The Deke Quarterly Volume 132, No. 2

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First Artist on Another World: Alan Bean interview Brass note for Lyman Aldrich, Chi ‘66 Chapter & Colony News

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quarterly Volume 132, No. 2 Summer 2014

PUBLISHED BY Delta Kappa Epsilon International PO Box 8360 Ann Arbor, MI 48107 (734) 302-4210 dke.org DKE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Sam Heffner, Psi Omega ‘56, Chairman Peter Tripp, Phi Gamma ‘93, Vice Chairman Michael Peters, Delta Delta ‘90, Treasurer Albert Bienvenu, Zeta Zeta ‘70, Southern Regional Director Bob Billbrough, Psi Delta ‘78, Southeast Regional Director Grant Burnyeat, Phi Alpha ‘65, Western Regional Director Hardy Fowler, Zeta Zeta ‘74, Member At Large Bob Green, Eta ‘69, Member At Large Stan McMillan, Gamma ‘89, Mid Atlantic Regional Director John McNeil, Psi ‘79, Member At Large Mason Morjikian, Lamdba ‘88, Midwest Regional Director Paul Mullin, Sigma Beta ‘94, Mid America Regional Director Terry Stewart, Phi Chi ‘69, Member At Large Ross Wigle, Alpha Phi ‘79, Member At Large Davis Vaughn, Psi ‘10, Undergraduate Representative Billy Treadway, Zeta Zeta ‘74, Honorary President DKE HQ STAFF Doug Lanpher, Gamma ‘77, Executive Director Sarah Christensen, Administrative Director Eric Holland, Kappa‘13, Chapter Consultant David Howe, Delta Phi ‘14, Chapter Consultant Alex Hurley, Iota ‘14, Chapter Consultant Kevin MacDonald, Phi Rho ‘14, Chapter Consultant

DEKE QUARTERLY STAFF Robert Alvis, Editor Scott-Goodman Design, Design Editor CONTRIBUTORS Robert Alvis Grant Burnyeat Matt Hester Eric Holland Drake Hoffman Doug Lanpher Bob Oros The DEKE QUARTERLY is an educational journal published by the Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity, PO Box 8360, Ann Arbor, MI 48107, in Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer.

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CHAIRMAN’S LETTER

WE ARE HERE TO LISTEN AND SERVE Dear Deke Brothers, Early in July I received the great honor of being elected as the Chairman of DKE’s Board of Directors, succeeding Brother Bob Bilbrough. I look forward to serving DKE in this capacity.

I’ve been a volunteer Director only since 2011, but in that time I’ve been impressed with the dedication to DKE exhibited by the other Directors, by DKE alumni in various roles around North America, and by our Staff. They all share one common goal of making DKE the greatest college Fraternity in North America and internationally.

As Directors, we serve YOU, our members, both alumni and undergraduate. We want to focus on things that our alumni and collegians think we should be doing to keep DKE’s momentum going forward. In that regard, I welcome the opportunity to hear from any Deke member, regardless of age or chapter - please let me and the full Board know what you are thinking, and in particular, what you think we should be doing.

In my first message as Chairman I should not forgo the opportunity to encourage our alumni to be as generous as possible in their financial donations to DKE. We work very hard to provide truly world-class services to our chapters and alumni organizations, but such things require resources. Our undergraduates shoulder 85% DKE’s operating budget, and that is too high. (Our “competitors” - the other fraternities, receive as much as 1/3 of their revenue from alumni.)

It is always our goal to set our per-member undergraduate fees at or below the midpoint of other fraternities, and that is exactly where they are now. Our goal is to increase the alumni portion of our total revenue from 15% to 30%. This means we need more donors and dues payers, and a higher donation level from those who do contribute. If you pay your dues, THANK YOU very much, and please consider also donating to the DKE Alumni Fund, over and above dues. If you do not pay your dues, please consider doing so. Donations to DKE can be made on the DKE Internatinonal web site, www.dke.org. Even better, consider joining “foreverDEKE,” with a monthly donation of just $18.44 or more. The great thing about this program is that you can elect to allocate 50% of your donation to your chapter.

I am eagerly assuming the role of Chairman, where I, along with the rest of DKE’s outstanding Board, will assist our Staff by giving them clear strategic direction, and providing them the resources they and DKE need to be successful.

Again - your suggestions are welcomed and encouraged. Please don’t hesitate to contact me at sheff@aol.com. I will make sure that every voice is heard.

I look forward to meeting many alumni at our Convention Banquet, Saturday August 3rd at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville. It will be exciting to meet and hear our keynote presenter, Astronaut Alan Bean, discuss his space travel exploits!

Best wishes and In the Bonds,

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table of

CONTENTS

summer 2014 S P E C I AL N E W S

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Convention Update

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On the Road

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The Omega Mu Chapter

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2013 Lion Trophy

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DKE Donor list

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cover story

First Artist on Another World: An interview with Alan Bean Above: Painting entitled “Fantasy” Go to alanbeangallery.com to read the story behind the image

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Personal Awards

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The Winged Disk D E P AR T ME N T S

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Chairman’s Letter

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DKE International Report

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A Few Questions For

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Looking Back

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FEATURES

Brass Note Lyman Aldrich makes Memphis Walk of Fame

Chapter News Reports on the past year from Chapters & Colonies

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Dekes Giving Back

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Chapter Roll ON THE COVER: We All Had Stars in Our Eyes Alan Bean, 2011, Textured Acrylic with Moondust on Aircraft Plywood

DELTA KAPPA EPSILON

170TH CONVENTION

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ekes young and old are meeting in Kentucky this summer for the 170th Convention, hosted by the Iota Chapter at Centre College. The Convention is a biennial event, and it draws undergraduate delegates for three days of educational meetings and sessions, as well as brotherhood events so that Dekes from across the continent can meet and develop relationships with men from the other chapters.

The dates of the Convention are July 29th through August 2nd; the highlight will be the Closing Banquet on Saturday, August 2, at the Kentucky Derby Museum in Louisville, KY. Dekes registered in record numbers this year and we expect the largest turnout in the modern era at this summer’s gathering. One reason for the enthusiasm is that our keynote speaker at the Closing Banquet will be Deke Brother Alan Bean, who is not only the fourth man to walk on the moon, but has also become very well accomplished as an artist. Brother Bean’s paintings of images from Outer Space and the moon are very highly regarded in the artistic world.

We are thrilled he has agreed to address our delegates at the Banquet. All Dekes and guests are welcome to attend, even if they do not participate in the Convention meetings preceding the dinner.

Our host chapter, Iota-Centre, has done a substantial amount of work preparing to welcome Dekes from all chapters onto their campus, and the Centre College administration has also been very eager to help us make this a memorable few days.

Undergraduate delegates arrive on Wednesday, July 29th, in time for an Opening Reception. Educational sessions take place over the next two and a half days, covering subjects that are meant to help them lead their chapters. Dinners and social events will also be scheduled

each evening. On Friday afternoon of the Convention, there will be a meeting of all Deke alumni chapter advisors, so that they can discuss best practices in their duties as advisors. Alumni from various chapters can attend all sessions with the undergrads, or attend the other events planned for alumni.

The Kentucky Derby Museum will be a spectacular setting for our banquet. We will have a chance to tour the exhibits during the Reception prior to dinner followed by a private viewing of a wonderful movie portraying the history of the Derby.

The address by Brother Bean will be followed by the presentation of the 2014 Lion Trophy along with other undergraduate and alumni awards.

The banquet is likely to be a historic event for DKE as we welcome our intrepid space explorer Alan Bean.

We are excited about what is sure to be a fun and successful 3 days in Danville and Louisville.

Tuesday, July 29th: Brother Betas arrive & check into dorms Brother Beta dinner Wednesday, July 30th: Brother Beta Meeting & Special activity Delegates arrive during day & check into dorms Welcome reception at DKE House Deke Creek

Thursday, July 31st: Morning education sessions & speakers Afternoon education sessions & speakers Group Dinner Post Dinner Activity

Friday, August 1st: Brotherhood Activity in morning Afternoon education sessions Dinner with special speaker

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DKE INTERNATIONAL REPORT

DKE TO LAUNCH NETWORKING SERVICE DKE International will launch an ambitious new service in 2014 for undergraduates and alumni alike. Called DEKENetworking, it will be a platform for Dekes of all ages to connect for career networking purposes.

to valuable business and career-related connections and opportunities, not to mention new friendships. But DKE has never created a program for our members to put the power of this network to its fullest use.

DEKENetworking will become the single most important program ever introduced as a service to our members by headquarters.

That’s a pretty sweeping statement, but we are convinced it is true. We are always seeking to increase the value proposition we offer to our members, especially the undergraduates, and if successful, this program can truly be a game-changing benefit that our undergrads receive from their International Headquarters. It can also be a tremendous source of pride for our members, as well as a huge advantage in recruitment.

Never until now, that is.

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DEKENetworking will become the single most important program ever introduced as a service to our members by the headquarters organization. ____________________________________

What is DEKENetworking?

One of the primary benefits of fraternity membership, and DKE membership in particular, has always been to take advantage of the contacts you can make with other Deke members. These contacts often lead

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With the introduction of DEKENetworking, Dekes for the first time will be able to access the career information of other Deke members, in an easily searchable database. The database will be populated with occupation information that we have collected from our alumni (unless they have opted out), and will be organized to be searchable by geography, employer, job title, industry, or interest.

The entire premise of DEKENetworking is that Deke alumni will be very willing and eager to help out young Dekes, even if they are not acquainted with one another. The bonds of brotherhood in DKE are so strong that this is almost universally true.

Say you’re a senior, graduating next May. You know you would like to enter a career in advertising or marketing in LA or San Francisco, but your college’s job placement service isn’t of much help (most are not).

You would go to the DEKENetworking site, search for the specialties in those cities, and access the list of DKE alumni who qualify.

Then, your next step might be to place calls to those alumni at their offices, introduce yourself as a fellow Deke Brother, and begin a brief dialogue about your career goals. The relationship might even result in an alumni offering to mentor a young Deke through his career search.

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What is next?

For this new service to be successful, we need a couple of things from Deke alumni.

Number one, we need to gather occupation and contact data for as many of our alumni as possible. Only if we have a substantial amount of occupation data will this program be of great value to a large number of our younger Dekes. We will be contacting our alumni through email and postal mail very shortly to ask you to provide this information. Or you can start right now by filling out the reply coupon on the envelope in this issue of the Deke Quarterly, and mailing it to us. Or, you can go to www.tfaforms. com/301458 and enter it online. As they say on TV, “Please don’t delay!”

Number two, this service will only be successful if our alumni participate in it enthusiastically. We are not asking much from our alumni, but even a very minimal amount of participation can mean the world to a young Deke who’s trying to get going into a business similar to yours. Alumni can help (even if you’re retired - what was your occupation?), and then, please take the call or answer the email if a young Deke tries to contact you.

Doug Lanpher, Executive Director

Data Security This is a private database, Dekes only. No data will be publicly posted, and of course DKE would never sell any of our membership data to any outside firm for any purpose.

The site will be managed by a third-party company called VINE-UP, with whom we have a strict confidentiality agreement.

Vine-Up is in the business of creating and maintaining private marketing databases, and their security procedures follow the most stringent industry standards. The database will require password access so your information will be secure. ____________________________________

How can I help? Provide us your occupation information by filling out the form included in this issue or at www.tfaforms. com/301458. Or, call DKE HQ (734-302-4210) ____________________________________

Existing Programs DKE already has a LinkedIn group, with over 4,000 alumni participating. But we don’t feel that LinkedIn gives us all the flexibility we need for a successful service. We also have a Facebook page, but that is more for social purposes than for career networking.

Some chapters’ alumni associations have excellent networking and career programs, including networking events and career presentations.

We applaud these programs and do not wish for DEKENetworking to replace them. However, nothing exists on a scale to support all Dekes,

no matter where they are, what chapter they’re from, or what business they’re in.

Benefit to Alumni On its face, DEKENetworking may seem to be a benefit only for younger Dekes, so some of our alumni reading this may be wondering “Why should I participate?” or “What’s in it for me?” The answer to that is that this is an opportunity for every alumnus to “give back” something to DKE. If you feel you benefited from your DKE experience, you would probably be happy to help a young Deke by providing him with a little advice or networking assistance. Once this rolls out, we are certain that our alumni will find it a very meaningful experience for them as well; you will feel better having helped, even in a small way, a young Brother in DKE.

Benefit to DKE Once this program is established, it will be a major benefit for our Deke undergraduate and recently graduated members. Currently the networking opportunities available to them are impersonal and/or ineffective. The bond that DKE Brothers feel for one another will make this program different. A friendly phone call or email from a Deke established in his industry, to a young man just trying to get started, will be a major improvement over what is currently offered to these collegians.

The program is not being sold to our undergraduates as a job-board or a job posting network. When we travel to visit chapters, our actives don’t ask for that. When the issue arises, their request is always the same - to quote one undergrad we spoke with recently, “if you could provide us with a way to connect with our alumni network, it would be such a huge help.”

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“If you could provide us with a way to connect with our Deke alumni network, it would be such a huge help.”

– Nick Daniel, Rho Beta (Richmond) ‘14, Computer Science ____________________________________ Imagine the advantage for EVERY Deke chapter in recruitment. We know this is a program that no other fraternity has; how powerful will it be for a Deke member to tell prospective rushees that “DKE’s networking service just helped several of our graduating seniors make great connections.” Most undergraduates will tell you that networking is one of the top reasons students join a fraternity. This program will give DKE bragging rights over every other fraternity in recruitment.

Future This is a groundbreaking service that DKE will be launching in 2014. No other fraternity or sorority headquarters has any program of this type. DKE has always been known in the fraternity world for our impressive alumni base. Now, we will be able to leverage that alumni base to the advantage of our entire membership. It’s really a great way for you as an alumnus to help DKE no matter where you live, what you do, and without a major time commitment.

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ON THE ROAD WITH A CHAPTER CONSULTANT

By Drake Hoffman, Theta Upsilon ‘13

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otaling 14,000 miles in Fall of 2013 alone, this traveling season gave me the opportunity to see and appreciate more of this continent than I ever could have expected. In spite of Philadelphia’s nearly unnavigable city streets, eastern Pennsylvania’s sprawling hills had me in awe just as the leaves began to turn. Then I flew into Vancouver (followed by a ferry to Victoria), where I concluded that British Columbia just might be the most beautiful area in North America. And of course, I can’t write this without nodding to the incredible nighttime view of “The End of the World” in Edmonton.

Aesthetic experiences and nature hikes aside, what really makes all the travelling worth it is witnessing first hand, all the great things our brothers across the United States and Canada are making happen day to day.

Our boys at Chi Rho – Bloomsburg, for instance, have a brotherhood so strong, I found myself wondering if they were actually blood-related brothers posing as a fraternity. I’m not the only one who sees it, either – the administration (and I’m quoting) “couldn’t possibly find enough good things to say about the Dekes.”

It might also be worth noting that it is here I learned I have no business throwing a Frisbee.

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Then, moving northeast, I met with our colony at Gannon University, where the Dekes are quickly gaining traction as THE popular house on campus. The momentum there is inspiring, to say the least. In under a year, these guys not only secured on-campus housing (conveniently settled between two dorms), they managed to grab the second-largest pledge class on campus this semester.

This colony is a true-life testament to the potential that can be realized by a small group of sincerely motivated individuals.

I can’t mention successful expansions without tipping my hat to the Omega Chi colony at the University of Texas – Austin. Having been part of a recolonization myself, the attitude and morals shared by the men in this group are truly moving.

After hours of one-on-one conversations, the cohesive, yet unique perspective that resonates throughout the group on what a fraternity experience should be was almost overwhelming (in the most positive way). Big things will be coming from this group in the near future, no doubt.

Returning to my home chapter at Arizona State was better than I ever could have imagined. I had the honor of pinning our biggest new member class since Fall 2011. Additionally, I can (with cautious optimism) say that Greek Life at ASU is steering back into the right direction.

This comes with the help of Monica McGee, who took over the oversight of fraternities and sororities on campus this past summer.

Finally, I’ll take this opportunity to raise a glass to Phi Alpha and Beta Tau. Their accomplishments continue to impress

time and again, as evidenced by their growing respect from their student bodies and amazingly successful new member classes. While I raise my glass for these successes, I raise it higher for allowing me to share with them what I will likely forever hold as some of my fondest memories from this job.

Anyone who has been in a similar job knows the traveling can at times become taxing and lonely. Flying into Vancouver was one of those times for me. I missed my family back home, and my friends in Ann Arbor. It turned out, however, that my arrival coincided with Canada’s Thanksgiving celebration. Even though I will be unable to go home for my own Thanksgiving, I was welcomed into both of their homes for not only one, but two memorable Thanksgiving dinners, as if I were one of their own. It is moments like those that make you take a moment and

truly appreciate this brotherhood that we were all lucky enough to join. To be able to go to a country you’ve never been with people you’ve never met and feel like you’re part of the family is an experience unique to a very select few. I’m proud and honored to count myself amongst that few.

OMEGA MU

The Road to Chartering and Beyond

BY MATT HESTER, OMEGA MU ‘15 The University Omega Mu is located at Oklahoma State University, in Stillwater, OK. OSU is a member of the Big 12 and features excellent architecture, engineering, Ag and Business schools. Town population barely tops 50,000 and student population is just short of 30,000 so the University is a pretty big presence.

There are 23 fraternities and colonies at OSU, and the top tier (10-12) fraternities house between 60 and 90 members at a time. Approximately 15-20% of the student population is involved in Greek Life, with an established Greek row being the location for all fraternity and sorority houses.

Colonization In the spring of 2012, the twelve founders of Omega Mu came together to develop a fraternity through the vision of the founding president, Andrew Noel. Andrew’s goal from the beginning was to create a fraternity that had qualities not offered by the Greek system at Oklahoma State. To best describe these qualities, reference can come from the discovery of Delta Kappa Epsilon by Andrew and founding recruitment officer Max Polenz. After deciding to pursue the creation of a brotherhood, Andrew and Max began to research strong national fraternities that did not have a presence at Oklahoma State. Once finding DKE and the motto “gentlemen, scholar, and jolly good fellow”, the choice was clear. Through subsequent calls and meetings with DKE’s Executive Director, Omega Mu was granted colony status on April 12 2012.

From Colonization to Charter Omega Mu’s Headquarters, the Deke house, was found by Andrew while driving on Greek Row and noticing a large house for rent.

The house has traditionally been owned by other fraternities and is located conveniently in the middle of Greek Housing. Six members of Omega Mu quickly signed the lease. The house has served as an

effective location to hold meetings, events and tailgates and has comfortably fit over 100 people inside at a time.

After completing pledgeship over the summer and into the beginning of the fall in 2012 with the help of George Otey, Mike Berryman, and Kyle McClain, the twelve founders realized the instant value of an excellent pledge class. Through the diverse networks from each member, a class of 18 members was built and initiated in the fall, followed by a class of 7 in the spring.

The first year under the leadership of exec board Andrew Noel, VP Matt Hester, Treasurer Nick Jacobsen, and recruitment officer Max Polenz, Omega Mu’s main accomplishment was its establishment of 37 initiates, and representation on campus. The year began with a 3 day anticipation party called the Final Countdown, which remains a legendary memory for the first men to join Omega Mu. Although the Final Countdown was in reference to counting down to the school year, many came to witness the countdown to an epic journey. Much time and priority in 2012/2013 was spent creating an interfraternity culture of diversity, interdependence, individuality, teamwork and jolly good fun. Networking led to Andrew achieving runner up at the IFC secretary position, and dedication led to Omega Mu winning the Student Union philanthropy event “The Nearly Naked Mile”. The big gest challenge was raising the chapter GPA out of probation, which was due to the surge in increase of work and w w w.d ke.o rg

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OMEGA MU Oklahoma State University

“The best decision I have made in college” is a phrase often repeated by members to describe their love for DKE. The future’s looking bright for Omega Mu. Omega Mu founders in front of the OSU Library.

fun that each member saw. Rohit Mishra, serving the Scholarship and Risk Management positions, established a new system for the spring named “Deke of the Week”, in which a member who showed the most effort in schoolwork was awarded a select item. As grades became a weekly discussion and priority, and majors were brought together, our GPA rose out of the hole and achieved a 2.85. However, Omega Mu was still not satisfied.

After a year full of creating a successful culture and establishing offices and responsibilities, Omega Mu was granted their charter and established as a chapter at Oklahoma State. A celebratory chartering ceremony was held at Brooklyn’s wine cellar with the inclusion of many brothers from abroad, including Executive Director Doug Lanpher, Chairman of the Board Bob Bilborough, Kyle McClain, Mike Berryman, George Otey and Mikio Nihira.

George Otey George Otey was the key tool in Omega Mu’s creation and success. This Brother, Rho Lambda class of 73’, has been vital to the rise of Omega Mu. From helping with the establishment of offices, to furnishing the headquarters, cooking dinner, funding retreats, educating and initiating, and providing support with high expectations, success could have never been realized without his support. George continues to show Omega Mu the true family within Deke. One night after a long football game, the boys found George in the kitchen cooking up a pot of beans and informing us of the beer in the fridge. Omega Mu was proud to learn George Otey was presented with the 2013 Delta Kappa Epsilon Henderson award for alumni of the year.

Establishment The 2013-2014 year would see many changes to Omega Mu. Twelve new members were initiated, and elections followed in September.

Matt Hester was elected president with the motivation to further founding president, roommate, and best friend, Andrew Noel’s vision.

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The first semester’s focus was internal organization, with the creation of 7 new offices and a new clan system. The clan model was created to promote competition and drive within the fraternity, with each clan featuring 3 founders and their family lines. The Clans participated in the first annual Clan Olympics, a festive and brilliantly organized games designed to increase brother bonding. No coincidence one result was the GPA rose to a 3.05 which ranked 10th out of 24 fraternities.

In the spring of 2014 a progressive mindset was established.

Seven new members were initiated and Social events included 3 date parties and a weekend retreat in Tulsa. August Evers, recently elected grill master, got the opportunity to create his philanthropy event Greek Town Grill Down. Through him, Matt Hester, and Philanthropy Chair Kyler Page, partnership with Kappa Kappa Gamma was established and an Intergreek Grill Off sponsored by IFC, Brooklyn’s and Louie’s was created. The event sold over 750 tickets, raised over $7,000, and featured food, drinks, side dishes, dessert and two live, on stage, musical performers. Proceeds were donated to the Kasey Waychoff scholarship, created by OSU’s Gamma Phi sorority, expressed in remembrance of a young lady who was killed by a drunk driver during Spring Break 2014. DKE became a household name in Greek life at OSU, and a second house of similar proportions was rented next door to the current headquarters. Once again, Omega Mu’s GPA rose, this time to 3.254, now ranking 5th among fraternities, while beating every school GPA average.

The Future “The best decision I have made in college” is a phrase often repeated by members to describe their love for DKE. The future’s looking bright for Omega Mu. The Fall ‘14 pledge class is predicted to initiate 20 pledges, a new bill was passed to established required community service hours, and the founders are looking forward to passing on the reins to their successors. Chapter priority is now on the creation of a feasible business model for future permanent housing. Omega Mu is poised to do great things.

2013 LION TROPHY

By Drake Hoffman First awarded in 1955 to the Delta Phi Chapter to the University of Alberta, The Lion Trophy is the highest honor that can be achieved by a ∆KE chapter and is awarded annually to the chapter judged to be best in overall performance. The original silver cup was a gift of the Fraternity in 1894 to William Boyd Jacobs, Phi ’46, the last surviving founder of ∆KE. It was returned to the Fraternity after his death in 1905 by Brother Jacob’s daughter, and is now symbolically presented each year to the Chapter excelling in the four areas of Chapter Improvement, Alumni Relations, Scholarship, and Community Service. This year, due to an overwhelmingly positive submittal of applications, choosing a winner was especially difficult; and after careful deliberation, a tie was concluded upon between Psi, University of Alabama and Iota, Centre College.

Psi, Alabama Certainly no stranger to the Lion Trophy, the Psi chapter at the University of Alabama first claimed the title back in 1965, and has since gone on to do so 10 more times. This chapter has been a consistently impressive performer, and this past year has been no exception. With over 130 members, Psi is currently the largest chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Maintaining that size, however, has been a result of some proactive recruit-

ment and new member education strategies. Since the University of Alabama is now (for the first time ever) pulling more out-of-state students than in-state, the chapter decided to organize an out-ofstate recruitment committee as well as send informational letters out as soon as October before the recruitment season.

Consequently, the chapter was able to pull an outstanding pledge class; and, in spite of rampant allegations throughout the University’s Greek organizations, was one of very few groups to receive no hazing charges. This is a result of a new member education program based on full transparency between the active Chapter and Tim Hebson, the University’s Dean of

Students and the Chapter’s faculty advisor. Education and communication with new members’ parents has also been significantly ramped up. These strategies have undoubtedly worked. With 41 new members this past year, Psi initiated its largest class in Chapter history. And to make it all the more remarkable, the new members boast a 3.13 average GPA and a completely drug-free status.

The actives in the chapter have also seen an increase in standards. Drug screening is now run every 60 days, as opposed to every 100 days as it used to be. Skipping a drug screen no longer counts as a strike, but rather results in an automatic suspension from the chapter.

Out of the 90 drug-related arrests made throughout University of Alabama Greek organizations last year, zero were Dekes.

Academics have also been improved, thanks to a new in-house mentoring system, and increased minimum GPA standards. The Dekes now hold a top-five GPA amongst the University’s fraternities.

Additionally, overhauled dues payment standards have resulted in a 99.3% collections rate, consequently leading to Psi’s first budget surplus in five years. The excess money is being used to make additional housing improvements, such as the “Mansion on the Hill’s” new Moulton Cook Study Lounge, that help to create an enhanced educational and fraternity experience for members.

Psi Dekes are held in high esteem across campus and within the larger ∆KE network. Members of the Psi chapter now hold positions as Secretary of Order of Omega, Treasurer of Omicron Delta Kappa, President and Treasurer of UA Greek Relief, Student Executive Council to the College of Communication and Informational Sciences, Arts and Sciences College Ambassador, SGA Senator for the Business School. Additionally, there are seven Psi Dekes on Order of Omega’s roll. At the 2012 Convention (hosted by the Chapter), Psi’s own Davis Vaughn, ’10 was elected to the ∆KE Board of Directors and has been hard at work developing an Undergraduate Advisory Board to give undergraduates a more substantial voice in ∆KE International’s operations. Finally, new positions held within the house include: VP of Risk Management, Executive VP of Public Relations, Social Media Chairman, Advisors to the President (one for each new member class), and Deputy Chief of Staff. w ww w w.d w.d ke.o ke.o rg rg

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Alabama Dekes are known to use their influence to not only better their school and home chapter, but to improve their surrounding community as well. This year, the chapter boasts an overall 6,980 man-hours of community service and $64,400 donated to charity (not including $30,000 worth of pledged contributions from other organizations secured by leaders within ∆KE).

The Psi Chapter has recently decided to focus their philanthropic efforts on benefitting a smaller number of organizations in a bigger way.

For the YMCA of Tuscaloosa, brothers volunteer their time, cleaning up campgrounds, fundraising for educational campaigns, and coaching little league baseball teams. Another beneficiary is the Black Water Riverkeeper organization, which works to maintain the natural beauty and sustainability of Alabama’s Black Water River, in light of recent industrial growth and pollution in the region. Brothers advocate for river protection and help clean up pollution. In fact, the Psi Chapter recently became the organization’s largest contributor, logging in over 2,000 man-hours.

Most poignant perhaps, is the fact that the Psi Dekes have now helped raise over $45,000 for the University of Alabama Greek Relief organization, which is presided over by Davis Vaughn, ’10. The organization raises money to help rebuild the surrounding community that was devastated by a tornado in 2011. Additionally, ∆KE leaders have reached out to the University’s Greek Coordinating Councils and secured guaranteed donations of $30,000 each year for UAGR through small, per-member fees.

Additional contributions from annual events hosted by the Chapter include $2,200 raised for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at the annual Ol’ Smokey Cookout, $1,600 for the Hanna Home for Abused Children at an annual Halloween party, and over $11,000 for Order of Omega. An emerging event for coming years will be a candle lighting fundraiser that leads from the house to Bryant-Denny Stadium. The fundraiser has a current goal of $5,200, which will benefit the Wounded Warriors Project.

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the help and support of their incredible alumni. Tim Hebson claims “∆KE already has the best alumni on this campus. Honestly there is not a close second.” The active chapter never misses an opportunity to show their gratitude. At the 2012 Convention, the Chapter hosted 35 chapter alumni, and the 2012 Annual Psi Day Tea reunited over 30. A special surprise reception was held this past Spring to honor Brother Robert McNiel, ’06, who has served several tours overseas as a United States Marine. Additionally, the Chapter hosted their inaugural Parents’ Weekend, which was a huge success.

The largest show of alumni support, however, was the Brother Angus Cooper, Jr. Celebration. Brother Cooper announced his retirement this year, and was the most senior member of the University of Alabama’s Board of Trustees.

A reception was held in front of BryantDenny Stadium and at the Mansion on the Hill, gathering over 300 Dekes and their dates to celebrate Brother Cooper’s service to the University. Moving forward, the Chapter is developing a Young Alumni Association in order to engage those junior alumni who are zero to eight years out of college.

Iota, Centre College The Iota Chapter at Centre College last won the Lion Trophy back in 1975, and is now a truly inspiring comeback story.

Recolonized in the Spring of 2009 by a class of 25 men under the mentorship of Matt Blevins, ‘99, the Chapter is already up to nearly 60 members after just four years back on campus.

And with constant improvement, Iota’s skyrocketing performance has not gone unnoticed by school administration, which recently awarded Centre College’s Chapter of Excellence Award to DKE. This award is given to the fraternity or sorority that best performs in the following six areas: scholarship development, excellence in service and philanthropy, excellence in recruitment, excellence in risk management, excellence in new member education, and excellence in active member education. This award comes partly as a result of the Chapter’s members’ commitment to involvement in and around their community. One hundred percent of the Iota actives are involved in at least one non-∆KE organization or

activity. Dekes hold seats as Centre’s IFC President, IFC Risk Manager, SGA Chairman of Finance, SGA Secretary of Administration, and Student Senate, and there are Dekes on six of the varsity athletic teams. Additionally, all members attend yearly programming on issues of hazing, risk management, legal liability, diversity, gender issues, substance abuse, Greek unity, and interfraternal policies.

Iota’s involvement reaches much further as a result of their commitment to philanthropy. Every year, the Chapter pledges a minimum of $10,000 to the Heart of Kentucky United Way. This past year, the Iota Dekes outperformed that pledge by raising over $11,000. The money came through a number of events and strategies, including “No-Shave November,” Deke-Hearts (Valentine’s Day candygram service), letter-writing campaigns, and Zaxby’s profit-sharing. The largest portion of the donations came from the annual United Way auction. 56 items were donated to the cause by local businesses and alumni, and roughly $4,300 was raised; far outperforming the $2,500 goal.

Other philanthropic projects include a chapter-wide Habitat for Humanity service project and volunteering for an after-school program aimed at local youth. The Chapter also adopted a 2-mile stretch of 4th St. in Danville that they regularly clean up as a city beautification and preservation initiative. Overall, the Chapter raised 61% of all the charitable money raised by fraternities at Centre last year, and volunteered 68% of the total hours. On average, each member raised $195 and volunteered 27.5 hours.

Like the Psi chapter, Iota finished up this past year with a financial surplus.

This comes not without the help of the Chapter’s heavily involved alumni.

Iota’s local alumni recently raised and donated over $45,000 to help restore the house that the Chapter had just secured. Over 100 Iota alumni participated at the 2012 Homecoming Celebration, which also served as a ribbon cutting ceremony for the new house. It is also worth noting that two chapter alumni were awarded Centre College’s Distinguished Alumni Award this year. Jeff Hoover, ’82, is a nineterm Kentucky House Representative,

DKE LION TROPHY RESULTS 2013 LION TROPHY: Winner- Iota, Centre College Winner- Psi, Alabama Runner-up- Rho, Lafayette

and Jim Gibson, ’57, is the Kincaid Professor Emeritus of Management at the University of Kentucky. Living only minutes from Centre’s campus, Brother Gibson takes on a substantial advisory role to the chapter and maintains an active rapport with the brothers.

One of the Chapter’s strongest areas of improvement has been in scholastics.

Over the past year, the full chapter’s GPA has risen from a 2.7 to a 3.03.

The past Winter Term GPA was 3.307.

This comes as a result of new standards and incentives implemented by chapter leadership. For instance, stricter minimum GPA requirements have been imposed, and brothers are incentivized by tiered minimum study hour requirements based on the merit of their academic performance. In order to prioritize academics, attendance at fraternity events may be excused on a case-bycase basis if scholastics conflict with their timing. If on academic probation, a member must meet with an academic advisor in order to have his voting rights reinstated. Those achieving a 3.3 GPA or higher are rewarded at the end of each academic year. The chapter has also implemented an in-house tutoring and mentoring system that pairs brothers up with similar classes and areas of study. Relatedly, the Iota brothers participate in Centre’s “iTeach, Therefore iLearn” program, which pairs students

Individual Categories SCHOLARSHIP: 1st- Sigma Xi, St. Joe's 2nd- Iota, Centre 2nd- Rho, Lafayette 3rd- Beta, UNC

together for one hour a week in order to teach each other mutual course materials. Delta Kappa Epsilon is the only fraternity on Centre College’s campus that participates in this program.

Not to go unoticed, the Chapter and its individual members have received a large number of accolades for their outstanding achievement in scholastics.

The chapter boasts five Order of Omega members, three members of Gamma Sigma Alpha, two Phi Beta Kappa members, two Omicron Delta Epsilon members, and one member each in Omicron Delta Kappa, Sigma Delta Pi, and Sigma Pi Sigma. Thirteen Iota Dekes sit on the Dean’s list, and two are Magna Cum Laude. Iota Dekes also have participated in the John C. Young Scholars Program, the James G. Brown Fellowship Program, and RICE, which gathers scholars to share achievements in research, internships, and creative endeavors. Finally, the chapter has received both the Ivy Accolade in Scholarship Programming, and the Laurel Accolade in Member Education.

ALUMNI RELATIONS: 1st- Psi, Alabama 2nd- Rho, Lafayette 3rd- Kappa, Miami 3rd- Phi Alpha, UBC COMMUNITY SERVICE: 1st- Psi, Alabama 2nd- Iota, Centre 3rd- Beta, UNC 3rd- Lambda, Kenyon CHAPTER IMPROVEMENT: 1st- Iota, Centre 2nd- Sigma Xi- St. Joe's 3rd- Kappa, Miami University 3rd- Theta Upsilon, Arizona State

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LYMAN ALDRICH Chi ‘66, IS HONORED on “Walk of Fame” in Memphis

BY DOUG LANPHER

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KE alumnus Lyman Aldrich was recently honored with a Brass Note on Memphis’ famed “Walk of Fame.” Brother Aldrich was just the 124th recipient of this honor, and joins a select group of luminaries such as Johnny Cash, B.B. King, Jerry Lee Lewis, Otis Redding, the Blues Brothers, Justin Timberlake, and of course the King himself, Elvis Presley. The presentation ceremony was held on May 2, 2013, at the Rum Boogie Club in Memphis.

In order to be honored with a Brass Note, one has to have made a significant contribution to Memphis music. The honor of a Brass Note goes for Lyman’s tireless efforts to help revitalize the city of Memphis over the past several decades, in particular, for expansion of the Memphis in May International Festival, which has produced the Beale Street Music Festival for 36 years.

When Lyman Aldrich moved to Memphis in the mid-1960s, he went to work calling on grocery stores, selling toilet paper from the back of a station wagon. That changed when the Ole Miss graduate entered the training program at what is now First Tennessee Bank. The Natchez native worked there nine years, leaving as a vice president to start his own real estate investment company in 1976.

During the late 1960s and early 1970s, “Memphis in May” was at first little more than a calendar of events — including Cotton Carnival and the St. Jude Shower of Stars — which had taken place for years. Those were hard times for the city, the business community, and the Chamber of Commerce, all of which were still struggling in the aftermath of Martin Luther King’s assassination. But a few business people persevered, and one of them was Aldrich. Eager to get involved in civic and business affairs, he started volunteering for the Chamber and at the age of 27 became perhaps the youngest appointee to the organization’s board of directors. In 1974, a Chamber committee was formed to expand Memphis in May. Aldrich’s term as president of that group came in 1977 — the year the first real international festival took place.

Meanwhile Aldrich and his fellow volunteers — business people, lawyers, and educators — worked to come up with some Memphiscentered festival events, as well as money to fund them. He credits Rodney Baber, the late Tiff Bingham, Harold Shaw, Judge George Brown, Mose Yvonne Hooks, and some 200 other “bright young

people,” says Aldrich, “for helping to create this thing you see now.

That first year they came up with the Beale Street Music Festival and the Sunset Symphony. And all of it with private money.”

In 1977, for the first Memphis in May International (as it was originally known), the City of Memphis was seeking an identity. Lyman, as first president of the Festival, had no budget - literally - with which to work. But work he did, alongside Irvin Salky, and they put together a show with big names such as Al Green, Furry Lewis, and B.B. King. From then on, the Festival grew rapidly in size, quality, and renown. Lyman recall, “We had as many as 2,500 volunteers one year,” Aldrich said. “It grew so fast so many people wanted to be involved because they had not seen anything grow like this. It was exciting, it was an exciting time.” The Festival has grown to the point where 20% of the income on Beale Street each year comes during May. Music Fest was hardly an easy sell. Aldrich recalls that the Chamber “gray heads” feared riots on Beale Street and tried to stop the plans. “Remember, nothing was there in 1977. The Peabody was closed. The Orpheum was closed. But I looked at these 12 suits and one skirt and told them we were determined as young folks to reintroduce people to downtown. I told them, ‘I’m chairman and we’ve got the money to do it.’” He praises Irvin Salky, a local lawyer and the first event’s sponsor, whose father had a shop on Beale. “Irvin knew a lot of these old musicians and saw an opportunity to bring them back. I believed we could not only bring locals here but people from all over the world.”

Not every gray head opposed the young people’s plans, notes Aldrich. “We were down on the riverfront and [philanthropist] Abe Plough drove up with his chauffeur and says, “I really like what you’re doing for Memphis. Here’s a check for $5,000.” Other corporate gifts came from First National Bank, which sponsored a Japanese business conference. FedEx, then a fledgling company, contributed $4,000 toward the Jazz Festival on Court Square, which was turned into a Japanese summer garden. Museums and schools sponsored Japanese programs.

Planning for these events often took place after work hours, when the committee would gather at Bombay Bicycle Club in Overton Square. As Aldrich fondly recalls, “We’d have drinks, and laugh. and ideas would just fly.” One blockbuster idea came a year later when Rodney Baber visited a chili-cooking contest in Texas. “He called me and said, ‘What about a barbecue-cooking contest downtown?’ It was

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Clyde Hopkins, Godfather of the Blues, oldest Brass Note recipient, greets newest recipient.

like a light came on,” says Aldrich.

“What’s more Memphis than barbecue?’” That was launched in 1978, “with 18 people cooking on a vacant lot near the Orpheum.

Now we’re the barbecue capital of the world.”

Another one of Lyman’s concepts has been to honor an international country each year, as well as that country’s music; this has helped spread Memphis’ fame to millions of people around the globe as well and has brought visitors from afar to visit the River City.

To Aldrich, the festival was all about job creation. “The Chamber was going broke; they weren’t creating any jobs, so we had to try something,” he says. “I wanted to bring together young men and women, black and white, to work shoulder to shoulder and create something that would help save the city,” he says today. “I understood we had no money. But we were young and had thousands of ideas.”

Regarding the expansion, he says “I wanted to emphasize the international aspect of the festival. By choosing a country to honor, you make friends with it, and when it came time to invest in the U.S., maybe that country would invest in Memphis.” With advice from local economic experts, Aldrich and his colleagues chose Japan as the first honoree, “because they had a balance of trade problems and would need to start investing in the U.S.,” he explains. Japan was also the home of Nissan, which had recently opened a Datsun Fork Lift Division plant in Memphis.

Aldrich wasted no time meeting its officials. “I told them, ‘We want to honor your country, let people know about Japan, and have you serve on our board.” And he stressed to them, “We don’t want to make any mistakes. We want you to be proud.”

The Datsun officials embraced the idea, never missed a meeting, and sponsored a Japanese kite-flying exhibit at the airport. They also gave Aldrich days of nerve-wracking excitement when Datsun invited the ambassador of Japan and his wife to the city. “I was thrilled, yet scared to death,” he remembers. “I don’t know if such a dignitary had ever visited Memphis before.”

An undeniable success, Memphis in May International Festival drew thousands of people downtown that spring of 1977 -— and the Japanese ambassador and his wife spent three days soaking up Southern hospitality. But most gratifying to Aldrich was the reaction from Datsun’s head official, Koichi Iwata. “Shortly after the festival,

I went to see him. He said, ‘We’re so pleased, we’re going to do all we can to get business for Memphis and for Tennessee.’”

Only a couple years later, Aldrich got a call that Tennessee Governor Lamar Alexander would be making an announcement at the Holiday Inn-Rivermont in downtown Memphis and wanted Aldrich to be there. The governor announced that the Japanese-based Sharp Electronics would open its first manufacturing plant in the U.S. in Memphis, would hire about 3,000 employees, and thanked Memphis in May for its role in introducing Japan to the city. “That made me feel fabulous,” says Aldrich. “It proved the economic model that Memphis in May could be.”

Landing the Sharp plant here prompted Alexander to travel with then-Shelby County Mayor Bill Morris to Japan to court more businesses. “Today,” says Aldrich, “we have 100 Japanese-based firms in Tennessee.”

Now running his own financial consulting firm in Collierville, Aldrich talks about “two pretty amazing things” that came out of that first festival, citing National Geographic Traveler’s naming Memphis in 2013 as one of the top-20 must-see places in the world. Among the reasons for that honor: the Memphis in May Beale Street Music Festival and the World Championship Barbecue Cooking Contest.

Those two events, which now attract fans from across the globe, “came from our little committee of black and white, men and women,” recalls Aldrich. “We didn’t all know each other at first, but we knew we had to do something for the city. So we worked together with mutual respect and never had a problem. We proved what we could accomplish. And we sure had fun.”

Adding an extra shine to his memories is a brass note on Beale Street, awarded recently to Aldrich for his unique contributions by the Memphis Music Foundation. Says Aldrich: “It’s really special to be recognized that way.”

Brother Aldrich is also the founder of Memphis Music, Inc., which brought all of the music studios in Memphis together to promote Memphis music around the world. Memphis in May draws hundreds of thousands of visitors to Memphis each year, and has been a tremendous financial boon to the once struggling city. In addition, largely through Lyman’s work, Memphis is now rejuvenated as the undisputed home of the Blues, and a serious player in other genres of music as well. This has had numerous benefits to Memphis not only financially, but in other ways as well. Memphis had lost its mojo for a long time, but is “cool” once again.

Lyman also retains an active interest in his Chapter at Ole Miss.

Though Chi is inactive now, Brother Aldrich has expressed willingness to help recruit his fellow Chi alumni to get involved, when the time is right to reactivate that Chapter.

Brother Aldrich’s Brass Note will be placed in a prominent spot on the Beale Street landmark, situated near BB King’s and Justin Timberlake’s Notes to the West, and Mavis Staples’ Note to the East.

Lyman jokes that folks are going to look at those well-known stars, then look at his Note and say “Who is that guy?”

Good stuff for a guy who can’t sing, dance, or play an instrument!

“I wanted to bring together young men and women, black and white, to work shoulder to shoulder and create something that would help save the city, ”

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frequent comment from some people today is “Things aren’t like they were in the old days”.

Well, in general that isn’t true. In many, many ways things are much better these days. Compare today’s computers to yesterday’s slide rule, if you even know what that was.

Though it is understandable when someone says they are glad to be born in this era, it is impossible for me to imagine not being around for the Space Race. From July 1969 to December 1972 there were 7 missions to the moon, an average of one every six months. Having lived it, there is little doubt as to the anticipation for every approaching launch. The excitement was palpable almost every day for those who were following the adventure.

In my opinion, it is quite unfortunate the youth of today have not had the chance to witness similar events. Perhaps, one day, as Alan believes, humans will again embark on a similar adventure.

– By Robert Alvis

One Lucky Guy

FIRST ARTIST ON ANOTHER WORLD

behind him. But since he liked all the guys he went ahead and joined.

After being a good fraternity member for a year, he began to know himself better, deciding he needed to concentrate on other things. At this point he became inactive. Part of the reason was to get serious about his studies. Another part had to do with realizing he was an introvert and just was not enjoying the parties.

For someone who was not active very long, Alan has some lasting impressions. “I think, if they could, every college man should be a fraternity man. There are some things you learn there you don’t learn in other places”.

He remembers the initiation ceremony as one of the most amazing experiences in his life. “At that age, it had a big effect”.

“I always liked being a Deke and thought it was a great gift to be part of that”.

FROM TEST PILOT TO LUNAR MODULE PILOT After receiving an aeronauti“I AM THE LUCKIEST GUY YOU cal engineering degree from the HAVE EVER TALKED WITH” Alan Bean, Chi Omega ‘55 University of Texas, Alan was comIt might seem like an unusual stateApollo 12, November 14-24, 1969 missioned into the Navy when he ment, but to a large degree, Alan Fourth person on the moon, November 19, 1969 graduated in 1955. He first worked credits luck in bringing him to bewith a jet attack squadron in come a Deke. Though he participatFlorida before joining the Navy Test Pilot School. NASA tapped Alan ed in rush his freshman year nothing clicked. He didn’t connect with to be an astronaut on his second try in October 1963, right when people he thought he should connect with and those that thought the agency was starting the Gemini program. He then sat for years they connected with him, he did not take to. “It was a puzzling thing without a flight assignment. to me then. Now I look back on it as luck”’ Alan admitted he didn’t really fit in with some of the NASA After returning from his midshipman cruise following freshman culture during his first few years at the agency. He placed the fault year, Buddy Knot and a couple of Dekes, also in ROTC, invited him squarely on himself, saying that he had often said he could do things to the DKE house for dinner. He had no idea he was being recruited; better than some of his superiors. That likely ruffled some feathers, “I thought they were just inviting me to dinner”. When asked to he acknowledged. join DKE, he was surprised because he had put all those thoughts w w w.d ke.o rg

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while inserting the tube of plutonium to activate Although he served as a backup astronaut for the generator would expose the astronauts to the Gemini 10 and Apollo 9 missions, Bean was “However, no one deadly radiation. reassigned to the Apollo Applications Program anticipated what All things considered, these types of dangers to help determine the next steps after Apollo, rather than put in line for a flight. That changed happened before they even were to be expected in such an ambitious endeavor. after C.C. Williams, an astronaut set for flight left Earth’s atmosphere.”

However, no one anticipated what happened assignments, was killed in a plane crash. before they even left Earth’s atmosphere. In Pete Conrad, who knew Alan from test pilot what turned out to be one of the more famous aspects of the flight, school lobbied for him to replace CC although Alan hadn’t done 36.5 seconds after liftoff their Saturn 5 rocket triggered a lighting disanything during the period of NASA where he could say: Alan is charge down to Earth through the rocket’s ionized plume. Protective really good. He just is undiscovered. ” Pete had faith in me; it was circuits tripped along with much of the Command/Service Module something I never forgot”.

(CSM) instrumentation. A second strike at 52 seconds after launch When the Apollo 12 mission patch was designed, four stars were knocked out the “8-ball” attitude indicator. These power supply probplaced in the sky above Yankee Clipper. At the end of the second lems lit nearly every warning light on the control panel and caused moonwalk, with all official duties complete, Alan placed CC’s wings much of the instrumentation to malfunction. Commander Conrad and an Apollo 12 crew patch near the edge of Surveyor Crater. lightly grasped the abort handle while calmly waiting for a solution from mission control.

MISSION TO THE MOON In short order, John Aaron (the original NASA “steely-eyed missile Contrary to widespread public perception at the time, the second man”) remembered the telemetry failure pattern from a previous voyage to the moon was not merely a replay of Apollo 11. Their destraining run and made the call, “Try SCE to aux.” The switch he retination was the Ocean of Storms, a crater field 1000 miles from the ferred to was fairly obscure. No one, including Conrad, immediately Sea of Tranquility where Apollo 11 landed. The Apollo 12 crew conrecognized it. Fortunately, Alan, flying in the right seat as the CSM sisted of Commander Pete Conrad, Lunar Module pilot Alan Bean, systems engineer, remembered the switch location from a training inand Command Module pilot Dick Gordon. Gordon would remain cident a year earlier. Flipping the switch worked and Bean’s memory orbiting while Bean and Conrad explored the moon. A primary missaved what could have been an aborted mission. sion objective was to retrieve something from Surveyor III, a probe At least that is how the story is told in the great documentary that had soft landed in the area 2 years earlier. This goal was in large From the Earth to the Moon. Perhaps not surprisingly, Alan told us part to prove a pinpoint landing could be made on the moon, which Pete Conrad deserves all the credit. “His seat of the pants flying skills was crucial to achieving future mission’s objectives. kept him from aborting the mission after the second lightning strike.

This would be a far more difficult and hazardous maneuver than He is the guy, but that is hard to tell in a movie. So this time, I got the Apollo 11’s “just get it down safely” landing procedure. Conrad and credit”.

Bean would be required to touch down within walking distance (no moon rover vehicle on this mission) of Surveyor, meaning they had less than 500 yards leeway on a trip of over 228,000 miles.

Because they would have to abandon their emergency “free return” trajectory in order to pitch the LM forward to see where they were headed, an aborted landing would mean manually steering themselves back to the orbiting Command Module. This would have been beyond just difficult.

In a preflight press conference the crew surmised they had only a 50/50 chance to land close enough to Surveyor, provided it was even where it was calculated to be. At the same time, in keeping with Astronaut code, there was no mention Bean and Conrad might have less than the same 50/50 chance to make it back alive if they had to abort their landing attempt at the last minute.

The unique hazards of the Apollo 12 mission were compounded by the desire to leave instruments on the moon that would have power to operate for at least one year. The solution was adding a nuclear Rock N Roll on the Ocean of Storms generator to the equipment list which would be powered up by Alan after being deployed on the moon’s surface. But any mistake by Alan PRECISE LANDING Readers will notice we have chosen to tell Alan’s story using his paintings instead of photographs. Actually, there are fewer pictures available of the early moon landings than most people imagine.

Besides, his works provide a depth and richness that allows one to almost feel as though they are actually on the moon.

Apollo 12 succeeded in landing at its intended target – within walking distance of the Surveyor III probe, which had landed on the Moon in April 1967. This was the first — and, to date, only — occasion in which humans have “caught up” to a probe sent to land on another world.

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or camera was carried on Apollo 12 (unlike the monochrome camera that was used on Apollo 11). Unfortunately, when Alan carried the camera to the place near the Lunar Module where it was to be set up, he inadvertently pointed it directly into the Sun, destroying the SEC tube. Television coverage of this mission was thus terminated. Good thing he got credit for originally saving the mission.

IS THAT ALL THERE IS These words, attributed to Alan, became a catch phrase for the Apollo 12 mission. It is in fact, the theme of the Apollo 12 episode on the aforementioned From the Earth to the Moon. Alan says that is not exactly what was said but “Please don’t tell anybody, it sounds so good”.

The conversation took place on the way back from the moon.

After years of training, all the hard work, accomplishing most tasks, screwing some up; there was just a couple of days on the moon. “I could have stayed for a month”. So the joke became-Is that all there is?

The last line of the Apollo 12 episode is spoken by Alan’s character: “I realized that when you go through any endeavor, whether across town or to the moon and back; all that really matters is that you share the experience with people you love. That’s what life is all about”.

Alan said he appreciated the eloquent words but he probably would not have thought to say that at the time. However, he confirmed the general tone of that episode was an accurate reflection of the relationship Dick Gordon, Pete Conrad and he shared. It was different from the other Apollo teams. Clearly closer and “yes, a bit like a fraternity brotherhood. Very few of the other guys stayed together. But we did”.

DKE FLAG Over the years there have been numerous stories about the DKE flag being taken to the moon. The most popular one starting with Alan asking to take the flag with him and being told no by NASA . This one continues with Alan’s wife sewing a miniature version inside one of the sleeves of his space suit in secret.

The truth is the DKE flag did make the trip but the rest of the story isn’t all that glamorous.

According to Alan, in the early days, NASA was pretty lenient if an astronaut wanted to take something to the moon. Wanting to have items along that meant something to him, Alan went to the Dekes to ask for a flag. A reduced size version of the flag was then made by one of the pledge sisters of Omega Chi and given to Alan. Prior to flight, each astronaut was required to display all of his requested items on a table. Once approval was given, the items were packed in each astronaut’s “Personal Preference Kit” and readied for flight. In addition to the DKE flag, Alan’s kit contained his high school flag and a University of Texas flag.

OTHER ASTRONAUTS One of the most enjoyable portions of our interviews was hearing about the other astronauts that were not part of the Apollo 12 crew.

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fond of the idea. Alan did not hide this which probably made life a bit more difficult. Looking back, he would probably do things a little differently and go hunting with the guys occasionally. “I was just a naïve pilot at the time”.

There is clearly a place in Alan Bean’s heart for Deke Slayton. “He was a stand up guy who you better not ever cross”. “But if you were a stand up guy, he had your back.”’

THE NEW CAREER Our interview with Alan began with a discussion of his painting techniques and philosophies. His current project is a commission for two paintings coming from a client in California for his two children. The theme is the beginning and end of the moon landings. The pair of works contrast the short Apollo 11 mission when Armstrong and Aldrin were only allowed a few hours to collect as many rocks as possible to the Apollo 17 voyage which employed a sophisticated moon rover .

At the moment of our visit, he was searching for a way to harmonize the light and dark shadows of both paintings. We discussed options such as adjusting the dark areas of certain craters.

Alan explained a painter’s trick of adding to a certain area with his painting materials and then standing back to see how the image changed. If the change isn’t an improvement, then he will simply remove the pigment.

The Apollo 11 side of the commission highlighted a fascinating method Alan uses as an “in progress” check of his work. As the image is being created he will send out pictures to a team of five people around the world. These are individuals with a great deal of knowledge about space who have access to information and techniques Alan does not.

After sending photos of this image to the team members, one of them came back to say that Armstrong should be wearing his camera at the point in time on the moon’s surface represented by this painting. However, from reading the transcript of the mission, Alan was pretty sure Neil had set the camera aside to use his rock collecting tool. The question had to be settled.

Since the only readily available photograph was taken by Buzz Aldrin from behind Armstrong, the answer seemed elusive. After extensive checking, the group, which includes Professor Ulrich Lotzmann in Germany, who manages Alan’s online gallery, was able to enlarge one photograph to the point of barely realizing the grainy image remaining was in fact a partial view of the camera on Neil’s chest. Alan’s next task is to go back and correct the painting by adding the camera in its proper place.

Our review of Alan’s painting techniques was not complete without an explanation of his methods to maintain the highest degree of

visual accuracy. The work table is one system he uses frequently.

These aids help replicate the perspective and shadows that were present on the moon to be sure they are accurate for each place, time, astronaut, and related equipment that he paints.

Scale models, actual space equipment, including moon boots and gloves, inhabited most of his studio. These items all help Alan to, in his words, “Get it right”’ The model of the Lunar Module sitting on his kitchen table is a primary example. Having been built by a very particular craftsman, it is accurate down to the number of antennas and three colors of protective foil on the spacecraft. Alan stressed that he uses these pieces for reference whenever he wants to double check the details of what he is painting.

“One of the things I bring to this business of painting; is this is as good as I can make it, like it really was. This is what John Young (pointing to one of the commissioned paintings on an easel) really had in his pocket. Notice Buzz Aldrin (pointing to the other commissioned work) has something different in his”’ “These paintings will be, even though there will be a lot better artists than me come along, the best paintings ever of this great adventure. I make the painting as accurate as it can possibly be”. His point is that so much of the vital material is scattered about, or has been given to museums where the quest for accuracy is not so great.

It is important to capture as much as possible now.

The models brought up one story that might surprise some people. Alan was at the Smithsonian Air & Space museum several years ago to make a movie for them. During a tour of the exhibits, he noticed the Lunar Module on display had several errors in construction, including the main struts being installed backwards. Making a note of this and about 15 other incorrect items, he wrote a detailed letter assuming they would be eager to correct the mistakes.

Upon returning two years later and realizing no changes had been made he went to see the person in charge of the exhibit to point this out. The response was “No, this is good enough for us”. In actuality, if those struts were in the position on the real LM as they were on the model, the result would have been a crash landing. Perhaps more importantly, should an artist decide to create an image from the Smithsonian model it would not be right. Though very, very few people would know, Alan made it clear , “It’s not good enough for me”’ TEXTURE AND REALISM Alan’s images instill a feeling that you can touch the moon’s surface.

Not only does this come from the texture created by his painting process, it is enhanced through the use of several mission related items.

The “footprints” are created by pressing a bronze cast of an actual moon boot into the pigment. A rock hammer that was actually flown in space is used to make cetain marks consistent with the theme of the image. In an effort to make each painting truly special Alan came upon the fact that items worn on the moon would harbor small

particle of moon dust. He then cuts small piece from a mission patch and adds them to his paintings.

FAREWELL AND HELLO At the end of what was an enthralling and fascinating 60 minutes, we found ourselves preparing Alan for his speech at the DKE Convention by reviewing the official handshake. He remembered it, but apparently it was taught slightly differently at Omega Chi so the minor corrections were made. We are looking forward to seeing him again in early August.

Many of us had the tendency to refer to astronauts as heros. Most of them would rather just be called adventurers. In Alan Bean’s case the proper term is definitely adventurer and skilled painter.

Our World at My Fingertips “Looking up at the Earth, I could see my home 240,000 miles away. I moved into my spacecraft¹s shadow to get a better view without squinting. It was a brilliant blue and white world floating in a shiney black sky. From this great distance, the collective problems of an entire planet are small beyond recognition. If there really are angels, is this the view they see? Reaching up, I balanced the Earth between my gloved thumb and forefinger. Our world, the whole earth was safely cradled in my fingertips.

Looking down at the Moon, the crisp gray dust was a perfect pallet to contrast earth. From a distance, Monet might have painted our planet as a brilliant blue blur. Some truly great paintings are best appreciated that way.

How small our Earth is in the infinite universe. Someday, when future explorers look back from Mars, our precious home will be but a dim star. Our planet may be small but we are fortunate indeed. Consider the fact that with all the millions of telescopes humans have created and used, and all the hundreds of space probes we¹ve rocketed out into the universe, Earth is still the most beautiful world we have ever seen. How lucky we are!”

RECOMMENDATIONS: From the Earth to the Moon- a documentary on the Apollo program produced by Tom Hanks. The Apollo 12 episode is the only one that follows an entire mission. It focuses on the relationship of the crew.

According to Alan the whole series is quite accurate. He believes this series, along with the Apollo 13 movie will be the history of the Apollo program for future generations.

Alan Bean gallery (alanbeangallery.com)-The images used here can be viewed in the gallery along with the story behind each image. w w w.d ke.o rg

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Phi-Yale University The 2013-2014 year marked a pivotal period for the Phi chapter of DKE. We invited 13 pledges into our ranks and are thrilled with the quality of men that continue to be a part of our chapter at Yale University. The most important part of this year was the improvement to our two houses. This was the first full academic year of our houses being operated by Phi Alumni Association. We are grateful for the leadership of Brother James D. Bishop, Phi ’56 in securing the chapter houses, plus providing funds for renovations and major upgrades.

With 16 brothers now living in the houses, and our total membership rising, we can make improvements on a regular basis along with being able to afford new furniture. These improvements are elevating Phi DKE’s status on campus which in turn will have a positive effect on our recruitment.

We sincerely thank Brother Bishop for his generosity in making the Phi Chapter what it is today. We look forward to make the DKE houses all that they can be.

A big effort has been made on the part of two brothers who have established Yale’s “Whaling Crew.” The Whaling Crew is Yale’s only student-run organization dedicated to supporting Bulldog athletics, with activities ranging from away game road trips to tailgates to a weekly newsletter updating subscribers about that week’s home games.

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as they beat Quinnipiac University for the NCAA Championship trophy.

Things for DKE Phi are looking up and we are very excited about our future and the direction our chapter is heading.

With the leadership in place within the fraternity, new brothers, and the support from our alumni, we are looking forward to the months and years ahead. We thank all of those who have supported us.

Gamma-Vanderbilt University With the 2013-2014 year coming to a close, we were fortunate to initiate three new pledge classes: the Summer Class of 2013, the Fall Class of 2013, and the Spring Class of 2014. The Summer Class, due to various circumstances last year, was unable to formally join ΔKE during the Spring of 2013 like other fraternities on campus. Staying loyal to the house and the relationships they had made with the active brothers, they patiently waited until they could be initiated in the summer. All three classes have earned the respect, understood the knowledge, and mastered the traditions in order to acquire the label of a Gentlemen, a Scholar, and a Jolly-Good Fellow.

On the philanthropic side, we hosted three community service events that featured participants and contributors from throughout our campus. The first of which, Bump, Set, TAP!, was a volleyball tournament benefitting The Afterschool Program.

T.A.P., a mentoring outreach program for at-risk youth in North Nashville, focuses on

closing the achievement gap. Dodgeball for David, our second major community service event, is a tournament assisting David Simone, a close friend of two active members of our chapter, who was recently diagnosed with Precursor T-lymphoblastic Lymphoma.

With individual treatments costing $10,000, one can imagine both the financial and physical toll of this dire situation. The tournament had hundreds of participants with every dollar going to David. Our final event, Educating Rural Peru, was led by one of our active brothers with the effort of raising funds and awareness for impoverished rural highland Andean communities. These communities have been victims of ethnic prejudice, genocide, and lack of government support. As every little bit helps, we were delighted to raise over $18,000 through these events and various other donations.

On the sports side, our house was psyched to inherit the throne in the world of Vanderbilt Intramural Basketball. Beating Phi Gamma Delta, Alpha Epsilon Pi, and Phi Delta Theta during the championship journey, this was the first intramural final that the Gamma Chapter has won in recent memory. By dethroning Phi Delta Theta, the reigning champion, in the finals, we have legitimately earned bragging rights for most of next year. Although many people, especially our parents, would describe us as “Legends in Our Own Minds,” we digress as champions.

The 2013-14 academic year may be over, but our memories of this year and our relationships with our brothers are here to stay. We look forward to continued improvement in all aspects of chapter operations next year.

Beta-University of North Carolina The Beta chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill had another exciting and successful year. Through our brotherhood, service, and social activity, DKE once again maintained its reputation as one of the best houses on campus at Chapel Hill.

Beginning with rush in the fall, we were able to have many successful rush events including a lake weekend at Lake Norman

near Charlotte, a Durham Bulls baseball game, and also a South Carolina versus UNC football game at a local movie theatre. After rush and pledging, twenty-one members initiated, each adding their own energy and characteristics to the chapter. The new members hail from cities including Raleigh, Charlotte, Rocky Mount, Durham, WinstonSalem, Atlanta, Nashville, Richmond, New York, and St. Louis among many others.

Throughout the year, the Beta chapter demonstrated its ability to lead on the service front as well. After a successful spaghetti dinner in the fall, which raised twelve hundred dollars for local children to buy school supplies, we began working on houses for the Habitat for Humanity of Orange County. On eight Fridays and eight Saturdays during the year, brothers dedicated four hours each day to work on the houses given to local families in the area surrounding Chapel Hill. After the builds concluded, a golf tournament was held in April to raise money for the Habitat builds. Around eight thousand dollars was raised through the Si Sitterson Memorial golf tournament.

After a great year of brotherhood and service, the Beta chapter was sad to see its largest class leave. Twenty-five seniors graduated leaving many friends and memories behind. However, with this loss comes a newfound excitement for another wonderful year for the Beta chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Kappa-Miami University Over the course of the 2013-2014 school year, the Kappa chapter has grown greatly in size. Following a class of 29 last year, we were able to recruit and develop 26 strong young men. A large part of our success is due to our varied recruiting efforts. From cookouts, inviting people to the house, philanthropy events, serenades, and following part of our motto of being “jolly good fellows”, our house was packed during open rush.

Throughout the course of the year, we have begun to reach out to other organizations by pairing up for multiple events on campus. For example, we partnered with a National Pan Hellenic Council organization, Alpha Kappa Alpha, to raise awareness about kidney disease, and we partnered with Delta Sigma Phi to develop our members with regards to career services at Miami University’s campus This past November, we had the pleasant opportunity to participate in Movember, which proved to be a huge success for our

chapter. Our programming is one of the largest areas of improvement over the course of the year which has helped to develop our members in ways beyond the social graces that come with our organization.

We have greatly increased our presence on campus by recently having a member of our chapter, Taylor Celestin, complete his term as IFC President this past fall. In the future, we are placing our focus on continuous improvement in all areas with a larger emphasis on our philanthropic donations and community service involvements.

Lambda-Kenyon College Over the past year, Lambda Chapter has enjoyed continued success on the campus of Kenyon College. Among other positive results, we were able to bring the total number of actives to over 40 for the first time in years.

In all, the Fall semester was filled with a variety of successful social and philanthropic events. In October, brothers celebrated their annual alumni weekend which brought alumni from different classes and different parts of the country back to Kenyon College and back to their lodge. For the holiday season, the brothers hosted the annual Shawn Kelly Memorial Party, raising $2900 to provide an evening of arts and crafts, games, and gifts to over 350 children from the local community organization, Headstart. This marked the 24th year in a row for the party.

The Spring semester was met with similar success. Lambda Chapter initiated ten new members while graduating ten seniors.

The Chapter also hosted its annual benefit for the fight against ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, and co-hosted other events such as

a benefit to support children displaced by the conflict in Syria.

Lambda continues to maintain its high academic standards. Several brothers have done exceedingly well, earning distinction in their major and being inducted into honors societies in Classics and Math and Physics.

Throughout the year, brothers have been a committed to both DKE and a wide range of teams, clubs, and committees, and many have been elected to leadership roles in those organizations. This include co-President of the Budget and Finance Committee, Vice President of the Greek Executive Council, President and Captain of Kenyon College

Rugby, Class Captain of Kenyon Ultimate as Frisbee, and President of Kenyon College Model UN. Additionally, brothers have taken on notable roles within the Kenyon Community as Sexual Misconduct Advisors, Beer & Sex Advisors, and Upper Class Counselors.

Eta-University of Virginia The 2013-2014 school year marked another successful year for the Eta Chapter of DKE at the University of Virginia. Our chapter continued to grow strong and has remained very involved in the University. Individuals in our chapter have continued to thrive w w w.d ke.o rg

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CHAPTER NEWS on grounds, with many being members of varsity and club sports, participating in the student council, and volunteering for Madison House, the community service organization for students.

The fall was filled with many fun football tailgates complete with many local bands at the house. The renovation of our basement has added a new place for brothers to hang out in their free time. Our alumni graciously donated a TV and pool table along with new furniture.

We started the spring off strong by recruiting 16 new men in our pledge class.

The pledge class organized our annual “DKE Beach” day philanthropy, which benefitted The Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation. The new pledge class was initiated in early April and we’re very proud to welcome the new members into the fraternity.

Spring was filled with many fun events.

Our chapter loved supporting our Men’s Basketball team, who won the ACC Championship and made it to the Sweet Sixteen.

Many of us made the trip to the ACC Tournament game and up to New York City for the Sweet Sixteen Game. Our annual “DKE Disco” party was a big hit as usual.

We continued to support The Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation by having our first annual Alumni Golf Tournament over our parents’ weekend in April. We had a great turnout and raised over $6,000 for the foundation. This cancer foundation is very important to a brother of our chapter, as his mother passed away from this illness.

Iota-Centre College

Week for the fourth year in a row.

Of special note is the chapter’s revival of Leapfrog-A-Thon, a 43 mile leapfrogging event from the steps of the Old Centre in Danville to the steps of the Capital Building in Frankfort. The men of Iota raised $3,000 with this event alone, bringing their yearly philanthropy total to $12,000. In addition to being sent off by President John Roush, the Dekes were met at the steps in Frankfort by Mr. Colman Eldridge, a board member of the United Way of Kentucky, Iota’s chosen philanthropic partner. Other events included the Rampant Lion Chili Cook-Off, and a Silent Auction.

This year we initiated seven men in our newest pledge class, and graduated five members. With our fifth pledge class since recolonization, the chapter looks to be in good hands for the future. The chapter showed excellence in academics, especially, raising the cumulative GPA to an all-time high. Over 95% of our members participated in some other organization on campus, and we had multiple men inducted into Order of Omega and Gamma Sigma Alpha. We also boast next year’s SGA President as well as two members of IFC Executive Board. On the social front, we hosted the 50th annual DEKE CREEK and ran a line of parties from the chapter house that stirred up campus like never before.

Individually, Brother Alex Hurley ’14 built on his Blaisdell Award for DKE Leadership by taking home Greek Man of the Year at Centre. Hurley has recently joined DKE International as chapter consultant, as well.

Brother David Boyd was awarded Outstanding New Member; while Brother Matt Nisbet won the College’s Mathematics Prize and Brother Thomas Becker won the Leslie Randolph Boyd Civic Service Award.

The chapter extends a special invitation to its Brother alumni for this summer’s DKE International Convention to be hosted by the Iota Chapter at Centre College! We look forward to welcoming you to Danville and at Churchill Downs in Louisville for the closing banquet.

Omicron-University of Michigan The Iota Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon just finished another successful year. The chapter celebrated Homecoming with DKE Board of Directors Chairman Bob Bilbrough (Psi Delta ’78), who made a special presentation of the Lion Trophy to the chapter. Iota continued its winning ways by taking Outstanding Philanthropy Program and winning Greek 24 The Deke Quarterly | summer 2014

The 2013-2014 academic year was another strong year for Omicron. Fall recruitment saw a solid new member class of 22 and winter recruitment brought in another 12.

We happily initiated 32 men this year and look forward to similar numbers next year.

Our Rush Chairs did an excellent job reaching out to potential new members and organizing rush events, such as our annual Fall Preferred Dinner where every brother gets

a great opportunity to individually meet recruits.

The fall saw several great events. In midOctober, Omicron hosted a Parents Weekend dinner at the Michigan Union with 80 attendees, giving the brothers a chance to meet each other’s families. In November, we held our soon-to-be annual alumni dinner where we proudly welcomed alumni as far back as the 50s. Omicron alumnus Jim Grady presented at the dinner his research about a brother during the Civil War, Frederick Taylor, reminding us all of the strength of our bonds and the rich history of DKE. During the winter semester, Omicron hosted our first annual Dad’s Weekend, where we held a poker tournament, screened Michigan’s participation in March Madness, and brought the fathers to a Pistons game, among other events. In April, we threw our three night Tahitian Weekend party, this year for the first time welcoming the rapper Afroman to the DKE house. To close out the year, we organized our annual Frasters Golf Tournament, the proceeds of which went to USO. Finally, a couple special recognitions should be made. The first goes to active brother Brandon Alfond for gaining a position on the IFC’s Social Responsibility Committee. Second and most notably Omicron would like to recognize Doug Lanpher and our Chapter Advisor, Carlos Moncada, as well as the rest of our alumni organization for regaining the contract for the DKE house at Michigan for the next five years.

Beta Phi-University of Rochester This year the Beta Phi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at the University of Rochester had one of its best recruiting years in recent memory, taking in a total of 14 new brothers over the course of the year. For the first time in several years, the chapter received its well-deserved accreditation from the University’s Fraternity and Sorority Affairs office, which is determined through a rigorous set of standards that require each of the school’s fraternities to improve themselves yearly in categories such as leadership development, community service and scholarship.

The brothers continued to build upon the mainstay philanthropic event on the University of Rochester’s campus, Movem-

ber. Throughout the month of November, all over campus you can see interesting styles of facial hair being sported by both DKEs and non-DKEs alike, in order to raise awareness for men’s health. Furthermore, the brothers have joined other organizations in helping solidify Greek life as one of the most positive influences on campus by organizing events such joining Delta Gamma to send packages to mothers and wives of troops stationed over seas, addressed from the elatives respective service member.

The brothers at Beta Phi have continued to create an atmosphere of dedication and service to DKE. Young leaders within the chapter are determined to further improve the chapter and its members in any way that is conducive to community service and scholarship for all brothers.

ation. We have plentiful space in our house and now, with 37 brothers, we are finally able to use it to its full potential, hosting annual Thanksgiving dinners for faculty and the deans of the college.

We are still waiting on possible Greek awards that have not been announced as of the time of this submission, but, all in all, the Theta Chi chapter is as prosperous as ever.

Zeta Zeta-Louisiana State University

Delta Delta-University of Chicago

Theta Chi-Union College The Theta Chi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon is continuing to grow and prosper on the Union College campus. We are up to 37 members, which is the average size of fraternites at Union. We have expanded our horizons to include many more philanthropy events and have more successful rush events.

We initiated 13 new brothers in November 2013 at the end of our fall term. They have developed into fine gentlemen who will transform into excellent leaders when they take Executive Board positions in the near future. We are currently in the process of adding one additional brother this spring term to bring the total recruitment to 14 brothers in the 2013-2014 academic year, which was the same number as the 20122013 academic year.

Our chapter has become heavily involved with the Capital Region Special Olympics, attending and working at their events as well as hosting some of the athletes to watch the Union College Dutchmen hockey team, who won the National Championship this year.

We also have become active in on-campus philanthropy events, participating in events for Habitat for Humanity and MEDLIFE, both of which benefit families in need.

At Theta Chi, academics come first. We had 3.2 GPA in the 2012-2013 academic year, placing us second among fraternities at Union, and we expect to be around the same position this year. Our brothers are dedicated to advancing in their particular disciplines.

The DKE house has also been improving, with Brother Chris Sainato ’14 adding a few more murals to the house before his gradu-

We anticipate a large addition on the house to be built in the near future.

Finally, 15 of our brothers were honored this semester for their academic achievements at the annual Greek Awards ceremony. We are tremendously proud of the example that they have set for the rest of the chapter. Going into next year we will only continue to grow and improve as a chapter and are looking forward to the challenges that next year will hold.

The Zeta Zeta chapter at Louisiana State University is continuing to experience increasingly successful years. Initiating 18 members in the fall of 2013, The Friars of Delta Kappa Epsilon are continuing to be one of the most prominent organizations on campus. In the past academic school year, the chapter has seen an overall increase in the fraternity’s GPA as well as expanding campus involvement.

Occupying the first fraternity house on Louisiana State’s campus since 1923, Zeta Zeta is in a premier location for tailgating and on campus events. For 7 Saturdays each fall, the DEKE house transforms into a hub for some of the nation’s best tailgating.

Semester after semester, the DEKE house plays host to any and all visiting brothers from all of our fraternity’s chapters. We have found that the DKE chapters in the southern region are bonding at a level unseen before as we strive to maintain our status as a strong national fraternity.

Our primary events on the social calendar include our annual fall semester party, Welcome to the Jungle and Old Southwest in the Spring. Also, at the culmination of each academic year, the Friar’s host our annual Friar’s Ball in New Orleans. This formal event consistently brings together alumni and actives, which provides the added benefit of preserving the bonds and strength of Zeta Zeta. We are also proud to report that the Friar’s will be hosting our 2nd Annual Friar’s Golf Tournament as we look to expand our fundraising efforts.

The Delta Delta chapter at the University of Chicago has had a very successful year.

After starting the year with only 22 active members, our chapter brought in three outstanding pledge classes that grew our brotherhood by 12 men.

Unlike other fraternities on campus, our chapter is small but very rich in academic diversity and achievement. Dozens of different majors are represented in Delta Delta.

Our brothers also distinguish themselves outside the classroom. We occupy leadership positions in a variety of student organizations from refugee rights groups to club volleyball to investment clubs and Model UN. Others of us are lucky enough to help conduct cutting-edge research with distinguished faculty such as the late Nobel laureate Gary Becker.

Our seniors, most of whom have already secured employment opportunities upon graduation, have helped younger brothers in their recruitment and professional development efforts. The example set by the seniors and their guidance, coupled with our environment which fosters the pursuit of excellence, has led many of our sophomores and juniors to obtain very exciting summer plans. These opportunities include interning at asset management and consulting firms to volunteering at not-for-profit organizations or working at their own start-up enterprises.

We are also proud to have made an impact in our local community by conducting homeless food runs and cooking for the homeless at the Ronald McDonald House.

The year wraps up with our biggest fundraising effort: The Ian Woo Cumings Memorial 5K/1-Mile Walk, which was featured in a previous issue of The Deke Quarterly. We hold this annual event in memory of our late brother Ian Woo Cumings, with all proceeds going to a memorial scholarship already endowed at the University of Chicago. Last year we raised over $10,000 and we are hoping for even more success this year! w w w.d ke.o rg

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CHAPTER NEWS Of course, our brotherhood is still following our motto of being “jolly good fellows.”

Our year was marked by packed rush events and wildly popular parties, including our biggest event of the year – the Spring BrΔKErs party. The extravaganza featured two dance floors, several popular local DJs, and amazing views of the Chicago skyline from the penthouse of a 40-story building in Hyde Park.

Phi Gamma-Syracuse University The 2013-2014 academic year proved to be another eventful year for the brothers of Phi Gamma at Syracuse University. Enduring many hardships and adversities, the brotherhood rose to the occasion, developing a better relationship with both our local alumni and Syracuse University.

In the Fall, Phi Gamma had a consider-

ably higher participation in on-campus philanthropy than the majority of the other university fraternities, culminating in our annual DG DKE “Spike It” volleyball event.

In the Spring, new philanthropy chairmen David Carmichael and Lee Shearin organized our first inaugural “DKE Bootcamp” fundraiser in which all proceeds were donated to the local Veteran Affairs Hospital allocated specifically amongst the division for post 9/11 veterans. The program proved to be a resounding success as we raised over a thousand dollars and had hundreds of participants.

Another significant achievement in the past year for the DKE chapter was the election of Matt Rose, member of Phi Gamma, as president of the Inter Fraternity Council (IFC). This was followed by receiving the award for “Rising Greek Leader”.

Although a majority of our social schedule was suspended, one of the highlights in the history of Phi Gamma occurred in the fall with the dedication of the “Dick Clark Memorial Library” to illustrious Phi Gamma alumni Richard Wagstaff Clark in the chapter 26 The Deke Quarterly | summer 2014

house. This involved a catered brunch and ribbon-cutting ceremony where many prominent members of SU attended along with brother Clark’s wife and daughter: Barbara and Cindy. This dedication ensued a generous donation bestowed by brother Clark to the CNY fund of DKE. Other academic merits from the chapter included president and senior Scott Friedberg winning “Entrepreneurship Engagement Scholar” from Syracuse University and Launch New York’s “Entrepreneur of the Week”. Another senior, Glenn Friedman was awarded a scholarship for Certified Professional Accountant graduate program at SU. We even had a sophomore aspiring DJ Nicola Bernardini perform with notable DJ Hard Well plus be chosen to play during SU’s spring concert “Mayfest”. Most notably, the Phi Gamma chapter is proud and sentimental to graduate twenty members of our senior class this May from a variety of schools ranging from the Whitman, Newhouse, Arts and Sciences and Information Technologies.

Theta Zeta-University of California at Berkeley Throughout the 2013-2014 academic year, the brothers of the Theta Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at UC Berkeley have continued to uphold the standards that DKE, cherishes and promotes.

This fall brought a promising group of rushes, with many newcomers showing great interest in the house. Thirteen men would be included into the Fall 2013 pledge class resulting in the largest pledge class in recent Theta Zeta history.

Brothers and pledges alike helped retain the reputation of DKE’s impressive social presence with events such as an Animal House themed toga party and a decorative parents’ dinner. In addition, the chapter continued the Cal tradition by participating in the Winnebago trip to UCLA to support the Golden Bear football team, accompanying ever-festive DKE tailgates for each home game. At the final football

game, we hosted an alumni event, complete with a live jazz band. Dozens of alumni from various graduating classes enjoyed the music and catered food.

The following semester, Theta Zeta claimed a small, yet worthy pledge class of two. Some highlights included housing a

group of Phi Alpha University of British Columbia brothers for a week, coordinating a philanthropy event with the Red Cross Blood Drive and two other UC Berkeley fraternities, and sporting an undefeated record in intramural football. As the academic year comes to a close, DKE Theta Zeta bids farewell to six excellent graduating seniors.

Sigma Rho-Stanford University 2013-14 was a turnaround year for the Sigma Rho Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Although we had some tough times in the past few years, the resilience, patience, and leadership of our members has allowed us to lay the foundations for major changes in the coming years. We have been increasing our presence on campus through service outreach and partnerships with other campus organizations in addition to forging strong connections with both these local groups and DKE International.

We even updated our website!

Most importantly, our bonds with each other have never been stronger. We strengthened our brotherhood through a wide variety of events while still maintaining our standards for quality. From attending Giants games, to hosting sorority mixers, to volunteering on campus, DKE brothers have been very active this year.

We also initiated our 117th pledge class into our brotherhood this Spring (shout out to Theta Zeta, Berkeley, for their help!). The 8 men fully embody the characteristics of gentlemen, scholars, and jolly good fellows, and are already contributing as new active members. We are not the largest chapter, but the energy and ideas we have going into next year make us very optimistic about the future of DKE at Stanford!

Delta Phi-University of Alberta Delta Phi is shining bright in the eyes of the local community. In the last few years our chapter has made a shift to focus more on philanthropy.

In the 2013-2014 academic year our chapter of only 24 members rallied together and contributed over 425 hours of volunteer work. This included making breakfast for the homeless, working at a charity gala and also a Habitat for Humanity build with the lovely ladies of Delta Gamma. Our favorite fundraiser of the year was our annual Grinder Cup outdoor ice hockey tournament, which raised around $2,500. This money will be benefitting the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada as several members of our chapter prepare to ride in the annual MS Bike Tour. In the past three years of this event, with the combined funds from Grinder Cup and donations collected by team members, our Bike Tour team has raised over $45,000 for this great cause.

We had an impressive graduating class of twelve men this year. Many of these men will spend the coming years studying at schools of Law, Medicine and Architecture in cities around the world. Some will be staying here in Alberta, others going to Arizona; one is even heading across the pond to England. We wish these men the best of luck in their endeavors.

Our ranks have been partially replenished as we initiated 5 new members this year, each perfectly exemplifying the qualities of the Gentleman, Scholar and Jolly Good Fellow. Of our new brothers we have actors and engineers, innovators and leaders; and we look forward to the success that they will undoubtedly bring to Delta Phi and DKE. Finally, we are pleased to announce that we have a member of Delta Phi on the IFC this year, elected as VP of Greek Relations.

We would also like to congratulate David Howe, our active chapter president this past year, who will be working at DKE HQ in Ann Arbor next year as a chapter consultant.

Tau Delta-University of the South The first semester of the 2013-2014 school year proved that Tau Delta is improving in all

facets of fraternity life. The chapter raised $500 for the Rally Foundation, an organization dedicated to raising money for childhood cancer research. By participating in T-Shirt selling and 4 Quarters for research, plus asking for spare change from people at sporting events, we were able to raise this money for the Rally Foundation.

Our Fall Rush, not our main rush at Sewanee, resulted in two senior pledges, both of whom completed pledgeship and initiation. Socially we held our annual Christmas formal, always a big hit, and other theme parties.

Spring rush yielded 8 freshman pledges, all of whom made it through pledgeship and initiation. We volunteered at the Sewanee Day Care revamping and cleaning their playground facilities. This included yard work and minor construction. Our biggest parties of the year included DKE Dynasty, a redneck themed party and a Risky Business themed party as well.

We have upgraded the house to allow for 3 brothers to live in it. This extra revenue will allow for our Housing Corps to secure a loan to begin the process of adding on and upgrading our house.

Psi DeltaWake Forest University Although the 2013-14 academic year presented the Psi Delta chapter with many challenges, we rose above and beyond what could have originally been expected. In the fall, we implemented a “Culture Change Agreement” with both Wake Forest University and DKE International to maintain and bolster each of these relationships.

With the addition of a Judicial Board to promote accountability, better interactions with both the fire and police departments of Winston-Salem, and an increased presence of our chapter advisors (Chip Patterson and Shea Agnew), we have high hopes for the future.

Also, including a third-party security system during our social events and a stronger mindset towards protecting our house helped the chapter to face no issues on the social side—with many parties exceeding 300 WFU students.

The DKE House at Wake Forest, which has been around for almost ten years and continues to stand as the only fraternity house at the university, has recently had its mortgage refinanced. We expect many renovations will be completed during this summer. Finally, although we began the year with a large debt to DKE International, it has now been paid off in full thanks to hard work by our Treasurer, John Iskander.

On the more positive side of things, on the weekend of March 29-30 we initiated 21 new brothers into the Psi Delta chapter.

Shea and Chip, each present at the ceremony, were incredibly impressed with their knowledge of DKE history, Psi Delta history, and our national and local songs.

We participated in all of the Wake Forest community’s philanthropy events, including Hit the Bricks, Hydrating Humanitate, and Project Pumpkin, in order to highlight our chapter’s desire to become more involved.

In fact, our Vice President, Tommy Kinzer, also organized a Psi Delta philanthropy event at the local Boys and Girls Home. We spent a day getting to know the youths there through sports and conversation.

Finally, our executive board visited the UNC chapter to learn more about their operations, our new members visited the UVA chapter, and we were visited by those from the NC State colony.

Epsilon Rho-Duke University This past year our chapter made marked improvements from previous years in a variety of aspects which will continue to bolster our growth and help us to reach our potential.

For starters, we rekindled many lost connections with alumni that had fallen to the wayside by starting an alumni newsletter. We hosted three separate weekends during the school year (between the fall and spring semesters) inviting alumni to come out and join us at our living space to socialize, recount memories, and get the opportunity to get acquainted with the current group w w w.d ke.o rg

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CHAPTER NEWS of brothers. We hope to create a board of alumni to mentor our executive board. In addition to these improvements, we’ve also created a PayPal account to make the process of donating easier for any alumni interested.

This year, Epsilon Rho hosted multiple philanthropic events on campus with incredible success. During the fall semester, we provided the students on campus the opportunity to write holiday cards for the troops overseas, receiving over 150 cards which were sent out through a third party to the troops. During the spring semester, we hosted an NCAA themed event (because basketball is so near and dear to our hearts) where we picked two national and two local organizations to see who would attract the most in monetary donations. Following a close semi-final and final round, a local group, the Genesis Home Project, came out on top. In the coming school year they will be receiving all of the money donated throughout the event (approximately $900).

We hope to continue these events in the future, along with other new, creative efforts to give back to a worthwhile cause both locally and at large as well.

The upcoming year holds a lot of promise for the current brothers. Our executive board has already started meeting to plan for the 2014-15 school year, and we are excited for what the future will hold. We hope to continue seeing improvements in philanthropic efforts and alumni relationships. We will also be focusing on developing our recruitment strategies and organization so that we can continue to bring in passionate and well-rounded men into our brotherhood.

Theta UpsilonArizona State University

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in the Spring ’14 semester. There have been many notable events and accomplishments for the men in recent months: a successful formal, great attendance at brotherhood events, increased outreach to alumni, incredible community service, and award recognition from the governing Arizona State University.

The Chapter’s formal was held in Las Vegas, Nevada at the prestigious Bellagio Hotel. The Formal Chair, Aaron Kalvin, did a wonderful job at securing the venue and transportation while staying within budget constraints. All brothers in attendance had a wonderful time relaxing with their friends and enjoying all that the city offers. Other brotherhood events had great turnouts this past semester, the festivity favored most by the men was the Arizona Diamondbacks baseball game. The included picture shows the majority of those in attendance in their left field seats at the stadium.

Alumni outreach has come a long way in recent months. Most notably was the alumni golf tournament coordinated by Alumni Chair, Dom Riella, with the assistance of Brother Lieth ’93. The event as held at Karsten Golf Course, adjacent to Arizona State. Alumni and undergraduates played the eighteen holes with Michael Carroll ’14, recording the best score.

The chapter averaged 12.2 hours of community service per man on the semester thanks greatly to an event started by a now graduated Brother’s father. The Baehr Challenge, required two days of work with more than 50 Dekes assisting in the construction and dismantling of the obstacle course to be run by participants.

For all the hard work of the Chapter, ASU awarded three of nine possible 2014 accolades to the Theta Upsilon men. These were the Phoenix Award, Outstanding Community Service Award, and Fraternity Man of the Year Award.

The Phoenix Award is allotted to the most improved Chapter at the University. The Outstanding Community Service Award was secured due to the Baehr Challenge benefitting Parkinson’s research. The Fraternity Man of the Year Award was earned by current Chapter President, Bryan Lang, for his ef-

forts on behalf of the Chapter.

It has been a successful year for the DKE at of Arizona State and the forecast calls only for more improvements in the eyes of the men and the chapter.

Phi Sigma-Bryant College The Phi Sigma chapter at Bryant University had a great 2014 – 2015 school year. We had an exciting fall semester filled with rush events and getting to know potential new members. In the spring we were proud to initiate our new fellow brothers. The spring pledge class of 2014 is full of potential and we have high aspirations for the coming year.

Phi Sigma was involved in various philanthropic events this year, including St. Jude’s Up ‘til Dawn, where we raised over $2,000 for cancer research. Our chapter also showed our support at several awareness walks, including the spring event to support arthritis and breast cancer awareness. Every year the Phi Sigma chapter attends relay for life. This year in addition to supporting those affected by cancer, we raised $100 for Kicking Causes, a non-profit started by a Bryant University Alumni. The Phi Sigma chapter also volunteered to restore a local community park and garden in Providence by planting new trees and bushes in the area.

In the fall one of our members was elected Secretary of IFC. He served IFC effectively, and represented our chapter proudly.

At our annual Greek Banquet, Phi Sigma was awarded the highest raise in GPA for any chapter on campus. Next year we are excited to rush for our first ever fall semester pledge class. This additional pledge class will increase our on campus representation and expand our chapter.

Zeta Chi-Bentley College The Zeta Chi chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Bentley University successfully recruited 11 men this past spring. This fine addition to our chapter resulted in 58 total members, our highest number of brothers since the early 2000’s. The feat was achieved through a comprehensive effort from our rush chairmen to our seniors.

Our dedication to bettering our brotherhood was also apparent from our philanthropy and fundraising events. Most notably, we worked with Alzheimer’s Association to host a “Battle of the DJ’s” during our spring weekend which raised over $500 in donations alone. In doing so, we were able to attract a significant number of Greek life representatives, faculty, sports teams, and other members of the student body.

Our intramural successes included a stel-

lar performance in the IFC basketball league as we were able to go undefeated and claim first place. Additionally, we were able to able to come in third place during our fall IFC football league standings.

Zeta Chi’s active members excelled not only on the playing field but also in the classroom and office positions. Actives were able to hold four executive board positions on IFC and two on our Greek Activities Counsel. We were also fortunate enough to be recognized in the top three for fraternity cumulative GPAs at Bentley.

us give back to our community. We find ourselves now a proud chapter with a solid membership consisting mainly of under-classmen.

This solid foundation will serve us well in the upcoming years, as we work to meet our desired size and become one of the largest and most recognized organizations on campus. None of this would have been possible if not for the dedicated and resilient membership we have here at NYU. We look forward to the upcoming year as we have new, young leaders with visions for growth for this chapter.

Delta Psi-Indiana University

DKE at University of Victoria is pleased to announce that Beta Tau just finished one of its most successful years. In terms of numbers, the chapter is stronger than ever. Beta Tau put through two pledge classes, adding 27 more brothers to the roster. This brought the membership total to 65, with 50 actives expected to return in the fall. The chapter wishes the 15 members leaving the best as they move on to bigger and better things.

It was also a successful year for the philanthropy program. Beta Tau raised more than $2,000 from the annual Undie Run, with proceeds going to the Canadian Cancer Society. Beta Tau’s brothers also spent the month of December manning Salvation Army kettles.

This year was also brought academic improvements, with the brothers logging over 700 hours in the DKE chapter study room in the UVic library. Beta Tau also played an instrumental role in recruiting for the Tau Beta Colony at SFU. The brothers look forward to another great year, striving for continued progress while continuing to assist Tau Beta in their efforts to achieve chapter status.

Sigma Xi-St. Joseph’s College

Beta Gamma-New York University Beta Gamma chapter began this year facing expulsion due to inaccurate reports regarding events that occurred in the Spring of 2013. Throughout the year Beta Gamma faced unfavorable conditions that would have crippled most other chapters; yet the continual support of returning actives, as well as strong, motivated new members allowed us to maintain our presence on NYU’s campus. This strong leadership coupled with high chapter morale helped us survive our temporary suspension and begin rehabilitating our image with the university.

With less than 30 returning actives, a strong recruitment class in Fall 2013 propelled us from a smaller fraternity on campus to one of the more respectable-sized organizations. We saw continued success in the spring with respect to our rush process, bringing on 10 more members. Beta Gamma ended the year with just fewer than 60 members on our roster for the fall.

In the spring, we paired with several other organizations from the Greek Community to sponsor Hilarity for Charity, a movement led by comedian Seth Rogen to raise awareness and support for Alzheimer’s disease.

Events such as this helped reestablish our presence back on campus and allowed

Beta Tau-University of Victoria

The 2013-2014 school year for the Delta Psi Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon was one of internal growth. Our strength in the quality of our members has improved tremendously.

While we had already adopted Indiana Avenue in 2012, and continue to do bimonthly cleanups, our community service hours have tripled in the last two years.

Community service events this year included setting up for the Bloomington Red Cross Book Fair and spending time at the Middle Way House, which seeks to end violence in the lives of women and children by implementing and sponsoring activities and programs aimed at achieving individual and social change.

This spring, we hosted our 2nd Annual Alumni Banquet during Little 500 week.

During that event, Brother Ryder McMinn received the newly created Outstanding Brother Scholarship for his actions and leadership throughout the year, voted on by the alumni and actives. The turnout for the event was twice as large as the initial banquet, and we continue to grow the event for years to come.

Sigma Xi has certainly had a roller coaster ride for the 20132014 Academic School year following their successful campaign in 2012-2013, leading to multiple Lion Trophy Application Awards.

To kick off the school year, we promoted our local history with a resurging Founder’s Day celebration, in dedication to our prior local fraternity’s history. This event was booked at an on-the-water catering facility bringing in over 25 alumni.

Later in October, Sigma Xi hosted a haunted trail to the local community around St. Joseph’s College, providing marketing and advertising tactics that brought over 300 people from local families to this philanthropy event. To close out the semester, the chapter bonded for their Annual Christmas Party where more alumni came to show support.

After the hiatus, Sigma Xi blew the roof off of St. Joseph’s College fraternity recruitment. We received 26 registered interview sign ups from interested potential new members. This is an all-time fraternity high on campus. We finished with 17 initiates, another record for St. Joseph’s.

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Brothers Rob Mancuso and Angelo Lim became the newly elected Student Government President and Vice President, respectively.

Also, Brother Mike Tavella became the St. Joseph’s College Greek Council Treasure.

Sigma Xi’s academic involvement was very strong this year, holding a cumulative brother GPA approaching 3.3 (nearly .5 above the mean male student). Our scholarship chairman distributed honor society information to all brothers and aided brothers to maintain activity.

Finishing the year with 44 undergraduates on campus before commencement, 12 brothers will be leaving us. Some of which include 5 New York State certified Educators and our President who passed the Actuarial Exam P/1 during his tenure as our leader.

We are extremely proud of our graduating brothers and current actives that have left their mark this year on the chapter, the campus, and their academic disciplines.

Phi Mu-Manhattan College This year has seen a great deal of achievement for, recently recognized, DKE Phi Mu Chapter. From our first networking event, campus activities throughout the semester, Spring break in Mexico, Delta class initiation and of course being awarded chapter status.

Our campus events of corn hole, can-jam, Frisbee and soccer kick ups were received well by the student body who enjoyed their time on the quad one sunny afternoon in Riverdale, New York. We were out in full force, with all our brothers proudly wearing letters and all our pledges participating in the games with us and conversing with other students who came to play. This gave us exposure and allowed us to mingle with other students that may be interested in our brotherhood.

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on the tail end of their trip. Our brothers also organized themselves a group package to Cancun Mexico for Spring break. This was a great way to bond and explore a new country while representing our brotherhood.

We initiated 13 new brothers of the Delta class into DKE Phi Mu this past May and it was a very smooth and thorough ceremony.

This was our biggest pledge class yet. We are proud at the pride and friendship they have displayed during the process.

Towards the end of April and the start of final examinations, we submitted our documentation to DKE International seeking approval for chapter status. We were granted chapter status May 15th 2014; the proudest moment in our Phi Mu history. We have come a long way since trying to be established on campus as a club at Manhattan College and then trying to be recognized as an official chapter. It has been all worth it, and we are

confident that the current brothers sustaining and prolong the DKE Phi Mu legacy we have built at Manhattan College.

Senior Formal came around and our graduation seniors enjoyed their last few days of their college careers, anticipating the next phase of the adulthood. As commencement took place on Sunday May 18th, we said goodbye to 7 of our brothers who will go on to do great things in their respective fields.

We have grown from strength to strength within Phi Mu, pushing our limits, expanding our presence on campus and getting work done for a common goal. We look forward to the 2014-2015 academic year where we hope our brothers will perform excellently in their courses, while developing and advancing their friendships and brotherhood, having a great time in college and serving the greater community at large.

Gamma Iota-Gannon University The last academic year has been both productive and massively pivotal for the Gannon Colony. The year began with moving into a wonderful three story home in a central location on campus, which houses

eight of the founding class. A grand opening ceremony was held mid-semester with Brother Lanpher, families, and university officials in attendance to honor the beginning of the colony. At this ceremony, the letters that were to be placed on the house were unveiled. The rest of the first semester consisted of a focus on laying the political and ritual traditions of our colony, in order to insure success in the future.

Throughout the second semester, the Gamma Iota Colony had many notable accomplishments. First and foremost, four new members chose to join our ranks, which made the colony the third biggest Fraternity on campus, out of seven, in only a year’s time. The four new members were initiated under the eye of Brother Lanpher and Brother Alvis, making it a truly remarkable initiation.

The Gamma Iota brothers showed their support for the local community in multiple service opportunities, which were all a great success.

After observing Dekes in service events, one man wrote a letter to the local paper, emphasizing how pleased he was with their performance. In another instance, Gamma Iota was recognized by a local CEO. The actives were also given an opportunity to help assemble seating and sound apparatus at a concert on campus, leading to a considerable donation from the organization holding the concert.

Additionally, four mixers in the second semester were huge success. Consequently, a great relationship was formed with a sorority on campus, from which they also named our second sweetheart.

With things continuing on the upward slope, Gamma Iota chose to petition for IFC recognition, as well as, chapter status from DKE International. Applications were filled out for both positions and sent on their respective ways. IFC recognition was guaranteed to them early in the 2014-2015 academic year, and the DKE International Board of Trustees gave a thumbs up on May 15th to officially recognize the Gamma Iota Colony as a chapter!

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Chi Beta-University of North Carolina at Wilmington

This year the Chi Beta Colony at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington passed a major milestone when on May 15, 2014 it was awarded chapter status, along with two other colonies, as the newest chapters of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Throughout our time spent as a colony, the brothers of Chi Beta learned much is required to build a name that honorably represents our beloved fraternity. In just two years we have climbed our way up in the ranks within our Greek community.

Soldiers Best Friend, our first Semi-Formal, other social functions, and helping other Greek organizations with their philanthropic endeavors have helped us establish positive relationships on our campus. Events such as a volleyball tournament helped to raise around $1,500 for our philanthropy, and show UNCW that ∆KE is here to stay.

Chi Beta has established the permanent roots for both an efficient and functioning infrastructure as well as an effective new member education process. The time spent as a colony demonstrated these programs are vital to the future growth of our brotherhood. Chi Beta is continuing to grow with new traditions that help instill further pride in ∆KE among all members. Everyone in the chapter looks forward to what the future has in store, and what we can do to help any of our brothers and their chapters around the world.

Tau Alpha-McGill College The Tau Alpha colony at McGill University in Montreal Canada initiated its first class (10 men) in March 2013. The colony now has 36 active brothers and has achieved a great deal. During this academic year, we initiated, in short order, 3 classes of outstanding gentlemen (scholars and jolly good fellows, of course). Other highlights of the year include partnering with Relay for Life to raise over $3,000 for cancer research (the second most of all the participating teams), placing 3rd in Greek Week and holding our first formal event, which was a rousing success!

The members of the colony are extremely active in leadership within McGill, with several Brothers being elected to leadership positions to begin in September 2014. For instance, Daniel Chaim and Max Drabkin were elected to VP Internal of SSMU (Student’s Society of McGill University) and VP Communications of AUS (Arts Undergraduate Society), respectively.

These positions, among many others, give Deke a real presence on campus and have developed our reputation in an extremely positive way. Furthermore, Deke has quickly become an integral part of the McGill Greek system with James Hutchingame being elected to VP Fraternities of IGLC (Inter-Greek Letter Council), giving us meaningful input into the goings on of Greek life at McGill.

Looking forward, we are sad to see our graduating Brothers go off into careers in fields ranging from the financial industry to high technology to higher education but are excited to build a strong alumni network.

Having made great progress in tracking down and establishing relationships with Tau Alpha alumni from when it was an active chapter, we are looking to constantly grow the network and connect new and old Brothers. In sum, we are proud of our growth and trajectory and are excited at the prospect of being honored with full chapter status during the upcoming academic year! w w w.d ke.o rg

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Delta Pi-University of Illinois Recently reestablished Delta Pi at the University of Illinois has been doing remarkably well. In the span of a month we have become the newest colony of Delta Kappa Epsilon and are now an Associate Member of the Interfraternity Council. We have secured advertising, funding, backing, and guidance from the IFC for the 2014-2015 school year. We are also in the process of becoming a Registered Student Organization, which will allow us to setup a booth on Quad Day, secure further funding, and break housing contracts with the university (should we get a house).

We have begun looking into potential housing options and have already toured three homes. While the possibility of leasing a home for this coming school year remains uncertain, we are confident we will be able to occupy a home in the 2015-2016 school year.

Other activities include connecting with alumni and planning a get-together this summer in Chicago for the Fighting Illini’s homecoming football game against Minnesota. Academically, we are proud to report our GPA ranks third among fraternities at U of I, beating out over 57 others. Our colony president plans to attend Convention and eagerly looks forward to meeting with fellow Dekes from far and wide The pledge class of re-founding fathers is at a solid 13 men, and we plan to significantly increase this number in the fall. Planning for Rush is taking place behind the scenes, and the men of Delta Pi are more optimistic and dedicated than ever. If all goes according to plan we will be formally initiated into the brotherhood in the fall.

Omega Chi-University of Texas The Omega Chi Dekes are officially back at The University of Texas. Omega Chi refuses to die and we have begun to rebuild our

historic chapter. We like to say, “apó tis stáchtes” or “from the ashes”, as we labor onward toward DKE’s former glory at UT. At the end of our first year back, we now stand twenty brothers strong, are working hard on summer rush and are looking forward to moving into our newly leased fraternity house in fall.

Over the past year our brothers have came together to create and participate in some great service and social events. The brothers, along with the Alumni Association, hosted a tailgate in the fall where we met many of our Omega Chi alumni as well as some Omega Mu actives. In the spring, we partnered with the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps at UT to help the Marines rebuild and repair their Marine Corps Obstacle Course. After fixing the course the Marine instructors had us run through the obstacles many, many times. Later in spring, we co-hosted a Round-Up event with multiple musicians, a crawfish boil, and a giant slipand-slide.

Omega Chi’s goal in volunteer services has been to promote community engagement and improve the lives of our fellow Texans. Over the course of the year, we participated in many service events including manning a booth at the UT Halloween Children’s Festival, donating boxes of books to an afterschool reading program for underprivileged children, and participating in the yearly UT Service Day around the city.

One of our proudest accomplishments has been partnering with the Alumni to establish a permanent philanthropy partner with The Center for Students in Recovery. This is a non-profit agency that helps students with alcohol and drug addiction, treatment, jobs, housing, and counseling.

The Omega Chi Alumni have played an integral role in re-igniting the flame of DKE at The University of Texas and we are very grateful for all their contributions. We also would like to thank our Tau Chi brothers, as well as DKE International for all their support.

We look forward to continuing to build the Omega Chi Chapter and expanding the glory of dear old DKE.

Lambda TauUniversity of Tennessee The Lambda Tau colony was founded on November 13th, 2013 with 10 men in its founding class. One of those men, Forrest Billington, transferred from

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Arizona State University where he was initiated by the Brothers of the Theta Upsilon chapter. Brother Billington, with the help of the Gamma chapter at Vanderbilt University and the Mu Chi chapter at Maryville College, led the other nine through their pledging process and Initiation.

Lambda Tau seeks to augment Greek life at the University of Tennessee. We have received nothing but support from other fraternities and sororities on campus. Word of Delta Kappa Epsilon’s presence on campus has spread swiftly. Since we are surrounded by several successful chapters in Tennessee and neighboring states, many students are already familiar with Delta Kappa Epsilon and the fraternity’s legacy.

Since Lambda Tau is not even one year old yet, recruiting is a vital aspect to the colony’s success. We look forward to the fall semester as it will be a challenging, but exciting, first official rush for Lambda Tau. We have already experienced quite a bit of interest from current students and will be spending the summer getting to know incoming freshmen who may have the potential to become a member of DKE. On top of recruiting, community service has been an area of importance as well.

All of the Brothers of Lambda Tau are members of the Best Buddies chapter at UT, an organization that allows teenagers with intellectual disabilities to participate in recreational activities they might not normally get to enjoy. Furthermore, we are always discussing the future possibilities of an official philanthropy once we become a full-fledged chapter!

Alpha Epsilon-University of Warwick The Alpha Epsilon Colony at the University of Warwick (UK), was extremely pleased to receive its colony certification November 12th, 2013, becoming the first DKE colony in England and joint first in Europe (along With Alpha Sigma – Edinburgh). The colony witnessed the initiation of its ten founding fathers, Brothers William Salt, Salim Uz-Zaman, Pascal Dick, Hercules Gkritsis, Martin Lausegger, Jack Dulski, Tomas Kolina, Cyril Boulard, Josh Guilliard and Max Bernstein on May 3rd 2014.

Bids were extended to an additional ten pledges. The Warwick Delta Kappa Epsilon colony quickly surpassed the local Alpha Epsilon Pi colony to become the largest Greek organization on campus. We are extremely proud to be leading the DKE colonization effort in England and more widely in Europe.

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DONOR LIST 2012-2013

ALPHA ALPHAMIDDLEBURY COLLEGE Robert Clarke Robert Cowles Weston Cowles Christopher Daigle William Fox Glen Graper Norman Higgins John Iacovino Reuben Mark David Mitchell Edwin Naylor Samuel Palmisano Darren Scheufele Christopher Smith David Strachan John Urban Spencer Wright

1963 1953 1958 1990 1959 1958 1961 1963 1960 1995 1964 2011 2012 1965 1955 1944 1948

ALPHA BETADEPAUL UNIVERSITY Brendan Walsh

2001

ALPHA CHI-TRINITY COLLEGE 1969 Edward Adler Edward Burnham 1940 1954 William Conner Ray Graves 1967 Leonard Heinrich 1973 John Hubbard 1952 1951 Robert Kenyon 1951 Alexander Simpson Michael Smith 1981 Timothy Yasui 1983 ALPHA DELTANORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY Robert Lake 1949 ALPHA MU-ROWAN UNIVERSITY Robert Bauer 1990 2004 Dennis Gerber Christopher Kelly 1991 David Lande 1988 Michael Lis 2000 Scot Merkle 1983 Lee Sanft 1992 Edward Vance 1994 Richard Zucal 2000 ALPHA OMEGALOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY 1986 Charles Campbell William Lockard 1994 Guy Modica 1995

ALPHA PHIUNIVERSITY OF TORONTO Ryan Ackers 2003 G. Adamson 1969 Donald Ferguson 1977 Andrew Kilpatrick 1979 Donald Macdonald 1953 Warren Moysey 1961 Philip Robson 1977 Ely Sbrozzi 1995 Seymour Wigle 1979 ALPHA TAUUNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA David Bihun 1977 Eamon Egan 1983 1946 John English Edward Gibson 1967 Leo Helmer 2000 William Lindsay 1958 Nicholas Mercury 1990 1949 James Paul William Pope 1968 BETA-UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Richard Badham Belton Baker Richard Bates Edward Baur Lawrence Bell Vardaman Buckalew James Christmas Paul Duckworth Jonathan Engram Scott Farmer Eric Fast Henry Hagan James Henderson William Hollan Lucius Kellam Peter Larkin Stanley Leggett Jay Levell William Luesing Steven McCarroll Randolph Metcalfe Thaddeus Moore Timothy O’Connor Stephen Owen S Phillips Matthew Reardon Philip Riker Albert Roper Michael Sandwith

1946 2011 2005 1968 1957 1954 2012 1980 2008 2008 1971 1975 2010 1968 1962 1978 1958 2002 1959 1968 1976 1967 1974 1956 1965 2008 1968 1963 2009

William Schmidt A Shuford Newton Smith Brenton Smith Roddy Story John Targgart Henry White Davis Willingham David Wysong

1966 1966 1977 1986 2004 1986 2011 2011 1963

BETA CHICASE WESTERN RESERVE James Bodfish 1945 A. Broennle 1963 James Dahlberg 2008 2002 Brian Dykas Michael Laurich 1993 J Rydstrom 1966 BETA DELTAUNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA 1995 Alexander Ream BETA GAMMANEW YORK UNIVERSITY Emrah Artukmac Aaron Ayala Davin Chow Robert Harrits Ethan Mandel Matthew McQueen Krishnateja Yarra Gennady Zilberman

1997 2006 2010 2006 2009 2003 2013 2007

BETA PHIUNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER Richard Bakemeier 1952 Tyler Ballew 2005 2012 Travis Block Anthony Bottar 1972 1976 Joseph Carson Thomas Collins 1964 Christopher Conlin 1981 Thomas Coppola 1973 Marc DeBlasio 1982 Philip Fisher 1947 Donald Gaudion 1971 Ryan Gilhooley 2011 2009 Ryan Goldberg John Greco 2006 Brian Grimberg 1996 1950 Thomas Hoffman Bruce Hutchison 1976 Arden Killingstad 2010 David Maloney 1976 Franklin Nagy 1981

John Potter Mitchell Riesenberger Michael Rosato Thomas Spangenberg Howard Thomas Roger Valkenburgh Erik Van Houten Charles Whittier Mark Zweibon

1967 1995 1982 2007 1942 1969 2012 1957 2000

BETA TAUUNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA 2012 Vasil Panov Jeffrey Pearson 2012 CHIUNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI Christopher Baldwin 2011 Kenneth Cookson 1957 Herbert Denton 1950 1966 William Donald William Donovan 1977 George Gafford 1961 William Graham 1970 1963 Kirk Grantham 2008 Franklin Hill Joseph Hinshaw 1971 George Homich 1965 Jeffrey Hood 1965 Van Lee 1965 2011 Edward Martin Samuel Mavar 1965 Jay McDonald 1974 William McMullen 1966 William Morris 1964 2010 James Orth Charles Paschal 1980 G Roark 1969 Henry Sanders 1968 John Tonos 1973 Charles Treadway 2008 1960 Bill Tucker Donald White 1966 CHI RHOBLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Edward Cass 2010 Noah Jones 2010 Donald Mayock 2008 Bryan Siegfried 2009 DELTA CHICORNELL UNIVERSITY John Almquist Donald Barrick Richard Bates

1954 1991 1966

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Brian Behm David Bentley Christopher Bentley Steven Bernstein Vincent Bertomeu Douglas Bertrand Timothy Booth Wesley Card James Clark Michael Clifford Edipo Cravo Kahlil Day Stephen Dietemann Walter Dinehart John Dubeck Richard Earl Ernest Fascett Homer Fogle William Forbes Joseph Gatto Charles Githler Andrew Harte Thomas Healey Thomas Hudson Matthew Hyland Blair Jenness Brian King Daniel Kops Robert Lester Henry Llop James Lyman C MacDonald Ross Maghan George Nesterczuk George Nicholson Bryan Parry Robert Platt William Roberts Ari Sobel Stephan Spilkowitz Mark Storer Clinton Tepper Kirkland Todd William Wilke

1995 1964 2010 1987 1995 1977 2011 2003 1944 1991 2010 1980 1975 1969 1971 1943 1971 1970 1967 1992 1955 1996 2011 2001 1997 1996 1970 1969 1972 1983 1955 1966 1966 1956 2009 1973 2006 1999 2010 1980 2008 1944 1960

DELTA DELTAUNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO 1995 Edwin Cho Kenneth Cid 2012 Jay Dawley 1948 Peter Debaz 2008 Jeremy Martin 2011 Kenneth Monahan 1995 Michael Peters 1990 Thomas Wiencek 1978 DELTA EPSILONNORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY 1979 Thomas Andrew Paul Ballard 1972 William Bartholomay 1950

John Duncan William Laser

2000 1958

DELTA KAPPAUNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA George Akel 1957 Ronald Akel 1960 Peter Barrett 1953 Jason Berry 1990 William Caldwell 1960 Archie Casbarian 1997 Matthias Christy 1957 T Coleman 1976 John Dougherty 1953 Blaine Eynon 1969 William Fallon 1984 Charles Fetter 1984 Richard Goerwitz 1956 Troy Gustavson 1968 Paul Hallingby 1969 Walter Kilbourne 1953 Robert Latoff 1984 1950 Jabez MacLaughlin Philips Marshall 1957 Cornelius McCarthy 1959 Junius Moore 1945 John Owens 1991 2011 Michael Repsch Keith Stimson 1990 John Stinson 1972 Christopher Sym 2004 Per Westad 1943 1979 Steven Wolf Charles Zarfos 1960 DELTA PHIUNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA Douglas Allen Hugh Babowal H Beveridge Paul Gil Darren Kelly Vernon Krause Kurt Kufeld Vitor Marciano Graham McLean William McLeod Hugh Moncrieff John Pahl James Pittman Alexander Polkovsky Alexander Ross Ian Walker

1955 1990 1968 1987 1988 1949 1984 1990 1964 1956 1986 1991 1995 2003 1990 1973

DELTA PIUNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS Arthur Alderson Kevin Armstrong James Brewster Paul Daily Michael Fogarty

1971 1980 1953 1976 1984

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David Helverson Thomas Hostetler John Hummer William Lamb John McDonald Gary Newtson Charles Reitsch Ritchie Ronning Charles Wurmstedt

1981 1950 1954 1949 1943 1957 1951 1976 1944

DELTA PSI-INDIANA UNIVERSITY 2011 Skyler Fulkerson William Herring 2010 Ryan Johnson 2009 Ryan LaValle 2011 Jared Palay 2006 Dustin Parrish 2007 Gary Ross 2009 DELTA TAUOHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Justin Brodnik 2004 EPSILON-WILLIAMS COLLEGE Michael Dowhan 1967 Charles Jordan 1948 Christopher Peacock 1954 Daniel West 1954 EPSILON RHODUKE UNIVERSITY John Egan Christian Horazeck Creston King Eric Ojerholm Ryan Sellers Jeffrey Sinclair Jonathan Wells

2011 2009 1985 2008 2010 1994 2005

ETA-UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA 1984 Jonathan Adams Brian Albrecht 2007 Michael Alvarez 1977 Karl Andersen 2010 Aleco Bravo 1990 Norris Broyles 1949 Henry Burnett 1947 Pete Caples 1965 William Clinton 2010 Jonathan Finger 1982 Adam Ghitelman 2011 1969 Robert Green Jeffrey Guernier 1982 John Johnson 1979 Michael Kelly 2012 Brian Kelly 2012 H Lane 1983 William Mallory 1966 Timothy McFillin 2008 Joseph McGowin 1979 Oliver Pollard 1954

Jeremy Pollock Thomas Rose Bass Wallace Thomas Wylly

2007 1979 1978 2006

GAMMAVANDERBILT UNIVERSITY Robert Alvis 1974 R Barksdale 1961 Weaver Barksdale 1971 William Barnwell 1958 Michael Berryman 1979 David Burge 1982 Robert Carnighan 1959 James Carvell 1961 Kevin Cuneo 1977 Brent Curtis 1985 Maclin Davis 1947 William Davis 1981 Roger Deromedi 1975 Mark Di Paola 2003 2009 Patrick Dienes Robert Eckert 1999 1962 John Fish T. Fitts 1955 William Ford 1953 2013 Zachary Glaser William Gray 1970 John Halsell 1980 Theodore Hamilton 1988 Jeffrey Hamilton 1978 1980 Michael Hancock Kurt Heumann 1989 Thomas Higgins 1974 W Hill 1968 Benjamin Homra 2011 1951 Harry Howard Scott Jones 1996 Robert Kennedy 1992 Richard Klein 1977 Timothy Komosa 1996 Peter Kostiuk 2008 1979 Richard Lamping Douglas Lanpher 1977 Erik Larsen 1962 Craig Lengyel 1989 Chris Lorenzen 1972 Andrew Mazey 2009 Kyle McLain 1977 Stanford McMillan 1989 Frederick Mickler 1946 David Mueller 1977 David Neff 2001 Kenneth Noteboom 1989 T. Pryor 1949 Thomas Pryse 1945 Louie Reese 1959 Brooke Reeve 1975 John Reid 1979 William Roberts 1977

Dan Robinson Lewis Rogers John Ross James Ryan Kelsie Sams M. Thurman Senn James Sindel Richard Smith Walter Smith Joe Stamper Clay Swindell Jonathan Teitenberg Robert Thomas E Thompson Steven Venters Merritt Wikle William Wise Craig Yeager

1975 1974 1968 2007 1986 1983 2009 1964 1984 1969 1974 1995 1963 1959 1989 1984 1967 1977

GAMMA PHIWESLEYAN UNIVERSITY David Bagatelle 1986 Robert Corless 1973 J Crockett 1963 1995 Theodore Dalton 2012 Stewart Davis Anthony DePietto 2011 Thomas Dwyer 1972 Steven Elbaum 1986 2003 Matthew Ferrisi Robert Fields 1964 Sean Gallagher 2008 Matthew Gantick 1981 Daniel Giordano 2012 1964 Franklyn Judson Herbert Kelleher 1953 Mitchell Marinello 1976 John McDermott 1978 Ronald McLean 1947 2012 Thomas Miceli J Nastri 1977 Harley Parker 2011 Stephen Ranney 2010 Irvin Richter 1967 Ralph Rotman 1978 George Russell 2013 H Sanborn 1986 Nicholas Seara 2011 Norman Shapiro 1963 Paul Siegert 1965 George Stephens 1963 Glenn Stowell 2013 Kurt Tauer 1973 Robert Thorndike 1965 Kevin Volpe 2011 John Weitz 1938 Joseph Weitz 1944 Charles Wrubel 1959 Alexander Zedlovich 2009

IOTA-CENTER COLLEGE Jackson Andrews Anthony Apro Joey Bickley Jeff Block James Brown David Callon Richard Caton Ryan Collier Brenton Deal James Evans James Gibson Paul Griffin Lee Guillaume Joseph Heaton Raymond Hundley Zachary Kafoglis Stanley Kimmel Paul Koshewa Anthony Kurlas Thomas McKee Reginald Mudd William Penick John Rhorer David Sturges Joseph Vasek Gregory Young

2002 1979 2000 1973 1952 1978 1976 1999 2010 1943 1957 1963 1989 1976 1985 1981 1963 1944 1993 1963 1975 1957 1978 1957 1955 1975

KAPPA-MIAMI UNIVERSITY Robert Annandale 1969 1949 William Atwell Stuart Berger 1979 Parker Berry 1999 James Berry 1965 Michael Bianco 2011 1955 Howard Brubaker James Burner 1989 Robert Coffin 1959 Anthony Danzo 1969 2003 Jason Donnell 1998 Daniel Finkel Mark Flanagan 1946 James Hartenstein 1944 Gregory Herring 1999 Richard Hofmann 1989 Samuel Ingwersen 1952 Frank Ingwersen 1979 Steven Joyce 2013 William Malley 1957 David McKell 1948 Charles McKinley 1955 Richard Meyers 1963 Alexander Overkamp 1994 Carl Peterson 1959 John Pluhar 1990 Wade Prozeller 1970 Paul Scheu 1981 Adam Schwartz 1997 John Shaw 1961 Seth Swallen 2002 Douglas Tirola 1989

KAPPA DELTAUNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND George Fullerton 1955 George Suter 1954 KAPPA EPSILONUNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Ryan Beighton 2003 Robert Bulmer 1957 L Fisher 1954 Clark Goss 1958 Daniel Heldring 1999 Scott Herzog 1999 William Hood 1958 Lawrence Hughes 1957 Roy Kauer 2005 William Lovell 1962 Paul Meyer 1958 Donald Molitor 1958 E Naden 1951 John Nowell 1959 Walter Smith 1960 Thomas Symons 1953 1999 James Warren John White 1964 KAPPA OMEGALAKE FOREST COLLEGE Alexander King Thomas Symington

2007 2005

LAMBDA-KENYON COLLEGE Walter Butler 1968 R Capute 1981 Cray Coppins 1966 1956 Philip Currier David Daulton 1959 Gregg DeSilvio 1974 Garrett Fields 2012 Thomas Green 1973 1984 Jeffrey Grover C Hayes 1968 Robert Heasley 1960 Hewitt Heiserman 1982 Douglas Holmes 1978 Alexander House 1983 Robert Kirkpatrick 1973 Brendan McCarthy 2007 Bruce Pendleton 1970 Gregg Romaine 2012 Arthur Sansom 1973 J Taylor Frank Weise 1989 Thomas Withgott 1968 Charles Yukevich 2010 LAMBDA DELTASOUTHERN METHODIST John Blue 1954 Thomas Boyle 1955 Robert Boyle 1951 J Orr 1950

MU-COLGATE UNIVERSITY John Anzola 1984 Robert Bestwick 1978 E Bewkes 1948 Robert Bickford 1979 Alexander Cohen 2006 Daniele Compain 2007 Cody Cowper 2009 Ralph Coxhead 1951 Joseph DeBragga 1943 Brooke Dudley 1966 1954 Richard Gache Edward Gorton 1947 William Graham 1967 Thomas Halley 1973 W Hurlbert 1958 Robert James 1958 Robert James 1979 Thomas Kaim 1958 Christopher Lawler 1994 John Lindstrom 1975 1962 Roger Little Jerry Maize 1981 John McGonagle 1965 1963 Richard Moran Robert O’Neill 1961 Richard Palmer 1966 Richard Rasor 1961 Donald Rebar 1955 1995 David Schreiber Theodore Smith 1956 Sean Spellberg 2012 Guy Tower 1992 Glen Treichler 1948 1952 John Wilson 1957 R Wilson Jay Woldar 1984 MU CHI-MARYVILLE COLLEGE William Donovan 2010 Andrew Henley 2011 Tyler King 2011 Cody Marsh 2011 Benjamin Royer 2010 2010 Zachary Simpson Eleftherios Xixis 2007 NU-CITY COLLEGE OF NEW YORK Clifford Daly 1958 William Hayes 1956 George LePorte 1952 1961 Harry Lipps John Reilich 1961 Nicholas Schkrutz 1969 Nicholas Tsesmelis 1970 Robert Valli 1960 Robert Van Son 1957 NU ZETA-PACE UNIVERSITY Donald Becker 1984 Christopher Caputo 1994 w w w.d ke.o rg

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Brendan Kenefick Christian Mehlenbacher Sean Mulcahy James Mulcahy Jonathan Murray Daniel Ocasio Joseph Rendina Derek Rigano Mark Shrekgast OMEGA CHIUNIVERISTY OF TEXAS Cub Amos Byron Baird Richard Beeler Jack Blanton Edward Bolger Richard Brown Edmund Burke William Clark Royce Faulkner Edward Fehr Peter Gill Lukin Gilliland Carlton Hagelstein Lee Hancock David Hanson Elbert Hooper Louis Hughes J Johnson John Kamrath Charles Kinney Andrew Middleton James Morley Robert Morse Ewell Muse Douglas Newton Buckner Roane William Roberts Gordon Rountree Perry Ruthven Frank Scarborough Bradley Schmerbeck John Schneider Harrison Stafford Ronald Tigner H Tyson Peter Wiggins John Williams Craig Wilson Mark Wilson Andrew Wright

1992 1987 1993 2011 1991 2011 2012 1987

1956 1958 1961 1947 1960 1945 1970 1958 1952 1963 1948 1947 1950 1965 1979 1951 1946 1948 1963 1948 1990 1985 1972 1961 1959 1970 1968 1964 1984 1959 1998 1947 1963 1966 1961 1952 1956 1985 1966 2004

OMICRONUNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN 1955 Terence Adderley Douglas Anderson 1987 Robert Anthony 1966 Richard Aster 1954 Lawrence Baker 1957 Malcolm Barnum 1948

Terrance Baulch Steven Browne H Buhler Brian Burke James Caffrey Glenn Carpenter John Conklin John de St Nicolas Peter Debruyne William DesJardins Peter Dow Kevin Drumm Ian Duncan David Easlick Marco Garavaglia David Garland David Gore James Grady Allen Gutchess Michael Hacker Per Hanson Douglas Harper Scott Harris Franklin Hirt Carl Hogsten Edwin Hoover Matthew Howell Robert Hutchison Kevin Kaul Matthew Kleiman James Kochkodan Robert Kost William Krag William Krag Paul Kuzdrall Timothy Lewis Charles Liken Ronald Linclau William Lincoln Mark Lippincott Thomas Loucks Carl Luckenbach Ryan Lutz Geoffrey MacGlashan Kenneth MacLean Matthew Martin Aaron Maurice Atwood McAndrew William McFeely Allen McKee Jule Miller Glen Miller John Mitchell L Moll Christopher Moore Brett Murray Charles Naaman Eugene O’Brien Douglas Padnos Mark Pavach

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Raymond Ploughman Nathan Racklyeft Philip Ragains Richard Roland Neil Sarin Douglas Schaffer Guy Schmidt Curtis Sechler Michael Simpson Stephen Slotnick Henry Stapp Peter Strom Kent Vana John Viggato David Wicks Kenelm Winslow John Wirtz

1969 2007 1959 1985 1989 2012 1952 1963 1965 2005 1950 1959 1959 2004 1976 1959 1947

PHI-YALE L Baird Glenn Baker Frank Ball James Beaird Robert Bentley Ted Berenblum William Bernhard David Bollweg T Brooks Jonathan Bush George Bush Walter Clemens Walter Curley James Dawson Richard Evans H Evans John Fisher Sean Fletcher William Flippin Robert Frame James Goodenough Arthur Grayson John Hanes Samuel Hayes William Heyn Lynard Hinojosa Rodney Hobbs Alvin Holm John Kearney Elmore Kindel Jason Konidaris Thomas Kukk Robert Lemire Lance Lundberg Malcolm MacNaught Terrence Malloy John Matthiessen John Morley John Niles Joel Papernik George Philippides

1966 1977 1961 1959 1957 1982 1954 2012 1962 1953 1968 1951 1944 2010 1962 1959 1962 1996 1963 1966 1947 1956 1950 1959 1994 1964 1997 1958 2007 1954 1993 1963 1954 1978 1959 1956 1949 1954 1956 1965 1981

Edward Probert Charles Puestow Jesse Reising Clive Runnells Patrick Ruwe Mel Shaftel John Shaw Arnold Shoop Benjamin Siegl Nicholas Sinatra Brendan Sponheimer C Stasney Jordan Stevens David Stuart James Thompson Albert Urich Charles Vachris John Wallace Mahlon Wallace Peter Wells Wheelock Whitney Xeno York

1958 1960 2011 1948 2011 1965 1956 1957 2010 2003 2007 1965 2008 1970 1954 1957 1961 1956 1957 1960 1950 1957

PHI ALPHA-UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA Ernest Bianco 1950 Lawrence Blaschuk 1975 Grant Burnyeat 1965 Eric Carlson 1978 Adrian Cheong 1965 1967 John Elwell Forbes Hansen 2007 Allan Helton 1976 Edward Lee 2001 Karn Manhas 1997 1980 Paul Noble Owen Pawson 1972 2005 Douglas Reelie Christopher Stamper 1988 William Tomkins 1969 G Tynan 1976 Roberto Valente 2002 D Vickers 1960 Douglas Wilson 1988 PHI CHI-RUTGERS UNIVERSITY Moses Alvarado 2003 James Baker 1976 H Blake 1955 Gene Buckno 1961 Christopher Byron 1969 Richard Chapis 1975 Lyman Coddington 1957 1967 John Connelly Vaibhav Desai 2011 James DiGiacinto 1970 Everett Drake 1958 John Dryfuss 1966 Robert Dunbar 1972 John Fitts 1950 Baird Foster 1960

John Frost William Garbarini William Gatyas Roger Gross Stephen Havran Maurice Hill William Jefferay John Jurasin Timothy Lehnert Edward Mahoney John McKay Donald Mozzochi Michael Mupo Kevin Myers Lee Natale Richard Novak William Paknis Frederick Pollex Frederick Saunders Vinamra Sawhney Gregory Sembrat Timothy Slothower Mark Steska Terry Stewart John Strys Robert Suffredini Malcolm Teare William Van Emburgh William Venberg Peter Ventura Glen Wyrovsky Alan Zaccaria

1967 1963 1957 1983 1975 1972 1937 1977 1961 1951 1977 1959 1981 1981 2012 1965 1957 2011 1944 2013 1969 1975 1981 1969 1978 1968 1950 2010 1951 1970 2005 1979

PHI DELTA-UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO Charles King 1992 Dag Nordby 1961 PHI EPSILONUNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA Donald Akins 1957 Hugh Arey 1950 1993 Gerald Asplund Brian Basler 1989 David DeWall 1965 William Dolan 1955 Christopher Dumas 2010 Jarrod Englebretson 1990 E Hawk 1959 Eduardo Jany 1986 James Koenig 1991 Evan Larson 1978 Edgar Lechner 1942 John Magnuson 1991 Michael Natoli 1989 Harvey Peck 1965 Robert Regenfuss 2001 James Reynolds 1977 Bradley Rowlette 1986 Andrew Schneider 1987 George Serdar 1968

Darrel Smith John Sons Frederick Webber

1952 1975 1960

PHI GAMMASYRACUSE UNIVERSITY Robert Belcher 1958 Edward Benjamin 1963 William Blaney 1964 Charles Bohlen 1993 Steven Bratone 1974 John Brennen 1966 Charles Brown 1986 John Brunelle 1947 Robert Bubniak 1961 Dale Carter 1968 E Cooney 1954 George Dawkins 1963 Charles Dray 2007 William Dunn 1962 Robert Fearon 1949 Frank Fowler 1968 2010 Thomas Frost David Hackworth 1976 Bruce Hoffman 1969 Raymond Kayne 1961 Stanley Kimmett 1970 1983 John Klukojc Joseph Kravitz 1957 Matthew Linaburg 2013 Michael Lozano 1982 Edmund Luzine 1960 1989 Jovan Marjanovic Richard Massey 1979 1988 Victor Nazarian Justin Nobile 2013 Timothy Ott 1976 1949 Judson Rigby John Salvo 1974 Harvey Shand 1963 W. Smith 1950 John Snyder 1961 Arthur Stipanovic 1974 1956 Neil Swift Peter Tripp 1991 John Veasey 1953 Jay Wason 1950 George Waters 1943 Stephen Weaver 1971 PHI RHO-PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY 2011 Jason Clarke Michael Costantino 2008 Joseph Coulter 2008 Samuel Dayton 2011 Kevan Griffith 2010 Alex Hayes 2011 Benny Joseph 2002 Daniel Nieto 2012 Christopher Pearson 2011

Galen Privett Nicholas Taro Brian Wallace Eric Weilminster Charles Welsh

2012 2012 1997 1992 2010

PHI SIGMA-BRYANT COLLEGE James Maloney 2006 PI-DARTMOUTH COLLEGE Charles Blaisdell David Chalmers William Hale William Hubbard Gerard Ketz Augustus Leach James Progin John Steele

1937 1946 1944 1963 1964 1960 1960 1946

PI BETA-TROY UNIVERSITY Arthur Akridge 1983 John Boyd Paul Bussman 1979 Wayne Carucci 1978 1977 Richard Crooks John Dew 1974 V Dixon 2000 Roderick Gillis 1980 Steven Graham 1979 Jeff Ishee David Marsh 1980 1978 David Morr John Robb 1981 Dennis Scofield 1982 1979 John Sylvia Gary Tolbert 1985 Randall Williams 1980 Scott Young 1983 PSI-UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA Charles Adams 1952 Alexander Adams 2011 1988 John Ashbee Lamar Bagby 1969 David Bailey 1985 David Barnett 1985 Todd Boozer 1982 Paul Bowron 1950 Charles Brown 1975 1971 James Brown John Campbell 1995 1991 Stephen Case John Case 1963 William Cassels 1975 C Clark 1961 James Clark 1952 William Clem 1965 John Cline 1985 L Cook 1991 David Cooper 1967 Angus Cooper 1964

Joseph Cotlin William Crabb Alan Creighton Robert Crosby James Dill Barry Drees Graham Edwards T Favrot Louis Finlay Joseph Fitts Travis Fitts Alexander Fleming James Fowler Lee Goodloe Harrison Graham David Gray K Gray Austin Green Barry Gritter Peter Hamilton William Hannon George Hardesty Mark Hickman Haywood Hillyer Ray Hofmister Williams Holmes Michael Horner James Huffstutler Crawford Inge Herndon Inge Michael Kendrick Michael Klyce Robert Klyce Andrew Kyle John Lapeyrouse Michael Lapeyrouse Henry Loeb W Lovvorn James Luttrell Blanchard Marriott Christian Martens Gordon Martin Bruce McAlpin Richard McAlpin Richmond McClintock William McGehee Thomas McMillan Robert McMillan Marlin Moore Patrick Morris John Mostellar William Newman William Owen Ron Owen Stephen Parden Robert Parsons Allen Phillips Lee Pittman Leonard Price Luther Richardson

1960 2011 1985 2010 1964 1965 1990 1982 1954 1982 1978 2008 2011 1998 2012 1980 1971 2011 1963 1951 1977 1975 2008 1984 2004 1951 2009 2007 1974 1943 1972 1966 1968 1981 1979 1977 1974 1969 1978 1959 2008 1945 1981 1976 1966 1972 1992 1972 1983 2012 1966 2011 1979 1979 1972 1955 1981 1982 1949 1957

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Robert Riis Andrew Ross William Rue William Sanders John Sapir W Searcy Pete Smith Robert Smith Christian Smith Bryan Strickland Hugh Thomas Norvelle Vaughan Daniel Ventress Taylor White John Wilson R Worley Robert Yarbrough Allen Yeilding

2013 1994 1985 1987 2008 1957 2013 1982 2013 1962 1951 1963 2008 2010 1979 1959 1999 1978

PSI DELTAWAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY Robert Bilbrough 1978 Benjamin Citrin 1985 John Currie 1993 1993 William Hoos 1992 Craig Huggins Thomas Ivers 2001 Walter Janke 1984 Mark Lenhart 1992 1991 Richard Maloy Cecil Moore 1978 Val Napolitano 2012 Thomas Parker 1977 Hugh Sandlin 1972 2011 Sebastian Steege Raphael Steege 2013 Tom Thompson 1993 PSI OMEGA-RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Rodney Agar 1959 Robert Booth 1963 1959 John Broadbent Peter Broockman 1950 Martin Davis 1945 Thomas Duncan 1959 Laurence Eiseman 1951 Peter Goetz 1956 Frederick Guimond 1961 Samuel Heffner 1956 George Hunt 1945 Max Jacobs 1955 John Lindsay 1959 Neil MacFarlane 1955 Michael McDonough 1960 Daniel Murphy 1955 George Nelson 1959 Rodney Palmborg 1962 Peter Parsons 1960 William Schmidt 1960 Newell Whitcomb 1945

Edgar Woerner Kevin Zweier

1956 1996

PSI PHI-DEPAUW UNIVERSITY Douglas Cahill 1959 Anthony Colletti 1988 Robert Fitzpatrick 1981 Stephen Freeman 1984 John Hake 1956 David Hood 1953 1955 James Layton James Little 1948 David Martin 1979 W McGhee 1958 Mickey Miller 1956 Robert Muller 1955 Comer Plummer 1983 Robert Skallerup 1968 Gregory Smith 1952 Albert Stock 1947 1968 John Wright RHO-LAFAYETTE COLLEGE 2011 Michael Adler Salvatore Caiazzo 2003 Edwin Case 1959 Giffin Daughtridge 1981 2010 William Engel Donald Engesser 1951 Mark Fedorov 1991 Richard Fritz 1959 Scott Harris 1995 2010 Bradley Helland Richard Heller 1949 1981 Peter Hiscano Joseph Houldin 2012 Robert Jonas 1946 1950 Charles King Allan Kirby 1953 John Krah 1975 David Lambert 1983 Justin Marcus 2013 Jeffrey Marver 2011 1989 Robert Matje Richard Mattei 2006 Henry McCool 1951 Michael McCormack 1987 Thomas Miglietta 2012 Thomas Neff 1959 Christopher Nolan 1986 Ronald Pennington 1952 Joseph Pew 1955 Peter Phillips 2013 Jared Piette 2012 Kurt Prohl 1989 Richard Ryan 1986 John Sheehy 2005 Conrad Shrager 2011 James Smith 1995 Brent Souders 2011

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Daniel Spieler Christopher Tourek Steven Vecchione Mark Wagner Cameron Warner Edmund Whitby Todd Wiltshire David Wolff Douglas Young

2011 2010 1976 1980 1981 1951 1986 1987 1986

RHO BETAUNIVERSITY OF RICHMOND Anthony DePaul 2008 Richard Poidomani 2002 Tyler Tillage 2013 Brian Wyman 2005 James Garey 1997 Robert Swanson 1944 Thomas Turner 1950 Christopher Tuttle 1994 RHO LAMBDAUNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA William Corr 1962 Ralph Duckworth 1969 Charles Gill 1994 James Griffin 1969 Donald King 1963 1963 George Kingelin Gordon Leaman 1973 George Otey 1973 Orin Piepho 1973 1959 John Smith 1963 Robert Spangler George Weaber 1962 A Weitzenhoffer 1962 SIGMA-AMHERST COLLEGE Christopher Ball 2011 Thomas Burnett 2011 John Duncan 1945 Christopher Edgerly 2009 Richard Neugass 1968 Mikio Nihira 1989 Mark Oppenheim 1962 Stuart Rose 1960 Jawad Safi 2006 William Schlangen 1951 Edson Sheppard 1955 Samuel Swenson 2010 Peter Talbot 2000 Benjamin Wells 1965 SIGMA ALPHAVIRGINIA TECH UNIVERSITY Floyd Adams Richard Anderson 1971 William Atwell 1959 Thomas Aud 1958 Gerald Augst Vijender Bajwa 2009

James Baker John Baker Jerry Ballengee Michael Beam Bruce Beam Barry Bishop John Boatwright Richard Bomgardner Phillip Bowden Jeffrey Bowman Charles Bradley Ronnie Campbell Gregory Carneal David Church John Collins L Collins William Colonna Harold Cothran John Crawford Adrian Creech Steven Cronemeyer John Cullen Joseph Czul James Day James De Korte Jeffrey DeSchon Robert Dreelin William Driskill George Eberwine Edward English Stephen Gadinis Stephen Gillespie Joseph Goodrich Erik Gordon Edward Greene Richard Hall Michael Hawkins C Hayes John Hinkle Brian Hoffman David Holliday Raymond Huntington John Hutcheson Daniel James Sean Johnson Daniel Johnson Wesley Johnson Patrick King Timothy Latham Thomas Lawall William Lewis Charles Lloyd John Mason David Mason Russell McKinnon Michael Miller Ellis Monroe Brian Moody Temple Moore Charles Munn

1980 1982 1988 1956 1973 1978 2004 1973 1979 1981 1983 1977 1973 1985 1961 1960 1977 1976 1982 1962 1985 1988 1975

1964 1978 1986 2009 1994 1967 1976 1984 1977 2006 1971 1975 1971 1995 1977 2012 2005 2010 1979 1953 1972 1982 1983 1984 2004 1971 1978

John Murray Dennis O’Neill Thomas Overton William Owens Max Padilla William Pennington Brian Perris Clifford Phillips Robert Phillips Charles Phlegar David Rayburn Adam Read Paul Rinaldi Timothy Riordan Lyman Robison Jeffrey Rose Daniel Sexton Patrick Sheehan George Sisson Michael Smith Robert Snyder Robert Sullivan Paul Surry James Sutphin Scott VanVoorhees Joshua Waller Charles Webb Tazewell Whitley Charles Wilkinson Peyton Winfree James Wright Stephen Yee

1985 1971 1988 1961 2009 1978 1983 1949 1981 1978 1998 1997

1968 2012 2008 1979 1976 1976 1976 1980 1969 1990 2005 1988 1974 1974 1991 1976 1996

SIGMA KAPPAMICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY John Clarey 2007 Jesse Kibbey 2009 Nicholas Pence 2000 SIGMA PHIVILLANOVA UNIVERSITY James Ehlers 1990 1975 Joseph Gitto SIGMA RHOSTANFORD UNIVERSITY 2002 Grey Baker James Barton 2009 William Bauman 1949 Robert Bryan 1957 Starr Cooke 1969 Arthur Crowe 1945 James Cuneo 1962 Chesley Erwin 1974 John Evans 1974 James Faull 1968 John Fellows 1970 Robert Fletcher 1957 Mark Granville 1970 Christopher Greene 1982 Charles Hale 1957

Victor Haverly Joseph Henry Lloyd Hinkelman James Isaacs Robert Koenig David LeClair Jaren Leet Craig McCaw Craig McIntosh Benjamin McKinley Frederick Muhs James Props James Quillinan Richard Senseney A Shapiro Roger Smith Glendon Speakman Richard Terzian Frank Trane Lawrence Wayte John Wells John Wilson

1980 2000 1953 1980 1983 1984 1959 1973 1962 2009 1960 1968 1970 1951 1961 1963 1965 1958 1953 1958 1956 1944

SIGMA TAU-MIT Jose Aguila Andrew Bibb James Colville George Daugherty Neil Davies Daniel Del Rio Robert Doleman Todd Esguerra Charles Evans Maik Flanagin Lee Frankenfield Jerome Grula Todd Hiers Todd Kane Richard Kirkpatrick George Mabry Gordon Marler John Martin Harold McInnes Carlos Moreno Mark Oakes James Oleinik Henry Peacock Sandford Peek Zachary Rose Philip Strong Thomas Thornbury William Wiehl

1945 2010 1973 1980 1974 1954 1959 2000 1979 2000 1998 1989 2000 2009 1963 1976 1971 1989 1949 1986 1973 2009 1950 1942 2010 1958 1964 1947

SIGMA XI-ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE Ryan Garofalo 2012 TAU-HAMILTON COLLEGE 2012 Louis Croce Bruce Cutler 1970 Bruce Gaylord 1970

Laurence Glickman Martin Kay David Major Bernard Mikell Brian Milstone Edmond Moriarty Robert Neighbours John Parker Tod Schweizer Don Seipel John Wallace

1977 1967 1995 1960 2010 1982 2010 1952 1961 1966 1973

TAU ALPHA-MCGILL UNIVERSITY Cecil Convey 1958 W Courey 1968 Ivan Karp 1966 C Marchant 1966 John Rowat 1970 Patrick Thomson 1962 TAU CHI-TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY Dane Armand John Davidson

2011 2010

TAU DELTAUNIVERSITY OF THE SOUTH Alan Calder 1989 Ean Darwin 2012 William Dean Frank Failla 1971 John Fasig 1971 1971 William Ikard 1979 Donald Irvin Scott Lee 1973 H Munson 1970 Joe Robinson 2007 1976 Stephen Smith TAU LAMBDATULANE UNIVERSITY David Akridge Henry Alsobrook G. Bayle Shayne Benedetto Robert Bland Richard Blum John Bolles Albert Bolton Robert Brumfield J Buckalew Lucius Butts James Conner Robert Craig Cory Crenshaw William Dodenhoff Craig Duchossois Joseph DuPont David Faust Robert Faust C Favrot

1961 1952 1955 1995 1948 1978 1964 1949 1955 1965 1947 1964 1951 2001 1978 1966 1956 1973 1955 1947

Henri Favrot E Friedrichs S Gisclair John Groome Lance Guest Jerome Heard John Hogg Hans Jonassen Calvin Jones Robert Livingston Barlow Mann John McIver William Messersmith George Michinard Theodore Nass Peter Navarro Kevin O’Bryon John Ormond Bennett Powell Robert Punches John Rive’ John Smallpage Howard Smith Frank Stewart Avery Stirratt Ben Templeton Robbert Vorhoff Ian Waggoner Benjamin Waring Robert Wehrmann C Wellborn Carey Winder

1952 1965 1973 1995 1992 1946 1994 1963 1974 1966 1975 2005 1955 1957 1966 2008 1977 1989 1961 1971 1991 1976 1965 1987 1954 1979 2000 1995 1978 1961 1964 1985

THETA-BOWDOIN COLLEGE Richard Engels 1963 Nicholas Gess 1977 Henry Hulshizer 1957 1989 Timothy Leland Charles Mackenzie 1987 David Nelson 1964 John Payson 1963 Jeffrey Reichel 1970 1950 Phineas Sprague Robert Stubbs 1955 Joseph Swanton 1950 William Weber 1958 THETA CHI-UNION COLLEGE David Breazzano 2011 Matthew Cataldi 2011 Andrew Moyer 2006 Joseph Polcari 2010 THETA RHO-UCLA Jonathan Blaisdell Gregory Cooper Anthony DeCino Charles Ernst Steven Ly Thomas Stanton

2012 1994 2011 1939 2007 2008

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THETA UPSILONARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY Steven Balthazor 1991 Kory Blythe 1989 Derek Borck 1991 Mark Hiland 1990 William Kavan 1992 Robert Kestelik 1994 Scott Leith 1995 H. Lowe 1990 Lorin Oliver 1992 Jerry Timms 1998

Patrick Dolan Blake Grosch William Hood Samuel Jones Patrick Koch Ross Kolhonen Christopher Mastrangelo George Murphy John Reeves Peter Stone Arthur Thompson William Wing

THETA ZETA-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-BERKELEY Russell Adams 1949 William Adams 1950 David Ahlman 2003 John Albritton 1978 Colby Barrett 2000 2011 Jeffrey Bernstein Frederick Bradley 1958 Alastair Cumming 1983 1965 Thomas Davis Samuel French 1949 Evan Gunther 2012 Gregory Hampton 1971 William Hunter 1966 2010 Greggory Irving Brian Lancaster 1994 1987 Thomas McCarty Peter Michael 1964 Bruce Moody 1950 2002 Christopher Moore Todd Morrish 1986 Stanley Nelson 1958 Jonathan Perrelli 2003 Daniel Ryhal 2012 1950 Emmons Sebenius James Shepherd 1992 Gary Tan 1989 Robert Tuller 1982 Robert Tuller 1956 Brooks Walker 1950 Nima Wedlake 2010

ZETA-PRINCETON UNIVERSITY 1990 Richard Cohn-Lee James Diamond 1989 Jesse Hallock 2013 Matthew Medina 2012 Daniel Sarles 1998 Douglas Wojcik 1989

UPSILON-BROWN UNIVERSITY Conrad Kronholm 1952 George Pond 1940 Robert Shea 1949 David Yale 1954 XI-COLBY COLLEGE Jordan Ansell Craig Bell James Bither Timothy Brown

2012 1953 1966 2007

2012 2002 1960 2008 2003 1967 1992 1953 2001 2010 1940 1954

ZETA CHI-BENTLEY COLLEGE Edmund Burke 1997 1979 Victor Henderson 2001 Michael Morency ZETA UPSILON-UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA-DAVIS Jeremy Empol 2002 Jason Giles 1994 Robert Salgado 2004 1999 Steven Sweetwood ZETA ZETALOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY Ken Abington 1957 Chester Alpaugh 1977 Hans Armstrong 1954 Walter Bankston 1954 1977 George Banos 1963 Robert Barkerding John Bateman 1956 Paul Bienvenu 1992 Paul Bienvenu 1970 George Bofinger 1966 1997 Montigue Bonneval Mordelo Breckenridge 1969 Thomas Brewton 1956 Lucius Butts 1974 Oliver Carriere 1954 Roy Cole 1974 Christopher Cole 1971 Edward Cole 2003 Lynton Culpepper 1960 Charles Custer 1961 John Daquin 1967 William Davis 1977

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Martin de Laureal Daniel Devine Stephen Douglas James Douglas David Dufour John Eastman George Eastman David Elder W. Farrell James Favrot Charles Feltus Frank Foil C Forgotston Hardy Fowler Harold Fuselier Edward Gaiennie Allen Gamble Todd Gautreaux Richard Gautreaux S Gibbens Dan Gilbert Clave Gill William Godfrey Marvin Greene Henry Harrison John Hazard William Hearne James Hearne James Henson T. Hill William Hindman James Hodges Richard Hodges Francis Huey Benjamin Hyneman William Jeffcoat Jack Johnston H. Jones Charles Jones Finas Jones C. Kaiser Robert Kellogg Thomas Kramer John Lafaye Kirk Landry John Lange David Lankford Walter Ledig James Leisk William Lockard Frank Lopiccolo Frank Lopiccolo James Maddox Joseph Mann Joseph Mann James Marlowe

1972 1980 1986 1960 1980 1968 1967 1971 1970 1979 1960 1956 1967 1973 1993 1979 1978 2002 1970 1954 1951 1969 1944 1974 1957 1983 2006 1980 2011 1982 1970 1995 1955 1961 1971 1965 1958 1960 1993 1959 1952 1961 1950 1988 1990 1986 1970 1966 1950 1993 1980 2010 2006 1971 1998 1982

Frank Maselli Paul Masinter Steven Mason Brian Melius David Melius Cyril Melville George Mentz Tom Milliken Stephen Myers Bradley Myers Foster Nash George Newton William Owens David Paddison Joseph Parker Robert Peiser Robert Petersen Robert Pettit George Pope Richard Provensal Clement Purnell G Purvis Renaud Rafferty Mark Rich Milton Roberts James Robin David Rosprim Richard Roussel Wilfred Roux Alfred Rufty John Salisbury John Savoy Bruce Scott Andrew Shoup Thomas Smith Roy St Paul Nelson Swayze Michael Talbot John Thibaut Sam Thomson William Treadway Vernon Ventress Milford Wampold Herbert Wathan David Watkins John Weiss Thomas Westfeldt Frank Williams Charles Williams Sartor Williams Gordon Wogan Edward Wolff Monty Wyche Charles Young William Zetzmann Scott Zetzmann

1973 1983 1966 1978 1974 1962 1989 1973 1977 1978 1983 1956 1964 1971 1950 1944 1965 1954 1976 1980 1958 1935 1983 1989 1961 1980 1993 1970 1985 1958 1970 2009 1974 1957 1987 1986 1973 1982 1965 1967 1974 1957 1955 1948 1957 2011 1974 2009 1980 1967 1976 1992 1947 1966 1976 1989

DELTA KAPPA EPSILON

Personal AWARDS FOR 2013

by Drake Hoffman

Nicholas Napolitano Chapter President Award

Taylor Celestin, K ‘14

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irst presented during the 2012 convention to Brother Tucker Howard, Epsilon Rho ‘12, the Nick Napolitano Award is presented to the most outstanding undergraduate Brother Beta. The award is named for Nicholas Val Napolitano, Psi Delta ‘10, former Wake Forest Chapter president, who lost his own life while rescuing a fellow brother in DKE from drowning in Newport, RI in August of 2011.

The winner of the second Nick Napolitano Award is Taylor Celestin, K ’12. Taylor, an Ohio native, came to Miami University to study Finance and is a hurdler and javelin-thrower for the track team. He was also awarded Mid-American Conference Honor Roll for both the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 academic years. Brother Celestin was elected President of the Kappa Chapter during his sophomore year and President of Miami University’s IFC during his junior year.

Under Celestin’s leadership as President, the Kappa Chapter flourished. Taylor played a significant role in recruiting the largest pledge class in Kappa’s 161-year history. Additionally, yearly service hours improved from nearly non-existent to 1,000 per year. Taylor also solidified a friendly and supportive relationship between the University’s administration and the active chapter, which helped to secure his position as President of the IFC. With

the assistance of his executive board, Celestin approved a set of standards for the chapter and its members to remain in good standing, and implemented the practice of executive board handbooks in order to instill sustainability in the quality of chapter leadership for years to come. Kappa’s first on-campus philanthropic ever was held under his leadership, and alumni relations improved greatly thanks in part to a golf tournament hosted by the active chapter.

While Taylor’s resume is undoubtedly impressive, what truly stands out are his leadership qualities as an individual. Anyone who meets Taylor is immediately drawn to his calm and friendly demeanor. Through the process of making tough decisions, Taylor remains positive and nonconfrontational; and he managed to do so while balancing the Fraternity, varsity athletics and a full-time class load.

Celestin is well-qualified to carry the mantle of our second Napolitano Award.

Charles O. Blaisdell Leadership Award

Alexander D. Hurley, I ‘14 Charlie Blaisdell, Π ’37, is one of the most consequential Dekes in the Fraternity’s history. He has served DKE in many ways and has held every major office within the Fraternity. In every respect, Charlie has been an inspirational leader to Dekes for many decades. Naming the Leadership Award after Charlie Blaisdell assures that the recipient will always be linked in name with one of the greatest leaders ever produced by Delta w w w.d ke.o rg

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DELTA KAPPA EPSILON PERSONAL AWARDS FOR 2013 Kappa Epsilon. The Charles O. Blaisdell Award is given annually to the undergraduate Brother who is judged most outstanding all-around Deke on the basis of contributions to his chapter and his school, and his standing in extracurricular activities, scholastics, and community service.

This year’s recipient of the Blaisdell Award is Alexander D. Hurley, I ’14. Alex joined the Iota chapter at Centre College during the Spring of 2010, his Freshman year. His leadership qualities were evident early on when he accepted the role of pledge class captain. Hurley was just the guy to provide the solid leadership needed at such a vital time for the freshly recolonized group. It was at this time Alex says he first realized his decisions were affecting those around him, which helped shape his leadership style and philosophy.

During his sophomore year, Hurley took on the role of Iota’s Social Chair. By streamlining the behind-the-scenes work that goes into planning and running social events, Alex was able to help build a positive image for the group on campus, thus improving rapport and opening doors with other student/social groups, school administration, and potential new recruits. Alex attributes his greatest contributions to DKE to his role as Vice President during his junior year.

He got a head start on improving the chapter in the summer, by holding conference calls devoted to strategically planning for the coming year. By making chapter meetings more efficient and constructive, he was able to increase weekly attendance and participation. He also worked one-on-one with committee chairmen to help plan for and acquire their goals for the year.

Aside from DKE, Alex has been heavily involved in his school as well. As a sophomore, he was a Resident Advisor in a freshman male dorm, and was then promoted to Residence Director the following year. Additionally, he held a seat on the Student Affairs Committee of the College Council, and was on Centre’s Mental Health Advisory Board. All of these roles are devoted to bettering the quality of life for Centre’s student population. In terms of extracurricular activity, Hurley oversaw the implementation of many improvements as IFC President, such as a new Greek Chapter Review process, a new IFC website, development of the IFC Judicial Council’s constitution, and a new swipe-in system for social events.

On top of all of this, Alex has been a regular on Centre College’s Dean’s List, posting a 3.6 GPA. Additionally, he 42 The Deke Quarterly | summer 2014

has performed research at Carnegie Mellon University and is a member of the James G. Brown Fellowship.

William M. Henderson Alumni Award

George Otey, ΡΛ ‘73 The William M. Henderson Award is DKE’s top alumni award, and is named for the Fraternity’s beloved long-time Executive Director, Bill Henderson, Zeta Zeta ’39. It is unique among major interfraternal awards in being presented not for work done at the top administrative level of the Fraternity but solely for exceptional service to an individual chapter of DKE, not necessarily the recipient’s own. The award was established in 1975, and consists of an engraved silver cup that remains the property of the recipient.

This year’s recipient of the Henderson Award is George N. Otey, Rho Lambda ’73. George has been absolutely essential in the founding of the Omega Mu Chapter at Oklahoma State University. In spite of his busy schedule as an attorney, consultant and entrepreneur, George consistently finds time for Delta Kappa Epsilon. His passion for the Fraternity and the Omega Mu chapter is unbridled and his enthusiasm helped to keep the colony focused and determined on achieving the goals set out by ∆KE International. The speed with which the colony grew into a chartered chapter is a testament to George’s involvement.

Brother Otey is this year’s recipient due to the time and passion that he dedicated to the Omega Mu founding. In spite of the years between them, he relates to the group incredibly well. He is a master motivator; he does not do the work for the group, but rather, he leads them. Brother Andrew Noel, Omega Mu ’14 has the following to say of Otey on behalf of the chapter: “George Otey is an amazing person. There is no way that Omega Mu can properly thank him in just a few sentences. He has contributed to our growth in almost every way imaginable. From helping fund our trips to convention to randomly cooking chili for our chapter on a Sunday, from teaching the founders the history and songs of DKE to helping us fix up the house, he gives of himself time and time again. He is the quintessential DKE brother.”

The Winged Disk

by Bob Oros, President, DKE Club of New York Greetings to all Brothers in DKE in anticipation of the 170th International Convention. This will undoubtedly be a worthwhile educational experience and a time to meet Brothers from across North America.

Today, the relationship between the Yale Club Council and the DKE Club Board of Governors is

For those readers not familiar with the DKE

closer than at any time in our history. DKE Club

Club, the following is an overview from “30,000

members feel a part of the Yale Club family and

feet”: founded in 1885 by a band of 250 Charter

its members can enjoy all the amenities and

members, the original Clubhouse was located

activities offered throughout the year socially,

on 34th Street in New York City and moved

dining-wise and athletically in the conveniently

three times until 1903 when eroding mem-

located mid-town location immediately across

bership caused it to go dark as college clubs

from Grand Central Station. Also, reciprocity ex-

became formidable competition. It resurfaced

ists with a long list of prestigious clubs globally.

in 1917 on 44th Street and later moved to 51st Street in 1926. Independent until 1929, everything came tumbling down during the Great Depression and the DKE Club was no exception.

As luck would have it, in 1932, two deal-making, forward-thinking Brothers, Marshall Edwards and James Anderson Hawes, negotiated an affiliation with the Yale Club which was the appropriate host given “Mother PHI” was located on its campus. This relationship has endured ever since within the current Clubhouse located at 50 Vanderbilt Avenue.

As our charter directs, we give regular parties to promote social interaction among our members, and we hope we shall always be able “to provide a pleasant place of convenient resort for their entertainment and improvement.” It’s the place where the DKE spirit and conviviality can be enjoyed year round. For more Club history details, see the DKE Club website cited here.

2013 was another growth period for the Club with the addition of 34 new members and a series of alluring social events throughout the

year to foster member interaction and ongoing networking. These included a craft beer tasting evening hosted by a Brother adept in the art of brewing, the Annual Dinner in April highlighted by guest speaker Dale Chihuly, famed for his ambitious glass architectural installations globally, the annual golf outing in June, a September ‘welcome back’ evening on the Club’s rooftop patio, the Annual Dinner Dance in October and, of course, the Holiday Party in December.

I can attest that our membership was in full celebratory mindset at the annual Holiday Party on December 19th. The spacious library was teeming with more than 100 celebrants enjoying the traditional ‘groaning board’ laden with haute Holiday cuisine and desserts and, of course, libations were raised on high throughout the evening to celebrate the Season and fast approaching 2014.

Plans for 2014 are even more robust with the First Annual Networking & Guest Speaker event, which started the year on January 22nd at the Club. Check the Club’s website for information on activities and other details: dkeclubny.com. For membership questions: DKEClub@yaleclubnyc.org to speak to RoseMary Rudden, DKE secretary.

A FEW QUESTIONS FOR A DEKE BUSINESS ICON The Deke Quarterly recently caught up with Fred Smith, Phi ‘66, for a brief interview.

Most people know the story of how Brother Smith founded Fedex and built it into a Fortune 100 company and an iconic brand, certainly one of the greatest business success stories of all time. No need to retell that story here. But we were curious about Fred’s recollections of his days at the Deke house as a Yale undergrad.

Fred joined DKE as a sophomore at Yale, and went on to become the president of the Phi chapter in his senior year. As Brother

variety of personalities and backgrounds, Beta, he got a taste for managing an organi-

and many of whom, he says jokingly, were

zation whose members represented a wide

“certifiably insane.” But on a more serious Continued

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Continued

note, he mentions that being President was

lifelong friends.” The Phi Chapter had a lot

a good experience for him, and that the

of athletes at the time (as it does today),

Chapter did have a terrific group of guys

not to mention other future leaders such as

who had a great time together in DKE.

Lanny Davis and George W. Bush, but the chapter didn’t concern itself with catalog-

“The Deke House at 232 York Street was

ing the Who’s Who amongst them. They

a great facility. We took our meals there,

were just enjoying the camaraderie of a

invited speakers to come in to discuss

group of good friends.

various topics, and it was the center of our social life.”

As for his role, Fred said being the chapter president “wasn’t a hard job, but it was

But the memories are not from the

good for me. You learn to manage diverse

house, they’re from Fred’s Deke Brothers,

views and just try to keep everyone on the

“a real good group of guys that became

same page.” He also commented that in general, the fraternity experience would be

good for just about any college man, as it “exposes you to people from different backgrounds and gives you a different perspective than you might otherwise get. Learning to function in a group organization with this blend of personalities is a good skill to have, in business and in life.”

Fred summarized his feelings by telling the Quarterly that when he reflects back on his Deke days, he said “I thoroughly enjoyed my experience as a Deke Brother. It was a major part of my college life, and I value the friendships that I made through DKE. I wouldn’t trade it for anything.”

looking back

By Grant Burnyeat 150 years ago

to Massachusetts Institute of Technology

was the most medals won by any American

Lt. Edwin S.

was postponed. The revival of the Kappa

since Jessie Owens in 1936. In 1964, Brother

Rogers, the 31st

(Miami of Ohio) and Gamma (Vanderbilt

Schollander earned the James E. Sullivan

Maine Regi-

University) Chapters was also approved.

award as the top amateur athlete in the

ment Volunteers

cords in swimming at the 1964 Summer

(Theta-Bowdoin

100 years ago

College) is fatally

On August 14,

was the most medals won by any American

wounded at Cold

1914, the first use

since Jessie Owens in 1936. In 1964, Brother

Harbour. The

of the Panama

Schollander earned the James E. Sullivan

death of Brother

Canal occurred

award as the top amateur athlete in the

Rogers is the

with the pas-

U.S., as the AP Athlete of the Year, and as

subject matter

sage of the

the ABC’s Wide World of Sport’s Athlete of

of the famous

cargo ship S.S.

the Year.

DKE poem “Brothers in DKE”. The name of

Ancon. Under

the Southern DKE who comforted Brother

the leadership of

the International Swimming Hall of Fame in

Rogers is not known, although extensive

President Roosevelt, the United States took

1965 and, in 1983, was one of the first group

efforts have been made by members of the

over the project from a French company and

of inductees into the U.S. Olympic Hall of

Alabama Chapter to research the question.

completed the canal. On August 15, 1939,

Fame. He is also a member of the Oregon

Pictured, is Brother Rogers’s grave in Cold

the United States Postal Service issued a 3¢

Sports Hall of Fame.

Harbor (Mechanicsville, Virginia) cemetery.

stamp on the 25th anniversary of the open-

Olympics held in Tokyo. At the time, this

Brother Schollander was inducted into

ing of the Panama Canal to recognize the

25 years ago

role played by President Theodore Roosevelt

George H.W. Bush was sworn in as the 41st

At the 43rd

in the completion of

President of the United States. Dan Quayle

Convention,

the Canal

(Psi Phi-DePauw University) was sworn in as

125 years ago

a Charter was granted to Phi

50 years ago

Epsilon Chap-

Don Schollander (Phi-Yale University) won

ter at the University of Minnesota. Discus-

four Gold Medals and set three world re

sion of the possibility of granting a Chapter

cords in swimming at the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo. At the time, this

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the 44th Vice President of the United States on the same date. This was the first and only time in the history of the United States that the President and the Vice-President were from the same Fraternity.

DEKES INSPIRING DEKES This year DKE added Movember to its list of philanthropy partners. 220 Dekes from across the US, and Canada grew (or attempted to grow) mustaches to raise awareness for men’s health. DKE raised $14,854 in total to fund cancer awareness and education, Living with and Beyond Prostate and Testicular Cancer, research, and other funded programs for testicular cancer, prostate cancer, and mental health.

This puts the DKE network of chapters that participated in Movember in the top 100 networks the United States.

Movember started in 2003 as a philanthropy event among friends in Australia to grow mustaches for the month of November to raise only awareness for testicular and prostate cancer. Since then, Worst mustache Movember has grown into an international event with over 4 million participants in 2012. Since the creation of Movember, over $433,649,258 USD have been raised across the world and is now one of the top 100 NGOs in the world.

A few of our chapters, Rochester, and Victoria, participated in Movember before DKE International organized a Movember network. It was great seeing those chapters continue their commitment to the cause, and see other chapters contribute as well.

DKE decided to participate in Movember internationally, because it is one of the few philanthropic organizations that both our US and Canadian brothers can join in together.

And come next Movember, our brothers at the colonies in the UK can participate as

Best mustache

by Eric Holland

Gamma, Vanderbilt University, raised the most money of any chapter with $7,423.

Matt Citak and Edward Kramer of Gamma raised $2,370, and $1,480 respectively, the two most of any individual brother, putting them in the Movember Platinum Club - donors that have raised over $1,000.

Of the other prizes that were awarded, Max Kinder of Beta Phi, University of Rochester, was awarded “Best Mustache,” for his inspiring example of facial hair for the folically challenged.

Jake Ganger of Kappa, Miami University, was awarded “Worst Mustache,” as it was almost impressive how little facial hair had grown. If you look closely in the picture below, you might actually see some small hairs on his upper lip.

DKE has set the bar at a good spot for the first year of participating in Movember, and we look forward to seeing well. Not only is it great that Movemhow participation ber operates in so many countries, and fundraising Do you recognize this Deke? but it’s also quite easy to become

improves in the fuinvolved; all you do is refrain from shaving ture!

A special thank you to all the brothers your upper lip. And with that, it’s easy to that participated this year! brand, and market on campus. w w w.d ke.o rg

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2013-2014

CHAPTER ROLL

SCHOOL PHI Yale University THETA Bowdoin College ZETA Princeton University XI Colby College SIGMA Amherst College GAMMA Vanderbilt University PSI University of Alabama CHI University of Mississippi UPSILON Brown University BETA University of North Carolina ALPHA Harvard University KAPPA Miami University DELTA South Carolina College LAMBDA Kenyon College OMEGA Oakland College ETA University of Virginia PI Dartmouth IOTA Centre College ALPHA ALPHA Middlebury College OMICRON University of Michigan EPSILON Williams College RHO Lafayette College TAU Hamilton College MU Colgate University NU City College of New York University of Rochester BETA PHI THETA CHI Union College KAPPA PSI Cumberland University ZETA ZETA Louisiana State University ALPHA DELTA Jefferson College TAU DELTA Union University PHI CHI Rutgers University KAPPA PHI Troy University PSI PHI DePauw University Wesleyan University GAMMA PHI ETA ALPHA Washington & Lee University PSI OMEGA Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute BETA CHI Case Western Reserve Cornell University DELTA CHI DELTA DELTA University of Chicago Syracuse University PHI GAMMA GAMMA BETA Columbia University THETA ZETA Univ of California, Berkeley ALPHA CHI Trinity College PHI EPSILON University of Minnesota SIGMA TAU Mass. Institute of Technology TAU LAMBDA Tulane University ALPHA PHI University of Toronto University of Pennsylvania DELTA KAPPA TAU ALPHA McGill University SIGMA RHO Stanford University University of Illinois DELTA PI RHO DELTA University of Wisconsin University of Washington KAPPA EPSILON OMEGA CHI University of Texas, Austin ALPHA TAU University of Manitoba THETA RHO Univ of California, Los Angeles University of Alberta DELTA PHI 46 The Deke Quarterly | summer 2014

DKE ADDRESS 73 Lake Place, New Haven, CT 06511 INACTIVE Uses university facilities, Princeton, NJ INACTIVE NO FACILITY 101 24th Avenue South, Nashville, TN 37235 946 University Blvd, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 INACTIVE INACTIVE 132 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 INACTIVE 325 E Sycamore, Oxford, OH 45056 INACTIVE Old Kenyon dormitory, Gambier, OH INACTIVE 173 Culbreath Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 INACTIVE Uses college facilities, Danville, KY INACTIVE 1004 Olivia Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48104 INACTIVE 719 Sullivan Trail, Easton, PA 18042 Uses college facilities, Clinton, NY INACTIVE INACTIVE 597 Fraternity Road, Rochester, NY 14627 N. wing Fox dormitory, Schenectady, NY INACTIVE 13 Dalrymple Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 INACTIVE INACTIVE Uses private facilities, New Brunswick, NJ INACTIVE INACTIVE 276 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 INACTIVE INACTIVE INACTIVE INACTIVE Uses private facilities, Chicago, IL 703 Walnut Ave, Syracuse, NY 13210 INACTIVE 2302 Piedmont Ave, Berkeley, CA 94704 INACTIVE 1711 University Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 403 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139 INACTIVE 157 St. George St, Toronto, ON, Canada M5R2M2 307 S. 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 Colony status, Montreal, QC, Canada Uses university facilities Stanford, CA Colony status, Champaign, IL INACTIVE INACTIVE Colony status, Austin, TX Uses private facilities, Winnipeg, MB, Canada INACTIVE 11003 87th Ave., Edmonton, AB, Canada T6G0X5

ACTIVES 29

13

20 48 109

55

74

28

57

43

86

40 12

20 28

35

50

64

20 43

42

17 36

24 26 21 17 16

19 31

22

NEW MEMBERS FO

FO

S FO

FO

S

SO

SO

SO

F

FO SO

FO S

FO

F

F

F S

S

F FO

FO SO FO SO SO

S FO

FO

SCHOOL DELTA EPSILON Northwestern University LAMBDA DELTA Southern Methodist University PHI ALPHA University of British Columbia KAPPA DELTA University of Maryland RHO LAMBDA University of Oklahoma TAU DELTA University of the South PSI DELTA Wake Forest University SIGMA ALPHA Virginia Tech University PHI DELTA University of Western Ontario SIGMA PHI Villanova University PI BETA Troy University ALPHA MU Rowan University EPSILON RHO Duke University NU ZETA Pace University ALPHA OMEGA Louisiana Tech University THETA UPSILON Arizona State University IOTA MU Fordham University ALPHA RHO Temple University ZETA UPSILON Univ of California, Davis Bryant College PHI SIGMA PHI RHO Pennsylvania State University CHI RHO Bloomsburg University ZETA CHI Bentley College OMEGA OMEGA University of Arizona SIGMA BETA Univ of California, Santa Barbara New York University BETA GAMMA BETA DELTA University of Georgia ALPHA BETA DePaul University SIGMA KAPPA Michigan State University DELTA TAU Ohio State University ALPHA DELTA Northwestern University DELTA PSI Indiana University MU CHI Maryville College UPSILON OMEGA University of South Alabama Lake Forest College KAPPA OMEGA RHO BETA University of Richmond ALPHA GAMMA U.S. Military Academy PHI BETA Stephen F. Austin University Texas A & M University TAU CHI BETA TAU University of Victoria Auburn University DELTA ALPHA SIGMA XI St. Joseph’s College OMEGA MU Oklahoma State University PHI MU Manhattan College CHI BETA Univ of North Carolina, WiIlmington GAMMA IOTA Gannon University

DKE ADDRESS INACTIVE INACTIVE #8-2880 Westbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Can V6T253 INACTIVE INACTIVE 735 University Ave, Sewanee, TN 37383 1101 Polo Road, Winston Salem, NC 27106 302 E. Roanoke Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060 INACTIVE INACTIVE 414 Fraternity Circle, Troy, AL 36081 68 N. Main, Glassboro, NJ 08028 Craven AA dormitory, Durham, NC Uses private facilities, Pleasantville, NY INACTIVE Uses private facilities, Tempe, AZ INACTIVE INACTIVE INACTIVE Uses private facilities, Smithfield, RI 328 E. Foster Ave., State College, PA 16801 Uses private facilities, Bloomsburg, PA Uses private facilities, Waltham, MA Colony status, Tucson, AZ INACTIVE Uses university facilities, NY, NY INACTIVE INACTIVE 505 Albert Ave., East Lansing, MI 48823 INACTIVE INACTIVE 518 E. 1st Street, Bloomington, IN 47401 Uses private facilities, Maryville, TN INACTIVE INACTIVE Uses private facilities, Richmond, VA INACTIVE INACTIVE 3200 Callie Circle, College Station, TX 77845 Uses private facilities, Victoria, BC, Canada 110 Thomas Street, Auburn, AL 36832 Uses College facilities, Patchogue, NY 11772 1225 W. Third Ave., Stillwater, OK 74074 4513 Manhattan College Pkwy, Bronx, NY Uses private facilities, Wilimington, NC 109 University Square , Erie, PA

In addition to the reactivited colonies shown on the Chapter Roll, DKE has these 8 new colonies moving toward chapter status: • University of Delware, Newark, DE • Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA • University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN • Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, Canada • University of Warwick, Coventry, England • University of Oxford, Oxford, England • University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland • Ithaca College, Ithaca, NY

ACTIVES

54

18 49 37

21 22 15 12

79

18 51 19 40

48

20

24 27

18

39 55 16 30 42 27 23 20

NEW MEMBERS

FO

S FO S

F S S S

S

S S S S

S

S

S F

F

F FO F SO F F F F

Numbers shown for Actives reflect deductions for recent graduates. New member figures will be updated after Fall recruitment period.

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The story behind the front cover image: “Every trip to the moon has to start someplace, and for me it started at 09:34 EST on May the 5th of 1961. I was a pilot at the Naval Air Test Center in Pawtuxent River, Maryland, in the ready room briefing for a test flight in one of the Navy’s newest airplanes. I was one happy human because I thought I had, for me, the best job in the whole wide world.

Most of my fellow pilots were watching television. On the screen a guy I had never heard of, Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, was getting ready to ride a rocket.

As I watched his brief 15 minute and 28 second flight, I realized he had gone higher than I had ever been, faster than I had ever gone, and perhaps even more important, made more noise doing it. Maybe that guy had the best job in the world and I wanted one like it.

Well, on my second try I got the job. In October of 1963 I reported to the Manned Spacecraft Center in Houston, Texas, eager to begin training to fly to the Moon. But like most new jobs, I quickly found out, there was good news, and there was bad news.

First, the bad news: As I came to know my fellow astronauts, engineers and scientist, I began to become concerned. Some were a little smarter than me, a few

a little less smart than me, but most were just like me, and that was scary. I knew I had never accomplished an impossible dream and did not know how to even begin intelligently. I was just a U.S. Navy Pilot.

At the time, some of the technology we would need did not even exist. We had a few primitive computers at the Manned Spacecraft Center, but they could not come close to processing sufficient data fast enough to make the real-time decisions that would have to be made to safely fly to the Moon and return to Earth.

A strong tough material to make the helmet visors so we could see clearly to explore the moon did not exist.

No transparent material anywhere could withstand the temperature changes that would be experienced on the Moon and not crack and shatter.

But now the good news: The astronauts, engineers and scientists I worked with day after day did not believe we had to be extra smart or extra gifted to do something great. No matter what our level of achievement was in the past, we could find a way, working together as a team, to be extraordinary in the future.

History shows that we were “Right On.” I also believe that this is true for all of us humans who read this today.

We just have to get some stars in our eyes.”

–Alan Bean