Ji iticis m ''OCCC^'*- ' PI IOTA of PHI GAHHA DELTA WINTER 1989 WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC WORCESTER, INSTITUTE MA. m ii "V P' phi fSotmu Srlb CmUrwrj 1J9I flel^tlmic Inilrtuti OLD '99 lithograph (ACTUAL SIZE: 16"x 23" dishwashing system is presently on order, for installation in March. The old unit finally died after more than 20 years of service. F. A. MORSE LETTER Dear Brothers, I am writing this letter to update the Graduate Brothers with regard to events and activities at Old '99. The past ten months have been quite busy, both for F.A. Morse as well the undergraduates With the capable assistance of both David Vogt (F. A. Morse VP / Treasurer) and the Pi Iota Cabinet, the financial situation has completely turned around. time, I F.A. Morse am pleased is in to been At this report that its strongest position in recent memory. The mortage is current and is being paid ahead in quarterly installments. We have sufficient funds on hand to pay off the entire mortage balance and we are building a capital fund I encourage all of the Graduate Brothers to return for Pig Dinner. It shall be a great time and many "long lost" brothers are planning to attend. Bobby Wood '73 shall be the emcee and Mike Shipley (Archon Treasurer) the guest speaker. To support the fund donation of you will $100.00. I capture the beauty and tradition of the Chapter House in great detail. Thanks for your time. Hope to see you at Pig Dinner. to renovations Bob Ferrari President basement of F. A. Old '99 to be completed in time for Pig Dinner (April 8, 1989). Also, a new believe that love these prints as they Sincerely, the a beautiful prints will be on display at Pig Dinner and are available for a support the fund drive. F.A. Morse is funding some basic to drive, numbered series of 100 lithographs of Old '99 have been produced. These PERGE' Morse Association \r\nPRESIDENT'S LETTER The 1988-89 academic; presented the with challenges. new Brothers year of Pi There Iota was significant change on the campus relation The to the fraternity administration at organization. Anyone willing to help should contact Jamie Connelly at the Chapter House. Any form of help has a would in system. WPI has fraternity system and the it. As liability a result Ronald Hayden PERGE' TREASURY REPORT Pi Iota has adopted fairly well to this change. Each brother is aware of the possible consequences associated with a liability issue and we are doing everything in our power to prevent such a situation from It is very nice for me to report that Pi In this day and age, is few generally a negative one. The members of Pi Iota have committed \themselves to chanaina image. changing, this community charity fundraisers services. Currently, had an excellent will and is of the outstanding. On top of issue another has no check problems undergraduate receivable. and I feel, in accounts and I'm sure that Bob Ferrari will agree, that the we financial situation here has turned around a great deal from the trouble we were in a few years ago. One sad note is that outstanding graduate Way, the Muscular Distrophy Foundation, and the Worcester Big Brother Program. Iota I collecting participate in events for the United Pi weeks budget philanthropy committee has been working hard to get the chapter more in situation to Dave Vogt for $5,000 more. This brings the total to $13,000. So far the undergraduate chapter is under our newly establishe3~^hoTar£ lisheo^ involved Chapter that, I have already paid F.A. Morse $8,000 towards the outstanding debt of three years ago. Within the next the fraternities financial already been paid in full. Pi lota^l^ public's opinion of the Iota Looking back on my term, the chapter accomplished many things. First of all, the rent for the entire year has arising. This has ment fewer parties and stricter security. A small price to _eiisure—the—futtire-^f '89 Chapter President their own actions. pay appreciated. Fraternally, the fraternity system is now a completely independent, self-governing system composed of houses which are now totally responsible and liable for to greatly house and meet the undergraduates. basically "washed their hands" of the associated with be Lastly, I encourage all of you, when in the Worcester area, to stop by the Rush accounts receivable is not good. fine Many graduates have ignored our pleas men for pledging. With the addition of the for their accounts receivable. I would like to thank the following for this fall. these We received sixteen men, number of staying in touch and paying me: Joe Donze '87, Jeff Kelly '86, Bob Frommer '88, Mike Blazejowski '88, undergraduate brothers will be sixtyeight, with forty-one living at Old '99. working The cabinet closely and with myself the heads to ensure that the continues to run smoothly. are Dave Sheehan '86. Also, '85, and Steve Oulette if anyone can tell me where Ned Corini is, I'd appreciate committee Chapter In closing, I would like to urge you, as graduate brothers, to get it. He contacted haven't heard from more involved in the fraternity. The success of the 1991 Centenial renovation depends on your support, Patton me once, but I him since. In closing, I would like to thank Donnie for his help this past year and hope that the ball keeps rolling as both finacially as well as with its far as the treasury goes. Fraternally, Mike Kelleher Treasurer PERGE' •PAGE 2- '90 \r\nHOMECOMING '88 FUNDRAISING CHAIRMEN NEEDED Even though the weather was cold, rainy, and even snowing for a while, it did not stop the Phi Gam Much of the groundwork has been laid for the Chapter House renovation and fund raising efforts. A series of Alumni from enjoying themselves on the Homecoming Weekend of October meetings bring a families has National been held with Headguarters, WPI, general 8th. In fact, the weather helped lot of alumni with their together in the shelter of contractors, and professional fundraising organizations to determine the scope of the renovation. We will damp weather to see the football game enjoyed the Fiji hospitality tent on report the results at this year's Norris Pig Dinner and again in future the quad. could get a newsletters. grille and warm up with a mug of hot chocolate or hot apple cider. Fiji There is an urgent need for graduate Old '99. was Those the who did brave the In the tent, brothers burger or a dog from the only house on campus to brothers to lead the fundraising efforts reguired for the renovation. We are estimating the total renovation cost of $400,000 spread win over a tough Amherst squad. out over several years to update Old '99 and refurnish i t as we enter the team was lead by four Phi Gam seniors including ECAC Gold Helmut Award second winning 100 years. provide such a tent for its alumni. The Engineers celebrated their 100th Greg It has become apparent that a fundraising effort of this magnitude can not basis. be A managed on small team preferably brothers, previous needed effort. any fundraising to launch experience, and manage is fundraising and are in a time activities situation where you can to this effort, we need to speak with you. We would like to have this committee in place by Pig This is contribute project your to which success of Old a very '99 help Football quarterback will also be with a The Greg Whitney. next season's After returned the to game, the everyone house where the alumni enjoyed the buffet lunch, open bar, and general socializing. Some of the more recent alumni stayed that night for our Homecoming party in the basement. The traditional Freshmen- Sophomore Rope Pull across Institute Pond had to be postponed because of worthwhile the intensity of the rain, wind, and cold. It was held the following week, with the sophomore side led by guide Vin opportunity will WPI Totonis. Dinner to help launch these efforts. Those of you who are interested are urged to contact one of the following brothers at your earliest convience. of captain as a fifth year senior. Also on the team were former All-Fiji Football inside linebacker / punter Chris Ferrari, wide receiver Evan Elkington, and place kicker Tony this If you have participated in previous devote a part-time of graduate with some season to the for years to come. Tiernan sophomore Although '91, in the shortest the traditional there was Fiji tuxedo. not great Dick Perreault '75 participation by the (617) (508) (work) (home) still outnumbered the sophomores and came away with the victory. It can be safely said that all the alumni 221-5202 692-2192 Steve Rubin (617) (617) Steve Silva (617) (617) who '74 weather. '76 861-5840 631-1012 (work) (home) attended themselves 769-8878 (work) 431-1672 (home) -PAGE 3- even freshmen, Homecoming with the they enjoyed inclement \r\nGOLD AND SILVER OWLS A RETURN TO TRADITION Pi lota's Norris Pig Dinner is back to tradition this year. In accordance with the first pig dinner back in 1893, a time for the celebration will be brothers bonds, both graduate. The seen the outwards to their undergraduate past few years traditional to renew and have celebration function halls go with spouses in atendance, but this year's Pig Dinner will be With of the help Association renovated the to held at Ole' the basement host the The date is April 8, will be activities Softball, dinner filled with ranging from evening. Morse will be festivities. 1989. culminating that F.A. 99. in We The day numerous golf a Again this year we would like to recognize some of our Pi Iota graduates with Gold and Silver Owl awards at Pig Dinner. For those of you who are not familiar with these awards, they are given to brothers who have been members Delta for fifty years, respectively. customs surrounding it. graduation. Having time is the Pig make this presentation that much more special, so we are hoping for good attendance from the award recipients. GOLD OWLS William L. Ames Allan G. Anderson Merrill W. Higgins Raymond H. Matthews Rodney G. Paige -Mike Lilley '89 twenty-five The Dinner at the house this year will to hope that of Phi Gamma figured from date of initiation and not steak the return to tradition will motivate everyone to revisit Pi Iota and the and Russell W. Parks Allan D. Ramsey Jr Herbert W. Shaw Jr Noel Totti Jr Ralph D. Whitmore Jr 3/2/39 3/2/39 3/2/39 3/2/39 3/2/39 10/20/38 3/2/39 10/20/38 3/2/39 3/2/39 SILVER OWLS William N. Bentley James R. Braithwaite Stephen B. Cotter Peter J. Dickerson John Fiore Ronald J. Gordon Gregory J. Goulet William R. Hyatt Thomas A. Keenan Edward F. Lailey Jr Kenneth E. Linell Robert H. Loring Denis F. McQuillen Orlando R. Mendez Jr Douglas H. Pike Richard E. Roy Edward J. Russell Harry E. Taylor 9/29/63 3/22/64 3/22/64 3/22/64 3/22/64 3/22/64 3/22/64 3/22/64 3/22/64 3/22/64 9/29/63 3/22/64 3/22/64 9/29/63 3/22/64 3/22/64 9/29/63 3/22/64 We get this list from National, so if questions or problems please contact the house. -PAGE 4- \r\nNORRIS PIG DINNER SATURDAY APRIL 8. 1989 MASTER OF CEREMONIES : BOBBY WOOD 73 GUEST SPEAKER : MIKE SHIPLEY - ARCHON TREASURER EVENTS A. M. - Annual Fiji Golf Tournament 12:00 - Annual Fiji-A vs. Fiji-Alumni Softball 2:00 - Game Luncheon 4:00 - F. A. Morse Meeting -Centenial PlanningAfternoon Cocktails —> 6:00 - Norris Pig Dinner - a t Old '99- -The Return to Tradition- In space below please tell us any information about you, your family, your job, or news about other alumni you have heard from. Even i t is just a "Hello" to an old buddy, send i t in. The more news we get, the better our Graduate News is. \r\n1 PHI GAMMA DELTA I^^DlJMier89 APRIL 8. 1989 MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW!!! We are again looking forward to a successful Pig Dinner. We hope that everyone will make an attempt to attend. Because of our Return to Tradition we are asking that no spouses attend. Please respond promptly so that we can prepare accordingly. Name and Class Address Yes, I will attend the 1989 Norris Pig Dinner Enclosed is a donation for the 1991 Centenial Renovation Sorry, I can not attend the Pig Dinner but I am sending in news for the next "Pi Ides" on the back of this form Please enclose $15.00 for each person attending. Please return to : Thank You. Pig Dinner / Phi Gamma Delta 99 Salisbury Street Worcester, MA 01609 \r\nGRADUATE NEWS Doug Acker '83 Doug opened up a computer consulting business. They deal mostly with Apple Computers, also the Library Apple II, Manager General on the Roundtables Genie. Electric For the Network last summer, tour of run into his the family went Northeast. many Pi He on a doesn't lota • s in San Francisco. John Kopchik *66 is (was) nearby and Bill Niias *66 passed through. He hopes to see a better turn out for their 25th Reunion than there was for last springs Silver Owls. for Information exchange, an on-line consumer information service, his GE Stephen Rubin '74 Rubes admits "Evidently, we blew i t at Intellution mail address when we sent Bob FromiBer *88 a rejection letter. Well, nothing takes the is: A2.D0UG. •lohn Brown '46 Jack stepped down as the president of the University Southern Florida after assume the position of 10 years to of Regents Professor. He has a joint appoint ment in Engineering and Medicine, and will be teaching in the departments of Justice, Engineering, and Physiology. He received a nice letter from John Metzger *46 who just retired as living the in V.P. of Florida DuPont. and He is spending summers on the Jersey shore. Contractors". '86 Jeff is working at Cambridge Bioscience in Worcester and helping out the school by coaching Jeff of Bob. is Kellv getting Graduate Mielinski '87 to Joe was Christine recently Kracunas Bill is off in Bulgaria fighting for peace with Anne Endaz. '66 Andy was named GM of Anita, and Power last MetoHy is a hydiro proj^fit WtliCll serves pure Water over 2,000,000 people inexpensive water. is still involved abuse prevention. funny that his kids It with His wife, with child struck (Kate in and the would He Boston like to His Fiji former president of Maryland, is s t i l l and his second child was David Sheehan '85 She-man says that he seems to be losing more hair than he figured he would be at this point in time. He is s t i l l sweetheart, Laurie, be long Texas alumni Steve May. Chapter Botswana) wedding plans for June. He never hears from BillHighes ' 87. He heard that Moran trying due in September. John Nelson Shaffer *73 (Johnny Bush) is the same as ever me". Anson Keep very interested in the fraternity. He says that Bill Elliot '73 is fine (in with Hetch-Hetchy active Rose, Tracey the Mary McCarty at does't engaged - hear from some Pi lota's. 11 now..." They and now much because Watson in '71 Steve the won't He other talk stared at the sight. from "they him says to Euro- to 8/88. He sold 42 co-owned stores. He started up Go Technology (and ptheir companies) marke-hing -technology which Oiriented stuff in PG Medical Packaging. He wa^married in 7/85, but doesn't have any kids yet. Steve moved and invites -PAGE is hear love he Software Services, a European PC Distribution Co., and sold it 11/88. He was V.P. of Computerland from 9/87 him Lissa 8) are native Californians and not New Englanders, as he always considered his family as being. So in love with his and " . . . i t won't Instruments presidency the Rugby team. Joe persistence We'll do better this year". after 14 years. Joe Donze'87 Joe says that "Wattsy (Bob Watts *87) is a big tub of goo at Northeast place him. 5- to Lake Tahoe brothers to in come 8/88 ski and with \r\nFIJI SPORTS This is the year that the Intramural Sports Cup retumS tO Phi Gamma Delta. After disappointing second place finishes to ato the last two years, Fiji atheletes have been competing with a vengence. In fall sports, we finished, with a 19 point cushion Theta over Chi. second In place contender football, an over powering defense along with a high power offense led Fiji championship over Theta to Chi. the This was followed by a second place finish in volleyball. The Gam once again defeating our main contenders, Theta Chi, in a semi-final match. An unexpected lift came from the cross country meet, where lead by a seventh place overall finish by Matt McGrath '90, the Fiji squad finished second among fraternities. surprising play-off We also had a appearance in table tennis. Confidence our lead is high as we into the winter season. take Our basketball team is becoming a dynasty with 3 consecutive championships and an undefeated season up to now. The Masterson contention. We have some Whitney '89, who won the team. Coach Jeff Kelly members Mike The '91 and Masuck most Connelly '89. There ' 89 is team and even on the Ultimate with Captain Conan and Vin Tiernan '91. successful team '89, and on sophomore sensation Mike Caniff '91. can see Phi Gamma Delta campus scoring As you is well represented in collegiate as well as intramural sports. Fraternally, Lew Gray '90 good Sports Chairman PERGE' ECAC Tim -PAGE Our golf has got to be the ice hockey team. They are presently 22-1-2 and have not lost a league game in two years. Once again, the Gam is well represented by Captain Mark Macaulay '89, Paul Pelkey '89, Brendan We also have players in Fleury '86. include Paul Clappin representation Frisbee team Fitzgerald '91 Championship Track team; John Cambell '90, Brian Hanlon '89, and Mike Dave Jamie Connelly '90 is a member of the ski team. Matt McGrath '90, President of the Rugby Club, is only one of several brothers and pledges on the team including newly acquired against Springfield. There are three brothers returning to the New England baseball, '89 Jim Harrison *91 also plays lacrosse. Pledge Chris Paraskavacos •91 is on the successful wrestling Gold Helmet Award for his preformance Thibert '91. Bennet teams. competing in intercollegiate sports. We had representation on the football team in Evan Elkington '89, Chris Ferrari '89, Tony Totonis '89, and Greg Bill captains both the soccer and lacrosse Gam also is also fielding two bowling teams which are in play-off prospects for the upcoming swim meet and hope to lengthen our lead as we move into the spring where our Softball team will be looking for its sixth consecutive championship. Many of the Fiji's are also '91. 6- \r\nEDITOR'S NOTE philanthropy Thanks go out to all the alumni who sent in information for our Graduate News section. As usual, i must encourage you to send in any information about yourself or other The 1988-1989 Iota. We national important section of our publication strong. Looking back on my four years at Spring have that seen several dramatic affect the fraternity system including the closing of the Pub, increased liablity, the school disassociating itself from the fraternities, and most resently Lambda Chi Alpha having its chater revoked. As stated in the President's Letter, we are not in any direct danger, and we would like to stay that way. With the continued work of the undergraduates and constant alumni support. Pi Iota will thrive for decades into the future. On the note of alumni support, I would like to see a lot of alumni return to Old '99 for this years Pig Dinner and possibly help out with the Centenial Renovation. Fraternally, Brendan Connelly Graduate '89 Relations has seen an organized and Pi followed through on many charitable acts that contributed to organizations on the alumni so that we can keep this very WPI, I changes year uprising in community service at and local scene. '88 ***Fiji stimulated campus involvement at the end of the school year by means of a fun packed afternoon of "Golf for Charity". Donations were given by local businesses and prizes were awarded to the top scorers. Fall '88. Winter '89 ***Phi Gamma Delta plans a sure fire philanthropic event. Sale Yes, for you guessed i t . Charity". The A "Yard event was a great success and we were able triple our donation from the previous year. Proceeds from both events were given to the annual United Way. ***Fiji had its Christmas party for local orphans running usual again, the visit, with show. and the Santa as pledges made always, his scared some of the smaller youths. *** Many brothers are also participating in the Tech Big Brother program. The Brothers of Pi Iota realize that many Worcester youths need role models to PERGE' look up to and ' these brothers We currently have sixteen very fine men pledging to become brothers of Phi Gamma Delta. They are being lead under the able leadership of Pledge Educator Tony Totonis '89. are more than willing to sacrifice their time. Week Although this past year has been busy, the following year will be even more hectic. Spring of '89 will see Fiji sponsoring a Bike-a-thon for Brian Blanchard keep the philanthropy at Pi lota on Steve Collins Soon they will be for Delta Cystic Fibrosis. Sean Doherty Dan DiPlacido Frank Holmes Dan ready Howe Brian Kucher Marc Licciardi Dave Mclntyre James McCleery Dan Michaud Chris Paraskavakos Jeff Poggi Rob Ricci Jim Smith Scott Speicker Sturbridge, Framingham, Billerica, MA MA This will hopefully the uprise. MA Dedham, Dedham, MA Waterville, ME Methuen, Methuen, Canton, MA Farmington, ME Methuen, Coventry, Adams, Worcester, Canton, Peabody, MA Fraternally, John Campbell MA MA PERGE' MA fUi RI MA MA MA MA '9o Mike Staffopoulos '9o Philanthropy Chairmen -PAGE 7- \r\nHERE COMES THE "PI IDES" A PI IOTA FEW BROTHERS WARMING UP AT HOMECOMING Non-Profit Org. U. S. Postage PAID Worcester, MA Permit No. 20Q CHAPTER damma ^«Ita WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE 09 SALISBURY STREET. WORCESTER. 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