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THE ETA ALUMNI E-NEWSLETTER 1 E-NEWS ETA THE ETA NEWS BRIEFS DECEMBER 13, 2013 From Our Home, to Your Home… A Very Merry Christmas, and a Joyous Holiday Season. Damn Proud, The Executive Committee of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa g|á à{x fxtáÉÇAAA Special Supplement to The THIRD DEGREE

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THE ETA ALUMNI E-NEWSLETTER 1

E-NEWS ETA THE ETA NEWS BRIEFS DECEMBER 13, 2013

From Our Home, to Your Home… A Very Merry Christmas, and a Joyous Holiday Season.

Damn Proud,

The Executive Committee of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

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Special Supplement to The THIRD DEGREE

Executive Committee

Todd B. Hoffman ‘82 Secretary

Silver Spring, Maryland

Peter J. Della-Croce ‘99 Treasurer

Columbia, Maryland

John J. B. Wright, Esq. ‘82 Second Vice-President Burtonsville, Maryland

Wayne H. Bethards ‘59 First Vice-President Columbia, Maryland

Joseph E. Criscuoli, ‘82

President Laurel, Maryland

Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

12806 Silverbirch Lane Laurel, Maryland 20708

301-206-5472

www.alumni.psk-eta.com

[email protected]

THE ETA E-NEWS is Published By online

FREE WALLPAPER Send an e-mail with your news - new job, new child, new wife, whatever you have, to [email protected] and/or your photo (with caption, please) before Jan. 31st, and you’ll receive a FREE Phi Sig Computer Wallpaper file. Your computer will thank you - and so will we!

SAVE THE DATE The Eta Alumni Website is the first place you’ll see information about upcoming events. Our next big shindig will be cen-tered around our Open House, to be held (in conjunction with Maryland Day) on April 26, 2014. Make sure that you click through the site from time to time and check in for the latest news. Within this electronic newsletter you can actually click this link http://www.alumni.psk-eta.com and go there now!

SHALL WE REUNITE? With Maryland Day and the Eta Open House taking place on the same day, we’ve heard that some pledge classes, and even some decades will be hold-ing reunions. If you’re inter-ested in organizing any sort of event in conjunction with our April 26th soiree, please let us know so that we can help to spread the word. No charge.

R U ON FACEBOOK? If you are already involved in social networking, you may also be pleasantly surprised by our enhanced presence on what is arguably the #1 time drain in the world (except perhaps Angry Birds). Search Facebook for the page of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa - and “Like” us today. 2 THE ETA ALUMNI E-NEWSLETTER

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ETA CHAPTER NEWS

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College Park, Maryland - In yet another display of democracy in action and the peaceful transfer of power, the Eta Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa in-stalled a new Chapter President on December 9, 2013. Daniel Tatum, a member of the Class of 2015 and a Mechanical Engineering major from Princeton Junction, New Jersey, accepted the gavel and the mantel of leadership from outgoing Presi-dent John L. P. Wright ‘15. Tatum most recently served the chapter as Vice President, serving with Brother Wright, Eric Phelps ‘14 (Secretary); Eli Bergman ’16 (Treasurer); Alex Raul ’15 (Sentinel) and Yaniv Stern ’14 (Inductor). Previously, Tatum was Recruitment Chair during the Spring of 2013. He is part of the A. James Clark School of Engi-neering RISE Leadership Program, is doing research in the Mechanical Combustion Lab, and is a mem-ber of Primmanum Honour Society. The Eta Alumni Association offers sincere thanks to the Brothers who have served this past semester, and is pleased to introduce the members of the Ex-ecutive Board who will serve with President Tatum during the Spring 2014 Semester: Vice President Steven Brandt ‘15 Secretary Luke Barsotti ‘15 Treasurer Eli Bergman ’16 Sentinel Antonio Lulli ‘15 Inductor Rafael Casellas ‘15 Upon taking office, Tatum told TTD, “"I'm honored to considered a leader by the brothers and elected the next President of Phi Sigma Kappa-Eta. I am sure that I will be able to continue the tradition of excellence that's been placed before me, especially after the successful term of John L.P. Wright. This will be an important year for the Eta Chapter as the brothers have grand plans regarding recruitment, philanthropy, and community service and social; I'm Damn Proud to be President for this period." ” Under the Eta Alumni Association's "Robert G. "Bob" Pemberton, H'58, Rings & Pins Program", Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity pins, donated by Eta

Chapter alumni, are awarded to Chapter members for outstanding performance. Since the initial awards to all Eta Colony officers on March 12, 2011, each incoming Chapter President is presented a pin with guard and the president's gavel dangle. Each donated pin set is accompanied with a bio-graphical sketch prepared by the alumnus donor of the pin. Since the inception of the program, Joseph E. Criscuoli, President of the Eta Alumni Associa-tion, has presided over Phi Sig pin awards. The pearl pin presented to Brother Tatum was do-nated by Jerry Tobin, H'52. Brother Tobin, a mem-ber of Gate & Key and Mensa, has served as Presi-dent of the Borough of River Edge, NJ, Council; President of the N.J. State Board of Accountancy; and V.P. Finance of the National Association of State Boards (NASBA). New pin donations are very much appreciated and are essential to assure the continuation of this chapter leadership honor beyond the next few years. We look forward to your continued support of this special program. For more information please con-tact Wayne Bethards, H'59, Rings & Pins Program Coordinator, at [email protected] or 410-730-2173.

President Tatum Installed

A s I leave the Office of President of Eta Chapter, I hope that I leave our chapter in a better place than when I took office. Being the Chapter President has been a

humbling experience, as I strived to do all that I could for the progress of Eta. While the past year has been a great experience for me and a great time for Phi Sig at the University of Maryland, I have no doubt in my mind that the future is brighter than ever for our chapter on this campus. Our newly elected Presi-dent, Danny Tatum, and an excel-lent incoming Executive Board will surely continue our progress from semesters past and reach for new horizons in our collective success.

Transitioning from an executive board and chapter composed largely of Founding Fathers was, at first, a fairly daunting task. But that task became easier thanks in large part to the great Executive Boards of the past two semesters of 2013. Vice Presidents Matt Shea and Danny Tatum led the charge in promoting a new sense of organization amongst all our chairmen and demanded perform-ance and results that developed character in many of our Brothers. This is, perhaps, most evident in our Fundraising, Social, and Brotherhood chairs.

Serving alongside me for both of my semesters as President was Chapter Secretary Eric Phelps. Eric

has been a critical element in the success of the Eta Chapter and through his individual efforts was the dominant reason that Eta won a national award for Outstanding Chapter Operations. If you’d like to see some of Brother Phelps’ work in action, just ask him for a copy of his daily TIPS (also known as “Today In Phi Sig”).

The all-important Treasurers for Eta during my tenure at the helm, Noah Mandell and Eli Bergman, both performed admirably and helped to hold the line on our chapter budget while providing brothers with many incentives for both accountability and commit-ment. Brother Bergman will re-main in the office of Treasurer, serving his second semester begin-ning in January.

Brother Steven Lopez and Alex Raul have each improved the chap-ter in the important areas of ritual performance and risk management while serving as our Chapter Senti-nel. Brother Lopez coordinated a fully memorized and heavily re-hearsed initiation ritual for the in-stallation of our Chapter at Ship-pensburg in April.

Last, but never least, our Chapter Inductors have combined to edu-

cate and initiate twenty-seven men into the Eta Chapter during 2013. Inductors Austin Carroll and Yaniv Stern both emphasized the importance of character in a Phi Sig man and educated these new members about our history and ideals.

An Eta Presidential Farewell Address

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While the chapter members, chairmen. and officers of the executive board have worked tirelessly to im-prove the status of the Eta Chapter, difficulties still remain for Phi Sig in our continuing effort to be an outstanding fraternity at Maryland. The women are more beautiful than ever, the refreshments are more plentiful than ever and, well, the classes are harder than ever. That is why the next twelve months in the history of Phi Sig is the most pivotal year since our rechartering. Eta will be led by our newly elected executive board featuring President-Elect Danny Tatum (’15), Vice President-Elect Steven Brandt (’15), Secretary-Elect Luke Barsotti (’15), returning Treasurer Eli Bergman (’16), Sentinel-Elect Anto-nio Lulli (’15) and Inductor-Elect Rafael Casellas (’15). I expect great achievements from this executive board and am confident they will further improve the greatness of the Eta Chapter.

Opposite: President Wright takes in a ballgame in Chicago this past summer.

This page, top to bottom, left to right: Drinking in the achievement of being a part of the Chapter of the Year Award. Receiving a Proclama-tion of thanks from members of the Alumni Executive Committee. The President poses in front of our new home at #2 Fraternity Row. Visual evidence that “heavy is the head that presides over the Eta Chapter.”

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Active Brothers of the Eta Chapter pose with the newly initiated (front row).

Brother Austin Carroll ('14) and Brother Steven Lopez ('15) play a friendly game of CanJam at the IFC tailgate before the UVA game.

Returning for homecoming from Med School, Founding Father Dom Cercone ('12) with his little Brother, Brother Joe Keenan ('14) and Grand Little Brother, Chapter President John Wright ('15).

The highest attended event during Eta's Fall Rush week, the Eta Recruit-ment Team throws a crab feast for potential rushes and brothers on our basketball court.

Now Brothers, then Associates Antonio Lulli ('15) and Paul Hazan ('17) smile for the camera at the Special Olympics of Maryland State Kayaking Finals. Brother Hazan got the honor of wearing the waders to help launch kayaks.

The whole group from the Special Olympics of Maryland State Kayaking Finals event poses after a long day's work, our Associates and five brothers volunteered at the event.

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Brother Michael Hughes ('15) and Fundraising Chairman Brother Rafael Casellas ('15) man the fundraising table outside of the North Campus Diner. Brother Casellas and his committee set and achieved high goals this semester, raising over $2,500.00.

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After receiving the President’s Pin Set donated by Brother Jerry Tobin ‘52, newly-installed President of the Eta Chapter Daniel Tatum '15 (center) poses with Fourth Degree Brothers, and members of the Alumni Executive Committee,: Joseph E. Criscuoli ‘82, President; First Vice President Wayne H. Bethards ‘59; Second Vice President John J. B. Wright, Esq. ‘82; and Secretary Todd B. Hoffman ‘82.

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A view from above: All Inter-Fraternity Council chapters and guests participated in a successful IFC-wide tailgate for the UVA game this fall. Over 1,500 guests attended the first IFC tailgate of this style.

For an invite-only event at the end of Rush Week, Eta brothers took nearly 30 prospective recruits to Ledo's to enjoy a quality sit-down meal. All recruits at this event either received bids or intent to bid documents for the upcoming Spring Semester.

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Want to download (and print) a copy of this E-Newsletter ? We recognize that for some of our members, reading this publication “on-line” is a huge pain. On the other hand, some of our members just hate the thought of killing more trees in order to share the news with youze. For them, this format is king. Now, you should also know that the five members of our Executive Committee are big suckers for high-tech stuff, so the fact that they can turn the pages of this rag with the click of a mouse makes their eyes water. But, for those of you who would like to download a copy of this E-Newsletter - and maybe print it out and read it as a perfect cure for insomnia - well, we have some technical support information to pass on. Here goes:

STEP 1: Click on “Share”

STEP 2: Click on “Download” And then “Save” it to your hard drive. Open the file and print a copy if you like.

Want to share this with others? Copy and paste this link into an e-mail.

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Members in Good Standing of the Eta Alumni Association

Here’s the complete listing of the Brothers who have joined, or renewed their membership, and We Thank You for All You Have Done and All You Have Made Possible!

John T. Harrison 1942 Arthur C. Farnham 1943 Robert P. Haines 1949 William H. Fisher 1950 William B. McKinney 1950 Warren J. Tripp 1950 Stewart G. Widoff 1950 Francis E. Harman 1951 David B. Lloyd 1951 Bruce P. Smith 1951 John S. Bingham 1952 Leslie E. Davies 1952 George B. Falck 1952 Paul J. Hansen 1952 James C. Pearson 1952 Jerry C. Tobin 1952 Allen J. Krowe 1954 Philip R. Lamb 1954 Robert A. Margulies 1954 James E. Starnes 1954 James E. Kenkel 1955 Grady A. Vickers, Jr. 1955 Robert C. Cooke 1956 Joseph B. Creegan, Jr. 1956 George H. Harrison 1956 Eugene E. Langellotto 1956 Donald R. Lewis 1956 Allyn H. Myers, Jr. 1956 Carter F. Schwartz 1956 Robert O. Whiteley 1956 Lary L. Acker 1957 Donald H. Berlau 1957 Walter L. Bohorfoush 1957 Boyd I. W. Bounds 1957 Lowell B. Hinchliffe 1957 Thomas O. Nichols 1957 Robert C. Pearson 1957 Joseph D. Brown 1958 Stewart C. Bushong 1958 John W. Dorsey, Jr. 1958 Eugene E. Kelley 1958 Robert G. Pemberton 1958 Ernest R. Wall 1958 Charles M. Barlow 1959

Wayne H. Bethards 1959 Vernon M. Briggs, Jr. 1959 John M. Capants 1959 Robert E. Geiger 1959 John J. Humbert, III 1959 John J. O'Brien 1959 John R. Wicklein 1959 Philip E. Burr 1960 Robert M. Payne 1960 Louis V. Roy 1960 James H. Wood 1960 Robert A. Yellowlees 1960 Drury G. Bagwell 1961 John P. Bailey 1961 Lance W. Billingsley 1961 Cyril V. Childs 1961 Phillip A. Cole 1961 James E. Fox 1961 Lucian S. Heflin, Jr. 1961 Richard M. Johnston 1961 Richard R. Jones 1961 Richard H. Love 1961 David T. Ryan 1961 William B. Binch 1962 Terry H. Chapman 1962 Nicholas Limar 1962 Richard E. Mellinger 1962 Michael J. Stevenson 1962 John L. Towers 1962 John M.C.Willin, III 1962 Warren B. Wimer, Esq. 1962 Leslie David Young 1962 Edward G. Banks, Jr. 1963 Terry J. Billingsley 1963 William F. Funk 1963 C. D. Held 1963 Philip R. Rever 1963 Wayne I. Robertson 1963 John P. Scancarella 1963 Roland N. Shumate 1963 John R. Tydings* 1963 Donald J. Ahern 1964 John F. Donnelly 1964 Robert H. Heller, Jr. 1964

Vaughen H. Link 1964 Leonard J. Megby, Jr. 1964 Thomas V. "Mike" Miller 1964 Gerald F. Moentmann 1964 William E. Nichols 1964 Ronald G. Rayne, Esq. 1964 James W. Sullivan 1964 Adrian G. Teel 1964 Robert L. Wagner 1964 Nicholas L. Wasileski 1964 Thomas W. Arata 1965 Joseph E. Boiseau 1965 George H. Buck 1965 Walter E. Laake, Jr. 1965 J. Robert Manuel, III 1965 Russell T. McFall 1965 Robert C. Mister 1965 John N. Rever 1965 John P. Smith 1965 Joseph E. Spinella 1965 Elwood V. Stark, Jr. 1965 Albert W. Zahniser, III 1965 Robert A. Berry 1966 Sitheris V. Chebithes 1966 Michael A. Grieb 1966 Brian L. Harrington 1966 Joseph E. Smith, Jr. 1966 Robert A. Smolinski 1966 Robert E. Masterson 1967 James D. Reese 1967 Gregory B. Barber 1968 William H. Brewster 1968 A. James Comi 1968 Francis N. Denvir 1968 Frederick A. Gawlick 1968 Cecil A. Given, III 1968 Gerald D. Haser 1968 Roland L. MacDonald 1968 Harry T. Murphy 1968 David S. Stofa 1968 Roland S. Adkins 1969 James P. Bieber 1969 Harvey J. Gannon 1969 James C. Hyatt 1969

* Deceased

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John S. Mathews, III 1969 Michael W. Moore 1969 Jack P. Morris 1969 William J. Niziolek 1969 Robert H. Stropp, Jr. 1969 Edward P. Becker 1970 Claude A. Bogley 1970 Mark W. McNutt 1970 Stephen L. Miller 1970 Donald F. Swan 1970 David J. Crowley 1971 Mitchell A. Roffer 1971 David H. Whitehill 1971 Michael S. Tucker 1972 Anthony J. Ambridge 1973 Oscar L. Reksten 1973 Leon A. Boulavsky 1975 Allen S. Kogut 1975 Jack O'Brien 1975 Morgan A. Connor 1976 Thomas G. Dimka 1976 William B. Gable 1976 Joseph P. George 1976 Kevin M. Kelly 1976 Stephan P. Malloy, Esq. 1976 Daniel S. Newell 1976 John C. Sauer, Jr. 1976 James E. Allen 1977 Eugene A. Atwell 1977 Michael A. Boulavsky 1977 David G. Bourdon 1977 William R. Walsh 1977 William R. Gross 1978 Stephen O. Cooper 1979 Bruce L. Gordon 1979 William D. Kee 1979 Michael W. Miller 1979 Gary A. Fuchs 1980 John B. Ostaffe 1980 Dennis G. Phelan 1980 Matthew R. Smalley 1980 Guy L. Copperthite 1981 Harry L. Geller 1981 Paul C. Miller 1981 Russell R. O'Haver 1981 Steven P. Baker 1982 Joseph E. Criscuoli 1982 John J. Guthrie 1982 Todd B. Hoffman 1982 David E. Lamolinara 1982 Joseph M. Mastrianna 1982 John J. B. Wright, Esq. 1982 Michael G. Albers 1983 Michael L. McGown 1983 John K. Schneider 1983 Robert C. Smith 1983 Albert T. Stultz, Jr. 1983 Brandon S. Wagoner 1983 James V. Gilder 1984 Joseph C. Morton 1984

Clyde E. Taber 1984 John M. Arena 1985 Jim H. Fields, Jr. 1985 George L. Peabody 1985 Richard M. Schindel 1985 Jack G. Williams 1985 Ronald J. Williams 1985 Scott D. Crown 1986 Glenn F. Jaggard 1986 Robert P. Lamolinara 1986 H. Christopher Malone 1986 Phillip N. Scott 1986 Robert M. Troyano 1986

Joseph Eric Vinson 1986 Kirk D. Bell 1987 Roger L. Boothe 1987 James A. Charanis 1987 Kenneth A. Hall 1987 John H. Parsons 1987 John P. McLane 1988 Patrick L. McNamara 1988 Lawrence W. Neukam 1988 Andrew D. Cameron 1989

Martin J. Mitchell 1989 Louis J. Schwartz 1989 Eduardo C. Curlett 1990 Jack S. Herling 1990 Ian D. Hiltner 1990 Marcus A. Morissette 1990 Sorin Schwartz 1990 Naresh G. Sunderraj 1990 William D. Castleberry 1991 John T. Lester, Jr. 1991 Jeffrey V. Odom, Jr. 1991 David M. Schwartz 1991 David A. Shirey 1991 Daniel J. Soso 1991 Robert W. Williams 1991 Etan Z. Gopstein 1992 Terence S. Masterman 1992 George J. Stathis 1992 Stephen A. Borger 1993 Eric G. Madden 1994 Erik Steinman 1994 Christopher Swain 1994 Jay B. Gibbon 1995 Charles T. Walter 1995 Joseph A. Campanella 1997 Neel R. Bhattacharjee 1998 Peter J. Della-Croce 1999 Avi BenMoshe 2000 Christopher P.McBeth 2002 Jonathan Kohen 2003 Nathan I. Blaker 2011 Stephen F. Vojtasko 2011 Dom Cercone 2012 Adam Y. Elbaz 2012 Ryan Kief 2012 Jared Lindenberg 2012 Scott A. Manski 2012 Mark Matovich 2012 Andrew J. Roberts 2012 Roshan Shah 2012 Steven Albright 2013 Victor Alonso 2013 Philip Andemicael 2013 Douglas Astler 2013 Gavin Bedell 2013 Bunty Bhatia 2013 Christopher Flood 2013 William Hobson 2013 Scott Hoffman 2013 Jonathan Lee 2013 Ryan Leikin 2013 Seth McCullough 2013 Mark Megaw 2013 Cameron Merriman 2013 Logan Miller 2013 Charles Ng 2013 Keaton Pavier 2013 Lorin Pierson 2013 Cameron Vollmuth 2013

“Being a member of the Eta Alumni Association is the formal method of staying connected with the Fraternity, the University and the Brotherhood. It is through this organization that we stake our future as an entity on campus.”

- Claude Bogley ‘70

Eta Alumni Association News

Bryan Kline ‘89 has a new car. We really, really have to work harder to convince him to join the alumni association.

Patrick McNamara ‘88 writes: “Enjoy Homecoming, my Brothers, I wish I could be there. I was able to attend the FSU vs MD game as my son is at FSU. UGLY GAME! My son is in the FSU Marching Band and, of course, is a huge FSU fan. We are hoping they make it to the National Championship - be-cause he and his band mates will travel for that (as they did for the Clemson game). I will again be supporting the Terps in January for the FSU vs. MD hoops game. Let’s hope it is better than last year (and this year’s football game). Go Terps! Pat is the Owner of Boca Insurance Group in Deerfield Beach, Florida (www.bocainsgroup.com) handling all your insurance needs including Homeowners, Auto, Boat and Yacht, Commercial and Life and Health. Get in touch and “Buy Eta”!!

Pat, his son Sean Padraic McNamara, and Caitlin Mac at one of many football games won (groan) by the Seminoles this season.

We hereby by submit visual, irrefutable and unretouched photographic evidence that the Chairman of the Audit Committee of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa, Eric Vinson ‘86, has been to the McKeldin Library. At least once. This photo also maintains the current streak of Eta Alumni publications in which “The Vin” has appeared.

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Joseph A. Campanella III ‘97 writes: “It’s been a busy 2013, starting with getting married earlier this year in March. Theresa, my wife, and I enjoyed a two week honeymoon in Hawaii. It was an adventure packed trip which included plenty of hiking, kayaking and surfing. One of our favorite memories was watching the sunset atop Mauna Kea, elevation 13,796’. Theresa and I currently live in Baltimore, MD where I enthusi-astically root for the Terps Basketball and Football teams. My days are occupied oversee-ing the Business Development department for CARCHEX, the premier provider of Extended Auto Warranties and Pre-Purchase Vehicle Inspections.”

Christopher (“Mayday”) Malone ‘86 writes: “I'm pleased to report that my first book was published last month by Wiley & Sons. It's entitled The HUMAN Brand: How We Relate to People, Products & Companies and it in-cludes stories, insights and groundbreaking research on the psychology of human loyalty. My co-author is Dr. Susan Fiske, a world renowned social psychologist at Princeton University. Special thanks to Eta brothers Andrew Rondepierre, Glenn Jaggard & Pat McNamara who each provided input for the book. Thus far, our book has been fortunate to received favorable coverage by Fortune Magazine, Forbes, Bloomberg Businessweek, Entrepreneur Magazine, Inc. Magazine, Knowledge@Wharton and now, most importantly, The THIRD DEGREE. I'm currently in the midst of a public speaking tour to promote the book so let me know if there's an audience you think might like to hear about it.”

Check Out Chris’ NEW book using these convenient links: http://thehumanbrand.com/ http://www.facebook.com/ TheHumanBrand

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WE NEED YOUR HELP TO REACH MORE BROTHERS!

Could you be the next great Eta Recruiter?

Can you send an e-mail?

Can you dial a phone?

An updated Membership List is always available at our website: www.alumni.psk-eta.com

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Eta Alumni Association News

DON’T LET YOUR DECADE DOWN

We need your help to send Eta Brothers to this website

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We Need to Share the Value of Membership:

Award-Winning Magazine Value: $35.00 SIGNET Subscription Value: $25.00 Homecoming Event Value: $50.00 Open House Event Value: $35.00 E-Mail Updates Value: $25.00 Eta Alumni Website Value: $35.00 Total: $205.00

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John E. Watson 1944 J. Edward Thomas, Jr. 1945 William S. Mitchell, Jr. 1951 Thomas M. Russell 1952 Richard D. Walker 1953 Louis A. DeCatur 1954 David V. Swann 1956 Richard D. Gibbs, Jr. 1957 Robert S. Locker 1957 John H. Treadway 1957 Keith R. Wheeler 1958 Thomas J. Morgan 1959 William H. Patterson 1959 Donald E. Sharpe 1959 Charles C. Broadrup 1960 Calvin T. Hook 1960 Russell T. Aaronson 1963 Warren F. Kaufman 1964 Henry A. Lins 1964 Tom R. DeBerry 1966 Denis J. King 1968 James L. Myers 1968 William D. Palmer 1968 P. Richard Anderson 1969 Omar J. Jones, II 1969 Louis D. Chacos 1970 Marvin E. Compton 1970 James J. Kirlin, Jr. 1972 Kenneth C. Kohler 1972 Michael D. Robinson 1975 Willard W. Hennemann 1976 Edwin L. Lamont 1976 Paul B. Brown 1977 Steven A. Leslierandal 1977 Frederic W. Vogelgesang 1977 Douglas P. Bach 1978 Robert G. Coffman 1978 Donald G. Gies, Jr. 1978 Richard C. McClain 1978 Keith S. Pumroy 1979 Richard A. Brown 1980 Michael J. Mondonedo 1980 David J. Uchic 1980 Anthony D. Becker 1981 William Smith 1981 Mark L. Coppola 1982 Thomas E. Marin 1982 Todd M. Lang 1983 Michael Reed 1983

Greg Young 1983 Gregory P. Zurmuhlen 1983 Lawrence G. Kinsey 1984 John W. Meadowcroft 1984 Max R. Peterson 1984 John R. Fields 1985 Patrick L. McGeough 1985 Michael T. McLean 1985 Robert M. Mondonedo 1985 Tim Vojtasko 1985 David Wildermuth 1985 Daniel C. Curry 1986 Norb Garrett 1986 Thomas M. Gart 1986 Glenn E. McNeelege 1986 Nicholas D. Mirabile 1986 Christopher X. Papariello 1986 Joseph R. Daiger 1987 James P. McNeill 1987 Jeffrey W. Oliu 1987 Andrew Rondepierre 1987 Gary F. Smith 1987 Fredrick D. Straub 1987 Stuart A. Turner 1987 James D. Vinson 1987 Jonathan L. Esler 1988 Scott M. Frosch 1988 David P. Henry 1988 Robert W. Lynn 1988 Paul R. McGown 1988 Thomas V. Miller III 1988 Thomas E. Walters 1988 David M. Zwick 1988 E. B. R. Carter 1989 Peter S. Krucoff 1989 Brian E. Le Gette 1989 James W. Lomker 1989 Christopher R. Reed 1989 Scott P. Shaul 1989 Gregory P. Collins 1990 Kevin A. Duffy 1990 Michael T. Lawes 1990 Jeffrey W. Lloyd 1990 Kenneth D. Parr 1990 Andrew J. Plenn 1990 Richard M. Schindler 1990 Steven M. Weiss 1990 Glenn A. Hall 1991 Bryan C. Kissinger 1991

Jason S. Krucoff 1991 Alan K. Kuwabara 1991 Eric E. Lawver 1991 Richard W. Myers 1991 Young W. Nam 1991 Jeffrey M. Rosenberg 1991 Albert R. Shanefelter 1991 David A. Shirey 1991 Kevin J. Spangler 1991 Christopher R. Sugra 1991 Blake M. Wetzel 1991 Gary A. Blumberg 1992 Peter A. Gobell 1992 Larry R. Lawrence 1992 Tyson T. Swigart 1992 Daniel J. Feinstein 1993 Todd E. Lemon 1993 Jason W. Brafman 1994 Jason T. Grant 1994 Andrew B. Krucoff 1994 David P. Trivett 1994 Henry L. Long 1995 Dean P. Pinson 1995 William A. Schwacke 1995 John C. Manuel 1996 Timothy Radigan 1996 Michael P. Di Stefano 1997 Cregan B. Fenlon 1997 Seth A. Friedman 1997 James E. Legat 1997 Christopher M. Sheeler 1997 Christopher I. LaBonge 1998 Thomas R. McElroy 1998 Dev D. Shah 1998 Michael D. Kautz 1999 James A Goldstein 2000 Gino A. Miraglia 2000 Jason Gaertner 2002 Michael P. Cator 2010 Jonathon Shover 2011 Omer Ad 2012 Zach Boldyga 2012 Jay Gobeil 2012 Zach Gorrell 2012 Eric Harvey 2012 Garrett Lewis 2012 Chris Monteil 2012 Miraj Y. Patel 2012

HELP WANTED: PLEASE REMIND THESE 146 BROTHERS that their membership has expired, and let them know they missed-out on receiving this E-Newsletter.

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GOT PHOTOS ? We’ve got a place for all your photos from your

days as a Phi Sig! If you have scanned images you’d like to share, just put

them on a CD and mail them to us. If you have photos you’d like to share, but no scanner in

sight, mail them to us and we’ll scan them! Either way,

you can contribute to the growing photo vault being created by the Eta Alumni

Association.

Be sure to visit from time to time to see what

we’ve added to

Finally, a good

reason to get on

We know you have resisted. And we think we know why. But, now there’s a really good reason to

take the plunge.

There’s now an informative (and creative) timeline for the Eta

Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa. Get on (hey, it’s free),

scroll to the bottom of our page, and rise through the noble history (sort of) of your very own alumni

association.

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Homecoming 2013 Homecoming 2013 -- A Blast!A Blast! Our First Lady Shot Some Great Photos! See Them All at the Eta Alumni Photo Vault!

Share this link with your Eta Brothers http://etaalumnivault.smugmug.com/

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MEMORIES OF NOVEMBER 22, 1963

On November 21, 2013, several Brothers of the Eta Chapter exchanged e-mail messages, recalling where they were and what they felt on the day of the assassination of Presi-dent John F. Kennedy. What follows, with minimal editing for style, are those messages, published with the permission of the authors. - J. Criscuoli ‘82

H aving just graduated from the University of Maryland and with my shiny new de-gree: Bachelor of Arts, Sociology, I had joined the United State Navy Reserve,

to serve my country and "see the world" as a Navy officer. What happened was difficult for me to ac-cept at the time but I was not able to graduate from Navy Officer Candidate School in Newport, RI since I never quite got the required scores in naviga-tion. I was assigned duty aboard a cable layer out of Little Creek, Va. We did play a part in laying sound detection equipment in the Atlantic off Bermuda where I learned about rum and steel drums.

While stationed in Little Creek, VA, and on liberty, I was on a date with an Admiral's daughter (pretty good move). We had gone to Williamsburg for the day by bus and as we walked toward our return bus, we heard the horrible news of Kennedy's assassina-tion. How could this possibly have happened? It quickly collapsed the joy of young infatuation we had just experienced and we sat hand in hand in shock all the way back to Norfolk--her to her home and me to my Navy base. I had that weekend off since my ship was in port and took another bus home to be with my parents. We all sat in a suspended type of time warp and watched the story play out on TV along with mil-lions of people around the world. It was if every-

thing else in my world had paused, and our minds and hearts tried in vain to change what we had just witnessed. But it was not to be. President John F. Kennedy was dead and our lives would never be the same. For me, personally, having been in boot camp in October of 1962, when President Kennedy managed the Cuba Conflict so brilliantly, and I had watched, so fearful that I and my mates would be sent to the scene of conflict as "cannon fodder", his death was the death of my "personal" Commander and Chief. I cried and missed his steady hand in charge of all of us. Beyond the day itself I, and others, moved ahead slowly into our individual and collective futures. But, perhaps on that day, part of me--the essential me--always optimistic--paused and re-calculated my next moves in life a little more soberly, reflectively, and with just a bit less optimism. But our collective soul lived on and perhaps grew stronger! Serving a shorter period as an enlisted man was a blessing in disguise because I then went into social services which fitted my God given abilities and I am still involved in vol-unteering in a community social service agency in my retirement. - Terry Hughes Chapman ‘62

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“The whole country was groaning, "Why, Why, Why?"

I too was living in the house. I heard about the shooting when I was walking back from class. I was on the on the path that connected the chapel to the row. A girl came running up towards the campus and said, with tears in her eyes, "They just shot the President!" I picked up the pace and watched the TV coverage in the house. It seems to me that the University closed down early for Thanksgiving. So I went home to Baltimore to grieve with my family and friends. The country was in shock and glued to the TV. It was similar to 9/11 but different. At 9/11 we could react in anger and respond in patriotism. Upon Kennedy's death there was a profound feeling of bewilderment. The whole country was groaning, "Why, Why, Why?" I agree the country has never been the same. We seemed to have left an age of unbounded post-war optimism and entered a dark age of pessimistic cynicism that still remains like a pall on Kennedy’s beloved country. Oswald stole more than the life of our President he stole our national soul. - J. Robert Manuel, III ’65 I became eligible to vote in 1960, and that privilege gained importance when Kennedy won the West Virginia primary, which caused people to believe that a Catholic could be nominated and perhaps be elected to the Presidency. Needless to say I voted for him. In January of 1962, at the first anniversary of his inauguration I was an usher for the guests in the President's box at the gala in the D.C. Armory. Like Lance Billingsley, I was then in law school, a night student at Georgetown, and when Kennedy was killed I was working in a law firm in the Hill Building at 17th & I Streets in the Dis-trict, and my memory is clear of watch-ing the funeral procession go past the building on the way to St. Matthew's Cathedral, where I was married two years later. - David T. Ryan ‘61 I was in the "rack" resting up for a GIGIF in D.C. when I was awakened by a commotion and told there had been shots fired at the presidential motor-

cade in Dallas, that the President had been hit and then a short time later heard on the radio that he was dead. My first thought was that it was a result of Robert Kennedy's aggressive support of the civil rights movement. As I recall it, it seemed like the whole house ended up in the TV room watching the black and white TV. Later, a number of us went to the GIGIF, found that it has been cancelled, and I bought an "Extra" edition of The Washington Post and The Washington Star, both of which had a large picture with the headline "Kennedy Slain in Dallas" or words to that effect. I still have those newspapers in storage today. I spent a lot of the next three days in the TV room, saw Oswald shot, etc. I liked JFK a lot, probably as much as I could like any President at that stage of my life - the difference between Jack, Jackie, and their children compared to Eisenhower and Mamie Doud when viewed through my 21 year old eyes was complete. I would like to think that the rest of the 60's would have turned out differently/better but I don't think we can really know. By being murdered at that stage of his presidency, we think the best of JFK. In our minds he will be forever young, free of scandal and/or dis-appointment. At that time he still represented hope and change from what I thought of as the dreary Eisenhower administration. I of course was too young to know what Eisenhower meant to my parents' generation - D Day, World War II, VE Day, the end of Nazi Germany, etc. Many of our Brothers went to D.C. on Sunday night and wait in line while Kennedy lay in State. In retrospect, I wish I had. - Ronald G. Rayne, Esq. ’64 I was a recently married sophomore in Law School on that particular November Day. I was returning from class, and climbed up the stairs to my apart-ment accompanied by the blare of my downstairs neighbor’s TV (he was very hard of hearing), and I heard the words “...the President has been shot”. I rushed into my apartment, and turned on the TV. I watched assassination coverage continuously until Monday morning, with limited late night sleep breaks. Like most of America I was devastated, but

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“...every bit the inspiration in ‘Profiles in Courage’ ”

my devastation was also a personal one. As a Sophomore at Maryland, I was very active in Student Government and also worked at the Student News Bureau. During the Fall, I received a call from my boss asking if I’d mind giving a U.S. Senator a tour of our campus before a talk he was going to give. In my day campus tours were the providence of the Orientation Committee, but when my boss said do, I did. Of course, the Senator was John F. Kennedy, and by the end of the tour, I was a guaran-teed vote (although I was too young to vote and would never get a chance to vote for him). In person John Kennedy was every bit the inspiration he wrote about in Profiles in Courage, and he was one of the people who inspired me to devote a good deal of my life to public service. My involvement in politics and public service caused me to cross paths with various members of the Kennedy Family over the years, but President Kennedy was always my ideal and one of my guiding lights. When I re-turned to Washington for the first time after his death, my first stop was to pay my respects at “The Eternal Flame”. Like that Flame, his vision will go on and on. - Lance W. Billingsley ‘61 My thoughts, albeit somewhat clouded by the years, reflect that Tom Allder and I were driving back to campus from being in the District. Neither of us could believe the radio in the car so we stopped at an establishment on Rhode Island Ave. to watch the same reporters (Walter Cronkite, I believe was one) give us bits and pieces of the news. We stayed in the bar until we heard the results everyone was dread-ing, but probably everyone was expecting, that Ken-nedy was dead. We continued our journey to cam-pus and never uttered a word to each other. I visit Arlington Cemetery at least twice a year to see my Father who is buried there - and I try to go by the Eternal Flame as often as I can. It is such a peaceful place and helps bring me back to just being at peace with myself, even if it is for only one hour. - Thomas W. Arata ‘65 I was a pledge (associate member) at that point and

did not ever live in the house, I worked all the time at Safeway to pay our dues. In fact, I am not in the ’64 composite for precisely that reason as I was working that day. I had just left class, probably walked from the building just down from the old bookstore and the “U”, then found my car (in that sea of cars), and was sitting at the light at Campus Drive and University Blvd (out by University Col-lege) in my old ‘50 Chevy. Oddly, the radio worked and I heard the news. I have no real memory of the specific words or the time when I heard them nor any memory after that except that days later I was on Constitution Avenue to watch the casket roll by and the riderless horse, etc. Indeed, we lost an in-spirational leader, one who was right for the times; one who was also such an inspiration to those who went on to do good things in so many areas of inter-national and domestic life. - James D. Calder ‘65 Like Lance Billingsley and Dave Ryan, I was in law school when JFK was assassinated. I remember the events of that day like it was yesterday. I was at work at a D.C. law firm when the news came in. I was stunned and wanted to go home to follow events. My boss was not a Kennedy supporter, how-ever, so we kept on working and catching up on events as we could. Several days later while getting ready to go with my father to view the casket, I was watching Oswald being escorted to transportation to court when Jack Ruby stepped out of the assembled crowd and shot him. I was not old enough to vote in 1960 but would have voted for Kennedy if I had been. I admired him greatly. The sixties were tough all around. - Phillip A. Cole ‘61 I, too, was living at #7 Fraternity Row that day. It was my (1st) junior year and I heard the news while walking in front of McKeldin Library (that was about as close as I came on a regular basis to that august institution). I ducked into a classroom build-ing just to the west of the Mall, went into a class room which had a TV, and watched the coverage for

“Like that Flame, his vision will go on and on.”

an hour or two with a group of people I didn’t know, before going back to #7. When Kennedy was lying in state in the Capitol Ro-tunda, I went with a fairly large group of people, mostly Phi Sigs to stand in line all night long just to file past the casket. It was a very moving experience standing in line with tens of thousands of people just to pay our respects. I watched the funeral in the tube room at #7 with lots of brothers. It was extremely emotional with a group of guys who were not normally that emotional. I think all of us cried that day whether or not we had voted for, or supported, JFK. - Joseph E. Boiseau ‘65 I was a Forestry major at Penn State (after having transferred to Happy Valley from Maryland), and about to take a final exam (Penn State was on a quarter system) when I heard that Kennedy had been shot. When I arrived in the classroom, we heard that he had just died. Right after this, the pro-fessor walked in and passed out the exam (he was oblivious on what was going on). When I walked out of there after taking the exam, I couldn't remember a single question – somehow, I passed. By the way, November 22nd is my birthday. I didn't celebrate on that day fifty years ago. - William F. Funk ‘63 I suspect most of us can remember sudden celebrity deaths, certainly the Kennedy brothers, King, Presley, Lennon, Lady Di, etc. But none was more vivid than JFK. I was a Marine Second Lieutenant commanding a 105mm artillery battery in Guan-tanamo Bay, Cuba. A day earlier, several marine pilots were flying over to Montego Bay, Jamaica for quick R&R, and two of us talked the captain into a weekend pass. We were walking the beach, check-ing out the lovely scenes, drinking Cerveza's, when we came upon a group huddled around a radio. One local yelled out to us "your President is dead". In

classic Marine form, we confronted him for his dis-respect. Cooler heads prevailed and it was con-firmed our President had been assassinated in Dal-las. What was amazing was the love the Jamaicans had for JFK. Several of them wanted to form a mili-tia and descend on Dallas to ensure justice. The senior Marine pilot informed us we were to re-turn immediately to Guantanamo. And then the copter I was on crashed into the Gulf and, by good fortune, we were able to jettison the fuel pods and land back on the beach. No one was hurt but it surely was a day of multiple memories. - William B. Binch ‘62 I turned 21 in August 1960, so I was eligible to vote in the 1960 election. I really wanted to vote for Senator Kennedy but, unlike today, you could only vote absentee if you could prove that you were out of state, and I could not find a way to get to Cum-berland to vote. After he won, I assumed that I would be able to vote for him in 1964. Kay, my wife, had graduated in June 1963 and I got my master's in August (while living in the fraternity house waiting for her to graduate). We were married in August 1963 and we both went to our first full-time jobs in early September. We were filled with excitement and optimism as we began our adult lives. I was working for a small research company out in the country, close to where Columbia is now, on November 22. I can't remember if we all went home or sat around listening to the news until quit-ting time. Kay was pregnant and having morning sickness, so we just watched the funeral on televi-sion. I do remember Cy Childs coming down from Baltimore and stopping at our apartment either on his way to or from going downtown. We just shared our shock and sadness. Today's e-mails are almost all from guys that were still in school or just out in 1963. We were all young and optimistic about our futures. President Kennedy was young, inspiring ("Ask what you can do for your country!") and optimistic ("We're going to the MOON!!") His murder was a blow to our optimism

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just as we were becoming adults. I think that may be why it still affects us today; why so many of us have written today. Now some thoughts from the last few years. When Hurricane Katrina washed away our house on the Mississippi Coast, we evacuated to Fort Worth be-cause our older son lives there. We stayed for six years until we moved back to near New Orleans two years ago. (The Mississippi Coast is still in terrible shape.) While living in Fort Worth, we went to Dal-las a number of times. We have driven around Dealey Plaza because it's one of the ways to get from downtown Dallas to the interstate. It still looks the same as it did in the photos from 50 years ago. Every time that we have driven through we have seen tourists in the plaza and on the grassy knoll. We never went to the Book Depository Museum. I didn't want to. I have no need to relive that day. After living in the Dallas - Fort Worth Metroplex for six years, the only significant historical event that I could find that happened in Dallas was the assassination. We were lucky to grow up in Maryland, where his-torical events had happened all around us and DC was just down the road. - Dr. Richard H. Love ‘61 I was at work in the Air Force at Stewart Air Force in Newburgh, N.Y. awaiting reassignment to Goose Bay, Labrador. The office went totally silent when we received word that President Kennedy had been shot and had died. Everyone remained silent for sev-eral minutes, after which we all left to be with our loved ones. Fran, my wife, and I watched the TV all weekend while caring for our beautiful, loving, six month old daughter, Barb - wondering what the world was going to be for her in her fu-ture. - John L. Towers ‘62

I was on my first official trip as a fed. We were hav-ing a late lunch and became aware of the cluster of people around a TV. We joined the crowd in time to see (and hear) Walter Cronkite report that Kennedy was dead. I watched all of the ceremonies from my Alexandria apartment. My only regret was not watching the funeral procession to Arlington in per-son. I don't think there has been any similar event to which so many world leaders attended. They made up the first row of the procession and included Charles de Gaulle (Le Grande Charles). But, I could not watch any of the coverage of the 50th anniver-sary; my feelings after all this time are still pretty raw. I think that, between both Kennedy's assassina-tions and the Viet Nam war, our generation left the Age of Innocence and became pretty cynical about life. I know that, since then, I didn't think any one person could make a dif-ference and that the so-called "best and brightest" were neither. But, as a gen-eration, we still did good things. The accomplishments of all of you are de-monstrative of that. - Richard E. Mellinger ‘62

“...my feelings, after all this time, are still pretty raw.”

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“...our generation left the Age of Innocence.”

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What is Terp Thon? When a child gets sick, the last thing the family should have to worry about is medical bills. That's where Terp Thon comes in. 100% of our fundrais-ing efforts goes directly to Children's National Medical Center. No family is turned away because of their inability to pay and parents can make their child's health and happiness top priorities. Terp Thon is a student organization that works year-round to raise money and awareness for Children’s National Medical Center in Washing-ton, D.C; while instilling the importance of service and philanthropic work among the University community. Terp Thon’s year-round efforts culminate in a 12-hour Dance Marathon that unites student organizations, university depart-ments, small and large businesses, and a cultur-ally diverse student population, all in support of the patients and families at Children’s National. Terp Thon gathers the strongest student and faculty leaders across campus to build students’ affinity to philanthropy and the University through partnerships, passion, team work, and professional development. Thus far Terp Thon has raised:

2010: $53,394.18 2011: $138,629.44 2012: $268,027.49 2013: $306,735.45

In Terp Thon's first year as a dance marathon program, $53,394.18 was raised making it the most successful first-year program, at that time, in the history of Dance Marathons nationwide! The success continued into our second year where we raised $138,629.44. No other dance marathon program has ever reached six figures in their second (or third!) year prior to Terp Thon's existence. Terp Thon continued to break fundraising records in its third year, raising $268,027.49! Last year, Terp Thon set the record for a fourth year Dance Marathon by raising $306,735.45! We are excited to continue the tradition of breaking records while raising money for the amazing kids and their families at Children's National Medical Center!

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Brother Keenan is a member of a team of Terp Thon participants, called “Terp Thon Morale.” The team is comprised of 23 members and, as of our publication date, Brother Keenan is in 17th place.

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