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CHAIRMAN’S LET TER Dear Brothers and Friends, We are pleased to deliver this spring edition of the DEKE Quarterly. I hope you enjoy it.

Several months ago, Doug Lanpher gave each member of the DKE Board a copy of the book Fraternity by Alexandra Robbins. Having just finished reading Warren Miller’s autobiographic odyssey Freedom Found, I was looking for something less bulky to take on a flight and grabbed Fraternity. Robbins is an accomplished investigative journalist and author. She spent a year researching her topic, and delivers some very interesting perspectives. In the early chapters of her book, she provides some of critical history and evolution of fraternities to explain some of the underlying issues driving certain aspects of current Greek culture.

Robbins writes that on many campuses, particularly schools with large number of fraternities, the organizations have fallen into an escalating arms race for an informal ranking. Some of the currencies leveraged in the race include the size, frequency, and exclusivity of parties that a given fraternity can afford to host. This, Robbins explains, supports a fraternity’s ability to attract bigger and better pledge classes and attract partnerships with the best sororities, which in turn conveys higher status. It’s not too hard to understand this formula, but it is equally understandable that this pursuit will no doubt put a greater emphasis on activity and behaviors that can lead to a host of problems.

It is almost funny to consider that in the late 1800’s fraternities were of such significant national interest that major news outlets would occasionally cover annual fraternity conventions. By the 1920’s media was glorifying college life, writing of it with ample fascination and within that, fraternity men were considered by the public to be the most glamorous of all students.

Glorified? Glamorous? You could say that there has been a slight pivot in media coverage in the last 100 years. Today’s media is still somewhat fascinated with fraternities, but seemingly only to trumpet the worst episodes associated with Greek life. To be fair, it’s a two-way road. As a byproduct of the arms race (and few other contemporary cultural phenomena that Robbins explains), Greeks provide a trickle of fodder for the hungry headlines. There is no glory or glamour, just scandal and hazard. Public perception follows. In some ways, it seems a lot to ask of our young men caught up in this daily whirlwind of Greek life to step back and gain a broader view, and to demonstrate brotherhood, belonging and useful citizenship. But when I think about that, I realize our undergraduates are doing just that. Through alumni newsletters, these Quarterlies, and other communications, there is a flood of stories that do justice to our most worthy fraternity life.

Please make sure that these are the glorious stories that are seen and understood.

In the Bonds,

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PHI ALPHA DEKE HUSTLES HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE CLOTHING INDUSTRY

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QUARTERLY FLASHBACK – THE FATHER OF MODERN VACCINES

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TWO DEKE CONSULTANTS SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES

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TULSA DEKE CHAMPIONS CHILDREN’S MEDICINE

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DEKE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS IN EVERY ISSUE

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∆KE BOARD OF DIRECTORS Mason Morjikian, Lambda ‘88, Chairman Neilson Brown, Beta ‘67, Vice Chairman David Helverson, Delta Pi ‘81, Treasurer Grant Burnyeat, Phi Alpha ‘65, Honorary President Cory Crenshaw, Tau Lambda ‘01 Christian Cummings, Epsilon Rho ‘18 Semmes Favrot, Psi ‘82 Ray Reynolds Graves, Alpha Chi ‘67 Dan Johnson, Sigma Alpha ‘77 Ron Li, Phi Alpha ‘10 Stan McMillan, Gamma ‘89 John McNeil, Psi ‘79 Kevin O’Bryon, Tau Lambda ‘77 Terry Stewart, Phi Chi ‘69 John Yerger, Delta Chi ‘82 ∆KE HQ STAFF Executive Director: Doug Lanpher, Gamma ‘77 Director of Member Services and Health and Safety: Trey Robb, M.Ed. Director of Alumni Services: Craig Dick, Phi Alpha ‘16 Director of Administrative Services: Turner Spears, Lambda Tau ‘16 Assistant Director of Chapter Services: Dustin Stewart Senior Coordinator of Fraternity Education: OPEN Chapter Consultant: Morgan McElroy, Phi Epsilon ‘21 Expansion Consultant: Logan Nantais, Delta Kappa ‘21 Archivist & Historian: Grant Burnyeat, Phi Alpha ‘65 DEKE QUARTERLY STAFF Publisher: Doug Lanpher, Gamma ‘77 Editor: Kevin Cuneo, Gamma ‘77 Assistant Editor: Michael E. Hilts, Gamma ‘76 Production Editor, Jeff Hamilton Gamma ‘78

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HQ REPORT Greetings fellow Dekes, The academic year that is now concluding has been one of the most rewarding years that I have experienced in all my years with Delta Kappa Epsilon.

The word “resiliency” is in vogue lately, and I’ll use it here to describe the qualities that I’ve observed across the Deke map this entire year. This was really the first full bounceback year for most (but not all) of our chapters, meaning the first year with no covid restrictions. The Omicron variant which hit in December did cause some constraints; for example, Cornell University changed to a virtual recruitment model at the last minute, and our chapters at RPI, Stanford, and McGill had to deal with various limitations on their ability to operate.

described as kids whose minds are already made up to join a fraternity when they come to campus, and who sometimes are described as only being interested in the social aspects of membership rather than the full gamut of activities. (There is another unofficial designation called “never joiners;” they are the 15% of entering freshmen who are convinced they will not join a fraternity.

Interestingly, some of them do end up joining and becoming fully contributing members.)

But it turns out that these projections did not come to pass. My observation from my travels has given me the impression that we were very successful in recruiting the maybe Doug Lanpher, joiners. We ended up about 20 percent Executive Director ahead of our projections for new members, and almost exactly at our projections for returning members. Next year we should surpass our prepandemic membership numbers.

In spite of all that, it was a year of good or even great news at so many chapters. Amazingly, only a few chapters had The quality of our new members and the young execs disappointing years. Putting this into perspective, and going leading our chapters, with no previous experience, has been back to the theme of resiliency, consider that most of our most heartening to me. Never have I been prouder of the chapters are led by young executive boards that joined DKE way our young leaders met the challenges and kept their

by Zoom! They had no opportunity to learn the ropes as chapters moving forward. It leaves me with a strong sense of junior officers, and even had no experience participating in a optimism for the future of DKE! fully functioning fraternity chapter. But with the confidence of youth, they met the challenges head on, stepped into their I hope many of our readers will join us in Charlotte, N.C., roles, and have made wonderful progress in leading their for the Deke Convention in June, and see for themselves chapters forward. the quality of undergraduate members who populate our chapters. I’m certain you’ll get the same sense of optimism There had been a lot of pessimistic projections about how as I have. See you in Charlotte in June. the pandemic would affect fraternity membership, among them that “maybe joiners,” who make up about 70 percent Best wishes to everyone for a great summer! of potential fraternity members, would not see the value in participating in Greek Life, and would stay away in droves.

Maybe joiners, as you might guess, is a colloquial term we use to describe those students who aren’t sure one way In the Bonds, or the other if they’ll join a fraternity. Those students are valuable to any chapter, not only because they make up a good proportion of the prospect pool, but because they often become very strong, contributing members. Losing those students will leave us with smaller classes, said the Doug Lanpher, Gamma ’77 naysayers, populated by the “always joiners,” which would Executive Director, Delta Kappa Epsilon change the nature of our chapters. Always joiners are

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DEKE NEWS Georgia Dekes Grab Spotlight Posts in International Organizations

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ur fraternity strives to develop its members into leaders, but some of the men who join arrive at DKE’s doorstep having already taken strides as leaders and seek both greater challenges and to inspire others.

Two Beta Delta chapter members at the University of Georgia have such track records.

Both hold top officer seats in highly respected international Cade Lowrance youth organizations. Cade Lowrance in June became the 55th International Master Councilor of DeMolay. Erik Robinson Jr. in December became one of six national officers of FFA (Future Farmers of America). Both have spent much of this year living out of suitcases, hitting the road for conferences and to give speeches that motivate young men to reach new heights in their lives.

Brother Lowrance will serve a few more months as Master Councilor, the highest post a student member can attain in DeMolay. Associated with the Masons and Shriners, the fraternal mentorship organization for young men ages 12 to 21 has 13,000 members in 31 countries worldwide.

Cade began his rise to the top seat eight years ago in

Sequatchie Valley, Tenn., near Chattanooga, Tenn. In two years, he became his chapter’s Master Councilor. By 2020, he moved up to Master Councilor for the entire state of Tennessee.

DeMolay and Shriners membership came naturally to Cade, as his father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all members in Alhambra Shrine. His father, two uncles, and a cousin were all state Master Councilors of DeMolay in Tennessee.

Cade was the first in his family to be International Master, but he says he expects that could change.

His younger brothers—Coen, Chasen, and Creed—are already climbing up the DeMolay ladder.

“I was attracted to DKE at Georgia in part because I saw it was similar to DeMolay, with its focus on mentorship and big brother-little brother relationships,” Cade says. Deke membership also permitted “delving into brotherhood at a different level; spending time with brothers 4 to 5 days a week helped me with social aspects, and to become a better man.”

Cade beams with pride for the work needed to win the vote for Master Council—conducting a 350-hour campaign for the office and tapping help from marketers in Canada as well as Romania. The role has

MIT Deke’s Work on Mars Helicopter Extended

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he super lightweight helicopter that has been flying all over the Mars surface – guided by Ingenuity team leader and MIT Deke Teddy Tzanteos (Sigma Tau ‘12), is about to begin its second year of flight missions on Mars. The experimental chopper, which a year ago NASA wasn’t sure would be able to fly, had its mission extended through September, the agency announced March 14. Since its first flight in April 2021, Ingenuity completed 21 successful flights and became a crucial component in NASA’s Perseverance rover mission to explore the Jezero Crater and the search for signs of life on Mars.

“The Jezero river delta campaign will be the biggest challenge the Ingenuity team faces since first flight at Mars,” said Teddy Tzanetos, Ingenuity team lead at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Calif., in a statement. “To enhance our chances of success, we have increased the size of our team and are making upgrades to our flight software geared toward improving operational flexibility and flight safety.”

two main parts; first is where he writes proposals, sets direction for the organization, pushes projects, directs committee work. The second responsibility is membership development, where his biggest challenge has been devising new tools to strengthen member retention.

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to DeMolay hasn’t dinged Cade’s performance as a UGA student. Majoring in finance, Cade also aims for a computing degree, so he’s tackling a heavier than normal course load—which he related shortly after flying back from Milwaukee, where he spoke at a Shriners breakfast. Pulling down a 3.6 GPA, Cade has yet w w w.dke.org

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DEKE NEWS to crystalize on a career path but is eyeing options in finance, real estate and politics, maybe cyber security. Heavy travel leads to missing a few DKE chapter meetings, but he stays well connected through his two best friends, who are dorm roommates and brother Dekes.

Erik Robinson Jr. in December became one of six national VPs for the southern region of FFA, with 735,000 members, the world’s largest student organization. Erik is tackling his executive position somewhat differently than Cade. He saw the workload and travel as reason to take a year off from his Poly Sci and criminal justice studies at Georgia. He hopes to return to classes for spring classes in 2023.

Elected to his post at an FFA convention in October, Erik began leading his region of eight states at the end of 2021 from Indianapolis. In the previous two years, he was state president of the Georgia FFA, a chapter with more than 70,000 member students.

While most FFA members have backgrounds tied to agriculture and farming, it wasn’t that way for Erik. He found his way into FFA almost by accident.

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“I was all into sports – track, football. But I was injured and couldn’t run track.” To keep him involved, a school advisor prodded him to consider joining FFA, even though his high school near Savannah “was about the farthest from an ag community.” Erik started his FFA days working on a goat farm, and later, working with horses.

Before his election to the FFA national seat, he trained race horses near Athens, Ga. As a young FFA member, the first retirement address Erik heard from an outgoing state leader struck a nerve.

“That’s when I realized, I want to do that, to inspire future leaders, to make an impact. I fell in love with the action, the smile spreading on students’ faces when they were so involved.” Erik was excited by the engagement with students, with aspects of building up other students.

He also embraced the idea of encouraging more minority students involved in FFA. “I saw the chance to motivate other youngsters, to challenge them into facing their fears, to dare to chase their dreams, to push ourselves to our limits… to realize that fear kills more dreams than failure.”

Describing some of the responsibilities that have kept him busy at FFA, Erik says, “Early on, it is crafting speeches, managing logistics, prepping for life on the road.

Then, from January on, it’s helping train other officers, attending state conventions, giving speeches to big crowd audiences, plus meeting with FFA sponsors.” Through all of it, he says he’s propelled forward by a very supportive family, especially his mom, who pushes him to be the

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MD Anderson Launches James Allison Institute

he University of Texas announced a new research hub of its renowned MD Anderson cancer center on March 24 and named it the James P. Allison Institute. The Center said it expects the institute to build on the work of Jim Allison, Omega Chi ’69, who was awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize for his groundbreaking work in T cell biology and his invention of the first immune checkpoint inhibitor to treat cancer.

Allison, who was featured on the Quarterly cover in 2017 and honored at a Deke Club of Houston luncheon in 2020, is chair of Immunology at MD Anderson and now director of the new Allison Institute.

“Immunotherapy has transformed cancer care over the past decade but, unfortunately, not all patients benefit equally. Our goal is to change that,” said Allison. “Our vision is to lead the world in immunotherapy research by empowering interdisciplinary scientific excellence and by accelerating discoveries into novel and synergetic therapies that enable cures.”

Allison notes that unlike the traditional pillars of cancer care — surgery, radiation, chemotherapy and targeted therapies — immunotherapy does not target tumors directly; instead it works to unleash the immune system. The institute’s aim is to develop treatment approaches that effectively integrate with the traditional pillars and prime immune cells for an anti-tumor response that can eliminate cancer — permanently.

best he can be.

Not unlike DKE, Erik says.

“When I pledged, I was still trying to discover who I was, but I realized I had become part of something bigger, with

members aspiring to become better citizens and to serve more than themselves. Those objects reminded me of FFA and to miss it. So I got back into it.”

DKE Explores Restarts on Multiple Campuses; Tulane Turns DKE Down

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elta Kappa Epsilon is working now to grow its undergraduate membership and chapter roll by restarting former DKE chapters on several campuses that have solid Greek Life support and strong student enrollment. Dustin Stewart, Assistant Director of Chapter Services, is developing the roadmap – DKE’s first-ever formal expansion plan. The groundwork will drive DKE growth over the next few years and involves assessing and allocating resources, contacting universities to identify openings and developing partnerships, as well as working with DKE alumni groups to provide support in the restarts of dormant chapters.

DKE is currently pursuing reactivations at Villanova (Sigma Phi chapter) and Oklahoma State (Omega Mu) and has begun return conversations with Penn State University. Next wave reactivation targets include Arizona State, Delaware, Louisiana Tech and Union College, though targets could be added as Dustin and the chapter services team concludes campus visits this spring.

Another likely return is at University of Oklahoma (Rho

Lambda), in the fall 2025, a lengthy timeline due to the university’s calendar. In every case, Dustin notes, short- and long-term planning is critical.

DKE did recently petition Tulane to reactivate the Tau Lambda chapter there, after the university had announced two expansion slots opening this fall and next. The fraternity’s return to New Orleans will have to wait, however, as DKE was one of ten organizations turned down in February.

Still, Executive Director Doug Lanpher was heartened by some excellent feedback from Tulane, and its openness to our return when the next slot opens. “We have a stronger template for our next proposals, which will expound on

Western Dekes Meet at Fraternity Leadership Event

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wo Dekes, each of whom helped found western chapters this past year have also gone on to represent DKE in the wider fraternity world. Sami Muslmani, past president of Omega Omega- Arizona, and Matteo Macri, treasurer of Tau Gamma-Texas Tech, attended the Association of Fraternity Leadership & Values (AFLV) Greek Leadership Conference in Anaheim in late February.

Another Tau Gamma officer, Tomas Mendes, who serves as New Member Educator, also attended.

The three met by surprise at a conference luncheon, not expecting to see other Dekes. They got to know each other, swapped stories of their chapter similarities (each a new colony in 2020, same size, similar house loca-

the support and education programs we provide our chapters.”

Georgia Chapter Wins IFC Recognition

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elta Kappa Epsilon’s Beta Delta chapter has earned recognition by the Interfraternity Council at University of Georgia. After a previous request and rejection for formal recognition on campus, the IFC voted on March 14 to welcome DKE as a member. A three-man team of chapter president Dilyn Zertuche, ’23, Grayson Koerner, ’24, and Nick Folino, ’25, presented to the council’s executive board and tion, and each earning formal charters in November), then rubbed elbows with fraternity and sorority officers from more than 50 other schools.

The AFLV, the oldest regional fraternal conference, dating back to 1948, provides a forum for members to network on

Sami Muslmani, left, and Matteo Macri represented DKE at the AFLV Greek Leadership Conference in February.

then the entire council of 23 fraternity members before the successful vote, just a few shy of unanimous.

“Director of Greek Life, Joshua Welch, and IFC Advisor, Logan Morrison, supported us through the process, but especially early on,” says Brother Beta Zertuche. “Their feedback guided us to a more professional approach and led us to better articulate what DKE brings to the IFC and to campus.”

Zertuche said the process helped them analyze the chapter’s policies and strategies, “reshaping them in ways that would help us evolve into an even better chapter.” In

topics impacting students and Greek Life.

“Attending was great for our chapter, an opportunity provided through the University of Arizona IFC, which sent one of the largest delegations to Anaheim,” Sami says. The sessions were insightful, with a keynote speaker each morning and covered a wide range of topics, from mental health to how to revitalize Greek communities.

“The material included best practices for running a chapter, useful information we could bring back to Arizona,” Sami says. Brother Muslmani has shared ideas with Ethan Woodard, Sami’s successor Brother Beta at Omega Omega. And, he definitely recommends the chapter attends future AFLV conferences, especially if the IFC continues with its scholarship funding support.

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DEKE NEWS conducting their work, the officers found that the chapter was unique among UGA’s fraternities – the only one that focuses all its community service at the local level, helping the Athens community directly. They also found a DKE strength in a large number of members who are leaders not just in campus organizations but also outside of UGA. Their presentation also identified an earnest and ambitious chapter, when it described a stringent academic goal.

It established a goal for the chapter to attain a cumulative GPA of 3.65 by 2025—above the highest average by a single existing IFC chapter and well above the all-fraternity average (3.45) and the all-university men’s average (3.34).

“I am excited for our chapter to see this step behind them,” says DKE Executive Director Doug Lanpher. “We hope this win elevates the chapter to achieve even higher levels.” Lanpher notes that

the recognition represents a big step forward partly because it legitimizes DKE to the entire Greek community.

He also recalls the vision of the re-founders “to create a different kind of fraternity at UGA, one which rejects hazing and focuses on developing a close, diverse brotherhood based on the Objects of DKE.”

Ohio State Conducts Largest-Ever DKE Initiation, Leads Big Spring Recruitment

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he largest-ever initiation in the history of Delta Kappa Epsilon took place on March 4, when Delta Tau at Ohio State formally welcomed 107 new members during the new chapter’s first initiation, combining fall and spring pledge classes. The ceremony was held online to avoid health issues that a large, indoor, intimate in-person event might introduce—and just as Covid-19 rules were

Dekes Find Another Founder’s Grave

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KE archivist and historian Grant Burnyeat, Phi Alpha ’68, had found notes some time ago documenting the location of the gravesite of one of DKE’s founders, Edward Griffin Bartlett.

But until recently, he had not secured a visual record of the site at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, NY. Chapter consultant Morgan McElroy made the trek early this year, when he was on a trip to visit our New York chapters.

Brother Burnyeat indicates we now know and have photos of the burial sites for 13 of our 15 founders. In addition, DKE also has portrait photos of eight of the 15.

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Convention Has Carolina in Deke Minds

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rammy winning songwriter James Taylor goes to Carolina in his mind, but DKE staff recommends that all Deke alums consider getting there for real this summer, to share in the festivities and bonds of brotherhood at our first in-person convention since 2018. The 178th Convention will be headquartered at the Charlotte Marriott City Center and the proceedings will run from Thursday, June 9 to Sunday, June 12.

“We’d love to see as many people as possible join us for a wonderful celebration of brotherhood,” says Executive Director Doug Lanpher. “It is a terrific coming together after having to cancel so many in-person gatherings the past two years.”

Special programs are being planned for alumni who attend, including those who serve as advisors to DKE chapters, those who are members of alumni associations, and all alums who are ready to connect with their brethren. The event kicks off with an evening reception Thursday and a Saturday night banquet (that likely takes many Dekes to the wee hours Sunday) will wrap up official events. More information on registration and activity schedules will follow soon, but you can reserve your hotel nights at special DKE block room rates here: CHARLOTTE

being relaxed across the U.S. Expansion Consultant Logan Nantais, Ethan Woodard, Omega Omega ’24, and Teddy George, Delta Chi ’24 led the proceedings.

Online initiations, admittedly not the ideal or most memorable experience, have been common during the pandemic in many DKE chapters.

Such online rituals are usually condensed versions of traditional DKE ceremonies and most are followed by in-person events when health risks are lower. Delta Tau chapter is planning an in-person ritual for the new initiates when classes resume in the fall.

The record setting initiation at Ohio State was but one of

several swollen new classes at DKE chapters. DKE chapters worked diligently to grow coming out of the tough pandemic recruitment semesters—and their returns on that investment exceeded expectations.

This spring, DKE chapters added more than 350 new members, bringing the full academic year growth to more than 1,000 new members—up 12% from the previous school year.

Among the chapters posting super-sized new classes include Kappa-Miami (32), Eta-Virginia (24), Psi Delta-Wake Forest (24), Iota-Centre (17), Lambda-Kenyon (16), Phi Sigma-Bryant (13), and Delta-South Carolina (14).

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AO’s new exec board, from left, treasurer Jackson Klein; social chair Luke Seifert; ‘The Dean’ (aka academic chair) Chris Orear; vice president Cam Johnson; risk management chair Magnus Lehan; president Will Gillian; and recruitment chair Shah A. Rahman.

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xciting times in Boulder as our chapter is energized after earning our charter in November 2021! Our new executive board, headed up by president Will Gillian, takes on the challenge of leading the chapter into what we hope will be our most successful year yet.

Last fall, as the University of Colorado returned to in-person classes, Alpha Omicron members took our roles as scholars seriously. We achieved the highest cumulative chapter GPA since preCovid times. Now, as we look toward the summer ahead, we’re proud to report that Vignesh ‘Viggy’ Chandrasekhar has landed an internship as a software developer for Charles Schwab and that brother Chris Orear was just awarded a competitive cancer research fellowship. He’ll spend ten weeks this summer at Colorado University’s Anschutz Medical Campus in Denver.

While DKE chapters often

dig deep to provide community service, the need hit too close to home for Alpha Omicron. On the very last days of 2021, the family home of brother Eric Ruggles was lost to the Marshall wildfire in Louisville, Colo. The chapter rallied in January to help support a Go Fund Me page to help the family recover from the devastating loss. They raised more than $3,200 from 40 donors.

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rother Beta Jackson Highsmith reports: The Beta chapter of DKE at UNC

in the midst of an exciting and successful year. After a fulfilling recruitment process last fall, we welcomed 21 new brothers into our chapter. We always roll out a great welcome mat to greet our alumni for a football tailgate parties. We were thrilled to host alumni brothers from many past decades for an afternoon of Deke yarns from storytellers young and old.

While all Alumni Weekends shine a light on past and current Beta members, we used this year’s weekend to spotlight one class that missed out the most from Covid-19 cancellations of in-person events and formal university graduation. The university rescheduled the official graduation ceremony for this spring. After the University’s proceeding in Kenan Stadium, the 2020 pledge class and their families celebrated with a lunch at the chapter house.

Among Beta’s many gentlemen, scholars and jolly good fellows, one has stood out recently in the Chapel Hill community. Will Nichols, ’24, a sophomore in the Flagler Business school, established a local business, HabitatSolar, to support Habitat for Humanity and serve alongside fellow DKE brothers. Will’s focus has been to work with Habitat and Rotary International to develop a funding model for the installation of solar panels on Habitat homes in Orange County and across North

Carolina. Going forward, the chapter is looking to build on his progress and bring additional sets of hands to come together for others.

Beta also found the campus spotlight recently, reaching the top of the UNC fraternity basketball league. Our men had to come back from a deep deficit in the first half of the championship game. Tyler Palmer hit a three pointer as time expired to secure a hardfought victory over Sigma Nu. The chapter now looks forward to a strong finish to the year in the classroom.

Accomplishing this will aid in the chapter in maintaining its stance as one of the most respected fraternities on campus – and possibly improving its scholarship stance from a year ago, when the chapter posted a 3.74 spring GPA, finishing above all IFC and all campus averages.

Recent elections determined a new slate of officers, including Jackson Highsmith, president; Sam Vlahoplus, vice president; Carter Gasia, treasurer; Brooks Reed, secretary; Cleighton Hilbert and Graham Phillips, philanthropy co-chairs; Hughes Edwards; academic chair; and Will Riddle, alumni chair.

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ecolonized in 2018, the hard-working chapter was honored with its full charter in November 2021. In its application, it reaffirmed its goal of simply following “the motto that says every Deke should be a gentleman, a scholar and a jolly good fellow,” said Chi president Zachary Ware.

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CHAPTER NEWS The new exec board at Chi, from left: Rkyley Galinsky, house manager; Hayden Faughn, treasurer; Ryan Hunt, recruitment chair; JC Hafley, vice president; Aidan White, president; Danial Laramie, health & safety chair; Patrick Breton, master of ritual; and Keaton Silver, secretary.

The chapter also voted in a third generation Deke as alumni chair; Albert Bienvenu V, is the son and grandson of Zeta Zeta Dekes, and nephew to another Chi Deke.

“When we started in 2017, we believed we could change Greek life on the Ole Miss campus. It came down to simple things, such as helping a fellow student in class, supporting philanthropic causes, or improving our relationship with other Greek organizations.”

The Chi social calendar was chock full, including a crazy March, beginning with Mardi Gras fun on March 1. Brothers Albert Bienvenu, Sean O’Brien, George Janvier, and Thomas Hamrick were in the Krewe d’Etat walking as “security” guards. Brothers O’Brien and Bienvenu also joined the Rex parade as the Walking Heads— the first return of the Walking Heads in about 150 years.

A few days later, we continued a decades-old Chi tradition of introducing the Ole Miss campus to some rising stars in the music world. We hosted two rappers, Fedd the God from Pittsburgh and Ducey Gold from North Carolina.

It was a huge success! Then, many Chi brothers traveled to Miramar Beach on the Florida panhandle for a brotherhood-filled spring break – complete with blistering in the sun and great bonding over games of football, baseball and spikeball.

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the preferred option, mainly because the facilities are little more than dorms and highly regulated by the University.

So, the chapter will work with local realtors while the Deke Property Group begins working on an investment plan.

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elta has been building for several years toward becoming one of the largest DKE chapters, and has now locked in as solid number two to Psi at Alabama, reaching 146 actives with this spring’s recruits. They continue to impress with a growing reputation, and elicited praise from Doug Lanpher after a visit there in February. “They’ve become a very high performing chapter in many ways – philanthropy, risk management, alumni relations – even while they believe there’s also room for improvement and even more growth.”

The chapter is seeking a longer term housing solution, but is challenged by a difficult market in Columbia. Fraternity housing on campus, which includes a Greek Circle, is not

Brothers Jack Balogh, Joe Murray, and Max Johnson visited in Washington D.C. as delegates to DKE Officers’ Academy.

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Delta Alpha member got together with student-run Pups on the Plains to raise cash for the dog rescue center.

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rother Beta Cooper McClinton reports: Our spring semester got off to a challenging start when our chapter house failed a fire inspection in January – because our landlord neglected to make repairs mandated by the city. We were evicted in mid-Winter and left without a house for almost three weeks.

Meanwhile, we worked with the university, the city, and the landlord to renegotiate a new lease.

We got some great brotherly assistance from two Psi-Alabama Dekes, Sam Adams, ’79 and John Lapeyrouse, ’79, and repossessed the house in late February.

Every brother held their head high through the adversity

and found our way to the light at the end of the tunnel.

When we got back into the house, we celebrated with a Casino Night event – and it was a great success. We followed that with a weekend Brotherhood Retreat. Forty of us jolly good fellows ventured to the Flat Bottom Creek Ranch House in LaFayette, Ga., and, of course, a great time was had by all.

Our chapter hosted a successful fundraiser to start the semester in support of Pups on the Plains, a student-run animal rescue shelter that cares for homeless dogs until they can find new, loving homes. We raised over $500 for this organization – the most money they’ve ever collected from a single event, and it all helped to cover medical bills, food, toys and other supplies for the dogs.

The chapter also conducted a food drive in late March and proceeds were headed to the Food Bank of East Alabama.

Delta Alpha also boasts about brother Mason Doan, our new baseball hero. When the Auburn IFC hosted its very first Home Run Derby, partnering with the Auburn baseball team and its head coach Butch Thompson, Mason was DKE’s representative.

He went to bat and finished fifth among 23 participants.

Nu Zeta – Pace

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rother Beta Daniel Mulcahy reports: Nu Zeta Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Pace University boasts 11 new brothers committed to their fraternity, their community, as well as themselves. If we’re raising money for the American Cancer Society, working closely with Colleges Against Cancer in our annual dodge-

At the Pace campus involvement fair, still masked for Covid because New York requirements had not yet changed, from left to right: CJ Defeo,’24, Matt Bavaro, VP Sean Lowery, ’23, Brother Beta Daniel Mulcahy, ’23, and VP of Recruitment and Treasurer Tommy Minafra, ’23.

ball event, or just taking part in brother-bonding activities, we are in continuous motion around campus.

Our presence at Pace University can be characterized by friendly, approachable, philanthropic, and hard working brothers. With the campus finally being able to host in-person events after an almost 2-year hiatus, we have been striving to create an enticing environment for all.

We are proud of the progress we have made but, more importantly, we are eager to build off that success for a brighter future.

We’re accomplishing this by taking more leadership roles on campus. Tommy Minafra, ’23, leads the list as new president of the school’s IFC.

Omega OmegaArizona

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ne of the history-making eight DKE chapters to earn its charter last November, Omega Omega continues to impress. First, we are proud of our positive growth, with

a super spring rush class of 11 new members.

The chapter was recognized in February at the annual Order of Omega IFC awards, and was singled out for its outstanding involvement on campus. Additionally, former Brother Beta Sami Muslmani took home honors as IFC President of the Year for a second consecutive year.

Eight of our elite scholars were recognized by the university in February for making the fall 2021 Dean’s List. A round of clicks for Matthew Huffman, ’23; Jeffrey Mosqueira, ’24; Sami Muslmani, ’23; Michael ‘Mikey’ Robillard, ’23; Russell C. Sauer, ’23; Dalton Stormo, ’23; Matt Tijerina and Vincent Young ’23.

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he chapter is proud of the past few years as we’ve built up Phi Epsilon to a more sustainable size.

Recent recruitment success has led us to assemble a solid 69-man chapter roll.

All men of solid character who are indeed Gentlemen, Scholars and Jolly Good

In January, Brother Austin Ricci,’24, carried on a great DKE tradition of flying our colors around the world. His trip over winter break took him to Cape Town, South Africa. Here, he’s shown atop Table Mountain in Cape Town.

fellows, we’ve especially made our mark with many fabulous new scholars. The most recent University academic report shows 20 Dekes landed on the Dean’s List in the fall – that’s 29 percent of the active membership. Four individuals recorded perfect 4.0 GPAs, helping lift the chapter’s overall GPA to a phenomenal 3.42.

Those excelling in academics and bringing more distinction to our chapter include Drew Brinker, ’23; Drew Evenson, ’25; Carter Smith, ’23; and Tucker Weldon, ’25. Snaps all around for this stellar academic prowess. Brothers Weldon and Evenson also earned Deke Roar Scholarship monies for their academic standing as new members.

Zeta Chi-Bentley

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rother Beta Tyler Hanrahan reports: The gentlemen, scholars and jolly good fellows of Zeta Chi are extremely proud to report a growing prowess in philanthropy and community service. This spring, Zeta Chi raised $13,366 to donate to Boston Children’s Hospital as a part of our Karaoke for the Kids fundraiser.

We far exceeded our goals and doubled our previous high total. We offer grateful thanks to everyone who donated and a huge shoutout to our Philanthropy Chair, Mason Parks.

These funds for Boston Children’s were in addition to the more than $10,000 that we raised with Phi Sigma Sigma last fall for the American Breast Cancer Society.

Our DKE chapter has been making huge strides in leadership in the Bentley Univer-

sity community. Four of the past five IFC Presidents have been Dekes, including current Brother Beta Tyler Hanrahan and current IFC President Pat Kelly. Additionally, Junior Class President, Brendan Vann, and Sophomore Class President, Mason Parks, are both Dekes.

The current president of the

Freshman Class has pledged DKE and is currently going through New Member Education. Our officers and members have had countless meetings with school administration, developing excellent rapport and relationship, and we believe we have had a great impact on not only Greek Life at Bentley, but the student experience in general.

Continued growth has also occurred at Zeta Chi, where we have increased our chapter roll over the past few recruitment periods (to become a 40-man chapter), despite the adverse effects of COVID. We have been able to attract new young men that we are shaping to become Gentleman, Scholars, and Jolly Good Fellows.

We were pleased to receive a visit from DKE HQ leaders Doug Lanpher and Morgan McElroy this semester. They spent quality time with our officers and many brothers, including joining in our weekly chapter meetings.

We are proud of being noted for our recent progress and chapter resurgence. w w w.dke.org

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DEKES WHO EXCEL IN BUSINESS

NORM BISHOP, PHI ALPHA ’83 CLOTHING EXECUTIVE HUSTLES HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF THE INDUSTRY

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f you’re a policeman, firefighter, park ranger or anyone who wears a uniform to work, chances are you are familiar with Bishop Custom Clothing. The company, owned for nearly 24 years by Phi Alpha British Columbia DKE brother Norm Bishop, manufactures custom clothing for the promotional products industry, uniform industry, and private label manufacturers for various retailers across Canada and the United States.

It’s a major company that does business in four continents, and Bishop and his wife, Carolyn, turned it into a powerhouse after they purchased the company in 1997.

Norm Bishop, 58, has been a go-getter since his days at Phi Alpha. “Back then, I was putting myself through school, working three full shifts a week at a job, and I thought I had no time for a fraternity,” Bishop said. “But the guys at Phi Alpha were pretty persistent. They convinced me that they might be able to help me manage my time better and, amazingly, they did. I got into a pattern where I’d go to the Deke house, eat dinner, and then go with several brothers to the library to study. It worked.

Eventually, I learned that sometimes the busier you are, the more you can accomplish.”

Bishop said he loved his time at Phi Alpha, although he still hated going to his job as a weekend janitor at a local recreation center on the midnight to 8 a.m. shift. But it shows what a hard worker Bishop was – then and now. After earning a degree in business, he found a job in the packaging industry in various sales positions. Eventually, he joined Koala Beverages, where he worked his way up to vice president of sales and marketing.

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“All these years later I’m still grateful for the people and everything I learned at the Deke house.”

“When my wife and I bought the clothing company, we rebranded it as Bishop Custom Clothing,” he said. They quickly grew the business, establishing a domestic production facility in Canada, while partnering with factories in China and India. Bishop Garment Company became a one-stop shop for custom clothing requirements for orders big and small in all categories, including knits, wovens and leathers.

Bishop Custom Clothing became so successful that in 2019 Edwards Garment, a major clothing facility in Kalamazoo,

Mich., came calling. Edwards executives saw a chance to combine the two companies to create more dynamic products. “Both companies provide career apparel and we found that we shared a similar vision and business focus,” said Edwards’ president, Gary Schultz.

“When we sat down to talk business with the Edwards people at a board meeting,” Bishop recalled, “I was surprised when the company’s director, Max Weitzenhoffer, said he’d pledged DKE at Oklahoma.

Max is a really interesting guy and he’d been fabulously successful as a producer of Broadway shows, winning a number of Tony Awards.”

He also owned six theaters in London’s West End where he produced many hit shows, starring such performers as Kevin Spacey, Angela Lansbury, Catherine ZetaJones and Kathleen Turner, among others.

“Max has even written a popular book entitled ‘Take it to the Max.’ It was exciting to learn that we are DKE brothers. That meeting proved what a small world this is,” Bishop said.

Edwards Garment didn’t want to let a bright, innovative leader like Bishop get away, so he was hired as president of Edwards X, which stands for “exclusive design.” Bishop has led that division since 2021.

“Edwards X goes back a long way and is credited as being the first manufacturer to put a zipper in a pair of pants,” he said. “Before that, you just buttoned up.”

Bishop and Carolyn are parents of three adult daughters, and everyone in the family is still based in Canada, though they’re pretty well spread out across the country.

“All these years later I’m still grateful for the people and everything I learned at the Deke house,” Bishop said. “It’s funny how the things you don’t think you have the time to pursue sometimes end up as the most important things of all.”

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LIVE AND IN PERSON! JANUARY’S OFFICERS ACADEMY

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n outbreak of Covid, which sidelined two of the guest speakers, and a powerful snowstorm roaring up from the south that clogged roads and canceled flights were no match for the spirit at this year’s Deke University Officers Academy.

The conference, which took place January 1316 in Washington, D.C., attracted more than 80 undergraduate brothers from 35 chapters.

Attendance would have been higher had city officials not established, at the last minute, new restrictions on visitors headed to the U.S. capital. That prevented some brothers from Hosting the event was the impressive Westin D.C. City Center Canadian chapters from attending the conference, and others Hotel, which proved to offer the ideal location for visiting DKE from southern chapters had to depart early to escape the brothers who toured the sights during breaks in the programs. snowstorm.

The annual winter conference, which began in Chicago six Alpha Tau brothers from the University of Manitoba years ago as the Brother Beta Academy, moved to Washington in Winnipeg overcame numerous obstacles to make it to four years ago and evolved into the Officers Washington. “Those Canadians showed real Academy. spirit and grit,” said Craig Dick, DKE’s Director Not only is the city more centrally located of Alumni Services.

“I can’t tell you how great for chapters in the east (both north and “At least we were in person again this year,” it was to be in the same south), it’s the place where so many Delta said DKE Executive Director Doug Lanpher. room with undergraduates Kappa Epsilon brothers have reached the “I can’t tell you how great it was to be in the from 35 chapters.” heights of American government. Don’t same room with undergrads from 35 chapters. forget: DKE’s membership includes five U.S. The academy’s events were so full of energy – DKE Executive Director presidents and four U.S. Supreme Court and the feeling of brotherhood was so strong Doug Lanpher Justices, not to mention many members of that it reminded everyone of how important Congress. these gatherings are.”

In past years, the location was instrumental Last year’s Officers Academy, forced by in attracting such illustrious Dekes as former U.S. Congressional the pandemic to take place online, missed the palpable sense leader Rep. Bob Livingston to the conference. of brotherhood that was so much in evidence at the January The sessions at this year’s academy were outstanding, Lanpher session. “The Omicron variant did take its toll, as two staff said. “We’ve had excellent feedback from the brothers who members, our keynote speaker and about 15 percent of the attended, and our staff worked hard to cover topics of interest undergraduates who had registered weren’t able to attend,” for practically everyone. In addition to the general sessions, we Lanpher said. “But the men who did come to Washington had special ‘tracks’ for chapter presidents, vice presidents of connected with brothers from throughout North America, recruitment and vice presidents of health and safety. establishing ties that I’m sure will last a long time.”

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Pictured Above: Attendees of the Officer’s Academy posing for a group photo after lunch Right: Deke Staff from left to right: Dustin Stewart (Assistant Director of Chapter Services), Craig Dick (Director of Alumni Services and Marketing), Logan Nantais (Expansion Consultant), Doug Lanpher (Executive Director), Trey Robb (Director of Member Services), Morgan MacElroy (Chapter Consultant) Bottom right: Recipients of Sigma Alpha - Virginia Tech Scholarships Left to Right: David Alexander (‘23), Mathew Wilson (‘23) , Doug Lanpher, Mason Colt (‘24), Walker Hegadorn (‘22)

“Each staff member participated in presenting or facilitating programs during the weekend, and our chapter consultants, Logan Nantais (Delta Kappa ’21) and Morgan McElroy (Phi Epsilon ’21), were able to introduce themselves to brothers from some of the chapters they had yet to meet in their travels.”

Taking their lead from Lanpher, DKE staff members Trey Robb (Director of Member Services), Craig Dick, Dustin Stewart (Assistant Director of Chapter Services), and McElroy and Nantais helped lead the discussions. One Covid casualty was Turner Spears, Director of Administrative Services, who tested positive the night he arrived in D.C., and spent the rest of the weekend helping coordinate as much as he could from the confines of his hotel room. He was slated to lead two of the sessions, but the rest of the staff pitched in and covered them.

Robb, who labored for months to prepare for the academy, said the undergrads approached the classes with a seriousness of purpose.

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attention and actively took part in all the discussions,” he said. “Even the hotel staff complimented us on the good behavior of our men. It’s always impressive to see how engaged everyone is.”

Dick, who has attended every leadership conference since the first one in Chicago in 2017 when it was known as the Brother Beta Academy, said the discussions became more serious and wide ranging with each passing year.

“I think, judging by what the undergraduates say, that our conference is moving in the right direction,” Dick said. “The schedule was jam-packed, but the attendance was almost perfect, and you could tell the guys came to learn.”

During their off hours, the brothers joined with members of other chapters to take in the monuments and museums that are such an important part of Washington. “I think Doug is right in his observation that many of the friendships forged here will last for years,” Robb said. “It’s gratifying for us on the DKE staff to see the guys exchanging stories about their chapters.

I know a lot of men go back to their colleges with tips and advice they learned from their brother Dekes.”

Each chapter is assessed an event fee by DKE International, which covers expenses for two brothers for the three-night stay at the hotel and all meals. It’s not an inexpensive undertaking for headquarters and the individual chapters, but it pays rich dividends in the long run, Robb said. Per member cost for additional members is kept as low as possible, to encourage the third and even fourth officer to attend.

“We keep in close contact with every chapter, and if we notice in advance that some are in need of help in, say, recruitment, we encourage brothers to attend separate tracks that would benefit recruitment officers. Same with “I think the size of Delta Kappa Epsilon works in our favor chapter treasurers,” Robb said. at these types of events,” Dick said. “We’re small enough that The time and expense of the Officers Academy is well worth everyone has a voice and all the guys seem to get along very it, Lanpher said. “It’s already made the current semester very well. I understand that’s not always the case at huge national productive, as we have been able to build off the goodwill that fraternities. The friendships forged at our events are genuine.” the conference generated. This year’s academy may have been By the conclusion of discussions at the academy, students our most important one ever, because most of these chapter could demonstrate comprehension of DKE health and safety officers joined during Covid and have never had the opportunity violations and standards. They expanded their understanding of to ‘come up through the ranks and learn from the concepts by participating in a facilitated the older guys how to run a chapter.” scenario-based educational program.

“In some cases, the The results of the meetings are clear. Chapter “In some cases, the participation was so officers learn to clarify and outline expectations participation was so strong and energetic that we actually went of their individual positions. “They also gain past our allotted time,” Robb said. “We’d strong and energetic that insight as they learn to identify improvement we actually went past our juggle the schedule in order to fit everything opportunities for their positions,” Robb said. in, but if discussions proved so informative allotted time.”

At the various sessions, the chapter leaders and enthusiastic, we felt it was worth it to – DKE Director of Member keep the conversation going.” identified skills they learned from their positions at the fraternity and how to apply those to their Services Trey Robb.

As an example of officers learning daily lives in the years ahead. from each other, one of the sessions In order to inject a little fun and friendly reviewed health and safety violations at competition into the event, and to give away a other chapters. It helped the brothers to few Deke shirts and hats we had on hand, Morgan created an understand practical solutions to crisis prevention. Robb said impromptu Deke Trivia contest, where we quizzed the gathered the undergraduates learned to better manage certain situations. brothers on various points of Deke history, and whoever was Fortunately everyone made it home safe and sound, though not first to yell out the answer won the prize. The active brothers without some horrible travel experiences due to the big snowstorm. surprised and impressed us with their knowledge of some The two delegates from Beta Delta-Georgia, Dilyn Zertuche arcane trivia, but one question proved way too easy. The and Thomas Snipes, decided to rent a car in DC and drive back question was, “Which famous Deke is known for saying ‘I like because of a canceled flight, and what should have been a 9-hour beer.’”? Too easy by far, because from every corner of the drive became a 13-hour drive due to snow. The brothers from Tau room, and in unison, we heard shouts of BRETT KAVANAUGH! Gamma-Texas Tech had one flight after another canceled, and – thus making it impossible to award a free t-shirt for that one. didn’t make it back to campus until Tuesday (the event ended at 16

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Above: Officers engaged in a healthy discussion about Fraternity and accountability.

Top: Trey Robb leads Saturday morning discussion on fraternity and accountability.

From left to right: Zachary Nay- Alpha Phi ’23, Dilyn Zertuche- Beta Delta ’23, Ftsum Michael-Phi Gamma ’22

noon on Sunday). There were other travel horror stories as well.

The mission of the Officers Academy is to cultivate personal and organizational development through the facilitation of skillsbased learning sessions that focus on the mission and values of Delta Kappa Epsilon.

“The reason we started the Officers Academy is that we wanted to provide guidance to chapters in developing an undergraduate experience while reinforcing the standards and objectives of the fraternity,” Lanpher said. “I think one of the best results is that in many cases we developed a personal relationship with our chapters, which is so important. All things considered, it proved to be a highly successful event.”

The difference between running the academy online and experiencing it in person was striking, Robb said. “Last year, we just couldn’t engage people as we had in the past,” he said.

“This year, we connected in person and provided more of what the students were looking for. While the feedback was overwhelmingly positive, I think the message we received is that the students really appreciated spending time and sharing ideas with their peers. At the headquarters, we’re working on a way to better facilitate that conversation, which is one of the positives

that came out of the discussions.”

While DKE headquarters only requires each chapter to send two officers to the academy, a goal is to get to a place where younger brothers can come and learn about the job. “It would help them to be better prepared to take on leadership roles at their chapters,” Robb said.

“I was gratified to see so many brothers treat each other with dignity and respect, which is an important part of DKE’s values,” Robb said. “At the conclusion of the three days, when Doug inspired the guys at a graduation ceremony and I gave out the Brother Beta coins, you could tell that we all had benefited from some heavy conversations.”

Dick said that the brothers were attentive and respectful, but that didn’t stop them from voicing their opinions. “Our discussions were really valuable because everyone spoke their mind and we worked together toward solutions,” he said.

So many of the guys opened up and shared what DKE means to them, and they expressed their commitment to go back to their chapters and share with their brothers what they learned in Washington. “To put it simply, it was a very special conference,” Lanpher said. w w w.dke.org

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FORGOTTEN GREATS OF DKE

STAR BALLPLAYER AND PHYSICIAN

DR. BOBBY BROWN A WORLD SERIES BATTING HERO, HE SERVED IN TWO WARS

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student at Stanford. He was enjoying a n 1950, when he proposed to day at the beach in the summer of 1943 his wife, Sara French, a beauty when a Navy seaplane crashed into the queen from Tulane University, frigid Pacific surf. Brown and a friend Bobby Brown suggested how to leaped into the water, swam out to the break the news to her parents. wreckage and located the only survivor.

“Tell your mother I’m in medical For saving the man’s life, Brown was school, studying to be a cardiologist,” he awarded the Coast Guard Silver Medal. said. “And tell your dad that I play third Shortly after that, Brown enlisted base for the Yankees.” in the Navy and was initially assigned Dr. Bobby Brown, a Deke at Stanford to serve at the naval unit at UCLA. He University, successfully juggled his starred for the Bruins baseball team in medical and baseball careers for much his spare time before being sent to the of his life. When he died on March 25, Naval Medical Center in San Diego. He 2021 at the age of 96, Brown was one was subsequently transferred to the of the most respected cardiologists in Tulane University School of Medicine Texas. He also made his mark in Major where he remained until his discharge League Baseball, playing on four World from the Navy.

Championship teams with the Yankees Upon returning from the war, Brown and later serving as president of the signed a big contract with the Yankees, including American League for a decade. He was also “Bobby was one of the a bonus of $56,000. The average salary for a called out of retirement to help restore order smartest people I’ve big-league player in those days was less than in the front office of the Texas Rangers, and he ever known,” said $17,000, so Brown’s teammates, who called succeeded so well as club president that the Mickey Mantle in 1990. him “Golden Boy” and “The Blond Phenom,” Rangers won 27 more games than they posted wondered what made the dashing young the previous season.

“Not only was he a collegian so special. They soon found out. After “Bobby was one of the smartest people I’ve terrific player, he’d less than a season in the minor leagues, Brown, a ever known,” said Mickey Mantle in 1990. “Not been a war hero and lefthanded line drive hitter, was promoted to the only was he a terrific player, he’d been a war went on to become a Yankees in 1947. Playing third base, he batted hero and went on to become a great doctor.” great doctor.” over .300 and starred in the World Series, going When Mantle joined the Yankees as a fresh 19 3-for-3 with a walk as a pinch hitter. His double year old in 1951, he recalled standing near against the Brooklyn Dodgers tied the score in Brown when a photographer from the New York the decisive seventh game.

Daily News, who’d been shooting near the dugout, collapsed.

Over the next three years, Brown, always a strong hitter, “We carried him into the dressing room and Bobby worked on compiled great numbers in the World Series, batting .439 in 17 the poor guy for nearly half an hour. But he’d had a massive games. Brown received his medical degree in 1950, and he was heart attack and was dead. I turned to Bobby and asked, ‘Was really coming into his own on the Yankees, but in the summer that your first patient?’ When he nodded yes, I said ‘Oh, man. of 1952, when he was 27, he was drafted to serve in the Army What a hell of a way to break in.’” medical corps in Korea.

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“My unit landed in Incheon, Korea, on Oct. 1, 1952, the first day of the World Series,” Brown told Baseball Digest in 2003.

“It was the worst day of my life. I’m trudging up a hill in Korea with everything I owned on my back, and my team is playing in the World Series. My wife had our first baby when I was flying over the Pacific.”

Brown distinguished himself in Korea becoming a battalion surgeon near the front lines. Later, he would be transferred to an Army hospital in Tokyo, where he would operate on injured U.S. soldiers. Brown was discharged from service in the spring of 1954, and he returned to the Yankees. “But I was 30 and it was time to get on with my medical career on a fulltime basis,” he told the New York Times in 1996. He retired from baseball after batting .279 over eight seasons.

Though he opened a successful cardiology practice in Fort Worth, Texas, Brown remained a popular figure among New York baseball fans. “I would go back every year on Old Timer’s Day, and it was fun to see all the guys again,” he said.

One of his closest friends on the Yankees was his roommate on the road, Yogi Berra. “They used to tell a lot of funny stories about Yogi, but one that was true took place when we were reading in bed one night in our hotel room,” Brown told the Times. “Yogi had a comic book and I was reading a thick copy of ‘Boyd’s Pathology.’ When Yogi came to the end of his comic, he tossed it aside and asked, ‘So, how is yours turning out?’”

In 1984, Brown succeeded Lee McPhail as president of the American League. “I’d been practicing medicine full time for 26 years, and this seemed like a good change of pace,” he said.

He would continue in the post for a decade, earning the respect or players and club owners. Even after retiring from the league

Dr. Bobby Brown, shown in 1950 photo above, led the Yankees to four world titles while studying medicine.

office, Brown would occasionally be drafted to help during the playoffs.

In a 1995 playoff game between Boston and Cleveland, the Red Sox insisted that Indians slugger Albert Belle was using a corked bat. It set off a huge melee, and Brown was summoned to see if the bat had been altered. “We need to take it to an emergency room so that it can be X-rayed,” insisted Cleveland manager Mike Hargrove. But Brown was not swayed. “They have more important things to do in hospital emergency rooms than check for cork in baseball bats,” he said. Brown called for a saw, cut the bat into several pieces, but found no cork.

“Actually, that was kind of fun,” Brown said later. “You must be tremendously skilled to play big league baseball, but these guys have to remember it’s not the most important thing in life.” Spoken like a man who had excelled at the highest levels in two fields. w w w.dke.org

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DEKE PIONEERS IN NEW BUSINESSES

ADAM BARRICK, PHI ’05 HE MOVED FROM THE BASEBALL DIAMOND TO SPORTS MANAGEMENT

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dam Barrick’s career as a baseball pitcher for Yale proved so successful that, after graduation, he slid effortlessly into a career on the professional side of sports management. Barrick, Phi ’05, who set an Ivy League record that still stands for most games by a pitcher, first went to work for his beloved New York Mets.

In time, he became Director of Sponsorship Sales & Partnership for the Mets, which he considered a dream job. “When I was growing up on Long Island, I was a huge fan of the Mets, Jets, Knicks and Islanders,” Barrick said. But after seven years, City Football Group, which administers major soccer clubs in cities throughout the world, came calling and hired Adam as Senior Director of Partnership Sales.

As Barrick’s reputation as a successful sports executive and sales director grew, he was recruited by DraftKings, the powerhouse American sports betting company. Over the next six years, Adam oversaw DraftKings’ commercial partnership strategy and business relationships with professional sports.

“I left the company in December because I was ready to strike out on my own,” the 39-year-old Barrick said. “But these last few years have been exciting, as DraftKings grew by leaps and bounds.

The gaming industry has assumed such a big role in the lives of so many sports fans, the great majority of whom embrace it in a way that’s disciplined.”

Barrick believes that as long as sports betting companies discourage players from letting gambling become an

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Barrick consults with numerous companies in the gaming industry. He manages a portfolio of more than 40 partnerships across a variety of sports leagues and teams.

unhealthy part of their lives, they will continue to prosper. “Proper protections must be in place for consumers, and the companies will continue to be regulated, as DraftKings is,” he said.

“After the Supreme Court approved legislation to legalize sports betting, the growth of the industry in the past few years has blown everyone away.”

Even though he’s been involved on the business side of professional sports for more than a dozen years, Barrick said he still roots with enthusiasm for his

favorite sports teams. “I guess a certain element of my fandom has changed because I’ve been so immersed in the business side of sports, but I still love the players and the games for what they are.”

Known for his sizzling fastball and knee-buckling slider when he pitched out of the bullpen for Yale, Barrick recalls with fondness his time at the Phi Deke House. “We had quite a few athletes in the chapter at that time and I’ve been fortunate to remain close with many of the guys. We are still great friends,” he said.

“My brother-in-law is a Middlebury Deke and it seems that in business I’ve been running into Dekes from chapters all over the map. Learning that the guy you’re talking to is a DKE brother is a tremendous ice breaker and spirited camaraderie always seems to follow.”

Barrick and his wife, Alexis, are parents of a five-year-old son, Nick, and a twoyear-old daughter, Alice. “Nick is already getting into sports and he loves it,” Adam said. “I know that as a family we are heading into some really exciting years.”

Since leaving DraftKings, Barrick has been consulting with numerous companies in the gaming industry. Thanks to his years in the sports and media businesses, Adam manages a portfolio of more than 40 local, national and international partnerships, across a variety of leagues and teams. He also works with partners in the entertainment field.

“The expertise I’ve developed in my various jobs is serving me well,” he said.

“And I’m sure the next chapter is going to be even greater.”

DEKE QUARTERLY FLASHBACK

JOHN F. ENDERS DEVELOPED VACCINES THAT SAVED MILLIONS

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ong before scientists developed a vaccine to fight COVID-19, John Franklin Enders, Phi 1919, was known as “The Father of Modern Vaccines.” An article he wrote expressing the view that viruses might cause certain types of cancer in humans, was reprinted in the May 1963 issue of the Deke Quarterly.

It’s worth a look back on the amazing career of Enders, the biomedical scientist who had just developed a vaccine for measles when his piece in the Quarterly appeared. He was known at that time for culturing the polio virus, which played a key role in the development of that vaccine by Dr. Jonas Salk. His colleagues so respected Enders’ work on ending the dreaded disease that he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine in 1954.

Enders, born in West Hartford, Conn., in 1897, left Yale University after a few months in his freshman year to join the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1917. He served during World War I as a pilot and, later, a flight instructor before returning to Yale where he pledged DKE. The son of a prominent Hartford banker who upon his death left his son a fortune of $19 million, Enders was determined to make a significant contribution to American society. But he wasn’t sure what profession he should enter.

He worked in real estate for several years but, finding that field unfulfilling, he tried several other careers. Finally, he chose the biomedical field with a focus on infectious diseases, earning a Ph.D. at Harvard in 1930. He proved to be a skilled researcher who contributed important

ideas and solutions to the problems of tuberculosis and pneumococcal infections.

Enders joined the Harvard faculty in the department of bacteriology and immunology, remaining there for much of his professional life.

During World War II, Enders was recruited by the War Department to consult on infectious diseases, focusing on the mumps virus and rickets disease. He was widely regarded for his development of producing in quantity the virus that caused polio, which led directly to the Salk vaccine. Enders continued his research on numerous diseases until shortly before his death in 1985 at the age of 88.

When a bust of Enders was unveiled at the Polio Hall of Fame in Warm Springs, Ga., his work was credited with saving the lives of millions of people worldwide.

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TWO DEKE CONSULTANTS ENCOUNTER

From left to right: The Cornell house with a tree dedicated

by Theodore Roosevelt, the view from the Tau Beta house in Burnaby, British Columbia with a view of Vancouver Harbour, Delta Phi Alumni and Alpha Omicron Advisor Darren Kelley at the grave of DKE alumni Oscar F. A. Greene a Civil War Veteran, Colorado State Senator, and Boulder City Attorney.

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KE International is fortunate to have two top-notch young men serving the fraternity as traveling consultants.

Historically, these are positions filled by recent graduates who want to support DKE undergraduates and learn about the fraternity while satisfying an itch to travel (and have someone else pay for it!). Morgan McElroy, Phi Epsilon ’21 and Logan Nantais, Delta Kappa ’21 are probably on the road as you read this.

We asked them to tell us about their job and travels so far.

Logan Nantais, Delta Kappa-Pennsylvania ’21 Some might say that one of the most valuable things you can gain from a job is on-the-ground training. As an expansion consultant for DKE Headquarters, that is one thing that’s never lacking. I have learned how to start a chapter from scratch, how to run new member education programs, and to help lead initiations. I’ve also been able to see amazing pieces of DKE history, ranging from the graves of prominent Dekes to the fireplace at the Cornell Deke House that was dedicated by Teddy Roosevelt.

I’ve also had a chance to take part in DKE history by supporting the largest number of charters approved at the same time in the fraternity’s history. I’ve also helped initiate what is possibly the largest class of new DKE brothers, and have worked with a dedicated team of supporters to help restart our chapter at the University of Washington. It’s been amazing to watch the foundation of a chapter take shape, with the expectation that it will go on to thrive for decades to come.

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I’ve also learned some things I never thought I would need to know. For instance, I learned that if you take a flight to Houston, you might wake up in Corpus Christi, or that if you take a bus from Missouri, you might get stuck overnight in a bus station full of ex-convicts. I’ve moderated chapter schisms and lived in a chapter house that’s in the midst of construction. It’s been quite interesting observing the chapter houses transform around me.

Incredibly, I’ve watched fledgling chapters grow from nothing to thriving in a relatively short time..

As an expansion consultant, working with the Kappa Epsilon Chapter at the University of Washington, I drove to Seattle with little knowledge of the school or the student body. I interviewed and recruited, educated, and initiated a group of students that I had just met and helped them turn their group into a fraternity.

It was as much a learning experience for me as it was for them, as we established a name on campus, held philanthropic events, and utilized a house that was still undergoing renovations. It was exciting to recruit new members, while also navigating DKE ritual and history. I am proud of what Kappa Epsilon was able to accomplish during my time there, and I have no doubt that it will continue to grow and prosper in the years ahead. I look forward to returning to visit one day and seeing a strong chapter that has fulfilled the dreams of supportive alumni. It’s been an honor for the DKE alums and me to see the rebirth of the chapter, led by a group of students dedicated to the values of our brotherhood.

Most importantly, I’ve had the opportunity to learn what DKE means across North America. As an undergraduate, the meaning of DKE might be limited to what you can see from your chapter.

As a consultant, you get to see the depth of character and history of the brothers and their DKE chapters. I was intrigued by Delta Chi-Cornell’s abundance of historic artifacts and memorabilia, and I was impressed by the innovative recruitment techniques at Beta Delta-Georgia. The views of Vancouver Harbor from the Tau Beta house are stunning, but every chapter has taught me

A VARIETY OF EXPERIENCES

Above: The Founding Father class of the recently restarted Kappa Epsilon chapter at the University of Washington Left: Father class of the Omega Omega chapter at the University of Arizona post-initiation.

something and I hope that I have, in turn, been able to share with the brothers some of what I’ve been learning.

I will forever be grateful for my time as an expansion consultant and forever proud to be bonded to the impressive group of men that make up Delta Kappa Epsilon.

Morgan McElroy – Phi Epsilon-Minnesota ’21 When I began traveling for DKE, I was warned that I would probably spend more time on the road than I would at home. I felt honored to accept the job, fully anticipating that the time away from home would be an exaggeration. However, after spending only 12 days of the past two months at home, I learned that it was a true and honest forewarning. Still, I wouldn’t trade the memories and experiences during these travels for anything.

I quickly found myself living out the cliché of “planes, trains, and automobiles” when on my first trip I found myself flying into Erie, Pa., taking the Amtrak to Syracuse, and driving a rental car to an initiation at Hamilton, which was also the first initiation I ran on my own. Working with some motivated DKE alumni, it was an awesome experience that set the tone for the months of travel ahead.

I think the most interesting part of my travels has been the diversity of schools I’ve visited. From small private northeastern schools to massive Big Ten and SEC schools, to a rural all-men’s college in Virginia, each chapter taught me something important.

I helped locate the graves of DKE founders, learned about chapter lore, and lived through a DKE history book that’s been sprinkled with urban legends. I’ve always had a deep interest in DKE history and the impact of our brothers on the course of history in the U.S. and Canada. It’s been an honor listening to every tradition and stories each brother offered to share. Some of the stories were solemn, but others were tales of comedic legend.

One of my most memorable visits was to Zeta GammaHampden-Sydney, the all-men’s college in rural Virginia. In addition to explaining their extensive ritual practices, they also

shared some interesting stories about their time as Dekes. From witnessing the largest drug bust on the East Coast, which ran through the university’s underground tunnel, to telling me about the student who marched to Appomattox to surrender for the Civil War (not in 1865, but in 2021), it felt at times as if I’d wandered into the Twilight Zone.

At Tau-Hamilton, I had the pleasure of helping initiate the refounding class that would help to save the chapter. During the initiation, I learned many of the traditions from the stories of the alumni who were there. At Rho-Lafayette, I combed through their archives, learning about the chapter’s history and traditions of our most recent Lion Trophy recipient. Beta-North Carolina brothers told many great stories, providing the ritual and artifacts to back up the legends. The history nerd inside me was thriving.

Hands-down, one of the coolest experiences I had was a visit to the Lambda Lodge at Kenyon College. It’s a must-see for every Deke. It started as America’s first fraternal lodge and has grown to become part museum, part mausoleum, and part ritual chamber – all rolled into one. There’s a rule against taking photographs inside the lodge, but I feel honored, just the same, to have experienced it in person.

This year, I have also experienced my share of delayed Greyhound buses, broken down planes, nights of three hours of sleep, 15-hour work days, and visits that were canceled at the last minute after I’d traveled across the country to meet at the chapters. But, by far, the good experiences outweigh the bad.

Having come from Phi Epsilon-Minnesota, I was relatively isolated from other DKE chapters, and after learning traditions from our brothers at Alpha Tau-Manitoba during our annual hockey tournament, I was craving to hear more about our heritage and history at our other chapters. After 25 visits, I can confidently say I’m finally beginning to scrape the surface of the history of our brotherhood, and I’m excited for another year of developing my appreciation for chapter visits. w w w.dke.org

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DEKES DOING GREAT THINGS

A GIANT IN AMERICAN MEDICINE, DR. ROBERT BLOCK CHAMPIONS ABUSED CHILDREN DURING 40-YEAR CAREER

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ong before society focused attention on the welfare of children, leaders like Dr. Robert Block M.D. stood in the middle of the trenches, working tirelessly for the abused kids of America. It was as president of the American Academy of Pediatrics that Dr. Block dedicated his term to the nation’s children, focusing on health equity, education and literacy, immunizations and child development.

The modest Dr. Block, one of the foremost experts in the field, looks back with pride at what he and his colleagues started, but acknowledges that it was only the beginning.

The 79-year-old physician, who fondly recalls his undergraduate days at Wesleyan University where he was a proud DKE brother at the Gamma Phi chapter, has been a powerful leader in Oklahoma medicine and throughout the southwestern U.S. for more than 40 years. He was recently honored with a lifetime achievement award by the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits.

Dr. Block has authored numerous papers and a textbook during a career in which he delivered more than 2,000 public presentations on his work. It’s an impressive resume, to be sure, but Block, according to colleagues and friends, remains the same unassuming, softspoken young man who came out of Cedar Rapids, Iowa more than 60 years ago.

“My father was a pediatrician in Cedar Rapids, and I happened to know two families in town whose sons were students at Wesleyan,” he recalled. “I actually had my interview for college in the living room of one of the families.” He liked what the school had to offer, Wesleyan liked him, and he moved halfway across the country to Connecticut.

Following graduation, Dr. Block studied medicine first at the University of South Dakota and later at the University of Pennsylvania for two years. He had just completed his residency at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia when the U.S. Army came calling.

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Dr. Robert Block, shown with his wife, Sharon, served as president of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Dr. Block has authored many papers and a textbook during a career in which he delivered more than 2,000 public presentations on his work. He testified before Congress many times.

“Back in those days, you were drafted into the military after finishing your medical training and I went in as a junior officer,” Dr. Block said. It was there that he caught the attention of Col. Daniel Plunkett, M.D., who would play an important role in his life.

First, Plunkett convinced Block to spend a third year in the Army to sharpen his medical skills and continue his work in pediatrics. And then Plunkett, who retired from the service to become chairman of the Department of Pediatrics at the Oklahoma University School of Medicine at Tulsa, recruited Block to join the department. “Dan was a great man who unfortunately passed away too young. That’s when I succeeded him as chairman of the department.

The school’s name was later changed to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center,” Block said.

Through his writings and lectures, Block became nationally known and in 2011 was elected president of the American Academy of Pediatrics. It was a job that consumed practically all his time, as he traveled the country meeting with physicians, making speeches and on several occasions testifying before Congress.

Block became widely known for his work with abused children. “I learned that to succeed as a nation, we must invest in early childhood health, mental health, education, nutrition and social stability,” he said. “All adults once were children, and who we are as adults is, in many ways, affected by our childhood experiences, environments and relationships.”

Block met his wife, Sharon, at the University of South Dakota where she was enrolled in nursing school. She later became a psychiatric nurse in Philadelphia.

“It’s been a rich, full life for the both of us and our family, and even though I’m retired, I still consult with the American Academy of Pediatrics,” Dr. Block said.

“That and the wood carving shop located in the back of our house keeps me busy.”

DEKE FOUNDATION SUPPORTS DKE’S EDUCATIONAL EFFORTS Dekes From All Over are Ready to Convene for the First Time Since 2018 Enthusiasm is building for the 178th Deke Convention!

It’s hard to believe with the Covid time warp, but we haven’t had a Convention in person since 2018. This year we’ll be in Charlotte, N.C. on June 9-11. Alumni are welcome to join us for the Closing Banquet on Saturday the 11th, or for any of the activities prior to that. A full schedule is at www.dke.org/2022convention.

We are excited that Brother James Blue, Zeta-Princeton ’91, has agreed to speak at our Closing Banquet on June 11. James heads up the Smithsonian Channel, a division of CBS/Viacom. The evening should be very fun and you can purchase tickets at www.dke.org/2022convention.

Tables of 10 can be purchased for $1,000.

The DKE Convention is sponsored in part by the Deke Foundation. Conventions are open to all and are not restricted to officers, nor is there a limit as to how many actives per chapter may attend. Alumni can help make this happen by providing scholarships to enable undergraduates to attend. The cost is $125 for a half scholarship and $250 for a full. You can donate this amount to the Foundation, to help us ensure that no undergraduate is prevented from attending due to financial reasons. Donations can be made by going to this link https://bit.ly/donate2convention, by scanning the QR code or by sending a check to the Deke Foundation Convention Scholarship, 6921 Jackson Road, #400, Ann Arbor, MI 48103.

Conventions are always amazing events at which much important ground is covered regarding chapter operations and leadership skills. New friends are made and memories are made. Alumni are also encouraged to attend as well; we hope to see you there!

Your Donations Help Directly Fund Your Chapter The Deke Foundation established Chapter Educational Funds (CEFs) so that alumni donations can directly benefit our U.S. chapters.

Any alumni who donates to the Deke Foundation can allocate up to 50% of his donation to his chapter. These donations are still 100% deductible for the donor. Money

from these funds can be requested by the chapter for educational purposes.

Examples of how these funds can be used: • Sending additional members of the chapter to DKE events • Educational programming hosted by the chapter • Health and Wellness programs One example of how a chapter is using its funds is PsiAlabama. The chapter hosts a wellness program, which offers ongoing counseling to members.

The Psi alums and undergrads are very satisfied with this resource, and it’s 100% paid for by Psi’s CEF. Any undergraduate or alumnus who wishes to know the balance in their chapter’s CEF can find out by contacting turner@dke.org.

CEFs are funded by alumni donations to the Deke Foundation.

Any donor who wishes to support his chapter directly can visit www.dke.org/donate. If an individual alum donates $500 to the Foundation, $250 goes directly to his chapter. If all the alums of a chapter donate $10,000 aggregate in a year to DKE, the chapter receives $5,000!

Did You Know...

Donating Appreciated Stock Helps Avoid Taxation?

If you have stock that has appreciated over the years, you can avoid paying capital gains tax by donating that stock to the Deke Foundation. It’s deductible for you, AND you won’t have to pay taxes for years of appreciated value.

And the Foundation benefits from the full value of your appreciated stock. Sounds like a win-win to us.

A stock donation can go a long way in providing countless undergraduates with the leadership skills, and the operational resources they need, to excel in today’s fraternal environment. We hope you will take this opportunity to make the most out of your resources and make a big impact on young Dekes.

To give appreciated stock to the Deke Foundation, go to FreeWill.com/Stocks/ DekeFoundation, or scan the QR code.

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MYSTIC CIRCLE OF ∆KE BASKETBALL LEGEND GENE SHUE, KAPPA DELTA MARYLAND ’54, DIES AT 90

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ene Shue, Kappa Delta Maryland ’54, brought great pride to the brothers of Delta Kappa Epsilon during his 32 years as a player and coach in the National Basketball Association.

When he died April 3 in Marina del Rey, Calif., at the age of 90, Shue, who grew up in Baltimore and never lost his affection for the city, was considered a giant in the NBA. In his ten seasons as a point guard for the Detroit Pistons, New York Knicks and Baltimore Bullets, Shue made the all-star team five times. “For a period in the 1950s and ‘60s, Gene and Bob Cousy were the best guards in the league,” Red Auerbach told the Boston Globe in 1972.

Standing a lean 6-foot-2, Shue fell in love with basketball at an early age in his beloved Maryland. He made an impression on his coaches in grammar school. But the ceiling in his school’s gymnasium was barely higher than the hoop, so Shue developed a line-drive, feet-on-the-floor set shot.

He became such a prolific scorer in high school that the University of Maryland offered a scholarship.

It was a godsend for Shue’s widowed mother, who otherwise could not afford to send Gene to college. He responded by averaging more than 20 points per game in his junior and senior seasons for the Terrapins, winning All-America honors.

Drafted by the Philadelphia Warriors, he was eventually traded to the Pistons, which at that time were still based in Fort Wayne, Ind. The team’s owner, Fred Zollner, owned an ancient DC-3, which was used to transport the team from city to city.

Shue shuddered whenever he thought of the rickety old plane.

“Every time we flew from Fort Wayne to the East Coast, we had to stop in Erie, Pennsylvania, to refuel or we’d run out of gas over the Great Lakes,” Shue told author Terry Pluto for his 1992 book, “Tall Tales.”

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the Baltimore Bullets in 1966. The team won only 16 games the previous season, but Shue led the Bullets to a 57-25 season in his first year. Baltimore was aided greatly by the presence of two players that Shue drafted, Wes Unseld and Earl Monroe.

Shue led the Bullets to the Eastern Conference title in 1971, but they were swept in the finals by the Milwaukee Bucks, led by Kareen Abdul Jabbar and Oscar Robertson. Within a year, Shue was fired.

The Philadelphia 76ers quickly hired him after it suffered through a 9-73 season, one of the worst in NBA history.

Within two years, Shue led the Sixers into the playoffs, led by Julius Erving, who had been convinced by the coach to cast his lot in Philadelphia.

Amazingly, six games into the following season, Philadelphia fired Shue. It was a pattern of his entire coaching career, which lasted 22 years. “I’d turn the team around, we’d advance to the playoffs, and then management would fall out of love with me,” Shue said in 1976.

He built the lowly San Diego Clippers into winners after they moved from Buffalo, but a year later he was involved in a shoving incident with referee Dick Bavetta and was suspended for a week. “I’m normally a mild-mannered guy,” Shue said afterward, “but sometimes you have to stand up and assert yourself.” The Clippers sent him packing.

Shue, who went on to coach teams in Washington and, again, in Baltimore, compiled a record of 784 wins and 861 losses. “Gene was a much better coach than what his record shows,” Auerbach said. “I never saw a guy who had greater skill at taking terrible teams and turning them into winners – usually in a short time.”

Shue continued working in the NBA well into his 80s, as a broadcaster, player personnel director and a scout.

GEORGE W. WHITNEY, XI-COLBY ’52

George W. Whitney of Centennial, Colo., died at age 93 on Dec. 15, 2021. George graduated from Colby College where he was president of the Xi chapter. He was a three-year varsity athlete in wrestling, football and track.

In occupied Korea he served in the Army 6th Division Artillery Military Police.

Discharged on the West Coast, he rode a motorcycle from Los Angeles back home to Massachusetts, then up to Fairbanks Creek gold mining operations in Alaska for a summer job and back to Massachusetts again. Other summer jobs included grain elevator construction in Kansas and wheat harvest in North Dakota. He worked briefly as a roughneck on an oil drilling rig in Montana and as an underground stope copper miner in Butte, Mont., before returning to school and becoming a geologist. George attended the Colorado School of Mines and the University of Colorado. For 31 years he worked in various capacities dealing with oil and gas, oil shale, phosphate, coal and uranium in such places as Denver, Salt Lake City, Albuquerque and Tulsa, and in later years an independent geologist in Denver. He was managing partner of G.W. Whitney Holdings, Ltd., a residential rental and timber management firm.

Brother Whitney was a Porsche enthusiast and member of Porsche Club of America, Rocky Mountain Region, frequently driving in racetrack events. George also climbed 26 of the Colorado fourteeners.

GARY WILLIAM SHAFFER, THETA ZETA-CAL BERKELEY ’57

Gary Shaffer died Nov. 25, 2021 at his home on the beach in Pajaro Dunes, Calif. Gary was a proud Theta Zeta Deke who entered the Marine Corps after college.

In 1959 he obtained his real estate broker’s license while stationed at Camp Pendleton, Calif. In 1960 Gary returned to Woodland and with his brother, Ford Shaffer Jr., went into the real estate appraisal business. He was instrumental in the development of many subdivisions in Woodland including Greenfield Village,

Treadway Estates, Woodside Park, Monte Vista Park and Faria Park.

In October of 1995, his firm, Woodland’s oldest real estate firm, merged, forming RE/Max Woodland. Showing a commitment to his community, Gary was involved in many groups: Yolo County Board of Realtors, Woodland Chamber of Commerce, Woodland Little League and Woodland High School Boosters.

He was a member of The American Friends of the Armed Forces. He and other local Marines for many years held an annual Thanksgiving dinner for Marines from neighboring 29 Palms Marine Base. Gary enjoyed duck hunting, fishing, golfing and gold mining. One favorite summertime tradition that will always be missed were the numerous water volleyball tournaments held at the Shaffer house.

TIMOTHY PATICK O’HARA, PHI-YALE ’94

Timothy Patrick O’Hara, of Carmel, Ind., passed away suddenly on Dec. 14, 2021 at the age of 49.

He was married for 22 years to his wonderful

wife, Karen Jean.

Tim graduated from Ridgefield High School in Ridgefield, Conn., where he was a standout student, athlete and football captain. He graduated from Yale University with a degree in political science and Warrington College of Business at University of Florida, with a master’s in business administration. At Yale, Tim was a proud member of the Yale Football team and Delta Kappa Epsilon Fraternity.

Tim held various executive and leadership positions in the energy industry throughout his career which led him to positions in New York City, Florida, Ohio, and Indiana. He was the Managing Director of Energy Systems Network in Indiana. He started his career at Goldman Sachs in New York City. Tim was well respected by his colleagues and a good friend to all those who knew him.

SANFORD ELLIOTT McCORMICK, PHI-YALE ‘53

Sandy McCormick died July 29, 2020 at his home in Fountain Hills, Ariz. As a Phi Deke, he was also a

member of the Scroll & Key Society.

In 1956, he joined Zapata Corp as a landman for DKE brother (and future president) George H. W. Bush and Hugh Liedtke. In 1964, he founded his own firm, McCormick Oil & Gas. He sold his interest in 1985 and founded McCormick Resources pioneering applications in horizontal drilling and fracking technologies to develop previously unproducible reservoirs.

He gave generously of his time and talents to numerous civic and business organizations, including serving on the Boards of the Texas Medical Center, Continental Airlines, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, St. John’s College, United Negro College Fund, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Houston Municipal Arts Council, the Joffrey Ballet, and the Menil Collection. Brother McCormick had a wonderful zest for life and travel, dearly loved his family and friends, and always had a great story to share. He recently completed an autobiography entitled “Yankee Oilman.”

ROBERT J. KESTELIK, THETA UPSILONARIZONA STATE ‘94

Robert J. Kestelik passed away in August 2019.

He graduated Magna Cum Laude from Arizona State University in 1994 with a BA degree in Asian Languages – Japanese and a Certificate in Asian Studies. While at ASU, Bob was a proud Deke and Vice President of the Interfraternity Council.

He also participated in the Study Abroad Program.

Bob attended law school at Washington University in St. Louis and interned at the U.S. Senate. He worked in several law firms prior to joining Mattel as Assistant General Counsel. Bob provided legal support to Mattel’s worldwide operations.

Bob remained a loyal Sun Devil and Deke thought out his life. For many years he had season football tickets and would fly from L.A. to Tempe for games and would also attend many away games with fellow DKE brothers. Bob remained active with Theta Upsilon by attending many alumni events and providing extensive financial support to the chapter and alumni association, including funding undergraduates’ attendance at DKE Conventions. In addition to attending several DKE Conventions, he also was

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MYSTIC CIRCLE OF ∆KE a speaker at a DKE Summer Leadership Conference in Kentucky. Bob was also a very generous supporter of ASU; he established and endowed the Robert J. Kestelik LGBT Leadership Scholarship in the School of International Letters and Cultures.

CHARLES A. LANE JR., PHI-YALE ‘61

Charles A. Lane, Jr. of Lake Forest, Ill., passed away peacefully on Dec. 6, 2021. A graduate of Lake Forest High School and Yale University, Chuck was an exceptional student and athlete.

A history major at Yale and a member of Pierson and Delta Kappa Epsilon. It was on a fabled spring break trip in 1961 that Chuck met the love of his life, Miss Wendy DeFoe. They were married in July 1962 in New York City.

An always faithful U.S. Marine, Chuck completed his basic training at Quantico and was stationed at Camp Lejeune, N.C. He served with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment on the USS Wahkiakum County during the Cuban Missile Crisis.

Chuck had a successful career in financial services, reaching Sr. VP at ABN AMRO Bank before retiring in 2005. A member at Exmoor Country Club he served as President (1992-1993) and the greens committee. In retirement, Chuck and Wendy traveled to many countries, among them Mexico, Europe, Russia, Greece, Turkey, Egypt and Jerusalem. Chuck loved reading, history, Chicago sports, rock and roll, practical jokes and trips to the beach.

LEONARD WARE, KAPPA EPSILONWASHINGTON ‘51

Leonard (Leo) Ware, a prominent lawyer and rancher died Dec. 19, 2021. Leo was a Kappa Epsilon Deke who went on to The School of Law at Syracuse University, receiving a JD degree in 1952. He was a member of the Bohemian Club of San Francisco and his beloved Palo Alto Club.

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Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, authorized by President John F. Kennedy in 1963. In 1969 Leo, along with John Freidenrich, established the law firm Ware & Freidenrich.

Leo’s interests beyond the law were broad and many. He was an award-winning grape grower and wine-maker, a dedicated rhododendron aficionado, a fancy poultry breeder and a gifted photographer. It was not uncommon to find Leo virtually everywhere with a Leica or Hasselblad camera around his neck.

Leo also raised pigs, pheasants, peacocks, llamas and exotic birds on his Vanumanutagi Ranch in the Santa Cruz Mountains.

Leo also performed many weddings at the ranch and at his Palo Alto home for friends, colleagues and clients alike.

Known for his debonair bow ties, unique aphorisms, quick wit and affable manner, Leo was a truly magnetic character.

JIM BAKHTIAR, ETA-VIRGINIA ‘58

Dr. Jamshid “Jim” Bakhtiar passed away on Jan. 9, 2022. Born in Iran, he immigrated to the Washington DC area with his brother, five sisters and mother in 1946.

He was a standout prep football player and was recruited by Harrison “Chief” Nesbitt to the University of Virginia. As a Look Magazine and Football Writers Association of America All-American and legend at UVA, he was affectionately known as the “Persian Prince” and “The Iron Iranian.” Playing both ways, starring as a running back and linebacker, he set many ACC and UVA records during his football career with the Wahoos. He still holds the all-time single game scoring record against Virginia Tech with 26 points.

He went on to play professional football for the Calgary Stampeders prior to following in his father’s footsteps, returning to his beloved university to attend medical school. He received the prestigious Football Writers Association All-American Alumni Award in 2006 and the same year was honored by Virginia retiring his #34, one of 21 jersey numbers retired by the university. The university and Virginia football were always very special to him.

Moving back to Iran in 1975, he established the country’s first modern psychiatric units and developed the University of Tehran and Isfahan’s psychiatric departments. As a psychiatrist his life was devoted to the care of his patients.

DAVID WESLEY JOHNSON, BETA PHIROCHESTER ‘54

David graduated from University of Rochester in 1954.

Following two years in the U.S. Army, he entered Columbia Law School. He served as social chairman for the Beta Phi chapter and once persuaded Dave Brubeck to perform all night at the Deke house after a local gig.

He practiced law in New York City for 16 years before moving to Tupper Lake in New York’s Adirondacks in the early 1970s.

During his professional career, he served on the boards of a great many organizations: the local Red Cross, Franklin County Children’s Legal Services, Franklin County Bar Association, North Country Community College, Tupper Lake Chamber of Commerce, High Peaks Hospice, Inc., Franklin County Arts Council, Lake Placid Center for the Arts and Adirondack Community Trust. He was attorney for the town of Tupper Lake and the town of Piercefield for many years. His most treasured position was as a founding member of the board of the Wild Center (Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks).

David shared his love and knowledge of jazz with friends and family. He enjoyed singing in the Adirondack Chorus.

He was also an avid stamp collector. He also enjoyed snow skiing, water skiing, hiking and bicycling. He founded the Tupper Lake Kite Flying and Water Ski Club and brought the sport of flying huge kites behind motorboats to the lakes and ponds of Tupper Lake.

During his years practicing law in Tupper Lake, he was well known for his compassion, sense of humor, and judgment-free manner. He accepted everything from a raspberry pie to a load of wood in lieu of a fee at times.

E. GRAHAM THOMPSON, GAMMAVANDERBILT ‘59

E. Graham Thompson, who served as president of DKE’s Gamma chapter at Vanderbilt, died Nov. 1, 2021.

Graham honed his leadership skills at Vanderbilt by serving as a leader at Gamma and on the Interfraternity Council. He was tapped for membership in both academic

and leadership organizations including Phi Beta Kappa and Omicron Delta Kappa. He was voted Bachelor of Ugliness, an honor given to the outstanding graduating male student.

After Vanderbilt he went on to The Southwestern Graduate School of Banking at Southern Methodist University.

He served two years in the U.S. Army at Fort Benning before joining the family business, Capital City Casket Co., in Little Rock. From there he found his calling, working four decades in the banking industry. One of his greatest joys was mentoring young bankers and teaching them to “do right.” He was also an instructor in the LSU Graduate School of Banking summer courses for 20 years.

During his distinguished career, Graham served as CEO of three banks, senior leader of two banks, and market president of one bank. He also served on the Board of Directors of seven banks as well as many civic and professional organizations

HARVEY GORDON SHAND, PHI GAMMASYRACUSE ‘63

Harvey Shand passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022 from complications of Alzheimer’s disease. He touched so many with his positive attitude and love for family.

Harvey was born in Port Jefferson, N.Y., and grew up in Patchogue, Long Island.

His family reports he had fond memories of the Deke house and served as both social and treasury chair.

After college Harvey went to work for IBM in Rochester, N.Y.. Eventually settling in the Bay Area, Harvey loved his job and through hard work was promoted to a high-level executive position. After 33 years Harvey retired following a stage III colon cancer scare. He beat the odds to survive the cancer and vowed from that point on to live life to the fullest and spend time with those dearest to him.

Harvey had a passion for skiing, sailing, scuba diving, running and all things outdoors. He loved being out on the water.

He raced catamarans at Canandaigua Yacht Club in New York, chartered boats for weeks at a time in the Caribbean, and water skied whenever he got the chance.

In his later years, he was a member of a sailing group in Sausalito and regularly sailed on San Francisco Bay. Harvey was also a certified scuba instructor and taught in both New York and California.

JOSEPH PETER DOHERTY II, PHI-YALE ‘67

Joseph Peter Doherty II, 76, passed away peacefully on Jan. 20, 2022, in Virginia Beach. He graduated from the Loomis School in 1963, Yale University in 1967, and the University of Virginia Law School in 1971. Joseph was a Deke at Yale, a member of the Society of Book and Snake, and played quarterback for the varsity football team. He was also captain of Yale’s sailing team, becoming an East Coast collegiate sailing champion and, as a member of the U.S. Sailing Team, Joseph competed internationally in the Finn class sailboat.

He was a veteran having served in the U.S. Coast Guard and while at the Coast Guard Academy, he taught a variety of courses and coached football and sailing.

Among his roles as an attorney, he was Assistant Attorney General for Rhode Island and argued a case before the U.S. Supreme Court concerning jurisdiction of the waters surrounding Block Island. In later years, he raised sheep, milked dairy cows and bred Border Collies. His third, and possibly favorite career, centered on wildlife biology, especially ornithology. In Virginia he represented Coastal Virginia Wildlife Observatory as the bird bander at First Landing and Kiptopeke State Parks. He worked in field projects throughout the Americas with favorites being Argentina and The Bahamas. He wrote legal documents and served as an affiant for numerous conservation groups including the Center for Biological Diversity and the North Carolina Audubon Society.

BRUCE McCUMBER, RHO-LAFAYETTE ‘61

Dr. Bruce David McCumber passed away on March 15, 2022.

Bruce was a Rho Deke from Lafayette College in Easton, PA and went on to earn his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from Fairleigh Dickinson University. Bruce proudly served in the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War having been stationed in Pensacola where he was the official dentist of the Blue Angels. After moving around a few years, he settled in Watchung, New Jersey over 50 years ago and retired in 2017.

Bruce was very active in the Watchung community. He served as a Town Councilman, president of the Board of Health, Fire Commissioner and was instrumental in developing the Watchung Village

Green where the Tree of Lights stands to this day. Bruce enjoyed traveling. His favorite destination was Martha’s Vineyard where he and his wife Judie spent their honeymoon and where they celebrated all their children’s weddings. Bruce also spent time skiing in Deer Valley, St. Anton, and Steamboat Springs. In the summer, he loved sailing in the Chesapeake Bay. He also loved performing onstage, starring in several local theater productions, and playing the trumpet in concert jazz bands. But his true passion in life was spending time with his family.

He will be incredibly missed by all who knew and loved him.

The Quarterly reports the following brothers are recently deceased:

XI-COLBY

Charles W. Macomber, ‘55, age 89 Frederick Charles Bagnall Sr. ’56, age 87

CHI-MISSISSIPPI

Leo “Kleb” Johnson, ‘75, age 68

IOTA-CENTRE

Jay Thomas Hensley, ‘56, age 78

MU-COLGATE

Charles “Bucky” Dalton, ‘62, age 82

ZETA ZETA-LSU

Kent Anderson, ‘49, age 95

PHI CHI-RUTGERS

Robert Burnside McAllister, ‘54, age 89

GAMMA PHI-WESLEYAN

James Baldwin Young, ‘55, age 88

DELTA PI-ILLINOIS

Peter B. Ayres, ‘53, age 91

KAPPA EPSILON-WASHINGTON

Reinhold Stephen “Steve” Oberlatz, ‘59, age 83

OMEGA CHI-TEXAS

Peter Deane Gill, ‘48, age 96 George Nelson Allen Jr, ‘53, age 91 Frank Scarborough, ‘59, age 84

RHO LAMBDA-OKLAHOMA Fred Samuel Ball III, ‘61, age 83

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BEING A GENTLEMAN, SCHOLAR AND JOLLY GOOD FELLOW DOESN’T END AT GRADUATION A Brief History of the DKE Club of New York Turn back the clock a century and a half and you will find yourself in an age when a gentleman’s club was indeed a home away from home.You are in the world of hansom cabs, cobblestone streets and gaslights.

To be exact, it was May 9, 1885, when this greatest of fraternity clubs was born. Its 250 charter members celebrated this momentous occasion with a house-warming at their spanking new quarters on West 34th Street in New York City.

One can safely assume the brothers took literally that part of the new club’s constitution which called for “social intercourse...and entertainment.”

The Club prospered mightily and in the fall of 1887 the members jubilantly moved into much more spacious quarters located in the heart of New York’s private club area on Fifth Avenue. The now 360 members could honestly say, “We have everything that is needed for a first-class club.”

The Club’s apex during that century was undoubtedly in 1894 when New York City hosted DKE’s annual National Convention – the Fraternity itself just half a century old.

Commander Robert E. Peary (Theta, Bowdoin) was the Club’s guest when he returned home from the North Pole in 1909. The Club’s dinner in his honor was attended by 600 brothers at the Astor Hotel.

Dekes from all over North America passed through the newest clubhouse on West 44th Street – the former home of the Yale Club – on their way to fight in the Great War in 1916. While there, one brother set up a DKE Club annex in France – possibly the Club’s first reciprocal.

Prohibition soon the sent the Club looking for smaller quarters, this time across from St. Patrick’s Cathedral on East 51st Street where the barbershop turned out to be the most popular room. Tony the barber was also the Club’s bootlegger.

Dekes were known even then for being a thirsty bunch.

Everything came tumbling down in the Great Depression and in 1932, the Club joined forces with the Yale Club and we have been at 50 Vanderbilt Avenue ever since.

Today, the relationship between the two clubs is closer than at any time in our history. The Yale Club members and staff make us feel like a part of the Yale Club family.

With this strong relationship between the two Clubs, everything is in place for us to continue to enjoy our best clubhouse facility for the next one hundred and thirty four years.

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