THE PHI GAMMA DELTA Vol. 140 No. 1 | Fall 2018 Celebrating 170 Years at the Dallas Ekklesia Also Featured: World War II - Looking Back 75 Years THE PHI GAMMA DELTA FALL 2018 VOLUME 140, NO. 1 THE PHI GAMMA DELTA 192,418 men have been initiated Change of Address: Send any ad- is published semi-annually by into the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Del- dress changes to the International the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta ta since 1848. Founded at Jeerson Headquarters by email to address@phi- 1201 Red Mile Road, Lexington, KY 40504 College, Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, gam.org, by phone at (859) 255-1848 (859) 255-1848 | www.phigam.org on May 1, 1848, by John Templeton or by mail to PO Box 4599, Lexington, McCarty, Samuel Beatty Wilson, James KY 40504-4599. editor Elliott, Ellis Bailey Gregg, Daniel Web- POSTMASTER: Send address Bill Martin (Mississippi State 1975) ster Crofts and Naaman Fletcher. [email protected] changes to: The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta, PO Box 4599, Lexington, director of communications Member of the Fraternity KY, 40544-4599. Communications Association Erica M. Carlson Publications Mail Agreement #41752521 [email protected] Member of the North- Return undeliverable Canadian circulation American Interfraternity addresses to: PO Box 875, Station A, Conference 113,924 Windsor, ON N9A 6P2 2 THE PHI GAMMA DELTA|FALL 2018 www.phigam.org CONTENTS Cover Story 28 170th Ekklesia: Big Things! 46 WWII: 75 Years Ago Features 9 Immortal Phi Gam: Mitchell Hoenig 24 Fall Colonization Results 25 Spring 2018 Expansion Plans 26 Re-Activation at Arizona 27 Chartering at Northeastern 30 Archons for 2018-2020 32 Annual Awards 34 Distinguished Fiji Award Winners Departments 4 President’s Message 5 Gamma Gram 10 On Campus 36 Graduate Almanac 43 Spotlight Foundation Focus Above 48 Phi Gamma Delta Pig Dinner at the Pacic 52 Ad Astra Club in Honolulu, Hawaii on September 15, 1943. 55 Fraternally Speaking On the Cover Country artist Corey Morrow (Texas Tech 1995) performing at Gilley's in Dallas, Texas for the 170th Ekklesia osite event. Connect with Phi Gamma Delta THE PHI GAMMA DELTA 3 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Brothers, and challenges. For that reason, the administrators First let me say how honored I am to Fraternity has been able to maintain the for graduate Archon President serve as President of Phi Gamma Delta same level of undergraduate dues and programs and Clark Robertson (Nebraska 1982) for the coming two years. Phi Gamma fees for the past eight years. scholarships. Delta’s inuence on my life has been one To support our chapters and colonies, Although we of the treasured threads that continues over 1,700 graduate brothers now serve have never had a chapter at Harvard, this to be a source of great friendships and as Purple Legionnaires, Section Chiefs, is a disturbing development nonetheless. meaning from college through today. BCA and House Corporation mem- Institutions are utilizing the tool of If you have been reading the magazine bers. We are indebted to these brothers “university recognition” to leverage diligently, you know that the Fraternity for the time, treasure and talent which compliance with new requirements or has been on a growth trajectory for the enrich our great fraternity. And we now restrictions. Most notable are moves past 12 years. Phi Gamma Delta is today have 73 graduate chapters operating in at some public universities to restrict approximately 60% larger than when we cities across North America. Our gradu- freshmen from joining fraternities began this growth initiative in 2006. Not ate brother involvement is 100% vital to in their rst term on campus, oen only do we have more chapters, but the our ongoing success. referred to as deferred joining. If a chap- average size of our chapters has grown We live in interesting times – now more ter does not abide by this restriction, by over 25%, from 54 to 70. We now than ever – due to the environment on they won’t be recognized and could face have approximately 12,000 undergradu- college campuses across North America. measures designed to cordon them o ate brothers at 164 chapters and colo- You should be aware of some of the from the rest of the Greek system and nies in North America. challenges facing us today. the university. Something else occurred as we expanded Given a number of tragic events across In some communities, zoning for fra- our footprint. Our fraternity improved the fraternity system in 2017, university ternity houses is being tied to university academically. Overall GPA has risen as administrators are focused appropriately recognition. us, if a chapter lost recog- we have brought new brothers into the on student safety. Phi Gamma Delta nition, the zoning status would change Fraternity who are very academically ori- shares this priority, with a variety of pro- and the chapter could no longer occupy ented. Most recent reporting showed an grams and policies to address hazing, the the house. Several house corporations overall GPA of 3.1, and our chapters are misuse of alcohol and sexual misconduct. are dealing with this issue presently. ranked #1 within the fraternity system at In addition to appropriate sanctioning of It is with this backdrop that I ask for a host of colleges and universities. chapters, however, there have been situa- your help. To graduate brothers, we Along with improved academic per- tions of overreaction, with unfair judicial need you to be engaged in whatever Phi formance, the positive ways that Phi processes. A chapter of ours was closed Gamma Delta endeavor is most mean- Gamma Delta brothers are enriching in the spring by the university, but the ingful to you, whether as a volunteer their communities have dramati- Archons in a subsequent trial could not with one or more of our chapters, or as cally increased. Just last year alone, our nd evidence to justify such a decision. a donor. Or both! undergraduate brothers contributed We share most of the same concerns and To our undergraduate brothers, con- 190,000 service hours and donated $1.4 expectations as our host institutions. tinue your excellence in academics and million to worthy causes. You can be However, we want our chapters and your philanthropic pursuits, and act proud that we are continuing to fulll members to be treated fairly. at all times as gentlemen and coura- our mission of “uniting men in endur- At some institutions the right to belong geous leaders. Now more than ever, Phi ing friendships, stimulating the pursuit to single-sex organizations is under Gamma Delta needs your best. of knowledge, and building courageous attack. Harvard is demanding that all I look forward to seeing many of you leaders who are serving their world with single-sex organizations become co-ed, over the coming two years, and as al- the best that is in them.” singling out members of such organiza- ways, am Mighty Proud To Be A Fiji. Financially, the Fraternity has never tions to deprive them of leadership posi- been stronger; we are in good shape tions in organizations and sports teams to manage through opportunities and recommendations from faculty or Perge! 4 THE PHI GAMMA DELTA|FALL 2018 www.phigam.org GAMMA GRAM NEWS, EVENTS, FEEDBACK Headquarters Sta Updates Lied Hartzell Treanor Hawley Lueck Prylinski Eric Lied (Wisconsin 2014) departed the sta on August Paige Prylinski 10, 2018. Eric rst joined sta as a Field Secretary in 2014, joined the sta in serving for one year. He became the Director of Chapter May 2018 to as- Services in 2015, serving for over three years. Eric moved sume the role of to Bloomington, IN to attend graduate school at Indiana Coordinator of University, where he will earn his MPA. Communications. Prior to joining Depew Lovejoy Bryan Hartzell (Western Kentucky 2014) was appointed the sta, Paige to the position of Director of Chapter Services. Bryan worked for the joined the sta in 2014 as Field Secretary and served three National Panhellenic Conference as their communica- years before assuming the role of Director of Chapter tions and marketing intern from August 2017 - May 2018. Development on June 1, 2017. She graduated from Auburn University in 2017 with a B.S. Also departing sta was Colin Treanor (Connecticut in business administration and marketing, and she is a 2014), who served as Director of Growth for three years. member of Sigma Kappa Sorority. Colin joined sta as a Field Secretary in 2014, serving in Andrew Depew (Kentucky 2010) joined the sta in the role for one year. Colin moved to his hometown of August to ll the new role of Coordinator of Educational Boston, MA, where he works as an onboarding specialist Programs & Online Learning. In this position, Andrew is at JoVE. responsible for overseeing the logistics for the Fraternity's health and safety programs and providing administra- Nicholas Hawley (Kettering 2017) assumed the role of tive support for the Fraternity's LMS. Previously, Andrew Director of Growth aer Colin's departure. Nick is coming worked for the Lord's Legacy Life Ministry as a direct o the road aer one year as Field Secretary. As an under- support professional for persons with intellectual disabili- graduate, Nick served his chapter as corresponding secre- ties. He received his Master's in secondary social studies tary, recruitment chairman, PR chairman and new mem- education from Eastern Kentucky University. ber educator, and he served as IFC public relations chair. Nick graduated with a degree in electrical engineering. omas Lovejoy (Oregon State 2014) also joined sta in October to ll the Director of Graduate Involvement posi- Jake Lueck (Kansas 2017) was selected to ll the role tion.