I BOX 7788, ATLANTA, GA. 30309 WINTER 1972-73 Trend is back to brotherhood TWENTY-TWO JOIN FIJI Brothers: Despite fears of bad times for fraternities, fall rush was quite a success. Fijis pledged 22 men and have 2 "in the bag" for winter. Efforts are continual, however, to get a few more good men. True to the spirit of Phi Gamma Delta, the men of Gamma Tau put their shoulders to the wheel this fall and came up with a fantastic rush. As of the end of the first three weeks of this quarter, we have pledged 22 out standing young men and are in the process of acquiring 5 more. I must personally commend all of our brothers for the fine effort that they put into this rush, which was so crucial to our chapter. As you may have heard already, the Ekklesia will be held here in Atlanta. Brother Bill Zerman is expected any day now to come and start making the necessary arrangements. Our delegation to the 124th Ekklesia in San Francisco put a lot of time and effort into getting Atlanta reccommended for '74, and we did so trusting that our over 300 Atlanta area graduates will be in at tendance to make this one of the best Ekklesia in Phi Gam history. The affairs of the chapter are moving along steadily and to this point we are holding our own in scholarship, sports, and activities on campus. We are looking forward to another successful year this year; however, going for first place in the overall IFC ratings instead of the second place we took last year. I believe that communications among our brothers is increasing, and that the trend towards individualism has reversed and people are once again becoming involved with organizations, all of which will help to strengthen our chapter. I could not close my message without a word about our now retired purple legionnaire emerities. Prof Francis C. "Bumper" Bragg. This very outstanding Fiji left us last year to go into retirement and the only way that I can describe our loss is to say that we will truly miss him. We now have in the foyer of our house a picture and a plaque presented to this great man for his years of service to our chapter. As this letter is directed mainly at our graduates, I guess there is one more thing I can say and that is that I will see you at the 126th Ekklesia in Atlanta in '74. Fraternally Jim Dullum Due to the large number of seniors graduating last year, our membership was at an unusual low of 42. A good rush was a necessity to bring membership up to a good Fiji level. Pre-rush morale was high despite the warnings of bad times due to low enrollment at Tech and a recent trend of anti-fraternity sentiment. To our sur prise, the fears were unfounded. As you should know, rush is a completely open system, with fraternities rushing and adding pledges at any time. Fall quarter saw Brother DeLong take command of the Fiji assault. Finances were difficult because of low numbers to split rush fees, and so a program of straight talk and friendliness suplanted traditional parties to a large extent. There was fun too, of course, with beer flowing as usual. By overcoming and changing techniques, we took one of the largest pledge classes of any Tech fraternity, and the best class in terms of quality. We are mighty proud to announce our fall pledge class: John Kinney, "Talmo, IM, Sr.; Irwin Hosea, Toccoa, Textiles, Jr., Co-op; Ronald Crumbley, Marietta, IM, Soph.; James Voglino, Dundalk, MD,CE, Soph.; Samuel Akin, St. Louis, MO, IM, Fresh.; Jeffrey Avers, Glen Head, NY, IE, Fresh.; John Besky, Rolla, MO, Ch. E., Fresh.; William Bretherton, Jr., Wayne, PA, ESM, Fresh.; John Clark, Atlanta,IM,Fresh.; John Fears, III, Atlanta, Archl, Fresh.; James Giuliani, Baldwin, NY, IE, Fresh.; Ward Hill, Atlanta, Arch. Fresh.; Archibald King, Milledgeville, IM, Fresh.; Jack McMillan, Jr., Quincy, FL, IM, Fresh, Co-op; Steven Musselwhite, Cleveland, TN, ME, Fresh.; James Quina, Jr.. Coral Gables, FL, ME, Fresh.; Craig Rhodes, Columbia, SC, Ch. E., Fresh.; Michael VanWagner, Manasquan, NJ, Biol., Fresh.; Timothy Wilhoit, Atlanta, IM, Fresh.; James Winters, Jacksonville, FL, Physics, Fresh.; James Bowen, Atlanta, ME, Fresh.; Richard Lamb, Atlanta, IM, Fresh.; Be Sure To Attend Pig Dinner in the Early Spring \r\nC & S National Bank of Atlanta. He is a founding director Alumni ■]\ews of many civic and community organizations such as the Cleveland Family YMCA, and the Junior Achievement of Bradley County, Incorporated. He and his wife, Anne, are the parents of two children, Elise and Bradford, HI, and reside at 1790 Ocoee St., N.E. Cleveland, Tennessee 37311. THE FORTIES: William H. Rommel '41 is president of Rommel- McFerran Company, general contractors in Louisville, Kentucky. His company is active in apartment and THE TWENTIES; Marshall Blackmon '29 is an assistant engineer for Bibb County in Macon. He has two daughters, Nola and Edith, and a grandson. Bill Bone, whom he would like to see become a Fiji one day. His address is 1539 Edgewood Avenue, Macon 31201. THE THIRTIES: Foley Treadway, Jr. '35 is the president of Southern Engineering Company of Georgia. He is a member of the Georgia Society of Professional Egineers, the National Society of Professional Engineers, and a senior member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers. He is a registered professional engineer in 14 states. He and his wife, Eugenia, reside at 250 E. Parkwood Road, Decatur, 30030. They have two daughters and four grandchildren, Elizabeth, Patricia, Kathy, and Mike. Freeman Williams '35 is the district manager and vice president of the southern division of the Ambril Testing and Engineering Company in Arlington. He is a member of the Army-Navy Country Club, the Ponte Vedra Club, Retired Officers Association, and the Georgia Tech Alumni Association. He and his wife, Ann, have one daughter who attends the University of Georgia, and two sons, Dave, and Chip. Their address is 6202 Lakeview Drive, Falls Church, Virginia 22041. S. Bradford Rymer, Jr. '37, better known as Skeet, is president of Magic Chef, Incorporated, a business dealing in domestic appliances, which employs over 4,000 people. He is a director of the Coca-Cola B'ottling Com commercial land development. Bill and his wife, Ann, have three children, William Geoffrey, George Evan, and Harry Louis. Their address is Box 434, Pewee Valley, Kentucky 40056. John J. Mathison, Jr. '45, a civil engineer, is the vice president of the Mackin Engineering Company in Pitt sburgh. He is the director of construction and chief engineer for the Pittsburgh Stadium Authority, and is a board member and Secretary of the Mt. Lebanon Parking Authority. He and his wife, Mary, are the parents of six children - John, III, Kate, Anne, Libby, Tom, and Jane. They live at No. 29 Hazel Dr., Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15228. THE FIFTIES: Joseph E. Brown '50 is a process engineer with the American Cyanamid Company. During a previous association, as assistant superintendant of the Water Purification Plant in Richmond, Virginia, Joe authored a research paper entitled "Taste and Odor Problems and Their Control." He is a member of the Wilmington Island Community Club and the Wilmington Park Pool Association. He and his family reside at No. 26 Lancaster Rd., Savannah, 31404. Don Denby '58, better known as Pete, is vice president of the Farmers and Merchants National Bank in Carlinville, Illinois. He is a city alderman, and is a member of Rotary, Elks, Public Housing Authority, and Illinois Banker's Association. He and his family reside at 1014 Ravine Dr., Carlinville, Illinois, 62626. pany of Miami, Munford, Incorporated, Atlanta; Stan dard, Coosa, Thatcher Company, Chattanooga, Ten nessee; The Navarre Corporation, Chattanooga, Ten nessee; and is on the International Advisory Board of the Atlanta to host 1974 Ekkiesia This past summer our 124th Ekkiesia met in San Francisco. Our three delegates were Jim Dullum, Alan GAMMA TAUK The Gamma Tauk is published regularly by Gamma Tau chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity at Georgia Institute of Technology for the alumni, parents, and friends of the chapter. Chapter Editor: Ian Birdsall Alumni news and address changes are solicited from all alumni and should be sent to: Phi Gamma Delta Box 7788 Atlanta, Ga. 30309 Trahern, and Stan Anderson. The Ekkiesia proved very successful in the area of legislative changes, and also granted charters to two new chapters. Our delegation brought home two items of news that are very important to our chapter. First of all, our chapter finished second of all the chapters in the area of graduate relations. Most of this can be credited to the diligent efforts of Larry Sutton, now a graduate brother. The second bit of news is that the 126th Ekkiesia will be here in Atlanta. Plans have already begun on this, and we hope that every brother will try to attend. The host committee for this Ekkiesia will be made up Enclosed with this newsletter is a Who's Who Form to of brothers from both the Gamma Tau and Delta Gamma collect alumni news and address changes for making our next newsletter even more interesting to our alumni. We hope that each alumnus will fill in the form, and (Emory) chapters, and from the Atlanta Graduate chapter. Our delegation worked very hard to get the 1974 return it to us right away. Ekkiesia to come to Atlanta and we are looking forward to seeing all of you here. \r\nRoger Hallock '50 is president of Technical Analysis Florida in 1971. He is a member of the Air Pollution Corporation. He is also the vice president of the Wolfeboro New Hampshire Rail Road Company, a mile railroad. He is a member of Kiwanis and the Control Association and the Optical Society of America. Bob is the inventor of a vacuum seal-off valve, useful in the development of gas analysis instruments. He and Linda have two children, Kristin and Patrick, and reside Georgia Apalachian Trail Club, and is on the advisory at 5228 Dover St. N.E.,St. Petersburg,Florida 33703. venture with his brother to reconstruct a 19th century, 12 board of both the Salvation Army and Boys' Club. He and John Hanby, Jr. '63, a past rush chairman, is a Polly and their three children reside at No. 55 Mt. Paran Rd., N.W., Atlanta 30327. research engineer with the Crown Zellerbach Cor Alexander Martin HI '58 is the assistant sales manager for the Open Court Publishing Company, a corporation dealing in elementary textbook sales. "Bo" received his B.S. degree from Towson State College, in Maryland, in poration. He is a member of many professional societies, including the American Chemical Society and the Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry. He and Elaine and their son, John, live at 2330 G. Street, 1964. He and Joanne are the parents of two boys, Washougal, Washington 98607. infgd G. Ellis '63, a Lieutenant Commander in the Alexander IV and James Garrett. They reside at 618 Erickson Dr., Princeton, Illinois 61356. U.S. Navy, is the director, enlisted department, of the Naval Nuclear Power School. He was recently selected William B. White '59 writes to inform us of his new as a Chief of Naval Operations Scholar. He and his wife address: 270 Post House Court, S.E., Marietta 30060. have two children, Kevin and Karri Lyn, and reside at THE SIXTIES: 154 Elna Dr., Vallejo, California 94590. Donald Brandt '64 is a computer programmer and Donald Rentz '61 is the vice president of Harmon Electrics in Grain Valley, Missouri. Don, a past historian and recording secretary of our fraternity, is now the president of the Kansas City graduate chapter. He and Susan live at 707 Burning Tree Circle, Independence, Missouri 64055. Orville Thomas Guffin '61 works for NASA as an aerospace engineer in the missions operations analysis department. Tom, who devotes much of his time to analyst for the Computer Sciences Corporation, where he is a member of the technical staff. He received his BA degree from the University of Maryland. Don and his wife have two children, Julie Lynn and Randall James and live at 2826 W. George Mason Rd., Falls Church, Virginia 22042. William H. Thomason '64 is an industrial engineer employed by Owns-Illinois Incorporated, in Waco. He is a music, is a member of the North Alabama Opera member of Kiwanis International and the American Association and the Huntsville Madrigal Singers. He and his wife, Marilyn, a graduate of Auburn, have two children, Shawn and Sheryl. They live at 1100 Chestnut Institute of Industrial Engineers. He writes to say that he and Carol are really enjoying life in Texas and hopes any Fijis in the area or passing through will contact them. Rd., Huntsville, Alabama 35805. They live at 825 Falcon Dr., Waco,Texas 76710. Robert Hager, Jr.'61, a research engineer, is president of Spectrometrics of Florida, Incorporated. He received his PhD in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Homecoming follows new era theme Almost was haunts athletics The Gamma Tau athletic program last spring and this fall has suffered through a seemingly endless string of bad luck and poor clutch play. Our softball team last spring lost to KS in the final game of the season, the winning run scoring after two were out in the last inning. If not for two errors in the inning, we would have won the game and been in the play-offs. This fall our football team lost 8-0 on a Chi Phi TD with about 20 seconds left. In the second game of the season we pulled out a 7-6 win in the last 40 seconds of the game. Then in our third game we lost, again 8-0, despite moving the ball almost at will on offense. Even with a total of fense of about 250 yds, we couldn't score because of in terceptions and missed 4th down plays near our op ponents' goal. Our volleyball team at this time is 4-5, but could easily have been 8-1 with a little better play in the close games. Cross-country looks like it will be the only bright spot this fall. We have a pledge who stands an excellent chance of winning, and we also have a brother who let tered in cross-country as a freshman who is eligible to run for us this year. Another brother finished 10th in the race last year. Our athletic program this fall was not too successful, but "wait till next quarter". John Bath Once again the men of Gamma Tau, in a display of spirit and enthusiasum, put together a successful homecoming. The theme of this year's homecoming was - "Tech '72: the beginning of a new era." A fine display was con structed, under the direction of brothers Stan and Joe Anderson. This year's display was a railroad scene depicting Tech "engineering" a victory over the green waves of Tulane under the direction of a new coaching staff. Bouncing back from the disappointments of past years, those men with grimy hands a'^d the battered clothes found success in the area of the Ramblin Reck. Using not one, but two cars, and drawing upon vast sources of ingenuity, a contraption was built which crept along the parade route under the action of the "inch-worm" principle. Those brothers who have reached their second childhood put fourth a fine effort in the grueling "Mini 500" tricycle race. Our Homecoming Queen entrant this year was Carol Milligan, the wife of brother Bruce Milligan. We were also happy to see so many graduates back for homecoming this year in assurance that the fraternity is not for college days alone. We hope to see these same graduates and many more here again for Pig Dinner this spring. Russ Flowers Homecoming Chairman \r\nGamma Tau second in IFC This past year saw Gamma Tau finish second among the 28 fraternities and sororities on campus. This com Alumni News (cont'd.) THE SEVENTIES: Charlie Matson '70 is a plant test engineer with the petition is based on three aspects of college life - Georgia Power Company. He and Cathy, a graduate ofI athletics, academics, and social activities. Emory, reside at 2405 G. VanCourtland PL, Marietta We finished seventh in athletics losing many close games which could have moved us farther up. In academics we came in a very strong sixth. Activities is concerned with a service project and our activities on and around the "Hill." We are very proud of our second place finish but vow to "try harder" this year. 30060. Bruce Petzold '71 is an architect with Wilson Associates, Architects in Houston. He is single, and lives at 5802 Portal St., Houston, Texas 77035. David Roehm '72 has recently left IBM as a systems analyst to enter Harvard Business School. He still lists his address as 777 S. Burgess Dr., Baton Rouge Louisiana 70815. Eight make perfect scholastic average Last spring quarter Gamma Tau finished sixth out of all the fraternities and sororities on campus in scholastics. This represented a slump for us, as we have recently been among the top three in that category. Eight of our brothers received perfect 4.0 averages. These brothers include John Bath, Bill Brooksbank, Mike Conley,Dave Belong, Tom Fowler, Bert Morrison, Larry Sutton, and Bill Wilkinson. Congratulations are in order for these fine performances. NEWS FROM FIJI ALUMNI Robert Soper '63 is a graduate of the Episcopal Seminary of the S.W. in Austin, Texas. He is the university chaplain and parish minister in Edinburgh, where he and his family reside at 1515 S. 15th St., Edinburgh, Texas 78539. Edward Guilbert, Jr.'65, a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy, was commissioned through the Tech ROTC. He has had seven years of active duty, and intends to make it his career. He has spent three years in a photo recon squadron, flying RF-8 aircraft. He has 55 combat missions in Vietnam and 250 carrier arrested landings to his credit. He has spent the last two years as a flight instructor in Naval Air Basic Training Command and has over 1850 hours of flight time. Ed's main hobby is maintaining and operating his own Cessna 150 aircraft. He has orders to Naval Postgraduate School in Mon terey, California, to get his masters degree in Aeronautical engineering. He and Sara are presently living at 5612 Cherokee Rd., Meridian, Mississippi 39301. Dennis Jones '66 is an account manager with the Manus Corporation. He, his wife. Penny, and their son Steve, reside at 4433 N.E. 17th St., Renton, Washington 98055. Gary Potter '66 is a sales engineer with the Armco Steel Corporation. He and his wife, Mary, a graduate of Oglethorpe, have one son, David, and they reside at 5832 Buxton Dr., Richmond, Virginia 23861. Gary's brother, Greg, is also a member of Gamma Tau. Stephen Robinson '66 and his wife, Betty, have one daughter, Suzanne Ruth, and reside at 4872 Marieview Court, Cincinatti, Ohio 45202. Steve, a chemical engineer, is a technical sales representative with Procter & Gamble, Industrial Chemical Division. Jim Morrill '69 is a graduate student at the University of Pennsylvania. He writes that he will receive his MBA John Benjamin Hayes has recently written to our president, asking if he can be of any help in potential rushees in the Washington area. He wishes Jim and the chapter the best of luck in the coming year. His business address is 109 Senate Office Building, Washington, B.C. 20510. ALUMNI DEATHS We have recently learned of the death of two of our members: T. Thomas Armenaki '51 was director of food service at Austin Peay State University and served the HampdenSydney chapter as its first Purple Legionnaire. He died January 10, 1971. Severn Woodman Kittredge '28 was the chief engineer for the Crucible Alloy Division of Colt Industries. He died March 18, 1970. For Atlanta Eaters Like to eat at a good restaurant during your next visit i to your alma mater's hometown of Atlanta? Or like to try* something different if you're an Atlanta resident? As a service to visiting alumni and local alumni, and without becoming too commercial, we'd like to list nine fine restaurants chosen as "favorite" by readers of the widely-read "Atlanta" magazine: Ambassador, 3850 Roswell Rd. Chateau Fleur de Lis, Lenox Rd. at 1-85 Coach and Six, 1776 Peachtree Rd. The Diplomat, 230 Spring N. W. Gene and Gabes, 1578 Piedmont Ave. Justine's, 3109 Piedmont Rd. Midnight Sun, Peachtree Center The Sandpiper, 2960 Piedmont Rd. Victoria Station, 631 Lindberg at Piedmont From personal experience, your editor recommends The Ambassador and The Sandpiper for good food, semireasonable prices, and good service. Atlanta's Omni Opens Alumni returning to Atlanta this year will have a chance to see the country's newest(and best if you listen to Atlanta's P.R. men) sports and entertainment arena. The Omni. The Omni opened in October, and is the home of the Hawks NBA pro basketball team and the Flames NHL hockey team. Numerous other spwrts events, concerts, and shows such as Ice Capades, the Circus, and Disney on Parade,' are scheduled for the huge building in downtown Atlanta. from Wharton this December, and hopes to move back to For exact details on schedules and ticket prices, we Atlanta. He and his wife reside at 4203 Pine St., suggest you write directly to The Omni Office, 100 Tech- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104. wood Dr., Atlanta, Ga. 30303.