Volume II Number 1 October, 1994 A The Delta News For The Alumni and Undergrads of Alpha Gamma Upsilon Fraternity, Deita Chapter; Alpha Gamma Fraternity; 1702 Men's Club; and the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity, Alpha Gamma Chapter from General Motors Institute and GMI Engineering & Management Institute Combined Alumni Meeting Outstanding Alumni Well, we didn't succeed in our goal Don Ableson, '59, along with Joe of having two board meetings per year, Bianco and Mike Mutchler were but we have planned one for next recently recognized as outstanding GMI month. The Dakota Inn, where we met alumni and were among 75 honored last November, proved to be much too recipients of the Diamond Jubilee loud upstairs and they wouldn't rent us award. The award and special the Rathskeller in the basement, SO the recognition dinner were a part of the committee decided to try something 75th. anniversary of General Motors different. Therefore the next meeting Institute, now GMI Engineering And will be combined with the Detroit GMIAA Chapter 30th. Management Institute. Congratulations Annual Dinner Meeting which will be held on Tuesday, are in order to these men from all of our alumni. We salute October 18th. This way we will save the cost of renting a you! meeting place, it'll allow us to have dinner as a group and Don is a program manager for GM's International offers a very interesting, highly successful speaker, J. T. Operations and travels extensively. He does find time, Battenberg, III, '66, Senior Vice President, GMC, and though, to hunt and ski. He hunted bear on Kodiak island President of GM's Automotive Components Group last spring and said that his biggest thrill was bagging a Worldwide. JT's taik will be on the state of the automotive nine-foot brown bear at the end of a ten day hunt. components industry. The dinner will be held at the Ukrainian Cultural Center located at 26601 Ryan Road, just south of I-696 in Warren (313) Cocktail hour begins at 5:30 and dinner will Survey Inside be served at 7:00 sharp. The price of $25.00 should be sent If you didn't do it last year, please take a minute to fill to Roger Rupp by October 8th. (5633 Hearthstone, Ann out the survey on the back SO we can include you in our Arbor, 48108). Include your name and company and be database. We plan to distribute a listing of everyone after sure to let him know you're with the Alpha Gam/Fiji group. the upcoming get together. There just might be someone We will have someone arrive early to reserve a group of you'd like to have in your network. Maybe you're looking tables so we can all sit together. We'll be able to stay until for someone to hire; perhaps you are looking to change about 11:00 PM. jobs. Need to make a contact to buy or sell something? Come on down and renew old acquaintances! This could become a sort of clearinghouse or exchange for us. Help get it started. Charlie Gates Recovering Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak Bob Busy Biking, Boating was the site for heart surgery on Bob Werenski, '61, says he has September 21st for Charlie (class marked his calendar for October of 1951). He expects to be home 18th and likes the idea of tying the the week of Sept. 26. Get well Alpha Gam/Fiji fall meeting (sic. cards should be sent to his home Board Meeting) together with this (864 Oakland, Birmingham, 48008.) annual Detroit dinner meeting: He will surely appreciate hearing "This is a ready made event and a from the brothers, since he was a great opportunity to catch up with long time regular at our bi-monthly more old friends." board meetings in the sixties and seventies. Bob is currently on a time-out between business Hope you're back on your feet again real soon, Charlie! interests; he and wife Sally are enjoying sailing and a tremendous amount of bike riding. In fact we caught them omooed just getting back from a ride around the Leelanau Peninsula. Whew! Membership Survey Name Class 19 House Happenings Degree Nickname Section Hopefully, some of the brothers now living in the Fiji house at 1702 Flushing Road will join the old grads again Major next month as they did last year. Information received from the house includes the Norris Pig Dinner (March 4, 1995). Street City ST ZIP Export Sales Activity Phone Wife Jeff Rysenga ,'84, comments that he is extremely busy sound familiar? Employer with luxury car product planning at GM's North American Export Sales. He Title commutes from Berkley to the Argonaut Building in beautiful downtown Detroit. Street His travels do not extend far beyond this corridor at present, which allows a lot of City ST ZIP off duty time with his family that includes a son Charlie, 2 1/2 and daughter Caroline, 6 months. He Phone speaks of Fiji Ron "Legacy" Leonard and his Alpha Gam dad, Ron, Sr., and hopes to see them at the alumni dinner. FAX Hobbies Long Distance Report Gary Rowley, '68, returned his survey all the way from Dubai, U.A.E.! He says that he doesn't get to the States Contact me for info about additions/corrections to the often, but would like to join us for a board meeting mailing list or news items: YES sometime. Gary is Middle East Regional Director for GM Overseas Distribution Co. Nice hearing from you, Gary. Comments: Mark Your Calendar! We are planning the next Board Meeting for Thursday, April 20, 1995. Put the date on your schedule; we'll give details on time and place a couple weeks before. Let's all try to bring a brother along. And don't forget to send names and addresses or phones for anybody recently relocated for whom we might not have current information. We would also appreciate any ideas for a site. Please send news items, too. We can expand to a larger newsletter with your help. Please return to: Gary Gathen 21 Elm Park Blvd. 29 Attended last November Pleasant Ridge, MI 48069 or send a FAX to: Ableson Arndt Baker Brooks (810) 543-5410 Bergemann Brady III Breitenbach Brown Coffer Corbit Cousineau Croom or call & chat at: (810) 543-3366 Home Delmastro Fluegge Gabriel Gathen Gray Haun Heutel Kline This rag written, designed, laid out, typeset, edited and Lovelace Marra Morgan Munger published by G Corp. under the supervision of Watusi, the Parks Schomer Vatalaro White Wacky, Weird Wordsmith. Direct all blame and lawsuits to him alone. Zibell Perge! NEWSv2n1.doc