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DKE’S TWIN TITANS OF AMERICAN MUSIC

Terry Stewart Phi Chi Rutgers ’69 and Scott Siman Gamma Vanderbilt ’76 come together in Nashville to compare notes

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Dear Brothers and Friends, Greetings. We are pleased to deliver this spring edition of the DEKE Quarterly. I hope you enjoy it. My note in the previous Quarterly touched on questions about the resiliency of our fraternity and our mission. Some recent results and updates have provided some very reassuring and inspiring perspectives regarding our dear fraternity. A snapshot of our undergraduates’ on-campus progress and the support of our broader membership to the fraternity’s foundation demonstrate a range of commitment across our entire demographic, undergraduate and alumni. DKE staff, under the direction of Executive Director, Doug Lanpher, continue to provide great programming and infrastructure, but it is the deliberate momentum of our undergraduates that amazes me. Our young men have been navigating partially closed campuses and adjusting to the demands of altered academic and social engagements. On that changeable playing field, we are seeing how they have adapted fraternity life. I don’t fully understand how, but they have redefined the fraternity proposition to potential new members, designed and executed virtual rush and virtual new member education. I did have the pleasure of participating in an alumni-led, virtual initiation, which marked the reactivation of the Lambda chapter. It did not matter that the ritual differed from the version that I enjoyed decades ago. It mattered that an inactive chapter was able to restart and embrace a great group of new brothers, in the middle of a pandemic shut down. So, these are the anecdotes, but the numbers tell the full story: so far, in this 2020-21 school year, we have initiated 363 new members. Forty-three of our fifty-six active chapters are scheduled for some form of Spring Rush, so that new member number may grow by the end of the school year. The number of active undergraduates was 1700 before adding the new members, which is a good deal higher than our pandemic year forecasts. As many of you are aware, the Deke Foundation kicked off a campaign to coincide with the 175th anniversary of DKE. The goal of the campaign was to raise $1.75MM. Our membership answered the call in true DKE fashion. At last report, 1,300 members participated in the campaign, delivering over $2.46MM to the foundation. During my years with DKE, I have not witnessed such a broad unified statement of support. I will close with a note of gratitude. To all, from the newest initiate to the most tenured members of our ranks, thank you for your ongoing commitment to Delta Kappa Epsilon!

In the Bonds,

Mason Morjikian Chairman of the Board Lambda-Kenyon ‘88

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DEKES UNDER 30 LOGAN PAULEY, IOTA ’15

CHAPTER AWARDS

VIRTUAL OFFICERS’ ACADEMY

DAVID GRIFFTH BATTLES POVERTY

DEKE FOUNDATION

FRATERNITIES’ POSITIVE IMPACT

∆KE REGALIA IN EVERY ISSUE

COVER STORY

TWO GIANTS IN MUSIC WORLD

ΔKE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mason Morjikian, Lambda ’88, Chairman Greg Miarecki, Delta Delta ’94, Vice Chairman Ron Li, Phi Alpha ’10, Treasurer Charles Jones, Eta ’56, Honorary President Craig Lengyel, Gamma ’89, Honorary President Neilson Brown, Beta ’67 Cory Crenshaw, Tau Lambda ’01 Semmes Favrot, Psi ’92 David Helverson, Delta Pi ’81 Dan Johnson, Sigma Alpha ’77 Stan McMillan, Gamma ’89 John McNeil, Psi ’79 Kevin O’Bryon, Tau Lambda ’77 Michael Peters, Delta Delta ’90 Terry Stewart, Phi Chi ’69 Peter Tripp, Phi Gamma ’91 ΔKE HQ STAFF Executive Director: Doug Lanpher, Gamma ’77 Associate Executive Director: Mike Hilts, Gamma ’76 Director of Health & Safety Initiatives: Trey Robb Director of Chapter Services: Craig Dick, Phi Alpha ’16 Director of Alumni Services: Turner Spears, Lambda Tau ’16 Archivist & Historian: Grant Burnyeat, Phi Alpha ’65 DEKE QUARTERLY STAFF Publisher: Doug Lanpher, Gamma ’77 Editor: Kevin Cuneo, Gamma ’77 Production Editor: Jeff Hamilton, Gamma ’78

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HQ REPORT Greetings Fellow Dekes,

Speaking of ramping up, the Deke Foundation is taking a breather after the successful 175th Anniversary Campaign, but not a very long breather. We are enormously thankful for all alumni who participated in this campaign, and the money raised will benefit our undergraduate members.

As we wind down the most challenging year in DKE’s modern history, our thoughts turn toward the 2021-22 academic year. From what we know as of this writing (mid-March), it appears that most colleges will be back at full or nearly full operation in the fall. There will be some restrictions, but students will be back on campus, going to classes in person. That’s something we all hope for.

The Foundation has ongoing responsibilities to our members as well, funding the educational initiatives of DKE, so we will be ramping up our annual giving dues program called ForeverDeke. This is our way of providing an ongoing stream of income for programs such as Emerging Leaders, Values-Based Recruitment, Health & Safety Initiatives, and anything else that the IRS considers “educational.”

Some of our chapters need a total reboot, because they did not really operate at all this year due to not having their members on campus. Others got smaller last year, or did not add many new members, so they’ll need to regain some momentum. Doug Lanpher, And all chapters need to rebuild their basic operaExecutive Director tional functions - chapter meetings, philanthropy ForeverDeke is run through the Foundation so our and community service, recruitment, treasuries, U.S. based alumni can deduct their donations, new member education, and so on - because everything was so difbut more importantly, so they can allocate 50% of their donations ferent or non-existent this year. The interruption in operations really to their chapter. lasted more than a year, because most universities shut everything down in March of last year. Losing a semester and a half is a very long Please be on the lookout for direct mail and email from us asking time in the lifespan of a chapter. for donations to the annual ForeverDeke campaign, either $10/ month for basic dues or $18.44/month for ForeverDeke level. Or At the HQ level, we view this as an opportunity to reinforce positive truly at any level. practices in all these areas, so we will be very actively working with our chapters for the remaining few weeks of spring, and throughout For this year of renewal, we again thank all alumni who have helped the summer. Our Emerging Leaders Institute this summer will bring out either financially or by advising a chapter, and we look forward to together in person the future leaders of our chapters, rising sopha productive summer for DKE, heading into a great fall. And of course omores and juniors, and this will be a very important three days; we wish the same for all our readers! instead of focusing on general leadership aptitude, we will focus more on the X’s and O’s of running a chapter. We are in the hiring process for two new chapter consultants, an educational consultant, and a growth consultant. These positions are our most important chapter-facing staff members.

In the Bonds,

Doug Lanpher, Gamma ’77 Executive Director, Delta Kappa Epsilon

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DEKE NEWS Phi Alpha’s Chris Lilly Earns William M. Henderson Award

refinanced the mortgage on the house in Fraternity Village at the University of British Columbia and tackled a sorely needed renovation project. It was, by far, the association’s biggest project since original building of the Deke house two decades ago. Renovation costs exceeded $300,000 from remodeling and refurnishing 29 bedrooms, 5 kitchens, 11 bathrooms and 6 common areas. More than refreshing living quarters, however, the effort

included re-engaging with the chapter at a personal level, including direct mentoring of the chapter officers. “While it was clearly a team effort, none of this would have happened without the leadership and sheer dedication of one alumnus in particular, Chris Lilly,” says Phi Alpha Brother Adam Macleod. Prior to the renovation, the Phi Alpha house was in such poor shape that even many Deke actives weren’t willing to

live there. Now, they’re back to near fully residency and will get there for the coming fall. “Chris is an experienced developer who generously volunteered his time, providing the insight, planning, and sheer will power to see the effort through.” Chris personally financed over 30K in renovations in order to get the project started on time while the association arranged formal refinancing. Chris also oversaw all contractors and brought in his own Lillypad Development employees, as needed, to maintain the project’s momentum. His efforts ensured that the house was returned to a rentable status as soon as possible. He spent hundreds of hours at the house overseeing the work—in addition to mentoring actives as they helped turn things around. Chris made sure the results were something we could all be proud of. As Phi Alpha alums saw it, the success of the endeavor was crucial to the survival and future viability of the chapter. The group is pleased with the accomplishments, for the chapter and DKE, and applaud again results that would not have happened without the tremendous dedication that Chris brought.

DKE as a private business entity. Kent Literary Club, the housing corporation and alumni association for DKE’s Gamma Phi

chapter, brought the original lawsuit in 2015 against Wesleyan after it established a new policy requiring all residential fraternities to become coed. DKE’s housing corp had offered the university plans that would have converted the space into a co-ed residence, rather than forcing the chapter to drop its single-sex status.

Now, the DKE house, at 276 High Street, which has been off limits to DKE students since 2016, will remain that way for the foreseeable future. Kent Literary Club is reviewing options for the future of the house, including legal remedies and continuing to try to work with an uncooperative university administration. The Gamma Phi chapter has operated as a non-residential fraternity since 2015, but is currently inactive after Covid-19 violations.

he William M. Henderson Alumni Award is ∆KE’s top alumni award, established in 1975, and named for the fraternity’s beloved and long-time Executive Director, Bill Henderson, Zeta Zeta ‘39. It honors an alumnus for exceptional volunteer service to an individual chapter—not necessarily the recipient’s own. Christopher Allen Lilly, Phi Alpha-British Columbia ’91 is this year’s honoree. Chris has been a regular fixture at the Deke House over the three decades since his graduation in 1991. Over those years, his support of the chapter and love of DKE has never waned and only grown. He has always been an active event organizer and willing mentor of undergraduates. His generous actions include hiring undergraduates in his design and construction business who needed extra cash to pay school expenses or chapter dues. But the time Chris spent in visits to the house and mentoring undergrads the past 18 months has simply skyrocketed. Since fall 2019, the Phi Alpha alumni have worked to revitalize both the housing operations and the chapter. It has

2021 William M. Henderson Alumni Award winner, Chris Lilly, Phi Alpha-British Columbia ’91

Connecticut Supreme Court Upholds Verdict for DKE, But Overturns Reward

n March 5, the Connecticut Supreme Court upheld a 2017 jury verdict of a lower court trial that favored DKE, but overturned the damages when remanding the case to the state Superior Court. The jury had found that Wesleyan University’s administration broke promises to DKE, was unfair and deceptive, and interfered with

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Carter Smith

Phi Epsilon Awards DKE Roar Scholarships

hey’re gentlemen and jolly good fellows, sure. But in recent years, the men of Phi Epsilon chapter expended a bit more energy on lifting up their rank as scholars. They improved their chapter’s cumulative grade point average and pushed into the top ten among 36 fraternities at University of Minnesota. The chapter posted a 3.56 GPA in the spring 2020 semester and closed out the academic year with a 3.34 cumulative GPA— good for 8th on campus. Hard work is always key, but the DKE Roar Scholarships provided some extra thrust in the upward trajectory. DKE Roar awards up to $5,000 to the top GPA achiever in each new member class plus smaller grants to all actives who post GPAs of 3.70 and higher. Carter Smith, class of 2023, was the top achieving pledge for the 2019-2020 academic year. Now a sophomore, Brother Smith collected $5,000 for achieving a 4.0. Hailing from Cottage Grove, MN, Carter is studying chemical engineering and is eyeing a possible career in biochemical engineering. He hopes to notch an MBA and a PhD after a short term in the workforce or directly after graduation. Ten Phi Epsilon members

each received $250 for qualifying GPAs in the year ending May 2020: Louis Carlson; Jackson Clark; Campbell Dunham; Cody Freese; Jaxon Hill; Brandon Laxson; Zachary Machacek; Morgan McEloy; Nico Menconi; and Jack Pries. Brothers Dunham and Freese are repeat scholarship winners. Now in its fourth year, the DKE Roar Scholarships are sustained by generous contributions from Dr. Mark Miller, Phi Epsilon ’80, an orthopedic surgeon and sports medicine specialist in St. Louis, Missouri.

Covid Clips Roster Counts, But Outlook is Positive

elta Kappa Epsilon undergraduate membership declined dramatically this academic year, following challenges posed by the Coronavirus. With 40% of college classes being

Turner Spears offered online, many students were not even on campus. Close to 800 DKE members across the U.S. and Canada were inactive this spring, because their chapters were not active or because they personally chose not to attend under the cloud of Covid uncertainty. Seven chapters were temporarily inactive. Despite the drop, rosters stayed in the range anticipated

Psi Alums Cheer Crimson Tide to Another Championship

hen the Alabama Crimson Tide earned a chance to compete for its 18th national title in the 2021 National Championship football game against Ohio State on January 11, six Psi Alabama Deke brethren dutifully made the trip to Miami to support the team. Pictured here at Hard Rock Stadium at the end of the Tide’s 52-24 victory are (l to r): Semmes Favrot ’82, John Delchamps ’82, John Calhoun ’82, Travis Fitts ’81, Rob “Catfish” Clark ’83 and Black Chaffe ’83. ROLL TIDE!

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by DKE HQ staff when they set the annual budget. “That meant the donations we sought—and received from hundreds of alumni—in our special appeal last June was sufficient to weather the storm,” says Turner Spears, DKE Director of Administrative Services. The decrease might have been worse, had chapters not come through in tough times, Spears noted. “Many did a heck of a good job recruiting in fall and spring. In fact, some did their best ever, or at least in many years, because they got creative and they put in extraordinary efforts,” Spears lauded. Among the best recruiters were Delta Chi-Cornell, Phi Epsilon-Minnesota, and Phi Mu-Manhattan. DKE rosters reached close to 2,100 active members by midMarch, after spring recruiting. While 20% lower than pre-Covid levels after saying farewell to about 400 graduating seniors, the fraternity staff is working to ensure a rebound next fall.

Phi Alpha Dekes Retain Key Spot in Student Government

Saad Shoaib

aad Shoaib, a third-year at University of British Columbia and Social Chairman for Phi Alpha chapter, was elected in March as VP External Affairs. The post is one of five executive council roles elected annually to

Deke Words to Live By “I do not mistrust the future; I do not fear what is ahead. For our problems are large, but our heart is larger.” —George H.W. Bush, Phi-Yale ’48, 41st president of the United States.

lead Alma Mater Society (AMS), a $30 million student government organization that represents 48,000 undergraduates and oversees student services, resource groups and clubs. Brother Shoaib succeeds fellow Phi Alpha member Kalith Nanayakkara in the role. Nanayakkara hands the reigns to Brother Shoaib on April 30. “The main job of the VP External is lobbying the university as well as the provincial and federal governments, advocating for student issues and resources,” Brother Shoaib says. AMS executives work also extends to the international stage. For instance, this year AMS was asked to make a formal statement to show solidarity with UBC students from Hong Kong, whose freedoms were being threatened at home. “We wrote it, making sure the statement didn’t attack the Chinese government, but instead showed UBC as standing in solidarity with Hong Kong students.” Campaigning on a platform of transparency and student affordability, Saad pledged to pursue two main goals: to continue efforts to lower or eliminate interest on federal student loans, and to push for projects that reduce the cost of student housing. The efforts could include AMS developing and operating its own housing co-op, which would be cheaper than university housing.

Iota Chapter Establishes Scholarship for Alex Chick

lumni from DKE’s Iota-Centre chapter have established a scholarship in memory of Alex Chick, ’13. Alex, one of the intrepid young men who resurrected the chapter eight years ago, passed away in November 2015

after a long battle with leukemia. Spearheaded by Parker Lawson ’15, the Iota alumni campaign raised more than $11,000, a fund sufficient to create a perpetual scholarship in Brother Chick’s memory. Scores came together to help the project succeed, though alums

Alex Chick from graduating classes of 2013 to 2016 were the real drivers of the project, Lawson said. A few

larger gifts came from Anthony S. Kurlas ’93, former chapter presidents Matt Blevins ’99 and Jackson Andrews ’02 and Lawson himself. The Alex Chick Memorial Prize will be presented annually as part of Centre College’s Honors Convocation. Beyond honoring the memory of Alex, the award will place DKE among several other Greek organizations that endow an annual prize on campus. Each recipient will be an active member of the Iota Chapter who reflects Alex’s outstanding character, entrepreneurial spirit, good humor and brotherly love. Alex formed relationships with Iota members across an unusually wide span of class years. One was Leonard “Nappi” Na-

Put Up Your Dukes: Carolina School Delays Greek Recruitment

fter freedom-of-association legal wins at Harvard and Yale recently, fraternities received disappointing news this year. The use of deferred recruitment policies continued to rise, with the most recent put in place at Duke University. These policies delay when students can join a fraternity—usually by a semester, but sometimes longer. The delay infringes upon students’ association rights and compresses an undergraduate’s fraternity experience. Duke’s policy took effect this spring, prohibiting students from joining fraternities or sororities until their sophomore year. The school does not block “first-years” from joining other campus organizations—including sports teams, and Multicultural Greek Council groups (historically black, Asian and other special interest “identity-based” fraternities and sororities). The discriminatory policy prompted nine inter/national fraternities to disaffiliate from the university in February. Those organizations quickly established the Durham IFC, with the backing of the North American Interfraternity Conference (NIC) and conducted recruitment in March. Although DKE International is a member of the NIC, our Epsilon Rho chapter at Duke was one of four groups who chose to remain affiliated with the university and remain part of the Duke IFC. “We fully supported the vote of our chapter members,” says DKE Executive Director Doug Lanpher. “However, it is important to note that our chapter is welcome to join the Durham IFC, even if it remains a member of the Duke IFC.”

politano, ’97, who hired Alex as an intern at Parchment between his junior and senior year. He remembers most Alex’s “infectious curiosity, cunning wit, and acute level of confidence.” Even when Alex faced his diagnosis, “You could tell he wasn’t going to let it slow him down.” Another friend, John Rhorer Jr., Iota ’78, praised Alex as “a leader of the group that brought the Deke fraternity back to Centre College. A great guy. A real Gentleman, Scholar and Jolly Good Fellow.”

Deke Trivia. Did you know … … that the term for facial hair ‘sideburns’ originated from a corruption of the name ‘burnsides,’ which came from Civil War general Ambrose Burnside, an Upsilon-Brown University Deke. His flamboyant facial hairstyle began a fashion trend in the 1860s. He wore very thick hair down his cheeks covering the side of his face, and they connected with a bushy moustache, while he kept his chin clean shaven. Brother Burnside was unimpressive as a general, perhaps, but was impressive in other pursuits, including serving as president of several railroads, a senator and governor for Rhode Island, and the manufacture of firearms in Rhode Island. He held a patent on the Burnside carbine, a lightweight rifle, and in 1871 was elected the first president of the National Rifle Association.

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New members this spring for Beta Delta, DKE’s newly chartered chapter.

Beta Delta-Georgia The brand new chapter (chartered in December) added nine new members during formal spring recruitment. The officers utilized Chapter Builder well to communicate with potential new members. And, while the goal had been 15 new members, Beta Delta’s Brother Beta Brendan Koerner says they are proud of the quality of the initiated recruits and excited for their future in the chapter. The chapter is also committed to starting summer/fall recruitment early this year which will improve its chances of recruiting a larger class in the fall.

Chi-Mississippi Also in growth mode, the associate chapter at Ole Miss

is devising plans for an exciting summer of recruitment. They expect to host gatherings in or near cities where several potential new members live, including New Orleans but might also reach north to Birmingham. The members are collaborating with Psi-Alabama and Delta Alpha-Auburn chapters, too. In March, the chapter concluded a successful philanthropy project, handing a check for $2,000 from its fall fundraiser to Camp Kamassa, a camp for special needs and handicapped children. A week later, the chapter also helped launch the Ole Miss’ IFC golf fundraising event, a first annual Match for Mental Health; proceeds go to the University Counseling Center.

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Delta – South Carolina Delta chapter’s community service has been among the best of DKE chapters in recent years—and this year was no exception. Recently, the brothers of Delta helped the

Palmetto Conservation Foundation remove trash and litter from the Fort Jackson portion of the Palmetto Trail, a hiking and biking path that runs throughout South Carolina. The chapter has also cemented its position as DKE’s second largest chapter (104 members) by adding 30 new members for Delta Chi celebrates a great rush on the castle steps. its third consecutive fall rush. That count ranked as Beta Jared Hirsch, ’21, who will the second largest pledge class leave a chapter of 29 members on campus, and it beat the chapheading into next fall as he ter’s “Covid era” goal of 20 to 25. heads to Chicago to work as a “We’re ready to put Covid software engineer for Google. behind us, but proud of our Brother Hirsch notes the efforts in the midst of it,” effort was more impressive says Brother Beta Taft Peck. when considering rush was 100% virtual and that the chapter operated under regulations the likes of which they’d never seen. “Restrictive and demoralizing as it was under the spell of Covid, we found ways to get closer as brothers. As a smaller chapter with all of us as residents in the house Joe Murray, left, a National Guard medic. gave us more time togeth“Especially pleased by the er.” That strengthened relationwork of Joe Murray, who was ships and paid dividends as on the Covid-19 front lines,” he they began to work on recruitadds. As a medic in the Georgia ment, according to Jared. National Guard, Brother Murray “It was 365 recruitment, for assisted at Covid testing locareal, beginning in the fall, even tions in Augusta as well as in though we wouldn’t hit rush or the emergency room at August extend bids until spring. With no University Medical Center. social events, we made as many connections as we could in our Delta Chi-Cornell online classes and clubs, and A big celebration is in order, texting, to build up our list of when big get togethers are potential members.” In January, permitted, since DX had its best the chapter followed through rush since DKE returned to camto make sure all of its members pus in 2017. A total of 18 new attended all of its online rush members accepted bids, with 15 events—with very few excepof them freshmen, says Brother tions. Then, after each online

event—every one of our members made individual connections with potential new members. “It was great up front planning and follow through work by Rush Chair Adam Bluestein and Vice President Xaiver Lu, but the key to success was that recruitment was truly a whole house effort.”

Delta Pi-Illinois Members are proud of their operational record: they are the only fraternity on campus that went without a single Covid-19 violation this year. This is a determined group

Campus best for Delta Pi: Zero Covid violations.

of men, eager to grow, reports Rainey Lynch, DKE’s Growth Consultant. The members exemplify the leadership qualities that DKE values. Many are also preparing for solid futures in business communities. Several are interning with major companies and organizations, including Amazon, John Deere, Grainger, and the U.S. Air Force.

Omega Omega-Arizona The newest of DKE’s associate chapters (beginning fall 2020), Omega Omega grew quickly. Brother Beta Sami Muslmani says growth came quickly for

Omega Omega strengthens brotherhood with hikes in Tucson.

two key reasons: 1) They started up during Covid, came in prepped for it, instead of having to alter some long-standing established practices, and 2) Their initial focus was inward, on brotherhood development, instead of a more typical fraternity focus on large social events or venturing out to forge a reputation on campus before refining their identity internally. Omega Omega men have a solid vision of who they are and made good use of online engagement to help add 17 new members this spring, which sets the chapter at close to 40 members. Recruitment was aimed at finding like-minded guys who are involved on campus. Brother Muslmani credits recruitment chair Conor Toole for marshalling the energy of a group that was hungry to grow and possessed a solid work ethic. The chapter relied on several brotherhood events to strengthen their bonds. “All were controlled gatherings where we could get to know each other better, before trying to mix with a lot of people from outside our organization,” Sami says. They “got into the Tucson hiking scene” on the Valentine’s Day weekend), says Jake Midyette, ’24, the chapter’s Social Chair. “We had such a great time, we will definitely explore some new trails soon!” Omega Omega started fast, too, in community service. They partnered with Pi Beta

Phi sorority to raise money for the Tucson Diaper Bank and raise awareness for poverty in Tucson. They also volunteered at Northminster Presbyterian Church, handing out produce to needy citizens in February and March. Already on the horizon: a possible return to an in-person philanthropy in April: maybe a 5k or other socially distant activity, to raise money for men’s mental health.

Phi AlphaBritish Columbia The chapter cheers an announcement from the Provincial Health Office in early March that UBC is planning for a return to full “on campus activity” for the term that starts in September. The Health Office predicted that all eligible candidates for Covid-19 vaccinations would receive them by mid-summer. Meantime, Phi Alpha refused to let Covid put the kibosh on a nine-year winning streak in raising money for cancer research. When Covid did force cancellation of its Scott Trapp Stick It to Cancer ball-hockey tournament,

the chapter got creative. Event chair Chayanne Khodabandeh developed a substitute program called Shave it for Scott. “I just wanted something fun, friendly, and related some way to cancer treatment.” Members agreed to have their heads shaved, online, to attract donors. Each week through January and February, they filmed videos of brothers getting whacked, then posted them to a special Facebook page. Chapter historian Martin Kim, ’23, produced high quality videography. That professionalism “proved to be instrumental in our success,” Chayanne said. The video series also featured the family of Scott Trapp, a Phi Alpha brother who lost his battle with cancer in 2014. In 2015, Phi Alpha renamed the philanthropy event in his honour. Delivering the message online turned out to be the most convenient way to reach donors. It reached over 16,000 people, compared to the 300 or so the hockey tournament drew in. “Shave it for Scott” ultimately trimmed the locks off 11 brothers, sent 5 sets of hair to Wigs for Kids, and raised $56,370. That sum was the highest yet for the popular philanthropy and lifted the cumulative 10-year total to $323,000. Phi Alpha brothers have taken a leadership role in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, both on campus at UBC, and in other

A switch from hockey sticks to shaving scalps wins big for cancer.

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institutions. In its next election, the chapter will fill a new position on its board, a DEI chairman. One of the candidates will be Eric Gadbois, a third-year student who is passionate about promoting diversity and working to improve educational offerings by and about minorities. Last summer, he and a black friend worked with the Alberta education minister to alter curricula in provincial schools. They seek to add lessons about the contributions made by people of colour. They created a petition, marketed it, and reached out to the Alberta education minister. Follow up meetings covered their goals and received verbal commitments from provincial leaders to work on it.

Pi Alpha-Missouri Besides earning DKE’s Delta Award as most improved chapter, (details on page 20 of this issue), our Mizzou men celebrate a couple honors for their members. Anthony Tretter, ’21, is the first Deke to be named as a Mizzou 39! The University of Missouri award each year is given to 39 outstanding seniors who exhibit outstanding academic achievement, leadership and service to Mizzou and the community. They are also proud to have produced three graduates of the U.S. Navy’s Officer Candidate School in Newport, R.I. Most

Anthony Tretter

recent: Jack Matt, ’20, who completed the 13-week course last summer, developing a working knowledge of the Navy, afloat and ashore.

Sigma KappaMichigan State “We’ve had an incredible year in spite of the Covid-19 pandemic,” reports Brother Beta JD Greathouse, ’22. “DKE is growing in size and in stature on the Michigan State campus.” Recruitment efforts produced the best rush among 28 fraternities in both fall and this spring, adding 36 new members to the roster. Members stepped up their visibility as exemplary leaders in the MSU community. Blake Mearim, ’22, was elected

Promoting small business in Lansing

to the IFC as new VP of Internal Relations, and House Manager Ben Pikus, ’23, was recognized by the Dean of Students for his creative efforts keeping members and occasional guests safe at the DKE house. On the athletic front, Alex Morton, ’24, participated in the F4 US Championship Driving Series. The program offers young race car drivers a fast and affordable way to step up from karting into open-wheel professional racing. Alex raced on courses in Ohio, Virginia,

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Bryce Regian stands tall on and off WSU campus.

Florida, Alabama, Texas and Pennsylvania and finished in the top 10 in several competitions. Sigma Kappa men collaborated with Zeta Tau Alpha sorority on a canned goods drive, collecting hundreds of canned items plus $600 cash for the Greater Lansing Food Bank. They also devised a program that promoted small Lansing businesses, including direct donations and a social media campaign encouraging people to patronize the businesses. Proceeds went to Campbell’s Market, Dublin Square, and Mitten Raised. The effort caught the eye of the Michigan State IFC, which is now working to turn it into an IFC-wide fundraiser. The chapter also reignited engagement with alumni and led to the establishment of a formal alumni association. Alums active on the new advisory board include Carson Fick, ’18, Austin Eggleston, ’16, Max Bradley ’17, as secretary, and Eric Wehner, ’11. The first shared event will likely be an MSU football weekend tailgate this fall.

Zeta ThetaWashington State Bryce Regian, ’21, last fall was selected as one of three applicants from a large pool to serve as a legislative intern in the D.C. office of U.S. Senator Patricia Murray. Bryce was tasked with attending briefings, penning memos for the Senator and her staff, monitoring bill progres-

sion, and answering constituent questions via phone and email. Back on campus, Brother Regian serves as recruitment and public relations chair for the chapter and in two WSU roles: Deputy Director for the Legislative Affairs and the VP of Federal Affairs in student government. Bryce also works as a campus liaison for Washington Student Engagement Network, and a member of Phi Alpha Delta law fraternity. Bryce was not the lone Zeta Theta leader. Antonio Bak is research assistant for the Affective and Cognitive Influences Decisions Lab and treasurer for Cougar Health Awareness; Mike Chan is treasurer of the criminal justice honor society; Kole Lappe is a member of the university conduct board, the Greek Standards board, and the Delta Sigma Pi business fraternity; Tim Treffery is a member of the Greek Standards board and the Phi Alpha Theta history honors society; Gus Waters is VP for the Residence Hall Association, and a member of the Crimson Group (supporting undocumented students), Ku-ah- mah Native American student organization, and the Black Women’s Caucus. These campus leaders hit the books hard, too, moving quickly up the GPA ranks after the associate chapter’s founding in 2019. It’s 3.48 GPA in fall 2020 was good for third among WSU’s 25 IFC fraternities.

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LOGAN PAULEY, IOTA ’15 HIS INTELLIGENCE AND MASTERY OF MANDARIN AND CHINESE CULTURE LEAD TO BIG JOBS IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

t a time when the relationship between the United States and China seems so fragile, a 28-yearold Centre College Deke stands ready to do his part. Logan Pauley has never been tempted to try the easy way when confronted with a challenge. While collecting intelligence on China for a company on assignment by the U.S. Department of Defense, Pauley has become an impressive young mover in Washington, D.C. Describing himself as a leftleaning vegetarian from Versailles, Ky., Pauley half-jokingly talks about growing up in a town whose name is pronounced vur-sails. He also lived on a street adjacent to Marsailles Road – pronounced mar-sails. He considered five or six different majors at Centre, but admits he wasn’t particularly jazzed about anything, aside from Mandarin and Asian Studies courses. From the start, Pauley felt extremely challenged by trying to learn to speak Mandarin. He would memorize every vocabulary list and every sample dialogue in the textbook but couldn’t quite get the feel of the language. That is, until he attended the International Chinese Language Program at National Taiwan University in Taipei after his sophomore year at Centre. “I was so much worse at the language than my peers there, and I felt overwhelmed,” he recalls. But instead of giving up, he fought to overcome his feelings of being out-of-place and uncomfortable by going on long runs and purposely trying to get lost. “That forced me to talk to people on the street to find my way back, extending conversations for as long as the other party was willing.” His grip on Mandarin after that summer, still iffy at best, drove him to pursue a Masters degree at the Johns Hopkins University-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies. “I lived in Nanjing, China for two years while taking the majority of my international relations courses in Mandarin,” he said. “I even

“I think my DKE experience made me want to shoot higher, and I know it instilled in me a sense of duty. Iota always did more community service than any other group at Centre.”

wrote my graduate thesis in Mandarin.” Pauley became so fluent in the language and such an outstanding student that in 2018 he was accepted as a Herbert Scoville Fellow at the Stimson Center in Washington. His reputation for intelligence and for his keen understanding of Chinese government and culture led to a series of jobs – each one better than the last. For a while, he found success as a researcher for C4ADS, a D.C. think tank. But it seemed that every few months Pauley would get offers for bigger and better jobs in Washington. “Part of it stemmed from my experience of living in China for nearly three years,” Pauley said. He also became exceptionally adept at helping Americans better understand China. Some of it was being in the right place at the right time. “When the U.S.-China trade war began, agriculture was one of the industries hit really hard. And soybeans, in particular, were negatively affected. Coincidentally, soybeans are a major crop in the corner of Kentucky where I grew up, and I suddenly had insight to offer about that aspect of the conflict.” Pauley, who was part of the DKE class at Centre that restarted the Iota chapter, said his fraternity experience has paid rich dividends. “First, I became part of an especially highachieving group of guys,” he said. “These were some of the smartest people on campus, and they were killing it in their fields. I think my DKE experience made me want to shoot higher, and I know it instilled in me a sense of duty. Iota always did more community service than any other group at Centre.” He also made lifelong friends among his DKE brothers who he still sees often when they stop through Washington. “I guess you could say that I’ve had a lot of jobs for a guy in his twenties, but I keep moving up the ladder and now I think I’m onto something pretty good.” Don’t be surprised if, in another decade or so, that Logan Pauley serves as U.S. Ambassador to China. Or perhaps Secretary of State. With this Deke, there’s no limit to what he can do. w w w.d ke.o rg

OFFICERS’ ACADEMY ATTRACTS RECORD ATTENDANCE-DESPITE

ttendance at DKE’s annual Officers’ Academy has risen several years in a row— ever since the event was first held as Brother Beta Academy in Chicago in 2017, then moved to Washington, D.C. from 20182020. True to form, the 2021 Academy was another in a string of successes, attracting 90 undergraduate participants from 38 chapters—despite having to convert the mid-January gathering to an all-virtual gathering. The in-person program was scrubbed just weeks before the opening gavel. DKE staff worked feverishly to convert the planned three-day curriculum, condensing and reformatting courses for presentation in just one day, on Saturday, January 17. The readiness of the DKE staff for the challenge was baked into its character, apparently. The sage advice of Brother Teddy Roosevelt guided them: “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” In fact, those words became the theme of the Officers’ Academy, and each attendee received a T-shirt emblazoned with Teddy’s early 20th century message being typed out by 21st century hands on a laptop keyboard. “With many of the streets in D.C. blocked for security around President Biden’s inauguration, it turned out to be a favorable decision to hold Deke U virtually,” said Travis Tafoya, DKE Assistant Director of Education and chief architect of Officers’ Academy. Deke faces packed Zoom screens across the U.S. and Canada as DKE executive director Doug Lanpher opened the Academy. “Our aim is two-fold: to shape Dekes into leaders, enhancing your personal development,” he told attendees, “and to strengthen our chapters by upping the skills and knowledge base of multiple officers from each chapter.” “Our sessions focus on skills that are relevant in their chapter roles, but also ones that would be useful throughout their lives,” he said. “They also reinforce 12 THE DEKE QUARTERLY | SPRING 2021

After months of taking classes and doing coursework online, delegates who attended Officers’ Academy were ready for the day-long event in January.

DKE core values and the importance of establishing supportive relationships with each other as brothers, with personnel in our host universities, and between our chapters and DKE HQ.” Travis Tafoya followed with another session for all attendees sharing tips on how to present an “Executive Presence.” Next came breakout sessions with two tracks tailored for each of four officer roles: president, treasurer, health &

safety chair, and recruitment chair. An eye-fatiguing day wrapped up with round table discussions guided by Craig Dick, and goal setting guided by Turner Spears. “Each attendee learned about their specific officer role and tools that DKE has available to make them more successful,” Tafoya said. Tafoya was pleased by the post-academy assessments: “Comments were positive, with some constructive comments about what we

GOING VIRTUAL

Teddy Roosevelt provided inspiration as the DKE staff quickly converted curricula for online instruction

can do to improve future academies. Most important, they seemed to glean valuable content from the virtual format.” Gus Waters, ’22, was one of three attendees from Zeta Theta-Washington State associate chapter, one of 24 chapters who ‘sent’ more than one delegate. Gus said he was pleased to see DKE venture ahead with the training, even if it had to be online, rather than cancel altogether. It provided him both the chance to make connections with peers at other chapters and to glean knowledge that he and other leaders of a very young chapter were hungry for. Members of the year-and-a-half old chapter had been attracted to DKE as a group of men “who sincerely push each other to be better people.” Gus saw the Officers’ Academy as a step toward that end, of striving to be better leaders. “The curriculum was genuinely helpful, from the general session on Executive Presence, to individual tracks,” he said. “It was useful to hear lessons about how to be a leader—advice like how to listen and not just speak, how to manage stress, and how to network.” He felt he got some of the nuts and bolts needed, too, for his role as treasurer. “I’m much more prepared now,” Gus said. “While the virtual format provided only a little connection with officers from other chapters, it still was good to hear their questions and gain respect for my fellow Deke treasurers.” Gus also appreciated courses being

“It was useful to hear lessons about how to be a leader—advice like how to listen and not just speak”

tailored to roles of various officers. He hoped that future Officers’ Academies will expand to even more leader roles. He identified New Member Educator as one that would be useful for Zeta Theta, in particular, and other chapters “as we navigate through the period when hazing is common.”

Hank Scheffler, ’22, attended both the 2020 Officers’ Academy in Washington as the Rho-Lafayette chapter’s vice president, then the online 2021 event after being elected Brother Beta in November. “I loved meeting Dekes from other chapters, especially guys in the same or similar officer roles – even if it had to be Left:Gus Waters, through a computer Below: Hank screen,” Hank said. Scheffler “I got a lot out of the academy, especially the break out session with all chapters sharing stories about how we each handled Covid and other operations issues.” Hank refrained from trying to compare the inperson Officers’ Academy to the online event, but did say, “Participating in both years did make one thing stand out: it awakened in me a new respect for the HQ staff’s efforts in providing resources to our chapters. It showed me that not only is HQ there for us, but it emphasized that DKE is way more than just on our campus.” Hank’s bottom line: “I heartily recommend to every Deke brother, try to take advantage of these Deke U events.”

HOPES HIGH FOR IN-PERSON LEADERSHIP SUMMIT THIS SUMMER After Covid forced cancellation of two previous Deke U events – the summer 2020 convention in Charlotte and January’s Officers’ Academy in Washington DC– the fraternity still plans to conduct an in-person event in 2021. The Emerging Leaders Institute will be held in late July or early August to improve the chances it won’t be impacted by Covid. The mission of Emerging Leaders is to cultivate general leadership skills and behaviors in DKE’s young leaders. Most attendees will be rising sophomores and juniors, especially those expecting to step into officer positions and leadership roles in other campus organizations. DKE has engaged Plaid LLC to help develop a special curriculum for the institute.

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Photography by Hunter Long

COVE R STORY

DKE PRODUCES TWO

Terry Stewart, left, and Scott Siman take a break in Nashville to share stories about DKE and their careers in the music industry

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O GIANTS IN MUSIC WORLD By Kevin Cuneo, Gamma ’77

wo heavy hitters in American music, Terry Stewart and Scott Siman, fired their imagination for rock, pop and country songs by listening to selections on the juke box at their respective Deke houses. That was a while back when both brothers served as president at their chapters – Stewart at Phi Chi-Rutgers and Siman at Gamma-Vanderbilt. Since then, they have gone on to the heights of their professions. Stewart, 73, served for 14 years as president and chief operating officer of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, while Siman, 66, ranks as one of the nation’s leading country music entertainment executives. Both DKE brothers started as lawyers before becoming leaders in America’s musical culture revolution. Stewart, who grew up in Daphne, Ala., near Mobile, hoped to gain an appointment to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, but a knee injury scuttled those dreams. He ended up, instead, at Rutgers where he would double major in engineering and education and find joy at Phi Chi. “DKE meant the world to me, especially during my undergraduate years,” Stewart said. “It made me somebody who rarely gets overwhelmed by a challenge.” He later earned an M.B.A. in finance and a law degree from Cornell University. Siman, a Springfield, Mo., native, who, after Vanderbilt, graduated from the University of Missouri School of Law, started out as an entertainment attorney. He represented such clients as Both DKE brothers Alan Jackson, Brooks & Dunn, started as lawyers Charlie Daniels and many before becoming others, while also working with numerous music executives leaders in America’s and publishers. His success musical culture in all aspects of the business revolution. proved that he’d trained well under the watchful eye of his father, legendary Country Music publisher and promoter Si Siman. Father taught son well, and Scott began scouting promising songwriters during his college days in Nashville. “One of my DKE brothers at Gamma, Donn Sherrill, mentioned one day that his brother was a fledgling songwriter,” Scott recalled. “We met when John Scott Sherrill came to town for a visit and I was impressed by his songs. We hooked up with the right people and John went on to become one of Nashville’s most skillful and successful songwriters.” That Siman recognized talent when he was still in his teens proved that he had a gift at an early age. Later, as senior vice president of Sony Music-Nashville, Siman showed an uncanny eye for recognizing promising performers by signing the Dixie Chicks to their first music contract. He would later represent the Chicks as well as the writers of songs such as “I’m Moving On” and many other hits. While at Sony, Scott was appointed to the Academy of Country Music board of

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directors and would go on to serve as president and chairman of the board. As co-owner of RPM Music Group, Siman helped develop a publishing catalog that owns the rights to dozens of hits, including songs by Alan Jackson, Cher, Amy Grant, Rascal Flatts, Dierks Bentley, Luke Bryan, Kenny Chesney and others. His greatest success would come when he began managing the career of country superstar Tim McGraw, helping him to win acclaim as Artist of the Decade. President of EMCo since 2014, Siman has supervised operations for McGraw’s career as a recording artist, performer, world concert superstar, TV producer and star, film star and best-selling author. In short, Siman, for his work in all aspects of the business, has become a powerful force in Nashville music, television and publishing. “Tim is a terrific guy who would give you the shirt off his back,” Siman said. “If my car conked out on the way home, I could call Tim and he’d be there in a flash. He’s also a superb talent in so many fields and it’s been a highlight of my life to work with him.”

for music,” Stewart said. His affection for beautiful juke boxes also prompted him to acquire 34 models at one point. “My wife has since convinced me to cut back and now I’m down to seven juke boxes,” he said. “I still have between 200,000 and 300,000 records in my collection.” Though there are other music halls of fame, including Nashville’s Country Music Hall of Fame, Stewart knew that turning around the Rock Hall presented unique challenges. “First, we had to put together a great staff, and come together to find a business model that worked,” he said. In the succeeding 14 years, Stewart turned the Rock Hall into a showplace. He attracted practically all of the genre’s greatest stars and put on world-class exhibitions such as the one devoted to the life of John Lennon. Stewart convinced Lennon’s widow, Yoko Ono, to share many artifacts from the late Beatle’s life, including the blood-spattered glasses he wore the night he was assassinated in 1980 by Mark David Chapman. A white telephone sat on a stand in the middle of the second floor of the exhibit, which allowed Yoko to pick up the receiver

“The success of Siman and Stewart in all aspects of the music world shows the versatility of talented DKE brothers. “It also reflects back to one of my favorite sayings,“ Stewart said.” “If you do what you love, and love what you do, you can’t help but find success.”

Stewart, who serves as a member of DKE’s board of directors, once compared leading his Phi Chi chapter of 100 brothers back in the late ’60s to “herding unruly cats.” “But it was a tremendous experience that shaped my life,” he added. “I’m still close all these years later to a group of the guys we grew up with.” After law school, he served for five years as an officer of Connecticut Bank & Trust Company. Next came a six-year stint as vice president of business development and then general manager of strategic planning and business development at Continental Group. Finally, he put in five years as vice president of business development for Combustion Engineering, Inc. All that experience prepared Stewart for his next big challenge, serving as president and chief operating officer for nine years at Marvel Entertainment Group. Marvel, a leader in the fields of publishing, merchandising, advertising, trading cards, toys, software, and children’s television, is perhaps best known for its comic-book characters including Spiderman, the X-Men, the Incredible Hulk, Blade, Silver Surfer, and about 3,000 other superheroes. When Marvel went public in 1991, Stewart was named CNBC Marketing Executive of the Year. That set the stage for Stewart’s appointment for what he calls his “dream job.” By 1999, Cleveland’s Rock Hall, the iconic, I.M. Pei-designed lakefront landmark, had been through five directors in its first five years. “Things were pretty much in disarray when I got there,” Stewart said. An avid collector of pop-culture memorabilia, he owned an extensive record collection, concert and movie posters, rock and roll memorabilia, and jukeboxes. “I loved comic books and had a large collection, but I was crazy 16 THE DEKE QUARTERLY | SPRING 2021

at her end – whenever she felt like it -- and talk to fans who were visiting the exhibition. “I was leaving one night, the phone rang, and it was Yoko, asking what the fans were saying,” Stewart said. Another Beatle, Paul McCartney, also stirs warm Rock Hall memories for Stewart. “When Paul was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a solo artist in the early 1990s, he was miffed that he hadn’t been inducted earlier,” he said. “John Lennon had been one of the first honorees. Anyway, when they had the jam session at the ceremony, when all of the inductees play, Paul sat in the audience as Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen, Billy Joel and others began playing. But when Joel swung into “Hey Jude,” Paul jumped out of his seat and joined the group onstage. It was a magical moment.” The Rock Hall underwent its first major redesign under Stewart’s watch, and the $6.9 million refit included a newly painted entry to the building, plus new interactive displays and revamped exhibits that traced the evolution of rock. Stewart is credited with the list of Rock Hall inductees that he expanded to include rappers and hip-hop artists. He also pushed for the bands and backup singers who performed behind frontmen such as Buddy Holly, Bill Haley, Gene Vincent and James Brown. At Stewart’s Rock Hall, there was something for everyone and it was all accomplished in a classy and enjoyable setting. He also put the Rock Hall on solid financial footing, producing annual revenues of about $25 million which generated $100 million annually for the city of Cleveland. “I think it gave us an opportunity to trace the roots of rock and roll, which don’t necessarily date to the rise of Elvis Presley. Rock actually goes

WATCH DKE MUSIC TITANS SWAP STORIES IN FUN VIDEO CONVERSATION By Doug Lanpher

s someone who is a consumer of music but not very knowledgeable about the business of music, it was informative and non-stop fun listening to Terry Stewart and Scott Siman talking about their careers and telling stories about their experiences in the music industry. Here are a couple of guys who have reached the pinnacle of their careers in separate sectors of the entertainment business -- Scott as a music publisher and now the manager for Tim McGraw, the artist whose work is currently heard more than anyone else’s around the world, not just country music but all genres, and Terry as the longtime CEO of the Rock Hall of Fame. It’s the iconic museum in Cleveland that, thanks to Terry, is now considered a “must-see” for any rock ‘n’ roll fan. For instance, when I was at Vanderbilt with Scott, I knew that his father, Si Siman, was influential in the music industry, but I had no idea just how important he was to the growth of country music. Si Siman developed and produced the TV show “Ozark Jubilee,” starring Red Foley. Starting in 1955 and based out of Springfield, Mo., “Ozark Jubilee” brought country music to 10-15 million viewers each week in the nascent TV industry. That’s when the total U.S. population was 180 million. I don’t know how many TVs there were in America then, but 10-15 million viewers had to represent a massive following. Scott also spoke highly of Tim McGraw, calling him a very humble, regular

back to the 1920s and there were so many great performers over the years,” he said. Since retiring from the Rock Hall in 2014, Stewart produced award-winning programs for PBS and served as CEO of El Dorado Festivals and Events in El Dorado, Ark. He also chaired a group that is dedicated to establishing the first blues museum in Chicago. Siman, who began producing country songs when he was still at Vanderbilt, used to put his latest record successes on the Gamma jukebox. When Austin Roberts cut “Rocky” in 1975, and it climbed all the way to No. 1, his DKE brothers still gave Siman grief for playing the schmaltzy song. But he often pointed out that “Rocky,” like “The Letter,” recorded

guy who also happens to be amazingly talented in a wide variety of ways. Imagine having two dream jobs back to back. Terry mentioned his lifelong obsessions with comic books and rock ‘n’ roll music, which means his jobs at Marvel Comics (as president) and at the Rock Hall of Fame really were dream jobs for him. Not to mention consulting stints with Gibson Guitars and the El Dorado Music Festival. He speaks often about the importance of doing what you love, and he has lived that advice. His collections of LPs, jukeboxes, comic books, and other music memorabilia are the envy of collectors everywhere. The interview session, lasting about two hours in Scott’s office in Nashville, was a lot of fun. Terry and Scott had many mutual friends and acquaintances (one of whom was a fellow Deke brother named Dick Clark), and even though they hadn’t met before, their love of music created an immediate bond over and above the Deke bond. It brings home again the great impact that DKE has had on the music industry throughout the years, as it has in so many other fields of endeavor. After the interview and a quick photo in rainy Nashville, Scott and Terry joined six other Dekes representing five chapters, (John Teitenberg; Gamma ’94, Jim Gray; Beta ’70, Scott Corley; Gamma ’08, Luke Wetton; Iota ’15, Jake Price; Beta Gamma ’18), and me for dinner, where the story-telling continued. A magical, musical Deke experience, to be sure.

by several artists over the years and produced by his father, “helped put me through college.” The success of Siman and Stewart in all aspects of the music world shows the versatility of talented DKE brothers. “It also reflects back to one of my favorite sayings,“ Stewart said.” “If you do what you love, and love what you do, you can’t help but find success.” It’s not over yet. Executive Director Doug Lanpher met with these two titans for a story telling session in Nashville. Hear Terry tell how the Rock Hall ended up in in Cleveland, details on how music put Scott through college and much more! A video of this session can be seen at www.bit.ly/3a6A1Sm. Thanks to Hunter Long who is the Multimedia Director for the Vanderbilt Hustler student newspaper. Hunter supported this story with his photo and video skills.

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FORGOTTEN GREATS OF DKE

TV EMPEROR OF ROCK ‘N’ ROLL

DICK CLARK HE TURNED ‘AMERICAN BANDSTAND’ INTO A CULTURAL REVOLUTION FOR TEENS

t’s a legendary story often recalled at the Syracuse University Deke House about one of its most memorable brothers. Dick Clark, Phi Gamma, 1951, would sit transfixed for hours before a tiny television screen at the fraternity. “Brothers from that era said Dick was fascinated by what he was watching, even though the programming at the time was pretty meager,” said Carmen Davoli, Phi Gamma ’62, who for years has headed the chapter’s alumni association. His DKE brothers believed that the promise of television hooked Clark, who had already become popular on the Syracuse campus as a disc jockey. As he spun “platters,” as records were called back then, Clark showed the promise of the skills that would lead to a hugely successful career in the music, TV, and film industry. From the beginning, Clark, who died at 82 in 2012, embodied the stereotype of a certain kind of neutral broadcasting personality who was skilled at occupying the foreground while remaining in the background. At the age of 26, Clark was a popular radio personality in Philadelphia when he stepped into the role of host of a local television show called “Bandstand.” The show’s original host was suddenly fired and the station manager thought Clark “who looks like a 17 year old” might make a suitable temporary replacement. Handsome and glib, Clark immediately connected with his young viewers and he would go on to preside over a grass-roots revolution in American culture in the 1950s and early ’60s. Oh, and that “temporary” tag as “Bandstand” host? It turned into a 30-year gig that would make him a household name across the globe. Less than 18 months after he began hosting the Philadelphia show in 1956, the popularity of Clark’s “Bandstand” surged so powerfully that ABC took a flier on the program, renaming it “American Bandstand.” For the next few years, it would be seen every weekday afternoon by as many as 20 million viewers – a huge number in those days. 18 THE DEKE QUARTERLY | SPRING 2021

Looking 17, Clark was filled in as a Bandstand host and stayed 30 years. At right, his New Year’s Rockin’ Eve approaches 50 .

“It became the first show to use the new technology of television to spread the gospel about rock ‘n’ roll,” Clark said in the book, “Dick Clark and ‘American Bandstand.’” The youthful-looking Clark came across as the music-savvy older brother of the teens who packed the studio. He would engage them in conversation about particular songs, and their typical response, “It’s got a good beat and you can dance to it,” became a national catchphrase. “American Bandstand” was also the place to be seen for up-andcoming rock singers such as Buddy Holly, Jerry Lee Lewis, Connie Francis, the Everly Brothers, Paul Anka and scores of others. Elvis Presley did not sing on “Bandstand,” but he sent word to Clark that he’d like to be interviewed on the show, and he was. Even today, one of the most popular exhibits at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland is the Dick Clark Room, where

Clark returned to Syracuse in 1992 to enjoy Homecoming, spin some discs, and get roasted.

clips of old “Bandstand” shows, with Clark behind the mike, show artists like Stevie Wonder, Chubby Checker, James Brown, Chuck Berry, the Jackson Five, Aretha Franklin, Little Richard, the Beach Boys and many others. Rock Hall officials said visitors will stand there for more than an hour, soaking in the memorable moments of “American Bandstand.” For all of Clark’s popularity as a TV personality, he was an equally skilled businessman. He proved especially deft at packaging entertainment products for television, hosting dozens of award shows, comedy specials, series based on TV

outtakes, children’s shows and “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” which he started in 1972 and is still running. Clark’s popular TV game show, “$10,000 Pyramid,” lasted long enough to see the stakes ratcheted up to $100,000. His umbrella company, Dick Clark Productions, produced thousands of hours of television and has established restaurants and theaters such as the Dick Clark American Bandstand Theater in Branson, Mo. His success made Clark one of America’s wealthiest entertainers, and he never forgot those happy For all of Clark’s days back at the Deke House popularity as a TV at Syracuse. In 1990, after personality, he was the Phi Gamma Dekes moved an equally skilled into a 90-year-old stately businessman. mansion located near campus, Davoli and his committee “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve,” reached out to Clark and his which he started in 1972 college roommate, Lou Bantle, is still running. chairman of U.S. Tobacco. Clark had a rather cool relationship with Syracuse University at the time, but the Dekes convinced him to call Bantle and others from their era and return to the fraternity for a special event. “Dick agreed to be roasted by his old college friends, and a crowd of more than 200 turned out to see the show,” Davoli recalled. “Dick even stopped by the house to meet all the brothers and spin a few records, just as he did in the old days.” The homecoming proved so successful that Clark and Bantle donated $300,000 apiece to retire the mortgage. Clark also left $1 million in his will to Phi Gamma, and the chapter established a scholarship program and furnished a handsome first-floor living area now known as the Dick Clark Library. His frosty relationship with the college also thawed, thanks largely to the Dekes, and a $5 million gift would be used to establish the Dick Clark Communications, Radio and TV Center on campus. “Dick was a great guy who always remembered his Deke brothers even after he became a titan in the entertainment world,” Davoli said. “He believed in DKE and he often said what he learned at the chapter – primarily how to deal with people – served him well for the rest of his life.” w w w.d ke.o rg

DKE CHAPTER AWARDS Rho Captures Lion Trophy

he highest honor given annually to a chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon, has been awarded to Rho-Lafayette. In an extremely tight competition, Rho edged out excellent overall performances by Phi Alpha-British Columbia (winner in both 2018 and 2019) and Delta-South Carolina (which collected the Delta award for most improved chapter in 2019) to claim the 2020 Lion Trophy. Rho’s win also marks a return to the summit, having won consecutively in 2016 and 2017. Lion Trophy applicants “compete” in four categories—Chapter Operations, Scholarship, Philanthropy and Service, and Leadership. Each applicant has a chance to thoroughly “argue their case” with written documents and records that are scored by a panel of five volunteer judges. Among the efforts that put Rho back on top: a recommitment to scholarship. After slipping in GPA for a few semesters and realizing its study halls had turned more social and less productive, it overhauled the process. The new study hall encouraged members who were already achieving 3.o GPA to attend, to help improve themselves

and to assist struggling brothers in their studies. They also moved the work to reserved study rooms in the campus

library, instead of the larger gatherings in the Deke house. The return on that investment: boosting the chapter average GPA in the term to 3.39. Rho also earned high marks for its unique ‘reflection and evaluation’ process. Following any major activity (such as a philanthropy project, a party, a brotherhood event) or even a disciplinary citation, the chapter meets to discuss what went well, what didn’t, and what changes to consider for future activities. For Rho, it has led to improved safety and accountability at its own events, and expanded involvement in co-sponsored and external events (like Alcohol Awareness Week and Sexual Assault Awareness Month.) “We are over the moon ecstatic about recognition of our accomplishments,” says Jonathan Schroeder, presiding Brother Beta when the chapter applied for the awards. “We are most proud of our chapter operations and that every member is so immersed in what our brotherhood stands for.” Most telling, perhaps, is that almost every member in the chapter has run for a role on the exec board.

Pi Alpha Claims Delta Award

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KE believes that every chapter— no matter whether new or old, large or small—should aspire to bettering themselves every year.” As if answering that call from Executive Director Doug Lanpher, Pi Alpha-Missouri delivered in many areas of operation in 2020 to earn the Delta Award as DKE’s most improved chapter. The men from Mizzou raised the bar with particularly strong performance in leadership on campus, in recruiting, and in financial operations. “Leadership is integral to DKE tradition,” says Nick Graham, ’22, most recent past Brother Beta. “Pi Alpha members understand that very well. We also feel that leadership sets us apart from other fraternities at Mizzou—not only our desire to lead, but our ability to lead.” As evidence, he notes that DKE had more members in student government 20 THE DEKE QUARTERLY | SPRING 2021

than any other fraternity, including its elected president. The chapter also had two members on the IFC judicial board and many members active in leadership roles in other campus organizations.

Pi Alpha’s current Brother Beta Shane Riley also chimes in on the award. “I may be biased, but I truly believe Pi Alpha is the best group of guys on campus and I am proud of what we have achieved in a relatively short time.” He notes that this past year, they stabilized their financial standing and solved housing issues. He also describes recruitment is the next agenda item – even though the young chapter quickly became one of DKE’s largest, shortly after earning its charter in 2016. More in-depth rush techniques, a commitment to recruiting well-rounded individuals, and great participation by the whole chapter helped grow its roster to more than 80 members. Even after dents from Covid, the foundational recruitment work leaves the chapter with anticipation of passing the 100mark on the near horizon.

DEKES DOI NG IMPORTANT WORK

LAMBDA DEKE

DAVE GRIFFITH

HEADS AGENCY THAT BATTLES POVERTY

Griffith, who grew up in Pound Ridge, N.Y., rom the time he volunteered as never set foot in Gambier, Ohio, until his first a firefighter at Kenyon College day at Kenyon. “I guess it took a little bit of luck during his undergraduate days, and a bit of being in the right circumstance for David Griffith has always been things to fall into place for me,” he said. “I had intensely interested in helping his no master plan, but I was fortunate enough to community. It’s what has inspired meet some really good people at Kenyon and this 67-year-old Lambda Deke to tackle poverty Delta Kappa Epsilon.” and other serious issues in one of America’s most At Kenyon, Griffith played varsity soccer hard-hit cities – Philadelphia. and lacrosse, worked as a resident advisor, In 2013, Dave felt content to ease into and fell under the tutelage of a local plant retirement after serving for years as president manager named Hobie Brown, who was chief and CEO of Modern Group Ltd., a company of the volunteer fire company. “He became my that originally started by acquiring dealerships mentor and opened my eyes to how much of a and offering equipment rentals throughout difference you can make in life,” Griffith said. In Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Griffith added addition to fighting fires, Dave became an EMT new product lines including warehouse products, and a line officer while in school. standby power generators, rough terrain forklifts, “Looking back, I’m amazed by how important wheel loaders, backhoe loaders and such. the guys in my pledge class at DKE were,” He remains chairman of the board of Modern, Griffith said. “They were my first buddies as well as a member of several other boards, as I went through the pledge process, and in but was surprised when the Episcopal bishop retrospect it took me years to appreciate how reached out eight years ago to see if Dave could important those friendships are.” help provide some leadership for Episcopal After graduating from Kenyon in 1976, Community Services. With its nearly $12 million Griffith became a successful national salesman budget, ECS works with individuals to address for IBM. Within three years he was the No. 1 issues of intergenerational poverty. ECS provides “We used to try to maintain salesman in the entire company before moving coaching and incentives to participants to people – to keep them alive, on to administrative positions. Eventually, achieve economic mobility. Because the poverty but we now believe that the Dave bought into the Modern Group, becoming rate in Philadelphia is so high, Griffith said he way out of poverty is to help a leader in that field. “I came to really enjoy knew that the services provided by ECS are vital. people get a living wage working in a family business because the In short order he became the first non-cleric, employees are more than shareholders. They’re non-social worker to become executive director with benefits.” stake holders. I’ve been fortunate in my life to of ESC in its nearly 150-year history. “We were have a partner and best friend – my wife, Jacqui already busy before the pandemic, but the need – who’s wicked smart. She studied social work at for our services has greatly increased in recent Bryn Mawr and later earned several post-graduate degrees. Jacqui’s very months,” he said. good at what she does and she opened my eyes to much of the world A nationally recognized speaker on leadership, governance, and family around me.” businesses, Griffith is a guest lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania, Even though the demands are heavy at EMS and Griffith has so many Harvard, Temple and Rutgers. He’s a columnist for the Philadelphia other business-related responsibilities, he said he still finds time to Business Journal and the author of the blog Muddy Boots (www. break away for a bit of fly fishing. “I play golf, but am not very good at wearmuddyboots.com). it. Fishing is more of an avocation where there’s less pressure. I’ve been “We used to try to maintain people – to keep them alive, but we tying flies and fishing streams for most of my life, and I belong to an old now believe that the way out of poverty is to help people get a living trap club in the Catskills,” Griffith said. “I have a lot of friends who fish, wage with benefits,” Griffith said. “It’s not easy work that we do at and there’s nothing that refreshes me more than breaking away to a ECS and we’re down to about 125 employees, as many of our workers stream where I can do a bit of fishing and clear my mind.” are now volunteering with other agencies. But I think the pandemic Dave is a strong advocate for the environment and most recently has shown that we all need to step up. I believe social justice and gave the keynote address on poverty, race, and privilege at ESC’s environmental justice and access to opportunities are critical. If you national forum on justice and opportunity. He believes that we are all could lift 30 percent of Americans up to a living wage, you could turn called to service and that the most powerful voice for change needs to them into consumers. I’m a great believer that self-interest starts with be our own. your neighbors.” w w w.d ke.o rg

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DR. DICK STASNEY, M.D PHI BROTHER GAINS FAME AS THE OPERA SINGERS’ DOCTOR

ears ago, when the famed tenor Luciano Pavarotti was on the verge of cancelling a performance in Texas because acid reflux had wreaked havoc on his voice, the call went out to Dr. Dick Stasney, M.D. The noted ear, nose and throat specialist, known for successfully treating troubled opera singers, worked his magic with Pavarotti, restoring his voice in time for curtain call. Word soon got out that Dr. Stasney had saved the day, and the Yale Deke became famous overnight for his work with performers in need of specialized care. Stasney, a nationally known physician, went on to become Director of the Texas Voice Center and a longtime board member of the Voice Foundation in New York and Philadelphia. The Covenant House Medical Clinic is named in his honor, and his fellow physicians selected him for inclusion among The Best Doctors in America. Today, at 78, Stasney remains a professor of otolaryngology at Baylor College of Medicine, as well as an adjunct professor of linguistics at Rice University. “I’m mostly retired now,” the modest Texan said, “although I have given out about 5,000 COVID vaccines over the past few weeks. I’m seeing a lot of people I treated over the years, and most of them tell me they can barely feel the prick of the needle as it enters their arm. That makes me feel good.” His fondness for opera dates to childhood when he would attend performances in Dallas with his mother. “My dad refused to go, but I grew to love it,” Stasney said. “And since I have zero talent, but I love the arts, I felt an obligation to help take care of the Houston soul.” After getting so many requests for medical help from vocalists and other artists, Stasney started the Center for Performing Arts Medicine, or CPAM. “They assumed that if you’re an opera doctor, then you can take care of the symphony or ballet performers,” he said. “Thirty years ago, I got a call from the symphony manager who said they had a concert pianist with 22 THE DEKE QUARTERLY | SPRING 2021

a thrombosed hemorrhoid who couldn’t sit down. He was due onstage the next night. I said, ‘Well, I’m an ENT, and I don’t go to that part of the body, but I’ll find someone who can. And that was kind of the genesis of figuring out that there are thousands of doctors here in Houston, in every specialty you can imagine. Why don’t we just get the ones that are really interested in the arts, and let them take care of these folks?” Because that part of Texas boasts the Houston Grand Opera, the Houston Ballet, the Houston Symphony Orchestra, and the Alley Theatre, as well as numerous universities and high schools with young performers in training, it made sense to start a medical center that could cater to their needs. Singers can suffer from a wide variety of voice disorders, which are caused by the strain put on their vocal cords. Some common voice disorders are nodules, or calluses on the vocal fold, and polyps, or benign lesions on the larynx. They can cause a singer to sound raspy, hoarse, or breathy, and can be a big problem that might require surgery to fix. “And sometimes it’s other things,” Stasney said, remembering a call he received at home one night when he was in the midst of hosting a reunion of his medical school classmates. “It was the symphony, and they were panicked because the soprano wouldn’t come out of her dressing room after the first act. So I went down there, and they said, ‘She says she’s having trouble with her voice.’ But the real story was that the mezzo was outsinging the soprano. So I had to help out with psycho-social situations as well.” Stasney, whose center has treated Itzhak Perlman’s carpal tunnel syndrome, as well as dozens of other famous performers, is the kind of doctor who can treat the whole body, not just the ear, nose or throat. “We have a big ranch in North Texas, near my hometown of Albany, and every October for the past 17 years, we’ve taken 15-to-20 opera singers up there. These are people from America, China, Russia – you name it – and we spend time and get to know each other. What a lot of people don’t realize

Above, Dick Stasney in front of patient photo wall at CPAM; at right, Stasney with Pavarotti.

is that medicine is psycho-social as well as physical. You must understand the humanity of medicine. Opera singers carry their instruments around in their neck, and if you yell at them, they might tense up, and for a vocalist that could be devastating.” Stasney said there are three kinds of doctors. “Some are skilled and have a good bedside manner, some are really good and have a bad bedside manner, and some are really bad and have a great bedside manner. The last one is the worst kind. You have to strike a balance.” Stasney’s sense of humor comes through as he remembers his days at the Yale Deke House. “When I left Texas for college, I bought an old hearse that had never been driven very fast or very far. A friend went with me and we drove all the way through to New Haven because one of us could go in the back, lie down on the stretcher, and sleep for a while. At the Deke House, I would often pile 14 or 15 guys into the hearse and we’d drive to Vassar or some other school. Back then, we were a bit like the characters in ‘Animal House.’ ” Remembering the parties at Phi conjures warm memories for Stasney. “There was one special weekend when the Supremes performed at the Deke House on Friday, the Coasters played on Saturday, and the Isley Brothers performed on Sunday. Bo Diddley played there, too,” he said. Stasney loved that old hearse, but when he drove it to medical school at Baylor, he said the dean told him to get rid of it. “He said the administration frowned on having a hearse parked at the medical school.”

These days, Stasney stays active by continuing to teach and do educational work at nearby colleges. He said humility comes easy when he remembers bumping into an old Deke buddy about ten years after graduation. “The guy, who was a vice president at Chemical Bank, asked me what I was doing, and when I told him I was a doctor, he couldn’t believe it. ‘Knowing what you were like, I would never come to you for treatment,’ he said. But a decade or so later, he moved to Texas, and he did come to me. I ended up serving as his doctor for the next 25 years.” And to think that DKE brother couldn’t sing a note from a single opera. w w w.d ke.o rg

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BRYAN SCHOLARSHIPS GIVEN BY 1957 STANFORD GRAD ROBERT BRYAN

obert Bryan worked his way through Stanford University, each year earning enough to pay the next semester’s tuition. But as his senior year approached, Robert was awarded a life-changing scholarship. It was $750, enough in those days of the late 1950s, to allow him to pay the $650 tuition and to permit him the time to enroll in advanced study courses in engineering and architecture. “It was tough getting through, but that scholarship— named for designer Hardy Earle—made all the difference for me,” Robert recalled in a recent interview in which his wife, Julie, also participated. While the award altered Robert’s young adult life, it also dramatically influenced his outlook going forward. Robert never forgot what the scholarship support meant to him, so he became determined to brighten the prospects of others, if he could, as he progressed through his life and professional career. Robert and Julie have given many substantial charitable donations over the years. Their most recent gift was a $525,000 donation to the Deke Foundation honoring Robert’s years as a Sigma Rho Deke and his long and distinguished career in architecture. The major gift helped cap off the Foundation’s 175th Anniversary campaign for educational programs—Strengthen Our Brotherhood & Bonds—Now and Forever.

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Deke Foundation President Doug Lanpher said of the donation: “The generosity and thoughtfulness of Robert and Julie will make a big difference for countless young Dekes over the years. We are deeply grateful.” The gift endows the Robert and Julie Bryan Scholarships. Each year, ten young Dekes will become Bryan Scholars and receive $2,500 for undergraduate or graduate studies. Starting this spring, juniors and seniors may apply for the scholarship. Selection criteria are academic achievement; service to their DKE chapter; community service; leadership; goals for the future; involvement with the arts; and service to their college or university. Each year the foundation will solicit nominations from all DKE chapters in the U.S. The foundation board will make the selections in consultation with the Bryans. The scholarships will be a way to continue staying involved with DKE, Robert said. He regularly attends reunions on the Stanford campus. He communicates often with DKE brothers John Wells ’56, Lee Andrews ’56, Harry Bettis ’56, Bill Brooks ’56, and Charles Hale ’57. After a career with architectural projects spanning 18 countries from Iran to Switzerland, Robert lives in Haverford, PA, and admits to being “semi-retired.” But he adamantly disputes that he is “really retired,” since he is still working on one architectural design for a client!

DEKE FOUNDATION 175th ANNIVERSARY CAMPAIGN SURPASSES GOAL

oncluding a two-and-a-half year anniversary campaign to fund educational programs, DKE raced past the goal of $1.75 million and tallied total donations of $2.46 million by March 31. The campaign was named Strengthen Our Brotherhood & Bonds—Now and Forever! Funds raised will support DKE’s educational initiatives. U.S. donors were able to designate up to 50% of their donations to their chapters, for their use at the local level. “We anticipated going in that it would be a challenge to reach our goal,” Deke Foundation President Doug Lanpher said. “We had never run a campaign of this scope, and we knew there would be challenges along the way, not knowing of course about COVID and the uncertainty of the presidential campaign. But the way our alumni responded to our call was incredibly inspirational to all of us involved with this campaign. Exceeding our goal in such a challenging environment once again affirms the depth of loyalty to the brotherhood that is DKE,” he said. There were close to 1,300 donors for the campaign, spread all across DKE’s chapters. DKE Board Chairman Mason Morjikian said, “These are brothers who not only value their experiences while undergraduates but also have kept many of those relationships active. The donors want to give current and future actives the meaningful experience that we enjoyed as young men.” Chapters and their alumni representatives can request grants from their Chapter Endowed Funds. A chapter fund must first reach a balance of $5,000 before funds from it can be granted.

F orever D eke DKE’S ANNUAL GIVING PLAN, FOREVERDEKE, TO RESUME IN JUNE

he Foundation will restart ForeverDeke in early June. This is the program for Deke alumni young and old to support the fraternity through annual donations on a monthly giving basis ($10.00, $18.44) or as a single donation. All donations to the Foundation are tax deductible in the U.S., and can be allocated for chapter use. Even for inactive chapters, the money is separate funds for use when the chapters are reinstated. These donations are very important to the ongoing success of DKE by permitting the Foundation to grant money to the fraternity for educational programming, salaries for educationrelated employees, and other important services. One of the major changes in fraternity operations over the past ten years has been the increased focus on providing these educational programs. Alumni support helps greatly. We hope alumni will donate to the Deke Foundation’s annual program called ForeverDeke!

“As with any campaign, you will be successful if alumni believe in the cause, have an emotional tie with the fraternity, and believe the funds will be well-managed,” Lanpher said. “Then it takes a lot of hard work from a team of dedicated professionals—we had all that many times over!”

DEKE FOUNDATION OFFERS FREE WILL WRITING SERVICE TO U.S. ALUMNI

he Deke Foundation understands the value of creating a brighter, more secure future: it’s the outcome we work towards for all of our high-achieving undergraduate men, and the principle that guides our mentorship and leadership opportunities. One of the best ways to plan for your future is to write a will. Everyone needs an updated legal will, even if you plan to live to be 150 years old — it’s the best way to protect the people, things, and causes you care most about, regardless of what the future holds. Yet over 70% of Americans don’t have a legal will because the process can seem complicated, expensive, and scary. Since last fall the Deke Foundation has shared a resource that is helping alumni plan for their futures and protect

loved ones. It is free and takes less than 25 minutes to do. The link is www.freewill.com/DekeFoundation. A will is also a powerful way to support the causes and organizations you care about. The Deke Foundation works every day to develop young leaders who are motivated and thought pioneers of the world. We believe every young scholar should have the ability to thrive, and many of our supporters choose to include a gift to the Deke Foundation in their wills to ensure we can continue this important mission for decades to come. The resource is free regardless of whether or not you make this gift, and we’re thrilled to share it with you and your loved ones. If you have any questions, please contact DKE’s Jim Gray at jamesagrayiii@gmail.com.

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RESEARCH REAFFIRMS FRATERNITIES’ POSITIVE IMPACT FOR FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS

ndianapolis, IN—At a time when college students and campuses struggle to cope with impact from the coronavirus pandemic, a prominent higher education researcher finds fraternity and sorority members benefit from significantly more engagement than nonmembers. The study also shows greater gains in learning and more satisfaction with their college experiences. Dr. Gary R. Pike of Indiana University finds that fraternity and sorority membership is associated with significantly higher levels of engagement on a number of measures including high impact practices, collaborative learning, student-faculty interactions, perception of a supportive campus environment and discussions with diverse others. For this study, which is one of the largest of its kind, Dr. Pike replicated his 2003 research which utilized National Survey on Student Engagement (NSSE) data to determine whether levels of engagement and learning outcomes changed over time. According to Dr. Pike, the NSSE is a good instrument to understand students broadly and fraternity and sorority members specifically. “The scope of the NSSE data is significant to these findings. Each year, approximately 700 institutions participate in that survey and we get complete responses from over 200,000, either first-year students or seniors,” said Dr. Pike. “It is a tremendously robust and representative data set.” 26 THE DEKE QUARTERLY | SPRING 2021

Some specific conclusions found in Dr. Pike’s study included: • Fraternity/sorority membership also indirectly improved learning gains, acting through higher levels of student engagement. • Despite being less diverse than students in general, fraternity/sorority members reported higher levels of interaction with people different from themselves than did other students. • Membership in a fraternity or sorority is associated with greater involvement in curricular and cocurricular activities, promotes student learning and development, and promotes satisfaction with the college experiences. • The largest positive effects were generally found for first-year students, arguing against deferring recruitment until the second semester or second year. • The findings of this study indicate that fraternities and sororities are not antithetical to the values of American higher education. “These results are clear: fraternities play an integral role in helping new students successfully transition to college life,” said Judson Horras, president and CEO of the North American Interfraternity Conference. “Public health restrictions have made students feel distanced and alone this fall, the online interactions among fraternity brothers have kept them engaged.” According to Dr. Pike, the collaborative learning effects were

most dramatic for first-year students. He saw much higher participation and interaction with faculty in first-year fraternity members compared to firstyear non-affiliated students. There was also significantly higher perception of a supportive campus environment for first-year fraternity members. “The first year of college is a time of transition for students,” said Dr. Pike. “Engagement during the first year, one of the research results that George Kuh and others have reported, tends to help students stay in college. It also positively affects their learning.” The study also found that while members of fraternities and sororities were more homogeneous than the general student population, they reported significantly higher levels of discussions with diverse others than non-affiliated students—including people from different races, ethnicity, economic backgrounds, religious beliefs and political views. Moreover, the relationship was strongest for fraternity members. “There have been several studies, including mine, that find positive relationships between fraternity/sorority membership and student engagement and student learning. While specific findings on a scale differ from study to study, the overall results are consistent about fraternities and sororities having this positive effect on students’ engagement in college,” said Dr. Pike. Reprinted with permission of the North American Interfraternity Conference

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MYSTIC CIRCLE OF ∆KE THOMAS CLARK BORTHWICK DELTA CHI CORNELL ‘51 Thomas Clark Borthwick, who served with distinction in the U.S. Army in Korea and then went on to a highly successful career as a stockbroker, died Jan. 31 at the age of 92 at his home in Pinehurst, N.C. Thomas was a devoted DKE brother at Cornell where he was recognized as one of the chapter’s strongest lifelong supporters. After serving as a field artillery commander during the Korean War, for which he won several decorations, Tom worked as a salesman for Owens Corning. He later joined CC Collings & Co. of Philadelphia as an investment counselor. He became a partner in the firm. When he retired to Pinehurst, Tom enjoyed golf and his work as a cabinet maker. He produced everything from Queen Anne and Chippendale furniture to electric boats and a reproduction of a Revolutionary War era rifle. He is survived by his wife, Josephine, of 63 years and three children.

Scott Michael Karsten Gamma Phi-Wesleyan ’73 Scott Karsten, loyal DKE brother and longtime supporter of Gamma Phi Wesleyan, died Jan. 6 at the age of 69. A prominent lawyer in Connecticut, Scott was a true renaissance man who excelled as a scholar, musician, and athlete, and was beloved by his family and friends. He grew up in Chagrin Falls, Ohio, before moving to Connecticut with his family when he was a teenager. Scott was an all-star football player and a state champion heavyweight wrestler in high school before heading on to Wesleyan where he pledged DKE. Scott graduated with honors from the University of Connecticut School of Law, but before devoting his full time efforts to that profession, he served as a police officer and president of the police union in West Hartford. For decades, his peers repeatedly selected

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him as a New England and Connecticut “Super Lawyer.” He was admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Connecticut, Vermont and New York, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States Supreme Court. Scott was an avid fisherman and hunter who was most at peace wading in a pristine trout stream, landing a bone fish in the Caribbean, or plucking a freshly acquired goose for New Year’s dinner. He was devoted to his family, friends and Gamma Phi brothers.

Hubert Rex Holland, Jr. Gamma-Vanderbilt ’74 Rex Holland, Jr., 67, died at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico on September 13, 2020. Born in Evansville, Indiana, as the first child of Dr. Hubert Rex Holland and Jane Cooper Holland, Rex, who was the son of a Deke, grew up in Paducah, Kentucky. At Vanderbilt University he pledged DKE where he reveled in his days as a member of the Gamma chapter. After graduation, he earned his MBA and moved from Nashville, Tennessee, to Albuquerque. Rex worked as a Certified Public Accountant for many years. In his free time, he enjoyed golf, spending time with his family and friends, and serving his community. Family members, including his wife, Dian, and daughters, remember him for his kind heart, a goofy sense of humor, and his winning smile.

Frederick W. Webber Phi Epsilon-Minnesota ’60 Fred Webber, 82, of Medina, Minn., died Jan. 13 of COVID-19. He majored in journalism at the University of Minnesota, where he was a loyal brother in DKE. Fred held senior account management positions at several advertising agencies before retiring in 2000

from Sable Advertising, where he served as president. After retirement, he worked part time for more than 13 years as a proofreader at Minnesota Outdoor News. He was a past president of the Northern Deke Alumni Association and served on the board of numerous organizations. Fred is survived by wife, Susan, and three children.

Guy Leland Mattingly, Jr. Chi-Mississippi ’48 Guy Mattingly Jr., 97, died Jan. 3, 2021, at his home in St. Joseph Village, Coppell, Texas. He attended the University of Mississippi where he joined Delta Kappa Epsilon. Guy was a highly decorated officer who served 20 years in the U.S. Army. During World War II, he served in France and Germany with the 271st Infantry Regiment of the Fighting 69th Division from May 1943 until May 1945. He was recalled to active duty and commissioned as an officer during the latter part of the Korean War. Guy also commanded troops in Vietnam before retiring from active duty in 1968 with the rank of Major. During his years of service, Guy received a Bronze Star and numerous other honors. He worked as an insurance agent in the Abilene area for many years after his retirement from the military.

Jim Haynes Zeta Zeta-Louisiana State ’56 Jim Haynes, who died on Dec. 6 in Paris, France, at the age of 88, once said his goal in life was to introduce everyone in the world to each other. His DKE brothers at LSU say he almost succeeded. After serving in the military, Jim moved from Scotland to Paris, where he would reside for the rest of his life. Exhibiting the kind of hospitality he learned at the Zeta Zeta Deke House, Jim would open the doors of his Paris apartment to almost everyone. Friends would

show up at every hour of the day or night and look for a cup of coffee, a shower, sofa to rest on, conversations, hugs, or a place to stay for a few nights or years. He also became famous in his circle of friends for the elaborate Sunday dinners he hosted for more than 40 years. His DKE brothers and friends from across the globe agree that Paris will never be the same without Jim Haynes.

Stuart Grantham Couch Psi-Alabama ’91 Stuart Couch, a proud member of Delta Kappa Epsilon’s Psi Alabama chapter, died in Aspen, Colorado, on December 13 at the age of 53. Following college, Stuart worked on the Chicago Board of Trade and began his love of investing, which continued throughout his life. He transitioned to the restaurant industry where he worked in Dallas and Memphis before settling in Aspen where he enjoyed many happy years at the Little Nell Hotel. A gifted athlete, Stuart was an avid skier and golfer. He loved his friends and re-connected with many of them over the past couple of years, telling stories and making people smile with his charm and dry sense of humor. Saturday would always find him watching his beloved Crimson Tide football team. He also volunteered in his community, playing a key role in Aspen Family Connections’ food distribution during the pandemic.

David Blair Favrot Tau Lambda-Tulane ’54 Blair Favrot died Jan. 10 at the age of 89 at his home in New Orleans. At Tulane, where he was an enthusiastic Delta Kappa Epsilon brother, Blair received a degree in chemical engineering in 1954. He served as an officer in the U.S. Navy before starting his career with P. Thompson Tool & Supply. He went on to own, renovate,

and manage, along with his family, office buildings and apartment complexes. Blair’s ancestors arrived in Louisiana in 1726 and helped settle New Orleans. A lifelong New Orleanian with deep roots in the community, he cared greatly about his city. He served on the boards of numerous organizations and as president of the New Orleans Symphony Orchestra. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Sybil Muths Favrot, two sons, a daughter, and nine grandchildren.

Thomas Bateman Zeta Zeta-Louisiana State ’59 Thomas Bateman died in Baton Rouge, Louisiana on January 10 at the age of 89. A decorated United States Marine Corps combat veteran of the Korean Conflict, he graduated from Louisiana State University where he was a proud member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. He enjoyed a successful banking career and served as presidents of the First National Bank of Mansfield and of the Britton & Koontz National Bank in Natchez, Mississippi. He later retired from a highlevel position with the FDIC. Tom is survived by his wife of 58 years, Berry Graham Bateman, a daughter and a son.

Joseph G. Brand, III Alpha Chi-Trinity ’67 Joseph Brand III died Dec. 28 at the age 75 in Chester Springs, Pa. Joe, who worked as a research neuroscientist for Monell Center in Philadelphia for nearly 50 years, studied the various aspects of the sense of taste in both humans and animals. Joe was a loyal DKE brother from his days at Alpha Chi Trinity. He became internationally known for his research on cats, and he discovered that they had a genetic defect that prevented them from having sweet taste. The significance of this finding was that

it showed the direct connection between genes and behavior. Joe is survived by his wife, Gail Corrado, M.D.

Thomas King Hostetler, Sr. Delta Pi-Illinois ’50 Thomas Hostetler Sr., 92, died Nov. 29, 2020 at Hickory Point Christian Village. Tom earned a BS degree in 1950 and a law degree in 1952 from the University of Illinois, where he was a proud DKE brother. Tom joined Bennett and Shade Company where he worked for 38 years. He served as president of the Decatur Association of Insurance Agents and President of Central Illinois Chapter of C.P.C.U., a professional organization. Tom was extremely involved in his community and served as a member of the board of directors for numerous organizations. He was an avid golfer and twice won the championship of the Country Club of Decatur. He made many lifelong friends on the golf courses he played in Decatur and Sarasota, Florida, where he and his wife spent the winters. Tom is survived by his beloved wife of 68 years, Barbara, and his children, grandchildren, and a great grandchild.

James Richard Tuck Gamma-Vanderbilt ’40 James Tuck, longtime general counsel of the National Life and Accident Insurance Co. in Nashville, died Aug. 20, 2020, at age of 102. He was believed to have been Gamma’s oldest living alumnus. Jim studied economics at Vanderbilt and cherished his undergraduate days at Delta Kappa Epsilon. He ran track and wrestled on Vanderbilt’s varsity teams before graduating and joining the U.S. Air Force. Jim served as a pilot during World War II and then returned to Vanderbilt to get his law degree in 1947. In addition to his duties at National Life, Jim also served as general counsel for its w w w.d ke.o rg

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WILLIAM STACY PATTERSON BETA NORTH CAROLINA ‘54 William Stacy Patterson, a prominent Lexington, Ky., businessman and thoroughbred horse owner and breeder, died Feb. 25 at the age of 88. Bill was president of the Beta Chi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon and remained a loyal DKE brother all his life. Bill served in the U.S. Army from 195456 after which he assembled various coal companies that were eventually sold to Zapata Corp. He later took over management of Cumberland Surety and related entities. Throughout his life, Bill owned and bred many top thoroughbreds, including winners of the Acorn Stakes, Demoiselle Stakes and many other top races. Patterson claimed Juanita for $25,000 and the horse went on to win the 2012 Troienne Stakes. He later cold Juanita for $1.2 million. The Patterson family’s Rose Hill Farm won respect as one of Kentucky’s top horse farms. Bill served as a director on numerous boards and was also a member of the Keeneland Club and the Thoroughbred Club.

JOSEPH ESO ‘52 PHI ALPHA BRITISH COLUMBIA Joseph Eso, one of the first DKE brothers at Phi Alpha who remained a constant supporter for the next 60-plus years, died Nov. 15 at the age of 100. Joe, a skilled athlete who played hockey and basketball in his youth, later went on to become a top high school coach. Eventually he became a school principal and a respected school superintendent.

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Joe and his wife, Barb, raised their three sons surrounded by a large group of friends, and Joe coached many of the kids’ sports teams. He loved fishing and would often take his boys and their friends and families on his boat for fishing excursions. The Esos loved cruising the Gulf Islands on their boat, Carina. They traveled extensively with family and friends, and after retirement, Joe and Barb moved to Churchill Park where they became enthusiastic volunteers in the community. Joe’s wife died after nearly 64 years of marriage. He is survived by his three sons., seven grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

WILLIAM WRIGHT ESPY BETA NORTH CAROLINA ‘69 Billy Espy, a successful commercial real estate investment banker and a prominent North Carolina DKE brother, died Nov. 30 at the age of 73. After college, he started his career in banking New York City. In 1972, he moved to Atlanta where he formed the Espy-Michaels Company, which later became the Espy Company. Until he cut back about a decade ago to devote more time to his various philanthropic interests, he served as president and managing partner of the Espy Company. Billy excelled in several sports as a young man and became a talented golfer. Billy and his step-father won the pro-am tournament in the second year of the Heritage Golf Tournament at Hilton Head. He eagerly shared fun adventures with his wife, Lee, their twin sons and the family’s many friends, attending college football games, spending summers at Sea Island or celebrating New Year’s Eves in Palm Beach. All his life Billy was a loyal Beta Deke who regularly attended reunions. To honor his late father, Joseph Espy, Billy created an endowment to fund three scholarships for student athletes at the University of Georgia. He was introduced to Georgia football by his dad’s friend, legendary Georgia coach Wally Butts. Billy’s tastes ran to good steaks and baked potatoes, and he was a voracious reader of anything about politics.

The Quarterly reports the following brothers are recently deceased: PHI-YALE Henry Macauley Woodhouse ’52, age 90 THETA-BOWDOIN Leonard “Red” Mulligan ’54, age 88 XI-COLBY Edward F. Hayde, Jr ’62, age 80 SIGMA-AMHERST Richmond Horton Grant ’52, age 92 Alistair J. A. Catto, ’73, age 68 GAMMA-VANDERBILT Joseph Albert Wills II (AKA Garret Lear) ’71, age 73 PSI-ALABAMA Dr. Ernest Ladd Brown ’47, age 94 Peter Bryce Hamilton Jr. ’51, age 91 Russell “Rusty” Francis Scott ’57, age 86 Dan Haas ’76, age 66 Blake Shell, ’11, age 32 UPSILON-BROWN Lincoln King ’53, age 89 James M.C. Brines, ’64 BETA-NORTH CAROLINA Marsden Bellamy deRosset Jr. ’52, age 90 Kenneth Elon Morris, Jr., ’61, age 81 William Wright Espy ’69, age 73 ETA-VIRGINIA John Robert Waid ’56, age 86 Col. (Ret), Raymond L. Stearns ’59, age 85 ALPHA ALPHA-MIDDLEBURY Anthony J. Monaco ’50, age 96 DELTA PI-ILLINOIS James R. Birkner ’73, age 71 MU-COLGATE Thomas Joseph Forrest ’60 age 81 John Peter Kaptain, Jr. ’66, age 76 Jacob “Jay” Charles Schnoor ’85, age 57 ZETA ZETA-LSU Jess Johnson, Jr. ’49, age 93 Frederick Othmar Martty ’56, age 86 John Joseph d’Aquin, Jr. ’67, age 76 PHI CHI-RUTGERS Roger B. Nauth ’58, age 83 PSI PHI-DEPAUW Louis J. Fontaine ’52, age 89 Jerrold Barton ’68, age 73 GAMMA PHI-WESLEYAN William D. Greeke ’87, age 55 John William Griffin ’94, age 47 SIGMA TAU-MIT Karl Magnus Lofgren ’75, age 67 TAU LAMBDA-TULANE Michael Rapier ’58, age 84 DELTA CHI-CORNELL Vaughn Potter Rubin ’45, age 96 ALPHA CHI-TRINITY Richard Taylor Lyford, Jr. ’53, age 89 DELTA KAPPA-PENNSYLVANIA John H. Dalzell ’50, age 91 SIGMA RHO-STANFORD Frank Hood Trane ’53, age 90

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