ALPHA IOTA BRAINSTORM PHI GAMMA DELTA Iowa State Universi ty M a y, 1991 LAUKUTa"T 100 Brothers Attend Pig Dinner by Brian Heintz '91 The 83rd Annual Norris Pig Dinner was a great success Graduate Brothers attending the reception at the Gateway Center as 100 graduate brothers returned to 325 Ash Avenue. Many friendships were renewed,and old memories and stories came to life as these brothers gathered together for the annual weekend. Archon President Dick McCormick '61 was the featured speaker for the dinner. He has spoken at 20 Pig Dinners so far, hut "this one was the hardest because people real ly know who you are." Brother McCormick told of the tough junior year he en dured at Iowa State. He had a knee operation, fractured his skull because he ran into a car while riding a '47 Harley for the first time, and lost his drivers license for 60 days because he altered it to be of the legal drinking age. McCormick also borrowed a car and took a girl to park at a remote construction site. They got stuck in the mud and had to call the brothers to get out. After unsuccessful at tempts, one of the brothers decided that he could operate a crane and get the car out. The police showed up and the brothers took off for home. When they arrived at the FIJI house, they found the police waiting for them be cause they traced the license plate. The Fort Dodge native may have had a rough junior year, but he is doing very well now. As Archon President he has to identify the problems that Phi Gamma Delta is facing. "The single most difficult problem to solve is the hous ing problem because it takes huge amounts of money," McCormick said. "Twenty five percent of the chapters have houses that are in good shape, 50 percent of the houses are dumps and 25 percent don't have houses." Brother McCormick said that the real reason he is in volved with Phi Gamma Delta is because he joined the house in 1957 as raw material. "I'm living proof that we didn't just pledge face men," McCormick said. "They stressed the cornerstones of hos pitality, unity, secrecy and scholarship to me over and over. They developed me as a person and an individual in four years. 1 can't say 'No' to Phi Gamma Delta be cause someone took a chance on me. Pig Dinner continued to page three \r\nSPOTLIGHT Dr. Byron Toot Scott Wuggazer A. I. '59 A.I. '91 by Brian Heintz '91 by Clark Conover '93 The low,jovial laugh came from across the room. It's owner was a man wearing a blue blazer and slacks. He Fraternity life is a lot like running a race. Once you pledge a house, you have signed up for the big event. was sporting his trademark handlebar mustache. There Many people choose to start fast, but have nothing left at was about 20 brothers sitting in the room at this time, the end. Others run hard the whole way, while some laughing and singing FIJI songs from years ago. One of them leaned over and remarked about their old song leader,"You know. Toot hasn't lost a thing in thirty years. He is still that nice, easy going fellow. Those qualities are rare today." Dr. Byron Toot(A.I.'59) graduated from Iowa State in 1959 with a Bachelor of Science in zoology. He continued don't run at all. Scott Wuggazer '91 is an individual who is sprinting towards the finish line. Wuggazer is currently a member of the cabinet as record ing secretary. Cyclone Aide Advisor for orientation and an editor for the Brainstorm . Last spring and summer he served as rush chairman and Cyclone Aide. With all of his activities, he still has time to be a waiter for the his studies and received his M.D. degree from the Uni versity of Nebraska-Omaha in 1967. house. Toot then interned in Spokane, Washington and did his residency work at the Mason Clinic in Seattle. Brother school work," Wuggazer said. "It is also a great way to Toot had his first practice in Kent, Washington from 1972 The Downers Grove, Illinois native will graduate with a Bachelor of Arts in December, 1991. His major is Art to 1984. He then moved to Irvine, California and started his present job at the Cigna HMO in Irvine. "I like to be involved because it keeps my mind off of my meet people and help the university and fraternity." give back to Phi Gamma Delta what it gave to him. The and Design. Wuggazer has an internship in Chicago this summer and hopes to continue on to graduate school. Brother Wuggazer wants to be a professor in graphic de recent emergence of a FIJI Chapter at the University of sign. Brother Toot has also had the unique opportunity to Cal-lrvine presented a chance for Brother Toot to assist in the development of both the Chapter, and the young men it influenced. Byron Toot continued on pagefour \r\nPig Dinner continued from page one The Alpha lota chapter at Iowa State is considered to be one of the top 15 FIJI chapters out of the 129 chapters according to McCormick. "Nothing would make me more proud then to have Iowa State win the Cheney Cup," McCormick said. "We have the potential to do it. 1 am mighty proud to be an Iowa State FIJI!" Richard A. Pecaut '52 served as the toastmaster and he kept the brothers entertained with his jokes, especially about Fortune 500 Companies. John Stineman '94 received the White Star Pledge Award and Kurt McDermott '91 Delegates attend Section XXIV Convention was named Four Year FIJI. Alpha Iota Hosts Section Gordon Smith '61 received the Allen C. Stclle Award for his outstanding contributions to the house. He took over as House Corporation President at the 1990 Pig Din ner and he has been improving the chapter ever since. The undergraduates are very thankful for all that Gordon XXIV Convention by Scott Wuggazcr '91 has done!! The 1991 Section XXIV Convention was held at Iowa State on Saturday, February 23. Lambda Nu (University of Nebraska) sent 7 delegates, Mu Dueteron (University of Iowa) sent four delegates, and Alpha Iota had eight een delegates in attendance. The featured speaker was Archon Treasurer John Gotts- Clare Forrester '26 kissed the snout of the pig again as a symbol of renewing the bond of allegiance, fidelity and alliance. Frank Spatafora '94 had the honor of kissing the tail of the pig. Phi Gamma Delta would like to honor those who re ceived the Gold and Silver Owl Awards. chaik (Nebraska '65). Brother Gottschalk is President and Chief Executive Officer of the Omaha World- GOLD OWL Hcrald Company, and Publisher of the Omaha WorldHerald. The Section Convention covered many important topics concerning Phi Gamma Delta. They included: date rape, alcohol awareness, pledge education, parliamentary pro SILVER OWL John R. Johnson '41 William E. Lyon '66 Vernon R. Hudek '42 Phillip E. Burke '68 Graydon Peoples'43 James S. Gilchrist '68 Paul E. Reasoner '43 Rodney L. Groen '68 "Thomas H. Strome '43 David P. Rutt Jr. '68 Burkett Farquhar '44 Walter H. Field '44 Michael C. Addison '69 Thomas R. Calame '69 er gathered in the Memorial Union for a formal dinner. Brother Gottchalk spoke on how the Archons were im Harvey Ingham 111 '44 Roger L. Johnson '44 Charles K. Ebann '69 proving Phi Gamma Delta on the International level. Along with John Gottschalk, Jerry Wanek (Iowa '80), Lynn Schroeder (Iowa State '76), Tom D'Angelo (Wash ington '90), and Pat Ash (Nebraska '65) all spoke on the John E. Phillips '44 quality of section twenty-four. cedure and how to deal with time management and apa thy. After the leadership meetings concluded the broth Stanley M. Little Jr. '44 Michael W. Downing '69 Edwin Hofmann Jr.'69 William E. Johnston '69 William E. Rush '44 David D. Kling '69 William T. Sherman '44 Randall R. Mcdd '69 John Q. Swift '44 Chester L. Ramey '69 Section XXIV is continuing to strive for excellence and hopes to be recognized as the leading section among Phi Keith G. Tucker '69 Gamma Delta Internationally. Mark R. Weaver '69 Kenneth L. Smith '69 CABINET HOUSE CORPORATION BOARD President Eric Kvam '91 Treasurer Steve Bruner '92 Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Historian President V.P./Comm V.P./Property Scott Wuggazer '91 Pete Kao '93 V.P./Dues SECTION CHIEF Jerry Wanek '80 Mu Dueteron Brian Heintz '91 Clark Conover '93 Chad Lingenfelter '94 Dick Davidson '76 Dave Zahradnik '92 BRMNSTORIVI STAFF Scott Wuggazer '91 Gordon Smith '61 Jim Hildebrand '74 Larry Vanderpool '68 LAuKotai \r\nHouse Corporation by Gordon Smith '61 Those of you who attended the 1991 Pig Dinner festivi ties hopefully had as enjoyable a time as did I. I want to thank all of you graduate brothers for coming back for whatever your reasons. Also I want to thank all of you who make comments about the general format of the day. It does seem as if the comments were overwhelmingly fa vorable. Also we owe a lot of thanks to the undergraduate members for working very hard to put on a "show" that we graduates would like. We are very fortunate in hav ing an undergraduate chapter that really tries to do their best at whatever they do and this Pig Dinner was excel lent. My fervent hope is that many more will come back next year and enjoy the good time. The business meeting of the house corp>oration was well attended and after the formal reports many good questions were raised. In summarizing the meeting, al though we have come a long way in the past year toward making our chapter one of the top ten nationally in Phi Gamma Delta, we have a way to go. We will all need to do our part as best as we can. Some of us are closer to the Byron Toot continued from page two Brother Toot has served in the capacity of Purple Legion naire at Chi Iota for a little over three years now. In his three years. Brother Toot has seen many benefits of dealing with a young chapter. Besides the influence you have on the members lives as Purple Legionnaire, he has assisted in other ways. The Chapter is currently waiting to see if it receives permission to build on campus. "Not all the houses that want to build on campus are go ing to get the opportunity to do so," Toot said. "The Uni versity does not want an 'overbalance' of Greek Houses in comparison to resident hall population. All we can do right now is wait and see if we will be allowed on, in the meantime I am helping the House Corporation raise funds for the potential of a new house." Brother Toot served as Recording Secretary and song leader in his years at Alpha Iota. He said his favorite memory was becoming a Brother. He also enjoys coming back to Pig Dinners and meeting the new Brothers and rca- quainting himself with those of past years. Purple Legionnaire scene so we can do more on a day-to-day basis while oth ers not living so close can pitch in also. Others of us are blessed with the ability to make a significant financial by Lynn Schroedcr '76 contribution to pay off all of our debt. To date the Capital Funds Campaign has received ap proximately $75,000 toward the $200,000 goal. We need everyone's help. If you have already contributed please My remarks for this issue of the Brainstorm will be just blips and blurbs. Hats off to the undergraduates for a very successful Pig review your gift in view of your ability. If you have not Dinner. Thanks to Pete Kao, Paul Bender, and all of the contributed, after thoughtful consideration of the amount Officers and Brothers. I heard many positive remarks you can really give, please send your check right away. about the event. For those of you that may own stock at a low basis, con sider donating the appreciated stock and then it will be Sounds like the Capital Campaign is going well. The timing couldn't be better. The Fiji's arc facing increasing sold in the Capital Funds account. This may permit you competition from other chapters at ISU. Pi Kappa Phi to make a significant contribution from an asset which opened a new facility two years ago. Alpha Tau Omega has a low actual cost to you. Call me if you are in a posi will open their new facility in August (with a computer tion to do this at 1-800-798-3800 mainframe and terminals in every study room), Tau Kappa Epsilon has recently undergone an extensive remodeling Last year's board was re-elected, namely Jim Hildebrand, Dick Davidson, Larry Vanderpool and myself. One of the objectives this year will be to expand our board and FarmHouse is about to break ground for their new to include more brothers that want and can be very active. to compete in the area of facilities; if we can eliminate our 1 want to publicly express my appreciation to these three members for being a great inspiration and for all of the debt, and put our resources towards improving and main tasks they helped accomplish this past year. I look for ward to serving this year with them again. achievement. We want to hear from you, and so does the active chapter. Please drop by the chapter house if you are in Ames or give any of the board a call if you have some ide house. I am confident that Phi Gamma Delta will bo able taining our chapter house and to support academic I want to say a special "Thank You" to a couple of men that graduated in December. Stef Kranovich and Phil Prybil are dedicated Fiji's. It has been a pleasure to know and work with both of you. Best wishes for the future! as to contribute. In closing, 1 am very proud to be a FIJI and particularly an Alpha lota FIJI. Purple Legionnaire continued on page seven \r\nFiji's Break a Leg! by Brian Heintz '91 Sometimes working with a sorority is not all it's cracked up to be. Sometimes you are better off doing things by yourself. Take Varieties for example. Varieties is a musical skit that is 20 minutes long and Greek houses compete to be in the top nine. If they are in the top nine, they get to per form in front of an audience in the Great Hall of the Me morial Union. Phi Gamma Delta hadn't participated in Varieties for several years, but in 1987 the Fiji's entered the competi tion by themselves. Normally a fraternity and a sorority are together, but the men of Phi Gamma Delta defied the odds and placed in the top nine. Under the direction of John Dosier '57 and Gordon Smith '61 display the lost diamond Lost Diamond^ and Baseball Find Home at 325 Ash Dave Knoernchild '89 and Kurt Widmer '89 the Fiji's were awarded "Best Road Grew." The next two years were full of disappointments and so rorities! After two years of being paired up and no suc cess, the FIJI'S decided to go it alone for the 1990-91 cam- by Brian Heintz '91 The 83rd annual Norris Pig Dinner brought many broth paign. ers back to 325 Ash Avenue,but, in addition, a new base With Brian Heintz '91 and Eric Bretey '93 directing the show, the Fiji's placed fourth out of 20 groups. They also ball and an old diamond as well. received 10 nominations for their skit, "Who Killed Scoo- jects were stolen. This included the brass diamond that The house burned down in 1982 and most of the brass ob by Do?!!?" The nominations include: Best Director (Brian was a familiar structure on the front door. David Dosier Heintz '91 and Eric Bretey '93), Best Actor (Eric Bretey '86 told his father, John Dosier '57, about the stolen dia '93), Best Male Vocalist (Jeremy Ferry '93), Best Stage Crew, Best Costumes, Best Female Vocalist(Amy Reedy), Best Actress (Liz Judson), Best Supporting Actress(Amy Reedy), Best Music, Best Set and Most Spirit. mond in 1982. John lives in Forest City, Illinois and frequently travels to antique shops. On March 17,1990 he and his wife de cided to drive west towards the Mississippi River. They happened to stop in Hamilton, Illinois and visit the Buckboard Antique Mall. "1 went in and pulled back a curtain to look at a red cor vette," Dosier said. "My wife tapped me on the shoulder and told me that 1 was supposed to be looking for old coin banks and not at cars. I turned around and started looking when I saw this black diamond on the floor underneath a table. 1 knew right away where it had to have come from. I knew that 1 had to buy it because it belongs on the front door of the house. It was a once in a lifetime thing, kind of like finding a needle in a haystack." Dr. Byron Toot attended his first Ekklesia last year as he traveled from his California home to Chicago for the 142nd Ekklesia. Everyone who attended received a base ball with the Chicago Ekklesia emblem on it. Brother Toot had nine distinguished brothers autograph the ball because of their involvement with Phi Gamma Delta. Varieties cast from left to right: front row Eric Bretey '93; second row Amy Reedy, jeremy Ferry '93, Melanie Mad den, Brian Heintz '91, Liz Judson, Scott Van Scoy '93; third row Jeff Hahn '92, Clark Conover '93, Todd Petty They are: J. Dean Mosher, Idaho '49; William R. Bracewell, Georgia '68; David G. Elmore, Indiana '55; William S. Zerman, Michigan '49; Gordon A. Elliott, British Co lumbia '55; Spencer Hournoy,Johns Hopkins '44; Chan F. Coulter, Iowa '25; Douglas H. Dittrick, Ohio Wesleyan '93, John Stineman '94, Chris McElroy '94, Steve Mumford '55; Ernest Deal, Alabama '52 and Richard D. McCor- '92, Eric Kvam '91 mick, Iowa State '61. \r\nPig Dinner 1991 Bob Bacon '60,Don Springer '60,Jerry Asp '60, Ken McPherson '64 and Ken Klett '60 reminiscing about their days at 325 Ash Clare Forrester 26 and his son,Roger '54 at the banquet in the Scheman Building Archon President Dick McCormick 'bl speaking about the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Clare Forrrester 26 ready to assist Frank Spatafora'94 in the tradional "biting of the pig" \r\nPurple Legionnaire continued from page four Hoot^s Who Alpha lota has placed increased importance to the area of Graduate Relations and it really shows. Home coming '91 will again feature an open house and buffet for our returning graduates and their guests. The open house and buffet will run from 10 A.M. to 12:30 P.M.on Satur Kenneth Klett '60: Brother Klett is currently the Chief day, October 26th. The opponent for the football game will be Oklahoma State. The date for Pig Dinner "92 has also been set. The dinner will be Saturday, April 4th, 1992 at the Scheman Building, with accommodations and a reception at the Holiday Inn. Mark your calendars for Customer Engineer of the Boeing Commercial Airplane these two events. Group in Seattle, Washington. He served as president of Phi Gamma Delta and was also social chair. Klett was very active on campus as well. He was in the Knights of St. Patrick, Joint Social Council, IFC, Club 2000 and served as Greek Week Kickoff Chairman. Klett says that it was great to see Gerry Asp, Bob Beacon, Ron Blake, Don Springer and he is looking forward to Bran son, Missouri in September 1992. Bill Herwig '71: Brother Herwig missed Pig Dinner, but he took the time to write the Borthers a letter. He is cur rently the Senior Technical Manager with Andersen Con sulting in Chicago. His wife, Deirdre Murphy, is a part Sigma Pi has recolonized with about 30 men signing. This brings the number of fraternities to 32. The number of sororities stands at 15 with the talk of adding another in the near future. Alston Shakeshaft (BK '49), a political science profes sor here at ISU has received the 1990-1991 Teaching Ex cellence Award. Congratulations Brother Shakeshaft. Bob Ellis '87 has recently been married! He and his lovely wife, Cheryl, live in Iowa City. Bob is finishing law school in May. Kenny DeRose '87 participated as best man. Best of luck Bob and Cheryl. I would like to close with a word of "Congratulations" to two brothers that have welcomed new members into their ner with Andersen Consulting and they have an eleven families recently. Larry Hafner '75 and his wife, Lyn, year old daughter, Kathryn. Herwig plans on getting in have a baby girl, Carly. Randy Nielsen '79 and his wife, Peggy, have a baby boy, Corbin. Both babies were born in volved with the Chicago alumni chapter. March. Donald Lovett '85: Donald has been married to his wife, Elizabeth, for three years. They have one daughter, 16 ~ months, and another due in June! Brother Lovett was treasurer of Phi Gamma Delta and is currently a banker. He has attended Pig Dinner 6 years. Pre-Congratulations on your newborn. Send us a letter if its a boy or girl!! Bill Westfall '89: Brother Westfall is a Computer Con sultant at Kraft General Foods in the Chicago area. While attending Iowa State, Bill was a torchathon run ner and a Kappa Kappa Gamma waiter. He was corre Stephen Caldwell '86: Stephen is working as a Manufaturing Engineer. Brother Caldwell is getting married on sponding secretary, special events chair, and philanthro py chair with the house. Brother Westfall has attended April 29, 1991. Congratulations from Alpha Iota! Ste phen was a GSB Senator and was on the soccer team at Pig Dinner the past two years. Iowa State. Brother Caldwell was rush chair and social chair within the house. His favorite event was the P- Jamie Beirl '90: Jamie is working for Principal Financial Group in Des Moines. Brother Beirl graduated in Decem Room Pub-"never ran out of beer-.25 a glass." Stephen has only missed one Pig Dinner since he joined the house. ber and this was his first Pig Dinner. He had one message which was,"Ogburn, where are you?" Mark Cowan '86: Brother Cowan has been married for two and a half years to his wife, Kim. He is working as a therapist. One of Cowans favorite events was the class of'86 road trip to Wisconsin. Mark would like to know where Slink is. FRATRES QUI FUERUNT SED NUNC AD ASTRA J. Van Dyke Perrine, Jr. '23 Irving F. Jensen '25 William B. Bishop, Sr. '26 Ken DeRose '87: Brother DeRose is a Project Engineer working in Manhattan., NY. Kenny was social and rush chair at Alpha lota. This year was his first year back to Pig Dinner since graduating. Charles Berdo '36 George A. Beatty '37 Allen Erdman '39 Robert L. Gardner'50 \r\nw Brothers; If you know of any potential new Alpha Iota Fiji's please contact rush chairmen Gary David and Pete Kao at: (515) 292-0022 '/