TIGER HXlToTlj Chapter Continues to Strive Toward Greatness The 2011-2012 year has begun well academically—very well! We are so pleased that the undergrads have done; they topped the grades of every living unit on campus! Neither of us can remember any frater nity ever achieving this. Frankly, the firstsemester house average of 3.426 is right up there with the highest grade averages posted anywhere in Phi Gamma Delta—even the "grade-inflated" campuses! We are so very proud of your accomplishments, brothers. 2011-2012 has also begun well organi zationally. Starting in spring 2011, Lambda was blessed with about eight enthusiastic— and mostly young—volunteers who activated our board of chapter advisers, with guidance from Caleb Beasley '06, who has taken on the Purple Legionnaire's position. The thriv ing chapter that Kit and I enthused about in the summer 2011 Tiger Fiji has now gained new depth in its graduate oversight, a key aspect of maintaining an enduring chapter. The house corporation continues to pur sue enhancing our 47-year-old, but wellmaintained, chapter house. New bathrooms on the first and second floors are complete. We now expect to see architectural drawings by Alumni Weekend that will make the FIJI house competitive with any other facility on campus. Improvements in study rooms, a larger chapter room and Lortz Library, and a fitness center are just a few of the intend ed improvements, along with substantial replacement of internal wiring and plumbing facilities, which will put Lambda's house in order for years to come. So come see your chapter! The annual Pig Dinner is scheduled for April 14, and more than 100 FIJIs will be there to greet you! Doug Mitchell '70 and Kit Lortz '62 Co-Presidents Presidential Letter: Lambda Reaches New Heights We now number 91 men with the new class, established during the past year with the Putnam County Community Foundation, has now started accruing interest. This means that we can now guarantee philanthropic organizations like the American Red Cross a preset annual donation. And so you all know, which makes Lambda the third-largest house donations to the fund are tax deductible. on campus. J.D. Floover, a sophomore brother, recently assumed office as the vice presi dent of risk management on the univer sity's Interfraternity Council. Jared Norman, a senior brother in the School of Music, The start of 2012 has marked an exempla ry period of progress for Lambda Chapter. In early February, we pledged another diverse class of 25 men with members from as far away as China, as well as several legacies. We also recently learned of our academic success during the fall semester, when we topped all other fraternities and sororities for the highest CPA on campus with a 3.426. This is a distinction that has never been achieved by a fraternity in known memory. A $14,000 endowment fund, which we claimed the title of Homecoming King dur ing Old Gold Weekend. Brothers Matthew Cecil '12 and William Calderwood '14 were each distinguished as runner-ups for "most outstanding member" and "most outstand ing new member", respectively, during the fraternity's recent State Day. Jared Norman '12 was elected 2011 Old Cold King. The men of Lambda Chapter also serve in a variety of other prominent leadership roles, including vice president of the student body, editor-in-chief of The DePauw newspaper. Republican Club president, president of the DePauw University Competitive Knowledge Squad, and much more. We lay claim to varsity athletes as well as members of Phi Beta Kappa and Mortar Board. Our brothers have studied abroad this year in Great Britain, Greece, Germany, Scotland, Rome, Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, China, and Brazil. With respect to the John Templeton McCarty award, we have achieved superior status for the past nine years. We also main tained a zero-dollar balance with IHQ. (continued on page four) Rrotherh(u)d around the world: FIJIs share a meal abroad in Southeast Asia. DEPAUWFI I1.COM SPRING 2012 \r\nFriendship, Brotherhood, and Good Eats What never fails to bring a group of young men together? Classes? Homework? Chapter meetings? Well, maybe ... but how about a homemade meal served nice and hot? Wait, there is more—how about all you can eat? the needs of the brothers. This is undoubt edly helped by her years of experience in food preparation and management Here at Lambda, food plays a vital role in fraternity life. In spring 2011, University President Brain Casey joined us for our scholarship dinner and led a thoughtful a decade is no simple task! Although Patty has not been with us quite as long, she performs her daily kitchen routine with an uncommon understanding and patience for • discussion on intellectual life at the university while we all enjoyed a three-course meal cre ated and served by our staff. During recruitment, the three rounds revolved around the foods each house offers. We topped the competition with unique, highquality offerings—and at least one gour positions. Both Maria and Patty work with the brotherhood (repre sented by the food committee) to put together weekly menus that cater to vegetarians, track stars, and scholars alike. Over the past year, we became familiar with the challenge of DePauw's efforts to alter campus life. As the university makes student hous ing and dining options more attractive to product we "sell" here at Lambda: a college experience unmatched by any other. The kitchen reaches out and influences the brotherhood in a variety of ways. Maria can often be seen in the dining room (freshly painted by the new pledge class under the leadership of Andrew Muth '12) keeping on track with brothers' academics or love lives. Patty often refers to us as her "nephews" and keeps up a lively banter in the dining room. She also works with our brothers from abroad to prepare large portions of authentic cultural foods for the whole chap ter to enjoy. Employment in the kitchen (as dishwashers and cleaners) gives some broth ers the chance to pay their bills—and learn the quality of honest, hard work! The end result of our kitchen staff's hard work sets both Greek and non-Greek students, some the stage for the success that so many broth ers achieve here at Lambda. to converse, catch up, and sometimes debate brothers (upperclassmen in particular) have a hard time passing up the opportunity to "live out" in spacious duplexes that offer more privacy. The quality of our food and the presence of our strong brotherhood at the finer points of their college experiences. Maria Miner (our house manager) and ers to maintain their connection with the met meal. Perhaps most importantly, meals remain a time for bonding in the midst of our hectic schedules. They are an opportu nity for brothers who rarely see each other Patty Fultz work together to make all of these events a huge success. Maria provides her knowledge of recipes and business exper tise along with almost 10 years of experience as our house "mom." Let's face it, catering the Norris Pig Dinner for the better part of mealtimes remains a reason for these broth chapter and preserve its ideals and values. Our meals also help to convince freshman that our chapter is the best on campus. In my own experience, it was the first thing If you are at all interested to see us at work, I proudly invite you to attend the annual Norris Pig Dinner in the coming spring. You will see the culmination of years of continued support from Graduate Brothers through the success of the chapter. You will have the opportunity to reunite with old friends and share the enjoyable memories of your college years. But most importantly, you won't go home hungry. that started to make DePauw feel more like a home. Food is an important staple of the Nick Meiners '12 Lambda Chapter Welcomes 25 New Members The Lambda Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta is proud to welcome the 2012 pledge class! This year's class comprises 25 individu familial ties. The class contains a set of of brothers currently live in the house, in twins and the younger brother of another FIJI who's already in the house. Three sets and Adam Cecil '14. Also, FIJI added five addition to active members Matt Cecil '12 als who maintain an international students, active role not only in the fraternity, but also contributing to the CD FA in the DePauw com substantial of diversity in the house. FIJI'S 2012 pledge munity as a whole. New members are ath class is a well-rounded letes, musicians, and everything in between, playing roles in all group of individuals. Over the next four years, they will con tinue to uphold the sorts of on-campus clubs, groups, teams, long-standing tradi and ensembles. It is tion of excellence in important to FIJI to attract campus leaders, and this pledge class exemplifies that goal. Phi Gamma Delta. It is the honor on behalf of the 2012 pledge class to be welcomed to the brotherhood of It is fair to say that being a FIJI runs in the family—not only through the brother hood, but also through TIGER Fin the Lambda Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. Pledges show their excitement about joining Lambda Chapter on Bid Night. DEPAUWFl j i.COM Leif Anderson '15 \r\nJudson Green '74 on "Leadership and Creativity: Lessons Extracted From Jazz" Judson Green '74 used his musical talents to demonstrate leadership and creativity in music and business through lessons extract ed from jazz during DePauw Discourse on September 30, 2011. World-renowned cel list Yo-Yo Ma was the featured guest for "Empowering Society through the Arts." Judson and his ensemble educated an audience of over 200 on jazz and how Judson applied lessons learned from jazz to successful business leadership positions first at Disney Theme Parks and Resorts and later as CEO of NAVTEQ. Using jazz composed by Judson, he explained the importance of improvisation, never being overwhelmed or intimidated, practicing creativity every day, and an environment leading to collabora tion and discovery. Judson composed all music played during the program,except for "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane, the legend ary jazz saxophonist and composer. Improvisation is a rich source of leader ship, creativity, and innovation in jazz and organizations. Leadership, whether of a jazz quintet or a large organization, begins with works of corporations— people given real problems vision, mission, culture. Improvisation is the that had not been solved. The group was given three months to propose a solu tion and a plan to execute, and they always produced. At NAVTEQ, internet portals were implemented so everyone could react to topics posted and respond heart of jazz. At age 8, Judson had his first lesson in improvisation watch ing Jose Mendez, musical conductor on Jack Paar's Tonight Show. Mendez used telephone numbers from the audience to com pose tunes! In 1972, while at DePauw, Judson wanted to learn to improvise bet with ideas and ideas sub (Photo by Marilyn Culler) mitted by others. This cre ated a steady stream of Judson Green '74 creativity. Collaboration is essential to creativity, ter. He took lessons from David Baker at Indiana University and was advised to learn and may be most difficult because it requires one tune, "Giant Steps." It was a "simple many people. Creating an environment of lesson" about jazz, according to Judson. ideas and building on the ideas is complex. Studying the patterns of "Giant Steps" Infrastructure and shared values are cru "demystified the most difficult artist and cial for people to trust each other, create most difficult solo in jazz history." a framework with similar values, set the The lesson learned: "Never be over right expectations, and show appreciation. whelmed or intimidated by complexity or The same applies to jazz quintets and large something you don't understand." Judson organizations alike. headed Disney Resorts "without hospitality a foundation of "shared agreements." Just experience." He became CEO of NAVTEQ as jazz musicians have a series of "agree ments" on key, tempo, chords and more, so do organizations. Creativity in jazz means adhering to these underlying agreements. without technology education or experience. From the down beat in jazz, everyone has to be creative. At Disney, Judson implement ed "action learning initiatives" to institution Note: As most of you know, Judson underwent a stem-cell transplant for leuke mia in May 2011. Recovery has been a lon ger road than expected, but Judson seems to have turned a major corner, based on the The same applies to the operational frame alize creativity. These initiatives involved 10 most recent report. Brothers Strengthen Commitment to Philanthropy The Lambda Chapter of able to restart its activities in Phi Gamma Delta had a very the future. We organized a and we really believe that we could make this event much bigger than we have in previous successful semester in terms barbecue event to raise funds years. We also found a lot of help from the of philanthropy. We had two major philanthropic events that were organized by the chapter. The first event this fall was the FIJI-Theta Bark-B-Q. We have always held this event with the ladies of Kappa Alpha and received tremendous sup port from the DePauw student body and the community to local farmers who helped us by donating pumpkins for the event. We are definitely improving our relations with the community through our philanthropic events. The brothers from the chapter were also involved in actively supporting other phi lanthropies on campus. They participated and supported events such as Ring Sing, Mr. University, Chiland, a fashion show, toy drive, and more, helping to raise money for various philanthropic organizations. The brothers were also exercising their service duties, and they performed approximately 1,000 hours of service through their volun tary activities. We are hoping to have success ful philanthropies in the spring semester, and we will be actively working on improvements based on our experiences and promoting par Theta with a goal of raising money for the Pumam County Humane Society. However, we further our cause. Our second event for the fall was the FIJI Pumpkin Bash. We raised money for the American Red Cross through Pumpkin Bash 2011 faced some challenges for this event, as the Putnam County Humane Society was shut ting down soon after the event due to finan cial difficulties. After understanding that our donations to the Humane Society would not this event. This event was organized over two days. We had a pumpkin-carving event in the middle of campus where a bunch of students and professors bought pumpkins and enjoyed the carving experience. On the second day of the event, we organized a few games for all the sororities. Every sorority at DePauw support be sufficient to keep it from shutting down, we decided to go ahead with the event and raise money for the Indiana Humane Society. We also used this opportunity to make a ed our cause enthusiastically and helped to make the event very successful. The event fol lowed into the actual pumpkin-bashing event statement of support to the Putnam County Humane Society with hopes that it will be in our backyard. All the brothers were heav ily involved in making this event a success. ticipation in serving the community. DEPAUWF1II.COM Ashwin Upasani '12 SPRING 2012 \r\nGRADUATE BROTHER NEWS ' . William R. "Bill" Nesbit '52 sends greetings from 504 Lewis Isle Ln., Prospect Heights, IL 60070. {wrnesbit@sbcglobal.net) Edward "Ted" Bruce '54 recently updated his email address: eebruce@sap_corp.com. Say "hello" to him at 19 Saint Andrews Dr., Michigan City, IN 46360. Drop Kurt Mahrdt '56 a line at his new email address—mahrdtprop@comcast.net— or send "snail mail" to 209 Willowgate Ln., Indianapolis, IN 46260. Holub '87, David Qua '94 (the best man), and Bob Farris '81.1 ran my second Marine Corps Marathon in October 2010 and raised nearly $8,000 in honor of William N. Orn '81 for the American Cancer Society. Thank you to all the FIJIs who contributed ent of the 2011 Helen Gratz Rockefeller Classic Auto Gtoup in Cleveland. After hon Outstanding Volunteerism Award presented eymooning in Paris and Florence, my wife by Family Centers, which offers educational and I reside at 3701 Traynham Rd., Shaker Heights, OH 44122." Keep in touch with Paul via email at pqua@driveclassic.com. and human services in Fairfield County, Catch up with Stanford K. McCoy '93 by writing to his new email address: stanfordkmccoy@yahoo.com.(4501 Cheltenham Dr., Dr., #12, Terre Haute, IN 47802; donald. Bethesda, MD 20814) mighell@indstate.edu. Send greetings to Frank Green '64 at 6747 Wilton Dr., Oakland, CA 94611; or email flg@sunset.net. Robert B. Holland '65 can now be reached via email at hollandrbl@gmail.com. (1184 Mistwood Ct., Downers Grove, IL 60515) Catch up with John R. Tolle '70 by writing to his new email address (johntolle@aol. com) or his postal address (4002 38th PI. N, Arlington, VA 22207). Connecticut. Also a member of DePauw University's board of trustees. Brother Wells has been a part of Family Centers for more than a decade. He coordinated the develop ment of a new communications plan that brought increased visibility to the organiza tion. Brother Wells exemplifies the dedica tion to service that Phi Gamma Delta aims "I can't believe it's been 17 years," writes Robert P. Malik '94. "I want to let you guys know that you are all doing a great job. Thank you. As I have a family now, I look back, time goes by so quickly, I realize these are days you will not have again, to make an impact that you guys are having on the community, academics, athletics, and the great personal relationships you are forming, will last forever. I can't thank you enough for continuing to send me the Tiger FIJI. I am so proud to be a part of FIJI. You will have your memories and friends that will last forever. Thank you for keeping the FIJI family alive. Perge!" Write to Rob at 36 Riverchase Dr., Rensselaer, NY 12144; malikrobert@hotmail.com. We misprinted the email address for Colin C. Cress '03 in the previous issue of Tiger FIJI; the editors apologize for the error. Reach Colin at colincctess@gmail.com, or send postal mail to 1584 Wells Dr., Plainfield, IN 46168. He writes: "Be nice William Arends'72 has a new email address: Brother Bob Wells '66 was the recipi to this fund. I continue to work in sales at Get in touch with Donald R. Mighell (Texas '56) by writing to him at 5235 E. Greenbriar "Thanks to the Tiger FIJI, I was able to connect with Bob Erickson '58 and enjoy a great day at Monmouth Golf Club in New Jersey," writes Jim "Kels" Kelly '57. "To top off the day. Bob introduced me to a fellow member—Lawrence 'Yogi' Berra, one of my favorite Yankees!" Stay in touch with Bob by writing to him at 2 Pilgrim Rd., Darien, CT 06820; jrkteeitup@aol.com. Bob Wells '66 Receives Award to KKG—my sister is a sophomore there." to instill in its members and continues to work with Family Centers. Congratulations! David Garrett '13 Presidential Letter (continued from page one) Collectively, Lambda donated over 1,000 hours of community service and hosted sev eral successful philanthropies on campus and in the local community. Our annual philan thropy for the Humane Society of Putnam County, Bark-B-Q, played a crucial role in ensuring all shelter animals were adopted before the group closed down. With our contributions, we hope to aid the Humane Society in getting back on its feet over the next school year. As I enter my term as president, I am honored to inherit the chapter in such good standing and look forward to leading Lambda to further excellence. bill@arends-sons.com. He's still at 715 S. Sangamon Ave, Gibson City, IL 60936. "My wife, Shelia, and I have moved to the Rough River Lake area of Kentucky," reports Michael D. Ricks '78. "I am current Michael Knight '06 is now an attorney Michael Osborn '13, President with Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. in Matthew Cecil '12, President Emeritus Carmel,Indiana. Catch up with Mike at 9351 Cameron Ridge Ln., Apt. 127, Indianapolis, IN 46240; mbknight@gmail.com. ly the business manager for Rough River AD ASTRA 14515 Falls Of Rough Rd., Falls of Rough, Paul Taylor '09 reports a new email address: mmvv52@gmail.com. Send mail to 8025 KY 40119; mdricksl@mediacombb.net. NW 20th St., Oklahoma City, OK 73127. Paul B. Qua '82 writes, "Christine Bretz and 1 were married on July 23, 2011. Several Lambda FIJIs were in attendance: Wade Nichols '72,John Axelberg '83, David 3709 N. Bosworth Ave., Apt. 2F, Chicago, IL 60613. (porter.andrewsteven@gmail.com) TIGERFIJI is published regularly by Lambda Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. News, photographs, and chang es of address are welcomed and encouraged at all times and should be sent to Alumni Records Office, Lambda Chapter, Phi Gamma Delta, P.O. Box 40.167, Indianapolis, IN 46240-0.167. Dam State Resort Park." Contact him at Find Andrew Porter '10 at his new address: Vernon C. Dahlstrom '57 June 2, 2011 Thomas G. Lueder '86 March 29, 2011 \r\nstay connected with FIJI! 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