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Page Key to The Beta Theta Pi volume num bers....................................................viii Bibliography........................................................................................................ix Visual A rts ............................................................................................................ 1 Performing A rts ................................................................................................. 27 Musical A rts ........................................................................................................51 Authors, Journalists and P o e ts ........................................................................72 Recent Books by Betas................................................................................ 118 Recent Poems by Betas............................................................................... 128 Betas Writing About B eta ............................................................................. 132 Betas Behind the Scenes............................................................................... 139 The Songs of Beta Theta P i........................................................................... 156 Beta B a rds.................................................................................................... 158 Chapter Songs.............................................................................................. 172 Indices.............................................................................................................. 181

Beta Theta Pi s museum features many o f the Fraternity s authors, poets,writers andjournalists, including all o f the editors o f The Beta Theta Pi through the years, as well as sports achievers.

P reface As Betas, we know the words: “Man without intellect would be little better than the brute. The power of the mind lifted humanity from barbarism and darkness to civilization and light.” Scripture further urges, “Get wisdom, and with all thy getting, get understanding.” For more than two millennia, “man has admired the classical excellence of Greek civilization,” where physical achievement was always matched by cultural excellence as man emerged from chaos and ascended into order. Through the stages of this evolu tion, Greek elite always turned to cultural development as a basis for excellence. In deed, many of the historic philosophers still today define the Greeks of old. So, too, as the correct subject was considered for this third volume in the trilogy — the first two being Beta Statesmen (2010) and Beta Heroes (2011) — the value of the arts persistently rose to the top. For it could be said that man without the stimulation of the arts is little better than the beast of the field, content with existing . . . never thriving. As is always the case, there will be inclusions and omissions that will draw criticism, some justified, of course. The author offers no apologies for the inclusions; he regrets, on the other hand, any omissions about whom the author was unaware. As you read these pages, it will not go unnoticed that from time to time you will ponder quietly — “Hmmm, I didn’t know he was a Beta” — as you discover a well-known, if not famous, painter or writer, musician or poet. Such a remarkable legion of talent has rarely been assembled under a common umbrella. As noted in Beta Statesmen, historical anthologies help assemble and record matters that otherwise might be virtually impossible to track. This becomes increasingly true in today’s society when old-fashioned letter-writing is as out-of-date as the buggy whip or the typewriter. Indeed, the hard-copy files in Brennan Hall, the Fraternity’s Administra tive Office in Oxford, Ohio, have had only modest additions since the introduction of emails. And what happens to emails? After reading, they are almost always dispatched to the trash, never to be seen or read again. Regrettably, future historians will have great difficulty tracking our Beta Theta Pi history as it develops in the decades to come. To counter this danger, the Administrative Office in Oxford is endeavoring to establish well-cataloged and retrievable digital files of letters, reports, publications, photographs, etc., to combat the effects of today’s disposable society. All it takes is money, and the Beta Theta Pi Foundation, which underwrote the publishing of this book, will undoubt edly be the source of funding for such comprehensive digitizing and storage. But will funding be forthcoming before serious gaps in our history are forever lost? So, as future readers thumb through these pages, will their research reveal our Fra ternity history as readily as it was opened to yours truly? Undoubtedly, a way will emerge, and some as yet unknown Beta of the 21st century will become as fascinated with our remarkable forebears as this author. What a fascinating read that will be. — EJ

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A Fraternity Runs Through It What could a college fraternity have to do with fostering the arts in America? Betas know the answer. Brotherhood fosters self-confidence and creativity. It encourages us to make the most of our talents. Art can be fashioned alone, but has meaning only when shared. “Vary my days,” wrote Stephen Sondheim, Williams 1950, in his song Being Alive. “Alone is alone, not alive.” Betas are “alive” and always have been in the arts - everything from writing and music to theater, cinema, painting and architecture. Indeed, the arts play an especially impor tant role in the history of Beta Theta Pi and in the achievements of its members. Why? Maybe it’s the tradition of singing. Maybe it’s the obsession with Beta poetry. Maybe it’s the almost comically specific insistence that our colors are “delicate shades of pink and blue.” But mostly it is because our Fraternity fosters individuality. This is the opposite of what outsiders think fraternities do. But we know otherwise. The Betas I have known - not to mention some of our most illustrious members - were not conformists by nature. Friend ship helped give them the space to think for themselves. At Colgate’s chapter, we were a broad-gauged bunch. The best rock musician on the campus was a Beta. I learned the history of Chicago R & B from another brother, and how to deeply respect literature from a third. A younger generation of Colgate Betas includes the Broken Lizard comedy troupe, whose contributions to culture include the movies Super Trooper and Beerfest. Is there a Beta aesthetic? Judging from this amazing book, I would say yes. Betas are not, for the most part, to the garret born or confined. We tend not to be solitary or static. It may seem like a small point, but I am struck by the large number of Beta artists and writers who were also athletes, like the great painter George Bellows, Ohio State 1905. He struggled in New York to perfect his vision of metropolitan America. While he was doing so, he made money playing semi-pro baseball. The common thread between artists and athletes: confident self-expression. Beta artists tend to share a let’s-go-there curiosity and adventurousness; a bias to ward the outdoors and the world; a penchant for pushing the envelope in media, theater and the visual arts. They don’t always have, or feel they need, the establishment creden tials. They love America and its enduring symbols but also are willing to examine whether we are living up to our ideals. And they are, for the most part, more sincere than ironic. Let me mention a few such Betas. Bernard Berenson, Boston/Harvard 1887, was the preeminent art critic of his time. He won that role because of his great erudition, but also because he traveled Tuscany in his own car, time and again, year after year, looking for the real story of what he was seeing. Pare Lorentz, West Virginia 1926, invented mod

v ii ern documentary film by convincing the FDR Administration to pay him to depict land and water use in the Depression. Norman Maclean, Dartmouth 1924, was a professor at the University of Chicago for decades, but his most lasting contribution was his memoir of growing up in Montana, the haunting, inimitable A River Runs Through It. J. Gill Hol land, North Carolina 1987, produced an award-winning documentary about the type of strip mining for coal - “mountain top removal” - that is devastating Appalachia. Beta was founded in Oxford, Ohio, at a time when the region was the frontier: the American West of its day. Perhaps that is why - Berenson, Sondheim and many other Bostonians or New Yorkers notwithstanding - there is a non-Northeast, non-Eastern Establishment tinge to the stories in this book. Hollywood and Los Angeles loom large, of course, from the star of “Gunsmoke” (James Arness, Beloit 1946) to the author of “M*A*S*H” (H. Richard Hornberger, Jr., Bowdoin 1945). Steve Sholes was a Beta from Rutgers, class of 1933, but made his mark in Nashville, where he signed Elvis Presley, Eddie Arnold and Chet Atkins to deals with RCA Records. Maclean, Justice William O. Douglas, Whitman 1920, and Ken Kesey, Oregon 1957, are as close as you can come to a holy trinity of literary figures from the Northwest. Not surprisingly, the more you read about Beta’s arts history, the more delightful idio syncrasy you find. A Beta (Main Rosseau Bocher, Chicago 1911) designed Wallis Simpson’s wedding gown, a daring social act at the time. Philip Swanson, Ohio 1946, designed fifty Pasadena Rose Bowl floats. A trio of Betas helped imagine and build innovative ABC Sports and invented Monday Night Football. A boxer, rugby and football player named Jess Thomas, Nebraska 1948, became one of the Metropolitan Opera’s most acclaimed interpreters of Richard Wagner. It may be coincidence (somehow I doubt it) but Betas are key artistic figures in my own life. I enjoyed following Kesey’s hippie exploits back in sixties (we were all vicariously “dropping out” at that time). More important, I admired his sweeping novel, Sometimes a Great Notion. When I was entering law school I was inspired by Justice Douglas’s auto biography, Go East Young Man. Maclean’s A River Runs Through It is, quite simply, my favorite book of any kind. Ask my wife. I read it almost every year. Each of these three books is, in its own way, about freedom, responsibility and broth erhood. As are we: a fraternity runs through it.

— Howard Fineman, Colga Editorial Director, AOL Huffington Post Media Group News analyst, NBC News and MSNBC See biography on page 114

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Since the 1980s, a regular contributor to the sports and entertainment coverage in The Beta Theta Pi has been Jay Langhammer. While not a Beta, he is a devoted and well- informed member of the Greek community, who performs a similar service for a handful of other fraternity publications. In addition, Jay researches and writes feature articles on a wide variety of subjects. His contributions, especially relied upon for many of the Betas included in this book, have been thorough and accurate. Also, Zac Haines, Miami 2005, and the late Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937, were invaluable resources, to whom the author is truly grateful. The resources of the World Wide Web continue to furnish further insight into Betas who have been otherwise identified. Also, often the sources on the Web include photo graphs of the subjects. While the archives and photo files in Oxford are substantial, the files have not yet been transferred to digital storage; hence, retrieval is sometimes pains taking at best. It is planned that digitizing and cataloging of the Fraternity’s photo files will be accomplished in the near term so that researchers and writers in future years will enjoy this modern resource tool. Of course, all it takes is time and money. We salute Howard D. Fineman, Colgate 1970, editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post and an NBC/MSNBC news analyst, for the outstanding Foreword to this volume. Due also for special thanks for her contributions to this volume is, as always, Phyllis Bowie, receptionist in the Fraternity administrative office in Oxford, Ohio, for endlessly checking and rechecking member names, schools and class years in the Beta data base. Phyllis and our other proofreaders — L. Martin Cobb, Eastern Kentucky 1996, editor, The Beta Theta Pi; former Administrative Secretary Stephen B. Becker, Florida 1969, and Associate Directors of Communication Geoff Lewis, UCLA 2009, and Michael Roupas, Iowa 2010 — are gratefully appreciated. As always, Sarah Shepherd, creative director, and Jenna Noah, graphic designer, Beta Communication Department, assisted throughout production and created the excellent design of the dust jacket. — Author

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Stories and pictures o f many famous Betas, including men in the arts, can be found in Oxford, Ohio, in the Beta Theta Pi Archives and Museum, a gift o f Lee B. Thompson, Oklahoma 1925.

PRINCIPAL BIBLIOGRAPHY Ibid. — abbreviation for the Latin word Ibidem, meaning “cited before” — is an archaic, yet succinct, form to avoid needless repetition in the extensive footnoting of repetitive sources. Some sources in “Ibid.” (The Beta Theta Pi magazinej are listed by the “volume” of the issue; others, by the “month/ year” of issue. The correlation is found on the previous page. Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi magazine, 1872-2011 Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914, by Wm. Raimond Baird, ME, LLB, Stevens WJQIColumbia 1882 Ibid. 3: Beta Life: Individuals, Incidents and Inspirations in Beta Theta Pi, 1929, by Francis W. Shepardson, PhD, LLD, Denison 18821Brown 1883 Ibid. 4: The Beta Book: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi*, 1927, by Shepardson Ibid. 5. Beta Lore: Sentiment, Song and Story in Beta Theta Pi, 1928, by Shepardson Ibid. 6: The Beta Book*, 1929, by Shepardson Ibid. 7: The Beta Book*, 1930, by Shepardson Ibid. 8. The Beta Book*, 1933, by Shepardson Ibid. 9: The Faithful Home o f the Three Stars, 1988, by Peter J. Floriani, PhD, Lehigh 1977 *The Beta Books of 1927,1929,1930 and 1933 served as Fraternity histo ries and pledge manuals prior to Son of the Stars, 1939, by G. Herbert Smith, EdD, LLD, DePauw 1927, and Son of the Stars, 2002, by L.E. (Erv) Johnson, BS, Idaho 1953. Note: For easy reference, excerpts from these sources are streamed across the bottom o f the pages in this book, beginning with page 1. Other sources are noted in the text or footnoted at the bottom o f pertinent pages.

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BETAS IN THE VISUAL ARTS From Ding Darling (page 2) and George Bellows (page 4), so well-known a century ago, to the more contemporary Homer Hacker (page 11) and Bob Abbett (page 16), Betas have been high profile in painting, sculpture and some of the unique visual arts. Among the latter are Coella Rickett’s remarkable hand-executed illuminated charters (below) to the photo-illustrated gem books by Fred Ward (pages 19-20).

THOMAS ALLEN, WASHINGTON IN ST. LOUIS 1878 One of the best-known U.S. painters of his era, he spent summers in Princeton, Mass., and winters in Boston. He attended the Royal Academy at Dusseldorf, graduating in 1877, studied in France for three years and exhibited paintings at a number of French salons. He was elected to the Society of American Artists in 1880 and the National Academy of Design in 1887. President of the Paint and Clay Club of Boston and of the Boston Society of Water Color Painters, he was chairman of the Department Jury of Fine Arts and the International Jury of Awards at the St. Louis Exposition in 1904. He also was a judge at the Chicago Exposition and the Tennessee Centennial. A Fellow in Perpetuity of the Metropolitan Museum, he was a trustee of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts and chairman of the council and of the faculty of the School of Museum of Fine Arts. Allen’s works were exhibited in the City Art Museum of St. Louis, the Museum of Fine Arts of Boston, the Berkshire Athenaeum at Pittsfield and in many private collections.

COELLA LINDSAY RICKETTS, OHIO 1884 A Chicago resident, Ricketts devoted himself to the almost lost art of illuminating manu scripts and became an eminent authority and practitioner of this art. During his lifetime, he prepared colorful

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i'd m n / / . R uthetfm i Benjamin F. Sloeumb OidepnR. AtcCteaiy H cnrii S S cotv! Janus £. M b o n tames A. C uruiiiuiluuu Alexander H unter A lfred IV. H unts Richm ond U. Smoot W illiam R. S in t IT WAS VOTED BV THE I S > 3 GENERAL CONVENTION OF BETA THHTA PI H U T A CHAPTER THEREOF BE ESTABLISHED IN T>ar>O V C n C O ltC C < WHEREFORE, THE M ID Pfc'l ITIONERS WHEN DULY INITIATED AND THEIR DULY ELECTED AND INITIATED SUCCESSORS ARE BY VIRTUE OF SUCH ACTION AND IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION OF THE FRATERNITY HEREBY ESTABLISHED AND CONSTITUTED THE IK T W U C R COLLCoC O M p C C l* Inc IM « • « « » n e a Pi IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF BETA THHTA PI HAS CAUSED THESE PRESENTS TO BE SIGNED BY ITS PRESIDENT AND GENERAL SECRETARY AND ITS GREAT SEAL TO BE HERETO AFFIXED ON Till. l9"'Amo(Maii IS_s;v

into the 1930s, which he described as “dignified and beau tiful.” While the origi nal idea of having such armorial de signs and much of the detail of the planHanover’s hand crafted illuminated chapter charter

Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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ning must be credited to longtime Fraternity Heraldist George M. Chandler, Michigan 1898 (see page 2), the technique of illuminating is the work of Ricketts. He made himself one of the world’s great engrossers and illuminators, learning the skill from an Ohio Uni versity professor. His name is familiar and honored in the Vatican, the British Museum and in other great world centers where the unique art is valued and preserved. The special ized art form continues to be utilized in new chapter charters today, furnished by modernday artists. — Ibid. 5, pages 275-276

CULLEN WARNER PARMELEE, RUTGERS 1896 A Phi Beta Kappa, ceramist Parmelee was professor of ceramics at Rutgers University. He was president of the New Jersey Microscopical Society and trustee and vice president of the American Ceramic Society. He resided in New Brunswick, N.J.

GEORGE M. CHANDLER, MICHIGAN 1898 The 1899 Beta Convention made considerable headway toward a uniform badge when it adopted a standard badge manufacturered by Roehm and Son of Detroit, under Chandler’s direction. As it was not entirely accepted, the 1907 Convention again called upon Major Chandler to head a committee to work on a standard badge. To C handler goes the cre d it fo r the design of to d a y ’s standard

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badge, adopted in 1909. He also designed the Beta flag and other Beta emblems and served as vice president/ trustee of the Fraternity (1912-18). His portrait hangs in the entrance to the Hall of Chapters, located behind Brennan Hall, the Adminis trative Office, in Oxford, Ohio. — Son of the Stars: The Pledge Manual o f Beta Theta Pi, 2002, pages 84-87

One of Ding Darling’s bestremembered cartoons, “Lest We Forget,” recalled the sacrifices of the armed forces in World War I. Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.; The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

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JAY NORWOOD (DING) DARLING This famous political cartoonist created more than 12,000 editorial cartoons and was a lifelong champion of preserv-

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Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, who died in 1962 at age 86. He began his college studies at Yankton College, S.D.,

in 1894, transferring to Beloit College, Wis., where he was art editor of the yearbook. In 1900, he was drawing caricatures and cartoons as a young reporter for the Sioux City Journal. In 1906, he was hired by the Des Moines Register and Leader as its editorial cartoonist. Except for two years with the New York Times Globe and three years with the New York Herald Tribune, he was with the Des Moines Register his entire career. His editorial cartoons were carried by the New York Herald Tribune, 1919-49, and syndicated to hundreds of newspapers across the U.S. Presidents and premiers, industrialists and unionists were equal and regular tar gets of his pointed and per suasive attacks. He also was famous for his memo rial to President Theodore Roosevelt in “The Long Long T ra il,” (see Beta Statesmen, page 23) show ing the beloved leader, ever the adventurer, waving a friendly farewell as he em barks up the long trail. — Ibid. 3, page 306 Ding captured the frustration o f other hopefuls in the 1940 presidential race except sitting-president FDR. Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930', Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

BETAS IN THE ARTS Darling is best known for his political cartoons, but he was a tireless advocate for

preservation of the environment, a theme which he dealt with frequently in his cartoons. In 1934, he drew the design for the first Federal Duck Stamp. That same year, he was appointed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt as chief of the Biological Survey, forerunner of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. He was the primary founder and president of the National Wildlife Federation. The J.N. (Ding) Darling Foundation and The Ding Darling Wildlife Society are still very active. The celebrated cartoonist’s personal and professional papers are at the University of Iowa Libraries. Darling was the initial inductee by the Wildlife Federation of Florida, where the J.N. (Ding) Darling National Wildlife Refuge spreads across some 5,000 acres of untouched Sanibel mangrove wetlands. With almost a million visitors annually, Sanibel is one of the top 10 birding spots in the U.S. — a fitting tribute to a tireless advocate for wilderness protection. — Beta Statesmen, 2010, pages 22-23 The 4thedition of Ding: The Life o f Jay Norwood Darling (Maecenas Press, 2001) was praised by one critic as a “rich, vivid biography of an enriching, vivid American. Darling loved the American earth as few have loved it.” — Ibid., winter 2002, page 9; for six o f his cartoons, see May 1962, pages 454-457 Long regarded as America’s leading cartoonist, he was a great propagandist for wild life conservation and became known as “the best friend a wild duck ever had.” How did he acquire his sobriquet of “Ding,” as famous a nickname as ever there was in America? It was signed to a drawing in the Beloit College yearbook — satirizing the faculty as chorus girls — that he first scribbled his name as “D’ing.” The intent was that the faculty wouldn’t know who drew it. But the faculty found out anyway, and the artist was promptly suspended, later reinstated, graduating in 1900. Later, he dropped the apostrophe in the signature. — Ibid., Vol 78, page 180: Vol. 68, pages 394-396, and Beta Statesmen, page 23, features a self-portrait in “Howto be a Cartoonist.” As chief of the USDA Biological Survey, 1934-35, he chafed under the overwhelming red tape and resigned but not before he had made the country conscious of the wildlife conservation work in which he was so vitally interested. — Ibid., Vol. 63, page 327

GEORGE WESLEY BELLOWS OHIO STATE 1905 An artist of the National Academy of Design, George Bellows was the youngest member ever elected to the Academy. He was also an honorary life member of the Among George Bellow’s heralded works are (right, clock wise from top left): Dempsey and Firpo, Bellow’s daughter, The Beta Grip, Lone Tenament and Stag at Sharkey’s. Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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This series o f drawings, known as “The Beta Theta Pi Suite, ” were discovered in The Ohio State Beta Theta Pi chapter house some years after the artist left the campus. National Arts Club and the American Society of Painters and Sculptors. His picture, The North River, won the second Halgarten prize of the National Academy and was purchased by the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts for its permanent collection. He was also represented in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum, the Toledo Museum and other prominent art collections. He was a member of the Societe Internationale des Beaux Arts des Lettres. — Ibid., spring 1996, pages 49, 51 Eight sketches made by Bellows in his undergraduate days at the Theta Delta Chapter Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

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(“Beta Grip” on page 5 and the seven at left) hang in the Ohio State Chapter house. He was pre-eminent not only as an artist but as a lithographer as well. His works are found in all the great art galleries of the U.S. and have been exhibited in the museums of Europe. Four years away from the university, having withdrawn his junior year, he was awarded the Second Hallgarten Prize, N.A.D., in 1908; then followed a long list of prizes awarded by various world-renowned art clubs, art academies, institutes and expositions. He was a member of the National Academy, National Institute of Arts and Letters, New Society of Artists, National Arts Club and many others. Decidedly an American painter, he never studied abroad, but his talent carried him to recognized eminence. His canvasses had a daring confidence about them which contemporaries were quick to acclaim. — Ibid. 5, page 496 In “George Bellows: A Beta Legacy,” (The Beta Theta Pi, spring 1993, pages 194-198, 15 illustrations), Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937, wrote: “Born in Columbus, Ohio, Aug. 12, 1882, raised in a solid Methodist, Republican family of a respected builder, George Wesley Bellows was a rangy, athletic southpaw with a knack for drawing by the time he reached high school. He entered The Ohio State University in 1901, bringing to college the desire to follow Columbus friends into Beta Theta Pi. He was a good student, varsity baseball player and principal illustrator for Makio, the yearbook, and other student publi cations. By the end of his junior year, he skipped finals and went to a New York City art school. He roomed at the YMCA, beginning a circle of friends that eventually included author Eugene O’Neill and actor Clifton Webb. “He helped supplant his meager art income by playing semi-professional baseball; how ever, in just four years, he was creating memorable works, such as River Rats, Portrait o f My Father, The Knock Out, Little Girl in White, Forty-two Kids, Club Night, North River and Up the Hudson.” — Ibid., Nov. 1934, page 123; June 1956, pages 450-452

Ray Irvin commissioned the five large, elegant portraits that are displayed in the Beta Theta Pi Administrative Office (Brennan Hall), in Oxford, Ohio, of Fraternity greats Knox (see page 72), Hanna (left), Chandler (center), Robb (right) and Shepardson (see page 134J by Louis P. Szanto. The Chandler portrait hangs in the entrance to the Hall of the Chapters, while the other four greet visitors as they enter the lobby of the main building. Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book,1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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RAY W. IRVIN, WOOSTER 1908 Irvin was an artist with an appreciation of quiet dignity in interior decorating. He was a leading figure in his field for more than 50 years. Chairman of nationally known Irving & Co., his commissions were many and varied, including the Greenbrier Hotel, White Sul phur Springs, W.V.; The Flamingo Hotel, Miami Beach; Stouffer Restaurants in Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Chicago, Detroit, Minneapolis and New York; Union Club; the Federal Reserve Bank and Society for Savings of Cleveland. — Ibid., Oct. 1958, pages 3-4 Irvin is best known to Betas today for arranging and funding five formal portraits of Beta Greats (see page 7). Born in 1886, he died in 1958. — Ibid., Oct. 1958, pages 3-4

GEORGE MIKSCH SUTTON, BETHANY 1919 Initiated in 1918, Dr. Sutton — ornithologist, artist, conservationist — was concerned with the birds of the Western Pennsylvania region for many years. He also ventured into ornithological discoveries in Canada and elsewhere in the U.S. On the staff of Carnegie —

Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa., 1919-25, and as Pennsylvania State O rnithologist, 1925-29, and with Cornell University as curator of birds, from 1931, he had broad knowledge of that particular region. He received his PhD from Cornell Univer sity; he was a talented art ist and illustrated numerous well-known ornithological

studies. W.E. Clyde Todd’s Birds o f Western Pennsylvania, was ably and attractively illustrated by Dr. Sutton with 118 portraits of birds and their environment. — Ibid., Vol. 68, page 482 Dr. Sutton was professor emeritus and curator of birds at the University of Oklahoma’s Stovall Museum. The world-famous ornithologist’s best-known work contained some 50 color plates of his bird paintings made during 10 expeditions to Mexico (1938-73). — Ibid., Sept. 1974, page 35 Sutton’s books include Mexican Bird: First Impressions (1951), Iceland Summer (1961), Oklahoma Birds (1967), High Arctic (1971), At a Bend in a Mexican River (1972), Portraits of Mexican Birds (1975), Fifty Common Birds of Oklahoma (1977), Toa Young Bird Artist (1979.) — George Miksch Sutton Avian Research Center, Bartlesville, Okla.

IRWIN LEE DETCHON, WABASH 1923 Working in both oil and watercolors, Detchon was highly regarded. His art was dis Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

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played in the New York Historical Museum, Smithsonian Galleries and Springfield Mu seum of Art. His paintings were given to Wabash College’s Detchon Center for Modern Languages and International Studies, a facility made possible with a gift to the school in 1993, the 70th anniversary of his graduation. He died in Crawfordsville, Ind., in 1994. — Ibid., Conv. 1994, page 49

LORENZO BEE, CALIFORNIA 1924 For the third time in 1942-43, Bee had his cover design on The Saturday Evening Post, Nov. 14,1942. The painting shows a dejected 12-year-old boy, seated outside the studio door of his music teacher, awaiting his lesson. His football helmet is in place on his head; he’s wearing a bright red jersey and, beside him, his violin case and music roll are unwel come accessories. — Ibid., Vol. 70, page 302

DANIEL BLAIR DOWLING, CALIFORNIA 1926 Famous cartoonist Dowling changed his base of operations following the demise of the New York Herald Tribune. In 1968, he was based at the Kansas City Star where his famous cartoons were syndicated to other newspapers across the country. When Ding Darling, Beloit 1899 (see page 2) retired in April 1949, he was succeeded as chief car toonist of the New York Herald Tribune Syndicate by Dan Dowling. — Ibid., June 1968, page 436, by Harold J. (Bing) Bailey, Amherst 1908 Born in Harlan, Iowa, in 1906, when he was 13 he drew, fo r $10 each, cartoons fora college yearbook. When he was an undergraduate at California-Berkeley, he got a job in the art department of the Oakland Tribune. In 1927, he toured the world as a member of an orchestra composed of U.C. undergrads. In World War II, he served four years, mak ing rapid progress from private to captain. A cartoon that elicited delightful response was published after President Truman’s surpris ing re-election in 1948. AcockyTruman, who played piano very well, strode off the con cert stage, with the title, And They All Laughed When I Sat Down to Play. Perhaps the greatest attention was paid to Lost Ho rizon, which appeared late in 1951. It is be lieved to be the only cartoon ever exhibited in Congress on its rostrum and used as a text for a speech on the floor of the House of Representatives. Dan Dowling’s political cartoon, “Chartered Bus, ” was in the Kansas City Star, 1970. Note “cities” timebomb on roof rack.

Dowling received the Christopher Medal and the Freedoms Foundation award in

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1956. He was president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists (1956-58) and was described as “one of the great political cartoonists of his time.” He used ink, brush and crayon on a rough-surfaced paper. Afeature article with five of Dowling’s politi cal cartoons — How to Get a Show Back on the Road, Off in a Cloud of Dust, Any Sign of a Courier from Moscow? Byrnes Lets One Go and Up from the Minor League — is in The Beta Theta Pi, Vol. 79, pages 708-710

HARRY T. FLOYD, KANSAS STATE 1928 Floyd began studies in watercolor in the 1950s as a side interest to his career as western sales manager of the National Broadcasting Company’s television network. His watercolor mentors included Rex Brandt, Zoltan Szabo, Tom Hiller, Robert Uecker, Jerry Brommer, Robert Hollettand others. He held a major one-man show in Burbank, Calif., in 1985, and has often assisted with other local art shows and has been asked to jury them. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

JULIAN HOKE HARRIS, GEORGIA TECH 1928 Sculptor and medalist, Harris began as a part-time instructor at Georgia Tech in 1936, retiring as professor emeritus in 1972. He created architectural sculptures for more than 50 buildings in Atlanta and the Southeast, including the “Zodiac Frieze,” Coca-Cola Bot tling Co. building; bronze relief, State Office Building, and the Georgia History Frieze, Omni MARTA station. He created the Jimmy Carter inaugural medal, Georgia National Bicentennial Medallion, John Wesley statue at West Virginia Wesleyan College and the Uncle Remus figures at the Uncle Remus Library, Madison, Ga. His “Jet Madonna” at the First Presbyterian Church, Atlanta, was created using a jet flame process he developed for sculpting granite. He died in 1987 in Atlanta.— Ibid., May 1935, page 627

ALBERT S. GIESECKE, COLORADO COLLEGE 1931 With the U.S. Coast Guard Reserves during World War II, Giesecke was an artist for the San Francisco Examiner and later was art director for two advertising firms. As a freelance artist, he became known for his portraits, landscapes and still lifes in oil, pastel and watercolor. He died in 1998. — Ibid., spring 1998, page 20

C. KERMIT (BUCK) EWING, CARNEGIE MELLON 1932 Ewing was professor and first head of department at the University of Tennessee when he died in 1976 in Sanuron the island of Bali while touring Malaysia and Indonesia with his wife Mary to study cultures and ancient drawings. A participant in shows throughout the nation, and frequently an award winner, he was a popular teacher who gained notoriety for holding flamboyant art auctions to raise money for scholarships. After his death, his col leagues and family auctioned their own art for the university’s Ewing Art Fund, one of the school’s largest scholarship funds. The university’s Ewing Gallery is named for him. Born in Bentlyville, Pa., he attended Carnegie Tech, where he earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees, financed in part by a football scholarship. He taught and coached at Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

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State Teachers College of Indiana, Pa., and Carnegie Tech before going to the University of Tennessee to establish the visual arts section of its Department of Fine Arts, ultimately heading up the art division of the department in 1965. He helped establish the Fraternity’s Delta Kappa Chapter at the University of Tennessee in 1967. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

RICHARD C. LEWIS, OKLAHOMA STATE 1934 Renowned for his watercolor paintings of city scenes, Lewis was commissioned by banks and other businesses to paint scenes of more than 40 cities. The paintings have been used in seasonal greetings, annual reports and other institutional promotions such as those by chambers of commerce. Going to Chicago in the late 1930s, he started his own studio in 1942, working mainly with larger advertising agencies. His paintings of cities catch the beauty of certain areas which every city possesses, at the same time suggesting the massive strength of city structures and the hustle and bustle of urban life. Lewis painted in nearly every U.S. state, in Europe and Mexico, specializing in watercolors. Among the color illustrations in the Beta magazine were: New Orleans, Boston, Memphis, Indianapolis, Chicago, Orlando, San Francisco, Cincinnati, Tallahassee, Mo bile, Corpus Christi, Santa Barbara, Lexington and Dubuque. — Ibid., June 1975, pages 456-457 Lewis’s paintings in the June 1975 issue of The Beta Theta Pi were the first four-color reproductions ever published in the magazine. The feature included his paintings of Chicago’s Michigan Avenue, the Indianapolis Circle, Cincinnati’s Fountain Square, a San Francisco cable car and courthouses in Dubuque and Tallahassee. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

HOMER O. HACKER, OHIO 1939 A Kettering, Ohio, artist, Hacker painted Beta Theta Pi’s Sesqui-Centenary (150-year) commemorative poster featuring the Fraternity’s eight founders. He was named to the board of the prestigious American Watercolor Society. — Ibid., spring 1997, page 21; spring 2000, pages 44-45 Unlike most artists, Hacker has been at the top of his game for many years. Meanwhile, the Kettering, Ohio, wa tercolorist has enjoyed acclaim from many corners, includ ing an invitation to contribute to the official White House calendar for 2001. His work was a view of President Taft, an Ohioan, greeting the crowds at the 1911 Easter Egg Roll. “I took it up to Washington, and they liked it,” he said. “I had submitted four ideas to the committee (of the White House Historical Assn.) and this is the subject chosen.” A former Dayton Daily News art director, Hacker most Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933\ Ibid. 9 : Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

BETAS IN THE ARTS wanted to paint the Wright brothers receiving an award from Taft, “to do my city and state a favor.” He also suggested President John F. Kennedy brooding over the Bay of Pigs invasion and a view of the White House sculpture garden created by Hillary Rodham Clinton; both were judged too political by the selection committee. Hacker enjoyed making the colorful Easter scene, al though, “being an old geezer, some of the kids in the crowd are wearing the same costumes I wore as a boy — short pants, sailor hats. I felt

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very comfortable with it.” Graduating cum laude with a B.A. in art, he “got a job as an artist-photographerat the Dayton Daily News. In 1945, he succeeded his mentor as art director/chief photographer until 1958, when he became promotion manager of Dayton Newspa pers; and, in 1961, he joined the advertising staff of Top Value Enterprises, Inc., the

Hacker painted the Beta sesqui-centenary poster (above) featuring the eight Fraternity founders and (top) the Ohio page (April) of the White House’s 2001 calendar.

second largest trading stamp company in the U.S. In 1963, he took up the difficult me dium ofwatercolors.” Hacker has since taught innumerable weeklong workshops around the country and had several dozens of one-artist exhibitions from New York City to Seattle. He also was on the organizing committee of the Ohio Watercolor Society, on its board for many years and its president (1988-90). The White House calendar project ultimately involved artists and scenes from all 50 states. The 2000 calendar featured works from the original 13 states. Calendar 2001 included the next 12 states admitted to the union. As Ohio was the 17th admitted, his “Easter Egg Roll” appeared as the April 2001 illustration — Ibid., spring 2000, pages 44-45 Hacker has turned out a diversity of painting from antiquities to zebras. He had nine one-man shows in galleries in Southwestern Ohio and South Carolina. But it was his painting of a bearded Ghurkha in Nepal in 1975 that put him on the road to national recognition. After it won “best of show” at a statewide exhibit, it was selected Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas of Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

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for the American Watercolor Society competition in New York City, where it was chosen for the year’s traveling exhibition as one of the nation’s 50 best. In 1976, another Hacker painting was chosen for the same show and exhibition. Then, in 1977, a third Hacker painting duplicated the previous feats. Selection for eligibility for membership competition (limited to 10 a year) in the American Watercolor Society requires three painting accep tances in 10 years — three in three years is most unique. — Ibid., Sept. 1977, page 30

EARLE K. RADFORD, JR., KANSAS 1940 Radford’s best-known works are his landscapes in oil, which followed his assemblage/ collage period. The Gallery of Karl Oskar, Westwood Hills, Kan., where his 1986 show broke a two-year record for sales, commented that his assemblages and collages “em braced humor, irony, history and conviction, with a keen sense of craftsmanship.” Radford retired from the advertising business in 1973 to devote full time to art. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

WILLIAM H. CONDIT, MIAM11942 “While his strokes are bold, his touch is light. The transparent watercolors of Bill Condit invite the viewer into the landscape.” American Artist magazine (April 1991) defined Condit: “His vibrant watercolors are excellent. At Beta Theta Pi’s Sesquicentenary on the Miami campus in 1989, a com memorative booklet recalled Condit as “one of the eight Alpha Chapter pledges initi ated in the model ceremony at the Beta Centenary in 1939. After World War II Army Air Corps service, he entered the graphic arts business in Denver and built the city’s first advertised art studio. He became president of the Denver Advertising Fed eration and was named Denver Ad Man of the Year. He retired to paint full time in 1978. Today, his Sand Dollar Studio and Gallery in Denver, Colo., claims his paintings as its primary decor. The Dayton native began his watercolor studies while still at Miami University under the tutelage of the noted George R. Hoxie. His work was published in the book, Transparent Watercolor: My Second Career, with 80 full-color reproductions. In the text, he talks about his experiences painting with some of the U.S.'s greatest artists. — Ibid., fall 1994, pages 70-73; Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937 Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930\ Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9. Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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LOUIS THOMAS HENDERSON, JR., WABASH 1942 A noted cartoonist whose work frequently appeared in The Saturday Evening Post, Colliers and Look, Henderson wrote a short autobiography in The Beta Theta Pi, Vol. 11, pages 266-261, which included seven of his cartoons. He was contracted with the Chi cago Tribune-New York News Syndicate.

FRANK CHAMPION MURPHY, IOWA STATE 1942 An accomplished and renowned painter of birds and animals, especially cattle and horses, Champ Murphy’s book, Angus Art, contains 70 pages of paintings and advertise ments. Published by the American Angus Association, the coffee-table-sized book fea tures many of the oils and acrylics he did for the asso ciation for more than 50 years. His painting of the first Angus bulls imported (1873) from Scotland was the subject of a U.S. post age stamp in 1973. Murphy, recalling summers of his childhood, noted, “It was this h e rita g e ,” on the ranch settled during the Mexican War by his great grandfather, “that set the direction my art would take.” — Ibid., fall 1995, pages 41-45; summer 2004, page 53

RICHARD H. LaBONTE, COLGATE 1943 Most of LaBonte’s acrylic paintings are nostalgic scenes of his New Jersey shore, generally painted in a naive style. Many are limited edition prints. Cocktails at the White House was accompanied by a guest list identifying the presi dents and their wives or official hostesses up to Ronald and Nancy Reagan. An early effort, Sunday Afternoon Bath ers, a 1900 beach scene, was distributed as a limited edi tion by the Graphics Guild, an arm of the Literary Guild. Despite some training in portraiture and cartooning, LaBonte considers himself self-taught. — Bellows Was a Richard LaBonte

Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1931

MILTON E. MEYER, JR., WASHINGTON IN ST. LOUIS 1943 Warm tones and stark detail characterize the 18-or-so pastels a year by Milton Meyer, Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

VISUAL ARTS “Focused Lady” is one of the Wildlife of Africa series of paintings (some selling for more than $3,000 by 1995.)

of Cherry Hills in suburban Denver, Colo. A law gradu ate of St. Louis University in 1950, he practiced his ca reer before retiring early to focus on his paintings. Among his favorites are wild life of Africa, some of which fetch more than $3,000 (in _______________________________________________

1995). He draws with great

precision, carefully working from the upper left of the surface to the lower right. “I’m right handed; this helps me avoid smudging the surface.” Meyer refuses to use fixatives, believing that it changes the colors. His meticulous approach drew praise from The Artists Magazine: “Precision isn’t a quality we associate with pastels; but in the hands of Milton Meyer, pastels are anything but soft and vapor ous.” — Ibid., winter 1995, pages 62-65

WALTER A. NETSCH, JR., M/71943 Architect Netsch, along with John E. Dolibois, Miami 1942, and David S. Berreth, Bowdoin 1971, were the principal fundraisers for the Miami University Art Museum. Netsch, design chief with Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, the nation's largest artchitectural firm, is best known as principal designer of the Air Force Academy Chapel, Colorado Springs, Colo. (See photo on next page.) He planned the University of Illinois Chicago Campus, the basic sciences building at the University of Iowa, Northwestern University’s Lindheimer Astronomical Research Laboratory and Library and numer ous other distinguished collegiate structures. Netsch was president of the Chicago Board of Park Com missioners, hoping to restore the city’s classic parks and expansion of usefulness in a system of more than 500 parks. Born in Chicago, he served in the Army Corps of Engineers and joined S.O.M. in 1947, achieving general Walter Netsch

partnership within a decade. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989,

Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930, Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9 : Faithful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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ROBERT K. ABBETT, PURDUE 1946 Wildlife painter, conserva tio n is t,

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Walter Netsch designed the chapel at the Air Force Academy.

ver, the Easton Waterfowl Festival in Maryland and Cheyenne Frontier Days in Wyoming. His bronze of a Gordon Setter is in the permanent collection of the Dog Museum of America in St. Louis, and his portrait of actor Jimmy Stewart hangs in the Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City. Abbett paintings embrace a diverse but believable breadth of subjects: sporting dogs — for which he is best known — hunting and fishing scenes, wildlife, horses, farms and old homes, along with the people engaged in them. His famil iar painting, Stalking the Brown (Trout), now hanging in Brennan Hall, the Administrative Office of Beta Theta Pi in Oxford, Ohio, was the cover illustration on the winter 1994 issue of The Beta Theta Pi. Abbett writes about the out-of-doors, dogs and art in “Fa-

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An Abbett bird dog (left) and Stalking the Brown (above) Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

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vorite Covers” for The Painting Dog Journal, and in another column, “From Behind the Easel,” in Wildlife Art News magazine. He and his wife Marilyn divide their time between homes in rural Connecticut and Ari zona, the latter being the venue for his annual workshops at the Scottsdale Artists School. Abbett’s works have appeared in Masters of the Wild, Great American Shooting Prints, Labrador Retriever and Western Paintings Today. In 2002, Abbett’s book, A Season for Painting, was published in hardcover, 190 pages, the fourth book of his paintings. — Ibid., winter 1994, page 71; spring 2003, page 36; and Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

PHILLIP REMLIN SWANSON, OHIO 1946 Award-winning Rose Parade float designer, Swanson began his career with California’s Project Associates, a design/display business where he was chief artist and later owner. He designed and built more than 50 floats for the Rose Parade, winning almost every award, including the Grand Marshal’s Award and Sweepstakes Award. He designed many of the queen’s floats. His designs pioneered the use of tropical flowers and animation, including bears that danced, butterflies whose wings opened to the sun and dragons that blew fire and smoke. He also taught at the Hollywood Art Institute. One of his early jobs after college was with Stanley Greeting Cards in Dayton, “where half the art department was Betas.” He noted that the presentation paintings for his floats were “quite elaborate. Most of the original art ended up on the walls of executive offices.. . . “We practice the delicate touch — the double take — the talking pylon for Toyota — the Grecian cards for Twohey’s Restaurants — the light touch for the Brighton Hills sales office . .

An Army veteran of World War II, he died in 1993, in Altadena, Calif. — Ibid.,

winter 1995, page 44; Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

ROBERT S.NEUMAN, IDAHO 1948 Born in Kellogg, Idaho, in 1926, Neuman received an MFAfrom the California College of Arts and Crafts in 1951. Recipient of Guggenheim and Fulbright fellowships, he was honored with a 50-year retrospective at the Allan Stone Gallery in New York (2006). His work has been exhibited at museums and galleries worldwide, and is in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, the Fogg Art Museum, The Carnegie Museum, The Yale University Collection, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, the DeCordova Museum, Library of Congress, The New York Public Library and others. — WWW

FREDERICK A. OLDS, DePAUW 1947 A U.S. Army Air Corps bomber/gunner in World War II, Olds taught art in several public schools. His artwork depicted his love of horses, cowboys, American Indians and the West. He was a celebrated painter and sculptor with exhibits worldwide and also wrote poems describing most of his painting, earning the Western International Poets Award for his work, A Drop in the Bucket. He died in 2005. — Ibid, spring 2006, page 41 Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930, Ibid. 8; The Beta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9. Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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Left: Flicky Ford. Ford’s illustrations in The Beta Theta Pi featured Betas carrying the torch (center) to the 1996 Olympics. His drawings, including the one at right, illustrated an article on prostate cancer, on page 28 in the fall 1996 issue of the Beta magazine.

ENFIELD B. (FLICKY) FORD, VANDERBILT 1950 After service in the Army in Korea, where he used his cartooning ability to entertain the troops, Flicky returned to Atlanta, Ga., to start work in advertising sales management. He later moved to New York and worked with Life magazine (1956-65), promotion director for Holiday magazine (1965-67), in advertising for four years, then became director of creative services for Life (1969-72); Time's special projects director (1972-74), and director of creative service (1974-85), and since 1985, was consultant/producer/writer/cartoonist for clients such as Time-Warner, Kennedy Center, National Geographic and British Airways. Ford drew the Laughing Stop cartoon in the Letters section of Highways magazine for nine years. He was a contributing cartoonist to The Beta Theta Pi and was featured in the fall and winter 1996 issues and later issues of the magazine. His drawings illustrated experiences by Betas in an article about coping with prostate cancer in The Beta Theta Pi, winter 1996, page 58. He died in 2003, in Portland, Ore.

O. V. (VERNE) SHAFFER BELOIT 1950 In 1978, Shaffer’s Celebration, a unique 31-foot-high, 30-foot-wide sculpture made of corten steel, was erected near Rockford, III. Shaffer, of Clinton, Wis., is an artist whose works in sculpture, wall relief, build ing interiors and illustrations are seen in jobs commissioned by schools, municipalities and businesses from Maine to Utah.

The Winds of Change by Verne Shaffer

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Celebration, his largest single piece yet attempted, commemorates the 50th anniver sary of Warner Electric Brake & Clutch Co., Roscoe, Wis. He described it as a symbol of motion, strength and direction. Afountain and lights are part of the display. “The part that took the most engineering and work isn’t seen because it’s under water,” he explained. — Ibid., fall 1978, page 7 Sculpture, stained glass, doors, furnishings, plaques, medals and a three-story con crete relief mural have defined Shaeffer’s varied career since 1961. Shaffer taught at Olivet College and Beloit and was artist-in-residence at the University of Tampa. His exhibitions and awards are extensive, and he received the Wisconsin Governor’s Award in 1970 for contributions in sculpture. A native of, and still a resident of Princeton, III., he works from his studio in an old cow barn. Most of his work is in metal. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

ALLAN DANIEL BURT, KANSAS STATE 1952 Dan Burt is widely recog nized for “watercolor at its lyrical best: transparent, lu m inous, d yn a m ic .” He paints in Texas, Louisiana and Mexico; by the mid1960s, his work had been accepted in 22 juried New York exhibitions, winning more than 40 awards, in cluding

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GrumbacherGold Medallion of the Texas Watercolor Ex hibit at San Antonio. He conducts workshops, painting demonstrations and classes for various Texas art foundations and art leagues. He is a past president of the Coppini Academy of Fine Arts, a Fellow of the American Artists Professional League and a signa ture member of the Southwestern Watercolor Society and Artists & Craftsmen Associ ated. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

FRED WARD, FLORIDA 1957 Photo-journalist Fred Ward’s services are sought by leading magazines and corpora tions. Described by some as the “Indiana Jones of gemological journalism,” Ward started his career by photographing and writing about the big diamond cartel, DeBeers, for Na tional Geographic. Next came a feature on pearls, followed by articles, even books, on emeralds, rubies, sapphires and opals. Meanwhile, he was a regular contributor to Time, Newsweek, Fortune, Inc., Life, Paris Match, Stern and Epoca. — Ibid., fall 1980, pages Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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20 2-3; winter 1997, page 7 The March 1985 issue of National Geographic fea tured photojournalist Fred Ward’s work on its cover and contains his article on haz ardous wastes. His efforts on pearls appeared in the August issue. His photo graphs have won first prizes in the annual White House News Photographers Asso ciation and University of Missouri contests. They are in the collection of the Met

Photo-journalist Fred Ward interviewed scores o f wellknown personalities, including Ellizabeth Taylor.

ropolitan Museum of Art and the Library of Congress. A retrospective show of his work was a premier exhibit at the Washington Press Club. He and his unique photo of the Potala of Tibet in National Geo graphic was the cover story in The Beta Theta Pi, fall 1980. — Ibid., fall 1985, page 21 His books, Emeralds and Jade, 64 pages each of color photographs of the coveted gems, joins his seven other books: Diamonds, Diamonds in Russia, Rubies and Sap phires, Pearls, Jades of Meso-America, Opals and Gem Care. — Ibid.,spring 2002, page 9

F. CARL DERN, UTAH 1958 Interested in the dynamics of the human form, Dern explained: “Since 1982, I have approached the figure from two points of view. The elementary figures are childlike in form. They were originally inspired by my young children’s drawings. In my own work, I

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wanted to capture the spontaneity and economy of line children use to make a dynamic, human figure. The figures ranged from 20 inches to 12 feet. In the chair figures made since 1985, the human figure became an archetypal form. Through this transition, I was able to concentrate on the essense of the figure’s stance, energy, movement and presence unim peded by the prejudices of what a human form should look like.” Dern was best-known for his whimsical chairs, ladders and trees fashioned in steel, bronze and copper. His work was exhibited widely, particularly in the San Francisco Bay Area. Also accomplished at drawing, he often worked with his wife, Marie, a book artist and founder of Jungle Garden Press in Fairfax, Marin County, Calif. Born in 1936 in Salt Lake City, Utah, he founded the New Museum of Modern Art in Oakland, Calif., in 1970. He has taught at several universities, illustrated nine books, won Berkeley’s Anne Bremer Prize in Art (1969 and 1972). A longtime resident of Fairfax, III., he died in 2011 at age 73. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

PAUL M. McKAY, JR., SOUTHERN METHODIST 1958 A Dallas, Texas, painter and sculptor, McKay joined the Dallas Morning News as a retail advertising artist after Air Force service. He was a freelance illustrator of the Jack Ruby trial; and, for 17 years, was a freelancer with Tuesday Morning Corp. He started McKay/ Travis Art Studio in commercial art, which became Paul McKay Art Studio where he painted the rest of his life. He enjoyed painting oil or pastel portraits, especially the detail of faces and hands, traits that portrayed personalities. He did many bronze sculptures, some of which are in the Wall of Fame. He died in 2006. — Ibid, winter 2007, page 48

HERBERT T. OLDS, CARNEGIE MELLON 1960 Recipient of Carnegie Mellon’s Department of Art Stubnitz Chair, the first “chair” estab lished in the department, he has been with the department since 1965. He was Pittsburgh Center for the Arts’ Artist of the Year in 1982 and has had more than 30 one-person exhibitions in several cities and has participated in 75 invitational and juried group exhibi tions. He has received some 20 jury and purchase awards and was a 1974 recipient of the Ryland Teaching Award at Carnegie Mellon University and has served as visiting artist at three other universities.

VINCENT J. INCONIGLIOS, MIAM11967 In 1969, when Vincent Inconiglios moved to a loft on Gansevoort Street in New York City’s meatpacking district, it was a no-man’s land. “People didn’t believe you when you told them where you lived,” he said. In 2007, 38 years later, he said that he can’t believe that his once-obscure neighborhood is a destination. He’s dumbstruck by charter buses that deposit tourists to shop at the designer boutiques and dine at the trendy restaurants that didn’t exist there until a few years ago. “It’s mind-boggling,” he said. “When I first moved here, there was an artist’s studio upstairs. Now it’s a hair salon.” Like other artists of his generation, Inconiglios ventured into the grimy meatpacking district in search of Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930, Ibid. 8: The Beta Book,1933] Ibid. 9: Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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cheap studio space.“Originally, there were five of us who shared a floor,” he recalled. “We paid $50 apiece.” Inconiglios now has two floors, each about 2,000 square feet. Origi nally, the lofts were raw, and the upgrades were often improvisational, like a dropped ceiling made from old canvases a former tenant left behind. The utilitarian metal shower stall in his bathroom is a reminder that the term “luxury loft” used to be an oxymoron. Inconiglios studied at Kent State Blossom Center and was artist-in-residence at the Dayton (Ohio) Art Institute. He taught at Western College (before its merger with Miami University), as well as at the University of Dayton and the Middletown (Ohio) Fine Arts Center. He was a founder of the Art Center in Oxford. His work is in the collections of AT&T, Norton Simon and Chase Bank. — New York Times, Dan Shaw, Oct. 14, 2007; Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

DIMITRI GERAKARIS, DARTMOUTH 1969 An artist in iron, Gerakaris forged the skyward-piercing 40-foot-high Eagle Square Gate way; a 40-foot-high tree and archway, Concord, N.H. (1982); Boylston Place Gateway, linking the Commons to the theater district, an archway shaped like tombstones (below), and tropical fish grill-work at the entry of a new aquarium in Lebanon, N.H. Among other works: “Technoverse: AThumbnail History of Technology” in the Manches ter, N.H., Vocational-Technical College; three garden walls for “Estelle’s Garden,” a new wing of Pine Street Inn in Boston; “Woodside Continuum,” two ironwork murals flanking the mezzanine of Woodside Station, Queens, N.Y., and works for the Social Sciences entry at Rockefeller Center and “Cottonball Gateway,” Columbus, Ga. His works also were seen at

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Institute’s Renwick Gallery, the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, Saint Gaudens Na tional Historic Site, the Mu seum of Contemporary Craft in New York City, at Here ford and Coalbrookdale, En gland, and Aachen and Lindau, Germany. F ounder of the A rtis t Blacksmith’s Association of North America, now with more than 4,000 members,

____________________________ Gerakaris’s Boylston Place Gateway links Boston Commons to the theater district. Its string o f lyres, recalling Boylston’s history as “Piano Row, ” is an archway shaped like tombstones in nearby burial grounds.

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he is a consultant to the New England Foundation for the Arts, juror for the N.H. Commis sion on the Arts Architectural Commission’s Pechantfor Art Program. He “discovered the forge” while at Dartmouth. — Ibid., fall 1996, pages 58-59

ROBERT W. BENSON, IOWA STATE 1971 Sculptor of the Beta Theta Pi coat of arms in the Tau Sigma Chapter house (96 inches high, 100 lbs.) required more than 500 manhours over some seven years, 1968-75. Origi nally constructed for his chapter house in Ames, it was made from assorted mahogany boards, purchased for $150. — Ibid., Jan. 1977, page 217

JACK ROBBINS, OHIO WESLEYAN 1977 After graduation, Robbins made his home and studio on the family farm near Hartford County, Md. He works in watercolors, acrylics and graphite. His Summer Porch #5 was chosen for a Balti more Symphony poster. He won the Santa Monica Art ists’ Liaison Competition (1987) and was inducted into the Baltimore Watercolor Society He has had numer ous regional commissions and his work has been fea Jack Robbins’s “Back Road”

tured in numerous galleries

and exhibits. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

MITCHELL RALES, MIAM11978 Leaving his father’s real estate firm a year after graduation, Rales founded Equity Group Holdings which led him to become one of the wealthiest men in the country — wealth that has enabled him to assemble one of the largest private art collections in the world. Rales’ Glenstone Museum, located on 125 acres of landscaped lawns, meadows and woods in Potomac, Md., houses his seven galleries (22,000 square feet) of modern and contemporary masterworks. Inside, the works of sculptors Calder, Matisse and Koons, Warhol silk screens, paintings by Pollock and Rauschenberg are featured. The former high school football star is on the boards of both the Hirshhorn Museum and the National Gallery of Art to which he is said to be a generous contributor. — Angela Valdez, Washington City Paper, June 6, 2008. Rales recently donated $5 million to the Farmer School of Business at Miami University to endow the dean’s chair.

CHRISTOPHER P. STALEY, WITTENBERG 1977 Born in Boston in 1957, Chris Staley had filled workshop, lecture and artist-in-residence Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book,1933] Ibid. 9: Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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stints at 40 schools in 20 U.S. states and Australia by 1989 when he won a Kansas Governor's Arts Award and was selected for the invita tional American Clay Artist Art Gallery in St. Louis. Among many others, his work is in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the galleries of Arizona State University, Utah State Uni versity and Johnson County Community College, Kan

Staley and his designs

sas City, Kan. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937. Professor of art and professor-in-charge of Ceramics in the School of Visual Arts at Penn State University, where he has taught since 1990, Staley also taught at the Rhode Island School of Design and Wichita State University. His work has been the focus of a number of solo exhibitions and has been featured in exhibitions around the U.S. and abroad. Permanent collections include the Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery and Los Ange les County Museum of Art. He has led and/or taught more than 100 workshops.

NORM MAGNUSSON, SOUTHERN METHODIST 1982 Magnuson describes himself as “born 20 years too late.” Self-taught, he refers to his paintings as “fun-ism,” believing they are “enjoyable and accessible.” A Cincinnati native, he pursued a career in ad vertising in New York City. In 1991, he quit to concen trate on art. Applauded for his work by The Wall Street Journal, The New Yorker, The V illager and A rt in America, he confides, “Col ors thrill me, beauty excites me, the pursuit of my goal both enervates and inner vates.” — Ibid., spring 1996, pages 58-59

. . ... . .. . . . La Chasse is this 57 x 69 painting by Norm Magnusson.

JAMES C. McPHERSON, VANDERBILT 1982 McPherson’s emphasis on caricuature in ceramics has been an offshoot of his studies in art history at Vanderbilt. He has an MAfrom the University of Chicago. His studio is at Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

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home; his work is confined to the time and energy left over from teaching fifth and sixth grades in Chicago. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

DAVID MYERS, MIAM11982 A painter of sports and sports stars, Myers produced 23 portraits of Massillon, Ohio, greats, ranging from Paul Brown, founder and coach of the Cleveland Browns and Cincin nati Bengals, and Harry Stuhldreher, quarterback of the Four Horsemen of Notre Dame. — Ibid., spring 1995, page 42 His first one-man shows were A Tribute to Wrigley Field (1988) and A Tribute to Foot ball, Intensity and Wrigley Field (1989). He also has been a professional actor. — Bellows Was a Beta, 1989, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

ARTHUR A. HALL, VIRGINIA TECH 1990 Hall works as a sports artist/illustrator while holding down his day job as a registered investment advisor for Wellington Asset Management. He specializes in action portraits of football stars. “The first piece I did was of Bert Jones, allpro quarterback of the Baltimore Colts. He was my idol growing up. He was such a dynamic performer that he made a great subject.” Originally, Hall did helmets and logos for the NFL, CFL, the Colts and the long-defunct AllStar Football League. He works with graphite pencils and Arthur Hall’s pencil and watercolor of Denver quarterback John Elway

grey hue watercolors for black and white and colored pen cils, watercolor, watercolor markers and airbrushed water colors. — Ibid., spring 1997, pages 25-26

SOME BACKGROUND ON BETA THETA PI’S HERALDRY As noted on page 2, George M. Chandler, M ichigan 1898, was the Fraternity’s first recognized “Master of Heraldry.” Among earlier badges of Beta Theta Pi was the concept of Wyllys C. Ransom, M ichigan 1848, which evolved into the Kirby Badge, authorized for chapter presidents today, originally manufactured by Kirby in New Haven, Conn. Also prominent in designing early identities for the Fraternity was John I. Covington, Miami 1870, General Treasurer (1872-73,1884-91), who designed the original flag (later replaced by Chandler’s design), the official coat-of-arms, adopted by the Convention of 1897, and the first Great Seal, 1879. The official shingle (membership certificate) was devised by Morris R. Ebersole, C incinnati 1898. Each chapter has its unique coat-of-arms which includes a chapter symbol in the upper left quadrant of the shield. The arms of the first 10 chapters are consistent with the rules of heraldry; the Miami chapter uses the Beta arms, otherwise unchanged except for the chapter motto. The arms of the next nine chapters follow the established laws of English heraldry, bearing the marks of cadency for the nine sons in a family. Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930, Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faithful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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Line sketches o f the chapter coats-of-arms for Ohio (left), Iowa (center) and Idaho (right) and scores of other chapters include each chapter’s individual symbol in upper section and chapter motto in the scroll at the bottom. The poster-size originals are in the Fraternity Archives in the Administrative Office, Brennan Hall, Oxford, Ohio. The first of these is the label or file, so the coat-of-arms of the Cincinnati chapter is distinguished by a label— a three-pronged rake. The next chapter, Western Reserve, was distinguished by a crescent. After the first 10 chapters, the first quarter (upper left) of the shield contains a distinctive device. (For heraldry in chapter charters, see page 1). Careful study is made of the college and state seals, the locality, traditions, etc., so that an appropriate symbol designates the chapter. The mottoes on the chapter arms were initially selected by General Secretary J. Calvin Hanna, Wooster 1881. (To learn the mottos of all chapters, see chapter 11, Son of the Stars). — Son o f the Stars: The Pledge Manual o f Beta Theta Pi, 2002, chapters 9, 10 and 11

A final thought on “Betas in the Visual Arts” Great credit for this chapter goes to Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937, affectionately called “Bob-T” by all who knew him. His booklet, Bellows Was a Beta, published in 1989 for Miami University Art Museum to accompany a special exhibit of Bellows and other artists’ work, contained 21 biographies of well-established Beta Theta Pi artists. To “Why herald an exhibit with ‘Bellows Was a Beta?”’ Howard noted: “Bellows remains one of the best-known American artists, and his works continue to mount in value.” But who cares that he was a Beta? “In Oxford, Ohio,” he replied, “A great many care!” As new Beta faces continue to emerge in the arts, Howard offered this observation to all who came to the exhibit in 1989: “Note the ‘Faces of the Past’ portraits from the museum’s permanent collection in the McKie Gallery. There, for example, you will find a portrait of John W. Herron, Miami 1845, ex-officio president of Beta Theta Pi (1879-93), years in which he and Founder John Reily Knox, Miami 1839, o f ever honored memory, were together on the boards of both the University and the Fraternity. The portrait of Herron was painted by Annette Covington, daughter of John I. Covington, Miami 1870, editor of The Beta Theta Pi, General Treasurer and member of the Beta Theta Pi Board of Trustees.” Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928

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BETAS IN THE PERFORMING ARTS While risking comments from outsiders that Betas are ju st “hams” at heart, it is worth noting that the Fraternity would appear to have more than its share of popular and successful performers. Among those uppermost include: Gunsmoke’s James Arness (page 33) and Batman’s Adam West (page 35); A-Team’s George Peppard (page 37) and Home Improvement’s Richard Karn (Rick Wilson) (page 45). A fresh crop of young Betas are also making their marks in the world o f entertainment. /\s recently as the 172nd General Convention o f Beta Theta Pi in Bellevue, Wash., in July 2011, Robb Weller (page 44), veteran host of TV series and specials, served as the colorful and humorous master o f ceremonies at the final banquet, brimming with enthu siasm over the Fraternity’s decision to hold the convention in his collegiate backyard.

JOHN LOVE BOLES, TEXAS 1917 The Fraternity’s first prominent actor, Boles appeared in 60 films after performing on the Broadway stage, 1923-26. A handsome leading man with a remarkable singing voice, he made his film debut in 1927’s The Love ofSunya. His key films in the 1930s included Rio Rita, The Desert Song, Frankenstein, Back Street and Stella Dallas. He returned to the New York stage in the 1940s, starring in One Touch o f Venus and made his final film, Babes in Bagdad, in 1952. He co-starred with well-known actresses such as Gloria Swanson, Mary Martin, Barbara Stanwyck, Irene Dunne, Rosalind Russell and Shirley Temple. He died at 73 in 1969, in San Angelo, Texas.

WILLIAM (LLOYD) CORRIGAN, CALIFORNIA 1922 Making his acting debut in 1925, Corrigan also worked as a screenwriter and director until the late 1930s. He then acted in more than 90 films, including Young Tom Edison, Men of Boys Town, King of the Cowboys, A Date With Judy, Cyrano DeBergerac and The Manchurian Candidate. As a television actor, he was a regular on The Ray Milland Show, Hank and The Life and Legend o f Wyatt Earp, 1955-61.

ARTHUR R. KIRKHAM, OREGON STATE 1923 Known throughout the Northwest as Art Kirkham, dean of Northwest broadcasters, he received the Edith Knight Hill award for outstanding service to the state of Oregon in 1963. With Radio KOIN for more than 34 years, he was with KOIN-TV from its founding in 1928. In broadcasting for 40 years, he is said to have made Portland’s first commer cial radio broadcast and signed KOIN-TV on the air in 1953. After World War I service as an ambulance driver and stretcher bearer in four major offensives in France and Belgium, Kirkham began radio work as a singer on KGW soon after it went on the air in December 1922. After becoming the Northwest’s leading radio tenor in three years, he switched to announcing at KOAC, Corvallis. — Ibid., May 1963, page 419 Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The B eta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9. F aith ful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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BERGEN BALDWIN EVANS, MIAM11924 An author, English professor, language expert, critic and television panelist and quizmaster, Evans was Miami chapter’s first Rhodes Scholar and a Northwestern Uni versity English professor. He moderated Down You Go, a prime time game show seen on four networks, 1951-56, and hosted Of Many Things, It’s About Time, Down You Go and The Last Word. Later, he compiled the questions and served as a judge on The $64,000 Question and The $64,000 Challenge. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59 Evans won the Peabody Award in 1957 for his contribu tions to broadcasting. He entered Miami at the age of 15, received a Master of Arts degree from Harvard in 1925, returned to Miami in 1926 as instructor of English and editor of the Alumni News Letter. He was promoted to assistant professor the next year and won a Rhodes Schol arship in 1928, spending the next three years at Oxford University. He received a PhD from Harvard in 1932 and was on Northwestern’s faculty from that year until retiring in 1975. He died in 1978 in Highland Park, III. — Ibid., obit, summer 1978, page 462

FOSTER HEWITT, TORONTO 1925 Known as “the voice of Canadian Hockey,” Hewitt broadcast Hockey Night in Canada for nearly three decades. First, he did play-by-play for the Toronto Maple Leaf games beginning in 1927, then moved to television in the early 1950s until retiring in 1957. The annual Canadian award for sports broadcasting is named for him. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60 For nearly three generations, he was identified with Hockey Night in Canada. He made national institutions of hockey and the Toronto Maple Leafs in a period when there were only two Canadian teams in the National Hockey League. A reporter at the Toronto Star, he began broadcasting in 1923 when he covered an Ontario Hockey Association intermediate game for the Star-owned radio station CFCA. He graduated to Maple Leaf games in the 1920s and was heard on the network for the first time in 1927. When Hockey Night in Canada moved to television, he was the first voice for the Leafs, turning the job over to his son in 1957. He continued playby-play on his own radio station, CFKH (now KJCL). Along the way, he took time out to write five books, all about hockey: Down the Ice (1934), followed by He Shoots, He Scores; Hello Canada; Along Olympia Road and Hockey

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Night in Canada. Among his many awards were an Order of Canada Medal of Service, several broadcasting industry awards and membership in both the Hockey Hall of Fame and Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame. Also, the annual award for sports broadcasting in Canada is named for him. He died in 1985 in Toronto. — Ibid.., fall 1985, page 55

BILLY HILLPOT, RUTGERS 1926 An early singer-comedian performer on radio in The Smith Brothers Duo, Hilpot ap peared in films and on Broadway in the Ziegfield Follies. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60

JEAN PAUL KING, MIAM11926 After starting on radio as a master of ceremonies and announcer, King played a num ber of characters on radio’s Death Valley Days, Palmolive Beauty Box Theatre and Famous Jury Trials, all in the 1930s.

H. HERMAN BRIX (BRUCE BENNETT), WASHINGTON 1928 Born in Tacoma, Wash., in 1906, as a teenager Brix worked as a lumberjack. He was an Olympic silver medalist in the shot-put and played in the 1926 Rose Bowl football game. As “Bruce Bennett,” he appeared in motion picture serials and more than 120 motion picture roles (beginning in 1931), including 80 in which he was the “leading man.” He played Tarzan in 1935’s The New Adventures o f Tarzan, starred with Humphrey Bogart in The Treasure o f the Sierra Madre and with Joan Crawford in Mildred Pierce. Other movies included Angels in the Outfield, The Outsider, Strategic Air Command and Love Me Tender. He appeared frequently in guest roles on television's The Virginian and Perry Mason. Retiring from acting in the 1960s, he became a successful businessman in food ser vice and real estate, ultimately earning more money than he had in the movies. At age 95, he delivered a pregame pep talk to his alma mater’s Huskies before the 2001 Rose Bowl, a 34-24 victory over Purdue. He died in 2007 at age 100. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 58; spring 2007, page 33

Left: Herman Brix. Right: Brix (Bruce Bennett) in a scene from The Treasure of the Sierra Madre with Humphrey Bogart (right) Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The B eta Book, 1930; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933; Ibid. 9. F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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ROBERT ADAMS, MICHIGAN 1930 A producer-director who debuted as an actor on the New York stage in Richard II (1937), Adams appeared on the radio series Duffy’s Tavern, The Goldbergs and Life and Loves o f Dr. Susan. He developed and produced The Best Plays radio series, which won the 1950 Radio Critics Award as best dramatic series. For television, he developed the Jane Pickens Show (1951 -53) and The Liii Palmer Show (1953). — Ibid., fall 1994, page 58

SAMUEL FELTON (TONY) BICKLEY, WESLEYAN 1931 Bickley appeared in more than 300 plays, including Man and Superman with Maurice Evans, Without Love with Katherine Hepburn and The Best Man with Melvyn Douglas. Bickley acted in a number of 1950s and 1960s television shows, including daytime soaps and Studio One, The Kraft Theater and Robert Montgomery Presents. He was in the 1968 Burt Lancaster film, The Swimmer. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 58 Known professionally as Tony Bickley, actor and theatrical director, he died in 1976, in Norwalk, Conn. His career in theater began when he joined Jasper Deeter’s Hedgerow Repertory Co., in Rose Valley, Pa., following graduation. — Ibid.. Jan. 1977, page 266

JACK LITTLE, WASHINGTON STATE 1931 A longtime wrestling broadcaster on Australian radio and television, Little began his career at various U.S. West Coast stations in the 1930s, then went to Australia with a musical touring company after World War II. He was Australia’s leading professional wrestling announcer until retiring in 1985. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 61 In Australia, he began with network radio, then toured New Zealand and Australia with a road company, starring in singing roles of such favorites as Tea and Sympathy, Pa jama Game and the Anniversary Waltz. Next came television and a succession of news, comedy sketches, variety shows, documentaries and sports. Semi-retired in 1972, he continued to do wrestling telecasts, radio and television commercials and special events. He and his wife Patti, a former stage star, lived in Bayswater, a suburb of Melbourne. — Ibid., summer 1979, page 394

JULIAN MADISON, MINNESOTA 1931 Madison went into motion pictures in the late 1930s in a group called Search for Tal ent. He appeared in supporting roles in more than 300 movies and died in 1972 in Los Angeles. — Ibid., April 1973, page 433

EDWARD P. MORGAN, WHITMAN 1932 A famous broadcast journalist, Morgan reported for the ABC and CBS networks and the forerunner of PBS. He worked as a print journalist for two decades before joining CBS to cover the White House after World War II. He was named director of radio and television news in 1954 but went to ABC the following year. His evening radio show Edward P. Morgan and the News was broadcast for more than 12 years, and he won a Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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1956 Peabody Award. He took a leave of absence in 1967 to become chief correspon dent for the Public Broadcasting Laboratory but later rejoined ABC, working until 1975. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 62 W inning the G eorge Foster P eabody award, broadcasting's top honor, in 1956, he was cited for his skill and brilliance and the public acceptance his program had gained. He also won the Sidney Hillman Foundation, Alfred I. Du Pont and George Polk Memorial awards and the Missouri Journalism Medal. Morgan began his career in 1932 as an unpaid sportswriter at the Seattle Star. He worked in journalism for two decades — for United Press, the Chicago Daily News and Colliers Weekly — before joining CBS as a radio/televi sion broadcaster. He was with the 5th Army when U.S. troops captured Rome in 1944 and was in London when it was bombarded by the Germans. He reported from the Middle East as a freelance writer after the war, then moved to CBS and Washington, DC, where he covered a range of assignments that included the White House. His premier broadcast for PBS in 1967, a three-hour program on racial problems in the U.S., was regarded as a landmark in public television. Morgan retired as a columnist for the Newsday Syndicate and as an ABC commenta tor in 1975. He was a Phi Beta Kappa at Whitman where he received a Doctor of Letters in 1957. He died in January 1993 at his home in McLean, Va. — Ibid., Oct. 1957, page 10; spring 1993, page 255-256

TOM GROODY, KANSAS STATE 1936 Host of the highly rated west coast television show Science in Action in the 1950-60s, Groody was on 1,500 episodes, many broadcast nationally. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59 Scientist, educator and TV personality, he died in late 1984 in Vancouver, B.C. Previ ously a resident of Stinson Beach, Marin County, Calif., he earned a degree in zoology and became a professor of biological science. He appeared as a guest on a San Fran cisco television station in 1950, accompanied by a sea lion and a seal. Soon, he was back as host of his own TV series while still working as a member of the California Academy of Science and doing graduate work at the University of California, Berkeley. His Science in Action became a highly rated show in the early 1950s, winning numerous awards. He was professor emeritus at Cal State-Hayward for 16 years. — Ibid., spring 1985, page 309

WILLIAM WHITNEY TALMAN, JR., DARTMOUTH 1936 Born in Detroit, Mich., in 1915, Talman was best-known as the district attorney in the long-playing original Perry Mason television series. He was also an accomplished screenIbid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The B eta Book, 1930; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933; Ibid. 9: Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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months military service in the South Pacific during World War II. He returned to Broadway after the war, then went on to Hollywood, appearing in 17 films. His best-known movie role was as the escaped killer and kidnapper in the film noir The Hitchhiker (1953). In the Perry Mason series on CBS, Talman played the district attorney who lost all but three cases to defense attorney Perry Mason, played by Raymond Burr, in the nine-year run of the series. He appeared in more than 40 motion pictures and TV shows. A U.S. postage stamp featured Perry Mason principals Burr and Talman, commemorating the show’s long run, as an “Early TV Memory” in 2009. He was the first well-known actor to do a television commercial on the dangers of smoking. He died of lung cancer in 1968 in Encino, Calif., at age 51. — Ibid., Jan. 1969, page 316

PHILLIP BROWN, STANFORD 1937 After graduation, Brown founded New York’s Group Theatre, then moved to Holly wood and helped found the Actors’ Laboratory. His first film was I Wanted Wings in 1941; other films included State Fair, The Killers, Johnny O’clock, Tropic o f Cancer, Twilight’s Last Gleaming and Luck o f the Irish. He moved to London in the early 1950s and did stage work, television and films until landing a big role as Uncle Owen in 1977’s Star Wars, a character reprised in Star Wars IV: A New Hope in 1997. Other films in cluded Superman, The Martian Chronicles and Battlestar Galactica: The Second Com ing, 1999. He died in 2006.— Ibid., spring 2006, page 44

WINSTEAD SHEFFIELD (DOODLES) WEAVER, STANFORD 1937 Bom in 1913, Weaver was a character actor and comedian for six decades. Doodles made his motion picture debut in 1937. Among his 90 films, he had roles in Topper, Since You Went Away, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Pocketful o f Miracles, The Birds, The Nutty Professsor and Cancel My Reservation. His last film was Earthbound in 1980. A guest on many television shows, he starred in three series: The Doodles Weaver Show (1951), Club Oasis (1957), and A Day With Doodles (1965-66). Returning to Hollywood, Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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he had a Doodles Club House show. He was a featured player with Spike Jones’ City Slickers and became known for his horse race narration ending with “and the winnah is . . . Beedelbaum\” — Ibid., fall 1995, page 9 Among his comedic, albeit corny, quotes: “You dig 16 tons and what do you get? Filthy. ” When asked, “Did you put the cat out?” he answered, “I didn’t know he was on fire. ” A man said, “Doodles, your hair is getting thin. ” I an swered, “Well, who wants fat hair. ” Phone rings: “Hello, what’s that? The church burned down? Holy smoke!” Doodles as he appeared on The Andy Griffith Show

Known for his “hayseed” roles in some 60 films in the 1930-40s, Weaver once said he had “spent years devel

oping a personality” only to be type-cast as a “goofy hick” in his first film role — a char acterization that stuck with him throughout his career. He took his own life in 1983. — Ibid., summer 1983, page 460

JOHN B. THOMAS, CARNEGIE MELLON 1938 In 1972, Thomas was freelancing, appearing in CBS-TV’s Love o f Life and Secret Storm. His many radio roles included The Kate Smith Hour, Ellery Queen and Mr. Dis trict Attorney. In 1977, he finished shooting his only scene opposite Teresa Wright in the film Roseland, which also featured Geraldine Chaplin. Thomas was also in two radio anthologies: Tune in Yesterday (1976) and The Big Broadcast (1972). — Ibid., Jan. 1973, page 259; Sept. 1977, page 18

WILLIS BENNETT (BILL) BALLANCE, ILLINOIS 1940 Bill’s show, Feminine Forum, gained popularity after its start in 1971. A combination of music and conversation, talks ranged from comedy and confessions to serious, but in most cases revolved around a common subject — men. He first joined radio at WFBC in Cheyenne, Wyo., later working at KOAin Denver. — Ibid., Sept. 1972, page 72

RICHARD BRENNEMAN, LEHIGH 1942 Captain of the U.S. Olympic wrestling team as an undergraduate and a physician in professional life, Brenneman hosted two early public television shows. He wrote numer ous musicals and songs and hundreds of poems. — Ibid., spring 2007, page 31

JAMES ARNESS, BELOIT 1946 Enjoying a longtime career as Marshal Dillon on television’s Gunsmoke (1955-75), Arness’ early films included The Farmer’s Daughter, Battleground, Island in the Sky, Hellgate, The Thing, Hondo and Them. He earned three Emmy nominations as best actor for Gunsmoke: 1955,1957,1958. He starred in the television series How the Wesf Was Won (1975-79), McCain’s Law (1981 -82) and in five Gunsmoke television movies (1987-1994). In 1989, Arness was named one of the top 25 television stars by People Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The B eta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9. Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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magazine. — Ibid., Feb. 1958, pages 278-279, by Bob Thomas; fall 1994, page 58 Encouraged by his friend John Wayne, Arness accepted the lead role in Gunsmoke. At 6'6” tall, Arness appeared in four of Wayne’s films. Often during his career, he was surrounded by co-stars standing on apple boxes. For many years, Arness held the record for the longest continuous role portrayed by a single actor (20 years) on prime time television until Kelsy Grammer on Cheers and James Arness

Frasier tied the record in 2004. Born of Norwegian heritage in Minneapolis, his last

name was originally Aurness. Drafted into the Army in 1943, he served in the 3rd Infan try Division in the bitter Italian Campaign in World War II, having fought in the landing at Anzio. While recuperating from being shot in the foot, he was visited in the hospital by his younger brother Peter, later to gain fame as actor Peter Graves (Mission Impos sible). Arness received a Bronze Star for bravery. The wound resulted in the loss of part of his foot, making it difficult for him to walk for extended stretches. When shooting films or television, scenes were often shot early in the morning before his feet and knees started giving out. Riding a horse was also af fected by the lingering injury. He was inducted into the Hall of Great Western Per

James Arness starred as Marshal Dillon in the longrunning Gunsmoke television series

formers of the national Cow boy and Western Heritage Museum in 1981. He died in 2011 at age 88.

OSCAR CAWOOD LEDFORD, CENTRE 1949 Nationally known sportscaster who did play-by-play for Kentucky athletics for nearly 40 years, retiring in 1992, Ledford was named Best Basketball Announcer in the nation and was Kentucky’s Sportscaster of the Year more than 20 times. Through his own production company, he produced many award-winning radio and television sports pro grams. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 61 Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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HUGH GILLIN, KANSAS 1950 A character actor, Gillin had 31 guest appearances on television shows (1976-97), and was a regular on the Semi-Tough series. Among his films: The Rose, Paper Moon, Airplane II, Psycho II, Psycho III and Back to the Future III. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

WILLIAM WEST ANDERSON (ADAM WEST), WHITMAN 1951 Most recently appearing in episodes of Fox's animated sitcom Family Guy as the voice of Mayor Adam West, he also appeared as himself on Nickelodeon’s animated se ries The Fairly Odd Parents. Anderson is best-known, of course, as the title character in the original television se ries, Batman (1966-68). He began his career in 1959 and was on The Detectives television series (1961-62), and in seven films before Batman debuted. He has appeared as a guest on many television shows and in 25 films since 1990. William (Adam West) Anderson

Born in 1938, in Walla Walla, Wash., he caught the eye of some ABC executives after playing the role of a re

sourceful secret agent in a Nestle’s Qwik commercial in the early 1960s. They figured that he might be right for an upcoming television show that was about to be produced, Batman (1966). A true American icon, Adam West’s role as Batman in the classic series and movie continues to be seen throughout the world more than 30 years after its first showing. While Batman/Bruce Wayne is certainly his signature role, West has many other motion picture, theater and television credits. He has made nearly 50 movies, including starring or co-starring roles in Drop Dead Gorgeous, The New Age, Hooper, The Young Philadelphians, An American Vampire Story, Soldier in the Rain, Robinson Crusoe on Mars and Nevada Smith. West starred in four other TV series, in cluding The Detectives, The Last Precinct and The Clinic. He lent his voice to characters in such well-known shows as The Simpsons, Rugrats, Fam ily Guy, Batman, Animaniacs, Johnny Bravo, Spydogs and The Super Ad venture Team. His animated short film, Redux Riding Hood was nominated for an Academy Award in 2000. He is the author of two books: Back to the Batcave and Climb ing the Walls. William Anderson as rvnnamnuucioyii ® young actor Adam West

West lends his support to numerous charities, recently winning $250,000 on Who Wants to be a Millionaire on

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BETAS IN THE ARTS behalf of an organization supporting women and children in Idaho. He was seen in MTV's Monster Island, with Carmen Electra, and the January 2004 issue of Esquire about America’s Top 10 Icons. He graduated with a B.A. in literature from Whitman College, where he swam, skied, ran track and played water polo. He served two years in the Army, then worked odd jobs as a truck driver and cowboy until his resonant voice got him work as a radio disc jockey. Next, he trav

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eled around Europe. Ultimately, he settled in Hawaii where he landed a role on a light entertainment show,

The Kini Popo Show, and became the star of the show, a local children’s program costarring a chimp. Cast as Batman by William Dozier, West said he also was considered to play James Bond after Sean Connery gave up the role, Spokane restauranteur Kenneth O. Oxrieder, Whitman 1953, recalled: “It’s the same old Bill. I should age so gracefully. Even in col lege days, Anderson was a ‘mover,’ particularly with the coeds. Anderson didn’t live in the Beta house but resided off campus in the home of his grandmother.” George T. Shields, Whitman 1950, former Beta Theta Pi vice president/trustee, noted: “Adventure that Anderson personifies in his unique TV Batman role is nothing new. He was a thrill seeker in his college days. He enjoyed shooting the rapids of Mill Creek, a turbulent stream near campus, in a rubber life raft__ He contributed an uncertain bass on the Gamma Zeta song team; however, some of his brothers were flabbergasted a few years later when Bill was making his living as a night club singer before he hit the big time.” He also recalled that Anderson had a real flair for drama, being active in several all-college revues and frequently representing the Betas in skits and similar campus programs. Other Whitman brothers remember him as a flamboyant type who was “lots of fun to know.” Many recall his return to Whitman for the class reunion of 1960. He flew in from Hawaii, where he was doing television work and flying as a sort of bush pilot. Accompa nying him to the event was an extremely attractive island lass, whom he introduced as his “Polynesian princess.” — Ibid., Oct. 1966, page 3; summer 2006, page 12

WALTER MASSEY II, MIT 1951 A stage, television and film actor for more than five decades in the U.S. and Canada, Massey won Best Actor twice with the London, Ont., Little Theater, once as Biff in Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman. He appeared in Mrs. Soffel, Dead Silent, Tomorrow Never Comes, Jacknife, Waking the Dead, Varian’s War and Arthur the Movie. In New York City, he played major roles on and off Broadway, including a Mr. Roberts revival with Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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Charlton Heston and as Brutus in Julius Caesar for Jo seph Papp’s famous Shakespeare in the Park Summer Festival. He appeared live in television dramas for Kraft Television Theater, Hallmark Hall o f Fame, Playhouse 90 and the U.S. Steel Hour. In feature and television films, he played Teddy Roosevelt with Rod Steiger and Richard Chamberlain in A Race to the Pole (CBS) and Sir Win ston Churchill in Les Parc Des Braves on Radio-Canada. His television roles included Lassie, Family Court and Les Belles Histories. He also appeared on stage in more than Walter Massey

1,200 plays in Canada and abroad. His brother was the

well-known motion picture actor Raymond Massey. A Beta Theta Pi district chief in the 1980-90s, Massey served chapters at McGill and Bishop’s in Canada and St. Lawrence chapter in the U.S. — Ibid., fall 1995, page 9 He received the Award of Excellence by the Montreal chapter, Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Theatre and Radio Artists. A Montreal resident, he had a distinguished career on the Broadway stage and in films. He played President Taft in the 2005 film The Greatest Game Ever Played, has done voice-over animation work for Canadian TV as Arthur and was in the Canadian TV series Lassie (1997-99). He is cofounder of the King’s Theater, Prince Edward Island, as well as the Piggery Theatre and the Playwright’s Workshop. — Ibid., summer 2007, page 12

GARRISON PHILLIPS, WEST VIRGINIA 1951 In numerous Broadway and off-Broadway plays, Phillips was onscreen in Three Days of the Condor, Eastward in Eden, Romeo and Juliet, Tune o f the Cuckoo, Triptych, After the Fall, Two Gentlemen o f Verona, Ambrosia, The Sorrows of Frederick La Runde and on Broadway in Clothes fora Summer Hotel (1980).— Ibid., fall 1995, page 9

GEORGE PEPPARD, JR., PURDUE 1952 After starting as a radio performer and stock company actor, Peppard made his screen debut in The Strange One (1957), followed by feature roles in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, Pork Chop Hill and Home From the Hill. He es tablished himself as a leading man, starring opposite Audrey Hepburn, in Tiffany’s, How the West Was Won, The Victors, The Blue Max, House o f Cards, Pendulum, Rough Night in Jerico, Operation Crossbow and The Car petbaggers. In television, he had leading roles in Banacek (1972); Doctor’s Hospital (1975), and The A-Team {1982George Peppard

87). His last film was The Tigeress (1992). — Ibid., fall

Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

BETAS IN THE ARTS 1994, page 63 Peppard’s role on The A-Team was as the brainy leader of a group of four soldiers of fortune who took on daring assignments anywhere in the world to aid victims facing the unscrupulous. Each had a special talent; Peppard's character, besides scheming plots against heavy odds, was a master of disguise. — Ibid., spring 1986, page 340 It’s easy to see Peppard defending the series with that knowing smile, familiar to millions. He’d point to the key prime-time spot and top 10 ratings of the show, even after

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four years. Obviously, plenty of people like it; and, “Hannibal

Smith is different from anything I've done . . . I get a chance to do many characters through disguise.” More to the point would be a production of George Peppard’s own studio, Lime Tree Productions. Its first theatrical movie, Five Days from Home, in which Peppard was director as well as producer and star, won critical acclaim. All of this is far from what Peppard had in mind at the time he entered Purdue, enrolled in engineering and pledged Beta. “I had some of the best times of my life in the Beta house . . . there was a great bunch of fellows there,” he said. He soon started spending time at a local radio station, direct ing musicals and acting in plays. As his engineering grades slid downhill, he changed career goals and transferred to Carnegie Mellon (then Carnegie Tech), which had a highly touted theater school. With a fine arts degree in hand, a stint as disc jockey at a Pennsylvania radio station and some acting experience at the Oregon Shakespeare F:estival, Peppard set out for the Big Apple. In New York, after studying at Lee Strasberg’s Actors Studio, he landed some Broadway roles, including Girls o f Summer and The Pleasure o f His Company. Like many other well-known actors, for a while he was going back and forth between Broadway and Hollywood. His film career was solidly launched in the 1960s when he costarred with Robert Mitchum in Home from the Hill and with Gregory Peck in Pork Chop Hill. Altogether, Peppard chalked up 25 movie credits, many in starring roles. He was also active in television, going as far back as the Hallmark Hall of Fame’s Little Moon o f Alban. Among oth ers, he received critical acclaim for his portrayal of con-

Peppard s popular TV role was as the A-Team leader.

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victed murdered Sam Sheppard in NBC’s premiere movie, Guilty or Innocent: The Sam Sheppard Murder Case. Many, of course, remember him for his Doctor’s Hospital and Banacek series. The father of three children, Peppard lived in Los Angeles with his fifth wife Laura until his death in 1994. One of Peppard’s hits, in which he starred with Ursula Andress and James Mason in the role of a cold and ruthless German flying ace of World War I, was the World War I epic, The Blue Max. He portrayed a cold, ruthless young German flying ace who lets nothing stand between him and winning his country’s highest decoration: the Iron Cross. The picture required him to actually fly his own plane. “I began flying lessons the day after the contract was signed,” he said. “It was an intensive four months which gave me 210 hours on my flying log (130 of them solo) before I checked into our shooting location in Ireland. I spent the first month there flying the specially built recreations of World War I aircraft.” — Ibid., June 1968, page 389

ROBERT B. PERHAM (JEREMY SLATE), ST. LAWRENCE '\952 A versatile actor for more than 30 years, who co-wrote and starred in the cult film Hell’s Angels, Robert Bullard Perham (Slate) appeared in the daytime drama One Life to Live for eight seasons as Chuck Wilson. He gained fame in the early 1960s on the television series The Aquanauts. Perham’s movie roles included The Sons o f Katie El der, I’ll Take Sweden, The Born Losers and True Grit. He was featured on One Life to Live, 1979-87, and guest starred on nearly 100 television shows, including Gunsmoke, Mission Impossible, Bewitched, Police Story and much later in the sitcom My Name is Earl. — Ibid., fall Robert Perham

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HERBERT (BURT) KWOUK, BOWDOIN1953 Born in Manchester, England, in 1930, Kwouk was raised in Shanghai until he was 17. One of his earliest films was The Inn of the Sixth Happi ness (1958); however, he attained fame as “Cato” with Inspector Clouseau (Peter Sellars) in the five popular Pink

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Sir Laurence Olivier and Anthony Quinn and had recurring roles in the British television series Last of the Summer Wine and Silent Witness. He had roles in numerous films, including A Shot in the Dark, Goldfinger, You Only Live Twice, Empire of the Sun, Air America, Kiss o f the Dragon and television series The Last Empire, Casino Royale and Banzai. He is still acting in his 70s and has had recur ring rolls in British television series Last o f the Summer Wine and Silent Witness. Kwouk was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2011 New Year Honours for services to drama.— Ibid., spring 2007, page 12

FIELDON EDWARD FAULKNER II, VIRGINIA 1954 Known for his work in John Wayne films such as McClintock, The Green Berets, Hellfighters, The Undefeated. Chisum and Rio Lobo, Faulkner also appeared in The Barefoot Executive, Tickle Me, Nobody’s Perfect, Scandalous John and Something Big. His television movies included The Intruders, Night Chase, The Log of the Black Pearl and Stowaway to the Moon. Faulkner had guest roles on television’s Marcus Welby, M.D., The Odd Couple, Adam -12, The F ugitive, Gunsmoke, The Virginian, Bonanza and Have Gun, Will Travel, the latter in the 1950s soon after his Air Force tour when he reached the rank of captain, being his big break into acting. Retiring, he became a marketing executive with the Lawrence Welk Group. — Ibid., fall 1995, page 8 Born in 1932, he attended the University of Virginia for two years, then transferred to the University of Kentucky, earning a B.S. in business. His earliest roles were on Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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1960s, initially on Have Gun, Will Travel. He typi cally was cast as a “heavy” in his earlier roles; how ever, The Green Berets proved to be an opportunity to convincingly portray a hero. Edward Faulkner (right) had feature roles in six John Wayne films, including The Green Berets.

Honored by the Williams burg Film Festival, March 2007, for his motion picture

career in Westerns, he took a sabbatical from films in 1975, joining Sea Containers Inc., after appearing in more than 250 television programs and some 30 motion pic tures. He continues to do voice-overs, guest appearances and directed six episodes of the Elf Sparkle animated films. He and his wife Barbara of 57 years live in Palm Desert, Calif. — Ibid., June 1968, page 394; summer 2007, page 12

WILLIAM ORVILLE DOUGLAS, JR., WHITMAN 1955 Majoring in theater at Whitman, Douglas later did graduate work at the Sorbonne in Paris, where he studied mime as one of the great Marcel Marceau's first pupils. After his return to the U.S., he worked as an actor in Hollywood, appearing on such television shows as Dr. Kildare, Gunsmoke and Outer Limits. He later wrote, directed and starred in the play The Circus, which ran for two years on Broadway. He moved to Portland, Ore., in the late 1970s and moved to Eugene in 1983. He taught mime classes for Portland area schools and at local camps. His most recent role was as the obsessed playwright in a production of Deathtrap at Lane Community College, Eugene. The play closed in 1989, five days before his death on February 16. His father was the distinguished U.S. Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Whitman 1920.

JOHN ROBERT RIETZ, JR. (ROBERT REED) NORTHWESTERN 1955 A prolific television, film and stage actor for four decades, Reitz was nominated for three Emmy awards for playing Mike Brady (the father) on the popular television series The Brady Bunch (1969-74). After studying Shakespeare at Northwestern, contrary to his parents’ wishes, he beJohn (Robert Reed) Reitz

gan as a stage actor. He was a regular on television’s The

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Defenders (1961-65) and Mannix (1968-75). He appeared in several miniseries, includ ing Roots, Rich Man Poor Man and Scruples. His final film roles before his death in 1992 in Pasadena, Calif., were The Bradys in 1990, and Prime Target in 1991. His films included Hurry Sundown, Star! and The Maltese Bippy. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 63

JOHN CONSIDINE, UCLA 1957 After a number of guest TV roles in the early 1960s, actor and writer Considine be came a regular on popular soap operas: The Young and the Restless (1973-74), An other World (1974-76, 1986-88), and Santa Barbara (1986). His film roles included The Book o f Stars, Tinseltown, Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, Fat Man and Little Boy, Trouble in Mind, Choose Me and Endangered Species. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59 Among the many television shows on which he appeared were Combat!, GomerPyle, U.S.M.C., The F.B.I., Mannix, Lou Grant, Knight Rider, MacGyver, Murder She Wrote and Boston Legal. Considine is the brother of actor/writer/photographer Tim Considine and the nephew of political reporter and newspaper columnist Bob Considine.

ROBERT THIRKIELD, WESLEYAN 1958 A stage director, actor and founder of the Circle Repertory Company, Thirkield ap peared in the 1960s on stage in Futz, Tom Paine, Balm in Gilead, HotL Baltimore and The Mound Builders. He founded Northwestern Productions in 1964 and the highly popular Circle Repertory Company in 1959. He was associate artistic director of the River Arts Repertory for five years. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64

A. JACK LINKLETTER, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1959 A television personality who first appeared with his father on Art Linkletter’s House Party in the 1950s, Jack later emceed the game show Haggis Baggis (1958-59), hosted Hootenanny (1963-64) and was on The Rebus Game (1965). He was co-host on the NBC-TV daytime show America Alive! in 1978-79. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60

LAYNE A. LONGFELLOW, OHIO 1959 A highly successful public speaker over the years, Longfellow suffered a dibilitating accident which forced his retirement in 1995. Having months to ponder during his long rehabilitation, he devoted extensive study to his historic forebear, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, one of the U.S.’s best-loved poets. Layne published a compilation of his distant cousin’s most beloved and significant works in Dreams That Cannot Die, with musical accompaniment by Michael Hoppe. “The surgical repair of my broken nose gave me a deeper voice which these poems need,” noted Layne, whose soothing, low-pitched tones guide the listener through a relaxing journey of the late poet’s works. — Ibid., fall 2003, page 61

J. GREG JACKSON, WHITMAN 1960 A veteran talk show host and newsman, Jackson hosted Signature, an interview show

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on the CBS cable channel, then was co-anchor (with Phil Donahue) of The Last Word, an hour-long news analysis show on ABC-TV (1982-83). Later, he hosted ABC-TV’s One on One in 1983. He was also a regular on Fox Network’s Wilton North Report (1987-88). — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60

GABOR NAGY, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1961 Nagy has been a producer, director, writer and actor in films and television in the U.S. and Europe. His Memories o f War was filmed in Hungary and Montenegro in 2007. He owns the film production company Filmcorp Kft. in Budapest and Filmcorp USA in Los Angeles.— Ibid., fall 2006, page 10

GRANVILLE WHITELAW (ROBERT) PINE, OHIO WESLEYAN 1963 Born in 1941 in Scarsdale, N.Y., Pine began his acting career in 1964 on Kraft Sus pense Theater. He was a regular (as Sgt. Joe Getraer) on CHiPs (1977-83), known for the line he said on every episode, “Let’s be careful out there.” He had a recurring role on The Bold and the Beautiful (1988-2001). He made guest appearances on TV’s LA Law, Magnum PI., Star Trek, Voyager, Beverly Hills 90210, The Practice, Chicago Hope, Murder She Wrote, 24, Criminal Minds, Six Feet Under, Gunsmoke, Lost in Space, The Wild Wild West, Barnaby Jones, Lou Grant and Curb Your Enthusiasm. His films include The Graduate, Day o f the Locust, Munster, Go Home, Independence Day and The Appiie Dumpling Gang Rides Again. He was in 2007’s Paved with Good Inten tions and Rodeo Girl. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 63. Robert Pine

He appeared in the film Red Eye (2005), Big Love (2006)

and Small Town Saturday Night (2010) and has done voiceover work for the video games SOCOM: Confrontation and Bionic Commando. — Ibid., summer 2006, page 12

NED SCHMIDTKE, BELOIT 1964 Schmidtke appeared in the films Wedding Crashers and Accepted. On television, he did eight episodes of Point Pleasant, three episodes of Huff and guest roles on Without a Trace and Cold Case. — Ibid., summer 2006, page 12

JACKSON BOSTWICK, ALABAMA 1965 After playing Captain Marvel on the Saturday morning Shazam! (1976-77), Bostwick was in a number of science fiction films, including Bombshell, Mutant Species, Future Zone, My Science Project and Tron. Earlier he was a regular on The Red Skelton Show (1970-71). — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

NICOLAS SUROVY, NORTHWESTERN 1966 After appearing on stage in 1964 and receiving a Theatre World Award for Helen,

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Surovy was a regular on A World Apart (1970-71), Ryan’s Hope (1961), and All My Children (1983-84). He co-starred in the 1986 CBS series Bridges to Cross and was a regular on H/o/f (1989-91). In film, he had leads in Forever Young and appeared in All Over the Guy, Breaking Free and Bang the Drum Slowly. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64

JEFFREY DUNCAN JONES, LAWRENCE 1968 Born in 1946 in Buffalo, N.Y., Jones is seen frequently in films and on television. An early role saw him on stage in Neil Simon’s London Suite. In films, he is best-remembered as Principal Rooney in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and had roles in Amadeus, Ed Wood, The Devil’s Advocate, Heartbreakers, The Hunt for Red October, Beetlejuice, Valmont, Houseguest, Rav enous, Sleepy Hollow, Stuart Little, Heartbreakers, Dr. Dolittle 2 and How High. He played A.W. Merrick in 30 episodes of HBO’s Deadwood and appeared in The Adams Chronicles and The People Next Door. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60; summer 2006, page 12 On TV, he soaked up the rain in his Levi 501s. He was in Oy Mama, Am I in Love in Beverly Hills and Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. He was in the na tional tour of Cats. — Ibid., winter 1986, page 193

JERRY P. O’CONNOR, SOUTH DAKOTA 1972 An actor in New York and Los Angeles, O’Connor toured in How Now Dow Jones, starring Tony Randall, and in Grease. A former high school teacher of theology and dramatic literature in Omaha, he also was theater director at high schools in Iowa and Maryland. Recently, he was director of theater and chairman of the Department of Speech and Theatre at Chadron (Nebr.) State College.— Ibid., convention 1993, page 47

ROBB WELLER, WASHINGTON 1972 A television personality who first appeared nationally as the weeknight anchor on En tertainment Tonight in 1984, Weller hosted Entertainment This Week (1986-89), and was on The Home Show on ABC and emcee of the syndicated Win, Lose or Draw. He estimates he has interviewed more than 5,000 guests in his career, including Ronald Reagan, George Bush, John Glenn, Sophia Loren, Burt Lancaster, Jack Lemmon and Harrison Ford. Weller has been executive producer of more than 40 reality-based television series, movies and specials, includ ing First Command, Rachael Ray’s Tasty Travels, Decod Robb Weller

ing the Past: UFO Hunters, Time Machine: Beyond the Da

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Vinci Code (Emmy award), Wolfgang Puck (shared an Emmy as co-producer), NBC’s Funniest Outtakes and many others. Hosting series and specials for NBC, ABC, CBS, CNN, A&E, HBO and TNN, he be came interested in producing while hosting The Home Show and later started Weller/ Grossman Productions with partner Gary Grossman. — Ibid, fall 1994, page 64; winter 2007, page 15, Weller was emcee of the Celebration Banquet at the 172nd General Convention of Beta Theta Pi, in Bellevue, Wash.

ROB AMORE, NORTHWESTERN 1978 Amore did stage work in Europe and appeared in television soaps Another World and /As The World Turns, also in television commercials for American Express and Xerox. He spent three months in the cast of Sophisticated Ladies in Moscow and Leningrad.

RICK (RICHARD KARN) WILSON, WASHINGTON 1978 Seen daily on syndicated reruns of Home Improvement (1991-99) as “Al Borland,” and as the host-moderator of game show Family Feud, Wilson has appeared in several films, including Picture Perfect. He appeared in the televi sion special Chariots of the Gods, filmed in Mexico in 1996. F? ■

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hattan. “Then it was six months before the next role.” Rick laughed.

Rick Wilson (left) portrays Tim Allen’s right-hand man, “Al Borlen”, in television’s Home Improvement.

In the play Men and My Girl, “I played a suit of ar mor. I was supposed to stand immobile for 40 min utes, then fall over; but one time I caught myself in mid fall and ran clanking off the stage. The director liked it, and we played it that way.” Born in Seattle, Wash., he earned a theater arts degree from U niversity of

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Washington. In New York, 1979-90, he and his wife Tudi, whom he met in the play, The Other Shore, relocated to Los Angeles. They live in Studio City. She is remembered as “Jill’s sister, Carrie,” in Home Improvement. Wilson’s character Al Borland in Home Im provement was portrayed as a former Navy Seabee, presumably as a tribute to his father Gene, a Seabee in World War II. — Ibid., winter 1997, pages 4-5; spring 2007, page 12

CLAYTON ROHNER, WHITMAN 1979 A motion picture actor who had a starring role in his first film, Just One of the Guys (1985), he had a recurring role in episodes of the ABC series Day Break. Other television appearances included guest spots on Bones, Weeds, Crossing Jordan, CSI: Criminal Investigation and the mini-series Into the West. He co-starred in the 1999 series Good vs. Evil and spent two seasons on the 1995 series Murder One and was on the 1990 series E.A.R.T.H. His films include Modern Girls, Bat 21, The Relic, Sometimes They Come Back For More, The Big Day, Trespassers (2006), Formosa (2005), Mad Clayton Rohner

man, Destroyer, Private Investigations and Coronado (2003). — Ibid, fall 1994, page 63

TOM OHMER, INDIANA 1980 Born in 1956 in Birmingham, Mich., he grew up in Carmel, Ind., and joined the Army. Three years later, he enrolled at Indiana University. When Breaking Away was being filmed on the campus, he obtained a small role and the acting bug hit him. His first role was as Joan Collins’ chauffeur on Dynasty. Ohmer joined the Los Angeles Police Department in 1988, and the LAPD used his acting skills in numerous training films. Later he joined the Simi Valley (Calif.) Po lice Department as a motorcycle cop. From his law en forcement experiences, he has performed most of his own on-camera stunts. He was featured in a recurring role as Sgt. Lyman on the Monk TV series and also appeared on Sleeper Cell, The O.C., Drive and Baywatch. — Ibid, fall 2006, Tom Ohmer

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Ohmer and his wife Marsha raise their blended teenage family of two boys and a girl in Thousand Oaks, Calif.,

where he plays golf and rides his Harley on which he has logged 400,000 miles.

SHAUN BREIDBART, PENNSYLVANIA 1982 Standup comic Shaun Breidbart hosted the Ivy League Comedy Showcase in New Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas of Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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York City, Sept. 12,2007.

WILLIAM R. (BILLY) MOSES, WESLEYAN 1982 A busy television actor, William Moses (who was earlier billed as “Billy” Moses) was born in Los Angeles, Calif., in 1959. He has worked in television and motion pictures for more than 20 years. He appeared as Jack Davis on the Jane Doe series since 2005 and starred in the television movie Like Mother, Like Daughter in 2007. Moses is best known as “Cole Gioberti” in 139 episodes of Falcon Crest (1981-87), lawyer-investigator “Ken Malansky” on the Perry Mason series (1989-95), and had a prominent role in Melrose Place (1992-93). Film roles in clude The Painting, Chain o f Command, Living in Fear, The Curse and Christmas Child. His other television work includes the miniseries War and Remembrance. He starred in the film Mystic Pizza and was in 1995’s Trial by Jury. — Ibid, fall 1994, page 62; winter 2007, page 14 Moses has appeared in various movies on the Lifetime channel, including A Lover’s Revenge and The Perfect Marriage. He also made guest appearances on Fantasy Island, The Love Boat, Hotel, Murder She Wrote, Ally McBeal, JAG, NCIS, 7th Heaven, Touched by an Angel, Cold Case, CSI: Miami, Without a Trace, Ghost Whisperer and Bones. Since 2005, he has appeared as “Jack Davis” in nine of the Jane Doe movies on the Hallmark Channel.

JESSE DABSON, KA/OX1983 Seen on television as “Scotty Moore” in ABC’s 1990 Elvis miniseries as well as televi sion movies Marilyn and Me and The Women of Spring Break, Dabson has also been in a number of films, including Death Wish 4, The Hanoi Hilton, Deep Space, Platoon Leader, One False Move, Blind Justice, Gunshy, Zero Stress and Carmen: The Cham pion. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

THOM W. BRENNAMAN, OHIO 1986 Hired in 2006 as the Cincinnati Reds radio and televi sion broadcaster, Brennaman previously did play-by-play for Fox Network following play-by-play years of the Chi cago Cubs with Harry Carey on Superstation WGN. He broadcasts some 90 games a season for the Reds while continuing to serve as one of major league baseball’s lead announcers on Fox’s national television program Satur day Game of the Week. He is also part of the NFL and college football broadcast teams for Fox. — Ibid, fall 1994, Thom Brennaman

page 59; spring 1996, page 57; winter 2007, page 11

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Thom was named by Fox network as the lead play-by-play announcer for coverage of the Bowl Championship Series (BCS) in 2007. He has called the Cotton Bowl for the past seven years for Fox and the baseball playoffs for the past six years. He was also the radio voice of Arizona Diamondbacks games. — Ibid., spring 2006, page 11

JAY CHANDRASEKHAR, COLGATE 1990 Chandrasekhar directed and starred in Super Troopers 2 and filmed The Slammin’ Salmon, which reached theaters by late 2008. Joining him as part of the Broken Lizard comedy team on those two films were Kevin Heffernan, Colgate, 1991, Steve Lemme, Colgate, 1991, and Eric Stolhanske, Colgate 1991. He directed Held Up, a TV comedy and multiple episodes of The Loop and Human Giant. — Ibid., spring 2008, page 12 He directed, co-wrote and starred in Beerfest, directed The Dukes ofHazzard (2005) and several episodes of television’s Arrested Development after the Broken Lizard gang gained fame for Club Dread and Super Troopers. Also appearing in Beerfest: Hefferman, Lemme and Stolhanske. — Ibid., summer 2006, page 12

KEVIN HEFFERNAN, COLGATE 1991 Heffernan joined his Broken Lizard Beta buddies as actor-writer on the films The Slammin’Salmon and Super Troopers 2. He acted in the film Strange Wilderness and on TV’s How I Met Your Mother and Curb Your Enthusiasm. — Ibid., spring 2008, page 12

STAN KIRSCH, DUKE 1990 After a role in General Hospital (1992), Kirsch played Richie Ryan on the television series Highlander (1992-97). He had television guest appearances on Shallow Ground, and he played the title role in the film Flunky.

DEAN LEMONT, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1991 Lemont had lead roles in television's 2006 Criminal Minds anti Outta Sync. He had the lead role and was set designer for A Mulhoiland Christmas Carol at the Sacred Fools Theater in Beverly Hills. — Ibid., winter 2007, page 14

KEVIN COVERT, FLORIDA STATE 1992 A native of Winchester, Va., Covert studied theater at Florida State and got his big break at Broadway’s Schubert Theatre in Monty Python’s Spamalot, beginning in March 2005 in the roles of Sir Not Appearing, Monk and En semble. He also toured nationally in South Pacific and Cats. — Ibid., fall 2006, page 10 Covert characterizes himself as a “character man who happens to be a dancer.” Columnist Caroline Younger, re viewing his recent performances in Memphis, applauded him as “a wonderful dancer”: “His role in Memphis would Kevin Covert Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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certainly classify him as a 'character man,’ as he steps out of the ensemble and into the shoes of Buck Wiley and Martin Holton.” He happily finds himself in a hit show playing two featured roles. He started dancing at the age of 11. After taking ballet, tap and jazz classes, he transitioned to the stage in children’s theater productions at the age of 13. He matricu lated to the La Jolla (Calif.) Playhouse, the Fifth Avenue Theatre (Seattle) and finally to Broadway where his performances in Spamalot brought him center stage.

CARY GUFFEY, FLORIDA 1994 Appearing as Barry, the young son of the Richard Dreyfuss character, who was cap tured by aliens in the Steven Spielberg classic tale of people drawn by UFOs to Devil’s Tower, Close Encounters o f the Third Kind (1976), Guffey also appeared in Poison Ivy, StrokerAce and television miniseries North and South and Chiefs. Now age 40, he is an investment banker in Birmingham, Ala. He was also cast in The Shining, but his parents would not permit him to do the movie. “That probably killed my career right then and there,” Guffey recalled, noting that Spielberg assured him that if there is a sequel to Close Encounters, Guffey will be cast. — Ibid, fall 2004, pages 12-13, by Alec Harvey, Auburn 1984

PAT LEBORIO, BETHANY 1995 Known in comedy circles as The Razorman, Leborio was called “the funniest Hawai ian on Earth” by LA Weekly. In addition to frequent standup comedy appearances, he appeared in the films Austin Powers Goldmember and Night Creep.— Ibid., winter 2007, page 14

BRIAN WHITE, DARTMOUTH 1995 Actor, producer, model, dancer, football and lacrosse player, stock broker and youth activist, White was born near Boston in 1975. He played for the NFL’s New England Patriots, founded several dance and theater companies and began acting in a number of television series, notably Moesha, The Parkers, Second Time Around and most nota bly as Detective Tavon Garris in The Shield. White had a key role in The Family Stone and appeared in DO A, In the Name o f the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale, Steppin’, Daddy’s Little Girl, The Game Plan and North Hills. — Ibid., summer 2006, page 12; summer 2007, page 12 For TNT, he has appeared alongside television veter ans Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bacula in the hit series Men of a Certain Age. In 2010, White co-founded Helping Hands Celebrity Weekend in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. In 2011, he Brian White

starred in the romantic comedy The Heart Specialist and

Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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DAVID RICHMOND-PECK WESTERN ONTARIO 1996 A Leo award actor in films She’s the Man, Fantastic Four and Unfinished, Peck appeared in TV’s Smallville and Battlestar Gallactica. In the miniseries, Into The West, he was a soldier who thinks nothing of committing brutal acts. He appeared in Behind The Camera: The Unauthorized David Richmond-Peck

Story o f ‘Mork and Mindy, ’ The Zero Sum, Fantastic Four, She’s the Man, The L-Word, Stargate SG-1, Cold Squad,

Just Cause and Family Sins. — Ibid., spring 2007, page 12 Born in Oakville, Ont., he trained at Langara College’s Studio 58. He lives in Vancouver, B.C., and enjoys kiteboarding, snowboarding, squash and CAT skiing.

KYLE BRANDT, PRINCETON 2001 Leaving the cast of the NBC soap opera Days o f Our Lives after three years in the role of Philip Kiriakis, Brandt first appeared on MTV’s reality series, The Real World: Chi cago in 2002. He was in the theatrical drama Broken Windows (2007). Brandt was nominated for a Soap Opera Digest Award in 2005. — Ibid., spring 2007, page 12

DANIEL R. LINDSAY, MISSOURI 2001 Lindsay earned his first Oscar on Feb. 26, 2012, for “Best Documentary”. With T.J. Martin, he co-directed Undefeated, about the travails of the Manassas Tigers, an innercity, Memphis, Tenn., high school football team that struggles to overcome a legacy of failure and shame with the help of a volunteer coach. Said one critic: “It’s great to see Lindsay get such praise; no matter how far he goes, he’ll always have a special role in memory.” Lindsay was quoted, “I want to dedicate my Oscar to the people of West Memphis” where the docu mentary was set.” He also appeared briefly in Unde feated and previously ap peared

R eason.tv’s

Where’s My Bailout.

Dan Lindsay, actor and co director o f the 2012 Oscarwinning Undefeated Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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BETAS IN THE MUSICAL ARTS There is a certain logic to the fact that Betas figure prominently in music, whether it be instrumental, vocal or composition. Why? After all, Beta Theta Pi is often referred to as “The Singing Fraternity. ” Indeed, as often has been proclaimed: “Beta Theta Pi is be lieved to be the only college fraternity whose initiation contains songs in the ceremony. ” Additionally, the official song book o f the Fraternity the work o f Shelby Molter (page 64) distributed to each new pledge, is believed to be the most usable such document in the entire Greek community. It is also not surprising that a collection o f Beta songs is an integral inclusion in this volume (page 156). Among some o f the Betas most prominent in musical arts have been Orchestra Leader Billy Mills (page 53) and Composer Stephen Sondheim (page 61), Operatic Lead Jess Thomas (page 60) and Country Music Songwriter Rivers Rutherford (page 69).

CHARLES SEAMAN, DENISON 1871 Publisher of Beta Theta Pi’s first song book in 1871, Seaman was not a musician; however, his chapter was assigned responsibility for a new song book by the 1870 convention, and Seaman, the chapter’s acknowledged leader, undertook the task but not before he obtained commitments from convention at tendees to contribute songs. Joseph Stillson of Hanover contributed There’s a Scene; Stanley Coulter and J. Marsh Thompson came up with As Betas Now We Meet and Beta Boys. DePauw chapter contributed The Parting Song, by Charles Adams, We Gather Again, by Rev. John Hogarth Lozier and Betas of Long Ago, by Elijah Edwards. S.L. Ward of Wabash do nated Jolly Greeks while David H. Moore of Ohio, the Fraternity’s most prolific 19th century composer, provided Charles Seaman

Let’s All Stand Together, Beta Our Bride, The Parting

Pledge and Fair, Fair Beta. Charles Duy Walker, founder of the Beta magazine, added Wooglin’s Christmas Song, and unknown composers supplied Pledge to Beta Theta Pi and Serenade Song. John Tunison contributed Gemma Nostra and the Beta Doxology. Seaman himself wrote Ban quet Song and The Alumni’s Return. Of course, many of the songs were simply words about Beta Theta Pi applied to well-known tunes. Many of the Civil War’s most popular songs were represented, among them Tramp, Tramp, Tramp (There’s a Scene), Mary land, My Maryland (Banquet Song), When You and I Were Young, Maggie (We Gather Again), Bonnie Blue Flag (Wooglin to the Pledge), Home, Sweet Home (Fair, Fair Beta) and Tenting Tonight (Singing Tonight). As is obvious, this songbook had enormous imIbid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: F aith fu l H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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pact on the Beta Ritual.— Ibid., convention 1997, page 24, by William W. Berry, Vanderbilt 1968, Assistant Archivist, and Peter J. Floriani, Ph.D., Lehigh 1977, Assistant Historian.

CLARENCE DICKINSON, NORTHWESTERN 1894 Dr. Dickinson died in 1969 at age 96. He was a composer and was sometimes called the elder statesman of American church music. In 1960, he retired after more than 50 years as organist and choirmaster at the Brick Presbyterian Church in New York City. With his first wife, Dr. Helena Snyder, as librettist, he wrote more than 500 compositions. One of their Easter carols, In Joseph’s Lovely Garden, sold nearly a million copies. His career as an organ recitalist began in 1893, while still an undergraduate, when he played 40 recitals at the World’s Columbia Exposition in Chicago. After studying in Eu rope, he came to New York City where he became conductor of the Mendelssohn Glee Club and organist for the Temple Bethel. He became a special lecturer on sacred music at Union Theological Seminary and founded its School of Sacred Music. When he re tired as director of the school in 1945, the Clarence and Helen Dickinson Chair of Sa cred Music was endowed. Dickinson Hall, a seminary building, is named for him. During 1954-69, Dr. Dickinson made a number of recordings, including Christmas with Clarence Dickinson, released in 1967. — Ibid., Jan. 1970, page 265; fall 1994, page 59

HORACE G. LOZIER, CHICAGO 1894 Composer of Beta favor ites

The Loving

Cup,

Wooglin to the Pledge, The Beta Postscript and In the Old Porch Chairs, there is a story, perhaps apocrophyl, that his father (John Hogarth Lozier, DePauw 1857, who assembled the F ra te rn ity ’s early song books) suggested the need for one more song to com plete the next edition. Over night, Horace penned The Loving Cup. — Son of the Stars: The Pledge Manual of Beta Theta Pi, page 194 Lozier was editor of the first substantial, hardback, official song book of the

,, ^ ^ » Horace Lozier holds the coveted Loving Cup, subject of one of the Fraternity’s most popular songs.

Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas of Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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Fraternity, the 1902 edition of Beta Songs. He had major responsibility for most other editions of that publication through 1955, and he was responsible for the words or music or both of 10 frequently heard Beta songs. A sensitive, skillful poet, he composed music and played piano well. Most of his finest songs, as was common practice in those days, borrowed familiar tunes for their music. Professionally, he was a Chicago insurance man. A native of Indianapolis, he attended Cornell College before completing his degree at the University of Chicago. He also penned the words to She Wears My Beta Pin and The Banquet Hall as well as the music to We’ll Toast the Silver Grays and Beta Sires and Beta Sons, words written by his father. — Ibid., Feb 1960, pages 258-263

CARL MARTIENUS GANTVOORT, CINCINNATI 1904 An operatic baritone, Carl Gantvoort came from a family of musicians. He sang grand opera in London, Paris and Berlin, appearing in numerous leading roles. In light opera he sang “Little John” in Robin Hood and “Jack Ranee” in Girl of the Golden West.

W. GUSTAVE HAENSCHEN, WASHINGTON 1912 Musical director of the National Broadcasting Co. in 1934, his work includes popular radio shows such as American Album of Familiar Music, The Pet Milk program and The Saturday Night Serenade. — Ibid., Vol. 67, pages 337-338

KENNETH WHITNEY ROGERS, SYRACUSE 1917 A gifted musician and composer/lyricist (see “Journalists, Authors & Poets,” page 85) Rogers contributed numerous songs which have been extremely popular in the Frater nity over the years, most noteworthy The Sons of the Dragon. Among his numerous other songs: The Beta Stars, The Land o f Canine, To the Pledge, Old Beta’s Praise, The Beta Chorus, ’Neath the Elms o f Old Miami, My Beta Girl and A Toast. — Ibid. 4, page 171; Ibid. 5, page 62

WILLIAM R. (BILLY) MILLS, SYRACUSE 1918 A big band orchestra leader for many years, he was musical director for the radio network NBC in the 1930s. He also directed the orchestra for five years on the Fibber McGee and Molly radio show (1938-55). On June 17, 1941, he celebrated his 10,000th broadcast since his advent into radio. — Ibid., Dec. 1941, pages 211-212; Jan. 1956, page 200; fall 1994, page 62

RICHARD MAXWELL, KENYON 1919 A composer-conductor who first appeared as a singer on radio in 1923, Maxwell became an actor on the Seth Parker radio series. He later appeared on Broadway in Billy Mills

such shows as Music Box Review, Greenwich Village Foi-

Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The B eta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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lies and The Lady in Ermine. He founded a music publishing firm in 1946 and later wrote many hymns and gospel songs. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 62

HORACE HE1DT, CALIFORNIA 1924 A popular orchestra leader during the “big band era” who later hosted The Horace Heidt Show on CBS (1950-55), Heidt was previously featured on radio with his Musical Knights in the 1930s and hosted Pot of Gold, where he became one of the first broad casters to give away money to listeners. Later, he hosted Parade of Stars following World War II, where he helped discover performers such as trumpeter Al Hirt, comedian Art Carney and the King Sisters. As a musician, he had three number one hits: Gone With the Wind (1937), Ti-Pi-Tin (1938) and I Don’t Want to Set the World on Fire (1941). He died in 1978. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60 A new two-disc CD Musical Knights (2007) covered Heidt’s success in the late 1930s and 1940s and features 50 songs. — Ibid., spring 2008, page 12 At Berkeley, Heidt did things both scholastic and sportive, climaxed by a severe injury to his back in the Washington & Jefferson vs California Rose Bowl in 1923. After several operations, doctors told him that piano-playing was about the most athletic activity he could pursue. Enlisting classmates Jerry Bowne and Art Thorsen, who were with him for many years, he organized a band. They opened at the Hotel Claremont in Berkeley, Calif., with success. — Ibid., Vol. 63, page 467

JAMES I. MATTHEWS, UNION 1925 An accomplished musician, he sang and played banjo with Harold Arlen, composer of Over the Rainbow. He died in 1995 in Clearwater, Fla. — Ibid.., fall 1995, page 35

JOHN D. SEAGLE, MISSOURI 1928 Seagle had a career as a singer on radio and television, on the concert stage and teaching. He recorded more than 500 hymns for NBC for the program Church in the Wildwood broadcasts worldwide. As a program director of WRGB in Schenectady, he pioneered opera on television. He taught voice and was the chair of the Music Depart ment at Trinity University. He directed and taught at the Seagle Music Colony, Schroon Lake, N.Y., for 40 years. He died in 1997. — Ibid., spring 1999, page 36

JOE GLOVER, PENNSYLVANIA 1929 Acomposer-arranger who worked with the Andre Koselanetz and Fletcher Henderson Orchestras, Glover also did films and Broadway musicals. He was president of the American Society of Music Arrangers. Songs and instrumental works included Over the Top, Melon Street Rag, Hurricane Rag and A Sunday Tune. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59 Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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M. RUSSELL GOUDEY, DARTMOUTH 1929 A musician and president of the American Society of Music Arrangers for 15 years, Goudey studied music and worked abroad in London, as conductor on Philco radio shows and in Latin America. In the U.S., he worked for Walt Disney Studios, NBC and others. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

LEIGH HARLINE, UTAH 1929 An Oscar-winning composer and conductor, Harline was best known for writing the music to When You Wish Upon a Star, 1940’s Best Song. He also won the Best Original Score Oscar (left) for Pinocchio the same year. He joined Walt Disney Studios in 1932 and gained a 1937 Oscar nomination for his score of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. He also received scoring nomi nations in 1942 for Pride o f the Yankees and You Were Never Lovelier, in 1943 for Johnny Come Lately and The Sky’s the Limit and 1962 for the Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm. Born in Salt Lake City in 1907, he died in Los Angeles in 1969. Harline co wrote Hi-Diddie-Dee-Dee (An Actor’s Life for Me), I ’ve Got No Strings, The World Owes Me a Living, Give a Little Whistle, Jimminy Cricket (Pinocchio) and Wynken, Blynken and Nod. — Ibid., Vol 70, page 445; fall 1994, page 60 Harline, with Frank Churchill, Larry Morey and Paul J. Smith, wrote such Disney film tunes as I’m Wishing, Whistle While You Work, Heigh Ho and Some Day My Prince Will Come. He left Disney in 1941 to compose for other studios. His credits include Road to Utopia (1945), Nocturne (1946), The Bachelor and the Bobby-Soxer (1947), The Boy With Green Hair (1948), Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1948), Monkey Busi ness (1952), 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956), Ten North Frederick (1958), The Re markable Mr. Pennypacker (1959), The Wonderful World o f the Brothers Grimm (1962) and 7 Faces of Dr. Lao (1964).

PAUL YODER, NORTH DAKOTA 1930 Active in the American Bandmaster Association and founder of its Research Center at University of Maryland and the publication Journal of Band Research, Yoder was es teemed among musical faculties and students. He said that 80% of his work had been arranging, taking other people’s music and “trying to do a good, honest job of making it sound like the composer.” He wrote scores of band method books. After retiring, he still taught a class at Troy State University in Alabama. — Ibid., spring 1981, page 329

CLEON ETHELBERT HAMMOND, OREGON 1931 A Marine veteran of World War II, Hammond served in Okinawa and China, retiring as a colonel. He was a popular pianist and organist. An ASCAP member, he composed popular songs, the best-known Turn Back the Hands o f Time (1951). He wrote John Hart: the Biography of a Signer o f the Declaration o f Independence, then purchased Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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and restored Hart’s 18,h century farmstead, Hopewell, N.J. — Ibid., winter 1995, page 44

GEORGE BRITTON, COLUMBIA 1932 With a repertoire of 45 opera and 25 operetta roles, he possesses a distinguished musical career. He teamed with Sigmund Romberg, Deems Taylor, Alexander Woollcott and George Gershwin on radio programs. He sang opposite Dorothy Kirsten, Patrice Munsel and Gertrude Niesen and sang the role of Emile de Becque in Broadway’s South Pacific opposite Martha Wright. — Ibid., March 1935, page 462; Vol. 79, page 522

JACK WILLIAM WALTON, WITTENBERG 1932 As an undergraduate, he sang on the radio; after graduation, he joined Gloria and Gayle Gaylortoform the GaylorTrio which frequently appeared on the Pennzoil Hour on CBS radio during the Depression. The group performed before the King and Queen of England and at the London Palladium with the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra. He spent his life career in advertising/publishing. Walton died in 1990 in Pompano Beach, Fla.

JOHN HENRY SMEDBERG, OREGON 1934 For many years a resident of Westbury, Long Island, N.Y., Smedberg’s entire career was devoted to music — in radio, stage and television. With special talent for close harmony rhythm, he sang in many Broadway shows and with numerous musical groups that included the Phil Harris Orchestra, the Kate Smith radio programs and the many television appearances of the Mitch Miller Chorus, from which he retired. Always a buoy ant personality, he died in 1979 in Kaneohe, Hawaii. — Ibid., summer 1980, page 443

SAUL F. RAE, TORONTO 1936 As a child, Rae and his two sisters were a vaudeville team called Three Little Raes of Sunshine. The older sister Grace went on to work as a dancer at Radio City Music Hall. Saul’s love of music, especially playing piano, stayed with him throughout his extensive diplomatic career. Having studied public opinion polling, he worked with George Gallup, co-authoring the book The Pulse of Democracy. He served on the staff of the Quebec Conference, which brought together Canadian Prime Minister Mackenzie King and the leaders of England and the U.S. in World War II. Rae earned a doctorate from the London School of Economics in 1940 and went on to lecture at Princeton University. After he joined the diplomatic corps, he worked for Lester Pearson while he was at the United Nations and later served as Canada’s Ambassador to the U.N. (1972-76) as well as to Mexico, Guatemala and The Netherlands before retiring in 1979. He died in 1999. — Ibid., spring 1999, page 37

WILLIAM STEARNS (BILL) WALKER, AMHERST 1939 An orchestra leader and pianist who worked with Wayne King (1945-46), and Ted Weems (1946-48), Walker previously conducted his own orchestra (1948-58). His songs Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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and instrumental works included Love You So, H aifa Heart (IsA ll You Left Me) and a musical setting for The Gettysburg Address. He was a pioneer composer of advertising jingles, recognized in the advertising business by eight Clios (right), the industry’s equivalent of motion pictures’ Oscar. He died in 1984. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64; winter 1997, page 32

M. GALE HOFFMAN, UNION 1940 The opera Ruth, for which he wrote the librettos, received its world premiere in Vienna with such success that it was added to the schedule of the International Festival of the Staatsoper in 1950. The German premiere of the opera was on the same program with the German premiere of Gian-Carlo Menotti’s Unicorn ballet. The world premiere in Vienna shared billing with Chopin and Stravinski works. — Ibid., Feb. 1960, page 287

RICHARD R. (MISTY) SHOOP DENISON 1941 A pilot during World War II in the U.S. Army Air Corps, he flew his own plane to visit Beta chapters in the East and Midwest during his Fraternity service as a district chief (1969-71), general secretary (1971-74), and vice presi dent/trustee (1974-77). He attended 40 Beta conventions and composed several Beta songs, including Beta Day (page 167). He received the Fraternity’s Shepardson Award in 2001.

LLOYD B. NORLIN, NORTHWESTERN 1941 A boyhood dream of telling the story of Mt. Rushmore in a great choral composition became a reality the weekend of July 4, 1976, for Norlin. Sponsored by the National Park Service, Norlin’s Voices ofMt. Rushmore was performed as a bicentennial project three nights in a row in the amphitheater below the four great faces before crowds ranging up to 50,000 people. Featuring words, written or spoken by Presidents Wash ington, Jefferson, Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt (whose huge stone faces are carved into the mountain). The composition was sung by four professional soloists backed by a chorus of 50 voices and 65 band members from high schools in Sioux Falls and Rapid City, S.D. “I worked on it for three years,” Norlin said. “People told me it was too ambi tious, that it wouldn’t work. But I was sure it could be accomplished.” A resident of Deerfield, III., Norlin used his composing talents in college days with Northwestern’s WAA-Mu show. Later he composed film scores in the Wilding Studios in Chicago. For two decades, he produced industrial shows for clients such as Ford, Stan dard Oil, Pepsi-Cola and Motorola. — Ibid., April 1977, page 293

JAMES LEYDEN, PENN STATE 1942 Singer-composer and director of the first steel drum orchestra to perform in Russia, Ibid. 6. The Beta Book. 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The Beta B ook , 1933, Ibid. 9: F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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Poland and Romania, Leyden was a recording artist with RCA, Epic and Columbia and composer of several off-Broadway musicals, including Rough ’N Ready, The Ballad of Brawn Michael and Bayou Flute. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 61

ALAN SCOTT, PENNSYLVANIA 1943 A composer who wrote lyrics for many musical commercials and television themes, such as Smile, You’re on Candid Camera, Scott wrote the lyrics and co-authored the musical Apollo and Miss Agnes. He also wrote special material for The Muppets Valen tine Show. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 63

JOHN D. HAMILTON, WHITMAN 1946 Organist-harpsichordist John Hamilton appeared in more than a thousand public concerts. A German reviewer de scribed him as “the Paganini of the organ.” Living in his later years alternately in Copenhagen, Paris and Burgundy, he grew up in the apple orchards of Wenatchee, Wash. At 70, he was performing on tour in Cambridge, Hamburg, Bremen, Frankfurt, Basel, Geneva, Oberlin, Radio Swit zerland and San Francisco TV. A teacher of master classes, as well as a durable performer, he also wrote for John Hamilton

professional journals. — Ibid., spring 1995, pages 39-40

DEAN ELDER, IDAHO 1947 Performing pianist, critic, teacher and author, Elder interviewed and associated with such virtuosos as Rubenstein, Iturbi, Bachauer, Argerich, Freire, Novaes, Casadesus, Darre and Serkin. The Dix Hills, N.J., resident studied piano, violin and clarinet. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

MAX MORATH, COLORADO COLLEGE 1947 A ragtime pianist who starred in his own off-Broadway show, An Evening with Max Morath (1969-70), Morath previously worked as a radio announcer, television director and actor while mastering ragtime music. He also per formed on the National Educational Television series, The Ragtime Era, and a 60-station radio series, Turn o f the Century. Among his best-known albums are The Best of Scott Joplin, Irving Berlin/The Ragtime Years and At the Turn of the Century. — Ibid., Sept. 1969, page 7; fall 1994, page 62 “If anybody is doing a better evening of music in town than Max Morath, I don’t want to know. Mr. Morath is a master of the ragtime piano, and he brings a whole era and his music lovingly to life. No one in his right mind Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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should miss ‘Max Morath at the Turn of the Century.’” So wrote the critic of radio station WMAC of New York City regarding the one-man show Max opened early in 1969 in the off-Broadway theater, Jan Hus Playhouse. Other critics were equally enthusiastic about the return to popularity of a form of enter tainment which was at its height in the early 1900s. Garbed in a pearl-gray derby, a widely striped shirt with sleeve garters and a flamboyant red ascot tie and wing collar, Morath offers entertainment which has been joyfully received in night clubs, on college campuses and on radio and television. It is significant that the National Educational Television network selected him to tape a series called The Ragtime Era and a 60station radio network used his series called Turn o f the Century. The person who started Max on his long and interesting career was his mother, who played piano at a Colorado Springs early movie house. Max played piano with several groups in high school and at Colorado College; and by the time he was 23, he was playing honky-tonk accompaniments for gay nineties shows in Cripple Creek, Colo. Be fore he settled into his ragtime groove, he was a radio announcer, a television director and an actor. This, he says, is why he is the only contemporary ragtime pianist who can make a living playing piano rags in a legitimate style. “That’s why I’m lucky,” he says. “I have a handful of small talents and I’ve parlayed them to provide a framework for the piano playing. In my show, I’ve placed the piano rags very carefully. They’re surrounded by lights, humor and slides because I don’t want the audience to be watching me all the time. Rag is the last big untapped reservoir of Americana in music. In fact, it’s the first characteristic American music to come out of this country's melting pot in years. I like to call it the folk music of the cities.” Indicating the reaction of listeners and viewers of his show is this comment by a New York Times critic: “Sheer fun! Max Morath spoofs the old days lovingly and respectfully and most of all, talentedly . . . a meaningful slice of life. The juiciest morsels are all musical. The patter is fast and nonstop . . . his passion is ragtime, and his heroes, such as Jellyroll Morton, Bert Williams and Irving Berlin, make the generation gap seem little more than a puddle jump — Mr. Morath is real cool!” Featured in Ragtime to the Max, a 13-week one-hour series on WFMT radio, Chi cago, Morath wrote The Road to Ragtime and The NPR’s Curious Listener’s Guide to Popular Standards. Five of his CDs are still available: Living a Ragtime Life, Real Ameri can Folk Songs, the double album Presenting That Celebrated Maestro/Oh Play That Thing, The Ragtime Era and One for the Road. — Ibid., summer 2007, page 12; website: www. maxmorath.com

KEN WELCH, CARNEGIE MELLON 1947 An Emmy-winning television writer, lyricist and composer, Welch won the first of four Emmys in 1974 for his musical direction of Barbra Streisand and Other Musical InstruIbid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: F aith fu l H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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merits. He also won in 1976 for special music material on The Carol Burnett Show; in 1976 for special material for Ben Vereen, His Roots; and in 1981 for Linda in Wonder land (outstanding music and lyrics). He also worked on television specials for other stars, including Bing Crosby, Duke Ellington, Olivia Newton John, Burt Bacharach and Petula Clark. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64

ANTHONY (TONY) LAVELLI, JR., YALE 1949 Born in 1926, Lavelli was a musical performer who first played on NBC at age 12. A four-time, All-American collegiate basketball player, he per formed on radio and appeared on early television shows with Eddie Fisher, Patti Page and Donald O’Connor. He developed the Tony Lavelli One-Man Show — a musician-athlete blending two talents in a novelty show — af ter touring with the Harlem Globetrotters for several years as the opposing team player-coach. Lavelli recorded sev eral albums of accordion music in the 1950s and made appearances on the Ed Sullivan and Steve Allen shows. — Ibid., June 1960, pages 476-477; fall 1994, page 60. Lavelli died in 1998 in Laconin, N.H.

WILSON STONE, NORTHWESTERN 1949 A composer and author who collaborated with Burt Bacharach and Victor Young, Stone worked as a writer of nightclub reviews, Broadway shows, film and television. His songs included Sabrina, the theme for the film War and Peace, Back in the Old Routine and Who’s Gonna Be My Sunshine. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64

JESS THOMAS, NEBRASKA 1948 Born in Hot Springs, S.D., in 1927, Thomas was an operatic heldentenor internation ally acclaimed for his Wagnerian roles. He was a college boxer, rugby and football player. After working four years as a high school counselor, he studied psychology at Stanford University before taking up a full-time operatic career in the 1950s, which led to global fame in the works of Wagner, Beethoven, Verdi, Puccini and Richard Strauss. He ap peared regularly at New York’s Metropolitan and in Chi cago, San Francisco, Buenos Aires, Rio de Janiero, the Vienna State Opera and on virtually every significant stage in the world. He appeared in 57 operas, opening three festivals in one summer in Vienna, Munich and Salzburg. “Studying Wagner roles is like peeling an onion,” Tho mas said in 1971. “Beneath the first layer is another and Jess Thomas

another until you reach the center, then . . . Infinity.” He

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retired in 1982. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64 Among the heavier Wagnerian roles, Tristan was the one that suited Thomas best. He retired from singing in 1982 and returned to his original vocation — teaching and practic ing psychology in San Francisco. Nebraska Beta honors were accorded him with a Jess Thomas Day. He died in 1993 in Tiburon, Calif. — Ibid., Feb. 1964, page 306-307; June 1967, page 436: winter 1994, page 53

STEPHEN JOSHUA SONDHEIM, WILLIAMS 1950 A world-renowned composer-lyricist, Sondheim was one of five luminaries in perform ing arts honored by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1993. He is the only Beta to have received all three of the top honors in entertainment: the Oscar, Emmy and Tony awards. Described as “the man who revolutionized musical theater,” Sondheim was lyricist for West Side Story and Gypsy. He wrote the music and lyrics for A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, Company, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, A Little Night Music, Passion and 2007’s film Sweeney Todd. Sondheim received his first Grammy nomination in 1959 for Small World. At the 49th Grammy Awards in 2007, he was honored one of only three honorees to receive the Trustees Award, a distinct award from the Recording Academy for jndjvicjuais wh0 have contributed significantly to

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Year Grammy for Send in the Clowns. He gained five Tony awards between 1971 and 1988 and received his firs t O scar in 1990 for Sooner or Later. — Ibid., spring 1994, page 69; fall 1994, page 63 Born in New York City during the Depression, he became entranced with mu sic at an early age, playing the piano at seven. After his parents

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mother moved the family to Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929: Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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Doylestown, Pa., near the farm of a family friend, Oscar Hammerstein II. Hamerstein, whose work in the music of South Pacific and The King and I, was a guiding influence on Sondheim. In high school, Stephen wrote his first musicial, By George, and asked for Hammerstein’s opinion. His response: “It’s the worst thing I have ever seen.” Sondheim went on to Williams College on the advice of Hammerstein and studied music. Initiated in 1947, he quickly became a fixture in the Zeta Chapter and on campus. He was chapter secretary and worked in school activities including The Purple Cow, a humor and literary magazine of which he served as editor. He wrote another show while at Willliams, Rainbow, and directed several Beta actors. He did a fair bit of acting himself as an undergraduate, appearing in Antigone and Julius Caesar. But this Phi Beta Kappa’s best days were yet to come. He received the Hutchinson prize, a two-year fellowship to study music and compose and was introduced to Leonard Bernstein, famous orchestra conductor and composer, who gave him his first big break. Bernstein wanted to do an updated version of Romeo and Juliet, so he tapped this young man to write the lyrics for West Side Story. The Sondheim name quickly became synonymous with outstanding musical comedy. His third production, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, starred Zero Mostel and ran for 964 performances. Sondheim again took Broadway by storm in the

Being Alive by Stephen Sondheim Someone to hold you too close / Someone to hurt you too deep / Someone to sit in your chair/A nd ruin your sle e p/A nd make you aware o f being alive. Someone to need you too much / Someone to know you too well / Some one to pull you up short / And put you through hell /A nd give you support for being alive, being alive / Mock me with praise, let me be used / Vary my days, but alone is alone, not alive. Somebody hold me too close / Somebody force me / Somebody make me come through / I’ll always be there /A s frightened as you o f being alive/B eing alive, being alive! Someone you have to let in / Someone whose feelings you spare / Someone who, like it or not, Will want to share a little, a lot o f being alive / Make me alive, make me confused / Mock me with praise, let me be used / Vary my days, but alone is alone, not alive! Somebody crowd me with love / Somebody force me to care / Somebody make me come through / I’ll always be there /A s frightened as you to help us survive / Being alive, being alive, being alive, being alive. Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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early 1970s. His productions of Company and A Little Night Music made him the first ever to win a Tony for best composer and lyricist three years in a row. Winner of Grammys in 1984 and 1986, he has six Tony awards, including his 1979 production of Sweeney Todd. Into the Woods, starring Bernadette Peters, was his 1988 hit. — Ibid., winter 1989, pages 248-249, by Andrew J. Prentice, Michigan State 1985 At his 80th birthday, March 22, 2007, a number of speakers characterized him and his remarkable musical career “from boy wonder to Broadway's aging monarch.” Famous songs include I ’m Still Here, Move On, Beautiful Girls, The Ladies Who Lunch, Does Anyone Still Wear a Hat?, Glamorous Life, Sunday, Losing My Mind, Could I Leave You?, Not a Day Goes By, Pretty Women, A Little Priest, Too Many Mornings and Send in the Clowns.

CARL BOLTE, MISSOURI 1951 Composer and playwright of 24 plays, including the popular one-man show Give ’em Hell, Harry!, Bolte wrote the book Successful Songwriting and composed a large body of songs, including The Most, I ’m Goin’, Oh So Charming, Time and Time Again and April Fool. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59 Bolte joined vocalist James Wright to produce Absolutely Wright and Creative Carl, an easy listening CD full of flowing ballads. A pianist and lyricist, Bolte was the producer of Beta Sings (1970), 12 new verses for the Navy Hymn and owns Holly Productions. — Ibid., fall 2003, page 61

GEORGIA TECHS FOWLER STREET FIVE PLUS ONE Formed in 1951, the popular Georgia Tech ensemble of six undergraduate Betas was described as “one of the best Dixieland bands ever.” They performed throughout the South and were featured at the 1952 Beta Convention at Bigwin Inn, Lake of Bays, Ontario. At Homecoming, Oct. 28, 1995, the group came from all directions to reunite and jam for the dedication of the new chapter house. Also introduced in 1995 was a 60-page booklet, A Cup of Coffee, A Sandwich and You, featuring the ac tivities and highlights of the group’s appearances in the 1950s. Also produced was A Blast from the Past, a 40The Fowler Street Five Plus One featured Hal Graham (trombone), Randy Cabel (piano), Jim Machmer (clarinet); Tom Mayes, (banjo), Jack Fentress (trumpet) and Jim Franklin (bass.)

minute casette of their origi nal tunes. — Ibid., winter 1996, page 21

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RANDY CABELL, GEORGIA TECH 1952, Cabell’s 2003 CD, Dear Mother, I’ve Come Home to Die, Quickstep, features 16 tunes from the only Virginia Confederate Band books to survive the Civil War. Recorded by the Crestmark Military Brass Band, joined by the Crestmark Singers, featured are lusty renditions of old favorites including Bonnie Blue Flag, the music that Beta set to words as Wooglin to the Pledge. Cabell and his wife reside in a log home overlooking the Shenandoah River in Clarke County, Va. — Ibid., fall 2003, page 61

SHELBY L. MOLTER, MIAMI 1954 A lifetime singer and lover of barbershop harmony, Molter’s musical background in cluded training for eight years with the saxophone and seven years with the piano. He sang with the Hudson Heritage quartet, Your Father’s Mustache quartet, the Richmond Virginians, the Dukes of Glouchester and the Poughkeepsie New Yorkers. In the early 1990s, he undertook a task, as General Fraternity song leader, to restore the Fraternity to its historic reputation as “The Singing Fra ternity.” With assistance from Administrative Secretary Steve Becker, Florida 1969, and Earl Hayes, Idaho 1948, he developed a totally new Beta Song Book, for the first time featuring arrangements for four-part vocal harmony, helped produced the Beta CD and developed teaching aids for chapter songleaders. He led many convention cho ruses and in 2005 received Beta’s Sheparson Award for outstanding service to the Fraternity. — Ibid., fall 2005, page 44 Shelby Molter

Molter had a lifetime career with IBM, holding many sig

nificant leadership positions, e.g., national education manager for manufacturing indus try, design of the customer executive education center, manager of education for South east Asia and education manager for China Operations. He and his wife Jan retired to Williamsburg, Va., where he was an advisor in the recolonization and activation of the William & Mary chapter. He died in 2009. — Ibid., sum mer 2008, page 33

BOB WILLIAMS, INDIANA 1956 In 2003, Williams released a compilation of instrumentals that truly fit its title, Ballads for a Rainy Afternoon. With music written by 11 other artists, including George and Ira Gershwin, Oscar Hammerstein and Stephen Sondheim, Williams 1950, quality isn’t hard to come by. Williams’ own soft ballads Paint Me a Rainbow and When You’re Near Bob Williams

rank with the biggest names on the disc. His solo appear

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ances in clubs range from New York City to Chicago. He is pianist, soloist, arranger and accompanist for Keep the Music Playing in 2002, and he issued And at the Piano and Bob Williams in 2005. In 1988, he formed a theater group, Bob Williams and Friends, where he acted as arranger, accompanist, narrator and soloist. A resident of Bloomington, Ind., he was rehearsal and production pianist for Into the Woods and Anything Goes. — Ibid., summer/fall 2002, page 44; fall 2003, page 61; summer 2005, page 32

FLORIDA CHAPTER S WADE BUFF, 1956, AND GENE ADKINSON, 1957 Two Florida Betas — Buff, Adkinson and Lee Turner (see page 66) with Eddie Newsom, comprised the popular singing group, Dreamweavers, in the late 1950s. Wade wrote lyrics and sang; Gene composed music and played an electric baritone ukelele; Turner played piano. Their first hit, It’s Almost Tomorrow, moved to #3 on the charts. — Ibid.., May 1956, page 408

MARLIN K. (MAC) McCUNE, KANSAS 1957 Formerly first chair trumpet in the Kansas University concert band, McCune presents a sound closely tied to the big band tradition of Harry James. His 17-track album, Variety is the Spice of Life, pays tribute to trumpet legends of yesteryear. The recordings were made in a variety of locations — the Nebraska Jazz Or chestra, an all-star group playing everything from bossanova to dixieland jazz in the Sun Belt and a session with popular entertainers for a moving rendition of one of the greatest spirituals of all time. — Ibid., winter 2005, page 53 In 2006, McCune released a new CD, The Horn, featur ing his superb trumpet stylings on 17 songs. Featured are ballads, jazz, Dixieland, country, even a touch of classical music. Among the best-known standards are I Got Rhythm, Mac McCune

When You’re Smilin’, Help Me Make It Through the Night,

The Very Thought of You and Amazing Grace. Backing McCune on 12 tracks are some of Branson, Missouri’s finest musicians; others feature Arizona’s Danny Long Quartet. — Ibid., winter 2007, page 14

DANIEL H. GUERRERO, DENVER 1958 Released in the early 2000s were Danny’s Oh, Danny Boy, which features Irving Ber lin songs, Lara’s Theme, The Entertainer and other favorites. His second CD, Classic Piano Concepts, includes music by Gershwin, Puccini and Liszt along with excerpts from West Side Story, Evita and Fiddler on the Roof. He performs concerts and does studio work. — Ibid., summer/fall 2002, page 45

H. CLAY HART, AMHERST 1958 A singer-composer who was a featured performer on The Lawrence WelkShow, 1969Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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74, Hart wrote Sing Me a Love Song, Child o f the Wind, Colors and Lines and Bring Me Down Slow. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60

LELAND S. TURNER, FLORIDA 1959 A native of Jacksonville, Fla., Turner has been playing piano since age five. His solo album I’ll Fly Away features 14 hymns and gospels played on a C-6 Yamaha 7-foot grand piano. Previously, he recorded Rhapsody in Stained-Glass, I Love a Piano and I Still Love a Piano. A professional pianist since high school, he plays ragtime, Dixieland, Broadway show tunes, standards, classical and gospel. He played piano on The Ed Sullivan Show, while performing with the group The Dreamweavers, Jan. 1, 1956. To day, he and his wife Diane have their own publishing company, Turnersong, and have had more than 200 songs published. His Glory, Hallelujah, Harmony Jubilee! was per formed by the 7,000-voice Jacksonville Billy Graham Crusade Choir. Turner performed piano numbers from his latest album, I’ll Fly away, at Bill and Gloria Gaither’s “Homecoming Friends” tour in Jacksonville, Fla., in 2006. This is his second time performing for the tour. With some 9,000 fans in attendance, Turner received a standing ovation and words of praise from gospel great Bill Gaither. The album features 14 hymns and is Turner’s fourth album. — Ibid., spring 2006, page 10

ROBERT MIMS WILSON, TEXAS 1963 Fora full report on this multi-talented musical and visual artist, see page 112.

ROGER HINCHLIFFE, BOWDOIN1966 In college, Hinchliffe sang and arranged for the Meddiebempsters, soloed with the glee club and sang “Joey, Joey” with Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Symphony. After several years in Latin America with the Peace Corps, he moved to Sweden where he turned professional, recording and touring with his English renditions of great Swedish popular songs. His two musicals are Sweden’s Greatest (1989) and Swedes on Love (1993). — www. Portland Museum of Art

THOMAS D. GRANT, OREGON 1968 Side by Side is Grant’s latest jazz album, the 21st since he started recording in 1976. He has performed for thousands over the years in venues ranging from large concert halls in Europe to bars in his hometown of Portland. In 1997, he was named a Steinway artist, the first jazz musician from the Pacific Northwest to be so honored. He started his own record label, Nuwrinkle, in 2001. — Ibid., spring 2006, page 12

ALDON RANDALL BRAMBLETT, NORTH CAROLINA 1970 “One of the most talented and prolific songwriters I know,” said R.E.M.’s Bill Berry of Randall Bramblett, whose solo career began in the mid-1970s with two critically ac claimed Polydor Records’ albums: That Other Mile and Light o f the Night. Earlier he was with Capricorn Records, where he worked with Gregg Allman, more recently with Steve Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas of Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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Winwood. Currently, he tours with his own band. “The rare combination of songwriting and musicianship makes the Randall Bramblett Band so unique,” noted one website.

DAVID M. SCHIMMEL, OKLAHOMA 1971 A frequent conductor of ensembles in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, Schimmel is on the faculty of Mountain View College, Dallas, teaching music theory, composition and piano. The summer of 1977 marked a pivotal point in the shaping of his career as a composer/ conductor. He was on fellowship to the Berkshire Music Center, Tanglewood, Mass., where he studied composition. He also studied conducting with Seiji Ozawa and Leonard Bernstein. He was commissioned to write ballets for the San Francisco Ballet and the Dallas Civic Ballet, an orchestral work for the Puerto Rico Symphony and a chamber work for the San Francisco Contemporary Chamber Players. — Ibid., winter 1979, page 260

PAUL WORLEY, VANDERBILT 1972 A major player in the Nashville country music scene for several decades, Worley has been a partner in Skyline Music Publishing since 2004. After starting as a studio guitar ist, he was produced CDs by Martina McBride, Willie Nelson, Sarah Evans, Pam Tillis, BR5-49, Colin Raye, Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Little Big Town, Ricky Van Shelton, John Anderson and two Grammy winning records for the Dixie Chicks. He produced and played electric guitar on The Wreckers’ debut CD, Stand Still, Look Pretty. At the 54th Grammy Awards (2012) his “Own the Night” album, which he produced for Lady Antebellum, received the award for Album of the Year. At the 44th Country Music Association’s awards (2010), his Need You Now, which he produced both the song and the album, were nominated for Song and Album of the Year. — Ibid., fall 2006, page 10; spring 2011, page 12

RANDALL WILSON, KANSAS 1982 Drummer “Hawk” Shaw (Randall Wilson) and his band, BR5-49, are best known for their country revivalism, collecting a Grammy nomination for Best Country Performance by a Duo or Group in 1997. Keeping to a heavy touring schedule, including Europe and Japan, the band appeared on Conan O'Brien and David Letterman, earning rave re views from the New York Times and USA Today. — Ibid., spring 1998, pages 28-29 With country group BR549, who released its sixth album/CD Dog Days in 2006 and made a return trip to the Lillehammer Rhythm & Roots Festival in Norway, Wilson joined the group as its drummer and backing vocalist in 1992. The band mixes headline clubs with opening supporting acts from rock-and-roll to contemporary country such as Smash ing Pumpkins, Faith Hill Bob Dylan and Alan Jackson.— Ibid., winter 2007, page 14

W. STANTON LANIER, GEORGIA TECH 1986 Known as the Pianist of Peace, Lanier released his fourth album, The Voice, featuring the vocals of Noah Wilding and accompaniment by cellist Eugene Friesen. His previous releases were Walk in the Light (2001), Still Waters (2002) and Draw Near. Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The B eta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

BETAS IN THE ARTS Lanier’s piano career began with lessons at age six and writing his first song at 14. He has performed before some 10,000 people and sold some 10,000 CDs in 45 states and eight countries.— Ibid., spring 2003, page 37; spring 2006, page 9

MISSOURI S JOHN T. MCMULLAN 1985, MICHAEL ASTRACHAN 1988 AND BRIAN MITCHELL 1978 The five-man pop group, The Trend, is composed of Stanton Lanier

four University of Missouri alumni (including three Betas) and one high schooler, who played the university Greek

Week finale to rave reviews. Area radio stations began playing their songs. Their album The Trend made Billboard magazine’s “Top Album Picks,” fueled book-laden tunes like (I Feel Like A) Dictionary and Girl at the Holiday Inn. — Ibid., summer 2007, page 13

CHRISTOPHER D. ATKINSON, PENN STATE 1987 “In Arkansas, little boys don’t get pacifiers, they get duck calls,” reported Atkinson, four-time World Duck-Calling Championship qualifier. Introduced to the art at the age of seven by his father, Douglas B. Atkinson, Purdue 1964, Christopher acquired his first Yellow Labrador Retriever upon graduation from college. Studying the calls closely, he tailored his championship call “so it sounded like a duck,” he said simply. The musical instrument is a hand-held single reed device with which he performs on stage for up to 90 minutes. — Ibid., spring 2003, page 37

JEFF JENSEN, MINNESOTA 1988 Trumpeter Jensen joined pianist Charles Forsberg in producing the inspirational songs of faith on A Simple Prayer. The instrumental collection includes Amazing Grace, America the Beautiful and Christ the Lord is Risen Today among the 19 tracks on the album. Jensen teaches music and leads his bands Vanguard Variety Band and J.P. Jazz Or chestra. — Ibid., fall 2004, page 61

MELVERN RIVERS RUTHERFORD, MISSISSIPPI 1989 An American country music songwriter, Rutherford has composed several number one country hits, including Brooks and Dunn’s Ain’t Nothing ’Bout You (2001), Real Good Man by Tim McGraw (2003), If You Ever Stop Lovin’ Me (2004) by Montgomery Gentry, When I Get Where I ’m Going by Brad Paisley and Dolly Parton, Ladies Love Country Boys by Trace Atkins and These are My People by Rodney Adkins. Other top songs include Homewrecker by Gretchen Wilson (2005) and Kenny Chesney's Living in Fast Forward (2006). Rutherford plays as well as he composes, opening five concerts for Gretchen Wilson in 2006, including a date at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. He was honored as Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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69 Co-Songwriter of the Year at the ASCAP Awards in Octo ber 2006 and performed When I Get Where I’m Going on the CMT telecast of the awards show. — Ibid., winter2007, page 14 Born in Memphis in 1967, he began his songwriting ca reer in 1996, signing with Universal Publishing. He is known to have composed 28 singles, including When The Lights Go Down, introduced by Faith Hill. Among recent country hits he has co-written: Stealing Cinderella, by Chuck Wicks, and I Can Sleep When I ’m Dead, by Jason

Rivers Rutherford

Michael Carroll. — Ibid., spring 2008, page 12

MARCO DIFELICE, TORONTO 1995 Lead singer of the Canadian-based band superGARAGE, DiFelice began the serious study of music at the age of 12. The band’s name is analogous to the fact that the members were forced to practice at midnight in the basement of the bass player’s father’s automotive shop in their hometown of Thorold. Releases include Duct Tape EP and Self-Titled Debut Album (as of 1997). — Ibid., spring 1998, page 27-28 In early 2000, they released Elvis Was Bigger Than The Beatles. Their single from this record was Sugar. They toured with the Headstones, Big Sugar, I Mother Earth, Barstool Prophets, Matthew Good, Soul Asylum and Green Day. In Canada, they were considered one of the hardest working bands and known as “road warriors.”

ELIAS SORIANO, FLORIDA ATLANTIC 1997 Soriano is lead singer and front man for Fort Lauderdale-based Nonpoint, considered by many to be one of the best live bands in rock during the first decade of the 21st century. Formed in 1997, Nonpoint has produced four CDs, including To The Pain in 2007. They toured with Linkin Park, The Deftones and Mudvayne, playing in the U.S. and U.K. Their remake of Phil Collins’ “In the Air Tonight” is the title song for the film Miami Vice and the group’s 2003 CD, Recoil. — Ibid., summer 2006, page 12

NED BROWER, SMU 1998 Brower is a drummer-vocalist in the rock group Rooney, which completed an 11-city tour with Kelly Clarkson in 2006. The band released its second CD in 2006, which fea tured a hit single, Tell Me. The group also toured with Weezer and the Strokes. — www.rooney-band.com; summer 2007, page 12

PAT GREEN, TEXAS TECH 1998 Born in 1972 and raised in San Antonio, Texas, Green has recorded 10 country al bums. Fifteen of his singles have charted on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts, the highest-peaking Wave on Wave at #3. In 2006, Green released his 10th CD, Can nonball. The initial single from the disc, “Feels Just Like It Should,” reached the top 25 Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

BETAS IN THE ARTS on the country charts. — Ibid., summer 2006, page 12 Green started his music career as an 18-year-old at Texas Tech playing small gigs at bars and clubs around Lubbock. After committing to music, he drew the atten tion of Willie Nelson and joined a tour featuring Nelson and several other famous country musicians.

CHARLES B. (TREY) ERNHARDT III EASTERN KENTUCKY 1999 Released in 2004 was Ernhardt’s CD, These Tears. Pat Green

Described as “modern country with a rock edge to it,” the CD is filled with personal stories woven into melodies. He

began his career playing the piano and singing through school in Mt. Sterling, Ky.

BOWLING GREEN S JIM KOCH, 1998 AND GREG YURONICH, 2001 Prominent guitar-playing members of the Big Creek Band, the Bowling Green broth ers saw the group’s first CD, Dizzy, introduced in 1996. — Ibid., spring 1998, page 29

GRIFFIN HOUSE, MIAMI 2002 Born in 1980, raised in Springfield, Ohio, singer-songwriter House is said to have bought his first guitar for $100 from a friend, turned down a golf scholarship to Ohio University and taught himself to play the guitar and write songs at the Alpha Chapter. His first release was Upland in 2003, followed by Lost and Found in 2004. A 2008 release was the album Flying Upside Down. The 13 original tracks include his first single “Better Than Love,” featured on a CW Network episode of One Tree Hill. The day after the show, more than 10,000 plays were generated on his MySpace page. — Ibid., sum mer/fall 2002, page 45; spring 2008, page 12 House has gained rave reviews as a singer-songwriter. Griffin House

IH1 Senior Vice President Bill Flanagan called him one of the five best emerging songwriters in the U.S. Several

songs from his 2004 CD Lost and Found were featured on network TV shows. “To You Someday” was on the May 6 episode of ABC-TV’s Brothers and Sisters and “New Day” was part of the May 18 episode of the Fox hit Standoff. Earlier in 2007, he sang the national anthem at an L.A. Lakers game, and his video of Waterfall can be seen on his website (www.griffinhousemusic.com). Since 2007, he has been a national headliner. He has toured extensively, opening for Patti Scialfa, Josh Ritter, John Mellencamp, Mat Kearney, the Cranberries and Ron Sexsmith. — Ibid., summer 2007, page 12

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JEAN-CHRISTOPHE DOBRZELEWSKI MAINE 2002 Trumpeter Dobrzelewskl, his brother Jan on violin and organist Guy Whatley playing both baroque and contemporary pieces by Bach, Vivalde and others, issued a double CD entitled Triptyque Renewal in 2006. In 2005, he had been joined by trumpeter Joshua Whitehouse and organist Guy Whatley to create the unique sounds of Triptyque: Trum pets and Organ. Since 1998, he has performed more than 500 recitals with orchestra, organ, brass quintet and other chamber ensembles in the U.S., France, Switzerland, Costa Rica and El Salvador. — Ibid., spring 2005, page 33; fall 2006, page 10

BRANDON JOHNSON, BAYLOR 2004 After two smaller releases, Johnson made his A-level debut with his album Scream. A unique blend of alternative country and rock, the album features all original composi tions. He and his Back Porch Band, formed in college, were honored as the best colle giate band by the National Pan-Hellenic Council in 2001. — Ibid., fall 2005, page 9

KHALIL SAVARY, COLUMBIA 2007 On his Best Piano Classics, Savary performs seven classic composi tions by Chopin, Mozart, Beethoven and Bach. Playing the piano since age four, he studied at Long Island Conservatory and was lead pianist for the Conservatory’s Youth Orchestra at age 14. — Ibid, fall 2004, page 61

JOSH PAULUS, DAYTON 2009 Paulus (right), who has a masters degree from Northwestern University, is the third chair French horn in the Louisiana Sym phony Orchestra.

P rom inent in the Museum, opposite the front entrance of the Beta Theta Pi Administrative Office in Oxford, is this e x h ib it fe a tu rin g Beta songs, com posers and poets. Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930', Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: F aith fu l H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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JOURNALISTS, AUTHORS, WRITERS, POETS Both prose and poetry have graced the books, magazine and other printed matter since the fine example o f the founder below. Attorney Knox made no apologies for his deference to putting his pen to poesy, particularly as it pertained to his beloved Isabel.

JOHN REILY KNOX, MIAMH839, OF EVER HONORED MEMORY No. 1 on the founding roll of ESeta Theta Pi, Knox was a successful lawyer in Greenville, Ohio. He was also known for his boyhood poems, lines described as “not rich in techni cal construction as poetry, perse, but written from the heart of the top graduate of the class of 1839 at Miami University. For example, in 1842, he penned this love poem to Isabelle S. Briggs, who would become his bride of more than 50 years: I’ve often thought and wondered too, How Love, such funning things could do: Of some of his exploits to hear: And oft I ’ve smirked at lovers’ folly And laughed too at their melancholy. But that was all before I fell So deep in love with Isabel. John Reily Knox

From Liberty, Miss., where he was teaching school, he

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wrote Isabelle on Feb. 14 (Valentine’s Day), 1842, a long poem of 11 stanzas entitled “To a Ringlet: The Only Constant in a World of Change," and from his distant post he says in his last stanza: Then the days that are past are all with me again, And the hours that long have gone by, And the face o f the absent is loveliest then, When ’tis seen by Love’s longing eye And though far in the bright sunny South I may dwell My heart is in Greenville with sweet Isabel. And in 1843, he wrote “To I from R.” A year has come, a year has gone, Since first we vowed to love forever: And autumn’s blasts are sweeping down Each green thing from its summer home; Oh may the leaves that fall away See in our Love no dull decay, But evergreen it still may be, And ever bloom for thou and me, Till death our life and love shall sever. —

Ibid., Vol. 79, pages 242-2

ROBERT PEEBLES NEVIN, WASHINGTON & JEFFERSON 1842 A noted journalist of Pittsburgh, Pa., he established the Pittsburgh Daily Leader in 1870 and the Pittsburgh Times in 1880. He was a frequent contributor to the monthly periodicals, notably Lippincotts and the Atlantic, and was a prolific writer of stories of adventure, including Tom the Tinker, Black Robes, Les Trois Rois, In the Wilderness, Tracks o f a Traveler and About a Dog. He died in Sewickley, Pa., in 1908.

W.A.P. MARTIN, INDIANA 1846 Author of the most respected work on “China,” he translated many important books.

WILLIAM TURNER COGGESHALL, OHIO 1854 The state librarian of Ohio, 1856-65, Coggeshall was a colonel on the staff of Gover nor Dennison of Ohio (1861-62), and of Governor Cox in 1866. He was editor of the Springfield, Ohio, Republic (1862-65), and the Ohio State Journal (1865-66). In 1866, he was appointed U.S. Minister to Ecuador, dying at his post in Quito on Aug. 2, 1867. He was a voluminous writer, the author of Signs o f the Times, Easy Warren and His Con temporaries, Oakshaw, Home Hits and Hints, Poets and Poetry in the West and Stories of Frontier Adventures.

MELVILLE DELANCY LANDON, COLGATE 1861 Born in Eaton, N.Y., in 1839, Landon was better known by his pseudonym, “Eli Perkins.” ihiH

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A contemporary of Mark Twain, he once vied with him for public applause. Educated at Madison (now Colgate) University and Union College Mass. (1862), he served in Gen. Cassius Marcellus Clay’s “Clay Battalion” during the Civil War, eventually being pro moted to major and resigning in 1864. In 1870, he published the first Eli Perkins book, Saratoga in 1901, followed by The History of the Franco-Prussian War; Wit, Humor and Pathos; Wit and Humor o f the Age; Kings of Platform and Pulpit; Thirty Years o f Wit; Fun and Fact; China and Japan and Eli Perkins on Money. He died in 1910.

JOHN SERGEANT WISE, VIRGINIA 1867 Graduating in law from the University of Virginia, Wise previously was a student at Virginia Military Institute and, as a cadet, was wounded at the famous Battle of New Market (1864). He was a U.S. attorney for Virginia’s east ern district (1881-83), served one term as a U.S. Repre sentative (1883-85) and was nominated for governor of Virginia in 1885 but was defeated. In 1888, he moved to New York and practiced law. Wise was the author of The Old-fashioned Man’s Let ters, The End o f an Era (considered by many to be the best book of reflections of the Civil War), Doomed, The Lion’s Skin, Recollections o f Thirteen Presidents and Citi John Sergeant Wise

zenship. A prolific contributor to the periodical press, he jn Maryland in 1913.

JOSEPH SALATHIEL TUNISON, DENISON 1873 A lifelong journalist, Tunison was on the staff of the Cincinnati Gazette (1874-83), telegraph editor of the New York Tribune (1884-96), editor of the Ohio State Journal (1901-03) and editor of the Dayton Journal (1903-07). Thereafter, he wrote indepen dently for numerous periodicals. He authored a number of books, among them Master Virgil, The Sapphic Stanza and Dramatic Traditions o f the Dark Ages. He also wrote Fraternity songs Gemma Nostra (see page 162J and the Beta Doxology (see page 145).

FRANKLIN GEORGE CARPENTER, WOOSTER 1877 A newspaper writer and traveling correspondent for different journals, Carpenter was the Washington correspondent for the Cleveland Leader in 1882. In 1888-89, he made a trip around the world for a newspaper and magazine syndicate. He wrote a series of geographical readers covering Asia, North America, South America, Europe, Australia, Africa and Our Colonies and Other Islands o f the Seas. He also published Through Asia with the Children, Through North America with the Children, How the World is Fed, How the World is Clothed, How the World is Housed and South America.

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SAM WALTER FOSS, BROWN 1882* Editor of the Lynn, Mass., Saturday Union (1883-87), he achieved a great reputation as a humorist and poet. He was editor of the Yankee Blade and a regular contributor to Puck, Judge and the New York Sun (1887-94), and one of the editors of the Boston Globe. From 1898 to 1922, he was librarian of the public library at Sommerville, Mass. He was the author of Back Country Poems, Whiffs from Wild Meadows, Dreams in Homespun, Songs o f War and Peace and Songs of the Average Man. He wrote the Fra ternity song Good Betas Sing Forever. A Phi Beta Kappa, Foss wrote the lines for The Call o f the Trumpets in 1911, first published in The Beta Theta Pi. It was said that he wrote the lines the night before he expected to undergo an operation which might have meant his death. But it is with thoughts of life that the question comes: To what are the trumpets calling us as a Fraternity? Two of the stanSam Foss

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The trumpets were calling me over the Range, And I was a youth and was strong for the strife; And I was full fain for the new and the strange, And mad for the tumult o f life. And I heard the loud trumpets that blew for the fray, In the spell o f their magic and madness was dumb; And I said, “I will follow by night and day, The trumpets are calling — I come. — Ibid. 3, pages 98 and 300 Foss was renowned as “the chief justice of poetry,” “the funny poet,” “the serio-humorist poet” but mostly he was probably Beta’s most-published poet. Born in Candia, N.H., in 1858, he worked on the family farm until he was 15. He became known as the boy who read a book written by a man called Emerson. He was the class poet at Brown University and editor of the Lynn Saturday Union (1883-87), where he ran a weekly “funny column.” While there, he originated the so-called long-tailed style of poetry — enormously long lines and long words. For a year after leaving The Union he was a freelancer and wrote humorous verse for every comic paper in the land. He wrote three or four poems a day, never less than two, and his work displayed a wonderful amount of originality and poetic genius. In 1887, he became editor of Boston’s Yankee Blade. He wrote for a syndicate of Sunday papers, also continuing his work as editorial writer on the Boston Globe (1889-95). *Fraternity records are less that reliable prior to 1900. Occasionally, class dates must be extrapolated from initiation dates, i.e., add thr ee to five years to the initiation date. In other cases, e.g., Sam Foss, a reference to him in Beta Lore, page 300, offered the correct date (1882). Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta B ook,1930\ Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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In a sense, he was born a-singing. This gift had, with a keen sense of humor, a cheer ing philosophy and a high aim to leave things a little better than he found them. This poem exemplifies his humor and personality:

The Men Who Miss The Train I loaf aroun’ the depo’jest to see the Pullman scoot, And to see the people scamper w ’en they hear the enginer toot; But w ’at makes the most impression on my som’w’at active brain Is the careless men who get there jest in time to miss the train. They rush down to the station, with their hair all stood on end, /As the platform o f the tail-end cargoes whirlin’ round the bend; And some men groan an ’ cry aloud, an ’ some conceal their pain, W’en they find that they have got there je st in time to miss the train. But the cars puff through the valleys, an’ go a-whirlin’ by A n’ float their banners o f white smoke like the flags o f victory; They leap the flowin’ rivers, an’ through the tunnels grope A n’ cross the Mountain of Despair to the Tableland of Hope. The Grand Trunk railroad of success, it runs through every clime, But the cars of opportunity they go on schedule time; A n ’ never are their brakes reversed; they won’t back up again To take the men who get there jest in time to miss the train.

Winter A heartless lien upon the year Is held by Winter hoar; A mortgage and a heartless lien As told hereinbefore. Bright Summer now dispossessed, No more her face entrances; Gone with her chattels and effects, And her appurtenances.

Yes, Summer gives a quitclaim deed Of all her rosy dower; A well-attested bill o f sale Of fountain, fruit and flower; Of all her earthly goods, to wit, Buds, leaves, streams, held by her, And Winter is appointed heir And sole executor.

Under the headline “A New England Poet,” the Chicago Times published: “The serio comic poems of S.W. Foss are known wherever the English language is spoken, and yet who knows anything about Foss himself? . . . He worked his way through Brown University, standing very near one end of his class — which end he positively refuses to state. At any rate, he was ‘class poet.’ “Mr. Foss is of a retiring disposition and enjoys home life and his rollicking two-yearold boy better than club life or society. His poems are all written in his editorial office, subject to the usual interruptions. He prefers to write serio-comic rather than purely comic verse, and in his line he has no equal. The announcement that he will issue a volume of poems this fall is of interest to all lovers of good dialect verse.”

ALBERT SHAW, JOHNS HOPKINS 1884 One of the most noted figures in the world of American journalism, Shaw founded his own magazine, the successful American Review, in 1891. He received his AB from Iowa Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5; Beta Lore, 1928;

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College (now Grinnell University) and his PhD from Johns Hopkins. He was editor of the Minneapolis Tribune before he established the Review o f Reviews, which won an impor tant place among American periodicals. — Ibid., Vo163, page 327; Ibid 4, page 337

JOSEPH ALEXANDER ALTSHELER, VANDERBILT 1885 An editor of the New York World, Altsheler proved to be a prolific author, publishing among others the novels The Sun of Saratoga, A Soldier of Manhattan, Herald of the West, The Last Rebel, In Circling Camps, In Hostile Red, The Wilderness Road, My Captive, Before the Dawn, Guthrie of the Times, The Candidate, The Young Trailers, The Forest Runners, The Recovery, The Free Rangers, The Last o f the Chiefs, The Riflemen o f the Ohio, The Scouts o f the Valley, The Border Watch, The Quest of the Hour, The Texas Star, The Run, The Gems o f Shiloh and The Horseman o f the Plains.

JAMES EATON TOWER, AMHERST 1885 A career journalist, Tower settled in Springfield, Mass., where he did editorial work for the Orange Judd and Phelps publishing companies. For a number of years, he was editor of Good Housekeeping magazine.

BERNARD BERENSON, BOSTON/HARVARD 1887 Acknowledged as the greatest living art critic of his time, Berenson resided in Flo rence, Italy, from 1924 until his death. He was born in Lithuania in 1865. A close friend of Henry James, Edith Wharton and William James, he authored a number of books on Italian art. — Ibid., May 1958, page 413

HENRY MORROW HYDE, BELOIT 1888 A journalist and editorial writer for the Chicago Tribune and Harper’s Weekly, he was also editor of Technical World. A resident of Blenheim, Va., he wrote a large number of boy’s books, including Animal Alphabet, One Forty Two, Confessions of a Reformed Messenger Boy, Through the State Door, The Buccaneers and The Upstart.

THOMAS FRANKLIN FAIRFAX MILLARD, MISSOUR11888 One of the foremost American authorities on the Far East, Millard was the first Ameri can to be appointed a political advisor to the Chinese National Government. Engaged in chronicling wars and international affairs for 43 years, he began his career reporting Indian fights in the U.S. West. In the 1890s, he was Sunday editor of the New York Herald. Later, he was a war correspondent in the Graeco-Turkish, Boer and SpanishAmerican wars, Chinese Boxer uprising, Russo-Japanese War, World War I and the Japan-China War. Millard was an unofficial advisor to the Chinese at the Paris Peace Conference in 1919. Author of China: Where It Is Today and Why and six other books on the Far East, he was “dean” of American newspapermen in the Far East. It was said that “almost every body in China knew Tom Millard, and the majority loved and respected him.” In 1936, he received the Order of the Jade from the Chinese Government. He died in 1942 in Se•jqq/t

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attle. — Ibid., Vol 70, page 178

ERNEST ASHTON SMITH, OHIO WESLEYAN 1888 A writer of much promise, he became president of the University of Toledo. Among his books are The History o f the Confederate Treasury, Hildebrand the Builder, The Diplo matic Contest for the Ohio Valley, Martin Ruter, Bishop Calvin Kingsley and a college history, Allegheny: A Century o f Education. — Ibid. 4, page 337

EDWIN LEGRAND SABIN, IOWA 1892 A Phi Beta Kappa, Sabin was a highly published author, a historian of the Old West and a literary critic. His books included: Making o f Iowa, The Magic Mashie, Beaufort Chums, When You Were a Boy, Bar B Boys, Range and Trail, Circle K, Old Four Toes, On the Plains with Custer, Kit Carson Days and other boy’s books. A native of Illinois, he was a resident of La Jolla, Calif. — Ibid., Vol 80, page 574

EDWARD SCOTT BECK, MICHIGAN 1893 Former managing editor and assistant editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune, Beck died Christmas day, 1942, bringing to a close a journalistic career that influenced the lives of millions for half-a-century. At age eight, he was a printer’s devil on his father’s newspaper, the Holton (Kan.) Recorder. — Ibid., Vol. 70, pages 418-419

JAMES O’DONNELL BENNETT, MICHIGAN 1893 One of the best-known World War I correspondents, Bennett died in 1940. At the beginning of the war, he was sent to London by the Chicago Tribune. Then followed an experience in Brussels, where with three other correspondents, he was arrested by the German army. Later, however, Bennett got into Germany and remained there until the U.S. entered the war. During U.S. participation in the war, he was in Stockholm, writing popular and entertaining material. In 1918, he returned to Chicago and became Chicago’s leading dramatic critic. — Ibid., Vol. 67, page 790 Announcing Bennett’s retirement from the Chicago Tribune to devote himself to “lei sure and books. I shall relax, take things easily and enjoy myself. There will be work, too, the kind I like.” The Tri bune said: “For 46 years Mr. Bennett has been in news paper work as a re porter,

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spondent. He was one of the first Americans to cable eyewitness accounts of World War I. Some of his articles are regarded as classics of accurate and vivid reporting . . . ” — Ibid., Vol. 66, page 353

CHARLES AUGUSTUS KEELER, CALIFORNIA 1894 An author and poet in Berkeley, Calif., Keeler was author of Evolution o f the Colors of North America Land Birds, Southern California, Bird Notes Afield, San Francisco and Thereabouts, Tahiti, The Golden, The Simple Home, The Triumph o f Light, San Fran cisco Through Earthquake and Fire, The Promise o f the Ages, The Siege of the Golden City, Idyls of El Dorado, A Wanderer’s Song of the Sea and Elfin Songs o f Sunland.

GEORGE PUTNAM, NEBRASKA 1895 Editor emeritus of the Salem (Ore.) Capital Journal, Putnam died in 1961 as fire de stroyed his home. A crusading editor/publisher, he followed his creed: “A newspaper without enemies has no friends.” He founded The Spokane Press (1902), The Medford Tribune and The Jacksonville Times (both in 1907J. In 1910, he bought The MorningMedford Mail, consolidating the two papers as The Mail Tribune. He sold the Medford paper when he bought the Salem Capital Journal in 1919. — Ibid., Jan. 1962, page 268

CHARLES FLEMING EMBREE, WABASH 1896 A longtime resident of Santa Ana, Calif., Embree wrote two novels, For the Love of Tonita and A Dream of a Throne, which were favorably received. He died in 1905.

ARTHUR H. QUINN, PENNSYLVANIA 1894 Among active writers in the early 20th century, familiar names included Quinn. (No further information learned.) — Ibid. 4, page 337

HENRY JUSTIN SMITH, CHICAGO 1896 Managing editor of the Chicago Daily News, Smith died in 1936 at age 60. Kindly, quiet, urbane, he exerted a powerful influence behind the scenes of the great newspa per he helped make great. Three years after graduation, he joined the Daily News and rose to become managing editor. In 1919, he published his first novel, The Other Side of the Wall, followed by Deadlines, Josslyn, Innocents Aloft, Poor Devil, Chicago: The His tory o f its Reputation, Chicago a Portrait, Chicago’s Great Century, Senor Zero, Young Phillips, Reporter and Oscar Wilde Discovers America. — Ibid., Vol. 63, pages 510-512

GEORGE HELGESON FITCH, KNOX 1897 A famous writer, author and humorist, Fitch was given tributes at his death in 1915 at age 39 in his hometown of Peoria, III., many sent by the best-known writers of the day. Every writer praised him with highest tribute to Fitch as a man. Said one, “He always put principle above precedent.” He became widely known when his book of rollicking col lege stories, At Good Old Siwash, was published in 1911, which told of his experiences at Knox College. In his book he related the exploits of Ole Skjarsen, the famous Swede, and those of the mythical Eta Bita Pie fraternity. -ru~

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Fitch began his career in newspapers. Later, for four years, was special writer to The Nonpariel, Council Bluffs, Iowa, then to the Peoria Herald. Widely noted as a humorist, he was president, American Press Humorists. — Ibid., Oct. 1915, pages 26-27

SAMUEL McCUNE LINDSAY, PENNSYLVANIA 1899 Lindsay, professor of sociology at Columbia and former Commissioner of Education of Puerto Rico, was an “active Beta writer with a familiar name.” — Ibid. 4, page 337

EARL CHAPIN MAY, WISCONSIN 1898 Among the earliest writers of industrial history, May traveled and lectured. He was a cornetistand press agent for the old W.B. Reynolds and Ringling Brothers Circuses. He was best-known for his book The Circus: From Rome to Ringling (1938). Others: Model Railroads in the Home (1939); The Railroad Trackwalker (1943); Century o f Silver, Con necticut Yankees and their Noble Metal (1947); 2000 Miles Through Chile, Cuddy of the White Tops, Steaming Up, Jockeys Crooks and Kings, The Prairie Pirates and The Circus. — Ibid., Feb. 1961, page 338 May knew circuses intimately. In 1892, even before he entered college, he was on the advertising crew of the W.B. Reynolds circus. An early job with the Minneapolis Journal was to “cover the railroad run” in Minneapolis. As a result, he collaborated with Samuel Vauclain of the Baldwin Locomotive Works for a Saturday Evening Post series, “Steam ing Up,” later to become a book. He contributed to The Saturday Evening Post, Country Gentleman, Ladies Home Journal, American, Collier’s, Elks, Pictorial Review, Nation’s Business, Popular Science, Rotarian and World’s Work. — Ibid., Vol. 63, page 368

FREDERIC AUSTIN OGG, DEPAUW 1899 A well-known author in the first half of the 20th century, Off wrote 17 books, mostly texts.

HARRY ALLEN OVERSTREET, CALIFORNIA 1899 A noted author and philosopher, Overstreet died in Falls Church, Va., in 1970 at age 94. He often said that his interest in social causes was stimulated by seeing the condi tion of weekend drunks at San Francisco’s city jail, near where he grew up. His father was a compositor for the San Francisco Bulletin, and young Overstreet worked there to put himself through college. Following graduation he taught at the University of California-Berkeley, then moved across the country to join the faculty at City College of New York where he became head of the philosophy department. His first book, Influencing Human Behavior, was published in 1925. The last, The FBI in Our Open Society, was issued in 1969 and was reviewed in the June 1970 issue of The Beta Theta Pi. In The Mature Mind (1949), he revealed life’s purpose — to awaken the adult to the need for continuing his education and absorbing knowledge about life. What We Must Know About Communism (1958) received nationwide publicity when President Eisenhower was seen with it under his arm leaving the hospital room of former Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who had advised him to read it. Overstreet and Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement. 1914: Ibid. 3: Beta Life: Ibid. 4 The* stnrvn fR eta Thota Pi iq o 7- ih m

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his wife Bonaro conducted nationwide lecture tours, developing a technique referred to as the “Overstreet Colloquy” described by one writer as platform conversation involving spontaneous give-and-take to develop central themes. — Ibid., Jan 1971, page 322

SAMUEL MERWIN, NORTHWESTERN 1900 A widely known novelist and short story writer, Merwin was born in Evanston, III. He began writing as a high school student. When he was 23, he and a college classmate, Henry Kitchell Webster, collaborated on a novel, The Short-Line War (1899), a romance about business life, and they followed this with Calumet K (1901), which sold more than 100,000 copies. In all, Merwin himself produced more than a score of novels, among the better known: Anthony the Absolute (1934), The Honey Bee (1915), The Trufflers( 1916), Tempermental Henry (1917), The Passionate Pilgrim (1919), Hills o f Han ("1920), Silk (1923) and Bad Penny (1933). He died in New York City in 1936.

JAMES HAY, JR., VIRGINIA 1903 Author of many successful novels, Hay died in 1936, at his Washington, DC, home at the age of 55. Born in Harrisonburg, Va., he entered newspaper work upon graduation, becoming White House correspondent for the Washington Times. In 1915, his first novel, The Man Who Forgot, was published, followed by Mrs. Marsden’s Ordeal, The Winning Clue, The Mellwood Mystery, No Clue, The Unlighted House, The Bellamy Case and The Washington Affair. In 1931-32, he managed the nationwide magazine publicity cam paign for the George Washington Bicentennial Commission. He was a founder of the National Press Club. — Ibid., Vol 64, pages 202-203

RILEY HARRIS ALLEN, WASHINGTON 1903/CHICAGO 1904 Editor of the Honolulu Star Bulletin for 48 years, in 1958 he was named the University of Washington’s most distinguished alumnus for that year. As an undergraduate, he wrote Alma Mater. He died in 1966. — Ibid., Jan 1967, page 204

OLIVER MARBLE GALE, CALIFORNIA 1904 At the University of California in Berkeley for only one year, he did newspaper work until 1908. He devoted his life to writing stories. A resident of Ventura, Calif., his books included, among others, Princess and Chevalier, On Savage Shores, The Red Frontier, A Rescued Destiny, Duelling for Empire and The Great Republic.

HUBER WILLIAM HURT, IOWA WESLEYAN 1904 Dr. Hurt distinguished himself in education and as an author and editor. He was presi dent of Lombard College and McKendree College. He served more than 25 years in the headquarters of the Boy Scouts of America and was editor of the Boy Scout Handbook. He also edited the College Bluebooklor many years. More recently, he was a professor of education and dean of admissions at Stetson University. — Ibid., March 1967

JOHN HOLLIDAY PERRY, CENTRE 1902/V7RGINIA 1904 Rich and exuberant, still young at 68, still expanding his empire and laying plans to Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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make more money, Perry was a poor Kentucky boy who set his sights on the booming city of Seattle to seek his fortune. When he entered the University of Washington to take graduate work in law, he saw several lots around the campus. He scraped together $250 and bought his first piece of real estate, then sold it for a boomtime profit. He invested again and again, on one deal selling a $250 tract for $25,000. An early legal client was the United Press, headed by James G. Scripps, Pacific Coast press lord, who asked him to take over as counsel for United Press and Scripps’ western papers. “I asked Scripps what my salary would be. He said, T h at’s simple.' He grabbed a pen and wrote, ‘PS. Do what you damn please. You fix your own salary.’” Many years of buying and selling and investing later, he quickly became a millionaire, ultimately acquir ing the vast Scripps chain. Later, he acquired the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, the Jack sonville Journal and the Pensacola Journal. By the 1970s, he was president and princi pal owner of some 25 to 30 corporations that operated 25 newspapers, eight of them dailies, and four radio stations. — Ibid., Vol. 78, pages 125-127

ARTHUR WHEELOCK UPSON, MINNESOTA 1905 A Phi Beta Kappa, Upson studied abroad at Oxford, England, and Weimar, Germany. He returned to the U.S. and became assistant professor of English at University of Minnesota. An author and a poet, he wrote The Sign o f the Harp, Octaves in an Oxford Garden, The City and The Tides o f Spring. He drowned at Lake Bemidji, Minn., in 1908.

RUSSELL DIXON JANNEY, YALE 1906 Janney wrote a short novel, Curtain Call: A Tale o f Old Broadway, and also authored the best selling novel of 1946, The Miracle of the Bells. Curtain Call is a story about Charles Goodard, a veteran figure down on his luck, and what happens when he unex pectedly receives two $1,000 bills as repayment in cash of a loan made years before to a youngster long since successful in Hollywood. — Ibid., Oct. 1957, page 55. Author and theatrical producer, Janney also wrote The Vagabond King. He died in New York in 1963. — Ibid., Vol. 78, page 469; Oct. 1963, page 82

JAMES W. MULROY, CHICAGO 1906 A Pultizer prize winner in journalism in 1924, Mulroy, with another reporter, learned of evidence that helped convict Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb of the murder of Bobby Franks. He joined the Chicago Sun after it was founded in 1941, serving as promotion manager, later as managing editor. He was executive assistant to Illinois Governor Adlai Stevenson (1949-51), who became the democratic nominee for president, losing to Dwight Eisenhower. He died in 1952. — Ibid., Vol. 80, page 84

J. WALLACE PERRY, OKLAHOMA 1907 Editor, El Paso Herald-Post.

CHARLES BERNARD NORDHOFF, STANFORD 1908 Co-author, with James Norman Hall, of Mutiny on the Bounty (1932) and other roman Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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tic South Seas novels, Nordhoff, 60, died in Santa Bar bara, Calif., in 1947. He served in the legendary Lafayette Flying Corps during World War I, with Hall. They trans ferred to the American Air Service (1918) when the U.S. entered the war. After the war, they went to Tahiti where they collected the lore that provided the setting for most of their novels. In Tahiti, Nordhoff married a daughter of a native chieftan in 1920. They had six children. Among other books co-written by Nordoff and Hall were The Hurricane, Pitcairn Island (1934), The Dark River, Men Without Coun try, Men Against the Sea (1934), Hurricane (1935) and Lafayette Escadrille (1920). — Ibid., Vol. 66, page 349; Vol. 75, pages 210-211

DAVID PATTEN, WESLEYAN 1910 Editor, Providence (R.l.) Journal-Bulletin

FELIX RIESENBERG, COLUMBIA 1911 One of a group of explorers and world travelers brought together under the name of The Order o f Adventurers, they broadcast weekly over Radio WJZ, New York City. Other participants: adventurer Admiral Richard Byrd, President Theodore Roosevelt and popular columnist Lowell Thomas. He went to sea in 1896; and, for 11 years, he sailed and steamed as an officer of the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey (1901-02). He went on the Wellman Polar Expedition (1906-07) and was the navigator on the airship America in 1907 in the first attempt to reach the North Pole by dirigible balloon. After graduation, he was an engineer constructing the Catskill Aqueduct, New York City. He went to sea again in 1917 as captain of the USS Newport for three years. He wrote Portrait of New York, Under Sail, The Men on Deck, Standard Seamanship, Bob Graham at Sea P.A.L., Vignettes o f the Sea, Shipmates, Clipper Ships, Log o f the Sea, Early Steamships, The Left Handed Passenger, Cape Horn and his autobiography Liv ing Again. — Ibid., Vol. 67, pages 329-332; Oct. 1964, page 64; spring 1989, page 327

SIDNEY COE HOWARD, CALIFORNIA 1912 One of the most distinguished American playwrights and film scenarists, Howard was a Pulitzer Prize winner in 1925 for They Knew What They Wanted. He was a leading figure in the contemporary theatre. He worked in newspapers during his early years and was a prolific writer (and/or translator) of successful plays: Swords (1921), Casanova (1923) from Spanish, Sancho Panza (1924) from Hungarian, The Last Night of Don Juan (1925) from French, Marseilles from French and The Late Christopher Bean from French. Others: Half Gods (1929); Didsworth( 1934); Yellow Jack (1934); Paths of Glory (1935); Madam Will You Take a Walk? (1939). His Hollywood scripts included Bull Dog Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The B eta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9. F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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Drummond, Condemned, Raffles, A Lady to Love, The Greeks Have a Name for It, Arrowsmith, Gone With the Wind, The Silver Cord and Christopher Bean.

OSCAR S. STAUFFER, KANSAS 1912 Editor, Topeka (Kan.) State Journal

GAIL IRWIN GARDNER, DARTMOUTH 1914 A former Skull Valley rancher and a pioneer in cowboy poetry, Gardner died in 1988 at age 95 in the same Prescott, Ariz., home where he had been born. He was known best for The Sierry Petes, about two inebriated cowboys who meet the devil, brand him, tie knots in his tail and lash him to a Blackjack Oak. It had been written as Gardner rode a train to Washington to enlist iri the army in 1917. Afriend put music to the verse a couple of years later after hearing Gardner read it to a child in a hospital. At the annual Cowboy Poetry Gathering in 1988 at Elko, Nev., a crowd of 7,500 from 18 states and Canada honored the absent Gardner. A stage full of cowboy musicians, poets and entertainers paid tribute to him at two sold-out performances, playing a video of his greeting to the cheering audience. Some of his better-known works included The Cowman’s Trouble and Arizona August. “Gardner was quite a real-for-sure cowboy,” wrote Richard F. Reynolds, DePauw 1935, Scottsdale writer-producer. “He was part of the documentary film I made about folks who lived here in the Territorial days, before 1912.” — Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

LOYAL DURAND HOTCHKISS, IOWA WESLEYAN/IOWA 1916 Editor in chief of the Los Angeles Times, he died in 1964, in Los Angeles. His career with the Times began in 1922 as a reporter.

HARVEY CONOVER, WISCONSIN 1916 President and co-founder of Conover-Mast Publications, the giant publishing com pany, Conover drowned when his yacht sunk in 1958. An ambulance driver and pilot in the Franco-American Flying corps in France in World War I, he was wounded in 1918 on a strafing mission with the U.S. Army Air Force; he received the French Croix de Guerre. — Ibid., May 1958, pages 435-436

WENDELL L. WILLKIE, INDIANA 1916 The Republican candidate for U.S. President in 1940, Willkie wrote One World, which some said was the most compelling book urging international peacekeeping after World War II. He received more votes than any of his predecessors but lost to the popular F.D. Roosevelt who was elected to a third term. — Beta Statesmen, pages 30-31

HERMAN FORREST EDWARDS, OREGON 1917 A staff writer for The Oregonian for more than a quarter of a century and its military editor for two decades, he was one of a handful of correspondents in the Pacific on July 25, 1946, who witnessed and wrote about the Bikini atom bomb test. He traveled widely on military reporting duties in the South Pacific, Korea, Japan and the U.S. He died in Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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1964. — Ibid., Oct. 1964, page 63

JOHN KENYON NICHOLSON, WABASH 1917 After 18 months in France with the 1st Army Headquarters as a lieutenant during World War I, Nicholson wrote and produced several one-act plays. The Barker was his first Broadway success. He also wrote Homer Bright, Garden Varieties, The Meal Ticket, Revues, Here’s to Your Health, Two Weeks Off, Tell Me Your Troubles, Taxi, The Ameri can Scene, Torch Song and The Flying Gerados and nine screenplays. Four films were based on his works. He died in the 1980s in New Jersey. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 62

KENNETH WHITNEY ROGERS, SYRACUSE 1917 One of Beta Theta Pi’s most notable composers and poets (see “Musical Arts,” page 53 and “Beta Bards,” page 166). Rogers wrote the lyrics to many favorites in Songs of Beta Theta Pi. He died in 1925; in his obituary he was described by former editor of The Beta Theta Pi, Gordon S. Smyth, Pennsylvania 1918, as “loyal, the most unselfish man I ever knew, save my father. He lived the ideals of ‘love, truth and faith.’ To know him was to love him; to touch his life was to gain inspiration.” Rogers was regarded for his friend liness to all, especially those wearing the Beta badge. — Ibid. 4, page 171 The poem The Light appeared in The Churchman in 1926 and the Waynesboro Recorder-Herald. “In one sense Kenneth Rogers is gone now, and we miss him. In another sense, he is still with us and speaking to us through these words he wrote so near the end,” Smyth added.

The Light The purple haze o f early dawn Is lifting in the twilight sky, Effulgent breaks the sparkling morn; It is the day, and hope is nigh, And youth looks upward to the light; He feels the warmth, the thrill, the love, And journeys forth fo r love is might While clear the light gleams from above. So, in the heat o f noontide hour All sultry with ambition s glow, And conscious o f light-given power Wefight the fight with blow on blow.

May we be worthy o f that fight, May we be cavaliers o f love With eyes fixed ever on the light That leads us on, that gleams above. And as the shadows lay their deeps Beneath the twilight in the west, Some lingering ray o f sunlight leaps Across the dim horizon s crest; May we look up and see that light And know its ray will trail the morn Across horizons, through the night To dawn more glorious, day new-born.

WILLIAM O. DOUGLAS, WHITMAN 1920 The longest-serving jurist on the U.S. Supreme Court — 37 years, 7 months (193975) — Justice Douglas was virtually as well known for his books, 15 in all, seven of which recounted his love of travel and the outdoors. At the age of 78, confined to a wheelchair by a stroke, he spoke to former associates on the bench, suggesting that he lead them on a nature hike along the C&O Railroad tracks as soon as his health im proved. “No, thanks, Bill,” they responded in unison. — Beta Statesmen, pages 36-37

BETAS IN THE ARTS As an undergraduate, he was editor of the Columbia Law Review. Among his more than two dozen books, in cluding a few autobiographical, perhaps half of them about the outdoors and conservation, are Go East, Young Man: The Early Years (1974) and The Court Years (1980). Among books about the jurist, a biographical sketch and a selection of Douglas’ judicial opinions are in Douglas of the Supreme Court: A Selection o f His Opinions (1959). Douglas and the Court are also discussed in John Paul Frank’s The Warren Court (1964); Leo Pfeffer’s This Hon orable Court: A History of the United States Supreme

Court (1965) and Henry Julian Abraham’s Freedom and the Court: Civil Rights and Liberties in the United States (1967). Justice Douglas was honored posthumously with the Beta Theta Pi Oxford Cup in 2011.

EDWARD P.F. EAGAN, DENVER 1920/VALE 1921 Rhodes Scholar and two-sport Olympic Gold Medalist in boxing (1920) and bobsled ding (1932), Eagan teamed with Dr. Joyce Brothers, the television quiz star, to co-author Ten Days to a Successful Memory (1957). The former Beta district chief also joined Dr. Brothers on television as the boxing expert he is. This time, they presented 10 concise lessons on how to develop an efficient memory technique. Eagan draws parallels in the book between the disciplines necessary for achieving athletic and intellectual goals. — Ibid., May 1958, page 389

GEORGE B. GALLOWAY, WESLEYAN 1920 Dr. Galloway was said to be the best-informed person on the historic background, organization, functioning and traditions of the U.S. Congress. His book, Congress at the Crossroads (1946), was suggested as one of the most significant books about the U.S. Government since Bryce’s American Commonwealth. Other Galloway books: Internal Debts of the United States, Industrial Planning Under Codes, Planning for America, America’s Needs and Resources. From 1941, he was chairman of the committee on Congress of the American Political Science Assn. — Ibid., Vol. 75, pages 466-469

CHARLES ARCHIBALD RODGERS, MISSOURn92'l Better known as “Arch” in newspapers, Rodgers died in Mt. Vernon, N.Y, in 1941. He had been foreign editor of the United Press International from 1938 and previously had been an Associated Press correspondent abroad. He also was posted in South America for UPI and Europe for the New York Herald-Tribune. — Ibid., Vol. 69, page 253

WILBUR DWIGHT DUNKEL, INDIANA 1922 An English professor at the University of Rochester for 41 years, he held an MS from Harvard and a PhD from University of Chicago. He lectured on playwrights, including

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Shakespeare and T.S. Elliot, at summer sessions at Princeton Theological Seminary and Butler University. He wrote a biography of British playwright Sir Arthur Pinero and two books, The Dramatic Techniques o f Thomas Middleton and William Lambarde — Elizabethan Jurist. He assisted Karl W. Fischer, Indiana 1925, in background for The Mystics and Beta Theta Pi (See page 135). Founder and editorial board member of Theology Today, he wrote book reviews and a daily column, Literary and Life in 1942 for the Democrat and Chronicle. He died in 1987 in Rochester, N.Y.

RICHARD BROSING FOWLER, WESTMINSTER 1923 Editor and president, Kansas City Star, Kansas City, Mo. — Ibid., Oct. 1967, page 24

EDWARD WILLIAM LEWIS, BOWDOIN 1923 Lewis worked for United Press International in New York, St. Louis and Atlanta before becoming its president. In 1944, he moved to the Washington bureau of the New York Daily News. He also wrote a syndicated Washington column, “Capital Stuff.” He covered the Truman-Churchill-Stalin meeting at Potsdam (1945), U.S. presidential campaigns (1948-68) and events following the assassinations of Robert Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1968). He wrote Come the Revolution (1971) and was a member of the Grid iron Club and National Press Club. He died in 1986 in Washington, DC.

ROBERT C. NOTSON, WILLAMETTE 1924 With The Oregonian in Portland, the state’s largest newspaper, for 50 years, he rose to become managing editor and publisher. — Ibid., April 1976, pages 336-337

JOE WHITNEY SAVAGE, WEST VIRGINIA 1924 Whitney, whose syndicated column appeared in more than 100 newspapers, died in 1974 in Nyack, N.Y. A man of many careers, he was best known nationally for the col umn, “Mirror of Your Mind,” which he wrote for several years. He also was associate editor of King Features, the large syndicate which distributed the column. In addition, he wrote stories which appeared in a number of national magazines including Colliers, Field and Stream and The New Yorker. He also was a writer for Edward R. Murrow’s radio show, This I Believe. — Ibid., June 1974, page 594

H. FORD WILKINS, ST. LAWRENCE 1924 Famed journalist with the New York Times and Manila Bulletin in the Philippines, Wilkins died in 1983 at his home in Babson Park, Fla. After college, he scraped up $25 and purchased a decrepit Ford Model T and headed west. One year later found him in San Francisco signing on as a deck hand on a freighter bound for Honolulu and Hong Kong. Following a brief stretch of reporting in Tien Sien, China, he began his long term in the Philippines with the Manila Ford Wilkins

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short-wave broadcaster. On Dec. 7,1941, his broadcast was interrupted by invading Japanese troops; a month later, as a prisoner of war, he was incarcerated in San Tomas prison compound for the next four-and-a-half years. He became desperately ill with malaria, which soon devel oped into incurable mellitus. When the Islands were liberated in 1945, weighing just 96 pounds, he was transferred on a stretcher to a transport. Regaining his health in the States, he returned to Manila and re-established the Bulletin, becoming managing edi tor. He later became managing director of the Philippine-American Chamber of Com merce in New York City. He retired to Florida in 1969. — Ibid., fall 1984, page 40

NORMAN FITZROY MACLEAN, DARTMOUTH 1924 Maclean was an American author and scholar most noted for his books A River Runs Through It and Other Stories (1976) and Young Men and Fire (1992). He was born in 1902 in Clarinda, Iowa, and died in 1990 in Chicago, III., at age 87. He was the son of Rev. John Maclean, a Scottish Presbyterian minister, who oversaw much of the education of the young Norman and his brother Paul until 1913. The family relocated to Missoula, Mont., in 1909. The following years influenced and inspired his writings, which appeared prominently in the short story The Woods, Books and Truant Officers (1977) and the semi-autobiographical novella A River Runs Through It (1976). Too young to enlist in the military during World War I, Maclean worked in logging camps and for the U.S. Forest Service in what is now the Bitterroot National Forest of Southwestern Montana. The novella USFS 1919: The Ranger, the Cook and a Hole in the Sky and the story “Black Ghost” in Young Men and Fire (1992) are semi-fictionalized accounts of these experiences. At Dartmouth, he was editor of the humor magazine, Darthmouth Jack-O-Lantern; the editor to follow him was Theodor Giesel, better known as Dr. Seuss. Maclean graduated in 1924 and remained in Hanover, N.H., to serve as an in structor until 1926, a time he recalled in “This Quarter I Am Taking McKeon: A Few Remarks on the Art of Teaching.” He began graduate studies in English at the University of Chicago in 1928. Three years later, he was hired as a professor at the University of Chicago, where he went on to receive three Quantrell Awards for Excellence in Un dergraduate Teaching. It was then that Maclean married Jessie Burns, a red-haired Scottish-lrish woman from Hel ena. They had two children: a daughter Jean, a lawyer; and a son John, a journalist and author of Fire on the Mountain: The True Story of the South Canyon Fire (1999). In 1940, Maclean earned his doctorate from Chicago

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where during World War II he was dean of students and director of the Institute on Military Studies and co-authored Manual o f Instruction in Military Maps and Aerial Pho tographs. A scholar of Shakespeare and the Romantic poets, he was William Rainey Harper Professor of English at the university until retiring in 1973, when he began to write down the stories he liked to tell, as his children had often encouraged him. His most acclaimed work, A River Runs Through It, was published in 1976, the first work of fiction published by the University of Chicago Press. This title had nearly unani mous support by critics to receive the Pulitzer Prize in Letters in 1977, but the story — a semi-fictional account of Maclean’s family — was deemed to be too close to real life to be considered fiction. It was adapted into a motion picture in 1992, directed by Robert Redford and released by Columbia Pictures starring Craig Shefferas Maclean, Brad Pitt as the younger brother and Tom Skerritt as the father. U.S. Forester Elers Koch, veteran of the 1910 fire that burned in three states, was a neighbor of Maclean’s on Seeley Lake, Mont., the last 14 years of Maclean’s life. His passion was trying to understand the massive Aug. 5, 1949, fire in Mann Gulch, Mont., which took the lives of 12 smokejumpers. They had died in the same horrid way that men in the Big Burn (North Idaho) had gone to their deaths — “trying to outrun galloping wildfire, trapped on all sides by an explosion of flames, choking on hot gas.” Maclean noted his own “1910-on-the-brain” mentality about why the men had died after all that was learned from the 1910 burn. “Rangers for decades after were on the watch for fear that 1910 might start again and right in their woodpile,” he wrote. “Some even lost their jobs because a fire got away from them.” He referenced the Forest Service’s “10:00 a.m. rule” which dictated that any fire spotted in the course of a working day must be under control by ten o’clock the following morning. It was believed by most to be a losing and futile idea; in practice it proved to be fatal in the case of the 1949 Mann Gulch, Mont. fire. — The Big Burn, 2009, by Timothy Egan, pages 273-279 Maclean’s books and short stories — ending with Young Men and Fire (1992) pub lished posthumously — are noted for their keen adaptation of autobiographical details and lyrical prose. Young Men and Fire, a non-fiction account of the tragic 1949 Mann Gulch forest fire, was the winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award in 1992. In 1991, a renovated church retirement home was turned into Maclean House, a student dormitory at the University of Chicago.

BERTRAND ALBERT ANDREWS, STANFORD 1925 A Pulitzer Prize-winning Washington, DC, chief correspondent for the New York Her ald Tribune, Andrews died in 1952. — Ibid., Vol. 81, page 257, 325-326

ORIEN WESLEY FIFER, JR., DEPAUW 1925 A columnist for the Phoenix Gazette and former managing editor of The Arizona Re public, Fifer spent 18 months with the Indianapolis Star, did a stint as an Associated

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Press correspondent and later joined the Indianapolis News in the early 1930s. He advanced from reporter to assistant managing editor before leaving the News in 1952 to become managing editor of the Republic in 1952 and began writing his daily column for The Gazette in 1966. He died in 1973. — Ibid., Jan. 1974, page 362

JOHN ABEL ASPINWALL, BOWDOIN 1926 A long-time Associated Press newsman and executive, he died in 1981 at his home in Shelter Island Heights, N.Y. He retired in 1968 after 15 years as broadcast news editor, the second person to hold that position for AP. A native of Pittsburgh, he joined AP in Albany, N.Y., in 1935 after having worked as a newsman and teacher in several Hudson River Valley communities. He later was Syracuse correspondent before transferring to New York City headquarters where he was supervisor on the Foreign News desk during World War II. — Ibid., summer 1981, page 468

DAVID M. DELO, LAWRENCE 1926 and DAVID MICHAEL DELO, COLGATE 1960 “Like father, like son,” seems as if it were coined for this Beta pair— so different, yet so indelibly linked. “He has been a geologist and an educator; I was educated as a geolo gist but never worked in the field,” Delo, the son, spoke of his father. “I think geology is our only common interest, other than our belief that the Rocky Mountain West is where our souls belong.” And there was yet another Son of the Dragon forebear— Frank S. Delo, Wittenberg, 1891, a Lutheran missionary. But there is more to this family than a litany of legacies. David Delo, the father, was a Phi Beta Kappa with de grees from Miami, Kansas and Harvard. He was a pub lished author. As president of the University of Tampa, 1958-71, he orchestrated a dynamic program that lifted the struggling university to new heights. Recipient of many awards and honors, Dr. Delo described his years at Tampa in the 1993 book, The Last Rites Never Came: Memoirs o f a College Presidency. Residing in Helena, Mont., Delo, the son, has dozens of magazine and journal articles and a growing number of David and David Delo

books and manuscripts to his credit. He has degrees in

earth science from Antioch and journalism from N.Y.U. When The Beta Theta Pi requested photos from the Delos, each sent the identical picture (above) — in the Medicine Bow Mountains, west of Laramie, Wyo. Noted the younger Delo; “One fall day, he and I stood on a promontory at 10,000 feet to share our mutual love of nature.” That was the year that the venerable archaeologist was “cutting back.” He was headed to a dig after his jaunt to Hawaii to peek into Mauna Loa, then off

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to Greece to finish another book. Delo, Sr., described his son as “a renaissance man.” Indeed, the younger David’s travels have taken him to the iron ore mines of Labrador, the tropics of Panama and the jazz joints of Paris. Now resident in Montana, he has published another novel, The Right Touch (1994). The first, The Yellowstone, Forever! (1998), was followed by a widely praised military-economic history, Peddlers and Post Traders. Touch is “the first in my genre action mystery series,” David says. “It’s my alter ego (David is an ex-counter intelligence agent). Touch makes a living butting heads with corporate espionage, ge netic engineering, land-use controversies, designer drugs, gang warfare and child por nography. It’s sold as ‘light, fast and informative,’ laced with humor, sporadic violence, light sex and social commentary.” — Ibid., fall 1994, pages 69-70; winter 2000, page 6

WILLARD PARKS KING, INDIANA 1926 “Revealed” as author of that popular ditty, Eenie Meeney, Miney Mo, King attended Stanford after leaving Bloomington, Ind. He was a native of Martinsville, Ind. At Indiana University, he took part in several musical reviews sponsored by the Indiana Union and directed by several members of the Pi Chapter. In newspaper work on the coast for several years, he asserted this was his “first song.” — Ibid., Vol. 63, page 392 Eenie Meeney, Miney Mo, catch a tiger by the toe. If he hollers, let him go; Eenie Meeney, Miney Mo.

RICHARD L. MEALAND, PENNSYLVANIA 1926 Author, motion picture executive and magazine editor, Mealand died in 1958 at his home in Old Lyme, Conn., at age 53. His novels included Let Me Do The Talking (1947), The First Person (1950) and Holiday From God (1958). His movies were Always Leave Them Laughing and The Thief of Broadway. He sold numerous stories to Collier’s, The Saturday Evening Post, Good Housekeeping and Today’s Woman. During his career, he held positions with the Toledo Blade, New York Herald-Tribune, Cleveland News, Newark Star-Eagle, New York World and Pictorial Review. He was with Cosmopolitan, editor in London of Nash’s Pall Mall and associate editor of Good Housekeeping. He became eastern story editor for Paramount Pictures (1939), went to Hollywood as head of Paramount’s story and writing department (1944) and on to London in 1951 as man aging director of Paramount British Productions, Ltd. — Ibid., June 1958, page 504

ARTHUR CLARENCE DECK, UTAH 1928 His association with the Salt Lake Tribune spanned more than half a century. He was executive editor of the Tribune for 30 years, reputed as a “tenacious editor who sought perfection.” He guided the Tribune to a Pulitzer Prize for its 1956 coverage on deadline of a midair crash of two airliners over the Grand Canyon. In 1973, he became president of the American Society of Newspaper Editors. He died in 1981 in Salt Lake City.

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CHALMERS GASTON DAVIDSON, DAVIDSON 1928 A prolific writer, Davidson wrote Rural Hill (1943), Cloud Over Catawba (1949), Friend of the People (195(D), Mecklenburg Declaration o f Independence Verse (1950), Pied mont Partisan (1951) which in 1968 was selected for “One Hundred Outstanding Books about North Carolina,” Gaston o f Chester (1956), Plan tation World Around Davidson (1969, 1972, 1982), The Last Foray (1971, 1987), High-Point for ’28 (1978) and two unpublished manuscripts — a novel about Davidson, the school, and a memoir of his tour in the Pacific as a Navy lieutenant during World War II. He was a professor of history, archivist and library director at Davidson. He often said, “Davidson (the school) is a way of life, based on things of the mind, tempered by manners and moral ity.” A former Beta Theta Pi district chief, he died in 1994. Chalmers Davidson

— Ibid., convention 1994, page 45; winter 1996, page 33

JOHN KING FAIRBANK, WISCONSIN 1929 A Harvard history professor who had more influence than any other American on the study and public perception of modern China, he died in 1991. His book United States and China (1948) became the basic primer for Americans wanting to know more about the most populous country in the world. He studied at Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and joined the Harvard faculty in 1936. During World War II, he was in several U.S. government posts in China, including the wartime capital, Chonquing. He also served with the Office of Strategic Services (forerunner of the CIA) before returning to Harvard in 1946 and was director of the U.S. Information Service in China. He wrote and edited more than two dozen books about China. — Ibid., spring 1992, page 274

EDGAR PARKS SNOW, MISSOUR11929 Described as the best-known and best-loved of any American who ever lived in China, Snow died at his home in Switzerland in 1972. Half of his ashes were buried on the campus of Beijing University where the marble marker proclaims him as “American Friend of the Chinese People.” The other half of his ashes were placed in the Hudson River, N.Y. Snow started on a trip around the world in 1928. He stopped in Shanghai, intending to allot four weeks there; but being short of funds, he accepted a position on the staff of the China Weekly Review, an English language newspaper. Becoming inter ested in the people and their problems, he traveled extensively over China and the Far East as a roving correspondent for the Review, staying in the region for 13 years. Later he wrote for the Chicago Tribune, New York Herald Tribune, New York Sun, Time, Life, The Saturday Evening Post, London Daily Herald and other publications. Dedicated to establishing friendship and understanding between America and China,

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he became recognized as the country’s foremost authority on China. In addition to his best-known book, Star Over China, among his other books were Far Eastern Front, Battle for Asia, Journey to the Beginning, The Other Side o f the River — Red China Today and People on Our Side. — Ibid., fall 1982, page 10

ROBERT P. GUNNING, OHIO STATE 1930 In the early 1940s, Gunning set up a new kind of business — one not listed among the 20,000 job classes of the U.S. Census — “Readability Counseling.” Thereafter he worked with scores of publications and industrial companies from coast to coast, helping people with their writing problems. McGraw-Hill published Gunning’s book, The Techniques of Clear Writing, based on the practical experience of hundreds of men and women who were already earning their living writing for newspapers and magazines or in business. Gunning’s 10 principles of clear statement are elaborated in the book, which contains a simple “yardstick” for anyone to check the readability of his/her own writing. He previ ously published Principles o f Clear Writing for Standard Oil Company of N.J. and Clear News Writing for Scripps-Howard newspapers. His organization, Robert Gunning Asso ciates, Columbus, Ohio, was featured in articles in Time, Newsweek and Fortune.

RICHARD H. RALSTON, WEST VIRGINIA 1930 Ralston received the Perley Isaac Reed Achievement Award at West Virginia Univer sity in 1977, which honors those who have distinguished themselves in journalism. He was a distinguished weekly editor and publisher as well as a leader in the West Virginia Press Association for a number of years. — Ibid., fall 1981, page 23

KERMIT H. HUNTER, OHIO STATE 1931 Poet, musician, teacher and playwright, Professor Hunter, PhD, taught literature at a college. He authored the “University Theatre” section of the Encylopedia Britannica and was retired dean of Meadows School of Arts at Southern Methodist University. He wrote more than 40 outdoor historical dramas and was honored by the Cherokee Historical Association for Unto These Hills about the Cherokee Indians. — Ibid., fall 1997, page 8

WILLIAM THOMAS MCCLEERY, NEBRASKA 1931 Playwright and editor, McCleery co-authored The Way to Go (1947) and was play wright of Hopes for the Best (1945), Parlor Story (1947), Good Housekeeping ('1950), The Guest Cottage (1954) and Good Morning Miss Dove (1963). He was an executive editor for the Associated Press Feature Service, staff writer for Life, Sunday editor of PM and associate editor of Ladies’ Home Journal. — Ibid., fall 1995, page 9 Author of a children’s book, Wolf Story, he died in 2000. — Ibid., spring 2000, page 38

ERNEST RUSSEL POPE, CORNELL 1931 A Phi Beta Kappa, Pope saw the Nazi leaders at play in his Munich Playground — a story about which his colleagues in Berlin knew little. Of Pope, William Shirer, most noted Berlin correspondent as well as historian and author, said, “To most of the Ameri Ibid. 6; The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933\ Ibid. 9: F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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can correspondents who covered Berlin in the grim days when Hitler was forging his mechanized divisions of destruction, and the concentration camps were overflowing, Ernie Pope was known not only as an enterprising young American newspaperman but as something of an institution.” Speaking German like a Bavarian, Pope went to Munich as a freelance journalist. Soon he found himself to be the only U.S. correspondent in the Bavarian capital. As such, he must have worked at one time or another for almost every American newspa per and press association which had a foreign news service. — Ibid., Vol. 69, page 285

JACK ROHE HOWARD, YALE 1932 General Editorial Manager of Scripps-Howard Newspapers, Howard became presi dent of Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc., New York City. — Ibid., Vol. 78, page 469

LAUREN K. SOTH, IOWA STATE 1932 In World War II, Soth was an agricultural economics consultant for the Office of Price Administration and an Army artillery major on Okinawa. He was a Pulitzer Prize-winning editor, credited with initiating Premier Kruschev’s famous visit to Iowa farms. He served 21 years as editor of the editorial pages of the Des Moines Register and the Des Moines Tribune, retiring after 28 years with the newspapers in 1975. Later, he wrote a regular column that appeared in the Tribune and other papers. He died in 1998. — Ibid., April 1976, page 321; spring 1998, page 21

JOHN R. WOODEN, PURDUE 1932 Best known as one of the all-time leading basketball coaches in the U.S., and certainly the most-winning colle giate coach during his years at UCLA, Wooden gained significant notice for his several books on achieving per sonal and team excellence. Among them: Practical Mod ern Basketball (1966), Wooden (1997), They Call Me Coach (2003), My Personal Best (2004), Wooden on Lead ership (2005), The Essential Wooden (2006), Coach Wooden’s Leadership Game Plan for Success (2009) and A Game Plan for Life (2009). He was a 1987 recipient of John Wooden

the Beta Theta Pi Oxford Cup.

ALLEN H. CENTER, KNOX 1933 As vice president, public relations, for Motorola, Center received the 1970 distinguished service award from the Public Relations Society of America. — Ibid., Jan. 1971, page 296 Author of the highly successful book, Effective Public Relations, Center collaborated with the renowned public relations specialist Scott M. Cutlip for the printing of multiple editions of this PR. classic. He also joined talents with Frank E. Walsh in compiling the 2nd edition of Public Relations Practices: Case Studies. Center was named a lifelong Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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trustee of the Foundation for Public Relations Research & Education. His continued dedication and personal involvement helped to establish the Pathfinder’s Endowment Fund which provides an annual award to the public relations professor producing the most outstanding piece of research in the field. Center was president of the foundation, 1973-74, spent 12 years as a member of the board of trustees and was the 1977 official lecturer. — Ibid., summer 1981, page 408

CARVEL EMERSON COLLINS, MIAM11933 Professor, writer and authority on the works of William Faulkner, Collins died in 1990. In 1948, he was one of the first academics to recognize Faulkner as a major literary figure. A year before Faulkner won the Nobel Prize for literature, he held Harvard University’s first seminar on the author. His books include The American Sporting Gal lery (1949) and Sam Ward in the Gold Rush (1949). He edited several collections of Faulkner’s short stories and poetry and two of his novels, Mayday and The Unvanquished.

EDGAR M. BRANCH, BELOIT 1934 Branch was chairman of the English Dept, at Miami University (1941-78). As author or editor of 15 books, he received the Mark Twain Circle of American’s Lifetime Achieve ment Award, the Mid-America Award and the first award for Distinguished Contributions and Miami’s Benjamin Harrison Medallion. He died in 2006. — Ibid., fall 2006, page 64

HERBERT L. BROWN, CINCINNAT11934 Brown became managing editor of Changing Times, the Kiplinger magazine, in 1951.

ROBERT JOHNSTON MANN, DARTMOUTH 1934 As a radio and television producer, he created Our Miss Brooks, Boss Lady and other successful series. He began his career as a copywriter with Young & Rubicam and subsequently worked for other New York City advertising agencies, including McCannErickson, Pedlar & Ryan and Ruthrauff & Ryan. He created many well-known advertis ing jingles. He also was director of commercial development at CBS. During World War II, he was an officer in the Navy, producing training films. He died in 1981 at his home in Sherman Oaks, Calif.— Ibid., fall 1981, page 55

WILLIAM W. HAWKINS, WASHINGTON AND LEE 1935 Naval officer, Broadway columnist, drama critic and novelist, Hawkins had a law de gree. He was New York story editor for Samuel Goldwyn and Columbia Pictures. Later, he wrote a night club and restaurant column, “Tips On Tables,” for the New York WorldTelegram, then was drama critic for that newspaper (1946-56) when he retired to be come a novelist. — The Big Red Pocketbook, 1963

CHARLES AUGUSTUS BUCHER, OHIO WESLEYAN 1937 An internationally known educator and professor in the School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, he was professor emeritus at New York University with 23 textbooks and a long list of professional articles Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The B eta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: F a ith fu l Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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and research to his credit. He was a syndicated newspaper columnist and prolific writer; his books were translated into Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Arabic and Chinese. — Ibid., winter 1989, page 237

CARLTON SMITH, KANSAS 1937 A freelance writer and former newspaperman, Smith died in 1981 in Brooklyn, N.Y. He wrote “Your Personal Finance” (1966-74) — a thrice-weekly column, syndicated by News paper Enterprises Association, and wrote magazine articles. He wrote the Time-Life Book of Family Finance. Earlier, in New York City, he was a senior associate editor for Medical Economics. Before World War II in Chicago, he worked for the City Press, United Press and the Chicago Tribune. He was a Navy aviator during World War II, first as a flight instructor, then in the Pacific. — Ibid., fall 1981, page 57

JOHN J. RHODES, KANSAS STATE 1938 A U.S. congressman representing Arizona for 30 years, Rhodes was a Beta Theta Pi Oxford Cup honoree in 1993. He served seven years as minority leader (Republican) in the house and was joined by Senators Barry Goldwater and Hugh Scott when the three congressional leaders called on Richard Nixon, urging him to resign over the Watergate scandal, which the President did two days later. He authored several books, including The Futile System, about how the legislative process suffered during nearly 40 years of one-party control, Man o f the House (2005), John J. Rhodes

and I Was There, tracing his three decades in Congress.

ROBERT M. WHITE II, WASHINGTON AND LEE 1938 A third-generation newspaperman, White became editor of the New York Herald Tri bune. He was a World War II veteran who earned the Bronze Star. He served on Gen. Douglas MacArthur’s staff in the Pacific; later, as a staff reporter, he covered the White House and the War Department. He wrote speeches for President Harry Truman and was discharged from the Army as a lieutenant colonel. In 1985, he was editor and publisher of the Mexico (Mo.) Daily Ledger. — Ibid., spring 1985, page 258

TERRENCE O’FLAHERTY, CALIFORNIA 1939 An influential television critic for the San Francisco Chronicle for 37 years, O’Flaherty was described as “one of the top three critics in the country by Time, a reputation that earned him an Emmy in 1988, the only critic to be so Terrence O Flaherty

honored.” His collection of motion picture memorabilia was

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unrivaled, and he donated it to the UCLA Theater Arts Library. The collection totaled some 60,000 still photographs, 2,500 press kits, 125 network kits, 198 posters, 516 books, 154 LP audio recordings and 72 promotional 45 RPM records — all valued at more than $200,000 (in 1995). He participated in the Peabody Awards selections be ginning in 1952. In 1996, his book, Masterpiece Theatre: A Celebration o f 25 Years of Outstanding Television, featured 246 pages and dozens of excellent color photographs. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 62; winter 1995, page 66; spring 1996, page 43

JOHN E. DOLIBOIS, MIAM11942 Ambassador to Luxembourg (1981-85), he was the first naturalized U.S. citizen to be ambassador to his native country. Previously, he was Miami’s alumni director for 34 years, including 14 years as vice president, development and alumni affairs, following World War II Army service in the interrogation of high-ranking Nazi war criminals for the War Crimes Tribunal in Nuremburg, Germany. His experiences were documented in Pattern o f Circles (1989). He was honored with Beta’s Oxford Cup in 1992.

MARK O. HATFIELD, WILLAMETTE 1943 U.S. Senator from Oregon, 1967-97, Hatfield was a principal founder of Willamette’s Beta chapter. He was honored with the Fraternity’s Oxford Cup in 1998. The long-serving U.S. Senator, who died in July 2011, wrote a number of books, including Against the Grain(1997), Not Quite So Simple (1967), Conflict and Con science (1971), Vice Presidents of the United States (1997), and co-authored The Unsettled Question of Vietnam (1976), The Causes of World Hunger (1982), Freeze! How You Can Help Prevent Nuclear War (1982), What About the Rus sians? (1984) and Lessons and Legacies: Farewell Ad dresses from the Senate (1976). — Ibid., spring 2000, pages Mark O. Hatfield

18-20; Beta Statesmen, pages 58-59

HUGH E. STEPHENSON, JR., MISSOUR11943 A distinguished cardiothoracic surgeon and developer of the first mobile resuscitation unit, also known as the defibrillator, Dr. Stephenson is the author of Immediate Care o f the Acutely III and Injured, fourth edition (1974); Cardiac Arrest and Resuscitation, into its fourth edition (1975), America’s First Nobel Prize in Medicine/Physiol ogy (2002) and Aesculpapius was a Tiger, a candid and often light-hearted reminder of how the medical school came to be. Also, in many libraries is his Kicks That Count Hugh E. Stephenson, Jr.

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kicking a football, which he and son Hugh Edward III (Ted), SMU 1988, tested on the “official” crossbar in their backyard. Dr. Stephenson, president of Beta Theta Pi (1978-81) and vice president/trustee (197376), was a recipient of the Fraternity’s Oxford Cup in 1997. He became a member of the faculty of the University School of Medicine at Columbia, Mo., in 1953, received a pro fessorship in surgery in 1956 and was chairman, department of surgery (1956-60). In 1956, he was named one of the nation’s “Ten Outstanding Young Men.” — Oxford Cup award, by Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937; Ibid., fall 1993, page 50; spring 1996, page 25

ROBERT L. (BOB) THOMAS, UCLA 1943 Associated Press (AP) Hollywood reporter for more than 60 years and author of nu merous books on show business celebrities, Thomas filed the first report on the shoot ing of Bobby Kennedy in 1968, giving the AP a 10-minute scoop. He also was editor of Directors Guild o f America for a number of years. “I still write three to four articles weekly for AP and as of last week am still getting paid,” he wrote when submitting a guest editorial requested by The Beta Theta Pi in the 1990s, which first featured a Thomas article in 1943. He arranged the cover photo and wrote the caption for the September 1944 issue; he was featured in the September 1945 issue in the article “Fifteen Years a Writer — at 23,” which chronicled his early journalistic prominence as an AP Newsfeatures Hollywood columnist. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64; winter 1999, page 9; winter 2000, page 9 “Bob Thomas fills newspaper space weekdays — then keeps on typing nights and weekends,” reported The Beta Theta Pi in 1979. He is an admitted moonlighter. Among his 25 books: Joan Crawford, Walt Disney, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, Abbott and Costello, Irving Thalberg, Harry Cohn, David O. Selznick. — Ibid., spring 1979, pages 29-30 ‘Thomas talks to stars and strangely enough they talk back.” His column, “Hollywood Highlights,” was featured in newspapers throughout the country. In his years of reporting the Hollywood scene, Bob (laid) claim to some remarkable records — more than 9,000 individual interviews with practically every major star in a quarter-century (one exception was Greta Garbo). To his credit, he never missed a deadline.” — Ibid., Sept. 1969, pages 19, 96, by Bert Byrne, Washington 1957 Hollywood and Bob Tho mas seemed to be destined to be partners right from the start. His father, George H. Thomas, was a newspaper

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editor for Scripps-Howard. He went to work as studio publicist for three of the giants of Hollywood — Harry Cohn, Irving Thalberg and David O. Selznick. Appropriately, Bob is the author of King Cohn, Thalberg and a biography of David O. Selznick (1970). Thomas, president of the Gamma Nu Chapter for two terms, was editor of the cam pus humor magazine, The Claw. After a brief stint in the Army, Bob began work in 1943 for the AP, his only employer. By 1944, he was a Hollywood reporter. Ironically, it was a non-Hollywood story that provided him with his most memorable journalistic moment. In June 1968, he was covering Sen. Robert Kennedy’s California victory celebration at L.A.’s Ambassador Hotel. Thomas was the first to report the grim event. His efforts gave the AP a 10-minute scoop as news of the shocking event was flashed to the world. Bob was phoning details of the shooting as a struggling Sirhan Sirhan was taken directly past the telephone booth. Thomas reminisced recently concerning his career. “Humphrey Bogart would call me in the middle of the night and say, ‘Hey, Thomas, let's touch a nerve!’ Bogart dearly loved to shock people. Marilyn Monroe, on the other hand, was a very genuine child-like indi vidual. She had a truly innocent air about her.” Not one to rest on his accomplishments, Thomas was editor of Action, the magazine of the Directors Guild of America, chairman of UCLA’s 50th anniversary celebration and worked with Bob Hope in staging UCLA’s 1967 homecoming show, “UCLA Has Hope.” He appeared on many television programs, including the Ed Sullivan Show, Art Linkletter’s House Party, The Joey Bishop Show and The Merv Griffin Show.

CHARLES F. STEVENSON, WESTERN RESERVE 1944 Col. Stevenson died in 2006 following distinguished service to Beta Theta Pi. He served in the U.S. Air Force in World War II as a lieutenant colonel and spent many years compiling biographical information for a definitive Western Reserve chapter history. He helped found the Delta Omega Chapter at the University of Maryland (1979-82), and loved to sing Beta songs. — Ibid, fall 2006, page 67 Stevenson wrote many poems, most about Beta, (see page 144). When one was published in the magazine (fall 1999, page 7), including the spelling of his name (with “ph”, not “v”) , Stevenson wrote to then-editor Erv Johnson, characteristically in the form of a poem (below), readily accepted by Johnson accompanied by a hearty guffaw: The pH Factor

Just yesterday my Beta mag was in My mail, and I turned pale to see To my surprise (and other guys) My name was shown without the “vee. It changed my clan to pH man, Like Brothers Hugh (and H.H., too.) thin

Are other names in mortal danger? Will others find themselves a stranger? Can editors remain aloof when names Are changed by Beta goophs? How many “Steves” will change to “Stephes”? Oh what tangled webs we weaphe?

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100 No longer can I link my name with “Uncle Adlai” o f fame; I ’m lost in games o f names.

BETAS IN THE ARTS From what I see, I’ll miss my “vee” Removed by Beta Theta Pi! — Charles S. Stevenson. Ibid., convention 1999, page 6

H. RICHARD HORNBERGER, JR., BOWDOIN 1945 Born in 1924 in Trenton, N.J., Dr. Hornberger was the author of the book M*A*S*H, under the pen name Richard Hooker, based on his experiences as an Army doctor during the Korean War. A motion picture and the long-running television show were taken from the book. A 1974 Emmy Award went to the series’ leading actor, Alan Alda. — Ibid., Sept. 1974, page 31 The letters in M*A*S*H stand for Mobile Army Sur gical Hospital, and the story tells how a group of young Army surgeons and medi cal staff handled the ex treme pressure, frustrations and even boredom during their stint at a mobile hos pital near the front in the Korean War. Written in col laboration with W.C. Heinz, the book was based on Dr. Hornberger’s personal experi ences during the Korean War with the 8055th Mobile Army Surgical Hospital as back ground for his work. A chest surgeon with offices in Waterville, Maine, he retired in 1988 and died at the age of 73 in 1997. — Ibid., April 1971, page 462 Hornberger published sequels to the book, including M*A*S*H Goes to Maine (1972), M*A*S*H Manila and a dozen other M*A*S*H-related books. Though they followed the fictional post-war lives of the original novel’s characters and ghost-written by William E. Butterwith, none of them achieved success similar to the original.

CHARLES L. STAFFORD, WEST VIRGINIA 1945 Stafford began as a reporter in 1949 with the Raleigh Register in Beckley, W.V. He worked for the Associated Press, 1951-66 in Huntington, Baltimore and AP Newsfeatures in New York City and Tampa, Fla. In 1966, he joined The Tampa Tribune’s Washington bureau and in 1969 went to the St. Petersburg Times’ Washington bureau. He won a Pulitzer Prize for national reporting in 1980. — Ibid., winter 1981 He received the Perley Isaac Reed Achievement Award from the School of Journalism at West Virginia University. The award honors those who have distinguished themselves in journalism. Another Beta Psi brother, Richard H. Ralston, West Virginia 1930, (see

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page 96), received the award in 1977. — Ibid., fall 1981, page 23

JAMES B. McCLATCHY, STANFORD 1946 A patriarch of a newspaper family, he was the great-grandson of the founder of the McClatchy Company. He started as a copy boy, becoming a reporter, publisher and chairman. It became the second-largest newspaper chain. Active in the community (especially Valley Vision), he helped children of immigrants learn English. He died in 2006. — Ibid., summer 2006, page 56

WELLES HANGEN, BROWN 1949 An NBC-TV correspondent, Hangen was captured and executed in Cambodia in 1970 while covering the war in Southeast Asia. Previously he was with the New York Times. He joined NBC in 1957 and worked in Cairo, Bonn, New Delhi and Hong Kong. Hagen was believed executed by the Khmer Rouge following his broadcast team’s dis appearance in the Cambodian jungle on May 31, 1970. He was 40 years old. His remains were dug up from a riverbed during a U.S.-Cambodian excavation in 1992, 23 years after his disappearance. — Ibid., fall 1994, page Welles Hangen

60; Beta Heroes, page 221

LAIRD P. KOENIG, WASHINGTON 1949 A native of Seattle and later of Paris, France, and Brentwood, Calif., Koenig was a successful writer who pursued his craft as novelist, playwright and screenwriter. “Much to some people’s surprise, gaining and keeping stature in the profession re quires a demanding discipline. I write at least five pages a day,” he admited. “Working on a novel is a lonely job; you get no feedback from readers except after the fact. I'm a gregarious person and would like to see whom I’m writing for.” Five of his plays were produced on Broadway, off Broadway, in London and Los Ange les. Among his seven produced films are Red Sun, with Charles Bronson, Toshiro Mifune, Alain Delon and Ursula Andress, and The Children Are Watching, also starring Delon. His second novel, which he wrote the screenplay for, The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane, won Best Horror Film of 1977 and Best Actress Oscar for Jodie Foster. His latest novel, The Neighbor, was sold for film production, too. Koenig wrote the screenplay Inchon in which Sir Laurence Olivier played the role of Douglas MacArthur. After graduation, Koenig worked in New York City for Prentice-Hall, then with BBD&O advertising agency for a few years before moving to California and concentrating on full-time writing. He wrote many episodes of Flipper. The Neighbor was first published in France as La Port en Face. Though he speaks French, he doesn’t write in French. “My books have to be translated into French. It Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930] Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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haunts me that maybe I gain something in translation,” he said, tongue in cheek. He completed a love story set in Puget Sound, Wash., which received excellent reviews in France, and was published by Dell in the U.S. (1980). What does he like about the French? “Respect!” he re plied promptly. “They seem to have more respect for writ ers than Americans. In the U.S., as long as a book is a blockbuster, it’s okay; but the status of writers is not as good. In France, they name streets after writers. They seem to realize that writing is hard work!” — Condensa tion o f an article in the Seattle Times, by Larry Rumley; Ibid., winter 1980, page 189

JERRY C. MCNEELY, WESTMINSTER 1949 A resident of Tarzana, Calif., McNeely has more than

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150 network credits as a writer, producer and director. He has a PhD from the Univer sity of Wisconsin and was a professor there until 1975 when he moved to Southern California as an executive producer with MTM. He also served multi-year contracts as an executive producer for Fox and for Lorimar. In 1957, he sold his first television play, The Staring Match, to the series Studio One, which received the Writers Guild Emmy for the best one-hour script of the year. In 1972, Dr. McNeely was professor of communication arts at the University of Wis consin, regarded as one of the most prolific, highly polished writers in network televi sion. He was the most frequent author of episodes of Dr. Kildare. Other credits include scripts for Twilight Zone, Mr. Novak, The Man from UNCLE, The Virginian and The Name o f the Game. — Ibid., Sept. 1972, page 7 His credits also include 15 episodes of Dr. Kildare; he wrote the pilot and co-created Owen Marshall, Counselor at Law; with David Hartman, he created the series and wrote and produced the pilot of Lucas Tanner; wrote the television movie with Ernest Borgnine for Legend in Granite; wrote and produced Something for Joey, which earned him two Emmy nominations and won the Christopher Award. He wrote the pilot and was execu tive producer of Trauma Center; was supervising producer and writer of Our House; directed Paris, starring James Earl Jones, won the Christopher Award and wrote and was the executive producer on Fighting Back, with Robert Urich portraying Rocky Bleier. — Ibid., spring 1996, page 28

C. TAIT TRUSSELL, WASHINGTON AND LEE 1949 Author of four novels, Trussell spent 40 years in Washington, DC, reporting on a variety of subjects for more than 100 different publications, including The Wall Street Journal and The Saturday Evening Post. His latest novel, Washington Doctor, was

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about a Washington, DC, doctor of contagious diseases. — Ibid, fall 2006, page 15

RICHARD J. DURRELL, MINNESOTA 1950 Durrell, the founding publisher of People magazine, died in 2008 at age 82. His long career at Time, Inc., began in 1950 as a newsstand representative in Minneapolis. He later worked in advertising for both Time and Life. People hit the streets in March 1974 with the actress Mia Farrow, who was starring in the movie The Great Gatsby, gracing its first cover. The magazine hit its target circulation goal of one million in July of that year. Within 18 months, People was turning a profit. Durrell, who retired in 1983, was a baseball's throw Richard Duarrell

away from an entirely different career. After three years with the Marines, he was offered professional baseball

contracts by the Brooklyn Dodgers and Chicago Cubs. Instead, he attended the Uni versity of Minnesota. — Ibid., June 1976, page 423; fall 1980, page 14

JOHN H. GALLAGHER, WEST VIRIGINIA 1950 Gallagher was winner of the top 2007 special recognition award of the Military Writers Society of America. His historical novel Grady’s Tourwas set in the 1950s and detailed the adventures of a young Lt. John Grady and his four years in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Gallagher is a retired intellectual property attorney who served as a U.S. Navy enlisted man in World War II and as a U.S. Signal Corps officer during the Korean War. — Ibid., spring 2008, page 10

PATRICK J. GROFF, OREGON 1950 Groff published the books A New Look at Children’s Literature, The Syllable and New Phonics. All were written in conjunction with his position as a professor of eduation at San Diego State University. — Ibid., June 1973, page 462

ERIC W. KALDOR, SYRACUSE 1951 Served on the staff of ABC Sports

JACK M. GWALTNEY, JR., VIRGINIA 1952 Author of 270 original articles and chapters on his area of research, the common cold, Dr. Gwaltney is Frost Pro fessor of Internal Medicine and Head of the Division of Epidemiology and Virology at the University of Virginia School of Medicine. His other interests include training retrievers for field trial competition and animal and hu man intelligence. He has published books on Training and John Gwaltney

Campaigning Retrievers, 3rd edition (1999) and Human

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Intellect and the Origin o f Ethic (1998). “Intellect is the most precious quality we possess,” he wrote in The Beta Theta Pi, spring 2001 issue (page 4). Remember the passage from the Psalms, ‘Get wisdom, get understanding. Wisdom is the principal thing; therefore get wisdom, and with all thy getting get understanding.’ This ability lies within us, but we need cultivation o f the intel lect before we can use (it) effectively.”

MALCOLM L. (JAC) HEMION, LEHIGH 1952 Served on the staff of ABC Sports

THOMAS F. PAUGH, COLGATE 1952 Combining his two favorite activities, fishing and writing, Paugh was editor of Sports Afield for five years and was mainly responsible for its “new look.” One of the leading outdoor magazines for 94 years, Sports Afield changed its format to broaden its appeal by going “first class” in stock, writing and photography while still presenting traditional expert advice and tips. Circulation: 600,000.

EDWIN M. (NED) STECKEL, BETHANY/SYRACUSE 1953 Served on the staff of ABC Sports

JOHN NIGEL DAVENPORT, TEXAS 1954 A television correspondent, writer and producer for several decades, Davenport origi nated Washington Week in Review on PBS before becoming an ABC-TV news corre spondent, covering the Watts riots and the trials of Charles Manson and Sirhan Sirhan. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59 A renowned jazz historian, he interviewed and was friends with many of the world’s great jazz figures, among them Woody Hermann, Louis Armstrong and Herb Ellis. Over the years, he was instrumental in many benefits for jazz musicians and was a prime mover in establishing the Houston Jazz Heritage Society. An Emmy Award-winning news man, he was host of Channel 8’s J.D.’s Journal and the classic jazz DJ on KTSU. Mov ing to Houston in 1971, he became news director of KPRC Radio but returned to televi sion as news director of KHOU-TV. He won Emmys in 1965 and 1966 for co-writing and producing documentaries on the judicial system. — Ibid., spring 1993, page 255

RICHARD G. ZIMMERMAN, WITTENBERG 1956 Author of Plain Dealing, Call Me Mike: A Political Biography of Michael V. DiSalle, Zimmerman is a former chapter president and Washington bureau reporter. Son of an Ohio Supreme Court justice, he entertains with discussions of Watergate, his African sabbatical and the National Press Club. He is from a large family of Wittenberg Betas. Zimmerman founded the Ohio Cartoon Service (1959), which supplies cartoons to more than 20 Ohio newspapers. — Ibid., June 1960, page 456

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glomerate. At age 21, he joined the Knight-Ridder organization as a reporter for the Charlotte (N.C.) Observer and became chairman 32 years later. Also, he demonstrated a profound concern for suffering by the victims of crime, corruption and natural disas ters. In 1992, he challenged the executives of each of the Knight-Ridder newspapers to start an individual public service function. Several such projects have since won distin guished prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize for Meritorious Service. — Princeton Alumni Weekly, Oct. 25, 1995 “To Batten,” David Lawrence, Jr., publisher of the Miami Herald, said, there was a “crucial connection” between newspapers and democracy. “Finally, and first, Jim Batten was a journalist, a visionary who believed to his core that journalism mattered, that if we could just get people connected, to use his phrase, just make them aware, just get them somehow to read the paper, that they would care, too, and the world would surely ben efit.” — American Society o f Newspaper Editors website, Rick Rodriguez, Aug. 16, 1996

WILLIAM P. JOHNSON, MICHIGAN 1957 In 1971, Johnson purchased the Seabastopol Times in Sonoma, Calif., and in 1974, the Canyon Courier of Evergreen, Colo. In 1983, he acquired the Winter Park (Colo.) Manifest, his 10th newspaper. The others: High Timber Times in Conifer, Chaffee County Times in Buena Vista, Front Range Journal in Idaho Springs, Sky-Hi News in Granby, Middle Park Times in Kremmling and the South Park Times in Fairplay. Also, he replated newspapers in Georgetown and Grand Lake. — Ibid., fall 1984, page 60 Johnson is president of Johnson Newspapers Inc. — Colorado and California. He also owned the Sebastopol Times (Calif.) and was associated with his family newspaper corporation which published the Bureau County Republican and Bureau County Record newspapers, Princeton, III. — Ibid., April 1975, page 367 A contemporary of the author, former editor of The Beta Theta Pi, “Bill” Johnson was occasionally a constructive critic of the magazine, much appreciated by this other Johnson.

KEN KESEY, OREGON 1957 A famous novelist whose One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest won the Oscar as 1975’s Best Picture, Kesey also wrote Sometimes a Great Notion, which became a Paul Newman film classic in 1971. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60 Born in 1935, Kesey died in 2001. Perhaps he is best known for Cuckoo’s Nest (1962), a novel symbolizing the corruption of freedoms in America, but a generation or more were influenced more by Further, the bus on which “Kesey and the Merry Pranksters” traveled the country in search for “expansion.” The sixties’ flower power and psychedelics were direct descendants of Kesey and his group. While he claimed the government was trying to “lobotomize” the citizenry, Kesey and the Pranksters sought to liberate and expand them through crystallized perception and broadened horizons. As a graduate student at Stanford, Kesey volunteered for a government research group

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determining the effects of LSD and other then-legal psy chotropic drugs. Once introduced to the effects of halluci nogens, Kesey designed parties themed around music and visually disorienting stimuli, also known as the Acid Tests. Participants in these gatherings were Neal Cassady, Hunter S. Thompson and members of the Grateful Dead. Touring the country in 1964, the Merry Pranksters in troduced a wild lifestyle to the teen culture and formed what became a movement of “peace, love and drug use” on a scale never before seen. Kesey filmed much of this; Ken Kesey

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Test, a document of his time spent with the Merry Pranksters. Sometimes a Great Notion, the publication of which was the reason for the original cross-country trip to New York, suggesting that in retrospect, Kesey was the Golden Gate Bridge connecting the Beats in City Lights to the Hippies in Haight-Asbury. “Some of Kesey’s major publications: One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest (1962), Some times a Great Notion (1964), Kesey’s Garage Sale (1973), Demon Box (1986), The Further Inquiry (1990), Last Round Up (1994) with Ken Babbs and Kesey’s Jail Journal (2003).” — Jason Reott Kesey donated a $33,395 custom-made bus loaded with safety features to the Uni versity of Oregon in memory of his son, Jed M. Kesey, Oregon 1984. Jed and another member of the school’s wrestling team died of injuries after a van carrying the Oregon team slid off a road, crashing down an embankment. — Ibid., spring 1988, page 278 Under the headline, “Ken Kesey rounds up a legend and lets ’er buck,” Last Go Round, was Kesey’s final novel. He first heard stories about the 1911 Pendleton Round-Up from his father, Fred, when Ken was 14. Principal characters are real-life rodeo riders George Fletcher, an African-American cowboy; Jackson Sundown, a Nez Perce nephew of Chief Joseph, and John Spain, a young wrangler who competed in saddle bronc. Spain won first place and a new saddle even though the crowd thought Fletcher had the best ride. Though the novel was not well received by the critics, Kesey loved the story of the three cowboys — one

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black, one white, one American Indian. Last Go Round was first floated as a movie script by Kesey in the 1980s but found no takers, so he published the novel in 1994. It takes the story of the three cowboys, adds Buffalo Bill, champion wrestler Frank Gotch, legendary Native American preacher Parson Montanic, cowgirl Prairie Rose Henderson and dozens of other real-life characters from the Old West and throws them all into a bubbling fictional stew. — The Oregonian, May 25, 2008 Note: The author o f this anthology admires the literary contributions o f Kesey, most of which he has read, and has made an effort to report adequately and fairly about him, offering no moral judgements as to the appropriateness of his life or writing.

F. MIKE PERINGER, WASHINGTON 1957 Peringer wrote the Pulitzer Prize-nominated Good Kids, the Story o f Artworks, a principle-centered approach for creating social change. — Ibid., spring 2008, pages 14-17

JOHN C. BINFORD, WASHINGTON AND LEE 1958 A real estate developer and stock broker, he wrote short stories and poetry and was published in New Mexico Poetry Society. He died in 2006. —

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DAVID ROY MAXEY, IDAHO 1958 Student body president of the University of Idaho, 195758, Maxey embarked on a highly successful career in ^ N

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JAMES P. PATTERSON, OHIO 1958 Author James Patterson lived many lives before his death in May 2004. He was in the Army Counter Intelligence Corps during the Cuban Missile Crisis and on the administrative staffs of West Virginia Wesleyan, Washington University in St. Louis and the Uni versity of Florida. He was also a freelance writer and photo journalist. His third novel, The Lazarus Pit, took his previ ous protagonist into the world of Cold War espionage. Next came The Thirteen, a fictional fifties tale of fraternity life at Ohio University in which hazing at fictional Alpha Chi Epsi lon turns deadly. — Ibid., convention 2001, page 8

JOHN M. GRAY, TORONTO 1959 John Gray

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and the Quebec Chronicle Telegraph, Gray spent seven years abroad in the 1980-90s, including three years as Moscow bureau chief for Canada’s leading daily, the Toronto Globe & Mail. He covered the fall of the Berlin Wall, the failed coup against Gorbachev and the rise of Boris Yeltsin. During the Gulf War, he was based in Jerusalem, covering the Middle East conflict from the Israeli angle. — Ibid., winter 1995, page 69-70

LAYNE A. LONGFELLOW, OHIO 1959 Former director of executive seminars for the Menninger Foundation, Dr. Longfellow is an inventor, scientist, columnist, musician, educator and therapist. He authored and illustrated Visual Feast, a Recipe Journal, and the children’s book Imaginary Menag erie.— Ibid, convention 1998, page 8; winter 1999, page 6

MICHAEL J. PHILLIPS, WABASH 1959 Described as one of the most audacious poets in the English language, Phillips pub lished Selected Love Poems. His several books contain more than 1,000 traditional and experimental poems. — Ibid., fall 1981, page 212

FRANK C. STARR, INDIANA 1959 Former Chicago Tribune bureau chief in Moscow and Washington, Starr was ap pointed director of the Russian Service at Radio Liberty, the division of RFE/RL, Inc., which broadcasted to the Soviet Union. He joined the Tribune in 1963 and established its Moscow bureau in 1967, where he covered domestic political dissent, the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, the opening of SALT (Strategic Arms Limitation Talks) negotiations in Helsinki and Soviet border clashes in 1969. He received the Tribune’s Edward Scott Beck Award for stories from the border area. He was chief of the Tribune’s Washington bureau (1971-74). Starr traveled with President Nixon and Secretary of State Kissinger both domestically and to Europe, the Middle East and the Soviet Union as well as to China, Korea and Japan. By 1974, he was a full-time columnist for the Tribune. RFE/RL, Inc., is a private non-profit corporation, financed through U.S. congressional appropriations granted by the presidentially appointed Board for International Broadcasting. It broadcasted to the Soviet Union in Russian and 15 other languages of the area and to Poland, Czechoslo vakia, Romania, Hungary and Bulgaria in six languages. — Ibid., Sept. 1977, page 20

BYRON E. (BARNEY) CALAME, MISSOUR11961 A career reporter and manager with The Wall Street Journal, Barney Calame has been with the nation’s leading financial daily newspaper since 1965. He began as a reporter in the news bureau, transferred to the Los Angeles bureau in 1967 and moved to the Washington, DC, bureau in 1969, where he covered labor and law enforcement. In 1974, he was named Pittsburgh bureau chief; he returned to Los Angeles as bu reau chief in 1978 and in 1985 became assistant managing editor in charge of west coast coverage. He returned to New York as senior editor in 1987 and, in 1992, he Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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became deputy managing editor. The Society of American Business Editors and Writers honored Calame in 2002 with its Distinguished Achieve ment Award, noting “his tireless efforts (on behalf of his newspaper) and business journalism in general.” He was president of the 3,200-member national organization of business journalists, 2000-01. Calame was a Beta Theta Pi Oxford Cup honoree in 2004. A native of Appleton, Mo., Calame graduated in jour nalism from the University of Missouri and earned his MS in political science from the University of Maryland. He served in the U.S. Navy (1961-65), first as an officer on a minesweeper in South Vietnam waters and later as a public information officer in Washington, DC. As an un dergraduate in Zeta Phi Chapter, he was chapter president and was named Sigma Delta Xi’s (journalism honorary) Outstanding Male Graduate. Calame is credited with (1) initiating and directing The Wall Street Journal’s computerassisted reporting program which produced the first detailed nationwide list showing how hundreds of banks do at making mortgage loans to minorities, (2) cited by The Economist as the first journalist to raise questions in the 1960s about the San Diegobased business empire of C. Arnholt Smith, leading to the businessman’s imprisonment for tax fraud and grand theft, and (3) denouncing as a “calamity” by a former Gulf Oil Corp. chairman after he and other executives were forced to resign in the wake of sto ries by Barney in the mid-1970s about the company’s illegal payments abroad. — Ibid., winter 1996, page 61. Ibid., summer 2004, page 15; also see “Accuracy and Fairness: the best measure of objectivity, ” by Barney Calame — Ibid., winter 2001, page 4

ISAAC (IKE) SEAMANS, CINCINNATI/WEST VIRGINIA 1961 A correspondent for NBC News since 1979 when he joined the Miami bureau, Seamans reported from Rome for several years before returning to Miami to became bureau chief in 1989. He went to Moscow in 1990 as bureau chief. His assignments included coverage of the Falkland Islands War, civil wars in El Salvador and Nicaragua, the hostage

“Did the shark choke and die?” Tenacity in reporting seemed to carry over into Barney Calame’s private life. Once, as the Missouri alumnus and his wife were swimming in the Caribbean, he felt something fasten onto his leg. “It was a shark,” a Wail Street Journal associate (Paul Steiger) recalled. “It compressed on his leg bone, but some how he managed to drag himself to shore. His wife Kathryn (a molecular biolo gist and Columbia Medical School professor) rushed him to a hospital. It was months before he was fully rehabilitated. He worked with his leg propped up. We all joked that the shark choked and died.” — Ibid., spring 2005, page 31

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crisis in Iran and the Israeli invasion of Beirut. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 63

CHARLES WILSON, WESTMINSTER 1961 The Cassandra Prophesy (1992) was a tale of murder, deceit and treachery, played against a backdrop of organized crime along the humid coast in the deep South. A secret service agent, “Clay Rodgers” has been in many high-pressure situations, most notably when he risked his life to save the vice president of the U.S. This caper finds him investigating the puzzling circumstances of his own brother’s death. Reported the Chicago Tribune, “Wilson spins an entertaining yarn; a straightforwardly written story of sexual obsession, guilt and cover-up.” — Ibid., convention 1993, page 45 Author of a number of acclaimed thriller/mystery novels, Wilson was born in Kennett, Mo., in 1939. He attended Westminster College, Fulton, Mo., the University of Missouri and the University of Memphis. His business experience includes farming in the Okolona and Aberdeen areas of northeast Mississippi, real estate development in central Mississippi, and organizing invest ment syndicates to drill for oil and gas near Enid, Okla. Wilson, who enjoys coaching children’s sports, is mar ried to his childhood sweetheart, the former Linda Faye George; they have three children and live in Brandon, Miss. His first book, Nightwatcher (1990), is set in central Mis sissippi, the plot revolving around a father's investigation of his daughter’s murder at a hospital for the criminally insane. Silent Witness (1992), also set in Mississippi, tells Charles Wilson

about a woman who hires a former lover to prove her husband didn’t commit a murder, but her plan backfires.

With The Casandra Prophecy (1993), the setting moves to Biloxi, Miss., as a secret service agent investigates his brother’s murder. In When First We Deceive (1994), a serial killer is on the loose as a young husband-and-wife police team investigate the murder of the husband’s former girlfriend. The story is further complicated with the male cop’s guilt at having dated the girlfriend since he was married. In 1995, he published Direct Descendant, a techno-thriller set in Memphis, Tenn., in which DNA stolen from the remains of a prehistoric human is used to bring back hu mans from the past. Fertile Ground (1996) is a medical thriller set in Jackson, Miss., in which doctors from Mississippi contract a virus, while on a scientific expedition in Bra zil, that drives them insane when they return to the U.S. More titles by Wilson include Donor (1999), Game Plan (2000) and Deep Sleep (2002). — Ibid., fall 2001, page 1 Wilson has received a number of accolades from authors and critics, including fellow Mississippian and famous novelist John Grisham, who called Wilson’s first book “splen did.” A lean, tight compelling story that was over much too fast. I wanted more." Ed

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Gorman, editor of Mystery Scene Magazine and book critic for Barnes & Noble, said, “Wilson might flat-out be the best plotter of our generation.” When Embryo was published, Under the Cover reviewer Kathee S. Card, wrote: “With the release of Embryo, Charles Wilson joins Stephen King, Robin Cook and Michael Crighton as the fourth horseman of the apocalypse. A taut medical thriller, Embryo . . . opens the door to let questions of morality and ethics seep into the characters and influence the plot.” — Ibid., spring 1999, page

C. DAVID BURGIN, MIAM11962 Appointed editor of the San Francisco Examiner (1985), Burgin had served previously as sports editor (1980-82). Earlier, he was editor of the Peninsula Times Tribune at Palo Alto, followed by three years as editor of the Orlando (Fla.) Sentinel. A reporter for the Dayton Daily News while an undergraduate in Alpha Chapter, he subsequently was a reporter for the New York Herald Tribune in New York City and Paris, National Education Association reporter in Washington and sports editor of the Washington Daily News before his first job with the Examiner. Before joining the Times Tribune, he was assistant managing editor, Washington, DC Daily News, and editor, Patterson (N.J.) News.

DAVID LAMB, MAINE 1962 Books by David Lamb were being reported in The Beta Theta Pi since his return from Vietnam as a correspondent for the United Press, followed by a dozen years in some 10 different countries on seven continents as a Los Angeles Times correspondent. He is an eight-time nominee for the Pulitzer Prize and author of such highly acclaimed books: A Sense of Place, The Africans, The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage, Stolen Season: A Journey through America and Baseball’s Minor Leagues. Lamb covers the U.S. from the Los Angeles Times’ Washington, DC, office. Of A Sense of Place, celebrated author Robert Scheer said: “What an eye! What a pen! David Lamb is the John Steinbeck of nonfiction.” In 1996’s Over the Hills: A Midlife Escape Across America, Lamb bicycled across the continent’s forgotten highways. — Ibid., convention 1993, page 45; winter 1997, page 45 David Lamb’s travels as a foreign correspondent for the Times have taken him to more than 120 countries during his 31 years with the paper. He has covered the Vietnam War, the Iranian revolution, the overthrow of Idi Amin in Uganda, the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, the Afri can famine, the Rwanda massacres, the Persian Gulf War, the popular uprising in Indonesia (1998), the anarchy in East Timor (1999) and President Clinton’s visit to Viet nam (2000). A native of Boston and a 1962 graduate of the Univer

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sity of Maine's School of Journalism, Lamb began his career with the Okinawa Morning Star, then moved on to the Las Vegas Review-Journal, the Oakland Tribune and to United Press International in San Francisco, Denver and Saigon, where he worked as a battlefront correspondent (1968-70). He joined the Los Angeles Times in 1970 and has been based in Los Angeles, New York and Washington and was bureau chief in Sydney, Nairobi, Cairo and Hanoi. He covered the fall of Saigon in April 1975 on a temporary assignment for the Times. Lamb spent nearly eight years in Africa, the last three-and-a-half in Egypt covering North Africa and the Middle East. He returned to the Times Washington bureau in 1985. His reporting and research for three books have taken him to 50 of Africa’s then 51 countries, to all 21 Arab countries and to the 10 countries of Southeast Asia. From August 1997, he was the Times’ Southeast Asia bureau chief, based in Hanoi. His sixth book, Vietnam Now: A Reporter Returns, reflects his views as the only U.S. newspaper correspondent from the Vietnam War to later live in peacetime Hanoi. His articles have appeared in numerous publications, including National Geographic, Reader’s Digest and Sports Illustrated. He has been a Nieman fellow (1980-81) and an Alicia Patterson Fellow (1985-86) and was writer-in-residence at the University of South ern California’s School of Journalism (1986). — www. journalism fellowships.org/jir/2001/ lamb.htm 11-17-2006 (Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Stud ies); Ibid., fall 1991, page 68 As a battlefront reporter in Vietnam for the United Press, he is credited with naming the famous “Hamburger Hill.” — Ibid., fall 1983, page 5; spring 2000, page 4

JOSEPH B. MARTIN III, DAVIDSON 1962 Diagnosed with ALS in 1994, he used a special computer that allowed him to write by focusing his eyes on letters of the alphabet. He was finishing a second novel at the time of his death in 2006. — Ibid, fall 2006, page 64

ROBERT MIMS WILSON, TEXAS 1963 A New York City playwright, Wilson’s earliest works were with amateur actors; after 1975’s A Letter for Queen Victoria, he used professional actors. Most of his fees have been invested in the Byrd Hoffman Foundation, a non-profit that supports his work. Among his plays and operas are The Life and Times of Sigmund Freud (1969), The Life and Times ofJosph Stalin (1973), Einstein On the Beach (1976) and Death Destruc tion & Detroit (1980). Following Einstein, he worked in creasingly with major European theaters and opera houses. He continues to direct revivals of his most cel Robert Mims Wilson

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don, San Francisco, Sydney and Los Angeles. Wilson’s work is firmly rooted in the fine arts, and his drawings, furniture designs and installations have been presented at the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris and the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. His numerous awards include an Obie for direction, the Golden Lion for sculpture from the Venice Biennale, two Guggenheim Fellowship awards, a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama and the National Design Award for Lifetime Achievement. Susan Sontag said, “I can’t think of any body of work as large or as influen tial.”— WWW

CHARLES W. KOHR, ILLINOIS 1965 A Chicago newspaper columnist, Kohr died in 2005. — Ibid, spring 2006, page 42

DAVID MARTIN, YALE 1965 A correspondent with CBS for virtually his entire career, David Martin has covered the Pentagon, Persian Gulf War, Iraq War and Afghanistan War and appears frequently on 60 Minutes and other network news programming. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 62 Martin has been CBS News’ national security corre spondent, covering the Pentagon and the State Depart ment, since 1993. In that capacity, he has reported virtu ally every major defense, intelligence and international affairs story for CBS Evening News, as well as for the network’s other broadcasts, including 60 Minutes and 48 Hours. He also contributes to 60 Minutes Wednesday. During the invasion of Afghanistan and the war in Iraq, his in-depth knowledge of how the State Department, in telligence community and military operate, both on the David Martin

battlefield and in Washington, positioned him as the “big

picture” reporter for CBS News. Utilizing his own sources and reports from CBS corre spondents in the region and around the world and in Washington, he explains and assesses military strategies and operations for viewers. Martin broke several significant stories before and during the Iraq war. He was the first to report, on the opening night of the war, that the U.S. was launching a strike on a palace bunker in southern Baghdad in an attempt to take out Saddam Hussein. He also broke the story of the military’s “shock and awe” strategy for its initial strike on Baghdad. During a trip to Iraq in 2003, he was the first journalist to visit and report on Dora Farms, where Saddam was said by the ClAto have been hiding on the opening night of the war. Martin has received several Emmys, most recently in 2010 for his story “The Battle of Wanat.” He also has received two Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards in three years (2002 and 2004) for his body of work, most of which has appeared on the CBS Evening News and 60 Minutes Wednesday.

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Regarding the first Alfred I. DuPont-Columbia University Award, the committee said that his “consistently excellent reporting on the beat of national security hit its peak this y e a r. . . breaking news on a wide range of defense and security stories with details that only experience and doggedness can ferret out. This is exemplary reporting that repeat edly breaks through the barriers of official statements.” In awarding the second DuPont, the committee said, “David Martin’s reports on the Pentagon, the military build-up to the Iraq war and on the war itself demonstrate his exceptional grasp of national security issues. Teamed with his long-time producer, Mary Walsh, Martin consistently breaks news with clear reporting on the Pentagon’s goals. He exemplifies the role of a journalist: to measure what we are being told against what we find out.” Martin also received the 2004 Joan S. Barone Award for excellence in Washington-based national affairs and public policy reporting awarded by the Washing ton Radio & Television Correspondents’ Association. Born in 1943 in Washington, D.C., he graduated in English. During the Vietnam War, he was an officer aboard a U.S Navy destroyer. He and his wife, Dr. Elinor Martin, live in Chevy Chase, Md. They have four children. He joined CBS News as Pentagon corre spondent in 1983. His duties later expanded to the State Department and intelligence beats. Previously, he covered defense and intelligence for Newsweek from its Washing ton bureau (1977-83). He was with the Associated Press in Washington (1973-77), cov ering the FBI and CIA. Martin began his journalism career as a researcher for CBS News in New York in 1969. He then became a news writer with the AP broadcast wire (1971-72) and a fellow at the Washington Journalism Center (1973). He is the author of two books, Wilderness of Mirrors (1980), about the secret wars between the CIA and KGB, and Best Laid Plans: The Inside Story of America’s War Against Terrorism (1988). — CBS News

KARL F. INDERFURTH, NORTH CAROLINA 1968 A correspondent for ABC News fora number of years, Inderfurth worked in Washing ton, DC, and New York.— Ibid, fall 1994, page 60

JAMES DALESSANDRO, OHIO 1970 Dalessandro authored the book and wrote the screenplay for the motion picture 1906 by Warner Brothers. The epic recreates the great San Francisco earthquake and fire. He also wrote and co-directed The Damnedest Finest Ruins, a 2006 documentary DVD about the earthquake. — Ibid., fall 2006, page 10

HOWARD D. FINEMAN, COLGATE 1970 Born in 1948, in Pittsburgh, Pa., Fineman earned an MS in journalism at Columbia. He began his career with the Louisville Courier-Journal (1973-80); PBS’s Washington Week in Review (1983-95); CNN’s Capitol Gang Sunday, NBC news analyst and contributing reporter to NBC, MSNBC and CNBC (1995-98); and chief political correspondent (1984-

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present), senior editor (1995-present) and Deputy Wash ington Bureau Chief (1983-2010) for Newsweek. Currently, he appears on MSNBC-TV virtually every day. Editorial director of the AOL Huffington Post since Oc tober 2010, he appears frequently on MSNBC’s Hardball with Chris Matthews, The Last Word with Lawrence O ’Donnell and The Rachel Maddow Show. While at Newsweek, he wrote scores of cover stories as well as his weekly “Living Politics” column. In college, he was editor of the Colgate Maroon, the Howard Fineman

oldest college weekly in the U.S. In 2008, Fineman’s book,

The Thirteen American Arguments, was published by Random House. The book in cludes “enduring debates that define and inspire our country.” Fineman mixes vivid scenes and figures from the campaign trail with forays into American history. He shows that every debate, from the nation’s founding to the present day, is rooted in one of 13 arguments that defy resolution. It is the very process of never-ending argument, he explains, that defines us, inspires us and keeps us free. At a time when most public disagreement seems shrill and meaningless, Fineman makes a cogent case for nurtur ing the real American dialogue. — Ibid, summer 2004, pages 12-13; fall 2008, page 8 Fineman has interviewed every major presidential candidate since 1984, focusing in recent years on the rise and times of George W. Bush. His reporting helped Newsweek win numerous other honors from the Magazine Publishers Association and the Ameri can Journalism Review. Fineman’s other awards include a Page One from the Headlin ers Club of New York, Silver Gavel from ABA, a Deadline Club from the Society of Professional Journalists and an Oxford Cup from Beta Theta Pi in 2007. — Oxford Cup Award, 2007, by Thomas C. Olver, Central Michigan 1998

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MICHAEL JACK SCHMIDT, OHIO 1971 Truly a man of many talents, major league baseball

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superstar and Hall of Famer (1995) Mike Schmidt has penned Clearing the Bases, a much-needed call to arms for the sport to deal with everything from skyrocketing payrolls, callous owners and unapproachable players to inflated statistics and ersatz home run kings during the

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steroid era. He goes on to offer his own prescription for restoring integrity to the game and bringing baseball back to its rightful place as America’s game. Typically everybody’s third baseman on an all-time all-star team, Schmidt was honored with the Beta Theta Pi Oxford Cup in 1995. — Ibid, summer 2007, page 8

STEPHEN D. CHANDLER, ARIZONA 1967 A novel about two high school friends assigned to read Moby Dick and, four decades later, feeling guilty for never actually having read the novel, their communications touch everything from the war in Iraq, redemption and death. — Ibid, fall 2006, page 15 Author of 30 books translated into more than 25 languages, Chandler’s personal suc cess coaching, public speaking and business consulting have been used by CEOs, top professionals, major universities and some 30 Fortune 500 companies. He has twice won the national Audio of the Year award from King Features Syndicate. A popular guest on television and radio talk shows, he was recently called "the most powerful public speaker in America." He appeared in an episode of NBC's Starting Over, an Emmy award-winning reality show based on transforming the lives of six women through life coaching. Chandler was selected to role-play "father for a day" and to coach Allison, one of the participants at the house.

JOHN R. TAYLOR, IDAHO 1974 A resident of France, Taylor has authored a handful of literary tomes, including 2004’s Paths to Contemporary French Literature, which introduces English-language readers to more than 50 important French writers and poets who are universally admired. He also authored four collections of short prose and a collection of longer stories, Now the Summer Came to Pass, winner of the 2003 Three Oaks Prize for fiction. Also published in 2004, The Apocalypse Tapestries was inspired by the memories of travels and everyday life, as well as the “Apocalypse tapestries” housed in the Chateau of Angers, France. The volume has 60 poems and reflections. Earlier books are Some Sort o f Joy, which explores a provincial French town which John Taylor

one critic described as “a modern-day Pilgrim’s Progress;”

The World As It Is; The Presence of Things Past and Mysteries o f the Body and Mind. Taylor left the U.S. after graduation, studied in Germany, spent a year in Greece and eventually settled in France. His book reviews and essays regularly appear in the Times Literary Supplement and The Yale Review.

NEIL EVERETT MORFITT WILLAMETTE 1984 Morfitt, who uses the name Neil Everett on the air, joined ESPN in July 2000 as an anchor for ESPNEWS and SportsCenter. He moved to the company’s new Los Angeles Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid. 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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production facility in April 2009, to co-host the 1:00 a.m. ET edition of SportsCenter with Stan Verrett. Morfitt came to ESPN after working for 15 years for various affiliates in Honolulu, most recently KGMB-TV, the CBS affiliate where he was the sports director and weekday anchor. During those 15 years, he progressed from editorial and production roles behind the scenes to being in front of the camera. He held the roles of assign ment editor and associate producer before getting a shot as a sports anchor one weekend when the two regular Neil Everett

sports anchors were unavailable. Prior to his TV news career, he was an assistant ath

letic director and sports information director at Hawaii Pacific University. He also was the communications director for the Jeep Aloha and Jeep Oahu bowl games. A native of Spokane, Wa., He is a graduate of the University of Oregon where he earned a bachelor of science degree in journalism. — ESPN Outspoken and animated in his presentations, he has mentioned on numerous occa sions, “Mike Schmidt. Yup, he’s a Beta.” He also yells “phi ka ip h i” on the air after home runs and big dunks. Morfitt was initiated at Willamette, then transferred to the University of Oregon after one year. “My most treasured Beta moments are the friendships I’ve made. I can’t recommend enough the fraternal experience; you have an opportunity of making lifelong relation ships.” — Ibid., spring 2007, page 13, by Steve Brylski

DAVID H. SPRINGER, MICHIGAN STATE 1987 Springer, a member of the Public Relations Society of America and the International Association of Business Communicators, is a correspondent for Fox TV News in Se attle. Previously, he was with Beverly Enterprises, Jones Public Affairs and WBKG-TV.

CRAIG BORETH, PENNSYLVANIA 1991 His book, How to Feel Manly in a Minivan, follows the successful previous effort, How to Iron Your Own Damn Shirt. In the latter, he explained everything men need to know to become the perfect husband (or at least create the illusion of perfection). Now he offers essential advice for the next step with every guy’s guide to becoming a father with his masculinity, sanity and lower back intact. Funny and practical, Manly, one in a planned series of “The Desperate Dad’s Survival Guide,” offers advice on: how to embrace the baby shower for fun and profit, how to remain conscious during delivery, how to make sure the baby says “daddy” first and how to remain sane when flying with a baby. Of course, fathers learn how to feel manly in a minivan. Here’s the secret, he reports: As with just about everything else during fatherhood, it requires equal parts rationaliza tion and wicked cool gadgets. — Ibid., fall 2005, page 8 I h i r l fi T h e Retta R n n k 1Q9Q- I h i r l 7' T h e R a ta R n n k 1 Q 3 fl- I h i r l R T h e R a ta R n n k 1Q 3 3 - I h i r l Q- F a it h f u l H n m a n f t h a T h r e e S t a r s

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AUTHOR

Ibid., spring 1996, page 43

Masterpiece Theatre: A Celebration if 25 Years of Outstanding Television

Terrence O’Flaherty, California 1939

Ibid., winter 1997, page 45

Hard Times in Paradise Over the Hills

Micki and David Colfax, Penn State 1958 David Lamb, Maine 1982

Ibid., winter 1997, page 46

Jumping Skyward

Stanton Tate, Idaho 1955

Ibid., winter 1997, page 47

Good Iron Mac How to Settle an Estate

Peter M. Gunnar, Chicago 1946/ Willamette 1946 Stephen C. Brecht, Michigan State 1970

Ibid., convention 1997, page 6

A Measure of Defiance Death Before Life

Michael Harcourt, British Columbia 1964 Robert C. Jackson, MD, Oregon 1944

Ibid., convention 1997, page 115

Committed Aircraft Flight Control Actuation System Design Communication and Cyberspace: Social Interaction in an Electronic Environment

Lowell (Duke) Elms, Beloit 1950 E.T. Raymond, Washington 1944 Edited by Lance Strate, Cornell 1978, Ron Jacobson and Stephanie Gibson

Ibid., spring 1998, page 7

The Yellowstone, Forever! Mad as Hell So You Want To Be President: How to Get Elected On Your Campus

David M. Delo, Colgate 1960 Ronald Khol, Colgate 1957 David Quilleon, South Florida 1995

Ibid., convention 1998, page 8

Imaginary Menagerie Elvin the Little Black Elf Mysteries of the Body and Mind Inis Beag Revisited: The anthropologist as Observant Participant Ethics o f Consumption: The Good Life, Justice and Stewardship You’re Out and You’re Ugly, Too! Theory I: The Methodology for Success

LayneA. Longfellow, PhD, Ohio 1959 Carl E. Bolte, Missouri 1951 John Taylor, Idaho 1974 John C. Messenger, Lawrence 1942 David A. Crocker, DePauw 1959 Harry J. (Jim) Dent II, SMU 1975, and Durwood Merrill Clifford I. Sears, Ohio 1965

Ibid., winter 1999, page 6

Visual Feast Power of Survival Catapult Soul Work: A Field Guide for Spiritual Seekers

LayneA. Longfellow, Ohio 1959 John T. Butterwick, Wisconsin 1933 Elliott Edmund Stearms, Williams 1945 Charles H. Simpkinson, Williams 1957

Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi: Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement. 1914: Ibid. 3: Beta Life: Ibid. 4.: The Storv o f Beta Theta Pi. 1927: Ibid. 5: Beta Lore. 1928:

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Ibid., fall 1999, page 6

Recipes of Beta Theta Pi The Hemingway Cookbook The Second Half o f Marriage

Zeta Omicron Chapter, edited by Jeff Jewett, Southern Illinois 2001 Craig Boreth, Pennsylvania 1991 Claudia and David Arp, Georgia Tech 1964

Ibid., fall 1999, page 7

Applied Economic Analysis: for Engi neers, Technologists and Managers The Last Victim

Michael S. Bowman, Purdue 1959 Jason Moss, U N LV1997, with Jeffrey Kottler, PhD

Ibid., convention 1999, page 10

Justifiable Pride Christmas! Christmas! Christmas!

William D. Stevens, from a letter sent by John W. (Jack) Stewart, Nebraska 1939 William A. Barr, Illinois 1945

Ibid., w inter 2000, page 6

Evening Food, Cafe Beaujolais The Superman Complex The Right Touch Introduction to Museum Work The Class Choregus Ibid., spring 2000, page 7 If You’re Not Out Selling, You’re Being Outsold, Steve Johnson Soldier-Priest: An Adventure in Faith Go/No Go: A Hands-on Guide to Suc cessful Real Estate Development, Building Construction and Renovation from Concept Through Completion A 50-Year Adventure in the Advertising Business

Christopher Kump, Wesleyan 1984, and Margaret Fox with Marina Bear Max Carey, Jr., Columbia 1969 David Michael Delo, Colgate 1960 George Ellis Burcaw, Chicago 1948 David E. Morine, Amherst 1966 Michael St. Lawrence and Steve Johnson, California, Irvine 1985 John J. Morrett, Ohio State 1938 Mark W. Noe, Purdue 1957

Ernest W. Baker, Missouri 1948

Ibid., fall 2000, page 7

Passions: The Wines and Travels of Thomas Jefferson Wine into Words: A History and Bibliog raphy o f Wine Books in the English Language and How to be a Wine Expert The Iowa Precinct Caucuses: The Making of a Media Event An Artist Walks the Trail o f Beauty A Private Couple Creates a Public Garden The Power of Peaceful Thinking

James M. Gabler, Washington & Jefferson 1955 James M.Gabler

Hugh Winebrenner, PhD, Ohio 1959 Paul Hammersten, Ohio Wesleyan 1969 Frances K. and Robert E. Bickelhaupt, Northwestern 1936 Robert C. Moyers, Ohio Wesleyan 1963

Ibid., convention 2000, page 8

The Patient Pearls from a Pediatric Practice Jokes from the Internet

Michael Palmer, MD, Wesleyan 1964 William Waddington, MD, Vanderbilt 1948, and Clifton Meador, MD Fred Ward, Florida 1957

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Ibid., w inter 2001, page 7 Asante Papa! A War to be Won: Fighting the Second World War How to Delay Dying New Orleans: America’s Most Fortified City The War in the Pacific: A Personal Perspective on World War II in the Pacific Theater Ibid., sp rin g 2001, page 8 Some Sort o f Joy Excess Heat,: Why Cold Fusion Re search Prevailed Keeping the People Who Keep You in Business Ibid., fall 2001, page 7 Hookneck (El Aguila de Perfil) Deep Sleep The Proving Ground 88 Great MBA Application Tips and Strategies to Get to the Top Restoration of Marriage Ibid., convention 2001, page 8 Gar Wood Boats: Classics of a Golden Era The Thirteen To Carolyn With Love and Inside Alma Mater The Effective Entrepreneur: How to Make Bad Guys Finish Last! The Last Great Ace (America’s second leading Ace in World War II, Thomas B. McGuire, Jr., Georgia Tech 1942) Ibid., convention 2001, page 9 Pinch Point Encouraging Thoughts for the Good and Bad Seasons . . . o f Life Gallantry and Valor Cross-Examined: A Study in Success Winter Journey Through the Ninth Ibid., w inter 2002, page 8 Cavaliers Bryce Harlow: Mr. Integrity Revisiting the Twentieth Century Vacationland

BETAS IN THE ARTS Paul Hammersten, Ohio Wesleyan 1969 Allan R. Millett, DePauw 1959 Robert B. Hood, Washington State 1946 F. Codman Parkerson, Tulane 1952 Walter E. Switzer, UCLA 1942

John R. Taylor, Idaho 1974 Charles G. Beaudette, MIT 1952 F. Leigh Branham, Vanderbilt 1967

David D. O’Harrow, Idaho 1956, and Clyde Hubbard Charles Wilson, Westminster 1961 G. Bruce Knecht, Colgate 1980 Brandon T. Royal, San Diego State 1984 Karl M. Duff, MIT 1957 Anthony S. Molica, Jr., Syracuse 1934 James F. Patterson, Ohio 1958 Carl M. Franklin, Washington State 1931 Gardener H. Russell, Miami 1945 Charles A. Martin (Several books are included in this listing which are about Betas, not by Betas.) Foster C. Smith, Wisconsin 1956 Rev. George H. Mathison, Auburn 1999 Willilam F. Sprague, MD, Ohio 1952 Edwin B. Finch, Illinois 1957 Harry A. Franck, Stevens 1980 W.T. Coghill, Jr., Missouri 1948 Ralph G. Thompson, Oklahoma 1956, and Bob Burke Frederick M. Metcalfe, Minnesota 1934 David E. Morine, Amherst 1966

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Ibid., winter 2002, page 9

The Mighty Eight in WWII

Kemp McLaughlin (Maj. Gen., USAF-Ret.), West Virginia 1940

Ibid., spring 2002, page 8

The Ethical Navigator Game Plan How to Raise Healthy and Happy Children How’s Your Marriage?

William H. Capitan, Michigan 1954 Charles P. Wilson, Westminster 1961 William B. Wadlington, MD, Vanderbilt 1948 Michael F. Myers, MD, Western Ontario 1966

Ibid., spring 2002, page 9

Highways to Paradise Emeralds & Jade James Arness: An Autobiography

G. E. Stearns, Whitman 1969 Fred N. Ward, Florida 1957 James K. Arness, Beloit 1946

Ibid., sum m er/fall 2002, page 44

Class Warfare: Politicians Out of Control God Knows His Name: The True Story of John Doe No. 24 Great Horse Racing Mysteries: True Tales from the Track Harvesting Pa Chay’s Wheat How Fulfillment Services Drive Print Volume

Richard C. Legge, Syracuse 1946 David R. Bakke, South Dakota 1973 John J. McEvoy, Wisconsin 1959 H. Keith Quincy, UCLA 1965 C. Clinton Bolte, Georgia Tech 1967

Ibid., summer/fall, page 45

Impending Darkness/Ascent to the Cross/Descent to Hell The Contrarians Guide to Leadership

Samuel H. Sheldon, Kansas 1979 Stephen B. Sample, PhD, Illinois 1962

Ibid., fall/convention 2002, page 96

Abandon: Love and Communism in Central Asia Celebrating the Third Place

The Infinite Asset Scots in the North American West 17901917

David J. Gallagher, Colorado Mines 1997 Theodore D. Karantssalis, San Diego State 1984, contributor to The Great Good Place, by Ray Oldenberg Christopher J. Lederer, Washington and Lee 1988 Ferenc M. Szasz, Ohio Wesleyan 1962

Ibid., fall/convention 2002, page 97

What the Bible Says About Healthy Living The Arabs: Journeys Beyond the Mirage Vietnam, Now: A Reporter Returns

Rex D. Russell, MD, Oklahoma State 1963 David S. Lamb, Maine 1962 David S. Lamb, Maine 1962

Ibid., winter 2003, page 45

The Boyajian Papers Chris-Craft Boats Love’s Letters Ohio Public Contract Law & Construction Claims Quoth the Raven

Richard S. Jackson, Dartmouth 1939 Anthony S. Molica, Jr., Syracuse 1954 George W. Gunn, Davidson 1947 John A. Jenkins, Ohio State 1950 James E. Roper, Wabash 1968

Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book. 1930: Ibid. 8: The B eta Book. 1933 : Ibid. 9. Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars. 1988

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Time O u t. . . It’s Your Call

BETAS IN THE ARTS John C. Bridgman, Iowa State 1959

Ibid., spring 2003, page 36

Heart of the Hudson Travel Discovery Kit Milestones and Memories: The Art of the Toast Project Management @ Net Speed Pure Politics: The Foundations of Our Nation A Season for Painting Trauma Room One

Thomas M. Vincent, Colgate 1953 Steve H. Deyo, Miami 1971 Stephen B. Lafferty, AIA, Kansas State 1984 Robert I. (Trey) Ragsdale, Auburn 1996, and Joe Urban Robert Abbett, Purdue 1946 (see page 16) Charles A. Crenshaw, MC, SMU 1953

Ibid., sum m er 2003. page 52

Cube 6 Gallantry and Valor Milestones Backward Run Their War for Korea Waking Wait

Thomas W. Griffin, MD, Nebraska 1970 William E. Sprague, MD, Ohio 1948 George W. Gunn, Davidson 1947 Allan R. Millett, DePauw 1959 Larry Pontius, Michigan State 1961

Ibid., fall 2003, page 60

Assleville Death Run Internal Medicine on Call; Clinician’s Pocket Reference; Clinician’s Pocket Drug Reference, 3 books Prayerful Thoughts for Daily Living Return to Combat Walking: A Complete Guide to Complete Exercise

Scott M. Savoie, Florida 1990 Steve F. Hanschka, Oregon 1985 Steven A. Haist, MD, Centre 1977

George H. Mathison, Auburn 1999 William W. Spore, MD, California 1956 Casey S. Meyers, Ohio State 1950

Ibid., winter 2004

Like His Teacher Remembrances of a Reading Saints I Have Known and Known About To Tie the Knot or Not? We’ll Kiss for Food Why CRM Doesn’t Work

Robert A. Gollier, Kansas 1962 Denzil D. Garrison, Oklahoma 1951 John J. Morrett, Rev., Ohio State 1938 Ryan T. Take, Oklahoma 2001 and Christy Tate Steven J. Silberberg, MIT 1993 Frederick B. Newell, Jr., Pennsylvania 1947

Ibid., spring 2004, page 44

Bars of Steel: The True Story of Maria de la Torre Bosses o f the Newsroom Hypnocounseling Josan Money to Burn Small Claims: My Little Trials in Life

Brandon T. Royal, San Diego State 1984 Cruise Palmer, Kansas State 1938 Hugh Gunnison, Jr., St. Lawrence 1952 George L. Haverfield, Ohio State 1941 James S. Zagel, Chicago 1962 David E. Morine, Amherst 1966

Ibid., sum m er 2004, page 52

A World Well Traveled Beyond the Tears & Laughter: Insights from a Manic Depressive

Jack A. Greenwald, Washington 1944 David M. Delo, Colgate 1960

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JOURNALISTS, AUTHORS & POETS The Gray Matter: The Forgotten Story of the Telephone Non-Scheduled Flights Into the Unknown: Terminating in Controlled Crashes The Professional Financial Advisor: Ethics, Unbundling and Other Things to Ask Your Financial Advisor About

123 Burton H. Baker, Iowa State 1959 Rolla R. Hinkle II, Missouri 1955 John J. DeGoey, Guelph 1986

[bid., sum m er 2004, page 53

Angus Art Becoming a Man

Frank C. Murphy, Iowa State 1942 Ryan L. Discher, Miami 2003

Ibid., fall 2004, page 60

The American Wooden Runabout Dodge Boats The Americans Engineers and Scientists: Achieving Success in Industry Jury of One Reference Checking for Everyone

Anthony S. Molica, Jr., Syracuse 1954 Anthony S. Molica, Jr., Syracuse 1954 Donald E. LaFon, Purdue 1972 Burton P. Brodt, Florida 1954 David Ellis, Illinois 1990 Paul W. Barada, Indiana 1967, and Michael McLaughlin, Indiana 1967

Ibid., winter 2005, page 52

The Little Red Writing Book Blind Switch Faces of the Civil War Nam-A-Rama Shortcuts to Life’s Secrets Your Neighbor Went to War

Brandon T. Royal, San Diego State 1984 John J. McEvoy, Wisconsin 1959 Ronald S. Coddington, Georgia 1985 Phillip E. Jennings, Oklahoma State 1963 Hayes C. McClerkin, Jr., Washington and Lee 1953 B. Diggs Brown, Jr., Capt., Oklahoma State 1978

Ibid., winter 2005, page 53

What the Country Needs

John F. Kimberling, Indiana 1948

Ibid., spring 2005, page 32

Castles & Cottages: River Retreats of the Thousand Islands Encounter with Seven Continents and Beyond The Focal Easy Guide to Discreet Combustion 3, Help! My Halo’s Slipping Through These Portals Watermarks

Anthony S. Molica, Jr., Syracuse 1954 Stephen P. Wheeler, Illinois 1969 Gary M. Davis, Bowling Green 1992 Larry M. Dinkins, Oklahoma 1975 Wayne C. MacGregor, Jr., Idaho 1950 Charles A. Waterman, Northwestern 1957

Ibid., sum m er 2005, page 60

Roads Less Traveled in Northwest Oregon: A Guide to Back Roads and Special Places The Landlord’s Nightmares Go Blue

Stephen A. Arndt, Willamette 1971

Craig D. Duerr, Centre 1974 Jack M. Beam, Michigan 1971

Ibid., sum m er 2005, page 61

This Joshua in Our Midst

Paul E. Dinnis, Nebraska 1947

124 The Lazarus Pit Tales o f a Traveling Shepherd

BETAS IN THE ARTS James P. Patterson, Ohio 1958 Nicholas K. Williams, Indiana 1965

Ibid., fall 2005, page 8

The Adult Student’s Guide to Survival & Success The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change Thrive Under Pressure Bounce Back from Setbacks Molly Lake SAP Netweaver for Dummies

L.A. (Al) Siebert, Willamette 1958, and Mary B. Karr L.A. Siebert, Willamette 1958 L.A. Siebert, Willamette 1958 L.A. Siebert, Willamette 1958 Samuel C. Endicott, Mississippi 1972 Jeffrey B. Word, Oklahoma 1994

Ibid., fall 2005, page 9

John Rhodes: Man of the House Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organization

J. Brian Smith John R. Wooden, Purdue 1932, and Steve Jamison

Ibid., winter 2006, page 8

The Uncountables The 7 Irrefutable Rules o f Small Business Growth Letters to the Next President Venice: The Enlightened Traveler’s Historic Guide

Marcus Burt, Toronto 1995 Steven S. Little, Miami 1984 Sen. Richard G. Lugar, Denison 1954 John W. Higson, Jr., California, Berkeley 1947

Ibid., winter 2006, page 9

Grady’s Tour Transforming U.S. Intelligence

John H. Gallagher, West Virginia 1950 Burton L. Gerber, Michigan State 1955

Ibid., spring 2006, page 8

What Were You Thinking? A Charge Nurse’s Guide: Navigating the Path of Leadership Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Back Porch Swing You 1.0

Mark A. Barondess, Virginia Tech 1981 Scott J. Allen, Minnesota 1995 and Cathy Leary Scott J. Allen and Marcy Levy Shankman Allen R. Bohl, Bowling Green 1970 Matthew L. Kounkel D.C., Iowa 1994

Ibid., spring 2006, page 9

Do or Die: The Baby Boomer Man’s Guide to Regaining Health, Happiness, Vitality and a Longer, Fuller Life Hooked: Pirates, Poaching and the Perfect Fish

James S. McFarland, Idaho 1971

G. Bruce Knecht, Colgate 1980

Ibid., sum m er 2006, page 14

Mastering the Universe: He Man and the Rise and Fall of a Billion Dollar Idea Standing Eight: The Inspiring Story of Jesus Chavez and Quest for the American Dream Paths to Contemporary French Literature The Apocalypse Tapestries

Roger H. Sweet, Miami 1957, and David Wecker Adam S. Pitluk, Missouri 1999

John R. Taylor, Idaho 1974 John R. Taylor, Idaho 1974

Ibid., sum m er 2006, page 15

Finance on a Berrmat

Jeffrey R. Macklin, Ohio State 1974, with Mike Southon, Chris West and Stephen

JOURNALISTS, AUTHORS & POETS Plain Dealing

125 King Richard G. Zimmerman, Wittenberg 1956

Ibid., fall 2006, page 14

The Cattleman, Angus Cain Intelligent Vehicle Technology and Trends Marriage Roulette

Stuart I. Haussier (Chester F. Singer, Jr.), Missouri 1950 J. Richard Bishop, Auburn 1981 BJ Brittain, Wichita State 1968

Ibid., fall 2006, page 15

Tougher Boards for Tougher Times: Corporate Governance in the PostEnron Era Two Guys Read Moby Dick Washington Doctor

William A. Dimma, Toronto 1948

Steve D. Chandler, Arizona 1974 Tait Trussell, Washington and Lee 1949

Ibid. winter 2007, page 16

Larger Than Life: New Mexico in the Twentieth Century Texas Two-Step Diet Tele-visionaries: The People Behind the Invention o f Television

Ferenc M. Szasz, Ohio Wesleyan 1962 John C. Bridgman, Iowa State 1959 and Amy D. Bradshaw Richard C. Webb, Denver 1937

Ibid. winter 2007, page 17

Hat Trick The Missing Metric Perrysburg Historic Architecture

Robert S. Fuqua, Wichita State 1964 Randall S. Vosler, Miami 1976 and Stuart J. Vosler, Miami 1977 C. Robert Boyd, Missouri 1942

Ibid., spring 2007, page 8

G olf— Life Lessons Bowerman and the Men o f Oregon My Brother Danny Riders Down A Leader Born Honor Restored

Lanny A. Yeske, Nebraska 1960 Kenny Moore Ernest W. Baker, Missouri 1948 John McEvoy, Wisconsin 1959 Alton Keith Gilbert, Mississippi 1951 Denzil D. Garrison, Oklahoma 1951

Ibid., sum m er 2007, page 8

Clearing the Bases My Mother Can Beat Up On Your Father Reaching: Love Affairs with Industry How to Prevent Your Stroke Murder on the Sea Wolf and Other Short Stories The Buyer’s Guide

Michael Jack Schmidt, Ohio 1971 Danny Langdon, Idaho 1961 Richard Muther, Wisconsin 1938 J, David Spence, MD, Western Ontario 1965 Raymond Flanders, Colgate 1951 Charlie Stahl, Illinois 1971

Ibid., winter 2008, page 8

How to Feel Manly in a Minivan How to Iron Your Own Damn Shirt Melvinh Belli: King of the Courtroom Proactive Recruiting Here Comes Albert The ABC’s of Networking

Craig Boreth, Pennsylvania 1991 Craig Boreth, Pennsylvania 1991 Mark Shaw, Purdue 1967 Paul Siker, Wittenberg 1988 Allan MacLaren, MIT 1960 Thom Singer, San Diego State 1989

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Ibid., spring 2008, page 6

Emotionally Intelligent Leadership Lifetime Loser What Wives Wish Their Husbands Knew About Sex Distant Force In Their Words Rainmakers, Closers and Other Sales Myths

Scott Allen, Minnesota 1995, and Marcy Levy Shankman Jim Furkin, Missouri 1974 Ryan Howes, MD, Willamette 1993 George A. Roberts, MD, Carnegie Mellon 1939 Bob Gingrich, Missouri 1957 Arnold Tilden, St. Lawrence 1969

Ibid., sum m er 2008, page 10

Damned to Eternity Grandpa Grouper Sports: A Generation’s Common Bond Condemned to be Free Commerical Real Estate Investing in Canada The Power o f Peaceful Thinking

Adam Pitluk, Missouri 1999 Don Arends, Iowa State 1952 Ronald B. Schram, Dartmouth 1964 R. K. Ready, Kansas 1946 Claude Boiron, Toronto 2004 Robert C. Moyers, Ohio Wesleyan 1963

Ibid., fall 2008, page 8

The Thirteen American Arguments Barking up a Dead Horse Getting to Thanksgiving Mr. Lincoln’s T-Mails Reflection of the Mole The Man Behind the Mask

Howard Fineman, Colgate 1970 Tom Batchelder, Indiana 1993 Allen Bohl, Bowling Green 1993 Tom Wheeler, Ohio State 1968 William J. McDaniel, Oklahoma State 1964 Thomas H. Mallory, MD, Miami 1961

Ibid., winter 2009, page 6

Gall: Lakota War Chief 52 Wow: A Relationship Guide for Men A Treasury o f Truth and Wisdom: Prin ciples to Build a Life Of Significance Breathing Life Through Dance Libya: From Colony to Independence Trials and Triumphs

Robert W. Larson, Denver 1950 R. Dean Akers, Florida 1974 Frederick K. Slicker, Kansas 1966 Aubrey Stephens, Idaho 1956 Ronald Bruce St. John, Knox 1966 Thomas R. Cox, Oregon State 1955

Ibid., spring 2009, page 10

Beyond Common Sense Finish Line Swap The Lullaby Lost The Invisible Church Understanding and Treating Depres sion: Ways to Find Hope and Help

Eugene Borgida, Wesleyan 1971, and Susan T. Fiske James Ross, Missouri 1974 Samuel M. Moffie, Wittenberg 1982 Paul William Barada, Indiana 1967, and J. Michael McLaughlin, Indiana 1967 J. Pittman McGehee, Oklahoma State 1965, and Damon J. Thomas

Ibid., sum m er 2009, page 8

Sporting Lives: Metaphor and Myth in American Sports Autobiographies

James W. Pipkin, Florida 1966

IhiH ■The Rata Theta P i■Ibid. 2 Betas n f Achievement. 1914: Ibid. 3: Beta Life: Ibid. 4.: The Storv o f Beta Theta Pi. 1927: Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

JOURNALISTS, AUTHORS & POETS Abraham Lincoln and Robert Burns: Connected Lives and Legends Close Call The Constitution of Electoral Speech Law Sinking of the Forty-Nine Wake Up, America! Ibid., fall 2009, page 6 Baseball in the Cross Timbers Africa and the Hunting Traditions Business Network Transformation No Mad Little Me Can Live a Big Life: Integrating Paradoxes for Change Tueyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Course

127 Ferenc Morton Szasz, Ohio Wesleyan 1962 John McEvoy, Wisconsin 1959 Brian K. Pinaire, Whitman 1997 James W. MacMekiin, Mich. State 1958 Peter M. Feaman, Union 1975 Peter G. Pierce, Oklahoma 1971 Chambliss Johnston, Westminster 1974 Jeffrey Word, Oklahoma 1994 Sam Moffie, Wittenberg, 1982 Peter Allman, Nebraska 1982 James Ross, Missouri 1974

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When first we wore our pledge’s stars, We really didn’t know A serenading melody Or warmth of afterglow. But soon we learned the Beta Grip And earned our diamond pin. And felt the special lasting pride Of Beta Glow within. On college’s foundation strong We built our lives still true To diamond values and three stars That Beta deeds renew. Fraternal Fifty Seal now shines In Beta Lady’s eye; She shared our pledge right from the start In Beta Theta Pi.

Soft Chimes float down when day is done From Mather Tower True; Long shadows through the archway run, Retreating from the setting sun, Then gently falls the dew. The campus lies in quietness For night is drawing nigh, And in the solemn peacefulness Her sons their loyal love confess To Beta Theta Pi. Soon Betas, too, will slumber deep, Above a soft moon beams, But as each lies in gentle sleep A rendezvous with her he’ll keep, Sweetheart o f all his dreams.

— Carl C. (Tommy) Tinstman, Case 1942, Ibid. spring 1997, page 19

— Robert A. George, Western Re serve 1948; convention 1997, page 4

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We shared a lot, then travel’d sep’rate roads. You stay’d close to brotherhood; I stray’d. Why not that fate decree our diff’rent modes For came we not from opposite parades? But hold, did not we each a maid betroth, And set our seed and raise our issue up? And work and earn and err; did not we both Endure, exult; dispute the bitter cup? Do we not now know more than facts and dates? That answers are not that, but layers loos’d, FINGER-CLICKS Revealing newer mysteries and fates, And questions ne’e r before rais’d up and Do Beta brothers ever know mus’d? Why “finger-clicks” are heard Have we not both been humbl’d by the times; When Betas celebrate our own Or revelations of our place on Earth? With no applause or words? Or uncondition’d love, or children’s rhymes; No wonder why we all observe Or music, blooms, or clouds, or marv’lous This custom that we all preserve? birth? It may have come from old Reserve, And now our paths again do intersection So long ago, I ’ve heard! You with cane and I with alter’d plumb — But knowing both full well what to perfect; — Charles S. Stevenson, The merger with our wives; our God; His Western Reserve/George Mason/ Maryland 1944 (see page 99) Son.

A way that Betas sign their notes With some strange “blankety-blanks, ” Are things that started long ago To give fraternal thanks. It’s just a habit we observe; It came to us from old Reserve Since ’44, we all preserve.

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In an upper room of the old college hall, They gathered together, the short and the tall. When eight bonded brothers formed a society so fine, They embraced all the love brother hood can allow, Setting up guidelines for then and for now. From Gordon to Marshall to Linton to Smith, The Loving Cup passed, it was not a myth. From Flardin to Duncan to Ryan to Knox, The brotherhood flowed with the beauty of phlox. The decades have passed, from one to sixteen, But the standards they set are still with us seen. May we always remember their heritage passed, And live in a way, so their standards will last.

Soaring in the high sky Or prowling from tree to tree, The Dragon keeps a steady watch. Observing his family live their lives, Hoping the sacrifice he made Would not go unnoticed. Do remember, ye sons o f Dragon, His eye is upon you. To Beta Theta Pi A song I sang for a few brief years, I still know the words. They find their way to my lips, Ring distant in my mind. Remnants o f a memory That still shapes my life. — Jon Hansen, Eastern Washington 1999; winter 1998, page 5

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Across the onyx ocean Flew the dragon we all know With a diamond in his talon For the brothers ju st below. — Michael J. Green, Florida State 1974, — Ibid., fall 1996, page 62 The three stars above him Kept his path alight; The wind it flowed around him, A LIFELONG MEMBER There’s a ritual tonight. A badge is being crafted Just as the stars glitter in the sky For a brother soon to be, A brilliance sparkles in his eyes. And Wooglin waits with patience And on his chest a diamond rests For the rare delivery. It signifies his zeal and zest. The dragon makes a landing For life and love and all the rest On mists o f pink and blue, It marks a very special quest. And sets the diamond gently It tells the world he stood the test On a shield with eight sides true. And stands amongst the very best. He breathes a summer’s flame And there he’s bound with special ties With adoration in his eye, A lifelong member o f Beta Theta Pi. — “B. Hagenloh", David And BrianWooglin inscribes in gold The letters: Beta Theta Pi. Hagenloh Seacat, Wichita State 1987; Ibid., winter 1999, page 4 The badge is then delivered To a new Beta pilgrim, And he shall wear his symbol proudly For it was made for him. — Jason Scott Miller, Colorado School o f Mines 1999; Ibid., spring 1998, page 4

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There are times of supreme happiness And times when you must grieve. Times your soul with angels soars And times it scarcely breathes. And when the dark and icy night But the greatest love, the love of loves Assails the once bright day, Even greater than that of a mother There seems nothing left to cling to Is the tender infinite passionate love And you quickly lose your way. Of one Beta brother for another. But this you have, a solemn pledge, — Written and read by Norm Stewart, Forever to be true. Missouri 1956, longtime University of Missouri Your brothers will stand by you basketball coach, speaking to the 2ndAnnual And they’ll help you through. Leadership Academy, Beta Theta Pi Conven tion — Ibid., convention 1994, page 30 Because Betas are forever Bound together from the start. You will always be my brother BROTHER BETA And I keep you in my heart. Locked in Beta Theta Pi — Brad C. Mirakian, Kansas State 2003; Ibid. convention 1999, page 74 The Fraternity o f yore I see my friends grow to my heart And souls above they soar. It started off just eight young men With strong ambitions near And ended up a brand new world for other men to fear. In Beta Theta Pi you see With colors pink and blue We do not brag on what we have Just the things we do. A mystical dragon spreads its wings Its power atop our crest Around the world it means one thing Simply we are the best. Three stars are placed up above To some it is a crime That those three things that we hold dear Last till the end of time. For other men life goes by Quickly in a flash But Beta men hold one thing dear The words o f____ kai____ , So Beta old and Beta new Hold your heads up high Our hearts and souls are never lost But forever yours in ____ kai____. The love of a beautiful maiden The love o f a staunch true man The love of a baby unafraid Has existed since time began.

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CADMUS AND THE MARINER When the dragon’s teeth were planted In the earth of Grecian lands, Warriors great grew from these seeds But one tooth bore no man. This tooth, it sank through rock and stone Until it made its way To ancient waters ’neath the earth With chill and bitter sprays. These ships were manned by men of valor Strong and fierce in mind, These were mariners bold and true With words both wise and kind. When Cadmus left the wood that day To build his city new, He knew o f teeth and battleships And the toils that might ensue. Upon espying Cadmus brave, The sailors raised their blades: “Lead us, mighty dragonslayer, And victories shall be made!” But Cadmus knew his time was short, And Mars would soon be there To punish for the dragon’s teeth, And so Cadmus declared, “I cannot lead you, though I wish I could sail with your fleet; But a leader grows within your ranks, And he now shall you meet. ” With these words, a trusted man, A man whose faith was shown, Stepped through the crowd of Mariners And let his strength be known. Cadmus knew this man would lead These men and their machines With mind of reason and intelligence And a brotherhood yet unseen. So Cadmus and the sailor Shook hands as leaders do, And Cadmus left, assured at last His men were safe and true. For leaders grow within the groups Of men who trust them so; We know them by our faith that they Will choose which paths to go. This man stood up among his peers, Not full o f self or boast,

131 And his fellow men they raised a glass And gave this heartfelt toast. So here’s to journeys, jaunts and treks And diamonds bright to eye, And here’s to a man who leads the ranks Of Beta Theta Pi. — Matt Bourjaily, Wisconsin 1998; Ibid., convention 1998, page 10

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BETAS WRITING ABOUT BETA Throughout the Fraternity’s almost 175 years, a handful o f members have felt com pelled to serve as the recorders o f Beta Theta Pi history. Not the least of these have been the editors of The Beta Theta Pi magazine, founded in 1872 by the enthusiastic Charles Duy Walker; Virginia Military Institute 1869. The magazine, the longest continuously published periodical in the entire Greek com munity, was initially served by committees (1875-92), then by volunteer editors (18921992) and since 1993, editors who serve full-time on the staff in Oxford, Ohio, while also filling the role o f director of communication. As most of those listed below were only moderately active otherwise as journalists and/or writers, they are included here to honor their service to the Fraternity. Following Walker’s term as editor, 1872-75, committees included: Olin R. Brouse, DePauw 1866; Darwin H. Cheney, Northwestern 1876: Vol. Ill (1875-76) Edwin J. Gantz, Bethany 1875: Vol. IV (1876-77) George C. Rankin, Monmouth 1872; John R. Berry, Monmouth 1872; John A. Robison, Monmouth 1877: Vol. V (1877-78) Willis O. Robb, Ohio Wesleyan 1879: Vol. VI (1878-79) John I. Covington, Miami 1870; Robb; Sylvester G. Williams, Ohio Wesleyan 1877; Walter E. Dennison, Ohio Wesleyan 1877: Vol. VII (1879-80) Covington; Robb; Williams: Vol. VIII (1880-81) Covington, Robb; Williams: Vol. IX (1881-82) William R. Baird, Stevens 1878; Covington; Williams; Robb: Vol. X (partial) (1882) William C. Sprague, Denison 1881; Charles M. Hepburn, Virginia 1880: Vol. X (1883) Covington; Baird; Hepburn; William F. Boyd, Ohio 1866; Francis W. Shepardson, Denison 1882/Brown 1883; Vol. XI (1883-84) Robb; Baird; Shepardson: Vol. XII (1884-85) Shepardson; Sprague; Eugene Wambaugh, Ohio Wesleyan 1875: Vol. XIII (1885-86) Shepardson; Baird; Chambers Baird, Harvard 1882; Richard L. Fearn, Stevens 1884; William H. Crawshaw, Colgate 1887: Vol. XIV (1886-87) Hepburn; Chambers Baird; Shepardson: Vol. XV (1887-88) Hepburn; Shepardson; Fearn; Franklin M. Welsh, Dickinson 1888: Vol. XVI (1888-89) Hepburn; Shepardson; Fearn; Welsh; Chambers Baird; Frank H. Scott, Northwestern 1876; George R. Hoskins, Boston 1890: Vol. XVII (1889-90) Hepburn; Shepardson; Fearn; Welsh; Hoskins: Vol. XVIII (1890-91) Charles M. Hepburn, Virginia 1880; Vol. XIX (1891-92) Hepburn; J. Calvin Hanna, Wooster 1881: Vol. XX (1892) End of Editing by Committee 1892-1915: William Raimond Baird, Stevens 1878: Vol. XXI-XLIV 1916-30: Francis W. Shepardson, Denison 1882/Brown 1883: Vol. XLV-LVIII 1931-41: Gordon S. Smyth, Pennsylvania 1918: Vol. LIX-LXIX 1942-51: Thad Byrne, Washington State 1925: Vol. LXX-LXXVIII 1951-55: Columbus S. Barber, Wesf Virginia 1920: Vol. LXXIX-LXXXII 1955-63 and 1976: Robert T. Howard, DePauw 1937: Vol. LXXXIII-XC 1963: Alvin A. Lang, Lawrence 1930: Vol. XC (3 issues)

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1964-68: Robert H. Kurz, Miami 1958: Vol. XCI--XCIV 1968-76: K. Warren Fawcett, Minnesota 1926: Vol. XCV-CIII 1976-92: John R. McCiung, Jr., Kansas State 1937: Vol. CIV-CXX 1993-2001: L.E. (Erv) Johnson, Idaho 1953: Vol. CXX-CXXIX 2002-2009: Thomas C. Olver, Central Michigan 1998: Vol. CXXIX-CXXXVII 2009-: L. Martin Cobb, Eastern Kentucky 1996: Vol. XXXVIII-

CHARLES DUY WALKER, VIRGINIA MILITARY INSTITUTE 1869 Founder of The Beta Theta Pi periodical, now magazine, Walker and his passion on behalf of the Fraternity were short-lived. He personally recruited sufficient subscriptions to fund the fledgeling monthly eight-page tabloid; however, he died of typhoid fever in 1877. He was also the Fraternity’s first General Secretary. As an undergraduate, he was wounded with the VMI cadets in e Battle of New Market, May 15, 1864, against seasoned Union troops. Walker’s legacy still stands. The Beta Theta Pi is the oldest continuously published periodical in the entire Greek community. Said successful lawyer and U.S. Con gressman John S. Wise, Virginia 1867: “His power seemed to be in private argument. He would get a (Beta) delegate or two aside and set forth his schemes with rapid speech and enthusiastic fervor. I promised to subscribe for the paper, get other subscriptions, write for it and boost it in every way I could. I little realized then how great a thing we Charles Duy Walker

were doing.” — Ibid. 4, page 71, 345

WILLIAM RAIMOND BAIRD STEVENS 1878/COLUMBIA 1882 A lawyer and patent specialist, Baird authored Beta Theta Pi and legal books, the latter including The Principles of American Law and The Study of Languages. For Beta Theta Pi, he wrote Betas of Achievement (1914), The Handbook o f Beta Theta Pi (1894, 1907), two editions of the Fraternity catalogue, Forty Years o f Fraternity Legis lation (1916), A Decade of Fraternity Reconstruction (1918) and Beta Letters (1918). Editor of The Beta Theta Pi, 1892William Raimond Baird

1915, Baird is undoubtedly best known for Baird’s Manual o f American College Fraternities (1879 through some

dozen editions). — Son o f the Stars: The Pledge Manual of Beta Theta Pi, page 185

FRANCIS WAYLAND SHEPARDSON, DENISON 1882/BROWN 1883 Rivaling William Raimond Baird as the Fraternity’s most prolific author and documentarian, Shepardson is noted for his succession of The Beta Books, 1927, 1930 and

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1933, histories of the Fraternity since its founding and serving as pledge manuals prior to G. Herbert Smith’s (DePauw 1927) official Son o f the Stars: The Pledge Manual of Beta Theta Pi, introduced in 1939. As noted in the newer version of Son of the Stars, pages 185-186: “Shepardson contributed a remarkable volume of written works about Beta Theta Pi during his lengthy term of Fraternity leadership (1907-37). In his 1927 edi tion of the Beta Book, he fills in gaps in Beta history since Baird’s Hand-Book (1907.) It was quickly followed by Beta Lore (1928), Beta Life (1929) and The Beta Books, Shepardson’s Beta Bards (1936) is the most compre hensive collection of Beta poetry and sentimental prose Francis Wayland Shepardson

ever completed, (see page 156) All of these significant

contributions were while he was editor of The Beta Theta Pi (1916-30), General Secre tary (1907-17), and President (1918-37). He wrote two histories of the Denison Chapter, the first in 1885; the second in 1937, his last published recording of Beta history. On the afternoon of Aug. 9, 1937, he read the last galley of proofs of the second Denison Chapter history and delivered the final copy to the printer about 5:00 p.m. Three hours later, he collapsed and died as he was en route to nearby Columbus, Ohio, to entrain for Chicago and on to Mackinac Island for the Fraternity’s 98th General Conven tion. The book was published exactly as it left his hand.

A.J. GUSTIN PRIEST, IDAHO 1918 Author of scores of articles and poems in the Beta maga zine, Priest was president of Beta Theta Pi (1951-54). In the article, “Beta’s New Trustee,” Editor Gordon S. Smyth reported that Priest had been editor of the college news paper, Argonaut, was a reporter for the Boise newspaper, The Idaho Daily Statesman, and a lawyer. Priest contrib uted scores of articles to The Beta Theta Pi magazine and wrote the popular Beta book, The Great Ones, a com pilation of his 10 keynote speeches at Beta conventions. — A.J. Gustin Priest

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390, 394; Treasure o f the Hills, pages 31-34

GORDON S. SMYTH, PENNSYLVANIA 1918 Smyth was editor of The Beta Theta Pi (1931-41) and vice president and trustee of the Fraternity (1943-45) — Ibid., summer 1973, pages 386-387

SETH R. BROOKS, ST. LAWRENCE 1922 The first Beta Theta Pi Oxford Cup honoree (1984), he wrote several Beta books,

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including Inter Fratres and In Beta’s Broad Domain, re prints of his regular columns in The Beta Theta Pi. For many years, beginning in 1951, each issue of the maga zine carried an essay by Dr. Brooks under the heading “Inter Fratres,” many often reprinted in other collegiate Greek magazines. One of his essays, “Freedom Within,” earned a Freedoms Foundation Award in 1967. Born in New York City in 1901, Dr. Brooks was pastor of the Universalist National Memorial Church in Washingto n ’ DC ( 1939' 7 9 )- He died in 1983 after many years of

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service to Beta Theta Pi as General Secretary (1950-60) and President (1960-66) and in Washington community affairs. — Oxford Cup, by Rob ert T. Howard, DePauw 1937

KARL W. FISCHER, DICKINSON/INDIANA 1925 When word was received of the death of Karl Fischer, 1903-60, some 24 hours before the 121st General Convention, Seth R. Brooks, St. Lawrence 1922, declared, “No man loved Beta Theta Pi more.” ^

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'IFrom his undergradute d a ys,” w rote R obert T. Howard, DePauw 1937, then editor of The Beta Theta Pi, “he was a prolific co n trib u to r to the Beta magazine. Hardly an issue in 35 years lacked his by line. From 1952, he was the Fraternity’s assistant histo rian. For much longer, par ticularly after the death of Francis W. Shepardson, Karl recorded matters of historic importance to the Fraternity, and no one wor ried less about his title.” Fisher wrote two books about Beta: The Mystics and Beta Theta Pi and The

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Theta Pi at Indiana University. Karl had scarlet fever at age 10. The disease left his vision impaired. In 1925, he received an AB from Indiana University. After graduation, he worked for The Indianapo lis News and taught English and journalism at Washington and Lee University and at Baker University, Baldwin, Kan. He owned a portable Corona typewriter on which he had the typeface changed to include the Greek alphabet. “He devoted much effort to the small details of the welfare of Beta Theta Pi, which he feared others might forget,” said Howard. “In letters to undergraduates, he’d pound away at hospitality, at good manners, at respect for the Ritual, at the way to wear the badge or use the chapter coat of arms. He researched and recorded remote details of personal and institutional history which he believed would strengthen the overall fabric of Beta Theta Pi. He attended literally hundreds of chapter initiations, many of them beyond his normal midwest radius. After each, he delivered a considered critique of the entire Ritual.” “There are few people in this world who are not replaceable,” noted R.C. Kipp, Indiana 1906, “but (what he did) for his chapter and the Fraternity, Karl comes as close to being just that as any person we have had the privilege of knowing.” — Ibid, fall 1994, page 15

K. WARREN (SPIG) FAWCETT, MINNESOTA 1926 Editor of The Beta Theta Pi, 1968-76, Fawcett also served as a vice president and member of the Board of Trustees, 1955-60. Fawcett is remembered, too, for his book, Marching Along (1961), which provided a record of all important Fraternity events, per sonalities, and history from 1935 to 1960.

STANLEY R. CHURCH, WASHINGTON STATE 1931 A frequent contributor to The Beta Theta Pi, Church is best remembered by newly initiated Betas as the author of the pre-initiation rituals: The Wooglin Ceremony and The Dragon Ceremony. Honored posthumously with the Oxford Cup in 2001, he assisted Dr. Peter J. Floriani in the preparation of his book, The Faithful Home of the Three Stars.

ROBERT T. HOWARD, DEPAUW 1937 A Beta Theta Pi Oxford Cup honoree in 1998, Howard was editor of The Beta Theta Pi (1955-63 and 1976). He authored Bellows Was a Beta, providing biog raphies of the distinguished Three editors o f The Beta Theta Pi magazine, left to right: Bob Kurz, Bob-T Howard and Erv Johnson

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artist George W. Bellows, Ohio State 1905, and 20 other accomplished Beta artists (1989), and wrote the biographies of 32 Oxford Cup recipients from the time the award was introduced in 1984. A resident of Oxford, Ohio, he was the General Fraternity histo rian (1979-98), and had been sports information director for Miami University for many years. The 1977 Oxford Citizen of the Year, he was a long-time member and president of the Oxford Museum Association. Called “Bob-T” by his Beta brothers and friends, he received the Oxford Cup in private ceremonies prior to his death in 1998.

JOHN R. (JACK) McCLUNG KANSAS STATE 1937 Serving as the last volunteer editor from his home in Palo Alto, Calif., McClung operated his own advertising agency, primarily serving the insurance industry. He intro duced full color to the pages of the magazine and changed the format from digest size to the larger, magazine size, approximate 8 x 1 1 dimension, which continues to this day. At 16 years, he was among the longest-serving edi tors, 1976-92. Only Baird (23 years) served longer. Jack McClung

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Editor of The Beta Theta Pi for nine years (1993-2001), Johnson was previously man aging editor of two monthly magazines and a weekly newspaper for tourists and ex patriots in Southern Portugal (1987-1990) as well as three other tourist magazines (199192). He authored Son of the Stars: The Pledge Manual o f Beta Theta Pi (2002), Catnip, a novel (2003); Treasure of the Hills: The First 100 Years o f Beta Theta Pi in Idaho (2004), Beta Statesmen (2010); Beta Heroes (2011) and Betas in the Arts (2012). A 2006 receipient of Beta Theta Pi’s Shepardson Award, Johnson was the first Beta to serve as president of the College Fraternity Editors Association (CFEA) (1998-99) since Francis W. Shepardson, Denison 1882/Brown 1883, (1932-33). He also edited the Fra ternity Communications Association (FCA) public relations manual, There Are No Lim its, and the “Fraternities” section of The Fraternity Voice (CFEA/FCA history).

ROBERT H. KURZ, MIAM11958 Best known for his book Miami o f Ohio: Cradle o f Coaches (1983), revised in 2000, which traces the exceptional number of top college football coaches who began their careers at the helm of the Miami Redhawks (originally Redskins), among them Red Blaik, Weeb Ewbank, Paul Brown, Paul Dietzel, Ara Parseghian and Bo Schembechler. After graduation, Kurz was sports information director for the university and editor of The Beta Theta Pi when he began using the term “Cradle of Coaches.” He was with the Dallas Times Herald before relocating to Evanston, III., where he and his wife Marian operate a public relations firm.

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PETER J. FLORIANI, LEHIGH 1977 Dr. Floriani is the author of The Faithful Home o f the Three Stars, a 1989 book about the history, lore and personalities of the Fraternity. The 548-page volume covers the 150 years of Beta Theta Pi since her founding in 1839.

L. MARTIN COBB, EASTERN KENTUCKY 1996 Currently director of advancement for the Beta Theta Pi Foundation, editor of The Beta Theta Pi and director of communication for the Gen eral Fraternity, Cobb joined the Oxford staff in 1997 after a year as a member services consultant for the NorthAmerican Interfraternity Conference (NIC) in Indianapo lis. A two-term president of his chapter, he has filled nu merous roles of major responsibility with the General Fra ternity. Initially, he was Beta’s director of expansion (199798), then director of the Men o f Principle initiative (19982001), when the Beta Theta Pi Foundation tapped him to be associate director of the Foundation (2001) and later director of advancement.

THOMAS C. OLVER, CENTRAL MICHIGAN 1998 Olver joined the Fraternity staff in Oxford as a leadership consultant followed by ser vice as the Fraternity’s risk management director. Named editor of The Beta Theta Pi and director of communica tion in December 2001, he served for eight years and was president of the Fraternity Communications Associa tion for two terms.

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BETAS BEHIND THE SCENES Where do we identify those Betas who have been so essential in promoting the arts and supporting the artists who receive all the accolades from an admiring public? In this treatise, the author has chosen to include this chapter which, in so many ways, speaks for itself. Consider, for example, Pare Lorentz, “father” o f the modern documentary (page 140), and Ted Voigtlander, award-winning cinematographer (page 143), or Chuck Howard and Geoff Mason, Emmy-winning ABC Sports producers (pages 146 and 151), or Rich ard Evans, savior of Radio City Music Hall (page 151). Few would argue their lofty contributions to the arts. Following are some of those noted for their contributions.

HARRY RAYMOND PIERCE, SYRACUSE 1899 A resident of Athens, Ohio, Harry Pierce trained public speakers. He was a coach and dramatic critic for the Cort Lyceum Bureau of Cleveland, Ohio, and director of the de partment of public speaking at Ohio University.

WILLIAM HILLS HUTCHINS, YALE 1901 A Phi Beta Kappa, Hutchins studied painting in Paris and Rome for several years after graduation. As a painter, he contributed to public expositions in New York and else where. He became an actor and stage manager. He was stage director of the Keith Theatre in Philadelphia (1913) and of the Coburn Players (1914). He did considerable work as an art critic and contributed in this connection to many periodicals. He authored a verse drama, Jeanne D ’Arc at Vaucouleurs.

MAIN ROSSEAU BOCHER, CHICAGO 1911 An internationally famous fashion designer born and raised in Chicago, Bocher began his career as a musician, studying piano and singing. When he “lost his voice,” he switched to the study of art in Chicago, New York and Munich. In the early 1920s, he was an illustrator for Harper’s Bazaar magazine, then editor of Vogue magazine in Paris. In 1929, he opened a dress shop in Paris, then in 1939 returned to New York, where he opened a salon on 57th Street, next to Tiffany's, calling his creations the “House of Mainbocher.” In 1947, eight of the New York Dress Institute’s “Ten Best Dressed Women in the World” were Mainbocher clients. Because of his reputation for unique designs made in Paris, he became a great success with rich, influential women, retiring in 1971. In 1937, he gained widespread fame as designer of the wedding gown for Wallis Simpson in her marriage to the Duke of Windsor upon the latter’s abdication of the throne as King of England. For her, he created what became known as “Wallis Blue.” A host of society women as well as famous actresses were customers of his Mainbocher dresses. Among many of his discerning clients were Doris Duke, Adele Astaire, Eliza beth Parke Firestone, Gloria Vanderbilt, Bunny Mellon and Princess Maria Cristina de Bourbon. He also costumed lead actresses in Broadway plays: Mary Martin in One Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930', Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: F aith fu l H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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Touch of Venus and The Sound of Music, Ethel Merman in Call Me Madam, Rosalind Russell in Wonderful Town, Lynn Fontanne in The Great Sebastians, Lauren Bacall in Applause and many others. He also designed uniforms for the Red Cross, Girl Scouts and the Navy’s Waves. He died in Munich, Germany, in 1976.— Ibid., April 1977, page 358

JULIAN OLNEY, COLUMBIA 1922 A concert and stage producer with his wife Dorothy for more than 50 years, Olney started the Olney Series at the Westchester County Center in the 1920s, presenting musicians and dancers for nearly three decades. He co-produced a number of touring Broadway shows during the 1960s and 1970s and was a founder of the International Association of Festival and Concert Managers. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 63 Olney wrote an exciting and colorful story, Beyond Broadway, of his long partnership with his wife, Dorothy, in the presentations business of the performing arts. They lived in South Hadley, Mass., where they were involved in travel, photography and their collec tion of theatre memorabilia. — Ibid., summer 1980, page 426 The Olney Series presented the world’s greatest musicians and dancers for almost three decades. On summer stage, during the years just before World War II, the Olney’s Ridgeway Theatre featured such stars as Ethel Barrymore, Grade Fields, Ruth Gordon, Gregory Peck, Tallulah Bankhead, Gloria Swanson and Gene Kelly. The Olneys were co-producers with Charles Laughton and Paul Gregory in the classic movie, Night of the Hunter, starring Robert Mitchum and Shelley Winters. A number of Broadway shows under Olney’s auspices went coast-to-coast in the U.S. during the 1960s and 1970s. His exploits on the road were detailed in his third book, Beyond Broad way. — Ibid., spring 1986, page 211

CHARLES S. SPOFFORD, NORTHWESTERN/YALE 1924 A theater executive who was president of the Metropolitan Opera Association board (1946-50), Spofford was a longtime patron of the arts. He also was vice chairman of the board for the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, board member of the Julliard School of Music and trustee of the Repertory Theatre Association. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 63

PARE LORENTZ, WEST VIRGINIA 1926 A filmmaker considered to be the father of the modern documentary, Lorentz made his first film, The Plow that Broke the Plains, in 1936, followed by The Rivera year later, his most famous movie which holds the record for the most-exhibited, most-quoted and most-taught short motion picture ever produced. He was appointed director of the U.S. Film Service in 1938 by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt, then wrote and directed The Fight for Life, the first feature-length film with actors made by the government. His three Depression-era films are still considered classics. The first director to use full-length musi cal scores in non-musical films, he later was a film consultant for many years and re ceived a 1985 career achievement award from the International Documentary Associa Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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tion. He died in 1992. — Ibid., spring 1985, pages 271272; fall 1994, page 61 Lorentz’s awards include a 1981 salute from the Acad emy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. — Ibid., fall 1992, pages 59 and 61 Lorenz was honored in 1979 by the U.S. government for his contributions to the field of documentary film mak ing. Often called the “father of documentary films,” he par ticipated in a program at which officials announced the creation of a library of 36 documentary film classics which includes most of his film work. Starting in 1926 as a movie critic in New York City, he successfully convinced the U.S. government to enter the documentary film field in 1936 with his production of The Plow That Broke the Plains. The film met with such critical acclaim that six months after it had opened in New York City, it was booked by some 3,700 commercial theaters. After the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Lorenz was asked by the Air Transport Command to form an aerial and still photographic unit which produced 235 aerial briefing films and more than 350,000 still pictures. Lt. Col. Lorentz was awarded the Airmen’s Bar, the Air Medal and the Legion of Merit. For 30 years following World War II, he operated his own production company out of New York City. In 1975, he published an anthology of his film work, Lorentz on Film: Movies 1927 to 1941. — Ibid., fall 1980, page 7

ALFRED de LIAGRE, YALE 1926 Broadway director-producer and 1959 Tony Award winner for J.B., de Liagre also produced or directed other stage hits, including The Madwoman ofChaillot, Death Trap, The Voice of the Turtle, Photo Finish, Golden Apple and the 1983 revival of On Your Toes. Described as “courtly yet unpretentious,” he was later executive director of the Ameri can National Theatre. Recently chosen by drama critics throughout the country to the Theater Hall of Fame, he died in 1987 at age 82. Known as “Delly” on Broadway, he had been a producer for more than 60 years. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

HOWARD R. PHILBRICK, OREGON STATE 1926 General manager of Central Casting Corp., wholly owned by the major motion picture studios, Philbrick was responsible for distributing some $3 million worth of jobs annually among 6,500 registered extras in the film industry. President of his Gamma Mu Chapter during his senior year, he began his career in Washington, DC, first toiling among the stacks of the Library of Congress, then as a clerk of the Senate committee on appropria tions. For four years, he was a special agent in the FBI; in 1935, he resigned to seek a job in San Francisco. There, the Departments of Justice and Interior hired him to do some investigative work resulting in the Philbrick Report, uncovering government payIbid. 6; The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: F aith fu l H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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merits to lobbyists, resulting in a best-seller for three editions. He became head of the California Department of Motor Vehicles before his last job with Central Casting. — Ibid., Vol. 68, pages 259-261

JOHN WRAY YOUNG, KANSAS STATE 1927 He and his wife Margaret Mary collaborated as designer-director of the Shreveport Little Theatre for 44 years, working on 320 major productions. As director emeritus, he wrote books on the American theatre. The publisher of his seventh book in 1974 said, “John Wray Young has more words in print on the American theatre in seven books and 123 articles than any other living writer.” — Ibid., April 1976, page 324

Z. WAYNE GRIFFIN, OREGON STATE 1931 A radio, television and film producer and prominent Los Angeles businessman and civic leader, Griffin died in 1981. An aspiring opera singer, his poor health forced aban donment of the goal, and he joined NBC as a writer-producer in San Francisco in 1934. He moved to CBS and the Don Lee network in Los Angeles and later became west coast director for BBDO advertising agency. Griffin produced DuPont’s Cavalcade o f America, the Burns and Allen Show, Maxwell House Coffee Time and many others. After World War II, he became a Hollywood film producer. Among stars in his films were Claudette Colbert, Broderick Crawford, Ava Gardner, Fred MacMurray, Loretta Young and Clark Gable. He produced GE Theater with host Ronald Reagan. — Ibid., spring 1982, page 367

BILL DOLL, WEST VIRGINIA 1932 Publicist and press agent for more than four decades, Doll was executive vice presi dent and publicity director for Mike Todd, publicizing such films as Around the World in 80 Days, La Dolce Vita, Long Day’s Journey Into Night and Mondo Cane. He also was publicity director for Ringling Bros. Barnum & Bailey Circus. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59. Doll represented Spike Jones, Hildegarde, Bill Robinson, Ethel Merman, Phil Silvers, Gypsy Rose Lee and other stars of the 1940-70s. He was publicity director for the New York World’s Fair in 1964. — Ibid., June 1963, page 490

W. PAINE KNICKERBOCKER, DARTMOUTH 1933 A nationally known drama and film critic for the San Francisco Chronicle for several decades, Knickerbocker received the 1963 Film Critics Award from the Directors Guild of America. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60

STEVE SHOLES, RUTGERS 1933 One of the few non-performers elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, Sholes was chief of artists and repertoire for RCA. He brought Elvis Presley to the label and was instrumental in the recording success of Eddie Arnold, Chet Atkins, Jim Reeves, Perry Como, Eddie Fisher, Harry Belafonte and others.— Ibid., fall 1994, page 63 Sholes died in 1968, in Nashville, Tenn. A pioneer leader of Nashville’s music industry Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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and vice president of a recording firm, he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame, one of four non-performers to receive the honor. — Ibid., June 1969, page 508

THEODORE (TED) VOIGTLANDER, IDAHO 1935 Winner of six Emmys and 16 nominations for cinematographer for television’s The Islanders, Ben Casey, Wild Wild West, Bonanza, Little House on the Prairie and High way to Heaven, he was the chief cinematographer for such movies as The Miracle Worker, It’s Good to be Alive, The Loneliest Runner, Remember Me and television fea tures such as The Diary o f Anne Frank. Beginning as a trumpet player in several bands, he was hired by a Hollywood studio as a “script boy,” learning to use a motion picture camera in his spare time. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64 Voigtlander was described as “one of the geniuses of the technical art of film and television production.” At the 1973-74 awards in Hollywood of the National Acad emy of Television Arts and Sciences, he received the Emmy for Best Cinematog raphy for a feature-length film made for television, It’s Good to be Alive, a drama tized story of Roy Campanella, the famous Dodger catcher, telecast as a General Electric Theatre production on CBS. That same night, he received the “Cinematog rapher of the Year” award. This gave him a total of five such awards by the Acad emy. He also was vice president of the Academy, a director of the American Society of Cinematographers and was associated with Michael Landon in the production, as well as cinematographer, of television’s The Little House on the Prairie. Speaking at a visit to the University of Idaho to accept his induction into the university’s hall of fame, he said, “I look back nostalgically to those wonderful days spent in Gamma Gamma Chapter.” He and his wife Mary lived in Los Angeles. — Ibid., Jan 1975, page 265;Treasure of the Hills, page 73

RICHARD C. WEBB, DENVER 1937 In his book Tele-Visionaries, Webb offered readers an easy-to-understand account of the invention and evolution of television. From the first developments in monochrome image transmission to color broadcasting to digital video, Tele-Visionaries provided an inside view of the innovations that have made television the powerful communication tool it is today. Webb was a member of Ray Kell’s color group at RCA where he and Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930', Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: F aith ful H o m e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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other talented engineers played a pivotal role in the development of television. The book recounts the milestones in television history as well as the challenges met and remark able ingenuity used to solve them. Web worked at RCA (1939-54) as a research fellow with Purdue University and then as a staff research engineer. He founded three compa nies involved in a wide range of electronics. — Ibid, winter 2007, page 16

RICHARD WILSON, DENVER 1938 Producer-director, Wilson began his career with Orson Welles’ Mercury Theatre of the Air in 1937. He worked with Welles through 1951, and appeared in Citizen Kane. He was associate producer on The Lady from Shanghai and Macbeth, produced The Golden Blade and Ma and Pa Kettle at Home, directed Man with the Gun, Raw Wind in Eden, Al Capone, Invitation to a Gunfighter and Three in the Attic. — Ibid., fall 1995, page 9

PERRY LAFFERTY, CORNELL 1939 A longtime television executive who produced or directed many top shows over five decades, Lafferty was producer/director for The Victor Borge Show, The Imogene Coca Show, Your Hit Parade and The Andy Williams Show. He directed Robert Montgomery Presents and numerous episodes of The Twilight Zone and Rawhide. The Danny Tho mas Show, which he produced in 1963-64, won the 1964 Emmy as Best Variety Series. He was the CBS vice president of programs (1965-75) and later had the same position with NBC (1979-85). During the 1990-91 season, he produced several television mov ies for NBC. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60

WILLIAM ECKART, TU LAN EW 42 A designer and producer, Eckart was costume designer for such films as The Pajama Game, Damn Yankees and The Night They Raided Minsky’s. He was the scenic de signer, mostly with his wife Jean Levy, of many Broadway plays, including Oh Men! Oh Women!, Damn Yankees, L’il Abner, Fiorello!, Take Her She’s Mine, Oh Daddy Poor Daddy Mamma’s Hung You in the Closet and I’m Feelin’ So Sad, She Loves Me, Fade Out — Fade In, Mame, Maggie Flynn and Of Mice and Men. He was nominated for a Tony in 1960 for Fiorello and in 1966 for Mame. — Ibid., fall 1995, page 8

RICHARD BENNETT, NORTHWESTERN 1946 Longtime director of such television series as Barnaby Jones, The Girl From U.N.C.L.E., Emergency! and The Waltons, in 1978 Bennett also directed the film Harper Valley P.T.A. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 58

FRANK PACELLI, ILLINOIS 1948 Veteran daytime television director and multiple Emmy winner, Pacelli received his first Emmy nomination as one of the three directors on Days of Our Lives in 1979. He later joined the directing team of The Young and the Restless and won four straight Emmys — Outstanding Director, Daytime Drama Series — (1986-89). He also was nominated for Best Director for each year, 1990-94. — Ibid., fall 1995, page 9 Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas of Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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ALBERT LUCAS, ILLINOIS 1945 A television director with CBS for 38 years prior to his death in 1990, Lucas worked on such shows as Playhouse 90, Arthur Godfrey’s Talent Scouts, The Jackie Gleason Show and numerous daytime soaps. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 61

GEORGE ENGLUND, UCLA 1947 A producer-director who worked in film, television and on the stage, Englund directed Midsummer Night’s Dream on Broadway in 1954 and Brigadoon off Broadway. He pro duced his first film, The World, The Flesh and The Devil, in 1958. Later, he directed and/ or produced The Ugly American, Dark o f the Sun, Zachariah and Snow Job. His televi sion work was as producer and/or executive producer of The Streets ofL.A. and execu tive producer/director/writer on Las Vegas Strip War. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

RICHARD MOORE, WESTMINSTER 1947 A motion picture cinematographer, Moore’s credits include Annie, Winning, The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, The Rievers, WUSA, Myra Breckenridge and Some times a Great Notion. He also directed The Circle of Iron. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 62

THOMAS B. TURLEY, COLGATE 1948 Turley was a reporter with the Pawtucket Times in Rhode Island and later with the Associated Press. He joined CBS News in 1967, then went to NBC producing NBC News Today. He died in 2006. — Ibid, fall 1994, page 64; fall 2006, page 64

ROBERT BUTLER, UCLA 1950 An Emmy-winning director, Butler began his career as a stage manager before launching his career on such classic shows as The Untouchables, Dr. Kildare, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Fugitive and The Twilight Zone. He was executive consultant on the Lois and Clark series after directing the pilot and several episodes. He directed the pilot episodes of television’s Hogans He roes, Star Trek, Batman, Moonlighting and Sisters. Butler helped launch Kurt Russell’s career through four Walt Disney Movies, including The Computer Wore Ten nis Shoes and The Barefoot Executive, but his major con tributions are through television. He won his first Emmy (1973) for The Blue Knight and again for “tight and in tense” Hill Street Blues (1981) premiere. He gained Emmy nominations for Moonlighting and created the Remington Steele show and directed it several seasons. Among his seven film credits are Night of the Juggler, Up The Creek Robert Butler

and The Barefoot Executive. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

CHARLES S. MECHEM, JR., M IAM11952 Former chairman of Great American Broadcasting (previously Taft Broadcasting), Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9: F aith ful Hom e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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Mechem oversaw a dozen radio stations and six television stations as well as HannaBarbera Productions, Cenemobile System, Inc.’s film and television studios in Holly wood and theme parks in Ohio, Virginia, North Carolina and Ontario. He served a term as commissioner of the Ladies Professional Golf Association (1991-95), and was CEO of U.S. Shoe Corp. (1993-95.) President of the Alpha Chapter as an undergraduate, he served on the university’s board of trustees (1980-89). — Ibid., fall 1994, page 62; Ox ford Cup Award, by Thomas C. Olver, Central Michigan 1998

TED STEEG, WABASH 1952 A screen writer, director and lyricist, Steeg began his career as a writer of plots, dia logue and film scripts. He later worked as a television and film director for several years. Among his songs are Coffee House, Rendezvous, Summer Rain, When Will Love Sing to Me and Dream Girls. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64

DOUGLAS CRAMER, CINCINNAT11953 A successful television producer and executive involved in many popular shows over five decades, Cramer was vice president, program development, for ABC-TV (196266); later, a vice president of 20th Century Fox TV (1966) and Paramount Television (1968-72) before becoming executive vice president, Aaron Spelling Productions (197689). He was executive producer of Bridget Loves Bernie, QB VII and NBC-TV adaptions of Danielle Steel books such as Kaleidoscope, Changes and Vanished. He was co executive producer of Dynasty, Love Boat, Hotel, Vegas, The Colbys and Matt Houston. Cramer is a leading collector of contemporary art and was a founder of the Los Ange les Museum of Contemporary Art and president of its board of trustees (1990-93). — Ibid., fall 1995, page 8

JOHN BACKE, MIAM11954 Former CEO of CBS, Inc. (1976-80), Backe founded The Backe Group in 1986, a management company which publishes books worldwide and owns four television sta tions. He owns and operates a mass marketing paperback publishing company, a maga zine publishing company in New York and an advertising agency in Philadelphia. He is also a general partner in a New York-based investment group that invests in communi cation companies. Backe was executive producer of numerous TV specials, including Attack on Fear and Lots o f Luck, 1981-84. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 58. He was a Beta Theta Pi Oxford Cup honoree in 2005.

CHARLES W. (CHUCK) HOWARD, DUKE 1955 Born in 1933, longtime Emmy-winning producer and executive for ABC-TV sports Chuck Howard joined the network in 1960 and was a major player in the production of Wide World of Sports, NCAA college football, the Olympics and the Indianapolis 500. He earned numerous Emmys during the 1970s and early 1980s. He left ABC in 1986 and produced Big Ten sports telecasts for a year, then joined Trans World International in Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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1989 as executive producer for sports programming. — Ibid., June 1976, pages 410-411; fall 1994, page 60 Howard’s career in television began in 1960 with Sports Programs, Inc., an independent television company later sold to ABC. He joined Roone Arledge from NBC and helped originate ABC’s Wide World of Sports. He produced the 1976 Winter Olympics at Innsbruck, Austria, and suc ceeding Olympics at Montreal, Mexico City and Munich, the LeMans in Dublin, the Indianapolis 500, Churchill Downs’ Kentucky Derby and much more. Howard became a vice president for programming at ABC Sports; he is credited with being the first to use a split screen and an isolated camera to highlight a part of a play away from the main action. He was among the 2009 inductees by the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame, which honors those who have made sports broadcasting a cultural force. He died at age 63 in 1996 in Pound Ridge, N.Y. — Ibid., fall 2009, page 7

CHET FORTE, COLUMBIA 1958 Emmy-winning ABC-TV sports director of ABC’s Monday Night Football, Wide World o f Sports and the network’s coverage of the Olympics (1968-80), Forte won 11 Emmys for his directing (1975-81). An All-American basketball star at Columbia, he beat out Wilt Chamberlain as NCAA player of the year in 1957. He was short for a basketball player, but shot with deadly accu racy from the outside — the approximate location of today’s three-point circle. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59 After a brief career in the National Basketball Associa tion (NBA), Forte began working in television, joining ABC Sports in the mid-1960s. In 1970, he was named the first director of Monday Night Football. His ability to present the game as entertainment spectacle as well as sporting event, under the mandate of executive producer Roone Chet Forte

Arledge, made the show a huge success in both sports

and pop culture. He left ABC in the mid-1980s, the result of his self-admitted addiction to gambling, coinciding with the departure of Howard Cosell and the retirement of Arledge. Forte directed the highly rated roller derby program, Roller Games (1989), followed by a stint as a talk show host at San Diego’s XTRA-FM (1992). He co-hosted the Loose Cannons show with Steve Hartman, where he openly discussed his addiction and of fered to help others in a similar situation. — Ibid., fall 1996, page 29. Forte died of a heart attack at age 60 in 1996. Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7: The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933 ; Ibid. 9. F aith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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DAVID BURKE, YALE MSS A television producer whose first major show was 60 Minutes, where he was also a writer (1979-82), Burke went to NBC as producer of the Monitor series. He was also associated with HBO’s Sneak Preview, CBS News’ 21st Century series and many docu mentaries. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

JIM JIMIRRO, PENN STATE 1958 President of the Disney Channel from its first telecast, April 18,1983, until June 1985, Jimirro was a longtime Disney employee. He first recommended a family-oriented cable channel in 1977 and was also instrumental in the selling of Disney videos, which began in 1980. He was president of National Lampoon, Inc., stepping down in 2006, but continued as chairman of the board of directors. An avid music historian, he presented a fall 2006 lecture series in Beverly Hills on the music of such greats as Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and others. He founded the Jimirro Center for the Study of Media Influ ence, part of the Penn State College of Communications. — Jim Jimirro

Ibid, fall 1994, page 60 He is president/CEO of J2 Communications, a leading

independent video company in Los Angeles, which has grown to a worldwide home video production and distribution company, working with stars such as Tim Conway, Carol Burnett, Phyllis Diller, Joan Lunden, Debby Boone, Cyd Charisse, Rich Little and George Foreman. Creator and founding president of the Disney Channel (1983-85) as well as Walt Disney Home Video, Inc., he turned around National Lampoon, Inc. ac quired in 1990. — Ibid., convention 2000, page 34

JAMES M. de BLASIS, CARNEGIE MELLON 1959 Cincinnati Opera’s general director, de Blasis (pronounced “du Blaze”) opened the 1977 opera season with a new production of Norma, starring Renata Scotto. Holding that position from 1973, he first came to national prominence in 1968 with his American Wild West version of Donizetti’s Elixer o f Love for Cincinnati, America’s second oldest opera company. Previously, he opened Philadelphia’s season with Tosca, debuted with the Washington, DC, Opera Society at Kennedy Center with Attila and directed Rigoletto, Pittsburgh, and Manon, Tulsa. — Ibid., June 1977, page 406

JOHN C. DIETMANN, CHICAGO 1959 In 2007-08, Dietmann volunteered at Shakespeare’s Globe Theatre on the Thames bankside opposite St. Paul’s Cathedral in London. Officially, he was one of the volunteer coordinators, assisting in fundraising through the “Friends of the Globe” and staffing the Friends Desk in the Theatre's foyer. — Ibid., summer 2008, page 11 Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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ALAN LADD, JR., SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1959 Former president of three film companies, Ladd began his career as an agent (1962-68). He co-produced sev eral films, including Villain, X ,Y & Zee and Fear is the Key before joining 20th Century Fox as president (1976-79), when he formed The Ladd Company. Later Ladd became president of United Artists and MGM/ UA entertainment. Producer of the 2005 film An Unfin ished Life, he also produced Gone, Baby, Gone and A Dream of Red Mansions (2007). He received a 1996 Os Alan Ladd, Jr.

car as co-producer of the Best Picture, Braveheart. — Ibid., , .. . n n . fall 1994, page 60

DON BEHRNS, FLORIDA 1962 A motion picture producer who began his career as production manager on Hallow een, The Fog, Once Bitten, Two Moon Junction anti Creator, Behrns was co-producer of the Chuck Norris film Top Dog, producer of Friday the 13th Part IV, Jason Lives, Liar’s Moon and coordinating producer of L.A. Law. — Ibid., fall 1995, page 8

H. KAYE DYAL, ILLINOIS 1962 A motion picture producer-director, Dyal also wrote the story for Chuck Norris Lone Wolf McQuade in 1983. He directed Memo ries of Us in 1974 and co-produced Silence the same year. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

MICHAEL A. LOBELL MICHIGAN STATE 1962 In 2007, Lobell, who has produced a number of prominent motion pictures, pro duced an updated version of the 1967 film Gambit. His Michael Lobell Productions filmed Tears o f the Sun (see left), starring Bruce Willis, in 2003. Previously, his com pany produced Honeymoon in Vegas; Chances Are, starring Robert Downey, Jr.; ____________ ______

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Kingsley. — Ibid., spring 2007, page 12

RICHARD BERGER, UCLA 1963 Former president of Touchstone Films and United Art ists, Berger joined 20th Century Fox in 1966, later serving as vice president, feature films production, before joining Walt Disney. He was president of Touchstone, a Disney subsidiary, in 1983, later joining United Artists, becoming president in 1985. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 58

FORSTER S. CAYCE, ARIZONA 1963 Michael Lobell

President in 1961 and #1 on the rolls of Delta Beta Chap ter, Cayce produced music for Alyce Cooper, The Spiders

and Linda Ronstadt at Copper State Recording Studio. Interested in the old West, he collected oral histories from pioneers in Arizona. He died in an auto accident in 2006. — Ibid., spring 2007, page 30

RICHARD IRVINE, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1963 A motion picture executive producer for eight years, Irvine co-founded Aurora Produc tions in 1978 and was involved with Heart Like a Wheel, Eddie and the Cruisers and The Secret of N.I.M.H., among others. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 60 In 1991, he was elected vice president, marketing of Disney Attractions, west coast. He returned to the Disney Co. after a 16-year absence as president of Walt Disney Education Media Co. in the early 1970s. He also had a stint as president and COO of Straight Arrow Publishing, owners of Rolling Stone magazine. — Ibid., fall 1991, page 12

THOMAS A. LIPTON, WESTERN RESERVE 1963 The peripatetic Lipton, who remarkably has attended more than 40 annual Beta Theta Pi conventions, embarked on a 46-year European residency upon graduation. Thanks to some “mutual assistance” from Wagnerian tenor Jess Thomas, Nebraska 1948, (see page 60) he was engaged as a photographer-publicist for several German operatic festivals. Lipton completed German-English translations of Bertolt Brecht-Kurt Weill and Hugo von Hoffmannusthal operas, followed by a term as founding managing director of the Virginia Opera, Norfolk, raising the company from its $35,000 investment to a $20 mil lion organization within a decade; mastermind of the grand opening and inaugural sea son of the Wilmington (Del.) Grand Opera House; public relations/marketing director, Kansas City Philharmonic and the New Mexico Symphony Orchestra, and managing director, Santa Barbara (Calif.) Ballet Theatre. The Beta Theta Pi Foundation’s Ocelot Award for aspiring undergraduate Beta artists is endowed by Lipton in honor of his once-ballerina daughter Eva.

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GEOFF MASON, DUKE 1963 Longtime producer for ABC-TV sports and winner of 20 Emmys, Mason produced NBA basketball, was production coordinator for the 1972 Olympics, worked on numer ous episodes of Wide World o f Sports and was executive producer of ABC’s Monday Night Football. He earned 20 Emmy awards before leav ing ABC to become a freelance producer-consultant. Char acterized as the most prolific producer in sports television, Mason was reported by USA Today as, “former executive producer of ABC in TV sports for a long time and currently executive producer of ESPN International and president/ executive producer of Mainstay Productions, Inc., with of fices in Bristol, Conn.; Marblehead, Mass., and Singapore.” In his then-new ESPN post, USA Today added, “Mason says he feels ‘like I’m back in the sixties in the early years Geoff Mason

of Wide World of Sports . . . writing our own scripts. What

fascinates me is that it’s changing every day.’” When not jetting from one continent to another, Mason finds time for his “non-work passions.” He is on the boards of directors of the Betty Ford Center and the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 62; winter 1997, pages 6-7 Director of planning for the 1976 Winter and Summer Olympics, Mason is often re ferred to as the “George Plimpton of ABC Sports.” He sailed on the “Nefertiti” in the 1962 America’s Cup Trials, shadowed the 100-yard swimming races with Olympic champion Donna deVarona, had a high-jumping duel with Olympic hurdles champion Hayes Jones, received shot put lessons from Randy Matson, a one-and-a-half forward somersault high diver (via instruction from Dr. Sammy Lee), yet had the distinction of being the worst broad jumper in the Atlantic Coast Conference while at Duke where he also tried to skydive. “I wasn’t afraid to make the jump,” Mason says, “but I was afraid to tell my mother for five years.” — Ibid., Sept. 1976, page 35

PETER FRANKOVICH, OREGON 1965 A television executive who joined CBS in 1976, Frankovich was an executive producer with CBS Entertainment for a year before becoming director of its motion pictures for its television division in 1978. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

RICHARD EVANS, DENVER 1966 Call it Miracle on Sixth Avenue or whatever, but 1985 saw Radio City Music Hall Pro ductions in the black for the first time in three decades; and, according to articles in Time and other publications, the man responsible was Richard H. Evans, CEO of the com pany which was created in 1979 to bring the music hall back to life. In 1978, it looked as though the final curtain was coming down on the financially troubled Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933', Ibid. 9: Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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Radio City Music Hall, and the building was earmarked for razing. But in 1979, “the public sent a message that it wanted this building to stay open,” Evans recalled. “Keep ing the doors open was the easy part; filling seats with paying customers was another matter. First the famous art deco interior of the building was declared an official landmark. Then the parent company, the Rockefeller Group, formed Radio City Music Hall Pro ductions and hired Evans to turn around a $14 million an nual loss. “Our long-term strategy was to make Radio City Music Hall Productions a market-driven company. This required diversifying the entertainment mix, from the tra ditional family-fare of first-run movies and a 30-minute stage show starring the Rockettes, a resident ballet and the Music Hall’s symphony orchestra.” Richard Evans

Evans, a four-year varsity swimmer at Denver special

izing in the breast stroke, took the plunge in the concert industry. “We launched our Concert Division in 1980 by booking eight performances by the rock group The Grateful Dead. Since then, the Music Hall has presented more than 420 concerts by a long list of varied top-name talent, including Julio Iglesias, Barry Manilow, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross, Bette Midler, Eddy Murphy, Willie Nelson and Madonna. The Hall now accounts for more than half of all the concert business in New York City with a sellout rate of 97%, best in the U.S.” Evans started his career with Walt Disney Productions, later was director of opera tions for Mattel’s Ringling Brothers, Barnum and Bailey’s Circus World and director of operations for Marriott Corp., San Francisco. Prior to joining Radio City Music Hall, he was president, Leisure General Corporation, Atlanta, Ga. The 6,000-seat music hall ranks with the Statue of Liberty and United Nations as “must see” attractions in New York City. “We learn from the past,” he said. “We can’t become tied to one entertainment form or one institution simply because that’s how we’ve always done it.” — Ibid., fall 1986, page 2. After Music Hall Productions (1979-86), Evans moved to Gaylord Entertainment Co., Nashville, as CEO. Gaylord owned and operated a vast conglomerate of entertainment and tourism properties, including the Grand Ole Opry, Opryland Hotel and Opryland theme park. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59 In 1996, Evans was named CEO of billionaire Wane Huizenga’s sports properties — the Miami Dolphins (NFL), Florida Marlins (MLB) and Florida Panthers (NHL). He also served on the boards of directors of the NBA, NHL, MLB and NFL. More recently, at age 66, he was independent director, LifePoint Hospitals, Inc., Brentwood, Tenn. Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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DICK BUFFINTON, LEHIGH 1968 Longtime associate director with ABC-TV sports, Buffington contributed to the winning of numerous Emmys by ABC’s Wide World o f Sports. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 59

E. KIM LeMASTERS, UCLA 1971 A television executive with several networks, LeMasters began his career in 1972 at ABC-TV as manager of prime time development. He went to Warner Brothers Televi sion as director of development in 1974, then joined CBS-TV in 1976. Later, he was named vice president, prime time development and production. As of 2007, he was creative director at the University of Southern California Institute. Former president of CBS Entertainment and Stephen J. Cannell Productions, he manages the institute’s creative personnel as well as its partnerships with the entertainment and computer in dustries. In 2006, he wrote one of the premier episodes of Stephen King’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes on TNT and was executive producer on films such as Wild Wild West and Them in the 1990s. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 61; spring 2007, page 12

RICHARD C. TAYLOR, OKLAHOMA 1972 Vice president of Walt Disney Entertainment, Taylor was formerly director of commu nications, planning and administration for Walt Disney Attractions Entertainment, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. He joined Disney in 1981. Previously, he was with Fred Waring Pennsyl vanians as a featured baritone soloist. — Ibid., spring 1982, page 403; winter 1996, page 25; winter 1997, page 39 After 12 years, 1968-80, Taylor resigned his staff posi tion with the Fred Waring Show. In 1973, he co-founded and directed the contemporary music group called The Young Pennsylvanians and in the years to follow, he as sumed many other responsibilities. He was assistant pro ducer/director for the Waring Show, staff photographer, assistant company manager for the Waring Road Show, personal “On Tour “ manager for Mr. Waring and for four Richard Taylor

years (1976-80) press-publicity director. He was also staff

choral conductor and assistant managing director of the Fred Waring Choral Music Workshop now at the Pennsylvania State University. — Ibid., fall 1980, page 21

TIM PROGOSH, WESTERN ONTARIO 1980 Progosh was the producer and co-founder of the Canadian Comedy Awards & Festi val in 2000. The event, held in London, Ontario, hosts more than 120 comedians and performers over four days. — Ibid., spring 2007, page 12

JAMES WARD, HANOVER 1981 Vice president, marketing, Lucasfilm, Nicasio, Calif., Ward oversaw the marketing of the first three Star Wars films. — Ibid., convention 2000, page 35 Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The B eta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The Beta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: F aith fu l H o m e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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LES MAYFIELD, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1982 A motion picture and tele vision director, Mayfield co founded ZM Productions. He directed feature films Encino Man, Psycho IV and Miracle on 34th Street. His television work includes the Emmy-nominated All in the Fam ily Special, Cheers, The Last Call, A Day in the Life of Hollywood and Hey Taxi. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 62. Mayfield directed

Director Les Mayfield (center) with actor Cedric the Entertainer (left) and Lucy Liu in The Cleaner

2007’s film Code Name: The Cleaner and The Man, 2001 ’s American Outlaws and 1999's Blue Streak. He was executive producer and producer on such television shows as The Love Bug, Tower o f Terror and The Cape. — Ibid., winter 2007, page 14

GEORGE ZALOOM, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 1982 A motion picture and television producer, Zaloom founded ZM Productions. For televi sion, he produced the Emmy-nominated All in the Family Special, Bob Newhart’s 19th Anniversary Special, The Honeymooners Anniversary Special, a made-for-TV film Conair: Airport ’92, and several documentaries. He produced Encino Man in 1992, Psycho IV for Showtime and Miracle on 34th Street. — Ibid., fall 1994, page 64

JOHN BENJAMIN WARREN, SOUTHERN M ETHODIST 1984 Former marketing vice president of Warren Corp., Benjamin put together more than 200 special events. He was working on the Worlds Fair for Kids 2006 in Orlando, Fla., when he died in late 2005. — Ibid, spring 2006, page 44

J. GILL HOLLAND, NORTH CAROLINA 1987 Holland produced the documentary Mountain Top Removal, which won the 2008 Reel Current Award presented by Nobel Peace Prize honoree and former Vice President Al Gore. The film addressed the controversial mining practice of mountaintop removal in West Virginia and its effects on rural families. The Reel Current Award winner is chosen and presented each year by Al Gore to a documentary at the Nashville Film Festival that provides extraordinary insight into a contemporary global issue. Gore commented, “The one thing different I like about this particular film is that it really does allow the audience to connect with the emotions of those different families as they go through this.” — Ibid, fall 2006, page 10; summer 2008, page 11 Producer of numerous independent films, Holland won a 1999 Independent Spirit Award. Ibid.: The Beta Theta Pi; Ibid. 2: Betas o f Achievement, 1914; Ibid. 3: Beta Life; Ibid 4.: The Story o f Beta Theta Pi, 1927; Ibid. 5: Beta Lore, 1928;

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He produced Mentor, Find Love, Just Like the Son and Loggerheads, was executive producer of Nicky’s Game and Sweet Land and co-producer o f Southern Belles and David & Layla. — Ibid, fall 2006, page 10

ANDREW LEWIS, OKLAHOMA 1996 An executive producer on the independent film Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon, Lewis and Cory Butler, Oklahoma 1996, formed a production company.

TOMMY REID, OHIO STATE 1996 Reid produced and directed 7-10 Split, which opened in fall, 2007. His sister, popular actress Tara Reid, co-pro duced the comedy and has

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plays the girlfriend of the actor-turned-bowler. — Ibid., summer 2007, page 12

Recently, he produced Danny Greene: The Rise and Fall of the Irishman. The film, about a Cleveland mobster, features interviews with Greene’s family, federal officials, mafia associates and Cleveland police, — Ibid., summer 2011, page 10

DAVID STEIMAN, MICHIGAN STATE 1996 Steiman directed and wrote his first feature film, 2005's Santa’s Slay, also on DVD. Previously, he worked on the films Red Dragon, Rush Hour II, The Family Man, Cast Away and What Lies Beneath. — Ibid, fall 2006, page 10

JIMMY CONROY II, M IA M H 999 Executive Producer Conroy’s documentary, No Subtitles: Laszio & Vilmos, was nomi nated for an Emmy for Outstanding Arts and Culture Program. The film features prominent cinematographers, Laszio Kovacsand Vilmos Zsigmond. — Ibid, spring 2011, page 12

JOSEPH (JOSH) OLIVER, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA 2000 A producer and unit production manager for MyNetwork television series’ Fashion House, Oliver also served in the same roles for the miniseries Art o f Betrayal, which aired in December 2006 on MyNetwork. — Ibid, fall 2006, page 10 His Saints & Sinners crime drama premiered in December 2006 as a Wednesday night prime time show and ran until March. His latest nighttime soap opera/drama is in a Wednesday night MyNetwork slot. — Ibid., summer 2007, page 12 Ibid. 6: The Beta Book, 1929; Ibid. 7. The Beta Book, 1930 ; Ibid. 8: The B eta Book, 1933] Ibid. 9: Faith ful H om e o f the Three Stars, 1988

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THE SONGS OF BETA THETA PI By Francis W. Shepardson, Denison 1882/ Brown 1883 Beta Theta Pi has been a singing fraternity almost from its birth. Before the first decade ended, it had a collection of songs. These were printed on a card. There was an opening ode, a closing ode, a benediction, an initiation song, and a song of greeting to the new member. The card is reproduced on the next page. Now and then, in Beta Letters, there is mention of singing in connection with fraternity meetings, but what sort of songs were sung is not described. It was inspired by the Western Reserve Chapter. It contained twelve songs, two or three of which are still popular with the chapters and are found in all editions printed since Civil War times. The third song book, quite an elaborate publication of its kind for the time, was issued under the auspices of the Denison Chapter, which had been authrorized to undertake the work by the Convention of 1870. This contained Gemma Nostra, There’s a Scene, We are Singing Again in the Dear Old Hall, As Betas Now We Meet, Can We Forget?, We’ll Toast the Silver Grays, Barbarians We to College Came, And Now Let Hand Grip Into Hand and the Beta Doxology, as well as a number of other familiar songs, all of which bid fair to be cherished through long years to come, as they have been popular during the past half-century. In 1881, some of the best known of these songs were printed in a little blue covered book for convention use, which con tained also, Carve Dat Canine, We Are Coming From the East, the Beta Marseillaise and Come Betas, Let Us Sing a Song. The fifth collection included 56 songs, with words and music, and was printed in 1884. It did not attain popularity, although its mechanical appearance marked a distinct advance. It con tained a number of songs written to the catchy tunes of comic operas then widely known. The lack of a song book being greatly felt, the sixth collection was issued in 1886, in a size consider ably smaller than that of the edition of 1884, but giving both words and music. Omega’s Hymn perhaps was its most notable addition. Several editions were printed up to 1902, when the pub lication assumed the form which is still preserved as most dignified and as most satisfactory to the Fraternity. The 1902 book introduced to the membership some songs of surpassing merit, which appear to be firmly fixed in the affection of all Betas: Come Smoke a Friendly Pipe With Me (Wooglin to the Pledge), When Our Sons to College Go, When the Shades o f Evening, Beta Sons o f Beta Sires, The Loving Cup, The Boys o f Alpha Pi, The Beta Dragon. New collections were printed in 1907, 1912, 1917, 1922 and 1925, a few songs being added from time to time which caught the fancy of the Fraternity, the best known being Marching Along and My Beta Girl. The 1927 edition is the 17th in book form, and the 18th collection, if the card of 1847 (see opposite page) be counted the first. The outstanding names in the hymnology of Beta Theta Pi are: Charles J. Seaman, of the Denison Chapter; Frank M. Joyce of DePauw; Horace G. Lozier, of Chicago, these serving as authors, editors, collectors, and publishers. Closely associated with them in the music of the Fraternity are Joseph S. Tunison of Denison; John I. Covington of Miami, John Hogarth Lozier of DePauw and Kenneth Rogers of Syracuse. There are others who might be mentioned for individual songs. Their names are given proper place in the current

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157 volume. But all will agree that the dom inant name is the

FOR THE I, CHAPTER OF THE B. 0. II. ASSOCIATION. OPENING

w ith praise. To Horace G.

B E NE DI C T I ON.

ODE.

Lozier the most credit is due,

‘ Hail noble band of youthful men, I W ho form the mystic tie, * The Secret Order nnmb’riag ten. ; Of B eta,T heta, PH

Let “ Hature** tw eet restorer sleej>.” Soon wrap u* in her *tro»g embrace, Aad gaardian Angel*, visits keej>— And wilt Thou dseld us, God of Grace*

| On common ground to-night we meet. ; Let joy light every e y e ; ’ With soas: of cheer, let each one greet Hi* Beta, Theta, P».

INITIATORY OEETO TOE CHAPTER.

! At Friendship's pore, oad holy ih m » ■Let all dissensions die, ; And mutual confidence entwine ) Oar Bets, Theta, Pi. [ l a « Friendship 11*41," "mid social giec, i Let .fff with trust rely, I And join each heart in harmony > "With Beta, Theta, Ft. i Let Virtue, T njth, and Merit *taod

| W ith us escatcheoned high t Upon the shiek! which guard* our ban.!, \ O f Beta, Theta, Pi. ; Let invocations here find birth— ; Perchance they’ll reach the sky, ; And blessings toon may shower down ' Qo Beta, The la. Pi. Let order si t tothroned to-night, , A* order reigns on high, ' Aad e&ch re»8w his sacred plight

. To Beta, Theta P«,

CLOSING ODE.

for fine appreciation of the de

Brothers, again we’ve met to ta le the pledge. W here hearts to kiodred hearts reply Let “ Friendship and Fidelity,” in hedge Our sacred Beta, Theta. Pi. Here oft we cotsgrwjate wish trusting hearts. Affection slnsagi and Friendship nigh; Let each, and all, act well their di{Trent pnrt«, Thus honor Beta. Theta. Pi. Once more upon our Order's leaihVing chain. Another link, this night we tie; Let time, oor distance, read in tb s ia One heart from Beta, Theta, Pi. And now, when each renews hi* sacred pW ge, Let heart sad hand with jov coin ply. Let Frlead<hip shield from ill, m r little band Of noble Beta, Them , Pi.

n itia ted

for his own matchless contri butions of songs of wonderful s e n tim e n t and a ppealing power. The present edition adheres closely to the plan adopted in 1902. In the main, the book is a reprinting rather than a new been added and some slight

Acd k i t of all, let sweetest concord retgn Rocsd Friendship’s altar, pure and h%h, * WHh all who wear the hedge, or be«r the name," Which ’tokens Beta, Theta, F«.

the

sirable in Fraternity songs, and

edition. Afew new songs have

While each. *a order, gives hi* willing has»d. Let never Fiieadsblpoece deny The slightest tribute at the open shrine, Of haJlow’d Bela, Theta, Pi.

same which eight college gen erations of Betas have hailed

rearrangements made. The feeling of the Board of Trust ees was so strong that it would

I And hid our Lodge good bye; • While, from its courts, act out throngh ch^icc J Our Beta, Theta, Pi.

Stranger, here oft we’ve m et, a little hand. To cultivate each friendly tie; T o vow, we bow extern the cordial hasd, W hkh shields <*ir Beta. Theta, PL

not be possible to improve

[ W hen e’er w e miagle with the world, ' Let show m r die ; ] lik e pennant to the breeze unfurled. > Of Beta, Theta, Pi.

W e greet thee, as a Brother, ircita pale, Is noble actions let us vie, W ith words of kindness let us ever hail Our worthy Beta, Theta, F«.

years that, without selecting a

! W e flfe wouldJcavc our « FriendthipHsB* , And speak so soon good-bye; ’ But time and cooqh to each doth call. * Voie, B*to, Theta, PL**

To Friendship’s noUe call, when brother speaks Return a kind and prompt reply, Yes, give the pass*, or watchword w hkh he seeks. And with St, Beta, Theta, Pi.

the committee of 1922 to su

i Come, let each Beta join his voice,

> Hail nil of high aad Sow degree, I Who form t{ie mystic ti* ; ; Farewell to each, farewell to thee, I M y Beta, Theta, PI.

much upon the standard of 25 special editor, it reappointed perintend the publishing. — Reprinted from Songs of Beta Theta Pi, 17th edition, 1927, pages 180-181

The first collection of Beta Songs (1847) by Wabash Chapter.

Introduction of the New Song Book in the mid-1990s All revisions of the Songs o f Beta Theta Pi until the mid-1990s resembled the book introduced by Brother Shepardson — red cover with gold imprinting, hard-cover binding, 180 pages. The shortcomings of those versions were recognized, and modernization of the book was placed in the capable hands of Shelby L. Molter, Miami 1954. The result has been the very usable spiral bound version issued to all pledges today. Most noticeable in the differences are (1) publishing of four-part vocal harmony instead of the melody and piano accompaniment provided in the old versions and (2) inclusion of only songs sung by the entire Fraternity, omitting the many chapter songs included earlier. Shelby also offered chapter song leaders such choral aids as pitch pipes and learning tapes for each of the four harmonic voices (first tenor, second tenor, baritone, bass.) Some of the song leaders' aids may still be available. Telephone: 800-800-2382.

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BETA BARDS* See also “Journalists, Authors & Poets,” page 72

Wooglin Forever! We are coming from the East, boys, we’re coming from the Wesf — Shouting: “Old Wooglin forever!” And the boys o f Sunny Southland are coming with the rest —

Behold the Mystic Symbol Thus heart to heart and hand to hand, Each other’s jo y and grief to share; Behold how Beta brothers stand, And read our mystic symbol there. Haste thee, oh Theta’s golden age

Shouting: “Old Wooglin forever!” Chorus: Wooglin forever! hurrah, boys, hurrah! Long beam our diamond, and bright shine our stars!

Of cultured thought and lettered brain; Hail bloodless conqueror and sage, Monarch o f mind, forever reign. Behold at last the symbol mete

For we'll gather at the shrine, boys, we’ll gather once again,

That binds our hearts with mystic tie; Thus Wooglin’s legend stands complete,

Shouting: “Old Wooglin forever!” Here’s a health to Pater Knox, boys, and them of thirty-nine —

Beta to Theta linked with Pi. — John Hogarth Lozier, DePauw 18571 Tune: Praise God From Whom All Blessings Flow

Shouting: “Old Wooglin forever!” And the sons that follow after them in long illustrious line —

brother,

Shouting: “Old Wooglin forever!” Our hearts and hands to Beta men wherever they may roam —

That Wooglin only reigns With those in these regions below, brother, Who value the force o f brains.

Light be their footsteps and ever A kindly thought for us, boys, who still remain at home — — Wyllys C. Ransom, Michigan 1848

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And he will not crown your brow, brother, Unless in the battle’s strife By winning each victory now, brother,

Shouting: “Old Wooglin forever!”

We Gather Again There's a legend among us, you know,

Sung as a uniting song among brothers from the North and from the South after the Civil War was over.

You win in a bright way through life. Chorus: So linked in our mystical chains brother, We’ll raise our fair banner on high; And be true to old Wooglin, who reigns, brother, In Beta Theta Pi.

— First of three stanzas b John Hogarth Lozier, DePauw 18571

m Wyllys Ransom

*Most poems, songs and/or lyrics are taken from Beta Theta Pi songbooks through the years and from Beta Bards, 1936, by Francis W. Shepardson, Denison 1882ABrown 1883.

1John Hogarth Lozier: convention poet, 1869; wrote seven poems in Beta Bards, 1936

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Let All Stand Together Let alt stand together— a band o f true men;

Parting Song And now let hand grip into hand, and eye look into eye,

Vive la Theta Pi! And help one another with hand, mouth and pen;

/As breaks the leal and loving band of Beta Theta Pi;

Vive la Theta Pi!

Of Beta Theta Pi, my boys, o f Beta Theta Pi;

Chorus: Vive la, vive la, vive la va Vive la, vive la, vive la va Vive la va, hop sa sa, Vive la Theta Pi! We’ll merit the trust that our brothers repose;

/As breaks the leal and loving band of Beta Theta Pi. The outside world is wrapped in sleep, no barbaros is nigh, /As we these midnight vigils keep o f Beta Theta Pi;

Vive la Theta Pi! And sooner will die than betray to their foes;

Of Beta Theta Pi, my boys, of Beta Theta Pi; /As we these midnight vigils keep o f Beta

Vive la Theta Pi!

Theta Pi. Thus honor shall come to the badge that we And now let hand grip into hand, and eye

wear,

look into eye,

Vive la Theta Pi! And every true Beta that honor shall share,

/As love flows free from heart to heart in Beta Theta Pi;

Vive la Theta Pi! — D.H. Moore, Ohio 1860 Tune of Vivi La Compagnie

In Beta Theta Pi, my boys, in Beta Theta Pi; /As love flows free from heart to heart in Beta Theta Pi.

As Betas Now We Meet

— Charles Hemmenway Adams, DePauw 1865

As Betas now we meet, a brother new to greet; By grasp o f hand, by grasp o f hand; Oh, may our sacred fire kindle a new desire, And true Greek love inspire for all our band. Our splendid shield he bears; the wreath of gold he wears, And diamond bright, and diamond bright; Oh, may he ever gain pure and unsullied fame For Beta's glorious name — for truth and right. — Stanley Coulter, Hanover 1871

Note: The familiar Civil War poem, Memorial to Joel Allan Battle, by John Calvin Lewis, Miami 1860, is found in Beta Heroes (2011), page 90.

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There’s a Scene

The Alumni’s Return We are singing again in the dear old hall

There’s a scene where brothers greet, Where true kindred hearts do meet

Of Beta Theta Pi — Where oft we met to sing these songs In golden days gone by. Singing tonight, we are singing tonight, Singing in the dear old hall! Singing tonight, we are singing tonight, Singing in the dear old hall. The altar’s light bums as bright tonight

At an altar sending love’s sweet incense high; Where is found without alloy Purest store o f earthly jo y — ’TVs within the halls o f Beta Theta Pi. Cheer! Cheer! Cheer with hearts rejoicing! Brightly sparkles e v’ry eye; And our bosoms feel the glow

As e'er it burned of yore; A refuge from life’s battle edge,

None but brothers’ hearts may know

A home when toil is o ’er.

While we sing the songs of Beta Theta Pi.

As we sing tonight in the mystic light

Friendship gave our order birth — pure and lasting as the earth!

Our sorrows quickly fly; And each brother’s heart is bound anew

Strong devotion to our motto gave us life. With the help of brothers dear, and of God we’ve

In Beta Theta Pi. — Charles J. Seaman, Denison 18712 Tune of Tenting Tonight

naught to fear As we mingle in the din o f earthly strife. Yes, and Beta girls there are, pure and lovely, passing fair, Who with brightest smiles enliven all o f our way! May our brothers ever prove worthy o f such noble love Long as time shall last or earth shall have a day.

Draw the Mystic Circle ’Round Then draw the mystic circle ’round, Hearts and voices blending; Let us pledge each other now Friendship never ending. Then chase away till coming day The thought that we must sever, And pledge to Beta Theta Pi Fidelity forever. — Charles J. Seaman, Denison 18712

2Seaman, one of Beta’s outstanding songsters, published the Fraternity’s first song book, 1871.

— Joseph Osgood Stilison, Hanover 1871

Beta Doxology Bless now, O God on high, Bless Beta Theta Pi, Let naught o f wrong Sully our mystic gem, let not the wreath be dim; Then shall praise be to Him, To whom our song. — Joseph S. Tunison, Denison 1873 Tune of America (U.S.) & God Save the Queen (UK/Canada)

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My Beta Days My Beta days can I forget? To this I answer, never. Her ties once formed shall never break, For they endure forever. They bear me back to days of youth, Its glamour and its beauty. When I, before the “Sage of truth, ” Sought wisdom for life’s duty. Though I’ve become a silver gray, My heart keeps time and measure

The Jolly Greeks Barbarians we to college came; Swe-de-le we dum bum! But soon we learned to hate that name; Swe-de-le we dum bum! For slowly passed the unpleasant weeks, Swedele we tchu hi-ra-sa! Until we joined the jolly Greeks; Swe-de-le we dum bum! Litoria, Litoria, Swedele we tchu hiooooooooo-ra-sa! Litoria, Litoria! Swe-de-le we dum bum!

With boys o f Beta Theta Pi To find my highest pleasure. — Samuel N. Wilson, Hanover 1872

From Classic Halls From classic halls, O Beta’s sons! From busy world, ye loyal ones, Arise! Defend our sacred shrine Where burns the flame o f love divine. Our Beta home, may peace be thine.

The tutors made us grub and dig; Swe-de-le we dum bum! The lessons tough and deep and big! Swe-de-le we dum bum! But when we tasted college sweets, Swedele we tchu hi-ra-sa! Was when we joined the jolly Greeks; Swe-de-le we dum bum! — Samuel Lawrence Ward, Wabash 1873

Brave hearts and true, defend thy shrine. — W.B. Norton, Northwestern 1880

Gemma Nostra Gemma nostra candeat, obscurata nunquam, Atque sertus conserat, caritatis unquam.

Beta Friendship The joys o f friendship ours shall be, bright stars that lead us ever; The heavenly lights that on our way shed radiance forever; Whose light grows dim, no, never; for heart to

Chorus:

heart still answereth,

Salve! Beta Theta Pi, tu regina pura;

And friendship leads us e v e r— whose light

Cara tu meo cordi, cara, cara, cura. Stella quisquay scintillet, sunt omnes acquales, Nunc adsint si quiliibet, internos sodales. Chorus Inter fratres veritas, honor amicitia, Fides, virtus jus et fas, omnes sint notitia. Chorus — Words: Joseph S. Tunison, Denison 1873 Sung to tune of O Christmas Tree

shall wane, no, never; Whose brightness still our heaven illumes forever and forever. Upon the altar o f our hearts the sacred fire is glowing; For, still from love’s exhaustless urn fresh oil is ever flowing, To keep the flame aye growing; to make us feel for others’ pain The sacred fire is glowing, the sacred fire is glowing. For out o f pain comes joy's sweet gain like

3Harmon Babcock: lawyer, convention poet in 1894, wrote 15 poems for Beta Bards, 1936.

morning sunshine after rain. — Harmon Seeley Babcock, Brown 18743

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The Beta Marseillaise Ye sons of Beta, raise your voices, Join one and all to swell the song! While every loyal heart rejoices The sounding chorus to prolong, The sounding chorus to prolong, In grateful praise your voices blending To her whose radiant badge we bear, And in whose mystic rites we share, Worthy our grateful praise unending. To Beta Theta Pi, a chorus ringing high, A song, a song, full loud and long To Beta Theta Pi. — Frank H. Scott, Northwestern 1876

Our Silver Grays In truth, they builded better than they knew, Our founders nine, when in the quiet shade, At old Miami, thoughtfully they laid Our Order’s corner-stone in friendship true.

Where Bundy Held the Paris Road Where Bundy held the Paris Road, The morning battle flamed and flowed. The Marne I passed; the line is bent! Heaven speed our succor, heavens-sent! And Europe gazed with eyes that glowed Where Bundy held the Paris Road. The Patient Frenchman counseled, “Wait! The Hun but hurries to his fate. ” It was but now the battle broke — Tomorrow — and the counterstroke! But pale the star o f patience showed, Where Bundy held the Paris road. Said Bundy to the high Command: “None o f our men would understand! The Stars and Stripes are driven back? Impossible! We shall attack!" And forward line on line they strode, Where Bundy held the Paris Road.

And well thereon our elder brothers, through A long half century, built with care, nor made Account o f toils for friendship, ne’er afraid Of high ideals, nor slow with honor due.

And when night brought the long day’s end The dead that filled the river-bend Were German dead. And Europe knew! And Freedom all her bugles blew;

How fair the labor o f their loving hands Appears to us, who on this later day

And once more French the river flowed Where Bundy held the Paris road!

Assume the work by them so well begun.

— Willis Oscar Robb, Ohio Wesleyan 1879

And when complete the stately structure stands, May those who judge us then, right gladly

A tribute to World War I hero General Omar Bundy, DePauw 1881

say, As we of our own Silver Grays, "Well done. ” — Charles McGuffey Hepburn, Virginia 1880

The Old Chapter Hall Here is the place where oft we met; rap gently at the door, For memory holds it tender yet and will forevermore. What e'er it be, 'twas once the shrine Of your fidelity and mine. — Osman C. Hooper, Denison 1879

Willis O. Robb

The Beta Grip The Beta grip will never slip Nor Beta love grow cold; There’ll always be for you and me The Beta grip o f old. — Anonymous

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Her Gloves My sweetheart’s gloves I lightly press With loving touch and tenderness, And think so fondly on her face, Her kindly heart, her winsome grace, And all the charms she doth profess; For now I thankfully confess She holds my heart in sweet duress, While I have only in the place — My sweetheart’s gloves.

In the Old Porch Chairs When the shades o f evening Gather down around you, String your old guitar and Strum a tune or two; There’s your Alma Mater — Finest o f the fine! There’s fair Beta — Beta, yours and mine.

I’d rather see her for a space And hold her hands in dear embrace

When the pipes are glowing In the old porch chairs, Plink your mandolin and Plunk your chapter airs: There's the absent member — She for whom you pine;

Than have these crinkled gloves, I guess?

There’s fair Beta — Beta, yours and mine.

But here I suffer some distress, That though I love her none the less,

— My sweetheart’s gloves!

— Horace G. Lozier, Chicago 18945

— Chambers Baird, Harvard 18824

Beta Friendship Let friendship be the watchword, then, Whenever Betas go. And added charms 'twill always lend

The Loving Cup Oh, start the loving cup around, Nor pass a brother by; We all drink from the same canteen In Beta Theta Pi.

To the lives of those who know The joys that come when brothers plight

Oh, you and I can ne'er grow old

With bowed head and bended knee, Before the altar’s glowing light,

Here’s life and strength, here’s health and

Friendship and fidelity. — Francis W. Shepardson, Denison 1882/ Brown 1883 (former President and General Secretary o f Beta Theta Pi)

While this fair cup is nigh; wealth, Here’s all in Phi Kai Phi. Oh, start the loving cup around, It speaks o f other days; We see the milestones backward run

In An Old Fashioned Garden In an old fashioned garden I found you And lovely old flowers were there; With their beauty and fragrance around you But none could with you compare. As we stood in the twilight together Each blossom our love did disclose; Of each flower a part You’re the flower o f my heart And I called you my Beta Rose. — Paul C. Christman, Miami 1937

When on this cup we gaze. Our grip grows strong, bold comes our song When this fair cup we raise; So pass the loving cup around And drink in Beta’s praise. Oh, start the loving cup around, It holds a something clear, 'Tis brimming with a potion that Will fill you with good cheer, Come, drink with me and bid your ills Forthwith to disappear; We'll never in this world let fall

4Chambers Baird: editorial staff, The Beta Theta Pi; managing editor, 1883-84, 1886-71; wrote 23 poems in Beta Bards, 1936.

The cup we all hold dear. — Horace G. Lozier, Chicago 18945

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The Beta Stars When stars are hiding, And the moon is nowhere in the sky; And clouds are riding, And there’s no light to guide you by; If you’re a Beta, all along the way, The Beta stars will make your darkness day; For light or darkness, Shine the stars o f Beta Theta Pi.

Dip in my old tobacco pouch — It holds the best, by far! Take all you want, take all I have — Yes, take my last cigar! And when a Beta offers you his hand, You may be sure His heart is in the bargain, too, And all he has is yours. Chorus

— Kenneth Whitney Rogers, Syracuse 19176

— Horace G. Lozier, Chicago 18945

Marching Along Dreary the man who spurns his comrades, Stumbling along his lonely way; Happier he who joins his brothers, Singing a Beta lay! Chorus; Marching along in Beta Theta Pi, Marching along, we’ll rend the air with song, Strong in the might of our bond fraternal,

Horace G. Lozier

Friend o f the right and the foe o f the wrong;

The Beta Postscript

Following paths old Wooglin blazed for us, Till we arrive at the shrine on high, Singing again, Mother of Men, Hail to thee, Beta Theta Pi.

Oh, when our sons to college go, to college

go, We’ll look them squarely in the eye, in the eye, And say: “My boy, the only Greek you’ll have

Chorus — Horace G. Lozier, Chicago 18945

Wooglin to the Pledge Come, smoke a friendly pipe with me, And drink my loyal ale, Come, tilt a chair and loaf awhile Against my fireside rail. You’ll feel a kid of something warm Your marrow thro’and thro’; You’ll feel a whole lot better off When you’re a Beta, too! Chorus:

to know Is Beta, Beta Theta Pi. ’’ Chorus: Oh! the Betas! yes, the Betas! There is nothing else so great as The fraternity your father joined in days of yore. Adieu, adieu, my son, adieu, adieu, adieu! For now it’s plainly up to you, up to you, To learn your Greek so well That you, my boy, and I May know our Beta Theta Pi. — Horace G. Lozier, Chicago 18945

Hurrah! Hurrah! come, drink of a Beta brew! It’s up to you to pledge anew and join our jolly crew! 5Horace Lozier: editor o f Songs of Beta Theta Pi, 1902, 1907, 1912, 1917; wrote nine poems in Beta Bards, 1936.

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Marching Song ’Ere the dawn o f early morning, All the eastern sky adorning, Wakens earth with kindly warning, Day again is nigh!

Beta Sweetheart How would you like to be a Beta sweetheart? How would you like to wear a Beta pin? How would you like to gaze upon the diamond, Gem o f gems that ne’er grows dim?

See adown the broad path swinging, While the campus all is ringing, Comes, with shout and voice o f singing

How would you like to share a Beta friendship, Friendship that will last through life How would you like to love a Beta always? And how would you like to be a Beta wife?

Beta Theta Pi. Sing, then, noble Betas! Loud your voices raising;

— Frederic Raynsford Warner, Beloit 1912

‘Neath the Elms at Old Miami

Marching 'neath the pink and blue, its virtues

‘Neath the elms at old Miami, eighteen hundred thirty-nine,

ever praising,

Beta Theta Pi was founded on fraternal love

Stars, in sparkling beauty shining; diamond, with wreath entwining, In our hearts, with love enshrining, Beta Theta Pi.

sublime. And the vision o f those dreamers is our heritage so dear, That the memory of the founders Betas

— A Beta Bard of 1897

Fires of True Friendship Gather together, ye most noble Greeks, While dear old Wooglin, our oracle speaks, Of honor and loyalty treasured o f yore, Which binds us as Betas, steadfast ever more. 0 Beta, dear Beta, you ever shall be Enshrined and revered in our fond memory; ‘Round fires o f true friendship we meet once again, To forge the strong links o f fraternity’s chain. Soft o ’er our circle the diamond’s bright rays Shed their pure light as we sing Beta's praise; Love’s glow from the altar reflects in each heart, To cheer and uphold us when brothers must part. — Words and music: Forrest Lindsay Sower, Idaho 1915

always will revere. Time has passed since these me led us, But their names and thought today Stir the souls o f Wooglin’s legions, Beta boys and “Silver Gray. ” Beta brains retain that concept, Beta hearts a glowing shrine, Ever sacred to the memory Of the “Boys o f Thirty Nine.” — Lue Carruthers Lozier, Missouri 1915

The Crow Song Three hungry Greeks went forth one day, Vive la Theta Pi! Three hungry Greeks went forth one day, Vive la Theta Pi! Three hungry Greeks went forth one day To where old Wooglin holds his sway, And they all filled their lungs and cried: Phi-kai-Phi! Vive la Theta Pi! And they all filled their lungs and cried: Phikai-Phi! Vive la Theta Pi! — Ralph Parsons Smith, Denison 1888

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And There Were Eight of Them

The Beta Chorus

Eighth day o f the eighth month in '39

Come brothers, swell the Beta chorus,

And eight young men, who builded better than

Lift your voices loud in song,

They knew, met and approved the fair design

Singing praise to good old Wooglin,

Of one o f them: John Reily Knox’s plan

Wake the echoes loud and long! And then we’ll send the echoes to the heavens, Where Beta stars are in the Beta sky —

For a fraternity. Rare spirits all, Those eight: believers in the power of the mind; Seekers o f truth, whatever might befall;

Then sing Phi Kai Phi for Beta Theta Pi, That the diamond’s ray may light our way

Each one determined for himself to find The bright, straight road and never count his cost.

forever! — Kenneth Whitney Rogers, Syracuse

19176

This nation, too, was young. Its dazzling hope, It’s faith, were theirs. What stmggle could be lost In their America o f boundless scope? What distant goal could have been thought too high For knightly brethren o f the mystic tie? — A.J.G. Priest, Idaho 1918 Beta Theta Pi president, 1951-54 (see photo on page 134)

Kenneth Rogers

The Sons of the Dragon The dragon is lord o f the beasts o f the wold And the ruler o f birds of the air; And Wooglin o f old found him dauntless and bold, >As the guard o f his secret lair. Our pride and our dream is to keep him supreme And we pledge him with hands raised high; ‘W e’re the sons of the dragon, and forevermore We are guarding Beta Theta Pi. ” The sons o f the dragon are valiant and brave, Ever ready to enter the fray; Oh, what can assail or what can prevail ‘Gainst the strength o f the dragon’s sway! And strong in our might we go forward to fight With the shout o f our battle cry; “We’re the sons of the dragon, and forevermore We are guarding Beta Theta Pi. ” — Kenneth Whitney Rogers, Syracuse 19176 6Kenneth Rogers: wrote 11 poems in Beta Bards, 1936.

For the Staunchest For the staunchest band o f brothers, Raise your hands on high Test your strength against all others, Beta Theta Pi. Hail the fairest; Hail O Beta; Hail in Phi Kai Phi. Now the clan to us the closest; Beta Theta Pi. When our college days are over We will toast on high Our fraternity beloved, Beta Theta Pi. — Tune: High Above Cayuga’s Waters

A Toast Here’s a health to you, Brother_______

Wooglin smiles on a son like you; For you’re fair and square And your heart’s right there; You’re a regular friend, true blue. — Kenneth Whitney Rogers, Syracuse 19176

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In a Beta Sort O’ Way When a Brother's spirit’s weary; And he’s feeling pretty blue, The sky seems dark and dreary;

around to build the dragon’s realm. The kindred love and friendship that has grown along the way, Inspires this Beta Day. — Richard P. (Misty) Shoop, Denison 1941 (Beta Theta Pi General Secretary, 1971-74)

And won’t let the sunshine through, It’s a great thing, fellow Betas, For a Brother just to lay His hand upon your shoulder In a Beta Sort O’ Way. It makes you stop and think; It makes the tears to start, You feel a sort o ’ flutter, In the region o f your heart. You ju s t look straight in his eye For you don’t; know what to say, When hand grips into hand, In the Beta Sort O’ Way. Our Beta’s a curious compound, Of honey and of gall, Of cares and bitter crosses, And yet the best crowd o f all. And Old Wooglin must be good and kind, Least ways that’s what I say, When eye looks into eye, In the Beta Sort O’ Way. — Wentworth Cory Jacquin, Illinois 1918

Beta Day Beta Day is dawning, you can see it in the sky. It is bursting forth with friendship for all Betas, you and I; Sing forth my Beta Brothers, let your voices rise on high For Beta Theta Pi. Chorus: Yes, oh yes, we are all Betas, Yes, oh yes, we are all Betas, Yes, we are all loyal Betas, We are linked in Phi Kai Phi. We started out in Oxford, where they met beneath the elm, Through the years we’ve passed the cup

I Took My Girl Out Walking I took my girl out walking late last Saturday night, I took my girl out walking, the moon was shining bright. I asked her if she’d marry me, and what do you think she said? She said she would not marry me if the whole wide world were dead. Chorus: That’s why I do like I do like I do, my darling, Do like I do like I do, my darling, Do like I do like I do, my darling, Do like I do like I do. Last night I went to see her happy as could be, Tonight she’s out with another, she cares no more for me; So here’s to a bottle o f whiskey, sparkling and so clear, It’s not as sweet as a young maid’s kiss but a dam sight more sincere Chorus Oh, you must be a Beta, a Beta Theta Pi, For if you are a Beta you’ll be one till you die; So sing your songs of Wooglin boys and raise your voices high For you must know the best o f all is found in Phi Kai Phi. Chorus — Author unknown

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Let All Stand Together Let all stand together— a band of true men — Vive la Theta Pi! And help one another with hand, mouth and pen, Vive la Theta Pi!

And this is what they cried: Beta Theta Pi. Wooglin gives us the reason why. Beta Theta Pi. And still we all marched on. One day we will be the best, is what he said

Chorus:

back then.

Vive la, vive la, vive la va —

Boy, if he could see us now, the stars would

Vive la, vive la, vive la va — Vive la, vive la, vive la Theta Pi. We’ll merit the trust that our brothers repose, Vive la Theta Pi! And sooner will die than betray to their foes, Vive la Theta Pi!

shine again. Listen, son, I ’m passing down, the spirit that I know, Your brotherhood will grow. If you’re wander’in down that path alone, just look up at the sky. No brother ever walks alone; those stars will

Chorus Thus honor shall come to the badge that we wear, Vive la Theta Pi! And ev’ry true Beta that honor shall share, Vive la Theta Pi! Chorus — Words: D.H. Moore, Ohio 1860 Air: Vive La Compagnie

Forever Remember Beta Theta Pi To be a Beta, so fine and true Is a privilege meant for both me and you. The times you’ll share, you'll remember forever; The friends you have will leave you never. Beta gave me the wings to fly; I will forever remember Beta Theta Pi.

be your guide. My dear son, come at my side, let hand grip into hand. The dragon is our sovreign guide, and ruler o f this land. — Jason Warnke, South Florida 1996

Beta Badge (20068) There comes a time in the life o f every man To make the choice if he’ll join the Beta band; Now we are in and we shall lead the way For the Betas who will come another day. From time to time, we will slip and maybe fall; But there to help us will be Betas, one and all Now every brother of Beta Theta Pi Proudly stand and rejoice in your voice’s cry.

Chorus — Robert Bryan Hayes, Jr., Idaho 1992 /As an undergraduate, Hayes penned this All you brothers unite; we will follow the light tribute, published in The Faithful Home of the That guides us deep into the depths o f Phi Three Stars, 1988, page 36 Kai Phi.

Wooglin Gives Us the Reason Why Sittin’ in that hallowed hall, in eighteen thirty nine, Eight men founded a fraternity, the greatest o f all time. One man named John Reily Knox, looked

And all the memories we share, These Beta bonds will not tear. For all eternity the Beta Badge Is what we will wear. Forever and in everything we do, We'll be respected as the men who were always true

into their eyes, He said, “Brothers, won’t you sing with me?”

BDate indicates the Beta Theta Pi Convention when Ryan Newton’s songs were introduced.

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BETA BARDS From 1839 through the day we die, We’ll be linked together in Beta Theta Pi; Now every brother o f Beta Theta Pi Proudly stand and rejoice in your voice’s cry Chorus There’s a love that you'll find In the hands in of the kind o f Beta Theta Pi And by the tie that binds, the Beta brothers shine, You’ll find us deep within the depths o f Phi Kai Phi

Let’s do what we say we'll do If the founders believed it, I do too Don’t forget from where we came A long night in Old Main They wondered what we'd be like “Will they still see the light?, Will they commit to the way, And guide us through the day? When Beta Theta Pi Shines in every mans eyes?” Chorus — Ryan D. Newton, Kansas State 2008

Chorus So later on in your life,

Alone (201 08)

You’ll have three kids and a wife; But when you walk right by You’ll brush your brow, and he'll grab his tie Chorus — Ryan D. Newton, Kansas State 2008 and Dusty R. Jordan, Kansas State 2008

Ryan Newton

Back to the Start (20088) Open your eyes, stop trying to hide; Now is the time, for us to realize We’re not what we say; no, not every day, And we’ve a price to pay, for drifting away Chorus

In 1839, eight men wrote wrong from right; They didn’t know if it would last. But still we’re standing strong, And we’ll keep moving on; We’ve learned our lessons from the past. And now it’s time, for us to shine; We've got the stars as our guide. But we must see, that for eternity We’re linked in Phi Kai Phi. Chorus But I can’t go it alone; I want my brothers to know I’ll keep giving everything I've got, But I can’t go it alone In 1999, we looked back on our time; We didn’t know if we should try. Three chapters started out To bring the change about; We’re Men of Principle for life.

So here’s a question, Would the founders be proud o f you?

It's not alright, to lose our sight It takes us all to be great.

And here’s a question,

FOB's, alumni, you and me, Cooperation makes strength.

Would they know you’re Beta, too? Let’s get back to the start again, And let’s do this from heart again And let’s do what we say we’ll do If the founders believed it, I do too. Back to the start again, And let’s do this from the heart again

Chorus It’s written out, and there’s no doubt That Beta is here to stay. So light the fire, o f that burning desire Be the one who leads the way. Chorus (twice)

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Promises to Keep (20128) All the light of all diamonds In all the world could never shine Brighter than the badge o f men Of Beta Theta Pi The symbol o f the brotherhood And love that noble men should find Could never break the bonds we make, We've promised it for life. CHORUS What would it be like To be the heroes o f our time, To be consistent and be right And to live in phi kai phi; What would it look like In a future where we see That every man stays true; These are our promises to keep. When you signed the dotted line, You promised you’d forever be A Beta Man o f Principle, A man of true integrity, Every day’s another chance To wear the letters on your chest, For everyone to know the kind of man Who always gives his best. Times have changed, and people change; The values still remain the same; We affirm that we have learned To keep the highest aim A life fulfilled in all your years From a promise that all started here With a few good men, and a new pledge pin, We've promised it again. CHORUS x2 We've made these promises to keep . . . ohh, whoa, ohh We've made these promises to keep x4 (simultaneously repeat verse 1 — Ryan D. Newton, Kansas State 2008

The Boy in the Window Seat Prominent for 130 years has been “The Boy in the Window Seat,” the chapter cut for Kenyon Chapter in the catalog of 1881. Grove D. Curtis, Kenyon 1880, #1 on the Beta Alpha rolls, and Charles J. Seaman, Denison 1871, enjoined the artist A.M. Willard to portray “the boy.” The result (above) was then captured in rhyme by Beta Bard Seaman, who offered, “I must acknowl edge with some reluctance that the lines accompanying this (sketch) are mine.” Wooglin’s son, in vision, seeming Pondering, wondering, musing, dreaming, Heavenward lifts his raptured gaze — Where, with dazzling splendor gleaming, Far and wide their radiance streaming, Beta’s stars forever blaze. There, 'mid Kenyon’s ivy twining, Dreaming half, and half divining, Sees he all that lies before — Sees those stars in beauty shining, Sees our hearts with love enshrining Beta Alpha, evermore. — Faithful Home o f the Three Stars, 1988, pages 374-375

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Crew Song

The Bridge Builder An old man going a lone highway Came in the evening, cold and gray, To a chasm vast, both deep and wide. The old man crossed in the twilight dim, The swollen stream was as naught to him;

Heigh Ho, anybody home? No drink, nor food, nor money have I none. Still I will be merry anyhow Since I joined the Beta Crew! Heigh Ho, anybody home?

But he stopped when safe on the farther side

— Adapted by Stephen B. Becker, Florida 19697 Sung as a “round”

And built a bridge to span the tide. “Old man, ” said a fellow pilgrim near, ‘You are wasting your strength in labor here; Your journey will end with the closing day, You never again will pass this way. You’ve crossed the chasm deep and wide; Why build you this bridge at eventide?’’ The laborer lifted his old gray head,

Steve Becker

“Good friend, in the path I have come, ” he

The Beta Whistle

Said, “There followeth after me today A youth whose feet must pass this way. This chasm which has been naught to me To that young man may a pitfall be. He, too, must cross in the twilight dim. Good friend, I am building this bridge for him.”

While the Beta Whistle, as a form of recog nition, has fallen into disuse, the challenge and response is interesting to recall. As noted in Floriani’s Faithful Home o f the Three Stars, page 301, the practice dates to the early 1900s.

The whistle appears in two phrases in the — From “Building 1942 edition of the Beta Song Book. The chal the Bridge,” 1924 lenge is translated from the Greek Tis epxetai? By Will Allen Dromgoole, as “Who comes?” The response is the Latin who authored prose Frater, for “a brother.” and poetry depicting TIS EPXETAI! the lives of people in the Cumberlands of ( The Challenge: whistle schrilly.) Tennessee — Ibid., Slow. Fast. fall 1993, page 9

l< P ^

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— J— FRATER.

( The Identification: whistle confidently.)

Miss Dromgoole

P S 7With Shelby Molter, Miami 1954, as editor, Becker and Earl E. Hayes, Idaho 1948, did the choral arrangements for all o f the songs in the current Songs of Beta Theta Pi, furnished to every new Beta pledge.

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CHAPTER SONGS Chapter songs were prominent in the Beta Theta Pi songbooks prior to 1994 when the current song book was introduced. With pride, the author includes these poems and lyrics in this section o f Betas in the Arts. It may be recalled (see page 157) that the modern versions o f Songs o f Beta Theta Pi do not include the cherished chapter songs, many o f which are reprinted here.

In Old Chi Beloit Sing, ye sons of fathers bold In Chi o f old Beloit! Hail the men whose lives have told In Chi o f old Beloit! Sing the day of Beta’s birth; Sing o f love and truth and worth; Sing the bravest sons o f earth In Chi o f old Beloit!

Stars, show thy haloed heads! come forth tonight, Flowers of God’s azure means, sparking and bright; /As in the darkened dome glistening you stand, So, by good deeds on earth, shine Wooglin’s band. — Words: C.S. Wheeler, California 1884 Melody: Arranged by J.C. Macy Adapted from How Can I Leave Thee

Lambda Kappa

Chorus:

Case

Beta, glorious, strong and true! Loyal sons, we praise thee anew. Ever heart to heart, while eye looks into eye, The boys o f Chi of Beta Theta Pi! Diamond lustre bright and clear In Chi o f old Beloit, Sheds the light upon us here In Chi o f old Beloit; No barbarian can annoy Us who know the true greeks joy; Naught can e ’er our trust destroy In Chi o f old Beloit!

May the name o f Lambda Kappa be Always a symbol o f fidelity! How often in our minds we will find a place For the mem'ries o f our Alma Mater — Case. Chorus: Give a cheer for Lambda Kappa! Let your voices loudly ring! Good fellowship’s among us And by friendship’s tie we’re bound; Give a cheer for Lambda Kappa, Let your voices loud resound. May the eye of Wooglin ever see

Chorus — Words and music: R.E. Leach, Beloit 1908

All our efforts joined in unity! Strong and steadfast each with each will vie

Omega’s Hymn California (Berkeley) Sun in the western sky, nearing the foam, Light with thy closing eye Omega's home. Shed on her loyal sons light from above; Stregthen fi-del-i-ty, friendship and love. Pale moon in night’s caress, modest thy rays Circling in tenderness, hearken our praise. As fall thy quiet beams high ether though, So shine our modesty, shines Wooglin's band.

To enrich the fame of Beta Theta Pi. Chorus — Words: D.J. Varnes, Case 1910 Music: P.R. Sabin, Case 1909

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Lambda Rho Chicago Drink to our Alma Mater, boys, Chicago, Chicago-go! Stand for a health to Beta, boys, To Beta and Lambda Rho. Cheer our voices ringing, Merry the songs we’re singing, Happy the heart that knows no care; What tho’ our tutors fail us, Trials can ne'er assail us While Beta’s azure skies are fair. Then here’s to Chicago-go, And a health to Lambda Rho,

Chorus: Yes, we abandon all, for Beta calls us To be her sturdy sons, to count not what befalls us. So proudly raise the dragon banner high And fight for Beta Theta Pi, for Beta Theta Pi! From altar bright the mystic light Our gallant band inspires To emulate the victories great Of Beta’s worthy sires. With rev’rence high we magnify Adelphia’s fame unbounded; Her sacred shrine is yours and mine; In Phi kai Phi our gain

And Beta Theta Pi! Yea!

We swear the oath we all have taken.

When college life is over, boys,

Chorus

And we’ve joined the Silver Grays,

— Words: U.W. Ford, Colgate 1907 Music: C.R Stephens

When every son’s a Beta, boys, And we dream of chapter days,

Alpha Omega

Footsteps will surely lead us Back to the halls that made us Worthy of Beta’s honored care; Betas o f old returning, We’ll find the diamond burning, We’ll find old Lambeda Rho the same. Then health to Chicago-go, And a toast for Lambda Rho And Beta Theta Pi! For! — Words and music: H. Russell Stapp Chicago 1917

Dartmouth When Eleazar Wheelock came, Not many men stood by When he founded Dartmouth College And heard the Indian’s cry; With men o f braun and circumstance He placed the Green on high And he called the best among them: Men o f Sigma Delta Phi. Chorus: Sing then for Dartmouth

Beta Theta Marching Song

And the men who gave us fame!

Colgate

The past is still the present, boys,

With shout and song old Wooglin’s throng Proclaims in rousing chorus Allegiance to her colors true, Enduring and victorious. With sounding beat of conquering feet The echoes clear awaken; And shakes the ground as marching round our altar fire We swear the oath we all have taken.

For those who love her name. From Wheelock down to Tucker, The song is still the same: The old college that we cheer Is good old Dartmouth. — Words and music: R.B. Moseley Dartmouth 1904

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Alpha Eta

Alpha Zeta

Denison

Denver

Come, boys, we have a jolly bank; And ev'rywhere we take our stand We welcome you to friendship true. To friendship firm and true. Then, pledge to Beta Theta Pi; Oh, may her future be As bright as shine the mystic gem Of the fraternity.

In all the wild and wooly west We are quite the very best — Men of Beta! To Colorado’s sunny sky We lend the color, none deny— Alpha Zeta. Good fellows each and ev’ry man, Husky braves of Wooglin’s clan, at Denver U! And when you come to Denver town We’ll gladly show you up and down,

Hurrah! Hurrah! for Beta Theta Pi! We sing of Beta Theta Pi, Our love for her will never die. Rejoice! Beta true! Ye favored few, In Beta Theta Pi.

Here’s how! here’ how! to you! Chorus: Cheer then for grand old Beta!! Cheer then for Alpha Zeta! Long may such names inspire us

— William Howard Cox, Denison 1907

W e’ll A lw a y s H a n g T ogether

Denison Come, Betas, let us sing a song And banish care forever; Far from our mystic festive throng Which naught on earth can sever. Chorus: For we belong to Beta Theta Pi, For we belong to Beta Theta Pi, For we belong to Beta Theta Pi, And we’ll always hang together. So, brothers, fill a beaker up And pledge to Wooglin hoary! And when each Greek has drained his cup We’ll have a rousing story.

To worthy deeds of fame! Strive ev’ry man with ardor, Blaze Beta’s name on high Fighting for Wooglin's honor, For Beta Theta Pi — Words and music: S.E. Blakeslee, Denver 1904

Gamma Gamma Sweetheart Song Idaho She has the love o f a Beta Shown by the pin she wears, And the bright, sparkling light o f the diamond To the light o f her eyes compare. To the girl o f my dreams I am singing With a smile on my lips, I part. May all the world’s gladness

Chorus

Be yours, dear, forever. — Words: A.L. Hughes, Denison 1879 Melody: College Song Air: Fill the Flowing Bowl

'Tis my song to a Beta sweetheart. — Words and music: Earl E. Hayes, Idaho 19487

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Beta and Idaho

Beta Alpha Marching Song Kenyon

Westward sons o f Wooglin Bore the shield o f strange device; They settled down near Moscow town

Ere the dawn o f early morning, All the eastern sky adorning, Wakens earth with kindly warning,

On the banks o f Paradise. In Beta’s name they staked their claim;

Day again is nigh! See! adown the broad path swinging

The Dragon gave his smile On this land o f more square miles to the man And more square men to the mile.

While the campus all is ringing Comes with shout and voice o f singing Beta Beta Beta Beta. Theta Pi;

Chorus: Gamma Gamma! Sturdy band o f fightin’ Beta

See! adown the broad path swining While the campus all is ringing

pioneers; Side by side, we've always stood and so we’ll stand throughout the years.

Comes with shout and voice o f singing Beta Theta Pi. — Words: A.D. Cahall, Kenyon 1908 Melody: C. Gounod Air: Men o f Hartech

Sing . . . sing, brothers, bold and strong, For here’s what ev’ry one should know, Can you make this Beta chapter, you’ll be Glad forever after that you came to Idaho. On a rugged hillside stands the humble Beta shake; The hearth is warm, tho’ hard the storm Tries to drive thro’ each los’ning crack. The latch string’s out, no need to shout, Come in draw up a chair. Try our potluck stew With good Beta brew, there’s enough here

Beta Alpha Coming-in Song Kenyon Come, true men, sing her praises grand! Her gracious presence strive to please. Let fair night hear this joyous band Raise her fame among the trees. Who is she whom we all adore? All hail! to Beta Theta Pi! Let the stars catch her praises high —

for all to share. Chorus:

Chorus

Hail! all hail! hail! all hail!

— Words: Forrest L. Sower, Idaho 1915

Theta Mu Epsilon Idaho local fraternity that was chartered as Beta’s Gamma Gamma Chapter Brothers, are we ever faithful to you, Theta Mu Epsilon, noble and true; No heart’s fond devotion can be more sincere Than that which we pledge you in gathering here. Oh, Theta Mu Epsilon, dearest o f all, Our loyalty to thee will ever live on; As brothers united, we never can fall, While guided by thee, Theta Mu Epsilon. — Anonymous

Then raise aloft our cry once more: Hail to Beta Theta PI! Praise thy name, praise thy name, Hail to Beta Theta Pi! — Words: A.D. Cahall, Kenyon 1908 Adapted from March o f the Magi

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Alpha Marching Song Miami

Old Miami, honored be! Cherished to eternity!

Oh, here’s to Knox and Marshall

Blessed be Beta’s natal place loved by

And the “Boys o f thirty-nine!” Who founded here old Beta

Knox, first o f the Beta line, always greatest

And built our sacred shrine. They picked them out a motto, Some symbols and a grip, And bound their hearts together By a tie that would not slip. They spread the Beta spirit; Made it famous far and wide. They made their names immortal; We point to them with pride. So now let ev’ry Beta Give a rousing Phi kai Phi! Alpha, Alpha, Phi kai Phi! and Beta Theta Pi. Chorus:

Wooglin’s mighty race! praises thine! So may our founders be honored, loved eternally. Parent, dear to all our band, without end thy fame shall stand; Beta hosts invoke thy praise, Beta paeans to thee raise. — Laurence Warded Swan, Miami 1907

Lambda Chapter Michigan Here’s to Beta Theta Pi Our fair fraternity!

Alpha, Alpha, Phi kai Phi, and Beta Theta Pi.

Wave the colors brave on high,

And here’s to Old Miami, A sacred spot of earth,

Let all our voices join in song

Its name and fame are known afar Because o f Beta’s birth. Our patron saint “Old Wooglin" Came from out its shady grove To tell of faith and friendship, Of strong fraternal love. Here first the brothers eight were taught To weave the mysterious spell.

Her champions all are we. And loud the anthem raise; Let the chorus roll along In glorious Lambda’s praise. Hail! Brothers, join the chorus Strong for Beta Theta Pi; United sing our chapter song In Lambda Phi kai Phi.

Here in the halls o f memory Each Beta loves to dwell. So once again let every voice Join in the Phi kai Phi!

When our college life is o ’er

Alpha, Alpha, Phi kai Phi! And Beta Theta Pi.

Let all our voices join in song

Chorus

Let the chorus roll along

— Words and music: Harry W. Brown, Jr. Miami 1917

Hymn of Alpha Miami Alpha, Mother, hail to thee! Always let your voices be Raised to magnify thy name, Mother Alpha, great thy fame!

we’ll fondly think o f thee. Wave the colors brave on high, Her champions all are we. And loud the anthem raise; In glorious Lambda’s praise. Hail! Brothers, join the chorus Strong for Beta Theta Pi; United sing our chapter song In Lambda Phi kai Phi. — Words: R.W. Dunn, Michigan 1895 Melody: Vincenzo Bellini Air: Suoni la Tromba

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Rho Northwestern We’re gathered here tonight, my boys, Yes, Beta sons are we; We’re gathered in the twilight, In love, fidelity;

We're gonna pass the lovin’ cup around, And rock-a-by my baby to a Beta lullaby. Rock-a-by baby the sandman is nigh, Rock-a-by, rock-a-by, rock-a-by, ra-da, Shh . . . shh . . . baby’s asleep. — William H. Hyde, Ohio Wesleyan 1922

We sing our songs o f Wooglin lores And long with Rho to stay,

Song of Beta Gamma

Singing on the dear old lake shores, In the evening light o f day. The life with Rho may soon be gone, And scattered far we be, We’ll ne’er forget our Beta songs, Nor yet our loyalty. Tho’ years may pass and bring their cares, And age may bring decay, For old Rho shall be our prayers, And Wooglin's name for aye. Sometime with thot’s a-turning back, Somewhere to years gone by, We’ll come with hearts a-yearning To Beta Theta Pi. To dear old Rho we’ll come once more, With banners waving high, To Northwestern’s dear old lake shore, And Beta Theta Pi.

Rutgers Way down in old New Bruswick Where flows the Raritan, Our dear old Alma Mater, Rutgers College proudly stands Upholding still her motto Just as in the distant past: “Sun o f Justice still illumine, Shine for us upon our West; Sun o f Justice still illumine, Shine for us upon our West. ” Just as in the days o f old, When our Beta fathers led, We have taken up the conflict, Nobly battled in their stead. With the aid of mighty Wooglin, We will gladly labor on,

And uphold the — Northwestern Chapter: Words by Dwight L. Handed down Grays, 1922. Music by Jessie H. Brown, 1922. And uphold the Arrangement by Andrew W. Riggs, 1931 Handed down

Beta Lullaby Ohio Wesleyan I’m gonna rock-a-by my baby to a Beta lullaby And bring her up on Beta lore and Beta Theta Pi, And when the dragon moon is shinin’ And those stars are in the sky You can always hear me pinin’ For all those carefree days gone by. I’m gonna occupy those old porch chairs and Sing to Phi Kai Phi While the Beta stars are shinin’ in the sky The Beta sky. And when that ev’nin sun goes down

old traditions from sire to son; old traditions from sire to son.

‘Round the festive board we’ll pledge her With our glasses raised on high; Health to dear old Beta Gamma Health to Beta Theta Pi! To the faith that never falters, To the Love that cannot die! Dearer yet beyond all others — Drink to Beta Theta Pi; Dearer yet beyond all others — Drink to Beta Theta Pi! — Words: W.N.MacNeill, Rutgers 1908 Music: Horace G. Lozier, Chicago 1894

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Theta Zeta Toronto Come, Betas, sing ’round our chapter fire, Shout we the same old song, The song that will always our hearts inspire, Sing it the whole night long! Shout for the dragon and the shield o f gold!

Our standard ever must be high, Let no man bring it down. When trials seem to bar the way Or sorrow dim the eye, We’ll gather strength for all our needs In Beta Theta Pi. — Words and music: E.A. Smith, Jr., Utah 1911

Let every heart beat true

To the tread o f our marching brothers bold; And shout as only Betas do! Chorus;

Washington College The ivy grows green on old Union’s walls Clinging close to the sides grey and cold;

Oh, shout ye o f the Theta Zeta Chapter, Let every Beta sing! With voices strong we’re marching along /As we form now the mystic ring. Then shout ye o f the Theta Zeta Chapter, Send every echo high! March to the song o f twelve thousand strong: We are brothers in Phi kai Phi! And when our fair college days are o'er Remember the same old song; Its memory will stir us as in days o f yore,

The brook rumbles merrily over the stones /As it rumbled and tumbled o f old; These days o f pleasure in fullest measure Are always warm to the heart; And from old Beta Theta Pi Our tho'ts will ne’er depart. Chorus; And till old Union shall pass away, The College Brook go dry, We’ll all hang together for Nu And forever Love Beta Theta Pi.

Betas bonds will through life prolong. Until we sink into death’s dark night May every heart beat true /As when by the dear old chapter light We sang as only Betas do. — Words: J.L.G. Stuart, Toronto 1908 Air: The Old Brigade

Gamma Beta Utah Come, Gamma Betas, gather round, Our friendship to renew; We will sing to Beta Theta Pi And pledge ourselves anew. Our purpose firm, our aim is clear, Come sing with head raised high Unto the diamond and the wreath Of Beta Theta Pi. Thro’ honest effort, manly pride, Success will be our crown;

Who says that our hearts will grow cold with age, That friends will depart with the years, That tho’ts dear to youth must soon fade away And leave naught but doubts and fears? Such friendships as ours can never fail, Upheld by fraternity’s tie. To Alma Mater we’ll be true And Beta Theta Pi. Chorus —

Words: Mary Landreth Music: H.L. Meyer Washington & Jefferson 1908

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Gamma Theta

Beta’s Emblems

Washington State

Western Reserve

There is a story old — eighty times it has

On Beta’s night, every heart is light Banished is care and sorrow;

been told — Of a chapter’s rise to fraternize With the grandest fraternity beneath the skies; So here's to success for Gamma Theta, We’ll always do our best for dear old Beta. Our lives we’ll consecrate to Beta’s cause so great;

We’ll hear no sigh til the morn’s grey eye Fresh toil for itself doth borrow. Chorus: Then lift the song! let it loud and long Rise to Beta ever glorious! Stainless and bright is her shield o f light;

We’ll always honor Pater Knox and all the founders eight.

Her motto is; “Aye victorious.” Trusting we stand, heart to heart, hand to hand,

To Wooglin we bow down forever, We’ll surely prosper ’neath his watchful eye: Since Beta’s come to stay

The banner o f truth waving o’er us; To mutual need we give mutual heed, And our pledge is ever before us.

There's nothing else to say But Beta Theta Pi.

Chorus — Words: M.L. Brooks, Jr. Western Reserve 1864

■ — George Frederick McKay, Washington State 1922

Mu Epsilon Wesleyan Here at thy shrine anew we bring our off’rings As incense sweet before thy altar rising, Hearts throb with mystic joy, Lights bum with purest flame In dear Mu Epsilon. While ring thy praises sweet in our communion, All meet as one in Beta’s broad dominion. Beta our song has been, Beta ever shall we love We o f Mu Epsilon.

Under Western Skies Whitman Out where the western skies are blue, And western fields o f golden hue, Our alma mater, Whitman dear, To each Beta’s heart grows near, We hear the babbling college brook, And see again each shady nook. Gamma Zeta’s calling me, where western hills are blue Whitman with its fountains fair, looms ever in my view. Beta men are beckoning me

Slow wafts the smoke as to the sky it is rises Spreading like breezes thro’ the quiet moonlight, So Beta hearts are warm Where each brother greets with love In dear Mu Epsilon. — Words: R.W. Keeler, Wesleyan 1904 Music: F.F. Flemming Tune: Integer Vitae

By the firelight’s glow; That’s the place where I long to go. — Joseph Marshall Tewinkel, Whitman 1923

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The Boys of Alpha Pi

Phi Chi Banquet Song

Wisconsin There’s a bully gang o f boys at old Wisconsin, Always ready for a jooly or a guy

Yale We meet in our hall tonight, boys, Our hearts filled with mirth and cheer,

Who from their high and mighty station

And yet with a touch of sadness

Are well known throughout the nation

For the friends no longer here.

As the lucky, plucky boys o f Alpha Pi. Where soever there is war upon the tapis Where brain or pluck or muscle will apply; In the midst of scrap or scrimmage You will see the busy image Of the happy scrappy boys of Alpha Pi.

Oh, bright is the way before us, With ‘Friendship’’ our battle cry As we strive for our cherished order, For Beta Theta Pi. And Wooglin is with us forever With a love that can never die; Then here’s to our chapter forever,

Chorus Then tip the cup and tilt the bottom high; Here’s health! health! to Alpha Pi! Long may you search this wide world through Before you drink to a braver crew.

Then here’s to our dear Phi Chi! Old Yale! we soon must leave her, But not without many a sigh When we meet no more, my brother, In the halls o f dear Phi Chi!

— Words: J.P.A. Pyre, Wisconsin 1892 Music: B. Fagan Air: A High-Born Lady

But still we’ll be with her in spirit,

Phi Chi Marching Song

For brothers are brothers forever

Yale Wooglin, raise thy banners o'er us, See the foe arrayed before us! Men o f Phi Chi, shout the chorus: Beta Theta Pi! Shout until the cry is sounding To our land’s remotest bounding, And the campus is resounding: Beta Theta Pi! As they halt in wonder, With a voice o f thunder, Raise the cry for old Phi Chi, And hew their ranks asunder! Wooglin’s banner proudly bearing, We’ll exult in their despairing, Victory the shout declaring: Beta Theta Pi! — Words: A.E. Baker, Yale 1910 Music: C. Gounod Air: Men o f Harlech

And our love, it ne’er shall die; In Beta Theta Pi. — Words: F.S. Havens, Yale 1896 Air: Stand By Your Glasses

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INDEX BY NAME Abbett, Robert K .............................................. 16 Adams, Charles H .......................................... 159 Adams, R obert................................................. 30 Adkinson, G ene............................................... 65 Allen, Riley H ,..................................................81 Allen, Thomas.................................................... 1 Altsheler, Joseph A ...........................................77 Amore, R o b ..................................................... 45 Anderson, W illiam (Adam W est).............27, 35 Andrews, Bertrand A ........................................89 Arness, James............................................27, 33 Aspinwall, John A ............................................ 90 Astrachan, M ich a e l......................................... 68 Atkinson, Christopher D ..................................68 Babcock, Harmon S....................................... 161 Backe, John.................................................... 146 Baird, Chambers................................... 132, 163 Baird, W illiam R....................................132, 133 Baker, A .E .......................................................180 Ballance, W illis B ............................................ 33 Barber, Columbus S....................................... 132 Batten, James K ..............................................104 Battle, Joel A .................................................. 159 Beck, Edward S................................................ 78 Becker, Stephen B ..................................171, 175 Bee, Lorenzo...................................................... 9 Behms, D o n ................................................... 149 B ellini, V incenzo.......................................... 176 Bellows, George W ............................................4 Bennett, James 0 ..............................................78 Bennett, R icha rd ............................................144 Benson, Robert W ............................................ 22 Berger, R ichard..............................................150 Berenson, B ernard...........................................77 Berry, John R.................................................. 132 Beta Theta Pi H e ra ld ry ................................... 25 Bickley, S.F. (T o n y )........................................ 30 Binford, John C .............................................. 107 Blakeslee, S.E.................................................174 Bocher, M ain R.............................................. 139 Boles, John L .................................................... 27 Bolte, C a rl........................................................ 63 Boreth, C ra ig ................................................. 117 Bostwick, Jackson............................................43 Bourjailey, M a tt.............................................131 Boyd, W illiam F............................................. 132 Bramblett, A. R a n d a ll..................................... 66 Branch, Edgar M .............................................. 95 Brandt, K y le ..................................................... 50 Breidbart, Shaun..............................................47

Brennaman, Thom W ....................................... 47 Brenneman, R ic h a rd ........................................33 Britton, G eorge................................................ 56 B rix, H.H. (Bruce Bennett).............................29 Brooks, Jr., M .L ..............................................179 Brooks, Seth R ................................................134 Brouse, O lin R ................................................ 132 Brower, N e d ..................................................... 70 Brown, Jr., Harry W ...................................... 176 Brown, Herbert L ............................................. 95 Brown, Jesse H ............................................... 177 Brown, P h illip .................................................. 32 Bucher, Charles A .............................................95 Buff, W ade........................................................65 Buffmton, D ic k ..............................................153 Burgin, C. D a v id ............................................I l l Burke, D a v id .................................................. 148 Burt, A llan D .....................................................19 Butler, R o b e rt................................................ 145 Byrne, T h a d ................................................... 132 Cabell, R a n d y .................................................. 64 Cahall, A .D ......................................................175 Calame, Byron E. (B a rn e y )..........................108 Carpenter, Franklin G ....................................... 74 Carroll, T y le r ................................................. 130 Cayce, Forster S............................................. 150 Center, A llen H ................................................. 94 Chamberlain, John R......................................160 Chandler, George M ................................ 2, 7, 25 Chandler, Stephen D ...................................... 116 Chandrasekhar, J a y ..........................................48 Cheney, Darw in H .......................................... 132 Christman, Paul C ...........................................163 Church, Stanley R ...........................................136 Cobb, L. M a r tin .................................... 133, 138 Coggeshall, W illiam T......................................73 Collins, Carvel E .............................................. 95 Condit, W illiam H ............................................ 13 Conover, H arvey.............................................. 84 Conroy II, J im m y ...........................................155 Considine, J o h n ............................................... 42 Corrigan, W illiam (L lo y d ).............................. 27 Coulter, Stanley..............................................159 Covert, K e v in ................................................... 48 Covington, A n ne tte ..........................................26 Covington, John 1............................ 25, 132, 156 Cox, W illiam H ...............................................174 Cramer, D ouglas............................................146 Crawshaw, W illia m H .................................... 132 Curtis, Grove D .............................................. 170

182 Dabson, Jesse................................................... 47 Dalessandro, James....................................... 114 Darling, Jay N. (D in g )...................................... 3 Davenport, John N ......................................... 104 Davidson, Chalmers G ..................................... 92 de Blasis, James M .........................................148 Decik, Arthur C ................................................ 91 deLiagre, A lfre d .............................................140 Delo, David M .................................................. 90 Delo, David M ichael....................................... 90 Dennison, Walter E........................................ 132 Detchon, Irw in L ................................................ 8 Dem, C a r l........................................................ 20 Dickinson, Clarence........................................ 52 Dietmann, John C ...........................................148 Difelice, M a rco ................................................69 Dobrzelewski, Jean-Christophe..................... 71 Dolibois, John E............................................... 97 D oll, B i l l ........................................................ 142 Douglas, W illiam 0 ..........................................85 Douglas, Jr., W illiam 0 ....................................41 Dowling, Daniel B ..............................................9 Dromgoole, W .A ............................................ 171 Dunkel, W ilbur D ............................................. 86 Dunn, R .W ..................................................... 176 Durrell, Richard J...........................................103 Dyal, H. K a y e ................................................149 Eagan, Edward RF............................................86 Earnhardt, T re y ................................................70 Ebersole, M orris R........................................... 25 Eckart, W illia m ..............................................144 Edwards, Herman F..........................................84 Elder, D ea n ...................................................... 58 Embree, Charles F............................................ 79 Englund, George............................................145 Evans, Bergen B ............................................... 28 Evans, Richard...................................... 139, 151 Ewing, C. K e rm it.............................................10 Fairbank, John K .............................................. 92 Fagin, B ...........................................................180 Faulkner II, F. E dw ard.................................... 40 Fawcett, K. W arren...............................133, 136 Feam, Richard L .............................................132 Fifer, Orien W.................................................... 89 Fineman, Howard D .......................................114 Fischer, Karl W ..............................................135 Fitch, George H ................................................ 79 Flemming, F.F.................................................179 Floriani, Peter J.............................................. 138 Floyd, Harry T.................................................. 10 Ford, Enfield B. (F lic k y )................................18

BETAS IN THE ARTS Ford, U .W ...................................................... 173 Forte, C h e t..................................................... 147 Foss, Sam W. ................................................... 75 Fowler, Richard B ............................................ 87 Fowler Street Five Plus O n e ...........................63 Fox, S teve...................................................... 115 Frankovich, Peter...........................................151 Gale, O liver M ..................................................81 Gallagher, John H ...........................................103 Galloway, George B ......................................... 86 Gantvoort, Carl M ........................................... 53 Gantz, Edwin J............................................... 132 Gardner, Gail 1.................................................. 84 George, Robert H ........................................... 128 Gerakaris, D im itr i............................................22 Giesecke, A lbert S............................................ 10 G illin , H u g h ..................................................... 35 Goudey, R uss................................................... 55 Gounod, C....................................................... 180 Glover, Joe....................................................... 54 Goffey, C ary..................................................... 49 Grant, Thomas D .............................................. 66 Gray, John M .................................................. 107 Grays, D w ight L ............................................. 177 Green, Michael J............................................ 129 Green, P a t.........................................................69 G riffin , Z. W ayne...........................................142 G roff, Patrick J................................................. 13 Groody, T o m .................................................... 31 Guffey, C a ry..................................................... 49 Gunning, Robert P............................................93 Gwaltney, Jack M ., Jr.....................................103 Hacker, Homer 0 ..............................................11 Haenschen, Gustave.........................................53 Hall, A rthur A ................................................... 25 Hamilton, John D ............................................. 58 Hammond, Cleon E.......................................... 55 Hangen, W e lles..............................................101 Hanna, J. C a lv in .................................. 7, 26, 132 Hansen, Jon.................................................... 128 Harline, L e ig h .................................................. 55 Harris, Julian H .................................................10 Hart, C la y..........................................................65 Hatfield, M ark 0 .............................................. 97 Havens, F.S..................................................... 180 Hawkins, W illiam W ........................................ 95 Hay, James, J r . ................................................. 81 Hayes, Earl E ..........................................171, 174 Hayes, Jr., Robert B ....................................... 168 Heffernan, K e v in .............................................48 Heidt, Horace................................................... 54

INDEX Hemion, M alcolm L. (Jac)............................104 Henderson, Jr., Louis T.................................... 14 Hepburn, Charles M .............................. 132, 162 Herron, John W ................................................26 Hewitt, F oster.................................................. 28 H illpot, B illy .................................................... 22 Hinchliffe, R og er.............................................66 Hoffman, G a le ................................................. 57 Holland, J. G i l l ..............................................154 Hooper, Osman C........................................... 162 Homberger, Jr., H. Richard..........................100 Hoskins, George R......................................... 132 Hotchkiss, Loyal D ...........................................84 House, G r iffin .................................................. 70 Howard, Charles W. (C huck)............... 139, 146 Howard, Jack R ................................................ 94 Howard, Robert T.............................. 1, 132, 136 Howard, Sidney C............................................ 83 Hughes, A .L .................................................... 174 Hunter, Kerm it H ..............................................93 Hurt, H u b e rfW ................................................81 Hutchins, W illiam H ...................................... 139 Hyde, Henry M ................................................. 77 Hyde, W illiam H ............................................ 177 Inconiglios, Vincent J.......................................21 Inderfurth, Karl F............................................114 Irvin, Ray W ....................................................... 8 Irvine, R ichard...............................................150 Jackson, G reg................................................... 42 Jacquin, Wentworth C.................................... 167 Janey, Russell D ................................................82 Jensen, Je ff....................................................... 68 Jimirro, J im .................................................... 148 Johnson, B randon............................................71 Johnson, K e n d a ll...........................................175 Johnson, L.E. (E rv )...............................133, 137 Johnson, W illiam P. ...................................... 105 Jones, Jeffrey D ................................................ 44 Joyce, Frank M ............................................... 156 Kaldor, Eric W ...............................................103 Kam, Richard (Rick W ils o n )..........................45 Keeler, Charles A ..............................................79 Keeler, R.W.....................................................179 Kesey, K e n ..................................................... 105 King, Jean P ..................................................... 29 King, W illard P. ...............................................91 Kirkham, Arthur R ............................................27 Kirsch, Stan...................................................... 48 Knickerbocker, Paine.................................... 142 Knox, John R .................................................... 72

183 Koch, J im ..........................................................70 Koenig, Laird P ..............................................101 Kohr, Charles W .............................................113 Kurz, Robert H .......................................133, 137 Kwouk, Herbert ( B u r t) ................................... 40 LaBonte, Richard H ......................................... 14 Ladd, Jr., A la n ................................................ 149 Lafferty, P e rry................................................ 144 Lamb, D a v id .................................................. I l l Landon, M elville D .......................................... 73 Landreth, M a r y .............................................. 178 Lang, A lv in A ..................................................132 Lanier, Stanton................................................. 67 Lavelli, Jr., Anthony (To n y)............................60 Leach, R.E.......................................................172 Leborio, P a t..................................................... 49 Ledford, Oscar C .............................................. 34 LeMasters, K im .............................................153 Lemont, D e a n .................................................. 48 Lewis, A n d re w ...............................................155 Lewis, Edward W .................................... 87, 160 Lewis, John C ................................................. 160 Lewis, Richard C.............................................. 11 Lay den, James.................................................. 57 Lindsay, Daniel R............................................. 50 Lindsay, Samuel M ........................................... 80 Linkletter, Jack................................................. 42 Lipton, Thomas A ...........................................150 Little, J a c k ........................................................30 Lobell, Michael A ...........................................149 Longfellow, Layne A ............................... 42, 108 Lorentz, Pare..........................................139, 140 Lozier, Horace G........... 52,156,157,163,164,177 Lozier, John H ............................... 156, 158, 159 Lozier, Lue C.................................................. 165 Lucas, A lb e rt.................................................. 145 Maclean, Norman F.......................................... 88 M acNeill, W .N................................................177 Macy, J.C.........................................................172 Madison, Julian................................................ 30 Magnusson, N o rm ............................................24 Mann, Robert J................................................. 95 M artin, D a vid ................................................. 113 M artin III, Joseph B ....................................... 112 M artin, W .A .P .................................................. 73 Mason, G e o ff.........................................139, 151 Massey II, W alter............................................. 36 Matthews, James 1............................................ 54 Maxey, David R ..............................................107 M axwell, R ic h a rd ............................................53 May, Earl C ....................................................... 80

184 M ayfield, L e s.................................................154 McClatchy, James B ...................................... 101 McCleery, W illiam T........................................93 McClung, Jr., John R.............................133, 137 McCune, M a c .................................................. 65 McKay, George F........................................... 179 M cKay, Jr., Paul M ...........................................21 M cM ullan, John T............................................ 68 McNeely, Jerry C........................................... 102 McPherson, James C........................................24 Mechem, Jr., Charles S.................................. 145 Meland, Richard L ........................................... 91 M erwin, S am uel..............................................80 Meyer, H .L ......................................................178 Meyer, Jr., M ilto n E......................................... 14 M illard, Thomas F.F.........................................77 M iller, Jason S................................................ 129 M ills, W illiam R. ( B illy ) ................................53 Mirakian, Brad C............................................130 M itchell, B ria n .................................................67 Molter, Shelby L ............................. 64, 157, 171 Moore, D .H ............................................ 159, 168 Moore, Richard..............................................145 Morath, M a x .................................................... 58 M orfitt, N eil E ve rett..................................... 116 Morgan, E dw ard..............................................30 Moseley, R .B.................................................. 173 Moses, W illiam R. ( B illy ) ..............................47 Mulroy, James W..............................................82 Murphy, F. Cham pion..................................... 14 Myers, D a v id ................................................... 25 Nagy, G abor..................................................... 42 Netsch, Jr., Walter A .........................................15 Neuman, Robert S............................................ 17 Nevin, Robert P................................................73 Newton, Ryan D ............................. 168,169, 170 Nicholson, John K ............................................85 Nordhoff, Charles B .........................................82 N orlin, Lloyd B ................................................ 57 Norton, W .B....................................................161 Notsin, Robert C...............................................87 O Connor, Jerry P. .......................................... 44 O Flaherty, Terrence....................................... 96 Ogg, Frederic A ................................................ 80 Ohmer, T o m ..................................................... 46 Olds, Frederick A ............................................. 17 Olds, Herbert T................................................. 21 Oliver, Joseph (Josh ).................................... 156 Olney, J u lia n ..................................................140 Olver, Thomas C....................................133, 138 Overstreet, Harry A .......................................... 80

BETAS IN THE ARTS Pacelli, F ra n k................................................. 144 Parmelee, C ullin W ............................................2 Patten, D a v id ................................................... 83 Patterson, Jam es............................................107 Paugh, Thomas F............................................ 104 Paulis, Josh...................................................... 71 Peppard, George, Jr....................................27, 36 Perham, Robert B ............................................. 39 Peringer, M ik e ...............................................107 Perry, John H .................................................... 81 Perry, W allace.................................................. 82 Philbrick, Howard R...................................... 141 Phillips, M ich ae l............................................108 Phillips, G arrison...................................... 27, 37 Pierce, Harry R ............................................... 139 Pine, Granville W. (R obert)............................43 Pope, Ernest R.................................................. 93 Priest, A.J. G u s tin ................................. 134, 166 Progosh, T im .................................................. 153 Putnam, G eorge............................................... 79 Pyre, J.P A ....................................................... 180 Quinn, A rthur H ................................................ 79 Radford, Jr., Earle K ........................................ 13 Rae, Saul F.........................................................56 Rales, M itc h e ll................................................. 23 Ralston, Richard H ........................................... 93 Rankin, George C........................................... 132 Ransom, W yllys C....................................25, 158 Robert Reed..................................................... 41 Reid, T o m m y ................................................. 155 Rhodes, John J.................................................. 96 Richmond-Peck, D a v id ................................... 50 Riesenberg, F e lix .............................................83 Rietz, Jr., John R.(Robert R eed).................... 41 Ricketts, Coella L ............................................... 1 Riggs, Andrew W ...........................................177 Robb, W illis 0 ................................... 7, 132, 162 Robbins, Jack................................................... 23 Robison, John A ............................................. 132 Rodgers, Charles A .......................................... 86 Rogers, Kenneth W ................... 53, 85, 156, 166 Rohner, C la y to n ...............................................46 Ross, C lin to n ................................................. 160 Rutherford, M . R ivers..................................... 68 Sabin, Edwin L ................................................ 78 Sabin, P R ........................................................ 172 Savage, Joe W .................................................. 87 Savary, K h a lil.................................................. 71 Schimmel, David M ......................................... 67 Schmidt, Michael Jack.................................. 115

NDEX Schmidtke, N e d ................ ...........................43 Scott, A la n ............................ ...........................58 Scott, Franklin H .................. ................132, 162 Seacat, David B .H ................ ........................ 129 Seagle, John D ...................... ...........................54 Seaman, Charles J................ ..51. 156, 160, 170 Seamans, Isaac ( Ik e ) .......... ..................... 109 Shaffer, O .V. ..................... ...........................18 Shaw, A lb e r t ..................... ....................... 76 Shepardson, Francis W. 132, 133, 156, 158, 163 Shields, George T............... ...........................36 Sholes, Steve ..................... ..................... 142 Shoop, Richard R. (M isty)... ............... 57, 167 Slate, Jeremy........................ ....................... 39 Smedberg, John H ................ ....................... 56 Smith. Carlton ................... ...........................96 Smith, Jr., E .A ....................... .........................178 Smith, Ernest A ................... ....................... 78 Smith, G. H e rb e rt ............. ..................... 134 Smith, Henry J................... ....................... 79 Smith, Ralph P . ................. ..................... 165 Smyth, Gordon S............... ............. 132, 134 Snow, Edgar P . .................. .......................92 Sondheim, Stephen J .......... .......................61 Soriano, E lias .................... .......................70 Soth, Lauren K .................. .......................94 Sower, Forrest I .................. ............. 165, 175 Spofford, Charles S............ ..................... 140 Sprague, W illiam C............ ..................... 132 Springer, David H .............. ..................... 117 Stafford, Charles L ............. ..................... 100 Staley, Christopher P.......... .......................23 Stapp, H. Russell .............. ..................... 173 Starr, Frank C.................... ..................... 108 Stauffer, Oscar S................ .......................84 Steckel, Edwin M . (N e d ) .... ..................... 104 Steeg, T e d ........................ ..................... 146 Steiman, D a v id ................. ..................... 156 Stephens, C .P. ................... ..................... 173 Stephenson, Jr., Hugh E ...... .......................97 Stevenson, Charles F.......... ............... 99, 128 Stewart, N o rm ................... ..................... 130 Stillson, Joseph O .............. ..................... 160 Stone, W ilso n .................... .......................60 Stuart, J.L.G ...................... ..................... 178 Surovy, N icolas ................. .......................43 Sutton, George M ............... ........................ 8 Swan, Lawrence W............. ..................... 176 Swanson. Phillip R ............. ....................... 17 Szanto, Louis P . ................ .........................7 Talman, Jr., W illiam W. ..... .......................31 Taylor, John R ................... ..................... 116

185 Taylor, Richard C ........................................... 153 Tewinkel, Joseph M ....................................... 179 Thirkield, R o b e rt.............................................42 Thomas, Jess.................................................... 60 Thomas, John B ................................................33 Thomas, Robert L. (B o b )................................ 98 Tintsman, Carl C............................................ 128 Tower, James E................................................. 77 Trussell, C. T a it.............................................. 102 Tunison, Joseph S................... 74, 156, 160, 161 Turley, Thomas B ................. ......................... 145 Turner, Leland S............................................... 66 Upson, Arthur W ..............................................82 Vames, D.J...................................................... 172 Voigtlander, Theodore (Ted)................ 139, 143 Walker, Charles D .................................. 132, 133 Walker, W illiam S. ( B i l l) ................................ 56 Walton, Jack W . ............................................... 56 Wambaugh, Eugene...................................... 132 Ward, F re d ........................................................19 Ward, James................................................... 153 Ward, Samuel L .............................................. 161 Warner, Frederic R ......................................... 165 Wamke, Jason................................................ 168 Benjamin, Warren J........................................ 154 Weaver, Winstead (D oodles)..........................32 Webb, Richard C ............................................ 143 Welch, K e n .......................................................59 Welsh, Franklin M ..........................................132 Weller, R o b b .............................................. 27, 44 Wheeler, C.S................................................... 172 White, B r ia n .................................................... 49 White II, Robert M ...........................................96 W ilkins, H. F o rd .............................................. 87 W illiams, B o b .................................................. 64 Williams, Sylvester G .....................................132 W illkie, Wendell L ............................................84 Wilson, Charles.............................................. 110 Wilson, R a n d a ll............................................... 67 Wilson, R icha rd ............................................. 144 Wilson, R ick (Richard K a rn )................... 27, 45 Wilson, Samuel N ...........................................161 Wise, JohnS............................................. 74, 133 Wooden, John R................................................94 Worley, Paul......................................................67 Yoder, Paul........................................................55 Young, John W................................................142 Yuronich, G reg................................................. 70 Zaloom, George............................................. 154 Zimmerman, Richard G ..................................104

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186

INDEX BY CHAPTER Alabam a Bostwick, Jackson............................................43 Am herst Hart, C la y ......................................................... 65 Tower, James E.................................................77 Walker, W illiam S. ( B i l l) ................................ 56 A rizona Cayce, Forster S............................................. 150 Chandler, Stephen D ...................................... 116 B a ylor Johnson, B ra nd on ............................................71 Beloit Arness, James............................................27, 33 Branch, Edgard M ............................................ 95 Darling, Jay N. (D in g )...................................... 3 Hyde, Henry M ................................................. 77 Leach, R.E...................................................... 172 Schmidtke, N e d ...............................................43 Shaffer, O.V. .................................................... 18 Warner, Frederic R......................................... 165 Bethany Gantz, Edwin J................................................132 Leborio, P a t..................................................... 49 Steckel, Edwin M. (N e d )..............................104 Sutton, George M ............................................... 8 Boston Berenson, Bernard...........................................77 Hoskins, George R......................................... 132 Bowdoin Aspinwall, John A ............................................ 90 Homberger, Jr., H. R ichard...........................100 Kwouk, Herbert ( B u rt) ................................... 40 Lewis, Edward W .............................................87 Bow ling Green Hinchliffe, R og er.............................................66 Koch, J im ......................................................... 70 Yuronich, G reg................................................. 70 B row n Babcock, Harmon S....................................... 161 Foss, Sam W. ................................................... 75 Hangen, W elles..............................................101 Shepardson, Francis W. 132, 133, 156, 158, 163

C a lifo rn ia Bee, Lorenzo...................................................... 9 Corrigan, W illiam (L lo y d )..............................27 D owling, Daniel B ..............................................9 Gale, O liver M ..................................................81 Heidt, Horace................................................... 54 Howard, Sidney C ............................................ 83 Keeler, Charles A ..............................................79 O Flaherty, Terrence........................................96 Overstreet, Harry A .......................................... 80 Wheeler, C.S................................................... 172 C a lifo rn ia at Los Angeles (U C L A ) Berger, R ichard..............................................150 Butler, R o b e rt................................................ 145 Considine, J o h n ...............................................42 Englund, George............................................145 LeMasters, K im .............................................153 Thomas, Robert L. (B o b)................................ 98 Carnegie M ellon de Blasis, James.............................................148 Ewing, C. K e rm it.............................................10 Olds, Herbert T................................................. 21 Thomas, John B ................................................ 33 Welch, K e n ...................................................... 59 Case Sabin, P.R........................................................ 172 Tintsman, Carl C.............................................128 Vames, D.J...................................................... 172 C entral M ich iga n Lemont, D e a n .................................................. 48 Olver, Thomas C .................................... 133, 138 Centre Ledford, Oscar C .............................................. 34 Perry, John H .....................................................81 Chicago Allen, Riley H ................................................... 81 Bocher, M ain Rosseau.................................. 139 Dietmann, John C........................................... 148 Lozier, Horace G........... 52,156,157,163,164,177 M ulroy, James W. ............................................82 Smith, Henry J.................................................. 79 Stapp, H. Russell............................................173 C in c in n a ti Brown, Herbert L ..............................................95

NDEX Cramer, D ouglas............................................146 Ebersole, M orris R ........................................... 25 Gantvoort, Carl M ............................................ 53 Seamans, Ik e .................................................. 109 Colgate Chandrasekhar, J a y ......................................... 48 Crawshaw, W illiam H .................................... 132 Delo, David M ichael....................................... 90 Fineman, Howard D .......................................114 Ford, U W . ..................................................... 173 Heffeman, K e v in .............................................48 LaBonte, Richard H ......................................... 14 Landon, M elville D .......................................... 73 Paugh, Thomas F............................................ 104 Turley, Thomas B ........................................... 145 Colorado College Giesecke, Albert S............................................ 10 Morath, M a x .................................................... 58 Colorado Mines M iller, Jason S................................................ 129 Columbia Britton, George................................................ 56 Forte, C h e t..................................................... 147 Olney, J u lia n .................................................. 140 Riesenberg, F e lix .............................................83 Savary, K h a lil.................................................. 71 Cornell Lafferty, P erry................................................144 Pope, Ernest R.................................................. 93 Dartm outh Fox, Steve...................................................... 115 Gardner, Gail 1.................................................. 84 3erakaris, D im itr i............................................22 3oudey, R uss................................................... 55 Knickerbocker, Paine.................................... 142 Vlaclean, Norman F.......................................... 88 Vlann, Robert J................................................. 95 VIoseley, R .B.................................................. 173 Talman, Jr., W illiam W . .................................. 31 Turner, Leland S.........................................65, 66 iVhite, B r ia n .................................................... 49 Davidson Batten, James K ..............................................104 [)avidson, Chalmers G ......................................92 Vlartin III, Joseph B ....................................... 112

187 Dayton Paulus, J o s h ..................................................... 71 Denison Cox, W illiam H ...............................................174 Hooper, Osman C ........................................... 162 Hughes, A .L .................................................... 174 Seaman, Charles J................... 51, 156, 160, 170 Shepardson, Francis W. 132, 133, 156, 158, 163 Shoop, Richard R. (M is ty )..................... 57, 167 Smith, Ralph P. ..............................................165 Sprague, W illiam C ........................................ 132 Tunison, Josephs................... 74, 156, 160, 161 Denver Blakeslee, S.E................................................. 174 Eagan, Edward P.F............................................86 Evans, R ichard...................................... 139, 151 Guerrero, Daniel H ...........................................65 Webb, Richard C ............................................ 143 Wilson, R ich a rd .............................................144 DePauw Adams, Charles H .......................................... 159 Brouse, O lin R ................................................ 132 Bundy, O m ar.................................................. 163 Fifer, Orien W ................................................... 89 Howard, Robert T.............................. 1, 132, 136 Joyce, Frank M ............................................... 156 Lozier, John H ............................... 156, 158, 159 Ogg, Frederic A ................................................ 80 Olds, Frederick A ..............................................17 Smith, G. H erbe rt...........................................134 D ickinson Fischer, Karl W .......................................133. 135 Welsh, Franklin M .......................................... 132 Duke Howard, Charles (C h u c k ).................... 139, 146 Kirsch, Stan.......................................................48 Mason, G e o ff.........................................139, 151 Eastern K e ntucky Cobb, L. M a rtin .................................... 133, 137 Earnhardt, Charles (T re y )............................... 70 Eastern W ashington Hansen, Jon.................................................... 129 F lo rid a Adkinson, G e ne ............................................... 65 Becker, Stephen B ..................................171, 175

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F lorida A tla n tic Soriano, E lia s................................................... 70

Fischer, Karl W ..................................... 133, 135 King, W illard P. ...............................................91 M artin, W .A .P .................................................. 73 Ohmer, T o m ..................................................... 46 Ross, C lin to n ................................................. 160 Starr, Frank C ..................................................108 W illiams, B o b .................................................. 64 W illkie, Wendell L ........................................... 84

F lorida State Covert, K e v in ................................................... 48 Green, Michael J............................................ 169

Iow a Hotchkiss, Loyal D ...........................................84 Sabin, Edwin L ................................................. 79

Georgia Tech Cabell, R a n d y.................................................. 64 Fowler Street Five Plus O n e ...........................63 Harris, Julian H .................................................10 Lanier, Stanton................................................. 67

Iow a State Benson, Robert W .............................................22 Murphy, F. C ham pion..................................... 14 Soth, Lauren K ..................................................94

Behms, D o n ................................................... 149 Buff, W ade....................................................... 65 Guffey, C ary..................................................... 49 Turner, Leland S............................................... 66 Ward, F re d ....................................................... 19

Hanover Coulter, Stanley..............................................159 Stillson, Joseph 0 ...........................................160 Ward, James................................................... 153 Wilson, Samuel N .......................................... 161 H a rva rd Baird, Chambers................................... 132, 163 Berenson, B ernard...........................................77 Idaho Chapter A rm s ................................................... 26 Elder, D ea n ...................................................... 58 Hayes, Earl E......................................... 171, 174 Hayes, Jr., Robert B ....................................... 168 Johnson, L.E. (E rv )...............................133, 137 Maxey, David R............................................. 107 Neuman, Robert S............................................ 17 Priest, A.J. G u s tin ................................. 134, 166 Sower, Forrest L .................................... 165, 175 Taylor, John R.................................................116 Voigtlander, Theodore......................... 139, 143 Illin o is Ballance, W.B. ( B i l l ) ...................................... 33 Dyal, H. K a y e ................................................149 Kohr, Charles W............................................. 113 Jacquin, Wentworth C....................................167 Lewis, John C................................................. 160 Lucas, A lb e rt.................................................. 145 Pacelli, F ra n k.................................................144 Indiana Dunkel, W ilbur D ............................................. 86

Iow a Wesleyan Hotchkiss, Loyal D ...........................................84 Hurt, Huber W ...................................................81 Johns H opkins Shaw, A lb e rt..................................................... 76 Kansas G illin , H u g h ..................................................... 35 McCune, M a c .................................................. 65 Radford, Jr., Earle K ........................................ 13 Smith, C arlton .................................................. 96 Stauffer, Oscar S............................................... 84 Wilson, R a n d a ll............................................... 61

Kansas State Burt, A llan D ............ Floyd, Harry T.......... Groody, T o m ............ McClung, Jr., John R M irakian, Brad C..... Newton, Ryan D ....... Rhodes, John J.......... Young, John W ........

..................IS ................... 1C ................... 31 ........ 133, 13" .................13C ,168, 169, 17C

................. 9( ........................................ 1 4 '

Kenyon Cahall, A .D ......................................................17 i Curtis, Grove D .............................................. 17( M axw ell, R ic h a rd ........................................... 5;

Knox Center, A llen H ................................................. 9^ Dabson, Jesse................................................... 4' Fitch, George H .................................................7<

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Lawrence Delo, David M .................................................... 90 Jones, Jeffrey D .................................................. 44 Lang, Alvin A ....................................................132 Lehigh Brenneman, R ich ard ......................................... 33 Buffinton, D ic k ................................................153 Floriani, Peter J................................................ 138 Hemion, Malcolm L. (Jac).............................104 Maine Dobrzelewski, Jean-C hristophe...................... 71 Lamb, D a v id .................................................... I l l Massachusetts Institute of Technology Massey II, W alter...............................................36 Netsch, Jr., Walter A .......................................... 15 Miami Backe, Jo h n .................. Battle, Joel A ................ Brown, Jessie H ........... Brown, Jr., Harry W .... Burgin, C. D av id......... Christman, Paul C ........ Collins, Carvel E......... Condit, William H ....... Conroy II, Jim m y ........ Covington, John I........ Dolibois, John E .......... Evans, Bergen B .......... Herron, John W............ House, G riffin ............. Inconiglios, Vincent J. King, Jean P ................ Knox, John R ............... Kurz, Robert H ............ Lewis, John C ............... Mechem, Jr., Charles S Molter, Shelby L .......... Myers, D a v id .............. Rales, M itchell............ Swan, Lawrence W. ....

.............. 146 .............. 159 .............. 177 .............. 176

........... Ill .............. 163 .................95 .................13 .............. 155 25, 132, 156 .................97 .................28 .................26 .................70 .................21 .................29 .................72 ..... 133, 137 .............. 160 .............. 145 64, 157, 171 .................25 .................23 ...............176

Michigan Adams, R o b ert................................................... 30 Beck, Edward S.................................................. 78 Bennett, James 0 ................................................78 Calame, Byron E. (B arn ey )...........................108 Chandler, George M ..................................2, 8. 25 Chapter A rm s..................................................... 26 Dunn, R.W.........................................................176 lohnson, William P. ........................................ 105

Ransom, Wyllys C..................................... 25, 158 M ichigan State Lobell, Michael A .............................................149 Springer, David H ............................................ 117 Steiman, D a v id ................................................ 156 M innesota Durrell, Richard J............................................. 103 Fawcett, K. W arren................................ 133, 136 Jensen, Je ff.......................................................... 68 Madison, Ju lian .................................................. 30 Upson, Arthur W................................................. 82 M ississippi Rutherford, M. R ivers....................................... 68 M issouri Astrachan, M ichael........................................... 68 Bolte, C arl........................................................... 63 Calame, Byron E .............................................. 108 Lindsay, Daniel R ............................................... 50 Lozier, Lue C .....................................................165 McMullan, John T...............................................67 Millard, Thomas F.F........................................... 77 Mitchell, B rian................................................... 68 Rodgers, Charles A .............................................86 Seagle, John D .....................................................54 Snow, Edgard P .................................................. 92 Stephenson, Jr., Hugh E..................................... 97 Stewart, N o rm .................................................. 130 M onm outh Berry, John R.....................................................132 Rankin, George C ............................................. 132 Robison, John A ............................................... 132 N ebraska McCleery, William T.......................................... 93 Putnam, G e o rg e ................................................. 79 Thomas, J e s s ....................................................... 60 N orth C arolina Bramblett, A. R a n d a ll....................................... 66 Holland, J. G i l l ................................................ 154 Inderfurth, Karl F.............................................. 114 N orth D akota Yoder, P au l.......................................................... 55 N orthw estern Amore, R o b ........................................................ 45 Bennett, R ich ard.............................................. 144

190 Brown, Jessie H ................................................177 Cheney, Darwin H ............................................132 Dickinson, C larence.......................................... 52 Grays, Dwight L ............................................... 177 Merwin, Sam uel.................................................80 Norlin, Lloyd B...................................................57 Norton, W.B......................................................161 Rietz, Jr., John R. (Robert R e e d ).................... 41 Riggs, Andrew W ............................................ 177 Scott, Frank H ..........................................132, 162 Spofford, Charles S..........................................140 Stone, W ilson..................................................... 60 Surovy, N ico las.................................................. 43 Ohio Boyd, William F............................................... 132 Brennaman, Thom W ........................................47 Chamberlain, John R ....................................... 160 Chapter A rm s..................................................... 26 Coggenshall, William T..................................... 73 Dalessandro, Jam es......................................... 114 Hacker, Homer 0 ................................................11 Longfellow, Layne A .................................42, 108 Moore, D.H.............................................. 159, 168 Patterson, James P............................................ 107 Ricketts, Coella L................................................. 1 Schmidt, Michael Ja c k ....................................115 Swanson, Phillip R.............................................17 Ohio State Bellows, George W...............................................4 Gunning, Robert P.............................................. 93 Hunter, Kermit H ................................................93 Reid, T o m m y................................................... 155 O hio W esleyan Bucher, Charles A ...............................................95 Dennison, Walter E.......................................... 132 Hyde, William H.............................................. 177 Pine, G. W. (R obert).......................................... 42 Robb, Willis 0 .....................................7, 132, 162 Robbins, Ja c k ..................................................... 23 Smith, Ernest A ................................................... 78 Wambaugh, E u g e n e ........................................132 Williams, Sylvester G...................................... 132 O klahom a Lewis, A ndrew .................................................155 Perry, W allace.................................................... 82 Schimmel, David M ........................................... 67 Taylor, Richard C............................................. 153 O klahom a State Lewis, Richard C ................................................11

BETAS IN THE ARTS O regon Edwards, Herman F............................................ 84 Frankovich, P e te r.............................................153 Grant, Thomas D ................................................ 66 Griffin, Z. W ayne.............................................141 Groff, Patrick J................................................. 103 Hammond, Cleon E ............................................55 Kesey, K e n ........................................................105 Morfitt, Neil E v e re tt....................................... 116 Smedberg, John H.............................................. 56 O regon State Griffin, Z. W ayne.............................................142 Kirkham, Arthur R..............................................27 Philbrick, Howard R ........................................141 Pennsylvania Boreth, C ra ig ................................................... 117 Breidbart, S h au n ................................................47 Glover, J o e .......................................................... 54 Lindsay, Samuel M .............................................80 Meland, Richard L............................................. 91 Quinn, Arthur H .................................................. 79 Scott, A la n .......................................................... 58 Smyth, Gordon S..................................... 132, 134 Penn State Atkinson, Christopher D ................................... 68 Jimirro, J im .......................................................148 Leyden, Jam es.................................................... 57 P rinceton Brandt, K y le........................................................50 P u rd u e Abbett, Robert K ................................................ 16 Wooden, John R ..................................................94 Peppard, Jr., G e o rg e ...................................27, 37 R utgers Hillpot, B illy .......................................................29 MacNeill, W.N..................................................177 Parmelee, Cullen W. ........................................... 2 Sholes, S tev e.................................................... 142 South D akota O Connor, Jerry P............................................... 44 South F lorid a Wamke, Ja so n .................................................. 168 Southern C alifornia Irvine, R ichard ................................................. 150 Ladd, Jr., A la n .................................................. 149

NDEX Linkletter, Jack ................................................... 42 Mayfield, L e s ................................................... 154 Nagy, G eorg e..................................................... 42 Oliver, Joseph (J o s h )......................................156 Zaloom, G eorge...............................................154 Southern Illinois Carroll, T y le r................................................... 130 Southern M ethodist Warren, John B ................................................. 154 Brower, N e d ........................................................70 Magnusson, N orm ..............................................24 McKay, Jr., Paul M ............................................ 21 Stanford \ndrew s, Bertrand A ......................................... 89 Brown, P hillip.................................................... 32 VlcClatchy, James B ........................................ 101 Mordhoff, Charles B ...........................................82 Weaver, W.S. (D oodles)....................................32 Stevens 3aird, William R ..................................... 132, 133 "earn, Richard L ...............................................132 St. Law rence 3rooks, Seth R ..................................................134 â&#x20AC;&#x2122;erham, Robert B. (Jeremy S la te )..................39 Wilkins, H. F o rd ................................................87 Syracuse lohnson, Kendall V ......................................... 128 Caldor, Eric W..................................................103 vlills, William R. (B illy).................................. 53 â&#x20AC;&#x2122;ierce, Harry R ................................................. 139 logers, Kenneth W.................... 53, 85, 156, 166 Steckel, Edwin M. (N e d )............................... 104 Texas Soles, John L.......................................................27 Davenport, John N ,.......................................... 104 Texas Tech 3reen, P a t ...........................................................69 Toronto )ifelice, M arco.................................................. 69 3ray, John M .....................................................107 Jewitt, F o s te r.................................................... 28 tae, Saul F...........................................................56 ituart, J.L.G.......................................................178

191 Tulane Eckart, W illiam ................................................ 144 Union Gray, John M ..................................................... 101 Hoffman, G a le ................................................... 57 Matthews, James 1.............................................. 54 U tah Deck, Arthur C .................................................... 91 Dem, C a r l........................................................... 20 Harline, L e ig h .....................................................55 Smith, Jr., E.A................................................... 178 V anderbilt Altsheler, Joseph A .............................................77 Ford, Enfield B. (F lic k y )..................................18 McPherson, James C ..........................................24 Worley, P au l........................................................67 V irginia Faulkner II, F. E d w ard ...................................... 40 Gwaltney, Jr., Jack M .......................................104 Hay, Jr., J a m e s ................................................... 81 Hepburn, Charles M ................................132, 162 Seamans, Isaac (Ik e )....................................... 109 Wise, Jo h n S ............................................... 74, 133 V irginia M ilitary Institute (VM I) Walker, Charles D ................................... 132, 133 V irginia Tech Hall, Arthur A ............................ ......................... 25 W abash Detchon, Irwin L ...................................................8 Embree, Charles F...............................................79 Haenschen, G ustave.......................................... 53 Henderson, Jr., Louis T......................................14 Nicholson, John K.............................................. 85 Phillips, Michael J ............................................108 Steeg, T e d ......................................................... 146 Ward, Samuel L ................................................ 161 W ashington Brix, H.H. (Bruce B ennett).............................. 29 Koenig, Laird P ................................................101 Peringer, M ik e ................................................. 107 Weller, R o b b ................................................ 27, 44 Wilson, Rick (Richard K a rn ).................... 27, 45 W ashington in St. Louis Allen, Riley H ..................................................... 81

192 Allen, T hom as...................................................... 1 Haenschen, G ustave.......................................... 53 Meyer, Jr., Milton E ........................................... 14 W ashington & Jefferson Meyer, H.L........................................................ 178 Nevin, Robert R .................................................73 W ashington and Lee Binford, John C................................................ 107 Hawkins, William W ......................................... 95 Trussell, C. Tait................................................102 White II, Robert M .............................................96 W ashington State Byrne, T h a d ..................................................... 132 Church, Stanley R ............................................ 136 Little, J a c k ..........................................................30 McKay, George F............................................. 179 W esleyan Bickley, Samuel F. (Tony)................................ 30 Galloway, George B ...........................................86 Keeler, R.W ...................................................... 179 Moses, William R. (B illy)................................ 47 Patten, D a v id ..................................................... 83 Thirkield, R o b e rt...............................................42 W est Virginia Barber, Columbus S.........................................132 Doll, B ill...........................................................142 Gallagher, John H .............................................103 Lorentz, P are........................................... 139, 140 Phillips, G arrison...............................................37 Ralston, Richard H.............................................93 Savage, Joe W .................................................... 87 Seamans, I k e .................................................... 109 Stafford, Charles L...........................................100 W estern O n tario Progosh, T im .................................................... 153 Richmond-Peck, D avid.....................................50 W estern Reserve Brooks, Jr., M .L................................................179 George, Robert A ............................................. 128 Lipton, Thomas A .............................................150 Stevenson, Charles F................................. 99, 128 W estm inster Fowler, Richard B.............................................. 87 McNeely, Jerry C............................................. 102 Moore, R ichard................................................145

BETAS IN THE ARTS Wilson, C harles................................................110 W hitm an Anderson, William (Adam W est)............. 27, 35 Douglas, William 0 ............................................85 Douglas, Jr., William 0 ..................................... 41 Hamilton, John D ................................................58 Jackson, G reg......................................................42 Morgan, Edward P. ........................................... 30 Rohner, C la y to n ................................................. 46 Shields, George T ...............................................36 Tewinkel, Joseph M ......................................... 179 W ichita State Seacat, D.B.H................................................... 129 W illam ette Hatfield, Mark 0 ................................................ 97 Morfitt, Neal E verett....................................... 116 Notson, Robert C ................................................87 W illiams Sondheim, Stephen J.......................................... 61 W isconsin Bourjaily, M a tt................................................. 131 Conover, H arvey ................................................84 Fairbank, John K ................................................ 92 May, Earl C ..........................................................8C Pyre, J.P A ......................................................... 18C W ittenberg Staley, Christopher P ......................................... 23 Walton, Jack W .................................................. 5t Zimmerman, Richard G................................... 104 W ooster Carpenter, Franklin G......................................... 14 Hanna, J. C alvin....................................7, 26, 132 Irvin, Ray W ..........................................................ÂŁ Yale Baker, A .E ..........................................................18( Burke, D avid.................................................... 14? deLiagre, A lfre d ...............................................14( Eagan, Edward P.F..............................................8( Havens, F.S........................................................18( Howard, Jack R ................................................... 9l Hutchins, W illiam H ........................................ 13â&#x20AC;&#x2DC; Janey, Russell D .................................................. 8^ Lavelli, Jr., Anthony (T ony)............................. 6( Martin, D avid................................................... 11: Spofford, Charles S..........................................14(