed his command qualification which allows him to eventually take International President command of a U.S. submarine. He and the USS Greeneville crew are currently preparing for another deployment in early 2020.

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4 #myFraternity 6 Expansion 7 Norwich Housing Corporation 5 8 FEATURE: Frankie Faison 15 Op-Ed: PR P.O.V. 16 From The Foundation Chapter 28 Chapter News 34 2018/2019 Awards 35 Distinguished Achievement Award 30 36 Alumni News 42 Chapter Eternal ABOVE: Collegiate days at Eta Omicron/Northwestern State: (L–R) David Boudreaux (2010), Daniel Bauer (2008), and Oren Jones (2008). BELOW: Iota Mu/Missouri brothers receive the Lewis Award in recognition of efforts to raise money for MizzouThon, 37 the USO, and for supporting their sweet- heart, Cassiday-Rae, a local fifth grader who has cerebral palsy.

LEFT: After a long deployment on the USS Greeneville, Lt. Cmdr. Daniel Brauer returns to Hawaii and is welcomed home by his wife Kayla. 34 (Photo by Melissa Edelblum/NBC)

During an alumni recep- on the cover tion hosted in New York Actor Frankie Faison plays apartment City, Ken Johns (Chi/ building superintendent Ron Davis Auburn 1957) receives his Distinguished and reads a poem during the third Achievement Award from episode of NBC’s drama The Village. International President Learn about his Theta Chi experience Tait Martin and Past and how he broke barriers on page 8. International President and Chi alumnus (Cover Photo: Virginia Sherwood/NBC) Pat O’Connor (1978). Brother Johns’ achieve- Follow Theta Chi ments in business were outlined in the Summer 2019 issue of The Rattle on page 27. You can find additional Distinguished Achievement Award recipients in this Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: Snapchat: issue on pages 35 and 41. @ThetaChi @thetachiIHQ @thetachiihq @thetachi_ihq

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#myFraternity In September 2019, brothers shared how Theta Chi impacted their lives and other memories. Here are a few examples:

Teddy At MIT By Alan Friot (Beta/MIT 1955)

While attending MIT Teddy joined a fraternity The one he chose was Theta Chi Since they’d support him if he’d try It’s easy to lose perspective When things are so competitive “I had a wonderful He’d study hard he would not rest experience in college To learn it all became his quest through baseball, Theta Chi, and my wedding This goal is a common mistake Which brothers would help him forsake when over 30 brothers sang. Thank you for my The Fraternity’s Helping Hand college career.” Was what helped Teddy understand What’s more important is to care —Bill Romp (Delta Theta/Toledo 1965) And share love like a Teddy Bear

“I just passed my 85th birthday and feel as young as (almost) ever. I believe that the influence of Theta Chi was VERY significant to my “I’m a full growing up and the success I have had in life. professor of biology at When I joined Theta Chi at San Jose State, I felt a bit out of place with St. John’s all the athletes in the house. I understood that I was required to be University “something” in the fabric of the school if I wanted to be a brother. I where I have didn’t know what I could contribute, but Theta Chi was one of the two taught for best fraternities on campus and I wanted to be a part of it. I ended up almost 50 years. I’ve written running for Junior Rep and then Treasurer of the Student Body. I was just an above aver- more than 200 publications and age student and thus had to work hard to earn what I received. Everyone in the chapter en- a similar number of abstracts. couraged me, supported me, and helped me accomplish my goals. I love my job and never worked a day in my life. I made friends Looking back, this certainly meant something to me (and maybe helped the chapter) but for life because of my involve- everything was hard work. That work ethic and the achievements I earned, made it possi- ment with Theta Chi at Rutgers ble to help others in life. Later, I developed 2,000 apartment units for low income wage earners. Building self-esteem was part of the Theta Chi ethic. And I needed that! University.” —Dr. Richard Stalter (Beta Delta/Rutgers 1963) So, a big thank you to our Fraternity for instilling and promoting excellence.” —Jim Morley (Gamma Xi/San Jose State 1956)

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“At age 95+, I am remembering the value of my Alpha Zeta Chapter and House at the –1945 with a few examples: University of Rochester during the WWII days of 1942

As a freshman pledge, I was assigned to take special care of senior Lee Adams (1943), later to become a judge of prominence in western New York State. Theta Chi locally had financially supported Brother Freddie Fennell (1939) to the graduate program of the Eastman School of Music. In appreciation, I was one of those whom he would have backstage with him at the Philharmonic Concerts. In those early days, he played in the percussion section of the orchestra and would run out and tell me what to listen for in the next movement. Later he became the conductor, well-known internationally, for his Orchestra Band. Brother Arthur Frackenpohl (1945), later director of a nationally known music college, passed away recently.

Before going to medical school, I earned my meals in college doing extra work for the Fraternity. A close friend and I in

Oklahoma enjoyed telling others we are Theta Chis.” —William Parry, M.D. (Alpha Zeta/Rochester 1946)

Professor Emeritus and former Chairman, Department of Urology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine

The Helping Grab: I Was Saved at the 2013 Rose Bowl Because of #myFraternity

“As a huge Florida State football fan, I traveled to meet up with Brooks O’Hara (Gamma Rho/Florida State 1978) and his son Sean (Theta Eta/Sam Houston State 2012) in Pasadena, CA, for the 2013 National Championship game. Before the game, we went sightseeing around Southern California and later met up with more than two dozen late ’80s/early ’90s Gamma Rho alumni at a get-together at a bar in Huntington Beach arranged by Chris Berry (1993). It was great to reconnect with brothers like Tony Gill (1987) who traveled all the way from Toronto; Jack Monroe (1987) who was in his last year in the Marines before retirement; and John Stacklyn (1973) who had driven out with his wife Juliet to visit family and had secured tickets with his pledge brother Bob Sasser (1973) and his wife Pam. In the excitement of that amazing game, I missed a mes- Gamma Rho/Florida State’s Joe Bailey (1992), Allen Hallas (1975), and Joe Garner (1991) meet outside the Rose Bowl before the game. sage that Brooks and Sean had to leave just before halftime to return to the hotel, because Sean wasn’t feeling well. I now had to find my own way back to downtown LA! After asking Greg and his wife Lisa followed after me and asked if I multiple folks I saw after the game for a ride, there didn’t needed any help. I was able to roughly explain my situation seem to be any other option but to take the light rail link and he said, ‘So you’re staying downtown? We’re headed that from Pasadena, about 3 miles from the Rose Bowl to my way and could drop you off, if you’d rather ride with us?’ hotel! I got in line for the shuttle to the terminal to catch the I thanked my new friends from Texas for their help and rail and struck up a conversation with a couple of Seminole followed the Wicklmans to their car. We talked about the fans from Austin, TX, who had taken the rail out to Pasadena game and regretted that it was too late to stop for a few and offered to help me. celebratory beers since we didn’t really know the area. They After standing in line for almost an hour, I finally made it drove me right to my hotel and we said our good-byes and to the shuttle. As I stepped on, someone reached out and they headed home for Santa Barbara. grabbed my arm: ‘The Helping Grab!’ It was Greg Wicklman I regret that the O’Haras and I didn’t get to properly cele- (1989), a Theta Chi whom I had not seen in more than brate the victory and even moreso that they missed the sec- 20 years and he said, ‘Hey Allen Hallas, what a great game!’ ond half of the most exciting Seminole game I had ever seen. I agreed and quickly explained that I was trying to make my When I was initiated into the Fraternity in April of 1972, way back to LA and really didn’t have time to chat because I the fee was $75. I know cab fare that night would have been needed to stay with the group who knew about the light rail. pretty close to that amount. It still might be the best 75 After a short ride, the bus stopped in front of a parking bucks I ever spent, thanks to Greg and Lisa!” garage and I exited and headed toward the rail station. —Allen W. Hallas (Gamma Rho/Florida State 1975)

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ZETA OMICRON/SHIPPENSBURG Zeta Omicron Rechartering Members are joined by chapter alumni and other brothers of the Chapter Reinstallation Committee on November 17, 2019.

Reinstallations Current Colonies

Zeta Omicron/Shippensburg Shippensburg, PA Reinstalled: 11/17/2019

Gamma Mu/ Gamma Nu/ Delta Upsilon/ Albany New Colonies Bowling Green New Mexico State Arizona State

Delta Rho/NC State Raleigh, NC Recolonized: 10/19/2019

Colorado Tennessee Texas A&M- Young Harris Redevelopments Texarkana

Omega/Penn State

Please contact Chief Operating Officer Ray Vanlanot at [email protected] if you are interested in becoming involved with these groups.

Visit www.thetachi.org/news for additional stories on our (re)installed chapters and new colonies.

DELTA RHO/NC STATE COLONY

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2019 Alumni Corporation Forum: Building for Future Success

BY BILL RUSSO, CHIEF HOUSING OFFICER

The Alumni Corporation Forum (ACF) is an educational event hosted on odd- numbered years which provides training and networking opportunities for alumni corporation officers. The 2019 ACF was hosted on July 12–13, 2019, at the International Headquarters in Carmel, IN. The event, formerly called the Alumni Leaders Forum, is fully funded by an educational grant from the Nor- wich Housing Corporation (NHC). It is free to attend; however, due to limited space, it is by invitation-only. This year’s event was different from the past Alumni Leaders Forums as it did not include a track for chapter advisers. They now have their own educational event called the Chapter Advisers Institute.

Topics covered in this year’s sessions included fundraising, reengaging alumni, trends in student housing, building and project management, house corporation best practices, and a review of the services provided by the NHC.

Following the event, Trevor Coddington (Zeta Pi/Old Dominion 1998) shared, “I’m pumped to say the least and look forward to supporting Gamma Theta Chapter and Theta Chi (as a whole) in the years to come.” Kim Fisher (Delta Rho/NC State 1967) remarked, “Throughout the entire forum, questions I brought with me were all answered by the various presenters.” Len Brunkey (Beta Zeta/Michigan State 1989) said, “Getting the opportunity to spend time networking with brothers from around the country is just a bonus on top of getting ideas for best practices.”

2019 Alumni Corporation Forum Attendees: Carl Amenhauser (Epsilon Eta/IUP 1967) Ken Bachulis (Beta Zeta/Michigan State 1988) Bailey Bird (Kappa Gamma/North Florida 2017) Len Brunkey (Beta Zeta/Michigan State 1989) Gerald Clark (Epsilon Eta/IUP 1969) Trevor Coddington (Zeta Pi/Old Dominion 1998) Lee Davis (Psi/Wisconsin 1987) Martin Deering (Gamma Upsilon/Bradley 1989) Kim Fisher (Delta Rho/NC State 1967) Larry Heinzelman (Eta Beta/Eastern Kentucky 1973) David Lingenfelder (Alpha Sigma/Oregon 1976) Scott Mertens (Alpha Omicron/Washington State 2012) TOP: Epsilon Eta/IUP Jim Morgan (Delta Xi/Valparaiso 1973) alumni connect with Steven Mudder (Gamma Rho/Florida State 1995) Bill Russo.

Aaron Speagle (Omega/Penn State 2012) RIGHT: Attendees Kevin Stolecki (Beta Lambda/Akron 2008) enjoy an evening of Thomas Vaccaro (Gamma Kappa/Miami (OH) 2009) brotherhood at Top Golf.

For brothers who did not attend the 2019 Alumni Corporation Forum but would like to experience similar training and educational sessions, there is good news! Many of the same sessions (along with several new ones) will be offered at the 164th Anniversary Convention and 39th School of Fraternity Practices, July 17–21, 2020, in Lexington, KY.

If you have any specific questions about how you can become an alumni corpora- tion officer or would like to learn about future alumni corporation training events, please feel free to contact me at [email protected] or 317-848-1856.

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1989: Coconut Sid in Do the Right Thing (Universal Pictures)

1991: Barney Matthews in Silence of the Lambs (Orion Pictures)

2002: Ervin Burrell in The Wire (HBO)

2003: Jim Lewis in Gods and Generals (Warner Bros.)

2016: Sugar Bates in Banshee (Cinemax)

1967/1968: A young Frankie Faison breaks barriers by receiving a bid and joining Theta Chi at Illinois Wesleyan.

2017: Joe Dubois in The Case for Christ (Pure Flix) FEATURE Finding Yourself Amongst the Layers of Life

BY BEN HILL, EDITOR

Since earning an MFA from NYU in 1974, Frankie Faison (Beta Rho/Illinois Wesleyan 1971) has consistently acted on stage, film, and television with more than 100 credits to his name. On Broadway, he earned a Tony nomination for Best Supporting Actor in August Wilson's Pulitzer-winning play, Fences. His other Broadway appearances include Getting Away with Murder, Of Mice and Men, and revivals of The Iceman Cometh and The Shadow Box. Faison is the only actor to have appeared in all the major Hannibal Lecter films which include Manhunter, Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, and Red Dragon. Other films in his impressive body of work include The Thomas Crown Affair, Mississippi Burning, Do the Right Thing, Gods and Generals, and Coming to America. His notable television roles include True Colors, Prey, Banshee, The Village, and HBO’s acclaimed series, The Wire. We sat down with Brother Faison at his wife’s café in Montclair, NJ.

The Rattle: Tell us why you went to 1967/1968, still very turbulent times, but one started up the next year and I had Illinois Wesleyan. racially. The fraternities at Wesleyan, already joined Theta Chi. Sometimes it was

including Theta Chi at the time, had been tough because the black community was Frankie Faison: My older brother was segregated. I found out later how signifi- like, “Why are you in the white fraternity? playing football at the University of Illinois. cant my pledging was at that time because Why don’t you want to be with us?” and I When it came time for me to leave Newport it was a racial barrier breaker for fraternities would tell them, “If you had been here at News, VA, I knew I wanted to be near at Illinois Wesleyan. the time to pledge, I might very well have him. I looked for schools in Illinois that joined the black fraternity.” When I went had a strong theater program and found R: Did you experience any push- to college, I wanted to have a total experi- Illinois Wesleyan. I went there and audi- back? ence. If you segregate yourself into small tioned and met the people and enjoyed pockets, you’re not going to be able to get them and the rest was just the beginning FF: I never thought about it much, but it to the diverse kind of experience that you of a wonderful experience. Ironically, my was something I had to deal with, and not want to have. I think Theta Chi totally brother transferred when I started college, just from the fraternity, but from the broadened my life and my experiences by but that was good because it helped me to other organizations on campus, as well. being a place that was different so that I mature as a person by not having him People didn’t really know what to make of could learn about other aspects of life. 50 miles down the road. me. I was free-flowing and I integrated Theta Chi had a great group of people and myself in every aspect of college life that I I still hold the Theta Chi experience very R: How did you first get introduced could. As a football player and student fondly, very dearly in my heart. It helped to Theta Chi? actor, I knew people who were in athletics,

music, academics—everywhere. I’m sure me make that transition from high school FF: Joining a fraternity was an afterthought there was stuff coming from others around to college. It was amazing and I always for me. I didn’t really know much about campus, but I remember when we traveled knew I had a family and a group of people fraternities, but it seemed like something to different places to play intramural who had my back. to do, so I did. During the first week of basketball, I stood out, but I never felt any R: Are there any other challenges school, you go from house to house and I discomfort or any challenges come from you remember? really liked the guys at Theta Chi and they anyone. seemed very much like a group of people FF: I had one incident in Theta Chi during I would enjoy being with. I got a chance to Illinois Wesleyan had a very small black my second year that troubled me for many, pledge from Theta Chi and from one other population of only of about 50 people. many years. Although it was a show of fraternity. Remember, I came along in There wasn’t a black fraternity at the time, courage from the Fraternity to really fight

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to have me become the first diverse person in the Fraternity, I knew there were a couple of guys who had blackballed me. During weekdays, our dinners at the house were very formal and officers had specific places at the head table. Weekends were more casual and everybody would just sit wherever they wanted. Everybody did that all the time. I remember one weekend I was sitting in a seat where one of the offi- cers usually sat. That officer wanted that seat and I said, “Come on, don’t be ridicu- lous.” He made a racial epithet towards me and I was furious. I was a very big, very physical, very in-shape guy at the time and Frankie Faison took advantage of many activities offered at I just wanted to crush him because of that. Illinois Wesleyan. Beyond Theta Chi and IFC, he was a tight I thought, “You’re my fraternity brother— end for the Titans football team, performed in several theater and you would say this to me?” The broth- productions, and played intramural sports including basket- ers who were there swarmed around me ball and tennis. Yearbook photos courtesy of Illinois Wesleyan: The Wesleyana, Illinois Wesleyan University Archives, Bloomington, IL. and played it off. But from that moment on, it was always tense between he and I. That incident stood out. It was significant Theta Chi totally broadened my life and and it was a growth spurt for me. In my my experiences by being a place that acting, I draw upon certain emotional feel- was different . . . Theta Chi had a great ings and whenever I needed to draw upon an emotional feeling of a racist attack, I group of people and I still hold the would always go back to that place. Even- Theta Chi experience very fondly, very tually, it got to the point where it was too dearly in my heart. much of a burden for me that I just needed “ to accept, forgive, move on, and let it go. Other than that, I have nothing but fond, amazing memories and friendships. Even R: Brothers came to your games The next couple of years there were a few and shows? more black pledges that came in, like the other guy who blackballed me ended Harold Eley (1973). up becoming a very dear friend of mine FF: They came to everything. They were because I guess he finally saw that you can’t such a supportive group because I was ” R: How did Theta Chi help you as judge someone by the color of their skin. opening up new horizons to them as well an actor? as them opening up horizons to me. There R: What are some of these fond were guys who weren’t very athletic and FF: By enlightening me to different memories that you have? they got a chance to come to the football cultures and giving me practical first-hand FF: The first two years I was in the frater- game and there were people who weren’t experience with different types of people nity house and it was just amazing. We had very arts-oriented, so they got a chance to from various backgrounds that I may not a pretty good basketball team, so I remem- come see me put on these outfits and act. have been exposed to for years. I could ber traveling and playing intramural sports. It was amazing and a great exchange. always be open and frank with my frater-

I remember doing serenades and singing nity brothers about anything that was R: Could you tell us a moment you Theta Chi songs—which still stick in my going on in my mind and vice versa. It were proud to be a Theta Chi? head—like “Dream Girl of Theta Chi.” helped me a tremendous amount and I had a great time pledging and forming FF: From the first day—the fact that they especially when I got a chance to share bonds with my fellow pledge brothers. took the courage to break the racial barrier some time with the families, I got even Since I lived so far away in Virginia, I and go for somebody who they thought more of an in-depth awareness. It just remember going to different pledge broth- was a good fit for the Fraternity—that they made me understand what I’ve always ers’ homes for Thanksgiving. My Pledge closed their eyes to the color of my skin or believed anyway: People are just people. Father Jim Gale (1971) became such a very my race. That made me tremendously You’ve got good people and you’ve got close and dear friend. I hear from the guys proud; I was proud to stand tall with them people who are not great, but people are every now and then and they’ve always because they were proud to stand tall with people and as long as everybody is being been very supportive of me as a football me. The moment that I was sworn in, I courteous and respectful of one another, player and they were even more supportive could see that they had really opened the then you can move forward with life. of me as an actor. door to diversity within the Fraternity.

10 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG times think if you know what you want to do at an early age, you get a bit of an advantage, or maybe not, but it worked out for me.

R: Any films or TV that really affected you while you were growing up?

FF: Lots of Westerns. I was amazed by the talent on Amos and Andy—the way they could just hold and mesmerize the audi- ence. Of course all of the sitcoms like Good Times and All in the Family. I loved television because I loved watching the arc of an actor and watching these actors transform, thinking that, “Hey, maybe one day I could do that.” I never dreamed that I would, it seemed like a possibility.

R: Any other favorite plays or films?

FF: I remember watching James Earl Jones in The Great White Hope and being com- pletely blown away by the power of acting. Another play that he did was an Athol Fugard play called Boesman and Lena which co-starred Ruby Dee—I got to see them perform every night while I interned at The Circle in the Square Theater the summer before my senior year. When I went back to LEFT: 1971: As Caliban in Illinois Wesleyan’s Wesleyan, I knew that I had to return to production of The Tempest. ABOVE: 2016: New York soon because I wanted to be As Henry “Pop” Hunter in Luke Cage where there was so much vitality and energy (Marvel Television). in acting. A Raisin in the Sun with Sidney Poitier and On the Waterfront had characters that I didn’t understand then. Then I was that I could connect to. I also loved a pro- just sort of like going through the motions duction of King Lear starring James Earl and playing the emotions from a much Jones—I played a spear carrier. I was en- more outward sensibility, sensitivity. But thralled and drawn to all the classics. I was now it would be much deeper inside of me always interested in being a complete, well- and I would understand this character and rounded actor and knew I had to study the why he was struggling for freedom and Greek classics and Shakespeare. suffering. R: Who were some of your mentors?

R: What inspired you to be an actor? FF: Dr. John Ficca, head of the acting FF: My inspiration to be an actor started program at Wesleyan. Harold Guskin R: What are your thoughts about when I was 6 or 7 years old. It came from worked with me at Wesleyan and at NYU. playing Caliban in The Tempest and the church because I was always doing the He was a legendary acting teacher and how you played it in college versus church pageants and welcoming the visitors. coached people like Glenn Close, James how you may do it now? I was always interested in the theatrics of Gandolfini, Kevin Kline, and many others. FF: The way I would do it now would just the pastor—he’s up there and he can yell, Maybe James Earl Jones because I worked be a little bit more of an enrichment to the scream, and be whatever he wants to be. I with him so early in my life and career. I way that I did it then. Who I was back just always knew I wanted to be an actor. realized what a great challenge acting was then and who I am now are light years I would always do the plays in elementary and I learned that he is always going to apart and I’ve grown and I’ve had 50 years school and high school and I was always challenge you as an actor. I had to be at my of life experience. I understand things to a encouraged because people saw that I had best because if not, I would have been much greater depth now about Caliban talent. I feel very blessed because I some- eaten alive.

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When I hear the term resolute, I associate it with very strong, affirmative, and positive action. I think it connects to all the decent things that we honor and respect. (Photo by Zach Dilgard/NBC) “ Frankie Faison plays Ron Davis, the superintendent of the apartment building in NBC’s 2019 drama, The Village. Episodes can be found on NBC.com, Amazon, Google Play, iTunes, Vudu, and YouTube.

R: What is your method to select was okay. I have never done” a role that I R: Tell us how you prepare for a role.

your roles? did not feel like I could stand behind. Every FF: This evolved over the years. A lot of it role I take, I look at the character I’m asked FF: Depends on how much money I have goes back to my training and understand- to portray and determine if there is some- in the bank. (chuckles.) Sometimes when the ing that, we as individuals, are very compli- thing in there that I feel that I could con- bank account is thin, I’ll stretch and figure cated. There are so many facets of us that nect to and bring some life to—something out a way to make it work, but as a self- we never get to examine. That’s why I that an audience could learn from. I’ve been assured, highly trained actor, I always said wanted to become an actor, so I can exam- able to put together a body of very diverse I want to do the things that I want to do. ine those facets. Most people don’t get a work because I never wanted to be stereo- I’m not going to just do something for chance to do it. We all have good in us, bad typed into playing just this one kind of money. I’ve had some lean days and that in us, evil in us, amazing beauty in us, all person. I think of myself more as an artist, that stuff. My job as an actor is to find out an actor, rather than a celebrity. 12 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG and define the character that I’m playing You don’t see the many days, weeks, months, King Lear. Playing Gabe in Fences. On TV, and discover what is already in me. I’ve hours that have gone into making this one doing the role in Banshee was very chal- never played a character that didn’t have little moment come to life. Actors have to lenging because I had to do a lot of physi- any kind of qualities that are somewhere in be in these outfits, remember the lines, and cal stuff while also being there emotionally, me. They may be very deep-seeded, but put so much stuff together. You don’t see intellectually as an actor. they're there. In order to play the role, it the person sitting out there for 12 hours has to come from somewhere and it has to all night in the bitter cold. I’ve had some R: Are there any actors or directors be real. But if I play a murderer, I’m not brutal shoots—like Gods and Generals—it was that you’d really like to work with?

going to go out and murder someone. I’m so cold and I had to be out there all night FF: I’m divided: since I’m getting older, I not a murderer. I must have something in long shooting. They take care of you, but need to work with people who are secure me that would allow me to play that that was brutal. That’s no fun. Trust me, in their work but I also want to work with convincingly and honest enough that it’s you wouldn’t want to do that. I remember young people and teach them because I feel believable. shooting Do the Right Thing, it was over 90 that’s my job, too. Anyone who brings an degrees every single day, and we’re sitting explosiveness of examining the character, This is my process: I examine the character out there on that corner. It’s the ex- play, and/or film are people that I want to and then I examine myself and I put the tremes—from cold to hot, filming in the work with. I’ve worked with so many qualities of the character on one side and snow, and being on set for 18 hours great, brilliant people of all ages like James put my qualities on the other. Next, I try straight and getting four or five hours [of Cagney, Robert DeNiro, Sidney Poitier, to find the qualities in me that are similar sleep] and then they call you back in the James Earl Jones, Sharon Stone, Rene where they can help me to find the qualities next day. Russo, and so many others. I always in the character I’m playing and then I wanted to work with Al Pacino and Steven focus and I isolate them and they become Theater is a different challenge. You’re Spielberg as a director—I need to let him very important to me when I’m playing the indoors so you don’t have to deal with the know that we’re brothers and maybe he character. There are layers of me that get elements, per se. But it’s the challenge of should give me a role in one of his films! in the way of my playing certain things, so re-creating, on a daily basis, this thing over I’ve always had a great time working with I have to get rid of them. It takes a lot of and over again. The play is the top art form people, so I don’t care how big a name you discipline to find the things that I need as far as I’m concerned. I love the rehearsal have, if you’re not bringing it to the table from Frankie Faison that would allow me process because it opens you up and invests as an actor, I’m just not interested. to play a character, whoever it might be. in you as you play your character.

R: You mentioned this long list of

(Photo by Virginia Sherwood/NBC) R: Which characters are most like All forms of acting resemble each other. Frankie Faison? people—Do you ever get starstruck? In film, you may shoot one to two pages a FF: They’re all like me in some way be- day. In theater, you have to do the whole FF: No. Never have, not even when I first cause they are me. I think of myself as thing, every night. It’s full, it’s engaging. came into the business. The reason is being very affable, very jolly, pleasant. I It’s a sensation that I can never get enough because I know that once we get on that think that people really trust me. This of. Acting is demanding because you have stage, on that screen together, they’ve got comes from my background being from to go places in your mind that can be kind to bring their best stuff and I have to bring the South—we were always very open and of scary sometimes and you have to main- my best stuff. I’m prepared because I’ve honest about the way we approached tain that level of concentration, for hours, studied and trained. I’ve always felt com- things and talked about life. Characters for days, for weeks, for months, and some- fortable and felt invincible when it comes with open honesty are most like me. It’s a times for years, if it’s a long-running play. to playing against anybody. The only time character that most people relate to and I It’s been joyful. I speak of acting fondly I ever came close to being starstruck was think it’s one of the reasons I’ve worked so because it’s afforded me a wonderful life, when I worked with James Cagney because consistently in this business. I also always a knowledge of who I am, and a better I couldn’t believe it. It was pretty early in try to find humor in whatever character understanding of people in the world. I’m my career and I did Ragtime with him and I I’m playing because no matter what walk not so quick to put people into a box was like, “Damn, that’s James Cagney!?” of life we come from, there’s always some because I know that there are other facets But then again, he had to say his lines, just humor somewhere. I learned a long time of every individual. like I had to say mine. He had to play his ago to look for the humor in the character character just as I had to play mine. first and from that, move to whatever else R: What do you think are some of the top challenges you had to play? R: Who would direct and star in a is needed. Frankie Faison biopic? FF: If I’m doing my job and being as com- R: What’s the most grueling aspect mitted as I should be, it’s just about every FF: That’s a question for the ages, because of the production whether it’s tele- role I’ve played. Most of my challenging I love working with seasoned directors vision, film, or on stage? roles have come from the stage since who’ve been around and are well-estab- FF: It shifts from production to produc- theatrical roles are all consuming: playing lished, but I also love working with new tion. What you see is the finished product. Willy Loman in Death of a Salesman. Playing directors, who are just coming to the fold.

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And the star? It could be anybody. I love tered with me. If you’ve worked 20, 30, challenges that life presents because you actors. In most talk shows, they always 40, 50 years, that speaks volumes as far as never know what’s around the corner. bring on the top-tier level star, but right I’m concerned. Just remember as an actor, That's the advice that was always given to underneath them—(where I believe myself your instrument is you. It’s how you play me and it served me well. to be too, more or less)—there’s this body yourself that comes across. You have to of actors who have supported the bigger learn about yourself and then how to strip R: Any upcoming projects you’d like names. They are some magnificently certain parts of your personality away from to share? talented people who you may have never you so that your character can breathe and FF: I have a very exciting independent film heard of. They’re the ones that I would come alive. that I’m very proud of called The Killing of want to be in that film. Kenneth Chamberlain. It deals with a senior R: What are some of your hobbies citizen who used his medic alert device and R: How do you memorize all those and interests? is confronted by the first responders. It’s a lines? FF: Cooking is a very high passion of mine. true story and it was shot in documentary FF: Oh, it’s easy. You just do. (chuckles.) I make my own homemade granola and style. It was an intense two weeks shooting If I’m doing film or TV, usually I’m only used to do a lot of Southern food, but now that. I’m very excited for people to see it. I memorizing a couple of pages, but if I’m that I’m married to a woman who is in also have a film coming out in 2020 called doing theater, it could be a lot more. How food, I don't cook as much. I also love to The Grudge, which is a remake of that do you memorize the Lord’s Prayer or the just sit and watch and observe people horror film series. I also have a comedy film Pledge of Allegiance—your address or your because those are things that I may need to from Sony Pictures coming out called phone number? Repetition and rehearsal. have and use. I love athletics—I’m passion- Fatherhood. So tune in: I have a comedy, a ate about tennis. I love to read when I get horror, and a drag ’em out drama that R: Can you think of something that a chance but it's kind of hard, reading so borders on tragedy. surprised you as an actor? many scripts. I love being out in the coun-

try with nature. Most of all, I have a R: What’s your definition of a FF: I always wanted people to like me as passion for people. I love people. I think Resolute Man? an actor. I’ve played a lot of fatherly, nice that comes from me being an artist. I never guy roles. When I started playing more FF: When I hear the term resolute, I get tired of talking to people and finding sinister roles, I learned that people may like associate it with very strong, affirmative, out what they do. I find it exciting. you and your work, but they’re not neces- and positive action. I think it connects to sarily going to like the character you’re all the decent things that we honor and R: If you had not gone into acting, playing. My job is to portray that character respect. It doesn’t cost anything to be a what do you think you’d be doing as honestly and openly as possible. If he’s a decent human being. Nothing at all. It’s now? person who people despise, then I have to free. A Resolute Man adheres to those bring that truth to that character, too. FF: Dead—I’d be dead now. I can’t think traits and in everything that he does and of a thing in the world that I would be says because there is a responsibility that R: Advice for aspiring actors? doing if I wasn’t doing acting. I had comes with that.

thought about becoming a preacher or FF: If you’re going to be a doctor, you minister, but I don’t think that would have R: Any message you’d like to share can’t just say, “I’m going to be a doctor,” panned out too well. I love teaching but I with Theta Chi brothers? and go out there and start operating on think I would have burned out. I love somebody. You’ve got to go to school. FF: Wear the letters and Badge with helping people, but I don’t think I could You’ve got to get a degree. I believe the honor and a sense of pride. Remember you have become a doctor; I don’t think I was same thing about actors. If you’re serious have a social responsibility. People are smart enough. Maybe a writer, but I don’t about it, take some classes and then go watching you. You need to take a very think I’m quick enough, smart enough to invest in a training program. You may find strong leadership role in your society, in do that, either. Acting found me and it’s out that you’re very talented in doing one your university, and in your life. If you see been a very happy marriage. I like having thing and then you’re stereotyped for the something that you don’t agree with, or the freedom of not doing anything if I rest of your life—and that’s pretty much you can’t be confident and stand behind, don’t want to and the freedom of moving all you can do. You’ll also see how much then say something because it’s the only from one project to the next. I can’t think work is involved—it’s not just about the way you can learn, grow, develop, and carry of anything else that would have presented glamour and the glitz. After your training, on the Theta Chi tradition—a tradition that to me. I think I was very lucky. carry yourself in an honest and respectable that is well founded upon leadership and way. You’ve got to have some accountabil- honor. n R: If you could go back to a young ity as an artist. Be careful about what roles Frankie at Illinois Wesleyan, what you say yes to because sometimes you can advice would you give him? get stuck in something, and it may not be reflective of who you are. The longevity of FF: Follow your heart. Be considerate, be an actor is something that’s always regis- respectful, and enjoy life. Be open to the

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PR P.O.V.: Maintaining Theta Chi’s Reputation

BY JUSTIN BREEN (RHO/ILLINOIS 1999)

I’m writing this piece on a plane high over the Rocky Mountains on my way to Las Vegas.

Soon, I’ll land and see some of my Theta Chi Fraternity brothers for the first time in almost 20 years. We are meeting in Las Vegas for our fantasy football league’s annual draft and we’re hoping to build our trip to Vegas into an event that attracts other brothers in the future.

Despite not seeing many of my brothers since graduation, it’s been amazing to watch them achieve incredible personal and professional successes. Rho Chapter was such a unique and fun place to be with members from all parts of the country, all races, and all different political views. While we weren’t exactly “mature” while in college, many of us have become great entrepreneurs, professionals, leaders, and so much more.

For example: Spring 1996: Rho Chapter brothers (l–r) Justin Breen (1999), Jose Ruiz (1996), and Dan Breen (1998) during an exchange with 〈⌷⌸. l Our fantasy football league’s commissioner (and my best friend), Andy Schelitzche (1999), built an incredible wealth management practice in Minnesota. 160 years, but remarkably the key players, our collegiate brothers, l Cisco Palao-Ricketts (1999) became a partner at a prestigious cycle in and out every three to four years. How do we have any California law firm. consistency? How do we carry on our ideals? How do we maintain l Dr. Vijay Jotwani (1998) became a primary care sports medicine this reputation?

physician in Houston and team physician for the Houston Dash From my experience in communications and PR, I would note two and Rice University Owls. key points: l Dr. Brian Gantwerker (1997) became a neurosurgeon and 1. Do NOT share anything on social media if you have any physician advisor at an industry-leading medical video game reservations. company. 2. For the most part, media does not care what you do—unless it’s l Will Wolfe (2002) became a senior portfolio administrator at a controversial—but they will care about you if you have a Pennsylvania capital management firm. compelling story to share. The great thing is that most people l Martin Low (2002) founded and leads an outsourced human have incredible, inspirational stories, but they need someone resources company in Kentucky. like me to flesh it out.

Better yet: All of the folks noted above are family men with solid During my time at Rho Chapter, I recall one article written about marriages and wonderful children. I’m proud to call them brothers. our chapter in four years—and it was controversial because we were forced to cancel our very popular haunted house at the last I was a journalist for more than 20 years before launching my pub- minute due to a code violation. It certainly wasn’t our fault, but it lic relations firm—BrEpic Communications LLC. It’s quickly taken was absolutely a story for media, and they did their job—fairly, I off, and I have amazing clients around the country—from giant might add. businesses to solopreneurs. I was originally introduced to one of my great clients—a national IT firm—by a connection from Rho. I think it’s our responsibility as Theta Chis to promote and foster I’ve also spoken to numerous other brothers about potentially part- all the amazing positive things happening with brothers in college, nering with them to grow their businesses and brands through my and the ones who have become successes after graduation.

company’s unique way of writing interesting stories and pitching For us to maintain this reputation, it takes all of us. And a Helping those stories to media across the world. Hand.

As a proud fraternity member who has built a thriving, growing Justin Breen is married to Dr. Sarah Breen, a business from scratch—and to see so many of my fellow Theta pediatrician, and father to two truly great sons: Chis achieve such epic success—it is difficult to see Greeks take a Jake, 6, and Chase, 5. Breen is Founder/CEO beating in the press seemingly week after week. of BrEpic Communications LLC, a Chicago- A reputation takes time to develop and can be difficult to maintain, based public relations firm with clients across in particular, due to our ever-changing world. Founded on (my the United States. For more information, visit birthday!) April 10, 1856, Theta Chi has been around for more than www.BrEpicLLC.com.

WWW.THETACHI.ORG THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 15 ALPHA Heritage Club Norwich Ronald C. Smith Dear Brothers, Chase Council Thomas W. Donaldson EPSILON As another decade concludes and we begin 2020, Century Club WPI Donald E. De Blieux Freeman Fellow it’s amazing to see all that we have accomplished Brig. Gen. Paul F. James M. Melvin together. During the past 10 years, The Foundation Kavanaugh (Ret.) Peter J. Mulvihill Men Since ’56 Century Club Chapter successfully completed a capital campaign Frederick M. Haynes Gerald R. Backlund to endow an annual conference for Chapter Presi- Joseph F. Tine Joseph A. Gugliemino Dr. Allen H. Levesque dents, supported efforts to move to the Fraternity’s Snake & Sword John F. Bagley Robert A. Meyer new beautiful headquarters in Carmel, IN, and Emmanuel J. Pappas provided nearly $4 million in academic scholar- BETA Norman J. Taupeka MIT James H. Torrey, Jr. ships, leadership grants, and other financial Century Club Men Since ’56 support to Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. The Founda- Capt. Sherman S. Powell James A. Alfieri Frank A. Ruiz Andrew T. Bartley tion Chapter was successful because of financial Men Since ’56 Donald J. Breda, Jr. support from dedicated and generous alumni. I am grateful to each and William R. Freeman, Jr. Joseph A. Cappuccio Paul Chodak, III every brother who gave to support Theta Chi. Snake & Sword David S. Baumgartner Michael J. Iassogna Paul J. Landino Founders Club Harry B. Ogasian Mario A. Scott We hope to continue this trend of excellence throughout the upcoming ’20s Jonathan H. Tucker so that we can meet the needs of our collegiate brothers as they face an GAMMA Snake & Sword ever-changing world and challenges that we could never fathom. However, Maine William E. Lucas, III Founders Club despite these new trials that our young brothers face, constants remain Chairman’s Council Kenneth F. Beckley, Jr. Joseph R. Pilsbury that are recognizable to all Theta Chi alumni: the need for financial aid; Richard S. Doyon ZETA Freeman Fellow the need for leadership education and training; the need for mentorship New Hampshire James C. Otis and guidance; the need for a Helping Hand. We hope to count on your Century Club Century Club Scott W. Lowe Jayson H. Bearce consistent, constant support to equip our brothers with the scholarships and Snake & Sword Gary A. Henry John R. Dulude programming that they need to lead Theta Chi and their families, towns, Steven Sargent John W. Hurney cities, states, countries, and the world for decades to come. Men Since ’56 Kyle D. Rhoads Blaine O. Plummer Founders Club David O. Werdin William Koromhas As you make your resolutions for the new year, we hope you resolve to Snake & Sword give back to Theta Chi as you are able. We encourage you to use the Frank W. Amadon, III ETA Paul T. Leonard enclosed envelope or visit www.thetachi.org/give to make your year-end, Rhode Island Victor E. McGrath Chase Council tax deductible gift to The Foundation Chapter. Donald E. Stowell Edward P. Foster Founders Club Century Club Col. Douglas W. Curtis, Jr. Thomas A. Pizza

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Roe (Alpha Upsilon/Nebraska 1986)– $8,000 PSI Century Club Sean M. DonCarlos (Gamma Upsilon/Bradley 2003)– $6,980 Wisconsin Robert C. Amick Freeman Fellow Maj. Thomas G. Bobowski Kirby V. Montgomery (Alpha Phi/Alabama 1975)– $6,952.02 William Schuetze Dr. James E. Dickson, II Chase Council Darrell E. Finken William S. Griffin Brian R. Kotzian Michael T. Weiss Gregory A. McKenzie Dan C. Schoonmaker Century Club Jeffrey B. Fosler, Jr. Men Since ’56 Frederick D. Scheiber Century Club James W. Schoonmaker John L. Burley Ronald R. Genf John E. Adams Harry G. Schoger, Jr. Richard E. Ferguson Carlos R. Teran Daniel F. Creasey David A. Lach Dr. Gerald D. Hagin Col. Michael A. Smith Craig L. Franz Men Since ’56 Christopher W. LaRowe Daniel J. Layman Snake & Sword Chris L. Waits Greg L. Spatz Bill Grover Michael S. Wehner Michael J. Magin John R. Lucker Men Since ’56 Col. Roger F. Wickert (Ret.) Robert J. Lisiecki Men Since ’56 C. Patrick McGriff Founders Club James E. Hurley Men Since ’56 Snake & Sword Thomas L. Bruckner Matthew C. Pfister Steven A. Rothschild Duane C. Mercer Hugh E. Bonnoront Philip K. Berry Walter F. Kahne William P. Przybylski Earl Nolting, Ph.D. Paul E. Goebel Geoffrey S. Larcom Heritage Club James F. Kerler Michael L. Rushing Robert C. Pollock Roger N. Obenauf William S. McDowell, Jr. Charles L. Green Chadwick S. Lange Brian A. Weston Mark A. Sayers Snake & Sword Samuel Spar J. Edward Munnik Snake & Sword Richard Schumacher, M.D. Gary D. Slack Heritage Club ALPHA ETA Snake & Sword John J. Hettwer North Carolina Donald R. Shaffer Donald R. Williams Robert H.G. Buth Leo R. Koceski Gregory C. Seeman James W. Talbert Chairman’s Council Founders Club Ralph O. Zahnow Keith R. Underwood G. Leroy Lail, Jr. Ray Vanlanot Thomas J. Trimbur ALPHA DELTA Craig O. Wellnitz Purdue Chase Council Snake & Sword Founders Club Nicholas G. Hoke OMEGA Freeman Fellow Scott E. Cabaniss ALPHA MU Penn State Robert B. Charles Christopher D. Iowa State Fr. Philip T. Bowers Men Since ’56 Freeman Fellow Kenneth W. Horn Hollandbeck Chase Council Joseph T. Gilbert Don R. Moore James C. Stalder John M. Howell Thomas L. Knox David G. Rush Richard P. Moran David H. Pace Chase Council Claude R. Matchette Patrick J. Sutton David M. Svingen Chase Council James W. Summey, III Robert B. Tucker Nicholas J. O’Neil Founders Club Men Since ’56 James J. Abel Steven Pfefferle Jason A. Gnagy Alan G. Beavers Century Club Dr. Steven J. Hanna ALPHA IOTA Ronald R. Picking Andrew J. Nelson Timothy P. Dutcher Harold W. Milton, Jr. Indiana Heritage Club Jude D. Rake David R. Shookman John R. Sladkey George E. Hoffman, Jr. James E. Nowicki Chairman’s Council Randolph P. Truitt Dr. Paul E. Vassil Warren E. Hoffman, II Snake & Sword William R. Snyder ALPHA KAPPA John N. Weiss, Jr. John D. Staehle Heritage Club Richard L. Shirley, Jr. Brandon J. Cutler Dr. Robert V. Zedelis Thomas R. Allen, IV West Virginia Brian T. Clark Edward A. Swanson Freeman Fellow Chad M. Butler Century Club Wade R. Lancaster Men Since ’56 Century Club Coleman A. LaMaster Jerrell W. Habegger Mark T. Conway David W. Horner Timothy B. Schwering Michael R. Berghoff Chase Council Stanley H. Livingstone, Jr. Robert A. Hoffman Richard P. Roelke Founders Club John V. Blagrave Richard M. Buskirk Richard R. Jones Leon E. Pilewski Steven G. Hennager Gary L. Dominy Jack C. Francis, Ph.D. Richard B. Maltz ALPHA EPSILON William D. Poole Douglas M. Winslow Robert G. Forgette Philip R. Holdread Kurt P. Rohrbach Stanford William G. Volkman Jeffrey J. Kucer Century Club Lt. Col. Harold V. William R. Werner Snake & Sword Capt. Richard J. Lies Motsinger ALPHA NU Frank W. Hodgdon, III Men Since ’56 Georgia Tech Edward M. Beidel, Jr. Walter P. Linne Robert S. Stevens, Jr. Gordon L. Pendegraft Tony J. Marchio Freeman Fellow Robert A. Blumstein Edward A. Milbrandt Michael O. Thornburg Men Since ’56 Paul C. Sirney Dwighd D. Delgado Tyler D. Doppelheuer John T. Pence Tom Vander Luitgaren Alexander M. Nicholson Robert W. Trenor Chase Council Barry A. Herr James W. Ross, Jr. Century Club Snake & Sword Donald D. Gehring Dr. William L. Lear Mark J. Thomas Rev. Thomas B. Conway ALPHA ZETA William F. Miller Richard K. McCrea Founders Club Bruce T. Wright Norm A. Hagman, M.D. Rochester David W. Seitzinger Richard E. Rush, Jr. Michael R. Hetrick Paul D. Znika Chase Council Gregory A. Imboden Heritage Club Dr. Michael F. Stewart Samuel F. Mastrorocco Men Since ’56 Dr. Kenneth A. Hubel Stephen M. Leggett Joshua P. Grubb Century Club Heritage Club Coleman L. Bennett Martin D. Rabinowitz Kevin M. McIntosh Paul H. McConnaughey David G. Buffington Jeffrey B. Milbourn William J. Brook Century Club ALPHA LAMBDA Robert M. Chastain James M. Cox Richard O. Abbe Richard C. Miller, Jr. Ohio State William L. Corley, Sr. Robert J. Dixon Donald A. Parry Dr. Eric W. Robbins Chase Council William H. Denney, Jr. Stephen M. Fetters Mark W. Taft Richard D. Sanders Lawrence C. Berger 18 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG/FOUNDATION Col. Roy V. Fair (Ret.) ALPHA PI ALPHA TAU Paul Jacobs Stephen S. King Men Since ’56 Ronald C. Gaughf Minnesota Ohio David H. Kloess Charles L. Morton Frank P. Bernard Jason M. Higginbotham Chairman’s Council Freeman Fellow Tobin B. Roth Men Since ’56 F. L. Scanlan Peter J. Johns William A. Haggstrom Art Krasilovsky Gregory D. Wren Thomas P. Jackson Founders Club David W. McDaniel Paul R. Norstrem J. Jeffrey Smead Snake & Sword James M. Jacobsen Dwight D. Hammargren F. Turner Plunkett Freeman Fellow Chase Council Herbert L. Forsythe, Jr. Dr. Jerry L. Klein Charles O. Rawlins Fred R. Friswold Thomas E. McNamara Dean A. Gambrell John P. McLaughlin BETA DELTA Claybourn B. Rhinehart Chase Council Century Club Samuel P. Givhan Jeff Praissman Rutgers Arthur G. Springer, III Creig L. Andreasen Michael H. Kugel Jackson D. King Snake & Sword Board of Visitors George E. Youngblood Joshua J. Eifert Lawrence N. McVay, Jr. Thomas L. Renick Sean M. Bailey William H. Suter Men Since ’56 Lt. Col. John H. Jones Patrick E. Smith Franklin G. Weber Founders Club Chase Council Lt. Col. William A. Dirring Thomas H. Swain Wayne W. Wilson Joseph A. Whitehead, Jr. Michael S. Chismar William S. Stoken, Jr. Vernon A. Hill, Jr. Century Club Men Since ’56 Founders Club Spenser C. Peterson Joseph P. Stopper Dr. David R. Hoyer, Jr. Kelly R. Dunn James B. Byers Gene A. Atkinson Heritage Club Century Club John C. Marscher, Jr. Daren W. Jenson John E. Dalton Steven F. Casey Carl F. Kuhne, Jr. Sanford A. Goldstein Devin A. Scott Marvin D. Juliar Snake & Sword Dr. Douglas E. Cross Jonathan E. McHugh Harry J. Herrmann A. Thomas White, Jr. Punnarin Koy Steven C. Leist Phillip D. Corley, Jr. Robert D. Leonhard, Jr. Snake & Sword Ronald J. Nida Donald E. Seitz Col. Duane A. Lamb (Ret.) ALPHA OMEGA Glenn Long John C. Cattaneo Dr. Michael E. Mann Lafayette Dennis V. Space Carl D. Peterson Founders Club Paul N. Clemmons Joseph G. Musick Board of Visitors Dr. Richard B. Stalter Men Since ’56 Leonard R. Eliason John K. Kalter William H. Page, Jr. Stephen J. Macri Patrick B. Cunningham Robert L. Seman Men Since ’56 James T. Prokupek James W. Parrish Freeman Fellow David J. Boczar Steven J. Gehrke Heritage Club William R. Wise Michael D. Ross Richard F. Engel Frederick D. Quick Jordan R. Gustafson Raymond L. Cummins Daniel E. Wilson Founders Club Lt. Col. James D. Hamilton Chase Council James R. Seewagen Harrison O. Yelverton, III Jack K. Bailey, Jr. Snake & Sword ALPHA UPSILON Edward D. Wetzel Snake & Sword Daniel D. Hegeman Michael D’Agostino Nebraska Heritage Club Century Club Raymond D. Freson N. Christian Glenos, Esq. Heritage Club Robert E. Engstrom Board of Visitors Ralph E. Bothe John P. Murillo Michael H. Diffley David B. Freid Michael D. Roe Stuart E. Graham Stephen R. Brainard Founders Club James D. Lewis Darren W. Gerke Chase Council James M. Coffey Brian L. Callahan Steven G. Woodward John R. Harrington Richard Geiger ALPHA XI Capt. David H. Porter Jeffrey L. Jorgensen Delaware Robert W. McCluskey Dr. Walter Levitsky, Jr. Steven T. Schmidt Century Club Freeman Fellow ALPHA CHI Founders Club Raymond N. Ashmun Syracuse Men Since ’56 David W. Finneran Andrew A. Buckley Calvin K. Flury, Jr. BETA EPSILON Charlee M. Garst Century Club Montana Chase Council Martin E. Neal Thomas M. Kenyon Lt. Col. Frank J. Kohout John R. Feeney Century Club ALPHA RHO Fred J. Otradovsky Daniel S. Martindale Gary R. Layton Albert E. Nunn Gary A. Carmichael Washington Eric W. Raasch Durando Miller, III John G. Thomas, III Men Since ’56 Century Club Century Club Dr. Donald B. Schewe Dennis W. Morgan Snake & Sword Frank T. Barretta Louis Dudas Jack V. Denton Men Since ’56 Men Since ’56 Robert W. Chapman Kent H. Garson Douglas D. Jones David L. DiMartino Steven R. Anderson Terry P. Grummitt Thomas W. Clegg, III Mark L. Woodruff Gregory R. Hume Kevin J. Doyle George L. Sherwood Founders Club Bruce M. Kehler James E. Mackey Dr. Michael J. Glick Snake & Sword Men Since ’56 William C. Holling Dennis M. McManus Walter D. Walker David M. Little Philip E. Graham Christopher R. Homan Ronny L. Legino Robert S. Moses Raymond M. Krett, Jr. Men Since ’56 Douglas E. Osborne Heritage Club Heritage Club Jason H. Seidl Michael A. Potter Donald H. Kallander Donald R. Ferron Colten Zamrzla James P. Urbanowicz Founders Club Robert A. Loudon BETA ALPHA Francis S. Vasques David E. Conner Kenneth B. McGhee UCLA BETA ZETA Snake & Sword Michigan State Louis Roberts, Esq. ALPHA PHI Freeman Fellow Alabama Michael M. Donigian James W. Baker Chase Council ALPHA OMICRON Snake & Sword Kenneth L. Knepper Chairman’s Council Chase Council Gary C. Steinhardt Washington State James Hanson Joseph I. Peck Peter S. Mackey Dr. Bruce E. Gelb Century Club Chase Council Founders Club Marvin L. McConaghy Founders Club Paul L. Poitras G. Z. Brown Lucas W. Nurmi Devin O. Cooley Kirby V. Montgomery Luke Andrianos J. Tyler Damon, II Century Club Thomas G. Leduc Century Club Freeman Fellow James W. Clute Stanley Gawel Kelly W. Hintz Robert T. Baker Heritage Club Ralph H. Cassell Heritage Club John J. Jacobowitz Col. Dennis W. Kullander Robert L. Caldwell John Sommers George C. Garikes Nathan J. Avrunin (Ret.) Brian L. Gwartz Roland L. Sutton, Jr. Wesley K. Wicker, Ed.D. Glenn Shivers Joseph C. Wolfe Men Since ’56 Dr. Michael P. Lafkas ALPHA SIGMA Chase Council James C. Sun, Esq. Men Since ’56 Dr. Brian L. Benzel Oregon ALPHA PSI John E. Hagefstration, Jr. Peter J. Vasquez Dr. Gerald A. Gadowski Michael W. Coleman Century Club Maryland Fulton S. Hamilton Michael D. Weinstein Kenneth J. Marlin James A. Guess Steven R. Bennett Board of Visitors Patrick P. Hughes John F. Ringlein Dr. John T. Griffith James A. Hamilton Hon. Dennis A. Cardoza Men Since ’56 Col. Lawrence H. Kloess Alex Morales James S. Smith Steven R. Ingram Men Since ’56 Chase Council Century Club Snake & Sword Snake & Sword Ricardo W. Hudnell Joseph C. Jensen Founders Club Brig. Gen. Roland E. Thomas P. Sheridan Gary A. Bramer, D.D.S. David E. Lingenfelder Stephen J. O'Connell George F. MacPherson Ballow Founders Club Gary E. Erickson H. Donald Ulrich Century Club Justin C. Monger C. Benton Burroughs, Jr. Kenneth F. Bachulis Miller D. Lembke B. George Ballman Jon V. Salazar Snake & Sword Col. John L. Conway, III Founders Club Patrick M. Cox Ihab F. Shahawi Leo L. Naapi James W. Oakley, Jr. David W. Carlsen John K. Doyle BETA ETA Dr. Alan D. Stevens BETA GAMMA Washington (MD) James I. Scharf David A. Glunt Men Since ’56 North Dakota Century Club James L. Gregory Marcus Gibson Century Club Edward F. Leonard, Jr. Robert L. Hopkins Christopher S. Gray Sherman E. Hoganson Dominic M. Romano

WWW.THETACHI.ORG/FOUNDATION THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 19 BETA THETA Col. Frank J. Tansley Heritage Club Snake & Sword Gamma/Maine Drexel Steven J. Vesey Paul A. Ebert Stuart D. Hines, Jr. Cameron Ouellette Chase Council Snake & Sword Gregg M. McCormick Founders Club Byron C. Vielehr James R. Fresch Marc A. Parker Patrick E. Bushman Epsilon/WPI Century Club Kenneth E. MacDonald William W. Parker John C. Puffer Aiden Crane Howard B. Cates, III David R. Wobser Heritage Club Alec Mitkov Gary S. Colton BETA OMICRON Mark G. Collins Adam Sochacki Men Since ’56 BETA NU Cincinnati Kenneth L. Matson, Jr. Daniel M. DiDomenico, III Case Western Chase Council Theta/Massachusetts Frank I. Hinchcliffe Chairman’s Council Lt. Col. Jeffrey L. BETA SIGMA Sean Glynn Bachmann G. Thomas Parry, Jr. Dale A. Pulver Lehigh Akshay Kapoor Peter E. Pisasale Russell D. Yoder Ralph C. Jacobs Freeman Fellow Philip Siegrist, Jr. Freeman Fellow Donald A. Leckrone David B. Foltz Iota/Colgate Snake & Sword Edwin M. Salkeld, Jr. Century Club Chase Council James Carroll Christopher M. Barone Chase Council Kent V. Attwell Charles L. Cucullu, Jr. Chad Zappia Edgar C. Stehli Robert M. McLaughlin Laurence P. Engel Lowell P. Orr, Jr. BETA IOTA Century Club James V. Morabito Mu/California Gordon A. Queen Arizona John E. Bower Dr. James S. Potyka Maximilian Ackerman David J. Scaglione Board of Visitors Thomas K. Brichford Century Club Alan W. Shinn Gates M. Stoner Richard R. Cook, Jr. Dr. Seth H. Apter Xi/Virginia Men Since ’56 Chairman’s Council William D. Dickinson Paul C. McBeth, III Liam Flaherty Adam C. Dmitriev Thomas M. Marcuccilli Thomas F. Dohnal Jeffrey A. Nichols Daniel E. Ryan Rho/Illinois Kia Sepassi Lt. Cmdr. James E. Carl I. Oberg Ronald H. Saemann Wesley Chan Century Club Gentry, Jr. Michael W. Rausch Stu Small Layton J. Cox Charles A. Green Maynard H. Turnbull, Jr. Seth Katz John C. Smith Don R. Nesbitt George J. Hapker Kurt S. Wiesner David M. Lukens Snake & Sword Sigma/Oregon State Men Since ’56 Men Since ’56 James A. Nauer Todd D. Hoffman Jacob Friedman Clifford V. Coddington Charles A. Denault Kenneth N. Ross Jon D. Parsons Max Welch Snake & Sword John A. Harrison Men Since ’56 Founders Club Isaac A. Figueroa Donald W. Stever, Jr. Louis L. Campbell Philip J. Bierbaum Tau/Florida Nazario A. Gonzales Snake & Sword James C. Hosier D. Michael Painter Adrian Badenjki Wayne B. Taylor Jonathan H.D. Eisen Craig A. Marvinney Heritage Club Kai Cook Heritage Club Benjamin D. Rodney David B. Shapiro, M.D. Kofi T. Ladans Kenneth G. Romley Stephen W. Saunders Travis Hoffmann James J. Strand Kenneth B. Ross Gary Tilles Snake & Sword Robert C. Stricker, Jr. Christopher S. Whiteman Phi/North Dakota State BETA KAPPA Marvin McGowan, D.O. Chase Anderson Hamline Founders Club Matthew R. Richter BETA PI Steven Karschnia Freeman Fellow Nathaniel W. Soron Gordon E. Rutzen Monmouth Cory D. Olson Jeffrey A. Zelin Brandon Verkinderen Paul A. Williams Snake & Sword Heritage Club Chase Council Gregory I. Derbak Founders Club Vini Aguiar Chi/Auburn Colin J. Schulte Dennis E. Walker John K. Cleaver Peter B. Morris Brett Cocke Century Club Founders Club David Lance Bradley Jones John R. Bunde Jerry L. Greer Michael E. McHenry BETA TAU Timothy R. Jirak Daniel C. Neumann James N. McInnes Psi/Wisconsin Steven W. Tracy Southern California Bernard L. Newman Heritage Club Chase Council Adam Brooks Men Since ’56 Aditya Rengaswamy Dennis J. Deegan Jingwei Lei Dennis J. Cummings Heritage Club Jiro Sakamoto Alpha Zeta/Rochester Coleton J. Hanson BETA RHO Matthew Varano Matthew Bentley Century Club Ronald C. Roberts Illinois Wesleyan Nikhil Edward Barry T. Faber Snake & Sword Chairman's Council Alpha Iota/Indiana Glenn C. Graham James D. Bailey Peter C. Cappas Matthew Krampen BETA XI Wallace D. Mersereau Matthew R. Glocke Chase Council Shamik Patel Birmingham-Southern Men Since ’56 Founders Club Harry H. Chapman, III Freeman Fellow John M. Brock Scott C. Jaberg Howard A. Doss Alpha Lambda/Ohio State Robert C. Lockwood Richard D. Finken Heritage Club Edward C. McKenna Kion Fallah Michael J.S. Pastrick Gerald W. Hannula, Jr. Jeffrey Kuang Douglas E. Troutman Alex Iammarino Chase Council Snake & Sword Century Club Nikolai Makarenko, Jr. Sy Ellis Tony Nigro BETA LAMBDA Charles R. Boothby Garrett Studer Century Club Founders Club Akron Howard R. Day Thomas C. Cawley Brian R. Fleming Robert M. Latas Leadership Club Men Since ’56 Alpha Mu/Iowa State Brian T. Gegel Heritage Club William R. Dahlgren Jonathan R. Boydstun Derek Janusz J. Chris Jackson Aaron B. Muller Chase Council Richard R. Randall Tyler Mogensen William P. LaBounty Christopher N. Conley Joseph M. Saloom William J. Horton Edward J. Mulrow BETA UPSILON Alpha Nu/Georgia Tech Founders Club Horace B. Tomlin Fresno State Jeffrey T. Pelot Brian E. Henry Jeffrey Conn Men Since ’56 Freeman Fellow Century Club James B. Lowe Jeremy DiBattista Steven D. Donnan Thomas E. McCormick, III William K. Bamler Chad D. Moseley Max Rafferty James S. Dunn Century Club Men Since ’56 Paul M. Schabacker Nishant Reddy Scott T. Ebner Christopher H. Bassford Hon. James D. Ford Jeremy A. Taylor Walter R. Sitz David R. Baxter Tanay Tak 20 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG/FOUNDATION Foundation Scholarships

The Foundation Chapter of Theta Chi provides scholarships to brothers seeking undergraduate or graduate degrees who demonstrate oustanding academic performance; service to the Fraternity, school, and community; leadership abilities; financial need; and other clear personal and career goals and objectives.

This year, $240,000 in Sherwood and Janet Blue Memorial Scholarships was awarded to brothers pursuing a wide range of studies. Additionally, $44,500 in Victor Simon Memorial Scholarships was awarded to brothers who are engineering majors. The full list of scholarship recipients for the 2019/2020 academic year is shown below.

Alpha Pi/Minnesota Gamma Zeta/Oklahoma State Delta Rho/NC State Eta Alpha/Clemson Iota Gamma/ Joshua Matushin Ryan Breish Charles Townsend Hayden Schmidt Grand Valley State

Sayuj Shah Zach DeGeorge Trevor Hartmann Delta Phi/North Texas Eta Beta/Eastern Kentucky Jonah Loewe Alpha Rho/Washington Anthony Dominguez Martin Rosenberger Iota Delta/ Matt Rogers Beau Bryan Southeastern Louisiana Delta Psi/Kansas Eta Gamma/Morehead State Bryce Ellis Gamma Theta/San Diego State James McGuire Andrew Anderson Sina Bagheri Joseph Fischer Alpha Tau/Ohio Douglas Porter Jake Gooing Iota Eta/Pacific Henry Hughes Jack Strange Eta Kappa/James Madison Aiden Hayes Ryan McVicar William Furlow Alpha Phi/Alabama Delta Omega/Ripon Gamma Lambda/Denver Iota Theta/Central Florida Luke Dolan Cameron Klein Eta Lambda/Virginia Tech Michael Huang Corey Esquenazi Craig Macagney Erik Osmonson Seth Kalish Beta Alpha/UCLA Sawyer Nash Julian Adam Blaine Tracy Epsilon Theta/Tufts Eta Pi/East Stroudsburg Iota Mu/Missouri Justin Tonascia David Wideman Eric Metaj Rusty Miller Tristan Bevan Matthew Reppucci Beta Delta/Rutgers Gamma Nu/ Eta Phi/Oakland John Coveney Nicholas Pezzolla New Mexico State Colony Epsilon Kappa/Idaho Joseph Javier Bryce Fuemmeler

Connor Stringam Lucas Dibelius Matthew McClure Dylan Hood Beta Theta/Drexel Trent Hunter Walker Wetter Cameron Calv Gamma Rho/Florida State Zachary Schaumburg Eta Chi/George Mason Robert Cotter Iota Sigma/Towson Beta Iota/Arizona Michael Coudert Epsilon Mu/Eastern Michigan Yahav Lachovizer Layton Cox Gamma Tau/Drake Carlos Campos Eta Psi/UAB Austin Bolker Iota Tau/Northern Kentucky Beta Kappa/Hamline Aaron Nihart Nicholas Arnold Donovan Richart Theran Bowra Coleton Hanson Rahm Bakshi Jacob Sabella Zeta Alpha/Slippery Rock Drake Main Joshua Freund Beta Xi/Birmingham- Broderick McKenna Zach Marcum Gamma Upsilon/Bradley Harington Joe Southern Dillon Pusateri Dylan Pashke Malcolm Manning Iota Phi/South Carolina Hayden Anabtawi Christian Rebmann John Mizerany Thomas Begane Gamma Phi/ Beta Omicron/Cincinnati Zeta Epsilon/Long Beach State Nicholas Southern Andrew Brown Nebraska Wesleyan Dylan Dagenback Rene Sanders Bradley Ernesti Theta Delta/Santa Clara Iota Psi/RIT Matthew Orr Mason Lee Zeta Lambda/Westminster Kent Maynard Connor Rollins

Beta Rho/Illinois Wesleyan Joseph Sanford Brett Bartholomew Theta Eta/Sam Houston State Iota Omega/SUNY Cortland David Horn Connor Sullivan Brice Bokesch David Sommers Tim Kreuz Aaron Simon David Callihan Delta Alpha/Linfield Christian Daviduk Theta Xi/VCU Kappa Beta/Long Island-Post Beta Sigma/Lehigh Jacob Priester George Huncik Dakota Jennings Aren Antreasysn Vinicius Aguiar Nicholas Rhoten Benjamin Patosky Roderick Wright Jacob Hoying Vincent Albanese Beau Slayton Tyler Snodgrass Justin Simon William Hanna Delta Gamma/WV Wesleyan Kyle Yatsonsky Theta Rho/McNeese State Brian Leard Kappa Delta/Texas-El Paso Isaac Carroll Rajan KC Zeta Omicron/Shippensburg Andre Frigyes Beta Phi/Nevada Delta Zeta/Nebraska-Omaha Andrew Aumen Theta Omega/ Carlos Portillo Brian Ceinar Shota Nakaya Appalachian State Zeta Rho/Kentucky Kappa Zeta/Arkansas Beta Psi/Presbyterian Tristan Winkle Delta Mu/Texas Joseph Davis Noe Barrios John Bodkin Santiago Diaz-Arauzo Nicholas Elling Iota Beta/Missouri State Jacob Carter Grayson Fallaw Jace Llamas Hayden Fussell Hayden Bartholomew Jared Pinkerton Jonas Ha Josh Paramo Kyle Bryant Rhys Tetzlaff Zeta Sigma/ Kappa Eta/Salisbury Kyle Ransleben Abdillahi Dirie Wisconsin-River Falls Matthew Carr Beta Omega/Susquehanna Logan Harrod Delta Pi/Indiana State Noah Hedlund Alex Tobin Noah Kronk Collin Huebel Samuel Dickey Dominic Meyer Gamma Delta/Florida Southern Matthew Irwin Stephen St. John Brian Thornton Peter Donovan

WWW.THETACHI.ORG/FOUNDATION THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 21 Stuart R. Hirasuna Shickre A. Sabbagha Men Since ’56 Founders Club Lt. Col. Donald L. Curry Freeman Fellow Bruce C. Paltenghi Dr. John M. Stephenson Robert J. DeSousa Craig D. Barhorst (Ret.) Steven J. Mudder Men Since ’56 Max W. Walker Snake & Sword Stephen R. Swanson Robert A. Huber Capt. Donald H. Ramsden Robert E. Schmidt Men Since ’56 Joseph P. Rusiewicz David J. Tobergte Scott W. Milliken, D.D.S. Chase Council Marty G. Schaefer Richard J. Tichenor Alan L. Davis Founders Club Dale W. Carlson William R. Shivell Snake & Sword Edgar H. Lane Gus Krayer GAMMA LAMBDA Century Club Denver Hon. Marvin R. Baxter Snake & Sword Moreland L. Stevens Walter R. Abstein Board of Visitors Michael B. Cuttone George W. Everett GAMMA THETA Men Since ’56 Joseph S. O’Brien, III San Diego State James J. Moylan Founders Club Timothy C. Williams Gregory E. Barr George L. Radford Chase Council Edward A. Manning Chairman’s Council Michael V. Lepore George A. Turnbull David E. DeVol Terry M. Carr Jonathan Q. Vu Heritage Club BETA OMEGA Albert C. Voll Susquehanna Richard D. Elder William F. Mortensen John Neufield Snake & Sword Men Since ’56 Chase Council Century Club Tony John Valdez Freeman Fellow Sal J. Haro Lewis J. Friedrichsen, Jr. Jack E. Cisney Michael A. Greenberg James L. Conway Manuel J. Lavrador John B. Murphy BETA PHI Edward R. Schmidt Walter C. Gutjahr, Jr. Joseph P. Giamanco Gary L. Ransom William Suarez Philip C. Thornton William P. Hudson Nevada Century Club Founders Club Snake & Sword James F. Kenzik Chase Council Robert G. Fisher Chase Council Chester L. Ferdun Steven A. Kroepsch Kevin R. Moylan Philo M. Romine Men Since ’56 Gregory R. Cox Alberto H. Garcia Andrew J. Rubinacci Nicholas A. Sauer Milbrey M. Jones, Jr. Men Since ’56 Kenneth C. Gift Century Club Founders Club William A. Stolfus Leland J. Virag Peter R. McQuaid Rick G. Bellows, Jr. Gerald L. Silva Dr. James A. Black Men Since ’56 James T. Wright D. Ward Plummer, Jr. Richard A. Buck J. Kyle Griffis David A. Costantino GAMMA OMICRON Snake & Sword Snake & Sword Randall C. Pogue Michel P. Tschirret Ronald J. Preston Jonathan R. Kraus Wake Forest Harvey W. Lambert Robert O. Jesberg, Jr. Heritage Club William L. White Richard W. Marden Century Club Heritage Club Milton E. Gold, Jr. Matthew H. Ditslear GAMMA BETA Men Since ’56 Jackson T. Stevens Brandon M. Taylor Furman Randolph B. Screen Michael N. Callan Snake & Sword GAMMA SIGMA Century Club Men Since ’56 BETA CHI Donald R. Cook, Jr. Leo L. Wisseman Duke Ronald N. Salyer Stephen W. Christian Allegheny Robert S. Liwanag Chase Council GAMMA MU Edward T. Frackiewicz, Jr. President’s Circle Phillip A. Quici Marcus W. Page GAMMA DELTA Bowling Green Jeffrey S. Nelson Lt. Col. Harry E. Bonner William H. Schenck Elliott N. Sutta Florida Southern Chase Council Ronald W. White John H. Weierman Century Club Board of Visitors Century Club Lee J. Van Syckle Snake & Sword Craig D. Choate Philip Pappas James A. Falconer Snake & Sword George B. Harrison Century Club Wade B. Haubert Clyde H. Harriss, Jr. Freeman Fellow John J. Smith Gilbert G. Koch Steven C. Holladay James B. Beck Jonathan M. Melvin Laurence O. Howard, Jr. Men Since ’56 Men Since ’56 Jeb S. Rosebrook, Ph.D. Robert P. Coury, Jr. Cody D. Rominger Snake & Sword George F. Ferris Richard D. Feil, Jr. John W. Spotts William R. Wilson Founders Club George Andrek Snake & Sword Kenneth J. Wilson Douglas L. Craig Robert R. Frost Paul F. Brown, Jr. Century Club Robert A. Brown Gene G. Lamke Col. Theodore G. Jenkins Heritage Club John R. Geehr Mark G. Clarke, M.D. David F. Davenport (Ret.) Nolan Mera John N. Davis, Jr. Founders Club Frederick J. Cullen William M. Gainer Justin A. Staggs Snake & Sword Randall T. Husbands Nelson G. Stevens, Jr. Bruce W. Cushman Bruce K. Krumeich William W. McKee Martin L. Goldman Jake Waldron Founders Club John H. Petersen GAMMA PI GAMMA TAU Dale H. Meyers Dr. Russell F. Handy, Jr. Robert E. Rutan Buffalo Drake Paul A. Rockar, Jr. GAMMA IOTA Heritage Club Connecticut Danny L. Stokes Freeman Fellow Freeman Fellow Phillip M. Vito Keith M. Feuz Marc A. Bodine Heritage Club J. Kevin Telepo Thomas J. Rossley, Jr. Dr. Daniel R. Yanicko, Jr. Ralph L. Miller, Jr. Richard M. Maynard Sean L. Williams Chase Council Century Club Men Since ’56 Roger L. McLaughlin Laurence K. Apple Michael A. Bauer GAMMA EPSILON GAMMA KAPPA GAMMA NU Elliot S. Rose Rob C. Marshall C. Bernie Clark Western Colorado Miami (OH) New Mexico State George H. St. George John B. Shrader David J. Maikowski Chase Council Chase Council David S. Teske Board of Visitors Snake & Sword Richard C. Polley Larry J. Fitzsimons David J. Nishioka Christopher J. Vesy, M.D. Century Club Craig W. Johnson Dr. Gary C. Taylor Jay T. Olson Snake & Sword Freeman Fellow John R. Ast Michael R. Wendt, II Ronald E. Tranquilla Mark W. Gillette Emeric R. Holderith, Jr. Men Since ’56 Jeffrey S. Kenyon Snake & Sword Founders Club Chase Council Jed E. King Barry A. Ransom GAMMA UPSILON Dan T. Brink Gary L. Jessen Matthew E. Shaffer Snake & Sword William W. Walluk Bradley William A. Degraw Century Club Ronald F. Martinez Men Since ’56 Board of Visitors Kenneth J. Ignozzi GAMMA ZETA William H. Conner Founders Club William R. Klocko Sean M. DonCarlos Dr. Glenn W. Thompson Oklahoma State James S. Davis Edwin R. Martinez Kenneth P. Schirmuhly Dru A. Neikirk Founders Club Chairman’s Council J. Peter Doyle, Jr. George R. Nail, PE Snake & Sword Chase Council Ben L. Swanson Paul L. Groover Jerry K. Lambert Dr. George Quintero Capt. Roger H. Hill Heritage Club Heritage Club Robert H. Peiffer GAMMA XI Daniel L. Schoenborn David R. Pfeltz James A. Steele Timothy Neary James R. Pokorny San Jose State Founders Club Richard G. Sterling

Todd Weddington Nicola A. Selvaggio Chairman’s Council Dr. David M. Civilette Century Club BETA PSI Richard C. Sanders Jeffrey H. Taylor Heritage Club Robert C. Carroll Presbyterian GAMMA ETA Alan K. Saunders Allen C. Waddle, Jr. William D. Brucker William T. Griffin Chairman’s Council Bucknell Men Since ’56 Chase Council William H. Haynes James S. McEachern, III Chase Council Craig A. Anderson Steven M. Pyle GAMMA RHO Hamilton I. Jones Chase Council John D. Harrison Matthew T. Kennedy Peter R. Silva Florida State Ronald J. McGauvran Michael G. LeFever Century Club Gary P. Pietrangelo Century Club Board of Visitors Thomas J. Rodgers David R. Kase Century Club Alex Reo Richard J. Arellano Maj. Mark Hillis Craig M. Sjurset M. Ronald McMahan, Jr. Richard R. Sterling Reed B. Baird Carl H. Woerner

22 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG/FOUNDATION Men Since ’56 GAMMA OMEGA Century Club John E. Kemp Vanderbilt Kevin P. Kross Foundation Staff Updates Eugene R. Wilkening James D. Neumeyer Men Since ’56 Founders Club Edward B. Hopper, II Men Since ’56 John E. Muskara Archie D. Call During summer 2019, we bid DELTA ALPHA Roger W. Roszell Richard L. Dennis farewell to both Chief Develop- William D. Sulaski Linfield Leonard M. Kutzke Glenn A. Tisdall Freeman Fellow Jason D. McEldowney ment Officer Philip Thornton Harold R. Gibson Heritage Club Corey A. Obringer and Director of Development Jeffery T. Albrecht Leon W. Stroud Charles L. Senn Kenneth J. Lombard Founders Club Snake & Sword Joe Macko. Philip resigned for a Lawrence J. Rosenstiel David C. Rohrer William M. Romp new role as Chief Development T. Mark Sweeney DELTA BETA Officer of Purdue University’s Founders Club GAMMA PHI Georgia Nebraska Wesleyan Thomas Kerscher School of Industrial Engineering Freeman Fellow Chase Council Ted L. Payne Douglas M. Allen while Joe resigned to become Hal L. Guyer Donald R. Sroczynski Chase Council H. Lawrence Sandall Thomas F. Stapleton the Annual Fund Officer for Park George E. Brown Century Club Tudor School in Indianapolis. Century Club DELTA IOTA Dustin E. Bartley Philip Thorton Marvin G. Bures Michael A. Abney Northwestern Philip’s leadership and efforts, David B. Bentley Chase Council Gerald L. Clark along with Joe’s assistance, helped The Foundation John A. Gerd James W. Curtis, II Clifford W. Garstang Randy J. Harrington George B. Duke, Jr. Century Club Chapter complete its first Kenneth A. Kluck Dennis J. Hill James D. Jeffrey seven-figure capital campaign, Thomas R. Sawyer, II Snake & Sword Keith R. Knoblock Bruce R. Smith develop a robust annual giving David R. Joekel Dr. Eric E.E. Moum Founders Club Bruce A. Petsche Founders Club program, and enact a very Robert L. Chandler William J. Simpson Thomas R. Mihane Men Since ’56 successful stewardship initiative. Heritage Club DELTA GAMMA Thomas G. McBride, Jr. We wish these brothers well and Joel M. Brown WV Wesleyan Founders Club Kirk A. Kinberg Century Club thank them for their tremendous Robert R. Cook Daniel S. Novinski Gregory D. Lessig Heritage Club service to Theta Chi and The Trent R. Patrick Men Since ’56 Robert Urschel Richard Yu Foundation Chapter. Clyde R. Trathowen

Snake & Sword GAMMA CHI DELTA KAPPA We are David M. Callahan Ball State Randolph-Macon Founders Club Freeman Fellow proud to Century Club Kole R. Metz Bradrick S. Burk Joe Macko Dr. F. Edward Bentley announce Richard L. McCauley Ray C. Goodwin DELTA EPSILON Robert H. Stine that our new Chief Development Men Since ’56 Miami (FL) Scott M. Thomas Jason D. Carmichael Officer, John Berghoff (Alpha Snake & Sword Chase Council Henry S. Chenault, Jr. Joseph S. Essick, Jr. William D. Marohn Delta/Purdue 1988), officially Michael W. Goyne Thomas W. Iverson Dr. Norman D. Ross Joseph E. Hurley started on November 18, 2019, Heritage Club Eric S. Rice Century Club and is looking forward to his Joseph V. Miller, III Gene A. Baugh Snake & Sword Darrell Brammer new role. Learn more about Jeffrey R. Bland DELTA ZETA Tyler J. Clemens Heritage Club Nebraska-Omaha John at www.thetachi.org/ Chad M. Ellis Aaron M. Keel Chase Council Jereme W. Grinslade staff-directory. Capt. Michael L. Farquhar Darrell L. Hood John Berghoff GAMMA PSI Century Club Dale F. Hughes Puget Sound James M. Harrington Dr. Donald L. Mays Board of Visitors George L. Marling Larry L. Nifong Jack S. Cowan Dr. Thomas D. Wintle Larry K. Ottinger

Century Club Donald L. Owens Craig C. Winegardner DELTA XI Snake & Sword Milton M. Fukuda DELTA ETA Charles A. Ray Founders Club Valparaiso Gary L. Kovanda Michael A. Ramoska Colorado State Raymond E. Schafer Jonathan T. Downing Freeman Fellow Heritage Club Robert G. Thomas Founders Club Joseph M. Wachs Heritage Club C. Michael Reese Bert W.W. Schulz George C. Wirsdorfer Zachary Yarnell Joshua A. Wilson Chase Council Heritage Club Scott A. Cole Men Since ’56 Men Since ’56 George F. Bone Brandon Majmudar DELTA OMICRON Gregory M. Elley Matthew Bowlin Gettysburg DELTA MU Century Club John L. Rummel Christopher J. Clemens Texas Freeman Fellow DELTA THETA Eugene Denk Snake & Sword Freeman Fellow David E. Cowan Toledo Snake & Sword Otto Teske, Jr. Christopher Huss S. Troy Burk Paul A. Broman Freeman Fellow Men Since ’56 Chase Council G. Randall Nulle Heritage Club Gene F. Dose Donald E. Crosley Cary T. Conrad Mark R. Gage Founders Club Matthew L. Dafforn Zachary M. Arnold Glenn B. Hessler Century Club Chase Council Richard A. Nevitt Donald D. Hunter Elliott L. Manke Alfred J. Darold Dr. Thomas J. Haverbush Bernhard G. Wallmann Howard A. Thrun, Jr. Lt. Col. Glenn J. Meigel WWW.THETACHI.ORG/FOUNDATION THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 23 Shawn T. Prohaska DELTA TAU DELTA CHI Robert L. Brandfass Jeffrey G. Chaffin, D.D.S. Snake & Sword R. Scott Snyder Kent State Lenoir-Rhyne David S. Fleming Robert P. Maher Michael C. Pherson

Thomas J. Vignola Century Club Chase Council Dante A.C. Houston Men Since ’56 Men Since ’56 Keith W. Keller Robert R. Rhyne, III Wyatt C. McGillen Gilmore A. Dominguez EPSILON NU CSU-LA Thomas E. de la Vergne Dr. Keith D. McFarland Century Club Erik Osmonson Charles A. Ferguson Chase Council Jeffrey H. Glisson David L. Schiska Bruce T. Million Ryan J. Schmit Jack N. Rodriguez Dr. Robert Benavides, Jr. Chauncey O. Johnstone Gerald R. Semon Men Since ’56 Xia Xiong Luciano A. Santa Cruz Men Since ’56 Dr. J. Stephen Munzinger Men Since ’56 Robert E. Danbom Paul Tomasino Donald E. Kurtz Heritage Club Kenneth J. Wilson Ryan N. Pruett EPSILON ALPHA Snake & Sword High Point Snake & Sword Ewald Zittlau Snake & Sword Snake & Sword Norman E. Soash Chase Council Richard W. Colby Bradley L. Heiges Heritage Club John W. Sieverts Wayne F. Dietz DELTA PI Kent B. McKinnell William J. Volk, Jr. Ryan C. Walbridge Men Since ’56 EPSILON XI Indiana State Founders Club Ronald A. Moore Clarion Chairman’s Council Kenneth F. Dornbush DELTA PSI EPSILON ETA Century Club Kansas IUP Ralph H. Hansen Paul R. Gray Freeman Fellow Benefactor Club EPSILON BETA Century Club DELTA UPSILON Lycoming William M. Russo M. William Metcalfe Arizona State M. Lindsay Olsen Francis C. Baum Century Club Men Since ’56 Chase Council Benefactor Club Board of Visitors William L. Burdett D. Rex Bryce, Jr. James J. Cunningham Ricky D. Ward M. Walt Davis Timothy W. Olsen, M.D. Kevin N. Trout Men Since ’56 Charles A. Steck Century Club Freeman Fellow Chairman’s Council Men Since ’56 Bruce R. Tucker Robert J. Wenner Dean A. Black Michael Maloney Stephen D. Edwards Edward P. Kalaha Snake & Sword Snake & Sword Men Since ’56 Chase Council Ryan P. Gerstner Snake & Sword Hon. David E. Conklin James E. Marsh Jeffrey R. Bogdan Stephen A. Baker, Ph.D. William R. Patterson George H. Gould Kenneth J. DeGraw, Jr. Todd E. Pavoli Jack D. Hendrix Carl A. Formato, II David W. Wurth Founders Club Founders Club Jonathan O’Neal Scott C. Mara Freeman Fellow Nelson W. Earley EPSILON OMICRON Peter R. Bruguiere James R. Steed Eric M. Matheny Christopher H. Kennedy Gerald R. Fox Waynesburg Heritage Club Snake & Sword Richard A. Menzel Chase Council Brian J. Lawrence Century Club William H. Kauffman Tad H. Randolph Jason P. Tortorici Dana G. Wreath Darrell E. Stanyard Phillip E. Pulis, Jr.

Jeffrey D. Tynan Century Club Century Club Men Since ’56 EPSILON GAMMA EPSILON THETA Founders Club Rhett H. Handley Benny D. Croyle Jeffery L. Ness Widener Tufts Stephen E. Sullivan Gary C. Quinn Richard K. Friesner Snake & Sword Chase Council Century Club Men Since ’56 Dr. William L. Nichols William S. Ringler Heritage Club Edwin S. Carpenter Dr. Richard M. Basile Ronald Bernal Kenneth R. Rueff Founders Club Alec N. Berggren Christian P. Chace Mark S. Louchheim Dr. Earl A. Braunlin Col. Bradley J. Duchein Martin E. Seem David G. Rogers Century Club Men Since ’56 John M. Schoenle John D. Sandner Paul S. Snapp John L. Byer Dr. Ronald A. Grant Snake & Sword Bryan S. Stringer EPSILON PI Charles W. Marsar Snake & Sword DELTA RHO Keith A. Greener Men Since ’56 Northern Illinois I.M.O. Blake Exposito Men Since ’56 James H. Hyson Chairman’s Council NC State Founders Club Ronald J. Deramo William A. Priebe Chase Council Anthony E. Derwinski Ross D. Kelson John R. Derr EPSILON IOTA Brett G. Gillies Capt. Helmuth Eggeling Mitch Nolan Freeman Fellow Charles K. Miller East Carolina E. Larry Sanders, III Martin A. Kopa Thomas B. Stanion Frederick A. Cimaglio Dr. Carl Spirazza Century Club Century Club Heritage Club Snake & Sword Arlen E. Mizell Century Club Paul G. Hohmann Snake & Sword Wayne E. Holous Donald C. Etheridge Lt. Col. Jack L. Roach Men Since ’56 Andrew J. Knopp Kevin J. Spross Benjamin Reyes Grant B. Goodwin Lyle W. Paradise DELTA PHI Founders Club George F. Tittmann Jerome J. Webb Bryan A. Hogan Founders Club North Texas Mark E. Peterson Founders Club Men Since ’56 Raymond E. Littlefield Col. Bryan L. Bennett Sean K. Lloyd Chairman’s Council Hon. Robert R. Whittaker Samuel W. Lewis, III Federico A. Dugena Heritage Club William E. McCullough, Jr. Vance K. Maultsby, Jr. Heritage Club Charles E. March Michael J. Wilfinger Barry A. Kelley Marvin B. Sutton, Jr. Chase Council Brandon M. Bohning Snake & Sword Travis D. Sullivan, Jr. EPSILON DELTA Steven A. Mork Men Since ’56 Youngstown State EPSILON KAPPA Dr. Allen G. Greenwood Century Club DELTA OMEGA Century Club Idaho Heritage Club Michael R. Cole Ripon Snake & Sword Steven S. Casper Chairman’s Council Harold A. Anderson John T. Wilkinson Century Club Thomas H. Eck Peter E. Dalton Calvin S. Smith Jerry M. Hardacre, II EPSILON RHO Joe T. Moore, Jr. Men Since ’56 George R. Stowe Chase Council Perry F. Howland Rider Founders Club Blake E. Hamilton Gary D. Swanson David L. Birch James R. Mensching Century Club Paul T. Harrell, Jr. Dr. Gregory S. Rab Michael R. Miller Lt. Cmdr. Russel D. Stuart J. Bury Snake & Sword Men Since ’56 Van Tassel Snake & Sword John K. Smith J. Osby Borchardt Douglas E. Whiteley DELTA SIGMA Snake & Sword David H. Hawk Bruce N. Spring Landry T. Lewis Snake & Sword Clarkson J. Neil Kazan Heritage Club Joseph A. Weiss Andrew D. Robertson Dr. Justin R. Anderson Century Club James C. Klepin Scott E. Smith Dennis M. York Jeffrey D. Sturtz John B. Schoolfield Khaatim J. Boyd John F. Vicarel Men Since ’56 Founders Club Michael L. McLaughlin EPSILON MU Snake & Sword Founders Club Joseph J. Jewusiak Harlan K. Holmes Jason E. Howeth Nicholas J. Osenberg Eastern Michigan James A. Kiracofe Francis A. Schuessler Founders Club Cameron E. Jean Founders Club Century Club Snake & Sword Daniel J. Webster, Jr. Heritage Club Trevor W. Lynn EPSILON ZETA Col. Leroy E. Conner, Jr. Kenneth G. Mullens Wayne J. Uhland Heritage Club David S. Schuler Heritage Club Tampa Robert W. Shaffer, Jr. Founders Club Vito Debartolo William C. Bartlett Freeman Fellow Hugh T. Regan, Jr. Michael A. Baumhardt Chris Reilly Men Since ’56 Joseph J. Boedecker Century Club Ralph M. Miron Heritage Club Carl M. Fischer, Jr.

24 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG/FOUNDATION Founders Club James W. Pyle, Jr. Darron W. Cross Marc J. Essensa Men Since ’56 Steve Gonzalez Charles A. Brigham, III James J. Kendall, III ZETA DELTA Donald B. Cochran Richard A. Werber St. Cloud State Richard E. Deeter Century Club Freeman Fellow Snake & Sword Townsend N. Barnett, Jr. Brent D. Skaja Wayne L. Fryback Eric S. Cada Men Since ’56 Jonathon L. McGee Michael A. Dimon Robert D. Scheeler Nathan Miller Randolph Leon Tony Sou Founders Club Edmondson, Jr. Snake & Sword Steven B. Clark Dr. David R. Farmer Kurt E. Belinski Barry A. McEwen James G. Hunt, Jr. Heritage Club James C. Levick Rudolf O. Diethelm ZETA LAMBDA Terrell Brandon Mizell James A. Phillips Westminster Norman G. Odeneal, II Chase Council Todd Smith EPSILON SIGMA Randy W. Sims Men Since ’56 ZETA EPSILON Paul W. Cunningham Donald Wilhelm Long Beach State Harold J. Winer Wagner Men Since ’56 David W. Price Century Club Freeman Fellow Men Since ’56 Col. Roger D. Baskett Kevin W. Krepinevich Harry C. Neel Men Since ’56 Carl J. Johnson Mark S. Nemiroff, M.D. Steve D. Burmeister Robert V. Schoeller, Jr. Dr. Preston E. Pierce Trevor Q. Coddington James J. McMahon Robert M. Rams William H. Clay, II J. Patrick Scullen Men Since ’56 Mark F. Freeze Richard P. Santoriello Jeffrey L. Johnson Founders Club Chase Council Steven P. Klebacha Christopher Jones James D. Ciampa William M. Martens John K. Sheldon Snake & Sword Brian J. Saul Bruce J. Michelotti Charles A. Hodgdon Thomas E. Modlin Snake & Sword Michael A. Callier M. Sonny Tashbar Snake & Sword William B. Osborn Hon. Joseph J. Maltese Craig D. Coen Heritage Club Century Club Jay A. Cummins Brian P. Comstock Taylor Ramseyer Founders Club T. Chastian Parks John T. McMahon John D. Ely Daniel R. Wagoner Louis LaRocca Richard A. Schmidt, II Christopher Graham James M. Peck Mark W. Meyer Snake & Sword Heritage Club Stanley E. Sweeney ZETA BETA Heritage Club Adrian Nathan T. Perez Matthew E. Jolles James Serton Founders Club Carl Greene Michael G. Pilatos Richard A. Paradiso, Jr. Daryl G. Redel Chairman’s Council Douglas A. Miller Richard S. Robbins Francisco L. Pietri EPSILON TAU Charles E. Simmons ZETA NU Stephen F. Austin Rev. Dr. Terrance A. Tyler J. Whaley Parsons Founders Club Freeman Fellow EPSILON CHI Robinson Men Since ’56 Chase Council David S. Amnathvong David S. Harry Missouri S&T Freeman Fellow Gary R. Okafuji William T. Clark Robert A. K. Gurkin, III Century Club Century Club Bradly L. Vance Dean P. Zibas Bruce B. Rotherforth A. Fred Horn, Jr. Lawson Wideman, Ph.D. Chase Council Snake & Sword Century Club John F. Jones Harold F. Christmann, Jr. Daniel W. Hobson Hon. John F. Briscoe, Jr. John E. Dickinson Matthew Lynch C. Raymond Lane, Jr. EPSILON PSI Paul W. Wright Dr. Ronald E. Huff Todd C. Stauder Snake & Sword Glenn K. McGrath NJIT Michael J. Shilling Founders Club Patrick J. Kilbane, Jr. Founders Club Jeffery L. Marrs Freeman Fellow Century Club Michael P. Tsompanas Jack D. King Vincent F. Bennett Michael J. Castro Alan B. Copeland Giovanni Hortua ZETA XI Heritage Club Chase Council UC-Davis EPSILON UPSILON Brett A. Peters Kurt C. Riegelman Matthew G. Lawrence Joseph P. Bieksha Central Michigan James D. Schweigert Scott M. Young Chairman’s Council John L. Zozzaro Dr. Bryan J. Holcomb ZETA RHO Chairman’s Council Men Since ’56 Heritage Club Century Club Kentucky Michael J. Kistler Patrick L. Bentz Bruce A. Bishop Chase Council Brian J. Evans Chase Council Freeman Fellow Gregory R. Dalida Joshua Mora James C. Mower Marc D. Fox L. Kenneth Fister James C. Chapin Joshua M. Kanous John T. Scatoloni Century Club James J. Hauser David A. Hyman Men Since ’56 Troy A. Schmidli Ryan Abusaa Joseph F. Petersack James D. Rickard Mitchell E. Counts Joel M. Wendland ZETA ETA W. Brent Chaney John A. Purciello Century Club Col. Raymond J. Cully, II Snake & Sword Northern Michigan Men Since ’56 Men Since ’56 Jerry E. Crail Founders Club Scott E. Chesley Freeman Fellow Winthrop H. Banning Dr. Andrew F. Buckalo Thomas H. Porter Ronald R. Reinke James R. Grissinger Paul T. Sayers Selim F. Freiha Michael J. Noble Richard A. Whitaker S. Maxwell Smith Snake & Sword Dr. Jon K. Hooper Patrick J. O’Neill Men Since ’56 EPSILON PHI Founders Club Brian T. Reid Snake & Sword Central Missouri Michael E. Rusak Taylor A. Dahlem Vincent J. Crawford Heritage Club Shaun Hamlin Snake & Sword Lt. Col. David P. Hanson Chairman’s Council Joseph L. Decker Don R. Hiltunen Randolph W. King Douglas G. Schemenauer Charles R. Hentz Gary M. Simpson Dr. Robert C. Guy Hon. Thomas M. Maddock Carmine A. Sodora Freeman Fellow James A. Mahony ZETA THETA F. Douglas Marks Snake & Sword Troy Michael J. Mayer Founders Club Salvatore C. Molaro, Jr. Robert F. Young Judge Robert L. Arnold Douglas S. Rambaud Edward S. Hudak, Jr. Century Club Benjamin G. Bamford Heritage Club William A. Tetley, Jr. Danny L. Sikes Jerome F. Conway Douglas K. Barrow ZETA OMICRON EPSILON OMEGA Founders Club Shippensburg Chase Council Michael J. Lude Founders Club Steven A. Cumbea Sacramento State Mark B. Howell Men Since ’56 Brandon A. Loschiavo Stephen Miller Matthew L. Lotspeich Chase Council Charles C. Yohn Heritage Club Bradley J. Snizik ZETA KAPPA Steven L. Yount David J. Lucchetti Edward W. Gaffin G. Thomas St. Clair Ohio Northern ZETA PI Colin Ogle Century Club Freeman Fellow Old Dominion H. Glen Harckum ZETA ALPHA ZETA GAMMA Blake W. Whitley William J. Sweet Benefactor Club Phillip R. Rodewald Slippery Rock Alberta Century Club Carlton F. Bennett Fred A. Rollert, Jr. Century Club Century Club Richard L. Erb Chase Council Noel D. Schleininger Dr. Donald F. Hannon Keith D. Haxton David B. McFarlane Douglas R. Pfitzenmaier Thomas D. Capozzi

WWW.THETACHI.ORG/FOUNDATION THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 25 ZETA SIGMA Brendan J. Nordberg David W. Ehret Men Since ’56 Wisconsin-River Falls Channing M.A. Ranger Keith A. Hafer Winston J. Banks Board of Visitors Jacob Rathbun Roy W. Stivers Anthony B. Gatto

David A. May Founders Club Founders Club Chairman’s Council ZETA UPSILON Gary S. Brueggen Corey S. Gerhart Hartford Gary W. Maier Eugene Milewski Century Club Freeman Fellow ETA GAMMA Joseph C. Marinello Morehead State Robert H. Moody, II ETA RHO Chairman's Council Centenary (LA) Kyle J. Weaver ZETA PHI Darick H. Brown Freeman Fellow Chase Council Cal Poly Chase Council Dr. J. Michael Wieting Chad R. D. Goetsch Century Club Charles T. Griffith Chadd E. Novak Jason M. Bertels ETA SIGMA Century Club Joshua T. Pals Men Since ’56 Arkansas Tech Mark J. Fairchild Jeremy J. Untz Jon A. Fasola Chairman’s Council Floyd A. Skeans Century Club Y. Laurence Kimura Joe L. Clack Men Since ’56 Brian D. Alton Bruce H. Summers Century Club Michael K. DeMarsh Larry F. Behne Martin J. Jennen Frederick D. Benson ZETA PSI Frederic G. McCarty, II Western Illinois Men Since ’56 Derek C. Brandt Timothy P. McGill Freeman Fellow Kenneth A. Baxter Robert D. Moody Snake & Sword Mickey R. Price Snake & Sword Keegan R. Olson Chad C. Grimm Century Club Brian A. Stehle Reese L. Pfeiffer David K. Miller John B. Bokum, Jr. Bryan H. Punzel Founders Club ETA TAU Robert H. Rasmussen Col. Kevin J. Burdick Michael C. Brickey Snake & Sword Benjamin A. Ciesinski Robert D. Hagberg CSU-Stanislaus Snake & Sword Danny R. Haney Dr. Ronald T. Buchanan Michael J. Lenox Century Club Men Since ’56 David A. Chinnock Charles C. Johnson, III Dennis R. Willis Robert C. Solomon Dennis Sisneros Victor D. Caricato Danny R. Markwell Casey L. Doten Founders Club Founders Club Founders Club Snake & Sword Brian S. Martin Nicholas M. Doten Matthew J. Babaian Dustin K. Shepler John Oushana Donn M. Moe Robert J. Bialk Jeffrey D. Martin Col. Larry D. Huffman Heritage Club Ryan M. Nattrass Mark K. Ebben Heritage Club Heritage Club Maximus C. Bryant ETA PHI Frederic L. Wiese Richard L. Lundeen Joseph C. Zuniga Raymond L. Heath, Jr. Oakland Founders Club Founders Club David C. Hollander ETA NU Chairman’s Council Donald F. Cleaver David D. Onion ETA DELTA Robert B. Honec, IV Alma Edward A. Eickhoff Babson Marcus A. Engle Heritage Club Scott J. Pitts Century Club Freeman Fellow

Alec H. Marentic Gary L. Bialk Century Club Robert A. Hudson John F. Horvat Owen S. Mael Michael S. Martin ETA LAMBDA Snake & Sword Chase Council ZETA OMEGA Daniel M. Nelson Virginia Tech Brian J. McQuade Kevin M. Kosch James H. Pratt Bradd G. Soutor West Chester Christopher A. Roan Chairman’s Council Chad S. Merricle Century Club Matthew D. Zastrow Chase Council John A. Zanchi, Jr. David M. Wilberger, Jr. Scott B. Kuzma Bruce M. Goodman Men Since ’56 Chase Council ETA XI Heritage Club Anthony J. Lupo Nicholas D. Lauer Men Since ’56 Marc A. Green Rear Adm. J. Scott Burhoe Tarkio Frederick E. Zorn, Jr. Robert W. Olson Dr. Charles S. Moll (Ret.) Century Club Todd R. Richman ETA ZETA Taylor H. Lewis Camden L. Coble Men Since ’56 Ryan R. Croft ZETA TAU Snake & Sword Edinboro Robert M. Moore Justin A. Suarez Michigan-Flint Steven C. Brenoskie Men Since ’56 Franklin T. Overbey ETA OMICRON Northwestern State Century Club Jared P. Brown Joel H. Swank Heritage Club Heritage Club Freeman Fellow Joseph M. Macko Ronald E. Kibbe Century Club Philip D. Hall Thomas P. Fazzini Tait J. Martin, Ph.D. Mark H. Madden Kurt D. Schiemer Charles G. Maton Gary A. Slater Chase Council ETA CHI Michael L. Martorelli ETA ALPHA Men Since ’56 Robert F.C. Chauvin George Mason Men Since ’56 Clemson Snake & Sword Robert A. Bergeron S. Dwayne Jones Century Club Brandon A. Mattila Chase Council David C. Strieder William C. Major Men Since ’56 Christopher E. Beckett Snake & Sword Tobin E. Proctor Founders Club Snake & Sword Vanner J. Erikson Robert F. Boland Richard F. Jackson Century Club Eric M. Pope Garland S. Bradfield Paul W. Griffith Men Since ’56 Drew Marsh Darrin A. Shoemaker Henry M. Clifton Robert B. Ramagos J. Alexander Hrovat Founders Club Men Since ’56 ETA IOTA Donald T. Hajec Newberry Bobby K. Woods Snake & Sword John J. Burke Scott B. Disher Stephen C. Miles Snake & Sword Founders Club Amante DeCastro Cristobal Evangelista Heritage Club Jeffrey M. Stamm William M. Cromley, III Anthony W. Branham, Jr. Christopher Godin Eric L. DeWerth Thomas J. Weeks, Jr. Heritage Club Heritage Club ETA PSI Christopher D.T. Gordon Founders Club UAB David W.J. Morrison ETA BETA James B. Chocklett Martin F. Branham Edward A. Lemanski, Jr. Chairman’s Council Eastern Kentucky Kollin S. Vandenheuvel Heritage Club Michael D. Martin Century Club ETA KAPPA ETA PI Heritage Club James Madison Rodger L. Smith Chase Council Michael S. Fletcher East Stroudsburg David Arnould Century Club Steven H. Frost Nickxit Bhardwaj Thomas H. Knight, Jr. ETA MU Board of Visitors John B. Davis Men Since ’56 Jeffrey T. Fletcher, Jr. Thomas E. Seward, Jr. Findlay Dr. Richard W. Leland Philip O. Giordano Dave M. Boackle Eric L. Harris Men Since ’56 Century Club Chairman’s Council Benjamin R. Hill Daniel Mendoza Scott Wing-Fu Huang Craig T. Hafer Bruce A. Olson Allan J. Calarco G. Larry Short Snake & Sword Nicholas L. Huber Snake & Sword Stephen P. Piwowar Joseph R. D’Amore, Jr. Men Since ’56 Agam Dhawan Elijah T. Madar Jacob Bates Men Since ’56 Chase Council Jeffrey B. Hill Wade T. Merrill Zack R. Brown James L. Baucher Col. James A. Viola Paul D. Kotz

26 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG/FOUNDATION Founders Club Century Club THETA CHI IOTA ZETA IOTA UPSILON COMPANIES Brian Lee Butler Douglas L. White, CPA GC Honorary Radford Texas State Benefactor Club Evan W. Colmenares Men Since ’56 Century Club Men Since ’56 Men Since ’56 Fidelity Charitable Gift Michael Elsea Frank A. Binetti, Jr. Michael C. Osborne S. Bjorn Gass 2nd Lt. Travis T. Medlin Fund Jay Madison Ronald M. White Joseph M. Longo Wilson B. Powell TUW Heritage Club Snake & Sword THETA PSI IOTA PHI Residuary Jesse Aquino Keith G. Ahee, Jr Wisconsin-Oshkosh IOTA ETA South Carolina Chairman’s Council Benjamin A. Bradford Founders Club Chairman’s Council Pacific Heritage Club Bank of America Christopher J. Chatta Cody C. McDowell Joshua J. Palleon Chase Council Pat J. Mahoney ImpactAssets Khalid W. Freij Freeman Fellow Matthew J. Olson Markel Corporation Jeromy Huang THETA IOTA Chad R. Strelow Century Club IOTA CHI Schwab Charitable Fund Egnatius A. Lovoy, II UC-Santa Cruz Craig J. Strelow Gerald D. Latasa, Jr. Binghamton Freeman Fellow Founders Club Joe J. Massie Benefactor Club Chase Council Snake & Sword American Endowment Daniel Donovan Alex Quick Herbert W. Morgan, III Jason T. Mathwig Erick M. Hernandez Foundation Charles Schwab Chairman’s Council Century Club Brandon C. Hill ETA OMEGA KAPPA ALPHA YourCause Eric R. Jayaweera Thomas P. Clark James E. Smith Spokane, WA Chico State Chase Council Freeman Fellow Adam D. Juza Founders Club Chairman’s Council Christopher J. Hackett IOTA THETA AT&T Employee Giving Mark T. Geenen Spencer Morgan Campaign Tyson Y. Lai THETA OMEGA Central Florida Freeman Fellow Appalachian State Chase Council Chevron Humankind Century Club FRIENDS Matching Gift Program David J. Scotto Chase Council Joseph A. Kovecses, Jr. Sean C. Cleary Board of Visitors Google Inc. Century Club Nick Kopsinis Jason E. Potter Century Club Elizabeth Richardson Network for Good John M. Wenger Andres F. Velasquez Adam J. Arnold IOTA ALPHA Freeman Fellow Pfizer Foundation Match- Men Since ’56 Men Since ’56 Founders Club UNC-Wilmington Dawn M. Taylor ing Gift Program Gregory A. Romer Gregory A. Tepe Corey Esquenazi Century Club Century Club Vanguard Charitable Snake & Sword Christopher E. Hixon Daniel K. Faill James R England Wells Fargo Community Jeffrey P. Gutsch THETA KAPPA Vincent A. Nunchuck Support Campaign Texas Tech Snake & Sword Men Since ’56 Michael G. Nemetz Kristopher E. Taibl Century Club Century Club Matthew M. Britt Suzanne Ritzler Brandon M. Ware Bartholomew Zino AmazonSmile Foundation Michael B. Dowell Founders Club Snake & Sword Heritage Club Heritage Club Columns Fundraising, LLC Corey R. Heitz Andrew Dziedzic Michael J. Pusateri Men Since ’56 Brandon Esquenazi Konica Minolta Sanjay Singh Michael D. O’Shea Heritage Club Christopher J. Morata Lumina Foundation Founders Club THETA BETA Eric D. Seaman David P. Hoxie Mile High United Way Dr. Shirley P. Jordan TCNJ IOTA LAMBDA Morgan Stanley GIFT Chase Council THETA LAMBDA IOTA BETA Longwood Philip B. & Betty M. Bloomsburg Missouri State Marshall Men Since ’56 William J. Stephenson IV Century Club Benevity Community Founders Club Chase Council Amber L. Ray Century Club Dustin D. Dwyer Impact Fund Christopher S. Beadling Matthew J. Frauenhoffer Reginald Rogers Matthew E. Cohen Snake & Sword Greater Twin Cities United Kristopher J. Wolfe Maureen Rooks Matthew P. Green William G. Hawk, II Way THETA MU Emily Thornton Century Club PayPal Giving Fund Men Since ’56 CSU-East Bay Heritage Club Craig A. Boes Heritage Club United Way of Greater Scott K. Friedly Century Club Patrick Zurn Corey R. Fischer Peggy Callas Portland Snake & Sword Kurt A. Krisman Peter J. Langston Carol L. Corwin Roger D. McLarnon IOTA MU Snake & Sword Men Since ’56 Dr. Matthew B. Meyer Ashlen Davis Missouri Bank of America Matching Donald L. Otvos Carl A. Pacubas Heritage Club Amir Dehestani Gifts THETA DELTA Scott A. Turk Nora Dietz-Kilen Santa Clara Jack Whiteman Community Shares of THETA NU Men Since ’56 Patrick Griffin Minnesota Century Club Rowan Austin S. Kramer IOTA NU Trisha Hargrove Duke Energy Foundation Bryan P. Emmert Century Club Jordan M. McGee South Florida Doris T. Hartmann Matching Gift Snake & Sword Robert C. Moran, Jr. Heritage Club Adam Levine Ebay Foundation Darren W.K. Ching Snake & Sword Snake & Sword Benjamin T. Dixon Linda Loveless Employees Charity Bob Eberling Ronald T. Bansky Chris Maltezos Diane Mayer Organization (ECHO) of Daniel C. Lepper THETA EPSILON Christina Mnatzaganian Northrup Kennesaw State Founders Club THETA XI IOTA XI Jean Neshek-Dowe Millennium VCU Jordan C. Carter Freeman Fellow Georgia College Mary Vijila Pharmaceuticals J. Barry Schrenk Century Club Brandon McCoy Founders Club Deborah Williams Motorola Solutions Anthony M. Engel Heritage Club Foundation Century Club Matthew T. Williams Pamela Woodson Robert R. Rosinski The University of Michigan Daniel L. Wheeler Heritage Club THETA RHO Zachary T. Smith Heritage Club Sean P. Espinosa ASSOCIATIONS Founders Club McNeese State Jeffrey J. Lee Leadership Club Dell Corporation Men Since ’56 IOTA DELTA Norwich Housing NetApp Southeastern Louisiana IOTA OMICRON THETA ZETA James S. Guillory FIU Corporation Heritage Club Gordon R. Poncho Heritage Club UNC-Asheville Heritage Club Board of Visitors Allstate Giving Campaign George I. Lunkin Snake & Sword Robbin O. Meneses Stripe.com THETA SIGMA Delta Rho Alumni Charles K. Walker Association TisBest Philanthropy UC-Santa Barbara IOTA EPSILON Yelp Inc Century Club Georgia State IOTA PI Chase Council THETA ETA LSU Michael A. Kohler Century Club Gamma Theta Alumni Sam Houston State Men Since ’56 Association Founders Club Errol S. Danley Chase Council Wallace P. Sevin, III Century Club Brian K. Hall Matthew A. Gilbert Snake & Sword Zeta Pi Alumni Association Justin Jones

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THETA/MASSACHUSETTS Brothers Jared Chapman and Joseph Murphy serve as directors on the UMass For The Kids Steering Committee to raise funds ABOVE: BETA ALPHA/UCLA brothers capture their fifth straight for Baystate Children’s Dance Marathon Championship. Hospital.

LEFT: BETA DELTA/ RUTGERS’ Nick LaBoy receives the Outstanding Chapter President Award.

GAMMA/MAINE as Director of Greek Recruitment We won the intramural floor hockey and Membership. championship in spring 2019. RHO/ILLINOIS EPSILON/WPI Nick Letto (2022) was recognized as During the 2019 WPI Greek IFC New Member of the Year. Recognition Awards, we received awards for Outstanding Alumni TAU/FLORIDA Programming and Outstanding Robert Schulte (2021) was tapped Educational Programming. into Florida Blue Key.

ZETA/NEW HAMPSHIRE PSI/WISCONSIN We had the highest grade point During the 2018/2019 school year, ALPHA XI/DELAWARE’s Connor Fiorino (2020) spent his spring average amongst all IFC fraternities we raised more than $116,000 for break in Lima, Peru, with the Med Life organization, which helps low during the spring 2019 semester. the Midwest Athletes Against income families with home repairs and helping to diagnose and Childhood Cancer Fund and the provide medicine to individuals who need medical attention. ETA/RHODE ISLAND St. Baldrick’s Foundation during our We received the Risk Management 50th Annual Ski for Cancer event. Award during Rhode Island’s 2019 Healthy Silver. We were also recog- onship by raising $10,882 for the Greek Life Awards Banquet. ALPHA MU/IOWA STATE nized by the President’s Council Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS We received the IFC Friendship Governing Board as an All-Star Foundation. We also captured our THETA/MASSACHUSETTS Award and the Certificate of Merit Organization. seventh straight Relay For Life

Jared Chapman (2020) and Joseph for Overall Excellence from the Championship, raising nearly ALPHA PSI/MARYLAND Murphy (2020) were chosen to Iowa State Office of Sorority and $12,000 for the American Cancer We received the Most Improved serve on the UMass For The Kids Fraternity Engagement. Society. IFC Chapter Award from the Steering Committee, the largest stu- University of Maryland Fraternity dent run philanthropy on campus ALPHA NU/GEORGIA TECH BETA DELTA/RUTGERS and Sorority Life Office. Nick LaBoy (2020) received the which raises money for the Baystate During Georgia Tech’s Up With the Outstanding Chapter President Children’s Hospital. Chapman will White and Gold awards ceremony, BETA ALPHA/UCLA Award from the Rutgers Office of serve as Director of Corporate we were recognized by the student We captured our fifth straight Fraternity and Sorority Affairs. Sponsorship and Murphy will serve group Health Initiatives as Certified UCLA Dance Marathon Champi-

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LEFT: DELTA MU/ TEXAS’ Kyle Ransleben is one of eight men selected to serve as Senior Crew Leader for the National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience.

BELOW: GAMMA PHI brothers celebrate being named Greek Chapter of the Year.

ABOVE: BETA LAMBDA/AKRON takes home several Akron Greek leader- ship awards.

LEFT: BETA OMEGA/ SUSQUEHANNA’s Ryan Prater presents his research on the rural urban divide. GAMMA PHI/NEBRASKA WESLEYAN

BETA LAMBDA/AKRON Florida Southern IFC and we won (2021) won the Greek Emerging We took home awards for highest the 2019 Greek Week champi- Leader Award and was also pledge GPA, highest chapter GPA, onship. appointed to the Nebraska and most improved chapter during Wesleyan Board of Governors. GAMMA THETA/ Akron’s Greek Leadership Awards. SAN DIEGO STATE Colin Barker (2021) and Jon Ziga GAMMA CHI/ (2019) both received the Thomas J. Two brothers were elected to IFC: RANDOLPH-MACON Jon Soden Vukovich Award for outstanding (2021) was elected Vice We received the Godfrey Smith Max Johnson leadership. President and (2021) Award and the Adviser of the Year was elected Vice President of Health Award during Randolph-Macon’s BETA XI/ and Wellness. Greek Awards Banquet. Josh Beeker

(2020) was named Greek Man of BIRMINGHAM-SOUTHERN GAMMA PI/BUFFALO the Year and received the Excellence Matt Quill (2020) set the all-time We held a blood drive and collected in Philanthropy Award. career saves record for Birmingham- 48 units of blood which could Southern Men’s Lacrosse. He also potentially save up to 124 lives! DELTA MU/TEXAS holds the school record for most saves in a single season. GAMMA TAU/DRAKE At the end of spring 2019, we were Nick Johnston (2020) was elected second among IFC groups for BETA SIGMA/LEHIGH student body president and Nate active member GPA (3.44). Vin Albanese (2020) was elected Wright (2021) was elected student Kyle Ransleben (2022) was one of IFC President. body treasurer. (Brothers visit Belize; eight men selected from across the

see page 30.) country to serve as a Senior Crew BETA OMEGA/ Leader during the summer 2019 SUSQUEHANNA GAMMA PHI/ National Advanced Youth Leader- Ryan Prater (2019) presented his NEBRASKA WESLEYAN ship Experience, the highest national research on the rural urban divide at We were named Greek Chapter of level of leadership training offered BETA RHO/ILLINOIS WESLEYAN the NCUR Conference. the Year by the Nebraska Wesleyan by the Boy Scouts of America. Golfer Ben Johnson (2019) was named to University Greek Life Office. the Division III PING All-American Second GAMMA DELTA/ Dan Novinski (2019) was named EPSILON DELTA/ Team. He was also a finalist for the Division FLORIDA SOUTHERN Greek Man of the Year and Jay YOUNGSTOWN STATE III Jack Nicklaus National Player of the Year Cameron Urfer (2020) was elected Stander (2021) received the Behind We took first place in the 2019 Award. Executive Vice President of the the Scenes Award. Hunter Smith Greek Sing competition.

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Extending a Helping Hand in Belize

BY JOHN H. FELSENTHAL (GAMMA TAU/DRAKE 2019)

In summer 2019, Davis Heck (2019) and I traveled deep into the jungle of Belize with Drake University Professor of Law James Albert to check in on the work of a foundation that Gamma Tau Chapter supports. Last spring, Gamma Tau crushed our fundraising goal by collectively raising $16,000.

The impact of this foundation is monumental. With the Fraternity’s help, the foundation was able to send 200 students to attend high school this fall and 16 students to the University of Belize; provided laptops for four students; built a cafeteria so that when it rains, the 274 children can eat indoors and stay safe instead of seeking shelter under mango trees; and distributed hundreds of pairs of shoes so that children will not need to walk to school barefoot.

The conditions in Belize, especially along the Guatemalan border (where most of our scholars live), were extremely impoverished. There were many miles of live mine fields along the Guatemalan border including a demilitarized zone. We learned that if anyone gets too close to the border, soldiers will shoot on sight. In south Belize there was little or no running water. No electricity (some loca- Gamma Tau/Drake’s John Felsenthal (back center) and Davis tions have solar power). No Internet. People bathed in Heck (back left) join Drake University Law Professor James Albert rivers and ate on dirt floors. In many of the huts I entered, to extend a Helping Hand and visit their sponsored scholars in people owned very few possessions, but I never had Belize, including a young girl named Luenda. trouble finding the schoolbooks that we provided to our scholars! People farmed mango, cocoa, corn, and rice and get to school. The bus picked her up at 5:30 a.m. while it raised chickens, ducks and pigs to survive. They built their is still dark. Luenda was the first female valedictorian at homes out of the rain forest, layering big palms on their her school and was trying to get accepted into the Univer- roofs to keep water out of their huts. sity of Belize. She told me she doesn’t have any place to

live if she gets accepted but that didn’t bother her. She We were inspired by the conditions that some of Gamma said that she would happily sleep under a tree just to go Tau’s sponsored scholars overcame. We met Luenda who to school. This 17-year-old girl cared about her schooling lives two miles from the Guatemalan border deep in the so much she was willing to be homeless! jungle. She walked two miles up and down a mountain, rain or shine, on a mud path just to get to a bus stop to A future project for the foundation is to lay 43 miles of fiber optic cable through the jungle to one of our schools in Corizon. The Internet will open up limitless economic and educational potential. Tom Wrigley (2021) is running point on this.

This foundation would not be possible without the minds of Trevor Funk (2012) and Prof. James Albert nine years ago and the work of Gamma Tau today. This year, Jack Haben (2020) will lead point on fundraising and Hunter Edling (2020) will run the media campaign for our philanthropy event.

John Felsenthal and Prof. James Albert visit with villagers. To learn more, visit https://www.helpingbelizekids.org/.

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EPSILON RHO/RIDER’s Christian Gilmore shows off his Greek Man of the Year Award and is joined by three brothers elected to EPSILON KAPPA/IDAHO Rider’s Greek Council.

ZETA TAU/MICHIGAN-FLINT

ZETA ALPHA/SLIPPERY ROCK

EPSILON KAPPA/IDAHO Judicial Affairs, and Ryan Selover marathon for the University of During the University of Idaho’s (2020) as Vice President of IFC Kentucky Markey Cancer Center. Greek Awards ceremony, we took Recruitment. In total, the event raised over $1.88 home the following awards: million. We also co-hosted a blood Excellence in Scholarship, IFC EPSILON SIGMA/WAGNER drive where 24 units of blood were Chapter President of the Year, and During Songfest 2019, we received collected, resulting in up to 72 saved the Richard D. Gibb Chapter the Donald Kruger Award for con- lives! Excellence Cup. We had the highest tinued dedication and outstanding grade point average among IFC character. ZETA TAU/MICHIGAN-FLINT fraternities for the spring 2019 We hosted our inaugural Suicide ZETA ALPHA/SLIPPERY ROCK semester. Ivan Castillo (2022) Prevention Walk as part of the Sa- During Slippery Rock’s Rising Star received the University of Idaho’s cred Purpose initiative and had par- Ceremony, we were recognized as Outstanding First-Year Student ticipation from multiple Student Organization of the Year Award. organizations. and for hosting the Educational ETA MU/FINDLAY EPSILON MU/ Event of the Year. ZETA UPSILON/HARTFORD EASTERN MICHIGAN ZETA LAMBDA/ We won Chapter of the Year from ETA GAMMA/ Collin Clem (2022) was a part of WESTMINSTER the University of Hartford Office of MOREHEAD STATE the team that took first place in the Brice Bokesch (2020) and Jackson Greek Life. During Morehead State’s Fraternity International Career Development Gastmeyer (2021) received Net- and Sorority Life Awards Cere- Conference for Collegiate DECA. ZETA PHI/CAL POLY working Awards at the Professional mony, we were recognized for win- We raised $6,000 for Big Brothers EPSILON RHO/RIDER Networking Symposium. ning Greek Week and having four Big Sisters of San Luis Obispo Christian Gilmore (2019) was students with a 4.0 GPA during the ZETA PI/OLD DOMINION County. named Greek Man of the Year and fall 2018 and spring 2019 semesters. Kevin Stephens (2020) was elected three brothers were elected to Logan Buttery (2020) was named Treasurer of the Student Govern- ETA BETA/ Rider’s Greek Council: Robert IFC President of the Year. ment Association. EASTERN KENTUCKY Kakoleski (2021) as Vice President We took first place in the Greek ETA MU/FINDLAY of Membership Development, ZETA RHO/KENTUCKY Sing competition and finished sec- Sam Warye (2019) enlisted in the Brandon Lavorini (2021) as Vice We raised $7,088 through Dance- ond overall for Greek Week 2019. Ohio Army National Guard. President of Risk Reduction and Blue, a 24-hour fundraising

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THETA EPSILON/KENNESAW STATE

ABOVE: In fall 2019, THETA KAPPA/TEXAS TECH recruits 17 new pledges and educates the men on the ways of Theta Chi.

THETA ETA/SAM HOUSTON STATE ETA PHI/OAKLAND

ETA TAU/CSU-STANISLAUS ETA OMEGA/CHICO, CA Trevor Storms (2019) received the Outstanding Accounting Achieve- ment Award for spring 2019.

THETA EPSILON/ KENNESAW STATE Through our philanthropy event, Desperado Week, and participation in Kennesaw State’s Dance Marathon, we helped to raise more than $21,000 for Children’s Health- care of Atlanta.

THETA ETA/ SAM HOUSTON STATE We were recognized as a five-star IOTA BETA/MISSOURI STATE’s chapter by the Sam Houston State Abdillahi Dirie (2020) receives Greek Life Office.Brandon Griffith the Outstanding Junior award (2020) won the People’s Choice and is also elected student body ETA TAU/CSU-STANISLAUS pact/Up to Us national competition Award. president. We held our 15th annual row-a- this past semester. The competition thon and raised more than $1,200 centers on raising awareness on the IOTA BETA/MISSOURI STATE for the Asthma and Allergy Founda- national debt and building a strong We donated 194 items (191.3 lbs.) to Abdillahi Dirie (2020) received the tion of America. The event is in economic future for the United the Bear Pantry, which provides Outstanding Junior award and was memory of John Tooma (2004), States. necessary items to students in need. also elected student body president. who passed away due to an asthma The chapter was recognized by Mis- attack. ETA PSI/UAB souri State’s Fraternity and Sorority IOTA GAMMA/ We were recognized by the school’s Life Office with the Outstanding GRAND VALLEY STATE ETA PHI/OAKLAND Greek Life Office with the Pillar of Academic Achievement Award and Trevor Hartman (2019) received the Several members were on a team Excellence Award for Philanthropy Dominic Meyer (2021) received the 2019 Memorial Scholarship from that won first place in the Net Im- and Service. Outstanding Sophomore award. the Michigan Safety Conference. 32 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG CHAPTER NEWS

IOTA DELTA/SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA

KAPPA BETA/LONG ISLAND-POST

IOTA PHI/SOUTH CAROLINA

IOTA TAU/ NORTHERN KENTUCKY’s Isaac Dailey (2019) wins NKU’s Sipes Award for character and KAPPA DELTA/TEXAS-EL PASO community affairs.

IOTA DELTA/ recognized for excellence in academ- SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA ics and community involvement. We were named the 2019 Out- standing Interfraternity Chapter of IOTA PHI/SOUTH CAROLINA the Year. We won the spring 2019 intramural dodgeball, softball, and flag football IOTA OMICRON/FIU championships. Drew Brown (2021) During Roarthon (dance marathon) and Connor Madden (2021) helped we took home the Miracle Cup for South Carolina capture the Men’s being a part of the team that raised Collegiate Lacrosse Association the most money. In all, we helped (MCLA) National Championship. raise more than $14,000 for the Children’s Miracle Network IOTA PSI/RIT Hospitals. Over the summer, Andrew Nguyen (2019) completed the Marine Corps IOTA TAU/ Officer Candidate School. NORTHERN KENTUCKY We were recognized by the Disabled KAPPA BETA/ American Veterans (DAV) for LONG ISLAND-POST KAPPA ZETA/ARKANSAS’ Jared Pinkerton (2020) is elected our service in philanthropy to the Nick DelBuono (2022), Jacob Hoy- student body president. organization. Isaac Dailey (2019) ing (2022), Michael Parrish (2022), was presented the Paul J. Sipes Dylan Radcliffe (2022), and John Award, which is given to a senior Tomlinson (2022) were inducted student who displays honesty, into Phi Eta Sigma Freshman character, and industry, and who has Honors Society. actively participated in community affairs. KAPPA DELTA/

TEXAS-EL PASO IOTA UPSILON/TEXAS STATE We were named Fraternity Chapter During the Fraternity and Sorority of the Year. Life Awards Ceremony, we were IOTA UPSILON/TEXAS STATE

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2018/2019 Awards

2018/2019 Reginald E.F. Colley Award Recipient Reginald E.F. Colley Award Daniel S. Novinski (Gamma Phi/Nebraska Wesleyan 2019) Daniel S. Novinski (Gamma Phi/ Nebraska Wesleyan 2019) Brother Novinski served his chapter as a two-term President and led his members to a cumulative 1st Runner-Up: chapter grade point average of 3.44, helped to raise Daniel Mendoza (Eta Psi/UAB 2019) more than $11,600 for charities, attended several 2nd Runner-Up: Theta Chi events, and doubled the size of his Jack A. Fenimore (Alpha Phi/ chapter. Prior to graduation, he was recognized as Alabama 2019) a Resolute Man. Howard R. Alter, Jr. Award On campus, he was recognized as Most Values- for Chapter Excellence Oriented Member, Outstanding Chapter President, Alpha Nu/Georgia Tech and Greek Man of the Year. He was involved in Epsilon Kappa/Idaho the Student Affairs Senate Executive Council, the Kappa Zeta/Arkansas Pre-Health Club, and was a star on the University men’s swim team, leading them to three conference Grand Chapter Scholarship championships. He still holds several team records Award and received Theta Chi’s 2017 “Shug” Jordan Award. Iota Psi/RIT A 4.0 student, Dan was a member of the Blue Key Academic Honorary, the Huge Society of Leaders and Scholars, Phi Kappa Phi, Beta Beta Beta, and Order of Omega. James M. Holland Award

Dan volunteered more than 25 hours each semester assisting immigrants in learning English, Psi/Wisconsin (55 initiates) mentoring students from Thailand, serving as a Triage Patient Assistant in hospital emergency 1st Runner-Up: departments, and participating in a program that redistributed food from the dining hall to Beta Iota/Arizona (54 initiates) shelters in Lincoln. 2nd Runner-Up: Dan worked on a program that successfully discovered and completed research on a virus. Alpha Lambda/Ohio State Because of his efforts, Dan was given the privilege of naming it BonaeVitae, which means (49 initiates)

“Life is Good.” He extracted and annotated the virus’ genome and presented his research at Phil S. Randall Award the university’s symposium and was asked to become the Lab and Teaching Assistant for the program. Dan was also recognized for research on the transcriptomes of corn snakes and 34 chapters initiated 25+ men presented his findings at the Nebraska Academy of Sciences. Following graduation, he Henry B. Hersey Award began medical school at the University of Nebraska. Delta Theta/Toledo (113% increase) Honorable Mention: Epsilon Theta/Tufts (96% increase)

David L. Westol Sacred Purpose Award Gamma Tau/Drake

Sidney Ann Gilpin Lewis Memorial Trophy l Iota Mu/Missouri l Michael Klimkos (Epsilon Xi/ Clarion 1975)

Most Improved Chapter Iota Mu/Missouri

Operation Military Red USO Service Award: Epsilon Psi/NJIT (4,400 hours)

USO Fundraising Award: Beta Iota/Arizona ($15,097.55) Epsilon Kappa brothers proudly receive the Alter Award during Initiative Academy.

34 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG AWARDS The Distinguished ACHIEVEMENT AWARD

The Distinguished Achievement Award recognizes alumni for extraordinary accomplishments outside of the Fraternity, which may include success in business, government, academia, athletics, entertainment, the community, and/or any other appropriate field.

#76 Gordon T. Hughes (Zeta Epsilon/Long Beach State 1966)

Gordon T. Hughes is currently a partner, producer, and investor of theatrical productions on Broadway, London’s West End, and other venues throughout the United States and abroad. He served as CEO of American Business Media from 1994 to 2010, where he shifted the association from a traditional publishing group to a global organization of business information providers. Prior to that, he served as President of the Marketing Division of the Outdoor Advertising Association of International President America, Vice President/Station Manager of WCAU-TV in Philadel- Tait Martin presents the phia, Director of Sales for KCBS-TV in Los Angeles, and as VP of Distinguished Achievement Marketing for CBS Television for the 1992 Winter Olympic Games Award to Gordon Hughes at in Albertville, France. an alumni reception hosted in New York City. Hughes has been recognized with two Emmys as a producer of sports and entertainment events, the Media Industry News Lifetime Achievement Award, and Crain’s Media Business Lifetime Media Innovator Award. One of his current projects, the revival of An other awards. When you add up news, programming, sales, general American in Paris, has won four Tony awards. Brother Hughes is a management, and marketing, I had five careers at one company. Charter Member of the Zeta Epsilon Chapter. After CBS, I took a year off, fox hunted, and wrote. After becom- ing restless, I took an offer as President of the Outdoor Advertising Reflections from Gordon Hughes Association of America’s (OAAA) marketing division. My years of I have never been one to take a single path. Raised in an entertain- experience at CBS doing ad sales and marketing made me a valuable ment industry family, I have been in various disciplines of the industry executive at the OAAA. I launched a major national advertising cam- for the past 50 years. Never one to be set in stone, I am curious to a paign that was featured in New York Magazine: “Outdoor—It’s Not fault. My career was always taking chances and building off what I A Medium, It’s A Large.” The campaign was so successful that the had learned from the previous positions. American Business Press made me an offer. I was President and later It all really began while attending Long Beach State where I was a promoted to CEO for a duration of 16 years. I used every tool I had Charter Member of Zeta Epsilon Chapter. I worked at CBS Television learned in previous positions. I changed our name to American Busi- as an usher for The Judy Garland Show, The Red Skelton Show, and The ness Media (ABM) in order to include online products with trade Price Is Right. I then moved into CBS News where I worked for shows and other in person products. Our positioning line was “In Charles Kuralt and Walter Cronkite when he was in LA. print in person and on line.” This was all about reshaping a traditional Upon graduating, I was hired at the local TV station KNXT/KCBS print association into a dynamic progressive entity. Hollywood and worked in the newsroom on the assignment desk. I I left ABM for what is likely my final act: Broadway. I started a was later tapped as an associate producer for a local magazine show production company called Direct From Broadway and have worked Ralph Story’s Los Angeles. After that great experience, I decided I as a partner/producer since 2010. We have been involved in 11 musicals wanted to run a TV station and to achieve that goal, I needed to go and plays and our shows have thus far won 11 Tonys. Our newest into sales. After several positions and relocating around the country, venture, Diana: A New Musical, opens March 2, 2020, at the Longacre I ended up back in LA as Director of Sales at KCBS. From there, CBS Theatre on Broadway. Come From Away is a runaway hit in its third sent me to Philadelphia as Director of Broadcasting and, ultimately, as year playing on Broadway and is also running in London, Melbourne, Vice President and Station Manager at the network owned and oper- Toronto, and 36 cities across the US. ated WCAU-TV. One thing does lead to another if you let it. Here’s some final advice After five years, I went to New York as Vice President of Market- from a brother: Look forward; don’t look back unless it’s to make use ing for all the CBS owned stations. I had 25 total years with CBS and of the tools you have acquired over your career. Always be open to received two Emmy Awards, a Columbia DuPont Award, and several new ideas and always go for it.

All Distinguished Achievement Award recipients are enshrined in the Fraternity’s Hall of Honor at the International Headquarters. To date, out of our 190,000+ brothers, only 78 have received the award. Brothers are welcome to visit the Theta Chi Museum and Hall of Honor. Call 317-848-1856 for hours.

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XI/VIRGINIA ALPHA/NORWICH PHOTO CREDIT: U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO BY SGT. ROBERT KNAPP SGT. BY U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO CREDIT: PHOTO

ABOVE: Petty Officer 2nd Class Edmundo Santos (Beta Upsilon/Fresno State 2009) and Sgt. Nathan Tuttle (Zeta Tau/Michi- gan-Flint 2010) at Naval Support Facility Deveselu Romania. LEFT: IOTA PHI/SOUTH CAROLINA honors adviser Warren Hoffman (Alpha Iota/Indiana 1976) for his lifelong devotion to the Fraternity.

ALPHA/NORWICH TAU/FLORIDA Hoffman (1976) with a resolution GAMMA THETA/ 2nd Lt. Mickenzie Walbridge (2017) Rodney Hammond (1965) was from The Grand Chapter for his SAN DIEGO STATE received his Certificate of Aeronau- installed as the Supreme Governor lifelong devotion to the Fraternity. Jake Waldron (2015) was presented tical Rating in becoming a helicopter of the Loyal Order of Moose, the with the 2018/2019 On-Campus pilot for the United States highest elected official for Moose ALPHA LAMBDA/ Preceptor of the Year Award from Air Force. He will continue International, Inc. Andrew Kelley OHIO STATE UNLV Athletic Training. his duties for the U.S. Air (2019) and Kyle Soch (2018) were Alpha Lambda’s Chapter Advisory Force at Ft. Andrews in tapped into Florida Blue Key. Board was named the 2019 Out- GAMMA PI/BUFFALO Massachusetts. standing Alumni Advisory Council During the 2019 National Senior ALPHA DELTA/PURDUE by Ohio State University’s Office of Games in Albuquerque, NM, Bruce ETA/RHODE ISLAND Michael Student Life. Underhill (1966) captured a gold Col. Philip Saulnier (1962)– Berghoff (1985) medal in the long jump, a silver in Retired, Army was inducted was re-elected as ALPHA MU/IOWA STATE the triple jump, and made the finals into the United States the chairman of Nate Hibben (2004) was appointed in four running events. Army ROTC National Hall Purdue Univer- to be a Circuit Court Judge for the of Fame. sity’s Board of Eighth Judicial District serving in GAMMA RHO/FLORIDA STATE Saulnier Trustees. Goshen County, WY. Former Federal Prosecutor Seth THETA/MASSACHUSETTS Waxman (1992) was named in 2019 Brian Collins (1993) headlined a ALPHA ETA/ ALPHA PSI/MARYLAND and 2020 by “The Best Lawyers in comedy benefit show in Lexington, NORTH CAROLINA Nick Johnson (2017) graduated America” as one of the leading white KY, that raised funds for the R. Gene Davis from Air Force Pilot School and will collar criminal defense attorneys in Wounded Warrior Project. be moving to Dover Air Force Base (1992) was the country. Seth often provides his XI/VIRGINIA selected to join in Delaware.

Gen. Robert Neller (1975) retired as the University of North Carolina’s BETA TAU/ the Commandant of the United SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA States Marine Corps. Board of Trustees. Brian Friend (2008) accepted a RHO/ILLINOIS faculty position as a pediatric bone Justin Breen (1999) won a Golden ALPHA IOTA/INDIANA marrow transplant physician at Trumpet award from the Publicity The Iota Phi/South Carolina Texas Children’s Hospital in Chapter presented Warren Houston. Club of Chicago. Seth Waxman Daniel Best

36 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG 38th International David E. DeVol Ski Trip: The Tradition Continues

BY JAMES J. MOYLAN (GAMMA LAMBDA/DENVER 1969)

Six dedicated, intrepid, and stalwart alumni from around the country continued a tradition that began 38 years ago by brothers from Gamma Theta/San Diego State, when the inaugural Alumni Ski Trip was held at Mammoth Mountain, CA. Consistent with tradition, the 2019 Ski Trip was held during the last weekend of the month: February 21–26. This year’s venue was Park City/Deer Valley, UT, and was capably organized by Rob Leitch (Eta Beta/Eastern Kentucky 1996). Joining Rob on the trip were Mike Kistler (Epsilon Upsilon/Central Michigan 1973), International Chaplain Herb Morgan (Theta Iota/UC-Santa Cruz 1988), Tyson Lai (Theta Iota/UC-Santa Cruz 1990), “Rookie” Barry Peters (Theta Iota/UC-Santa Cruz 1989), and your faithful recorder and scrivener, Jim Moylan (Gamma Lambda/Denver 1969). In addition, we were joined by a few local alumni who live around Park City: Chuck Coonradt (Beta Zeta/Michigan State 1966), John Knudson (Gamma Theta/San Diego State 1972), and Chris Maez (Alpha Psi/Maryland 1994). Brother Coonradt skis Deer Valley several times every week of the ski season and skied with us, came to lunch, and served as our local guide on the mountain. Brothers Knudson and Maez caught up with us at dinner one evening. We thank these brothers for taking the time to join us. It was a pleasure to meet you and we certainly enjoyed hanging with some locals. After the brothers arrived in Park City and settled into adjacent condos, the debate on where to go to dinner began. The winner was Cena’s in Silverlake for Italian fare, which was enjoyed by all. Friday was our first day to ski and we had a “Blue-Bird Day.” It turned out that our condos were almost ski out—ski in. This was far better than loading up the cars, getting to the parking lot, unloading, and putting on all the ski gear, etc. We quickly purchased our lift tickets and hit the slopes. Even with different skiing ability levels, we were pretty much able to stick together on the slopes. We also would set a time and place to rendezvous for lunch in case we lost one or two along the way to bring us all back together. We skied until the lifts closed. Friday evening’s dinner was at Grub Steak. The wait for dinner turned out to be worth it. GAMMA PI/BUFFALO’s Bruce Saturday was another “Blue-Bird Day” and we took advantage of all that Deer Valley had to Underhill (1966) captures a offer in the way of groomed trails, runs, and bowls. For dinner, we decided to splurge a bit and gold and a silver at the National went to 350 Main in downtown Park City. No matter what we ordered, the dinners were uniformly Senior Games. excellent and the service superb. The weather on Sunday and Monday were both great days to be on the mountain and we expert legal analysis on national took full advantage again. news networks such as CNN, On Tuesday, we bid farewell to each other and the slopes, but will be back again as Deer MSNBC, FOX, Bloomberg, CNBC, NPR, PBS, and CSPAN. Daniel Valley is now on the permanent rotation. Best (2008) was an honorable men- The 39th Annual Ski Trip will be held February 27–March 3, 2020, at Heavenly Mountain Ski Resort tion recipient of the 2019 Ross Essay in Lake Tahoe, NV. For further information, please contact Tyson Lai at [email protected]. Contest for legal fiction.

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Gamma Upsilon Celebrates 70th Anniversary

BY BOB CARROLL (GAMMA UPSILON/BRADLEY 1988)

The 70th anniversary celebra- Beranek (1989), Sam Dhingra (1992), John Guio (1992), Rich tion for Gamma Upsilon Krol (1988), Gordon Lau (1995), Wil Lynn (1993), Mike McCor- Chapter at Bradley University mac (1993), Tibor Meszaros (1994), Randy Moulton (1992), took place April 26–28, 2019, John Niklewicz (1992), Eric Petersen (1996), and Mike Wright in Peoria, IL. Alumni started (1993). the night at Sullivan’s in Peo- ria Heights before taking part Four alumni were presented with the Citation of Honor: Chapter in a bean bag tournament at Advisory Board Chairman Ben Blomberg (2009); Alumni Landmark Lanes. Twenty Corporation Treasurer Jeff Albrecht (2007); Alumni Corporation alumni/collegian pairings du- Secretary Larry Santello (2000), who recently retired from his eled it out. Prizes were given position; and Randy Moulton (1992), the youngest member of to the top three teams: taking the Red Carnation Lifetime Giving Club. A Citation of Honor was first place was Emery Halver- also presented to Nathan Thomas, Vice President of Student Gamma Upsilon Alumni Corporation son (2014) and Jonathon Affairs for Bradley, who has been a strong supporter of the President Marty Deering (1989) (left) fraternity movement and Gamma Upsilon during his time on presents Dru Neikirk (1988) with the Thomal (2010); second place George T. Kilavos Alumni Award. was Greg Domaszewicz (Beta campus. Nathan delivered an address welcoming our brother- Rho/Illinois Wesleyan 1988) hood back to campus, congratulated us for 70 years of serving and Matt Jobe (2022); and third place was Ben Blomberg the interests of Bradley University, and hoped to see us all (2008) and Eric Gray (2021). again in 2024 at the 75th anniversary. International Counselor Creig Andreasen also delivered an address to those present. The tournament was organized by Greg Domaszewicz, an Then-Chief Development Officer Philip Thornton represented alumnus of Beta Rho/Illinois Wesleyan, who lives in Peoria. Do- The Foundation Chapter. maszewicz earned a graduate degree from Bradley University and has a daughter who currently attends Bradley. Greg also To cap off the night, Dru Neikirk (1988) received the George T. constructed and donated a custom set of bean bag game Kilavos Alumni Award for his philanthropic efforts on behalf of boards commemorating the 70th anniversary. For his efforts, Gamma Upsilon, Theta Chi Fraternity, and Bradley University. Greg was made an Honorary Member of Gamma Upsilon and Dru has also extended The Helping Hand on a personal level to presented with the Citation of Honor. numerous alumnus brothers and is a great example of living our Creed. At the Silver Legion dinner on Saturday evening, brothers were recognized for their efforts and accomplishments. The following Congratulations to all of our award recipients and a big THANK 13 brothers were recognized with the Silver Legion Award for YOU to the alumni and their families who were able to attend 25+ years of membership in Theta Chi: Carl Alston (1987), Joe this event. We hope to see all of you for the 75th!

Gamma Upsilon alumni and collegiate brothers meet to honor the Golden Guard at the Golden Guard luncheon.

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GAMMA PSI/PUGET SOUND

LEFT: ZETA TAU/ MICHIGAN-FLINT’s Sgt. Nathan Tuttle (2014) proposes to his girlfriend on the field of the Big House during the Michigan home Zeta Tau Chapter football game against Army

(BTW— she said yes!). celebrates 50 years EPSILON THETA/TUFTS’ Zeta Tau Chapter celebrated 50 years at the Evan Wecksell (2001) University of Michigan-Flint with a Red Carnation publishes a new book titled Ball. Then-Director of Development and Zeta Tau Dumb Stuff: A Comedian’s alumnus Joe Macko (2012) presented a resolu- Stupid Replies to Mike tion from the Grand Chapter. Francesa on Twitter.

GAMMA Greek Life Office. Brother Bartley EPSILON SIGMA/WAGNER SIGMA/DUKE was also honored with the Rising Connor Trollo (2019) received the Andrew Markus Star Award from the Nebraska EMT of the Year Award for Staten (1970) was Office of Probation Administration. Island. appointed as the Honorary Consul GAMMA PSI/PUGET SOUND EPSILON UPSILON/ of the Republic We held our 35th Annual Gamma CENTRAL MICHIGAN of Bulgaria. His consular jurisdiction Psi Chapter Theta Chi Cup in Craig DeRoche (1991) was Jones Gonzalez is the state of Florida, with the seat September at Suncadia Golf Club appointed by Governor Gretchen of the Consulate in Miami. (WA). The tournament was won by Whitmer (MI) to the state’s new Steve Gonzalez (1998) was named Dave Vollmar (1970). Joint Task Force on Jail and Pretrial the Director of Operations for the GAMMA PHI/ Incarceration. The task force aims to SEAL Veterans Foundation. Yousef NEBRASKA WESLEYAN DELTA IOTA/NORTHWESTERN find bipartisan policy solutions for Hattar (2018) was named Athletics Dustin Bartley (2003) was named Steven Cahillane the state’s criminal justice system. Communications Assistant for the Outstanding Chapter Adviser by (1987) was named College of Charleston. Matthew the Nebraska Wesleyan University the Chief Executive ZETA BETA/ADRIAN King-Ringo (2008) recently pro- Officer of the Chris Ludwig (2011) was named a duced and sold his first horror film Kellogg Company. Regional Coach of the Year by the starring MMA legend Quinton Michigan High School Tennis “Rampage” Jackson. A Psycho’s Path Coaches Association. Dr. Michael was released in the fall of 2019. DELTA KAPPA/BALL STATE Campbell (2013), a graduate of the Dave Land (1968) was inducted into University of Michigan School of ETA BETA/ the National High School Sports Dentistry, joined the Lima Dental EASTERN KENTUCKY Hall of Fame for his work with Associates team (Ohio) and is a Our 50th anniversary celebration the Indiana Football Coaches member of both the American will be held April 10, 2021, at Association. Dental Association and the Ohio Griffin Gate in Lexington, KY. Dental Association. For tickets and hotel packages, visit EPSILON DELTA/ ekuthetachi.wixsite.com/alumni/events YOUNGSTOWN STATE ZETA PI/OLD DOMINION There are options for Keeneland on Joseph Caudle (2019) was sworn in Jeff Jones (2018) was named Confer- Friday and golf or spa on Saturday. as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United ence USA’s Men’s Basketball Coach Rooms are going fast so reserve Delta Kappa’s Dave Land States Army. of the Year. Former Navy SEAL yours today! WWW.THETACHI.ORG THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 39 Collegiate brothers gain insight from alumni during the alumni networking event. Zeta Upsilon Celebrates 50 Years at Hartford

BY GRAEME MACKENZIE (ZETA UPSILON/HARTFORD 2014)

In March 2019, Zeta Upsilon Chapter celebrated the 50th an- Robert A. Guyon (1969), Michael S. Novack (1970) and Paul E. niversary of its Installation at the University of Hartford with a Rebillard (1966). In addition, William Schuetze (Psi/Wisconsin weekend of events on campus. Zeta Upsilon was installed on 1969), the Field Representative during the chapter’s Installation, May 24, 1969, affiliating with Theta Chi after existing six years as Rechartering Member Kenneth Borusso (1986), and former Field a local fraternity known as Beta Sigma Gamma. Executive Sean O’Donovan (2014) were present. Speakers in- cluded Bill Schuetze, CAB Ambassador Bill Lucas (Epsilon/WPI The event kicked off with an alumni networking event where 1998), representatives from the University’s alumni board, and collegians and alumni gathered into their respective programs, Zeta Upsilon collegians and alumni. talked about their fields, and exchanged resumes. The chapter gathered the next morning for a volleyball tournament put on by The chapter received proclamations from the mayors of the the active chapter in conjunction with Alpha Xi Delta sorority to three towns where the University sits (Hartford, West Hartford, raise money for the USO and Autism Speaks. Following the tour- and Bloomfield), a proclamation from the Governor of Connecti- nament, collegians and alumni painted the University’s anchor cut, as well as a resolution from the Grand Chapter. The chapter (from Admiral Farragut’s USS Hartford) military red and white. also received letters from alumni who couldn’t attend including one who returned the chapter’s original gavel and President’s The weekend culminated with a reception at the student union. Key from 1969. The event was a great success for all involved As a demonstration of The Helping Hand, alumni sponsored ban- and would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of quet tickets for each of the chapters pledges to ensure that there the collegiate and alumni brothers, Theta Chi International would be no barrier to their attendance. Four of the original Char- Headquarters staff, and University staff and alumni association. ter Members were in attendance—Sheldon B. Yarmovsky (1969),

ABOVE: Charter Members (L–R) Paul Rebillard, Sheldon Yarmovsky, Bob Guyon, and Michael Novack. RIGHT: Collegiate brothers and alumni gather to paint the Anchor.

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ETA LAMBDA/VIRGINIA TECH IOTA OMICRON/FIU

IOTA XI/GEORGIA COLLEGE

Join us! 11th Theta Chi International Golf Tournament April 23–25, 2020, in Opelika/Auburn, AL. Registration is available at www.thetachi.org/events. ETA LAMBDA/VIRGINIA TECH ETA PI/EAST STROUDSBURG For more information contact Associate Executive Director/ On April 26–28, 2019, more than On March 16, 2018, Randy Maugle Chief Financial Officer Jim Powell at [email protected]. 75 alumni representing Delta Theta (1978) completed the Antarctica Kappa fraternity (our founding marathon with his wife, finishing in local) and Eta Lambda Chapter under 6:10, running with an artifi- attended our annual reunion in cial hip. The couple has completed Chantilly, VA. A Friday night marathons on all seven continents gathering at one of the local water- and Randy finished his final ing holes kicked off the event. On marathon of all 50 states in 2010. Saturday, Washington, D.C., tours and attractions, as well as a golf THETA XI/VCU outing, led up to a fantastic buffet Sam Slocum (2019) represented dinner and social hosted by Henry VCU at the American Evolution Clifton (1973). Sunday morning saw Innovator’s Cup Pitch Competition. a breakfast gathering at the hotel as His team finished third in a compe- all headed home. Joel Swank (1972) tition where teams were tasked to won the man/mile award, traveling form a business proposal designed to all the way from Beaverton, OR. create social benefit.

ETA MU/FINDLAY IOTA XI/GEORGIA COLLEGE L-R: Delta Rho/NC State’s Tom Glenn (1968), Dennis Bridges (1971), Billy Watterson (1995) broke ground We hosted our inaugural Iota Xi John McCarter (1973), and International Vice President Darick Brown. on the Burnt Church Distillery. Alumni Golf Tournament. Nearly Located in Bluffton, SC, the distill- 10 brothers participated and the In June, 2019, International Vice President Darick Brown presented ery is set to open in summer 2020. winner received two tickets to an the Distinguished Achievement Award to John T. McCarter (Delta Rho/ Atlanta Braves game. NC State 1973) during a ceremony held at the new Delta Rho Chapter ETA OMICRON/ House at NC State. Nearly 30 guests attended, including brothers NORTHWESTERN STATE IOTA OMICRON/FIU (from the 1960s to the present) and spouses. Following the ceremony, Joel Ebarb (1990) was inducted into Samuel Grossman (2019) helped to the group continued their reunion at the Player’s Retreat, a longtime the Creative and Performing Arts establish free printing and desig- Raleigh gathering spot. ( Brother McCarter’s profile can be (CAPA) Hall of Fame at nated parking spots on FIU’s cam- Editor's Note: Northwestern State University. pus for the school’s student veterans. found in the Summer 2019 Rattle on page 27.)

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We are honored to call these men our brothers. The condolences of Theta Chi’s extended worldwide family are Howard B. Pilcher, Jr. (1949) Richard W. Weeks (1944) offered to the family and friends of our departed brothers. This listing includes all deaths reported to the Interna- tional Headquarters between April 12, 2019, and September 27, 2019. To report the news of a brother who has ALPHA PI passed on to the Chapter Eternal, email [email protected] or call 317-848-1856. Minnesota Gerald A. Beckman (1964) Richard L. Robertson (1951)

ALPHA RHO Billy Gabor (Alpha Chi/Syracuse 1948) ALPHA GAMMA Michigan Washington May 13, 1922–June 4, 2019 Francis W. Coward (1946) Tyler M. Keefe (1958) John A. Nattinger (1941) Billy Gabor started at Syracuse during the 1942/1943 season and then left to Henry J. Dongvillo (1943) Thomas J. Ferraro, Jr. (1948) ALPHA SIGMA join the U.S. Army Air Corp during World War II. Following the war, he +Paul Gogulski (1960) Oregon returned for three more seasons. At Syracuse, he was the first to score 400 Harry U. Jennings (1944) Stephen A. Church (1951) points in a single season and the first to score 1,000 points in his career. His John J. Lesniak (1960) Lt. Col. Jon Sampson (1962) Jerry D. Luedders (1965) record as Syracuse’ all-time leading scorer stood for nearly 20 years. He was ALPHA TAU Kenneth H. Matson (1943) Ohio called “The Bullet” due to his exceptional speed. After graduating, he played in Mark E. Meffe (1969) Dominic A. Cioffi (1993) the NBA for six years with the Syracuse Nationals where he was named to the Dr. William J. Vasileff (1970) James R. Decker (1951) NBA’s All-Rookie team, made the league’s All-Star team (1953), and won an ALPHA DELTA James R. Jester (1944)

NBA Championship (1955). Syracuse University retired his #17 jersey in 2009. Purdue ALPHA UPSILON Brian W. Henderson (1960) Nebraska Jeffry H. Hoffmeister (1975) Timothy G. Varney (1964) Thomas K. Thrall (1973) BETA XI David L. Burr (1960) ALPHA PHI MIT Virginia Walker E. Drayton (1942) ALPHA EPSILON Alabama Wesley W. Allen (1961) Randolph N. Earman, Jr. Allan E. Eggers (1950) Stanford Eugene L. Croxton, Jr. (1952) Henry E. Moesta (1958) (1965) Jack E. Felser (1953) William C. Bethke (1951) William A. Pearson (1945) Dr. C. Thomas Kelso (1956) Arthur J. Gilmaster (1951) John C. Lauderbach (1954) ALPHA CHI

Ralph E. Pickett, Jr. (1948) Arthur R. Hogan (1957) Richard C. Morrison (1935) Syracuse PI Francis G. Hyland (1944) William A. Gabor (1948) Dirk A. Plummer (1952) Dickinson ALPHA ZETA E. William Jacobson (1944) Allan K. Galanter (1977) GAMMA Lawrence L. Bentz (1937) Rochester Glenn H. Jacobson (1948) David Knickerbocker (1963) Maine Arthur R. Frackenpohl (1945) RHO Richard A. Johnson (1950) James F. Meikleham (1951) Peter J. Feeney (1951) Garrett A. Smith, Jr. (1957) Illinois Frank A. Kanarek (1951) Theodore A. Roberts (1961) George R. Witmer, Jr. (1959) ALPHA PSI John E. Hartrick (1944) Oleg D. Kondrat (1948) L. Steven Walton (1967) Maryland John Kladiva (1969) James R. Kusa (1946) ALPHA ETA Freeman G. Webb (1933) Albert P. Rudder (1957) Louis W. Lefke (1955) Robert E. Lane, Jr. (1948) North Carolina BETA ALPHA DELTA SIGMA Rev. Milton R. Lange (1943) Benson R. Mangum (1957) Troy, NY James W. Lawrie, Jr. (1937) UCLA Oregon State ALPHA THETA Grant H. Lennox (1944) Thomas Moffat (1958) Richard A. Latham (1965) Charles F. Binder (1958) Dartmouth Dr. Thomas I. Osborn (1959) James E. Mulvihill (1935) Robert P. Hennick (1938) BETA DELTA John M. Tyrrell (1960) TAU John J. Nagy (1963) Rutgers Florida EPSILON Eugene C. Osborn (1948) ALPHA IOTA Michael E. Garvey (1988) Robert L. Frye (1976) Arthur G. Pieper (1947) WPI Indiana BETA EPSILON William P. Gregory (1969) Walter H. Rahn (1944) Robert S. Kelly (1958) H. Foster McRell (1936) Montana Marvin L. Ivey (1953) John R. Raubacher (1953) Phillip A. McIntosh (1982) Gary D. Svee (1965) ZETA Robert S. Lamont, Jr. (1995) Erling O. Ravn, Jr. (1949) Donald G. Speyer (1948) New Hampshire Charles M. Smith (1979) James G. Reitmeyer (1956) James P. Sumner (1944) BETA ZETA Col. Pierre Brunelle, Jr. (1958) Gwyn T. Ricketts (1954) Michigan State PHI ALPHA KAPPA John C. Deware (1957) North Dakota State Dr. Gomer W. Roberts (1953) William R. Houser (1976) Richard E. Shea (1958) Kenneth G. Rush (1952) West Virginia Robert E. Kirkwood (1952) John J. Brummond (1954) Richard G. Russell (1953) Sean R. Kirkpatrick (2009) Dr. Ralph A. Klawitter (1953) ETA Gary W. Burau (1963) Benjamin A. Leshow (2014) Rhode Island #LeRoy C. Dybing (1957) Ralph J. Rybarchyk (1943) Christopher Lindeman (1945) Glen W. Schuman (1958) Robert A. Stevens (1978) Dale A. Zwak (1976) F. Curtis Johnston (1954) Jarrod B. Kittleson (1996) Richard R. Vanasse (1974) Neil L. Moen (1951) Mark B. Silber, Ph.D. (1954) ALPHA LAMBDA BETA THETA Robert B. Stanat (1952) Bruce A. Palmer (1956) Ohio State Drexel THETA Joseph M. Teskoski (1946) William R. Lipold (1957) Amerigo S. Damiani (1960) Massachusetts CHI Herbert E. Thatcher (1954) John W. Eidenberg (1958) John M. Casey (1954) Auburn Robert C. Theis (1964) ALPHA NU Arthur A. Fagen, Jr. (1950) Georgia Tech Joseph F. Martignetti (1953) IOTA Arlen E. Ward (1954) Charles L. Maddox (1953) Richard F. Pressley (1958) Paul G. Stempko, Jr. (1952) Colgate Lawrence D. Weeks (1947) C. Bailey Williams (1959) Kyle D. Taylor (2010) Lt. Col. Arthur Watts (1943) Richard H. Howard (1952) Donald H. A. Westermann Bryan T. Mayurnik (1998) PSI (1949) ALPHA XI BETA KAPPA Wisconsin Blake J. Willi (1988) Hamline LAMBDA Delaware Jerome E. Baird (1943) William J. Winkler (1944) Jack A. Christman (2017) Peter J. Lagus (1964) Cornell John W. Barber (1935) Earle W. Leaman (1945) Richard E. Strohkirch (1964) Dan R. Hartmann (1945) OMEGA Ralph L. Behrens (1947) Jozef E. Podgorski (1966) Joel Silberberg (1954) Penn State BETA LAMBDA Brooks C. Bellinger (1979) Anthony Crisci (1954) Hugo A. Rendina, Jr. (1975) Akron

NU Ronald A. Bohlman (1963) Robert E. Gohn (1953) David J. Frye (1953) Hampden-Sydney Kenneth A. Burmeister ALPHA OMICRON John L. Starkey (1957) Washington State William L. Lowe (1952) Ashton D. Mitchell, III (1975) (1947) Keith L. Straley (1962) Dale R. Thompson (1951) H. L. Gillespie (1946) # Former Field Secretary + Former Regional Counselor * Former Foundation Chapter Board Member 42 THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 WWW.THETACHI.ORG BETA MU GAMMA XI Lee A. Iacocca (Beta Sigma/Lehigh 1945) Middlebury San Jose State October 15, 1924–July 2, 2019 Kent D. Kehs (1960) William E. Couey, Jr. (1953)

BETA OMICRON Terence T. Kane (1965) Lee Iacocca served as the key Ford executive responsible for the creation Cincinnati Ted M. Lilley (1950) of the original Mustang in April 1964. Iacocca's executive leadership, Alex O. Zamora, Jr. (1980) Robert E. Dobbs (1976) management, and salesmanship led to the creation of one of America's Kenneth E. Krodel (1965) GAMMA OMICRON Jerry R. McCarthy (1955) Wake Forest iconic automobiles. Throughout the 1980s, he served as President and Timothy J. Murphy (1979) Simon M. Downs, Jr. (1957) CEO of Chrysler and saved the company from bankruptcy. He wrote

BETA PI Dr. Stephen B. Earle (1970) several books and established the Iacocca Foundation and the Kids with Monmouth Kirk E. Patchel (1969) Courage Foundation to fund diabetes research and support programs. William S. Sapp (1982) Steven J. Baker (1981) David W. Campbell (1962) GAMMA PI Jason Kjellander (1993) Buffalo

Joseph R. Kulp (1958) BETA RHO Michael F. Munday (1971) EPSILON BETA ZETA TAU Illinois Wesleyan GAMMA RHO Randall L. Nolde (1966) Lycoming Michigan-Flint Jack G. Guess (1953) Florida State Kenneth Olendorf (1956) George Balas (1965) Eric C. Bucy (1995)

BETA SIGMA Robert P. Foley (1954) DELTA KAPPA EPSILON GAMMA ZETA PSI Bill Johnson (1980) Lehigh Ball State Widener Western Illinois Frank A. Kreidler (1970) Lee A. Iacocca (1945) Gordon P. Beck (1954) Col. Michael J. Cockill (1958) Brad A. Bunger (1986) Lt. Col. Benjamin Powell (1957) Robert G. Melega (1954) Russell A. Bruch (1962) William R. Fritz (1971) Mark R. Skaff (1982) EPSILON ETA Lt. Col. Kurt Eichorst (1966) William R. Gillespie (1973) BETA PHI IUP GAMMA SIGMA Dr. William T. Fabrycki (1961) Patrick A. Roseman (1978) Nevada Robert E. King (1962) Colin G. Bates (1983) James M. Godbey (1951) Duke Timothy J. Barnett (1991) Wade A. Netzley (2000) EPSILON KAPPA ZETA OMEGA Thomas W. Godbey (1951) Franklin L. Phelps (1959) Idaho West Chester GAMMA TAU John H. Fetter, III (1989) BETA CHI DELTA LAMBDA Richard L. Haynes (1969) Allegheny Drake Douglas D. Livingston (1989) Colorado Mines Solomon M. Meyer (2006) ETA BETA *Dr. Glenn Thompson (1952) Dunston F. Boyd (1952) EPSILON MU Eastern Kentucky GAMMA UPSILON Lowell P. Turner (1988) BETA OMEGA DELTA NU Eastern Michigan Susquehanna Bradley Kurt M. Gronau (1959) Vermont James W. Ashmore (1963) ETA GAMMA Samuel D. Ross, Jr. (1954) Richard H. Timpf (1962) Morehead State David S. Niklewicz (1994) David L. Carr (1962) GAMMA EPSILON Garry B. Yates (2009) GAMMA PHI DELTA XI EPSILON PI Western Colorado Valparaiso Northern Illinois ETA LAMBDA Justin P. Gibbons (1997) Nebraska Wesleyan Leland D. Finecy (1949) Richard C. Heins (1987) Thomas R. McKelvey (1967) Virginia Tech GAMMA ZETA James H. Smith (1967) Clifford W. Scholl (1964) Anthony Belmont (2009) Harold C. Sandall (1928) Oklahoma State Neal A. Thomas (1961) Jeffrey S. Duvall (1998) DELTA OMICRON EPSILON RHO Frank W. Marquis, Jr. (1954) Gettysburg Rider ETA PI Fred E. Trompler (1950) GAMMA CHI Randolph-Macon Richard K. Eberts, Jr. (1970) Donald P. Atkins (1966) East Stroudsburg GAMMA ETA William F. Kaminski (1969) Daniel J. McDermott (1983) William J. Martellaro (1987) Roger A. Lyons (1969) Bucknell Douglas R. Stenger (1966) EPSILON TAU ETA CHI Joel E. Berman (1959) DELTA ALPHA Linfield DELTA PI Stephen F. Austin George Mason John J. Fischel, Jr. (1964) Benjamin F.G. Olsen (2019) Alan R. Pearson (1969) Indiana State James E. Gholston, II (1972) James T. Flynn (1955) Patrick E. Gullifor (1956) Richard T. Hober (1956) DELTA BETA EPSILON PHI ETA PSI DELTA RHO UAB GAMMA THETA Georgia Central Missouri George E. Brown (1952) NC State Daniel J. Ramel (1973) William L. Green, Jr. (1990) San Diego State Robert D. Foltz (1974) Richard L. Berry (1952) Donald L. Nyre (1952) THETA KAPPA James A. McDonald (1952) Thomas R. Guess, Jr. (1984) ZETA ALPHA Benjamin Warren, Jr. (1954) Slippery Rock Texas Tech Roger E. Hill (1963) Todd H. Buchanan (1994) GAMMA IOTA DELTA GAMMA David R. Johnson (1951) Bruce P. Bell, Jr. (1979) WV Wesleyan THETA NU Connecticut Albert C. Penny (1963) ZETA BETA Jim A. Schneeman (1966) Rowan Charles Peterson, Jr. (1952) Adrian DELTA SIGMA Thomas J. Kelleher (1996) GAMMA KAPPA DELTA EPSILON Clarkson Gregory A. Atwater (1971) Miami (OH) Miami (FL) James A. Himlin, Jr. (1988) Patrick J. Judy (1996) THETA XI George Mickey Briggs (1956) Thomas S. Livengood (1995) VCU Jackson C. Folland (1955) DELTA TAU Michael R. Melton (1996) Jerry K. Lambert (1961) DELTA ZETA Kent State ZETA KAPPA Louis J. Skubic (1954) Nebraska-Omaha David L. Schiska (1959) Ohio Northern THETA OMICRON Todd A. Bowman (1988) GAMMA LAMBDA Eric P. Oswald (1972) Mars Hill DELTA CHI Clifton H. Garland (1995) Denver DELTA THETA Lenoir-Rhyne ZETA LAMBDA E. Russ Clifford (1965) Toledo Robert D. Glenn (1987) Westminster THETA RHO

Melvin L. Batch (1954) Robert T. Szalewicz (1976) McNeese State GAMMA MU DELTA PSI Bowling Green Robert J. Hummer (1958) Dennis C. Sepulvado (1998) John J. Welter (1966) Kansas ZETA XI James A. Brown (1961) Cmdr. Alvin Franson (1962) UC-Davis IOTA BETA David M. Hawley (1951) DELTA IOTA Daniel M. Jensen (2007) David A. Bischel (1972) Missouri State Royce L. Hutchinson (1958) Northwestern Albert J. Steinbacher (1956) Vincent D. Melodia (1988) Buck A. Rockafellow (2004) H. Roderic Heard (1968) GAMMA NU EPSILON ALPHA ZETA PI New Mexico State Thomas B. Johns (1957) William R. Lean, Jr. (1964) High Point Old Dominion Ronald O. Vaughn (1990) Frederick Benoit, Jr. (1965) Donald B. Edwards (1968) WWW.THETACHI.ORG THE RATTLE /WINTER 2019 43 Non-Profit Org Theta Chi Fraternity, Inc. U.S. Postage PAID PO Box 503 Permit No. 185 Bolingbrook, IL Carmel, IN 46082

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