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JIM ALLISON WINS NOBEL • REMEMBERING CHARLIE BLAISDELL

CHAI RMAN’S LETTE R Brothers, Friends, and Parents, Change is often viewed with feelings of suspicion, apprehension, and even opposition. This may be especially true as we get older (and supposedly wiser) and as stewards for an organization that is about to celebrate its 175th anniversary. But change can be healthy, revitalizing, and necessary.

Many of us fondly remember the lyrics to “Son of a DKE” and the line from the sophomore verse that ends “And I paralyzed the Freshmen with my yarns of DKE.” We all enjoy returning to our chapters and recounting the highlights of our time on campus. And often these stories are about how things were different then, with the implication that it was better, or more traditional, or more “DKE.” The reality is that we are a better, stronger, and more resilient organization today than we probably have been in at least half a century. We prepare our members better for their roles, give them more tools to be successful, and set clearer expectations for them. But we can certainly continue to improve and there are numerous opportunities to do so.

Whenever we celebrate a milestone birthday, in addition to celebrating, we also reflect upon and reassess our personal priorities. DKE is hitting such a milestone in 2019 and it seems appropriate to do the same. The celebrating is the easy part; I invite everyone to join us in nine different cities throughout North America and the culminating gala in New York City on Founders Day, June 22, 2019. Visit dke.org/175th for details on all of the events.

However, to truly celebrate we must also consider what got us to this point and plan for the future. We need to capitalize on our strengths, reflect on the opportunities where we can improve, and reassess the threats that impact the entire fraternal system. We will do this within the framework of a strategic planning process that the Board is currently undertaking.

This process will include a strategic vision for the future of DKE and a re-examination of our 1980s-era Constitution. Our recently instituted Undergraduate Advisory Board will play a significant role in this process and I invite anyone who would like to participate to contact me.

The input of alumni and parents is critical to the success of this process so I look forward to hearing from you.

Change is also occurring on our Board with the retirement of two members and the appointment of one. Brother Grant Burnyeat, Phi Alpha ’69, announced his retirement in August after serving ten years on the Board. Among his many notable contributions is the “This Day in DKE History” feature on our Facebook page and curating the largest collection of known DKE memorabilia (housed at the University of British Columbia chapter). Having long served as our unofficial Archivist and Historian, we are grateful that we will continue to benefit from his tremendous institutional knowledge.

Brother Matt McQueen, Beta Gamma ’03, has also departed the Board but will remain as a key contributor to the strategic planning process that he initially spearheaded and I very much appreciate his contributions to the organization.

Finally, I am grateful to the Board for confirming Greg Miarecki, Delta Delta ’94, as our newest Board member given his extensive experience leading non-profit boards through similar exercises. Brother Miarecki will chair the Board’s strategic planning committee and work closely with the Board, staff, and our many stakeholders to position DKE for another 175 years of providing young men the opportunity to become gentlemen, scholars, and jolly good fellows.

In the Bonds,

Michael Peters Delta Delta – University of Chicago ’90 Chairman, Delta Kappa Epsilon International

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ALLISON WINS NOBEL

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175TH UPDATE

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ALPHA PHI AT 120 COVER STORY

JED HOYER

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BETA BIRTHDAY GALA

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PENNSYLVANIA BROTHERS IN EVERY ISSUE

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PUBLISHED BY Delta Kappa Epsilon International 3001 Plymouth Road, Suite 205 Ann Arbor, MI 48105 (734) 302-4210 www.dke.org DKE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Michael Peters, Delta Delta ’90, Chairman Peter Tripp, Phi Gamma ’93, Vice Chairman Ross Wigle, Alpha Phi ’79, Treasurer Charles Jones, Eta ’56, Honorary President Craig Lengyel, Gamma ’89, Honorary President Neilson Brown, Beta ’67 Cory Crenshaw, Tau Lambda ’01 Bob Green, Eta ’69 Carl Haynes, Beta Tau ’19 Dan Johnson, Sigma Alpha ’77 Stan McMillan, Gamma ’89 John McNeil, Psi ’79 Craig Miarecki, Delta Delta ’94 Mason Morjikian, Lambda ’88 Kevin O’Bryon, Tau Lambda ’77 Terry Stewart, Phi Chi ’69 DKE HQ STAFF Executive Director: Doug Lanpher, Gamma ’77 Associate Executive Director; Mike Hilts, Gamma ’76 Director of Chapter Services: Craig Dick, Phi Alpha ’16 Director of Alumni Services: Turner Spears, Lambda Tau ’16 Chapter Consultant: Tommy Desch, Delta ’17 Chapter Consultant: Torrey Talifer, Omicron ’18 Expansion Consultant: Christian Cummings, Epsilon Rho ’18

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HQ REPORT Greetings to all Deke Brothers and Friends! I like DKE is moving ahead in many positive directo use this space to give you a sense of developtions, with planned reactivations of two of our ments in DKE and in the fraternity industry. Yes, it oldest chapters within the next year or so, at Ole really is an industry, because fraternity members Miss (2019) and Vanderbilt (2019-20). Our alums have such a large impact in higher education, and at Kappa Epsilon (University of Washington) are on all aspects of society. also taking steps to get a restart going soon. We There are about 75 men’s fraternities, reprecontinue to increase the professionalism of our senting 6,200 chapters in North America. About staff, most recently by stepping outside of the 384,000 undergraduate college men are members ranks of DKE to hire a Director of Health and Safety of fraternities, and there are 4,200,000 living male Initiatives, Trey Robb. More on Trey later in this isGreek alumni. sue, but he brings a new perspective to our team, DKE belongs to the North American Interfraternity as he’s worked on the university side of things for Conference (NIC), which is a great forum for professeveral years. sionals and volunteers to discuss topics and issues Planning for our 175th anniversary (aka the “quarthat affect us all, and is also a governance body for toseptcentennial” but we’ll stick with 175th) is movits 66 member fraternities. The NIC has taken strong ing ahead rapidly, and even though the main event Doug Lanpher, leadership lately in the area of health and safety iniis seven months away, we’re actively in the planning Executive Director tiatives. In particular, I’d like to mention one recent stages. There is more later in this issue about our action taken by the NIC, because it represents a 175th anniversary, but if you think you might like substantial step toward making fraternities safer. At to attend the New York gala, please make your reservation now. Many its annual meeting, NIC members (including DKE) voted unanimously alumni groups are reserving entire tables (10 seats). The regional events to require its members to ban hard alcohol from all fraternity events will be much fun as well. unless served by a licensed third party vendor. So, only beer and wine Our third annual Chapter Presidents Conference (Brother Beta will be allowed at fraternity events. The DKE Board has adopted this Academy) will be held in Washington D.C. in January. We expect this policy, and it will go into effect next September. The most serious and meeting to continue gaining momentum with increased attendance harmful instances of alcoholic consumption occur when hard alcohol and strong content. is present. Beer and wine are still dangerous (and illegal for anyone At the Board level, we recently took the unhappy but necessary step under 21 in the U.S.), but it is over-consumption of hard alcohol that of closing a chapter at the University of Delaware, for violations of risk creates the most serious problems. management policies. But on a more positive note, we are kicking off We will communicate with our undergraduates and alumni voluna strategic planning process to determine future directions to meet the teers more about this in the coming months, so they understand how needs of our student and alumni members. Anyone who might like to to implement the policy. We are aware that there will be resistance to participate in this process, please contact Michael Peters or me. the policy, and that we will have to educate and enforce, but since it is On a personal note I wish to thank Grant Burnyeat (Phi Alpha-UBC) an industry-wide decision, it won’t put our chapters at a disadvantage. for his service on the DKE Board. Grant recently stepped down after ten This policy also applies to events sponsored by alumni groups years as a Board member, where I always appreciated his advice and where undergrads are present... if hard alcohol is present it must be counsel. He’s also a walking encyclopedia about DKE; I always thought controlled by a third party vendor. As I said, we’ll conduct educationI was pretty good at Deke history, but Grant puts me to shame! al programming about this between now and next September.

We are excited about the future of DKE, and we look forward to One other bit of industry news that we are watching closely is in staying in touch with all of our wonderful alumni and friends. We Connecticut, where a group of female students at Yale is challenging welcome any suggestions you may have for this magazine or for our the single sex status of fraternities, on the grounds that by excludoperation in general. ing women, fraternities are violating their rights. DKE has joined My best fraternal wishes to one and all! in a coalition of eight other fraternities to fight this, as we strongly believe that we are private organizations which should have the right In the Bonds, to establish our membership policies. We also support the right of a private organization to admit members of both sexes if it so chooses.

We stand strongly in unison with others in our industry to support our rights as private organizations.

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DKE APPOINTS ROBB AS FULL-TIME HEALTH & SAFETY OFFICER

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ne of the best ways a fraternity headquarters can serve its chapters is by providing advice and handson guidance in matters of risk management. To that end, Delta Kappa Epsilon has hired James Allen Robb III to fill a newlycreated, full time position on the International HQ staff, as Director of Health & Safety Initiatives.

Robb, who goes by the nickname Trey, is 29 and boasts an impressive record of creating, implementing and overseeing all health and safety initiatives regarding hazing, drugs, alcohol, sexual misconduct and other educational needs at the collegiate level. After working with thousands of students at major universities, he is excited about joining DKE and its team of administrators and chapter consultants.

“Every chapter in Delta Kappa Epsilon must have access to the best guidance we can offer in risk management,” said DKE Executive Director Doug Lanpher. “We need to show our

young brothers how to always conduct themselves as gentlemen, scholars and jolly good fellows, and we think Trey Robb, working with our professional staff, is the ideal person to help us reach this goal. Our staff is available 24/7 to meet the risk management needs of undergraduate Deke, and Trey, working fulltime, will be able to help and advise each of our chapters.”

This appointment marks an important precedence for the Fraternity, as it is the first director-level appointment of a leader who comes to the team not as a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon. Robb is a member of Kappa Sigma Fraternity, so he brings an appropriate and useful perspective of someone who was in Greek Life during his days

on campus. More importantly for DKE, though, he brings in a level of professionalism and work experience in educational program development and delivery in key areas that are vital for our undergraduate members.

Robb, who earned a Bachelor of Science degree at East Tennessee State, also holds a masters in higher education administration from North Texas State University; in that masters program, he concentrated in student affairs. From there, Robb took a job as Inter Fraternity Council advisor at Texas Tech, where he had a shocking and distressful introduction to the demands of risk management at a major university.

“In my first week on the job, three students at Texas Tech – all members of Greek life -- died in separate alcohol-related accidents,” Trey said. “It was recruitment week and these tragedies brought home to me the importance of providing a safe environment for students.”

Because he was brand new on the job, Robb reached out to professionals in the Greek life industry. “At Texas Tech it was just the dean of students and me who were

responding to these incidents,” Robb recalled. “Fortunately, two outstanding leaders in the field, Dr. Lori Hart and Kim Novak, worked with me to give me valuable on the job training. Those first few months at Texas Tech set me on my life’s course, which to help young people.”

Robb is a firm believer in the value of the fraternity system because he’s seen how membership in a chapter can fundamentally change lives.

“In the right fraternity setting, a student can learn teamwork and develop skills such as leadership,” he said. “I’ve seen young men come to college needing a place to belong, and in the ideal setting they can experience a brotherly feeling, while the people around them cheer them on.”

Robb, who plans to work out of his home near Knoxville, TN., said he hopes DKE brothers will come to see him as a resource.

“The reason I got into this field is to work with young men, and my goal is to meet with as many members in face-to-face settings as possible,” he said.

Robb believes fraternities are still relevant because they’re

DKE UNVEILS STANDARDS OF EXCELLENCE PROGRAM

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elta Kappa Epsilon is pleased to announce the DKE Standards of Excellence Program. Hosted on DekeUnited, the fraternity’s online platform for everything from roster updates to online dues paying to a library of educational resources, the new Standards of Excellence program is an annual measurement system designed to objectively gauge chapter performance in four key areas of chapter activities: Membership, Operations, Administrative, and Risk Management.

DKE International’s objectives for the program include giving HQ the ability to consistently recognize our chapters for success they have, as well as to identify chapters that may need some targeted consulting help.

Throughout the year, chapters will be asked to collect and submit a variety of forms, many of which they already submit, such as active or new member rosters. Others are new, such as philanthropy and community service and new member education plans. All the forms chapters need can be found at the HQ Docs tab on DekeUnited.

After a chapter completes form submissions, its performance in the various categories are compared to the standard in each category. Then, DKE HQ will send the chapter’s executive board a summary of its Standards of Excellence assessment, including an overall score, category scores, and personalized feedback. These scores and feedback will be used to build an individualized consulting plan for the chapter.

Because this is a brand new program, chapter scores for this academic year will help DKE establish baseline standards by which to evaluate chapters in the future. Then, it will be expected that chapters will have to achieve minimum standards to remain active chapters in good standing with DKE HQ.

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DEKE NEWS value-based organizations.

“One of the big jobs of a fraternity is to help their members become important and successful members of society – to do the right thing and make a positive impact in the community.”

In his most recent position at the University of Tennessee, Robb oversaw the progress of nearly 5,000 students in 42 organizations. “Trey loves working with students, and DKE should be well served by his interest, passion and experience in helping them,” Lanpher said.

“I think DKE is making a bold move by hiring a full-time person to help create a safe environment at all of its chapters,” Robb said.

“It’s a challenge that I can’t wait to begin.”

TORREY TALIFER JOINS DEKE STAFF

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orrey Talifer, Omicron ’18, is aiming for a great career in dentistry. But before he heads off to dental school, the recent University of Michigan graduate will put solid people skills and a passion for community service to work for Delta Kappa Epsilon. Torrey just signed on to serve as Chapter Consultant for DKE, eager to help guide undergraduate officers and chapter members in improving their operations.

In his new role, Talifer will act as the primary liaison between DKE

International and our chapters, as well as alumni, and the universities. He has already hit the road to visit and coach 17 DKE chapters in several midwestern and northeastern states.

Besides majoring in neuroscience to prepare for dental school, Talfier also minored in entrepreneurship at Michigan. He says his favorite course was “Succeeding at Failing,” a popular class taught by former CEO of multiple renewable energy ventures Walt Borland, from whom he “learned about maintaining a positive attitude and forward progress by managing through bad breaks, and mistakes, and not letting trials and tribulations derail you altogether.”

For the Omicron chapter, he was VP of External Affairs.

Getting the involvement and needed traction was sometimes as struggle, he admits, but Talifer did gain an appreciation for the level of work and commitment needed for many projects, and says he looks forward to helping inspire undergraduate efforts at many DKE chapters.

While at Michigan, Talifer also built a foundation of skills that will help him serve as a DKE chapter consultant. He was resident advisor in his senior year, managing over 70 students. “I learned one of the best ways to lead students is to give them the information and tools to make decisions on their own, rather than just telling them what they’re supposed to do, or make decisions for them,” Torrey said. “Guidance has to be tailored, specific to the individual, and has to allow for the input and creativity of the student. I want to bring that same kind of ‘custom’ coaching to the job of Chapter Consultant.”

Now he’s immersed in the full-

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Sigma Kappa spruces up chapter house with PBRI bonus.

RECRUITMENT EFFORTS PAY OFF FOR DKE CHAPTERS

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few weeks ago, the Sigma Kappa chapter at Michigan State received over $11,000 from DKE headquarters, and Sigma Alpha-Virginia Tech received a payment over $2,500. That’s because these DKE chapters grew their member rolls substantially this past year, from September 2017 to September 2018.

These payments were just two among several in a program DKE began last year--one that continues this year, as well. The program, Performance-Based Recruitment Incentives (PBRI), was designed to help incentivize and support chapters who work to improve their recruitment practices. An objective is to help chapters grow by fostering the view that recruitment is a 365-days-a-year proposition, rather than a few key weeks each semester.

The program rewards DKE chapters who show net growth of more than 10% of their baseline size during the year. This year, DKE HQ disbursed incentive payments to eight chapters that showed net growth ranging from a 17% boost for Tau AlphaMcGill to 48% growth at Alpha Omicron colony in Boulder, plus a more than doubling to 70 members by Sigma Kappa. Three chapters showing growth of nearly one-third were Sigma RhoStanford, Delta Delta-Chicago, and Sigma Alpha-Virginia Tech.

Sigma Kappa is using some of the extra revenue to spruce up the DKE chapter house; improvements started with new crimson letters adorning the wall at the house entrance.

time role at DKE, but working for DKE is not new for Torrey. He’s been a fixture at DKE’s Ann Arbor headquarters for nearly three years, working part-time as an administrative intern.

Torrey, who enjoys basketball, hiking, and boxing, grew up in suburban Detroit, attending Cranbrook Kingswood high school in Bloomfield Hills.

It was when he first moved to the Detroit suburbs that Talifer discovered the fulfillment that

comes from doing community service.

“I helped in our community church, and learned that I had a passion for helping others, that I always gravitated to jobs where I could do good for others.”

That passion showed up in volunteer work Talifer contributed, both in the Alpha Phi Omega community service fraternity on the Michigan campus, and in a dental clinic

in downtown Ann Arbor. And, he expects to continue it in his service as a chapter consultant.

TAU DELTA PLANS TO TOAST 50 AND 175 IN TENNESSEE

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ext year is a special year for all Dekes, when our Fraternity hosts galas throughout the land in honor of our 175th anniversary. But 2019 will be an extra special year at the Tau Delta chapter, in Sewanee, Tennessee. There Brothers will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Delta Kappa Epsilon’s chapter founding at the University of the South, on the weekend of Feb. 22-24.

Naturally, the dual anniversaries in one year have inspired a special dual

celebration, which the alumni have dubbed “Celebrate DKE.” A weekend full of activities includes a program on the Dekes who served as President of the United States, a memorial service and plaque dedication for Dekes who have entered the Mystic Circle, breakfasts on Saturday and Sunday at the McGriff Alumni House, and a dinner dance on Friday. The main event will be Saturday’s grand banquet at Craven Halls, with a keynote speaker to be announced.

Save the dates and make your plans to attend. For information on how to get involved, or how to register, contact The Rev. Jeff C. Lowe, Tau Delta, ’77, at jeff.c.lowe55@ gmail.com.

PARDON THE INTERRUPTION: DKE DIRECTORY CALLS AND EMAILS

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oes it feel like someone is tracking you? In today’s electronically-connected world, it is common to worry about sharing your contact information. But we want you to know that Delta Kappa Epsilon is, indeed, seeking information from you. We are in the midst of an “Alumni Verification” campaign, updating our records while we prepare to print a DKE Member Directory. So, please forgive the intrusion. A directory publisher we are working with -- PCI, or Publishing Concepts Inc. in Dallas, TX -- is calling and emailing members, to make sure we have the most complete information possible. Your assistance and cooperation is appreciated, and it will help us produce a more comprehensive and accurate DKE directory, one that is due to be released before our fraternity celebrates its 175th anniversary next June.

additional events are expected to be added to the calendar soon; buttons for these events are also listed at the website, so you can register your interest. These cities are Houston, Boston, Vancouver, and Toronto.

CELEBRATING THE 175TH IN MANY PLACES, MANY WAYS

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he love we have for DKE runs deep in many of us, so Delta Kappa Epsilon alumni across the land have extended a helping hand to establish several regional celebrations to help ring in our 175th year. Multiple events across the land will make sure more Dekes have the opportunity to join in and raise your toasts in a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, even if a visit to New York next June isn’t in the cards.

Right now, DKE has 6 regional events fully planned from April thru early June, in Washington D.C., Chicago, Nashville, New Orleans, and Atlanta. These events are accepting online reservations, at www.dke.org/175th. Four

Save these dates! Confirmed calendar for 175th Anniversary Events: Washington, D.C., April 27, 2019-University Club of DC hosted by DKE Board member and 175th Anniversary cochair, Bob Green, Eta ’69.

Vancouver, B.C. - March 22, 2019, location TBD Chicago, May 18, 2019-Union League Club Nashville, TN, May 18, 2019-celebration at the Nashville Underground on Broadway.

New Orleans, LA, June 1, 2019-Southern Yacht Club.

Atlanta, GA, Sept, 21, 2019-hosted by Michael Bell, Psi Delta ’86.

ARE YOU CONNECTED? WHAT’S ON YOUR SCREEN?

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ave you gone “all in” yet? If you haven’t explored the new DKE networking platform fashioned after LinkedIn, check it out. Deke undergraduate members started signing up this August and September, and by early October more than 300 were on board, on top the first 910 alumni who added profiles on DekeConnect!

The program gives all Dekes, alumni and undergraduates alike, the chance to network with other Dekes. And, while LinkedIn focuses on career and job networking, DekeConnect does that, and more, linking folks with kindred interests. DekeConnect can bring people together on all sorts of fronts, whether it is a love of golf, get-togethers like a DKE alumni luncheon or Founders Day celebrations, or an alum helping a young grad or undergrad do some job hunting in a particular field.

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DEKE NEWS KENYON DEKES HONOR WORLD WAR II FLIER HAL IRA GRACE

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ekes from the Lambda Chapter gathered on October 27 in the Kenyon College cemetery in Gambier, Ohio, to place a commemorative marker to honor fallen World

War II flier 1st Lt. Hal Ira Grace.

A member of the Kenyon class of 1943, Brother Grace left college in the spring of 1942 to volunteer for military service after the attack at Pearl Harbor.

Lt. Grace’s B-24 Liberator was shot down 75 years ago on September 11, 1943 during a

DKE HEARS FROM UNDERGRADUATES ON INAUGURAL ADVISORY Delta Kappa Epsilon headquarters staff always want to hear from undergraduates about life in local DKE chapters.

That’s especially true of the good news, so we can help celebrate the brotherhood. But we also want to hear about the bad, and the ugly--with hopes that DKE leaders and programs can provide support and solutions for the challenges.

Now, DKE has formalized a way to hear more from its 52 chapters. The Fraternity has just Advisory Board member launched a new structure to help Kyle Webster, Delta ’20 undergraduates communicate with DKE headquarters. The new Undergraduate Advisory Board is a panel of 12 members, representatives from chapters across North America, who will participate in monthly phone conferences and share views about the issues of concern in their chapters, offer feedback on the services that DKE International provides, and share ideas on how DKE HQ might better support our nearly 2,500 undergraduate members.

The inaugural meeting of the board took place on Sunday, Oct. 14, bringing together the voices of a good range of class levels and leadership experience. Pulling up seats at the table are four seniors, seven juniors and two sophomores. The roles these panelists fill for their local chapters cover a broad array as well, from Brother Betas to Social Chair to Philanthropy and Risk Management, New Member Educator, and House Manager.

Inaugural members who will serve a one-year term, are: Robert Denniston, Phi ’20; Cole Lombardi, Kappa ’21; Max Hurst, Phi Epsilon ’19; Benjamin Morgenthal, Rho ’20; Nolan Halal, Theta Zeta ’19; Philippe Masson, Tau Alpha ’20; Jacob Karaul, Theta Chi ’20; Demetri Maxim, Sigma Rho ’20; Max Friedman, Beta Phi ’21; Patrick McGlaun, Iota ’19; Kyle Webster, Delta ’20 (shown above); and Craig Scherin, Epsilon Rho ’20. The panel is chaired

by Carl Haynes, Beta Tau ’19, who was elected in June as the Undergraduate member of the DKE Board of Directors.

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bombing mission in Makassar, Indonesia. The entire crew was lost, and the plane and the crew’s remains have never been recovered.

A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Grace was trained as a Bombardier in the 5th Air Force, 380th Bombardment Group in the 530th Bombardment Squadron.

Grace and the plane’s crew have been memorialized at the American Cemetery on the Walls of the Missing in Taguig City, Philippines, but there is no memorial to him in the United States.

“It is fitting that we honor Lt. Grace on the 75th anniversary of his death,” said Walter R. Butler, MD, Lambda ’68, who is president of the fraternity’s alumni association and a veteran of the U.S. Army. “This memorial to our fallen brother is to honor his noble and selfless service, and in a larger sense to also commemorate the men and women of that generation whose personal sacrifices during World War II continue to deserve the honor of those of us who follow.”

Lt. Grace’s sister, Mrs. Jeanne Margaret Griffith of Cleveland, Ohio, attended the ceremony as did Lt. Grace’s nephew, Hal

Griffith, a Kenyon graduate in 1971, and other family members.

Howard Sutherland, of the Kenyon class of 1979, who served as an infantry officer in the U.S. Marine Corps and a pilot in the U. S. Air Force, recalled the words of President George H. W. Bush, a Navy flier in WW II, and a Deke at Yale, at the Veterans Day National Ceremony in Arlington, Virginia in 1991: “We will not forget,” Brother Bush said. “We will not forget those who died. We will not forget those who do the hard work of freedom every day.

And we will never forget the POW’s and the MIA’s yet to be accounted for.”

Kenyon College President Sean M. Decatur welcomed the guests and offered opening remarks. The College Chaplain, Rev. Rachel Kessler, officiated at the ceremony, and the Knox County Honor Guard made a flag presentation.

The DKE alumni association is grateful for the support of Congressman Bob Gibbs of the 7th Congressional district of Ohio, whose staff provided invaluable research assistance into federal archives concerning Lt. Grace’s military service.

JIM ALLISON

REWARDED WITH NOBEL PRIZE FOR CANCER RESEARCH

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im Allison, Ph.D., an Omega Chi Deke who is on the verge of curing several types of cancer, has now been named winner of the 2018 Nobel prize in medicine. He will share the prize with Tasuko Honjo, a Japanese cancer researcher.

Brother Allison, 70, is chairman of immunology and executive director of the Immunology Platform at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Regular readers of the DEKE Quarterly will remember our Winter 2017 cover story about Brother Jim Allison.

“By stimulating the ability of our immune system to attack tumor cells, Dr. Allison has established an entirely new principle for cancer therapy,” the Nobel Assembly of Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, said. Allison will receive the $1 million award for launching an effective new way to attack cancer by treating the immune system rather than the tumor.

The prize recognizes Allison’s basic science discoveries on the biology of T cells, the adaptive immune system’s soldiers, and his invention of immune checkpoint blockade to treat cancer.

Medical writer Denise Grady said that checkpoint inhibitors do not work for everyone and have only been approved for some cancers. “But Dr. Allison succeeded where others have failed by deciphering exactly how cells were interacting so methods could be fine-tuned to control the immune system,” she said.

The checkpoint inhibitors now on the market are used to treat cancers of the lung, kidney, bladder, head and neck. They have also proved effective against aggressive skin cancer melanoma, Hodgkin lymphoma and other cancers.

The drugs based on the work of Dr. Allison and Honjo belong to a class of checkpoint inhibitors. The first one approved were ipilimumab (brand name Yervoy), nivolumab (Opdivo) and pembrolizumab (Keytruda).

Former President Jimmy Carter received a checkpoint inhibitor, Keytruda, in 2015 when melanoma had spread to his brain and liver. His last scan, in June, showed no cancer, according to the New York Times.

Allison told the Times that when checkpoint inhibitors work, patients “are good to go for a decade or more.” He said he was working with other researchers, including his wife, Dr. Padmanee Sharma, an oncologist at MD Anderson, to understand the

mechanisms so the treatments would help more patients. “It’s a big challenge,” Allison said, “but we know the basic rules now and it’s just a matter of more hard work to put things together based on science.”

Brother Allison said he first learned that he’d won the Nobel prize from calls and texts from family, friends and colleagues.

He said the Nobel committee could not reach him because he was in New York City at a conference, and the members did not have his cellphone number.

Dr. Jedd Wolchok, of New York’s Sloan Kettering Institute, who cheered the news of Allison’s award, recalled treating some patients with advanced melanoma who were among the first to receive the drug his colleague had developed. Allison is not a physician and does not directly treat patients, but he was working in the lab at Sloan Kettering one day in 2006 when Wolchok called and insisted that he come to the clinic immediately.

“There, Wolchok introduced him to a young woman who had been near death from melanoma, and who was now completely free of cancer after only four doses of the drug Allison had developed,” the Times reported. Upon hearing the news and meeting Sharon Belvin, Allison wept.

“Mrs. Belvin went on to run half marathons, has remained healthy, is married with two children and recently attended Allison’s birthday party,” according to the Times.

Brother Allison grew up in the small oil town of Alice, Texas, the youngest of three brothers. His father was a country doctor and his mother a homemaker. His mother was seriously ill for several years, but never mentioned that she was suffering from lymphoma until shortly before her death. Young Jim, then 11, held her hand as she passed away. He was touched again by cancer when two uncles died of the disease.

Allison showed promise in science at an early age, and his teachers suggested that he take correspondence courses from the University of Texas. He graduated early and enrolled at U.T. at the age of 16. He pledged DKE at Omega Chi that year and his U.T. fraternity brothers say he has remained a loyal Deke all these years. They added that they’re proud to have a worldrenowned scientist in their midst. w w w.d ke.o rg

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A YEAR OF CELEBRATION! Delta Kappa Epsilon’s 175th Anniversary

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n June 22nd, 2019, Delta Kappa Epsilon turns 175 years old. This key milestone is one that few fraternities, or organizations in general, have ever achieved and none have done with such an impact.

Throughout our history, DKE has produced a plethora of leaders in business, science, politics, sports, and literature that have shaped the world we live in today. From the Colgate toothpaste we use every day to the unparalleled national parks we visit on vacation, DKE has produced men that have, and continue to, leave their mark on the world. Most importantly, however, you are part of this extraordinary achievement!

Your commitment to our Fraternity has allowed it to thrive through the best and hardest times of our 175 year history.

As an active, you forged the bonds of brotherhood in your chapter that propelled the organization forward, creating an environment steeped in lifelong friendship and personal achievement. As an alumnus, your steadfast commitment shared your experience with the next generation. Because of this, we want you to join us in a year of celebration!

To commemorate the anniversary, Dekes will gather at the DKE Club of New York to enjoy a gala celebration on June 21st-22nd, 2019. Featuring Bloomberg Chairman Peter Grauer, Beta ’68, the weekend includes a series of events leading to a capstone banquet the evening of the 22nd, as well as an after party. To register, or for more information on the weekend, visit dke.org/175th.

Can’t make it to New York? Join us at a Regional Celebration!

Starting in March 2019, Dekes from Vancouver to New Orleans will be celebrating throughout the year in different locations. Pick a city near you, near your chapter, or both! To register, or for more information on the Regional Celebrations, visit dke.org/175th.

In the words of Charlie Blaisdell, “Deke is not good because we’re old; we’re old because we’re good.” No matter how you

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choose to celebrate this great achievement, we urge you to join us in a year of celebrations.

Thank you for strengthening our brotherhood and bonds, now and forever!

PLEASE HELP US CELEBRATE THE 175th

Are you a DKE alumnus brother who would like to be recognized as a sponsor of the upcoming 175th Anniversary Weekend and Gala? That would not only help us defray some costs of the celebration in New York June 2019 but also show your support of the international fraternity.

“We would be honored to have individual alumni brothers support the weekend,” said Jim Gray Beta ’70, sponsorship director for the anniversary activities. “These funds will help us a great deal as we celebrate such an important anniversary for our brotherhood.”

For a $100 contribution, an alumnus will be listed in the gala program as a member of the “175th Honor Roll.”

If your company or firm would like to be a sponsor, there are packages ranging from $500 to $1,500. In return, the company can run a print ad in the program.

All sponsors, including the “Honor Roll” brothers, will be recognized in the special DEKE Quarterly 175th edition to be distributed the night of June 22, 2019. You will be thanked by our speakers that night, as well, as we toast the anniversary at the DKE Club.

If you would like to support the 175th as an individual Honor Roll brother, please write a check to Delta Kappa Epsilon for $100 with “Honor Roll Brother” in the note section and mail to: Jim Gray, DKE International, 3001 Plymouth Rd., Suite 205, Ann Arbor, MI 48105.

If your company or organization would like to support the 175th with a print ad in the celebration program, please contact Jim Gray at jamesagrayiii@gmail.com.

ALPHA PHI: CANADIAN PIONEER CHAPTER TURNS 120

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he chapter at University of Toronto that, when chartered in November 1898, turned DKE into an International Fraternity, celebrated its 120th anniversary last month in Toronto. An elegant black-tie optional banquet was superbly planned and orchestrated by Deke alums from Alpha Phi ’03, John Danner and Andrij Harasymowycz, the latter who served as event chair and master of ceremonies.

The gala drew more than 80 Dekes spanning six decades to the Sassafraz restaurant in the heart of Toronto’s trendy Yorkville District and was a delightful projection into Alpha Phi’s present and future. The primary objective was the marking of a distinguished history that helped foster the development of many young men into formidable leaders of companies, communities, and government.

Over the decades, Alpha Phi has helped cultivate more than its share of leaders, among them the Hon. George Alexander Drew, prime minister of Ontario (a title now known as the premier) from 1943-1948, and Donald “Thumper” Macdonald, who passed into the Mystic Circle just days before chapter’s 120th anniversary. Macdonald served as the President of the Queen’s Privy Council in the late 1960s, and later went on to serve in Pierre Trudeau’s cabinet as minister of natural resources, energy, defense and finally, finance. Brother Philip Robson, ’75, conducted a Mystic Circle ceremony to open the banquet, honoring Brother Macdonald and all our DKE brothers who have passed on.

Of attendees at the grand affair, from most-senior John Hinrichs, ’66, to DKE Board of Directors member Ross Wigle, ’79, to a dozen of Alpha Phi’s newest members, who accepted bids just weeks before, all were treated to a surprise visit by the coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike Babcock, Tau Alpha ’86, plus an inspirational keynote address by Tom Wright, Alpha Phi ’76.

Brother Wright has held executive positions in several venerable sports-related organizations, including serving as the

A surprise visit by Mike Babcock, coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs, made Alpha Phi’s anniversary celebration even more special.

Babcock (second from left) is accompanied by Thomas Robson ’18, and three alums from the class of 2003, John Danner, Andrij Harasymowycz and Ryan DeMello.

Tom Wright, Alpha Phi ’76, delivered a lively keynote address.

11th commissioner of the Canadian Football League, and as chief executive of Adidas-Canada, Salomon North America, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship (the world’s leading promoter of mixed martial arts). For Alumni and actives surround NHL coach Mike Babcock at the Dekes, Wright’s message Sassafraz restaurant, site of the 120th anniversary of Alpha Phi. was a wonderful tale of how his time at Alpha Phi helped prepare him to become the successful leader he has been in win the trophy in back-to-back years. several roles over many decades. His speech The evening also witnessed the customary identified three elements from his days as toast, not to the honored Alpha Phi, but to an undergraduate Deke that served him Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen throughout his life: being productive after of Canada, which the banquet master of prolonged sleep deprivation; the importance ceremonies knew well had to occur before of tradition; and the value of loyalty. dessert was served, and would only be wine, Besides being first to plant the flag of water or port wine. Another highlight at the Delta Kappa Epsilon on Canadian soil, Sassafraz was a spirited reading of John Clair the fact that Alpha Phi has remained in Minot’s poem “Brothers in DKE” by Brother continuous operation for its entire life is a Andrew Kilpatrick, ’75. This poem tells the testament to the strength and character of tale of two soldiers meeting on a southern its members. Indeed, the chapter was much battlefield in the U.S. Civil War. more than DKE’s first Canadian chapter. It In true jolly good fashion, the merry has, over the years, brightly shone the way making carried into the wee hours at the as a model for other chapters of DKE, not Deke house, a Victorian mansion that has by being first, but best. Alpha Phi won the served as home to hundreds of Alpha Phi fraternity’s vaunted Lion Trophy in both brothers since 1964, and a great place for 1967 and 1968. It not only posted those rare brotherhood and ritual. repeat wins -- but was the first chapter to w w w.d ke.o rg

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COVE R STORY

WESLEYAN DEKE

JED HOYER TURNS THE CHICAGO CUBS INTO ANNUAL CONTENDER

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ed Hoyer, executive vice president of the Chicago Cubs and one of Major League Baseball’s most respected general managers, has always followed his heart. From his days at Wesleyan University, where he was a proud brother at Delta Kappa Epsilon’s Gamma Phi chapter, to his current position with the Cubs, Hoyer has used hard work and dedication to make his dreams come true.

At Wesleyan, Hoyer still shares the single-season saves record and he finished with 123 hits as a shortstop for the Cardinals.

Wesleyan athletic director Mike Whelan, himself a Gamma Phi Deke, recalls that Hoyer was a talented enough college player to excel at several positions. He was the best relief pitcher in the East, played the infield and outfield, and, later, when he became a starting pitcher, once won both ends of a doubleheader.

“Most of all, people remember what a great competitor Jed was in college,” Whelan said. When he was a sophomore, Hoyer led the Cardinals to the Division III College World Series. “We lost to Jarrod Washburn and Wisconsin-Oshkosh, which really hurt at the time, but when Jarrod made it to the big leagues, the sting didn’t seem quite so bad,” Hoyer recalled. “Despite the disappointment of losing at the end, it was an incredible experience. We were already a tight-knit group, but the intensity of the postseason that year only brought us all closer.”

At 5-foot-9, Hoyer looked small next to some of his Wesleyan teammates, many of whom stood 6-foot-3 or taller, but he said his size made him more competitive. “I just wanted to do whatever I needed to win,” he told the Chicago Tribune in 2016.

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games when our catcher got hurt. I played in the Cape Cod League after my junior year and was teammates with Mark DeRosa, John McDonald, and Dan Reichert. It was a great experience and a humbling one, because I realized that if I was going to have a future in baseball, it probably wasn’t going to be playing on the field.”

Before he graduated from Wesleyan in 1996, Hoyer wrote to dozens of professional sports teams, hoping to land a front office job. “But at the time, nobody was hiring a guy like me, and in retrospect I don’t think I was dogged enough,” he said. He took a job as an admission counselor at Kenyon College, helping with the baseball team on the side, and then he worked at his alma mater as assistant dean of admissions and an assistant baseball coach.

“I was fortunate that my bosses at both Kenyon and Wesleyan let me have time away from the office to assist the baseball teams,” Hoyer said. “At the time, I simply did it because I wanted to stay on the field. In hindsight, it proved to be an invaluable experience for me to learn about the game from a different perspective. Before I became a coach, I had never thought about how to teach fundamentals or how to motivate players. The three years I spent coaching has benefited me in ways I never would have imagined at the time.”

Hoyer, who majored in American history at Wesleyan, said he loves the subject and often thinks of the outstanding professors he had in college. “Even today, if I get a chance to sit down and read a book, I’m going to grab a biography or something about a historical period. But I will say that if I knew I’d be where I’m sitting right now, I would have angled myself more toward economics or something more quantitative. At the same time I think it’s important to know that when you start your life after college, every move you make doesn’t have to be planned so specifically. I think every job I’ve had has provided me with different skills or knowledge that I can use every day in baseball.”

When he was 28 and unsure of his future, Hoyer had a series of conversations with Ben Cherington, a former Amherst baseball player whom Jed had played against when he was at Wesleyan. That was in 2002 when Cherington was a young executive with the Boston Red Sox, overseeing the internship programs. Their friendship started when a mutual friend introduced the former opponents, and their initial conversation lasted two hours.

“I was looking for the best combination of intelligence and baseball passion that I could find,” Cherington told the Tribune.

As a 28-year-old intern, as Hoyer was at the time, he remembers Cherington asking, “Do you really want to do this? You know it will be a huge pay cut and you’ll be an older intern.” “And I said, ‘I don’t care, I’ll look at it as graduate school, take on debt for a couple of years and if it works, great. If not, I’ll have no regrets.”

Hoyer signed on at the right time with the Red Sox. In November 2002, new owners took control of the club, and Cherington joked that the 100-year-old franchise “felt like a startup.” He said there was “a constant buzz of activity and we had a lot of fun along the way with Jed’s creativity, judgment and humor playing a key role in those early years.”

A week after Hoyer joined the Red Sox, the team named Theo Epstein, who was three weeks younger than him, as the team’s new general manager. “Hoyer and Epstein, a couple of sports junkies, clicked immediately, and before long the team’s oldest intern had emerged as Epstein’s most trusted ally,” Chicago sportswriter David Haugh wrote in 2016. “Epstein involved Hoyer in every detailed aspect of the Red Sox operation, from player development to sabermetrics to scouting. In November 2003, Epstein and Hoyer visited pitcher Curt Schilling at his home in Arizona to try to convince him to sign with the Red Sox. They stayed to celebrate Thanksgiving with the Schillings, w w w.d ke.o rg

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“To me, the most impressive thing about Wesleyan was the eclectic group of intellectually curious 19-22-year-olds who attended school there.

They were the people I wanted to be around on a daily basis.

Those are the people I was fortunate to be surrounded by when I was 20 and they are the same type of people I want to fill out our front office today.”

and the big righthander eventually signed with Boston. Epstein, for his part, kept elevating Hoyer until he was his top assistant and the pair became a formidable baseball brain trust, bonded forever by two Red Sox World Series titles.”

Terry Francona, who managed Boston to those two championships, remembers Hoyer as a tireless worker. “Jed would do anything to make the club stronger,” said Francona, now manager of the Cleveland Indians. “Those were exciting times in Boston and Jed was a big part of it. He always went the extra mile to help the team in any way he could.”

Hoyer said he is indebted to Epstein “for putting me in charge of things I probably shouldn’t have been close to.” Other bigleague clubs took note of Hoyer’s skills, however, and in the fall of 2009 the San Diego Padres hired him as the team’s general manager. His best-remembered trade as Padres GM occurred when he sent first baseman Adrian Gonzalez to the Red Sox in exchange for pitcher Casey Kelly, outfielder Reymond Fuentes, utility man Eric Patterson, and first-baseman Anthony Rizzo.

San Diego baseball writer Nick Stevens said Hoyer was in the midst of rebuilding the Padres when Epstein, who had left the Red Sox to take over as president of the Cubs, invited him to head the front office in Chicago. “Jed had the Padres on the right track and it was a blow when the Cubs signed him after just two years in San Diego. He’d strengthened the farm system, made several good deals and added a lot of talent to the front office.”

Hoyer did trade an uninspiring minor league prospect named Corey Kluber to Cleveland where the pitcher blossomed into a two-time Cy Young Award winner. “But nobody could have predicted then what Kluber would become,” Stevens said.

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the Cubs to improve its farm system, which took a couple of years to pay dividends at the Major League level. But Epstein, working alongside Hoyer, knew the Cubs were a burgeoning power. In 2016, the team defeated the Cleveland Indians, managed by old friend Francona, to win its first World Series since 1908.

Hoyer and Epstein continue to work side by side. “Theo is one of a kind,” Jed told the Chicago Tribune in 2016. “He has created an amazing culture and is as good of a baseball executive as this game has seen in a long time. I’m fortunate that I’ve been able to learn from him. We have a great partnership and know the way the other thinks. How I see it is, your ultimate goal in every sport is to be a good teammate and help your team win. I want to be that good teammate.”

Epstein, for his part, praises Hoyer every chance he gets. He signed Hoyer to a contract extension that runs through 2021, but that hasn’t stopped several clubs from trying to persuade the general manager to join their team. The New York Mets, for example, are said to have offered the 44-year-old Hoyer a chance to take over as the team’s president.

Hoyer, who grew up in New Hampshire and attended the Holderness School there, where his father was the school doctor and his mother was the school nurse, still has warm feelings for Wesleyan. “Lifelong learning is exceptionally important,” he said. “To me, the most impressive thing about Wesleyan was the eclectic group of intellectually curious 19-22-year-olds who attended school there. They were the people I wanted to be around on a daily basis. The school was filled with people that are constantly learning, always curious, and constantly pushing the boundaries. Those are the people I was fortunate to be surrounded by when I was 20 and they are the same type of people I want to fill out our front office today, when I’m 44.”

JOE HAGIN

SERVED THREE PRESIDENTS, INCLUDING TWO DEKES, OVER 16 YEARS

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Born in Lexington, Ky., and raised in enyon Deke Joseph Hagin, the village of Indian Hill near Cincinnati, praised by President Ohio, Hagin joined George H.W. Bush’s Donald Trump as “the unsuccessful GOP presidential campaign in consummate professional 1979. He was named personal assistant to on my staff,” retired this summer as Bush when he became Vice President in 1981 White House Deputy Chief of Staff. and was later appointed to head the Vice Hagin served at the top levels of President’s legislative affair office, in which government for more than 16 years, he served until 1985. He left that year to assisting Presidents George H.W. become Public Affairs Director for Federated Bush and George W. Bush before Department Stores, which owns Macy’s being coaxed out of retirement by and Bloomingdale’s. Respected as a skillful Trump. manager and communicator, Hagin moved Hagin, 62, ran the White House easily throughout his operations for Trump, overseeing career between business the daily administration of the and government service. building and staff. Hagin, a DKE brother from the He returned to politics Lambda chapter who graduated in 1979, was a mainstay in 1988 during the elder on Trump’s staff for 17 months. “Joe has been a huge Bush’s successful run asset to my administration,” Trump said. “He planned for the presidency and and executed the longest foreign trips ever made by a served as Appointments president, and he did it all perfectly. We will miss him in Secretary until 1991. the office and even more on the road. I am thankful for Next, he was named vice his remarkable service to our country.” president of corporate Hagin logged more years on the White House staff than affairs at Chiquita Brands nearly any other person in modern times. Peter Baker, International. As an writing in the New York Times, said example of his dedication that his record and long service to to community service, the Bush family made him suspect Top: Hagin advises during his years with to some in Trump’s circle. But the George W. Bush.

Chiquita, Hagin was a president said he quickly came to Above: Hagin greets volunteer firefighter for value Hagin’s skills.

Condoleezza Rice. the Madeira Indian Hill Hagin said his departure from the Left: departing Fire District.

White House was long planned. He Marine One. When George W. Bush said he committed to stay for just mounted a campaign for one year and planned to leave at the president in 2000, he hired Hagin as deputy start of 2018, but Chief of Staff John campaign manager. In 2001, Hagin was Kelly pushed him to remain at his appointed Bush’s Deputy Chief of Staff, and post for a bit longer. “I have great remained there until 2008. Bush praised him respect for Kelly,” Hagin told the profusely for his management of Washington Post. “Then the summit the overall administration, security came up in the spring and I felt Hagin logged more years on the and military support structure obligated to see that through.”

White House staff than nearly any surrounding the president.

Hagin officially retired from the Bush said Hagin excelled during federal government on July 6 and other person in modern times. the bleak days following the attacks planned to return to the private on 9/11, leading the extensive, post sector. After leaving the second September 11 effort to reorganize Bush White House, where he and modernize the structure and methodology for modern day also served as deputy chief of staff, Hagin and three partners presidential support. He was also one of the principal officials founded Command Consulting Group, a cluster of firms that responsible for planning the formation of the U.S. Department of provide security and intelligence assistance to governments, Homeland Security. corporations, and wealthy people.

“No matter what job he’s taken on during his career,” Trump “A person familiar with Hagin’s plans said he did not plan said, “he’s done it well. This country was fortunate to have Joe at to return to his old firm but was exploring opportunities with the highest levels all these years.” several corporations,” wrote political reporter Maggie Haberman. w w w.d ke.o rg

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ALUM NI NEWS

HOUSTON DKE CLUB BLASTS

Founder and first president of the Houston DKE Club, Pete Ventura, Phi Chi ’70, with John Heyne, Omega Chi (center) and Andrew Wright, Omega Chi ’04.

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hen thinking of starting up an alumni group, the mind might typically conjure an image of a couple dozen Dekes living near the community where they schooled as undergrads. But that image changes dramatically if you consider forming it Texas style. In truly Big Ol’ Texas fashion, 65 Dekes gathered together on September 21 to usher in the Houston DKE Club, an assembly representing 11 different DKE chapters as far flung as Michigan, Virginia, and North Carolina.

The new club, which celebrated its founding with a Texas-creole luncheon at Brennan’s, complete with turtle soup, okra gumbo, and gulf fish Pontchartrain, is the brainchild of a Rutgers Deke, Pete Ventura, Phi Chi ’70. Ventura, who’s lived in the Houston area for four 16 THE DEKE QUARTERLY | FALL 2018

decades while succeeding in many roles in support of the oil and gas industry, organized a band Joe Gatto, Delta Chi ’92, and Charles Kinney, Omega Chi ’48. of sentimental brothers into a hugely supportive posse of Founding and Erik Heyne ’81; three Tau Chi Fathers brothers, Tyler Gibbs ’11, Zachary Leger “You don’t accomplish things of value ’13, and Ryan Yeager ’15; Eric Neumann alone,” Ventura points out. “Our eleven ’96 and Joe Gatto ’92, both of Delta Chi; founders is a great team, balancing and Chris St. Paul, Zeta Zeta ’81, and things, working together -- and with an Andrew Webster, Psi ’86. amazing energy that is clearly starting to A common theme uttered by those get contagious.” attending the gala, Ventura says, That posse that Ventura pulled was how seamless the brotherhood together includes these Dekes, who connections were. Even in a crowd volunteered a ton of time to connect ranging from 20-somethings to the brothers, organize the club, and the 90-somethings, all members felt at luncheon: three Omega Chi members home, with much more in common than Charlie Kinney ’48, Sam Williams ’65, differences.

OFF IN THE SPACE CITY

Above: Clan from Tau Chi-Texas A&M includes, from left, founders Zachary Leger ’13 and Ryan Yeager ’15 and Chandler Russell ’16.

Left: Celebrating the new club are Brothers John Williams, Omega Chi ’56 and Sam Williams, Omega Chi ’65, one of the Founders.

“The energy created by the Founders was overwhelming,” Ventura said, and recalled the words of Satchel Paige: “Age is a case of mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter.”

Ventura also shared the vision that one day, the Houston DKE Club would resemble the Yale Club of New York.

The luncheon was a magnificent follow up to a wine bar reception last May that got the ball rolling toward formal establishment of a DKE Club in a city

Erik Heyne, Omega Chi ’81, left, and Robert Bland, Omega Chi, ’77

and surroundings where nearly 800 Dekes reside.

The featured speaker was B.J. Willingham, who delivered a thoughtprovoking talk about “Climate Wars,” drawing from his 30-plus years of experience as an analyst and successful portfolio manager in the energy industry.

So, what’s an appropriate encore for the brand new club? After writing bylaws, electing officers, and finding a home for the club, its social calendar looms large. The DKE Club of Houston will host many events going forward.

One of the most significant will be a regional gala next spring in honor of DKE’s 175th anniversary.

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BETA DEKES OF ’68 CELEBRATE MEMORABLE 50TH REUNION

everal months have passed since Beta North Carolina’s Class of 1968 celebrated its 50th anniversary in Chapel Hill, but the good feelings have yet to subside. Twenty-seven of the 31 living brothers from the chapter gathered at one of the best-attended and most fun reunions in memory.

First, many of the brothers played golf at the Old Chatham Club on Friday before a dinner that had been organized by Bill Kluttz, where stories of their past adventures were retold.

Saturday’s dinner took place at the Carolina Inn where W.W. King and John McCotter regaled everyone with jokes, stories and lies about their days at DKE. Walter Hussman, known as the chapter’s social chairman eternal, invited a soul singer who belted out all the old Motown hits, which were so popular at Beta in the 1960s. For a minute, it seemed as if no time had passed since those cherished days of yore.

It’s been pointed out that the Deke Days for the Class of ’68 seemed like such a brief time, but for most of the gentlemen, they shaped and influenced the brothers for their entire lives.

Seasoned with good humor and even laughter, they inspired memories that remain strong and meaningful to this day.

John McCotter might have best summed up the overall vibe of the weekend in April with a bit of poetry he wrote just for the occasion.

Called “An Ode to ’68,” John wrote: “Here’s to us, the thirty-two; all great guys, so proud we few; We left Chapel Hill in search of our fate; Beta Dekes all, the class of ’68. Bound for glory, we had not a clue; as we sadly departed good old NCU. War was raging and some did commit; And thank God all returned from that awful snake pit.”

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Winburne King (top) and Tee Baur (middle) retold a few legendary stories from the 60’s, followed by John McCotter (bottom) reciting his own poem, “An Ode to ’68”.

for the past; But celebrate each other and the memories that last.”

Everyone laughed as they recalled funny episodes, such as Tee Baur driving around Chapel Hill on his three-wheeler dressed as a gorilla, or Bill Hollan, flying his J-3 to Danville to buy liquor for a party after the Chapel Hill stores had closed. But nothing beat the memory of sitting on those magnificent steps and shooting the breeze about everything – and nothing.

“What a great weekend we had,” said Peter Grauer. “We love all the guys and look forward to our next reunion.” Kent Hedman chimed in: “Great weekend. We remain friends from the heart, forever.”

Randy Old mentioned that it’s amazing that so many brothers from ’68 were able to make it back for the celebration. “Tee and Walter made sure the event was well attended and that everyone had fun,” he said. “They did a great job. This amazing group has been close for so long that not only did they form strong friendships during school, but that they sought time, places and events to gather again and celebrate each other.”

W.W. King offered a stirring, funny and heartwarming toast at the 50th Anniversary Dinner on Friday night that Beta Dekes are still remembering with fondness. “Like many of you,” King said, “I have often read the phrase ‘in the bonds’ in various DKE communications without really thinking much about what it meant. Recently, however, I got curious and looked it up. I learned that the phrase has a long, rich history describing close friendships and brotherhoods. Bonds in this case did not refer to the bond pits in Willard Overlock’s old stomping grounds at Goldman Sachs.”

He concluded his remarks by saying that the Beta Dekes of ’68 bonded in a most hospitable environment. And this latest celebration turned out to be one of the best.

BEST FRIENDS ON THE SAME STREET BECOME DEKES AT DIFFERENT COLLEGES

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ho knew that a couple of best friends since grade school could end up forming an even closer bond? Eddie Jenkins and Vince Papurello have lived on the same street – Elm Spring Road – in Mt. Lebanon, Pa., practically since birth. “In the third grade we met at summer day camp,” said Papurello, a junior at DKE’s Phi Rho chapter at Pennsylvania State University.

In the seventh grade, they began attending the same school and played on the football team together. “That’s when we really got close,” said Jenkins, a junior at DKE’s Delta Kappa chapter at the University of Pennsylvania.

As their friendship grew and Eddie Jenkins, Delta Kappa ’20 (left) and Vince deepened, they felt as close Papurello, Phi Rho ’20 (right) at 174th DKE Convention. as brothers. “And now we are brothers,” Jenkins said.

When they roomed When they roomed together at the 2018 DKE together at the 2018 Convention in Pittsburgh, Jenkins and Papurello DKE Convention in made many friends among their fellow Dekes as they squired them around their city. “We’re still in Pittsburgh, Jenkins touch with guys like Carson Fick from Michigan and Papurello made State,” Papurello said. But nobody’s closer than the many friends among brothers from Elm Spring Road, they both agree. their fellow Dekes as “Eddie is the oldest of five kids, while I’m an they squired them only child,” Vince said. “We’ve been hanging around their city. out at each other’s houses for years. Eddie’s

a gifted athlete – he played quarterback on Mt. Lebanon’s varsity all four years. Now he’s a top quarterback on Penn’s Sprint team, a league in which a player’s weight can’t exceed 178 pounds.”

Vince and a Phi Rho brother recently traveled to Philadelphia to meet the Delta Kappa Dekes and watch Jenkins lead Penn’s Sprint team. “We had a blast,” Papurello said. “It was exciting for Dekes from Penn State to meet and socialize with Penn Dekes, and I’m sure we will remain in close contact.”

Jenkins, who pledged DKE a year before Papurello, said he told Vince that all the brothers at his chapter shared a close bond, but Vince had to make up his own mind. “Fortunately, he made the right decision and I think it’s added another layer to our friendship. Now we have a DKE connection that will last forever.”

It’s surprising in a way that the friends ended up at their respected colleges, because both grew up as rabid sports fan of University of Pittsburgh sports teams. “We used to attend all the Pitt football and basketball games with our dads, and we’re still devoted fans of the Steelers, Pirates and Penguins,” Vince said.

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FORGOTTEN GREATS OF DKE

FOOTBALL COACHING IMMORTAL

PAUL BROWN

HIS MASTERY AND INNOVATIONS MADE THE NFL WHAT IT IS TODAY

By Kevin Cuneo, Gamma ’77

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hen knowledgeable football fans begin listing the names of the greatest NFL coaches of all time, they always start with Paul Brown. But this Kappa Deke from the class of 1929 would also top the list of the best high school and college coaches. In fact, Brown is credited with numerous football innovations, including assembling the first full-time staff of assistants. They followed Brown’s example, establishing a culture of teaching football that exists to this day, and many went on to become great coaches in their own right.

Brown, who grew up in Norwalk, Ohio, played quarterback for two seasons at Miami, leading the Redskins (the team’s nickname was changed in 1997 to RedHawks) to a record of 14-3. At DKE’s Kappa chapter, Brown kept the books, and later, during his senior year, served as Kappa’s president. Brown’s biographers said he kept tabs on the chapter for the rest of his life and Kappa brothers remember him as a “no-nonsense type of guy.” But they said it was clear how much the fraternity mattered to him, and he was insistent that Kappa always show DKE in the best possible light.

Brown considered a career as a high school history teacher before accepting his first coaching assignment at the Severn School in Severna Park, Md. By his second season, he’d turned Severn into a state champion, which led his alma mater, Washington High in Massillon, Ohio, to call him home. The year before the 24-year-old Brown arrived at Massillon, the team won only two of eight games, but he quickly turned things around.

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his farm. By his third season, Brown, who recruited top players from throughout central and eastern Ohio, had built a national powerhouse. He would finish his eight years at Massillon with a record of 80-8-2, including a 35-game winning streak. That prompted Ohio State to hire him as head coach in 1941 and the following season Brown delivered the Buckeyes’ first national championship.

When World War II broke out, Brown enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to coach the Great Lakes Naval Training Station team. Many top players who would go on to star in the NFL played for Brown at Great Lakes, including a standout two-sport athlete from the University of Minnesota named Bud Grant. “I hadn’t considered a career in coaching until I met Paul Brown,” said Grant, who later became the hall of fame coach of the Minnesota Vikings. “Paul was organized and detail-oriented – very much different from most of the other coaches at the time who saw football more as a game than as a profession.”

Grant would be the first player Brown inspired to get into coaching, but he would hardly be the last. Over the next three decades, Brown’s head coaching disciples would include Don Shula, Blanton Collier, Weeb Eubank, Chuck Noll and Bill Walsh.

“Brown was more than just a coach,” Don Shula said. “He was a student of the game who had much to do with making professional football the attraction it is today. He made coaching a full-time job for himself and all his assistants, and others had to follow suit or fall behind. So, they did the logical thing – they copied his methods both as a coach and innovator.

Here was the guy who invented the face mask, the draw play, the taxi squad, and a million other things. He integrated football without uttering a single word about integration. He

Brown charts a play on blackboard (undated).

Right: 1968 Cover of Sports Illustrated

just went out and signed a bunch of great black athletes offensive coordinator on the Cincinnati Bengals. “But and started kicking butt.” he could be controlling and would often take credit Shula, who played for Brown on the Cleveland Browns in for innovations that some of his assistants came up the 1950s, recalled that many teams with African American with. In Paul’s eyes, if it happened on his watch, he athletes would not stay in the same hotels when visiting was responsible.” some cities. “The white guys would stay at a nice hotel, After the 1962 season, Brown was forced out and the black athletes would be farmed out as coach and general manager of the After the war, Brown to local black families,” Shula said. “But Cleveland Browns by the team’s young that never happened on the Browns. We assembled a professional owner, Art Modell. More than six seasons always stayed in hotels that took the entire remained on Brown’s contract, and he team that would come to quietly stewed for those years before team. Again, Paul never said a word about it.

That’s just the way it was. In his own way he forming the Cincinnati Bengals, an NFL be named for him – integrated pro football the right way – and no expansion team that debuted in 1968. the Cleveland Browns. one was going to stop him.”

Unlike most new teams, the Bengals hit the After the war, Brown assembled a ground running and by their third season The team won several professional team that would come to be beat out the Browns for the division title.

NFL championships, named for him – the Cleveland Browns. The When he retired as head coach of the team won several NFL championships, as Bengals after eight seasons, Brown’s 25as Brown’s reputation Brown’s reputation as a football genius grew. career in the NFL included 213 wins as a football genius grew. year “He was very tough, and everything had to and 104 losses. be done his way,” Chuck Noll recalled in Those who knew Brown best say he “He was very tough, a 1982 interview in the Sporting News. “I always surrounded himself with the finest and everything had to be personnel he could find, including coaches remember when one of our starting offensive done his way.” linemen – a great player – went out and had and players. “He was demanding and not too much to drink on the eve of the NFL everyone loved him,” Shula said. “But you championship game. He was stopped by the had to respect such a brilliant man. I know cops and when word got back to Paul, he called the player into he had a lasting effect on me, and everyone who was influenced his office the next morning and fired him. Then we went out and

by Paul Brown owes him a great debt.” destroyed our opponent. After the game, we were all whooping When Brown died in Cincinnati on August 5, 1991, at the age it up in the locker room when Paul walked in and said, ‘Act like of 82, Pete Rozelle, who’d served as NFL Commissioner for 29 this is old stuff.’ And we did.” years, called this loyal Deke “the greatest football coach I ever Not every one of his players or assistant coaches was a fan saw. Paul Brown would have excelled at any profession he tried, of the driven Brown. “Don’t get me wrong, Paul ranks with the and everyone in the NFL is grateful that he chose to become a greatest coaches of all time,” said Bill Walsh, who served as his football coach.” w w w.d ke.o rg

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Chapters and colonies from the Northeast and Midwest regions were asked to submit reports for this issue.

Southeast Asia in Singapore.

The team took part in a tournament, to provide bed nets for families in need. We placed second after winning the first championship game and losing in the second. We look forward to sending this team to Delta Gamma’s anchor slam tournament in the near future.

Our second annual 20 Pushups for 20 Veterans philanthropy event will take place around Veterans Day in BETA PHI - UNIVERSITY November. It was great success OF ROCHESTER last year, as we have many The brothers of Beta Phi at the brothers involved in ROTC on University of Rochester are New members join in at Alpha Phi’s 120th anniversary banquet. the Rochester campus. We also steadily increasing our campus held a Haunted House event for presence as we celebrate 162 the first time on October 31. The year of existence. We have done ALPHA PHI – CFL to name a couple of his ticket proceeds are earmarked this by cosponsoring events UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO accomplishments. for the Willow Domestic like a benefit concert for a The brothers of the Alpha Over the past year, the Violence Center of Greater water project in the Dominican Phi chapter at the University brothers of the Alpha Phi Rochester.

Republic, hosted by engineers of Toronto are excited for chapter have demonstrated We have continued to the 2018-19 school year and a great deal of build alumni relations everything that it holds in involvement in through events like our store. After initiating eight clubs and activities annual Meliora weekend, new members in the fall last in Toronto and on which over 30 alumni year, the brothers at Alpha Phi campus. We have attended. The brothers have secured 16 potential new participated in have also attended members for this year as we groups like the U of Alumni Luncheons at look to grow our chapter and T Charity Fashion the Rochester Country introduce new members into Show in support of Club as well as played our welcoming brotherhood. mental health, student in the Tahoe Cup for 2018 is a big year for newspapers, sports Honor Flight. We look to Alpha Phi specifically as it teams, and MedLife continue building these signifies DKE’s 120 years at (a charity focused Actives and alumni gather at Beta Phi’s annual relationships as well as the University of Toronto, on delivering proper Meliora Weekend. helping to support other making Alpha Phi the oldest medical care to third school organizations.

DKE chapter in Canada. To world countries). celebrate such a momentous without borders, a school The brothers of the house DELTA CHI COLONY anniversary, actives and alumni organization that several our continue to support and CORNELL UNIVERSITY got together at a restaurant in brothers are a part of. encourage each other as we What a year it’s been thus far!

Yorkville for a night filled with Our brothers have also put undertake various initiatives Twenty-seven brothers, six new good food, great company, together a basketball team. at the University of Toronto. members, one house, and all and plenty of stories spanning We have a number of brothers For the third year in a row, the of the potential in the world. It decades of DKE’s presence in in leadership positions in brothers of Alpha Phi will be brings great pleasure to report Toronto. We were thankful to our school’s club basketball partaking in Movember as we that we have started the year have Brother Tom Wright ’76 team. We also have players aim to raise awareness and off strong. Although we have as a speaker. He’s the former from schools such as McQuaid money to support research for seen tumultuous times in years President of Adidas Canada Jesuit, a local private school, prostate cancer. past, the spirit of DKE is strong and commissioner of the and United World College of As the school year moves forward, the brothers at Alpha Phi will continue to devote themselves to academic excellence, community involvement, and bettering the brotherhood. There is a lot in store at the Alpha Phi chapter for 2018-19 and we are ready to face any new opportunities or challenges with open minds as we continue to develop and expand as a chapter.

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are excited to hear we have The Big Man on Campus event, secured our plan for formal, as hosted by ZTA sorority, was a we intend to take on the great large philanthropic event for smoky mountains of Gatlinburg, breast cancer, in which brother Tennessee. This event has Adam Hass represented Kappa become a tradition and is highly chapter. High chapter turnout at revered among the brothers.

Greek week, our philanthropic In the near future we will be event as a Greek community, holding elections and look forward dedicated to fighting hunger in to seeing our new members our local communities, led us Delta Chi colony looks to build on great results from take on leadership roles within to an overall fifth place finish. first year back on campus.

Notable positions taken were third your support and patience and our dedication to this in basketball that we have been able to help house is unwavering. and number one restore this house, and we look It has been a big transition fraternity turnout forward to continuing to build for us; what was once but an for the crop walk. our relationship and working idea has now come to fruition.

The Greek week closely with alumni to breathe Suddenly, a house to manage, crop walk is a 5K life into something that so many brothers to guide, and freshmen walk that begins people hold dear. to recruit. But with grit and during vision, pieces are slowly falling the week of KAPPA – MIAMI UNIVERSITY into place. As a result of the athletic events.

The brothers of the Kappa hard work by brother Ben and Other chapter have been having brother Zach, we experienced philanthropy a great year, welcoming 21 the first fruits of our labors this events have Omicron members boost performance in new members and remaining past year, mixing with sororities included selling academics, philanthropy. quite active on campus. As and truly embracing what it grilled cheese at new members move into the means to be a gentleman, the Phi Delt gates, chapter house and actively scholar, and jolly good fellow. the fraternity and continue the which is a high traffic area on participate in chapter events A comprehensive rush excellence that the Kappa Chapter the way home from the Uptown we are pleased they continue schedule composed by brothers of Delta Kappa Epsilon stands for.

Region, Moms’ Weekend to be gentleman, scholars, and Zach and Ryan, along with auction. We raised $500 and jolly good fellows. As elections outstanding event attendance OMICRON-UNIVERSITY donated it to breast cancer near, we look forward to seeing by the rest of our 27 brothers, OF MICHIGAN awareness. improved leadership as new has resulted in a beyond After successfully initiating As the end of the first members assume those roles. successful Fall Rush. We 29 new members, leading semester nears, many brothers recruited six new extraordinary the University of Michigan in members during fall fundraising and philanthropy, recruitment, bringing our total and high academic achievement brother count to a whopping across our chapter, it is safe to 33 after just one year! We are say that the Omicron chapter certain heading into spring rush had a remarkable end to 2017 that we will see a much larger and the 2018 winter semester. than average class with quantity Our latest new member class not exceeding quality. is filled with 29 intellectually As the DKE house ought to curious and hardworking do, we have attracted nothing individuals. With majors ranging but the most prominent, from the school of information scholarly, and respectable men to business to pre-dentistry to on campus -- restoring the music and audio engineering, reputation and glory of this this class proves to be a group once great house. To all the with diverse passions. Our alumni who have supported house finished the semester us, and that is all of you, we with a 3.46 average GPA, offer a big thank you. Though beating the school and Greek we haven’t always been on Life average for the fourth the same page, our vision and semester in a row.

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CHAPTER &COLONYNEWS classroom, Omicron furthered its philanthropic involvement this semester by raising funds and walking for cancer research in American Cancer Society’s Relay for Life. Headed by two active members and involvement from the entire Omicron Chapter, we helped raise over $70,000.

Omicron led the University of Michigan in fundraising as well as being one of the top overall fundraising groups in the country for the second year in a row. We are excited to continue making a difference and look forward to participating in next year’s Relay for Life.

Currently, we have just finished our recruitment process and are proud to add another 27 young men into the Omicron family. Through IM sports, chapter dinners, Relay for Life, and other social events, the young men of the Omicron chapter are happier and closer than ever. Due to efforts of our entire chapter and specifically executive board, the Omicron chapter is proud to reflect on another successful semester.

Our house looks forward to the rest of this year and to match and surpass the success of our past semester.

Colony added letters to its house at UWO in London.

PHI DELTA COLONY WESTERN ONTARIO UNIVERSITY This year has been the beginning of DKE organizing its own recreational soccer and flag football teams. This has not been introduced since the reintroduction of our chapter. Many of the brothers are participating and we are now looking toward starting co-ed teams with other sororities.

Phi Mu actives make strides in cancer walk.

Last year the brothers volunteered at the local London food gets to sign. This allows us to bank. Together we partnered honor our past alumni along with the Alpha Gamma Delta with the current actives. We chapter to help. Over the past also installed DKE letters on the year we have been trying to front of the house. improve our relations with the The goal for our colony is to other fraternities and sororities. become a fully active chapter.

We are hoping to host a ball We hope to get this done no hockey tournament this year later than the start of the 2019with them.

20 year. We are also looking Last summer was the first into joining the IFC. It will be a time two of our Brothers challenge, but we are doing our visited the DKE Convention in best to get our name out there Pittsburgh. It was a wonderful and build relations with the experience for them as they other fraternities and sororities. helped spread our recognition with the other chapters. They PHI MU – MANHATTAN learned a lot and made good COLLEGE connections with DKE’s other Here at Phi Mu we recruit all chapters. year round. We initiated 11 This year we have improved brothers in the Spring of 2018. in the number of new members.

Now in the Fall, we have seven Last year we were consistent new members who will be with three new members per initiated in November. These semester. This year we want to are all great men who bring the focus on growth and we recently three characteristics of being a added seven new members, Deke on an everyday bases. which is one of our largest In community service this classes. fall, we attended the American The house has been Cancer Society Making a Stride improving over the past few through Central Park Cancer years. We painted the walls Walk. It was a great event and in DKE colors and added an we were able to collect $800 impressive rampant lion. We in donations. Plus, we were have also added an active wall. featured on the ABC Channel 7 This is a wall that every active News. We have also started a

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biweekly community cleanup.

Every two weeks we walk around our neighborhood and collect all the trash that students have left behind. This has helped us improve the image of fraternities on campus and the student body in general.

One of our upcoming events is the Deke Harvest Festival, where we bring a fall festival to our student body. Our school has few fall activities, so we decided to make an event and solicit donations for the American Cancer Society.

We will sponsor a pie eating contest, pumpkin painting and many other fall activities.

Hopefully this event will be a success and will be repeated in the years ahead.

When it comes to intramurals, our Flag Football team finished in second place. Our guys gave all they could: sweat, tears and good sportsmanship. In the end we lost in overtime (also the refs were against us).

We are now participating in D1 Volleyball and D1 Soccer.

Hopefully we will be able to win in these sports.

In our academics as a chapter, we have a 3.2 collective GPA. We have many brothers

who have been inducted into the honors societies of their respective mayors. We are known on campus for being amazing students overall.

Our recent graduates are all working or enrolled in graduate school. Our former Brother Beta, Joseph Moussa, is currently enrolled in the Santa Clara School for his Patent Law degree. Our former vicepresident, Robert Anzilotti, is working in a civil firm and comes back every week to work on his master’s degree.

Recent graduate Josh Kivijarv just landed a job with NASA and Christopher Dusovic is working at Google. All of our alumni are doing great things in the world.

SIGMA XI-ST. JOSEPH’S COLLEGE For several years, our chapter has raised money for the Anderson Center for Autism.

One of our alumni brothers, Bryan Antonoff, has a twin, Mikey, who resides at the facility. We have made it our obligation to hold multiple charity events this semester to help raise money for the center, to provide better resources and education to those who currently live there. The hope is that we will help them live a fuller life.

Another of our recent alumni, Billy Roedel is the co-owner of an up and coming juice company called “The Six Juice Company.” It offers fresh, all-natural, fresh squeezed juices made from fruits and vegetables that are gluten-free.

Six Juice is currently selling its products on both Long Island and in New York City.

Recently, college life has been changing for us at Sigma Xi. Our school has undergone many leadership changes, including two new presidents in the last four years. But we are happy to report this semester things are really changing for the better and we look forward to seeing what comes next.

Through those changes we have continued holding multiple charity and fundraising events. Our members have been working diligently, balancing work and academics, on top of doing everything they can to help the chapter prosper..

SIGMA TAU-MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY The Sigma Tau chapter DKE at MIT enjoyed another successful rush this semester, a perfect 14/14 on bid acceptances.

We are happy to see so much interest in our chapter and enjoy the enthusiasm of our

Sigma Xi brothers at St. Joseph’s annual Spring Fling.

Tau members enjoy annual brotherhood trip to the Adirondacks. new members.

Coming off a win of the coveted ‘Beaver Cup,’ which is awarded to MIT’s Intramural Sports Champion, our brothers look to continue and repeat as champions, participating in dodgeball and basketball this semester.

Sigma Tau is proud to announce its commitment to sustainability with the introduction of our recycling chair, and we look forward to adding our own first-annual Sigma Tau hosted philanthropy event on campus soon (more details on the way!). We look forward to seeing many of our alumni at initiation and the alumni dinner in early December.

a few of the brothers made the drive out to visit the area and take some pictures. We visited a few local diners for lunches, while grilling at the cabin for dinner. Plenty of space for games and a bonfire circle made for a great weekend.

One of the brothers that was unable to make it had a good excuse, since he’s currently studying abroad in Sydney, Australia. He’s been having a blast skydiving and meeting plenty of wildlife in addition to taking classes on aspects of Australian culture, such as one great pastime - Australian Rules Football.

TAU-HAMILTON COLLEGE The Tau chapter of DKE recently initiated five new members, holding us at 22 brothers this year.

Pictured are our newly initiated and eight of the upperclassmen on our annual Adirondack trip. During Hamilton’s fall break, we rent out a cabin in the Adirondacks.

It’s a great bonding experience with the new class and an awesome way to take a break from the stress of classes and midterms back on campus.

Our cabin was in Johnsburg this year, which is near Lake George. While staying there,

The following chapters/ colonies were asked to submit reports for this issue but failed to do so: Delta Delta – University of Chicago, Delta Psi - Indiana University, Iota – Centre College, Iota Chi Colony – Ithaca College, Lambda Tau Colony – University of Tennessee, Mu Chi – Maryville College, Nu Zeta - Pace University, PhiYale University, Phi Gamma – Syracuse University, Phi Sigma - Bryant University, PsiUniversity of Alabama, Tau Alpha – Mcgill University, Tau Delta – University of the South, Zeta Chi – Bentley University

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DKE BIDS FAREWELL TO

CHARLES O. BLAISDELL, A GIANT OF THE FRATERNITY AND DKE CLUB

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hen Charlie Blaisdell died on July 1st at the age of 102, Dekes across North America mourned him. But, after considering his long and eventful life, which meant so much to Delta Kappa Epsilon, they felt honored to have known this remarkable brother. Blaisdell, a prominent leader of the fraternity and at the DKE Club for more than five decades, worked as a lawyer practically until the day he died.

Brothers who gathered Sept. 19th at the DKE Club for a memorial to Charlie told stories and offered remembrances that were alternately touching, inspiring, humorous and sorrowful, but only because the fraternity will miss his intelligence, warmth and dynamic personality. Almost everyone who spoke at the DKE Club recalled Charlie’s firm handshake – better remembered as an iron grip – and his unfailing response when asked how he was feeling: “Never better!” Charlie would say in his New York accent. And you believed him.

DKE Club President Bob Oros recalled that Charlie lived several amazing lives. First, there was his time at Dartmouth where he played football for the fabled coach Red Blaik, who later produced so many great teams at Army. The Brooklyn-born Blaisdell pledged DKE during his senior year, and it was a bond he cherished for the rest of his life.

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Charlie became good friends with former FBI director Louis Freeh, who said in 2016, “Charlie is a brilliant lawyer, but he is also an iconic lawyer. He’s the classic sage counsel with gravitas.” the phone with J. Edgar Hoover, and he never forgot those memorable years after the outbreak of World War II when he served as a field agent for the FBI. After graduating from Columbia Law School in 1940, Charlie joined a small law firm on Madison Avenue, but the attack on Pearl Harbor changed everything, Egan remembered.

Hoover told 1,000 field agents to recommend any friend who, like them, measured up to the job. A friend of Charlie’s from Columbia asked him if he would like to be recommended. “To Charlie, the thought of being a G-Man was the stuff of dreams,” Oros said.

His first assignment was to protect the strategic Soo Locks between Lake Michigan and Lake Superior from sabotage by the Axis Powers. The shipping locks were vital to the Allied Forces because 85 percent of all iron ore produced in the U.S. passed through there. Later, in New York City, he was part of the team

that made the arrest of the infamous Nazi spy Erich Gimpel at a Times Square newsstand on New Year’s Eve, 1943. “When confronted by the agents,” Blaisdell liked to remember, “the first thing Gimpel said was, ‘I guess I won’t get to see New York on New Year’s Eve.’” Eventually, Charlie became good friends with former FBI director Louis Freeh, who said in 2016, “Charlie is a brilliant lawyer, but he is also an iconic lawyer. He’s the classic sage counsel with gravitas. Younger lawyers in big firms regularly go to him for his sound legal knowledge and advice, and he’s always glad to advise them.”

During his 70-year legal career, Blaisdell defended everyone from gangsters to Hollywood impresarios. In the 1950s and ’60s, he worked for or with the likes of Howard Hughes in Las Vegas and Sam Giancana, the Chicago mob boss.

When he retired from his longtime New York law firm in 1980, a friend in the legal community recommended that the White Plains, N.Y., firm of Bleakley Platt & Schmidt hire him. “I planned to stay maybe three years,” Charlie said in 2014. But he remained with the firm for 35 years, always bringing in new clients, he liked to say. “I’m a rainmaker,” was Charlie’s colorful description of his role.

Mason Morjikian, Lambda ’88, said that age never mattered to Charlie – “he made friends with everyone, young and old. My son and my wife and Charlie became good friends and you would never know there was a vast difference in their ages.” Morjikian, who served with Blaisdell for years on the board of the DKE Club, said Charlie always spoke last at every meeting.

“He had the ability to get to the heart of every discussion and put it into the proper perspective.

And, amazingly, Charlie was always right.”

DKE Executive Director Doug Lanpher recalled first meeting Blaisdell, then the president of the fraternity, at the 1976 convention in New York. “I have the vivid memory of thinking, ‘This man is the real deal.’ Charlie was ageless and he was respected by everyone who knew him,” Lanpher said. “He was a change maker who never backed away from the tough decisions. When his own chapter at Pi began to fail, Charlie went to Dartmouth to check things out. Ultimately, he decided that the Pi members at the time were not worthy to be Dekes and he closed the chapter. It must have hurt, but Charlie always did what was best for DKE.” Lanpher said he will always remember Blaisdell’s 95th birthday party when Charlie stood up and gave a 17-minute speech about how important DKE was to him. “It was spellbinding and I’m sure I was not the only person who had goosebumps.”

John Mathews, speaking at the memorial ceremony, said Blaisdell was the backbone of the DKE Club, where he served on the board for 58 years. “Charlie was intensely interested in people, and he always remembered the names of the wives and children,” he said. “Once he met you, you were in his system.”

Clint Blume III recalled meeting Blaisdell for the first time when, as a boy, he stopped at the DKE Club with his grandfather. “Who could forget that vise-like grip?” Blume said. “Later, I watched Charlie and my father have arm wrestling matches, which were a sight to behold. As crazy as it sounds, it felt like we would have Charlie Blaisdell around forever, he was that good of a guy.”

PHI ALPHA DEKE WINS BLAISDELL AWARD The Charles O. Blaisdell DKE Leadership Award, established in 2011, is conferred each year to the undergraduate who is judged to be the best all-around Deke, based on his contributions to his chapter, his school, and for his outstanding performance in scholastic matters and extracurricular activities.

Charlie Blaisdell was one of the most consequential Dekes in the Fraternity’s history and was a mainstay at virtually every major DKE event. His spirit and enthusiasm for DKE are legendary. Naming the Leadership Award for Charlie assures each recipient they will always be linked with one of the greatest leaders ever produced by Delta Kappa Epsilon. This year’s winner, Gautier Parthon de Von, certainly embodies that legacy.

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hen he left France in 2016, Gautier Parthon de Von, Phi Alpha, ’19, had never heard of college fraternities. Flash forward two years and he’s not only a respected brother in DKE’s Phi Alpha chapter at the University of British Columbia, he’s the latest recipient of the Charles O. Blaisdell Award for DKE Leadership.

“Individual awards are not for individuals themselves, but serve our community as a whole,” Gautier said. “They embody ideals that we look up to, and in our context set goals for what it is to be Dekes.”

After studying for two years in Paris, not far from his home in Bordeaux, Gautier planned to travel to Canada to complete his dual degree. “My dream is to become a diplomat,” he said, “and I’ve already tried to take some steps in that direction.”

Last summer, Gautier, 22, went to Jerusalem to teach youngsters there how to speak French. In 2019, he will intern at the United Nations in New York City.

“My involvement in DKE has meant so much to me, and it’s helped me mature and get on the proper path to my lifelong goals,” he said. Even though he knew next to nothing about fraternities, Gautier was intrigued by what he found at DKE’s Phi Alpha chapter. “I immediately felt as if I belonged here,” he said. “It was clear that the brothers could help me grow.

They provide a genuine atmosphere and the people are very honest, giving you support that helps you thrive.”

Gautier has made his mark as the chapter’s chairman of philanthropy, leading Phi Alpha’s drive to raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. He’s also taken an important role in many other activities in the chapter. The youngest of four, he said his parents in France are proud of what he’s accomplished in DKE. “Figures like Charles O. Blaisdell encourage us to exemplify intellectual pursuit, work ethic and community involvement,” Gautier said. “I’m honored to receive this award and I will keep its ideals at the top of mind for the rest of my life.”

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MYSTIC CIRCLE OF ∆KE

HONOURABLE DONALD STOVEL MACDONALD, P.C, C.C., LL.D. ALPHA PHI ’53 1932-2018 Donald S. Macdonald, who had a long, stellar history in Canadian politics, died Oct. 14 at the age of 86. Known as “Thumper” to his legion of friends and admirers, Brother Macdonald had a great love and affection for Delta Kappa Epsilon and his undergraduate days at the University of Toronto.

Brother Macdonald, first elected in 1962 to the Canadian House of Commons, joined the Cabinet of the Liberal Government six years later and, in due course, served as President of the Privy Council; Minister of National Defence; Minister of Energy, Mines and Resources; and Minister of Finance. In 1982, Macdonald was appointed Chairman of the Royal Commission on the Economic Union

ANTHONY PHELAN CARMODY ZETA ZETA ’89 1967-2018 Anthony Phelan Carmody, 51, passed away on August 8, 2018 after a recent tragic accident. Brother Carmody was born in Shreveport, La. and graduated from St. Joseph Catholic School, Loyola College Prep and Louisiana State University, where he joined the Zeta Zeta chapter of DKE. Anthony embraced all life offered as a husband, father, son, brother, and friend,

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and development Prospects for Canada.

Brother Macdonald returned to his law firm, McCarthy & McCarthy, several times, but always answered the call when Prime Ministers Lester B. Pearson and Pierre Trudeau asked him to return and serve in some major capacity. As he often noted, “when your Prime Minister asks, you serve your country.”

He will long be remembered for his generous heart and kind spirit, as he traveled the world in the service of the nation he loved. An impeccable dresser – often sporting the finest collection of silk bow ties – he could also be found in khakis and rubber boots every spring, planting hundreds of trees.

When he chaired what would become known as “The Macdonald Commission,” Brother Macdonald was responsible for innovative policy recommendations including the early framework that led to the NAFTA agreement. He was subsequently appointed by the Right Honourable Brian Mulroney to serve as Ambassador to Great Britain and Northern Ireland where he played a critical role in serving Canada’s interests during the creation of key aspects of the European Union.

Brother Macdonald was a gentle man, according to his family, who inherited from his father, Donald Angus Macdonald, a love of jazz and a commitment to public service.

He often spoke proudly of his father’s legacy

as a World War I veteran and as Canada’s last Dominion Forester. He gained his love of reading from his mother, Marjorie Isabel Stovel, who introduced him to books during the summers spent at her father’s home.

Donald compiled an impressive academic record at Toronto, where he pledged DKE and served as the chapter’s house manager. Grant Burnyeat, Phi Alpha ’65, said he maintained a lifelong love of the fraternity and the bonds created at Alpha Phi. His well-received book, “Thumper: The Memoirs of the Honourable Donald S. Macdonald,” published in 2014, explored his four-decade career in Canadian politics and detailed his long friendship with Pierre Trudeau. Rod McQueen, co-author of the book, said Thumper was Macdonald’s nickname because he had big feet.

After graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree from Trinity College, University of Toronto, Macdonald received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Osgood Law School.

He also had a Master of Laws from Harvard University and a diploma in International Relations from Cambridge University.

The father of four daughters, MacDonald is said to have given joy to his family and friends. “He gave everyone who knew him an investment of hope and optimism that will be remembered as the essence of Donald Macdonald,” said an editorial in the Toronto Globe & Mail.

giving fully of himself. He was as quick with kind words and thoughtful gestures as he was with jokes to share the mirth of life or to ease sorrows of those around him.

Generosity and hospitality were his default, virtuous traits he shared with his father. His greatest joy was celebrating his life with his beloved wife Katherine, children Anthony, Georgia, Lily Grace and Frederick, enjoying afternoons on Cross Lake, cheering on the LSU Tigers, competing cheerfully with local tennis clubs, and lingering happily over family meals.

Brother Carmody was a successful businessman, working for the past three decades in pharmaceutical sales

management. He nurtured lasting friendships in his work, and the outpouring of support from his colleagues, including former associates around the country, is a testament to the depths of joy his friends felt in his presence.

A proud member of DKE, Brother Carmody was currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Zeta Zeta Alumni Association, and counted his brothers as family who gave him fodder for a lifetime of yarns and laughter. He cherished his annual retreat to Manresa in Convent, La. and the men who shared that journey with him.

JOHN BUCK DUCATO THETA ZETA ’58 1937-2018 John Buck “Buckets” Ducato has passed away at the age of 81. Brother Ducato graduated from University of California, Berkeley where he became a member of DKE. He was Theta Zeta chapter president in addition to being president of the San Francisco Bachelors and member of the Bohemian Club.

His business career included vice presidency of the Bank of San Francisco and Northern Trust before retirement to Sedona, Ariz. John kept in touch with his family, friends and fraternity brothers from Sedona.

Brother Ducato was an original. He was larger than life, and his big smile, booming voice, and hearty handshake will truly be missed by all.

EDMUND H HEILIGMAN BETA PHI ’55 1932-2018 Edmund H. Heiligman, Jr., died peacefully at St. Mary’s Hospital on March 12, 2018, Amsterdam, N.Y., after a courageous and valiant fight against cancer. Brother Heiligman was born on Dec. 12, 1932, in Rochester, N.Y. His family moved to Webster, N.Y., where Brother Heiligman graduated from Webster High School and attended the University of Rochester where he joined DKE. Most of Ed’s professional career was in the early days of computers, called data processing at the time. His greatest love was the years he served as a member of the Webster Police Department. While he was considered “part–time”, he served as a training officer and was often called from off-duty to attend family disturbances because of his ability to deescalate these highly volatile tense situations.

His love for the town of Webster continued when he served two terms as a councilman on the Webster Town Board from 1980 to 1988. It was when he was

running for office that he met the love of his life, Sally, who became his wife of thirty-six years. When Sally received the call to Priesthood in the Episcopal Church, Brother Heiligman was her constant mainstay and support.

This journey led them to leave Webster and moved to Pulaski, N.Y., Cortland, N.Y., and then to retirement in Amsterdam, N.Y. Together they enjoyed summers at their camp on Galway Lake.

ROBERT TITUS OWEN DELTA KAPPA ’55 1933-2018 Robert Titus ‘Bob’ Owen, 85, of Germantown, Tenn. was surrounded by his wife and daughters singing hymns to him as he was called home on June 20th, 2018. He was born in Bronxville, N.Y, and grew up in East Williston, on Long Island, N.Y. Brother Owen graduated from Mount Hermon School in Mass., where he was senior class president and excelled as a pole vaulter. While attending the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania, where he earned a degree in Business, Brother Owen joined DKE and was president his senior year. He continued his pole vaulting during these years and set records in track meets in England and Ireland.

Brother Owen celebrated 63 years of marriage with the love of his life, Nancy Louise Wagaman from Hagerstown, Md. They lived for two years in Karlsruhe, Germany while Bob served in the Army.

He and Nancy came to Memphis in 1971 through a job transfer with NBC bank, where they raised their three daughters. He loved his grandchildren and was so proud of all of them. His humor, dry wit, love, thoughtfulness, and generosity brought much joy to his family and friends.

Brother Owen was an active member of First Evangelical Church in Memphis and Grace Evangelical Church in Germantown for the last 44 years. He loved classical music and for years would have his home filled with the sounds of Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Sebelius, and many other artists.

DAVID WARD JONES GAMMA ’81 1959-2017 David Jones passed away peacefully September 8, 2017, from complications of metastatic cancer. Brother Jones was born in Poplar Bluff, Mo. and grew up in Hope, Ark., where he graduated from Hope High School in 1977.

Having received a ROTC scholarship to attend Vanderbilt University, he graduated in 1981, and subsequently served in the US Army for 4 years at Ft. Sill, Oklahoma and in Germany, prior to finishing his military career at Ft. Hood, Texas.

Brother Jones was a member of DKE’s Gamma chapter at Vanderbilt.

David attended SMU Law School in Dallas where he was a member of the Order of the Barristers and served as Editor in Chief of the Law Review. He graduated in 1988 and was admitted to the Texas Bar, subsequently beginning his law career with Thompson & Knight LLP in Dallas. He also worked with Bank One, Bank United and with Franklin Bank, where he served as General Counsel.

After his first year at SMU Law School, Brother Jones married Laurie Wood, love of his life, whom he had met at Vanderbilt.

David and Laurie have always been active in the church. Brother Jones always felt that his most significant Christian service was his medical mission to Peru in 2012 and his well-digging experience with Living Water International in Guatemala in 2014.

DONALD CHARLES KIEVIT PHI CHI ’48 1922-2017 Donald Charles Kievit, 95, passed away Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 at University Hospital in Columbia, Mo. After serving in the Army during WWII, Donald graduated from Rutgers University where he was a member of DKE. After graduation, he was a Certified Plant Engineer for most of his career.

Brother Kievit moved to Columbia in 2009 to be near his daughter and grandchildren and volunteered at the VA, MU Concert Series, and more.

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Yale University University of Alabama University of Mississippi University of North Carolina Harvard University Miami University University of South Carolina University of Virginia Centre College University of Michigan Lafayette College Hamilton College City College of New York University of Rochester Union College Louisiana State University Rutgers University Wesleyan University Washington & Lee University Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Cornell University University of Chicago Syracuse University University of California at Berkeley University of Minnesota Massachusetts Institute of Technology University of Toronto University of Pennsylvania McGill University Stanford University University of Illinois University of Texas at Austin University of Manitoba University of Alberta University of British Columbia University of the South Wake Forest University Virginia Tech Western University Troy University Duke University Pace University Arizona State University Bryant University Pennsylvania State University Bentley University New York University Michigan State University Indiana University Maryville College University of Richmond Texas A&M University University of Victoria St. Joseph’s College Oklahoma State University Manhatttan College University of North Carolina Wilmington Gannon University Hampden-Sydney College University of Missouri Simon Fraser University University of Tennessee Ithaca College University of Colorado North Carolina State University University of Illinois-Springfield University of Calgary

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73 Lake Place, New Haven, CT 06511 946 University Blvd., Tuscaloosa, AL 35401 Colony status, Uses private facilities, Oxford, MI 132 S. Columbia Street, Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Colony status, Cambridge, MA 325 E. Sycamore, Oxford, OH 45056 Uses university facilities, Columbia, SC 173 Culbreath Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 600 W. Walnut Street, Danville, KY 40422 1004 Olivia Ave., Ann Arbor, MI 48104 719 Sullivan Trail, Easton, PA 18042 Uses college facilities, Clinton, NY Colony status, uses private facilities, New York, New York 597 Fraternity Road, Rochester, NY 14627 North wing, Fox dormitory, Schenectady, NY 13 Dalrymple Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70808 78 College Ave., New Brunswick, NJ 08901 276 High Street, Middletown, CT 06459 Colony status, uses private facilities, Lexington, VA Colony status, 901 Peoples Ave., Troy, NY 12180 Colony status, 13 South Avenue, Ithaca, NY 14850 6239 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, IL 60637 703 Walnut Ave., Syracuse, NY 13210 2302 Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, CA 94704 1711 University Ave. SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414 403 Memorial Drive, Cambridge, MA 02139 157 St. George Street, Toronto, ON, Canada, M5R2M2 307 S. 39th Street, Philadelphia, PA 39104 526 Rue Milton, Montreal, QC, Canada H2X1W4 Uses university facilities, Stanford, CA 311 E. Armory, Champaign, IL 61820 Colony status, 715 Graham Place, Austin, TX 78705 638 Jubilee Ave., Winnipeg, MB, Canada, R3L1P6 11003 87th Ave., Edmonton, AB, Canada, T6G0X5 #8 2880 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6T2B5 735 University Ave., Sewanee, TN 37383 1101 Polo Road, Winston Salem, NC 27106 302 Roanoke Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060 Colony status, uses private facilities, London, ON, Canada 414 Fraternity Circle, Troy, AL 36081 1708 Pace Street, Durham, NC 27705 Uses private facilities, Pleasantville, NY Uses private facilities, Tempe, AZ Uses university facilities, Smithfield, RI 328 E. Foster Ave., State College, PA 16801 Uses private facilities, Waltham, MA Uses university facilities, New York, NY 1148 East Grand Ave., East Lansing, MI 48823 424 S. Fess Ave., Bloomington, IN 47401 Uses private facilities, Maryville, TN Uses university facilities, Richmond, VA 3989 N Graham Road, College Station, TX 77845 950 Empress Ave., Victoria, BC, Canada, V8T1N96 Uses college facilities, Patchogue, NY 1225 W. Third Ave., Stillwater, OK 74074 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Bronx, NY 10471 412 Rose Ave., Wilmington, NC 28403 109 University Square, Erie, PA 16541 Uses college facilities, Farmville, VA 912 S. Providence, Columbia, MO 65203 Colony status, uses university facilities, Burnaby, BC, Canada Colony status, 1828 Fraternity Park Dr., Knoxville, TN 37916 Colony status, uses private facilities, Ithaca, NY Colony status, 881 19th Street, Boulder CO Colony status, 18 Maiden Lane, Raleigh, NC Colony status, uses private facilities, Springfield, Il Colony status, uses private facilities, Calgary, AB, Canada

ACTIVES 44 182 0 40 13 45 76 45 40 64 35 17 10 19 12 24 42 44 4 24 27 24 43 36 32 33 29 36 41 29 33 10 19 24 40 26 59 53 14 18 8 12 52 32 55 27 12 70 16 10 24 64 18 12 35 24 43 30 20 77 16 24 6 34 12 14 0

NEW MEMBERS NA-SO 49-FO 25-F 18-FO NA-SO NA-SO 35-S NA-SO NA-SO 29-F 23-FO 5-S NA-SO 0-S 0-F 15-FO 19-F NA-SO NA-SO 6-F 6-S 4-S 4-S 11-F 15-F 14-F 12-F NA-SO 15-F NA-SO 17-S 8-F 8-F 12-FO 29-FO 0-S 0-S 15-F 7-S 21-F 0-S 0-S 13-F 0-S 11-F 0-S 4-F 19-F 0-S 0-S 0-S 18-F 10-FO NA-SO 0-F 11-S 15-F 5-S 2-S 23-F 9-F NA-SO 2-F 9-F 12-F 16-F 10-S

Figure in ACTIVES column is number of members at start of Fall 2018. Add ACTIVES to NEW MEMBERS to determine total chapter size.

FO or SO means recruiting is in Fall or Spring only. F or S means recruiting is year round with letter indicating the primary period.

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The DKE Club extends its deepest sympathies to Mrs. Charles O. Blaisdell, as well as its appreciation for her support throughout the years. Charlie was an integral member of the DKE community; his historical perspective, good humor, and sage advice will be sorely missed.

IN MEMORIAM

CHARLIE BLAISDELL PI ’37

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