The 1702 Flushing Road Flint, MI 48504-4713 (810) 232-9174 Motoring Fiji ALPHA GAMMA CHAPTER GMI ENGINEERING & MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE MAY 28, 1995 Upcoming Events Pig Dinner Reminder June 7 BCA Meeting The date of the 31st Annual Norris June 10 Golf Outing Pig Dinner has been set to March 9, July 29 Canoe Trip 1996. Let's make this one the biggest August 12 FIJI Island Norris Pig Dinner yet! August 19 Open house/Family and Call all your pledge brothers and Alumni Weekend plan on getting together on that date! March 9, 1996 31st Annual Norris Pig Dinner GRADUATE GOLF OUTING On June 10, the brothers will be hosting the 1st Annual B-Section Golf Outing. There will be pre-and post- golfing beverages for the brothers and we will also be serving dinner. The price of the event is $40.00 and space is very limited. The price includes 18 holes of cart golfing at Genessee Valley Meadows. We plan on hearing from as many people as possible and hope that you can attend and make it a memorable event that will be repeated for years and years to come. SOS! SOS! THE FIJI HOUSE IS FLOODING! We have begun fund raising for the basement. At the present time, each time it rains, the basement floods. If you would like to contribute to the basement fund raising. please write on the memo section of your check, "Basement," otherwise the money will be deposited as regular Gamma Givers. What we need from you, the graduates, is donations. The two treasurers, Brad St. Louis and myself. have devised the following scheme for collecting and rewarding all graduates responsible for donations. When the basement gets repaired. we will dedicate six sections of walls to all donators. Each wall section will be dedicated with individual plaques on bricks as follows: $1000 and above 211 Cartier Street $500-$999 1321 Glenwood $400-$499 1902 Cartier Street $300-$399 1526 West Court Street $200-$299 104 Welch Street $100-$199 1702 Flushing Road This newsletter published by Alpha Gamma Chapter - Pedro P. Cabral '96 - Chief Editor May 1995 THE MOTORING FIJI Page 2 The Motoring FIJI News is published quarterly by the Alpha Gamma chapter of Phi The Following Grad brothers Gamma Delta, 1702 Flushing Road, Flint, of the Alpha Gamma Chapter Michigan 48504-4713. of Phi Gamma Delta deserve Chapter Officers (A-Section) special recognition for their President Tom Gaydosh('98) contributions to Gamma Treasurer Pedro Cabral(*96) Recording Secretary Brett Duffy('9?) Givers: Corresponding Secretary Jim Wickens(96) Historian Dave Mulligan(*9?) MOTORING FIJI NEWS Chapter Officers (B-Section) Stanley Oleszkowicz '91 President Randall S. Palinski ('96) President's Report Treasurer Brad St. Louis ('97) Recording Secretary Mike Althaver ('96) Peter Rylko '92 A Corresponding Secretary Pedro Cabral ('96) Historian Dan Kimber (*96) Rick Demuynck '89 Q Brothers, House Manager's Report Our chapter has Vince Williams '84 Q accomplished a great deal This term we have undertaken this term and plan to do even several projects to improve the appearance of the house. First, we F. David Murbach '69 more. Dana Wilson George 99', Paul Henry Petruska have finally dug a trench to lay a pipe from the canal to the front 99', Paul James Miller 97', Anthony Urban '84 A yard to help improve the canal's and Joel Warren Stiverson drainage. That same weekend, we Donald Barefoot '77 97' were initiated giving the planted several small pine trees in house a total membership of the yard between the drive and the twelve outstanding Phi house, to hide the fence which was Nicholas Potter '95 AA Gam's. Our off-term rush placed there for security purposes. The ongoing room improvement concluded successfully into a project in Eta is finally nearing If any names have been left off, we current pledge class of four. completion, and another room apologize. Your name will be in the next Our chapter's mission is improvement project has been issue. FYI: denotes $100, to serve the people that foster started in Iota. denotes $50 it and develop exceptional Finally, we have started getting Odenotes $25. quotes on repairing the leaky members. Rush and graduate basement. We have already relations have been our The names of every alpha gamma giver is received a few quotes. The project engraved upon a plaque that are arranged primary concerns this term. is expected to cost around $10,000. by the year the donation was given. A master list of addresses We hope to fund this through Recognition will be given in this column has been compiled and we gamma givers, and hope to start in to all who contribute. As of now, the are interested in keeping this spring of 1996. house has a goal of fixing the basement, which is expected to cost around $10,000. list current and accurate. We A majority of this money will be funded Mike Althaver '96 by graduate donations. are also gathering the phone numbers of our brothers, and Thank you. the Brothers at Alpha Gamma want to be the link that shows that FIJI is "not for college days alone". (cont. next page) May 1995 THE MOTORING FIJI Page 3 President's Report Lost Brothers!!! (continued from page 2) The following are a list of brothers national has requested addresses for. Please send any information you may have for the following brothers so we may get them on our mailing list: I would also like to thank the Lester A. Hanneman, Jr. '61 Leonard L. Brownfield '75 six graduate brothers that James C. Forbes '64 Herbert Funkenhauser '75 stopped by the house during James N. Bechtel '65 Ronald A. Lance '75 Charles W. Corbit '66 GMI Alumni weekend and Michael P. Brien '75 David E. Luttrell '66 Dennis R. Henderson '77 shared with us their past Stanley B. Musselman '66 William N. Magers '77 experiences and memories. Gary R. Philpott '66 Kenneth W. Peterson '77 There will be a BCA Albert E. Billis '67 Rick J. Winkley '77 Terrence H. Quattro '67 Steve T. Blood '78 meeting June 7th at the chapter Jeffrey A. Bauer '68 Ronald O. Woodward '78 house at 7:30 to discuss Anthony F. Kay '68 David K. Goodwin '79 current issues and formulate Joseph M. Cachia, II '70 Rand M. Putnam '81 future goals and direction. Louis W. Denney '70 Michael K. Wirtz '81 Bill T. Ewbank '70 Daniel A. Osburn '83 Charles W. LaRoche, Jr. '70 David E. Budreck '84 Fraternally, Capt. Charles D. Woodard '70 Timothy G. Endres '84 Randall Palinski 96' Paul L. Brill '71 Edward Ward '84 Chapter President William E. Mattingly '71 Richard D. Bragg '85 Richard S. Sharpe '71 Christopher A. Little '85 Charles R. Garing '72 Daniel J. Dohar '86 Benny L. Kincaid '72 Hyung S. Choi '87 Robert F. Klausmeier '72 Robert W. Mince '87 Historian Mark A. Mitchell '72 Michael M. Tsay '87 Anthony A. Donatellli '72 James T. Housel '88 This term the Alpha Gamma Brothers of Jerome C. Oleston '72 Robert A. Evangelista '89 Phi Gamma Delta once again cleaned a Dennis E. Royer '73 John M. Malone '90 portion of I-75. The Brothers also Jerry Cole '74 John P. Walsh '90 contributed to the Prep for Mark D. Disoway, III '74 Adley Brown '91 Success/Discover GMI Weekend, a Jack R. Fredrick '74 Daniel J. Donahue '91 program sponsored by GMI to introduce Jay W. Jarrett '74 Raymond G. Feenstra '92 incoming freshmen to the college. Alan K. Reich '74 Kevin Clark '93 Phi Gam graduate Brothers Dan Terry L. Blankenship '75 Clarkson 88, Kurt "Jabba" Vatalaro '88 Michael P. Brown '75 and John "Moses" Malone '89 stopped by the house on April 15. They talked to us This list is growing smaller, but we still need your help! Please send your information to Pedro Cabral at Phi Gamma Delta. about how the fraternity had affected their lives after graduating from GMI, showing that Phi Gamma Delta is not for college days alone. The house is always open for visitors. Feel free to stop by anytime to meet the current undergraduate membership and reminisce about the past. Dan Kimber '96 Historian