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March 2013 . Issue 2
FROM THE EDITOR As we approach the Spring Break season, the International Headquarter’s staff would like to remind all of our undergraduate brothers to:
1. Have fun and enjoy your time off 2. Make sure your chapter houses and property are properly secured before you leave 3. Remember that no matter where you vacation, you represent your chapter and the General Fraternity
In today’s 24/7 online world, whatever you do can be recorded and posted immediately for everyone to see. Please be smart and remember to always strive to live by the laws, oaths, and obligations of our Creed, Ritual, and Constitution. As a reminder about how to actively watch out for each other, here are several key passages from our Brothers’ Brother Code of Conduct:
• Show compassion and reach out to my BROTHERS when they are hurting, depressed, or simply not themselves.
Tad Lichtenauer
• Intervene if a BROTHER is visibly impaired by alcohol or other substances by
staying with him or finding other BROTHERS to assist in taking care of him and keeping him out of harms way. If a BROTHER is passed out due to alcohol consumption such that he is potentially in a serious medical condition, and if I am not able to wake him, I will contact others and immediately get medical assistance.
Director of Communications/IT (317) 803-7322
• Take a stand if an alcohol impaired BROTHER puts himself or others at risk by
attempting to drive, ride in a vehicle with others who have been drinking, or tries to leave a function alone, and doing my best to intervene and do whatever is necessary to keep him safe and out of harms way.
tlichtenauer@lambdachi.org
• Challenge my BROTHERS to be gentlemen, to respect women, and to not knowingly take advantage of any intoxicated person.
• Know that I am never a bystander in my BROTHERS’ lives and doing the best
I can to make my Fraternity one that lives up to its teachings and that I have compassionate conversations with my BROTHERS when they are not doing the same.
• Serve as a role model for my BROTHERS to the best of my ability and to be vigilant in teaching others about the important role of being a BROTHERS’ BROTHER.
In ZAX & friendship,
Tad Lichtenauer Editor, Cross & Crescent Magazine
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RESPECTING THEIR HERITAGE
Three Lambda Chi Alpha brothers reflect on their unique experiences tied to their Native American backgrounds.
By Andrew Talevich (Washington State)
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MAINE’S CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY
The installation of the Beta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha occurred on March 29, 1913, at the Colonial Hotel in Bangor, Maine. On April 20-21, 2013, the undergraduate and alumni brothers will gather to celebrate their chapter’s centennial anniversary. By Jon Williamson (Maryland)
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CREDITS Publisher: Bill Farkas anaging Editor: Tad Lichtenauer M Editor: Andrew Talevich Layout & Design: Thomas Roberts Photographer: Walt Moser Research: Jon Williamson Editors: Jono Hren Bob McLaughlin
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VOLUNTEERING FOR TODAY’S LAMBDA CHI
An alumnus brother from William Jewell, Larry Matthews is the “Founding Father” chapter advisor (High Pi) for the Alpha-Chi chapter at the University of Richmond. He is a 2012 Order of Merit recipient and was recently named a Master Steward. By Tad Lichtenauer (Denison)
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Akron (Gamma-Alpha)
night event benefiting the Phoenix Children’s Hospital. The chapter participated in the Delta Zeta Dukeout, raising money with penny wars throughout the week.
Michael Bray serves as IFC director of marketing. Jonathan Wickham serves as IFC vice president.
The chapter hosted a date party at Turf Paradise, a local horse race track. The brothers and guests spent the afternoon clad in horse-track attire while watching the races.
Jeff Swenson is a member of the cheerleading squad. Sam Kraus is a member of the baseball team.
Arkansas State (Iota-Theta)
Alabama (Alpha-Phi)
Brandon Rowe is a member of the university’s rugby team.
Andy Koonce was elected SGA vice president. Sean Vinson is the goalie on the university’s ice hockey team.
Auburn-Montgomery (Phi-Kappa)
The chapter currently ranks third in campus GPA with nearly 100 undergraduate members.
Justin Law serves as the president of the Baptist Campus Ministries and was Homecoming Court King. Ryan Till serves as the president of the university’s golf team.
Angelo State (Beta-Alpha)
Will Robbins serves as the president of the university’s College of Republicans.
Talyn Brugette serves as IFC recruitment chairman.
Paul Whigham serves as the president of the university’s archery club.
Arizona State (Zeta-Psi)
Jacob Nummy serves as the the vice president of the university’s fishing team. Colby Steverson and Matt Watson are members of the university golf team.
Ball State University (Iota-Alpha) The chapter was profiled in The Greek Times for being a highly academic and philanthropy-focused fraternity.
The chapter added five associate members. The chapter held an alumni dinner on February 24, 2013.
The chapter participated in the ASU Dance Marathon, an all-
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Bowling Green State (Phi-Mu)
Ten brothers were sent to the Bluegrass Conclave held at Eastern Kentucky University.
The chapter raised $530 over two weeks for the North American Food Drive. You may make a donation by visiting the Greeks for Good website.
The chapter participated in Polar Plunge philanthropy, raising more than $3,000 for the Indiana Special Olympics. Joshua Phelps received a $500 scholarship from Order of Omega. The Scholarship Program was established in 1985 to recognize academic achievement, participation and leadership in campus organizations, as well as citizenship and service within the campus and Greek community.
Bradley (Kappa-Upsilon) Several chapter brothers attended a fish-fry fundraiser to support the newly-formed Maggie Bertram Foundation for the Fine Arts.
The chapter participated in a combined effort to process more than 10,000 pounds of food for the Gleaner’s Food Bank. This event served as the educational experience for the associate members about our Core Value of Service & Stewardship, and also created a bonding experience between big and little brothers.
Three brothers participated in a wrestling tournament, each finishing near the top of their weight class. Pictured is Eric’s hand, held high after a victorious wrestling round.
Bucknell (Delta)
Todd M. Ferise (1991) died February 15, 2013. He was a graduate from Butler University and a marketing manager at Knauf Insulation.
Bill Westenhofer (1990) won an Academy Award for Achievement in Visual Effects for his work on the movie, Life of Pi.
Butler (Alpha-Alpha)
California-Los Angeles (Epsilon-Sigma) Chase Skillin serves as IFC vice president of scholarship. Tyler Wait serves as IFC secretary. Sam Haws works in the president’s office. Cyrus Sinai works in the internal vice president’s office.
The chapter added 28 associate members with an average GPA of 3.5 and held an Associate Member Ceremony on January 27, 2013.
California-Berkeley (Mu Colony) Chapter brothers traveled to Lake Tahoe for a weekend trip of skiing, snowboarding, and brotherhood. Pictured are: Frank Wei, David Seeto, Jonathan Nolasco, Joshua Lam, James Park, and Andy Cheng.
The associate members participated in Freshman Skits, placing third.
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Clemson (Delta-Omicron)
trails of Temecula, jumping over walls, and climbing under 300 yards of barbed wire. Pictured are: Jonathan Nolasco, Aidan McCarthy, Joshua Lam, and Wallace Lowe.
Brockton Hall received the university’s Fraternal Excellence Award for 2012. The chapter won three awards at the Southeastern IFC Conference in Atlanta.
California-Santa Barbara (Zeta-Eta)
Chapter brothers are participating in Relay For Life to raise awareness for breast cancer research.
Colorado State-Pueblo (Delta-Omega) Bard Salcido Sr. (1959) died September 15, 2012. He served as a chapter advisor for more than 20 years. Salcido and his wife regularly hosted associate members at their home prior to Initiation, serving his wife’s famous root beer floats. He was a very popular high school history teacher and retired in 1991.
Central Missouri (Lambda-Pi)
The chapter’s GPA was above the all men’s average and was the highest of all Greek organizations for the third consecutive semester. Michael Linsenman serves as Greek Council president.
Thirteen of the newly initiated brothers created this decorative paddle as a lasting memento for the chapter. Symbolizing an exciting and special semester of discovery, positive education, shattered myths, and fellowship, it will be placed in the chapter room with great pride.
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Jarrod Merryman serves as Greek Council treasurer. The chapter added seven associate members during spring recruitment.
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For the first time the chapter hosted the Rocky Mountain Conclave in February. Attendees included undergraduates, master stewards, and Grand High Alpha Drew Hunter (Denver).
Alex Bronzo and Clayton Dubin are members of the university’s sprint football team. The chapter recruited 24 associate members, the fourth largest recruitment class on campus.
Will Evans accepted a job as a technical service engineer with Ford Motor Co. Eric Gilliland (2003) accepted a job as the new manager of HR recruitment staff and processes for the College of Southern Nevada. Joshua Birchfield was promoted to U.S. Army first lieutenant.
Culver-Stockton (Kappa-Mu) Nineteen of the 22 members of the university’s soccer team are Lambda Chis.
Coe (Zeta-Alpha) John E. Yager (1948) died February 4, 2013. A founder and the first member of the chapter to be initiated, his education was interrupted immediately following World War II by service in the U.S. Army Counter Intelligence Corps in Vienna, Austria. Yager was employed by Eastman Kodak Co. from 1949 to 1955, later joining Esso/Exxon Corp. for the remainder of his professional career which included positions in Peru, Colombia, Indonesia and Greece. He retired in 1980 as manager of the legal department of Exxon Corp. in Houston.
Zach Glenn is a member of the university’s basketball team.
Delaware (Lambda-Beta)
Cornell (Omicron) Alex Schoiset serves as IFC vice president of communication. Jamie Winebrake serves as IFC vice president of programming.
Brendan Sheld serves as IFC vice president of programming.
Carter Loftus is a member of the university’s polo team.
Jeremy Ryan serves as SGA associate justice.
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Chapter news, alumni news, and reports of death The chapter hosted its Alumni Heritage Night, a special recruitment night where local alumni brothers have the chance to meet current and potential members. Approximately 30 alumni were in attendance, including founding father Chick Donovan (1966).
he continued teaching business courses at the local academic institutions. After retiring from B&L, Wiles was a successful independent businessman owning and operating the Financial Business Service.
Peter A. S. Pfeiffer (1981), regional managing business development director at McGladrey LLP - the largest U.S. provider of assurance, tax and consulting services for the middle market – has joined the board of directors of the Connecticut chapter of the Turnaround Management Association (TMA). Since joining McGladrey in 2010, Pfeiffer has led the firm’s Northeast business development team, which includes managing sales of the firm’s assurance, tax and consulting services to companies across a wide range of middle-market industries. Pfeiffer also leads McGladrey’s international growth initiative, which coordinates the RSM alliance worldwide and the large client growth initiative.
Drexel (Epsilon-Kappa)
The chapter held an Initiation Ritual Exemplification for 12 brothers. Chapter brothers participated in the Delta Phi Epsilon sorority competition to raise money and awareness for Cystic Fibrosis. The chapter raised more than $4,600 and took first place in the 9th Annual Male Beauty Pageant.
Denver (Alpha-Pi) Jeff Cocannon serves as IFC recruitment chairman.
Ryan Pratt serves as IFC president.
James Knight serves on the Judicial Board.
Nicholas Christman serves as IFC recruitment chair.
Simon Latimer is a member of the university’s varsity swim team.
Anthony Iacono serves as the SGA representative for the College of Engineering.
Andrew M. Baird died February 13, 2013. Joe Casey (2000) died February 4, 2013. A former chapter president, he was a 13-year veteran of the Moose hockey team based in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. He served as the team captain and was the all-time leading scorer. Casey was a handyman and accomplished outdoorsman who regaled friends with his tales of hunting and fishing adventures. He joined the Moose from the University of Denver for the 2000-01 season and led the team in scoring.
Drury (Theta-Sigma) Ryan Demore serves as IFC treasurer. The chapter has four members involved with SGA: Kevin Daroga serves as SGA sophomore senator, Ryan Demore serves as SGA junior senator, Neal Chang serves as vice president for inclusion (diversity), and Austin Seaborn serves as senior class president.
Wiles Converse died January 29, 2013. Converse lived in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was a university professor, prior to settling in Rochester, New York, in 1955. In Rochester he worked for Bausch & Lomb during the week and excelled at racing sailboats of all types with his family and friends on the weekends. In the evenings www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
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East Tennessee State (Iota-Omicron)
Florida Tech (Beta-Nu)
Aaron Sands, Joseph Jusak, Joe Bailey, Andy Detiveaux (captain), Josh Stroud Devin MacDonald, Patrick Gwinn, and Wes Vaughan are members of the university’s rugby team.
Truman A. “Skip” Cox III died suddenly February 9, 2013. He was the master distiller at A. Smith Bowman Distillery in Fredericksburg, Virginia. He had served with the U.S. Coast Guard.
Nils Bresinsky serves as IFC vice president of fraternal values.
Eastern Illinois (Phi-Alpha)
Franklin (Kappa-Gamma) Tyler Hileman serves as IFC vice president recruitment.
Andrew Gonzalez serves as IFC president.
Dylan Jenny serves as IFC vice president fraternal relations.
Logan Clifton serves as IFC community service chair.
Colin Gallagher, Joseph Green, Tyler Hileman, Kyle Butler, Eric Drake, Trevor Yates, Max Larreur, Dylan Jenny, LaDarrius Calvin, Jordan Segner, Connor Houston Brooks Bemis, Joshua Bales, Micah Hatch, Logan Chamberlin, Tyler Zachery, Kevin Kreuzman, Aries Hyman, Matt Haggard, Nate Bryan, Cody Schrader, Aarron Hart, Marco Radjenovic, Dominique Boyd, and Dylan Hodges are members of the university’s football team.
Adam Drake is a member of the university’s football team.
Florida (Epsilon-Mu) The chapter is hosting an 80th anniversary dinner and reception on April 5, 2013. In addition to the dinner, a golf outing will be held on the following Sunday, April 7, 2013, at which brothers will tee-off together at the Mark Bostick golf course. Former chapter President Kevin Griffin was recently awarded the John M. Kinzer Award for service to the University of Florida. The award is presented to only a select few students each year who display qualities of scholarship, leadership, and strong involvement on campus.
Georgia (Nu) Morgan Wells was elected vice president of administration on IFC’s Executive Board.
Georgia Tech (Beta-Kappa) The chapter added eight associate members during spring recruitment.
Florida Southern (Epsilon-Xi)
TJ Capaldi serves as IFC vice president of recruitment.
Steven Ramos was elected as the chapter’s scholarship chairman.
Ryan Nolan serves as IFC social committee chairman.
Zachary Wheat was elected as the chapter’s external vice president.
James Latimer (1979), former International Headquarters staff member, is the new pastor at the North Madison Congregational Church United Church of Christ.
Florida State (Zeta-Rho) Oscar Leo Mitchell Jr. (1953) died February 11, 2013. He was the owner/operator of Prestige Real Estate in Hollywood, Florida.
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High Point (Iota-Phi) George Ott died February 27, 2013, after a lengthy battle with severe acute pancreatitis.
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Illinois (Chi)
The colony has grown from 10 to 16 members over the last three semesters.
Former chapter President Ben Seadler serves as the IFC executive vice president.
The colony increased its grade point average from 2.5 to 2.9 thanks to a new incentive program.
Chapter officer Brian Nicolls is a member of the university’s rugby club team. Charlie Prescot and Pat Kurtovich are members of the university’s lacrosse club team.
Kansas (Zeta-Iota)
Iowa (Iota-Chi) Colin Nelson was initiated into the University of Iowa’s Fraternal Values Society as a member of the organization’s Alpha class.
Iowa State (Alpha-Tau) The chapter held an Initiation Ritual Exemplification for eight brothers on February 15, 2013, raising the total number of initiated undergraduate members to 19. The men who were initiated were: Trevor Otterstein (2014), Noel Miller (2016), Keegan Long (2016), Colin Graham (2016), Ryan Sheets (2016), Cooper Rodman (2016), Zach Stegenga (2016), and Garret Long (2016).
Dr. Bill G. Jackson (1953) died December 28, 2012. He served in the U.S. Army as a first lieutenant and then spent 35 years as a research chemist for Eli Lily & Co. Jackson also was a generous financial supporter of the chapter. W. Craig Ranshaw (1977) died February 21, 2013. He will be greatly missed by staff and students at Maple Shade High School in New Jersey, where he proudly taught and coached for more than 30 years.
John Carroll (Colony 293)
The second annual Alumni Golf Tournament will be held on June 15, 2013, at the Alvamar Golf Course in Lawrence, Kansas.
Kansas State (Gamma-Xi) Jake Sankey serves as the IFC vice president. Jacob Ewers serves as an SGA representative.
Kettering (Lambda-Epsilon A) The chapter held an Initiation Ritual Exemplification for nine associate members. The chapter is now the largest fraternity on campus.
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Nicholas Lopez, Ryan Lusty, Alexander Martinez, Jacob Parry, John Raymond, Tyler Rubino, Andrew Schneider, Joseph Sinopoli, Joshua Stonko, Brandon Tillman, John Vittas, Timothy West, and Max Wittle.
Memphis (Zeta-Theta) Maine (Beta) All of the chapter brothers participated in the second annual University of Maine BearFest Dance Marathon. A universitywide fundraiser, the event raises thousands of dollars for sick children across the country. This year the chapter raised $1,370.
Maryland (Epsilon-Pi)
Dixon Williams serves as IFC vice president. The chapter added seven associate members. The chapter is partnering with Lifeblood to host a two-day blood drive on March 5-6, 2013. As a result of the amount of blood the chapter raised in the fall, they were given the Lifeblood Newcomer of the Year award on behalf of the University of Memphis. Brothers Dixon Williams, Alex Galbraith, and Tremaine McKinley accepted the award. The chapter hosted a recruitment dinner that included Sasho Cirovski, the university’s head soccer coach, as the keynote speaker. Cirovski is a two-time national champion in 2005 and 2008.
Miami-OH (Zeta-Upsilon) Gerald “Gary” L. Stutz (1969) died September 23, 2012. He served in the U.S. Armed Forces and was employed by Proctor & Gamble, Cincinnati; the Overhead Door Co. in Richmond, Indiana, and Carrolton, Texas; Alcoa Building Products, Denison, Texas; and Louisiana Pacific in Holly Springs, Mississippi.
The chapter added 24 associate members during spring recruitment, led by the work of the recruitment chairman, Jonathan Lewis and Varun Tilva. The new associate members are: Jake Bart, Paul Becker, Philip Burroughs III, Abraham Converse, Daniel Dresner, Gregory Faenza, Daniel Fresella, Forrest Hane, Gerald Hayward, Scott Heydrick, Alec Jennison, Austin Levitt,
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Timothy D. Simpson (1969) died February 11, 2013. He
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worked for United Dairy Farmers in North Columbus since May 1990, managing the former location at the corner of Cleveland and Weber for 16 years. He was also an Eagle Scout.
Patrick Hughes serves as the vice president of IFC’s Executive Council. Drew Hall is a member of the university’s football team.
Miami-FL (Epsilon-Omega) The chapter added 18 associate members.
New Hampshire (Alpha-Xi)
Millsaps (Theta-Eta) The chapter is working with Gleaners Food Bank to collect cafeteria leftovers and deliver them to local soup kitchens.
Minnesota State-Mankato (Lambda-Delta) Joel Erikson was promoted to vice president of financial services at a regional brokerage firm based in Minneapolis. His duties encompass advisor recruitment; product management, design and due diligence; firm sales and marketing compliance with FINRA regulations and sales management including operations.
The chapter added 11 new associate members, raising the chapter membership to more than 40 men for the first time in 10 years.
Mississippi State (Epsilon-Chi) New Mexico (Zeta-Mu Colony)
Sean Macko serves as IFC vice president for recruitment.
During Greek Week, the colony won the trivia contest and placed third in Greek Sing. The chapter won the Most Improved GPA Award, going from the worst GPA on campus to the third best among fraternities.
The chapter started a new spring philanthropy, Lambda Chi Alpha’s Comedy Night, which raised $600 for the relief of Hurricane Sandy.
Colony brothers attended the Rocky Mountain Conclave held by the Delta-Omega chapter at the University of Colorado State-Pueblo.
Montevallo (Sigma-Epsilon) Nick Barrow and Michael Tallon were nominated for College Night Leaders.
Colony President Brandon Beck was one of 144 students nominated for the Who’s Who among collage students. He also was a finalist for the Greek Man of the Year Award.
Brandt Montgomery (2003) was elected to the diocesan council of the Alabama Episcopal Diocese. Quincy Hall (2013) was selected as the new director of music for Montevallo Presbyterian Church. www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
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New Mexico State (Zeta-Gamma)
The colony will host its chartering banquet on April 28, 2013. Through the university’s Study Abroad Program, Evan Jones is spending the semester in Germany.
North Dakota (Epsilon-Zeta) The chapter has re-launched its Alumni Advisory Board with more than 15 alumni members who are actively involved in advising the undergraduate officers.
North Texas (Iota-Zeta) Phil Godwin is the vice president of sales and marketing for Visual Storage Intelligence®, a cross-vendor storage reporting on-demand service. His company was named one of four finalists in the Storage Management Tools category for the 11th annual Storage magazine and SearchStorage. com 2012 Storage Products of the Year awards.
Marcus Anderson serves as IFC vice president of service. Erik Tischofer serves as a business senator. On February 15, 2013, the chapter brothers helped feed more than 100 people at the Gospel Rescue Mission in Las Cruces, New Mexico. The chapter thanks Dion’s Pizza for being such a generous donor of the pizza and salad that was provided.
North Carolina-Charlotte (Beta-Upsilon) Tim Wallis was just elected to the student senate.
North Carolina-Greensboro (Phi-Theta) The chapter received the highest GPA for IFC fraternities during the fall semester.
North Carolina State Gamma-Upsilon Colony)
Partnered with Chi Omega sorority, the chapter participated in the Guilford County Polar Plunge and raised more than $1,600 for Special Olympics of North Carolina.
The colony added 13 associate members during spring recruitment.
Devon Honeyman serves as IFC vice president of public relations. Kier Hellgeth serves as IFC vice president of recruitment. Christopher McCracken was appointed to serve as the SGA secretary of state affairs.
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Oklahoma (Gamma-Rho)
money for the Special Olympics.
Drew Knox serves as IFC president. Will Saint serves as IFC vice president of new member education.
Rensselaer (Epsilon-Eta) Christopher Thomas serves as IFC vice president of recruitment.
Seth Carter is a member of the university’s football team. Richard E. Cies (1963) died February 7, 2013. He served in the Oklahoma 95th Army Reserve Division during the Vietnam War. As an artist, entrepreneur, and purveyor of antiques, he opened Faudree’s Gift Shop in Shepherd Mall in 1965 and became known as the “Glassblower in the Window.” He later owned gift and antique stores in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and Ocala, Florida, before retiring to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Fraternity Educator Abraham Can (2015) serves as vice president of his class. Nicholas Weber is a senior who just finished 4 years of playing
Oklahoma State (Alpha-Eta) Bryan Stump was elected IFC vice president.
Oregon State (Alpha-Lambda) Nick Meyer was elected IFC secretary. Thomas Bancroft was elected to the SGA senate. Nick Meyer is a member of the university’s water polo team. Sean Bailey and Paul Erickson are members of the university’s baseball team.
on the football team. Andrew Buresh, also a senior, is on the varsity track and field team.
Alex McElfish and Corbett Fox are are members of the university’s rugby team.
The chapter partnered with Alpha Phi sorority to put on an event called “Strike Out Strokes”, a bowling tournament in which 22 teams competed. Prizes were given to the top three bowlers and the top three teams in the tournament. Along with providing some friendly competition, the event brought in $1500, which was donated to the American Stroke Association.
Pittsburg State (Lambda-Chi) Chapter members worked together to renovate the basement of the chapter house. An alumnus brother donated a flat screen TV as a gift to the undergraduate brothers for making the improvements to the basement. Chapter brothers participated in 2013 Polar Plunge to help raise www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
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father, he worked for Whalen’s Furniture in New Jersey.
Simpson (Theta-Lambda) Tenor H. Huberg, a member of the Sarasota Opera, helped open the 2013 Baltimore Oriole’s Spring Training Season with the singing of the National Anthem on February 23, 2013. This was the opening game against the Minnesota Twins. Huberg is currently singing the role of Nadir in Sarasota Opera’s 2013 production of The Pearl Fishers.
On March 1, 2013, the chapter held an Initiation Ritual Exemplification for 18 members. The chapter is helping our colony at Virginia Commonwealth University with their Initiation Ritual Exemplification scheduled for April 20, 2013.
South Dakota Mines (Colony 298) Six chapter brothers were chosen to be part of The Professional Development Institute for Student Leaders, a new 30-member student organization on campus. Two chapter brothers were selected to serve on the board of The National Society of Leadership and Success, a new organization that was started this spring.
Aaron Shapiro (2013) is this semester’s recipient of the Richard C. Snyder Jr. Memorial Scholarship. Over his four years, he has served the chapter as secretary, treasurer, and as a member of the Executive Committee.
Southeast Missouri State (Delta-Phi) Rollins (Theta-Gamma Colony)
Eleven brothers attended the Ozark Conclave. Chapter brothers participated in the Martin Luther King Jr. walk to support diversity and freedom.
The colony added five associate members.
Chapter brothers placed third in Gamma Phi Beta’s Crescent
Sam Houston State (Sigma-Mu) The chapter added one associate member and conducted his Associate Member Ceremony on March 4. The chapter collected approximately 470 cans for the North American Food Drive.
Shippensburg (Phi-Tau) Charles E. Kersey (1983) died January 29, 2013. He worked for the State of Georgia.
Classic volleyball tournament.
John M. Kauffman (1982) died January 18, 2013. A founding
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Southern California (Zeta-Delta)
Taylor Reich is a member of the university’s football team.
On February 7, 2013, Gamma Sigma helped out at the Ronald McDonald House of Dallas, Texas, by serving food to families living there while their children receive chronic care from Children’s Hospital located nearby. Brothers and associate members alike attended the event and enjoyed meeting with families, as well as making connections with other active volunteers in the community of Dallas. Chapter brothers participated in a charity event by coordinating powderpuff football competition between the sororities. The money that was raised then went towards the Friendship Circle, an organization that helps special needs children and their families live more sociable and happy lives. Besides raising money for this group, chapter brothers also participated in family barbecues and beach days with the children and other volunteers. Chapter brothers are again helping a local middle school where they play with the children during recess and provide mentoring for the students.
South Carolina (Epsilon-Psi) The chapter held a Sigma Dinner at Villa Tronco Restaurant to reward brothers who attained outstanding GPAs for the fall term. The cumulative fall GPA for the chapter was 3.1. Their new-member GPA of 3.25 was the third highest on campus.
South Carolina-Aiken (Pi-Alpha) The chapter held their annual stationary-bike fundraiser. Through this 36-hour event, the chapter raised enough money and cans to feed two children for a year.
Southern Indiana (Phi-Xi) The chapter earned the highest average GPA of any fraternity on campus with a 3.027 for the fall semester. On February 8, 2013, the chapter added eight associate members.
Southern Methodist (Gamma-Sigma) Jacob Watts was elected to the SGA.
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for the North American Food Drive. The chapter hosted the Gulf Coast Conclave at Tarleton State University on February 14-15, 2013. The weekend consisted of fraternal programming, a lock-in at the Recreation Sports Center, and attending the Tarleton men’s basketball game. The Gulf Coast region consists of 15 chapters from Texas, Louisiana, and New Mexico.
Chapter brothers participated in the 90th Annual Strollers Show. This year the chapter was teamed with Kappa Alpha Theta and Delta Tau Delta. The collective team won first place, “Best in Show,” for the third consecutive year.
St. Joseph’s (Phi-Lambda) Ian Klinger and Pete Larmann ran a sub 50 second 400 meter dash in the Atlantic A10 track meet. On February 8, 2013, the chapter added 21 associate members. Chapter brothers attended the Atlantic Conclave hosted by Epsilon-Kappa at Drexel University.
Tennessee (Epsilon-Omicron) Evan Winburne serves as IFC director of chapter relations.
St. Mary’s (Sigma-Beta) The chapter added 10 associate members.
Texas-Austin (Alpha-Mu) The chapter added 19 associate members during spring recruitment, increasing the total undergraduate members to 92.
Tarleton State (Phi-Rho)
The chapter’s grade point average has improved again from last year with four 4.0s and 28 members over a 3.5 GPA.
On February 24, 2013, the chapter held an Associate Member Ceremony for three new members.
Kevin Fish won the Texas 2013 Elite Cyclocross State Championship and finished 10th at U23 National Championships.
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Chapter news, alumni news, and reports of death Tommy Moore was chosen as a Camp Texas counselor to help new students acclimate, continuing a six-year streak of AlphaMu counselors. Joel Chambers and his Longhorn Rocket Association were featured in a recent news article.
members of the university’s football team. Chase Mackey is a member of the university’s track team.
Texas-El Paso (Zeta-Epsilon)
This month’s philanthropy included helping out at a local wilderness preserve, cleaning streets for Martin Luther King Day, building a ramp at an elementary school, and helping out at UT’s largest annual day of service; Project 2013. Twelve chapter brothers raised more than $1,300 during a fundraiser, called Texas-Thon, to benefit the Dell Children’s Hospital. Thomas Moore was selected to be in Texas Cowboys, an honorary men’s service organization. He is the first Lambda Chi to be selected since 1990. Frederick James Gaido Jr. (1966) died January 26, 2013. He spent the majority of his life in the restaurant industry, most of which was at Gaido’s restaurant in Houston. Gaido then continued his work in the hospitality industry at the Junior League Tea Room and at the Cohen House at Rice University in Houston.
Ramon Salazar serves as IFC president. Danny Fierro serves as IFC recruitment chairman. On February 11, 2013, the chapter added 12 associate members during spring recruitment.
Troy (Sigma-Tau) Scott Hubbard was reelected as the Southeastern Interfraternity Conference undergraduate president, a first for the organization. The photo shows Hubbard with NIC president and alumnus brother Peter Smithhiser. The SEIFC is a voluntary association of fraternity governing councils in the southeastern United States. SEIFC is one of the three regional associations throughout North America designed to bring together institutions and individuals with a commitment to fraternity life on college and university campuses.
Texas Christian (Iota-Pi) Cameron Fox was elected IFC chief justice. Luke Benuska, Mason Orradre, and Bailey Desormeaux are www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
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Tulsa (Epsilon-Upsilon)
Peter Oakes and James Boyette were elected chapter vice presidents. Three brothers attended the Bluegrass Conclave at Eastern Kentucky University.
Virginia Commonwealth (Colony 294)
John Dorman, Daniel Appelbaum, and Matthew Faeth attended the Ozark Conclave on the weekend of February 15-17, 2013.
Union-TN (Lambda-Zeta) Will Tucker serves as IFC secretary/treasurer. Luke Trammell serves as SGA councilman. Trent Rogan was elected SGA freshman councilman. The chapter added 11 associate members during spring recruitment, raising their chapter member total to 32 undergraduates. They conducted an Associate Member Ceremony on February 17, 2013.
Chip Crockarell, Alex Pratt, Matt Kessler, and Clayton Martin are members of the university’s soccer team. Bailey Bell is a member of the university’s cross country team. Christian Long is a member of the university’s baseball team.
Valparaiso (Iota-Sigma) The chapter held a fundraiser for a fellow Greek who is struggling with leukemia.
On February 9, 2013, 13 alumni brothers attended an alumni recruitment breakfast hosted by the chapter.
Wabash (Alpha-Kappa) Andrew King serves as IFC president.
Josh Bieck was nominated for the Order of Omega.
Gerald Fankhauser, Tyler Hampton, Robert Hechinger (captain), Matthew Bowman, Tanner Watson, Christopher Widup (captain), Justin Green, Paul Snyder, David Oliger, Andrew Rodgers, Montana Timmons (captain), and Tyler Owensby are members of the university’s baseball team.
Vanderbilt (Gamma-Delta) Jackson Langham was elected chapter president.
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Marcus Kammrath is a member of the university’s basketball
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the Wake Forest versus Miami basketball game.
Daniel Hoover is a member of the university’s cross country team.
The chapter’s 14 associate members have been implementing the Seven Core Values on a weekly basis, including working for organizations like the Forsyth County Humane Society.
Zachary Breuckman, Cody Christopher, Patrick Clegg (captain), Derek Dean, Anthony Stella, Roy Taylor, Patrick Tuck-Snelling, Andrew Breuckman, Clinton Warner, Taylor Miller, Eric Russell, Glenn Patterson, and James Kallas are members of the university’s football team.
The chapter’s Founders Day celebration will be held on April 5, 2013, at the Gene Hook Baseball Field (Wake Forest Ball Park) in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. The photo shows chapter brothers, alumni brothers, and Wake Forest University Chaplain Ed Christman at Spring Convocation.
Jacob Nigh is a member of the university’s soccer team. Stephen Batchelder, Andrew Chorpenning, Aaron Troyer, Charles Williams, and Clayton Highum are members of the university’s swim team. Michael Demeter, Nathanael Koelper, and Andrew Sawyer are members of the university’s tennis team.
William Jewell (Epsilon-Nu) Jon Duncan (1992) is the NCAA’s new interim vice president for enforcement.
Matthew Knox, Jackson Reid, and Jeffrey Velderman are members of the university’s track and field team. Aaron Davis is a member of the university’s wrestling team.
Wilmington (Pi-Delta)
Wake Forest (Theta-Tau)
The chapter added 11 associate members.
Wisconsin-Whitewater (Lambda-Iota Colony) The colony will host its chartering banquet on April 27, 2013.
The chapter hosted multiple brotherhood events this past month, including taking a trip to Raleigh for the Carolina Hurricanes hockey game and at the Lawrence Joel Coliseum for
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Wittenberg (Nu-Zeta) The chapter held an Associate Member Ceremony for three
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Chapter news, alumni news, and reports of death associate members on February 25, 2013. Bob White, an honorary member and faculty adviser, is retiring. The chapter thanks him for his service and is in the process of looking for a worthy replacement.
Worcester (Pi) Joon-Ho Lee, Ben Collins, Victor Puksta, Tyler Greff (holds school record for the backstroke), Rich Lentz, Liam Fisher, Max Arnold, and Tom Cieslewski are members of the university’s swim team. Tom Gammel, James Klyng, and Jared Breton are members of the university’s football team. Robert Mahoney serves as a member of the SGA Finance Board. Giovanni DiCristina serves as the SGA parliamentarian. Steve Kocienski, Ryan Shooshan, Mason Andruskiewicz, Joey Collins, Austin Holliday, Tim Forrest, Ben Altshuler, Kirk Murphy, Sean Murphy, Anthony Gallo Eric Eoff, Charles Plummer, and George Kuegler are members of the university’s track team. Willy Ramos, Zach Stewart, Tyler Collins, Kendal Cotton, Zach Gendreau, Burak Birand, and Trevor Rocks are members of the university’s crew team.
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Respecting Their Heritage Three Lambda Chi Alpha brothers reflect on their unique experiences tied to their Native American backgrounds. By Andrew Talevich (Washington State)
Tordsen (right center) at General Assembly with South Dakota brothers The steady beat of a large, deer-hide drum gives way to a group of men, dressed in vibrant regalia and elaborate feathered headdresses, pounding their feet in front of a large crowd at the University of South Dakota’s Dakota Dome in mid-March. This awesome display of culture is called a Wacipi or a pow-wow. Each year the Tiospaye Student Council, whose
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previous president is Tyler Tordsen (South Dakota 2014), puts on this celebration. While this event is a strong reflection of a lively heritage, for a group of Lambda Chi Alpha brothers the Native American culture to which they belong is much more than pageantry. Their respective Native American communities have acted as a support mechanism that has aided their education, created
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powerful role models, bestowed life lessons upon them, and served as a network that will last a lifetime.
Olson (South Dakota). Politics is an endeavor that Tordsen is thinking about becoming part of after he graduates.
The Value of Education
In ways similar to those of Tordsen, Trevor Tullius (Oklahoma 2004) became very involved in his Lambda Chi Alpha chapter and in his Native American community as an undergraduate. The former Duke Flad award recipient is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, a federally recognized Native American nation located in south-central Oklahoma. He currently works as an associate in the law firm of Patton Boggs, located in Washington, D.C. He specializes in Native American affairs, government contracts, and business. In
Tordsen, an enrolled member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, Dakota Sioux, credits financial aid he received from his chapter, the state, and a Native American scholarship from the University of South Dakota for enabling him to stay focused on school and become involved in various activities on campus. “Scholarships are something that always helps,” he said. “My parents have described that school is my job.” In addition to having been the previous president of the Native American club, the Tiospaye Student Council, Tordsen was also president of his chapter and currently serves on the Student Advisory Committee. He is also now interning for South Dakota Senate Majority Leader Russell
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addition to his legal work, Tullius also lobbies pro-bono on behalf of Native American education issues. His lobbying consists of bringing successful Native American education programs to the attention of Congress, and assisting in getting these programs the funding they need to continue to be effective. “We are looking to get the funding mechanisms for students to be run through tribes. I always felt that local tribes can make the best decisions for their students,” he said. Tullius is a prime example of the mutually beneficial investment the Chickasaw nation provided to him. His pro bono work in lobbying Congress for Indian education issues
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Higher Meaning In addition to the financial assistance that Tordsen, Horton, and Tullius have received from their respective Native American communities, perhaps more important to them are the unique lessons they learned growing up.
For Tordsen, one particular lesson that resonates with him stems from an experience he had three years ago. Tordsen and his chapter were assisting in a university-sponsored banquet for prominent Native American alumni. The university president, James Abbott (South Dakota 1970), called Tordsen over to speak with one of the honorees, John Artichoker, Jr. (South Dakota 1951). During his conversation with Abbott and Artichoker, Tordsen found out that Artichoker was the oldest living Native American alumnus from the University of South Dakota; he was also a Lambda Chi Alpha brother. “Knowing that his roots trace back to Lambda Chi, and that none of us knew about that, really relit my fire right away and inspired me,” Tordsen said. Tordsen has been able to extend his unique perspective and background to his fraternity brothers. Their interactions have helped create a culture open to diversity and learning.
Tullius’s grandfather, who was recently initiated in the Chickasaw Hall of Fame for his lifelong commitment to teaching music, always taught his grandson the value of patience. While president of his chapter, Tullius can remember when brothers would ask him to make quick decisions that would impact his whole chapter. Instead, Tullius preferred to take everything into account and make the right decision for the 180-man chapter.
“Exposing people to that diversity has been really good. It’s helped us overcome certain stereotypes,” he said.
“I learned the cultural and tribal norms of really spending time on an issue; listening to everyone’s points of view and building a consensus,” he said.
Clap-clap-clap.
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And the Beat Goes On... As the drum beat continues and the dancers quicken their feet, Tiospaye members and the rest of the crowd stand up and begin to make a unified, rhythmic clap.
It’s fitting that the meaning of Tiospaye is “extended family.”
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Maine’s Centennial Anniversary The installation of the Beta chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha occurred on March 29, 1913, at the Colonial Hotel in Bangor, Maine. On April 20-21, 2013, the undergraduate and alumni brothers will gather to celebrate their chapter’s centennial anniversary. By Jon Williamson (Maryland)
Beta Brothers sit in front of their house in 1936. The chapter will celebrate its centennial on April 20. Beta was granted a charter on March 15, 1913, was installed two weeks later and, with the exception of the period of 1987 to 1994, it has been active ever since. While preparing to write this article I uncovered a letter dated August 15, 1912, written from Adamsville, Rhode Island, and signed by William Mitchell (1913) and John Junkins (1914). It states in part: “Early in the year 1911 both the Psi Alpha Lambda and the Delta Kappa fraternities came to realize that a union between the two would be a great and lasting benefit www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
to them both. Thru the efforts of some of the leading members of each fraternity such a union was brought about. At first there was the question of a name for the new fraternity, but it was decided to keep the name of the Delta Kappa House and so keep the good credit which the fraternity had among the merchants of Orono and Bangor.” The merger of these two local fraternities was completed on January 2, 1911. In 1928 and 1929 Samuel Dyer (1912), an early member of
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the Fraternity’s Board of Directors and a brother of the Beta chapter, wrote a summarizing history of the chapter which appeared in the November-December 1929 issue of The Purple, Green & Gold. In the article Brother Dyer recalled that Delta Kappa was founded on October 31, 1908, at Oak Hall which was the only dormitory at the University of Maine at that time. The founders were Alfred Adams (Beta 48), John J. Coker (Beta 69), Leroy Fitch (Beta 33), George Lord (Beta 47), and Albert Verrill (Beta 37). At about the same time, Psi Alpha Lambda was established by Lowell F. Clark (Beta 43), Parker M. Cooper (Beta 31), Preston L. Corston, John R. Dyer (Beta 39), Elmer Houdlette (Beta 55), and Lynwood B. Thompson (Beta 54). The installation of Delta Kappa into Lambda Chi Alpha occurred on March 29, 1913, at the Colonial Hotel in Bangor, Maine. The installing officers were Warren A. Cole, Grand High Alpha, Percival Case Morse, Grand High Beta, and Louis Frederick Robbins, Grand High Pi.
Chapter President Thomas Doherty is the current chapter High Alpha. “The chapter currently has 21 actives and five associate members. We still reside in the house that was purchased in the mid 1920s. The brothers continue to be active in various philanthropies, collecting over 7,000 pounds of food this past fall, sponsoring a clothing drive, and helping the entire Greek Community to raise over $30,000 which is being contributed to the Children’s Miracle Network.”
I noticed an emphasis on scholarship in more than one of the past issues of the Beta Breeze, the chapter newsletter sent to all alumni. “We still strive for academic excellence and are currently led by Sam Bonsey (3.89 GPA), Austin Evans (3.8 GPA) and Charles Pye (3.8 GPA). We have several brothers who are active in leadership positions on the campus. I am vice president of the Associated General Maine Contractors while Bradley Manning is the president of the organization. Many of the brothers work in dining services; and one brother is active in the Formula I Racing Club.”
What are the next big events for the chapter?
Marcelo Rugini
William “BJ” Hannigan (left)
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“In just a couple of weeks we will be hosting the conclave for Lambda Chi Alpha, which will be followed by the chapter’s centennial celebration on April 20th and 21st. We
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David Cheney
are hopeful of over 100 alumni attending. Our Housing Corporation in particular, and our alumni brothers in general, are very supportive of the chapter and in keeping the physical plant in operating order. Tom Perkins is our High Pi (chapter advisor) while also serving as a faculty member here at the University of Maine.”
Chapter Advisor Tom Perkins is in his second year as the chapter advisor. “I am the former president of the chapter alumni association and am currently an adjunct faculty member teaching sustainability and architectural design in construction. In addition, I own an engineering practice based in Bangor.”
it appears that the chapter will raise money to rebuild the front porch and dedicate it to them since one or all could be found sitting there on a sunny day.”
Centennial Celebration On April 20-21, 2013, the Beta chapter at the University of Maine will celebrate their centennial. It will begin with a lunch barbecue on Saturday followed by a formal dinner on Saturday night and a golf tournament on Sunday. Please contact the Beta Zeta Alumni Association at events@ bzaa.com for more specific information. Notable Beta Brothers
Gaining alumni support is a challenge for every chapter!
Dr. Thomas T. Allen, retired general surgeon, Portland, Maine
“Yes, and we are fortunate that our alumni have generously contributed to capital campaigns in the past to improve the structure of the house as well as renovating the chapter room and purchasing new furniture. They have contributed approximately $50,000 during the past four years. We are looking forward to welcoming many brothers back to campus on the 20th and 21st of April to celebrate a great brotherhood.”
Dr. Rocco Andreozzi, family practice doctor, Jamestown, Rhode Island Alan M. Argondizza, teacher, State of Maine recognizes his work with the Alan Michael Argondizza Award for Elementary Science Education Kenneth L. Beal, biologist, 115th president of the American Fisheries Society, Gloucester, Massachusetts
Tom, why do you serve as the chapter advisor?
Douglas M. Beale, recipient of Lambda Chi Alpha’s Order of Merit in 1946
“For me it is very simple. I enjoy working one-on-one with the undergraduates in efforts to improve the chapter. This past year has been very challenging for the brothers as they deal with the loss of three of their members in the tragic plane crash, which took the lives of David Cheney (chapter president), Marcello Rugini (fraternity educator) and alumnus William Hannigan. The brothers are discussing the creation of a long-term memorial in their honor. Right now www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
Dr. Ronald Belyea, professor of animal science at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri; recipient of Meritorious Service Award for his significant research, teaching, and outreach to Missourians from the Missouri Dairy Hall of Honors
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Dr. David Brooks, professor of oceanography, Texas A & M University, College Station, Texas Dr. Clarence E. Bunker, retired physician, Vermont Allan Burroughs, retired commercial pilot (captain), New Milford, Connecticut Dr. Duncan Cameron, retired professor, New York University, Thornhill, Canada Gene Carter, associate justice on the Maine State Supreme Court; U.S. District Court judge for the state of Maine; Chief Judge from 1989 to 1996 Casualty of World War I: Thaddeus D. Roderick Casualties of World War II: Joseph Kilas, Charles A. Sinclair, Robert Wesley Turner, and Richard Lucius Warren
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Dr. J. E. Colcord, professor emeritus of civil engineering at the University of Washington
Wayne Feigenbaum, president of Preferred Group, Hartford, Connecticut
Nehemiah W. Kneeland, Beta Zeta #36; elected to Lambda Chi Alpha’s Order of Merit in 1974
Father Paul E. Cote, priest, former Catholic Bishop of Portland
James E. Ferland, former chairman of the board, president, and CEO of Public Service Enterprise Group, Newark, New Jersey
Dr. Jeffrey A. Lacroix, veterinarian, Wilmington, North Carolina
Louis S. Cotton, former vice president of Sikorsky Aircraft Richard W. Day, former chief counsel of the U.S. Senate; Committee of Judicial Oversight, Washington, DC Dwight B. Demeritt, former professor of forestry at several universities; forest of 2,000+ acres adjacent to Maine campus named in his honor in recognition of his work to procure the land for the University of Maine Vincent DeMillo, executive director of Walsworth, Franklin, Bevins, and McCall LLP, Orange County, California Albert A. DiMillo Jr., CPA, former director of income taxes and audits for Raytheon, South Portland, Maine Samuel Dyer, Grand High Zeta Member-at-large during 1913 and 1914; Registrar of Lambda Chi Alpha from 1914 to 1920; Grand High Beta from 1920 to 1923; son was initiated into the Beta Zeta Dr. Harold N. Eames II, former veterinarian and named veterinarian of the year by Michigan State University Dr. Leonard Eames, former veterinarian, New Hampshire David W. Estabrook, former director of the Chattanooga Regional History Museum; currently with LaPaglia and Associates, Murfreesboro, Tennessee Weston S. Evans, former head of the Department of Civil Engineering for 23 years and then Dean of the College of Technology at the University of Maine; former president of the National Council of State Boards of Engineering Examiners Peter D. Farragher, CEO of Down East Family YMCA, Bangor, Maine; member of University of Maine’s greatest swim team and was allconference on that team
Dr. Merton Flanders, former physician, Lewiston, Maine Edward T. Flynn, former special agent with the U.S. Secret Service; currently with Central Intelligence, Kennebunkport, Maine Dr. Brian L. Gardner, retired physician, Gardiner, Maine Dr. Steven Garland, oral-maxillofacial surgeon, Weymouth, Massachusetts Dale Francis Gerry, former deputy assistant secretary of the Navy, Department of the Navy, Washington, DC Dr. Charles M. Getchell, former chairman of the department of speech and theater at the University of Mississippi Dr. Steve Goodwin, Dean of the College of Natural Sciences at University of Massachusetts @ Amherst Leonard Harlow, former director of sports communication, University of Maine Dr. Richard Holmes, former professor of speech pathology, University of Maine Charles Jacobs, deputy commissioner, department of administration of financial services, Augusta, Maine Dr. Cornelius C. Jansen, former professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin Dr. Donald G. Johnson, former physician, Bar Mills, Maine Paul A. Judkins, former Dean of Administration at University of Maine @ Farmington, managed the first HMO in Maine Frank Keenan, former superintendant of schools for Easton School District in Maine; inducted into the Maine Sports Legends Hall of Honors
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George J. Langbehn, former registrar of Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts Dr. Karl Larson, former family physician, Machias, Maine Dr. Charles W. Little, physician, Stephens Memorial Hospital, Norway, Maine Brant Littlefield, president of Littlefield Associates Consulting, metropolitan area of Washington, DC Dr. Paul A. Marshall, retired physician, Fairfield, Maine John Mayo, president and CEO of JD2 Inc., Auburn, California Dr. Dennis McConnell, retired professor University of Maine Dr. Scott Alan McManus, veterinarian, track-side veterinarian at Delaware Park, Middletown, Delaware Christopher Moen III, chief operating officer of Paladian Mortgage Corporation, Boston, Massachusetts Dr. Richard Newdick, professor emeritus of theatre and former department chairman at Virginia Commonwealth University; theatre on campus named in his honor Carlos E. Norton, Beta Zeta #1; member of Alpha Zeta, varsity basketball, majored in agriculture Dr. Robert Ohler, former physician in Maine Dr. Arthur B. Otis, professor emeritus of physiology at the University of Florida Dr. Kurt D. Pennell, professor and chairman of the department of civil and environmental engineering at Tufts University; recipient of the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Career Award to investigate the ‘Quantitative Metabolomic Analysis of Chronic Exposures to Environmental Toxicants; recipient of the Strategic Environmental Research Development Program Project of the Year Award
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Kenneth Perrone, retired baseball coach (30 years) at Salem State College with a record of 643 wins and 385 loses; inducted into the Maine Sports Hall of Fame; inducted into the Massachusetts Football Coaches Hall of Fame; inducted into the Southern Connecticut Diamond Hall of Fame George Roberts Jr., pilot (captain) for FedEx, Memphis, Tennessee Ian M. Rusk, valedictorian of the class of 1922 and the first varsity man (baseball) to attain that distinction and also the first varsity man to win membership in Phi Kappa Phi Raymond C. Scheppach Jr., former executive director of the National Governors Association; professor of practice of public policy and senior fellow for economic policy at the University of Virginia Henry L. Schmelzer, former president and CEO of New England Funds; Trustee of College of the Atlantic Dr. Brian L. Seaward, owner of Inspiration Unlimited & The Paramount Wellness Institute, greater Denver area Dr. Thomas R. Shannon, dentist, Saddle River, New Jersey Larry Shaw, president and CEO of MMG Insurance Co, Presque Isle, Maine George Skillin, senior director, engineering network leader at Pfizer Inc., Boston, Massachusetts Dr. Stanley W. Thomas, retired affiliated professor of religion at the University of Idaho Dr. William E. Waters, professor emeritus in the college of natural resources at the University of California-Berkeley Dr. Robert F. Wood, dean of engineering at Walla Walla College, Washington Dr. Ross Wyman, dentist in Kennebunk, Maine
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Volunteering for Today’s Lambda Chi Header An alumnus brother from William Jewell, Larry Matthews is the “Founding Father” chapter advisor (High Pi) for the Alpha-Chi chapter at the University of Richmond. He is a 2012 Order of Merit recipient and was recently named a Master Steward. By Tad Lichtenauer (Denison)
R i c k K a s s n e r, M a t t h e w s a n d M a r t i n K i n g a t General Assembly Larry Matthews (William Jewell 1965) is the “Founding Father” chapter advisor (High Pi) of the Alpha-Chi chapter at the University of Richmond. He is also a recipient of Lambda Chi Alpha’s highest alumnus honor, the Order of Merit, awarded at the 2012 General Assembly, and more recently was named a Master Steward by International Headquarters. He was initiated into Lambda Chi Alpha at the Epsilon-Nu chapter at William Jewell College in Missouri. Matthews
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was elected ritualist (High Phi) and then president (High Alpha) of his chapter. In fact he was president for a longer than normal term, serving for one and a half years. In college he was chosen as one of the five members of Aeons, the college’s senior men’s honorary, and was selected to Who’s Who. After college, and facing the draft while in graduate school, Matthews volunteered and served a tour of duty in Vietnam. He was awarded the Bronze Star, the Air
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Force Commendation Medal (Battle of Khe Sanh), and the Vietnam Service Medal with three battle stars while attaining the rank of captain. Following military service he earned a master’s degree from Southern Illinois University and worked for several years on private and public college campuses. While at the University of Central Florida he was High Pi of the Beta-Eta chapter. His last campus job was director of admissions at the University of Arkansas. After his on-campus experience Matthews joined College Board, the organization that sponsors the SAT, PSAT, and AP tests. He had several roles with College Board including that of director of the guidance software product ExPan. In later years he headed College Board’s Midwestern Regional Office (responsible for 13 states). He retired from College Board in 2005 and moved from Chicago to Richmond to be near his three children and six grandchildren, all of whom live in the southeast. Matthews resides with his wife, Suzanne, near the Richmond campus.
In what volunteer capacity do you currently serve and for how long have you done so? Any other volunteer roles you have held with Lambda Chi? “Currently I have four responsibilities with Lambda Chi Alpha. I have been High Pi of Alpha-Chi Zeta, University of Richmond, since February 2010. I was one of about www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
Matthews receiving the Order of Merit award from former Grand High Alpha Ed Leonard
35 Richmond-area Lambda Chis to respond to the call of the General Fraternity to help with the re-colonization of the chapter at UR. I am a Master Steward of LCA in the Colonial Conclave. I also volunteered to assist with the new colony at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond and am a chapter advisor on the colony’s Alumni Advisory Board. And, I am one of the founders responsible for creating the new Central Virginia Lambda Chi Alpha Alumni Association designed to connect all Lambda Chis, from any chapter, who now live in central Virginia. Previously, I was High Pi of Beta-Eta Zeta at the University of Central Florida in the ‘70s for about four years. That, too, was a young chapter still in its formative stages. I left UCF in 1977 to take a job at the University of Arkansas.”
Why do you volunteer for Lambda Chi Alpha? “First and foremost, I had a concept from the time of my initiation that I was a Lambda Chi for life. My zeta number is mine alone; no one else will ever have it and when I am gone, it will be retired. I didn’t plan it, but my career has taken me away from my home chapter at William Jewell. Many alumni stay involved with their own chapter. It has turned out that I have been involved with three other chapters. I volunteer because I feel a duty as a Lambda Chi to assist in connecting the right young men with Lambda Chi Alpha. We are in the business of building men of character and leaders. This is a ‘high stakes’ volunteer opportunity! And I think we have a responsibility in life
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Matthews facilitating Fraternity Education
to commit ourselves to something worthwhile. There are many possibilities for volunteer work, but for me it was the Fraternity. Lambda Chi Alpha offers a life-changing potential to young men who participate fully. That’s ‘high stakes’ any way you cut it.”
What advice would you give to other potential volunteers? “First, there are many needs. We have Lambda Chi chapters that do not have a High Pi! We have many chapters that have only one alum involved. The positive note is that there are many more opportunities to volunteer than there were before and you can find some contributory role that fits your life. We have jobs that range in commitment from an hour a week to several hours a week. Like many of you, I hit a time in my life when I needed to devote my attention to my own kids and to my job. So, I understand how one’s life situation shapes the amount of time you can spend. Our chapters need mentors who serve as one-onone advisors for each officer. This amounts to a phone call a week, a couple of emails or text messages, and maybe a lunch, dinner, or coffee once every two weeks or a month. I think many alums could make a commitment like that. I have seen the benefit of officer coaching. A chapter is a leadership laboratory. Young men are learning skills that will pay off in their careers. You can help immensely by coaching from your career experience. I would like to see coaching for every member and not just for officers. With modern technology I think alums who are not near a Lambda Chi chapter could still serve in a mentoring role for even a distant chapter. We need alumni to assist with www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
Mike Saunders (right) with Matthews
job placement for undergraduate brothers in a tough job market. We also need alums who will come to a chapter meeting to lead a 15 minute conversation about their career, how they prepared for it, and how the core values of Lambda Chi Alpha have helped them to be successful in career and life. And, by the way, there is something very special about being involved with a new colony. It’s a big leap of faith on the part of the young men who join and on the part of the alums who help. Nothing is easy. There is no infrastructure, no tradition, no proven methods. What an opportunity!”
Why are alumni volunteers so important? “The General Fraternity staff under the leadership of Bill Farkas has done a wonderful job of expanding Lambda Chi Alpha and providing more services in recent years to the 196 chapters and colonies. But the staff is spread thin and is really inadequate to meet the increasing demand. I don’t know how they manage to do all that they do. Alumni volunteers must help in order to build the International Fraternity into the exemplary leader of the interfraternity world. There are more than 170,000 living alumni out of the 270,000 men who have been initiated into Lambda Chi Alpha. Surely we should be able to have volunteer support of every chapter and of General Fraternity initiatives. At the local level, I see the undergraduates respond to alumni participation. They recognize the importance of networking and appreciate being linked in. They respect alumni who have gone before them to build the local chapter into the presence it has today. Alumni have the opportunity to teach
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Lambda Chi Alpha CEO Bill Farkas, Saunders, Matthews, and Grand High A l p h a D r e w H u n t e r. what it means to be a Lambda Chi. We need role models in our society and ways to demonstrate our core values to young men.”
What do you find is the most rewarding aspect about being a volunteer for Lambda Chi Alpha? “Lambda Chi’s open motto, ‘Every Man a Man’, has always held special meaning for me. I think a quality life is spent in the pursuit of becoming a better man. I’ve found that when you are around good men you become a better man yourself. In my association with undergraduates I meet young men whom I greatly admire and from whom I learn something. I hope they feel the same about me. I have also met alumni from other Lambda Chi chapters with whom I feel the same connection of brotherhood that I felt in my home chapter. I think about what I would have missed had I not gotten involved and had a chance to meet them. I encourage alumni of local chapters to seek out and involve Lambda Chis from other chapters who now live in your area. Open up your alumni groups and bring them in. Everyone will benefit.”
Lambda Chi Alpha CEO Bill Farkas, Saunders, Matthews, and Grand High A l p h a D r e w H u n t e r. encouragement I gave. I have enjoyed especially working with new chapters. When you see young men really get it -- hear them refer to a fraternal core value that is now their own personal core value, hear them discuss what it means to be a Lambda Chi -- you know your work has been worthwhile. Recently I had a call from a young man who told me that a word of encouragement said to him at a very difficult time in his life had kept him ‘together’ when everything seemed to be falling apart at that time. And he said he would never forget it. How can you measure the worth of something like that?”
Are these opportunities the ones you value the most? “I feel privileged to be able to interact with fine men. I think that Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity is a force for good. We are helping to shape the future of this nation by modeling what it means to be a man. I am rewarded daily by interacting with undergraduates and with other Lambda Chi alumni volunteers.”
Please share an example about how you helped /mentored an undergraduate brother? “I still hear from men I knew at UCF years ago and from young men who have graduated from the Richmond chapter since it colonized. I am always honored when someone recalls something I said to them or remembers some www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
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Make Plans to Attend the 2013 Stead Leadership Seminar Our three-day summer conference will take place from July 25-28, 2013, on the campus of the University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee.
By Tad Lichtenauer (Denison)
Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity invites our undergraduates, alumni advisors, and special guests to attend the 2013 Stead Leadership Seminar, July 25-28, 2013, on the campus of University of Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee. This three-day event will teach you chapter programming and leadership skills that you may take back and share with your chapter. It will also provide you with the chance to meet brothers from your conclave and from all over North America. And, it will afford you a once-in-alifetime experience that you’ll never forget. The Professional Staff and trained alumni volunteers have a wide variety of agenda items currently planned for you. These include: •
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Educational Programming • Values-Based Recruitment (multiple tracks/ choices) • How to Incorporate the Lambda Chi Alpha Learning Model • TRUE Leader I, II, & III • Harm Reduction • Inner Circle Programming • Specialized Programming (wide variety of topics to choose from) Initiation Ritual Exemplification – performed by an all-star team of undergraduate brothers from across North America Lambda Chi Alpha Conclave Olympics – a Conclaveversus-Conclave athletic competition Informal time with your ELC and Master Stewards Purple, Green & Gold Final Banquet – who will take home this year’s top awards?
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International Ritual Team applications are due by April 1, 2013. Chapter award applications and Inner Circle petitions are due by April 30, 2013. Attendees should arrive at the University of Memphis campus by 12:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 25, 2013. If you are participating on the International Ritual team, you must arrive prior to 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 24, as training will begin that afternoon. For brothers flying to Memphis, Lambda Chi Alpha will provide shuttle transportation to campus on Thursday, July 25, 2013. Shuttles will run from Memphis International Airport only. Shuttles will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2:45 p.m., with the final shuttle leaving the airport at 2:45 p.m. More information on the shuttles will be sent out in the confirmation packet.
Brothers from all over North America, including the Fraternity Board of Directors, Educational Foundation Board of Directors, Student Advisory Committee, Council of Presidents, master stewards and the General Fraternity Staff, will come together to conduct the business of the Fraternity and participate in the educational and developmental chapter programming. The City of Memphis –- home of Elvis, the blues, barbeque, and our Zeta-Theta chapter –- is a great place for brothers to gather to share our unique bond of brotherhood this July. We hope you can join us this year in Memphis.
All participants must depart on Sunday, July 28. All participants must be checked out of the dorms by 12:00 p.m. Transportation buses will be available to the Memphis International Airport only.
Conference Details Online registration began March 1, 2013, and will close on July 21, 2013. Click the register button to begin your registration now. •
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Collegiate Participants (includes dorm room lodging, meals, and programming) • Collegiate Participants - $349 • Early Bird Discount- $299 (limited to the first 100 collegiate members who sign up) Alumni Registration (includes dorm room lodging, meals, and programming) Alumni Participant - $349 (double room, shared occupancy) Alumni Participant - $449 (single occupancy room)
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Four Colonies Chartered
Four colonies had their charters approved during last month’s board meeting, making them official chapters of Lambda Chi Alpha.
By Andrew Talevich (Washington State)
On Sunday, January 27th the Grand High Zeta unanimously approved the chartering of four chapters. Three of the new chapters are located in North Carolina: Delta-Sigma at the University of North Carolina-Wilmington; Sigma-Theta at Methodist University; and Gamma-Upsilon at North Carolina State University. The fourth chapter is Lambda-Iota at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. In order for a colony to receive a charter it must meet specific benchmarks set by the General Fraternity (see “Chartering Standards” in sidebar). Once they meet these standards, the Grand High Zeta determines whether the colony is fully prepared to become a chapter. Caption Here
Aaron Fournier, the president of the Sigma-Theta chapter at Methodist University, said he found out that his chapter’s charter was approved when he was driving to school. “I got a phone call and I had to pull over and stop because I was so excited. I have pretty much been here since the beginning, almost three years, so it felt accomplished,” Fournier said. The chapter has been working toward this milestone for three years. Sigma-Theta Zeta will host their chartering banquet, a celebration when the chapter officially accepts their charter, on Saturday, April 27th.
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Chartering Standards Once a new colony is established, the men in that colony must work to meet specific standards in order to become a chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha. Below are those chartering standards:
Gamma-Upsilon Zeta at North Carolina State is the second chapter from North Carolina to receive their charter this spring. The chapter was originally colonized in 1924. After a closure, alumni and undergraduates recolonized on North Carolina State campus during the summer of 2011.
1. THREE LETTERS OF FAVORABLE ENDORSEMENT: The
Colony must secure a favorable endorsement from the High Zetas of three Active chapters within that Colony’s conclave or adjacent conclave area.
2. MONTHLY PROGRESS REPORTS:
The Colony must submit monthly progress reports to the Office of Administration (received by the Associate Director of Chapter Services) throughout the colonization period.
3. INSTALLATION FUND:
The Colony must have on hand sufficient funds for the anticipated expense of future installation (approximately $50/member).
Jake LaRoe is the president of the Gamma-Upsilon chapter. He was one of 11 undergraduates who started the recolonization efforts. He said the biggest challenge his chapter faced was competing against other chapters and colonies during recruitment.
4. MEMBERSHIP:
The Colony’s membership, active and associate, must be equal in number to the campus average for fraternities, or 40, whichever is smaller, but in no event fewer than 20.
5. ACADEMICS:
The Colony must achieve an annual cumulative scholastic grade point average of not less than a 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale) or the all-men’s average for the campus (if this information is available), whichever is the lesser, but in any event not less than the scholastic average required for graduation. The Colony must enforce the academic standards as stated in the laws of the Fraternity.
“We’ve been able to differentiate ourselves in terms of our associate member program, our core values, and our experiences which are distinctively different than the other fraternities,” LaRoe said.
6. EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
The Colony must have at least 80% of its members engaged in extracurricular activities.
The chapter currently has 60 members and their next goal is to win their campus’s Caldwell Cup, the top award given to a fraternity at North Carolina State. The GammaUpsilon chapter will host their chartering banquet on Sunday, April 28th.
7. FINANCES:
The Colony must be financially solvent, have an adequate accounting system, and operate under an approved budget.
8. RESERVE FUND: The Colony’s Reserve Fund, accumulated through payments of at least $2.50 per month per member ($4.00 for colonies with houses) must be established and maintained, and be held and controlled by the official alumni organization or the General Fraternity.
“We’re hoping to kick it off in big fashion,” LaRoe said.
9. RITUAL EQUIPMENT:
The third chapter from North Carolina to receive their charter is Delta-Sigma Zeta at North CarolinaWilmington. David McGowan is the alumni advisor for the chapter.
10. ALUMNI: The Colony must have an officially appointed High Pi
The Colony must have possession and ownership of a complete set of ritual equipment. and an established Alumni Advisory Board formed and functioning of at least three members.
11. BYLAWS:
The Colony must operate under a set of bylaws, updated every two years and approved by the General Fraternity and enforce all laws of the Fraternity.
“My initial reaction was definitely excitement. I knew that these guys were going to make it because they’re very determined,” he said.
12. GENERAL FRATERNITY FUNCTIONS: The Colony must
have at least one High Zeta member and another undergraduate member present at every General Assembly and Leadership Seminar. The Colony must have at least one High Zeta member and two other undergraduate members present at every Regional Leadership Conference.
McGowan, a North Carolina native, has a positive outlook for the future of Delta-Sigma Zeta because of the support that the chapter will receive from other chapters within the state.
13. HOUSE INSPECTION:
The Colony must have its house or lodge inspected annually by a professionally certified Fire Marshal.
14. STANDARDS FOR CHAPTER EXCELLENCE: The Colony
must implement and maintain the Standards for Chapter Excellence program of the General Fraternity, including the appointment or election of a Standards Chairman.
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15. OPERATION FOR ONE YEAR: The colony must have operated continuously for a full year from the date of colonization.
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Delta-Sigma Zeta’s chartering banquet will be held Friday, April 26th. The chancellor of the university will be speaking at the ceremony. The final zeta to receive their charter was Lambda-Iota at Wisconsin-Whitewater. Originally installed in 1965, the chapter was recolonized in the spring of 2009. The colony had fulfilled all of their chartering standards last year, except one; membership. Last fall, the colony focused its efforts on overcoming this last hurdle. “We amped up our efforts. The brothers became more involved at events and had more of a positive and friendly attitude,” said chapter president Ryan Gerth. The men from Wisconsin-Whitewater will celebrate their chartering banquet on Saturday, April 27th. The Professional Staff at Lambda Chi Alpha is also preparing to establish new colonies next fall on the campuses of Stetson University and South Dakota State University. An expansion at Missouri State University will follow in the spring of 2014. If you are interested in becoming involved in upcoming expansion opportunities, please contact Matt Roy, Associate Director of Chapter Services at MRoy@lambdachi.org
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A Conclave Endorsement
An undergraduate brother from Iota-Omicron at East Tennessee State shares his recent experience.
By Dakota Meeks (East Tennessee State)
Conclave is a great opportunity for initiated brothers and associate members to come together for a time of personal and chapter development. Undergraduates get the chance to connect with brothers from within their region while gaining knowledge from the Lambda Chi Alpha Professional Staff, Fraternity Board members, and master stewards on important topics such as recruitment, Inner Circle programming, gender issues, dealing with intoxicated people, and alumni relations
Great Food I attended the Bluegrass Conclave hosted by our Phi-Beta chapter at Eastern Kentucky University in Richmond, Kentucky. Event check-in was followed by an award-winning barbecue prepared by some of the chapter’s founders.
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This dinner was a great opportunity for attendees to meet members from other chapters. The dinner was followed by associate member roundtables which consisted of group discussions with associate members and were led by master stewards and Fraternity Board Member Fletcher McElreath (Mercer). In addition there was a ZAX Quiz Bowl as well as Inner Circle Evolutions.
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women. This covered topics ranging from derogatory names, to ways of promoting equality, and handling of scenarios induced by alcohol. This was followed by a presentation called “Dealing with Intoxicated People,” led by Associate Director of Harm Reduction, Chris Cole (Gettysburg). This was an opportunity to share stories and incidents that have happened because of alcohol and to discuss the effects of impaired judgment and coordination. I was surprised by the stories that we heard during this seminar. We learned about situations and incidents where either members or visitors have sued the General Fraternity when necessary precautions could have been taken to avoid the situation. These events gave attendees time to reflect and discuss improvements for their chapters, and it also allowed attendees some time to connect with members from other chapters. A lot of time was spent sharing stories about each others’ chapters and creating new bonds with members of our Fraternity. One of the things that I learned is that chapters are more alike than I expected. It was almost effortless to connect with members from other chapters when we all share a common bond. The afternoon was split into multiple seminars, including “Planning a Fun, Safe Chapter Event,” “SMART Goals,” “Officer Transitions,” “Inner Circle Journey Overview,” “Alumni Relations,” and “Recruitment.” Conclave is a great opportunity for brothers who are looking to take on leadership opportunities and to improve their brotherhood. The seminars cover a lot of information on every aspect of a chapter. “Planning a Fun, Safe Chapter Event” dealt with how to successfully host and plan an event along the guidelines of Lambda Chi Alpha. “SMART Goals” and “Officer Transitions” are essential for an officer to learn how to run a position successfully.
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Remaining 2013 Conclaves
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Colonial Conclave, University of Richmond, April 12-14, 2013 Great Lakes Conclave, Wilmington College, April 12-14, 2013 Great Plains Conclave, University of South Dakota, April 5-7, 2013
If you have questions, please contact Associate Director of Chapter Services Justin Fisher at jfisher@lambdachi.org.
The “Inner Circle Journey Overview” described the process of becoming an Inner Circle Chapter. It also provided more information about completing the phases and evolutions in the Inner Circle Journey. We learned about the importance of alumni support and involvement in chapters. I found this seminar to be the one most helpful for me personally. Finally, we discussed how to improve our chapter’s recruitment and to recruit based on our seven core values. The night concluded with dinner and McElreath’s keynote address about the state of the Fraternity.
Greatest Brotherhood My favorite part of the weekend was getting to meet brothers and associates from other chapters, the master stewards, and our Fraternity Board members. Many members do not have the unique opportunity to meet and members of the Lambda Chi Alpha Professional Staff, master stewards, and Grand High Zeta members. Attending a conclave is an excellent opportunity to meet these members and receive assistance. I recommend members who are looking to improve their chapter, or connect with other members, attend the next conclave in their region.
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HISTORY
1922 National Collegiate Basketball Champions On March 9, 1922, with seven Lambda Chis on their roster, the Wabash Little Giants beat Kalamazoo College 43-23 in Indianapolis. By Tad Lichtenauer (Denison)
On March 9, 1922, with seven Lambda Chis on their roster, the Wabash Little Giants beat Kalamazoo College 43-23 in Indianapolis to claim the 1922 National Intercollegiate Basketball Tournament. The game was pretty much over before half-time when Wabash led 24-2. The seven Lambda Chis were Alpha-Kappa chapter brothers Clyde Grater (1923) (captain), Alonzo Goldsberry (1924) who also played football, Herbert Crane (1924), Carl Nurnberger (1923), Paul Nurnberger (1922), Paul Schanlaub (1922), and Lee Norman “Pete� Thorn (1924). This was the first national championship tournament ever held in intercollegiate basketball. www.lambdachi.org/cross-crescent
The tournament was held among conference champions and was played entirely in Indianapolis. The following conferences were represented: Pacific Coast Conference, Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association, Western Pennsylvania League, Illinois Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association, and the Indiana Intercollegiate Athletic Association. The schools who represented their conferences were: Wabash College, Kalamazoo College, Grove City College (Pennsylvania), Mercer College (Georgia), Illinois Wesleyan, and Idaho. The Western Conference and Eastern Intercollegiate League declined invitations to participate, which would later create some controversy.
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Wabash finished that season with a record of 21–3, winning all three championship tournament games in a convincing fashion. Their schedule that year included playing Indiana, Purdue, Army, and Notre Dame. They were coached by the legendary Robert E. “Pete” Vaughan. His primary job was serving as Wabash’s football coach. He was the school’s 22nd head football coach and held that position for 27 seasons, from 1919 until 1945.
This amazing accomplishment later earned him a rare induction into both the Indiana Football and Basketball Halls of Fame. Even with his busy collegiate athletic career, Thorn still had time to serve the Alpha-Kappa at Wabash as a chapter officer.
Pete Thorn The starting five on Wabash’s championship team that year were nicknamed the “Wonder Five,” and one of the starting guards was Pete Thorn. In an astonishing collegiate athletic career, Thorn earned 16 varsity letters at Wabash: four in football, four in basketball, four in baseball, and four in track. He is the only Wabash student to ever have achieved this feat.
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