The Chain The Graduate Newsletter of Lambda Omega Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Volume 5, Number 1, June, 1996 REFLECTIONS FROM THE PAST My Recollections of the 1971-72 Year at Lambda Omega THE OPENING WORD Many exciting events have taken place at Lambda The Lambda Omega year of 1971-72 began early for Omega since the last Chain was sent to you. In addition to many good things such as a great 1996 Pig Dinner and births of children (not at the Pig), the undergraduate chapter suffered the loss of an active brother, Dan Horowitz, in a car accident in which four other brothers me with participation for 3 days at the Fiji Academy in Bloomington, Indiana in mid-August and a huge turnout of brothers among the celebrants at Greg Stoddart's wedding at the end of that month. were involved and injured. There is an article about this brother included later in this issue. The future holds many things for Lambda Omega - the Ekklesia this summer, back to school in the fall, Homecoming in October, Christmas, then the 1997 Pig. I feel that I'm getting ahead of myself! So, let's look at the past six months. I hope you enjoy this effort. Please keep in touch with me to fuel the news I need to propel this, your newsletter. You can Fcontact me at 26 Shoemaker Crescent, Guelph, Ontario NIK 1J6 519-837-9459 FAX-519-837-3396. Please note that this is a new address. Thanks! John G. Starzynski 627 was filled to capacity from the beginning of term with the stacking of 3 occupants to a room in some cases, such as mine. As a resident of the house for 2 years I always felt much more in the centre of all fraternity activities than the brothers who lived elsewhere and it served as a convenient base for my activities as Rush Chairman both that fall and spring. Rush events in the fall included such diverse activities as a Monte Carlo night, a film night, a dart tournament and a rollicking pub tour to the Shillelagh Hotel in Lucan. But I think the most enjoyable and meaningful events of that year were the November and March weekend pledge retreats to Jim Turner's cottage at Lefroy on Lake Simcoe for which we had almost unanimous attendances. The Pig Dinner was held on the traditional first Saturday in February at the London Labour Hall. For some reason, in those days, we never seemed to be able to hold it at the same location more than once. That winter, we played hockey every Sunday night at South Arena but had the dubious distinction of finishing the schedule without a win against the more athletic, but less academic, competing fraternities. I look back on the 3 years of active membership in Lambda Omega as one of the most enjoyable and rewarding periods of my life. The successes and failures of Chapter projects and goals prepared me well for the challenges of business and social relationships I continue to meet on an everyday basis. Most of all, my Phi Gamma Delta friendships continue as among the strongest and most valuable I enjoy more than 25 years after graduation. it Murray Leroy Coulter '67BA-WLU '72LLB-UWO \r\n1996 PIG DINNER WEEKEND February 2 and 3, 1996 Pig Dinner weekend was filled with many events, opportunities to get reacquainted with lost brothers, time to savour brotherhood and even a few hours dedicated to a public service project and hockey. On Friday night, the undergrads opened the house for early arrivals. About twenty grads availed themselves of this opportunity and got to meet the undergrads, order drinks from the pledges and talk about old times and catch up on news. On a bright, sunny Saturday moming, 3 grads - Tom Herbert, John Dries and John Star2ynski along with 3 undergrads assembled to go to the Ronald McDonald House to clean five rooms and lend a hand to this organization run solely by volunteer donations with no help from McDonalds restaurants at all. This charity has also been the focus of fundraising during the year by the chapter with a donation from the Leapfrog from Lucan event run by the boys. Congratulations guys on time well spent! m The Silver Owl Certificates were handed out to those who fulfilled the requirement for eligibility - having lived for a mere 25 years after their initiation. The honoured group included Bill DeWolf, Wayne Pritchard, Jim Turner and Dennis Wilson from the spring 1970 class. All of them showed up with Bill DeWolf driving up from St. Catharines and Dill flying in from Calgary (and were his arms ever sore - groan. I promise to stop!) From the fall, 1970 class, in attendance were Don Atkinson, John Starzynski and Mike Woods. Unable to attend were Paul Bralovich from B.C., Tom Stolfa in Ottawa and George Isaac, skiing in France. The guest speaker for the evening was Alex Wittenburg who addressed his remarks to both the grads and undergrads separately. His topic was the job market and the economy and the rapid changes in them. Please forgive me, Alex, if my interpretation of your talk is not entirely accurate, but I will try to do my best to paraphrase. To the undergrads, Alex indicated that the greatest natural resource they could have was sitting in the room - the grads. However, this did not mean that they could expect the grads to give them jobs, get them intervews or do the hard work of selling themselves, as only they are capable of doing that. He encouraged them to At noon, the laced gladiators took to the ice in a bonecrushing encounter that left 3 unconscious and 1 maimed. Did that get your attention? Actually, the turnout was light and no one could catch Hissonner Peter Hockin, so there is no official score to report. Hopefully, there will be more skating wonders next year at this most decent of hours. Perhaps brothers read the invitation wrong and thought that this was another midnight madness. Not so, we have come back to the land and time of the living. Please plan to glide next year. The latter part of the afternoon saw many grads roll into town to register, have a "pop" and talk, talk, talk. At about 6:00 pm, the buses came to transport us to a fine repast at the Marienbad Restaurant. They even want us to come back again next year and will even serve buns again, if we want. Surprised? Anybody want to be the guest speaker? be diverse in their interests and skills and to not be surprised that their first choice of employment might not be where they have to start their careers. However, do not be discouraged. Work assiduously and keep your eyes and ears open for opportunity. Conversely, the grads also have a responsibility to meet the undergrads, offer their experience through seminars on their areas of vocation and to be sounding boards for their futures. This does not mean getting people jobs but it does mean fulfilling the pledge that the fraternity is "not for college days alone" by doing what can be done to help. A good start would be to see interaction at the Pig Dinner with mixed tables of grads and undergrads with few or no exclusively grad tables or undergrad tables. Introduction, communication and establishing contacts are the key to future interaction. \r\nAlex, I want to congratulate you on your speech. It was very well received and topical for everyone in attendance. However, Peter Hockin will not come back if people keep throwing Jbuns at him - 1 thought he made that abundantly clear. After dinner, we retired to the house (on the buses this year) for more talk, poker, blackjack and fun into the wee hours. This year, however, more people got to sleep at a reasonable time - 5:00 to 6:00 am - because Lynn Campbell chose to sleep (/?!) somewhere other than the house. Spring class of 1971 Initiated February 14, 1971 1. PAUL ROBERT GOOD '72HBA (65) - Gooder is married to loan and has two boys - Bradley (1978) and Michael (1981). He is a partner at Judd & Company in the Simcoe office, which is conveniently located close to a golf course. In fact, Paul wrote to tell me that he played St. Andrews in Scotland with one ball.(That must have hurt. I understand that those operations are very painful.) By the way, Paul, Murray Coulter wants the tie back that you used to borrow to tie around your doorknob. He hopes to see his little brother, Alan Bruce McLean at the next Pig. Home - 35 Gibson Drive, Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 3L1 519-4263361 Work - judd & Company, Chartered Accountants, 84 Colbourne Street North, Simcoe, Ontario N3Y 3V1 519-426- 5160 FAX-519-426-5174 e-mail: juddsim@nomet.on.ca And things did not end there. Dan Langer, the undergrad organizer had cold meat, bagels and a ton of food for those who wanted to catch a last brunch at the house before heading home on Sunday. kFor those who were able to get to the Pig this year, you "experienced great Fiji hospitality and fun. For those unable to attend, you were missed, with hopes that you can come next year. Speaking of which - please mark SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1997 on your calendars now. We hope to see you all next year! m SILVER OWL RECIPIENTS - 1997 The following are the members of the spring and fall pledge classes of 1971, who will receive their Silver Owl Certificates at next year's Pig. Please encourage them all to attend the festivities next year and accept our appreciation of their efforts over the years. Feel free to phone them, kidnap them, bribe them, trick them or do whatever it takes to get each of them to London next year. I can assure you, however, that you will not have to work too hard on the Good brothers because I Punk accountants do not think that, between the 2 of them, that they have missed any more than 3 Pig dinners over their combined 50 years(25 years each) of membership. Hope to see you all in London next February 1 st. 2. BRENT HENRY THRALL '72BA (68)- Brent passed ad astro on September 27, 1993 in Toronto. During his life. Brent was engaged in a number of pursuits: he worked for the federal government as a speech writer for Pierre Trudeau in the area of the arts; he worked for Claude Neon Advertising; he owned and operated his own upscale catering business - Memorable Occasions; he was a restaurant critic for the Toronto Star; he wrote a recipe column - Chefs Showcase \r\n- for the Toronto Star; he owned and operated the Cafe Burgermeister Restaurant on Parliament Street in Toronto; he studied antiques and appraisals at the Christie's School of Appraisal in London, England. Brent was bom on October 27, 1949 in Sudbury, Ontario and was married to Paula, nee Patten. He will always be missed. 3. JAMES DOUGLAS VERNON '75MD (87) - Sieve was the goaltender on the Fiji hockey team discussed by Murray Coulter in the introductory article. I can honestly say that Jim Vemon,Jim Turner and Frank Smeenk were the three guys who seemed the most natural with a beer in their hands, standing around the house, telling stories. However, he was a lousy signs game player. Unfortunately, Jim is unable to read these slurs on his otherwise good character as I do not have a current address for him. If anyone knows where he is, could you please let me know, if any of our other MD grads has a current medical directory, perhaps you could look him up for me as I do not have one available. Thanks. 4. WILLIAM FREDERICK DESJARDINS '73BA (71) - Initiated March 4, 1971 - The Reverend was known for being a bit of a wild partier in his days at Western. So much so that Jim Turner is still trying to get that garter out of his ? that Bill pushed up the night of the 1973 Grass Skirt Dinner. Ever the conscience of the fraternity group. Bill passed away on August 11,1989. He was a man known for his love of life, his exuberance in its living and his devil-may-care attitude when it came to having fun. Bill was born on July 12, 1949 in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario and was single at the time of his death. Have a bottle of fine wine for all of us with Brent, Bill! 2. WILLIAM HARRY ELGIE '74BA (81) - Bill disappeared after graduation up to northern Ontario. The only thing I heard about him after that was that he was farming, had bought a large acreage, had a pool installed and made sure that the corn always grew higher than his other crops. This Sault Ste. Marie lad has been on the missing list for quite some time. He was known to show up at Grass Skirt parties with a bone in his nose. Bill, as well, was a witty guy. I once asked him for a match and he answered "Your face and my ass!". Oh well, if you know where he is, please let me know. 3. STEPHEN GEORGE FIRTH '73BA (72) - Stevie is the papa of four boys(most of the other guys stopped at two, but this is Firth, remember!)- Gregory, Matthew, Mark and John Daniel. If he had had another, he would have been named Luke. Steve spends a lot of time with his kids in between canying a leader board at the Canadian Open in Oakville in September (his kid got him the job) and working as the Director of Finance at Fraser, Beatty, a medium-size downtown law firm on three or four floors of the Bank of Montreal building. Steve is part of the London Central Secondary School invasion in this pledge class along with Rob Stapleford and Bruce McLean. Steve is one of the four guys who call me "jack". Steve often visits in London with his parents, jean and Big Donnie(who played Santa Glaus the year that Brent Thrall was bitten by too much of the grape). Steve is looking for a driver to take he, Murray Coulter and Greg Stoddard to their favorite washroom in the hotel on the hill in Durham, Ontario. Let's have a ceegar at the Pig, Stevie! Home- W-1108-335 Webb Street, Mississauga, Ontario L5B 4A1 905-275-0907 Fall Class of 1971 Initiated October 31, 1971 Work - Fraser, Beatty, Barristers & Solicitors, 1 First Canadian Place, P.O. Box 100, Toronto, Ontario M5X 1B2 416-8634596 or 416-863-4511 FAX-416-863-4592 1. WILLIAM GORDON ANDERSON '74BA (88) - The Kid is married to Donna and has two boys - Ryan (1982) and Kevin (1986). He works as the Data Processing Manager for 4. STEPHEN CHARLES GOOD '75HBA (90)- The other Gooder is married to Pam and is also a partner at judd & Heidelburg Canada in Etobicoke. He has coached his older Company. His office, however, is in Tillsonburg. He has two son's baseball team and has not golfed in "I don't know how long". The Gooders want a game, to be followed by a night children - jenny and Corry - whom he wants to try to keep away from the Firth boys. Steve still drives that Cadillac around and refuses to give Firth one free shot every round of golf any more after Firth used his one freebie to drive Steve's ball down the golf course away from the green rather than of entertainment at Goldie's. Bill wrote that he remembers one night playing signs at the house. Jim Turner (He's come up a lot, hasn't he? He was President that year.) said that it was near the end after a number of people had dropped out. Jim's exact words were "Good! Now we're down to the hard core drinkers. Let's go!" The following are Bill's own words "Shortly thereafter, poor Jim threw up all over the place." Rob Stapleford and Steve Firth are looking for a poker game with the Kid at the next Pig. use the extra shot on his own ball. No one said he couldn't do that! Steve is hoping some of the other guys will bring their wives to the Pig because Pam is getting sick of him drinking too much and then trying to jump her bones after the festivities. Maybe if Bill Anderson will play poker, we can Home- 7 Gable Drive, Brampton, Ontario L6V 2H2 905-453- protect Pam. Home - 9 Hampton Court, Tillsonburg, Ontario N4G 5G7 0627 519-842-8107 Work - Heidelburg Canada, 50 Worchester Road, Etobicoke, Work - Judd & Company, Chartered Accountants, 38 Brock Street East, Tillsonburg, Ontario N4G 1Z5 519-842-4246 Ontario M9W 5X2 416-675-2700 FAX-519-842-6656 \r\n5. ALAN BRUCE McLEAN '74BA (84) - Brewster is alive and living in Calgary, Alberta. He is married to Linda and has two children - Abby and JB. He works for Browning-Ferris Waste 'Management and NO!, he is not a garbage collector. He does accounting type, number work there. Perhaps Bruce will see his brother-in-law, fellow Fiji Bill Hudson at the next Pig. While Bruce was never big on playing hockey, he was great at sitting around after a game with Mike Woods, smoking cigarettes and talking about it. Home - Site 2, Box 13, R.R. #2, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2G5 Work - Browning-Ferris Waste Management, Calgary, Alberta in life! On a happy note, he is still married to Helen and has two wonderful children, my niece and nephew, Kristen (1975) and Colin (1976). He has recently moved to Kitchener from London. Rick has served as an Adviser for Junior Achievement from 1981 -1983, coached level D hockey, been a level 1 Trainer and coached and managed from 1989-1991. Look out Montreal Canadiensl Rick has not seen his Big Brother, Douglas Murray Groves, in many years and hopes to see him at next year's Pig. Home - 43 Briarfield Street, Kitchener, Ontario N2A 4B6 519893-5682 Work - Kilbourn Engineering, 220 Lake Shore Blvd., W., 6. THOMAS FRANKLIN PARSONS '75BA '84MED (78) - Denny is married to Diana and has three boys - Jeffrey Thomas (1976), Bryan Christopher(1979) and Jeremy Benjamin (1985). He is most interested in the restoration of old cars. He is accumulating quite a collection. Tom has returned to the last few Pigs and it is hoped that he can attend next year to pick up his Silver Owl. Home - R.R. #2, llderton. Poplar Hill, Ontario NOM 2A0 519666-1161 Toronto, Ontario M8V 1A4 416-252-5315 X708 FAX-416231-5356 REMEMBER THE TIME WHEN Due to other pressing committments, John Bassingthwaite '68 was unable to get his story about setting up a computerdating service on the UWO computers to me. It is hoped that you will be able to share this tale in the next issue. Work - Vice-Principal, Clara Brenton Public School, St. Croix Avenue, London, Ontario 519-471-2835 7. ROBERT HUNTER STAPLEFORD '74HBA (86) - Stapes is still married to the Amazing or the Incredible Ruth. He has three children - Sarah (1980), Patricia (1982) and Bradley ^(1985), and a dog, Oreo. He is very active in coaching the girls' ringette teams, missing this year's Pig Dinner because of a tournament in Pickering. Rob is very active in his Church and still cheers for the Detroit Red Wings. He reminds everyone that he used to cheer for them before it became fashionable to support them. Rob has a series of stories he is willing to recount, on request, next time you see him. Just ask him about; Firth, Coulter and he at Indianapolis; Firth and Olga; the painting party that ended up at the Gamma house (is this the one where Ruth's jeans were strategically brushed?); bridge tournament with Coulter, Woods and Starzynski Gaaaack!!!); Florida with McLean and Firth and walking to Ft. Lauderdale; driving to a retreat with Coulter, Campbell and Paul Good; and the installation of the University of Western Michigan. Home -1175 Fairmeadow Trail, Oakville, Ontario L6M 2M8 905-825-9350 Work - Actuary, William M. Mercer Limited, 3 Robert Speck Parkway, Suite 300, Mississauge, Ontario L4Z 2G5 905-2777013 FAX-905-277-7010 8. RICHARD HENRY JOSEPH STARZYNSKI '76BA-York '79MBA-UWO (94) - .Rick continues to be a New York Yankee fan, despite the evidence that George Steinbrenner was rejected for pledging (the black ball!) in Phi Gamma Delta at three chapters. He is really a man that has had a lot of disappoinment to deal with GRAD UPDATE 1. Address changes - Please note the following new addresses for your fellow grad brothers thanks to Glen Farrow '89BA '93MBA (very much appreciated Funnel head!): (a) Robert James Langlois '91BA, 506 Scarboro Avenue. S.W., Calgary, Alberta T3C 2H6 - engaged to Allison "and the wedding is set for Calgary in 1996 when it gets a little warmer. I can't remember the date off hand." (b) William Harvey Hendsbee '89BA '93LLB, 7808 145 Street, Edmonton, Alberta T5R 056.'The poop on Bill is that he became a father on November 14, 1995. He and Sheri named their little girl Emily and she is the cutest thing in the world (next of course to my little girl, but I'm biased of course)." (c) Dario Frederick Anthonio Priolo '89FA, PENG sent this e-mail to Glen. "I have to be brief with this one, but all is going really well of late. I spent a few years in sunny and tropical Southern Taiwan...no joke man! The place is absolutely awesome. You wouldn't believe that the filth and crowds of Taipei are only a 1 /2 hour plane ride away. Anyway, mark off May 1 on your calendar because that's the day I blow out of here. I'll go through Vancouver and try to stop off at Calgary on my way back. We'll try to work out some details later." 2. Glen "Funnel head" Farrow '89BA '93MBA writes this update on himself: "I moved out to Calgary to work at Petro- Canada in June of 1994. My wife Anita and I had a little girl, Samantha, on January 24, 1995. She is already walking and talking. Her talking, however, is like her old man after he has \r\nhad a few too many. I think people can picture that better now." Thanks, Glen! Home - 86 SunLake Way, Calgary, Alberta T2X 3E4 403-254-8475 Work - Petro-Canada ,403-296-5759 e-mail:gfarrow@pcomega.petro-canada.ca 3. David Brisco '70BA (27)sent this e-mail to Dan Langer, Pig Dinner organizer extraordinaire: "Dear Brother Langer, Your letter and invitation to the "Pig" finally caught up with me from Italy. Sorry I did not send a change of address. For future reference, my new address is: 29 St. Stephen's Close, Avenue Road, London, NW8 6DB England. I regret that I will not be able to attend the "Pig" this year but will hope to do by for a cool one although Pete Hockin inquired about coming out skiing. I think Kimberley is the cheapest place for a ski holiday in Western Canada. We also have back country skiing from wilderness lodges, CAT & heli-skiing. Unfortunately, this poor rancher won't make it to the Pig so pass on my regards to the Brothers. I actually did attend a couple of Pigs at the U of C house when I was in Calgary. Hope all is well at your end! Thanks for your efforts." 6. Will Drope (William Gooderham Nelles Drope)'85BA '94MBA (178)(Will or Balls) advises that his new address is 167 Rumsey Road, Toronto, Ontario M4C 1P4 416-422- 0473. He is working for Hostess-Frito-Lay. He has graduated from driving a truck to corner stores to mapping out so next time I am back in Canada. Until then, fraternal best territories and routes for drivers out of the head office. wishes" e-mail: DAVID.BRISCO@ldn02.x400.gc.ca Welcome back to Canada, Will, after your year in France. 4. John Curtis'78BA (117) sent along the following letter 7. Thomas Sung Chul Kim '89BA (354)(Cinch) sent along the following Christmas greeting. I wonder where he gets his cigars. Must be part of his business as a wedding photojournalist and portraturist. Also, a big thank you to Tom for the professional pictures he took of the Silver Owl sent to the UWO Gazette by Rodger Cooper'65BA '68LLB (3)(Froats) on March 6, 1964. Thanks for the memories! This university Is faced with this problem. The problem Is— What'5 the problem sir: There seems to be a re- occurringtheme that appears In criticizing actions and attitudes on this campus—this Is "apa thy". I would like to submit to you that there Is not a "state of apathy'' on this campus as all those with a negative attitude would have us believe. There Is on this campus, and It Is quite evident a problem. This problem Is evident In most societies going through growing pains which are under a demo cratic form of government. The government Is usually adequate to perform the tasks facing It— but direct contact Is lost, with a loss In contact, both government to citizen and citizen to govern ment, Interest and enthusiasm decrea.se and overall response degenerates. Governments can look back to "The good old days" but they cannot go back. They are faced with a desire to regain the old spirit but the answer Is not often clear. "Lack of Communication, Lack of Co-ordination, and Lack of Recognition." This society Is still relatively small, yet there Is no pattern widely known and used of communication flow be tween the different groups on this campus. You don't know what the hell anyone else Is doing, once more you don't give a damn—If you wanted to find out what some one else was doing you couldn't find out anyways. There Is no co-ordinating unit—clubs get money go their way and no unit knows the total scope of the dif ferent groups efforts. But since there is no communication po co-ordination can take place. And since there Is no communication or co-ordination people do not receive their proper recognition. I would at this time like to suggest that that mystical tiody— the U.S.C. set up a commission to Investigate and make recom mendations to correct the prob lem of our campus—Lack of com munication, lack of co-ordina tion, and lack of recognition. Ho!Ho!Ho! Rodger Cooper 5. Barry Rogers '71 MBA (56)(Jock or Buck)sent along the following letter from the Wild Rose Ranch on January 31, 1996. Damn cold here!! -35C here at the Ranch this morning. We ve had a nice winter except for the last 9 days. We are the warm side of the Rockies relative to Alberta & Sask. Downhill recipients at the 1994 Pig. They are included for those brothers in this issue. & cross-country skiing have great conditions this year. I actually have time in my semi-retirement to improve my technique. I could tell a few stories about Mike Biggs trying 3H4 905-886-3352 to teach me to ski and meet women at Blue Mountain in the 8. From the UWO Alumni Gazette - Mitch Bauer ('87BA 199 late 60's. I enjoyed getting the Chain. No body has dropped Hank) is President of Bauer Systems Croup, an IBM computer Home and Work - 73 Romfield Circuit, Thornhill, Ontario L3T | \r\nleasing and remarketing company in Burlington, Ontario. Internet address is bauer-sys@hookup.net. In addition, he and Vincent Joseph Beretta own and operate WORXSMART F' Computer Leasing. 14. Stanley Boyd Morantz'87BA, aka Schtaan has moved his business. Aware Graphics Inc.(the printers of this newsletter) to 16 Eastern Avenue, Toronto, Ontario MSA 1H4 416-368-1880 Car-416-209-1409 FAX-416-368-5538. Good Home- 226 Shoreacres Road, Burlington, Ontario L7L 2H2 luck in your new location, Stan. 905-681-9274 Work - Bauer Systems Inc., Suite 33, 3455 Harvester Road, Burlington, Ontario L7N 3P2 905-681-6628 FAX-905-637- 15. John G. StarzynskI '74LLB has moved to 26 Shoemaker Cres., Guelph, Ontario N1K 1J6 519-837-9459 FAX-519-837-3396. 2291 9. Ian Bradley '65BA-UofT'68'MBA-UWO (?) advises that his new business address and telephone number are: Mattel/Fisher-Price, 6155 Freemount Boulevard, Mississauga, DAN HOROWITZ On the evening of Tuesday, March 19, 1996 a car accident took the life of Dan Horowitz. Dan, along with four other brothers, were returning to the Fiji house after making some preparations for the upcoming Islander party when the tragedy occurred. The other brothers involved were: Rob Stewart - broken pelvis, Jamie Armstrong - broken collarbone, Louie Curcio - broken pelvis and Ryan Vender - bruises and lacerations. Ontario L5R 3W2 905-501-0404 Ext.5116 FAX-905-501-1823 10. James Murray Trott'38BA-Uofr -1 had the delightful opportunity to visit with this Tau Kappa graduate from 1939, a Fiji since 1934. His wife was a very pleasant and gracious hostess for our meeting. He has just turned 80 years old. He graduated in Mathematics and Physics in 1938 with a Masters in Physics in 1940. He is one of the six founders of Brock University in St. Catharines in 1962. Congratulations to Our condolences go out to Dan's family in Toronto: his parents Valerie and Howard and to his brothers Michael this Toronto brother! 11. Gregory Lloyd Stoddart'71HBA-UW0'75PHD-UBC and Warren and his sister, Suzanne. The funeral services and his wife, Jeanine Hammar, announce the recent birth of their first child, a son, Travis Gregory. Many congratulations and I hope you can get a full night's sleep within the next 'threeyears, Greg. for Dan were held at Benjamin's Park Memorial Chapel on Wednesday, March 20, 1996 with interment at Pardes Shalom Cemetery in Toronto. 12. Frank Smeenk (aka Franciscus Cornelius Thaddeus Theodore Smeenk '71BA '74LLB) and MacDonald Oil LOST BROTHERS Exploration Ltd. are hot on the trail of large mineral, gold and copper deposits as well as hydrocarbon resources in Cuba. Things are going so well internationally for Frank's enterprise that he is included in an article in the january 15, 1996 issue of Maclean's Weekly Newsmagazine with a picture of Senor After the publication of the list of lost brothers in the last issue, a few "lost" souls were found and brought back into the fold. Unfortunately, there are still a number of MIA grads out there. If you happen to know anyone else's address, please let me know at 26 Shoemaker Cres., Guelph, Ontario Smeenk (meaning gold in Spanish now)on NIK 1J6 519-837-9459 FAX-519-837-3396. page 24. MacDonald Mines Exploration Ltd. Many thanks to Funnelhead for his advice on (MMP.S-ASE) is the operator of the programs of prospecting and development on behalf of partners GeoMinera S.A., a Cuban state agency, and Golden Hill Mining Corp.(GHMC-CDN). To date, US $1.6 million of the current year's US $2.2 million at least four names from the last list. Here are this issue's searchees. 1. William Harry Elgie 2. James Douglas Vernon 3. Perry Robert Zavitz 4. Michael David Washington prospecting and exploration programs have been completed. Continued good luck, 5. Peter Michael Vamos Frankie! 13. Shawn Green of the Toronto Blue Jays is reported to be a Fiji from a U.S. college. I ^have been trying to confirm this. Perhaps Kenny Fidlin '71 BA can ask him during a post-game interview. Ken HDUN 6. Gentaro Tsuzuki 7. Geoffrey Richard Thomas 8. Peter Janes Sullivan 9. Mark Andrew Smith 10. Eric Alberto Smith 11.Timothy Anselm James Purtill 12. Stephan Michael Protz \r\n13. Christopher Mochan 14. Greame Andrew Menzies 15. Capt. Duncan Daniel McMillan 16. Timothy Robert MacBride 17. Nigel Lad Chung Liang 18. Mark Andrew Kochuk 19. Richard Chong Kim20. Patrick Joseph Keaveney NICKNAMES LAST EDITION'S ANSWERS 1. Tabby - Paul Douglas Taberner 2. Bur-Head - Robert Stephen Berman 3. Carpenter - Dr. James Douglas Cameron 4. Ernest or Chip - Russell Alan Charlton 5. Gordo or Vinnie Barbarino - Jordan Andrew Herald BCA-HOUSE CORPORATION REPORT Things have wound down for the 1995-1996 school year as of the publication of this newsletter. There are a few brothers living in the house for the summer with plans for at least three and possibly seven brothers hoping to go to Scottsdale, Arizona for the 148th Ekklesia in August. Things will get back to normal in September. Please feel free to drop in to the house to say hello and meet the guys. AD HOC GRADUATE ASSOCIATION TORONTO CHAPTER Future dinner meetings are scheduled as follows; Date More Nicknames 1. Johnty Location Thursday, June 27, 1996 Madison Avenue Pub Thursday, September 26, 1996 Montana Bar & Grill Thursday, January 16, 1997 Joe Rockhead's 2. Gazoo 3. Flame 4. Brewski Please note that the festivities will begin each evening at approximately 5:30 p.m. 5. Don FIJI QUIZ - ANSWERS 1. This U.S. Supreme Court Justice played football to pay his way through Law School - Byron "Whizzer" White 2. These U.S. brothers have all won a major championship in professional golf - Payne Stewart, Jack Nicklaus, Hale Irwin and Jerry Pate. 3. This brother taught the world The Power of Positive Thinking - Norman Vincent Peaie. 4. This brother gained fame playing the role of Jack Tripper on television in 'Three's Company" - John Ritter. INTERNATIONAL REPORT At the Ekklesia this summer, there are two motions proposed by John Starzynski. The first is for a permanent graduate and a permanent undergraduate Canadian Archon on the Archonate. This is to have the fraternity be international not only in form and name but also in substance. The second is that there be no exchange charged on fees and dues payable to the International fraternity but that exchange be paid on hard, tangible items or goods purchased. The purpose of this is to make international dues more competitive with the 5. This brother was the last man to set foot on the moon Gene Ceman. other international fraternities that have a no- NEW FIJI QUIZ exchange policy. The Archons have 1. This chapter has continuously held its charter longer than any other chapter in Phi Gamma Delta. 2. The original Beta Chapter existed at this institution. advised that they will oppose these motions at the Ekklesia. A report 3. This chapter held the original Morris Pig Dinner. on the success of these motions will be made 4. Johnny Carson graduated from our chapter at this institution. 5. This chapter is the northernmost in Phi Gamma Delta. in the next Chain. \r\nFAMOUS CANADIAN Fiji Lieutenant Governor Hal Jackman From a charitable point of view, he served on many charitable boards including The Canadian Opera Company, Canadian Red Cross Pension Fund, Stratford Shakespearian Festival Foundation of Canada, Ontario Heritage Foundation, Toronto Western Hospital, Art Gallery of Ontario, St. Andrew's College, Upper Canada College, The Salvation Army, etc. His numerous awards include: four LLD.s, Member of the Order of Canada, Knight of Justice in the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem, recipient of the B'Nai Brith Foundation's Award of Merit. A full listing of all these organizations is available upon request. Hal is married to Maruja Trinidad Duncan. They have five children: Henry, Duncan, Maria Victoria, Consuelo and Trinity. Colonel The Honourable Henry Newton Rowell Jackman C.M., K.St.]., LL.D. is the present Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, acting as the representative of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II of England. He has held this post since December 11, 1991. Biography: Born in Toronto on June 10,1932; son of Henry Rutherford Jackman, O.C., K.St.J., Q.C., and Mary Rowell Jackman, LLP., D.Litt.S.(daughter of the late Chief Justice, SHE^ naiiT AS A PRMCESS...Prince Charles greets Consuelo Jackman,daughter of Lt-Gov. Hal Jackman,at Queen's Park. The Honourable N.W. Rowell, P.C., K.C., LL.D.). Educated at Upper Canada College; University of Toronto Schools; University of Toronto, B.A. 1953, LL.B. 1956; London School Clubs: York; Toronto; Albany; Royal Canadian Yacht Club; Royal Canadian Military Institute; Empire Club of Canada; of Economics. Mount Royal Club, Montreal. He has resigned these various business positions: Company, The Empire Life Insurance Company. Economic As Lieutenant Govemor, he has become Honorary Patron of more than 150 organizations in the arts and sciences, sports and charitable communities throughout the Province of Investment Trust Limited, The National Trustco Ltd., E-L Ontario. Financial Corporation Ltd., E-L Financial Services Ltd., Fulcrum Investment Company, Algoma Central Corporation PIG DINNER 1997 Chairman of the Board of Directors of: National Trust and United Corporations Limited. He was Vice-Chairman of the Dominion of Canada General I Insurance Company and The President and Director of numerous companies, including People's Jewellers Ltd and Doubleday Canada Ltd. In keeping with our past tradition. The Pig will be celebrated on the first weekend of February in 1997. The Dinner will be on Saturday, February 1, 1997 with festivities on the Friday night and perhaps Sunday. Plan for hockey, another public service project, a great speaker and loads of fun. \r\nbefore the unfortunate step of collection and legal action must be commenced. Plans are presently underway to follow up on all receivables accumulated over the years. Please -OK 1)q contact the Treasurer, Sushi! Ram, at 519-667-0042 or leave a message on the machine to make arrangements. Please remember that the privilege of fraternity membership also involves the responsibility to pay your bills as they come (or came) due to the chapter. The present guys are trying to operate without the funds that were expected from the monies not paid before. UNDERGRADUATE UPDATE Seven men were initiated in the Spring class this year. The house is being occupied by a few of the brothers for the summer with the majority of guys going to their parents' homes to work on summer jobs. The undergrad Hootline is included with this mailing. For a sample of what some of the undergrads are doing this summer, I quote from the summer telephone list: PITHY PHILOSOPHIES More minds go to waste through disuse than overuse - Bill Frohman Be yourself. Who else is better qualified? - Frank J. Giblin II There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as if everything is. - Albert Einstein In 1980, Oakland Athlectics owner Charlie Finley submitted a salary arbitration offer of $58,000 for infielder Mike Edwards. Edwards submitted a salary demand for $50,000. San Francisco Giants shortstop Johnie LeMaster was booed so often that he once wore "BOO" on his jersey, instead of his Austin Brooks: Looking for a job in a mannequin factory please call if you know any; Robert Kowalik: If Rob's not on the golf course, he can probably be found at YOUR ex-girlfriend's house; Rob Stewart: What do you do in Thunder Bay, anyways?; Ryan Vender: Will miss having his feet in Dan's face at night; D'Arcy Walsh: D'Arcy's going to try and stay awake through all the movies he missed this year; and, finally Norm Young: Norm will be spendin' his nights in da hood, sippin' on gin and juice, laid back, with his mind on his money and his money on his mind. Peace out. Blondie wows COU.E6E. rWATS •rou MEAN UEAVINS THE ivONPSaajL.') I'M IN POR LEAVING the FRATERNITV aOSBJE? T—r-'GCAOLATE AOADEMC L.IPE POa THE rtc'RE so ATOUGM PROUD OP ; TRAtlSmON woauo OP BUSINESS ■=• HOUSE and M0Vi»-h5 6A£K WITH MV name. I KNCW PAKEMTS HECK NO A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure. - Anonymous I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself. - jules Renard Expectations are pre-meditated resentments. - M. Scott Peck, M.D. Early figures show baseball attendance is up, says comedy writer Alan Ray. This inspires players. When a star sees the stands full of people, it makes him want to give 50%. THE FINAL WORD Well, another Chain goes into the books. I hoped you enjoyed it. I am always open for suggestions, comments, criticisms and help. If you have any of these, please free to contact me. PERGEI GRADUATE ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE This issue does not contain another listing of graduate accounts receivable because of a space limitation. If you owe money to the house, please make arrangements to pay John G. Starzynsk! \r\n \r\noe by al ¥ \r\n \r\n