Mu Upsilon Chapter at Miami University The End of the Slant Winter 2010 RETURN TO THE END OF THE SLANT Highlights By: Mike “Beavo” Bevis (1970) It may have been 50 years, 40 years, 25 years or maybe just 5 years, but the feeling is still the same. Make the turn off route 73 onto route 27 and then turn left at Cook Field. Now as you drive up High Street into Oxford, the heart starts to beat a little faster as you reach Slant Walk. It might have been the day you pledged, the day you went active, or the day of puddle pull practice or Greek Week. It could have been a memory of Fiji Island or just the fun of the porch club. And that is when you realize that it is not for college days alone. What- ever you learned, experienced, loved, remembered or now visualized, friendship is the sweetest influence. Yes, the water tower is gone and the CI is now CJ’s but 130 East High… it is good to be home. And so is the case now, three years after our 50th anniversary at the End of the Slant. Many of us went from celebration to depression following the problems in the house a few years ago. But the good news is that in these three short years, strength and vibrancy have returned to 130 East High Street. A strong group of brothers, bolstered by a “Whatever you learned, experienced, loved, remembered or now visualized, friendship is the sweetest influence.” new incoming class, now bring renewed hope and optimism to all Fijis. Despite the overwhelming odds of such a turn around, the house has been refurbished, fixed up and brought back to life. It is quite amazing the job that the team headed by Allan Payne (1968), George Simonds (1959), Steve Unger (1975) and your House Corporation have done. Phase I of the house renovations have been completed thanks to over $122,000 from grads and House Corp trustees. Here is what you will see: Phase I Renovations included: • Phase I renovation is now complete and the house looks great. Plumbing has been rebuilt; (Continued on page 2) • Mu Upsilon just initiated 28 new members. • Phase I renovations are complete and Phase II begins this summer. Can you help? • Pig Dinner will be held on April 23-25. Register now! Inside this issue: Thank You Donors 4 Phase II Details 5 Lost Brothers 6 Pig Dinner Invtiation 7 Need to update your mailing address, phone number or email address? Send your new information to dfc089@yahoo.com. \r\nEnd of the Slant Page 2 Return to the End of the Slant continued... (Continued from page 1) • Major electrical work has been completed with new lighting in living room; • Re-implementation and physical relocation of ADT system and alarms; • Vast wall repair and painting on all three floors; • Rebuilding of floor joists and flooring; • Carpeting for the entry way stairs and all three floors; • Gutting, rebuilding, decorating of West and East and Phi; • Major repair of old woodwork; • Significant work on kitchen and 2nd/3rd floor bathrooms; • New furniture for Barr Room and living room; • Flat screen TVs for Barr Room and adjacent rec. room; • Barr, Darrow, Davis, Ebeling, Howell, Payne, Staff, Thiele, Thompson, Werner, plaque is back on the wall. There are pictures and mirrors on the walls and new area rugs. Furniture and mirrors will make you think you are in a nice home and guess what? Welcome home. The Library has also been painted with new lights and a new picture of Gamma. A new beautiful ornate cherry wood case now houses Gamma. Yes, if you have not been to the Fiji House in three years, get ready for a major upgrade. You will think that the Saturday a.m. work crew has been hard at work for months. There are still other “face-lift” items that are being addressed in the near future, such as painting the outside of the house, renovating the basement, upgrading the kitchen, new entry way flooring, additional carpeting and upgrading the first floor ladies room. But these “Phase II” face lifts will cost an additional $50,000. Still more major replacements must be addressed. Brothers, despite recently coming back on campus, you will be glad to know that Phi Gamma Delta is regarded as one of the top fraternities! Recently, both the university and other fraternities and sororities have (Continued on page 3) \r\nPage 3 Return to the End of the Slant continued... (Continued from page 2) recognized this. I think you will be proud when you return for the Pig in April. Most recently Chapter President Britt Barclay put forth some excellent objectives for the house: • Achieve over a 3.1 semester GPA for the chapter. • Create a philanthropy. A small philanthropy that raised $100 has been started, but we are looking to do something else on a larger scale. • Raise enough funding to get Phase II of the house renovation started this year. However, the most pressing issue is the renovation of the kitchen. With upwards of 35 people living in the house next year, a full functional kitchen will go a long way in the ability to function effectively. The latest pledge class of 28 puts us at a total of over 80 men; with a fall pledge class taken at the end of March, we will add even more men before Pig Dinner and the end of the year. This year, we took third in the homecoming house decorating contest and had a top 10 finish in Greek Week despite having a chapter size of 42 at the time. Pig Dinner will be April 23-25. All House Officers are really looking forward to meeting all of our graduate brothers and hope you are excited to come back to campus and see what we have been able to do in just eight months be- “...despite recently coming back on campus, you will be glad to know that Phi Gamma Delta is regarded as one of the top fraternities!” MU UPSILON LEADERSHIP CURRENT CHAPTER OFFICERS President -Britt Barclay (2011) ing back on campus. If you want a tee-time for golf, contact Steve Unger at 937-623-6284. Brothers, despite the miraculous efforts and accomplishments over the past year, there is still much to be addressed. We are at a standstill without more funding. The center section of the house will need to be gutted and replaced. This will not be easy and will have to be funded by each of our graduate brothers. Many thanks go out to each of you who have bellied up to the bar in the past five years with donations to get the ball rolling. Any and all funds are appreciated in ways that you will never know. However we are not even halfway home. So while it is expected that each of you will return to PGD for the PIG, be ready to learn about the needs of the house both in the physical plant and the financial area. I am proud to be a Fiji and look forward to seeing everyone in a few months. While we can reflect on the experiences that we shared at 130 East High, now we need all of us to remember “Not for college days alone.” Enjoy the renovated house, meet the new brothers, and then look to the next 50 years at the End of the Slant. Treasurer -Nick Prusinski (2012) Corresponding Secretary Chris Wittine (2012) Recording Secretary Scott Bluhm (2011) Historian -Mike Rozow (2010) GRADUATE VOLUNTEERS Purple Legionnaire E. Chris Christea (1977) Section Chief David H. Prescott (1977) BCA Miscellaneous D. Michael McGowan (2003) Allan B. Payne (1968) Kevin J. Sanker (2006) Nick G. Spicher (2004) Steven D. Unger (1975) Ryan R. Young (2003) House Corp Treasurer Jeffrey A. Abrams (1978) House Corp Members Gordon D. Arnold (1972) Michael D. Bevis (1970) Bradley W. Bone (1973) David F. Cook (1975) Richard A. Hutchinson (1969) Allan B. Payne (1968) George M. Simonds (1959) W. Jeffrey Torrence (1973) Steven D. Unger (1975) John P. Walsh (2006) \r\nEnd of the Slant Page 4 THANK YOU DONORS Mu Upsilon would like to recognize our donors through 9/1/2009. Together you donated $122,088.97 to help achieve Phase I of our renovations. THANK YOU DONORS! Dale Nash 1941 Charles Goodwill 1958 Mike Stark 1958 Ralph McGimpsey 1959 George Simonds 1959 Ted Groll 1960 John Kellenberger 1960 Jerry Long 1960 Dave Parsons 1960 John Bieber 1961 Chuck Pettis 1961 James Shymkus 1961 Tony Colucci 1962 George Fowler 1962 Dr. Terry Hunt 1962 Ned Shepard 1962 Lee Smith 1962 Dan Cooke 1963 Jim Cribley 1963 Bill Hineline 1963 Mike Parisi 1963 Lee Schmitt 1963 Richard Dunbar 1964 Gordon Harnett 1964 Rod Phillips 1964 Ted Axton 1965 Ken Berger 1965 Terry Dielman 1965 George Dietrich 1965 Roger Duncan 1965 William Isaac 1965 Ted Owens 1965 Phil Selden 1965 Richard Snyder 1965 William Thompson 1965 Charles Wagner 1965 William Cropley 1966 Stephen Gardiner 1966 Jack Koch 1966 Jim Williams 1966 Tom Berry 1967 Cory Foster 1967 Steve Gertz 1967 Brian Keeley 1967 Stan Needham 1967 Brian Aring 1968 Ted Goble 1968 Jack Olinger 1968 Allan Payne 1968 Tom Simons 1968 Clay Barnard 1969 David Borchelt 1969 Ted Dixon 1969 Joe Frenzel 1969 Fritz Gaenslen 1969 John Harding 1969 Dick Hutchinson 1969 Keith Logan 1969 Steve McLane 1969 Jim Sheldon 1969 Chuck Shrader 1969 Mike Stanley 1969 David Bates 1970 Mike Bevis 1970 Gerry Bird 1970 Tom Forbes 1970 Bob Halligan 1970 Edward Houser 1970 John King 1970 Mike McGurk 1970 Gregory Mescher 1970 Dr David Miller 1970 John Nemcik 1970 Gregory Shumaker 1970 Warren Soare 1970 Brent Steiner 1970 Joe Takacs 1970 Tim Tilton 1970 Mike Waples 1970 Craig Augsburger 1971 Mark Brender 1971 Eldon (Dewey) Harris 1971 Tom Kaloupek 1971 Greg Keeley 1971 Daniel Lindborg 1971 J W Morgan 1971 Richard Olinger 1971 Jim Rosel 1971 Gregory Smith 1971 Howard Tuttle 1971 Mike Urbanski 1971 Gordy Arnold 1972 Bill Bone 1972 Greg Carnes 1972 Don Douglass 1972 Frank Hance 1972 Larry Hays 1972 Jim Lalathin 1972 Daniel Mulligan 1972 Scott Stanley 1972 Dave Beitzel 1973 Brad Bone 1973 Pat Born 1973 David Kemme 1973 Raymond Mulligan 1973 Dwight Ritter 1973 Jeff Torrence 1973 Robert Ulicny 1973 Richard Ziegler 1973 Ted Altenburg 1974 Ken Ash 1974 Charles Castelli 1974 Jeff Dickinson 1974 Dave Gordon 1974 Bill Johncox 1974 Alan Kimmel 1974 John McHugh 1974 Craig Owen 1974 Rob Runyan 1974 Stephen Seiler 1974 Tom Watkins 1974 Rick Allen 1975 Brooke Andrews 1975 Chet Andrews 1975 Stephen Bennett 1975 Gary Bone 1975 Ridge Braunschweig 1975 John Brenner 1975 Phil Cagwin 1975 Dave Cook 1975 Joe Fink 1975 John Ginger 1975 Gerald Horning 1975 Andrew Leonard 1975 In Memory of Scott Miller 1975 Robert Morris 1975 James Narduzzi 1975 Davis Palmer 1975 Bob Parsanko 1975 Curt Sessler 1975 Steve Unger 1975 Trip Wilson 1975 Douglas R. Baker 1976 Chris Davel 1976 Jeff Gordon 1976 William Hill 1976 Rusty Morrisroe 1976 Mark Parr 1976 Tom Rinehart 1976 Mark Stanley 1976 John Williamson 1976 Chris Christea 1977 Richard Graeff 1977 Gregg Guttormsen 1977 Mark Hardin 1977 Jim Herlihy 1977 Jeff Jones 1977 Jonathan Klaaren 1977 Thomas Painter 1977 Dan Ritz 1977 Jimi Schimdt 1977 Scott Springer 1977 Dale Stork 1977 Jeff Abrams 1978 Ted Amon 1978 Tom Bourque 1978 William Claus 1978 \r\nPage 5 PHASE II BEGINS THIS SUMMER - CAN YOU HELP? By: Allan “Alphonse” Payne (1969) “Last year we raised over $122,000. We know we can do this if we all pull together!” Phase I of renovating the house is now complete and much has been done. Living Room, Barr Room, Library, East, West, Phi, 2nd and 3rd floor hallways and bathrooms, mail room, trophy room and east and west dorms have all been upgraded or totally renovated. The Phase II "to do" list includes: painting outside of house, renovating the kitchen, basement, women's rest room, and a variety of other tasks. We need to get started now on our goal this year of $50,000 to begin Phase II this summer. Last year we raised over $122,000. We know we can do this if we all pull together! If you gave last year, we thank you and ask you to consider a 2nd gift. If you have not, we ask you to consider sending a much appreciated gift now to get it done. Use the form on the back of this newsletter to send your donation to assist with Phase II. Make your check payable to "Mu Upsilon Association" and use the enclosed return envelope. By the way - the latest 28 man pledge class (one of the best on campus!) takes us to a chapter of 82. We are back! Reserve April 23 -25 for Pig Dinner! DONORS continued... (Continued from page 4) Tom Curl 1978 Jim Deroberts 1978 Michael Farris 1978 Bruce Greenberg 1978 Chas Hilgeman 1978 Bruce Livingston 1978 Dennis Rayome 1978 Craig Walter 1978 Daniel Williamson 1978 David Woodson 1978 Robert Coletti 1979 Jeff Miller 1979 Blair Shwedo 1979 Ted Trabue 1979 Lee Dewald 1980 Donald Fischbach 1980 David Haarmeyer 1980 John Patton Jr. 1980 Barton Pfautz 1980 Robert Schramm 1980 Brad Snively 1980 Daniel Tonseth 1980 Jeffrey Williams 1980 Joe Martello 1981 Richard McVey 1981 Jeff Walker 1981 Charles Landreville 1982 Scott Lowery 1982 John Mekus 1982 Eric Zalud 1982 Robert Brewer 1983 Justin Whelan 1983 Zach Zettler 1983 Joseph Boehm 1984 David Orr 1984 Brian Brewer 1985 Brian Duggan 1985 Mike Klever 1985 Jeffrey Potter 1985 Paul Heller 1986 Michael Hesketh 1986 Tim Lewis 1986 George Deegan 1988 David Lindner 1988 Matthew Smith 1988 Jeffrey Berding 1989 David Risk 1989 Brian Gravitt 1990 Robert Young 1990 Alexander Sawyer 1991 Jeffrey Emmons 1993 Matthew Deevers 1994 Peter Gates 1994 Dan Leis 1994 Matthew Murphy 1994 Jeffrey Niles 1994 Christopher Widmayer 1994 Ryan Davis 1996 Alex Kramer 1997 David Weissman 1997 Bryan Stapleton 1999 Russell Todia 1999 Chris Boyd 2000 Matthew Gunzenhaeuser 2000 Jason Hacker 2001 Justin Miller 2002 Ian Rife 2002 Adam Wright 2002 Michael McGowan 2003 Ryan Young 2003 Jeffrey Enger 2004 Nick Spicher 2004 Michael Zimmerman 2004 Tim Downey 2005 Daniel Heekin 2005 Blake Lunt 2005 Kevin Patton 2005 Michael Dibowsky 2006 Christopher Freisen 2006 John Walsh 2006 \r\nEnd of the Slant Page 6 LOST BROTHERS We currently do not have valid addresses for the following brothers. If you have information on their whereabouts, please send it to dfc089@yahoo.com. Carl Huffer 1958 Glenn Morocco 1958 James Yeither 1958 A Anderson 1959 William Brannon 1960 Carl Young 1960 Thomas Goble 1961 John Williams 1961 Ronald Thompson 1962 Robert Burton 1963 David Miller 1963 David Standish 1963 Daniel Stevens 1963 Edward Webb 1963 Thomas Hansen 1964 Kenneth Lang 1964 George Gardner 1965 D Gray 1965 John Morgan 1965 Stephen Weiskittel 1965 Stephen Brubaker 1966 Steven Day 1966 John Farrar 1966 Robert Howson 1967 Robert Myers 1968 Gregory Hague 1970 Gregg Lloyd 1970 Thomas Polson 1970 David Harju 1971 Edwin Strayer 1971 Lee Rusch 1972 Thomas Thiesse 1972 Craig Webster 1972 James Aramanda 1973 Fredrick Bauer-Nilsen 1974 John Dipaola 1974 John Grant 1976 John Harper 1976 Robert London 1976 Scott Davis 1978 Matthew Fisher 1978 Joseph Goodall 1978 Thomas Kerrigan 1978 Kevin Klein 1978 David Pryor 1978 Matthew Metz 1979 Charles Mustine 1979 Rick Denzer 1980 David Gale 1980 Daniel Davies 1981 David Huffmire 1981 Robert Letchworth 1981 Timothy Sullivan 1981 William Wilson 1981 Peter Kacarab 1982 Dave Stanley 1983 Richard Wallace 1983 David Young 1983 Charles Heitman 1984 Timothy Wallace 1984 Charles Bailey 1985 Charles Christman 1985 D Hendrick 1986 David Lux 1986 David Ratcliff 1986 Jonathon Singer 1986 Charles Harrington 1987 Brigg Brockmeyer 1988 Michael Landin 1988 James Corbett 1989 Mark Little 1991 Judd Seals 1991 Jeffrey Skoglund 1991 Gregory Tucker 1991 Ronald Walton 1991 Daniel Arthur 1992 Brent House 1992 Eric Laimins 1992 Ryan Wilson 1992 Douglas Sheline 1993 Michael Carey 1994 Jeffrey Marksz 1994 Scott Sedlacek 1994 Craig Frater 1995 Joseph Petrelli 1997 Joseph Evans 1998 Kevin Blake 1999 Andrew Mills 1999 Eric Walker 2000 Jeffrey Hunsche 2001 Ethan Fien 2003 AD ASTRA Mu Upsilon would like to extend our deepest condolences to the families of our deceased brothers. Abbonizio, Thomas N. 1971 Anderson, Walter W. 1974 Beebe, Douglas T. 1961 Blake, Thomas 1959 Blank, Jeff J. 1984 Brenner, Richard D. 1972 Bridgeford, Steven P. 1978 Clark, Robert R. III 1966 Cole, Thomas E. 1974 Colucci, Anthony R. 1962 Compton, Roger S. 1969 Connor, John W. 1961 Cook, Peter R. 1980 Craig, Stuart M. 1961 Cunningham, Steven P. 1974 Dean, Duane W. 1966 Dials, Ronald H. 1958 Dyer, Robert L. 1959 Filer, Lloyd J. 1967 Fortini, Victor Scott 1984 Goble, Robert J. 1963 Hale, Bradford R. 1960 Hibbs, George E. "Skip" 1975 Hickman, John K. 1966 Hillebrand, Ronald G. 1959 Houghton, Bruce W. 1969 Howard, Donald E. 1962 Howell, Richard H. 1939 Hoxie, George R. 1957 Hronec, Daniel J. 1966 Kenney, Stephen G. 1967 Kline, Jerry E. 1962 Lavigna, Daniel M. Jr. 1963 Lawrence, Carlton 1941 Lux, Daniel J. 1980 Mabry, Robert H. 1973 Maguire, Robert A. 1977 Major, Alexander T. 2003 Matousek, Albert J. 1961 McFarland, Gregory E. 1972 Melancon, Mark E. 1972 Miller, Scott 1975 Moore II, Benjamin F. 2001 Munz, Thomas E. 1956 Patton, Thomas M. 1981 Ruscitto, Marcus L. 1992 Savage, Gordon H. 1944 Smagola, Donald G. 1959 Smith, George V. R. 1959 Swanson, Donald J. 1962 Taylor, Kim S. 1979 Terapak, Robert M Lt Col 1963 Tight, Jay 1994 Townsend, Benjamin 1967 Tschudi, Dr. Gerald L. 1958 Vargo, Richard L. 1959 Vidulich, Joseph A. 1973 Walker, James P. 1979 Warner, Steven A. 1963 Young, William C. 1960 \r\nPage 7 Mu Upsilon Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta Cordially invites you to the 53rd Annual Norris Pig Dinner April 23-25, 2010 Brothers: Mu Upsilon will celebrate our Chapter’s 53rd Annual Norris Pig Dinner Saturday, April 24,2010. This is only two months away and we need to know that you will be joining your FIJI classmates from around the country who will be returning to Oxford for this special occasion. We hope to have 100 graduate brothers for this Pig Dinner, along with our an undergraduate chapter now of 82 brothers. This has been achieved in less than one year from our reinstatement by the Archons effective last year on 3/31/2009. Do not miss out on this opportunity to reconnect with old friends and plan your trip back to Oxford NOW! Frank Norris, creator of Pig Dinner. We have a limited number of hotel rooms reserved at Holiday Inn "The Elms." Please email Jeff Torrence at jtorrence@southpro.com to reserve your room and complete the registration sheet on the back page confirming that you will be with us. Please check-in at THE HOUSE with the undergraduates when you arrive. Many graduate brothers will arrive as early as Thursday night 4/22 to gather at Mac'N'Joes for the evening. Tee times will be available for Friday and Saturday at Hueston Woods and our annual meeting will be held Saturday afternoon before our dinner. To register, return the registration/donation form on the back of this newsletter in the enclosed envelope along with your check for $50 made payable to "Mu Upsilon Association." The tradition of bringing in the Pig. \r\nPhi Gamma Delta Fraternity 1201 Red Mile Road Lexington, KY 40504 Nonprofit Org US Postage Paid Lexington, KY Permit # 540 REGISTER NOW FOR PIG DINNER! Please detach this form and return your payment and RSVP in the enclosed return envelope. Name________________________________________________ Class Year___________________________ Address_________________________________________________________________________________ City/State/Zip_____________________________________________________________________________ Phone (H)______________________________________(C)_______________________________________ E-mail__________________________________________________________________________________ ____ YES, I plan to attend Pig Dinner! Enclosed is my payment of $50. ____ No, I am unable to make it this year. MAKE A DONATION TO HELP WITH PHASE II I am pleased to make a contribution to Mu Upsilon of : $1,000 $500 $250 $100 $50 $25 Other ___________________ TOTAL ENCLOSED $ ___________ Send donations and Pig Dinner payments to: Mu Upsilon Chapter, c/o George Simonds, 6340 Brown Rd., Oxford, OH 45056-9718. Please make all checks payable to Mu Upsilon Association. 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