w 7071 #2 -DROP IN SOMETIME' December 8, 1970 DOUG BARRY LEADS 'EM BACK Chi alumni turned out in force a couple of weeks ago to enjoy homecoming festivities with their younger brothers. It started when the first, Doug Barry '45, Jackson Taylor '27, and Norman Young '42!, arrived Friday night for a few refreshments. Saturday morning the CHI ASSOCIATION MEETING started at 11 :00 AM with the arrival-of Prodident, Dave Case. In the afternoon there were all kinds of entei-tainment available. The Rugby team, with its core of Fiji's, met with its first defeat of the season at the hands of The Albany Med Ruggers in a brilliantly played game. After that mktch the Garnet grldders defeated our arch-rivals, RPI, by a score of 14-0. There were more graduates back in the house during the cocktail party after the game. In total there were twenty-four who came back, and with wives and girlfriends everyone had a tremendous time. Those of the brotherhood who returned and helped iiake the day what it was included; Tim KcEnerny John 'Inky' Seay '67 '70 George 'Lump' Geer '70 Bill Nicolay '66 Peter 'Stats' Starkweather '70 Dave Ring '66 Ed Weber '70 (of Troy) Ron Sontag '65 Tony 'Ellis' Carpinello '70 Tom 'Purple legionairre' Van Norstrand '59 Dudley 'Chip' Noe '69 Mark Curry '69 Dave Case '54 ken LaBarge '69 Clayton Long '50 Wayne 'Pooh' Billings '69 Spencer Gauirie '48 Bob 'Rags' Gresham '67 Doug Barry '45 Bob 'Numb' Fainum '68 Jackson Taylor '27 Bob Trumbull '68 Norman Yoiong '42 Bob 'Wirp' McEnerny '67 AND WE HOPE TO SEE EVEN MORE OF OF YOU BACK THIS APRIL 17th FOR THE 78th ANNUAL FRANK NORRIS PIG DINNER \r\nGRADUATE NEWS Capt. Louis G. Bruhn, Jr., '69> Robert Schlesier, '61, is the has "been decorated with the U.S. Air Force Commendation Medal for father of a son, Andrew Charles, meritorious service as personnel officer at Richards-Gebatir AFB, Moj He is now at Otis AFB, Mass, with the 48'/"4th Air Base Group. 21, 1970. Walter C. Langsam, Fac., presi dent of the University of Cinci nnati, will retire effective Au gust 31» 1971 and complete an edu cational career spanning nearly half a century. Recently, Dr. Langsam was granted the title of born to the Mr. and Mrs. on March John Tiedeman, '26, Ph.D., is retired from the Applied Physics Lab at John Hopkins University, but continues the same type of work with a small but dynamic o- peratdons research firm in Arling ton, Va. Jay Cox O'Brien, '39, has been President Emeritus of the Univer re-elected treasurer of the New York Bar Association and of North sity of Cincinnati and in May he eastern Blue Cross, Inc. He was was decorated with the Commander's also elected to the board of trus Cross of the Order of Merit of the tees of St. Peter's Hospital, Al Federal Republic of Germany. '•Suffrage - 'In Those Days It Was Pretty Rough'" was the head bany, and to the board of St. Ag nes Cemetery, Menands. He is se nior partner of Tobin & O'Brien attorneys in Albany, N.Y. line in a recent Christian Sci Donal Rickard, '41, of Auburn, ence Monitor article, which relat ed Milton Wend's, '13, experiences N.Y., was recently promoted to with women's suffrage in 1913. Now a craftsman on Martha's Vine director of purchasing at Alco Products, Inc. yard, he and his wife of 35 years have seven children and I4 grand children. Bradford W. Buttner, '39, of Eastman hodak 60. in Rochester, N.Y., has been presented with NASA's Apollo Achievement award forhis part in the success of the manned lunar landing of Apollo 11. Junius W. Stephenson, '44, has Wallace Macmillan, '45, after 23 years with Otis Elevator Com pany in domestic sales and man agement capacities in New York, Des Moines and New Orleans, is now Senior Account Executive for the company's International Divi sion located in New York. He recently completed a world tour of many Otis overseas offices and factories. been admitted as a member of Ha vens and Emerson, Ltd., consulting George Vosburgh, '60, is with engineers of New York City and the Sperry Gyroscope Division of Cleveland. With the firm since Sperry Rand Corp., in Great Neck, 1944, be was formerly an associate •N.Y. where he is field engineering department manager. Robert Bocek, '60, a senior en gineer for the Xerox Corp., has 'begun studies leading to an MBA degree from Rochester Institute of Technology. Thomas Salamone, '66, is enrol led in the General Electric Co.'s Financial Management Program in Cleveland, Ohio, where he plans to stay for the next two years. \r\nDavid Hall, '67, has been pro moted to staff sergeant in the Anthony Carpinello, '70, is studying law at Albany Law U.S. Air Force. School. He is an inven tory management specialist at Sar atov Air Force Station, N.Y., where he is assigned to the 656th Radar Squadron. Peter Starkweather, '70, is cur rently studying physiology and ecology at the State University of New York at Albany. Lawrence Suter, '69» was married on July 24, 1970, to Miss Joyce Lee Cornish in Carson City, Nev. Brother Suter is on a teaching fellowship from Stanford Univer sity where he is working toward his doctor's degree in physics. The Suters are making their home in Palo Alto, Calif. George "Lump" Geer, '70, was married to Miss Maureen Kallmeyer this summer in Union's Memorial Chapel. Brother Geer is currently attending graduate school at S.U.N.Y. at Albany. Richard Adams, '70, served as campaign manager for a candidate runiing for secretary of state on the Republican.ticket in Min nesota. Fortimately for Dick, the candidate was victorious. Robert Herron, '70, is current ly in training for signal officer at Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi, Miss. John Casella, '70, is also in training at Biloxi AFB in Mis sissippi. Edgar Brown, '95» one of the first members of Chi Fiji, died on November 10, 1969. William Campbell, '00, recent ly died at Coral Gables, Fla^ on February 6, 1970. He was retired from the Florida Power and Light Company. As a post graduate at Purdue, he was one of the charter Walt Hennings, '70, is currently stationed at Moody Air Force Base in Yaldosta, Georgia. and served as its first President. Edward Weber, '70, is presently a graduate student studying phy sics at Boston College. Wiley Cyrus Wilson, '43» died on February 18, 1970 at Denver, Colo. He was president of GanoDowns Co., and a board member of St. Joseph Hospital. Timothy McEnerney, '70, is cur rently employed by the All State Insurance Co. of White Plains, New York. members of Lambda Iota Chapter Henry Daly, '13, died on June 2, 1970. The owner of a wood bro kerage, H. B. Daly Co., he main tained offices in New York City Mark Curry, 69, was married on Ju]^!P 13» 1970 to Miss Beverly Mil ler. Brother Curry, a member of the Army Reserves, is employed by the General Electric Company's FMP program in Schenectady. ' Marty Cary, '70, has just oom-^ pleted his active duty with the National Guard. and also operated a dairy farm upstate near Hudson Falls. Harold Townsend, '24, died on May 7, 1970. A former president of the Union Fulton Montgomery Alumni Association, Brother Har old was employed for 42 years by Mohasco Industries, Inc., and re tired in 1967 as service manager. \r\nSPORTS ED SEITZ here at Chi were very sadden ed to leam of the death of "Big" Ed Seitz, '52. Brother Ed was a constant companion to all of us and he always was in attendance at our graduate functions. Bro ther Ed kept us steadily supplied with many anecdotes and stories about Chi Piji, and we all read his letters with great delight. Brother Seitz died in April of this year, and he is survived by his wife and two daughters. For the past ten years, Ed was semiretired. We all took it for granted that "Big" Ed woxild be at Our overwhelming offense and doomsday defense was just too tough. The Fiji men wrapped up this year's football competition with a hard earned big second >1 .. place in their division. A lit tle lack of pre-game organization allowed Chi Psi to deal us our first and only defeat of the sea son. Realizing the need fr mor al this early in the season, Mike McCarthy took on the position Qf coach and rallied the squad to an impressive romp over the team put up by the independent student: body. Next, after well played game, Homecoming and Pig Dinner. Ed we crawled over Phi Delta Theta. helped us quite a bit here at Chi. Now, with the wind of victry at Among other things, Ed donated our back, and a lot of Fiji spirit the intercom system to the house we began a never ending upward and established the Ed Seitz A- climb (after all, we are the march ward which is given to the out standing sophomore of each class. Ed will be greatly missed by all ing, marching Fiji men). Beta of us at Chi and we extend our condolences to his family. ***************** Editors: Peter Bruno '71 John Calender '73 Theta Pi, then the first place team, was first to feel the wrath of the Fiji men. Finally, Delta Upsilon succumbed to the moral of the squad, as they decided it was entirely fruitless to pit them selves against our goliath squad. Undaunted, we overlooked the for feit, and went on to run over the competition. It was too bad that we had..auch a tough match tr start theseason Contributors: Charles Wells '73 with, •r else Fiji would (Minitely John Witherspoon '73 have been in there, edging out the first place victory. With the The 'Chi Tama' is published (we added potential of the new pledge hope) six times a year for the class and the upward trend of our benefit of Chi. oHapter'a gradu standings, the Fiji brothers look ate brothers. like an unbeatable combination for next year's competition. Greeks beware! ***************** WE WISH ALL OUR GRADUATE BROTHERS In intramural badminton competi-^ ticn, the Fiji badminton team drop ped a heart-breaking game to Delta AND THEIR FAMILIES A MERRY CHRIST Chi amd we had to settle for second MAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR! ! ! ! ! place. The Fiji volleyball team lost a crucial game to Sigma Chi and we again ended up in second place. But remember, we try harder.