llCG F£B 02 1983 No. 2—Winter, 1982-83 Chi iota of Phi Gamma Delta University of iiiinois Illinois iji The Graduate News Publication Biiiutti I • • • HOMECOMING 1982 This year's Homecoming proved to be a phe nomenal success as Graduate Brothers of all ages graced old 401 with their presence. The day started with a House Corporation meeting discussing the current issues involving the under graduate chapter (see article this newsletter). Lunch was prepared by the House's famous cook, and everyone had enough to eat and drink. Although tickets were scarce, the Phi Gam brothers pulled through for each other and those without tickets were able to make it into the game. The classes of the late fifties met this year for a 25-year reunion. Good fun was had by ail as about 30 members from those classes attended the party. Special thanks to ail those whocontrib uted to the Chapter House. We actually were in the biacki Thank youi. The graduate brothers in attendance included the age range of A. B. Sawyer '10 to John Sullivan '82. Following is a list of the other brothers in atten dance: Richard A. Peterson, Mike Londrigan, Tom Wilkinson '80, Mike Hodgeson '77, Steve Yount '77, Bill leuter '57, Jim Keehner, Stephen Lindell, Julian Gorman, Steve Scott, Bob Mesbit, Greg Mosetick, Jim Mack '79, Don Arnold '61, David Fletcher '76, Tom Johnston, Bill Goldstein, Tim Show, Al Lind '70, Bill Amacher '77, Don Drummond '57, Bob Amato '81, Bob Johnston '60, Dennis Chalwick, Matt Marty '80, Sal MIneo '57', John Stuart, Jeff Beaumon '80, Dennis Kapral '73,' Charlie Miller '72, Dennis Fox '61, Mike Bruhns '82, Tom Whalen '80, Jeff Polancich '80, Dean Brandt, Tom Kautz '81, Dave Moore '80, John Sullivan '82, H. E. Chapel '53, Fred Nessler, Wes Dillon '81, Mark Day '73, Harry Ritter, Tim Fisher '69, Don Graff '68, Loren Mears, Michael Ernst, Ernie Bergstrom, Jerry Eberhardt, Ray Robinson '75, Warren Shafer, Don McMurray, 1. Tom Jump, Tracy Toulouse '81 and Jay DeeCimo '81. Some members of the Class of 1957 chuckle over old times at Phi Gamma Delta. President's Report, . . During my term as President over the past year at Chi lota, there have been many improvements. These have all been possible because of the efforts by many exceptional and motivated brothers. These brothers have been both under graduate and graduates. Last January brought in a new cabinet with every member seeking to fulfill and improve his elected position. Well, the term is almost up and these brothers have brought their ideas to life. With Bradd Easton as Treasurer, a greater financial awareness among the brothers was evi dent. This past semester, Bradd has kept the budget under great control and will leave this office in great shape for his successors. Our Rush Chairmen Dean Bartolone and Chuck Coughlin made possible through hard work, the best rush and the largest pledge class in recent years. In the position of Pledge Educator has been Greg Bishop who along with increasing the construc- tiveness of pledge training, has also made very much aware to the pledges and the chapter, the Importance of pledge scholarship. Jeff Benn took the job of Historian and made it invaluable to the chapter. Along with the bettering of the ritual at Chi lota, he has also done a lot of work with the graduate brothers and has assem bled a nice scrapbook for the house. Paul Benson (continued on page 2) \r\nWinter, 1982-83 THE ILLINOIS FIJI Undergrad Brother meets famous Fiji THE ILLINOIS FIJI Published by Phi Gamma Delta Association of Illinois and Chi lota Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta for its members and friends. We welcome all news from alumni. Please send your news and address changes to the Gamma Delta. To those who may Chapter House. Chairman of the Board Champ W. Davis ('62) President William Ivt. Goldstein ('66) Vice-President . Al Lind ('67) Treasurer fvlichael Lonrigan ('62) Secretary James Hickey ('75) Undergraduate Officers President Treasurer Just recently, 1 had a unique op portunity to interview Roger Penske (Lehigh '59) for an article to appear in the February issue of the Phi Charles R. leuter Bradd S. Easton Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Historian John F. Miser Thomas C. Fox Jeffrey P. Ben follow auto racing, Roger Penske is certainly no stranger, but for those who don't, here is a brief introduc tion to him. Roger Penske has run one of the most successful Indianapolis rac ing teams in the sports' history. The list of drivers who have driven for him reads like a Hall of Fame and include: Sneva, Mark Mario Donohue, Andretti, Tom Ted Woerner '83 with Roger Penske Bobby (Lehigh '59) atop the Penske VIP suite at the Michigan International Speedway this Unser. From this list it should be mini Basketball 82-83 Although losing three starters off of last year's team, the '82 basketball lllini are look ing good with some top new freshmen. Another exciting feature of this season is their participation in the Great Alaskan Shootout, a series of exhibitions in Alaska against the best teams from the lower 48. For tickets, contact the Assembly Hall at (217) 333-3470. Nov. 18—Soviet Nationals Nov. 26-28—at Great Alaskan Shootout Dec. 2—Valparaiso Dec. 4—Western tvlichigan Dec. 8—at Kansas State Dec. 11—at Kentucky Dec. 13—Vanderbilt Dec. 17-18—mini Classic Dec. 23—at Oklahoma Dec. 31—Loyola (Chicago) Jan. 3—Iowa State at Rosamont Horizon Jan. 6—at Minnesota Jan. 8—at Wisconsin Jan. 13—Indiana Jan. 15—Ohio State Jan. 19—at Purdue Jan., 27—at Michigan State Jan. 29—at Michigan Feb. 3—Iowa Feb. 5—Northwestern Feb. 10—at Northwestern Feb. 12—at Iowa Feb. 17—Michigan Feb. 19—Michigan State Feb. 23—Purdue Mar. 3—at Ottjo Slate Mar. 5—at Indiana Mar. 10—Wisconsin Mar. 13—Minnesota If you haven't been by 401 lately, stop by after the game for a tour. Hope to see you down this winter for some exciting lllini ac tion. obvious that Penske, a former driver himself, has attained considerable success from his thirteen-year in volvement with the sport and in deed he has. His team has won three Indianapolis 500's, numerous pole positions, and five of the last six national championship season points titles. Surprisingly, Penske estimates that he only spends about five per cent of his time directly involved with his racing team. Most of his time is spent acting as President of the Penske Corporation, a multimillion dollar. New Jersey based conglomerate he has built up over the years which consists of; an Energy Systems division that mar kets generator systems, a Hertz- Penske truck leasing network, a Los Angeles Cadillac dealership (the second largest Cadillac dealership in the country), and not surprisingly an Automotive Performance divi sion which includes ownership of the Michigan International Speed way, near Jackson, Michigan. It is there where I got the chanoe to meet Brother Penske on a busy September race weekend. Having followed Indianapolis racing for many years matJe it f^uite a big occasion for me and in my article for the Phi Gamma Delta I will try to share some of my excitement of the weekend with you and 1hope it will make for interesting reading. I'm past September. also excited to represent Chi lota in our national magazine this way, so watch for that February issue! Ted Woerner '82^^ President from page 1 did fine work as Vioe President by culturing the house with guest speakers and doing other external activities. Corresponding Secretary Tom Fox along with doing a more adequate job with this chapter's publications, also took on many extra responsibilities involving alumni relations. It has been a great year for the undergraduates and both the House Corporation and the BCA have played more active and essential roles. Chi lota brothers were also pres ent at the Illinois Wesleyan Fiji House Dedication as well as being a part of initiating a new Fiji chapter at Bradley. The chapter is very ex cited about where it stands pres ently and is looking forward to con tinuing in a fine tradition. If we don't see you in Memphis where the lllini take on Alabama in the Libery Bowl, we look forward to having you stop by 401 and sharing some of your| memories with us. Perge Fraternally, Charlie leuter \r\nWinter, 1982-83 THE ILLINOIS FIJI GRADUATE NEWS Special thanks go to Harry J. Klotz '12 who kindly donated $15 to this publication to help offset published band music composi tions, twenty music instruction publishing costs. Harry is currently tional magazines. Although retired. Brother Little still performs profes Tex., in January 1983 to work at State Farm's Illinois regional office. Special recognition should be noted for Brother Ramsey, as he is the Purple Legionnaire at the Alpha sionally and writes music. Deuteron chapter at Illinois Wes- residing in St. Petersburg, Florida. Chuck Brown '26 wrote to us about his plans to attend 1983's Pig Dinner for his 60th birthday. He sends his special regards to A. B. Sawyer '10 and any Phi Gams in the classes of 1920-1930. Brother Brown makes his home in Key Biscayne, Florida. Bud Little '37 retired from being a University professor and lives in Las Vegas, Nevada. Bud and his wife, Dorothy, had four children: Lowell, Jr., Lynn, Paul, and Susan. t Brother Little was formerly a band '^and orchestra instructor, professor of music education, composer, au thor, and musical arranger. Bud books, and various articles for na Past President Jim Holbrook '64 resides in Gurnee. Jim currently works for United Airlines as a pilot. Tom Herget (Sluggo) '72 is an actuary with Polysystems, Inc. Tom married Allyson Hunt about a year ago. Brother Herget is the vicepresident involved with actuarial software development, service, and sales. John Ramsey (Bobo) '73 Is In Bloomington writing procedures for leyan University. From Ames, Iowa, Frank Hurtte (Big Frank) '76 writes because he wanted to say Hi to all of his "bigtime" pledge brothers in Chi-town! Brother Hurtte currently works as a field engineer for Allen-Bradley. This year's pre-game barbecues for football turned out to be a big success. Many graduate brothers returned to see the old 401 and health insurance claims at State found themselves meeting up with past pledge brothers. With a big Farm. John writes that Pete (Red) Bauer '72 will be returning to Bloomington, III., from Ft. Worth, courage you to stop by and see the house while meeting some under Pig Dinner Scheduled for April 9, 1983J basketball season ahead, we en graduate brothers. Pig Dinner should be a great time this April and I hope to see you all come to the event. P.S. Please take 5 minutes to fill out the Graduate News form on the back. Your graduate brothers want to hear about you. REMEMBER—Phi Gamma Delta — We're looking forward to seeing you in Champaign- Not For College Days Alone! Urbana the second weekend in April for our annual Pig Dinner. This year's schedule slates: 3rd ANNUAL FIJI OPEN . 10:30 a.m. COCKTAILS 4:00 p.m. DINNER & FESTIVITIES . 6:30 p.m. this year at Urbana Country Club 'party for the graduate brothers- 9p.m. With YOU, this year's dinner will be the best ever! Brother Dick Martin "55 and Neate Stoner field questions from the undergraduate brothers. \r\nTHE ILLINOIS FIJI Winter, 1982-83 Fall IM's Bring Football Championship For the first time in many years a football championship was cap tured by the Fijis. Fijis, after losing the first game of the season, came back to win out the remaining games and sweep the playoffs. The defense, captained by Charlie leuter '83, rose to the occasion by allowing only seven points in the four playoff games. Joe DeAngelis '83 and Tom Williams '83 were the offensive punch as Tom's acrobatic grabs landed him a place on the I.F.C. All-Star team. An added extra was the televising of the game by University Television so the Phi Gams could watch themselves on video tape. Our virtual domination of soccer at the U of I ended as the Fijis, undefeated in the regular season, The FIJI Football Team buckled down this year to win the IM University of Illinois Open League. lost the first playoff game to ATO. The loss was the first in three years but Don Graham '84 and Ken Bruhns '84 did a good job putting together a team that was hurt by the loss of three seniors. The Fiji "B" league soccer team affectionately known as the 'Rug 9 €mmmm Rats' finished with a tarnished record of 0-3. The Rats have been kicking the ball around in Kams to get ready for the aggressive indoor season. Ice Hockey is a new sport in which we're fielding a team of 4 actives and 4 pledges. With a record of 4-2, the Phi Gams are in the playoffs and in contention for the title. As you can see the sporting traditions are as strong as ever at the U of I. Jim Arnold '85 The soccer team kicks their way through the playoffs in IM soccer. Phi Gamma Delta — Not For College DaysAlone! \r\nWinter, 1982-83 THE ILLINOIS FIJI Report from the PL— This fall and past spring has been a good one for Chi lota. This past 16 weeks we've seen strong leader ship from our cabinet which is just finishing its tenure in office. Charlie leuter, President, Brad Easton, Treasurer, Tom Fox, Corresponding Secretary, John Hiser, Recording Secretary and Jeff Benn, Historian, have done exemplary work. Charlie, Jeff Benn, Greg Bishop, pledge trainer, and I were honored to be able to attend the initiation of the Bradley FIgl chapter In midNovember. Illinois was honored to Executive Director Biil Zerman and tiis wife joined the undergraduate chapter for lunch one afternoon. The Zermans are flanked by Penn Nelson and Charlie leuter '83. have three members on the ritual team. Charlie leuter was president of the ritual team. Physical Improvements This past summer we replaced the old tile In the kitchen with quarry le which cost $5,000. We have ompleted the decoration and re 0 modeling of the west living room and poolroom area with new carpet ing and drapes. A fresh coat of paint by Dean Bartolone, Tom Klemmeck and many other brothers added the final touch. With the in terest generated from the Buckley Memorial Fund, we hope to con tinue improvements on the foyer, the dining room, and the west side of the basement. Budgeting For the past couple of years, we University dignitaries visit FiJIs This semester the undergraduate chapter has started a program of having campus dignitaries over for methods and time management. Russ Snyder, Dean of Fraternities, talked about the role of fraternities dinner to meet the brothers and in contributing to campus life. Bill give a talk on topics of interest. Zerman, Executive Director of Phi Gamma Delta, shared what other Thus far Father David Turner, Ph.D. in psychology, talked on study FIJI chapters around the country are doing. Neil Stoner, athletic di about alumni returning and they are fired up about showing you the old Chi lota Figi spirit. We're looking forward to honoring A.B. Sawyer at our spring Pig Dinner at the Urbana rector of Illinois, gave us an inside look at mini sports now and what to look forward to ih the future. Dick Martin, graduate brother and the voice of Illinois football and basket ball, talked about the communica tions field and discussed lllini Country^Club. We hope that you sports. We are also looking forward can make plans in early April to to meeting a dean from the College attend. of Engineering, a dean from the Commerce College, and Mike brothers have been enthusiastic Perge Clay Barnard P.L. have been running up deficits in our White, head football coach. undergraduate operating budget. The sixty brothers living in the house, and particularly cabinet, have diligently worked to improve our budgeting procedures to make up this deficit. With the able-bodied Rushee's Name assistance of Brad Easton and a Rushee's Phone Number treasury committee (Tom Comments: Klem- RUSH RECOMMENDATION FORM Rushee's Address State Zip mick, Dennis McNamee, and Ken Caniglia), we have created an ac counting system which enables us ov. ^0p stay on top of our cash flow from onth to month. We believe that we ®ideficitmakeby the up most of our operating spring of 1983. We hope that you've had an op portunity to stop by the house. The Your Name: Please send to; Joe DeAngells, c/o Phi Gamma Delta 401 E. John, Champaign, III. 61820 Year^ \r\n90oe9 i^noo IM Gi3id»ooya anaidyvBTD yaoiNoyo 691 0961 MI 9S61 "III o soeiz awoyar 09 18Zi0691 III uetedujego 229 ON Jiijujad OlVd 39ViS0d S n 0Z819 11 'ueieduuBiio 6iO JiJOJd oON •JS uqor 3 KM' eiiaa emuieo !Md P b)0| mo — GRADUATE NEWS — BROTHERS; Please fill out this form today, as we want to keep all of our graduates up to date with news! Return the completed form to: PHI GAMMA DELTA, do CORRESPONDING SECRETARY, 401 E. JOHN ST., CHAMPAIGN, ILLINOIS 61820 Name Mailing Address Occupation Nickname * Class Firm_T Describe some facet of your work Date of marriage (write widowed, if widowed) Wife's college Names and ages of children (indiate college and Greek organization. If any) Phi Gam relatives, college, year, and any information about them Civic or elective offices (indicate past or present). 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