Buckeye Fiji Omicron Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity AT The Ohio State Univershy Columbus, Ohio April 1995 Hard Times are Over ~ Omicron Deuteron Shines F. Ryan Memmelaar '96, Chapter President Omicron Deuteron accomplished a lot this winter. In the areas of rush, scholarship, brotherhood and fundraising, I can honestly say this is the most united I have seen Fiji in a long time. We came together as a chapter to overcome a potentially treacherous period. The hard times are over, and we came through with flying colorsv In the area of rush, we put th royglMYmerHast^feii^^ have already shown great initiative in wanting to Gamma Delta's status on campus. This winter wedaave 10 pledges and hope to put through a double-digit spring cla.ss for the first rime in years. The number and quality of men has grown as has our status in the community. Some said that scholarship was lacking at Omicron Deuteron. In response to that criticism, we have installed a new scholarship chairman with a renewed dedication to "hitting the books." Quiet study time has increa.scd, and our grades are on the rise. Dedication to community service, however, is as high as ever. February's Queen of Hearts event rai.sed thousands of dollars Due to recent financial problems, brothers were charged with the responsibility ofraising extra funds. To accomplish this, each brother worked on his own, but in cooperation with team leaders, to raise money in order to meet our goal. I never saw the brothers pull together stronger than we did during those last tense weeks as we came down to the wire.'When we finally met the goal, it just proved that Fijis working together can accomplish anything. We have faced the winter ofour discontent and came through with flying colors. I owe an incredible debt of gratitude to my cabinet, whose hard work made this arduous quarter just a little easier. I also owe a special thanks to all of the graduate brothers who offered their support these past few months. We appreciate everything you've done. Lessons will be learned from the winter of 1995 — lessons that will no doubt make Phi Gamma Delta stronger for years to come. I know it has made us, the undergraduate brothers, proud to be Fijis. for the American Heart Association. Our Beautiful Dickinson Lodge iI Watch your mailfor details about our Columbus Graduaie Chapter Golf Outing. \r\nPage 2 April 1995 OMICRON DEUTERON OFFICERS President F. Ryan Metnmelaar '96 New Philadelphia, Ohio Engineering Treasurer Christopher W.Phillips'98 Columbus, Ohio Business Marketing New Chapter Position Created Fall 1995 By Thanasis C. Bavelis '96, Committee Coordinator Initiates With the advent ofthe new cabinet,the position of committee coordinator was created to replace the position of assistant treasurer. In this position, I will be taking some of the pressure off the president so he can focus on other issues. My position basically delegates projects to the proper committees and oversees their progress. The purpose of this system is to make the whole process more efficient and to facilitate and improve communication among the committees. Darren B. Miller'97 Munson, Ohio Communications Corresponding Secretary Eric Allen Baumgarder '98 Upper Arlington, Ohio Education Galen Lee Dcak '98 Athens, Ohio Mechanical Engineering Queen of Hearts Benefits Recording Secretary Michael Spencer Barker'98 Ledyard, Conn. Marketing American Heart Association Ourannual Fiji Queen ofHeartsevent, held Tuesday,Feb ruary 22,at the Ohio Union, was a smashing success. Participation was outstanding with 14 sororities entering contestants; the Union was packed with girls cheering for their sisters. Nick Gatozzi '97 was master of ceremonies Christian Mark Finch '98 Wyndmoor,Pa. Business Matthew James Haid '98 Rocky River, Ohio Chemistry David Charles Johnson '98 Upper Arlington, Ohio Art and Design Michael L. Wu'96 while Brock Worthen '97 and Dave Johnson '98 escorted the East Brunswick, NJ. Business Management beautiful women on stage. The contestants displayed various talents, which included singing, dancing and even dressing up like a clown and singing "Happy Days are Here Again!" Historian The judges for the event included graduate brother Kim Wong '92, and two judges from the Mason School of Model ing. After tallying the totals from the various events, the contestant from Alpha Omicron Pi was victorious for the second year in a row and received a $1,000 scholarship to the Mason School of Modeling and a year's supply of free tans at a local tanning salon. Second place was awarded to the represen Daniel Aaron Picnta '98 tative from Chi Omega Sorority, who received a week's worth Dublin, Ohio oftanning sessions. Overall, the event was a huge success, raising over $3,000 that was presented to the American Heart Association in a ceremony afterwards. Marketing Ryan D.Sullivan '97 Oradell, N.J. Political Science Committee Coordinator Thanasis C. Bavelis'96 Columbus, Ohio Anthropology Troy Allen Majors'98 Columbus, Ohio Criminology Peter Henry Nerida '98 Elliot Lake, Canada Computer Science Fairview Park, Ohio Undeclared Javier Luis Piquero '98 Jason Michael Radcliffe '98 Rocky River, Ohio Civil Engineering William Shane Trigg '98 Fijis Make Significant Strides in Scholarship Significant strides in scholarship were made last quarter by Buckeye Fiji is published for the members and friends of the Omicron Deuteron Chapter ofPhi Gamma Delta Fraternity at The Ohio State University. Address changes, news items and photographs are always welcome and may be sent in the enclosed envelope or mailed to Graduate Records Office, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, P.O. Box 361303, Columbus, OH43236-1303 the chapter, partly due to the effectiveness of Jeff Eade '97, our scholarship head. Jeff contributed by putting together a course book that lists exactly what classes everyone was taking. In this way, brothers taking the same courses can study together, and we can arrange for in-house tutoring when nece.ssary. Jeff also surveyed the file cabinet and compiled a list of which course notes are still needed to complete the files. Now the undergraduates could really use some desk lamps and bookshelves so lAGNAF can become a more effective study environment. Upper Arlington, Ohio English Jeffrey Cheong Tsao '98 Reynoldsburg, Ohio Biology Andrew Arthur Weinberg'98 North brook. 111. Finance Jeffrey James Williams '98 Upper Arlington, Ohio Undeclared Matthew Mason Yerian '98 Pickerington, Ohio Political Science Joseph Young Yamour'98 Mt. Sterling, Ohio Biology \r\nPage 3 Buckeye Fiji Graduate Brothers Remember Edftor's Note: While£oin£i through ourfiles, we came across two reminiscences of brothers sent to us in years past. Wefeel they are timeless stories, as entertaining today as when they occurred (1959 and 1941-42) and when they were relayed to the house in 1977. Ifyou have£reatstoriesform your undergraduate days,please send diem to usfor use in tlte newsletter. Mail your stories to our Graduate Records Office at the address on the bottom ofRape 2. From Jopseph M.Berwanger'60 From Robert B. L. Taylor '45 Friday night in our freshman year(1941-42),the pledge The winter of1959 was pretty cold(but obviously not as class kidnapped an undergraduate brother from the house (everyone else was out), took him to Westerville and dumped him. Thinking it would take him forever to get back, we decided to stop and have a beer. The son-of-a-bitch got a ride back to the house. The brothers who had been out were back by now and they alerted the whole damn chapter. The house was dark when wc retumcd. The basement windows opened like gun turrets. After eggs, etc., were ex changed, Tru John.son invaded the stronghold through the atric window and ended up a hostage. We ran down the back stairs and grabbed the fire hose and drenched the opposition. A truce committee was set up at the front door to allow us to enter. We apologized and told them to off. The undergraduates were proud of us for di.splaying great brotherhood and morale as a pledge class. bad as '77). One night one of the brothers brought his compact car into the old dining room so it would start the next morning because he had to be at work at 8 a.m. The brother had had trouble getting the car started on other mornings. The next morning a few of us helped him push the car out, but during the night the car had expanded in the warm house and it would not fit through the door. A carpenter was called in, and he worked for half a day taking the door jambs off to get the car out. Mom Nosher was very unhappy when she came down to fix breakfast and found a car sitting in the middle of the dining room! ^Canning a ^uniom p REt'NIDN BOUNQ We can help ... Before the reunion by supplying you with; After the reunion by publishing: • A list of graduate brothers from your class or era. • A set of mailing labels for the above list. • Publicity in our newsletter, if you let us know far enough in advance. • Your write-up of the event. • Some of the many photos that you took at the reunion. (Be sure to identify people in the photos from left to right.) Just mail your reunion information and photos to the Graduate Records Office, Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, P.O. Box 361303, Columbus, OH 43236-1303. Attention: Special Features Editor. (^raduaU John A. Brown '22 resides at 117 Country Club Dr., l^kc December, reported that he broke his back two years ago and is Placid, FL 33852. learning to cope. Robert L. Horn '31 (201 Arbor L.akc Dr., Naples, FL 33963) is a member of the Phi Gamma Delta Graduate Chapter and the While in Miami for a cmise in January, Phyllis and James M. Davis'37(4906 Pacifica Dr., San Diego, CA 92109) drove to Naples, Fla., for a pleasant luncheon party with Katie and Gordon Dix '36 and hosts Carolyn and Gordon Jelliffe '37. OSU Alumni Association in southwest Florida. "Pictures in the last newsletter brought back happy memories of kissing the pig's tail — smothered in whipped cream, of course!" writes Robert R- Cutler '32(2607 S. Bclvoir Blvd., University Heights, OH 44118). Bob, who tumcd 87 in Jim writes that both Gordons have made excellent recoveries from recent illnes.ses. More 9ffu>s on Tage 4 ^ \r\nPage 4 April 1995 456 OvCcm QraduaU 0\[ezvs Robert C. Berger'41(6212 Raymond Ct., Erie, PA 16505) has been the clerk ofsession at the Fairview Presbyterian Church for three years. Over the last 12 years, he has caned 112 chair seats."A lost art," he notes. Physician William G.Pace'48(2188 Fredrick, Naples, FL 33962), professor emeritus ofsurgery at OSU,serves as a medical expert in malpractice situations. The new mailing address for William E. Kaufman '49 is P.O. Box 1237, Boca Grande, FL 33921. Twice retired but still working, Richard A. Young'54(21430 Laguna Dr., Boca Raton, FL 33433)serves as director of intercollegiate athletics and professor ofsports administration at Lynn University. At OSU Homecoming and the reunion of the 1954 National Football and Rose Bowl champs, Dick enjoyed seeing many Fijis. He notes,"Tommy Hague'54, Dave Weaver'56 and Don Stoeckel'57 all look like they could still play!" Dick has played tennis with Bill Wall'53 and golf with Phil Py'62. You can reach Matthew J. Goodwin '89 at a new address: 418 Hummel Valley Rd. S.W., New Philadelphia, OH 44663. In mid-1994, Scott A. Heritage '89 moved to New York City where he is an assistant research analyst for Bear Steams & Co. "It's a lot difiFerent from the Midwest, but it's great, though I do miss the Buckeye football games!" Correspondence for Scott can be sent to his permanent address at 4032 Shelley Dr., North Olmsted, OH 44070. He reports that Rick McDermott '91 is living in Florida with his wife, Angela, and two children. With his new job as senior account executive for Ketchum Public Relations, Eric R- Oberman '89 handles all public relations for the Motorola Westem Open(PGA)and the Wendy's 3-Tour Challenge. He has relocated to 1500 W. Melrose St., Apt. 2F, Chicago, IL 60657. Scan G. Alexander'91 (1759 Arlington Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15210), an attorney with Buchanan Ingersoll, had a fantastic time over New Year's weekend when he joined 35-40 brothers for a gathering in Chicago. This was the third consecutive year for the get-together and the second time Sean attended. Robert F. Durbin '59(835 Troon Trl., Worthington, OH 43085)is CEO ofthe Easter Seal Society of Central Ohio. "My most recent accomplishment was showing up for the last William P. Anderson '92(5622 Delmar Blvd., Saint Louis, MO 63112)announces his engagement to Beth Southby,an OSU Tri Delt. The couple arc planning a September wedding. three scheduled lunches with brothers Bob Apple '66, Joe Ray '66, T. J. Riley'66 and Rick Smith '66," writes James L. Murr '65(279 Potters Ln., Granville, OH 43023)."I'd really like to see 'Philly Joe' and 'Frog' at the next Pig!" Jim is a real estate appraiser and broker with Mathews, Click,Bauman Realtors. Saying goodbye to corporate America, Thomas A. Jones'76 (2203 E. Riviera Dr., Cedar Park, TX 78613) moved back to the Austin area and went into bu.sine.s.s for him.self as president of Amerispec, a home and environmental in.spection firm. He is married to Sylvia and has two sons. With his promotion to regional director at the Cincinnati Financial Corp., Robert R- Kirschbaum '84 is starting In a new position, Chad D. Dodson '93 is a manager-trainee at Norwest Financial. He has moved to 451 Monument Rd., Apt. 1012, Jacksonville, FL 32225. Over the Christmas holiday, Chad and Kristin Johnson became engaged. Adrian M.Shrader'93 is working on a master's degree in zoology at the University of Natal and living at 8 Dulwich Rd., Scottsville 3201, Petermaritzburg, South Africa. "Good to receive the Buckeye Fiji to see what's up with the house," writes Peter A.Seppi'94(299 Pavonia Ave., Jersey City, NJ 07302). He sends congratulations and best wishes to his little brother, Ryan Memmelaar'96,on becoming chapter company operations in Minnesota and has moved to 4018 president. Pete has gotten a job managing the Chelsea Garden Deerwood Trl., Eagan, MN 55122. Rob,the father of three, reports that Jim Kerrigan '83 is expecting his third child. Center and moved across the river from Manhattan. "If in New Harry C. Ledebur Jr.'86 has a new job and address. He is a senior research scientist with GeneMedicine and resides at York, drop a line to go out and shake up the Big Apple," he notes. Pete has been in touch with Bob Braucr '94 who was in the city doing computer work on Wall Street. 26001 Buckle Rd., #2501, Spring, TX 77380. Christopher J. Hubman '87(3698 Riedham Rd., Shaker Heights, OH 44120), formerly a manager at Ernst & Young, Since publication ofour last issue, has accepted a position in the golf department at International Management Group where he acts as financial advi.scr to the PGA and Senior PGA tour players under contract. His clients we have learned ofthe death of include JefFMaggert, Bob Charles and Gary Player. Chris and his wife, Becky,are expecting the arrival of their first child in July. Jack C. Evans '48 (12/2/94). Phi Gamma Delta mourns his passing and extends condolences to his family and friends.