GENERAL ZETA DEUTERON ☆ ☆ WASHINGTON & LEE UNIf|,_ All Spring 1986 I I m Reconstruction Progresses HOUSE CORPORATION ADDRESS Deal Brothers: 1 am pleased to report that the liiituuitil program which the house corporation developed to lund the construction of our new chapter house has just passed a critical milestone. The limited partnership which forms the nucleus of that program has just been fully The house corporation is preparing a brochure which is intended to give you a good idea of what the new house will look like. It will include renderings of the front and side elevators as well as plans for the basement and each of the floors. A great deal of plan ning has gone into the design of the structure in order to make it both functional and attractive, and we think funded in the amount of 8225,000. This capital, which you will appreciate it. Undoubtedly, it will be one of was raised from a group of 10 graduate brothers, brings us to within approximately $100,000 of the $675,000 total required to complete the project. Thus, Zeta Deuteron's new chapter house is, for all practical the finest chapter houses in the country when it is purposes, a reality. Construction of the new house is now well under completed. The brochure, which will be mailed shortly after this newsletter, will also outline the final phase of our financing program, the general fund raiser. It is through this effort that we intend to obtain the final way. As of this writing, the constractor is in the pix)cess of putting the roof in place and finishing the main $100,000 needed to fully pay for the project. Our ob- exterior walls. We are running somewhat behind schedule because of some nagging problems with ar chitectural delays, material shortages and bad weather. the use of borrowed money, so we plan to aggressively However, both the contractor and the architect have assured me that the project will be completed in time to permit occupancy by next September jecti\e has always been to construct the house without solicit the additional funds from all graduate brothers. We do not want the chapter to be burdened with debts to outside lenders, the National Frtiternity or the Uni\ersity. (C.orittnued on Pa^i' 0 \r\nSpring 1986 Page 2 GRADUATE NEWS William M. Miller, '13is a missionary in the Presbyterian Church. He was stationed in Iran for 43. years. He now resides at 6970 Germantown Ave., • Philadelphia, Pa. 19119. One of his daughters is Mrs.David Sprunt of Lexington. Gerard E. Grashorn, '30 is a retired Attorney at law who resides at 1750 South Lane, Northbrook, 111. 60062. He has two children, George, who attended Denison-Lake Forest, and Susan, who attended Miami of Ohio. He is currently a member of the Society of Trial Lawyers, of which he was once President. Richard I. Butler, '33 is currently a Supervisor of Umpires for the American Baseball League. He resides at the Worthington Hotel, Fort Worth, Tex. 76102. Grant E. Mouser III, '44, BA; '48, JD is a retired diplomat who is now teaching at Old Dominion. He resides at 104 Clara Croker Lane, Williamsburg, Va. s> 23185. He has one child. Grant IV, who is also a Washington and Lee graduate. James R. Trimm, '54 is a self-employed Attorney at Law. He resides at 8405 Kingsgate Rd., Potomac, Md. 20854. He has been married to Lucille Trimm for 25 years and has 4 children; Michael (24), Vicki (23), Nancy (19), and Brian (14). He was the'President of the Montgomery Coi, Maryland Bar Associa tion from 1980-81. Samuel A. Syme, '56 is currently a Property Manager for Dibrell Brothers, Inc. His address is The Cane Patch 2-D, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina 29577. He has two children, Jane, who graduated from Emory, and John, who graduated from Davidson-. Wesley W. Homer, '66 is a current planner/land ar chitect for HOH Associates, Inc. He has been married to Phyllis for three years and has one child, Jessica who is two. He resides at 2100 East Floyd Ave., Englewood, Colorado 80110. B. Waugh Crigler, '70 is currently a member of the United States Magistrate. He resides at 630 Ivy Farm Dr., Charlottesville, Va. 22901. He has been married to Anne Kendall for i5 years. He has three children and is the current President of the Blue Ridge Chapter of the W&L Alumni Assn. James Lyall '85 and Michael Holbrook '85 at Champai^nes '86 George Archer Frierson, Jr., '73 is owner and operator of the Frierson Cotton Plantation. His ad dress is Rt. 1, Box 236, Shreveport, Louisiana 71115. He has been married to Ivy Hedgecock Frierson for eleven years, and has three children. Archer III (7), Bratton (5), and Marion (3). Harlow Denny Gaultney, '77 is the current President nf Skinners' Dairy, Inc. He is married to Sarah Tift Skinner, and has one child, Eli^ahfthine Bacon Gaultney (1 J/j). He resides at 1525 Avondale Ave., Jacksonville, Fla. 32205. Stephen A. Daub, '83 is in Land Development for L&L Corporation. His address is 3206B Cross Coun try Ct., Richmond, Va. 23229. He is married to Malinda Daab and they have no children. Andrew Ellicott Clark I, '84 is a certified Public Ac countant currently working for Peat, Marwiek, Mit chell & Co. He resides at 25 Bryan s Mill Way, Catonsville, Md. 21229. He is married to Gail Clark, who is also an accountant. It is rumored that a kid is on the way. Just kidding, A&E, come and see us! ZETA DEUTERON OFFICERS Phi Gamma Delta President Treasurer Appel Jefferson Harralson Recording Sec retary James Kelly Corresponding Secretary Histcjrian Abbott Thomas Murray NEWSLETTER COMMITTEE Chris Sherlock \r^vxvTq nty . . . not for college days alone Writers Photographers Gary Appel, Brad Preston Ed Bishop, Vin LaManna, Steve Vogt Chris Sherlock, Rob Powley \r\nHOUSE CORP. ADD. (Cnntinucd from Pa^t' I) The importance of financial independence to a fraternity cannot he overestimated, so it is critical that we receive your support during the upcoming fund drive. I lui\'e mentioned the need for money in |5revious correspondence with you over the last several years, and it ntunher of kind responses have already been forthcoming. However, we. need to do much bet ter. Now, with the house under construction, the die is cast; the need is real. I urge you to carefully review our fund riiising brochure when it arric'cs and respond as generously as you can. finiilly, I encourage you to return to Le.xington on I'ridas', May 9 for Reunion Weekend. All of the direc tors of the house corporation will be there for a Itoard meeting and we would enjov seeing as many of you as possible. We plitn to hitve some cocktails at the con struction site so e\'eryotte can kick some dirt, check construction progress and share it lew memories. In addition, the Ihg Dinner is scheduled for Friday even Janus Kelly 'd7. Art Kandarian '86, Daphine Tarns, Tom Murray '87 ing oi that weekend. This will pro\ide a gootl oppor tunity to meet the undergriiduittes. These guys hii\'e done it heck of a Joj) holding the chiipter together dur ing the last four years of iidversity, iind ibr thiU they desctwe both our recognition iind our support. REMEMBER WHEN . . . . /ctit Dcutcron is niiiking a major comeback in Lexington which is something of which we ;til ciin be Itroiid. Fhis is important tiot just for our chiipter, because in a very real sense how goes Phi (iiuttmit Deltii will determine how goes the future of the entire Iraternity system itt W&L. Right now things look very good, but to ntiike it work projterly, we need your support. Fratertiiilly yours. Edward L. Bishop III, '(i8 House Corpor.'ition President As it result of the great graduate response, we have the opportunity to relate a few stories of our Fiji past: "Dick Davis, '58, and "Punkin' Pressley, '58 were trying to stare up some action with some Mary Baldwin Dollege students who were required to spend the night at Old Mayflower Hotel on South Main Street. Poking down one hall and knocking on doors, they were surprised by the night watchman (or some authority figure) and ran out the exit and down the fire escape. Davis insisted that^ he ran as fast and as directly as he could back to the Fij. As he ran into the Parking Lot of the house, Punkin stuck his head out the window and said, "What took you so long, Dac'isT " "The second keg at the Sunday afternoon party after Fiji Islands died hard in 1960. We sat around and worked on it with a will till the wee hours of the mornin.g. I faded after midnight but left a handful of stalwarts still battling. At breakfast, I looked out the windtrw to see a sign 'Rest in Peace' above a freshly dug mound of dirt. The keg, htmored in defeat, had been buried in the side yard, its spigot sticking up out of the ground.'' "in the Fall of 1982, some Fijis and I were respon sible for painting FIJI in huge letters on the 'fraternity rock on Interstate 81 about 5 miles southwest of Lex ington. Fiji lives!" •n '1 ,>•• I vvani to thank all the gradutitc brothers for shtiring these stories with us. I hope that more gratlutiies will also send in any other Fiji stories so that we can publish them. I also want to ackl ;i note to this last story. This year the new class of Maggots went tip to "Fiji lock" and repainted it for us. The Fij really Sarri Aoiniai nnd jaoi, ^ /•(•!) ] li\ es! \r\nEDITOR'S NOTE Dear Brothers: I would first of all like to thank all of you who responded to our most recent issue of the Fiji Newslet ter. As I have mentioned before, these publications take a great deal of time, effort and money, but we feel it is all well worth while if we reestablish ties with our graduate brothers. This is one area that we felt we could improve on a great deal, and we therefore have taken the first steps towards realizing our goals. All the information you have provided and the suggestions that you have made have helped us to get to know you and will help us in the future to advance our hopes and goals. We have not enclosed another graduate information form, but we hope that if you have any information, suggestions or Fiji stories to convey, you will jot them down on some paper and send them to us. We really enjoy hearing from you, and will continue to strive towards a better understanding and appreciation of your lives beyond your college days and especially beyond the Fij. Ginny Smythe, Brad Preston '88. Karen Peartree, Vin LaManna '87 Again, I would like to remind you of our Annual Norris Pig Dinner, I would also like to explain why we have picked the date on which we are holding it. While many brothers have suggested that the Alumni Weekend is a bad time, for you are busy with Alumni functions, other brothers have suggested that they are only going to make the trip to Lexington once during the year, and this way they can make appearances at all events. We think that a compromise could be made since this is only one night of the weekend and many of our graduates are traveling a great distance. We therefore feel that this is the best possible time for all and hope that you can make it. Thank you for the suggestions and we will continue to address them. PRESIDENTS REPORT Dear Brothers: Zeta Deuteron finished the Fall term and entered the Winter term in excellent lashion. We picked up Fraternally yours, Christopher M. Sherlock, '87 three more pledges to increase our clas size to sixteen. Newsletter Editor Grades for the Fall term were down a little but from the looks oi midterms the Fij has bounced back as usual. We started out the new year with our semi- Perge! formal, Champagnes, which was a huge success. Up coming activities include our St. Patricks Day party on March Li, Fiji Lslands on April 26 and the PIG DIN NER on MAY 9. Invitations for the Pig Dinner will be coming out soon. Please try to attend,, I would like to thank all the graduate brothers who took the time to fill out our Fiji Who's Who. The return was much lower than we ho[)ed so if you still have it its not to late to fill it out. In closing, if you are ever m the Lexington area and would like to talk or need any information, please contact rnc at (70.i) 463-2690. See you at the Pig Dinner. Fraternally, (iarv P. Appel. '86 Chapter President (^hris Sherlock and Linda Mifjliore \r\nyear, has refused to "get lost in the ranks" as so many others in the program are content to do. Tony set out right from the start with a "go for it" attitude that has enabled him to rise above his peers. He has endured the challenges inherent in both the U.S. Air borne and Air Assault schools, and has led the student R.O.T.C. battalion as Cadet Battalion Operations Of ficer. In light of such accomplishments, it is surely ap propriate that Tony was honored by the W&L com munity with the Distinguished Military Student Award. All of the aforementioned accomplishments are >/ Anthony David McCann '86 SENIOR SPOTLIGHT "An Officer And A Gentleman" This issue's senior spotlight focuses on one of the surely noteworthy, and with graduation in June, they will become a little more than past history for Tony. He has accomplished much in his four years at W&L, but soon the time will come to move on. After gradua tion, Tony will enter into 3 years of active duty in the United States Army as an Infantry officer. Serving in such a position will be no simple task, but with the foundation Tony has built for himself here in Lex ington, one can be certain that he will continue with his penchant for excellence. Good luck Mayo. Steve Vogt, '86 Newsletter Reporter most visiirle Fijis on the colonnade, Anthotiy David McCann. Tony, known as "Mayo", hails from Huntington. I.ong Island. When one considers the ticcomplishrnents of Tony McCann, the word that immediately comes to mind is diversity. Being true to the principles of the liberal arts philosophy that Washington and Lee University ernbodies, Tony has developed and demonstrated ex cellence in a wide range of areas. Namely, McCann has excelled in his scholastic pursuits, in University governmental bodies, sports, R.O.T.C., and of course, Tony has been a standout member of the Zeta Deutcron chapter. During his pursuit of a major in European History, Anthony's name has graced the Dean's list on several occasions. In the field of student government, Tony has been elected to a position as Vice President of the .senior class (representing the School of Arts), has serv ed as Vice Chairman to the Student Control Drug Policy Review Board, and is presently serving as Senior Representative to the Fixecutive Committee. Two vears of service as an officer to the Zeta Deuteron Chapter stand as testimony to McCann's leadership qualities as well. Tony has found outlets foi his athletic prowess both on the lacrosse field (where he competed on the J.V. level during his freshtnan and sophotnore years) and in the hockey rink (where he has been a key member of the W&L Hot key Club since its inception several years ago). If one field were to be singled out as Tony's spet iahy, it would undoubtedly be R.O, I (L Mayo, since joining the program as a t adei m his treshman Ktnihcriy Kay. Paul Ahhott '87. Susan Kay \r\nFIJI'S IN SPORTS Many of the Brothers of the Zeta Deuteron Chapter are actively involved in varsity and club sports. Our brothers strive to help Washington and Lee's athletic programs soar to the top of the Old Dominion Athletic Conference. In varsity football two Senior brothers, Alex Castelli and Hugh Finkelstein, helped lead the Generals to a share of the ODAC Football Crown in 1985. The Generals finished at 7-2 overall and 4-1 in hold key positions. Vin LaM;mn;i, '87 is the Presi dent, Senior Tony McCann is Vice Presidetit, Stu Funkhouser, '88 is Vice President-elect and Jim Kelly, '87 is Treasurer-elect. John Gtitntntige, '88 and Rob Vienneau, '87 are both key ])l;iyers on the team. This past season the skitters compiled ;i record ol' 2 wins and 2 losses. Witts came o\er Virgitiiii Tech iind UNC-Greensboro. Brad Preston, '88 Newsletter Reporter Conference action. In addition, Alex Castelli was nam ed to the second team All-Conference for his exploits on the field. Four of our chapter's pledges were also members of the team. They are Tom Skeen, Scott Quagliata, Keith Boyd, and Tony Waskeiwicz, all members of the class of '89. In varsity basketball, the Generals were led by Jef ferson Harralson, '87 and Robert Spencer, '87. Harralson, a starter, was a key force in the paint for W&L in this year's campaign. Both of these Brothers played important roles in taking W&L to a second place finish in the ODAC tournament. Jefferson Harralson was named to the first team All-Tournament team as well as second team All-Conference. Brother James Foley, '86 and pledges Scott Quagliata, '89 and Tony DeMartino, '89 were members of a strong wrestling team. Foley is in his fourth year as a member of the team. Quaghata and DeMartino are both in their first year for the Generals. Brother Tom Murray, '87 is a shot-putter on the W&L Track and Field team. He is one of the hlui^h Finkchti ni, Hft nn ihf (iud k'i"i strongest throwers in the conference. He should turn in a fine performance in the defense of his outdoor shot-put title and lead the Generals to the top of the ODAC race. Murray recently won the indoor shot-put title by easily outdistancing the rest of the ODAC field. In varsity golf, John Gammage, '88 is shooting for a top spot on the team. After a fine freshman season last year Gammage should help the Generals improve on their 5-2 1985 season. Brother John Coll, '88 was named to the second team All-Conference Soccer team. As midfielder for the Generals he played a key role for Washington and Lee this past season. With more experience he should help the Generals to another successful season next year. In baseball. Senior Hugh Finkelstein led the team in batting last year with an average of .440. Un IS fortunately the rest of the General bats didn't make contact as often as Finkelstein's. The Generals finished the season with a 6-21 mark. In club sports our Chapter's Brothers have been very active. Mike Berg, '86 was the President and captain of the Washington and Lee Fencing Club. The club compiled a record of ,3-1 with wins over Virginia Tech, James Madison University, and Virginia Military Institute. In Club Hockey six of our Brothers ji ff Il(iTKils