BOILERMAKER .,ru ^® L^UKUTalJi FIJI 1989 NORRIS PIG DINNER FIJI MOMS RAISE 0\T:R $5000 AT HOMECOMING AUCTION The Lambda Iota Chapter will celebrate the 87th Anniversary of the Norris Pig Dinner at its chapter house on February 25. The undergraduate brothers welcome Phi Gam graduates to 640 Rus sell St. after completing the second stage of a renovation project. In the past, Lambda Iota has been very fortunate to have prestigious guest speakers at the Pig Din ners. This year is no exception. Lambda Iota graduate brother, J. Timothy McGinley '62, will speak this year at the dinner. After graduating from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical Engineering, Brother Mc Ginley continued his education at Harvard G raduate School to receive his masters in Business Administration. He is currently president and sole owner of House Investments Incorporated. The Mary McCarty Club (Mother's Club) once again stole the show at this years homecoming. The Fiji Moms held their 2nd annual auction to raise money for the renovation of the chapter house. Under the leadership of Mickey Deets, the mothers put together an impressive array of auc tion items. Countless hours of hard work had ob viously gone into these unique auction items. According to Mrs. Deets over $5000 was raised from the auction. The mothers are planning to set up study booths in the basement with the money raised. This will be a convenient place for the brothers to use as a quiet study area. Plans are already underway to make next year's auction even better. The Chapter would like to thank the Mom's Club for all that they do for the Fraternity. The Undergraduate brothers are very enthusiastic for this year's Norris Pig Dinner, and strongly en courage graduate brothers to attend. (L to R) Bill Gettings, TerrySage, and Teny Heath at 1988 Pig Dinner Phi Gam supporters bid on items at the Mother's \r\nPage 2 Spring 1989 BOILERMAKER FIJI GRADUATE SPOTLIGHT; A NOTE FROM THE PRESIDENT JOE RUDOLPH RETIRES Dear Brothers, Brother R. Joseph Rudolph '48 has recently retired from his position as Executive Director of the Pur due Alumni Association. "Joe" has served in this position since the Purdue Alumni Association was reorganized in 1953. The alumni director serves as an important link between the alumni and the university. The Purdue Alumni Association is largely responsible for the image of Purdue, it's fund raising, it's health as an institution, and calming fans who may get upset when Boilermakers teams do not win. Joe's new position here at Purdue is as a special assistant to President Peering. He will handle spe cial projects and events and help with alumni rela tions. But he will not be easily replaced, says Dr. Robert Ferguson, current association president. "When people think of Purdue, they think of Joe and vise versa," he said. As I reflect back on my term I've seen a lot of ambitious projects and great change at Lambda Iota. I have written in the past about our renovation project, which has created a new 640 Russell, and have highlighted our successful graduate relations committee. However, so much more has been hap pening here at Purdue. This past year, the Lambda Iota Foundation for Education was born. It will serve our chapter in promoting excellence in education. As this founda tion grows, we will be able to embark on such new projects as scholarship, fellowship and funding for educational equipment. The new foundation will be known by the acronym LIFE, for it represents the future life of our chapter. At a time when popularity for the Greek system is reaching all time highs, we have also been burdened by a great deal of negative publicity. Continually, juries are rendering decisions against fraternities in liability and civil suits. This is the time we must re-examine our fraternity and carefully chart its future course in these turbulent waters. Joe and his family have long been part of the Purdue tradition. His wife Gail and his three children, Janet, R.J. Jr., and John Frederick are all Purdue graduates. The University will be hard pressed to find a replacement like Joe who "has black and gold in his veins." * Excerpts and photo taken from Purdue Perspective Rallied by the International Quest for Excellence Campaign, Lambda Iota is creating an environment that promotes our fraternity's strong values. Our chapter will emphasize scholarship as we have in the past, but it will now be given LIFE to carry it out. Today's education at Purdue increasingly requires the use of computers. Our chapter needs to invest inproper computer equipment. However, technol ogy is expensive and to sustain our serious commit ment we must develop a strategy to meet these needs. •.;y, 'i'": m' But LIFE is more than "buying things." It will also • 'y'7^.r T