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Title:
1969 Winter Newsletter Chi Upsilon (University of Chicago)
Abstract:
Winter 1969 newsletter of the Chi Upsilon chapter at the University of Chicago. The newsletter is four pages in length.
Date/Date Range:
00/00/1969
Subjects:
Newsletter
Chapter:
Chi Upsilon
University:
University of Chicago
Era:
1960s
1969 Winter Newsletter Chi Upsilon (University of Chicago)
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9U&USHEt> W ViC UNN£RS3W Of CfjJQiQO CH^PItH OF Tt€ Ti^JmUTy OF PfiJ
with K-mesons.
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The Alvarez
not only was the
team
first to disco
ver this particle, but also exam
ined and described'its properties
Brother Alvarez was a group
leader among the scientists whose
work led to the development of
the
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Chi Upsilon takes great pride
in its association with LUIS WAL
TER ALVAREZ '32, recently announ
ced
winner
of
the
1968
Nobel
Prize for physics.
Dr. Alvarez
became a brother
of Chi Upsilon in his days at the
University, where he took his un
dergraduate degree in physics. He
then moved
on to a
master's de
atomic bomb.
His
other ac
complishments include the inven
tion of a cosmic ray measuring
device, the discovery of the ra
dioactivity of one from of hydro
gen and a project to locate hid
den chambers in an Egyptian pyra
mid by means of X-rays.
The brothers offer their con
gratulations to Luis W. Alvarez
for his receipt of this most dis
tinguished of awards.
gree at the University of Cali
fornia in 1934. His prize-winning
research
was also
done at Cali
fornia, where he is Senior Physi
cist of the University's Lawrence
Radiation Laboratory.
Dr.
Alvarez'
study of an
which he
produced
work
involved
elementary
particle
and his
by
V' vv
research
bombarding
team
protons
Four
among the
Chi Upsilon
Fijis were
thirty-four men nomin
ated to be new members of the U.
of C. National Cabinet of the Alumni Association. They are AL
BERT M. FORTIER '55, Boston at(S-OHTlHUeo cn P.iy
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Chi Upsilon chapter announces
with pride its receipt of the co
veted Condon Cup at the 120th Ekklesia. The award was given to
the chapter with the greatest
overall improvement in all areas
of chapter life.
To celebrate
this
achievement,
a
Condon Cup
The last member of this past
winter's pledge
class,
DAVID
CLARK '71, was
initiated this
quarter to bring that final total
to thirteen. Dave, from Cleveland
Ohio is
one of the
stalwarts of
the wrestling team.
The fall rush netted Chi Up
silon four pledges from the soph
party was held on October 4.'
Champagne flowed as traditional
Fiji songs were sung far into the
omore class;
night.
SEITZ '71 are both
GARY
NAKARADO '71,
of Trout Lake, Michigan, and STAN
economics maA 2>
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For a while it was difficult
to tell whether the 120th Ekkles—
ia in the
Grand Bahamas would be
limericks and songs will not soon
be forgotten by the many Fij is
who had the good fortune to hear
recorded in Chi Upsilon's annals
as a case study of conspicuous
consumption or as an extremely
progressive, fruitful convention.
Because of the superb location,
conditions.
Of course not all went smooth
and
because of the nature of the
them
under
the most
ly—there were the mornings after
—but the energy and recuperative
powers of those assembled seemed
conventiongoers,
the
Ekklesia
proved to be a delightful concoc
tion of both. Certainly we can
point with pride to the legisla
more than adequate
tion
dergraduates.
carried
out,
and
no
one
could honestly maintain that the
Grand Bahama Island was slighted
in its share of traditional Fiji
'spirit.'
Chi Upsilon was well repre
sented by
brothers DENNIS CULLEN
■70, MICHAEL McLEAN '69, THEODORE
TERPSTRA '68, MICHAEL BURGER '70,
ROBERT KIESLING '70 and by numer
ous graduate brothers, among whom
were
ELLIS BUSSE
'31,
JAMES VICE
'54 and BERNARD DELGIORNO
'55.
It
relaxed of
to manage any
overindulgences.
As • usual the
Ekklesia served as a stimulating
educational experience for us un
It
was
agonizing
for us to
leave the
Bahamas and
the
fantasia we lived
in for a
few memorable days, but finally
we bade a Fiji farewell to a mar
velous Ekklesia...even BOLIVAR G.
KREPPS
'49
couldn't
have
had a
finer time.
VNBEEemmMWSjors.
nesota,
Stan,
from Litchfield,Min
is a member
of the cross
was gratifying to observe that among Fiji chapters in the nation
ours has an
exceptionally wide
country and track teams. T>7ILLIAM
BERKMAN '71 of Chicago, Illinois,
is a biology major and is on the
circle
Dean's List as is pledge Nakarado
PAUL LUSKIN '71
is a political
science major from Brooklyn, N.Y.
who enjoys
spending ' his time
practicing what he studies.
of
close
friends,
due
mostly to the fact that our loyal
graduate brothers have been such
familiar faces at so many past
Ekklesiai.
There were a number of high
lights
at the convention which,
when combined with the delights
of the setting, made our stay one
of immense pleasure. To mention a
few; the election of distinguish
ed graduate Ellis Busse to the
Archonate,
the winning of the
Condon Cup, the
serenade to the
wife of outgoing Archon President
Danner Lee
Mahood,
course the
hosting of what
have
party
been
of
the
the
and
most
then
of
must
successful
convention—
Jim
Vice's fete for the hairy, or the
now famous "Mustache Party." Chi
Upsilon's singing prowess again
proved to be the envy of most Ek
klesia -goers, and
more
famous
many
of
our
four- part- harmony
PETER
L.
SWENSSON
'69
was
named to the Student Faculty Com
mittee on the South Campus, which
will advise the University on
policies for the development of
the University-owned land on the
south side of the Midway.
Two Fiji athletes can be seen
limping around the campus, after
having
fallen in the line of du
ty. TIM McGREE '70, football star
sustained an ankle injury while
playing in Milwaukee.
His postoperation recovery will keep him
on
crutches
for
six weeks.
BOB
KIESLING '70 was tripped up while
playing on the soccer team at No
tre Dame. The knee injury obliges
him to wear a cast up the length
of his leg. Get well soon, guys.
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GMMS
torney
of
and
JAMES H. BLOCK *67
partner in the
Bowers, Fortier,
firm
continues
his studies in his M.A.T. program
at Chicago.
& Lakin; E
GEORGE
"RICK"
ELLIS '59
is
EVERETT KLINE, JR "62, History
teacher at University of Pennsyl
continuing graduate work at UCLA
and living in Los Angeles.
vania; RICHARD J. STONE '67, Uni
versity of California Law School
Student; and EDGAR J. .WAEHRER '55
is the new
Portland, Oregon Architect,
NICHOLAS J. MELAS '45,
Northwestern, Illinois,.and Illi
nois Wesleyan.
was
reelected Sanitary District Trus
tee of Metropolitan Chicago.
CHARLES L. NELSON '61
Seoul,
Korea,
with
is
in
married
P. SARLAS '53
in Chicago
stein
on
WASSERMAN
plan
Miss Sharyn Gold
December
'69 will
has re
turned to the States after sever
al years in Tunis.
BRIAN C-
Miss
WHITAKER '66
Electronics
Division— 3090
EDWARD D.
married
to
JONES III '66
Miss Holly Smith
ver
SLIFMAN '66 was an Usher.
married
October
26
at
a
Pa
cific Highway, San Diego, Calif.
Pasadena
Springs, Md. H. HARDY ADASKO
is
programmer with General Dynamics,
Laurie Joseph December 22 in Sil
'67 was
with
Purina.
ALEX S. BURNSTAN '57
24. LAWRENCE
marry
is
Industries
RICHARD L. GARCIA '55 is with
Foodmaker, Division of Ralston-
JAMES W. VICE, JR. '54,
was
recently appointed Assistant Dean
of Students and Dean of Freshmen
in the College.
marry
EL AREF '60
was
recently and
RICHARD A. COHN '68 is
FAROUK
the Kuwait Metal Pipe
(K.S.C.) and can be reached at
Box 3416, Kuwait, Persian Gulf.
vacationed in Greece.
ning to
Section Chief for our
new Section, composed of Chicago,
&
Woodward
Dickerson.
ARISTOTLE
RICHARD L. GANNETT(Texas '59)
on
June
15.
was
in
LAWRENCE
Ed and
Chapel Hill, N.C. to Miss Shelley
Larry are both doing graduate
work at Washington University in
Waldman.
St. Louis.
CHARLES A. WRIGHT '57
is now
JOE T. FORD '64-has a new addres: RD #2, Box 129, Storrs,
the head of the German department
at Illinois Central College, in
East Peoria, 111.
Keep those
cards and letters coming, to P.O.
ed in Europe
Box 2400, E. Peoria, 111. 61611.
MICHAEL A, NEMEROFF '68 is
MBA, then went to work for Borg—
Warner in Chicago.
now living at Apt 6N, 30 E. 9th
St., N.Y., where he continues his
now stationed in Memphis.
Conn. 06268.
JOHN F. CULP IV '66 vacation
after receiving; his
ENS. WILLIAM KLUESSNER '66 is
education at the Columbia Univer
HAROLD LEVY '56 is now at the
sity Law School.
University of Maryland.
GARY A. KIKEN '66 has receiv
ed his notice of induction. Stay
tuned for further developments.
DONALD E. FEIST '68 and wife
owner of Saunders Realty, Agoura,
are
now
living
and
working in
Baltimore, Md.
BERNARD J. DELGIORNO '55, Or
der of the "C" President, togeth
er with President Beadle dedicat
ed the new Stagg Field at the University of Chicago on September
21. Also present were "C'officers
Nick Melas
and
C.E. CARSON '48.
The
new
field
has the
world's
finest
and
most
modern
tartan
track.
J. CRAIG SAUNDEPS '59
is now
California.
ANTON P. LISSY '64 is study
ing philosophy in grad school at
the University of New Mexico.
.
JAMES D. CAMP '54 is now liv
ing in Spartansburg, S.C.
ALEXANDER A. PAPPAS '53 owner
of
Fleur de Lis Cleaners,
makes his
services
again
available to
the chapter for esoteric purposes
Many thanks, Alex.
DAVID P. MORRIS '59, recently
a father, has moved to Riverdale,
Illinois.
\r\nAt a time when most
ifII^C, PIE^.
On
Mr. Levi has also
fire from students
November 14, 1968, Edward
H. Levi
the new
sity of
Mr.
was formally installed as
president of the Univer
Chicago.
Levi's inauguration cli
maxes a distinguished lifetime of
association with the University.
A graduate of the University of
Chicago "Lab School," the College
and the Law School, he went on to
become
a
faculty
member,
student lea
ders decry the system of "publish
or perish," Levi's opinions are
viewed by many Chicago students
as in support of that system.
then
having no
ven
come under
for allegedly
desire to see them gi
a more
active
role in
the
decision making of the University
Student
ther
power is of course
volatile
ano
issue and one can
forsee a certain
amount of fric
tion on this account in the fu
ture.
In spite of differences of
opinion, the majority of students
here view Levi's
inauguration
Dean of the Law School, then Pro
with satisfaction.
vost of the University.
Levi is expected to be an ac
tive and brilliant president in
the tradition of Robert Maynard
University
years."
As the Maroon
put it, "There is undoubtably no
more qualified man to lead the
in
these
next
few
Hutchins, and, like Mr. Hutchins,
he is expected to be controver
sial.
He
has
remarked, to
the
horror of undergraduate students,
that the College, "although an
important part of the University,
is not necessary." In his first
speech as president-designate a
year ago, he maintained that re
search was a more
meaningful ac
tivity than teaching and that it
had priority in the university.
E.
McVICKER
*55
is
working on his Ph.D. and teaching
at Lovola in Chicaao.
THOMAS E. DONNE '66 is
Upsilon, which
has held
the in
tramural cup since its inception.
The largest point—getter for
the chapter was football. The "A"
iPMiBiaAeffiwsDONALD
jvS
At the end of the fall quar
ter of intramural competition the
brothers of Phi Gamma Delta are
103 points behind the leader, Psi
work
ing at the American National Bank
of Chicago.
EDWARD CHIKOFSKY '68 is stud
ying law at Syracuse University.
TERENCE A. BLOCK '67, true to
team won the fraternity title and
the all—College title but lost
the
all-University
title
to
a divisional team. Leading into
the all-University game, the Fiji
football
squad
boasted an unde
feated season.
In the wrestling competition
two brothers won first place in
their
weight
classes: DENNIS
SPRINKLE '70, in the heavyweight
school
battle and GORDON GROEBE '71 in
the 130 lb. division. Dennis also
MICHAEL R. KOCH-WESER *68 and
splashed to a double victory in
the swimming competition by cap
turing the 100 yd. freestyle race
character, finds
medical
at Ohio State quite easy.
ROBERT BRIER '68, studying at a
more demanding
medical school
(Chicago) find little free time.
GERALD W. BIALKA '67 is stud
and the diving competition.
Pre-Christmas basketball tour
London
nament results portend Fiji vic
tory in the winter quarter. For
CLIVE HARDING '68 is studying
English at the University of Vir
ginia.
the all-College crown, Fiji "A"
smashed Psi U, the leading oppo
ying
economics at
the
School of Economics.
nent.
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Winter 1969 newsletter of the Chi Upsilon chapter at the University of Chicago. The newsletter is four pages in length.