PHI CHAPTER — PHI GAMMA DELTA March, 1963 Volume XXiX, No. 1 78 PIG DINNER - APRIL 20 PGD SWEEPS SPRING RUSH Recovering; Irom a rather embarrassing showing in the Tail rush, the Alpha Plii Chapter took in the largest ant! definitely the best spring pledge class on campus, as the biographies that follow will show. We hope you will make it a ]rf)int to meet our pledge thcss during the Norris Pig Dinner lestivities and see what we mean Alexander Speaker lor -I years while his lather was on a sub marine. Ted finally settled in New Ca naan, Connec ticut. Being a sports enthusi ast, he participated in cross country, track, hockey, and football while in high school. In the summer you'd usually find him riding motorcycles, skin diving, or dating. In his senior year of high school he was elected president of the .Stticlent gin with a spirited "open house" get-to gether to begin on Friday evening, .April 19. The attractions will be mainly card playing, gossip, and general "hellos" to be joined in to yotir pleasure till the Council. wee, wee hours of the morning. Plans ;ire now completed for what we expect to be one of the best Norris' Pig Dinners ever held. The festivities will be when we say that PGD reallv swept this rush and see why we are so proud. John .Marcus Baldry was horn in Wareham, .Massachusetts, but he spent his youth in Hastings, England. In Hastings Grammar .School, John played the usual raised in Cfrancl Rapids, Michigan. He was active in student government in high giimes—cricket, wcccer a.nd so lorth and school, holding th.e office of A'ice Prcsi lively and docs not fee! a.ny ill after ef rejtresentecl h.s school in swimming, track dent in his Junior year. He was a mem ber of National Honor .Society and Kev Club, as well .as participating in track. Dick played in the high school band .and a keg will be made extremely available. This is an activity which we arc sure no and rtiglry which he later coached. In his last two vears he as a|jpointecI House Captain and School Prelect, lii extra- # # # Richard .Allen ITereza was born and ■Saturday morning, weather jjermitting, and Ann .Arbor weather is always "per mitting", golf and baseball matches are le.'itured. Just to insure that everyone is fects from any late Friday night activities, one will want to miss. After a noon lunch, curricidar activities John enjoyed cycling, hiking and sailing. His special interest orchestra, winning awards on tenor saxo- lay, however, in the Sea Cadet Corps which is a \er\ active org.ini/ation spon [essioncdly in a dance band, being a mem an exciting alumni board meeting will be jtrovicled in which many important subjects will be clisctissecl, including the ber c)l the Musicians Union. He directed pr()S|rec ts for the new "707" annex. sored by the British Xavv. Two summers ago John, armed with the U.S. Navy's the school musical and had a leading role in the senior play. ITick received the Har- Regidar Scholarship arrived at .Michigan \aircl Hook .\ward and also the .Americtm intending to study Natal Architecture. Now. however, he has changed to Business l.egion .\warcl, gradmiting fourth in a (hiss ol three hundred. Ujron graduation The big event of Saturday evening is, of course, the spirited (in more ways than jtist one) feast to be held this year at the renowned Holiday Inn Restaurant at the .Administration. On campus. John has been actite in Per.shing Rides, and is a li" receiced the Regents .Alumni Scholar- member ol his House Council. * * * Theodore VVilliam Benedict. Jr.. was born in Key West, Florida, at a naval base in 1!M1. .Alter stying there lor onlv h months, he motecl all arotnicl the counrtv plione. clarinet, and flute. He |)l,ayecl jrro- diip to Michigan, and also the NRO'EC legidar sc holar.shi]5. .At ]tre.sent he is in Chemical Kngineering receiving a 3.0 ;ivcnige his first semester. Dick likes to ski. Iioth water and snow, but claims music as li is lacorite hobby. (To Page 2) corner of .St.iclium Bcndevarcl and Jack son. We are fortunate this year to have as the highlight of otir dinner (besides the tistial activities—reverence to the pig) the jjresent .A.s.sistant to the Executive Secre tary, Robert H. .Alexander (Lafayette. '55) to present the main address. Bob's back ground certainly indicates that his acl(To Page 3) \r\nmTAMumiAMI. nfcfcnitfr.rrri >'■' m: i, c fij r.f i, 01 The Fiji Gossip Corner We have received communications from several alumni regarding what other alumni are doing and we thought it would be of great interest to you if we passed it on. Indeed, we hope to expand this into a regular section of our news letter. So if you have any material that might be of interest to your former classniates._we^ urge_j'iaL_to jat.Lt_down and send it to "707" for publication in the next "Alpha Phiji News." CEROLD GOLDBERG 61) (Golclar) is now residing in Indianapolis. WALTER HEMNERDINGER, who has been retired now for about years and who is now living in Chicago, recently had a son graduate from the University ol From Left to Right, Standing: Dove Cdughey, John Kerns, Bob Pike, Dick Berezo, Jed Totge, John ffick- mon, Joel Lewitz, Rod Magner, Dirk Londis, Ted Benedict, Bob Gross, Jock Warren, Jeff Clemes, Gsof D'Atri. Second Row: Dave Roadhouse, Bob Lawrence, Jim Weaver, Dave Vaughn, Dave Wilber, Gary Cunningham, Doug Boven. Front Row: Fred Woodruff, Mike Emery, Mike Broome, Missing: Wood Rigsby and John Baldry. Rick Marshall. al Union. Doug enforces the engineering honor system thrr)ugh his membership on the Engineering Honor Council. Spring Pledge Class (Frt)in Page 1) * » # Douglas George Boveii is a sophomore Coming from Clarendon Hills. Illinois, majoring in Incliistrial Engineering with a degree in Corporate Law as his ulti rolled in the College of Engineering. .\t mate educational gf)al. His scholastic av erage at the LJniversity is 3.1(1. Doug is a native ol Holland, Michigan. In high school, Doug played hasektball and ten nis, as well as being in the Honor .Society, Varsity Club, and working on the Year book. In liis Iree time Doug turns to all sports, especially judo and tennis. His other talents iiulude singing in the Chor- NEWS Published by the Alpha Phi Chopter PHI GAMMA DELTA University of Michigan Editor Contributors John Grant Don Boron, Tom Eomes, Mike Carter are now headed for Fort Sill, Okla., for OCS. HOWARD XfUELLER (61) lives in Boston, crosstown from Jim Hawks. He and his wife are expecting in late May. EOM OWEN (61) plans to marry Jeanine this June. He presently is living in Boston. is Michael David Broome, a freshman en Hinsdale 'Eownship Hi.gh .School he grad uated eighth in his class ol 1.33. and he wrestled for three years, ending his sen ior year by winning the distric t chamjjionshijj. During his first semester at Michi gan. he had a 3.9 grade point. Presently he is a member of tlie Friday .Mternoon Sidjcommittee of S]tring Weekend and also the Union's .Student .Mfairs Commit Union's Dillingham Ctijt: given each year to the outstanding senior boy and girl. .At the University on a Regents-.Alumni Scholarship, Dave was awarded a Branstrom Prize his freshman year, given to the to]) 7')(, of the freshman chesses in each of the schools. Presently on the Dean's list with a 3.7 overall grade i)C)int, Dave is also a member of South Quaclranglc fucEc.'ary Council. # # * tee. * ALPHA PHIJI Illinois. PAUL HIMKER, (fiO) who is now at MEF along with Jim (Hawk) Burns, (61) has married a lovely Puerto Rican girl whom he met at Stanford and they now have a little girl. R.XV LOCKE (60) and his wife havejust returned from the Canal Zone and David .Man Catighey is presently .a sojjhoinore at the University and is stuching ,\eronautical Engineering. He grachiated as salutatorian from Grand Rajticis Union High School where h" was presi dent oi the National Honor Society. In his senior year, he also participated in the Senior Play, directed the annual variety show, won district first-place honors in Forensics comjtetition, and was awarded ■ fnother William Michigan Clemes, resident, comes from [ellrev .\clr..m, Michigan. .Alter being very active in V.AfCA and Bov Scouts, Jeff continued in high school by being in National Honor Society, receivng the 'Boy of the X'ear19.38" at Wolverine Boy's State, and the C;ti/cn.shi]) Award for seniors. In ad dition to this, J. If l.k s to swim and play tennis. Enrolled in College of Literature, (To Page 1) \r\nc March, 1963 ALPHA ALPHA PHI PHI CHAPTER servist and to work on a Page 3 NEWS NEWS M..Y. at the University of Pennsylvania. So, all in all. with his excellent background and his aptitude lor speaking, we are really look ing forward to an invigorating address. .-\s a special feature of this year's Pig Dinner, we are offering to arrange all accommodations for alumns at the highly recommended Hctliclay Inn. We feel it would really sptirk the weekend if c\eryone was located in the same motel pro viding tin excellent opportunity for those icTsrintiting room- -parties and reunions hue into the nights (also it would be cheaper in the long run). The particidars of this new feature will be expressed in a letter you will soon receive, if you have P * Y not tilretidv receieved it. ^Ve ask that vou rt tin It the jiost ctird as soon as possible so we ctin complete till necessary arrange ments witli the Holiday Inn. The weekend will conclude after a final brunch at 10:00 .Sunclav morning. .■\s vou probtibly concluded from the re port on our gretu success in our spring rush progTam and the outstanding Spring Robert H. Alexander (From Page 1) dress rvill l)e Ijoth stimulating and enter taining. Relore becoming chiel oi' .Section V. he was a I'lirple Legionnaire at Yale and Lalayette. Following his graduation Irom Lalayette with an .\.B. degree, he was awarded a Rockelcller Brothers Fellow ship lot graduate study at Yale lliiiveisity in He returned to Lalayette to bt'tome assistant to the director of ad missions lor three years, then became ad missions and public relations director at Lriends Cieiural Sdiool. Overbrook, Phil adelphia. Pennsylvania. Irom which he re signed in the summer ol 19(i1 to go to the Phi Gamma Delta headquarters. his Lalayette Fijiland is Everywhere! sense and even see a marked diflerence in Norris Pi^ Dinner During Pledge Glass that we now have, we are retdly "fired-u|)" this spring. We c;in all Nguyen Thi Men undergraduate days, he was not only on the dean's list, but also he was co-editor oLthe yearboctk, served on the student council and w;is a member ol the senior honorary society. In addition to being Purijle Legion naire and .Section Ghiel, Bob has shown iiis devotion to tiie Iraternity Ite serving as advisor to the Lalavette chapter Irom 19.a(V.")9 and as secretary ol the chapter's Phi Gamma Delta House .\ssoc iation Irom I9.f).a-6L He still finds time outside his busy ciireer to serce as a .Marine Gorps re spirit which just recently took place here at "707." Maybe it is due to the pending new annex, maybe it is Just due to the mood of Spring, but the .-Vlplia Phi Chap ter of Phi Gamma Delta is definitely striding ahead again and we earnestly urge and invite you to return to .Ann .Ar bor and partake in the grand old spirit of "707." PGD In the Sports Spotlight The past few months have brought in creasing success in the house athletic pro "We AYetnamese use to celebrate our traditional Mid-.Autumn festivtd. a specitd celebration lor children on the 15th day of the 8th lunar month everv year. This year it took phice on September 13. and we had a very good time enjoying it. My parents bought for us—my siblings and me—plenty of fruit of all kinds, moon ctikes and colorful paper lanters of vari ous shapes. AVe did orgtmize a wonclerlul tea i)artv under .Autumn's sweet moon light ami an interesting art program with folksongs and classical dances. That night we didn't go to bed until midnight." These are the words ol our chapter's foster child, Nguyen Thi Men. Men. who is a little 12 year old AYetnamese girl, gram. We have moved from our early sea son |)osition of twentieth of forty-three writes us each month about what she is fraternities to a standing of eighth as of through the Foster Parent Plan. last week. 'Fhis resurgence was clue mainlv to our fi ne showings in dual swimming and wrestling. doing and what she receives Irom us. jointly with .-Mpha Gmicron Pi sorcrrity. Men lives in Flo Nai, .South Vietnam, with her parents, two sisters, and grand mother. Due to tubercidosis. her lather is Fhe Fiji swimming team, featuring four former varsity swimmers, overcame unemjtloyable. and her mother sup])orts the family on 20c jier day Irom the sale difliciilt opposition Irom .Alpha 1 an Omegti. Beta Theta Pi. and .Sigma Alpha of sovbcan cakes. Men and her lamilv fled irom North Vietnam in 1951 to a\i)icl living under communist tyranny. F.psiloii to win the fraternity champion- Men, who had never been to school be- (To Page .1) n'o Page 5) \r\nPage 4 ALPHA ALPHA Spring Pledge Gloss (From Page 2) Science and .Axts, Jeff is a pre-dentistry major on a Regent's Scholarship. During his summer vacation, he has held a job working in a drug store for the past two PHI PHI March, 1963 NEWS CHAPTER Ad. and then his M.B.Ad. and go on to Law School. He is presently a staff coun selor and social director in the quad rangle, a position which few sophomores # « clude tennis, music, reading, and pho tography. Last summer he worked in Estes « * Gary Miles Cunningham is from St. Louis, Missouri, and is a second semester freshman at Michigan. Enrolled in the College of Literature, Science and Arts, his declared major is Business. Gary cornet in the band, ran track, and played basketball. Dirk is enrolled in the College of Engineering and is at the same time holding a job in the quadrangle cafeteria. « obtain. His extra-curricular activities in Park, Colorado, as a waiter and cook. years. NEWS « « Graduating 30 in a class of 360 from Riverside-Brookfield High School is Rob ert Frank Gross from Riverside, Illinois. In high school he was co-captain of the swimming team his senior year, and also « « Robert Allen Lawrence hails from Mil- ford, Michigan, where he attended Milford High School. Bob was exceedingly active in sports during his high school education, participating in football, bas ketball, track, baseball and tennis. In ad dition to his athletics. Bob was a member of the student council for two years and went to Michigan Boy's State. He . is presendy a Junior and is working for a Degree in .Aeronautical and Mathematical Engineering and a Masters Degree in would like to go to law^ school with poli tics in mind as a career. During his high school years, he served as treasurer of the National Honor Society, president of his Hi-Y Club, and president of the Nor mandy High School student body. Gary also won a letter as catcher on the varsity baseball team, and graduated 25th in a on the football and baseball teams. His at Michigan, Bob is in the College of Literature, Science and Arts receiving a 3.1 grade average. He plans to enter medical school after his undergraduate Country teams and is enrolled in the class of 427. Gary took active participation work at Michigan. school of Engineering working toward a in YMC.\, being elected National VicePresident of the West Central .\rea Hi-Y in his senior year. He was also elected YMCA Youth Governor of the State of Missouri, and attended the 1st Annual Youth's Governor's Conference in Wash ington, D.C., last summer. ♦ # « Geoffrey Alexander D'Atri is a fresh man from Hartville, Ohio, graduating from Kent State University School. In high school he was active in Hi-Y, Science Club, Photography Club, and .Annual staff. Geof participated in high school swimming, A..A.U. and YMCA swimming. He is now a member of the freshman Varsity Swimming ream, which is prob ably the best freshman s(juad in Michi gan's history. He was also quite active in his quadrangle house government last semester. Now enrolled in the School of Education, he plans to complete a double major—physical education, and chemistry or biology. He hopes to eventually coach swimming and teach his second major on ii high school or small college level. ^ ^ Michael Jon Emery is a sophomore from Birmingham, .Michigan. In high sc iiool he was a member of National Hon or Soceity, high school marching band, yearbook staff, and student government. With a 5.1 point average in high school, senior year. Bob was elected to Student Council and also served as secretary-treas urer of the Letterman's Club. .A freshman # # agiac Union High School, John's chief interest was in * student government. He held the positions of representative, Vice-President, and Treas urer of his local Student Council, as well as President of Region V (Southwestern xMichigan) Student Council. John also participated in basketi)all, and was a mem ber of National Honor Society, the year book staff, and was class president. In the summer John works as a counselor and spends his free time golfing or swimming. .At the University he is in the College of Literature, Science and .Arts, working to ber of the Fre.shman Track and Cross eering. In high school at Highland Park, Illinois, Joel was consistcnly on the honor roll as well as being elected to the Na tional Honor Society. During his senior year he was elected to the Student Coun cil Executive Board, heading the commit tees on Elections and Honor Systems. # * # Rodney Edward Magner was born in Santa Monica, California, and lived in West L.OS .Angeles for eleven years before he moved to his present home of Long Island. He is now a Freshman at the Uni versity of Michigan and intends to major in .Aeronautical Engineering. In high school Rod participated in varsity basket # « School, he participated in sports, playing tennis and swimming on the varsity swim team. .As a senior he was secretary of the Varsity Cdub and graduated first out of 254 in his class. Last semester he had a 5.2 as a freshman at the University. John is now enrolled in the College of litera ture, Science and .Arts majoring in Predentistry. His future hopes are to enter the dental profession and return to Pon tiac. to set up his j^rac tic e. # « * « John Sherbourne Kerns is from Pontiac, .Michigan. .At Pontiac Northern High # « ball. ward Law School. # « .As a Freshman, Joel Lewitz is a mem B.S. and M.S. degree in Electrical Engin * Dowagiac, Michigan, is the hometown of John Kershner Hickman, Jr. In Dow extracurricular Aeronautical Engineering. 4^ Originally from Canton, Ohio, but now residing in Highland Park, Illinois, Rich ard Hamnett Marshall, Jr., is looking for ward to a career in engineering, prefer ably Mechanical or Aeronautical Engin eering. In high school. Rick entered in all intramural sports but he enjoyed swim ming and tennis the most. He was a mem ber of the swim team lor his sophomore. jun5)r, and senior years, lettering in eacli year. He was elected co-captain of the swimming team his senior year and was the second highest point winir r lor tiie team tiiat year. Fie gracluatc^cl in the up Although he was born in Aliami, Flori per 10^' in a (lass of 520 and earned a ship. He continued his academic achieve da. Dirk Brian Lanclis, alter much mov 3.5 average his first semester at .Michigan. ment at .Michigan and received a Bran- ing, now lives in Ridge wood. New Jersey. Keeping active in Scouts and Explorers, Dirk attended the 4th National Jamboree Mike obtained a Regents-Alumni Scholar strom Freshman Award lor obtaining a 5.75 first semester, followed by a 5.5 last semester. Mike plans to obtain his B.B. at \5dley Forge. In high school, he played # # Robert Wesley Pike, Jr., was born in Detroit l)ut now lives in Bloomfiielcl Hills, (To Page 5) \r\nMarch, 1963 ALPHA ALPHA Spring Pledge Class PHI PHI CHAPTER Student Council, wrote for the student (From Page 4) pidDlications, played reserve basketball, and engaged in forensics. Scholastically, Michigan. During his high school years. he was accorded several school honors, was .selected for accellerated courses in Bob held the office of Student Council President, served as the feature editor ol the school newspaper, vice-chairman of the Executive Club, was a member of the National Honor Society and was the firststring short-stop for the school baseball team. Bob is now a sophomore at Michi gan and has been a newscaster for the campus radio station WCBM as well as a staff man in the Michigan Union. Dur ing his freshman year he was the presi dent of Chicago House in West Quad, e * David Roadhouse comes from Toledo, Ohio, where he attended the Ottawa Hills High School. He participated in various activities during his high school days, .serving on the student council during his junior and .senior years and as a member of the varsity club for three years, acting as president his senior year. Dave partici pated in track his sophomore years and swam when he was a junior and senior finishing .second in the high school swim Page 5 NEWS English and history, and was a National Merit Scholarship Finalist. Although heceiving an alternate selection to the Air Force .Academy, he chose to attend the University of Michigan on a Navy ROTC scholarship. .At the University, he is j)re.sently vice-chairman of the Young l)emocratic Club, in the college of Liter ature, Science and the .Arts honors pro gram, and serves on the public relations NEWS president of the Honor Society, sports editor of the school newspaper as well as the yearbook, involved in student govern ment and also active in the A^arsity Club. .At Michigan, Dave has continued his in terest in sports by pursuing all intramural sports: football, basketball, swimming and bowling. He finished his first semester with a 2.8 average. # * # In the school of Economics and hail ing from Saint Louis, Missouri, Frederic Massey Woodruff, Jr., is also a Freshman. .Attending Kirkwood High School, he Council. lettered on the varsity tennis squad and held many student positions. In his jun ior year he was elected A^ice-president of his class while still maintaining a 5.0 grade average. During his senior year, Working toward a degree in medicine. Jack W^arren hails from Wichita, Kansas. Fred became the circulations manager and vice-president of his Student Coun cil, Later he was elected to Quill and committee of the Student Government In high .school. Jack was elected vicepresident of his senior class and was ac tive in both athletics—football—and pub lic speaking. He was a delegate and Sen ate Majority Leader at the Sunflower Boys' State and also ranked high enough to be a National Merit Scholarship Final ist. .A Freshman at the University, Jack is ming meet in his junior year as state a member of the Michigan Union Staff champion the next year in the hundred yard butterfly. He is presently a Fresh and also a member of his quadrangle house council. Scroll and voted one of eight of the most outstanding senior boys in his school. At Michigan, he is a member of his house council and has maintaine da 3.33 grade average. Thi Men (From Page 3) lore we adopted her, is presently in third man at Michigan and is enrolled in the college of Ij'terature, Science and the grade because she can now afford to go Arts. er when she grows up. The benefits of this plan do not end with the help we are giving Men, but are also felt in our chapter through the let Coming from Dearborn, Michigan, James Edward Weaver is a Freshman at James Edward Tatge is a graduate of Evanston to school. Her wish is to become a teach Township High School in Evanston, Illinois. During his four years of high school, he was active in track and cross country qualifying in his .senior year for the state finals in cross country. Out side ol school activities, he was president oi his C^hurch Youth Group his senior year. Jed came to the University of Mich Michigan. Jim participated actively in sports in high school, playing on the var sity ba.seball team and now, during his freshman year at Michigan, has contribu ted greatly to the second place standing of his house in the quadrangle. Jim is enrolled in the college of Literature, Sci ence and the Arts and is entering the field of mathematics. igan to study naval architecture but re- ters we receive from her. They are real reminders to us that poverty does exist, and that, with a little thought and effort, a great deal of happiness can be brought into the life of those who are less for tunate than us. Sports (From Page 3) centlv switched to the college of Litera ture, Sc ience and the Arts. David Robert Wilber, living in Sagi- naw, Michigan, is enrolled in })re-medical Michael Dnvicl Vaughn was born in Kentucky, but has lived in the north most of his life. Cioining to Ann Arbor, his present home, in 11)5.9. he graduated from Ann Arbor High, d'here. he was on the studies as a Freshman. He attended high school at Lansing I'asiern where he earned a 3.7 grade j)o:nt average. During his high school clays, Dave was active in sports as co-capta n ol the school swim ming team. In aclditOn, he was vice ship. Our wrestling team finished in sec ond jdace, two points behind the Betas. Although the house slijjped somewhat in basketball and volleyball, the outlook for the luture is bright. We are presenth in the semi-finals in paddleball and are just l)eginning wat.r j)olo and all camj)us swimm.ng. 78th PIG DINNER - April 20 \r\nALPHA ALPHA PHI PHI March, 1963 NEWS CHAPTER NE W S Recommendations For Prospective Rushees Re: Fall Rush 1963 Name. Address. Home Town. Major. Activities. Grades. General Comments: (Just fill out form, tear off page 6, and send to '707' Oxford Rd. PHI GAMMA DELTA Alpha Phi Chapter 707 Oxford Road Ann Arbor, Michigan Return Requested tXtCUTlVE SLCKLTaRY 1757 N ST N w WASHINGTON 0 C