IN THIS ISSUE
2023 Edition
HISTOR Y & ARCHIVES COM M I T T E E
CHAIR
Evan W. Terry, Epsilon Phi ‘93 (McGill University) 4 | ABOUT OUR FOUNDERS: George Washington Tuttle Theta 1836 (Union College) Brother Tuttle displayed both leadership as well as humility and a retiring nature while epitomizing the values of Psi Upsilon. 8 | CHARLES BURNHAM “BUD” WILKINSON Mu ‘37, University of Minnesota “Everyone on the Cardinals’ team is enriched by the fact that for the rest of our lives we can say, ‘I played for Bud Wilkinson.” 6 | THE DEAN OF BROADWAY SHOWMEN George Abbott Upsilon ‘11, University of Rochester A celebrated actor, writer, producer, and director with a career spaning three-quarters of a century. 10 | THE DIAMOND’S FIRST EDITOR Willard Fiske Psi 1851, Hamilton College the foremost scholar of Psi Upsilon in his day Fiske, delivered an oral history of our founding at the Convention of 1876. 11 | RADIO MAN Jack Morton Theta Theta ‘57, Washington A long and storied career on the airwaves recounted! 16 | PSI UPSILON LEGACIES: The Piper Family 8 generations of Psi Upsilon brothers in one family; please endjoy these rememberances from Donald G. Piper, Pi ‘57 (Syracuse). 18 | REDISCOVERING PHI BETA LOST ITEMS
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Jonathan M. Chaffin, Gamma Tau ‘00 (Georgia Institute of Technology) Gary W. Curzi, Epsilon Iota ‘89 (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) Clifford J. Edmisten, Gamma Tau ‘00 (Georgia Institute of Technology) John S. Mathews, Eta ‘81 (Lehigh University) Joseph McCaskill, Chi Delta ‘00 (Duke University) Alex Senchak, Eta ‘06 (Lehigh) Paul H. Travis, Gamma Tau ‘01 (Georgia Institute of Technology) Joshua Rogers, Phi Beta ‘23 (College of William and Mary)
C O N T R I B UT O R S Jonathan M. Chaffin, Gamma Tau ‘00 (Georgia Institute of Technology) Lawrence Tang, ESQ, Gamma Tau ‘01 (Georgia Institue of Technology) Donald G. Piper, Pi ‘57 (Syracuse University) Joshua Rogers, Phi Beta ‘23 (College of William and Mary) Tip Hinsdale, Xi ‘39 (Wesleyan) ABOUT OUR COVER: The cover is from an engraving reproduced in a Diamond issued for Convention. The symbols represent the chapters extant at the time with elements from their respective coats of arms.
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