-§- The WuiFui A Published JBLISHED BY by Alpha Chapter of the Fraternity OF Phi Gamma Delta at Washington and Jefferson College WASHINGTON,PENNSYLVANIA SPRING 1998 MEET THE 1998 FIJI PLEDGE CLASS This year's rush process was ex tremely successful for the Alpha Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. Seven teen gentlemen decided to pledge, 16 and psychology. They are: (Freshmen) Jim Thompson Mike Armenini (Sophomore) Nick Warner Jake Brown Paul Ruefle of them freshmen and the other a Nick Curinga sophomore. This year's class is an extremely diverse group of individuals, with John Evankovich Pledging is going extremely well. and these 17 guys look like they will be terrific chapter leaders. Much of the credit for this year's large pledge class belongs to junior Jon Tabacjar. Jon was this year's rush chairman, and it was his continuous pledges coming from as nearby as Eighty-Four, PA, and as far away as Rochester, NY. This year's pledge class also in cludes a number of student athletes who participate in baseball and foot ball, as well as a variety of majors including biology, chemistry, business Ryan Finneran Mitch Groszkiewicz Jon Kralic Bob Milhous Jaron Minford Scott Molitor effort that made this year's pledge Bob Nalli Dan Norton Paul Roman class such a huge success. The future looks bright for the Alpha Chapter! Doug Sebelia S. Grant Irwin '00 New pledges of Alpha Chapter Update on an Outstanding Alpha Graduate Louis L. Marines '63 is president tor of the STAR strategic alliance of American Institute of Architects in of the Advanced Management Insti tute for Architecture and Engineering, 14 design, engineering and environ mental practices. Brother Marines is the San Francisco institution which US director for a/e Select, a program sponsored by several Lloyd's of London syndicates to enhance the per formance oflarge design practices. He had previously been chief executive Washington, DC,from 1984-89. While in Philadelphia from 197377, Lou was an instructor in manage ment and marketing at the Drexel University School of Architecture. provides executive education in lead ership and management for the design professions through public programs and custom in-firm education. He also created and serves as direc officer and served on the board of the He has conducted numerous professional programs, given many (Continued on page 2) \r\nPage 2 Spring 1998 THE WIJI FIJI Plans in the Worksfor FijiIsland '98 Jefferson. Saturday evening is high lighted by a live band. This year's scheduled performer will be the band New Rules. New Rules is a reggae band that performs covers from such artists as Bob Marley and UB40. Fiji Island is the highlight of the school year for most of the brothers. For many of us, the anticipation be gins building on the very first day of school. For the seniors, though, this The Fiji seniors are: their dates. Saturday begins with a will be their final Island as students. cookout at the house. The cookout is The juniors and sophomores of Phi attended by graduate brothers, family, staffand faculty from Washington and Gamma Delta would like to wish the Charles Spadafora This year's Island promises to be a day they will never forget! graduating seniors the best of luck. S. Grant Irwin '00 Once again. Island time is fast ap proaching. Coming up at the end of April, the brothers of Phi Gamma Delta will hold their annual Fiji Island. This year's Island dates are Friday and Saturday, April 24-25. The brothers and pledges have been vigor ously working over the past few weeks to make this an incredible Island. The festivities begin on Friday with our annual formal for the brothers and David DiBemardo Shawn Fisher Steve Heverly Bryon Hobbs Chris Jones Dale Kirkpatrick Sean McCandless Jason Rossi Lee Scundi Eric Shawley 150th Ekklesia Coming to Alpha The 150th Ekklesia,to be held this year in Pittsburgh,PA, in late August, will include bus tours to both the Log Cabin in Cannonsburg, PA, and the Alpha Chapter at Washington and Jefferson College in Washington, PA. Our chapter is proud to be a part ofthis momentous event, and we are eagerly preparing to host Phi Gams from all over the United States and Canada. We are currently in the process of repairing and renovat ing the chapter house, with many improvements to be com pleted during the early summer of '98. We intend to have brothers from our chapter on hand to greet the visiting Phi Gams and welcome them to the birthplace of our great fraternity. If you get the opportunity, please try to make the trip a part of your celebration of the 150th Ekklesia. We love to Having a great time at Island '97 are (1-r) Brothers Jon Tabacjar and Chris Hazlem and their dates. OUTSTANDING GRADUATE (Continuedfrom page 1) lectures and written on design and engineering practice issues. His writings currently appear in New Man agement Techniquesfor Architectural and Engineering Practice, Marketing Professional Services and Principal's Report. Active in a number of professional associations. Brother Marines is a founding director and vice president of the Professional Services Manage ment Association. He also serves on the advisory boards of the College of see our graduates! Vice President/Treasurer Jason M. Keleclc Environmental Design at Califomia Polytechnic University, the Architec San Francisco chapter of the Ameri of San Francisco and American Con can Institute of Architects and served on the National Practice Management Committee of the AIA. He received sulting Engineer magazine. the honorary designation of the tural Department of the City College He is co-founder of the San Francisco Institute of Architecture, American Institute of Architects, its highest award for non-architect a graduate program for working service to the profession. professionals. He is a consulting team member for the Center for Citizen Initiatives, pro viding pro bono management services is an executive. He has two children, for entrepreneurial businesses in cooking in his leisure time and can be Volgograd, Russia. He is a professional associate ofthe found at 360 Corte Madera Ave., Corte Madera, CA 94925. Lou's wife, Linda (Pacific Union), Fernando, 21, and Sylvan, 18. Brother Marines enjoys yoga and \r\nSpring 1998 THE WIH FIH Page 3 Alpha Chapter Graduate News Gary R. Bedford '79 writes, "I am just starting my newjob as a consultant with Grant Thorton LLP, the seventh largest and his wife,Ann(Penn State 0