The Xi Deuteron Potpourri The Xi Deuteron Chapter of The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta Case Western Reserve University ♦ Cleveland, Ohio Spring 1998 Happy 150^^, Phi Gamma Delta! One hundred twenty-eight brothers and Fiji sweethearts celebrated the 150^^ recognition of over 40 years of service to Xi birthday of Phi Gamma Delta at Xi Deuteron's 94^^ Annual Norris Pig Dinner. Thekeynote speaker for the evening was This year's feast was held at the University Club; and, by tradition, was co-sponsored by the Cleveland (Eta) Graduate Chapter. After the preliminary refreshments and hors d'oeuvres. Eta President Brian Franck '61 (Miami) led the chorus of "Bringing in the Pig" as the guest of honor was escorted into the room by Xi Deuteron's most recent pledges. The pig was greeted first by Art Portz '38 (Wittenberg), who fondly recalls being adopted by the then-Western Reserve Deuteron and Phi Gamma Delta. Chris Winkle '85, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Integrated Health Services, Inc., a $4 billion health firm in Owings Mills, Maryland. In a speech that was well received by all, Chris recalled many of his life experiences and his unplanned startin the healthcare industry which came at graduation time when Mike Jones '86 asked if Chris wanted to interview with Mike's aunt for a position at Health Hill Hospital in Cleveland. And, after all these years. Winks is still a video game Xi Deuteron brothers when he transferred to Case Institute of Technology midway junkie! through college. The opposite end of the pig was appropriately saluted by Nick Tom '01. The Exile's Toast was presented by Scott Feskanich '98. Following the singing traditional circle with Ken Kovach '67 The anniversary evening ended in the leading a chorus of "When College Songs and Lays." Graduate brothers in attendance, as best of the Doxology, the brothers and guests we can figure, were Art Portz '38 sat down to the feast. (Wittenberg), Bill Carter '50 (Purdue), Bill Following dinner, the events surrounding the founding of Phi Gamma Delta in 1848 were recounted by Chapter Historian Aaron Wirscham '99. Chapter President Curtis Kadohama '99 brought news of the current state of Xi Deuteron. Symposiareh Hob Nicbaiim '69, Chief of Keid *51 (Lehigh), BruceJackson '52, George Qua '52 (Michigan), Jim Griffith '54, Jack McKinnie *54 (Ohio Wesleyan), John Davis '58, Brian Franck '61 (Miami), Rick Zeuch *63 (Miami), Tom Fames '65 (Michigan), Ken Kovach '67, Ted Goble '68 (Miami), Bob Nicbaum '69, John Saganich Section XIII, presented the Archons' '79, Slan Allizer '80, Mark Ashba '80, Dave Certificate of Appreciation to Jim Griffith Dodds '80, Don Kent '81, Marc Merklin '54, Chairman and Past President of the Xi Deuteron Buildmg Association, in '81, Tom Kovacic '82, Paul Qua '82 (See Happy 150"', pa^c 6) \r\nPage 2 Spring 1998 The Xi Deuteron Potpourri Chapter President's Report As the summer weather comes around, the Xi Deuteron Phi Gams have once again completed another successful semester. We celebrated the 150th year of Phi Gamma Xi Deuteron Directory ❖ Xi Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta 11317 Bellflower Road Delta with our full house of 44 actives and 8 Cleveland, OH 44106-3920 pledges. We started off 1998 with a chapter retreat 216-754-FlJl (3454) fiji@po.cwru.edu out at Squire Vallevue Farm. It was a chance for all of brothers and our Board of Chapter Officers Chapter Advisors to get together and share Curtis Kadohama '99, President our thoughts and opinions. Dave Willmer, Director of Programs at IHQ, was a guest speaker. He brought many new ideas and got the purple blood flowing in all of us. He filled us all with energy and spirit to Matt Wallin '99, Treasurer Harris Strokoff '00, Recording Secretary Andy Horrigan '99, Corresponding Secretary Aaron Wirscham '99, Historian Andy Jaworski '94, Purple Legionnaire attack the semester and to strive to reach all of our goals. We looked back on the past semester and decided we wanted to Board of Chapter Advisors Clay Barnard '69 (Miami), Chairman improve in a few areas. The first goal was to get 100% of the brothers involved in chapter operations and campus Mark Adams '94 involvement as well. We also felt that Bob Niebaum '69 scholarship was an area that deserved constant attention and could always be improved. Finally, since rush was coming Chris Baker '94 Brian Caron '91 Tim Powell '89 Paul Qua '82 (DePauw) Andy Jaworski '94, ex-officio up, we all resolved to give our full attention and energy in order to further expand our brotherhood and find a class of worthy The Xi Deuteron Building Association Companv Jim Griffith '54, Chairman individuals. As far as rush goes, the Spring 1998 rush will be looked upon as one of the most successful in recent history. Thanks to the incredible work of rush chairs Martin Woyc2ynski '98 and Jamie Addessi '98 and all of the brothers, we were able to pledge eight outstanding men who will make a great addition to the house. This is twice Mike Magness '70, President Bob Niebaum '69, Treasurer Pat Carney '80 Jim Merklin '85 Andy Jaworski '94, ex-officio Clay Barnard '69 (Miami), ex-officio Curtis Kadohama '99, ex-officio Matt Wallin '99, ex-officio {See President's Report, page 4) The Xi Deuteron Potpourri is published for the graduates and friends of The Xi Deuteron Chapter of The Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta at Case Western Reserve University. Address changes, news items and photographs are always welcome and may be sent in the enclosed envelope or to Graduate Records Office, Xi Deuteron Chapterof Phi Gamma Delta, P.O. Box 5846, Cleveland, Ohio 44101-0846. \r\nspring 1998 The Xi Deuteron Potpourri Wally Haggard '00 Receives CWRU Phi Gamma Delta Scholarship Wally Haggard '00 has been named the 1997-98 recipientof the CWRU Phi Gamma Delta Scholarship. A sophomore political science major from Strongsville, Ohio, Wally has attained a CPA of 3.22 He is also interested in history and English and plans Page 3 Giving Something Back This year over $4,300 in scholarships were awarded to Xi Deuteron undergraduate brothers through the generosity of our graduate members. Our Chapter House Endowment Fund also continues to grow. Brothers may establish named scholarship funds or contribute to Xi Deuteron's Chapter Scholarship Fund and/or Chapter House Endowment Fund at The Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation, Post Office Box 4599, year's award was $1680. The amount of the award has grown each year thanks to the continuing generosity of graduate brothers who have earmarked Lexington, Kentucky 40544-4599, (606) 2551848. Brothers may also aid the Chapter by contributing to the CWRU-Phi Gamma Delta Scholarship Fund through the CWRU Gift Processing Office, 10900 Euclid some of their CWRU contributions to the Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44106-7035. CWRU-PGD Fund. As of January 1998 the Fund's market value had grown to $41,928. The total raised to date (March 31,1998) is $92,764; consisting of $31,764 in cash and securities received, $2,600 in outstanding pledges and $58,400 in planned gifts Contributions to both the Foundation and to attend law school. The amount of this received. the University are tax-deductible and may also be matched by employers. Both the Foundation and the University offer special assistance for those interested in deferred gifts or other special plans. Significant tax advantages may be available for gifts of appreciated securities, charitable remainder trusts and the like. Josh Yog '99 Named Your gift today will live on indefinitely through benefits to our future brothers. Crawford Scholar Josh Yoo '99 has been named a 1997-98 recipient of the Albert H. and Doris F. Brothers Pass Ad Astra Robert Crawford '33, East Liverpool, Crawford Scholarships for most improved grades. Josh achieved the highest Ohio. improvement for the fall 1997 semester Alabama. while achieving a 3.8average for the term. He is a management major from Girard, Ohio, and will be entering his senior year. The Crawford Awards are presented by Walter "Ted" Lowles '33, Fairhope, Richard Lee Fohl '48, March 8,1998, at Cleveland, Ohio. He is survived by his daughter Bethany, sister Wanda Scott, nieces Lisa Scott and Kristin Cirocco, The Phi Gamma Delta Educational nephew David Scott and a cousin Helen Foundation and were made possible through the generosity of the late Albert H. Harter. He was a member of the Western "Buzz" Crawford '24 and his wife Doris asked that he be remembered through who survives him. Reserve Historical Society. His family donations to the CWRU-Phi Gamma Delta Scholarship Fund. \r\nPage 4 The Xi Deuteron Potpourri Chapter President's Report (continuedfront page 2) the number of an averagespring class! Valentine's Day came quickly, and with it came our annual Spring Formal at the downtown Sheraton. A great time was had by all, and it was a chance for everyone to take a break from the stress and craziness Spring 1998 Hugh Marshall, director of varsity athletics equipment and training; and Doctor Wojbor Woyczynski, statistics and mathematics professor. Both of these men have been very special to our house for a long time, and we decided to make them a permanent part of us, proving once again that Phi Gamma Delta is not for college days alone. As some of you may know. Professor Woyczynski's son Martin is also a of classes and enjoy a fine evening of dinner and dancing. Xi Deuteron brother and was the previous This semester we also held two events, one new and one not so new, which we chapter president. It could be the first case of a legacy where the son was initiated hope to make annual events. First of all, the Phi Gams sponsored the first annual before the father. The chapter house on Bellflower has "Cue It Up" pool tournament at Wade benefited from many improvements lately, Commons to benefit the American Heart thanks to Brother Bob Niebaum '69 and the Association. The tournament, which involved both singles and doubles competitions, was a success and attracted many players from across the campus who showed up in the hopes of displaying their skills. Thanks to our philanthropy chairs Ajay Wagh '01 and Jai Macker *00 for their hard work in making this event happen. We hope to build on this and make it an annual Fiji sponsored social-service event. House Corporation, such as a completely redone parking lot, a replacement of our outpost roof, new trophy room furniture, and so on. Please stop by if you're in the area to see what we've been working on. Greek Week was also an exciting time for all. The Phi Gam rope pull team managed a hard-fought third place finish, with the entire house cheering them on. We also placed in several other events and finished We also restarted the tradition of our 6th overall. Graduate-Faculty dinner. This was something that we had forgotten about in the past few years, and we felt that it would be a great way for us to thank and recognize our faculty and also to keep in With the 150th Founder's Day came the wedding of our Purple Legionnaire, Andy Jaworski '94. Congratulations, Jake! The following week brought Pig Dinner, which hopefully many of you were able to attend went very well, due to the work of Ken and enjoy. Chris Winkle *85 was the keynote speaker and filled us with many Watson '99, Graduate Relations chair, as words of wisdom. The dinner also was evidenced by the remarks of our guests in attendance. Many of the faculty coincided with our annual Island party, which was a great success and was a way commented on their fond memories of this for all of us to relax after a semester of hard work and studies. touch with some area alumni. This event event in the past, and the Illustrious Hospitality shown to them by past and present PhiGams. Hopefully, we will In closing, graduation weekend brings the celebration of our brothers who have continue this event once again, and perhaps some of you may have the chance to stop by for this diimerin the future. finished their undergraduate college careers. Congratulations to Scott Feskanich, Jamie Addessi, Erik Gerdes, On thesubject ofgraduates, we recently Dan Classen, Todd Hirschtritt, Todd Olsen, Eric Smith, and Dan Matheson. initiated two members of our faculty as graduate members ofPhi Gamma Delta. Curtis Kadohama '99 \r\nSpring 1998 The Xi Deuteron Potpourri News of the Brethren Horace "Dan" Danforth '40, a real estate broker and appraiser, is President of Danforth Realty in Tampa, Florida. He recalls that his favorites memories are his brothers in Phi Gamma Delta. Herbert "Putt" Putnam '44 is retired Executive Vice President of Advisory Services, Inc. in Cleveland, Ohio. He resides in Shaker Heights. Paul Visscher '45 is a pediatrician with the U.S. Army at Fort Gordon, Georgia. He reports that after many years of private practice in Bozeman, Montana he accepted an offer to head the Exceptional Family Member Service of the Army Hospital in Heidelberg, Germany, working with Army dependents who had developmental problems and/or difficulty in school. From there he transferred to a similar program at Fort Gordon. They had a most interesting time in Germany and now enjoy living in the deep South. Paul plans to retire in a year or two, and they are much engaged in trying to decide where. They have eight children thanks to a second marriage. The last is still in college. Dan Hauserman '46 now resides in Rancho Mirage, California. Bill Benagh '49 reports that he has been retired now for eight years. He's travelling. Pages Bob Reed '50 reminds us that his father and son (with whom he practices dentistry) were Fijis at Pitt. Bob notes that he and Ted Castele '51 missed a lot of classmates at their 50 year party last year at the Fiji House on BeUflower. It was great seeing the brothers that were there and talking about the "good old days" on Cornell Road. Bob's daughter graduated from CWRU School of Dentistry some years ago and is now at the School of Dentistry at the University of South Carolina. John "Guth" Guthleben '63 recalls many all-nite cram sessions necessitated by previous all-nite pool games with Doug Wilson '64, Dominic Algertone '61 and others. Guth has a dominant memory of a sense of "family," one that recurs with fond memories almost anytime he's on any college campus. He is currently enjoying retirement as of February. Paul Weiss '66 is the owner of Florexpress, a wholesale florist in Warren, Michigan. He sends greetings to his former roommate Doug Wilson '64. Paul saw brothers Bruce Martin '66 and C. Ken Perry '67 during fall 1997. Ed Holzapfel '68 is Vice President for Administrative Services at Washington State Community College. He lives in Marietta, Ohio. Jim "Mushroom" Gavacs '73 is an In 1997 it was Istanbul, Turkey (fabulous), anesthesiologist assistant at University Hospitals in Cleveland. He resides in the Greek Islands and Athens. Bill is Aurora, Ohio. playing indoor tennis twice a week during the fall, winter"and spring. Golf is weather permitting. It's a tough life, but he consulting engineer with Woodward-Clyde Consultants, a geocivil/environmental firm recommends it. His wife Billie and he are in Solon, Ohio. Tom lives in Chesterland, in good health, and that's a lot to be Ohio. thankful for. Bill liked the format of the Tom Kovacic '82, a civil engineer, is a Fall 1997 Potpourri, the history of the house William "Billybob" Mooney '82 is a computer engineer with Applied and the fact that Xi Deuteron won the Communications, Inc. in Austin, Texas. President's Cup. He admonishes the brothers to keep up the good work! His home is in Pflugerville, Texas. Paul "Stinky" Cordts '89 is senior project engineer at Plastech Engineering Products, (See News of the Brethren, page 6) Kenneth "Ted" Wood '49 is retired and living in Northfield, Illinois. \r\nPage 6 The Xi Deuteron Potpourri News of the Brethren (continuedfrom page 5) Inc., an automotive supplier in Dearborn, Michigan. He reports that Joe Miller '92 is in the Detroit area working for Plastics & Spring 1998 application process for one year, which he will spend in the Chicago area. Dan Matheson '98, an economics major, has accepted a position with the Greater Cleveland Growth Association. from any other brothers m the area or who travel to the area on business. He recently purchased a new home in Farmington Todd Olsen '98, who received a degree in physics, has moved to Maryland and plans to apply to graduate school, possibly in the area of computer science. Eric Smith '98 has taken a position at Hills. GKN Sinter Metals in Van Wert,, Ohio. Rubber News. Paul would like to hear Rob Henderson '91, a chemical engineer, is technical advisor at UOP, a refinery commissionmg firm. He is still traveling around the world but will settle in downtown Chicago this summer. Rob says, "keep those Potpourri's coming!" Sean Martindale '95 reports that in December 1997 he took and passed the CCRN exam given by the American Association of Critical Care Nurses Certification Corporation. The new credential is a goal that he is proud to have achieved. CCRN status is given for three years, and he is certified in adult critical care nursing. Sean is currently working for Cross-Country Healthcare, a temporary nurse staffing agency. He has been assigned to Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina since September 1997. His plans include a summer 1998 vacation to Europe. Jamie Addessi '98, a computer engineer, has accepted an offer from AMS and is relocating to the Washington, D.C. area. Scott Feskanich '98 graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering. Erik Gerdes '98 was accepted into CWRU Medical School and will begin there in the fall. Dan Glasson '98 received a degree in Perge! Happy 150*^ (continuedfrom page 1) (DePauw), Jim Merklin '85, Rob Clary '87 (Akron), Tim South '87, Craig Wedge '87, Lee Morgan '88, Scott Vandame '88, Fred Goodwin '89, Jon Schindler '89, Matt von Duhn '89, Jim Heuer '90, Dan Turner '91, Paul Doman '92, Lincoln Gisel '92, Vern Harley '92, Bob Kelley '92, Joe Miller '92, John Stefancik '92, Vince Crimaldi '93, Brandon Patterson '93, Mark Adams '94, Chris Baker '94, Doug Nordstrom '94, Mike Pati '94, Mike Rosenberg '94, Shaji Arumpanayil '95, Sean Martindale '95, Bob Morgan '95, James Schmidt '95, Mike Wiggins '96, Jason Prigozen '97 and the newly initiated Hugh Marshall. Fall 1997 Pledge Class Gray Frain Cockeysvlllc, MD Jordan Bedford Strongsville, OH Dave Bulkin New York City Kevin Lustig Bellbrook, OH Adarsh Mantravadi Ft.Wayne, IN Anokh Pahwa Austin, TX Loveland, OFI Bryan Shova New York City San Francisco, CA Economics and will be entering the Peace Albert Tien Corps, volunteering in Poland. Nick Tom Todd Hirschtritt '98 is planning to go to medical school, but will postpone the Kevin Von Handorf Bellbrook, OH Ajay Wagh Germantown, TN RECFB/pn SEP t 1 FflATERNlTYOlF V . „ INTERNATIONAC HEAOQUARTaAS