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Psi U Beacon
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Fellowship Perspective by Rico Francis, Phi Nu '18
Foundation BOA R D OF D I R EC TOR S
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W. Averil Harriman, Beta 1913 Service with Distinction 5
P R E S I DE N T & C H A I R
V I C E P R E S ID ENT
VICE CHAIR
Christian Brydges, Nu ’95
Matthew J. Eckenrode, Epsilon Nu ‘04 S E C R E TA R Y
Martin Brayboy, Gamma ‘84
2021 Steering Committee and Fellows
Patrick J. Gilrane, Psi ‘83
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John F. H. Ong, Gamma ‘82 C H A I R E M E R I TU S
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Psi Upsilon Responds 14-15
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Garrett Gleim, Tau ‘01 Doug Jackman, Omega ‘89 Gary G. Pan, Eta ‘86 Larry Rakers, Omicron ‘86 P A S T C H A I R S / P R E S I DE N TS
Outstanding Juniors & Griffin Awards 16-17
Murray Eskenazi, Lambda '56 18
Ben J. Williams Beta Beta '58
Jeremy McKeon, Eta ’08
Alexander C. Senchak, Eta ‘06
Honorary Fellow: Dr. Barbara Hendrie, Kappa '80
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Mark D. Bauer, Omega ‘83 Charles M. Hall, Nu Alpha ‘71 Thomas T. Hanford, Gamma ‘62 Samuel J. Tinaglia, Omega ‘88 Mark A. Williams, Phi ‘76 D I R E C TO R O F ME MB E R E N G A G E ME N T
Jonathan M Chaffin, Gamma Tau ‘00 D I R EC TO R O F A DM I N I S TR A TI O N
Bethann Taylor
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Dave Hollis, Gamma Tau ’11 TR E A S U RER
Timothy Zepp, Chi Delta ’08 A L U MN I TE R M MEM B ERS
Jay LaPanne, Delta Nu ’89 James Platner, Phi Delta '10 Gregory Rupp, Phi ’81 Jon Szynkowski, Epsilon Nu ’06 L I F E ME MB ERS ( P A S T P R E S I DENT S)
Thomas T. Allan IV, Theta Theta ’89 Mark D. Bauer, Omega ’83 David A. B. Brown, Epsilon Phi ’66 Charles M. Hall, Nu Alpha ’71 Richard A. Rasmussen, Upsilon ’72 James A. Swanke, Jr., Rho ’80 Evan W. Terry, Epsilon Phi ’93 H O N O R A R Y L I F E M EM B ERS
Bradley R. Corner, Omicron ’72 Murray L. Eskenazi, Lambda ’65 Patrick Gilrane, Psi ’83 Charles A. Werner, Omega ’55 William N. Wishard III, Delta Delta ’64 E X E C U TI V E DI RECT O R
Thomas J. Fox, Omicron ’00
D ON O R R E L A TI O N S MA N A G E R
DI R E C TO R O F C H A PT ER SERVI CES
Renee Beck
Steven Oechsle
D ON O R R E L A TI O N S A S S O C I A TE
DI R E C TO R O F GRO WT H
Matthew S. Williams, Gamma Tau '96
Travis Smith
About our cover. 2021 brought with it a careful return to an in-person 177th Psi Upsilon Convention in Madison, WI. This picture, taken at the awards ceremony, honors a selection of our Outstanding Juniors and recipients of the Griffin Award for Senior Excellence. From left to right the photographer subjects and their honors are: Calvin Floyd, Rho '22 (University of Wisconsin) - Outstanding Junior, Karren Cao, Delta ‘21 (NYU) - Senior Excellence, Gabriel Arcanjo, Alpha Omicron '22 (New Jersey Institute of Technology) - Outstanding Junior, Annie Shen, Delta ‘22 (NYU) - Outstanding Junior, Drew Elliott, Tau Epsilon '22 (Clemson University) - Outstanding Junior, Alexander Senchak, Eta '06 (Lehigh), Edward Domanico, Upsilon '22 (University of Rochester) Outstanding Junior, Thomas J. Fox, Omicron '00 (Illinois). Inset is brother Dr. Barbara Hendrie, Kappa ‘80 (Bowdoin) our 2021-22 Honorary Social Impact Fellow. 2
Social Impact Fellowship
supporting effective leaders of today, & inspiring leaders of tomorrow.
Fellowship Perspective
R I C O F R A N C I S , PHI NU ’18 2 02 0- 2 1 G A MM A CO R P O R ATI O N S E N I O R F E L LOW
Now more than ever cities and communities are seeking value and mission driven leaders that are equipped to adapt to a rapidly changing landscape. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated ongoing challenges and presented our nation with new trials that we see our leaders put to the test each day. How do we face these new trials? By investing in innovative programs like the Social Impact Fellowship. As a consultant working in K-12 education, I am tasked with partnering with communities, school districts, & State Departments of Education to implement innovative strategies aimed to raise the quality of classroom instruction. It’s a collaborative work environment that requires knowledge of the education landscape paired with unique soft skills (communication, strategy, etc.) As an inaugural Senior Fellow for the Social Impact Fellowship, I was able to use this opportunity to build on my knowledge of the education landscape but dive deeper into making high impact movements within my role as a Manager. Like how the COVID-19 pandemic brought new trials, it also opened the door for new opportunity. I was able to use my platform to share new ideas with my colleagues and clients, motivating and influencing those I worked with to dig deeper into the “why” that brought us all to the work. Through a series of proposals and thought partnering, I was able to support my organization in innovating several aspects of our Indianapolis teacher training program. At the conclusion of my Fellowship, I was promoted to Senior Manager for Consulting because Psi Upsilon was one of many who invested in my passion and ideas. How did I do it? By focusing my skill development on a variety of foci that consistently allowed me to interrogate my ideas with the intent of making them more sustainable. Those
foci included public speaking, finance, governance, strategic planning, conflict resolution, grant writing, and fundraising. Society is depending on organizations like Psi Upsilon to continue investing in the skills and opportunities that will not only drive results but bring fresh, exciting perspectives that are worth sharing. To build stronger communities, we need leaders who can effectively communicate, bridge gaps, and create shared meaning; the Social Impact Fellowship accelerate and amplifies these skills and connections. A key belief at my organization when working with students and learning loss is, “accelerate, don’t remediate”. Students who experienced learning acceleration struggled less and learned more than students who started at the same level but experienced remediation instead. The Fellowship applies this same strategy with emerging leaders, accelerating growth in skill sets that will inspire new ideas and increasing access to high quality professional development. The beauty of the Social Impact Fellowship is that it is tailored to the brother who is applying. A Fellowship can fund professional development activities that will enhance your leadership capabilities. This includes activities such as conference attendance, travel, lodging, coaching services, classes, and personal resource acquisition. Throughout the course of the Fellowship, I was able to dedicate some personal time to focus on goal and vision setting. I truly believe one of the most valuable aspects about this opportunity is getting to focus on myself in developing the necessary skills I needed to grow and develop. Now in it's second year, the Fellowship is providing even more impact with a skills intensive workshop and reception in Washington, DC, allowing two cohorts of Fellows and keenly interested stakeholders and steering committee members to mingle and learn. The Social Impact Fellowship is unique in the fraternal world, and continues to be an inspirational opportunity for Psi U's to develop and learn.
ACHIEVEMENT DEDICATION PROMISE
UP TO $10,000 AWARDED TOTAL
3 NAMED FELLOWSHIPS ESTABLISHED
The Social Impact Fellowship aims to highlight brothers’ commitment to service for the common good of society and provide funds for leadership skills development. The Fellowship builds cohorts of emerging leaders to support their pursuits, and through this to provide a distinguished year-long opportunity to inspire others.
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W. Averell Harriman • Beta 1913 (Yale) George Bird Grinnell, C. Hart Merriam, Grove Karl Gilbert, and Edward Curtis, among others. Harriman began his college education at Yale in 1909 and was initiated into Psi Upsilon during his sophomore year, around when he had given up rowing due to heart problems. He rose to Vice President of the illustrious Beta chapter shortly after his initiation. During his time at Yale, he coached the rowing crew, became an expert at Bridge and a nationally ranked billiard player. Harriman was elected to the Board of Directors of the Union and Southern Pacific Railroads during his senior year at Yale. Following his graduation in 1913, he was made Vice President of the same company, and served as the Chairman of the Board between 1932 and 1946. He later founded what would become Brown Brothers Harriman Co., a renowned New York investment firm. In 1935, he founded Today magazine with Vincent Astor. His career in government began when Franklin Delano William Averell Harriman is among the most prominently Roosevelt called upon him to serve as an official of the National accomplished alumni in the history of Psi Upsilon. He lived from Recovery Administration in 1940. He ran for the Democratic November 15, 1891 to July 26, 1986. He was born in New York City to railroad baron Edward Henry Harriman and mother Mary presidential nomination in 1952 and 1956 but was unsuccessful both times. He went on to serve for one term as Governor of Williamson Averell. His younger brother was Edward Roland New York from 1955 to 1958. Other posts he held throughout Harriman, and his older sister was Mary Harriman Rumsey. his career include U.S. Secretary of Commerce (1946-48), U.S. His father died when William was only 17, leaving him and his Ambassador & Special Representative to the Prime Minister of brother Edward over $100 million in cash and railroad holdings. the United Kingdom (1941–43), Harriman’s first wife was Kitty Lanier U.S. Ambassador to Britain Lawrence, with whom he had two “Both the public and the (1946), Chairman, Ambassador & daughters, Mary and Kathleen. They law [are] best served Special Representative of the U.S. divorced in 1929, and Harriman went on when differing views [are] President’s Special Mission to the to marry Marie Norton Whitney about expressed and explained, USSR (1941–43), U.S. Ambassador a year later. They were married until to the Soviet Union (1943-46), U.S. rather than suppressed Marie died in 1970. Following Marie’s Representative and Chairman, North death, Harriman married his third and for the sake of surface Atlantic Commission on Defense final wife, Pamela Beryl Digby Churchill collegiality.” Plans (1951-52), Director of the Hayward, who stayed with him through Mutual Security Agency (1951-53), Assistant Secretary of State his death in 1986. for Far Eastern Affairs (1961-65), European Administrator of the Harriman attended Groton for his early schooling, where he Marshall Plan (1948-50), United States Deputy Representative, became an avid rower. From May to August 1899, Harriman International Conference on the Settlement of the Laotian (1961– embarked with his family on the Harriman Alaska Expedition, 62), Undersecretary of State (political affairs, 1963-65), Chairman, which was a scientific and philanthropic survey of coastal Alaska President’s Commission of the Observance of Human Rights and Russia. The expedition included many scientists, naturalists (1968), Personal Representative and artists of the time, such as John Muir, John Burroughs,
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2021 HONORARY SOCIAL IMPACT FELLOW
Dr. Barbara Hendrie • Kappa ‘80 (Bowdoin) D I R E C T OR, NOR TH A ME RICA UNITED NATION ENVIRONM ENT PROGR A M M E Dr. Barbara Hendrie graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in English Language and Literature from Bowdoin college, magna cum laude with honors, in 1980. She went on to complete her Master’s of Social Anthropology with distinction in 1990 from University College London, and her Doctorate of Philosophy in Social Anthropology in 1999, also from UCL. Her post-graduate research following her master’s degree included three years anthropological fieldwork in Ethiopia on poverty, famine, and rural transformation. In her work as Deputy Director of the Emergency Relief Desk – an internal NGO consortium led by Norwegian Church Aid - between 1984 and 1988, Barbara coordinated a major humanitarian operation supporting famineaffected people in war zones of Eritrea and northern Ethiopia, including regular visits to conflict areas to monitor food aid distributions. Barbara is a dual US-UK citizen, born in Bellport, New York. Her distinguished education led her to a distinguished career as a senior international development and environment professional. She is currently Director for North America for the UN Environment Programme, based in Washington D.C.. Prior to this, she served as an senior political appointee of President Barack Obama in the
US Agency for International Development (USAID), leading on conflict, fragility, the G20, the World Humanitarian Summit and the President’s Refugee Summit. Barbara has over two decades experience in sustainable development, internal diplomacy, and humanitarian affairs, working for both the United Kingdom and United States governments. She was a senior official in the United Kingdom's Department for International Development (DFID) from 1999 to 2015. Among other roles for the UK government during this time, Barbara co-led the effort to negotiate the global Sustainable Development Goals at the United Nations, and was responsible for the UK’s humanitarian response worldwide. In 2006-7, she led the UK civilian reconstruction effort in Iraq., based in the Green Zones in Baghdad. Barbara was also posted to the UK diplomatic Mission to the United Nations, leading in UN Security Council and General Assembly on development, human rights, and peacebuilding. In 2009, Barbara was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE). She is also the first recipient (and inspiration for the creation of) the Bowdoin College Common Good Award in 1993.
“As we develop recovery plans to support poverty reduction, job creation, and economic growth, we are at a critical moment to do this sustainably and in ways that strengthen and protect nature.”
— Dr. Barbara Hendrie, Kappa ’80
The Board of Directors of the Psi Upsilon Foundation cordially invites the 2020 & 2021 Social Impact Fellow Cohorts, Steering Committee and all interested brothers to the
2022 SOCIAL IMPACT FELLOW RECEPTION & KEYNOTE MARCH 4, 2022 • WASHINGTON, DC Locations to be confirmed RSVP by January 14, 2022 at www.psiu.org/Social-Impact-Fellowship Please direct Questions to Jonathan@psiu.org Thank you to Kevin Klock, Chi Delta ‘02 for assisting in coordinating spaces 6
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Kevin Klock, Chi Delta ‘01(Duke)
Dan Coviello, Eta ‘13 (Lehigh)
Amb. Robert Beecroft Ret’d,, Tau ‘62 (Pennsylvania)
Christian Brydges, Nu ’95 Christian A. Klein, (University of Toronto) Phi Beta ’92 (College of William & Mary)
Dr. Elise Walton, Kappa ‘80 (Bowdoin)
Gary Pan, Eta ’86 (Lehigh)
Alex Senchak, Eta ’06 (Lehigh)
Jonathan Chaffin, Gamma Tau ’00 (Georgia Institute of Technology)
2021 FE L L OWS HO NO R AR Y S OC IA L IM PA C T FE L L OW
Dr. Barbara Hendrie • Kappa ‘80 (Bowdoin) G AMMA C HAP TER C ORPORAT ION S E NIOR FE L L OW
Dr. Brian Christie • Zeta ‘07 (Dartmouth) D R . SAMUEL F AGE R, T AU ‘ 8 1 S E NIOR FE L L OW
Dr. Daniel Correa • Phi Delta ‘04 (Mary Washington) F ISHF U ND S E NIOR FE L L OW
Roberta Hunter • Epsilon Iota ‘ 94 (RPI) SO C I AL IM PAC T FE L L OW S
Bri Watson • Delta Nu ‘11 (Keene State) Rich Paul • Eta ‘10 (Lehigh) Mike Thibideau • Epsilon Nu ‘11 (Michigan State) This program has been generously funded by brothers and especially the members of the Gamma Chapter Corporation, Joseph P. Cillo, PhD, Delta ‘61 and donors to the Dr. Sam Fager Fellowship. See the full list of donors online at Psiu.org/social_impact_fellowship and in the December edition of the Psi U Review.
DR. SAMUEL FAGER, TAU ‘81H FELLOW
Dr. Daniel Correa • Phi Delta ‘04 The number of neurologic disorders, already common, are increasing worldwide. Beyond the physical and social challenges for people living with neurologic conditions, there are also significant gaps in current treatments resulting in serious unmet medical needs. Several factors increase the burden of disease for patients and their families, along with failure rates in late-stage clinical trials and barriers to improving health care and quality of life in many neurologic disorders. To make lasting community and worldwide impacts in neurologic disease, the community’s unmet social needs must also be addressed. Throughout his illustrious career, Dr. Daniel Correa has observed how different healthcare systems impact health outcomes. During his residency training at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and later as Chief of Neurology at Eisenhower Army Medical Center (EAMC), Daniel worked with military patients and family members to manage persistent TBI co-morbidities and PTSD in an intensive outpatient recovery program. He witnessed firsthand the reality of how gaps in knowledge and unmet structural and social needs limit the impact of health interventions. In August 2021, Daniel was appointed the inaugural Chair of the Neurology department’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Committee at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. Together with his committee colleagues they are working on initiatives to 1) improve the lives of those we serve through clinical neurology that is sensitive to race, culture, faith, self-identity and standing; 2) contribute to the national and international efforts to diminish racial disparities related to neurological disorders through research; 3) attract, retain and promote diversity in the workplace, and grow the current and future generations of
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medical professionals to build on a vision toward greater health equity. One of Daniel’s specific initiatives in this program is developing a curriculum to teach trainees, faculty, research and administrative staff about the history of racism and gender inequity in the US as it pertains to healthcare, and the resultant distrust some patients may have towards the healthcare system. As a frontline healthcare worker in New York, Daniel was called into the battle against the pandemic fiercely. In a perspective he was invited to share on Neurology.org, he writes, " I grew with each hour in my capacity to empathize from behind a mask and share support with a gloved hand, offering caring words and an attentive gaze, and listening closely. ...Though in the beginning, I felt like a soldier called to war, I now understand that the pandemic calls not for warriors to fight, but for everyday heroes to heal through compassion. We all have a role to play as we seek harmony in this new future, balancing personal risk with public health, and emerging as a community." Beyond his efforts in the Bronx, Daniel works with a consortium of researchers, clinicians, patient organization representatives, patients, and caretakers in with Neurologic disorders to promote and enhance public involvement in advocacy for Neurologic disorders, expanded research funding and resources, and improve the design and inclusivity of future clinical trials. With the support of the Psi Upsilon 2021 Social Impact Fellowship program, Daniel will compliment his career development as a healthcare leader and independent clinical researcher in health disparities to optimize health care and research access to better address the unique needs of underrepresented populations.
“This fellowship will support me in a leadership program to optimize an initiative addressing unmet social needs for patients living with epilepsy, while also teaching future clinicians how to address health care disparities — Dr. Daniel José Correa, Phi Delta ‘04 in Neurology.” 58
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Roberta Hunter• Epsilon Iota ‘ 94 Roberta Hunter took on leadership roles to the places that they live, learn, and play. beginning in high school, which continued As a postdoc, she has thought a great deal in college at RPI, especially within her about what she wants her career to look Psi U chapter. As she found her career’s like, how she wants to be engaged with the footing in the early 2000s, Roberta was community of where she works and lives, also called to leadership. This looked like how she wants to reach a broader audience being hired to develop and run a studentthan just her students and the academics directed research science program for who see her published work. elementary teachers and their students As a Community for Advancing Discovery in the Princeton, NJ public schools, and Research in Education fellow, Roberta leading baby-rearing classes at the local has had the opportunity to network with hospital when her daughter was young. people who can help her achieve her goals. It looked like sitting on the conference She has begun focusing on equity and committee of her state-level professional justice-oriented teaching and research. organization, the Alliance for New Jersey She has become more reflective, and wants Environmental Education (ANJEE), to leave a legacy of connection, justice, and leading students at her daughter’s and a sense of place for those who she has school in gardening and outdoor learning events. Roberta touched in her life and service. became the Director of Advancement in a volunteer capacity Roberta plans to use the fellowship to bolster three key for ANJEE, and components of “Not only did Psi U give me friendships that have oversaw a $50,000 her work: training lasted decades, but as a brother in a co-ed chapter, in research grant program funded by PSEG it provided me with opportunities to lead and have methodology Foundation for to enable her to my voice heard at a school where women were in engage in the kind two years in a row. She became the minority. It gave me a seat at the table and the of communityregarded as a confidence to remain at the table after graduation.” engaged and justicelocal leader of oriented research — Roberta Hunter, Epsilon Iota ‘94 environmental and teaching she education in New Jersey, as recipient of ANJEE’s Nonformal most wants to do; environmental leadership training so that Educator of the Year in 2013. she can increase her impact in the community; and science Through all these experiences runs the thread you can still communication training so that she can disseminate the see today – building capacity for connection to the natural research that she and others conduct, to increase its impact world. Roberta began graduate school in 2012 at the age and connect the community and academia. She is considering of forty, ready to understand learning at a new level so programs at the American Association she could have a greater impact in her work and service. for Advancement of Science’s Science During that time, she occupied several leadership roles as Communication Workshop in Washington, committee chair, association president, and student mentor. D.C. in February, The Mixed Methods Her research focuses on three key areas: how to develop a Research Camp by Research Talk, Inc., and critical environmental literacy in educators across the Science, some virtual training with the American Technology, Engineering, and Math ecosystem; how to support Educational Research Association. Roberta urban teachers in teaching outdoors in a culturally responsive, is still working on finding an environmental place-based way; and understanding the role of place in leadership program that fits her needs and informal educators teaching practices. welcomes suggestions. Connection remains a force in Roberta’s work helping The FishFund Is Designed To: educators connect the social and ecological components of •Honor •Support their ecosystems and connecting educators and students alike •Educate •Facilitate
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Dr. Brian Christie • Zeta ‘07 As an assistant professor of hand fundamentals in Global Surgery. After surgery at Indiana University, Brian has finishing a hand and upper extremity spent much of the last 14 years since surgery fellowship, he felt ready to begin graduation involved in international to develop his own program and care for volunteer medicine in low and middle patients in need. income countries. He was recently put Brian aims not just to treat patients who in charge of developing the institution’s otherwise would not be able to receive hand, plastic, and burn surgery care. Just as importantly, he aims to relationships in Western Kenya. This train the next generation of doctors and position is purely voluntary and is in medical providers and to arm them with addition to his clinical and teaching the tools to treat an entire population. responsibilities at the university. This produces the “multiplier effect”, Brian enjoys using the international whereby our actions can provide care for partnership to train the next generation many more patients by virtue of teaching of hand surgeons, burn surgeons, and the teachers. This effect, when combined reconstructive surgeons in Kenya. with a reciprocal partnership, can be Currently, much of sub-Saharan tremendously powerful. Africa’s population is extremely underserved and without “My ultimate hope is that we are able to deliver safe, access to safe, timely, and affordable surgical care. Brian effective, affordable, and timely surgical care to all patients provides advanced care to patients in Western Kenya and who need it, regardless of their income or nationality,” brings other American residents on international rotations said Brian. He hopes to use this fellowship on further in the hope of inspiring another developing skills and relationships generation of surgeons to provide related to global surgery. This “Every human being global care. involves exploring the Psi Upsilon deserves access to safe, Brian first developed an interest in networks for others involved in global surgery and international philanthropy and international timely, and affordable volunteer work while a Psi U in volunteer work. Funding from the surgical care.” college. He spent time in Honduras fellowship would be used towards — Dr. Brian Christie, Zeta ‘07 and South Africa working in medical the aims of surgical capacity clinics and learning about the HIV/ building in Western Kenya. This AIDS epidemic. Once his initial may involve purchasing of surgical interest was piqued, he graduated from Dartmouth instruments or textbooks, or as partial funding towards and spent a year working in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, the training of a Kenyan surgeon for an international volunteering at a pediatric HIV clinic and teaching at a fellowship, that they might bring their skills back to their school for AIDS orphans. With a friend, Brian started community. Students for the Advancement of Learning and Medical Aid (SALAMA): Tanzania, and raised over $100,000 in Other Awards and Fellowships: support of the program and it’s students. James A. Madura, MD Research Scholarship Indianapolis, IN Outstanding Resident Educator Award Madison, WI This experience solidified his commitment to global UW Health GME Quality Improvement Award Madison, WI health, and since then, he has worked in Uganda, Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship Iowa City, IA Tanzania, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Kenya developing field Duke School of Medicine Dean’s Scholarship Durham, NC experience and providing surgical care to patients in need. Dartmouth College Richard D. Lombard Public Service Brian went to medical school, completed a residency in Fellowship Dar es Salaam, Tanzania reconstructive surgery, and attained a Master’s in Public Dartmouth College Tucker Fellowship Danli, Honduras Health focusing on Global Health to establish firm
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Bri Watson• Delta Nu ‘11 B.M. (Bri) Watson’s first leadership role Student Fellow, and 2014 Drew was as the First Angelos of the Delta Nu University: David Kohn Thesis Award. Chapter of Psi Upsilon. They also served Bri is also known for contributions as the President. While in these roles, Bri to the following initiatives, the Social redesigned the entire pledging process Impact roles and missions of which to make it open and more inclusive, are separate from University of British rewrote the chapter’s constitution, led Columbia iSchool: The Homosaurus two successful recruitment semesters, LGBTQ International Thesaurus (https:// and helped Delta Nu win a service award homosaurus.org), which is a vocabulary from the national organization. Bri of LGBTQ terminology rooted in, said that their time at Delta Nu taught developed, and maintained by an them the lessons behind the quote “the international queer community in order meaning of life is to plant a tree under for cultural heritage institutions to better whose shade you do not intend to sit.” capture the experiences and variety of After graduation, Bri founded the Delta queer lives, material, and experiences; Nu Psi Upsilon Alumni Organization, The Consensual Nonmonogamy which established academic and needsCommittee of the American based scholarships for undergraduates. Most recently, Bri Psychological Association (https://www.div44cnm. began a PhD program at University of British Columbia’s org), which focuses on research, practice, and education iSchool in order to have a larger and more systemic impact about consensually non-monogamous relationships; The on policies around names and naming. The things Bri has Name Change Policy Working Group (NCPWG; https:// accomplished over the course of their ncpwg.org), which was founded first year as a doctoral student have to encourage the amendment or “My time at the Delta Nu substantiated their belief that further updating of publisher name change taught me the lessons education would allow them to have policies for transgender, nonbinary, more impact. gender non-conforming authors behind the quote “the Watson’s honors, awards, grants, who have been deeply harmed from meaning of life is to plant scholarships and fellowships are publisher policies; and The Trans a tree under whose shade Metadata Collective (TMDC; https:// many, including 2021 LINCS (Linked Infrastructure for Networked you do not intend to sit.” transmetadatacollective.org), which Cultural Scholarship) Seed Grant, is a group that is developing ethical — B.M. Watson, Delta Nu ‘11 2021 UBC Graduate Student Career recommendations, best practices, Activation Project Award, 2021 and policies for the cataloging, Visual Resources Association, Foundation Professional classification, and description of marginalized and Development Grant, 2020 Carnegie-Whitney Grant minoritized gender identities based on the experience and (American Library Association) for work of over a hundred cultural heritage workers. www.histsex.org, 2020 LD4 Conference Travel and B.M. writes, the organization had been running"Any funds Workshop award, 2020 Diversity & Inclusion Scholarship, or training awarded through this fellowship would go Rare Books and Manuscripts Section, ACRL, 2020 IU towards workshops whose teachings I can use to support the Janice Kilner Egloff Scholarship, 2020 Digital Pedagogy four previously-named initiatives: 1) Homosaurus, 2) The Lab Fellow, 2020 Archives Unleashed/Columbia, University Consensual Nonmonogamy Committee of the American Libraries Datathon Award, 2019-20 Kinsey Institute Psychological Association, 3) The Name Change Policy Graduate Fellow, 2019-20 IU Margaret Griffin Coffin Working Group, and 4) The Trans Metadata Collective. Fellow, 2019 Association of College and Research Libraries Alternatively, I would use it for workshops or professional Women and Gender Studies Student Fellow, 2018-19 IU training I can use to prepare students in order to enable their May Copeland Fellow, 2019 American Library Association success and the flexibility of their future careers."
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Rich Paul • Eta ‘10 Rich Paul is currently an independent and creating missions and direction for grant writer and fundraiser who has participants. As a Co-Leader, he will be successfully supported nonprofit responsible for Co-leading staff teams of organizations that address many community 35-45 individuals and 15-40 participants needs. He is set to finish his second master’s for three-day training sessions held across degree in 2022 from University of Central the USA and internationally. He has been Florida (UCF) with a Graduate Certificate volunteering since 2008, previously as a in Military Social Work. This degree will Leader-In-Training (LIT) beginning in 2014, enable him to begin his career as a clinical and a Co-Leader Candidate since 2019. Rich social worker. Rich has done internships was presented with the ManKind Project’s at The Salvation Army and the Orlando Rich Tosi Award in February 2015. The Veterans Affairs Healthcare System while award recognizes a man who has shown working on his Master of Social Work extraordinary commitment to his mission in (MSW). In Spring of 2021, he was awarded his volunteer work with the ManKind Project. the MSW Generalist Field Student of the It is an award for a man in Florida who has Year from UCF’s School of Social Work. contributed substantially to the activities of Rich’s bachelor’s degree in Religion Studies with a concentration the ManKind Project, locally in the community, in MKP Florida, in business entrepreneurship came from Lehigh University, where MKP USA, and MKP International. Rich currently facilitates 3 he was a member of Psi Upsilon’s Eta chapter. His education online MKP courses supporting men throughout the USA and also included three years at the Circle around the world. of Miracles Ministry school, where Those who have worked with Rich “Psi U’s core value of he mastered various ministerial skills, over the years unanimously sing his spiritual coaching, spiritual practice, world praises: ‘Service to Society’ is a spirituality, body awareness, metaphysics, “Rich has the background, intelligence, cornerstone in my life business, law, and public speaking. His and human relationship skills to and has set the first master’s degree from UCF, completed become an excellent advocate and an foundation for how I in 2016, was a Master of Nonprofit emerging clinician who will continue to approach the world.” Management with a concentration do great work during his career.” James in fundraising and philanthropy. His Whitworth, PhD, LCSW, Lt Col USAF — Rich Paul, Eta ‘10 extensive experience with spiritual studies, (Ret) non-profit organizations, and volunteer “Rich is thoughtful and brings unique service has shown that he is committed to the goals and ambitions insight to his work. He is dedicated and considerate. Rich adds of his community, above and beyond his own. value to the process and goes above and beyond in a team setting.” Rich is a Certified Nonprofit Professional (CNP), as - Michelle Chapin distinguished by the Nonprofit Leadership Alliance in Jan 2015. “Rich is an energetic, organized and highly effective recruiter. He’s He is also deeply involved as a Co-Leader Candidate with the persistent in the best of ways, knows how to give a nudge when it’s ManKind Project (MKP). This organization is engaged in needed, and is focused on a win-win outcome.” - Michael Malone facilitating life-changing experiential personal development “His sharp eye to spot students who really want to succeed was programs for men ages 18 and up. The program includes integral in building a team that had a universal can-do attitude.” education in emotional intelligence, addressing deep wounding, Elizabeth DeFeo
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Mike Thibideau • Epsilon Nu ‘11 Michael Thibideau is a former staff member of the Psi Upsilon Fraternity, in excellent standing, and an ongoing speaker and volunteer. Further, his application was forwarded with the full endorsement of the Scholarship Committee. Thibideau says his professional growth and opportunity have only been possible due to the generosity of others and his ability to take advantage of opportunities given. Every role he has succeeded in has been one in which servant leadership is an essential component of responsibility. Having served in leadership roles for nearly a half decade, he has been able to build programs that truly change lives and, in doing so, empower growth in his personal and professional life. When Thibideau first arrived at the Hamilton County Economic Development Corporation (HCEDC), the organization had been running a budget deficit for multiple consecutive fiscal years. In the summer of 2021 alone, he has secured funding to ensure HCEDC will be running in the black through the end of 2023 while expanding program offerings and staff capacity. HCEDC redefined its mission in 2018 and is now focused on promoting the county as a great place to live, work, learn and play in this thriving central Indiana area. They provide resources, connectivity, collaboration and opportunity for people interested in living and working in Hamilton County, Indiana. In his work with the organization, Thibideau works on issues like broadband access, attainable housing, public transportation, mental health and addiction, workforce development, education, and more generalized economic development. Thibideau’s volunteer experience includes his current station as a Board Member of the Indiana Recovery Council, Division of Mental Health and Addiction. He is also currently a member of the Scholarship Committee of the Psi Upsilon Foundation. Certificates and awards include
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Indiana Society of Association Executives 2017 Rising Star Award, Mental Health First Aid certificate, Addiction Peer Recovery Coach Training Certificate, and Boy Scouts of America Eagle Scout. Aside from his work at HCEDC, Thibideau served as director of Indiana Workforce Recovery at the Indiana Chamber of Commerce. There, he coordinated Indiana employer response to opioid and substance use epidemic in collaboration with the Holcomb administration, treatment/recovery stakeholders and businesses throughout Indiana. He was twice invited to speak at White House as a subject matter expert on SUD recovery and employment. Thibideau’s primary professional ambition is to become President/CEO of the HCEDC within the next two years. It is currently a vacant position with no plans of being filled in the near term. Functionally, he already serves in this capacity. However, he wishes to ensure his qualifications are apparent for this position before approaching the board. Michael plans to use the 2021 Social Impact Fellowship to continue building on his qualifications for the role of President/CEO at HCEDC. The funding will go towards supporting his graduate certificate in Non-profit Management at Indiana University-Purdue University of Indianapolis (IUPUI), which is the third highest ranked program of its type in the country. This curriculum will facilitate his professional growth and enable him to build on his budget management/development, human resources, fundraising, strategic planning and volunteer/ staff engagement experience. “I know that every day the work I do makes my community a better one for my daughters to grow up in, and helps countless families realize opportunity,” says Michael.
“I know that every day the work I do makes my community a better one for my daughters to grow up in, and helps countless families realize opportunity.” — Mike Thibideau, Epsilon Nu ‘11
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PSI UPSILON RESPONDS
“PSIU RESPONDS” IS AN ANNUAL ROLLUP OF WORKS PSI UPSILON BROTHERS ARE DOING AROUND A GIVEN SOCIAL IMPACT TOPIC.
A C T I O N S A R O U N D M E N T A L H E A LT H O N C A M P U S A N D B E YO N D D U R I N G T H E FA L L O F 2 0 2 0 , T H E P I C H A P T E R R A I S E D $ 4 8 , 0 0 0 F O R M E N ’ S H E A LT H I S S U E S T H R O U G H T H E M O V E M B E R F O U N D AT I O N HOW DID THE PI CHAPTER BECOME ONE OF THE STRONGEST FUNDRAISERS FOR THE MOVEMBER FOUNDATION IN ONLY 5 YEARS? READ ON...
The Executive Council presented an Award of Distinction to the Pi Chapter (Syracuse University) at the 177th Convention. The Movember Foundation supports various men’s health causes, ranging from mental health and suicide prevention to prostate cancer awareness. Michael Dellon, Pi ’17, started a Movember team in the Pi chapter as an undergrad and has helped the effort grow in the years since, with the amount raised increasing from $7,000 the first year to $29,000 in 2019. It was that sustained effort to grow the program and make such a chairtable impact in support of the Movember Foundation in the fall of 2020 that the chapter recieved the Award of Distinction. Michael started the chapter’s involvement with the Movember Foundation his Sophomore year (2014). He writes, “we had a small Movember team of around 5-7 active brothers. By 2015, we had grown the team substantially. From 2014-2016, the team
was totally comprised of active brothers. That being said, once I graduated in 2017, I decided to make a team that was not just limited to active members. At that point, I started to call on Pi alumni and friends outside the house to join the team. This is really when we started seeing the impressive fundraising numbers. Today, our team is comprised of active brothers, alumni, and some of our friends. We now have about 70 people on the team, with well over half being Pi affiliated.” Michael’s passion for Movember came from his own struggle with testicular cancer. He writes, “My battle with cancer put me out of commission for a full year between 2012 and 2013 and was actually the reason I transferred to Syracuse, as being in NY allowed me to be closer to my doctors and family. Unfortunately, in 2016 I lost my cousin to mental health issues, and in 2018, the Pi lost a brother to suicide. We were all devastated by this. After losses like these, we decided to dive deep into preventing male suicide and
U N D E R G R A D U AT E S V O L U N T E E R T O B E N E F I T M E N T A L H E A LT H I N I T I A T I V E S A Mayo Clinic study published in Sept. 2021 reported up to 44% of college students reported having symptoms of depression and anxiety. Our undergraduate brothers tackle these issues head on and work to support their peers and organizations working to alleviate depression, provide suicide prevention, and inform around mental health and wellness. Over $67,000 and hundreds of philanthropy hours benefited organizations like National Alliance on Mental Illness, the JED Fonudation, the Movember Foundation (of both the USA and Canada), Men's Suicide Prevention, the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, and local counseling centers and resources. The Beta Beta, Delta Omicron Provisional, Phi, Phi Beta, Phi Nu, Pi, Gamma Tau, Zeta Zeta, and were particularly engaged with these issues. Top Photo: Brothers of the Delta Omicron provisional chapter at Purdue participated in an American Foundation for Suicide Prevention Out of Darkness walk Bottom Photo: Brothers of the Phi Delta chapter at Mary Washington raised money for Mental
Health America of Fredericksburg. Supporters donated to pie a UMW Psi Upsilon brother in the face. All money raised stayed in their community, funding suicide prevention education for teens and support groups for those who lost a loved one to suicide.
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made that a pillar of our fundraising.” These somber events have led to the chapter making great contributions to issues of men’s health awareness in a short time. We asked Michael how, and his answers suggest how other chapters can start or amplify their involvement with philanthropic organizations. “When we first started, we had around 7 team members raising a few thousand dollars. By the time I left Syracuse, we had around 25 active members and I believe we raised $7k or so. Once we opened up the team to alumni and friends, we started to see our numbers shoot up. in 2018, we raised about $16K, 2019 was just short of $24k, and this year, the $48k you saw.” “This year was a total team effort, but we were able to hit such high numbers due to a lot of story sharing. It is difficult to talk about a lot of reasons why Movember is important to us, but this year, the team really went all out in sharing stories of why this cause is so important. Also, as we become more and more knowledgeable about fundraising, we are finding new and unique ways to raise money and awareness.
JOEL JOHNSON, PSI ‘65, E N D O W S M E N T A L H E A LT H C E N T E R AT H A M I LT O N One of the core values of Psi Upsilon is to never cease striving towards social excellence. In a spectacular and inspirational show of generosity in 2015 Joel Johnson, Psi '65 and his wife the Reverend Dr. Beth Johnson committed to underwriting construction of the new health and counseling center. Their leadership commitment enables the college to offer best-in-class services for the student body in a setting with ample space and furnishings to provide a safe, private and welcoming environment focused on health and wellness. The 2018, the dedication of the Joel and
Elizabeth Johnson Center for Health and Wellness was a highlight of Hamilton’s 2018 Fall Weekend. In addition to the leadership gift that made this new facility a reality, they have directed additional gifts to establish the Joel W. Johnson Family Professorship of Environmental Sciences, the largest endowed professorship in the college's history in 2006. They also created the Elizabeth B. and Joel W. Johnson Scholarship which currently supports four students. In addition to his financial support, Joel Johnson has lent his time and expertise to the college in innumerable ways. He has been a member of the Alumni Council and the Board of Trustees, serving as an alumni
trustee from 1994 to 1998, a charter trustee beginning in 1999 and a life trustee in 2013. He has also served as a volunteer for the college’s annual fund, career center and admissions programs and chaired the board’s committee on budget and finance from 2002 through 2013.
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of the U.S. President, Peace Talks with North Vietnam (1968–69), and Chairman, Foreign Policy Task Force, Democratic National Committee (1976) among many others. Most notably, Harriman served as Ambassador and advisor under Presidents Roosevelt, Truman, Kennedy, Johnson and Carter consecutively. He became well known as a Diplomat, Ambassador at Large, foreign policy negotiator, cabinet member and Presidential advisor. Time and time again, he represented the US as a key negotiator in peace talks around the world. Senator Edward Kennedy spoke at Harriman’s 90th birthday party, saying “We couldn’t have held the 20th Century without him.” Harriman’s legacy of peace and diplomacy lives on, even today. In 1969, Harriman was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, with Distinction. He also received West Point’s Sylvanus Thayer Award in 1975 and the Roosevelt Institute Freedom Medal in 1983. In 1978, Harriman was appointed a senior member of the US Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly’s Special Session on Disarmament. Throughout his life, he was a member of many clubs, societies and organizations. These included Psi Upsilon, along with American Academy of Diplomacy Charter, Club of Rome, Council on Foreign Relations, Knights of Pythias, Skull and Bones Society and the Jupiter Island Club. His legacy includes a building at Stony Brook University named in his honor, the W. Averell Harriman State Office Building Campus in Albany,
Nelson A. Rockefeller, Zeta '30, Robert F. Wagner, Beta '33 and W. Averill Harriman, Beta '13 at the 1958 Convention
New York, and Harriman State Park in Idaho. There is also a State Park in New York named after Harriman’s parents. Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._Averell_Harriman https://www.britannica.com/biography/W-Averell-Harriman https://adst.org/oral-history/fascinating-figures/averell-harriman-the-old-crocodile-ofdiplomacy/ https://www.psiuarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Diamond-of-PsiUpsilon_Mar_1941.pdf PG 31/66 https://www.psiuarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Diamond-of-PsiUpsilon_Autm_1972.pdf https://www.psiuarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/The-Diamond-of-PsiUpsilon_Sum_1965.pdf PG2/50 https://www.psiuarchives.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/The-Diamond-of-PsiUpsilon_Aut_1986.pdf PG 7/28
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2020-2021
PSI UPSILON UNDER-
GRIFFIN AWARD FOR SENIOR EXCELLENCE The Griffin Award for Senior Excellence was created to recognize members of the Senior class who have shown exceptional dedication and commitment to Psi U in their final year of classes as an undergraduate. Congratulations to those members of the class of 2021 who are being recognized for their dedication to their chapters. • • • • • • • • • • • •
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Delta - Karren Cao Zeta - Jeff Li Psi - Andrew Charman Xi - Drew Hill Upsilon - Roy Krishnan Phi - Riston Escher Pi - Conner Devaney Beta Beta - Eric Thronson Eta - Liam Fogarty Tau - Frans Otten Rho - Andrew Warner Theta Theta - Michael Clark
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Zeta Zeta - Leart Maloku Gamma Tau - Rachel Allgaier Chi Delta - Carrie Hunner Epsilon Iota - Evan Spoor Phi Delta - Mason Schultz Lambda Sigma - Adam Williams Alpha Omicron - Stephen Kurilla Sigma Phi - Kevin Collins Phi Nu - Zachary Washburn Tau Epsilon - Doug Low Delta Omicron Provisional - Candice Hudak
“Being of service to others brings us together as a brotherhood in unique, memorable, and impactful ways.” — Alexander Senchak, Eta ’06 Chair & President of the Psi Upsilon Foundation Inc.
credit: Photo by Skot Weidemann. Photo provided by the Wisconsin Union.
--GRADUATE AWARD RECIPIENTS OUTSTANDING JUNIOR RECIPIENTS
The Outstanding Junior Award is decided by each chapter as they choose the brothers, in the junior class as they rise to a senior, that best exemplify the values of Psi Upsilon Fraternity: Lifelong Friendship, Moral Leadership, Intellectual Engagement, Responsible Social Conduct, and Service to Society. Congratulations to the 2021 Outstanding Juniors and thank you for the contributions to Psi Upsilon and your chapters. • • • • • • • • • • • •
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Delta - Annie Shen Zeta - Luke Rohlen Psi - Jake Valensi Xi - Deborah Eaddy Upsilon - Edward Domanico Phi - Miles Macklin Pi - Paul Gagliardi Beta Beta - Cam Jefferson Eta - Kevin McNulty Tau - Oliver Corcoran Rho - Calvin Floyd Omicron - Justin Lombardo 17
Theta Theta - Owen McCord Zeta Zeta - Lucas Remple Gamma Tau - Erin Falejczyk Chi Delta - Juan Jaramillo-Chico Epsilon Iota - Brass Perkins Phi Delta - Ryan Skone Lambda Sigma - Solomon Kim Alpha Omicron - Gabriel Arcanjo Sigma Phi - Patrick Sprigler Phi Nu - Uriya Mishor-Ziv Tau Epsilon - Drew Elliott Delta Omicron Provisional - Heather Craker
DAVID A.B. BROWN, ΕΦ’66 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD
Murray Eskenazi • Lambda ’56 (Columbia)
Chi Delta, Epsilon Iota, Phi Beta, Kappa Phi, Beta Kappa, Beta Alpha, Phi Delta, Lambda Sigma, Sigma Phi, and Delta Nu chapters. During all of this time as a dedicated volunteer Eskenazi found time to live life outside of the fraternity. Together he and Doris raised two daughters, and now Murray is the proud grandfather of three. The family lived in East Rockaway, New York. Eskenazi initially worked as an engineer in the Fleet Sales division of International Trucks. From there he worked for a time in the clothing industry. He then started his own business, which he would manage for over thirty years. His volunteer efforts were not limited to Psi Upsilon and he spent 41 years serving his community as a volunteer and as an elected official, spending time as both Trustee and Deputy Mayor of East Rockaway. After many years of serving his local chapter Eskenazi began to volunteer for Psi U International. In 1990 he was elected to the Executive Council and then in 1991 to the Foundation Board of Directors. He served for 15 years on the Executive Council and was elected an Honorary Life member. From 1992 to 2009 he worked on the scholarship board with Henry Poor, Gamma ‘39, reviewing all of the scholarship applications. While working on this he became the first brother to become a Frequent Flyer, giving monthly via special arrangement with Maryann Williams, Chi Delta ‘17h. He then helped expand this into a regular program. Later he helped pioneer the Order of the Owl and the 1833 Club for undergraduates. Murray Eskenazi is known for giving some amazing speeches. His Gospel of Saint Murray was so good it got reprinted in the Diamond. In 2010 his address “The Psi Upsilon Experience” was so good that Tom Fox, Omicron ‘00, asked him to record it so that it could be presented at Archon’s Academy going forward. Eskenazi also gave the keynote speech at the 177th Convention in 2021. His creative endeavors do not end there and he penned multiple Psi U songs including “Talking Psi U.” His creative endeavors, much like the rest of his tireless productivity, extend beyond the fraternity as well with his being a published novelist and the inventor of Super Scrabble. Where does all of this boundless energy come from? According to Murray himself “The friendships have been life altering. I’m still in active contact with two Psi Us from my class every day.” Murray and Doris have retired to Florida in part to be near his good friend and brother Don Kazimir, Lambda ‘56. These days he can be found golfing more often than serving on boards, but he still a frequent fixture at our annual conventions, which he has attended 41 times. “Psi U is so special in my life.” said Murray about why he has contributed so much over the years, “Because I love Psi U. ...when I’m with Psi U this feeling wells up inside me. It’s what keeps me going. Now I have to live until I'm 93, so I can attend Psi U's bicentennial Convention.” If we know Murray Eskenazi, he will be there in 2033.
In the Fall of 1954 a young sophomore named Murray Eskenazi was enrolled at Columbia University. He was an engineering student and a member of the swim team but didn’t think of himself as academically ambitious. Columbia’s Lambda Chapter of Psi Upsilon operated out of the dormitories, a condition they alone of all Greek organizations struggled with that fall. Despite that humble presentation, the bonds of brotherhood called to Murray and he pledged. Young Murray would go on to be a leader pushing hard to fundraise for the chapter, and in his third year while serving as Archon was the brother sent to sign the paperwork on a new house for the Lambda. The years after graduation were a busy time for him beginning a professional life, but his service to Psi Upsilon continued on. He was elected to the Executive Board of the Lambda Association, the alumni association for the Lambda Chapter. In the ensuing years he married Doris Sims and began a family. This did not deter his service to the fraternity and he was elected as president of the Lambda Club five years later. Over the course of the next ten years the Lambda chapter and alumni association thrived to the point where the convention was held there. It was at this convention that Eskenazi gave his famous “four gospels of Saint Murray’’ speech that he would repeat at Conventions and fraternity gatherings in many years to come. Eskenazi would continue to serve on the board of the Lambda chapter and officially is on the board to this day. It was also during this time that Eskenazi began his work with the ritual committee. Prior to this time the rituals varied from chapter to chapter, a practice that dated back to the original expansion of Psi U to new universities. Over his 6 years on the ritual committee Eskenazi helped bring about the modern era where rituals are uniform throughout the brotherhood. In addition he helped design and approve coats of arms for new chapters founded during that time including the Gamma Tau, 18
2021 DISTINGUISHED ALUMNI SERVICE AWARD
Benjamin Williams • Beta Beta ’58
Benjamin Williams, Beta Beta '58 (Trinity), was awarded the Distinguished Alumni Service Award by the Executive Council and was nominated by Kevin Collins, Beta Beta '11, President of the Colt Trust, the House Corporation of the Beta Beta Chapter. Kevin submitted the following in his nomination: "Ben has been a staple for years in establishing a consistent line of communication between Beta Beta's current Undergrads and Alumni Base. He has served as a pillar in helping to grow our Alumni relations efforts and is always committed to serving as a steady voice/advocate for the current brothers. In addition to offering his physical time to support the Chapter, Ben has also been a financial contributor to Beta Beta and the Colt Trust, Inc." The Distinguished Alumni Service Award was created in 1998 by the 155th Psi Upsilon Convention and since that time 28 alumni have been granted this prestigious designation. To learn more about the award and past recipients go to: https://psiu.org/distinguished-alumni-service-award/
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