Rose Fiji Fall 2004 A publication of the Rho Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology On As Graduate Brothers Beta Cup achievement, high GPA just a few high points A nother year has past, and another class of men of Phi Gamma Delta has passed through its undergraduate affiliation and into the world. We congratulate these men for all that they have accomplished in the past four years and for their love and devotion, while pursuing FIJI’s interests. Congratulations to the 2004 pledge class! We may have another class that is leaving our midst, but we will always have the stories that they have left us with – there was no drought of those this year. Way back in December, the pledge retreat took place at Paintball Valley, with paintball, football and euchre as some of the highlights for the weekend. The months of January and February were spent focusing our pledge class on what it means to be a brother in Phi Gamma Delta. Part of this endeavor was spent in Indianapolis at Indiana State Day. Once again our Rho Phi Chapter was given the high honor of being named the top chapter in Indiana, and the freshmen were able to see the Beta Cup returned to 1121 South Sixth Street. Please feel free to contact any of our Brothers, we would be happy to say more. Again, to our recently graduated Brothers, congratulations, and to all of our Graduate Brothers, old and new, come back and visit us so we can hear your stories. Sincerely, Joshua Zabek ‘05 Rho Phi President It has become well known that we, as a chapter, are working on improving our graduate and parent relations. In an effort to advance the latter of these two, the annual parent’s dinner was held in mid-March. It was an extremely successful evening, with dinner on campus, and coffee and cheesecake at the house. There were almost 120 in attendance, making it one of the most successful parent’s day events ever. Also in mid-March, our fall pledge class was initiated. We congratulate them and all that they have accomplished. Shortly after officer elections were held and a new page was turned in our history. The new cabinet, composing of three sophomores, one junior and one senior, spent a Saturday in April on campus training for their positions, put on by Joe Weist and Tim Harlan. This retreat has proven to be very useful and will aid us in pushing forward into the bright future of the Rho Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. There are so many events to cover and so many stories to tell, that I could never fit them all in this short update. (Top) Bob Harker ’43 (Iowa State), Frank Guthrie ’50 (Hanover), Bill Miller ’62 (Indiana) and Don Mighell ‘56 (Texas) at Pig Dinner after their induction into the Rho Phi Hall of Fame (Bottom) Dr. Daniel J. Phelps ‘69, Dr. Bruce P. Williams ‘70, Stephen R. Whitesell ‘70 and James M. Lowes ‘70 at their induction Hall of Fame. For more info on the Hall of Fame induction, please see the back page. \r\nDear Brothers, I hope this newsletter finds you happy and healthy. This is the second newsletter from Fraternity Management Group based in Tucson, Arizona. As you may recall, this group was contracted by the Rho Phi House Corporation to establish more consistent and a better formatted graduate relations program. One area that FMG has helped the chapter with is the establishment of a Rho Phi Hall of Fame. This honor was established last March at the annual Pig Dinner. For those of you inducted into the Hall of Fame, congratulations. Thank you for your efforts in starting the Rho Phi chapter and your continued support throughout the history of Rho Phi. I would like to thank the chapter for putting together one of the best Pig Dinner celebrations ever. For those that attended, I am sure you will all agree with me that Brother Harker’s acceptance speech was worth the price of admission. For those that weren’t able to make it to this year’s dinner, you truly missed a great evening. By now, you should have all received a donation letter from the House Corporation. We have created an annual campaign to help fund many of our activities. Our goal is to create a program of giving back to the fraternity in order to help fund our graduate relations and educational programs. If you haven’t already, please consider donating to Rho Phi. Finally, I would like to thank all of the members of the House Corporation. Without your involvement on the board or in the committees, we would not be able to have the best fraternity at Rose. I am honored to be a part of such a great group of guys. Fraternally, Todd Hubbell ‘96 Rho Phi House Corporation President Perge! Rose FIJI Please direct all news for the Rose FIJI to: Paul Clapp, Fraternity Management Group, 744 N. Stone Ave., Tucson, AZ 85705 or paul@fmgtucson.com All content and pictures are sole property of the Rho Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. For questions on the production of the newsletter or for reprints, please contact Brother Joe Weist ‘87 at 812-877-2045 or jweist@ma.rr.com House Corporation Officers President Todd Hubbell ‘96 1896 W. Central Park Blvd. Greenwood, IN 46143 Treasurer Joe Weist ‘87 649 Franklin Court, Apt. M Terre Haute, IN 47803 Secretary Chip Bradway ‘97 7702 HIdden Ridge FIshers, IN 46038-2277 Homecoming October 9 Mark your calendar now for RoseHolman’s homecoming, scheduled for the weekend of October 7-9, 2004. This year’s opponent is Rhodes College. Kickoff is 2:00 pm at the Phi Brown Field. Come out to watch numerous brothers on the field engineer a win for old Rose-Poly. As usual, there will be activities all weekend for you and your family. At this point there will be a kickoff event Friday evening either at the chapter house or a local hotel (details pending). On Saturday we will have the traditional tent with food. Saturday evening, some of the reunion classes are planning to have dinner and everyone will be invited back to the chapter house that evening. The Rho Phi House Corporation will be conducting its annual meeting on Sunday morning. We will be sending out a separate invitation in the next couple weeks with an exact schedule. You can also check the schedule online at www.rosefiji.com. You can RSVP at www.rhophifiji.org under the Events section. Make sure that you book your hotel room as this is the same weekend as Covered Bridge Festival and rooms will be hard to find. House Corporation Directors Rob Bunch ‘75 Mark Ress ‘76 Ryan Walke ‘95 Aaron Weishaar ‘97 Andy Horton ‘97 Steve Fain ‘03 Paul Benjamin ‘06 Andrew Lopshire ‘07 \r\nRHOphifiji.org Rosefiji.com rosefiji.smugmug.com Over 3,000 pictures now online! Brothers are invited to browse images, from the early days of the colony in 1969 to the current chapter, online at RoseFiji.smugmug.com. Many of the early images have been digitized from old negatives, slides and photographs out of scrapbooks. There are also numerous images of the campus if you have not been back for a while. You have the option to view and download photos as well as add comments and captions. We will continue to scan and upload about 5,000 more images from 1969-1979 to the site. If you have images from the 1980s and 90s, please scan them at 300 dpi and email them to jweist1848@yahoo.com. While you are online, do not forget to visit the graduate website at www.rhophifiji.org and the chapter’s site at www. rosefiji.com. There is an online directory where you can look up contact information on any member of the chapter. The user name is PERGE (all capital letters) and the password is perge (all small letters). Under the events section you can RSVP to upcoming events and see who will be attending. If you have suggestions for the site, please let us know. ALUMNI UPDATES Chris Alan Sloffer ’89 continues his residency in neurosurgery at the University of Illinois College of Medicine in Peoria. Doug Collier ’90 has become a partner in the intellectual property law firm of Woodard, Emhardt, Moriarty, McNett and Henry, LLP in Indianapolis, Ind. Damon Crouch ‘92 is employed with GE Consumer Products in Information Technology. He resides in Louisville with wife Melissa and two daughters, Ashley and Lydia. Bill Meyers ‘92 is a patent attorney in Indianapolis, Indiana with the firm Bose McKinney & Evans LLP. Chris Crosby, P.E. ‘93 is working for Industrial Steel Construction as their chief engineer and lives in Schererville, Ind. Joe Patterson ‘00 is a mechanical engineer with Flanders Electric in Evansville, Ind. Phil Munzer ’00 is a Field Sales Engineer for Dwyer Instruments. He lives in Milwaukee. Jason Fox ’01 just married his long term girlfriend, Lauren Nicole Layne. They currently live in Northern California, where he works as a R&D laser engineer for Guidant Corporation. Travis Soyer ‘01 has recently begun his graduate work at the University of Notre Dame in pursuit of his MBA. Jason Lanie ‘02 married Alison Hutchens in June 2003. He is a Mechanical Design Engineer for Beckman Coulter in Indianapolis. Justin Jeter ‘03 has taken a job with Invensys Systems Inc. and is doing consultant work for Eli Lilly in Indianapolis. Adam Bauer ‘96 is working as a database administrator and software developer for the Indiana Heart Institute. He lives in Indianapolis. (left to right) Neil Harrison ‘05, Cory Wright ‘06, Adam Beccue ’06 and Paul Benjamin ‘06 hold the Beta Cup for most outstanding chapter in Indiana \r\nHall of Fame members inducted Pig Dinner 2004 a huge success The initial group of inductees was Bob Harker, Don Mighell, Bill Miller, Frank Guthrie and the Immortal 15 as a class. Invitations were sent to these brothers inviting them to attend the evening. The four graduate founders (Bob Harker, Don Mighell, Bill Miller, and Frank Guthrie) as well as four members of the Immortal 15 (Dr. Daniel J. Phelps ’69, Dr. Bruce P. Williams ’70, Stephen R. Whitesell ’70, and James M. Lowes ’70) attended a reception in their honor as well as the ceremony later that evening. The evening’s keynote speaker was Buddy Cotè (Maine ’81) archon secretary. Buddy is the owner of Masters of Design which produce fraternity insignia (including Phi Gamma Delta badges and rings) and sports rings (including Super Bowl rings). Brother Cotè shared his belief that one’s fraternity experience is directly proportionate to what one puts into the experience. The keynote was well received by the crowd. The Rho Phi chapter would like to thank those graduates who attended the evening. Furthermore we would like to congratulate those gradate who were inducted into the first class of the Rho Phi Hall of Fame. We recognize that these graduates were instrumental in the start up of our chapter. They set the tone for the chapter that has carried the chapter to excellence these last 35 years. To read the biographies of these graduates, please visit http://www.rhophifiji.org/alumni/honoredmen.shtml. Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity Rho Phi Chapter c/o Fraternity Management Group 744 North Stone Avenue Tucson, Arizona 85705 his year’s Pig Dinner, held on March 13, will be long remembered by all those in attendance. The evening started at 6:00 pm with the Hall of Fame Reception. The Hall of Fame was initiated this year by the Rho Phi Graduate Association to honor those graduates that have excelled in either career, church, civic or fraternity involvement. The inductees are chosen by a committee of graduates and undergraduates through nominations from all graduates. These nominees are contacted and interviewed for a biography that is published for the evening. Return service requested T