April 2012 On the Web Join Our Online Community You can find your Member ID, which is required for First Time Login at www.epsilonpgd. com, located above your name and address on this newsletter. Stay up to date and keep in touch with the latest news, events and other Epsilon information. Find Us On Facebook Graduate Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/ epsilonpgd In Memory We have recently learned of the deaths of the following brothers: Robert P. MacKinzie Jr. ‘49 William Smith ‘49 William Crump ‘49 Epsilon Chapter mourns their passing and extends condolences to their families and friends. Make a Gift Show Your Support of Our 2011-12 Annual Fund! Here’s how to make a gift: 1. Log on to www.epsilonpgd.com. 2. Call 800-975-6699. 3. Mail a check, payable to Epsilon of Phi Gamma Delta, to the return address on this newsletter. The Epsilon Owl Graduate REPORT Every Year … We Need You! By David Batten ‘79, Graduate President, Phi Gamma Delta Graduates Another spring is almost here, meaning it’s time once again for the Epsilon Owl to hit mailboxes. As a new season begins, I am reminded of the continued legacy that Phi Gam carries forth each and every year. In order to ensure our continued success for generations to come, we need your participation every year too. Our Phi Gam experience wasn’t just for the four years we spent at UNC. Rather, it is a lifelong experience that continues to grow in our graduate years. Every year, we fulfill our mission to keep you connected with Phi Gam through our newsletter, our web site and our monthly eLetters. And every year, we are counting on you to remain an active participant in our graduate relations program. • • • • Here’s how you can get involved: Become a registered, active user at www.epsilonpgd.com. Submit a story, memory, update or photo to share in an upcoming publication. Ensure we have your email address on file to communicate more frequently and cost-effectively (send your email address to feedback@affinityconnection.com). Call an old Phi Gam friend to reminisce and share old stories. I look forward to reconnecting with you this year… and every year. Chapter Recruitment Rush Efforts are Underway, and You Can Help! By Sam Duckett I am one of five rush chairs for Phi Gam this upcoming fall semester. I am writing you today on behalf of our fraternity to help Phi Gam get a jump start on recruitment as the incoming freshmen are starting to enroll. We have begun to compile a rush list with names of siblings and friends from home that may be interested. If you know of any incoming freshmen that you would like to recommend to us, please send their contact information to one of the addresses listed to the right. We plan to send our annual rush letter after Easter break, inviting the incoming freshmen to a spring party at the house and the Phi Gam beach weekend in Wilmington, NC. If you’d like to help us in this effort by contributing names, ideas or support, please feel free to contact any of the brothers listed below. Thank you� for all your continued help and support! www.epsilonpgd.com Rush Chairs President Jonathan Schenck (Jr.) jps825@live.unc.edu, (919) 417-1408 Sam Duckett (So.) sam.c.duckett@gmail.com, (336) 847-5155 Thomas Webster (Fr.) rtwebster@live.unc.edu, (336) 420-9898 Mason Hawfield (So.) mhawfield92@gmail.com, (910) 228-4322 George Moore (Fr.) moore.georgeb@gmail.com, (336) 403-8791 Bennett Sprinkle (Fr.) bennettsprinkle@mac.com, (336) 618-2326 1 \r\nGraduate Phi Gam - A No-Brainer for John Marriott ‘82 What’s your most memorable moment as an Epsilon undergrad? It would be hard to come up with a most memorable moment, but one that sticks is remembering a very naïve and not so worldly freshman pledge. I was essentially kidnapped by my Big Brother, John Gates ’79, and some other upperclassmen. I have no idea where we went or whether there was any plan, but we spent a number of hours just riding around, talking (probably drinking a good deal) and having a great time. It was very special to me to be treated so well by a bunch of guys that I really respected. Why did you pick/join Phi Gam over other fraternities? It was a no-brainer for me. I bonded easily with many of the brothers as well as the other guys going through rush that appeared to be leaning towards the Phi Gams. Even though I went to high school in Virginia, my family was from Rocky Mount and I really liked the eastern North Carolina ties that existed as well. What was your nickname (if any) and how did you earn it during your undergrad years? BT named me Mario, based on my last name, which soon became Mario Carrelli, who was a character on an old soap opera. Some of the brothers called me Mario and others Carelli, but they both stuck and to this day, I am still called by one of those whenever I run into an old Phi Gam. How did you and your Epsilon buddies celebrate Spring Break? Every one of them was memorable, but all of them seemed to involve Greg McDonald ’83 convincing me to go somewhere like Aspen or Key West or the Bahamas. I remember one trip ending up at the same place as a bunch of Pi Phis and we all had a blast. Reconnect with John at john.marriott@ fairviewinvest.com. 2011-12 Honor Roll of Donors Thank you to the following brothers who have supported the annual fund so far this year... Epsilon Legacy Circle ($1,000+) Norman S. Goode III 1963 John W. Hughes III 1966 White Owls ($500-$999.99) Thomas E. Capps 1958 Laurence B. Maddison Jr. 1965 Stephen L. Cornwell 1974 J. Dixon Fleming Jr. 1976 Herbert R. Clark M.D. 1977 Charles R. Hardee 1978 Purple Club ($250-$499.99) Kenneth F. Anderson Jr. 1956 Joe Lamb Jr. 1956 Wayne C. Anderson 1960 William E. Bowman Jr. 1967 Richard W. Zollinger 1973 Van W. Martin 1979 Stephen L. Wheeless 1982 Gregory L. Richardson 1984 David C. Burkhardt 1991 1848 Society ($184.80-$249.99) Lewis T. Nunnelee II 1949 Harry G Walker Jr. 1949 W. Ward Marslender 1962 Robert T. Wright Jr. 1968 Marvin J. Carver III 1975 Hassell Howard Weeks III 1978 George T. Barnes Jr. 1992 Benjamin M. Bost 1997 Rob Young III 1997 Russell E. Byrd 2003 Hut Club ($100-$184.79) Raymond H. Goodrich Jr. 1943 2 James C. Fort Thomas P. Stratford Alfred W. Griffin Jr. F. Rockwell Poisson Ben O Yelverton Jr. Henry N. Lee Jr. E Lewis Bryan James M. Dillon R. Bryant Hare III Emsley A. Laney Jr. Charles W Higgins Jr. Gene F. Lyon James W. Maynard Charles J Sawyer MD Richard N. Hoggard Jr. James Allen Hill Jr. Robert Exum Jr. William H. Redding Jr. W Victor Venters II Marvin E. Ward Welton Curtis Sewell Jack H. Spain Jr. John C. Bryant James B. Sloan Eugene E. Record Jr. Burt Aycock Jr. J. Dwight Hudson Frank C. Cloyes John S. Hughes James M. Tanner Jr. Charles P. Gaskins Jr. John B. Beall Hart Lee John T. Stanley Steve Gravely John M. Winesette Edmund T. Buckman III 1948 1948 1950 1950 1951 1952 1953 1953 1953 1953 1954 1954 1954 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1958 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1966 1967 1968 1968 1969 1970 1970 1971 1974 1974 1975 Billy G. Worsham II 1975 David T. Beach 1976 Robert P. Hortman 1976 Laurence E. Lilley Jr. 1976 Al R. Chesson Jr. 1977 Blair D. Shwedo 1979 Charles F Du Bose 1980 John H. Coffman 1981 William E. Williams 1981 Jeffrey S. Aldridge 1982 Thomas O. Hollinshed 1982 H. Reid Jones Jr. 1982 John D. Marriott Jr. 1982 Henry M. Kidd 1983 Curtis H. Hathaway Jr. 1984 Michael B. Holder 1984 Norborne Gee Smith III 1984 William P. Mayo Jr. 1987 Stephen P Covington 1988 Edwin D. Miller 1988 Joseph S. Hogan 1990 Hart Miles 1991 Jonathan C. Anders 1992 David M. Connor III 1992 Laurence B. Maddison III 1992 Adam P. Jones 1997 John Isaac Southerland 2000 Benjamin Kyle Saylors 2001 Graham Edward Farless 2004 Camp Jenkins 2004 William Randolph Robins Jr. 2005 James Christian Walters 2007 Fijis ($50-$99.99) Gene M. Cushman Thomas B. Lathrop Dixie E. Greene www.epsilonpgd.com 1944 1947 1948 William R. Martin Jr. 1948 William P. Mayo 1948 Frank P. Meadows Jr. 1949 John S. Whichard 1950 Rowland Burnstan Jr. 1954 Kenneth Frank McCain M.D. 1956 George W. Boss 1961 Edward Harvie Hill Jr. 1964 John Gordon Aycock 1966 C. Gray Johnsey 1971 Thomas G. Nisbet Jr. 1971 Kevin A. Shwedo 1978 Hayes R. Holderness 1979 C. Paisley Gordon Jr. 1989 Marcus Jones 2002 David Avery Sparrow 2002 Wood J. Farless 2003 Bryan P. Darch 2004 Mark Breckenridge Gibbs 2004 Brandon B White 2005 Tram Williams 2005 Joseph Bower Jr. 2006 Churchill Bunn 2006 Thomas Ragsdale 2006 Mitchell Culbreth Guy 2008 Graduates Club (Up to $49.99) John K. Hoyt Jr. 1956 Richard C. Pattisall 1960 Walter E. Titchener II 1974 Edwin M. Braswell III 2003 David B. Strickland 2003 Steven Dunn Strickland 2005 Ed Wood 2006 Elliott Burton Farless 2008 Michael Ryan Linden 2008 April 2012 \r\nProfiles John Coffman ’81 is Thankful for Connections Formed at the House Why did you join Phi Gam as an undergraduate? I knew I wanted to join a fraternity and Phi Gam seemed liked a good fit for me at the time. What is the funniest memory from your Phi Gam days? The water monster was always a good one. There are a lot of other ones but they are not suitable for print. How do you stay connected with your brothers as a graduate? I see a lot of them in Greenville as well as at the beach. Have you visited Chapel Hill since graduation? Why or why not? Yes, quite often; mainly for football and basketball games. How would your life be different today if you had never joined Phi Gam? I certainly would not have a lot of the relationships and connections that were developed through the house. If you could go back and relive one moment from your Phi Gam years, what would it be and why? I probably would not steal the Dannon yogurt truck during the early morning mixer with the Tri-Delts. Where has life taken you since graduation? What’s new in your life today? I live in Greenville, NC with my wife Pam. We have two children, Sydnor (19) and Harrison (16). I am co-president of Coffman’s Mens Wear and also do a little commercial real estate. Who do you stay connected with in your graduate years? Are there any brothers you’ve lost touch with whom you’d like to reconnect? I stay connected with a lot of the Greenville guys as well as a great group from Raleigh. Reconnect with John at jcoffman@coffmansmenswear.com. Graduate Updates Willie Hobson ’64 (225 Cottage Place, Charlotte, NC 282072211; whobson1@carolina.rr.com) I’m a retired lawyer. My wife Dorothy and I live in Charlotte with seven grandchildren (all in Charlotte). I sleep with my wife and four Yorkies and play alto and tenor saxophones in a local Big Band Jazz Ensemble. Last summer I cleaned out some wild bamboo in my back yard. It reminded me of the Fiji Island “boo raids.” So I took several pictures. Jim Moye ’66 (1713 Rosewood Drive, Greenville, NC 27858-4447; jimmoye@suddenlink.net) I am semi-retired in Greenville, NC. I’ve been married to Barbara for 44 years, play golf with Charles Vincent and Charles Gaskins, and am a proud grandfather of (almost) two-yearold Rose. Thomas Higgins ’68 (thiggins@hfgmlaw.com) I have just retired and moved to 1811 Front Street in Beaufort, North Carolina. Bob Wright ’68 (200 S Biscayne Blvd., Miami, FL 33131; rtwjr1@yahoo.com) Diana and I sold our house and moved to South Beach about three years ago. We moved back to the mainland last year. It’s just us now; Sarah lives in Austin, TX; Nicole lives in Palm Beach Gardens with her husband Michael and our two (to date) grandchildren, Henry and Elizabeth; Jon is an airline pilot and lives in Doha, Qatar with his wife Kelly; and Rick, our youngest, will graduate from medical school in Tel Aviv this June. We continue to cover the globe. Professionally, I am a partner with Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a 350-lawyer firm having offices in New York, LA, and of course, Miami. Reid Rhodes ’76 (2909 Greystone Dr., Rocky Mountain, NC 27804; rrhodes@jharm.com) I am married to Margaret Ann (35 years). My kids are Dr. Suzanne Rhodes Sharpton, San Francisco, and Thomas Rhodes, Charlotte, NC, a 2010 Phi Gam! Scott Hazelgrove ’06 (1002 Harvey Circle, Kinston, NC 285013643; scotthazelgrove@gmail.com) I am now practicing antitrust law with Hunton & Williams in DC. Churchill Bunn ’06 (503 Pritchard Ave, Chapel Hill, NC 275162137; cbunn1584@gmail.com) Over the past two years I’ve been in the full-time MBA program back in Chapel Hill. While certainly a different experience, it has been great to be back at UNC for another run. Upon graduation I am moving to southern California to develop hotels for OTO Development. What’s new with you? Share your news and updates online at www.epsilonpgd.com. The Epsilon Owl www.epsilonpgd.com 3 \r\n778-155 SN MH Chapter Report Chapter Brings in New Brothers and Says Goodbye to Graduating Seniors • • • • • • • • • William Nicholson of Raleigh will graduate with a degree in Biology. • Tillman Snead of New Bern will graduate with a degree in Business Administration. • William White of Raleigh will graduate with a degree in History. • Hill Winstead of Sanford will graduate with a degree in History. • Drew Yates of High Point will graduate with a degree in Business. We are very proud of our seniors and wish them the best of luck in their careers. Those of us who will not be graduating are involved in a number of university and community activities. Wilkins Zollicoffer of Durham, Kevin DePopas of Greensboro, and John Dobson of San Antonio, all sophomores, are members of the UNC club lacrosse team. Kegan Lowe, a freshman from Greensboro, is the manager of the varsity baseball team. Junior Justin Combs of Tanzania, junior Ross Bell of Statesville, and senior Reed Barton spend their weekends coaching a little league soccer team. -How You Can Help Recruit Our Future Phi Gams -Lots of Graduate Updates -Ways to Keep in Touch, Get Involved, Share Memories and More! In this Issue... Graduate Relations Processing Center P.O. Box 7007 Albert Lea, MN 56007‑8007 UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA Epsilon of Phi Gamma Delta, Inc. PRESORTED FIRST CLASS MAIL U.S. POSTAGE PAID State College, Pa. Permit No. 2 4 Address Service Requested • ate with degrees in History and Business Administration. Charles Duckett of High Point will graduate with a degree in Communication Studies. William Ellis of Greenville will graduate with degrees in Management & Society and Political Science. Will Futrell of Jackson will graduate with a degree in Journalism & Mass Communication. Matthew Green of Greenville will graduate with a degree in Management & Society. Gray Goley of Greensboro will graduate with a degree in Business. Will Hand of New Bern will graduate with a degree in English. Corey LaPrade of Greenville will graduate with degrees in History and Political Science. John Nash of Raleigh will graduate with a degree in Journalism & Mass Communication. Matt Nemetz of Cary will graduate with a degree in Economics. 778-155 SN Epsilon initiated 11 new Phi Gams in the fall: Will Hathaway, Carter Helling, Patrick Lamb, Kegan Lowe, Vance Matthews, George Moore, Will Newton, Bennett Sprinkle, Emerson Statham, Ryan Wallace, and Thomas Webster. These men round out our freshman class. All but Will Hathaway, who is from Washington D.C., are North Carolinians. We have begun planning for rush in the 2012 Fall Semester and our Annual Beach Weekend will be held in Wrightsville Beach, NC this summer. The Harper Williams Benefit Concert will be held on Thursday, April 19th at Pantana Bob’s in Chapel Hill. We will also be hosting an IFC Barbeque Cookoff during exams which will put fraternity chefs against one another in a whole pig barbeque judged by the firefighters of the Chapel Hill Fire Department. All proceeds from the cook-off will go to the CHFD. At the end of the current semester, we will be graduating 15 seniors: • Reed Barton of Richmond will gradu- www.epsilonpgd.com April 2012