The Emerald - Summer 2020

Bayard Membership Experience Reimagining the new member education process in a digital environment

Founders' Awards Recognizing the 2020 recipients

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From the CEO Brothers and Friends, I hope this message finds you and your families healthy and in positive spirits. To say 2020 has been a difficult and unprecedented year would be an understatement. Since 1897 Sigma Pi has encountered and navigated several large scale national and international events, however, this was the first time since 1936 that Sigma Pi was forced to cancel convention, and only the fourth time since Convocation was first held in Columbus, OH in 1908. As unfortunate as it was to have to make that decision, what has been invigorating is watching our undergraduate officers continue to lead their chapters during this time. The experience they are gaining will make them stronger leaders not only today, but for tomorrow, and they will be prepared to join or lead companies and be adapted for leading through a crisis. However, they and our alumni volunteers need more support.

Per our data, we are aware that currently, 44.5% of chapters will be back on campus, 48.2% will be a hybrid model, and the remaining are still undecided or virtual classes. These decisions by host institutions will force our chapters to reimagine their operations and recruitment in a virtual or social distancing space. I have recently held Zoom calls with many of our volunteers across North America and discussed the upcoming year, and they strongly welcome additional volunteers to assist them in their advising efforts with the undergraduate officers. If you have not been able to give of your time in the past, now is an excellent opportunity to contact your chapter, or a local chapter near you, to provide them support and advice as they enter into a semester of great unknown.

“No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main” – John Donne.

So how can you help? You can learn more by checking out my expanded letter on our website, An Update from the CEO: Jonathan Frost.

Fraternally,

Jonathan M. Frost (UMSL '99) CEO & Executive Director

ABOUT THE EMERALD VOLUME CIV, NUMBER 2 - Summer 2020 (ISSN 1074-5289, USPS 011-013) The Emerald has been published since 1911 by: Sigma Pi Fraternity 1101 Kermit Dr., Suite 730 Nashville, TN 37217 and additional mailing offices.

SUBMISSION DEADLINES Summer - April 10 Winter - October 10 ABOUT SIGMA PI Sigma Pi Fraternity was founded at Vincennes University, Vincennes, Ind. on February 26, 1897.

The Executive Office is located in Nashville, Tenn.

Sigma Pi has chartered more than 230 chapters in North America and has initiated over 112,000 members since 1897. The founding fathers of Sigma Pi Fraternity are: Rolin Rosco James (1879-1953) William Raper Kennedy (1877-1944) James Thompson Kingsbury (1877-1950) George Martin Patterson (1877-1960) SHARE YOUR STORY Send pictures and stories to: emerald@sigmapi.org or Sigma Pi Fraternity 1101 Kermit Dr., Suite 730 Nashville, TN 37217 UPDATE YOUR INFORMATION To update your contact information, please visit: sigmapi.org/updateinfo or send an email to: records@sigmapi.org CONTACT INFORMATION sigmapi.org @sigmapi linkedin.com/company/sigmapi

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Contents

IN THIS ISSUE 06

Bayard Membership Experience

08 Convocation 10

Founders' Award

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Spring Graduates

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A Unique Big Brother

36 Finance 46

Informed Perspective

47 Partners

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International Digest

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From the Grand Sage

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In Your Own Words

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Sigma Pi Pride

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Chapter Reports

38 Volunteers 40

Adytum On High

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Educational Foundation

62 Archives 64

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Photo Finish

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CONTRIBUTORS

About The Cover

EDITOR/CREATIVE DIRECTOR

In this photo, members of Eta-Eta Chapter at Bridgewater State pose with the Sigma Pi flag while wearing masks.

Chris Carter (Middle Tennessee '08) ASSISTANT EDITOR

Summer Clarkson

BUSINESS MANAGER

Jen Wyatt

CONTRIBUTORS

Eric Babbitt (Northern Arizona '17) PGS Robert Burns (Wisconsin-La Crosse '71) Joe Conway (Cal State Fullerton ‘78) CEO Jonathan M. Frost (UMSL '99) Ricky Marshall (Arkansas State '88) GS Joe Palazzolo (Monmouth '00) Alexander Pettigrew (Indiana of Penn. '15) The Plaid Team David Presson (Murray State '77) Curran Scarlata (Kentucky ‘96) Winter 2020

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From the Executive Office

International Digest News from the World of Sigma Pi

Ruane Hired as Chapter Management Associate The Executive Office of Sigma Pi is proud to announce that Nick Ruane (Radford ’16) was hired as a Chapter Management Associate within the Chapter Management department.

He officially began serving in the new role on April 1, 2020.

In the role of Chapter Management Associate, Ruane will support the needs of chapters and their volunteers while creating and maintaining relationships with host universities.

Ruane graduated from Radford University, where he majored in political science with a concentration in foreign affairs and minored in Arabic. During his time as an undergraduate, Ruane was an active member of Radford’s Inter-Fraternity Council serving as the Programming and Athletics Chair and then the Vice President of Administration.

Ruane also had the privilege to work as an administrative assistant for the Commonwealth’s Attorney in Pulaski County, Virginia.

Within Theta-Lambda Chapter, Ruane served as Fourth Counselor.

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encouraged by one of his ThetaLambda brothers to come out of his hiatus of playing lacrosse and join the club team. Through this opportunity, Ruane got to play in tournaments at various schools across the South and mid-Atlantic.

As an avid outdoorsman, Ruane enjoys spending his time off fly fishing, and once the global pandemic is over, he plans to enjoy the live music Nashville has to offer.

Ruane said, “I am very excited for the opportunity to represent this Fraternity at a national level, and I look forward to cultivating a strong relationship with our chapters throughout North America.”

Expansion INTEREST GROUPS Sigma Pi Fraternity prides itself on striving for excellence in everything that we do. We do this by living out our values everyday, and by doing so, we set the standard for fraternities on any given campus. To ensure that our colonies are the best groups on their respective campuses, the Fraternity’s colony development program includes requirements for interest groups petitioning to colonize.

The interest group requirements will drive the group’s growth and become the foundation of future success.

There are resources available to enable interest groups to meet these requirements in a timely manner. The National Fraternity oversees the interest group process, working with the group and its leaders through the pre-colonization phase, and will continue to guide them as they strive to become a full chapter of Sigma Pi Fraternity.

For more information, please visit sigmapi.org/fraternity/expansion.

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Grand Council

From the Grand Sage A Message from Grand Sage Joe Palazzolo Brothers, You have heard all of these tired phrases, that we are in "unprecedented, uncertain, and challenging times," that we are swimming in "uncharted waters," and that the COVID-19 pandemic is like "nothing we've ever seen before." Many of these tired phrases accompany some form of doom and gloom or a doomsday-style scenario.

The future will be led by individuals who move beyond the doom and gloom and advance to accepting challenges as opportunities. As our undergraduates can tell you, colleges and universities responded to COVID-19 by quickly moving to an all-online format. Many of the trade groups and service providers in the fraternity and sorority industry began offering regular, free video chats and webinars on topics critical for success in our industry, including how to recruit the next generation of members in a physically distant scenario. When the fires of social revolution started flaring after George Floyd’s death, those same service providers began offering training on best practices in anti-racist practices in fraternity and sorority chapters. A wealth of resources on how to be more inclusive have also been made available. Has your chapter and its alumni volunteers taken advantage of all of these free training resources during the long months that much of North America has been under stay-at-home orders?

GRAND SAGE Joe Palazzolo (Monmouth '00) grandsage@sigmapi.org

Our chapters and undergraduates should prepare for recruitment in a physically distant scenario not just because of the pandemic, but because it opens up new opportunities for Sigma Pi Fraternity.

Our young men should also be ready to fully engage in and lead the inclusivity training that their campuses will offer in the near future. On the recruitment side, preparation for this future includes ensuring your chapter's social media accounts are regularly updated with images and video clips that tell the story of your chapter. Preparation also means making sure that if your chapter has a website, then it has updated, relevant information for potential new members and their families about your chapter, its programming, and its response to the COVID-19 spread. The Fraternity’s policies on health and safety, anti-discrimination, and alcohol are also worth including.

Now is also the ideal time for chapters to utilize the many web-based video chatting tools available to hold virtual chapter meetings, but also to train our newest initiates on your chapter's elevator pitch. Can all of your new initiates tell you in 30 seconds or less why potential new members should join Sigma Pi Fraternity on your campus? Reach out to your alumni who might be able to help craft this pitch for your chapter. If you are an alumnus with a skill set in this field, then reach out to your chapter and Chapter Director to offer them assistance.

Leaders look to the future and see opportunity and hope. After visiting with so many of our brothers and meeting the young men who wear our letters everyday, I see a powerful, inspirational future for Sigma Pi Fraternity. I encourage our undergraduates to lead their chapters with enthusiasm and optimism because they can and will create a better future for all of us!

Fraternally,

GS Joe Palazzolo (Monmouth '00) Grand Sage #47 of Sigma Pi Fraternity

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From Your Perspective

In Your Own Words Putting Words into Action During COVID-19

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Chris Taylor (Wisconsin ‘10) used a 3D printer to create face shields for medical workers. With help on promotions from the Tau Chapter, Taylor has raised $785 to continue his efforts to provide for essential workers.

To see your own words here, be sure to use the hashtag #sigmapi, tag @sigmapi, or email us at

emerald@sigmapi.org @sigmapi_isu

Austin Williams (Illinois State ‘19) has delivered over 2,000 masks, created by his mother, throughout their community for those in need during the shortage of masks. “We thank Austin and his mother for their generosity, hospitality, and for being a living embodiment of our Quest For Excellence.”

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Huge shoutout to Chris Temby (UC Santa Barbara ‘19) for volunteering at Farb Middle School, helping the San Diego Unified School District pass out school lunches and give food donations to children and families who are food insecure due to the COVID-19 crisis. Keep making us proud!

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Brother JM Mauceri (St. John's '20) of Iota-Tau Chapter donated to his local hospital as a thank you to all essential workers. “Thank you to all the essential workers for the continuous hard work and dedication throughout this pandemic!”

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As Sigma Pi men, we share a sense of affinity and dedication to our Fraternity. These recent photos showcase some of the best examples of Sigma Pi Pride. To show your Sigma Pi Pride, share your photos with us at photos@sigmapi.org.

1. Epsilon-Nu Chapter 2. Gamma-Mu Chapter 3. Epsilon-Kappa Chapter 4. Eta-Eta Chapter 4

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Education and Programming

Introducing the Bayard Membership Experience An Innovative Program Designed to Build Better Men & Better Brothers – Virtually While fraternal organizations such as Sigma Pi excel at facilitating meaningful interpersonal interactions and connections among members, they also exist to help members develop knowledge and skills for success in college and beyond.

In today’s digital world, technology does not just allow for more opportunities and ways to connect and communicate.

It also provides powerful opportunities for learning, growth, and skill development. Sigma Pi, in partnership with Plaid, an organizational management firm, are proud to announce the Bayard Membership Experience, an enriching and robust online new member development program that works to understand and innovate on the needs and interests of today’s collegiate members.

Through six courses, Sigma Pi will provide content that introduces new members to the history, values, and structure of the organization at both the national and local level, as well as delves into important topics for personal growth such as financial literacy, time and stress management, event planning and management, and an overview of the fraternity and sorority life community.

Intended to be completed through a three-week period, the Bayard Membership Experience will help ensure new members are well-acclimated with the chapter, 6

community, and national organization. Additionally, they will be better prepared for success and excellence beyond the chapter experience, making them not only better brothers, but better men.

Sigma Pi and Plaid’s partnership extends beyond the Bayard Membership Experience to include online resources for new member educators and chapter leaders who support member development efforts.

These resources will introduce and explain the Bayard Membership Experience to new member educators and provide guidance on how to effectively implement the program within their chapters. It will also provide training on hazing prevention and how to conduct new member education in a healthy and safe manner.

Why Online Education?

Online education has improved significantly in recent years and is no longer seen as an alternative to traditional learning, but as an effective avenue to introduce foundational content and reiterate critical concepts.

Online learning is not regulated to educational institutions either, and has become a powerful resource and training tool for corporate and non-profit organizations throughout the world. Beyond the increased use of digital Summer 2020

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learning in classrooms and boardrooms, there’s an added need for virtual content as we navigate the current and post COVID-19 landscape. Therefore, as we work toward redefining a new normal, digital programming will play an important role in ensuring our ability to adapt and grow as an organization.

In an effort to provide the most robust and comprehensive program for our brotherhood, we found that online education offers numerous benefits to learners and educators alike. For students, digital programming can feel like a customized solution, where they can enjoy a “right time, right pace” experience to learning. This affords each student flexibility in the rate at which they succeed. Further, the majority of today’s new members are part of Generation Z (born 1995-2010), a cohort who prefers intrapersonal learning experiences with a desire to self-pace, reflect, and learn on their own schedule.

For educators like Sigma Pi, online learning makes it easier and more efficient to disseminate information to many students at once. Additionally, online education creates consistency in the lessons and content students’ receive. By developing a standardized online learning program, all new members of Sigma Pi will be introduced to the organization in the same manner, creating a strong and unified foundational base.

Course Development Processes The Fraternity’s ongoing partnership with Plaid has made it possible to establish a fully integrated educational experience, which includes: • the Tightrope program for risk prevention education, sigmapi.org

chapter advisor training to educate advisors on their roles, responsibilities, and methods for mentoring today’s college students; • the online officer transition module for all incoming officers, and; • curriculum for the Mid-Year Leadership Conference.

With the addition of the Bayard Membership Experience, Plaid and Sigma Pi will be able to further develop excellence in learning throughout each phase of a brother’s life.

Benefits to New Members For new members joining the organization, learning about Sigma Pi will be easier and more accessible than ever before. The Bayard Membership Experience will deliver fresh, consistent, and relevant information to new members, providing numerous benefits at the onset of their Sigma Pi experience.

With the ability to learn at their own pace, new members will not have to wait until a chapter meeting or a new member education meeting. And no longer will new members have to catch up if they miss a meeting because they will have the ability to log on and learn about Sigma Pi at times that best meet their availability and learning preferences. Additionally, once new members access the Bayard Membership Experience online, they will maintain 24/7 access to the content and resources.

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Education and Programming Editor's Note: Letter below originally distributed on March 30, 2020 Brothers, Let me begin by wishing you and your families peace and good health during this global pandemic. Across North America, we are witnessing unprecedented times. Multiple states have implemented “stay at home� orders, businesses have been forced to close, and many are experiencing massive layoffs.

With this, Sigma Pi Chapters at undergraduate universities across the country are seeing their members lose their jobs and experiencing difficulty in their dues collections. Members who were set to graduate this spring will have a uniquely unfortunate end to their collegiate careers that they will never forget. We have also heard from multiple housing corporations in regards to their ability, or inability, to assist undergraduate members with foregoing rent and lease obligations. These issues will not be resolved immediately, and our 110 chapters and colonies, along with their advisors, will need time to focus on their sustainability measures.

Experts and government officials are predicting an 18-month period before things are truly back to normal in the United States with the COVID-19 outbreak possibly continuing past July and August of this year.

With all of these factors at play, the Grand Council met on March 19, 2020, to discuss the options and alternatives relating to the Convocation and the planned election and to determine what course of action was in the best interests of Sigma Pi. On March 25, 2020, the Grand Council made an extremely difficult decision and officially voted on and approved a resolution to cancel the 55th Biennial Convocation and to hold the next Grand Council election at the Convocation scheduled for 2022.

Based on the knowledge regarding the financial impact our members will have, the impact on our organization and, most importantly, the health and safety of our brothers and their families, we feel this decision, unfortunately, had to be made. We know this news of canceling the 55th Convocation is very disheartening, but due to the impact on Sigma Pi, our chapters and members, we believe it is the right decision.

The decision to cancel Convocation will be only the fourth time in our 123-year history for such a measure. The first such postponement, in 1918, was due to World War I, and the postponements in 1932 and 1936 were products of bad economic conditions in the United States. To compensate for those postponements, the Fraternity combined the 6th & 7th, 13th & 14th, and 15th & 16th Biennial Convocations of the Grand Chapter. To compensate for this 2020 postponement, we will convene the 55th & 56th Convocation, in 2022.

Sigma Pi, as a relatively small not-for-profit organization, is not immune from the financial impact of this pandemic.

During this time, as many other businesses and organizations have, we have implemented a stringent cash management strategy to maximize our resources. We Believe‌ Sigma Pi, our country, and the world will prevail through this point in our history, and we look forward to seeing you at future conventions and gatherings when life returns to normalcy.

Please continue to utilize the COVID-19 page that the Executive Office has established to stay up to date on the disease and find resources that are applicable to you and your chapter. As always, please do not hesitate to reach out to our Executive Office staff. Be safe, wash your hands, and follow the guidelines set forth by the CDC to limit the spread of COVID-19.

Fraternally,

Jonathan M. Frost (UMSL '99) CEO & Executive Director

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Education and Programming

2022 Convocation The 55th & 56th Convocations will take place simultaneously in 2022 at the Hilton Palacio del Rio in San Antonio, Texas.

Because of its cancellation due to the global pandemic, the 55th event is being incorporated into the 56th Convocation, just as other Convocations have been postponed in the past.

This Convocation will be the 125th Anniversary celebration of Sigma Pi Fraternity!

Known for many things, San Antonio, Texas is home of The Alamo, along with other adventures like Tower of the Americas, Six Flags Fiesta Texas, Rio River Boat Tours, and more. Sitting as the seventh largest city in the U.S., beautiful San Antonio will have no shortage of things to discover!

More information on this historic Convocation will be found at sigmapi.org/convocation.

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Recognition

Founders' Award

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he Founders’ Award is the highest and most prestigious honor which the Fraternity bestows upon an individual brother. The selection is based upon outstanding contributions or exceptional service in business, a profession, education, or humanitarianism, including service to Sigma Pi or the fraternity industry

overall. Before each Convocation, the Grand Council selects the recipients from among those brothers recommended by chapters and alumni clubs. Normally, the presentation of the Founders' Award takes place during the closing banquet of each Convocation, but this year we will honor our recipients digitally.

Michael Hobson (Worcester Polytechnic '81)

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everend Michael A. Hobson is an initiate from Gamma-Iota Chapter at Worcester Polytechnic Institute where he obtained a Bachelor of Science in electrical engineering. Fr. Hobson served five years in the United States Air Force, becoming a commissioned officer stationed at Edwards Air Force Base in the Mojave Desert of southern California. As a Flight Test Engineer, he was involved with research, development, and testing of the F-15E and APG-70 jet aircraft radar systems, with flight time in the F-15 and F-4 jet aircraft.

Discerning a life-long call to the priesthood, Fr. Hobson left the military to attend Saint Pope John XXII National Seminary in Weston, Massachusetts, where he received a Master of Divinity degree in Theology. Fr. Hobson was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest in 1997 and currently is pastor of Our Lady of the Lake in Halifax, Massachusetts, and St. Joseph the Worker in Hanson, Massachusetts parishes. In these pastoral roles, Fr. Hobson serves the spiritual and daily needs of his parishioners. As Spiritual Director for the Family Healing and Recovery Ministry, he has been especially supportive and dedicated to those affected by substance use disorder, giving hope where despair may ever be present. His compassion, guidance, and encouragement has helped lead many from the path of destruction to a full and purposeful life. His prayerful guidance has brought healing to broken families through forgiveness, mercy, and love.

any of his personal faith beliefs, but instead found the ideals of brotherhood not only inspiring, but realistically attainable. As with the motto, “Progress, man’s distinctive mark alone, Not God’s, and not the beasts’; God is, they are. Man partly is and wholly hopes to be,” Fr. Hobson is fully aware of the developing nature of the human person. Believing strongly in every word and line of the Sigma Pi Creed, Fr. Hobson has committed himself to helping the brotherhood in any way possible, especially as past Alumni Club President (Psi Theta Nu) for many years with Gamma-Iota, and helping establish the IotaRho Chapter, as Colony Director in 2014, at Keene State College in Keene, New Hampshire.

Growing up in a family with three brothers and two sisters, and having thirteen nieces and nephews, Fr. Hobson has long considered the brotherhood of the Fraternity to truly be his larger family. While in high school he never imagined himself joining a fraternity, however he found the Creed of the Fraternity did not contradict

Fr. Hobson continues to believe with absolute certainty in the Creed and that striving for excellence through on-going scholarship and developing character is key to becoming fully human and fully alive. Fr. Hobson enjoys camping, hiking, scuba diving, underwater hockey, movies, sushi, spiritual reading, and biblical coin collecting.

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William McGinnis (Indiana '66)

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illiam McGinnis is an initiate of Beta Chapter at Indiana University-Bloomington where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in Zoology.

After graduating from Indiana, McGinnis also earned a Bachelor of Science in Pharmacy from Butler University, where he was later inducted into the Butler College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Hall of Fame. McGinnis spent the greater part of his career in pharmaceuticals and as a leader in the healthcare industry.

During his 27 years at Eli Lilly, an American company that is a global leader in the pharmaceutical industry, McGinnis served in a variety of assignments in the company’s North American operations. He was General Manager of Imaging and Therapeutic Research at Hybritech, based in San Diego; General Manager of the Medical Devices and Diagnostics Division of Eli Lilly Canada (now Guidant Canada); General Manager of the Diabetes Alliance between Eli Lilly Canada and Boehringer Mannheim Canada; Vice President of the Endocrine Business Unit of Eli Lilly Canada; and Segment Leader of Institutional Accounts for Eli Lilly USA. After retiring from Eli Lilly, McGinnis served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Diabetogen Biosciences, Inc. and as Vice-Chair of the Board of Viron Therapeutics, Inc. both based in London, Ontario, Canada. He was also President and Chief Executive Officer of Acera Biosciences Inc. and Chief Operating Officer of Bioenergy Pharmaceuticals and Cell Technology, both based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

McGinnis served on the Board of Directors and as Managing Director of Heartland Biosciences Inc. In addition, he was President and CEO of NephRx Corporation and served on its Board of Directors. McGinnis served as Chief Executive Officer of Sagamore Podiatry Products and as Chief Operating Officer of Imhotep, LLC. McGinnis served on the Board of Directors of the London Ontario Economic Development Corporation and was a

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founding member of the London Life Sciences Council.

He is a past member of the National Board of Directors of the Juvenile Diabetes Foundation of Canada. McGinnis served as United Way Champaign Chair for Eli Lilly in San Diego and Lilly Canada.

Alongside fellow brother Jeff Young (Indiana ’85) McGinnis was also a co-founder of Centurion Clinical Research, LLC, a Phase I-IV clinical trial unit, where he served as Chief Executive Officer and on its Board of Directors.

In the world of Sigma Pi Fraternity, he serves as President of Beta Chapter of Sigma Pi at Indiana University, Alumni Association Board of Directors and as President of the Indiana University Alumni Inter-fraternity Council. He is also a past member of the Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Board of Visitors and past member of the Board of Directors as Treasurer of Key Consumer Organization.

Currently, McGinnis operates McGinnis Life Sciences Consulting, LLC, a life science consulting practice based in Carmel, Indiana. He is co-founder and co-owner of Home Snack Foods, LLC, maker of Awesome Granola, where he also serves as Chairman of the Board.

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Recognition

Congratulations, Graduates!

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s our lives have transformed over the past few months, we want to take the time to recognize the spring 2020 graduate members of Sigma Pi. Thank you to all the members who completed our questionnaire on what your experience with Sigma Pi means to you. We hope that you and your chapter brothers

will take the time to reflect on your impact on your local brotherhood, and the impact that brotherhood made on you, during this period of time.

As always, Sigma Pi is for a lifetime, and we welcome you to join 100,000+ other brothers who moved into the Omega status within the organization.

Jacob Young (Grand Valley State ’16) "The development I went through as a Sigma Pi is something that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Not only did I meet friends that I will have for a lifetime, but I really think I became a better person. I became more confident, more social, and better prepared to be successful later on in life.”

Trey Martin (Washington State ’17) “This house saved my life. The friends that I have made in this house are the best friends I could have asked for. Having brothers like this has motivated me to try for a better relationship with my blood brother. You never get these four+ years [of college] back. And looking into the void of adulthood is scary, but I’m proud to say that being a brother of Iota-Nu Chapter has made me a better man, a better person. Through all of the glorious highs and the lowest lows I’ve ever felt, my brothers have been there for me.

I love you all, and this house means more than words could have expressed.”

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Bailey Joseph (Worcester ’17) “Sigma Pi has given me everything and more I could ever need or want in my collegiate years. All of my best friends are brothers I was initiated with. As more classes of Gamma-Iota Chapter came into our house, I got more and more friends I would never have met otherwise.

I have traveled the world with my brothers, and I would not have wanted to do it with anyone else. I did not join Sigma Pi for the letters on the house; I joined it for the brothers.”

Mason McGavock (Missouri S&T ’15) “Filled with fun yet trying times, Sigma Pi turns boys into men. Being a part of a larger organization has helped me lead meetings in the job force during internships and co-ops, how to show myself professionally, and learn to deal with tough times. I grew up as an only child, so working well within a team was always my greatest weakness. The Fraternity changed that quickly, and now I am often the first choice for team leads in projects at work or in school.

Without Sigma Pi, I would not be the man I am today. I owe much of my professional attributes to the lessons I learned as a brother of Sigma Pi.”

Quincy Gonzales (Cal State Fullerton ’16) “During my undergraduate years in Sigma Pi, I was able to have many opportunities that benefited my professional endeavors. I was the Public Relations chairman for two years, being in charge of social media management, content creating, promotions, campaigns, and branding. With that background, I was able to obtain two professional internships with social media management. I was then elected as the Director of Public Relations for the university’s Interfraternity Council, which governs all fraternity chapters on campus.” sigmapi.org

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Chapter and Colony Reports ALABAMA

Auburn EDITOR’S NOTE:

Alpha-Delta | Auburn, Alabama Ø | 114 | 49 | 2167 | 891 | 26

Reports are submitted by undergraduate members of each Chapter and Colony.

Along with updating and correcting basic guidelines, reports have been edited to only provide the most important content.

All reports are now sorted by state.

Reports are accurate as of June 1, 2020.

LEGEND Ø Ø Balance

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The semester of spring 2020 may have been cut short, but it was still a fantastic semester regarding the progress of Alpha-Delta Chapter. The highlight of this semester was Founders’ Day weekend. The turnout of both alumni and active brothers made it one of the best Founders’ Day weekend in recent history.

We hope to keep pushing the importance of this event, so next year there will have an opportunity to have more alumni come.

AHEARO joined us for this event as we raised $1,000 that went to their foundation. Along with that, we all had the pleasure of hearing from First Lieutenant Thomas McNish.

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Number of Undergraduate Members Pledges

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Total Brothers Lost Brothers (Missing Contact Info) Donors to SPEF this fiscal year PHOTO REFERENCE

NO REPORT SUBMITTED Alabama

Miami (OH)

Arkansas

Mississippi

Arkansas State

Northern Arizona

Arkansas Tech

Oakland

Buffalo

Ohio State

Cal State Chico

Old Dominion

Cal State Long Beach

Orlando

California-Santa Cruz

Penn College

Carson

Penn State

Central Missouri

Radford

Colorado

South Florida

Cornell

St. Joseph's

Eastern Illinois

UC Santa Barbara

Ewing

UTSA

Ferris State

Vincennes

Indiana

Washington State

Indiana of Pennsylvania

Wayne State

Iowa

West Alabama

Iowa State

West Virginia Tech

Keene State

Western Illinois

Kennesaw State

William & Mary

Kentucky

William Paterson

Lawrence Tech

Wisconsin

Arizona State

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Southern Arkansas

Beta-Kappa | Tempe, Arizona

Epsilon-Kappa | Magnolia, Arkansas

Ø | 99 | 45 | 1035 | 245 | 0

$ | 20 | 11 | 534 | 218 | 4

Beta-Kappa Chapter has made strides in the 2019-2020 school year. Fall 2019 highlights included welcoming our very own Executive Director and CEO, Jonathon Frost, to host a recruitment workshop that later led to the successful recruitment of the Eta class. Fall 2019 also pulled in five brand new sweethearts to represent the guys on campus. Our semiformal on Lake Havasu was a time, and many fond brotherhood memories were created.

In November 2019, we celebrated the third anniversary of our Beta-Kappa official chartering.

The brothers of Epsilon-Kappa have had a great year. They kicked off the spring semester by picking up seven promising new members. The brothers have organized an alumni/undergraduate Founders’ Day cookout event that they hope will become an annual tradition. Epsilon-Kappa has also done a lot for the Magnolia community by donating nearly 500 pounds of dog and cat food to a local animal shelter and working to clean up the community. Even though their spring semester got cut short, they are using this time to plan for future events.

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Cal Poly Eta-Delta | San Luis Obispo, California Ø | 93 | 38 | 569 | 110 | 6

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The brothers of Eta-Delta enjoyed an excellent fall and winter quarter, full of philanthropy, brotherhood, and social events. Additionally, last fall, Eta-Delta Chapter earned the highest IFC GPA for the second quarter in a row. After two excellent quarters, the brothers of EtaDelta had a very calm spring due to current events. Eta-Delta Chapter is proud to welcome our two newly initiated pledge classes, Chi (fall ‘19) and Psi (winter ‘20). These men have undergone an excellent exercise in brotherhood building, and are already contributing in major ways to the chapter, with eyes set toward the successful future.

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Cal State Fullerton Epsilon-Nu | Fullerton, California Ø | 96 | 43 | 1180 | 483 | 11

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Epsilon-Nu started the semester coming off a strong fall semester winning philanthropies such as Mr. AXO and hosting our first annual venue party. The spring semester carried forward this momentum with the recruitment of the Beta-Zeta class. The class started with 17 accepted bids and currently stands at 11 pledges. On March 6th, Epsilon-Nu hosted the first annual Sigma Circus. With a great turnout, $4,000 was raised, and $1,500 of it was donated to California State University’s Center for Autism. Amidst the current pandemic, Epsilon-Nu stays proactive and keeps the brotherhood strong through Zoom.

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San Diego Epsilon-Chi | San Diego, California $ | 29 | 15 | 482 | 213 | 1

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Unfortunately, because of Coronavirus, we were unable to host any events this semester.

We had several philanthropy events, like our on-campus shirt sales and our off-campus bowling event, all profits for the Amazing Day Foundation. But due to Coronavirus, we had to cancel all our events this semester. We are now planning on moving everything to next semester, and hopefully, with more time to prepare, these events will be even more successful. On the bright side, our chapter has taken in 12 new potential new members and plans to initiate them next semester when things clear up.

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Chapter and Colony Reports California-Irvine Eta-Upsilon | Irvine, California Ø | 58 | 30 | 668 | 210 | 5

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Last quarter we had two successful largescale events. Recruitment went very well and included our alumni night, where alumni came and met some potential new members as well as current members. We managed to begin the new member process with another 12 new members. We also hosted our annual Emerald Ball, which is our formal. This year we had it on a yacht, and everyone had a grand time. We participated in Delta Gamma’s philanthropy and planned on having our philanthropy within the next ten weeks; however, this, along with our Orchid Ball formal, was canceled due to the COVID-19 outbreak.

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Santa Clara Zeta-Eta | Santa Clara, California Ø | 101 | 31 | 944 | 384 | 10

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Zeta-Eta Chapter had a fantastic end of 2019 and the beginning of 2020, despite the school year being cut short. We brought an outstanding group of young men into our chapter with Beta-Zeta pledge class that was initiated early this year. We were blessed with the opportunity to chat with a few founding members of our chapter who visited us. We had a great time discussing the beginning and growth of the Zeta-Eta Chapter to what it has become today. We were looking forward to our annual MS volleyball philanthropy event but will continue to raise money for this incredible cause from home. Zeta-Eta cannot wait to reunite for another year!

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UC Berkeley Iota | Berkeley, California Ø | 37 | 25 | 1085 | 441 | 8

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The house beautification efforts from last semester have continued in the form of a grand mural in the chapter room, ongoing room renovations, and the redecoration of our basement. Furthermore, the previous pledge class’ backyard project has been completed with a brand new layer of turf, installed by our enthusiastic 6-man Alpha Sigma pledge class.

Community outreach has also been a priority for us this semester, having held a successful In-n-Out sale for the Amazing Day Foundation in addition to creating COVID-19 relief shirts with Merch House, for which all proceeds will go towards charities fighting the pandemic on the frontlines.

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Colorado State Eta-Sigma | Fort Collins, Colorado Ø | 34 | 10 | 376 | 180 | 1

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We, as a chapter, are ready to initiate eight guys come fall. We couldn’t do it due to the virus this spring. We are also in pursuit of a house.

One has opened up, and we are currently in the works to see if we can get the house. So come fall there is quite a lot to do for our chapter.

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Eta-Epsilon | Tallahassee, Florida

Alpha-Phi | Athens, Georgia

Epsilon-Eta | Normal, Illinois

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Spring 2020 has been a roller coaster of a semester with all that is going on, but our chapter has nevertheless progressed. Some of the successful events that have taken place are: initiating our Beta-Delta spring pledge class consisting of 16 amazing young men; holding two sorority socials including a mixer with Alpha Phi and dinner with Chi Omega; continuing to work on projects around the house that bring the brothers together daily; teaming up with Sigma Pi UCLA and Merch House for a COVID-19 relief philanthropy.

Over the course of our spring semester, AlphaPhi Chapter had several great events before being cut short due to Covid-19. Our chapter initiated seven new members to be bonded with our chapter in brotherhood. We had a successful formal in the great city of Savannah, Georgia. We celebrated our fraternity Founders’ Day with our great alumni who returned to meet more of their active brothers.

Our brothers also raised a significant amount of money for UGA’s Miracle Philanthropy.

Throughout our chapter, our brother’s raised $11,122 to be donated to Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and was announced at UGA’s Dance Marathon.

After recruitment week, we introduced our Zeta class. We ended up having 20 guys sign bid cards, and we pinned the same 20 guys.

Due to COVID-19, the new member education process was stopped short. We plan to have a brotherhood retreat early in the summer to strengthen our brotherhood and hang out with the new class. We plan to initiate them soon after. Overall, as a chapter right now, we have 98 active members. We had a powder-puff flag football philanthropy event planned also, but that was postponed. All of the proceeds would have went towards the wildfires in Australia.

Our homecoming is the weekend of October 24th. All are welcome!

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SIU-Carbondale Beta-Nu | Carbondale, Illinois Ø | 23 | 7 | 1279 | 590 | 10 Beta-Nu started the semester with continued involvement with multiple philanthropic organizations. One of the main charities we tabled for this semester was SneakerHeartz, which provides donated shoes to children in need. Despite the setbacks caused by the Coronavirus, the brothers of Beta-Nu have stuck to our resolve of leaving the chapter in a better state than what we found it. We have been taking this time away from physical classes to work on improving our chapter house and our chapter’s programs. Beta-Nu wishes the best for all brothers during this crisis, and we are confident that we will all return next semester stronger than ever.

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Purdue Eta | West Lafayette, Indiana $ | 24 | 13 | 1607 | 452 | 17

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Eta Chapter continues to grow and expand its presence throughout campus. We’ve gone from seven actives in fall 2018 to 30 members currently and hope to fill the house next year! Some highlights of the recent semester include the introduction of Big-Little Grade Checks, a system designed to encourage Big’s and Little’s to hold each other accountable, and a philanthropy event, in which over $100 was raised for ACE Food Pantry. We were recently given the gift of brand new furniture for the formal room and also plan to acquire new dining room chairs. We greatly appreciate our generous alumni who donated $8,700 to make this possible.

Southern Indiana Theta-Psi | Evansville, Indiana $ | 20 | 10 | 191 | 8 | 2 Theta-Psi Chapter had an interesting year.

Our high points from the year were that we finished the fall semester with the highest GPA among the fraternities on campus with a 3.11. We finished third in community service hours completed with 410 hours while being one of the smaller chapters on campus. We raised a total of $2,578 towards philanthropic organizations, which placed second overall for the fall semester. We also added some very solid new guys during recruitment this year. Our event Fraturday Night Live for the Amazing Day Foundation, was our best one yet with a lot of participation. We are hungry and eager to get back in the fall.

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Valparaiso Beta-Tau | Valparaiso, Indiana Ø | 12 | 2 | 689 | 296 | 31

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The semester ended early for Beta-Tau, but there were several exciting events. While spring recruitment did not go as smoothly as we had planned, we were able to host some events, including dodgeball and several game nights, which allowed us to meet many potential new members for the fall of 2020.

Brotherhood events, including pizza/game nights and alumni hangouts, were excellent ways to strengthen bonds within the chapter.

While we were unable to hold our bags tournament for the Amazing Day Foundation, we were able to raise $626 for the virtual Dance Marathon! In the fall, we are preparing for a joint Homecoming/Chapter 60th Anniversary with alumni.

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Emporia State Epsilon-Epsilon | Emporia, Kansas

Epsilon-Lambda | Richmond, Kentucky

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$ | 33 | 23 | 782 | 214 | 5

Here at Emporia State University, EpsilonEpsilon Chapter has been apart of three community service events where we packed bags of food for students K-12 in the community.

We also held a bread sale and raised $160 for the foundation Food For Students. Upcoming in the fall, we will hold our Orchid Ball from the spring. Epsilon-Epsilon will also be having our 45th anniversary here next spring.

Even though the spring semester was cut short due to the Covid-19 pandemic, EpsilonLambda still accomplished quite a lot. We had many men interested in becoming a new member, but due to the circumstances, we did not end up taking any of them. We did get to participate in Chi Omega’s dodgeball tournament, which was their philanthropy event for the American Cancer Society, and we all had a blast. Our biggest accomplishment this semester was creating better relationships with the Executive Office, and we are continuing to meet virtually for the rest of this semester. We are more than ready to be back next fall and taking on a strong recruiting class!

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Beta-Delta | Lawrence, Kansas Ø | 42 | 35 | 358 | 63 | 5

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Beta-Delta Chapter has continued to grow in brotherhood and tradition. Since moving into our new home on 1301 West Campus Rd, brothers of Beta-Delta Chapter have had the privilege of living amongst one another in one space all school year, continuing to strengthen our bond as brothers. After a new pledge class of 20 initiated new brothers this year, that bond has grown even stronger. The new home has hosted large community service events, such as Natural Ties and social events such as Kansas Football Barbeques. Beta-Delta Chapter is striving every day towards one of the best houses, and strongest brotherhoods on campus.

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Delta-Rho has been growing and improving in all categories since the previous semester from having a successful recruitment and increased campus involvement. Our chapter has also received more recognition on campus from winning awards in back to back semesters and hosting more events than previously. Although there have been setbacks due to classes being moved online because of COVID-19, we have used this time to plan for the fall semester and recruitment. On April 17th, Delta-Rho turned 49 years old, and we look forward to many more years to come while reminiscing on old memories and excited to make more as we move further in the future.

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Murray State Gamma-Upsilon | Murray, Kentucky Ø | 27 | 13 | 844 | 341 | 19

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Due to COVID-19, Gamma-Upsilon Chapter was unable to do most of our philanthropic events that normally take place in the spring.

We were able to hold recruitment and have seven new members dedicated to keeping going with their pledge ship during this pandemic. Gamma-Upsilon Chapter is ready for more events and an overall better semester in the fall!

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Salisbury Theta-Xi | Salisbury, Maryland Ø | 22 | 5 | 307 | 36 | 3

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This semester we had a successful recruitment bringing in eight new members. One of the highlights from that was bowling night. John Williams made an appearance and made the potential rushees feel right at home. We also had a Founders’ Day celebration held at Brew River Bar and Grill. Our guest speaker, Ben Sorteberg, gave the younger guys a sense of how Salisbury and Sigma Pi were when he arrived. We had other great events planned for the semester but are postponed until a future date. We hope the upcoming days are bright!

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Bentley Iota-Theta | Waltham, Massachusetts Ø | 61 | 20 | 230 | 3 | 1

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Iota-Theta Chapter has gone above and beyond with philanthropic events and community engagement this past semester. Brothers organized a ‘Teddies for Tots’ fundraiser, which raised money to gift children teddy bears at the Boston Children’s Hospital. IotaTheta also teamed up with the Spiritual Life Center, an on-campus organization, to raise money and awareness for their Interfaith Day of Service event, which went towards supplying food for the hungry in communities of the Greater Boston area.

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Bridgewater State Eta-Eta | Bridgewater, Massachusetts $ | 44 | 37 | 539 | 81 | 19

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Considering the circumstances, our chapter was unable to put on nearly as many events this semester as we would have liked. We had a successful recruitment but, other than recruitment events, we were only able to do a few cosponsored events with Gamma Phi Beta. To our knowledge, there are no upcoming milestones. As for fundraising, we did a bowling night to raise money for Relay for Life, and we participated in the Donate Life event. We look forward to working even harder next year to make up for all the things we missed.

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Fitchburg State Eta-Tau | Fitchburg, Massachusetts $ | 29 | 13 | 392 | 66 | 1 In the spring semester of 2020, the Eta-Tau Chapter initiated eight new brothers and took in four pledges. This chapter had community service, ACE, and philanthropy events planned for later in the semester, unfortunately, these events were forced to be canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. During the time the chapter had on campus, the brothers had an inter-fraternal social with the newly chartered Alpha Phi Delta and held a can drive within the brotherhood to donate to Fitchburg State’s Falcon Bazaar. Eta-Tau hopes to recover from the current pandemic and is currently planning events for the fall semester.

Worcester Polytechnic Gamma-Iota | Worcester, Massachusetts Ø | 88 | 24 | 907 | 256 | 11

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With the conclusion of another successful new member education process, the brothers of Gamma-Iota are more than happy to welcome Sigma Class to the brotherhood. These 24 men have proven their outstanding character and ability to exemplify the values of Sigma Pi. Throughout the winter, members have organized and participated in a variety of fantastic events: from philanthropic endeavors like our cookie delivery event “Sigsomnia Cookies,” to our annual alumni ski trip, to a variety of creative social and PR events often in collaboration with other fraternity and sorority chapters on campus.

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Chapter and Colony Reports MICHIGA N

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Detroit-Mercy

Delta-Alpha | Mount Pleasant, Michigan

Gamma-Alpha | Detroit, Michigan

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Delta-Alpha Chapter had an excellent semester and is looking to have an even better upcoming school year. Despite recent events unfolding in the world around us, our chapter still managed to help our community in many ways. We just wrapped up a very successful clothing drive filling over four extra-large boxes that were donated to a local charity.

We also held our Sigs on Skates philanthropy event, which raised money for a local Humane Society and the Kids in Need Foundation with proceeds from an open-ice skating session. We have big plans for next semester and hope to hold more events to give back to the people around us in our community.

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Gamma-Alpha finished 2019 strong with our annual Homecoming Flag Football Tournament. Alumni came out and played with our active brothers, and we made it to the championship game. The brothers started winter 2020 off strong with a new Executive Council. Led by our Sage Evan Graham, we continue to be a thriving, positive presence on campus and within the community. Our IM basketball team competed in the championship game, which was played in Calihan Hall.

Joseph Lifshay led us to overtime, where we won 36-32. The brothers look forward to continuing business as usual once it is safe to return from the Covid-19 pandemic.

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On February 22nd, our chapter conducted our first annual hockey tournament called Power Play on Cancer, which is one of our major philanthropy events for our organization, “The Hero Foundation.” We brought together the four largest fraternities on campus and had them battle it out to be the winner and the recipient of $200 towards their philanthropy.

Theta-Rho ended up raising over $3,000 for The Hero Foundation at this event, which will total our fundraising of over $10,000. Overall, the tournament will become an annual event that will bring together our community and raise money for our amazing organization.

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Michigan State Zeta-Mu | East Lansing, Michigan $ | 86 | 37 | 811 | 197 | 1

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The brothers of Zeta-Mu Chapter at Michigan State University have been busy this past year. In November, our annual Fight Night philanthropy was held with Crown Boxing and other fraternities on campus. It was a successful event with over and $4,000 raised from our chapter alone and $15,000 raised in total for Helping a Willing Kid (Hawk), a program for underprivileged youth in the Lansing area. May 18th, the chapter celebrated its 35th anniversary of being established here at Michigan State. There was an 18 member pledge class that was initiated in November, bringing our chapter to 103 brothers!

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Michigan Tech Zeta-Epsilon | Houghton, Michigan $ | 32 | 11 | 424 | 177 | 1

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Zeta-Epsilon Chapter has been running a very successful philanthropy event around Valentine’s day. We order roses and sell them all during the week for our alumnus, Chris Napier, who passed away in 2015 due to colon cancer. The money goes towards his children’s college accounts and taking care of them. This year we raised $280 selling roses and spread awareness of his online donation page.

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Saginaw Valley State Theta-Beta | University Center, Michigan Ă˜ | 30 | 18 | 408 | 77 | 2

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Theta-Beta Chapter celebrated a successful 2019-2020 school year, having achieved 700+ community service hours within the fraternity and holding a handful of philanthropic and ACE events open to the Saginaw Valley State University community. One most prominent of these being the Alcohol Awareness talk given by the president of SVSU police, where he delivered a delightfully engaging talk about alcohol awareness involving funny, sad, and serious stories surrounding alcohol and how to use it responsibly. Unfortunately, many planned events were stifled by the COVID-19 pandemic, in which Theta-Beta wishes everyone good health and happiness.

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Minnesota Iota-Zeta | Minneapolis, Minnesota Ă˜ | 38 | 20 | 298 | 29 | 2

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This year, our chapter organized the “Smash Out Suicide� event in which we raised over $1,300 for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, a federally funded organization that works to help prevent suicide and save lives.

The event, organized by our philanthropy chairman Michael Meister, had donors to the event smash and hit a donated junkyard car with sledgehammers and baseball bats. The event was catered and sponsored by local businesses that helped raise awareness for the event. Our chapter is extremely proud of the money we raised, and we are honored to have helped support such a great organization with a life-saving mission.

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Drury Epsilon-Rho | Springfield, Missouri $ | 21 | 9 | 614 | 258 | 3

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We began in January with our yearly retreat.

We had a successful retreat filled with fun events and planned for a successful year ahead.

Our new Executive Council attended the MidYear Leadership Conference in Kansas City and brought back lots of information and ideas they shared at retreat. Next, we began spring recruitment - we hope to bring many great new members to the chapter. We also attended an event by one of our on-campus sororities, Zeta Tau Alpha, called the Caroline danceathon.

The funds raised by this danceathon went to a new scholarship in Caroline’s name, who passed away before school started.

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Missouri S&T Alpha-Iota | Rolla, Missouri Ø | 54 | 24 | 1202 | 432 | 17

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Alpha-Iota has initiated 11 brothers this past semester, as well as Jonathan Bonomo from Gamma-Sigma. Alpha-Iota has also pledged in two new members. Alpha-Iota enjoyed the 112th annual Best Ever St. Pat’s celebration until the COVID-19 pandemic began to close universities in which Alpha-Iota placed sixth in. Alpha-Iota is beginning to prepare for a strong return this fall semester.

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Alpha-Rho | Springfield, Missouri

Delta-Zeta | Chesterfield, Missouri

Ø | 75 | 32 | 1640 | 638 | 13

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alpha-Rho Chapter at Missouri State wasn’t able to do as many things as we hoped to. We started the semester by doing lots of community service. We did a street clean and participated in Fraternity and Sorority Life (FSL) day of service. Our alumni have put on the Maroon Nation Ball every year for Missouri State, an event to hand out awards. Lots of notable alumni from the university attended, and even the president of the university. It is a great way to showcase Sigma Pi to the university.

We look forward to next semester, and getting things back to normal!

Throughout the first half of the semester, Delta-Zeta Chapter worked on repairing our social identity so that our chapter would once again be recognized by the values it stands for.

To achieve this, our fraternity participated in many fundraiser events sponsored by other greek life organizations. Our chapter participated in a handful of social events with sororities, which allowed us to get closer to other greek organizations on campus. Due to the Coronavirus, many of our chapter plans for community impact have been postponed. We look forward to next fall and the community and philanthropic events we have planned for that semester.

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FDU-Florham Iota-Phi | Florham Park, New Jersey Ø | 42 | 18 | 60 | 0 | 0

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The new Executive Council has been very excited to take over. So far, we attended, hosted, and co-hosted many events such as Pi a Sig Pi, St. Hubert’s Humane Rescue Alliance, “Guess the Candy,” ZTA Cat Walk, Meet the Greeks, and much more. Two of our brothers, Brandon Ferriero and Ashok Kumar, were accepted into the greek National Honor Society, Order of Omega. We had very successful new member classes these last two semesters. We started very strong this semester, but COVID-19 ruined a lot of our plans. We had a whole week planned for ACE, but it unfortunately had to be canceled because of the virus. We plan on maintaining this amazing brotherhood.

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FDU-Metropolitan Epsilon-Xi | Teaneck, New Jersey $ | 5 | 2 | 281 | 116 | 2

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Chapter brothers Bryan Tapia and Joey Amendola attended Midyear Leadership Conference in Kansas City, Missouri. EpsilonXi Chapter brothers of Sigma Pi Fraternity also helped many organizations on campus raise money for great causes. Barkada, a club at FDU, had a toy drive and a charity mixer in which we co-sponsored. The Residence Hall Association hosted a Fear Factor event that brother Joey Amendola won.

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Monmouth Delta-Beta | Long Branch, New Jersey Ø | 35 | 18 | 481 | 109 | 19

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Before the semester came to a close due to COVID-19, we had two very successful semesters this year. We brought back a lost tradition, lunch with Doc, our long term faculty advisor. This was something we have been trying to do for years. With this, we also raised over $2,000 to lower the students’ cost to a reasonable price. The brothers of DeltaBeta also participated in the yearly Big Event where students and community members spend a day cleaning up the community. We also participated in the annual Trunk-or-Treat, where brothers hold an on-campus Halloween run for kids in the community. As always, we celebrated Founders’ Day with alumni.

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Montclair State Iota-Iota | Upper Montclair, New Jersey $ | 31 | 12 | 183 | 1 | 2 Due to COVID-19, most of our events were canceled or postponed. We were planning our formal (Orchid Ball) in May with many alumni scheduled to appear, but that was unfortunately postponed. Instead, we’ve attached our group photo of last year’s formal.

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NJIT Alpha-Mu | Newark, New Jersey $ | 18 | 12 | 1182 | 421 | 31

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As like most chapters, Alpha-Mu took a huge hit when the COVID-19 outbreak started.

Many events that were supposed to take place were put off due to the global pandemic.

One event in particular that we were very happy to have taken place was our annual Founders’ Day dinner with alumni and active members. It’s always a wonderful time when actives members and alumni can get together and share stories from the past and present.

Although other events such as spring formal were put on hold, the brothers of Alpha-Mu are still in high spirits. We’re putting much of our focus now on planning to make this coming semester better than ever.

Rowan Zeta-Chi | Glassboro, New Jersey $ | 71 | 33 | 589 | 162 | 2

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Zeta-Chi is extremely proud to have just celebrated its 33rd year of success at Rowan University. The chapter is currently the longest-tenured chapter at the university, without being suspended or kicked offcampus. Due to COVID-19, we were unable to host the NJ Spring Province Workshop, but we have already rescheduled with the campus and are very excited to now hold the event in the fall. While raising over $2,000 in collective philanthropy funds in the shortened spring semester, we are very excited about what our future holds, as our 20 spring 2020 members are our largest class to date.

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Chapter and Colony Reports Rutgers Gamma-Eta | New Brunswick, New Jersey Ø | 18 | 9 | 819 | 354 | 18

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This past year for Gamma-Eta Chapter has seen newly initiated brothers accept more demanding leadership roles while new members have maintained heavy involvement in on-campus events. With regard to the COVID-19 emergency, various impacts and changes have disrupted the semester’s agenda. Active and new members were set to participate in Rutgers Dance Marathon, a student-run philanthropic event; all proceeds go to the Embrace Kids Foundation. Supply donations have been made to New-Brunswick non-profit Elijah’s Promise. Joined with Sigma Delta Tau to raise awareness for women’s empowerment in March. The alumni BBQ on May 16th was postponed.

Stockton Iota-Upsilon | Galloway, New Jersey $ | 58 | 19 | 119 | 0 | 3 Through the adversities of the unforeseen circumstances of the COVID-19, we still accomplished some of our planned accomplishments. Iota-Upsilon of Stockton University introduced our Iota class of ten members. We also handed out our distinguished second annual James “Jamie” Malia Scholarship, which was awarded to Kyle Walsh, who exemplifies a great leader in our chapter. Some of our other events accomplished involve a campus clean up, collecting donations for the Australia wildfire, and an event with the sisters of Tri-Delta, “TriDente,” where we sold tickets to an all you can eat pasta event for students on campus.

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St. John’s Iota-Tau | Jamaica, New York Ø | 57 | 24 | 187 | 1 | 0

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The brothers of Iota-Tau paired up with “It’s On Us” to raise awareness and fight against sexual assault on college campuses for both men and women. The “It’s On Us” campaign at St. John’s University and campuses across the nation, urges the students to stand up against sexual assault and step away from the sidelines to be an active part of the solution. Our brothers pledged to help create an environment in which sexual assault is unacceptable and that its survivors are supported.

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East Carolina Eta-Kappa | Greenville, North Carolina Ø | 59 | 38 | 429 | 108 | 1

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Eta-Kappa was thrilled to receive two awards for “Best Outstanding Community Service Project” and “Best Outstanding Collaborative Program” from the office of greek life at East Carolina University. The chapter continued its success by bringing home its third straight Chancellors Cup trophy from campus intramurals. The chapter also had the privilege of initiating 15 new men during the spring semester and celebrating the chapter’s 30th anniversary.

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North Carolina State Rho | Raleigh, North Carolina Ø | 71 | 18 | 1217 | 407 | 11

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Rho Chapter at North Carolina State University is nearing 100 years on campus and striving to achieve excellence in all aspects of the fraternal experience. In the spring, a joint philanthropy 5K walk/run was held by Rho Chapter and the brothers of Phi Delta Theta. The event raised over $12,000 to benefit the NCSU Counseling Center’s efforts toward suicide prevention and awareness. Rho Chapter is an extremely tightknit brotherhood that rests its values highly on being unified, no matter the state of society.

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Wake Forest Alpha-Nu | Winston-Salem, North Carolina Ø | 69 | 26 | 1428 | 694 | 17

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Alpha-Nu Chapter recruited and initiated 18 new members this spring; all of us are excited about the future of Alpha-Nu, with our total involvement reaching 83 brothers. In philanthropy, we sold wristbands to support WIRES, Australia’s largest wildlife rescue organization, in response to the wildfires devastating their country, raising over $1,000 in relief. In addition, a group of brothers participated in United Way’s Point in Time Count, where members helped count the homeless in Winston-Salem to provide better estimates for homeless relief allocation.

Alpha-Nu wishes everyone safety and comfort during these trying times.

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Ohio Northern Zeta | Adams, Ohio Ø | 21 | 2 | 1502 | 673 | 14

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Zeta Chapter is pleased to announce the induction of two new brothers, Ryan Miller and Chase Hunter, for the fall 2019 semester.

The brothers also held two fundraising events on campus, the Sigma Pi Hog Roast and Stir Fry with Sigma Pi. With the stir fry event, we were able to donate $130 to the Amazing Day Foundation. We have additionally implemented a point system program to further increase personal improvement and brotherhood within the chapter. Working with our alumni board, Zeta Chapter is also undergoing plans to construct a new fraternity house on campus in place of the existing one on campus.

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Carleton Eta-Rho | Clayton, Ontario $ | 33 | 23 | 510 | 218 | 1

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Eta-Rho Chapter initiated 16 brothers this past semester, our largest class in recent years.

During the fall, we participated in a bottle drive for CHEO (The Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario ) alongside all other greek organizations in Ottawa. The brothers collectively organized and picked up empty alcohol bottles daily to raise as much money as possible. As an organization, we raised the most money out of all organizations, with a total of $2,328. The week before Thanksgiving, we tabled outside a local grocery store collecting donations for the Ottawa Food Bank alongside our sister sorority, raising $883.

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Oregon State Omega | Corvallis, Oregon $ | 51 | 27 | 1262 | 332 | 17 Omega Chapter had a successful undergraduate and alumni retreat to talk about the future goals of the chapter. In pursuit of those goals, a great tradition of brotherhood was continued by hosting “Call of the Owl” monthly meetings where brothers can express trouble they are having and lean on their brothers for support. They also partnered with Oregon State’s Counseling and Psychological Services Department to host a workshop on suicide awareness and prevention. Omega also welcomed Grand Sage Joe Palazzolo (Monmouth ‘00), who formally presented the Tier 1 Grand Sage Award for their work in the 2016-2018 Biennium.

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East Stroudsburg Beta-Psi | East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania Ø | 26 | 14 | 900 | 463 | 5

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We had successfully initiated our new Executive Council in the fall, and it has been running very smoothly. We have had car washes, countless street cleans, and we even raised money for our special education program as well. On top of that, we have had many brotherhood events to bring us closer together. Between the fall and spring semester, we have happily initiated 13 brothers who we know will benefit our fraternity and carry out the quest for excellence. It is a shame we could not finish the great year we were having due to the COVID-19 crisis. Before our departure, we were raising as much money as we could for Relay for Life.

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Penn State-Altoona Theta-Iota | Altoona, Pennsylvania $ | 3 | 11 | 279 | 26 | 3

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This semester we participated in a number of philanthropy and fundraising events with our campus and our community. Our biggest fundraiser was with Chipotle. Chapter members spread the word around campus to their classmates and friends to go and mention Sigma Pi. Another thing we did was clean up a couple of blocks on 25th Avenue, a common street near our campus, on February 23rd.

The town of Altoona even dedicated the road to Sigma Pi with a sign on the street. We also had a lot of events planned that could not be completed due to the cancellation of school.

We were extremely looking forward to these events, but they fell through.

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Ursinus Theta-Sigma | Collegeville, Pennsylvania $ | 14 | 6 | 176 | 13 | 1

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During the spring semester at Theta-Sigma, brothers strengthened relations with alumni at Mad River in Philadelphia. To celebrate for Founders’ Day, brothers had a second annual Founder’s Day dinner with Chapter Advisor John Williams (Widener ‘85) at Da Vinici’s Pub. Brian Barrett ‘20 was presented with the D. Bruce Williams Scholarship.

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Chapter and Colony Reports West Chester Zeta-Alpha | West Chester, Pennsylvania Ø | 29 | 18 | 567 | 136 | 4

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This spring semester Zeta-Alpha Chapter had successful events such as an alumni event at Timothy’s on High and a great turn out for recruitment. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, major philanthropic and community service events had to be postponed.

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Middle Tennessee Theta-Omega | Murfreesboro, Tennessee Ø | 32 | 23 | 312 | 26 | 14

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Theta-Omega had a great spring semester despite the COVID-19 outbreak. We started off the semester by having a faculty member come to speak with us about scholarships and how important it is that we always stay improving.

In February, Nashville and the surrounding areas were devastated by a tornado leaving a Sigma Pi alumnus’ house totally destroyed.

Theta-Omega came together and sent 15 brothers to help clean up and rebuild his home.

We were looking forward to our signature philanthropy event, See Spot Run, in April, but due to the Coronavirus, we had to cancel. We look forward to reporting our next event when school is back in session!

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Theta-Nu had a great spring semester. Our overall GPA had gone up, and we got our new members of the Alpha-Zeta class as well.

They show much potential, and we believe that they will do great things for our chapter in the future. As of recently, we have had two amazing brotherhood events that were organized by our brotherhood chair. We had a ping pong tournament and a brotherhood hike. We are currently preparing for Frontier Fiesta and educating our new members. We also participated in Sigma Kappa’s UltraViolet Week.

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Virginia Beta-Pi | Charlottesville, Virginia Ø | 38 | 14 | 1056 | 500 | 13

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Beta-Pi is doing superb. A successful spring recruitment brought in 14 neophytes that will be formally initiated in the fall due to COVID-19. Brother Tommy Noble planned a new event in February, where the brothers cooked and sold grilled cheeses to benefit M.O.K.E.S. (Making Our Kid’s Education Safe).

This charity funds social services at local Charlottesville public schools. We are happy to safely welcome back brothers Eric Stoloff and Reeshi Datta from their archaeological study in central Mongolia with UVA’s Department of Asian Studies, where they assisted in the research of a potential gravesite of Genghis Khan.

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Wisconsin-Oshkosh Gamma-Mu | Oshkosh, Wisconsin $ | 42 | 14 | 656 | 298 | 13

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The new Executive Council for Gammu-Mu Chapter at the University of WisconsinOshkosh were tasked with several difficult challenges as we were taking office. With that being said, we accomplished a few extraordinary features in a short amount of time as leaders. On, February 16th, our chapter was recognized as the fraternity chapter of the year within UW-Oshkosh. Additionally, we hosted a philanthropic event where half of our members volunteered at an event called Free School. Lastly, at the beginning of March, eight neophytes were officially initiated.

Wisconsin-Platteville Delta-Iota | Platteville, Wisconsin Ø | 27 | 11 | 645 | 263 | 5 During the fall semester of 2019, Delta-Iota Chapter participated in homecoming events for the university. Delta-Iota Chapter took first place in spirit and second place overall.

The undergraduate members had a great time participating in all the events throughout the week, and our alumni were honored to see that we had won the spirit award.

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A Unique Big Brother

How the Re-colonization of Beta-Iota Sparked a Special Friendship

by Eric Babbitt (Northern Arizona '17), contributing writer

Most fraternities have a "big brother" mentoring program designed to pair upperclassmen with underclassmen new members. This program is designed to provide each new member with someone who is committed to his personal success and well-being. As years go on, men adopt new members as a "little brother" during each recruitment intake, and thus a family is born, groups of big and little brothers who often would share a more personal connection with each other than others in the chapter.

This tradition is almost sacred in fraternities.

Brother Tony Juarez ('66) had been an incredible asset to Beta-Iota Chapter throughout our 69 years. In addition to his many contributions as an undergraduate, Tony has become one of our alumni's most prominent members. His efforts to connect all the brothers in (and of ) Northern Arizona has not gone unnoticed in our fraternity. Tony often coordinated and hosted reunions in Arizona during the chapter's absence from 1991-2016, despite residing in Colorado.

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shocked to learn that our Chapter was the first fraternity founded in April 1951 on campus. Our history included many brothers who significantly impacted the university; Walkup Skydome, Eastburn Education, Tinsley Hall, Gillenwater Hall, Rolle Activity Center, and more. If I could name a building after my big brother Tony Juarez, I would.

Beta-Iota was recolonized in 2016, and nearly 30 alumni from the years of 1960-1990 were in attendance, discovered, and invited by Tony. At colonization, he reignited the alumni's passion for Sigma Pi by adopting me as his little brother. He believed the relationship between a big brother and his little brother is so profound and that the modern-day founding fathers should be no less included in this sacred tradition. The remaining undergraduate members of the Executive Council were also adopted by other brothers in Tony's era (the mid-1960s). Traditionally most big brothers are only a few months or years older than his little brother, but this relationship included a 50year age gap. This generational gap is a strange and rare occurrence but was so much more rewarding than a peerto-peer relationship.

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Also, at colonization and on behalf of all our alumni, Tony presented three undergraduate leaders with a $300 scholarship to pay for initiation dues at chartering. Tony had generated enough support for the colony so that these scholarships could be funded. Through Tony, Bob Halford (Northern Arizona '64) was immediately involved in the colony's efforts to recharter. They believed the new men needed to look professional and wear our letters in pride. Every colonist received their first chapter shirt at colonization, and a fund was established to provide every colonist a purple and gold tie to add to their wardrobe.

These ties continue to be gifted to every Beta-Iota initiate.

Our history and connection to the past alumni may have been lost without Tony's support. His oversight as the colony developed is an integral part of our success. Since colonization, Beta-Iota and its representatives have not once paid for registration or travel to the conferences of Sigma Pi; alumni have provided all of this. Myself and others had the opportunity to attend Convocation 2016, MYLC 2017, and SPU 2018. At every conference, we learned best practices and gathered more ideas to benefit Beta-Iota. The experiences at these conferences were invaluable to our quick and efficient chartering timeline.

Beta-Iota chartered April 1, 2017, only 356 days after colonization. Many more alumni attended to initiate the new founding fathers and to return Beta-Iota to campus officially. Most of the chapter wore their purple and gold ties for the special occasion. sigmapi.org

Tony's involvement didn't stop there. His dedication to supporting the new chapter long-term led him to start a fundraising campaign to generate additional donations to assist the chapter. In less than six months after chartering, Tony and Beta-Iota alumni surprised the undergraduates with a check for $30,000. These funds are supervised by the Chapter Director and disbursed to the chapter via application and approval. Purposes include marketing/ promotional items, conferences, chapter travel, and more.

As the initial student attempting to restart Beta-Iota Chapter in 2014, I could not imagine the support I would have to make this dream of mine come true. Tony has mentored me personally, professionally, and fraternally, ever since I pledged into this brotherhood. As a founding father, a chapter officer, and now an alumnus of the Executive Office, Tony was available to mentor and support me. He has introduced my chapter brothers and me to hundreds of Northern Arizona brothers and truly has demonstrated that our fraternity is not four years, but for life.

Anthony "Tony" Juarez passed away on April 20, 2020. My chapter and I are eager to honor Tony's memory and his dedication to our fraternity. The best way to celebrate his life is to celebrate the brotherhood that connects us, and in these efforts, we will continue to build a support group for our chapter for decades more.

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Financial Impact of the Pandemic Market Volatility and Your Retirement Investing Strategy

by Joseph Conway (Cal State Fullerton ‘78), contributing writer

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luctuations in your 401(k) or retirement savings account can stir up negative emotions, making you want to hit the panic button. But in turbulent times, it's more important than ever to remain calm and stay on course toward your long-term retirement savings goals.

Maintaining perspective World events affect financial markets, sometimes significantly, as we have seen with the Coronavirus.

But what, if anything, should retirement investors do in response? For those investors with a long-term perspective, the right answer may be to do nothing.

In general, the biggest risk investors face over time is overreacting to events and market volatility. So, how can you manage your response to short-term noise? Here are some tips to help you keep calm and carry on.

Managing your portfolio A long-term perspective and diversified portfolio remain the best ways to take advantage of investment opportunities and hedge against risks, but staying the course is sometimes easier said than done. To ensure that your retirement portfolio is positioned to benefit from future market upswings, keep these tips in mind: • Resist the urge to sell. Even though your 401(k) may have lost some value over the past few months, it pays to stick to your plan. Allowing emotions to drive your decisions could mean missing out on potential gains when the market stabilizes.

• Don't try to time the market. When you stray from your well-thought-out plan to chase higher returns, your 401(k) account performance may get worse, not better. We know that past performance does not guarantee future results and that, historically, when

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it comes to the various asset classes, there is no discernable pattern of winners and losers. Because there is no way to predict next month's or next year's winners, you have a better chance of doing well by holding a wide range of investments and maintaining a long-term focus.

• Keep contributing to your 401(k). Although you may feel uneasy looking at your account balance right now, this is not the time to stop contributing to your 401(k) or other retirement savings vehicles. Doing so could mean leaving valuable employer-matching contributions on the table. Further, if you reduce your contribution rate, you also reduce your ability to benefit from the magic of compound interest.

We need to remember that market pullbacks are normal, even ones that are big and fast. And we need to remember that we made it through all of those and many more. We will make it through this!

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Real Estate Impact of the Pandemic Buying and Selling Property During COVID-19

by Curran Scarlata (Kentucky ‘96), contributing writer

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OVID-19 sure has impacted our lives in so many ways. It has moved us emotionally, while hurting us financially and physically. There is hope and this too shall pass. I am in the real estate industry, which is deemed essential. This virus has impacted us with how people buy and sell property.

The amount of sales has also been affected. Total existinghome sales - meaning completed transactions that include single-family homes, townhomes, condominiums, and coops - slumped 9.7% from April to a seasonally-adjusted annual rate of 3.91 million in May. Overall, sales fell yearover-year, down 26.6% from a year ago (5.33 million in May 2019).

When our citizens began to shelter in place across the country, there was some panic and uncertainty in all aspects of life. How did this impact the real estate industry? We started to see mortgage loans being delayed or canceled because of job furloughs and/or loss. Listings were being pulled from the market because of sellers' fear of someone being in their house. Before this pandemic, the real estate activity was very strong and tracking to have a better 2020 than in 2019. In the chart below, you will see in approximately 30 days after the shelter-in-place orders that we were off our weekly average showings by almost 50%.

There now is good news as real estate accounts for approximately 20% of our economy. Realtors across the country have come together as advocates for the property owners and the economy. Many companies quickly encouraged and trained agents to work with their customers safely and professionally. Virtual tours and live video tours of homes are more common today than ever. Listings are commonly being advertised digitally and are being sold digitally without people actually entering into the homes. Towards the end of May, our showing numbers have increased to higher levels than in 2019 and have stayed there every week. Overall, we are looking for a steep strong recovery. The Pending Home Sales Index (PHSI), a forward-looking indicator of home sales based on contract signings, rose 44.3% to 99.6 in May,

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chronicling the highest month-over-month gain in the index since National Association of Realtors started this series in January 2001. Year-over-year, contract signings fell 5.1%. An index of 100 is equal to the level of contract activity in 2001.

"This has been a spectacular recovery for contract signings and goes to show American consumers' resiliency and their evergreen desire for homeownership," said Lawrence Yun, NAR's chief economist. "This bounce back also speaks to how the housing sector could lead the way for a broader economic recovery."

"More listings are continuously appearing as the economy reopens, helping with inventory choices," Yun said. "Still, more home construction is needed to counter the persistent underproduction of homes over the past decade."

I encourage homeowners and potential home buyers to talk with a local real estate professional in your market to see how you may be able to take advantage of today's market opportunities. If you do not have a go-to realtor in your area, text or call me at 615.602.7059 with your questions. I can help!

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Volunteers

Volunteer Opportunities

Check Out the Open Province Archon and Chapter Director Roles Province Archons Ohio Province Ohio Northern (Zeta) Miami (OH) (Eta-Phi) Ontario Province Cornell (Mu) Carleton (Eta-Rho) South Atlantic Province Auburn (Alpha-Delta) Georgia (Alpha-Phi)

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Chapter/Colony Directors Cal Poly (Eta-Delta)

Louisville (Iota-Omicron)

Cal State Chico (Theta-Mu)

Missouri State (Alpha-Rho)

Central Missouri (Gamma-Gamma)

South Florida (Iota-Sigma)

Drury (Epsilon-Rho)

Texas A&M-Corpus Christi (Delta-Theta)

Indiana of Pennsylvania (Theta-Epsilon) For information on the roles and responsibilities of chapter directors and province archons, please visit

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Advising for a Local Chapter Supporting local chapters through advisory roles help strengthen the undergraduate experience directly. We feel that one of the keys to a successful organization is the involvement of a core group of alumni advisors to help assist and guide the undergraduates with different aspects of chapter operations. Sigma Pi’s most successful chapters/ colonies have exemplary and dedicated alumni advisors.

on one chapter, but regional boards may be formed if there are two or more chapters that could benefit from the volunteers’ expertise. The Board does not need to be comprised solely of Sigma Pi Fraternity alumni. In fact, when people from outside of the Fraternity are brought onto an Advisory Board, they often bring a great new perspective to the table.

An Advisory Board is a group of volunteers who have limited time for volunteering, but extensive knowledge and expertise that could benefit our undergraduates.

Geographically, Advisory Boards are generally focused

Want to become an advisor? Contact your local chapter for more information, or reach out to the Executive Office at alumniservices@sigmapi.org.

Volunteer Appointments Chapter/Colony Directors ARIZONA STATE (BETA-KAPPA)

MISSISSIPPI (BETA-MU)

CENTRAL MISSOURI (GAMMA-GAMMA)

MOREHEAD STATE (DELTA-RHO)

COLORADO (ZETA-DELTA)

SAN DIEGO (EPSILON-CHI)

GEORGIA (ALPHA-PHI)

WILLIAM PATERSON (THETA-TAU)

Ryan Cooper Arizona State ‘16

Justin Jachetta-Whitmire Central Missouri '17

Chance Staley Kentucky '09

Will Gillett Georgia '15

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Jackson Latta Morehead State '94

Michael Gardner Vincennes '06

Jonathan Padilla William Paterson '14

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Adytum On High "Our Ancient Sage firmly believed in the persistence of the soul beyond the grave, and although we mourn our brother’s passing from this world, we take comfort in sharing this belief that life is not ended, but changed, and that he now enjoys the reward for a life well-lived and guided by the ideals of our Fraternity."

Accurate as of July 15, 2020 (Reports include updates from PCI Membership Directory) ARIZONA STATE (BETA-KAPPA) William Proctor ('53) ARKANSAS (ALPHA-SIGMA) Jack Briley PT, USA (Ret.) ('63) Jack Davis ('49) Henry Fountain ('58) Grayson Kuehnert ('47) Leonard McKinney ('61) James Percefull ('49) John Taylor Sr. ('49) Ray Waters Jr. ('57) Eddie Whittle ('54) Joseph Woodson ('63) ARKANSAS STATE (ALPHA-PI) Hershel Austin ('55) Charles Downs Jr. ('52) Charles Frankum MD ('55) Gordon Griffith ('55) Harvey Hill ('55) Gerald Jennings ('62) Randell Lacy ('57) Harwell Lambert ('59) Douglas Lowrey ('71) Charles Moody ('57) Jerry Mueller ('53) Alvin Murray III ('64) Jerry Orr ('68) Stanley Priest ('48) David Rabeneck ('73) Troy Rhoades ('55) William Thomas ('51) AUBURN (ALPHA-DELTA) William Ballard ('73) Charles Byrd ('72) Neil Carter ('57) Michael Fahey ('65) James Fex Jr. ('67) William Greer ('64) Owen Hodges Jr. ('51) Joseph Johnson Jr. ('41) George King Jr. ('53) Thomas Laseter ('47) Frank Massey Jr. ('47) Robert McDowell ('55) Tillman Miller Sr. ('56) Ronald Nunn ('64)

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Tyrie Pasley ('68) Remington Pitman ('12) G. Purdy ('47) Christopher Reichrath ('84) William Richmond ('63) Clifford Stephenson ('49) Howard Sutterlin Jr. ('67) David Templeton ('75) Randal Wallace ('78) Harry Welsted Jr. ('37) Evan Woolard ('61) BARTON (BETA-RHO) Needom Batten Jr. ('60) Ambrose Owens ('64) William Swindell Jr. ('59) BELOIT (ALPHA-THETA) William Brannan ('36) Donald Graham ('42) David Held ('41) Charles Jacobs ('47) Ralph Lee ('49) Kent Rich ('51) David Thompson ('55) Gerald Vojtko ('52) James Wilson ('64) CAL STATE FULLERTON (EPSILON-NU) Edward Scott ('81) CAL STATE LONG BEACH (BETA-OMICRON) Bernard Burke ('55) Michael Clemens ('66) Gaylord Daniel ('64) James Doran ('55) Jerry Ezrin ('56) Jack Hammond ('54) Jerome Lance ('63) Dell Leeman ('79) Gregory Moreno ('69) Howard Pease ('63) Danner Richardson ('61) Ricardo Rosas ('07) Edward Thompson ('60) CENTRAL MICHIGAN (DELTA-ALPHA) Daniel Cress ('76) Robert Dziachan ('69)

CENTRAL MISSOURI (GAMMA-GAMMA) Larry Danieley ('68) Russell Eckert ('67) Carl Jett ('70) Jon Rickman ('62) Bennie Wells ('64) COLORADO STATE (ETA-SIGMA) Terence Dean ('93) CORNELL (MU) Charles Ahrend ('48) Raymond Campbell Jr. ('58) Donald Case ('51) Donald Clark ('50) Richard Cooper ('53) Anthony Damato ('55) Richard Harley ('51) Richard Lloyd ('66) Todd Parker ('65) Robert Weibly ('54) Brett Winson ('75) DETROIT-MERCY (GAMMA-ALPHA) Joseph Kamalay PhD ('69) Grant Walters Jr. ('62) DREXEL (BETA-THETA) John Ciarrocchi ('52) Donald Drain ('57) William Garden ('52) Kevin Garrity ('86) Robert Gildea Jr. ('50) Albert Hornsey Jr. ('50) Albert Marani ('53) Louis Ormond ('51) S. Raynes III ('64) Kenneth Walp ('69) EAST STROUDSBURG (BETA-PSI) Bernard Cole ('64) Jeffrey Drace ('82) Gary Lacken ('63) Jefrey McAlister ('77) EASTERN ILLINOIS (BETA-GAMMA) Ralph Beals ('50) Billy Brown ('56) Thomas Butler ('71) Sandy Deibert ('62) Donald Duensing ('51)

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Adytum on High Robert DuHadway ('59) Jerry Dye ('56) David Elmore ('58) Robert Ferrill ('72) Harry Finkle ('59) Larry Freeman ('58) Robert Hill ('63) Thomas Kennedy ('57) Frederick Marsh ('56) George Mower Jr. ('64) David Orr ('64) Merel Pollard ('51) Robert Scannell ('65) William Strater ('51) Gregory Westendorf ('74) Frederick Wilcox ('58) Dorris Winkler ('50) John Winkler ('51) Michael Wright ('74) EASTERN KENTUCKY (EPSILON-LAMBDA) Timothy Rankin ('81) Kyle Thacker ('09) EASTERN MICHIGAN (GAMMA-BETA) Thomas Hawker ('64) Dennis McCulloch ('62) ELON (EPSILON-THETA) William Hanckel II ('89) Bruce Kantor ('82) Robert Owen III ('82) John Thompson ('77) EMBRY-RIDDLE (AZ) (EPSILON-PHI) Scott Dunn ('87) EMORY (PSI) Hill Hastings ('38) John Herbers Jr. ('49) John Lemler ('52) James Pruitt Jr. ('56) Andrew Smith Jr. ('35) EMPORIA STATE (EPSILON-EPSILON) Richard Masterson ('81) William Morgan ('98) Troy Rens ('85) EWING, NJ (THETA-DELTA) Matthew Palmer ('19) FAIRMONT STATE (GAMMA-EPSILON) Charles Pander ('63) Eugene Wojtanowski ('66) FITCHBURG STATE (ETA-TAU) Peter Nordstrom ('03) FRANKLIN & MARSHALL (NU) Robert Aichele ('50) Robert Allen ('53) Rex Allyn ('38) Philip Blaker ('57) Irving Blemker Jr. ('45) Edward Ditto III ('43) sigmapi.org/adytum-on-high

Jeffrey Groves ('82) William Hambleton ('42) George Katzenbach ('40) Henry Kent ('37) Robert Kistler ('54) William Kunkel Jr. ('40) William Lascheid ('44) George Long ('60) Clement Rinald Jr. ('40) George Robb ('37) Robert Sauter ('70) Donald Stouffer ('49) Henry Teufen Jr. ('44) FRESNO STATE (ALPHA-XI) Norman Haney Jr. ('48) Harold Lauritzen ('48) GEORGIA (ALPHA-PHI) Richard Lillie ('58) Johnny Yarbrough ('63) HOFSTRA (ETA-GAMMA) George Sayegh ('88) ILLINOIS (PHI) Donald Ballou ('64) Edward Bayer ('55) John Daly Jr. ('39) Stephen DeWerff ('75) Ernest Donoho ('49) Donald Gilkison ('56) Rex Gillette ('52) Robert Hillman ('36) Robert Keppner ('42) Donald Larson ('56) Alfred Patane ('52) William Spaulding ('58) Robert Stitt ('38) William Stitt ('36) Harrison Streeter ('47) William Wydra ('64) ILLINOIS STATE (EPSILON-ETA) Steven Klay ('77) Todd Mueller ('93) Michael Palko ('80) ILLINOIS WESLEYAN (EPSILON-GAMMA) Gregory Perkey ('75) INDIANA (BETA) Richard Bartl ('55) Ralph Brown ('43) Ben Coulter ('07) Maurice David ('41) Gregory Derringer ('82) Tyrell Dudley ('71) Alex Einikis ('76) Michael Fortuna ('67) Roger Gillies ('70) Robert Green Jr. ('70) Charles Grinstead ('68) Gary Gwynn ('68)

Charles Hines ('47) Michael Masters ('46) Alfred Meyer ('51) Herbert Parsons Jr. ('51) Jerry Peterson ('47) Albert Rolf ('49) Edward Rosenwinkel ('67) Richard Rupley ('52) Samuel Vana ('41) LeRoy Wickliffe ('52) INDIANA STATE (GAMMA-PI) James Aydelotte ('72) Paul Hayes ('67) Anthony Jackson ('03) Robert Wilson ('73) INDIANA-SOUTH BEND (DELTA-TAU) Albert Beutler ('71) William Pejza ('71) IOWA (XI) Barry Fish ('66) IOWA STATE (SIGMA) Harry Beckemeyer Jr. ('40) Warren Doolittle PhD ('41) Robert Garnett Jr. ('37) Kester Gillis ('41) Tyler Harris ('96) Don Olson ('55) Edward Powlishta ('58) Willard Ray ('55) Ovia Wood ('68) JAMES MADISON (EPSILON-MU) Edward Jones ('80) JOHNSON & WALES (ETA-OMEGA) Jeffrey Pachuta ('04) KANSAS (BETA-DELTA) James Atkinson ('55) KEENE STATE (IOTA-RHO) Ben Charbonneau ('14) KENTUCKY (EPSILON-BETA) Garry Buttermann IV ('89) William Hayden ('81) Morris Tinsley ('81) KENYON (LAMBDA) Harold Abplanalp ('46) Andrew Abrams II ('67) James Bates ('48) Allen Dartt ('49) Marvin Ellis ('49) Lawrence Houston Jr. ('48) Donald Marsh ('51) David McKee ('60) Myron Monck ('41) John Sanford ('47) Thomas Sesler ('47) William Sesler ('47) Stephen Spaeth ('56) Richard Warren ('45) 41

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LAWRENCE TECH (ZETA-OMICRON) James Seeling Jr. ('89)

MISSISSIPPI (BETA-MU) Robert Edwards Jr. ('48) George Hertl ('66) Jerold Moore ('54)

LOCK HAVEN (BETA-OMEGA) Michael Brunetti ('61) Allegro Chiesa ('63) Richard Field ('62) Stephen Gernert ('62) Albert Lachat ('68) Charles Litzelman ('74) Thomas Lynch ('63) Robert Mullen ('61) Raymond Partenheimer ('77) LOUISIANA-LAFAYETTE (ALPHA-TAU) Brandon Cheramie ('94) Richard Daigle USAF (Ret.) ('54) Roy Sorbet ('49) LOYOLA MARYMOUNT (EPSILON-SIGMA) Jonathan Battles ('96) LOYOLA-CHICAGO (BETA-CHI) Clyde Robbins ('68) Jimmy Staggs ('67) Lawrence Stockey ('66) Armando Talancon ('80) LSU (ALPHA-KAPPA) John Fandal ('71) Robert Mertl ('39) Julian Tiblier ('48) Glen Yancoskie ('90) LYCOMING (BETA-LAMBDA) Lon Fluman Jr. ('55) Donald Grier ('58) Ronald Harpster ('55) Richard Reeder ('53) Harry Salvaggio ('71) David Thomas ('62) Donald Wagner ('64) MARYLAND (ALPHA-CHI) David Byam ('74) Leonard Crogan ('52) Walter Frederick ('51) Henry Hammann ('56) Thomas Harris Jr. ('52) Charles Hartley Jr. ('62) Robert Jordan ('49) Charles McComb ('49) Burton McIntire ('60) Linnaeus Savage USA (Ret.) (') Vincent Stransky Jr. ('51) Donald Webster ('56) MIAMI (FL) (BETA-ZETA) Anthony Luparello ('50) MILTON (DELTA-GAMMA) Louis Czarny ('68) James Fitzpatrick ('66) Larry Kahl ('68) Loren Moore ('64) 42

MISSISSIPPI STATE (ALPHA-LAMBDA) Charles Atwood ('48) John Campbell Jr. ('46) Bennett Commer ('47) John Ellison ('58) James Hale Jr. ('39) Roy Newsom ('40) Jack Thames ('39) MISSOURI (GAMMA-SIGMA) Carl Bergmann ('70) Stuart Miller ('67) MISSOURI S&T (ALPHA-IOTA) James Brown ('47) Mark Burton ('94) Harvey Coffee Jr. ('52) Homer Dillard Jr. ('55) Salvatore Fasone ('59) Richard Gotsch ('50) Joseph Hepp ('46) Charles Hewett ('49) Rupert Jarboe ('37) Raymond Jones Sr. ('45) Thomas Joslin ('63) Gregory Julian ('67) Charles Laughlin ('78) Mark Lochmann ('73) Robert Montgomery ('43) Robert Peppers ('48) John Schilling ('40) Richard Schmidt ('67) Hans Schmoldt ('41) Hans Schmoldt ('41) Rickey Shockley PE ('68) Alfred Thiele ('43) Bruce Worth ('65) MISSOURI STATE (ALPHA-RHO) Melvin Catt ('50) LeRoy Coody ('50) John Gremling ('62) Corey Hellebusch ('96) Loy Moon ('50) Donald Multer ('50) Charles Wiles ('61) MURRAY STATE (GAMMA-UPSILON) Quinton Sandefur ('98) Albert Wunderlich ('73) NEVADA-RENO (ZETA-OMEGA) Raymond Free Jr. ('49) Leslie Thran ('50) NEW MEXICO STATE (BETA-XI) William Fiske Jr. ('56) Sidney Nielsen ('56)

NJIT (ALPHA-MU) Robert Bodnar ('63) Joseph Daly ('56) Robert Mersfelder ('42) John Moller ('58) Richard Thomas ('68) Kenneth Tice ('60) NORTH CAROLINA STATE (RHO) Emilio Arizpe ('39) Frank Ballard ('47) Milton Barnette ('49) Rene Burtner Jr. ('46) Jake Corgiat ('16) Walton Ector ('44) James Entrekin ('58) Charles Gardner ('68) Charles LeGrand ('48) Atlas Pickett ('45) Robert Ritsch ('50) Graham Thompson ('46) Johnnie Van Roekel III ('70) NORTHERN ARIZONA (BETA-IOTA) Joseph Chavez ('50) Michael Coffman PhD ('63) John Cunningham ('57) Anthony Juarez ('66) Nicholas Paulos ('64) NORTHERN ILLINOIS (BETA-SIGMA) Robert Dolezal ('65) Dave Evans ('84) Robert Graham ('63) Frank Lebar ('91) John McCarthy ('67) Robert Nikodem ('59) Michael Ridings ('68) OHIO (EPSILON) Robert Arndt ('38) William Gran ('42) Harry Mundy ('40) Sherman Woodruff ('41) OHIO NORTHERN (ZETA) David Butler ('63) John DeWitt ('63) Weston Hook ('48) John Klipstine ('66) Logan Marshall ('53) David Olsen ('80) Richard Poppe ('49) Joseph Tabler ('61) James Thomas ('40) OHIO STATE (GAMMA) Forest Butler ('63) Gene Easton ('56) Rolin Herron Jr. ('67) Jack Martin ('57) Glenn Maxwell ('83) Summer 2020

Adytum on High Thomas Sawyer ('64) Alan Templeton ('49) Erick Theiss ('61) Thomas Williams ('49) OREGON STATE (OMEGA) Daniel Applebaker ('65) Michael Bickler ('66) Malcolm Foster ('41) Bruce Frank ('53) Lynn Hill ('59) James Hughes ('53) LeRoy Nickerson ('70) Jerry Peterson ('55) Allan Pierce ('51) Casey Pomeroy ('00) PARSONS (GAMMA-ZETA) William Case ('66) William Morain ('69) Michael Ryan ('71) PENN STATE (THETA) James Anderson ('87) Kenneth Bunk ('37) Donald Byerly ('55) Florenz Fenton Jr. ('50) George Inskeep ('37) Robert Johnson ('49) Allen Jones ('63) Robert Jones ('37) Wayne King ('43) James Lewis PhD ('70) Henry Marsh ('61) James McHenry ('51) John Miller ('55) Bruce Rankin ('51) John Sherwin ('40) Frederick Smith ('46) LaMar Snyder ('52) William Thomas ('48) James Vogelsong ('51) William Walker ('52) Richard Welsh ('62) Kenneth Wolfe ('51) Pennsylvania (Delta) Randal Boyer ('30) Jeffrey Greenberg ('10) PITTSBURGH (CHI) George Vrontos ('56) PURDUE (ETA) Richard Allemang ('41) Robert Allemang ('41) Norbert Alles ('47) William Bush ('82) Timothy Decker ('73) Donald Horne ('43) Larry Johnson ('72) Richard Richardson ('65) Alan Rolland ('54) Kenneth Schuning ('55) sigmapi.org

Robert Sharp ('46) Robert Shaw ('66) Thomas Szala ('63)

Gerald Rombach ('55) James Tosetti ('53) Michael York ('73)

QUINNIPIAC (GAMMA-CHI) Bruce Hawley ('68) Thomas Mahon Jr. ('68)

SIU-EDWARDSVILLE (DELTA-OMEGA) Mark Flood ('78)

RHODE ISLAND (ALPHA-UPSILON) John Andren ('56) William Avison ('48) Albert Barber ('49) Cesare Bellandese ('52) Russell Edberg Jr. ('52) Kenneth Khouri ('65) Kenneth Morrison ('49) Daniel Traficante ('55) ROCHESTER TECH (BETA-PHI) Robert Campbell ('80) Daniel Fisher ('91) Norman LeDuc ('60) Brian Stanko ('80) Joel Welch ('60) RUTGERS (GAMMA-ETA) Thomas Fette Jr. ('03) Jerrold McDowell ('67) SALEM (DELTA-MU) Michael Shelton ('70) SALISBURY (THETA-XI) Christopher Castle ('09) Leron Taylor ('11) SAN DIEGO (EPSILON-CHI) Michael Ross ('84) SAN DIEGO STATE (ALPHA-OMEGA) Robert Hamilton ('64) William Terry ('67) Roy Woodward ('53) SAN JOSE STATE (BETA-ETA) Ernest Adcock ('58) Shannon Davis ('63) Matthew Kopec ('04) Robert Thompson ('56) SETON HALL (DELTA-EPSILON) David Parrilla Jr. ('03) SHIPPENSBURG (BETA-UPSILON) Michael Crozier ('68) David Frick ('64) David Mathias ('62) Charles Myers ('60) Harold Snyder ('65) Robert Tarman ('65) SIU-CARBONDALE (BETA-NU) Frederick Behrens ('60) R. Kent Clanfield ('55) William Dews ('59) Michael Holeschek ('86) William Randall ('62)

SLIPPERY ROCK (GAMMA-DELTA) Donald Johnson ('62) SOUTHERN ARKANSAS (EPSILON-KAPPA) Roger Dollar ('82) SOUTHERN INDIANA (THETA-PSI) Samuel Jacob ('11) ST. LAWRENCE (ALPHA-ZETA) Bruce Boss ('60) Nicholas Commisso ('46) Ernest Duval ('54) Duncan Green USA (Ret.) ('64) Terrence Hartford ('50) John McElroy Jr. ('50) John Payne ('64) Travis Porter ('79) Ovid Roberts III ('49) Bruce Thistle ('61) Thomas Walsh ('46) SUNY-PLATTSBURGH (ZETA-THETA) Mark Hart ('89) SYRACUSE (BETA-EPSILON) Jarl Hasby ('50) William Revelle ('49) Ralph Wilson ('52) Peter Yuhas Jr. ('51) TEMPLE (KAPPA) Frank Bowers ('50) Alfred Capkovic ('46) LeRoy Carl ('52) Jackson Dunlap Jr. ('53) Joseph Dzurenda ('51) Walter Gammel ('39) Lewis Geary ('45) Eugene Grover ('53) John Gurtovoy ('47) William Knipe ('53) Robert McMullin ('50) Harold Osborne ('57) Chris Pollick ('87) George Smith ('42) John Tudor ('65) TEXAS (GAMMA-THETA) Jimmy Buford ('66) TEXAS A&M-CORPUS CHRISTI (DELTA-THETA) James Cashion ('70) TROY (DELTA-PSI) Henry Cowart ('83) Michael Jones ('90)

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Adytum On High TULANE (OMICRON) Robert Marks ('65) Francis Sadler III ('45) Thomas Sowa ('69)

Dennis Schmidt ('59) William Tuddenham ('43) Jack Webster ('49) Glen Young ('42)

UC BERKELEY (IOTA) Allerton Blake ('50) Hubert Erwin CPA ('48) Everett Merriman Jr. ('57) William Patton ('58) Vitali Rozynko ('48) Walter Sablinsky ('55) Sheldon Smith ('50) Willard Stone ('48) Marc Waz ('89) George Wolf Jr. ('87)

UTAH STATE (ALPHA-PSI) Richard Mikesell ('51) Richard Phillips ('54)

UC SANTA BARBARA (ALPHA-OMICRON) John Baum ('51) James Beacom ('50) John Stanton ('55) Donald Vanderford ('47)

VINCENNES (ALPHA) Robert Alstadt ('69) Daniel Arvin ('83) Thomas Burke ('70) Chris Byrd ('75) Ronald Campbell ('72) Keith Dutton ('84) Charles Eastridge ('69) Jeffrey Grimes ('77) Michael Hochreiter ('65) Donald Pitts ('72) William Taylor Jr. ('65) Carl Vetrano ('68)

UCLA (UPSILON) Alvin Aggen ('37) James Ballard ('56) William Boaz ('47) Robert Bohrer ('48) William Crickard ('39) Frank Davis Jr. ('47) Henry Dossi ('37) James Flannery ('52) William Foster ('51) George Francis ('55) Gregory Garratt ('64) Stephen Haworth ('54) Clement Jacomini ('37) Arthur Jones ('48) Frederick Jones ('58) Christopher Miller ('64) Alan Nichols ('65) Robert Rainey ('57) Paul Rosburg ('46) Richard Schneider ('51) Richard Schneider ('51) James Traughber ('43) UMSL (DELTA-ZETA) Daniel Symonds ('70) UTAH (PI) Richard Aamodt ('57) Joseph Allen ('32) Darrell Anderson ('70) Lynn Evans ('42) William Harlin ('36) Jay Hayes ('47) Daniel Kvenvold ('51) Max Madsen Jr. ('58) Robert Martin ('47)

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UTSA (IOTA-DELTA) Paul Buske ('07) VALPARAISO (BETA-TAU) Scott Hughes ('89) Roderick Schueler ('67) VILLANOVA (ZETA-NU) Ronald Habacker Jr. ('88)

VIRGINIA (BETA-PI) Michael Eaton ('65) David Larsen ('62) Ralph Perry ('74) Charles Smith Jr. ('59) Allen Worsham ('60) WAKE FOREST (ALPHA-NU) William Carr ('61) Eustis Derrick ('45) William Furman ('39) Robert Helm Jr. ('48) John Heydt ('56) William Kellner ('40) Jack Knight ('38) David Lekan (Unkown) Don Lovelace ('53) Charles Rowley ('90) Ted Russ Sr. ('52) Mark Sterner ('78) WASHINGTON (ALPHA-GAMMA) Herman Byers Sr. ('34) Richard Cambridge ('47) WAYNE STATE (GAMMA-OMEGA) Colin Brady ('19) Charles Miller Jr. ('69)

WEST VIRGINIA TECH (GAMMA-XI) Jonathan Copley ('99) WESTERN ILLINOIS (EPSILON-ZETA) Barry Miller ('82) WILLIAM & MARY (ALPHA-ETA) Gordon Clarke ('58) Otis Crowder Jr. ('50) James Dorsey ('57) Thomas Ehrhardt ('53) William Fox ('49) Charles Henderson ('60) Richard Hildick ('49) Willie Jones Jr. ('49) John LeMat ('61) Albert Pacchioli ('48) David Peckens ('53) Richard Pendleton ('52) James Pointer Jr. ('40) James Wesson Jr. ('48) Augustus Winder ('39) Arthur York Jr. ('48) WISCONSIN-LACROSSE (DELTA-PHI) Allen Hams ('71) David Hotaling ('76) WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE (DELTA-OMICRON) Paul Bauer ('64) James Fitch ('64) WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH (GAMMA-MU) Corey Anderson ('86) Philip Belongie ('66) Steven DeGrave ('70) Charles Reimer ('67) WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE (DELTA-IOTA) Douglas Schoenike ('86) Joseph Wiegert ('70) WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT (GAMMA-LAMBDA) Edward Lindner ('66) James Suski ('70) WISCONSIN-STOUT (DELTA-SIGMA) Ronald Brown ('66) Scott Denzer ('66) Wayne Walters ('65) WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC (GAMMA-IOTA) Thomas Burns ('69) Mario DiGiovanni ('72) Philip Fahlman ('70) YORK (ETA-THETA) Matthew Paret ('92) YOUNGSTOWN STATE (DELTA-ETA) Stanley Kaminski ('71) Robert Pavlik ('69)

WEST CHESTER (ZETA-ALPHA) Jemal Hinton ('88)

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JOSEPH MELIO ARKANSAS STATE '48 Joseph Charles Melio, Jr. (Arkansas State ‘48) passed away on January 23, 2019 at the age of 92. We honor Melio for his extremely generous direct bequest to Sigma Pi Fraternity of over $100,000.

Melio, commonly referred to by his chapter as “Jumpin’ Joe”, pledged Zeta Tau Zeta and was initiated as a founding member of Sigma Pi at Arkansas State University in 1948.

Melio earned his nickname playing football for Arkansas State during the 1946-1948 seasons because of the way he played.

He was a regular attendee of Arkansas State football games and often returned to the Alpha-Pi chapter house to visit with brothers and tell stories about Sigma Pi. His favorite story was telling how he overheard the Pikes planning to be chartered before Zeta Tau Zeta and how they were able to contact the chapter at Mississippi State University, and then drove all night, to initiate the men on March 7, 1948 so that they became the first national fraternity at Arkansas State.

Kelly Damphousee, chancellor at Arkansas State, had this to say about Melio on the day after his passing: " I was sad to learn last week about the passing of Joe Melia, Jr. After his Arkansas State Red Wolves Football career ended, Joe became well-known as A-State’s original “Jumping Joe.” He rarely missed a home game and was a great supporter of A-State Athletics. We will light the clock tower scarlet in his honour tonight."

As we and his family mourn his passing, we are beyond thankful for his generosity and leaving Sigma Pi in his estate planning.

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Informed Perspective

Op-Ed: A Message from PGS Burns Now is the Time for the Fraternity to Come Together

by PGS Robert Burns (Wisconsin-La Crosse '71), contributing writer

"Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of our Fraternity."

Sigma Pi brothers did not cause the serious health problems of this viral pandemic. We did not order the economic shutdown that has created an economic crisis.

Sigma Pi is not infected with systemic racism.

But all that is going wrong in our country right now hits our Fraternity hard. We live on campuses that do not know yet what will change this fall. We are part of a culture that is changing in some radical ways, but we can't know yet how it will end. The economic woes we are experiencing will require serious attention. But we can't know yet how rough it is going to be for our Fraternity, its chapters, and its individual members.

Facing so many deeply serious problems will require hard, careful work and all of the considerable talents in Sigma Pi. And now more than ever, we will all be required to live The Creed, not just recite it.

This is not the time to squabble over the cancellation of Convocation. I am sorry it won't happen. It may well be my last chance. I am 79 years old. It was necessary.

This is not the time to argue about what kind of building holds our offices. As one who gave some thousands of dollars to the effort, I am sorry Mitchel House didn't work out. But did anyone reading this ever have a prospective member say he wouldn't pledge Sigma Pi because our headquarters building wasn't fancy enough?

This is not the time to fight about one of our Fraternity's monuments. I salute our vets now just as much as I did when I, a veteran, was one of the original group of brothers who gave money to build the monument near Mitchell House. Our men are more important than our monuments.

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This is not the time to push to give every alumni who registers for Convocation a vote in the meeting's business. That change would give any two alumni the voting ability of an entire undergraduate chapter.

Obviously, I value strong alumni involvement--I am one. But our undergraduate chapters and members are the heart of Sigma Pi. Always have been--always should be.

I was initiated into Sigma Pi in 1972 and elected to the Grand Council in 1976. We often had to struggle with problems in the years since then. And we came through most of it with a focus on building quality undergraduate chapters and brothers, by helping the Council "elected by the Grand Chapter assembled," and by putting aside our not-very-important differences to work together.

And that is the same way to find success going into next year.

If we do not successfully meet the challenges we face, it will not be because of the virus or the lockdowns or economic trends. If we fail, it will be because too few of us joined in to work for success. It will be because too few of us genuinely lived within our fellowship of KINDRED minds---UNITED in brotherhood.

I am optimistic about the future of Sigma Pi Fraternity, because of the abilities of our elected officers and professional staff to enable all of us to make it happen.

And because I Believe.

Robert L. Burns, PhD Past Grand Sage

Summer 2020

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Sigma Pi Educational Foundation

From the Chairman A Message from Chairman Ricky Marshall Brothers and Friends, Although these are troubling times for all of us, I have seen some amazing things coming from our brothers over the last few months. So many encouraging words on social media, a great number of groups working together behind the scenes to ensure our chapters and our ideals are fortified and numerous acts of kindness and support between brothers, have resolved my faith in Sigma Pi and have left me longing for the opportunities of fellowship with my chapter brothers and for international events to renew great friendships from across all chapters.

That time will come soon enough. I encourage each of you to reach out to your local chapter and alumni clubs to offer your help. I would also like to encourage you to consider a gift to the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation. Your contribution can be put to great uses, and you have the opportunity to direct those funds where you believe they most closely match your desires for the Fraternity.

CHAIRMAN Ricky Marshall (Arkansas State '88) rmarshall@sigmapi.org

Would you like to see more educational scholarships for our brothers? Start your own scholarship fund where you choose the naming rights, or choose to grow our existing funds that are providing over $25,000 in aid each year to our undergraduate and graduate brothers.

Would you like to support, or create, one of our educational endeavors? Choose from our Mid-Year Leadership Fund to support our young leaders in our chapters. Choose to fund a program that educates our undergraduates on health and safety, or a program to better train our volunteers. If you have a vision for a new program, start a fund, and work with us to create a new educational opportunity.

Are you most interested in directly helping your own chapter? Many of our local chapters have chapter educational funds that provide support locally in the form of scholarships, educational training, grants for educational spaces and supplies and much more. If your chapter does not already have one, a new fund can be opened very easily.

There are many ways that you can support Sigma Pi and our young brothers. Our Fraternity and Foundation have been seriously impacted, as most businesses have, throughout this pandemic. Our brothers, our family and our friends have all been personally affected. Now is the perfect time to invest in the fortification of Sigma Pi. Please make a commitment today and help us support our Fraternity. Donations can be made online at sigmapi.org/foundation/donate-now.

You can also mail a check to 1101 Kermit Dr., Suite 730, Nashville, TN 37217. Please include the fund(s) you are supporting and reach out with any questions you may have to rmarshall@sigmapi.org.

Fraternally and gratefully,

Ricky Marshall (Arkansas State '88) Chairman, Sigma Pi Educational Foundation

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Sigma Pi Educational Foundation

Ways to Give Online Giving with your debit or credit card online at sigmapi.org/donate is a quick and secure way to make a contribution, which accepts Visa, American Express, MasterCard, and Discover.

Mobile

Establishing a Chapter Educational Fund

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he CEF Program was developed so that alumni and undergraduate Sigma Pi brothers can make tax-deductible gifts that support the long-term strength and improvement of their collegiate chapter. Many brothers are capable of providing significant gifts, but do not give to the local chapter directly because their gifts are not tax-deductible, due to IRS regulations. The CEF Program provides the solution, as gifts made to a CEF through the Educational Foundation ARE tax-deductible.

Chapters with Established CEF

On your mobile device, you can quickly

Arizona State (Beta-Kappa)

Monmouth (Delta-Beta)

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Arkansas (Alpha-Sigma)

Morehead State (Delta-Rho)

Arkansas State (Alpha-Pi)

Murray State (Gamma-Upsilon)

Auburn (Alpha-Delta)

NJIT (Alpha-Mu)

Bridgewater State (Eta-Eta)

Oakland (Zeta-Pi)

Buffalo (Epsilon-Omicron)

Ohio Northern (Zeta)

Cal Poly (Eta-Delta)

Ohio State (Gamma)

the SPEF at the address below:

Cal State Fullerton (Epsilon-Nu)

Old Dominion (Theta-Eta)

Sigma Pi Educational Foundation

Radford, VA (Theta-Lambda)

1101 Kermit Drive, Suite 730

Cal State Long Beach (BetaOmicron)

Nashville, TN 37217

California-Irvine (Eta-Upsilon)

SIU-Edwardsville (Delta-Omega)

Ferris State (Theta-Theta)

Stockton (Iota-Upsilon)

Georgia (Alpha-Phi)

UC Santa Barbara (Alpha-Omicron)

Heartland Province

UCLA (Upsilon)

Indiana (Beta)

UMSL (Delta-Zeta)

Kentucky (Epsilon-Beta)

Valparaiso (Beta-Tau)

Middle Tennessee (Theta-Omega)

West Virginia Tech (Gamma-Xi)

Minnesota (Iota-Zeta)

Western Michigan (Gamma-Rho)

Missouri (Gamma-Sigma)

Wisconsin-Oshkosh (Gamma-Mu)

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Rutgers (Gamma-Eta)

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Sigma Pi Educational Foundation

Recognizing the 2019-2020 Donors The Sigma Pi Educational Foundation supports the educational pursuits of the Sigma Pi Fraternity and its membership.

Among other things, the Educational Foundation provides for the Fraternity’s educational programs and leadership conferences; sponsors national, regional, and local leadership training events; and improves educational opportunities for deserving students through the awarding of grants and scholarships . Through these efforts, the Educational Foundation seeks to secure the future of Sigma Pi and the place of its members as the leaders of tomorrow.

We're proud to recognize those who contributed to the 2019-2020 campaign.

A LABAMA ALABAMA

David S. Terry ('10) AUBURN

Jeffry A. Angermann ('77) Phillip E. Brogden ('61) Richard L. Childs ('78) Michael J. Dougherty ('86) Sidney L. Lanier ('57) Cory S. Skipper ('08) Christopher M. Thomas ('91) John M. Thomas ('62) John A. Ward ('53) Jared C. Yennie ('04) ARIZONA ARIZONA STATE

Tyler S. Freeman ('08)

ARKANSAS STATE

CAL STATE FULLERTON

Ricky L. Marshall ('88) Robert L. Ferralasco ('48) Jack E. Browne ('65) Clarence A. Crowder ('59) Ronald R. Dent ('65) Robert D. England ('83) James E. Hollywood ('12) Jasper E. Hunter ('58) Carl L. Lacy ('54) Paul K. Moore ('85) Jacob S. Murry ('18) John B. Webster ('48)

Matthew D. Ireland ('97) Cal State Fullerton Jay T. Rojo ('87)

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

George M. Cozart ('77) Morgan J. Collier ('05) Jimmy S. Purdon ('14) Joseph B. Walker ('14)

EMBRY-RIDDLE (AZ)

Ryan M. Andrade ('02) Jason J. Brys ('00) NORTHERN ARIZONA

Dakota J. Sallaway ('17) ARKA N SAS ARKANSAS

Ronald E. Yeager ('65) Lewis D. Barksdale ('66) Derrick E. Calhoun ('17) John C. Dillaplain ('68) Bill P. Jackson ('74) Brendan M. McDonald ('13) William C. Peters ('75) James R. Pugh ('66) Heath T. Warbritton ('09) Ronald H. White ('66) Lawrence N. Young ('59) 50

CALIFORNIA CAL POLY

Willem M. Desmond ('19) Ryan C. Gilbert ('10) Anders E. Helgeson ('10) Henry T. Phan ('08) Ray M. Truman ('08) Michael Turovskiy ('11) Aaron D. Wesolowski ('11) CAL STATE CHICO

Nicholas A. Miller ('03) Steven M. Sylvester ('03) CAL STATE FULLERTON

Daniel R. Ades ('86) Cal State Fullerton Joshua R. Borjas ('17)

CAL STATE LONG BEACH

Rande D. Johnsen ('77) Edward A. Mora ('90) David L. Newberg ('78) Andrew Salas ('74) Stephen M. Zotovich ('73) Brian M. Devot ('95) James E. Mahoney ('61) Frank R. Newell ('69) William D. Allen ('74) Kevin M. Brennan ('89) Anthony M. Fiumani ('05) Stanley E. Goodreau ('92) Lawrence J. Lennon ('61) John P. McCall ('61) Michael S. McKay ('02) John D. Richardson ('09) Kenneth J. Swart ('58) Robin D. Wonder ('55) CALIFORNIA-IRVINE

Taylor M. Lapsys ('04) Jared T. Branberg ('03) John M. Kao ('95) Charles J. Pankenier ('95) Paul M. Roman ('18) Ryan J. Yuhnke ('02) CALIFORNIA-SAN DIEGO

Robert M. D'Amato ('94) Matthias P. Zehner ('87) CARSON, CA

Bryant Plasencia ('13) Arturo Rodriguez ('14) Summer 2020

Sigma Pi Educational Foundation CSU-BAKERSFIELD

UCLA

Eddie M. Idolyantes ('93) Brian J. McClendon ('89) Ryan L. Meskimen ('89)

David J. Finkel ('84) Matthew A. Sumrow ('88) Princeton H. Kim ('94) Ralph K. Rea ('51) Steven H. Schechter ('86) Willard H. Altman ('53) Hans J. Bagge ('60) Joel M. Becker ('64) Henry W. Benjamin ('52) Donald G. Buchanan ('59) David S. DeLuce ('77) Marco Diaz ('19) Alfred A. Feldman ('58) Douglas K. Glantz ('86) Brian D. Gross ('99) Andrew C. Houck ('09) Kaveh Kamfar ('86) Thomas F. Kibler ('57) Sam C. Kokin ('05) Fred A. Krebs ('53) Brian P. Letourneau ('95) Kent Lewis ('57) James S. Lipow ('75) Timothy A. Lyerla ('59) Mack W. McGonagill ('12) Franz E. Miller ('69) James A. Murphy ('86) Liron I. Nelik ('00) Sebastian K. Perkinson ('04) Bruce L. Peterson ('75) Paul S. Raber ('84) Michael J. Rausch ('75) Louis R. Ravetti ('54) John B. Rhode ('90) Stephen J. Riggs ('77) Daniel S. Romero ('94) Jay J. Ross ('90) Scott A. Smith ('83) Adam Treiger ('89) Joshua M. Trifunovic ('00) Dale R. Ward ('88)

CSU-NORTHRIDGE

Bill Imada ('77) Barry D. Maiten ('79) CSU-SACRAMENTO

Stefan W. Sanborn ('01) LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

David M. Boje ('90) Mark R. Wilhelm ('88) SAN DIEGO

Griffin C. Gmelich ('85) SAN DIEGO STATE

Robert B. Baldwin ('63) James L. Curtis ('65) Robert R. DeKoven ('77) Richard Gurevich ('90) Robert L. Smith ('53) Curtis R. Snow ('65) James B. Watt ('66) SAN JOSE STATE

Howard L. Vierra ('64) Charles C. Butler ('67) Thomas D. Weese ('52) SANTA CLARA, CA

Anthony G. Siress ('85) Ryan M. Bertsch ('97) Frank J. Friedrich ('90) Thomas M. Glass ('88) Arthur F. Liebscher ('89) Patrick L. Vacanti ('90) UC BERKELEY

Zaid A. Astarabadi ('66) James E. Carpenter ('48) Andrew S. Levey ('84) Maynard E. Orme ('55) Gregory J. Schmidt ('92) UC SANTA BARBARA

Gary L. Hildebrandt ('58) William H. OSullivan Peter K. Serfass ('64)

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CO LO R A D O NORTHERN COLORADO

Christopher W. Throssel ('03) Dustin S. Vaughn ('91)

QUINNIPIAC

John S. Canzio ('69) D E L AWA R E DELAWARE

Thomas J. Luginbill ('07) F LO R I DA FLORIDA

Robert J. Kelso ('86) Scott G. Chastain ('89) FLORIDA STATE

Danilo Argote ('96) Jonathan S. Blackwood ('94) William C. Kirchhoff ('17) Ernest W. Ladkani ('88) Sean R. Passaro ('08) ORLANDO, FL

Daniel P. Cassaro ('12) GEORGIA GEORGIA

Zachary A. Crosby ('92) John T. Garcia ('07) Todd S. Looper ('92) GEORGIA SOUTHERN

William D. Krenson ('69) Benjamin W. Thomson ('01) ILLINOIS EASTERN ILLINOIS

Ronald D. Tredennick ('74) Stuart M. Andrews ('90) Joe F. Goodner ('61) Ted E. Hoffman ('83) James L. Jessen ('84) William J. Knapp ('83) Edward K. Marlow ('64) Mark A. Martin ('73) Donald C. McKinney ('49) William H. Moutray ('55) Richard R. Plath ('61) Michael H. Wampler ('66) Thomas A. Zelasko ('72)

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Sigma Pi Educational Foundation ILLINOIS

Gary V. Burton ('60) Kevin E. Daugherty ('87) Ira J. Dolnick ('83) John W. Howe ('78) Wayne M. Johnson ('63) John W. Meyer ('66) George R. Morris ('55)

Dale P. Schlonat ('95) Joseph P. Turck ('94) WESTERN ILLINOIS

Jacob D. Dykstra ('90) Arthur R. Holecek ('84) Jon R. Plimpton ('80) John K. Tunney ('76) INDIANA

ILLINOIS STATE BALL STATE

Connor N. Gosell ('19) Kevin P. McCarthy ('77)

Dennis P. Summerfield ('85)

ILLINOIS WESLEYAN

INDIANA

Charles F. Deffenbaugh ('75) Zez W. Ready ('08) Scott E. Ruder ('83) Todd L. Rust ('80) William A. Spear ('00)

Edward W. Rogers ('49) Thomas S. Armstrong ('85) David B. Gadberry ('87) Martin J. Hartigan ('19) Leonard L. Lorey ('71) David L. Mathews ('55) Andrew T. Maxson ('95) Shaun M. McGovern ('89) Michael R. Schwaller ('87)

LOYOLA-CHICAGO

Christopher Abbinante ('70) Sylvian T. Bull ('91) Jason G. Hastings ('94) John A. LoGiudice ('68) Donald D. McGowan ('64) NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Peter Roknich ('59) SIU-CARBONDALE

Paul M. Della Vecchia ('63) Richard A. Hunsaker ('55) Jerry W. Leman ('62) Charles E. Lerch ('59) George J. Strissel ('95) Michael J. Szemplinski ('13) Dwane D. Van Hooser ('60) SIU-EDWARDSVILLE

Clinton M. Ball ('94) Matthew J. Bauer ('97) Stephen C. Belcher ('72) Glenn R. Ezell ('07) Jonathan K. Gallez ('06) Adam D. Hughes ('05) Kyle S. Loyd ('95) Derek D. Meier ('91) Matthew R. Meyer ('01) Shawn L. Moore ('97) Thomas W. Reagen 52

INDIANA STATE

Walter R. Botich ('68) Raymond J. Schwenk ('71) William L. Wagner ('68) Matthew H. Woodings ('77) INDIANA TECH

Merrill E. Joslin ('03) Jonathan T. Matulac ('89) Phillip R. Reed ('66) Thomas A. Sommerfield ('77)

VALPARAISO

Fredric E. Beeching ('72) John L. Draheim ('61) Gerald L. Heinz ('60) John H. Hinsch ('66) David W. Lyons ('68) Ryan M. Post ('09) Mark C. Schmidt ('72) VINCENNES

John P. Davis ('68) Scott R. Fritts ('88) Sean O. Siekman ('06) Terry J. Sondgeroth ('84) I OWA IOWA

Stephen C. Lawler ('78) Larry V. Wright ('60) Craig E. Clark ('68) James E. Coon ('73) Jay A. Nardini ('67) Kelly V. Reagan ('87) IOWA STATE

Tim R. Quick ('98) Eugene T. Hibbs ('91) Anthony J. Carroll ('03) Jeff W. Fleming ('92) Curtis D. Meier ('66) Brook A. Nolin ('91) Darrell D. Staley ('56) Steven A. Tripmacker ('66) KA N SAS

PURDUE

Galen K. Baker ('62) Michael N. Bowman ('69) Michael W. Carson ('97) Mark A. Foreman ('50) Mark S. Hubbard ('87) Paul Y. Ke ('88) Kenneth M. Miller ('53) Scott B. Porter ('82) SOUTHERN INDIANA

Dennis K. Dowling ('07) Jason L. Goodwin ('07)

EMPORIA STATE

William M. Stock ('88) Ruel J. Williamson ('89) KANSAS

Ronald P. Smiley ('58) K E N TU C KY EASTERN KENTUCKY

Cameron Butland ('19) David T. Johnson ('78) Norman A. Pearson ('78) William L. Roberts ('96) Matthew H. Sears ('09) Summer 2020

Sigma Pi Educational Foundation KENTUCKY

James M. Lee ('73) John H. Lee ('82) William J. Mosier ('85) Chance F. Staley ('09) Wesley K. Varney ('97) MOREHEAD STATE

Patrick G. Reimer ('94) David R. Bailey ('79) Daniel C. Daugherty ('88) Charles Eldridge ('86) Gary M. Gebhart ('93) Kenneth A. Myers ('71) Wes Schuchard ('74) Larry R. Tipton ('73) MURRAY STATE

David A. Presson ('77) Paul M. Hetrick ('88) Paul J. Ahlhaus ('90) Leslie W. Alverson ('08) Robert E. Armbruster ('71) Kevin R. Atkins ('83) William W. Bailey ('68) Jack L. Faulk ('69) Kirk D. Haffler ('79) Richard E. Kadner ('90) Christopher H. Lyons ('77) Joseph A. Mattingly ('87) Scott B. Miller ('90) Charles S. Smith ('68) LOUISI A N A

Charles E. Henck ('69) Bruce S. Hoffberger ('68) John L. Pensinger ('68) M ASSAC H U S E TTS BRIDGEWATER STATE

Edward R. Levesque ('89) Kevin J. Bruin ('13) Connor J. Hamilton ('19) Mark R. Mohan ('92) Brian P. Murray ('95) Patrick J. Pearce ('89) Matthew J. Quimby ('00) Frederick J. Rheaume ('99) Luis F. Tejada ('90) FITCHBURG STATE

Michael S. Alba ('94) Patrick J. Gallahue ('11) Phillip M. McRae ('03) Jack A. Seaman ('18) WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC

Kenneth H. Beyer ('79) Mario P. DiGiovanni ('72) Derek M. Heard ('87) William A. King ('78) John S. Mazur ('65) Barry S. Mendeloff ('70) Bartlett A. Shappee ('05) Max A. Spiegelhoff ('17) MI C H I G A N CENTRAL MICHIGAN

LOUISIANA TECH

Chris G. Hojnacki ('00)

Robert M. Brennes ('72) Parameswar Sivaramakrishnan ('84)

DETROIT-MERCY

LSU

Robert A. Fontenot ('65) Lee M. Wilson ('71) Southeastern Louisiana W. Terry Passman ('89) TULANE

Gregory K. Radlinski ('64) MARY LA N D MARYLAND

Paul N. Singer ('69) sigmapi.org

John D. Dinka ('79) Robert E. Balwinski ('65) David N. Barilovich ('73) Charles R. Benke ('82) Ryan A. Husaynu ('79) Mark S. Kopson ('77) Andrew A. Kujawski ('19) James J. Lynch ('85) Michael W. Roehrig ('77) Jeffrey J. Ryan ('62) Martin J. Simon ('69)

EASTERN MICHIGAN

Wallace E. Kile ('62) Thomas Svitkovich ('62) FERRIS STATE

Brian-Patrick D. Kurisky ('07) Adam L. Dibble ('03) Alec J. Driesenga ('17) Stephen D. Patrick ('08) GRAND VALLEY STATE

Colin P. Daly ('06) Michael Evans ('07) Joshua J. Singleton ('05) LAWRENCE TECH

Joel E. Graves ('20) MICHIGAN

Derek S. Moss ('09) Michael J. Spann ('11) OAKLAND

Robert D. Pankau ('02) Justin J. Doescher ('01) Zachary J. Fennell ('19) Michael S. Grant ('94) Ryan M. Manser ('10) Tadamasa T. Minowa ('97) Steven J. Moore ('93) Tyler Mutz ('19) Robert J. Ray ('97) Jeffrey T. Waite ('92) SAGINAW VALLEY STATE

David S. Allyn ('97) Kevin R. Dedicatoria ('17) James D. Roberts ('98) WAYNE STATE

Melvin H. Czechowski ('69) Bryan K. Hatfield ('92) Carl T. Ratliff ('90) WESTERN MICHIGAN

Gregory C. Conant ('67) David B. Lancaster ('98) Dennis L. Mortlock ('68) Samuel M. Sonnett ('67) M I N N E S OTA MINNESOTA

William G. Wojcik ('08) Joseph P. Mahon ('13) 53

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James S. Verplanck ('59) Charles S. Daves ('19) Leo J. Lazarus ('86) Glenn E. Mayfield ('57) Gregory L. Miller ('83) MISSOU R I CENTRAL MISSOURI

Michael S. Cadwell ('20) Lucas D. Danner Steven P. Ferguson ('76) Jerry W. Foulds ('63) Gabriel J. Livingston ('16) Joseph R. Murray ('69) Warren H. Patton ('00) Wayne W. Reinert ('66) Anthony D. Woodward ('02) DRURY

Cesar F. Valdez-Jimenez ('11) MISSOURI

Brian R. Akerson ('67) Scott T. Evans ('99) Michael J. Frayne ('81) Gary R. Hagebush ('70) MISSOURI S&T

Donald C. Bartosik ('56) John M. Berger ('65) Roumen U. Chamov ('02) Adam L. Cole ('04) Robert D. Doupe ('95) Joseph O. Elliott ('68) David J. Kleikamp ('84) Brian D. Kratz ('94) Alexander M. Martin ('19) Richard W. Miller ('88) Robert H. Orr ('66) James R. Riegerix ('89) Joseph W. Stahl ('65) Anthony M. Stein ('87) Walter D. Steinmann ('56) Richard M. Taylor ('69) Donald J. Zeitinger ('79) Missouri Southern State Brandon M. Smith ('17) 54

MISSOURI STATE

NJIT

Mark S. Bogucki ('76) Larry R. Bradley ('69) Dennis V. Day ('72) David H. Durkee ('55) Ellis L. Hefner ('69) Richard D. Klein ('89) Donald A. Kutz ('58) William D. Tillotson ('51) Dorsey Troutman ('75)

Howard H. Beyer ('53) Russell J. Furnari ('75) Niles D. Leisti ('01) Stephen P. Fronapfel ('67) Douglas F. Hambor ('77) Curt R. Koeppen ('67) Walter A. Braun ('60) Daniel W. Cholish ('61) Richard A. Ciekurs ('76) Robert C. Cifelli ('56) Vincent F. Difini ('57) James C. Esposito ('62) Herbert C. Harris ('65) Bruce R. Iglay ('71) Patrick J. Koscielny ('05) Robert L. McEntee ('58) Paul V. Morrow ('65) Erik J. Murrell ('06) Anthony Pezzano ('81) Ellis W. Sharadin ('70) Thomas E. Woodruff ('71)

SLU

Ronald E. Lind ('79) UMSL

Jonathan M. Frost ('99) Edwin W. Horn ('69) Michael A. Johnson ('69) Joseph S. Kaufman ('00) Scott A. Ritchie ('00) Michael A. Rutherford ('69) Gregory R. Webb ('70) Paul V. Wydra ('96) NEW HAMPSHIRE KEENE STATE

Kyle M. Hastbacka ('14) Andrew J. Nelson NEW JERSEY MONMOUTH

Joseph V. Palazzolo ('00) Daniel K. Collis ('16) Angelo D. Crincoli ('19) Andre E. De Caravalho ('19) John G. Giunta ('69) Andrew R. Grosso ('05) Steven C. Kaufman ('95) Alexander J. Krukowski ('19) Patrick McFarland ('19) Joseph B. Mosca ('91) Michael C. Parisi ('99) Kevin P. Phelan ('01) Matthew S. Salerno ('01) Paul T. Salvesen ('05) Andrew P. Smith ('69) Joseph E. Stingo ('16) Andrew J. Wilder ('69) James B. Zoeller ('16)

ROWAN

Charles N. Wahl ('88) Steven R. Ochmanski ('90) Christopher T. Murphy ('01) RUTGERS

Patrick D. Forker ('75) Gregg E. Fowler ('84) Richard P. Gallagher ('69) David Gutin ('67) William B. Richko ('65) Frank J. Seney ('82) Jonathan D. Tchack ('72) SETON HALL

John D. Dennehy ('76) Paul D. Gorman ('93) Dwayne M. Harris ('87) Michael E. Kelly ('76) Dane W. Martin ('03) Michael A. Underwood ('87) STOCKTON

Anthony Clerico ('17) Parker J. Strasfeld ('19) Daulton Sykora ('16)

Summer 2020

Sigma Pi Educational Foundation

Daniel S. Gigante ('94) Jack L. Goldberg ('95) Seth Marin ('96)

William J. Bunn ('67) Thomas M. Geshay ('85) Thomas E. Hay ('77) Gerald B. Hurst ('53) Lock W. Ireland ('63) Richard F. Schmidt ('80) James J. Singer ('71) John Springthorpe ('52) Raymond R. Uptegrove ('60)

James C. Diefenderfer ('46) Donald G. Grubaugh ('65) Robert A. Koger ('62) Aaron J. Lee ('18) Karl E. May ('68) Alex N. Novak ('66) Bryan L. Spangler ('02) John G. Weber ('62)

CORNELL

NORTH CAROLINA WESLEYAN

John L. Marshall ('67) Eric J. Buddendeck ('88) Lester E. Webb ('60) James B. Burrows ('54) Alan B. Mikesell ('61) Richard S. Wheeler ('60)

NEW MEX I CO NEW MEXICO STATE

Tony J. Burger ('81) N EW YOR K BUFFALO

John I. Holden ('40) Randall J. Ottinger ('77) George L. Reeves ('60) Connor A. Riser ('13)

Reggie Sagadraca ('86)

ROCHESTER TECH

Richard P. Soja ('83) Edgar C. Voress ('72) Paul L. Baker ('87) John M. Bleecker ('50) Kevin J. Cryblskey ('90) George R. Ehrhardt ('81) Robert G. Ferree ('64) Albert H. Hammill ('82) Steven N. Margosian ('82) Harvey H. Morris ('67) Louis J. Pegram ('63) Sean T. Phelan ('88) Harold N. Wilson ('50)

Gregory J. Evans ('67) John A. Galto ('68) Louis W. Tomafsky ('70) ST. LAWRENCE

William A. Brenner ('61) William H. Davison ('52) Andrew W. Kaye ('68) SUNY-PLATTSBURGH

Thomas J. Tatarian ('85) John L. West ('85) SUNY-POTSDAM

Sean S. Gallagher ('87) Dennis A. Pagan ('83) Charles D. Reader ('90) N ORTH CAR OL I N A BARTON

Robert V. Andrews ('70) David F. Ebert ('67) Anthony D. Painter ('64) Allan C. Richeson ('74) David J. Rose ('72) ELON

Michael L. Dunn ('88) James B. Montague ('89) Lawrence R. Potter ('92) Erik H. Stromberg ('91) Shea L. Teague ('78) NORTH CAROLINA STATE

Jeffrey S. Cline ('85) sigmapi.org

UNC-ASHEVILLE

Donald T. Lyda ('90) WAKE FOREST

OHIO

OHIO STATE

OKLAHOMA OKLAHOMA STATE

Ryan D. Miller ('13) SOUTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA STATE

Mark A. Holloway ('85) O N TA R I O TORONTO

Michael L. Hachey ('92) OREGON OREGON

Brendan T. Head ('09)

AKRON

OREGON STATE

Jeffrey J. Borkey ('82) Joseph C. Borkey ('82) Frank J. Hanzl ('85) Richard A. Lilley ('77) Gregory Polyak ('66) Robert A. Sparhawk ('66)

Ian M. Itschner ('91) Larry A. Dugan ('53) Lewis M. Mozzini ('58) Ronald A. Schoenheit ('61)

FINDLAY

Gary C. Kuns ('80) MIAMI (OH)

Eric J. Brown ('95) OHIO

Edmund A. Williams ('71) OHIO NORTHERN

James T. Burk ('60) Richard A. Dages ('89)

P E N N SY LVA NI A BLOOMSBURG

James G. Canterbury ('70) DREXEL

Raymond A. Cassetta ('58) Stephen L. Ruger ('69) Donald Berhang ('72) Richard W. Fitzer ('69) Gunars P. Jakobsons ('54) Boyd K. Mackleer ('59) Daniel D. Musselman ('54) 55

Sigma Pi Educational Foundation Worthy C. Sanders ('64) James W. Seese ('58) East Stroudsburg Melvin W. Van Doren ('79)

Charles W. Bushar ('54) Daniel E. Gargel ('79) Wayne M. Hancock ('63)

EDINBORO

Francisco T. Fernandez ('85)

Robert W. Johnson ('88) Robert J. Metzler ('90) Franklin & Marshall Richard P. Marcello ('68) Herman D. Weeks ('56) Carlos J. Camacho ('96) George J. Cavagnaro ('57) Jeremy J. Lessmann ('88) Indiana of Pennsylvania Brad J. Kluchurosky ('04) KUTZTOWN

Jason C. Pickard ('91) LYCOMING

John W. Snyder ('60)

PENN STATE

Matthew H. Besselman ('02) Ryan L. Dennis ('84) John G. Estock ('68) David W. Herr ('77) G. E. McCombs ('51) Douglas F. Trumbauer ('83) PENN STATE-ALTOONA

Christopher M. Damato ('03) Jesse C. Koch ('03) PITTSBURGH

Edward J. Monroe ('83) Gregory S. Sykora ('83) R H O DE I S L A N D JOHNSON & WALES

Josh Swank ('96) RHODE ISLAND

Richard H. Barron ('61) Joseph H. Resendes ('63) Louis G. Roy ('62) George B. Smith ('63) Richard E. Tibbetts ('63) Richard A. Young ('83) TE N N E SS E E MIDDLE TENNESSEE

Donald S. Abels ('10) Adam C. Braden ('08) Christopher W. Carter ('08) Taylor D. Duggin ('11) Ramzi J. Halim ('07) Michael Leitzke ('07) Caleb D. Marlow ('13) Andrew D. Mullendore ('14) Jonathan L. Strantz ('07) Neil M. Thorsbakken ('07) UT-MARTIN

Robert T. Miller ('83) Allen L. Cantrell ('93)

Nick G. Nicholas ('54) SHIPPENSBURG

Thomas B. Gross ('64)

TE XAS HOUSTON

Ernest C. Robinson ('92)

Charles R. Harrell ('16) Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Richard F. Tracy ('70)

ST. JOSEPH'S

UTSA

Ryan J. Murray ('09)

Daniel L. Gauna ('17) Keith D. LaRose ('10) Kenneth R. LaRose ('08)

SLIPPERY ROCK

TEMPLE

Donald C. Beck ('94) Alexander F. Blair ('67) 56

VIRGINIA CHRISTOPHER NEWPORT

WIDENER

David K. Irrgang ('94) Brandin M. Smith ('15) Edward Straub ('14)

UTAH

Benjamin J. Mansfield ('55)

WEST CHESTER

MILLERSVILLE PENN COLLEGE

U TA H

Henry M. Booker ('82) James D. Edwards ('92) Christopher W. Hooper ('84) Lawrence J. Ritter ('85) Justin J. Steele ('00) JAMES MADISON

Jeffrey K. Forbes ('87) Hill C. Mallory ('90) OLD DOMINION

Steele Clay ('15) Jonas Natividad ('16) Connor P. Schwalm ('12) RADFORD, VA

Coleman C. Applegate ('14) Robert P. Barrett ('04) Jeremy D. Boyd ('03) Michael D. Bristol ('10) Juan D. Ceballos ('05) Timothy R. Custer ('06) Kevin P. Gorman ('03) Travis J. Hoge ('05) Jeffrey D. Hornyak ('05) Adam L. Martin ('07) Robert A. Morgan ('08) Wade M. Owens ('13) Jonathan M. Piccolo ('03) Jimmy A. Reyes ('07) Patrick C. Robbins ('05) John M. Rosenberger ('06) Stephen R. Shaw ('05) Justin T. Shiflett ('06) Michael D. Warth ('12) Jonathan A. Watson ('03) James M. Zimmerman ('09) VIRGINIA

Jeffrey A. Barksdale ('69) Scott H. Gakenheimer ('83) Forrest W. Hunter ('69) Harry E. McCoy ('75) Christopher J. McGann ('85) Michael S. Miller ('72) Summer 2020

Sigma Pi Educational Foundation VIRGINIA TECH

Matthew J. Biancheri ('90) Peter C. Holland ('90) Paul J. Kachurak ('90) Charles H. Rhodes ('71) WILLIAM & MARY

Allen S. Gardner ('53) Edward M. Martin ('69) Thomas S. Reavely ('65) John M. Sterne ('97) William B. Stimmel ('90) Alan C. Stringer ('54) WASHIN GTON WASHINGTON

James D. Cameron ('53) Patrick J. McGrath ('84) Albert S. Rodriguez ('89) WEST VI R G I N I A FAIRMONT STATE

Robert M. Jacob ('65) WEST VIRGINIA TECH

Thomas A. Kessler ('80) Derek S. Rader ('95) Joseph P. Serbu ('85) Dennis A. Urbas ('67) WISCON SI N BELOIT

James W. Espy ('67) Donald F. Gruber ('63) James D. Matten ('66) Darrell B. Pauls ('66) Robert M. Rosenberg ('69) John W. Sager ('65) MILTON

Joe L. Meyer ('65) WISCONSIN-LACROSSE

David J. Espenes ('74) WISCONSIN-MILWAUKEE

Dennis F. McLaughlin ('64) WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH

Philip A. Aiello ('12) Terence J. Davis ('67) sigmapi.org

Dennis R. Lichtenberg ('66) James F. Marshall ('67) Bradley J. Pockat ('88) Jamie L. Reynolds ('70) Christian A. Steinert ('15) Daniel F. Wahl ('71) WISCONSIN-PLATTEVILLE

Richard E. Kraemer ('70) David T. Kruser ('76) Brandon S. McCullough ('16) John B. Papierniak ('70) Christopher A. Smith ('70) Peter M. Winkler ('95) WISCONSIN-STEVENS POINT

Gene G. Kemmeter ('66) Christopher C. Mears ('70) John F. Philipchuck ('66) James F. Spatzek ('66) Edward J. Walkowicz ('67) WISCONSIN-STOUT

Phillip J. Field ('82) Gary A. Schoenborn ('73) WISCONSIN-WHITEWATER

Jeffrey D. Butler ('74)

F R I E N DS O F S I G MA PI

Janice Bates Michele T. Bauer Gene B. Bergeron Larry Bigus Robin Brewer Mary Byerly John J. Carpino Catherine J. Cashman Robert Childers Rhea Clark Larry Coval Dan Cranney Daniel Cranney Margaret DeCan Nancy DiSibio Anthony M. Folk Louis Fumagalli Danielle Garrett Eileen Gluszak Jeffrey Gouxy Debra Green Martha Jones Linda Lamtimer Noreen Lenart Diana Letourneau Lynda Livvix Ann-Marie Magre Mark V. Mallia Jonathan Michael Juanita M. Michalski Angela Montero Montero Terrance Oconnor Mia Palomerez Mariah Porter Pam Postapack Lori Roth Bravo Shaw Sally Smith Robin Sommer Heidy Taylor Kelsie Thaler Donna Thormahlen Denis Vandoros Robert J. Wagner Terry Zingaro

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Sigma Pi Educational Foundation

Lifetime Gifts Sigma Pi donors share a belief in the power of Fraternity through educational initiatives, as well as our belief in the mission to inspire, promote, and support the lifelong development of our brothers. Below, we celebrate those who have reached recognized donor levels through continued giving to the Fraternity.

NOTE: An asterisk (*) denotes those who have passed to the Adytum on High.

GEORGIA EMORY

Walter H. Lemmond Jr. ('24)* INDIANA

Radiant Triangle Society Named after the most sacred symbol of Sigma Pi, the Radiant Triangle Society is reserved for Sigma Pi’s most generous supporters whose lifetime gifts total $500,000 or more.

INDIANA

James F. Elrod ('45)*

Old Vincennes Society Named after the birthplace of Sigma Pi, the Old Vincennes Society recognizes those whose lifetime gifts to Sigma Pi total $25,000 or more.

CALIFORNIA

CALIFOR N I A SANTA CLARA, CA

Anthony G. Siress ('85) WISCONSI N WISCONSIN

Tau Phi Delta Society Named after the original appellation of Sigma Pi, the Tau Phi Delta Society recognizes those whose lifetime gifts to Sigma Pi total $50,000 or more.

Lothar I. Iversen ('26)*

A R KA N SAS

CAL STATE LONG BEACH

L. Nelson Farris ('63) CAL STATE FULLERTON

PGS Larry P. Rovira ('80) CAL STATE FULLERTON

Michael J. Simmons ('83) ILLINOIS

ARKANSAS STATE

Ricky L. Marshall ('88) CALIFORNIA

Founders’ Society Named in honor of the four founders of Sigma Pi, the Founders Society recognizes those whose lifetime gifts to Sigma Pi total $100,000 or more.

UCLA

Daniel F. Breeden ('55)

GEORGIA GEORGIA

Allen W. Yee ('96) I N DI A N A

Buddy G. Beck ('55) CALIFOR N I A UC SANTA BARBARA

Gary S. Grubacich ('65)* 58

INDIANA VALPARAISO

Paul W. Hansen ('77) INDIANA

Paul L. Hertenstein ('40)* Raymond E. McCaslin ('37)*

VALPARAISO

Wilbur H. Hutchins ('60)*

ARKA N SAS ARKANSAS STATE

Roger C. Claar ('65) Ronald D. Tredennick ('74)

Ray A. Carlisle ('36)*

A LABAMA AUBURN

EASTERN ILLINOIS

P E N N SY LVA N I A TEMPLE

PGS Donald J. Cox ('53) F R I E N DS O F S I G M A P I

I OWA IOWA

PGS Stephen C. Lawler ('78) K E N TU C KY MURRAY STATE

Les L. Wright ('68)

Walter S. Rovira Sr.* Summer 2020

Sigma Pi Educational Foundation MASSACH U SET TS

A R KA N SAS

Kevin D. Farmer ('93)

BRIDGEWATER STATE

ARKANSAS

PGS Edward R. Levesque ('89)

Ronald E. Yeager ('65)

MISSISSI P P I MISSISSIPPI

PGS James S. Verplanck ('59)

SOUTHERN ARKANSAS

Lester C. "Jay" Joern Jr. ('69) UMSL

Eddie G. Smith ('69) MISSOURI STATE

Basil J. Boritzki ('48)* Robert L. Merriman ('48)*

N ORTH CAR OL I N A WAKE FOREST

Richard P. Soja ('83)

Robert C. Gau ('73) Rande D. Johnsen ('77) PGS John J. Merino Jr. ('55) Edward A. Mora ('90) David L. Newberg ('78) Andrew Salas ('74) Stephen M. Zotovich ('73) Howard L. Vierra ('64) UCLA

David J. Finkel ('84) Carl V. Moroney ('52) Matthew A. Sumrow ('88) William D. Meyer ('41)*

David G. Cromwell ('50)*

CO LO R A D O

Tim R. Quick ('98) K E N TU C KY MOREHEAD STATE

Daniel C. Daugherty ('88) Patrick G. Reimer ('94) MURRAY STATE

James T. Jennings ('90) PGS E. Andrew Morris ('68) David A. Presson ('77) M A RY L A N D

Paul N. Singer ('69) MI C H I G A N DETROIT-MERCY

F LO R I DA FLORIDA

Robert J. Kelso ('86)

BELOIT

James W. Espy ('67)

IOWA STATE

Nicholas J. Zeisler ('93)

VIRGINIA

WISCON SI N

I OWA

COLORADO STATE

VIRGI N I A

PGS Gary B. Tash ('65)

PGS John D. Kitch ('70)

MARYLAND

OREG ON OREGON STATE

INDIANA

CAL STATE LONG BEACH

SAN JOSE STATE

Joseph V. Palazzolo ('00) David A. Reale ('92)

Charles L. Young ('76)*

PURDUE CALIFORNIA

NEW JER SEY MONMOUTH

WESTERN ILLINOIS

Mason Cozart ('77) PGS Darrell L. Spriggs ('55)*

MISSO U R I MISSOURI

SIU-CARBONDALE

GEORGIA

John D. Dinka ('79) FERRIS STATE

Brian D. Kurisky ('07) OAKLAND

Robert D. Pankau III ('02)

GEORGIA

Samuel W. Mann Jr. ('58) KENNESAW STATE

Jonathan A. Taylor ('96) Shadowwood Society Named after the traditional headquarters of Sigma Pi, the Shadowwood Society recognizes those whose lifetime gifts to Sigma Pi total $10,000 or more. sigmapi.org

ILLINOIS ILLINOIS

M I SS O U R I MISSOURI

Brian R. Akerson ('67) UMSL

Clifford A. Wilke ('77)

Paul W. Murdock ('12)* LOYOLA-CHICAGO

Craig E. Donnelly ('98) 59

Sigma Pi Educational Foundation NEW JER SEY NJIT

PGS Howard H. Beyer ('53) Russell J. Furnari ('75) Niles D. Leisti ('01)

F R I E N DS O F S I G M A P I

Donna Bushaw Mark Cranney Laura Curry Julia R. Olhausen

Brian P. Shaw ('64) CALIFORNIA-IRVINE

Taylor M. Lapsys ('04) LOYOLA MARYMOUNT

PGS Edward J. Panconi ('82)

ROWAN

SAN JOSE STATE

Charles N. Wahl ('88)

Stephen H. Caplan ('62) UC SANTA BARBARA

N EW YOR K

Arthur E. Engel ('65)

CORNELL

Thomas M. Garr ('73) Mircea R. Sfat ('41)* N ORTH CAROL I N A NORTH CAROLINA STATE

Emerald Society Named after the official jewel of Sigma Pi, the Emerald Society recognizes those whose lifetime gifts to Sigma Pi total $5,000 or more.

Jeffrey S. Cline ('85) OHIO AKRON

A R I ZO N A

Arizona State Shea M. Stickler ('89)

Gary B. Williams ('66) OHIO NORTHERN

Larry E. Niederkohr ('70) OHIO STATE

John L. Marshall ('67) OREGON OREGON STATE

Ian M. Itschner ('91) P EN N SY LVA N I A PENN STATE

Raymond J. Albed Sr. ('57)* William S. Cooper ('37)* TENNESS EE

ARKANSAS

Morris S. Arnold ('63) Dennis R. Young ('64) ARKANSAS STATE

John W. Allison ('66) Robert L. Ferralasco ('48) Robert A. Glasco ('91) Ronald R. Rhodes ('67) Louis E. Schaaf Sr. ('61) Robert M. Schoenborn Jr. ('65) Noah S. Sechrest Jr. ('54) Asa A. Crow ('55)* Randall L. Ford ('58)* Dallas C. Wood ('58)* CALIFORNIA

Mark M. Helmick ('76) Timothy J. Howell ('92) Claude S. Keyzers ('55) Princeton H. Kim ('94) Daniel P. McKenzie ('02) Richard C. Owens ('61) Ralph K. Rea ('51) Ronald C. Rule ('51) Steven H. Schechter ('86) Robert B. Webster ('82) Joseph F. Marsalek Jr. ('50)* Everett A. Rea ('47)* F LO R I DA FLORIDA

Scott G. Chastain ('89) GEORGIA COLUMBUS

Robert C. Crane ('84) EMORY

Edward G. Scruggs ('51) GEORGIA

William M. Reed II ('66) Harold G. Smith Jr. ('60) Michael C. Bushaw ('81)*

CAL STATE FULLERTON

UT-MARTIN

R. Todd Miller ('83) WISCONSI N WISCONSIN-OSHKOSH

Richard K. Dodge ('70)

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A R KA N SAS

UCLA

Michael R. McDonald ('78) CAL STATE LONG BEACH

Gerald E. Bergeron ('58) Brian M. Devot ('95) James E. Mahoney ('61) Frank R. Newell ('69) Paul A. Owen ('91) Michael K. Ryan ('61)

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Gerald E. Schultz ('60) ILLINOIS WESLEYAN

John A. Michelich ('75) NORTHERN ILLINOIS

Peter Roknich ('59)

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Frank P. Bevilacqua ('69)

INDIANA

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Edward W. Rogers ('49) Donald P. King ('40)*

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John P. Davis ('68) IOWA

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Eugene T. Hibbs ('91) PARSONS

Robert W. Mason ('64) KANSAS KANSAS

Ronald P. Smiley ('58) KEN TU C KY MOREHEAD STATE

David R. Bailey ('79)

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Mark Levin ('69) MICHI G A N DETROIT-MERCY

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NEW JERSEY NJIT

Stephen P. Fronapfel ('67) Douglas F. Hambor ('77) Robert S. Hattersley ('50) Curt R. Koeppen ('67) Thomas R. Luciano ('67) John J. McCann ('79) Harry G. Clarke ('41)*

Robert C. Straub ('25)* WESTERN MICHIGAN

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Gilbert K. Glenn ('60)* PENN STATE

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Steven R. Ochmanski ('90)

William J. Schmitt ('62)

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Anthony C. Perry ('52) TE N N E SS E E UT-MARTIN

Christopher J. Monte ('87) F R I E N DS O F S I G MA PI

George Barker Sarah H. Broecker Bruce Burrow Janice Fitzhenry Jerry Halsey Jr. Robert L. Potts Julie Wage

Edgar C. Voress ('72)

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wo years ago, full preparations were being made by active chapters and the national organization for a normal collegiate year. The international situation was far from being promising, but nevertheless, things in America were going along pretty much as usual.

The entrance of the United States into the war in December 1941 did not immediately affect fraternities, and during the first two years of the war, Sigma Pi and most fraternities did much to improve in membership and financial condition.

The enlistment and drafting of undergraduates at first was scarcely noticeable, but as the war program gathered momentum, more and more students were drawn from the colleges so that on the dawn of the third academic year of the war, we face the prospects of an average decrease in undergraduates chapter enrollments of from at least 60 to 80% of what they were two or three years ago. In some chapters, the percentage may be higher, and already in a few, every undergraduate is in uniform. What a far change from two years ago!

Almost without exception, the active chapters realized what conditions might have to be fared during a period of total war and, on the whole met the changing conditions with a fair degree of success. Increased rushing activities and stepped-up initiations, however, could not, in every case, keep pace with the rapid loss of men to the armed forces. Omega and Zeta were the first chapters which had to discontinue all undergraduate operations, followed

by Alpha-Lambda just before the close of the academic year just ending. They are dormant chapters, temporarily suspending activities for the duration, but with plan and prospects for reorganization after the close of hostilities.

Psi was forced to rent its house to a private individual, and Alpha-Zeta plans to do so this summer. Gamma rented its house to the Ohio State chapter of Delta-Upsilon. In all probability, there will either be no undergraduates back at these chapters in the fall, or so few that operation as a campus organization will be impractical or impossible and, therefore, they may have to be considered as dormant. At least seven Sigma Pi houses are being utilized for Army and Navy training units at various colleges. They are Mu, Nu, Sigma, Upsilon, Phi, Alpha-Delta, and Alpha-Theta.

Phi chapter is temporarily using another fraternity house.

Members of Alpha-Theta have been operating a house

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In this series, we share past articles from the archives that are still relevant in today’s fraternal world.

The article was printed in The Emerald, Vol. 30, No. 2, in August 19431, and was written by HGS Harold Jacobsen (Kenyon 1921). jointly with members of Tau Kappa Epsilon. At the Missouri School of Mines, approximately 10 members of Pi Kappa Alpha are living at the Sigma Pi house.

With so few civilian students on some campuses, chapters are wondering if they should make any effort to rush and pledge men. Army and Navy trainees are eligible for fraternity membership, but the question has been raised as to whether or not a chapter without any house and with very limited activities, has sufficient to offer such men on a campus. The argument has been advanced that war-time initiates, deprived of the customary fellowship of group Summer 2020

Archives living and training in a fraternity house, may not have the interest in or loyalty to the fraternity that they should have, and therefore may not have a true value to the fraternity after the war. It seems that this argument has been raised by members who feel sure they will return to college when peace returns and that they are afraid that some such members might not be the kind they would have selected.

possible for all chapters without houses to rent a special room or store, but someplace, such as the room of one of the members or the home of some interested alumnus in the community, could be designed as the official headquarter for the duration. At Alpha-Kappa chapter, the home of Normand D. Edwards, alumni comptroller, is the meeting place for all brothers on the campus.

The dangers or chances that the fraternity or a chapter takes in initiating all possible men throughout the war become unimportant when compared with the advantages to be gained. It is far easier to strengthen and rebuild to normal a going organization than it is one which has completely stopped. The initial force required to move anything is always greater than the force necessary to keep it going after the resistance of a stationary condition has been removed. In other words, continuity and continued existence of an active chapter organization, even though it may only be a nucleus, is extremely important to the future of an undergraduate chapter.

This year, as never before, the need for new members will be extremely great, and the future or very existence of some chapters may depend upon what is clone during the next six months. In the same way that every citizen has to do his bit toward winning the war, every fraternity man has to do his bit to ensure the continued existence of his fraternity and his chapter. We can win the war and lose our fraternities if fraternity members are not men of action during a time of need. This applies to undergraduates as well as alumni, but since the vast majority of members who would normally be undergraduates are now in uniform, it evolves mainly upon the alumni to take up the reins. Even where active chapters are operating, the older senior and junior members have been called to duty, leaving less experienced and less mature men in charge. They need the guidance, advice, and counsel of alumni more than ever.

No chapter, therefore, should overlook any opportunity to pledge and initiate new members, no matter what the source of membership material. There is no reason why the men who join fraternities today should not be as good or better than them who joined yesterday¡ They need the inspiration and idealism of fraternities even more than during peacetime.

Representatives of the member fraternities of the National Interfraternity Conference met at a special meeting in New York last June, and the unanimous opinion and conclusion reached was that every possible effort should be made to maintain the continuity of undergraduate chapters.

Although the members may be scattered on a campus, it is possible to get them together regularly, to hold meetings and to promote mutual friendship and fraternalism, if the men possess the will to do so. When Alpha-Mu chapter had its house taken away for housing war workers, the chapter set up headquarters in a small store opposite the campus.

Although far from being ideal, it does provide a central meeting place and keeps the men together. It may not be

There are so many things which an alumnus can do that it seems needless to enumerate them, but a brief listing will serve two purposes; first, it will reveal to all what some alumni are doing; and second, it will suggest to alumni who can help, just what they can do.

Recommend prospects and assist in rushing! Whether an alumnus lives in a college community or not, he can recommend prospective members and help rush. Any unaffiliated civilian or trainee on a campus where there is a Sigma Pi chapter is a prospect. Submit his name and address to the chapter or the Executive Office, or use the convenient rushee recommendation blank provided in THE EMERALD. Tell young men going to college about Sigma Pi and also inform their parents about the true value of fraternities.

T H E R E ' S M O R E TO T H I S S TO R Y !

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