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• Sl of Delta Sigma Pi ® Winter, 1990 Commentary Dear Brothers: This past year, as never before, we We are looking forward to the have asked for your help. We have Spring issue of The DELTASIG asked you to help us work toward ex which will contain a full report on the panding our scholarship program. Annual Campaign and which will We have asked you to help us work to highlight and thank those many fulfill our objective to provide greater Deltasigs who have generously educational programs and assistance contributed. for our membership. We have asked To those of you that are still con you to help advance the welfare and sidering, we ask you to do whatever progress of the Fraternity to the full you can to help in this effort. Re est extent that you are able. member all that the Fraternity has We are pleased to tell you that a meant to you and help us to continue record number of Brothers have an those fond and invaluable experiences swered this call for help through their for those that will follow you. Some contribution as charter Leadership may ask you to "give till it hurts"; we Fund supporters. We have heard ask instead that you "give till it feels from hundreds of Brothers who have good." We hope to hear from you responded for the first time ever or soon. William R. Kinsella the first time in many years. Inaugurated in 1989, the first An nual Campaign of the Leadership Fund represents one of the most im WILLIAM R. KINSELLA portant developments in the history Grand President of our Fraternity. Your contributions to this past year's campaign have and will continue to help us meet our goal of increased scholarship and educa tional benefits to our Brotherhood. With this new and exciting funding program now fully in place and en joying generous and wide spread sup port, we look forward to all that we can accomplish together in 1990 and beyond. This new year marks the introduction of a special planned giv ing program in order to assist Broth ers who are interested in using their estate plans or other long term vehi cles to benefit Delta Sigma Pi. In addition to their financial sup port, many Brothers have asked how they can continue to be involved. For example, we recently received letters from three Brothers in the Seattle area asking how they could start a a new alumni chapter and even how they could start new collegiate chap ters in the Northwest Region. 2 Winter, 1990 ® An Educational Journal Winter, 1990 Volume LXXVIII, No. 2 USPS 152-940 Features 4 Anthony Z. Fernandez Deltasig of the Year-1989 12 An Electric Entrepreneur Page 4 An update on how Brother Victor Kiam, president and CEO of Remington Products, keeps his company razor sharp. 18 Reversing Hurry Sickness Hurry Sickness is a pervasive sense of urgency that is concerned solely with completing tasks without regard for other aspects of experience. Page 12 Departments 7 Chapters Speak Page 23 16 Alumni Commentary 17 Bits and Pieces 21 Taking Note 23 Headquarters Headlines Cover EDITOR-Michael J. Mazur, Jr. MANAGING EDITOR-Michael T. Walsh Member of Send address changes to: The DELTASIG of Delta Sigma Pi , 330 South Campus Avenue, P.O. C'~E:"p:....,_, Box 230, Oxford Ohio 45056-0230. The DELTASIG of Delta Sigma Pi is published four times annually in Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer. Editorial oflice-330 South Campus Avenue, P.O. College Fraternity Editors Association Box 230, Oxford, Ohio 45056-0230. (513) 523-1907 Subscription prices $25.00 per year. Second class postage paid at Oxford, Ohio 45056-0230, and at additional mailing offices. The DELTA SIG is produced in the U.S.A. by Maury Boyd and Associates, Indianapolis, Indiana. The DELTASIG of Delta Sigma Pi 3 nthony Deltasig n Saturday, October, 21, 1989, Brothers of Delta Sigma Pi from across the country gathered at the Hyatt Regency Woodfield Hotel in Schaumburg, Illi nois, a suburb of Chic~go, for the banquet in honor of The Deltasig of the Year-1989 Anthony Z. "Tony" Fernandez. Some seventy members and guests attended the dinner and program including: Grand President William R. Kinsella, Past Grand President John V. Henik, Executive Director Michael J. Mazur, Jr., Mid American Provincial Vice President Randy L. Hultz, Northern Provincial Vice President Samuel F. Shaheen, Western Provincial Vice President Paul J.P. Garcia, Great Lakes Re gional Director Thomas A. Moran, Midwestern Regional Director Karen A. Winter and Golden Council mem bers Michael R. Mallonee, Marilyn D. Franson, James F. Pendergrass, Carlos A. Hazday, Gus W. Schram, and Buz Sutton. It was a special pleasure to have both Joan and Susan Fernandez, wife and daughter of Tony, respectively, in attendance. At the banquet, Grand President Bill Kinsella served as Toastmaster, while James L. Prescott of the Chi cago Alumni Chapter delivered the invocation. The Deltasig of the Year award, one of the highest honors which the fraternity can bestow to one of its members, was presented to Tony Fernandez by Grand President Kinsella and Executive Director Ma zur. Following acceptance remarks by Brother Fernandez, Mike Mazur de livered Fraternal Greetings to Tony on behalf of the Board of Directors, the staff of the Central Office as well Winter, 1990 Z. Fernandez of the Year-1989 Joining Tony Fernandez are Delta Sigma Pi Leadership Fund Trustees, (1. to r.) Gus Schram, Mike Mallonee, Bill Kinsella, Marilyn Franson, Vic Tabor, Carlos Hazday and John Henik. as from several Brothers who had Group, the Student Union, and the Directors. Additionally, he is a sent greetings in advance of the Commerce Club. He was initiated by founding · member of the Western banquet. the Beta Chapter of Delta Sigma Pi Michigan Alumni Chapter. Anthony Zachary "Tony" Fernan at Northwestern University on June Tony has served the International dez was born in Chicago, Illinois, on 7, 1958, and served his chapter as Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi in a July 4, 1931. He attended Eymard Social Chairman, Deltasig Corre number of roles on the national level. Prep School and Eymard College in spondent, Senior Vice President, and He has served on several national Hyde Park, New York, where he at President. committees and chaired the Commit tained an Associate of Arts Degree. He has been a member of the Chi tee on Ritual Revision. Additionally, He later attended Northwestern Uni cago Alumni Chapter and has served he was elected to fill a vacancy on the versity in Chicago where he was a in the roles of President, Vice Presi Board of Directors of the fraternity member of the Northwestern Chorale dent, and a member of the Board of in 1980 in the role of Central Re- The DELTASIG of Delta Sigma Pi 5 gional Director. He was elected the Great Lakes Regional Director in 1981 and served in that position for two years. In 1983, he was elected to the position of Director of Alumni Activities, a position which he held until August, 1985. Additionally, Brother Fernandez served as a mem ber of the Executive Committee of the fraternity from 1981 through 1985. Professionally, Tony was employed for some 29 years with the Brunswick Corporation and achieved a position of Director of Marketing for two di visions as well as serving as Corpo rate Personnel Director. Tony has been a member of the Chicago-Midwest Credit Managers Association and served as the Vice President for that organization; was a member and President of the Na tional Executive Club, and was a Tony & Joan Fernandez member of the Brunswick Men 's Club. Additionally, Tony was the Choir Director and served on the Par ish Council for the Notre Dame Church in Chicago. Tony is a mem ber of the Order of the Silver Helmet of the International Fraternity of Delta Sigma Pi representing 25 or more years of .continuous service to the fraternity and well known as the Brother who intones and leads the "Rose of Deltasig" at each Grand Chapter Congress. Tony and his wife Joan currently reside in Norton Shores, Michigan, and, in addition to their daughter, have a son, Toby. Tony & Past Grand President John Henik. 6 Winter, 1990 The Chapters Speak NORTHERN PROVINCE ll is well in the North! Our case of educating generally skeptical wasn't as bad as first thought; or 2) A chapters continue to get alumni, chapter members, faculty ad Why did we wait so long to do this, stronger although it looks as though visers and others as to the importance it's a good idea. I feel that the deci we will be losing one. We have four of the change. The result: There has sions that were made were appropri active colonies. CEI totals are look been all but unanimous acceptance of ate and prudent. I appreciate the ing good and it seems as though we an unpopular, but necessary moral support throughout the Province that are innovating, creating new ideas directive. we have received in taking this action and projects to prove and improve For all of those Brothers who had under the Emergency Powers clause Delta Sigma Pi's leadership role. to walk into an unsympathetic room, of the Bylaws. We now need to look The truest test of character is the to carry this banner . thank you. toward future challenges in the mem action of an individual or group who For all of those who understood and bership area with the same foresight is acting under adverse conditions. accepted this change, despite your and fortitude as this issue so that we The character of the chapters in the personal reservations ..