m SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY KOUTE - ^.KISON ■ ^(VMNSON BOSS -ST ""VUlFA^ - SMITH SIGMA NU CHAPTER OF PHI GAMMA DELTA SYRACUSE, NEW YORK OCTOBER 1987 Charlie Matthews presented copies of the portrait to Charles Lee and Rollin Harrison. A cookout for brothers, alumni, parents and guests followed the ceremony. PIG DINNER A BIG SUCCESS Above, Charles A. Gray, Richard J. Calagiovanni, Charles A. Lee Jr., Charles C. Matthews and Rollin K. Harrison pay tribute to Brother Louis P. Andreas, '21. The 86th Annual Norris Pig Dinner was held at The Hotels at MEMORIAL FOR ANDREAS Immediately following the SU/ Colgate football game on Satur day, October 24th (Parents' Weekend),in a brief ceremony, Rollin K. Harrison,'25, presented to Signaa Nu Chapter a memorial gift of a basketball backboard and basket, in honor and in memory of Brother Louis P. Andreas,'21. Charles A. Lee,Jr.,'27, gave a tribute to Andreas. Brother An dreas was a loyal, dedicated Fiji and never missed a Norris Pig Dinner- Hyerved as head basket ball coach from 1924-25(hroueh ,949-50. During that period he Syracuse Square on April 5th. Preceding the dinner,formal dedication of the new chapter posted an outstanding 355/134 win/loss record! He coached the house at 300 Euclid Avenue was athletic director and was respon sible for bringing the great SU football coach Floyd "Ben" held, using "an open ritual" ceremony, with graduates and undergraduates participating. Following the dinner, presenta tion awards and silver and gold owls, the featured speaker was Schartzwalder to SU. Rollin William D. "Bill" Thome,'62, first national championship team, 1925-26. Later, he served as Harrison presented a memorial plaque to Charles C. Matthews, '88, chapter president, to be hung in the chapter house. The portrait on the plaque is a copy of the painting of Lou Andreas, which hangs in the Orange Pack Room in the Dome. who is director of international advertising and marketing for Reader's Digest. Bill gave an inspiring talk about his fraternity life and what Phi Gamma Delta means to him. The 1988 Pig Dinner date has not yet been set, but will probably be (continued on next page) \r\nin April. Watch for your next ORANGE HJI for details. LOYAL FIJI HONORED Dick "The Destroyer" Beyer,'53, SU football player and wrestler, was honored recently and re ceived an SU Letter of Distinction at a banquet in Manley Field House. Beyer co-captained (with Joe Szombathy) the first SU bowl team, back in 1952. Following graduation, he groaned and grunted his way through 7,000 matches, most of them in Japan. According to Syracuse Herald- Joumal sports writer Bob Snyder, good old Dick Beyer, a 210-pound guard on the SU football team, dent of Sigma Nu Chapter while an undergraduate at Syracuse University. He earned his bachelor's degree in industrial design in 1984. In his position as director of programs, Mark is responsible for planning the Fiji Academy and Ekklesia, develop ing boards of chapter advisors, raising undergraduate alcohol- MEETING NOTICE Thomas Rennie,'65, has called a meeting of brothers interested in helping Sigma Nu Chapter on Sunday, November 15th at the chapter house. Mark Could, di rector of programs, will be pres ent to talk about how graduate brothers can help their chapters. abuse awareness and coordinat ing the fraternity's awards pro grams. The brothers of Sigma Nu Chap ter congratulate Mark on his new position and look forward to his return visit to Syracuse, which he promised would be soon.(Home coming or Pig Dinner, Mark?) SIGMA NU FIJIS LIVE IN 40 STATES Someone asked the other day where Sigma Nu Fijis live. So, here are the statistics as of Sep tember 30th. We have 1,001 living members. There are 76 "missing" because we do not have their SHIPLEY ELECTED ARCHON TREASURER current addresses (of course, some of these could be deceased). The remaining 914 live in 40 nose all over the carpet of the Phi Michael O. Shipley,'58, was states; 3 in the District of Colum bia; 2 have APO NYC addresses; 2 in Canada; 1 in Germany;2 in Great Britain; and 1 in Switzer Gamma Delta chapter house. elected Archon treasurer. He is land. New York state has the largest number (357) living in the school physical education, and he well qualified for the position, from the experience he has had with the fraternity. He served Sigma Nu Chapter as treasurer during his undergraduate years and,following graduation, he became the 33rd field secretary. He is assistant football coach and then served as assistant to Execu which we do not have a current head swimming coach at Akron Central High near Buffalo. tive Secretary Scoop Wilkinson mailing address.) was introduced to wrestling when fraternity brother Howie Tice,'51, a 155-pound wrestler, rubbed his Dick says it all started there! Since "retiring" from active wresthng, although he returned to Japan last summer for a series of bouts, Dick teaches elementary In recent years, Dick and his lovely wife have been back to our At the 138th Ekklesia in 1986, and to Bill Zerman. He was on the site-selection committee when the national headquarters moved from Washington, D.C. expect he will be back for Home coming Weekend. the names of the brothers for AL 1 Ml 1 AK 2 NH 9 AZ 8 NJ 2 NM 1 Mike was chief of section IV for CA 47 NY 357 three years and served as ritualist CO 8 NC 10 for four years. He then served another term of three years as chief CT 62 OH 23 PL 46 OK 2 3 66 of section IV. GOULD JOINS In between,and during his work with the fraternity, he was person HEADQUARTERS nel director of Merchants National Bank of Syracuse in the early STAFF sixties. Later, he moved to Canan- Marshall P."Mark" Gould,'84, is daigua. New York, where he lives with his wife and family. Mike is the new director of programs. Mark served as a field secretary from 1984 to 1986, and as presi Here is a breakdown,by state, for your information: (In the next issue, we will publish AR house for various events and attended the Norris Pig Dinners of the last few years. The brothers are proud of this loyal Fiji, and state (or 36%). now in the insurance business. 79 15 OR HI 2 PA IL 19 RI 8 IN 2 SC 6 CA KS 1 TN 1 LA 3 TX 11 ME 9 UT 1 MD 19 VT 9 MA 52 VA 15 MI 5 WA 1 MN 1 WV 1 MO 4 WI 2 \r\nDIRECTORY SURVEY ANDREW H. Recently, you received a request for your current address, phone On June 27th, Andy Mercer died at the age of 89. Andy retired after 45 years with Paragon Supply, where he served as secretary- number, etc., for the FIJI DIREC TORY, which will be printed soon. If you have not returned it, please do so. The enclosed re quest for NEWS ABOUT YOU should be completed and re turned in the envelope provided. MERCER,JR. treasurer. He moved to Sun City, where he lived for twenty years, returning to Syracuse about five years ago. Even if you have no news, please Brothers of the early sixties will give us your telephone number. We are trying to obtain all tele phone numbers for use when we remember Andy for his help on the House Corporation. He donated shrubbery and all the have events and want to give you materials used to construct the a call. patio at the former chapter house at 732 Comstock Avenue. NEW CHAPTER ROOM DEDICATED On Sunday,September 27th, the new chapter room was formally Andy was a member of Park Central Presbyterian Church, Central City Masonic Lodge and the Syracuse Lions Club. This true and faithful Fiji will be Corporation pays the postage and the chapter pays the production and printing costs.) Dues received during the past year amounted to $3,095. Qur dues for the new school year are requested at this time and may be enclosed in the envelope pro vided. If you aren't able to donate every year, consider every other year. If you are able, give $50 or $100. We can sure use the help. The list of the 120 who contrib uted to the 1986-87 school year is printed below; Charles A. Adams,'45 Russell E. Anderson,'35 Robert G. AveriU,'44 John A. Bachers,'63 Robert N. Baker,'33 Richard D. Banford,'39 James Barker,'59 Wilham T. Barr,'42 Charles P. Battista,'54 Alan K. Baum,'44 missed by aU who knew him. Frank E. Benjamin,'31 Benjamin G. Berry, Jr.,'62 Richard J. Beyer,'53 GRADUATE SUPPORT NEEDED John L. Bidle,'44 A Sigma Nu graduate wrote recently to inquire about the Douglas P. Cagwin,'41 Richard J. Calagiovanni,'70 the summer using paneling request for dues. It is true that for Richard J. Cardone,'66 brought from 732 Comstock a number of years, a payment of Avenue. The lighting is copied from international headquarters. $40.00 was included at the time of consecrated according to the proper ritual. Assisting the chap ter officers were Archon Treas urer Michael O.Shipley (Syr.'58), House Corporation Treasurer Charles A. Gray (Syr.'63), and Section Chief Steve J. Waymire (Wabash,'60). The room was constructed over The brothers express their thanks and appreciation to all respon sible for this fine addition to the "Lodge." initiation for "life time" dues in the Association of Phi Gamma Delta. For about the last ten years, graduate brothers have been asked to donate $25.00 per year (or $10.00, if out of school less than 5 years, or if retired.) WANT TO CONTACT A BROTHER? If you have a brother you want to contact, drop us a line in the enclosed envelope and we will try to get you in touch with each other. We can also supply you with a printout of your class. Just drop us a line. I can remember 20 years ago, postage stamps were only 5