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Title:
1964 Winter Newsletter Gamma Deuteron (Knox College)
Abstract:
Winter 1964 newsletter for the Gamma Deuteron chapter at Knox College. The newsletter is 6 pages in length.
Date/Date Range:
00/00/1964
Subjects:
Newsletter
Chapter:
Gamma Deuteron
University:
Knox College
Era:
1960s
1964 Winter Newsletter Gamma Deuteron (Knox College)
K N
THE
O X
G.A
VcL'ms XXXIII
GALESBURG, ILLINOIS -
WINTER ISSUE, 1964
No.
2
Norris Pig Dinner, March 15
It is indeed a pleasure for the
Gamma Deuteron Chapter to have as
its Pig Dinner guest speaker Lucian
C. Warren (Dennison, '36), Editor of
Sunday, March 15, Gamma Deutercn Fijis from all 'Over the nation
will come together for the 53rd an
nual Norris Pig Dinner. Festivities
will begin at 2:00 P. M., at the Holi
day Inn, north of Galesburg on High
Initiates
the Phi Gamma Delta Magazine.
Brother Warren kindly assented to
free himself from his busy schedule
to be speaker for the March 15th
dinner. We were happy to hear that
this distinguished Fiji would address
Knox Fiji's on this occasion.
As a Fiji legacy. Brother Warren
1,000th Member
way 150.
Early reports indicate that this
year's Pig Dinner could be one of the
biggest in Gamma Deuteron history.
The response to the alumni news
letters and G. D. Fiji publications
has been most encouraging and leads
attended
Dennison
University
in
Granville, Ohio, and served as His
the active brothers to believe that the
torian and Recording Secretary. He
was elected to the honorary fraterni
ties, Omicron Delta Kappa and Phi
alumni interest is at an all-time high.
The Pig Dinner remains the fore
most social event among all the tra
Beta Kappa
ditions and customs revered in Phi
and was editor of the
school
paper,
the
Dennisonian.
Graduating in 1936, he became a re
Gamma Delta.
porter for
Originating from a prank of the
University of California Fijis in 1893,
the "pork-kissing" celebration was
the Buffalo Courier Ex
organized by Frank Norris (Califor
press and in 1945 he was appointed
Washington Correspondent to the
Courier.
He holds that position
nia, '94), the famous author, and re
mains largely intact today.
The Pig Dinner began at Knox in
today.
In
1955,
Brother
elected president of
Press
1912, and since that time has served
as a mechanism to bring alumni and
undergraduates together to talk over
"old" and "new" times.
The speaker for this year's dinner
is Lucian C. Warren, Editor of the
Phi Gamma Delta Magazine. Brother
Warren graduated from Dennison in
1936 and assumed his position as edi
tor of our magazine in
1961. fSee
story at right.)
Of interest to the undergraduate
chapter will be the awarding of the
traditional trophies; some serious and
some otherwise. 'Trophies will be
awarded along with the award for the
outstanding senior. The Duncan M.
Rowles Memorial Trophy will be
given to the outstanding junior who
did most for the house during his
first full year of activation.
Other trophies awarded will be the
coveted "Virgin Trophy" and Lydia
Pinkham Bowl.
In conjunction with this year's din
ner will be a luncheon for the wives
of G. D. Fijis who are coming to
Galesburg with their husbands.
Just three years shy of its 100th
Club
and
a
Warren
the
was
National
member
of
the
Gridiron Club in Washington. Cur
rently he has the distinction of being
anniversary. Gamma Deuteron passed
a trustee of the National Press Club
another milestone in December when
activation ceremonies for Walter F.
Corporation.
Brother Warren has
four children and one of his sons is
a Fiji at Lehigh University.
In May, 1961, he became the edi
Winkler, Pekin (pictured above left,
being congratulated by
President
Charles Junod) marked the initiation
of the chapter's 1,000th member.
Winkler, who pledged last May,
came to Knox after a successful high
school career. At Pekin High School,
he was president of the Midstate
Eight Student Council, a member of
the debate team, and news editor of
the school newspaper.
tor of the fraternity's national maga
zine, Phi Gamma Delta. Accepting
this position in conjunction with the
one on the Courier Express illustrates
Brother Warren's devotion to Phi
Gamma Delta.
MAKE
RESERVATIONS
At Knox, Winkler has been a mem
ber
of the
Student
Senate for
two
years, a participant in the school's
debate program, and an intramural
wrestling champion.
Winkler
currently
For
NORRIS
PIG DINNER
holds
Illinois
State, Pekin Elks Club, Alumni As
sociation, and Knox General Scholar
ships.
★
March 15,1964
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Page Two
Chapter Aims
For Baker Cup
G. D.
Winter Issue, 1964
FIJI
Gamma Deuteron
Our Inspiration
Pledges Twelve
At the conclusion of formal rush,
In 1963, Gamma Deuteron finished
second nationally in Baker Cup (serv
ice) competition. The Fijis of Old
an outstanding group of ten men
were pledged to Gamma Deuteron
Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. Those
Siwash vowed at that time that in
who pledged in the ceremony on No
1964 they would be saitsfied with
nothing short of first. The result has
been an all out "Baker Cup or Bust"
program that exceeds any previous
effort to our knowledge.
vember 24 are:
Kenneth Boldt, Lombard; Michael
Chubrich and Michael Vlaisavljevich,
Chicago; Thomas Collins, Elgin; Mi
chael Wheeler, East St. Louis; Willard Dean, Scarsdale, N. Y.; Allan
Before the year even started Fijis
gathered to work on a Boy Scout and
YMCA camp, making it possible for
underprivileged children to again at
tend the camp at low cost.
The
first
month
of
school
saw
Fijis everywhere, taking orphans to
football games, parties, and greased
pig races. A member of the chapter
again became a member of the Junior
Chamber of Commerce, and as a re
sult Fijis have been present at every
major project that the Jaycees have
conducted — two normally Jaycee
projects were run entirely by Gamma
Deuteron.
Gamma Deuteron accomplished a
unique feat, when they united the
fraternities
and
sororities
in
one
giant effort — a Hallowe'en Trick or
Treat Night for underprivileged chil
dren of the community. Just recent
ly the Fijis did it again when they
engineered and operated the joining
Devol,
Jeff Sandburg (left) and Gene Watts
Exemplifying
the
stress
on
aca
demic excellence prevalent in the Fiji
castle this year, the illustrious purple
room duo captured the much her
alded and most coveted honor that
Gamma Deuteron bestows — the un
disputed room scholarship champion
ship — with a 1.94 average. Jeff
Sandburg and Gene Watts, tradition
al leaders in the Knox Fiji's inter-
ward march of humanity, and a tre
more complete and vital individuals.
These two outstanding brothers also
excel in extra-curricular activities,
coming
semester,
"Goose"
and
to
JEFF
the
SANDBURG
beauty of the community during the
Yuletide season. Thirdly, some of the
brothers around the Chicago area
furnished food, clothing, and labor
KNOX
xni
Many projects are being planned
and many others have been already
completed — "service" has become
PUBLISHED QUARTERLY BY
GAMMA DEUTERON CHAPTER OF
PHI GAMMA DELTA
KNOX COLLEGE
Galesburg, Illinois
SERVICE.
WINTER ISSUE.
Welch Has Sfraight A's
Senior Lyman Welch earned 17
hours of "A" during the first semes
ter this year. He is a pre-law major
and is an assistant in the political
science department. By attending
Harvard summer school in 1962 and
University of Illinois summer school
in 1963, Lyman will graduate from
Knox in three years. Lyman received
his straight A's in International Re
lations, Latin American Government
Seminar in Politics, Public Adminis
tration, and Theater Participation.
j'or and also finds time to co-captain
the Siwash basketball team this win
currently carries
a 9-6
The pledge trai-ner this year is
Hadley Pullen, a junior economics
major from Denver, Cqloralo, who
has set up a good, constructive pledge
program.
Pledge Class Athletics
As in previous years, the '63 - 64
Gamma Deuteron pledge class is well
endowed with Knox athletes. Gamma
Deuteron is credited with three fresh
men basketball players, Pete Robin
son, Mike Chubrich, and Tom Col
lins. Robinson, a good shooter and
hustler, is playing a wing position,
and Chubrich, a quick, true athlete,
plays guard. Tom Collins at 6 ft., 5
THE
for some families near them.
almost a pledge class motto. It looks
like a great year for Gamma Deu
teron — perhaps the greatest ever —
for
what can be greater than
Galesburg.
Jeff is a business administration ma-
record.
Around Christmas the program "Geno" intend to retain their virtu
reached its peak with three big ef ally unchallengable prominence in
forts. The Fijis adopted an orphan this most sacrosant position.
trom a Southeast Asia country. They
Written by
conducted the Christmas Lighting
GENE WATTS and
cemtest in the City of Galesburg,
substantially
pledge class is senior Jeff Sandburg,
our rush chairman from
ter which
mendous desire to make themselves
Johnson,
Three weeks later on December 12,
rels, attribute their success to con
stant effort, the realization that
scholarship is important for the up
Theodore
Michael Spreitzer of Chicago and
Michael Zielke of Aledo were pledged.
Mainly responsible for this fine
room competition for academic lau
while entertaining several hobbies,
of the entire IFC to the Junior Cham
of which is their devotion to
ber of Commerce. Needless to say, chief
the imbibing of Budweiser. This
a Fiji is at the helm.
which added
Palatine;
Peoria; Peter Robinson, Galesburg;
and William Springgate, Wilmette.
Editor
1964
G. D. FIJI STAFF
Pete Boynton, '65
Contributing Writers
Hadley Pullen, '65 Mike Lawrence, '64
George Vlaisavljevich, 64 Jay King, '65
Steve Gamble. '64
ken Boldt, '67
president of active chapter
in., is one of the three big men on
the freshmen team. He plays the
low post position for Coach Swise.
Ken Boldt and Mike Spreitzer are
also working to further the quality
of Knox athletic teams. Spreitzer is
^'^f^tling for the freshmen team and
Boldt, a trackman, runs the hurdles
and quarter mile.
The spring will again see Fiji
pledges take action. Bill Springgate,
Pete Robinson, Mike Chubrich, and
John Force will participate in base
ball. Mike Zielke, Mike Spreitzer,
and Ken Boldt will run for the track
team. It looks like another good year
m athetics for Knox Fiji pledges.
DON'T FORGET
CHARLES JUNOD. '64
FACULTY ADVISOR
THE PIG DINNER
TOM WILLIAMS
PURPLE LEGIONNAIRE
CHUCK GAMBLE
Morch 15
\r\nWinter Issue, 1964
THE
G. D.
F IJ
Page Three
CLOUD WAMPLER, is Chairman of
the Board of Carrier Corporation in
Syracuse, N. Y. A 1916 graduate of
Knox. Brother Wampler married Eu
JUDilllll JIJIUS
HARRY R. THOMPSON, JR., a 1951
LYSLE E. PRITCHARD, '21, has re
tired as the President and chief exe
cutive officer of the American Chicle
division of the Warner-Lambert Phar
maceutical Company which he has
headed for the past five years. He
continues as a director of the parent
East 70th Street, New York 21, New
company of which he
York.
Chairman of
started with
is the Vice
the Board. Since he
the American Chicle
Company as a salesman when he
graduated from Knox, his entire busi
ness life has been with that one com
pany.
The Pritchards will now live
in Florida where they have built a
new home on their cattle ranch.
In
addition to his many other responsi
bilities, Brother Pritchard is a mem
ber of the Knox College Board of
Trustees.
WILLIAM R. BEATTIE, '32, is
de
voting much of his time now to his
Alma Mater as the Chairman of the
Greater Knox Alumni Fund. An en
thusiastic booster of Knox College
and Phi Gamma Delta, he never fails
to "lend a hand" when called upon.
Brother Beattie has spent his entire
business career in the travel business
and is now an officer and director of
Robert F. Warner & Associates, a
well known
travel firm
with offices
in Rockefeller Center, New York
City. While attending Knox, he was
the
President
of
the
Gamma
Deu-
teron chapter during his senior year
and was also captain of the Knox
Knox graduate, now holds the posi
tion of Vice President with McCann-
Marschalk Co., Inc., 1271 Sixth Ave.,
New York 20, New York. Harry is
still a
bachelor and resides at 131
BLAKE FRANKLIN, who attended
Knox from 1895 to 1897 and majored
in Latin, is now a retired Junior Vice
President
and
Assistant
General
Counsel for Pacific Mutual Life In
surance Company
at
Los
Angeles,
Brother Fi-anklin now resides at 317
West Lexington
Drive,
Glendale
3,
California.
Insurance
Group
in
Los
Angeles.
Brother Loos and his wife Leone have
one daughter. Marietta, who is mar
ried to Gordon Glass, an architect
graduate of USC. Marietta and Gor
don have a five month old daughter,
Allison. Ned Loos, John's nephew,
is now a member of the chapter of
boy. The daughters are Mrs. Donald
Westerberg.
Linda
and
was
Susan
an
C.
Alpha
Phi at the University of Utah and
her sister Susan has followed in her
footsteps as she is now a sophomore
at Utah and also an Alpha Phi. The
Westerbergs' son Stephen is now 20
years old, and he too is a sophomore
at Utah University.
Mrs. Charles Majer and Mrs. U. M.
Jones.
LIEUTENANT GENERAL HOBART
R. GAY, '17, has retired as the Super
intendent of the New Mexico Mili
tary Institute in Rosewell, New Mexi
co, and will make his home in El
Paso, Texas, with Mrs. Gay.
"Hap"
Gay had a distinguished career in the
Army, serving as Chief of Stall for
Gen. George S. Patton thruout World
War H, beginning in Africa and con
tinuing right into the occupation of
Germany. Brother Gay also served in
the Korean War, and then was chief
headed the school. New Mexico Mili
tary Institute has turned out several
who is in sixth grade. The Parkin
sons' son Dave is a sophomore at
Urbana High School. Brother Par
football players who have starred for
kinson is owner of R. W. Parkinson
and Associates, Publishers, Urb,ana.
the Naval Academy, including the
fabulous Roger Staubach who led
Navy to second place national rank
ing and a Cotton Bowl berth this past
season.
KARL K. TAYLOR,
a
1980
Knox
graduate, is now a 1st Lieutenant in
the U. S. Army. Karl and his wife,
Nancy, who live at 5 Goethals Drive,
Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, are
expecting a child in the near future.
President of the Rock Island Bank &
Trust Company. Mr. Vernon and his
wife Lucille are both graduates of
Knox. Brother Vernon graduated in
1920, while Lucille graduated in 1922.
Mrs.
Vernon
was
Beta Phi at Knox.
Mrs.
Jane V.
a
member
of
Pi
Two daughters,
Ullman and Mrs. Lu
cille V. Reilly, followed in their
mother's footsteps as they attended
Knox and affiliated with Pi Beta Phi
also.
Mr.
side at 9
and
Mrs.
Vernon
now re
Hawthorne Road in Rock
JOSEPH W. GRAY, '26, is the pastor
•of the Trinity Church in Chinle, Ari
zona, which ministers to the Indians
of that area. After attending McCormick Theological Seminary in Chi
cago and graduating from Union
Theological Seminary in New Y-ork
City, Brother Gray served several
communities in the ministry. For
more than ten years, he has been de
voting himself to preaching the gos
pel to the American Indians and
helping them in every way possible.
Joe was the first of three Gray broth
ers who attended Knox and were Phi
Gams.
The others are Albert W.
Gray, 1928, now living in the Twin
Cities, and John S., 1932, who lives
on the Chicago north shore.
Island, Illinois.
MILTON HULT, '19 — It is with re
CARL S. WESTERBERG, a 1931
graduate of Knox, is now the Presi
dent of C. P. Hefner & Associates,
Inc., consulting engineers. Carl re
sides at 2165 Dallin Street, Salt Lake
City 9, Utah, with his wife Inez. The
Westerbergs' have two girls and one
Carter
at 320
and her younger sister, Cindy,
ga,
DR. HARRY O. CHANNON, who
graduated from Knox as a chemistry
W.)
now reside
of Illinois and a member of Chi Ome
Phi Gamma Delta at USC.
(Linda
Wamplers
of the Chicago area of the Army be
fore his retirement from active duty.
During the time that General Gay
K. L. VERNON holds the position of
Supervisor for the Reliance Standard
The
Sedgewick Drive, Syracuse 3, N. Y.
They have two married daughters—
ROBERT W. PARKINSON, '42, is
now residing at 704 Mumford Drive,
Urbana, Illinois, with his wife, Ann.
The Parkinsons have two girls—Judy,
who is a freshman at the University
Track team.
JOHN W. LOOS, '28, now resides at
3011 N. Verdugo Road in Glendale,
California. As an undergraduate at
Knox, he was an English major. He
now holds the position of Claim
genia L. Trask, also a Knox gradu
ate and a member of Pi Beta Phi.
major in 1958, is now a dentist at the
West Side V. A. Hospital in Chicago.
His present address is 523 W. Deming
Place, Chicago 14, Illinois.
EDMUND T. ROBERTS, sales man
ager for Eastcoast Equipment Co.,
Mountainside, N. J., graduated fiom
Knox in 1948 with a m.ajor in busi
ness administration. His wife, Mary
Lee Hoover Roberts, graduated in the
gret that we report the death of Mrs.
Ruth Hult, the wife of Milton Hult,
'19, -on August 8, 1963 Mrs. Hult had
been on the Knox Campus with her
husband when he was given a Knox
Achievement
Award
in
1956,
and
through him knew many Knox gradu
ates and Fijis. Milt was the .speaker
at c-ne of Gamma Deuteron's Pig Din
ners a few years ago and assisted Roy
Ingersoll, '08, when the money was
raised to pay off the then indebted
ness -of the Chapter House at 218 S.
Knox class of 1949. The Roberts have
Cedar. Milt is President of the Na
two children — E. Thomas Roberts,
tional Dairy Council of Chicago with
who is 14, and in 8th grade, and Polly
S. Roberts, an ll-year-old, who is in
the 5th grade. The family lives at 36
Canterbury Lane, Westfield, N. J.
which
he
has
been associated for
thirty-five years or more.
(Continued on Page 4)
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Page Four
G. D.
FIJI
Winter Issue, 1964
ALUMNI NEWS-
FREDERICK B. RABENSTEIN, '39,
CHARLES W. TURNER, '44, is Sr.
is
Applications Chemist in the Technical
WILLIAM B. GARRETT, '24, is the
Business at Northwestern University
in Evanston, Illinois, and the owner
of Rabenstein's Home Furnishings in
Ottawa, Illniois. He and his wife,
Frances Lafferty Rabenstein, Knox
'39, have three daughters. Janet will
graduate from Mount Holyoke this
year; Nancy is now a freshman at
Knox, and Ann is a junior at Ottawa
High School. Nancy pledged Pi Beta
Phi at Knox this year.
Vice President of Chicago Title and
Trust Company. He and his wife,
Margaret, live at 1868 West Stuart,
in Palatine, 111. The Garretts have
three sons—Clark W., John R., and
Thomas F. Garrett. Clarke graduated
from Carletc-n and earned his PhD.,
at the University of Wisconsin; John
graduated from Antioch, and Thomas
is now a sophomore at the University
Dean
of
the
School
of
Service of A. E. Staley Mfg. Com
pany. He and his wife Ardith live in
Deeatur, Illinois, with their four chil
dren—Jan Marie, 8; Anne Lynette, 5;
Mary Hope, 2, and
Kay Louise, 1.
Charles is one of three Turner broth
ers who are Gamma Deuteron Fijis—
the other two being James and
Robert.
RICHARD W. BUNKHARDT, '39, is
Vice President and Dean of Faculties
of Chicago.
G. TREVOR WINEBRIGHT, '57, is an
LEO BILANCIO, a
ate, is an assistant
tory at Oglethorpe
lanta, Georgia. He
1951 Knox gradu
professor of his
University in At
and his wife re
side at 3037 Lanier Drive with their
five year old son Robert Ivan.
HARRY R. STEVENS, '35, holds the
position of Vice President and Trust
Officer for the Peoples Bank of
Bloomington, in Bloomington, Illinois.
He and his wife, Ruth, a 1937 Knox
graduate and a member of Pi Beta
Phi, have a
who is
Assistant
daughter Barbara, 17,
a freshman at Indiana Uni
versity, and a son John, who is 10,
and in fifth grade.
Associate Systems Engineer for IBM
Corporation in Baltimore, Maryland.
He and his wife Barbara have three
young children—G. Michael, Lisa K.,
and Susan L. Winebright.
WILLIAM G. INGERSOLL, '51, is a
partner in Arthur Anderson & Com
pany in Now York City. He and his
wife, Marilyn, also a Knox graduate,
live at 196 Big Oak Road in Stam
ford, Conn.
at Ball State Teachers College. He
and his wife Dorothy, a 1939 Knox
graduate, live in Muncie, Indiana.
They have three children. Jon is a
Beta at MIT; Richard, Jr., is at Har
vard, and Claire Elizabeth attends
high school.
RICHARD W. JENSEN, '49, is Divi
sion Credit Manager for the Pure Oil
Company in Columbus, Ohio. Richard
and
Jeanne - Marie
Jensen
live
in
Worthington, Ohio, with their three
girls. Karen is 13; Lisa is 10, and
JAY G. BURGESS, '51, is Secretary
Treasurer of Burgess, Anderson &
Tate in Zion, Illinois. He and his wife
Kristina is 4.
Shirley live at 3000 Eschol Ave., in
Knox campus in 1963 for the first
Zion with
their
two
children—Scott
T.
HARVEY
McCLURE
visited the
Jay, 9, and Jill Annette, 4.
time in many years. He brought his
granddaughter, Alison McClure, out
Deu-
WILLIAM M. ERWIN and his wife
teron, continues to serve Phi Gamma
that she is
Virginia live at 93 Hendricks Isle in
Freshman Class at Old Siwash.
Fort
vey, one of many McClures who at
tended Knox, had two brothers, Rob
ert, '15, and Samuel S. H, '18; a
J. PHILLIP MORROW, a 1963 gradu
ate
and
President
of
Gamma
Delta in his capacity as Field Secre
tary. Phil is engaged to Darlene Ziemann, a junior at Knox.
with
another
Lauderdale,
Florida.
Brother
Erwin is Corporation Secretary and
Manager of the Florida Office of In-
CHARLES L. NICHOLSON, '19, was
seriously injured in an automobile
accident on October 3, 1963, in south
eastern Minnesota, when his Buick
collided
to look over Knox with the
car.
He
was
tercounty
Construction
Corp.
In
April he will terminate his present
employment and enter the University
of Florida College of Law.
now a
R,
BILLETT, '17 — The retire
Har
cousin, Robert L. S. McClure, '08; and
the famous S. S. McClure, 1882, all of
whom were members of Gamma Deu
teron Chapter. The McClures live in
Pelham, N.
L,
result
member of the
tinues
in
Y.,
where Harvey con
active business
as
a
mer
taken to the Mayo Brothers Clinic
in Rochester, Minnesota, where he
ment of L. R. Billett, '17, as the man
aging partner of McCormick & Com
chandising counsel in New York
City, with special attention to syn
spent several weeks while recovering.
When allowed to leave the hospTal,
pany, a well-known Chicago invest
ment lirm, was announced over the
dicate stores.
he went to the home of h's son, Jim
Christmas holidays. Ray has been in
Nicholson, a 1952 Knox Fiji, who
lives in Indianapolis, Indiana, where
he spent several weeks recuperating.
the financial world of Chicago since
L. E. STISSER, JR., '62, better known
Charles
L.
"Nick"
Nicholson
has
.spent his business life in advertising
in the newspaper business. His busi
ness headquarters
are
in
Yakima,
Washington, but he spends most of
his time working with the advertis
ing
departments
of
newspapers
throughout the country.
THOMAS H. MINER, '50, is President
of Thomas H. Miner & Associates,
Inc. (International Business Consult
ants). Brother Miner lives at 1350
Lake Shore Drive in Chicago.
DRURY A. BABCOCK, '23, is in farm
management, in Galva, Illinois. He
he
was
graduated from Knox where he
the
President
of
Gamma
Deu-
teron in his senior year. His first job
was with Taylor, Ewart & Company,
which was headed by Clifford B.
Ewart, a Knox Fiji of the Class of
1909, along with Harry Pritchard, a
classmate and brother Phi Gam, who
was still associated with Ray Billett
as a partner in McCormick & Com
pany, until Billett's retirement. Mrs.
Billett is the former Florence Dean,
of the class of 1918 at Knox.
ROBERT M. GROVER, '59, a First
Lieutenant in the U. S. Army, works
in the Office of the Staff Judge Ad
vocate at Fort Polk, Louisiana. He
and his wife Mary have a six-months-
as "Junior," is one of the several
Knox Fijis who are associated with
American Chicle Company. He start
ed working for the well-known chew
ing gum firm upon graduation from
Knox in June of 1962. After spend
ing nearly a year as a salesman in
western New York state, he was pro
moted to the General Sales Depart
ment at the company headquarters in
Long Island City, N. Y., in the spring
of 1963. His duties bring him in con
tact with other Knox graduates work
ing for the company, including John
Sutphen, 1963, and R. B. Kyle, 1926.
SPECIAL
THANKS
to
WILLARD
DEAN, '19, for information used in
this Alumni News Section. Willard is
Vice-President and Director of Con
lowed in the footsteps of their father
R. HOLLIS HARDY, '24, is the Presi
as Peter was a Fiji at Northwestern
dent of Tubbs Great Western Cord
solidated Laundries Corporation in
New York City. Willard and his wife
Mary live at 20 Innes Road in Scarsdale, N. Y. The Deans have two sons
—Thomas J. and Willard B. Dean, Jr.
and his wife Marne live at 116 N. W.
old daughter, Jane Watson Grover.
5th St., in Galva. Their two sons fol
and
age, Orange, California. He and his
James was a member of Phi Gamma
Delta at the University of Illinois,
wife Mildred, a 1926 Knox graduate,
Willard, Jr., is
now a freshman at
reside at 1120 Rive Lane, Santa Ana,
Knox and is a
member of the cur
where he graduated in 1961.
California.
rent Fiji pledge class.
where he
graduated
in
1956,
\r\nWinter Issue, 1964
THE
F IJ
Spring Sports
as usual the Fiji's are well repre
sented in spring athletics. In track
the crux of the Knox squad is made
up of Fiji athletes as there are eight
men in the conference, and all three
Gamble is a fine pole vaulter and he
will be vying for conference honors.
Gamma Deuteron is more than well
represented in the weights. Rick
Hintze, a sophomore from Chillicothe,
IS one of the finest discuss throwers
enter Knox.
Joe Masterson
and Russ Peterson add depth to the
weight men. In the hurdles and
broad jump we Fiji's are represented
by Jim Jepson.
In baseball the Fiji contingent is
led by Jeff Sandburg, a possible cocaptain this year. Last year as Knox
won the Southern Division of the con
ference, Sandburg was the leading
batter and more of the same is ex
pected of "Goose" this year. Three
sophomores, Tom Lundgren, George
Shea, and John Force, round out the
Fiji representation.
Pete Boynton is the lone varsity
Fiji golfer.
Knox won the confer
ence crown in golf last year and Pete
was a prime reason for the accom
plishment. In tennis. Gamma Deutei'-
on has only one player, Dave Wotring.
Juniors
Delta on the hardwood at Knox as
five Fiji's dominate this year's ver
sion of the varsity basketball team.
Of these five, three are starters, one
is the team's sixth man, and the other
(Galesburg, '64), leads the team in
most of the offensive departments.
"Goose", as he is known to the Knox
campus, is averaging over 14 pomts
per
clip
ing
and
game, and is shooting at a 49%
Besides this,
is an outstand
re'oounder
andhedefensive
player
is on his way to breaking the
assist record for a season.
Two juniors, Dave Wotring (Down
ers Grove), and Jim Jepson (Dundee) a?e also enjoying a fine year
regulars. Dave is an excellent
long jump-shooter averaging 13 points
a gfme at a 45% clip from the field.
He has hit 76% from the foul line
and is Tthe team's
playmaker.
ic one of the
Jim
finest
w in the conference
time ^0 average nine points
flame
hT is shooting 37% from
\
m at his high-post position
ifviv strong off the boards. Al-
fough
alfes, ihffafue of
WsfbiHty to,stop enemy sharpshoot
ers is recognized b^ all.
Tf w'
cam'svSvl^^vich
S%an, .(Chicago).
"Alphie"
The team s himself playing everyusually fiu"? averaging eight points
where. He is aveiap
GEORGE VLAISAVLJEVICH
JEPSON
BASKETBALL
Football Honors
It is a typical year for Phi Gamma
brothers participating. Mike Leighton, Larry Murdoch, and Don Har a promising sophomore.
Senior Co-Captain Jeff Sandbuig
rington are three of the best 440
are valuable men in the relays. Steve
JIM
DAVE WOTRING
SANDBURG
Spring is rapidly approaching and
ever to
Page Five
M
0.
JEFF
G. D.
per game in hi ^
attempted
SfaS.!?
""foals^ drawn on hi.is
drive shp.tsto
well m are
his
rebounding, anH moving
Expectations
high ffr'To^m
l^or 'Tom 1in the next two gyears,
wins
Yfi6 losses
and
losses much
mu
of the team'seontrisuc-
Sonfof'Sse 11.0 Gamma Douteron Fijis.
Don
Harrington
and
Joe
Masterson were honored in the latest
issue of the Phi Gamma Delta maga
zine.
Don was named to a first-team
halfback position on the magazine's
national, small college, All-Fiji Team
for his fine performance as a runner,
pass-catcher, and punter during the
past season. Although a guard and
linebacker
for
the
Knox
team
last
fall, Masterson was named to the
second team at a tackle position for
his rugged play.
In addition to All-Fiji honors, Mas
terson
has
been
awarded
the
Most
Valuable Player Trophy for the 1963
football season which he received at
the fall Honors Convocation. Joe also
has been voted a co-captain on the
1964 squad by his teammates.
Gamma
INTRAMURALS
Deuteron
finished
third
among fraternities
in
intramural
wre.stling. Wally Winkler took the
top spot in the 130 pound weight
class
for
Phi
Gamma
Delta
while
Don Harrington was second at 177
pounds.
COME
TO THE
PIG DINNER
★
MARCH 15
TOM ANDERSON
\r\nTHE
Page Six
G. D.
F I J
Winter Issue, 1964
LETTER . . . from the Editor
iimm mM
KENNETH
WEAVER,
'37,
is
the
owner of the Ken Weaver Insurance
Agency, in Sterling, Illinois. Ken
has a daughter Jane Diane, 21, and
Included in this issue is a large
Alumni News section made possible
JAMES F. JOHNSON, '54, is an as
sistant to the sales and advertising
manager for Adams Brands Sales,
Ltd., a division of American Chicle.
He and his wife Helen live at 1704
a son Richard, 18, who is a freshman
at The Citadel. Ken's address is 112
Victoria
Fifth Ave., Apt. B, Sterling, III.
tario, Canada.
Park,
in
Scarborough,
On
by the fine response to the question
naire sent out in the Rush Issue of
the G. D. Fiji. I have received infor
mation on 85 graduate brothers thus
far and hope to hear from more in
the near future.
It is impossible to
include all 85 brothers in this issue
of the G. D. Fiji but every attempt
KENNETH O. BANGS, '30, is the
manufacturer's representative for the
Sel Mor Garment Company. Ken
and his wife, Lillian have three sons.
Charles, who is 30, attended Kansas
University; William, who is 25, gradu
JAMES E. PERELLI, JR., '43, is the
will be made to include each brother
who answered in an issue before the
assistant superintendent for Farming-
year is over. We hope to develop a
ated from Butler University; and Lt.
Anne, are 10. The Perellis reside at
G. D. Fijis. Any suggestions for
other improvements in the paper will
392 East Fort Street, in Farmington.
be
Gordon Bangs is a graduate of Pur
due University, where he was the
President of the Purdue Chapter of
Phi Gamma Delta in 1961. Ken and
his wife reside at 5530 Woodside
Drive in Indianapolis, Indiana.
ton
School
District
sales manager for Standard Forgings
Corporation in Chicago. He and his
wife Betty, also a Knox graduate in
1954, have five children ranging in
age from 1 to 8 years. The boys are
Robert, James, Richard, and David
and their 6-year-old girl is Caroline
in
He and
his wife Pat, a 1945 Knox graduate,
have three girls. Cynthia Jane is 13,
while the twins, Lu Anne and Sue
Arlington
Savings Bank in Chicago. His wife
Florence graduated from Knox in
Glen
Ellyn,
Illinois.
They have a daughter, Winifred, who
is now attending Knox College, and
is a member of Pi Beta Phi.
JOSEPH R. BURTON, '31, is Vice
President and associate copy director
for J. Walter Thompson Co. in Chi
cago, Illinois. He and his wife, Jean,
have three sons and a daughter. Rod
ney is 23; J. Roy, Jr., is 21; William
is 11, and Harriet is 19.
THE REV. THOMAS J. ZEMEK, a
1954 Knox graduate, is now serving
a three-church field of Presbyterian
and Congregational
Churches as
Minister and Pastor. Rev. Zemek and
his wife Beth live with their four
children at 112 East Oak, Glenwood,
Minnesota. Jeffrey and Michael Ze
mek are in grade school, while Alan
and Annette are not of school age.
ROBERT J.
ANDERSON, JR., who
graduated from Knox in 1954 with
his wife Jean, is a Pharmacist in
Oswald's Pharmacy in Naperville, 111.
The Andersons and their four chil
dren live at 636 Wellner Road, in
Naperville. The children are Robert
J. Ill, William C., Rebecca L., and
Christian P. Anderson.
KNOX
THE
G.D.
mi
FROM
FRATERNITY OF PHI GAMMA DELTA
KNOX COLLEGE
GALESBURG.
paper
of
greater
interest
to
the
graduate brothers by including more
Alumni News in this, and following
welcomed.
Fraternally,
PHILIP O. GENTRY, '27, is the Vice
President of the Harris Trust and
thorn Street,
live
1.
1927. The Gentrys live at 585 Haw
ROBERT H. FETT, '54, is assistant
Ann. The Fetts
Heights, Illinois.
No.
ILLINOIS
PETE BOYNTON, '65
HENRY W. FRIEDRICHS, '53, is the
funeral director of the Friedrichs
Funeral in Chicago and Mt. Pros
pect. Henry and his wife Marlene
have two young daughters — Jill, 4,
and Dawn, 1. The family resides at
1939 West 35th Street, in Chicago.
PHILIP C. HANDKE, '41, and his
wife, Mary Jane, live at 609 South
Adams, Hinsdale, Illinois. Phil is a
clerk for the Reynolds Metals Co.
The Handkes have two boys and a
girl. James is a junior in high
school, John is a sophomore, and Jill
is in the fifth grade.
JAY GRAENING, who just graduated
from Old Siwash last spring, is now
teaching math and coaching football,
basketball, and baseball at Palatine
High School. Jay and his wife Linda,
who was a Tri Delt at Knox, live at
314 North Smith St., in Palatine, 111.
Non-Profit Org.
U. 8. POSTAGE
PAID
GALESBURG. ILL.
PERMIT NO. 6
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Winter 1964 newsletter for the Gamma Deuteron chapter at Knox College. The newsletter is 6 pages in length.