RUCKRYR FIJI Telzrow Appointed Director of Chapter Service addition to financing his entire college Kenneth L. Telzrow has been appoint ed as Director of Chapter Services for the fraternity, Executive Secretary Wil education. Ken also found time to serve others through the Vocational Rehabil itation program and the Big Brother liam S. Zerman announced in June. Association. In 1977, Ken was the O.S.U. Homecoming Committee Chairman and in 1978, he was the Greek Week Brother Telzrow, who began his job in Lexington, Ky., on Sept. 11, will be in charge of fraternity colonization and Committee Chairman. Brother Telz expansion, and will supervise the field row also participated in both Ohio secretary program. State Varsity and intramural sports The recent Omicron Deuteron grad uate also will oversee all business con while in college. His many activities have earned him cerning Phi Gamma Delta's more than the acclaim of those who knew and worked with him. At the Greek Week one hundred chapters and colonies. awards banquet in Spring, Ken was presented the Ross-Gainer Award, given each year to the outstanding fra ternity man on campus. Ken also re Ken, a native of Cleveland, will travel extensively throughout the United States representing the fraternity. "Mom," as Brother Telzrow was af fectionately called during his two-year ceived the Ohio-Drake Union "Meas ure of a Man" Award and the Omi reign as Omicron Deuteron chapter president, was a tremendous asset to cron Deuteron Outstanding Senior the house and the fraternity itself, Award. Telzrow also was the Section helping the Buckeye Fijis realize a 40 percent gain in Chapter membership during his terms. Ken also motivated XIV nominee for the fraternity's Wil kinson Award, and a candidate for the the brothers to become more involved Senior Award. in campus and community service pro jects. As a result, both in 1977 and In addition to his two terms as chap ter president, during which Omicron 1978, Omicron Deuteron received the Deuteron was awarded runner-up in competition for most improved Ohio State University Outstanding "outstanding" Community Service Award for all fraternities and sororities Ken Telzrow—Director of Chapter on campus. Services. While an undergraduate at Ohio chapter in the nation. Ken has been house manager, rush chairman, and was pledge class president. Best of luck. Ken, in your continuing State, Ken rounded out his academic life with a remarkable array of com service to Phi Gamma Deli munity services and social activities. In college days alone." PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE Florida who had journeyed to join the Spring and summer quarters at Omi cron Deuteron were highlighted by the graduation of six brothers. In past celebration. The differences and simi years, most of the brothers in our house have been freshmen, sophomores, or juniors. The proportion of members in each academic year is now equalling out. This is a good indicator of the growing maturity and stability in our house. Congratulations to our new larities of fratenity life that were shared between undergraduates of the present and undergrads of six decades past were truly amazing to hear. 1 feel that personal contact between under grads and graduate brothers is a bless ing for every Phi Gam. Six brothers were initiated into the Our Centennial Celebration was a active chapter last spring. These new shiny pins are outstanding people and I expect some of Omicron Deuteron's weekend that 1 and all of the brothers leaders of the future to come from this will remember for a long time. 1 learn ed a great deal about our fraternity by class. talking with graduate brothers from as this spring quarter complete. The women of Phi Mil and the O.S.U. Fijis graduate brothers. far away as Mexico, California, and Greek Week and Fiji Island made had a great time together competing and playing their way through Greek Week. And, of course, Fiji Island again was the biggest and best party that any fraternity on campus has. Fijis are the best in whatever they do. Fraternally, Jeffry W.Gafford Chapter President The BUCKEYE FIJI is published in Colum bus, Ohio as a service of the undergraduate chapter of Phi Gamma Delta at Ohio State University for the alumni of Omicron Deuteron. \r\nGRADUATE BROTHER UPDATE Dr. Keith DeVoe Jr. *52 — Brother Keith went on to earn his M.D. in '55 here at O.S.U. He now practices gynocology at Riverside Hospital in Colum bus. Brother Keith's daughter Lyim is now enrolled in the school of nursing at O.S.U. and is a Delta Gamma. Keith III attends Miami University studying architecture. Brother Keith is now President of the Board of Trustees for James P. Scanlon '63 — "Jimmy Poochie" now resides in Mission Viejo, California, where he is raising a family of four children. Brother Jim is a pilot for Western Airlines and to no surprise he is flnding the Paciflc climate in Cali fornia quite enjoyable after the winters of Ohio.-We will try to send the Buck eyes out to visit you on New Year's Day this season, Jim. the Academy of Medicine for Colum bus and Franklin County. He often Donald F. Dupre '49 — Brother Don spends his leisure time at nearby Scioto Country Club. earned his M.A. here at O.S.U. in Edu John Bruce Cantreil '64 — After earn ing his undergraduate degree in English at O.S.U. brother John transferred to U. of South Carolina where he com pleted his education and now is a pro fessor in English. While at Omicron president of Kirby Farms Inc. "Ned" lives and works in Urbana, Ohio with three children: Ned-15, Scott-13, and Kristin-10. Ned has held a number of civic offices; he was president of: the Urbana Rotary Club-1972, Urbana City Board of Education-1973-75, Ohio Poultry Association-1967-69. Ed win was a former president, pledge trainer, rush chairman and was involv ed in a number of campus activities while attending O.S.U. cation and Art§ and is currently Teach David A. Weaver '56 — Dave is an er's Activities Coordinator for Colum Oral Surgeon with Russel L. Bowemaster, forming their own firm in West Chester, Ohio. Dave lives in Fairfield, bus Public Schools. Outside his job brother Don is able to keep active as a member of the Whetstone Recreation Ohio and has three children: Deborah- Center Advisory Board. Stop on up to the house to visit us this fall, Don; we will be looking forward to seeing you. 20, Andrea-17, and David-11. Deuteron John served as Historian. He is now enjoying Columbia, S.C. with his wife Dorothy. William F. Gibson '41 — "Hoot" now works for Lakewood Printing and Ad vertising Co. in Cleveland. Brother Bill lettered in golf his freshman year and participated on the Ohio Lantern and with the help of the 17 brothers that Scarlet Mask. After graduating with a lived in the house over the summer. three children: Mike-12, Aaron-8, and degree in Journalism in 1941, he was Nicole-6i George now spends much of married and has a daughter, Elizabeth. Many improvements were done to make the house look especially nice for George N. Simpson '62 — "Sandy" is currently a realtor salesman for Ohio Equities here in Columbus. George has his time on the Bexley Planning Com mission. John L. Houston '60 — "Issac" now is TREASURER'S REPORT The fiscal year of 1978-79 ended well He is involved in the Counter Intelli the Centennial Celebration and this add gence Club of Cleveland, and resides often at poolside at the Lakewood ed cost was made up by the extra Country Club in Cleveland. brothers we had living in the house. Much of the work on the house was done by Dave "Dets" Detmer '81, our the associate Professor of Finance at DePaul University in Chicago. After Ivon H. Young '55 — "I" is practicing house manager (and also the son of earning his MBA in 1962, brother John law here in Columbus. Along with be "Chalk" Detmer *55). proudly received his Ph.D. from North ing an outstanding student at Omicron western University in 1977. He is rais Deuteron brother Ivon won the intra steward Tom Gibson along with our ing a family in Wilmette, Illinois with his wife and two-year-old daughter, mural individual golf championship and was editor of the fraternity publi cook Marge Clegg. We no longer have a housemother so 1 appreciate the help 1 get from these two people. 1 encourage all graduates to come up to the house when ever they are in the area. We are proud of the house and work to keep it looking good. I would Elizabeth. Robert Sanderson Jr. '43 — Brother Bob worked as an insurance salesman cation. Brother Ivon has served Co lumbus in many helpful ways. Along with serving as Chairman of the board The kitchen was run very well by our When active at Omicron Deuteron Bob of Zoning Adjustments in Upper Ar lington, Ivon is a member of the Muirfield and Scioto Country Clubs and the was President and steward. Bob now Presidents' Club enjoys a variety of clubs, such as the Lions club in Washington Courthouse, commend you on your achievements, tee for the plaques which are now at the entranceway to the Dickinson brother Ivon. Lodge. brother Bob. Robert Gregg Adams '56 — "Fiji Dr. Scott Morrow '44 — Brother Scott Bob" is presently working as a Manu facturing Representative for Terranova 1 wish to give special thanks to brothers Elrridge '18, Bond '20, John son '53, Ashe '76, and Winkler '22, has proven the outstanding achieve Adams Sales and resides in Dublin, ments Phi Gams are capable by earning a Ph.D. in chemistry. Dr. Morrow has been honored and listed in such publi Ohio. "Fiji Bob" served as a presi for New York Life before retiring. at O.S.U. We O. to keep him busy. Live it up, like to thank the Centennial Commit who have all sent or given donations directly to the Undergraduate chapter; it is appreciated. 1 am looking forward to another cations as the fVfto's Who in Finance dent, rush chairman, and was on the Inter-Fraternity Council. Bob has three children: Michael-19, Scott-14, Polly- and Industry '78 and Notable Americans of the Bicentennial Era. 16, and a nephew, Jeff Gafford, who is Gafford, and 1 worked out a budget we feel is very feasible and hopefully we also a Fiji. will do even better than we predict. year in the black. Our President, Jeff Brother Scott's father was a Phi Gam at the University of Oklahoma. We congratulated brother Scott and wish Edwin S. Kirby '60 — "Ned" is work ing as a Sales Manager for Johnson him continued success. Manufacturirfil Co. and is the current Fraternally, Steven A. Hitchens Treasurer \r\nOMICRON DEUTERON —100 YEARS AND STILL BURNING Zerman, Don Mighell, representing Phi Gamma Delta and Alex Thomson, Mrs. Barbie Tootle, and Mrs. Mary Beth Snyder from O.S.U. The brunch In 1873 an Ohio Agricultural and Mechanical College was founded at Columbus, Ohio with 25 students. Four years later, when there were no more than 200 students in attendance, was delicious and so filling that brother Zerman chose to walk back to his ho tel. That afternoon some of the broth ers went to the Muirfield Golf Tourn the name of the college was changed to The Ohio State University. The enroll ment is now 51,000 and the fame of the institution has spread throughout the ament, compliments of Robert Hoag world. This past year Omicron Deuteron celebrated its 100 year anniversary "55," and Ivor Young "51." We were treated to an excellent round of golf and had the pleasure of eating lunch at brother Jack's private villa. But the best was yet to come and with great ex at Ohio State. Many graduate brothers and the undergraduate chapter itself worked long hours in setting up a Cen tennial Celebration Weekend. This was planned for the weekend of May 19-21, the same weekend' as brother Jack Nicklaus's Muirfield Golf Tourna ment. The committee was headed by John Jenkins "62," and James Gold Owl A wards, left to right: John Eldridge '18, Charles Nelson '21, Gerry Bond 22, Edgard Barnhart '23, William Scott Jr. '26, Harold Heller '22, Charles Rideout '28. pectations we all headed home in pre paration for the big night ahead. That night we all had a Centennial Celebra tion Dinner at the Hilton Inn on Olen tangy River Road. There were more than 300 people who attended this great celebration dinner. The evening started off with cash bars opening at 6:30 and dinner of prime rib at 8:00. Many great times were shared by many Caldwell "79." The weekend was a complete success with many new fri ends made by all and old friendships reunited. Graduate brothers and un- people who attended and letters that dergrads alike were asked to bring their were received by no shows were read by the master of ceremonies, John Jen kins. Guest speakers that night were wives and dates to all functions. In this way we were able to share our great 100 years with them and give them a real brother Zerman, past president Ken insight as to what Phi Gamma Delta at On Friday, May 19th there was a Fiji Telzrow "78," and John D. SheppardPittsburgh "44," Archon President of Phi Gamma Delta. Brother Sheppard shared many stories with the audience and everyone found him very enter taining. Brother Sheppard also led us in an assortment of Phi Gamm songs and cocktail party held in the "Buckeye Room" at the Holiday Inn on Lane favorite note. Also that night silver and Avenue. The room was on the 5th floor and one could look out the gigantic great number of graduate brothers. Ohio State is really like. For those of you that could not make this glorious weekend 1 would like to share with you exactly what happened, and for the lucky brothers that attended, just sit back and enjoy the memories. every golden throat in the house hit his gold owl awards were given out to a picture windows and see the Ohio State Those campus and some of downtown Co should be very proud. After the party lumbus. Many graduate brothers and ended many brothers got together and found somewhere to gather to have their wives, and undergrads and their who received these awards dates showed for the event. There was their own little event. On Sunday, May a cash bar and tables full of tidbits to 21st a brunch was held at the Phi Gamm House,put on by the Under graduate Chapter. The crowd was ex cellent and it gave some brothers a chew on. Also on hand were Mr. and Mrs. William Zerman, Executive" Se cretary of Phi Gamma Delta, as they chance to look around and remember. arrived earlier in the day for their big I personally ^as astonished by some of visit to Columbus, Ohio. It should be the older brothers who could identify noted at this time that brother Zerman all composites that dated back before I is a Michigan graduate. On Saturday, May 20th there was a brunch held at was born. Some of the stories and tales were fun to listen to and showed me the Drake Union overlooking the great that times don't change. This conclud ed an outstanding weekend for all and Olentangy River. This brunch gave tri bute to the close relationship of Phi Gamma Delta and its institution. The Ohio State University. House Corpor ation President T.J. Riley acted as master of ceremonies and did an out standing job. Among the featured peo ple in attendance were Brother Silver Owl Awards, left to right: Bob everyone benefited in some way. I hope Martini '53, William Merkle '53, Rob ert Hudson '53, Dr. Robert Moritz '53, Richard Tice '53, John Hansel '53, Charles Johnson '53, Robert Mac- that everyone enjoyed it as much as I did and will feel free to stop in any time for dinner or just to talk about Phi Ewan '53. Gamma Delta. \r\nINTRAMURALS Spring Quarter saw Omicron Deuteron do the best it has done in in- trjimurals in four yeens. After spring quarter we were second in the stand ings for the all sports trophy out of 42 fraternities. We had great participation for all sports last spring and it puts us in great shape for this fall quarter. We had three softball teams partici or KO last year. So, barring any unforseen injuries or poor player perfor mances by our teams, Omicron Deuter on has a strong foundation upon which to build in our bid for the all sports trophy, an award that the Phi Gam's haven't held since the late '60s. SPRING INITIATES Name Hometown Bill Bichsel David Emery ... Joseph Doody.... Columbus Danial Ewing... Randall Tarr ,.. Rusty Vouis......Columbus Year .81 80 81 81 81 81 pating last spring and all three made it to the finals of their respective classes. Even though only one team won the fi nals, having all three teams getting that far is a great accomplishment. Our bowling team had won the fra ternity bowling league for four quarters in a row so we were defending champs. We were hard pressed, but we pulled out a roll-off in the semi-finals FALL PLEDGES Name Hometown John Ambrosia... Columbus Bradley Bohn Columbus Year 81 82 David Cavanaugh. Worthington... 81 Edward Conrad... Bexley Jack Deas Jr Hamilton Clint Diehl Columbus David DeLong.... Circleville 82 82 81 fifth straight quarter. But we had an added treat in store for us; our second Douglas Dunlope. Dayton 82 Christopher Garier..Columbus Andrew Glover... Parma Robert Grim Colujnbus 82 82 I team also made it to the finals so we 82 Jimmy Poochie and earned a berth in the finals for a had an all-Fiji final for bowling last quarter. Our soccer teams both folded early, but our victories by our bowling and softball teams were good enough for a second place showing behind Delta 82 NICK NACK NAMES If you Graduate Brothers enjoyed our Nick Nack Names in the Spring Buckeye Fiji, we've got more to test Mark Grindley.... Westerville 82 Mitchell Grindley. Westerville 82 Glenn Haller Worthington... 82 Clifford Hanks... Worthington... 82 Bradley Jones.... Worthington... 82 Tau Delta. William Keller This quarter, we are making a very strong effort toward our intramurals. Out of our five football teams, four are undefeated after three games. Our Mark Koschny.... Worthington... 81 Worthington... 82 Bruce Lang Cheshire, Conn. 82 Jon Lenz Roswell, Ga.... 82 Jon Loveland bowling teams are doing well, and two Todd Miessner.... Olmsted Falls...82 Stephen Olson.... Marysville 82 feated. We are also looking forward to Thomas Pfister... Columbus James Rausch.... Columbus Thomas Thomasson..Columbus Allen Thompson.. Fairborn Columbus Stephen Shea Scott Van Patten.. Columbus Columbus Donald Veri 82 81 82 82 held. The Fiji's are defending champs with Jeff Gafford '79, Doug Fairchild '79, and Tim Thress '79, out to defend their titles, all claimed by either a TKO Issac Hoot Chalk Ned Rosy Fiji Bob Sandy Sandy Class of 1960 Class of 1941 Class of 1955 Class of 1955 Class of 1963 Class of 1960 Class of 1912 Class of 1956 Class of 1943 Class of 1962 Middletown.... 82 of three volleyball teams are also unde participating in the Alpha Tau Omega boxing tournament which has yet to be your memories. 82 82 82 Editor Contributors. .. Bill Antonick Keith Hazelton Bill Watson Tom Gibson Jim Caldwell .Rich Gordon Eddie Conrad Dave Case Pm GAMMA DELTA 218 EAST SEVENTEENTH AYE. COLUMBUS, OHIO 43210 Non Profit Org. U S. 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