RHO PHI GRAD ASSOCIATION Frank Norris Pig Dinner set for March 20, 1999 The Rho Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Della is pleased to.announce our 29th allnual Frank Norris Pig Dinner. The dinner will be held on Saturday, March 20, 1999 in thllHulmanMemorial Union on the Campus of Rose Hulman hlstitute ofTechnology. ' $15 a person.. There will be a cash bar beginning at 6:00 PM,followed by the dinner at 7:00 PM. All graduate brothers are invited to attend. Featured Speaker: The cost ofthe dinner will be about George Joseph Butkovich Jr For additional information or to RS.V.P., contact: Justin Blomenberg Box 979 5500 Wabash Ave. Terre Haute, IN 47803 (812)- 478-2505 Jnslin.D.BIom...berg@ROIl...Bulm• ....,du 30-Year Chapter History Underway lIonneco~g'99 An effort is underway to compile a comprehensive thirty-year history of the chapter from the founding of the colony in 1968 to 2000. This history will be both narrative.as well as pictorial. Mark your calendar now for Homecoming '99. Homecoming is scheduled for October 2, 1999 at Phil Brown Field. Kick-off is scheduled for 2:00 p.m., as the Engineers battle Trinity University in a SCAC matchup. lfyou have any information or pictores you would like included, contact the folloWing brothers: Pictures: Steve Allison '92 steve@a2enterprises.eom Plans at this point can for a CD-ROM Narrative: Joe Weist '87 to be made available at the 30'" jweist@iquest.net Anniversary Pig Dinner tentatively scheduled for March, 2000. A great We are looking for any historical deal of preliminary work has been done . information or pictores that you might on the narriltive and is available on the have that you might have to include. chapter's web site at: Especially valuabie would be narratives or atories your would like to share www.rose-hu1man.edulUserslgroupsl about what the chapter was like durfug your time in it. .Contact Joe or Steve PhlGammaDeltalPublicIHTMU index..html with information. Join the Rho Phi Graduate Listserv For those who want to keep in touch with fellow class mates, the chapter now has a Fiji Listserv setup for Graduate Brothers ofthe Rho Phi Chapter. message in the body ofthe e--mail. In order to send an e-mail to everyone on the list, simply e-mail to: To join this listserv, send an e-mail to the following address: For more detailed information, go to the chapter's web site at: fiji-grad-subscribe@onelist.com with a blank subject line and no INDY AREA GRADS HAVE SUCCESSFUL EVENT On Saturday February 27tli some graduates from the Indianapolis area got together for dinner and an evening out. The event was planned and arranged by the Graduate Association and a good time was had by all. About 20 graduates from four different pledge classes gathered at the fiji-grad@onelist.eom http://www.rose-hulman.edulUsersl gronpsIPhiGammaDeltalPublid HTMI.J'mdeLhtml Oaken Barrel Restaurant in Greenwood, IN just South of Indianapolis. It was a great chance for brothers to gettogether and catch up on each other's lives. After dinner, the group went out on the town. This was the first graduate event planned by the Association and it worked out well. Future plans for the Central Indiana group include an Indian's baseball game this Spring. As usual, the chapter will have a catered tent at the game for graduates and families. See you there! . Uk • Rose-Hulman Sports Live on the Internet Those of you who wish to follow the Fighting Engineers live, most major sporting events are now available live on the internet. To follow your mvorite team, surf over to: www.rose-bulman.edIlfClasslRelatioul Iansfsportslradiopage.btml and check out which games are on-line and air times. If you would like to plan a graduate event in your area, let us know. We can provide you with mailing lists and help you get the word out through mailings and e-mail. Just mail your request to the Graduate Association or e-mail the information to one of the addresses listed on page 2 of this newsletter. http://www.rose-hulmaD.edulUserslgronpsIPhiGammaDeltaJPublieIHTMUindeLhtml \r\nRho Phi Chapter Update ... The Rho Phi Chapter bas been very busy over the last few months. The Fall Quarter was extremely busy with rush and getting the sophomores used to the responsibilities of living in the.house. Rush proved to be very successful this year, as we took a class of 22 pledges. Although it wasn't the largest class taken this year, it is by far the best. The fall was also successful for several of our athletes. Although the football team didn't have a banner year, several Fin's had great seasons. Seniors Bryan Hagelskamp,Todd Melby, Ryan Boone, and Randy Sible were selected as team captains. Junior Jonathon Hulsman was selected as a pre-season All-American, and several FIn's were selected as pre-season AII-SCAC. Sophomore Free Safety Justin Blomenberg had a very successful season, being named National Defensive Player ofthe Week, SCAC player ofthe week twice,and eventually Hewlett­ Packard Third Team All-American. FIn's named to the SCAC 2nd team were Sible, Hagelskamp, Hulsman, and Blomenberg. Melby and Boone recieved honorable mention reCognition. Hulsman was also nained Third Team All-South Region, with Blomenberg named to the First team. Hagelskamp and Blomenberg were named Academic All-District as well. Hagelskiuop was also named the team's Defensive MVP. in various events, was named MVP three years in a row, and was three time ICAC All-Conference Team member. One of his greatest achievements was being the first Rose swimmer to be named All-American, and was also the first to go to the national meet. Senior The fall also gave freshman pledge Jeremy FeUer and Junior Matt Brennan McReynolds a chance to Jackson also are key members of the shine on the Rose-Soccer team. Senior team. They participate in are)ay-with Dan Brier and Sophomore Brian Valentine, which is currently ranked Smith had very successful Cross. 5th in the nation. Feller and Jackson Country seasons. also hold several school recordS between them. Senior Chris Slaughter and This spring, FlJIs will play a big role in Freshman pledge Pete Myers are also their first season in the SCAC. Seven of doing very well this season. the nine starters are Fills, with a total of 25 members of the team wearing purple. The chapter has also betm recognized Senior brothers Andy Cain, Eric Baer, nationally. We received The John and Rob Nichols will be running the Templeton McCarty Chapter Proficiency show. Last season, N'lChois tied the Award at Ekklesia this summer. single season home run record. Community service is once again a . strong point, with several hundred hours given-to activities such as high-way Senior-Sean Valentine had a stellar clean-up, and Happiness Bag. This year last year in Swimming, and is already on track to another great year . year's Happiness Bag Dinner was this year. Last season, he finished 14th another big success bringing smiles to in national competition, and is currently everyone this past Holiday Season. The Rho Phi Chapter finished above the a11­ ranked 3rd in the nation, and has fraternity average for both the fall already qualified for the NCAA meet this spring. He holds 10 school records quarter and for cummulative_ gpa. or Interest to Graduate Brothers! The chapter's homepage has been redesigned with Graduate Brothers in mind. A graduate Fiji Finder has been added that includes home addresses and phone numbers of all graduates. Additionally about 325 e-mail addresses are listed on the homepage. Please take a look at the new ~ite at: http://www.rose-hulman.cdulUserslgroupsIPhiGammaDeltalPubliclHTMLlindex.html Graduate Brothers: If you have any ideas, comments, or would like to submit any information or articles for the next newsletter contact: Todd Hubbell Aaron Weishaar Chip Bradway Joe Weist HubbsT@aol.com. YZ75@iquest.net chipshel@bnin.net JWeist@lquest.net Ifyou would like to be included on the graduate e-mail distribution list, please send an e-mail toJoeWeistatJWeist@Iquest.net. Addresses: Chapter House 1121 S. 6th Street Terre Haute, IN 47802 Ph: 812-235-6113 President's Line: 812-232-1848 Headquarters PO Box 4599 Lexington, KY 40544 Ph: 606-255-1848 Fax: 606·253-0779 Contributors: Joe Weist Section Chief Todd Hubbell Chariman Aaron Weishaar Co-Chairman Chip Bradway Newsletter Editor Justin BlomenbergGrad Relations Chair \r\nClass of 74 Class of 92 " Dave MerreU has moved to Liberty, 'IX and is employed at Bayer. E-Mail: DMERRRELL@JUNO.COM , Jim Tribble is Product Development Manage at Tredegar. Jim's daughter, Theresa, is a Sophomore at Wellesly College His son, Phllip, made first team all-state in Class 4A football. E-Mail: jdtribbl@tredegar.com . Mark Boenke passed the PE in August . " E-Mail: longknot@netnitco.net ••, Classof76 ',.;; ...... Dan Montgomery and his wife own a software company named Imagine Products Inc. . E-Mail: imagjne@imagjneprodncts.com .weh-.site:. www imaginepradllCl:s !:Om .. I I· ­ Class of 77 '.' I Donald Zona retired from the US Air Force October 1, 1998 and is now working as project manager for SSI Services, Inc. at the National Imagery and · Mapping Agency. Also, became a grandpa August 24,1998 "Savannah Brown". · E-Mail: donaldsz@aoLcom Tom McGuire and his wife have 3 children, David, · Sarah and Christy. Tom is employed at Air Hydro Power, in Kentucky. • E-Mail: tfm55@aoLcom '. Carl Cotter and wife Dawn had their second child, Carl Glen Cotter, Jr. on 12115/98. They nowriseide in Tampa, FL. Carl recently received a promotion to Worldwide ACCOWlt Manager with Texas Instruments' Semiconductor Group. E-mail: c-cotter@ti.com Class of 94 John Proetor accepted a position as Electrical Design Engineer for Hazen & Sawyer Consulting. E-mail: john@CConnect.net Class·of95 Classof82 PhD Stoltz fu!s accepted a position on the House Corp. E-Mai1: p.Lstolz@ctC.eummins.com ' Bruce Flec:k recently formed a new company called RadioActive Studio doing Internet Web Development. On March 20, 1998, he and wife bad 4th child, Caleb Powell , Den WDbnr and wife Joy had their first child. Kaitlyn Blair, 4 mo. old. E-MaD: dwilbur@ford.eom Fleck. E-Mail: BFlcck@synergy-design.com Bill Johnson and wife Jami had a daughter, Helen, in December, 1998 E-Mail: bill@rsainfo.com Class of 83 Dave Letteri has been promoted to Quality . Manager at Heidelberg Web Systems in Dayton, OH. E-Mail: dletteri@glasscity.net Tim Kaminski, wife Pamela and son Leonard Paul, live in Bolton, Massachusetts. Tim works for ATI Teclmologies, inc., whichproduces 3D graphics computer chips. E-Mail: timpam@tiac.net Classof89 Steve Ufheil and wife Shari had twin boys in Feb. '98, and are expecting again in May. Steve has been promoted to Project Engineer at Catepillar. E-mail: sufheil@mtco.com Class of96 Chris RUey is engaged to Jill Troxle E-MaD: rg40710@deere.com Karl Ammerman is now working fur Lucent , Technologies in Denver, where be is a Member of Technical Staff; Software Engineering. E-Mail: kammerm:m@lueent.eom Charlie Holloway is enrolled in the Scholl ofPhannaoy at the Uuiv. ofKeniucky. Sou (Alexander aay) was born December 6, 1995. daughter (Raven Elizabeth) was born November 3, 1997 E-mail: clbollO@pop.nky.edn Class of97 Joe Adam and his wife Jen had their second child, Nathan Chris Chastain recently accepted a job with Crawfordsvine Electric Light and Power Nate Warfel started second semester of MBA classes at Purdue. E-Mail: natban_warfel@mgmt.purdue.edu \r\nRho Phi Graduate Association Questionnaire Name: Preferred E·Mail: Secondary E-Mail: Employer: Division: Job Title: Home Phone: Work Phone: FAX: Wife's Name: Children's Name(s): _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Information to include in the next newsletter: Please Return this questionnaire by one of the following methods: Joe Weist 2401 - A Poplar Street Terre Haute, IN 47803-2174 Phi Gamma Delta 1121 S 6th ST Terre Haute, IN 47802 ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED PIG DINNER· March 20, 1999 FAX: 812-232-7367 E-Mail: jweist@iquest.net Non-Profit Organization USPostag& PAID Penni! No. 707 Tem! Haute, IN