ALPHA IOTA BRAINSTORM PHI GAMMA DELTA iowa state university february, 1991 LAuifi/Tai!i Archon President to TSSSBBn "ffSin Speak at Pig Dinner by Brian Heintz '91 Archon President Dick McCormick (ISU '61) will be the featured speaker at the 83rd Norris Pig Dinner on the weekend of March 22 and 23,1991. The last Archon Presi dent to speak at Pig Dinner was Bob Albin (Missouri '62) in 1985. (l •"I McCormick will be returning to his undergraduate chap ter for the first time since he was elected Archon Presi dent at the 142nd Ekklesia in Chicago in August, 1990. "I am really proud of where I came from," McCormick First Pig Dinner at 325 Ash Avenue said. "I don't want to sound like I'm preaching, I just want it to be a fun evening. It's one thing to talk to people who have never heard you before and another thing to talk to people who knew you when you were in school." State Center on Lincoln Way. The festivities begin at 6:00 p.m. with cocktails until 6:45 p.m. Richard A. Pecaut (ISU '52) will be the Toastmaster for the dinner and pro Friday, March 22nd will be an open house at 325 Ash Ave. Saturday will feature a reception for the brothers at the Holiday Inn Gateway Center from 12:00 p.m. until gram that will start at 7:00 p.m. and last until 9:00. Af terwards, the eating of the pig will take place at the 4:00. The traditional dinner and ceremonial events will "Pig Dinner is a great chance to see people who you ha ven't seen in a number of years," McCormick said. "You also get to see the undergraduates and the shape the be held at the Scheman building located at the Iowa house. house is in. This year is very special because it is the 30th year reunion for the class of '61. I am a little nervous about speaking, because I spoke in 1983 at Pig Dinner. I hope I don't repeat myself." \r\nSPOTLIGHT Richard Ringwald Hank McFarland A.I. '91 Delta '49 By Brian Heintz'91 By Scott Wuggazer'91 If you ask members of Phi Gamma Delta what they re member most from their college days, the answer will probably be "the brotherhood and great friendships." Richard Ringwald (Bucknell '49) is currently a construc tion engineering professor at Iowa State University and he still remains in close contact with pledge brothers Charles Fritz (Bucknell '48) and Bill Unger (Bucknell In this day and age, it is rare to find a college athlete that is also a student. The odds of finding a student ath lete that is in a fraternity and holds a committee postition seems to be even more unusual. "We get together every year," Ringwald said. "We take Alpha lota is fortunate to have such an individual. Hank McFarland '91 has been a positive influence since he pledged Phi Gamma Delta in the spring of'88. He has shined both scholastically and athletically. McFarland is a member of Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Eta Sigma turns meeting at each others homes. Charlie lives in and Lambda Phi Kappa Academic Honoraries. '48). Springfield, Pennsylvania and Bill spends most of his The Grand Island, Nebraska native is a varsity mem time in Florida. This year we are flying to Florida. I ber of the Iowa State golf team, where he has recieved such honors as: Academic All-Big Eight, Academic AllRegional NCAA,Lee Jeans Academic Ail-American and a learned a great deal from Phi Gamma Delta and made some very dear friendships." Ringwald joined the Delta chapter at Bucknell in the summer of 1943. His brother, William Ringwald (Buck nell '43), was also a FIJI. After being initiated into Phi Gamma Delta, Brother Ringwald went to World War II for two years. He was stationed in Europe and he was in two-time Iowa State University Student Athlete. Brother McFarland remembers back to his freshman year. "When I was a freshman, coach told us that we could be two of three things: a student, an athlete, or a social lion. He (coach) said that we were going to be stu volved in the last two months of the European conflict. dents, so we couldn't be both athletes and social lions. But Ringwald met several Fiji's while in the war. "One in particular was a close friend from Kansas," Ring wald said. "His name was Gene Williams, called Yogi. 1 think 1 proved him wrong." Along with his academics and athletics, McFarland is still involved with the house. He is currently scholar He is well known there because he designed the Jayhawk logo Kansas uses. We both sang in an army choir that was ship chairman, and he has also served as social chair. McFarland will be graduating in May,1992 with a de formed after the war. That's how we became so close. gree in marketing. His future plans include becoming a professor in marketing and coaching golf. He would also continued on page 5 like to stay actively involved in Phi Gamma Delta. \r\nHouse Corporation Purple by Gordon Smith '61 by Lynn Schroeder '76 As I hope you are now aware, we are in the midst of a Capital Funds Campaign to raise $200,000 by the end of this year. If you were not aware, please let me know and I will send you the materials which were mailed a couple of weeks ago. This sum will more than eliminate our debt of approximately $185,000. The message I would like to share with you here is two fold;(1) why am I directing my energies to our college fraternity; and (2) why I think that some of my reasons could be the same reasons we all I AM EXCITED!!! Fraternity wise things are coming together. I can see our facility being the best on campus. The can identify with in accomplishing the task at hand. First, let me address briefly why I have become com mitted to making this campaign successful. Currently, I am serving as the alumni corporation president and that is because I asked for the job! That's right, I asked for it! The reasons I did shall remain buried in the deep holes in my head but nevertheless I did! My life is such that I had the time for the next year or so to devote to a project I felt was most worthwhile and one for which I thought I could make a contribution. Assisting young men prepare themselves to become meaningful contributors to our world Legionnaire House Corporation and the chapter are doing a better and better job of maintaining and upgrading 325 Ash Avenue. I can see the chapter's scholarship going back up to the top five on campus. The chapter recently set new guide lines for incoming freshmen to be eligible to rush Alpha Iota. Rushees will need a 2.9 high school CPA (on a scale of 4.0) to pledge Phi Gamma Delta. There is a renewed commitment and interest in Alpha Iota and its future. It's the kind of 'roll up your sleeves' attitude that seems to pervade those involved with the chapter;from our Archon President Dick McCormick all the way to the undergraduate chapter. Phi Gamma Delta is on the move,and I'm glad to be a part of it. Spring First Years for the rest of their lives seems very worthy to me. Rec ognizing the most important aspect of college years is ac ademic achievement, there are supporting areas during college years which can also result in a more complete graduate. I happen to feel my years as a FIJI, while a student at Iowa State, were a very important contributor to my overall development. Because of that experience years ago I have wanted to "put something back in" both in time and treasure. I now have a chance. The other point I wish to address is why you also may want to "put something back in." I am fortunate in the re spect that I live in Des Moines and can get up to the chap ter house usually at least once per week. Most of the time there I'm in the role of a landlord, i.e. fixing, repairing, painting, etc. However, most of you do not have the op portunity to spend time keeping the place going. So it is with your treasure that you can more conveniently "put something back in." We should not have any debt on our by Rick Siegel '94 Through the years, the members of the Alpha Iota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta have always prided them selves on their display of hospitality. "This hospitality was the deciding factor for the chapters three new spring pledges. The new first-years at Alpha Iota are: Todd Allen Stone, a junior from Moline,Illinois majoring in prearchitecture; Steven John Wehrspann, a sophomore from Dubuque,Iowa majoring in Occupational Safety;and Troy Michael Barfoot, a freshman from Spirit Lake, Iowa ma joring in pre-chiropractic. When asked what they would like to gain from their experiences in Phi Gamma Delta, all three of them re plied they would like to become a stronger person. chapter house because the funds we receive for rent should be used to keep the building in good repair and also to make capital improvements. We also should be using the funds we receive in rent to more directly help our active chapter members develop themselves more completely. For example, a housemother can be a very important person in the life of a fraternity man. I remem ber many of the different roles housemother's played when I was in school and wish the active chapter could have the same benefits. However, they have not been able to afford one in that their rent to us is required, and we alums have not been able to afford one because all continued on page four First Years: Steve Wehrspann, Troy Barfoot and Todd Stone \r\nHouse Corporation continued from page 3 of our rent was going to pay debt. If we didn't have the debt, we could pay a housemother to live in the house and thereby upgrade the general tenor of the chapter. December 1990 Graduates We could be offering scholarships to those members of the active chapter that qualify for them. We could help them sponsor activities which would help them gain rec ognition, both at the local level as well as at the nation al fraternity level. For example, as of this past fall, we are paying for a significant portion of the Brainstorm. From my viewpoint, we should pay for all of it, as it is an alumni communications vehicle. On it goes. Please include our Capital Campaign Drive in your contribution plans for 1991. 1 can tell you that we already have some significant response which you will hear more about soon. But we all need to support this most worthwhile undertaking. If you are simply not in a financial position to contribute in 1991, we would at least like to hear that you received the mailing from Dick Davidson and that you are sending your moral support for the project. Nobody should feel like their contribution might be too little. We are not just talking about money here. We are talking about awareness and our college fraternity. This campaign will be concluded by the end of 1991 and the mortgages will be burned at Pig Dinner in 1992. Please let us hear from you soon, whether you send financial support or not, as we want nothing more than to cause all of us to remember what our fraternity meant to us during our college years, and what we want it to mean to the active chapter members today. (And we also want Jamie Bierl '90: Jamie graduated with a degree in Management Information Sys tems and a minor in psychology. He is currently working for Principal in Des Moines. Brother Bierl is designing programs for Principal. Jamie was rush chairman and JAMIE QiERL homecoming chairman when we won the overall champi onship in 1989. PHILLIP PRfBlL Phillip Prybil '90: Phil resides in Iowa City where he is farming com,soy beans to hear from you as so the postage stamped return enve and raising hogs with his father. Phil has a degree in Agronomy and a minor in Horticulture. Brother Prybil was recording secretary, rush chairman, and pledge edu lope isn't wasted!) cator while at Alpha lota. If you have any questions about this campaign or any other aspect of the chapter, 1 would welcome your call. Thank you. Fraternally, Gordon J. Smith '61 1173 - 20th Place West Des Moines,IA 50265 Phone: Day:In town:244-2255 8RYAN YOUNO Bryan Young '89: Bryan graduated from Out of town:l-S00-798-3800 Iowa State in Electrical Engineering. Brother Young is working for an insurance company in Wales, England. Stefano Kranovich '90: Stef graduated with a Finance degree. He is currently in the process of interviewing in Indianapolis and Kansas STEFANO KRANOVICH City. While at Alpha lota, Stef was treasurer of Phi Gamma Delta and Pig Dinner Chairman in 1989. He was also on the finance committee for the Government of the John Beasley '91 and Gordon Smith '61 hard at work Student Body. \r\nFrom the President's Desk Ringwald Spotlight continued from page 2 by Eric Kvam '91 We almost got together in July, 1979. I contacted him and Since the end of 1990,Phi Gamma Delta has seen many changes. During the past presidential term our chapter has had to accept a great deal of transformation. The days of open parties and keg beer are now far behind us. They have been replaced by smaller, non-alcoholic func tions. The wambie or FIJI man is now only a memory in our we were going to meet in Wichita, Kansas. The next day he was killed in a balloon accident." After the war, Ringwald went back to Bucknell whore he was involved in the Glee Club. The Fiji's were the top fraternity on campus according to Ringwald, and they had the numbers to back that up. "At one point after the war there were only six Fiji's on campus," Ringwald said. 'Three of them were presidents of their class. I mean sophomore,junior, and senior class heart. Finally, the Ladies of the Black Diamond are no longer a part of Phi Gamma Delta. Each of these transitions alone would have been enough to handle in one cabinet term, but we were forced to make president's were Fiji's." dramatic changes and we had to deal with them all at Brother Ringwald graduated in 1949 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1950 with a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering. During the next 28 years Ringwald once. 1 feel the previous cabinet made these necessary changes, which has helped form a foundation for our new was involved with four construction companies. After separating from the construction company, Ringwald wanted to do something related to construction. He an swered adds from engineering periodicals that had to do with teaching. He accepted the job at Iowa State and started on August 1,1979. cabinet. My main goal for our chapter is to change the committee system from a loosely organized group of brothers into highly organized strategic units with definite goals and lines of authority. 1 plan to accomplish this through three separate tactics. First, 1 need to increase the information flow within the chapter. Just as in any business, it's difficult to keep all "I don't think I was ready to teach before 1 worked," Ringwald said. "I think I would have been bored, but when the time came 1 was ready psychologically and the members informed on coming events. We have b^un to remedy this situation by installing a new cabinet, which is used to post a calendar of events for the year. ready to teach well." In 1980, he became a member of the Board of Chapters Another change we have made involves the living ar rangements for the chapter officers. P-room is now exclu Advisors at Alpha lota. He served for four years. "The hospitality was great whenever 1 came over," Ringwald said. "I thought they should have sang more, though." He plans on teaching for a couple more years and retiring in Ames. Ringwald and his wife, Jane, have been married for 51 years. She is a math professor at Iowa State and an alumnus of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority at Bucknell. They have two children, Scott, an industrial engineer and Becky, who is a veterinary surgeon. sively for the president, recording secretary, correspond ing secretary, and historian. The treasurer and two assistant treasurer's live in T-room. 1 believe the new living arrangements have made our cabinet more unified than in previous years. The third change we have made is to organize three of the committees under each cabinet member. This has been done in the past, but 1 now feel the cabinet members are under more pressure to run the committees,since progress checks can be made easily. Having well-informed and or ganized committees provides the backbone for a strong chapter, and this cabinet is dedicated to providing the driving force needed to get us there. CABINET HOUSE CORPORATION BOARD President Eric Kvam '91 Treasurer Steve Bruner '92 Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Historian Scott Wuggazer '91 Pete Kao '93 Dave Zahradnik '92 President 1. V.P7Comm V.P./Property V.P./Finance V.P./Dues Gordon Smith '61 Jim Hildebrand '74 Larry Vanderpool '68 Larry Hafner '75 Dick Davidson '76 BRAINSTORM STAFF SECTION CHIEF Brian Heintz '91 Jerry Wanek '80 Mu Dueteron Scott Wuggazer '91 \r\nDecades of Hoot*s Who 1930's Dudly Triplett 1930: Brother Triplett is the owner of Triplett Insurance and Real Estate. He was involved in ROTC Honorary and as President of Phi Gamma Delta as a sopmore in 1927. His nickname is "Dud". Brother Trip lett is married and has a son, Jim, class of 1956, who is in the family business. 1920's Joseph Norman 1934: Joseph Norman graduated from the Clare Forrester 1926: Clare Forrester and his wife cur rently reside in Webster City. While Brother Forester attended Iowa State he worked most of the time. He was in charge of the athletic supply room and did janitorial work. Brother Forrester was disappointed when Harold Schweppe (ISU '29) didn't attend Pig Dinner last year and would love to see him at this year's Pig Dinner. Fo rester used to ride down from Webster City with Pa Prince, Ralph and Wilford Groves and Bill Guthrie. He can't remember when he didn't attend a Pig Dinner, ac cept when they didn't have one for a few years during Word War II. Brother Forrester still comes to all the ISU school of Dairy Industries in 1934. After graduation he went on to become a salesman for dairy supplies. Brother Norman's wife, Mary, is also a graduate from Iowa State. While at Iowa State, Brother Norman was on the track team. Joseph has five sons: Joseph, David, John, Paul, and James. James is an Alph Iota FIJI, class of 1955. Robert Dunkel 1935: Robert Dunkel is currently retired and living in Alexandria, Virgina with his wife Doro thy. Brother Dunkel played football and basketball for Iowa State. He was also involved in the ROTC program. Brother Dunlel has two sons and a daughter. basketball and football games. H."Donald" Bemd 1928: Brother Bernd currently resides in Beatrice, Nebraska. After graduating from Iowa State, Bernd attended the University of Minnesota, Uni versity of Detroit, and the University of Indiana, where 1940's he received his masters in finance and accounting. While attending Iowa State University, Bernd was a tired and living in Erie, Pennsylvania. While at Iowa State, Brother Scantlebury served as President of Phi member of ROTC and was President of Phi Gamma Delta. Gamma Delta and held an IFC position. One of his favorite stories was when his roommate, who Clifford V,Scantlebury 1940: Brother Scantlebury is re fluences in his life were the ROTC and Phi Gamma Del Robert Hunt 1941: Robert Hunt is retired and living in South Bend, Indiana. He recently got out of the hospital ta. Bernd later realized throughout his travels and busi after being treated for a brain tumor. Brother Hunt is was graduating, told him the two most significant in ness encounters that Phi Gamma Delta was one of the walking and getting his strength back. He worked at Du- biggest influences in his life. pont for 20 years and decided to teach school. He taught science and math to eighth and ninth graders for 16 years. J. Bradley Rust 1929: J. Bradley Rust currently lives in He has four children: Phillip, Robert, Mary Ann and Iowa City and still owns and works at his own architectu ral firm. He has seen a lot of Alpha Iota graduates come and go during his lifetime. Brother Rust and his wife have lived in Iowa City since 1931! He is known by the nickname "Rusty" to his fellow brothers and even to his family. Brother Rust was good friends with 'Pa' Prince and Daddy Brewers. "That's were it all started," Rust said. He also has nephews that are members at Mu Dueteron and he currently has a lot of good friends from there. Rust has attended a lot of Pig Dinners both at Al pha Iota and Mu Dueteron. Reflecting back. Brother Rust met his wife at Iowa State. He graduated in the heart of the depression. Since there were no jobs available, he started his own architectural/engineering firm. Louise. Best wishes for a speedy recovery. Vernon Hudek 1942: Vemon Hubek is retired after hav ing served as Director of Materials at Rockwell Collins in Cedar Rapids. He was a member of Tau Beta Pi and Eta Kappa Nu academic fraternities. Brother Hudek was ac tive in VEISHEA and meet his wife, Claire, under the Campanile. They have been married 48 years and have three children: James, Ann and Bob. \r\n1940's continued 1960's Wayne Norman 1942: Wayne Norman was involved in a David Buck 1964: David Buck was editor of the Iowa variety of activities while at Iowa State. He was head State Daily for a year and was rush chair for the house. He is currently president of the printing company where he has worked for 16 years. Buck and his wife, Ruth, of Tau Beta Pi, member of Cardinal Guild (which is cur rently Cardinal Key)and Editor of Iowa Engineering Magazine. During his college days. Brother Norman re have two children: Sam,12 and Frank,4. He wishes good calls the university putting a lot of pressure on houses luck to all the guys in the class of '64 and looks forward to having house mothers. At that point. Phi Gamma Delta seeing the Brainstorm. didn't have one. So Mo Harrison (ISU '41) and Norman went searching for a house mother. They choose Mother Dr.Lawrence Thompson 1964: Brother Thompson is cur Rowe. rently Assistant Controller General of U.S. at General Accounting Office. He was president of the house from "We must have done a good job because she stayed for a while," Norman said. 1962-63 and a member of Gamma Gamma honorary frater After college, Norman spent five years in the Air Force. He met a Phi Gam from Lehigh named Gorge Reinfrank. Together they designed and fabricated the first glass air craft structure. The process was used on airplanes to pro tect them from being detected by radar. Brother Norman nity. Thompson and his wife, Kathy, are living in Alex andria, Virginia, and they have two kids: Brad, 15 and would like to say "Hi" to Mo Harrison. and lives in Batavia, Illinois. He is married and has one Sarah, 12. John Voreis 1967: John Voreis is a real estate appraiser daughter. While at Iowa State, he was a member of the William Rush 1944: William Rush and his wife, Mary, Horticulture Club. Voreis also served as assistant treas ait? retired and living Worthington, Ohio. He had been a urer and treasurer. Pig Dinners and Greek Week were spe salesman in the consruction industry for 40 years. As an undergraduate at Iowa State University he was pledge educator and did the laundry and dry cleaning for the cial times to Voreis. Brother Voreis has been back for Pig Dinner 14 times,including a string of 12 straight. house. His nickname was "Bill Beef" because he was a big, heavy guy. Brother Rush and Mary have been mar ried for 46 years. They have a son and a daughter. Bill Jr, was President of the Phi Gamma Delta chapter at 1970's Ohio State in 1974. Tom Preston 1970: Brother Preston was a distributive studies major. He is currently a controller in a mail order company in Boulder, Colorado. Preston is married and 1950's has three children. Tom Waterman 1970: Brother Waterman is an adminis John Rybum 1955: John Rybum graduated from Iowa State with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He was re cruited right on campus by Shell. Brother Ryburn was in volved with VEISHEA's theatrical production and was corresponding secretary while at Iowa State. Brother Rybum has a son who is attending Baylor University. Robert McNulty 1950: Robert McNulty is retired and liv ing in California with his wife, Beverly. They have a son and a daughter. Brother McNulty said,"I had a good time in my years at the house." His nickname was "Mac". Brother McNulty wishes he could come back to pig dinner trator for a cardiovascular practice in Houston, Texas. He is married and has two children: Sara,8 and David, 4. Waterman served as recording secretary for a year and president for a year. He says "Hi" to the class of 1970. Dr. Larry Dietrich 1972: Dr. Dietrich is currently a radi ologist in Lakeland, Horida. He was a member of the Iowa State baseball team all four years. Dietrich was on the 1970 team that qualified for the College World Ser ies. It was the last Iowa State team to make it. He and his wife, Debbie, have three children: Derek, 19, Jason, 12 and Andy, 10. Brother Dietrich wonders what hap pened to Dick Trcharne '71? but the distance makes it difficult to return. James Ferando 1974: James Ferando is President of the Physician's Clinic and living in Omaha. He was pledge educator and fondly remembers FIJI Island. Brother Fe rando says that Scoop was the best roommate that a guy could have. He and his wife, Sandi, have two children: Kari, 5 and Sam,4. \r\nThe Alpha Iota chapter of Phi Gamma Delta cordially invites you to the 83rd Norris Pig Dinner on March 23, 1991 :: ..1 . ■-'f" - Phi Gamma Delta 325 Ash Avenue Ames, Iowa 50010 Yoscmite' (bc{yvi\r^'\ Oal'h>J I ' -.p MAR 18 1991 dftrJr '■m l9~Oj ^ P^fie f,o.