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Over 350 in Attendance at Dallas Pig DinnerThe Lambda Tau Chapter’s 64th Annual

Norris Pig Dinner was held on April 21 at the Renaissance Dallas Richardson Hotel. More than 350 brothers and guests were a part of the weekend’s festivities!

Barry Orr ’78 did a phenomenal job as Mas-ter of Ceremonies and managing the evening’s activities.

Gold Owl Certificates were presented to Charlie Swift ’70, Eddie Windom ’70, Mike Barrett ’69, and Pat Hale ’71 for having been initiated into the Fraternity 50 years ago! Greer Pittman ’96 was presented with a Silver Owl Certificate for having been initiated into the Fraternity 25 years ago.

Jerry Rawls ’67, businessman, philanthro-pist, and brother, gave an amazing keynote speech. He spoke about life, business, Texas Tech, and his time in the Chapter. It was inter-esting to hear how the lessons he learned and the friendships he made in the Chapter helped him later in life. His willingness to help others and share his good fortune is an example that we can all follow.

The Chapter presented the following awards at the Pig Dinner to these deserving brothers:

Tom G. Parks Outstanding Graduate Award: Ryan Bigbee ’02

George Nelson Purple Heart Award: Cole Carey ’19 – two-time winner of the award

Donnie Baker Intramural Award: Andrew Gillespie ’19

Benny Bedford Outstanding Pledge Award: Luke Rowland ’21

Terry Grantham Brotherhood Award: Jon Higgs ’19

Alton Griffin Community Service Award: Will Harris ’19 – two-time winner of the award

Marlis Smith University Service Award: Jack Griffith ’20

Purple Heart Award: Daniel Cole ’19

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Fiji sire, Glenn Crowder ’84, with his son, Alex ’21. Jordan ’19 (left) and Zac Knight ’16 (right) presenting their mother and our faculty advisor, Alicia Knight, with

flowers at Pig Dinner.

George Nelson ’58 and his wife of 61 years, Joe Love! Charlene Parks with Bobby Waddle ’55. Bobby was honored as a Distinguished Alumnus

of the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources on February 26.

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The evening ended with a casino party and dancing.

We’re grateful to numerous graduate broth-ers for helping make the Dallas Pig Dinner a big success. Brothers that contributed to the 2017 Campaign for Fiji at Tech made this event financially feasible. Some of the other brothers that deserve special recognition for their help with the Pig Dinner are: Sheldon Cunningham ’58, Bobby Gleason ’72, Barry Orr ’78, Glenn Moor ’84, Jay Justilian ’89, Robby Short ’91, Jason Petrie ’92, Kyle Markee ’96, Ryan Bigbee ’02, Anthony Contreras ’02, and Mike Uryasz ’12.

A link to photos from the Dallas Pig Dinner can be found on the homepage of our website, techfjijgrads.com.

We’re looking forward to seeing everyone at the 65th Annual Norris Pig Dinner in Lubbock on Saturday, April 13, 2019!

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Darryn Andrews ’98 sacrificed his life in Afghanistan while saving the lives of three other men in his unit on September 4, 2009. He received the Silver Star for his actions that day. The Texas Legislature awarded Darryn the Legislative Medal of Honor in 2013.

The Lambda Tau Chapter nominated Darryn to be honored on Texas Tech’s Wall of Honor in Drane Hall. We are pleased to announce that he received this prestigious honor at a special ceremony on May 22.

We are honored to call Darryn a brother!

Darryn Andrews ’98 Added to Texas Tech’s Wall of Honor

Dan Hurley ’75 was inducted into the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Hall of Fame in San Antonio on June 22. In 2004, he served as president of the association with more than 3,000 members. He was honored as its “Lawyer of the Year” in 2015.

Dan’s legal career began when then district attorney, Alton Griffin ’51, hired him as an assistant district attorney in 1978. He left the DA’s office to go to work for his father’s law firm. Even though he performed all types of legal work at the time, it was the thrill of the trial and criminal defense work that captured his interest. It was this pas-sion that led to his Hall of Fame career.

Congratulations, Dan!

Hurley Honored

Gold Owl certificates were presented to (left to right) Charlie Swift ’70, Eddie Windom ’70, Mike Barrett ’69, and Pat Hale ’71.

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Darryn Andrews ’98 (left) with his brother Jarrett ’98.


In just two months, an impressive $14,569 has been committed to the 2018 Campaign for Fiji at Tech. More than 40 graduate brothers reflected on their days in Lubbock and made the decision to invest in the chapter that provided them with lifelong friendships and is one of their main connections to Texas Tech University.

With the support of Lambda Tau alumni, I am confident we will reach our goal, and I would be honored to add your name list of donors on the next page helping us do so. I encourage you to join the Black Dia-mond Circle, our top giving level, by making a generous contribution of $1,000. This gift is only $83.33 a month when it is paid in 12 monthly installments. If this amount is more than you would like to contribute this year, please consider a contribution of $500. It is only four install-ments of $125 each when it is paid quarterly.

Please consider making a gift today—large or small—to help us achieve our $30,000 goal. Every gift will make an enormous impact on the campaign and all we have planned this year.

Your gift will not only enable today’s undergraduate brothersto have the same life-changing experiences you did, but it will also assist with ongoing graduate communications (such as this newsletter), help with expenses associated with the Pig Dinner and the Joe Ray Goodin Schol-arship banquet,and assist with travel to and from the Fiji Academy and Ekklesia.

If you haven’t given to this year’s campaign yet, now is the time! Join the growing list of donors today by visiting our website (techfijigrads.com) and clicking the “Support the Campaign” button, or returning the pledge form below. For your convenience, you may spread your gift over the course of a year by making monthly or quarterly payments. You can also set up recurring payments to charge your credit card automati-cally or draft your checking account.

Rest assured, your generous contribution to the Lambda Tau Chapter will be handled by the BCA with great care.

With your help, this year’s campaign will transform the lives of count-less brothers to come!

Fraternally,

Glenn Moor ’84 Purple Legionnaire

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Black Diamond Circle ($1,000 - $10,000) Van M. Hubbard ’62 Glenn D. Moor ’84

White Star Circle ($500 - $999) Robert F. Brown ’59 Patrick R. Hale ’71 Jimmy E. Nickell ’54 Paul P. Scheurer ’08 Adam H. Sprunger ’04

Perge! Circle ($250 - $499) Thomas Ken Abraham ’63 William A. Adams ’67 James D. Alfred ’78 Kevin Beck ’08 Michael J. Bosworth ’74Jason L. Davis ’96 Richard P. Lowke ’59 Alexander McCammon ’10 Jeffrey R. McGhie ’69

George H. Nelson ’58 Addison L. Pfluger ’63 William C. Pfluger ’60 Jerry L. Pittman ’66 Joseph D. Ray ’97 Marvin G. Stephens ’64 Bobby G. Waddle ’55 Cullen Watkins ’09

Matador Circle ($100 - $249) Bradley C. Bader ’15 F.L. Ballard ’55 Charles C. Beatty ’58Lawrence M. DeHay Jr. ’61 Oliver R. Greebon ’65 Jack H. Henry ’59 Harvey E. Mallory III ’57 Jason M. Petrie ’92 Craig A. Sutton ’66 Louis N. Thomas ’67 Russ L. Weatherford ’75 Dee Jay Wilde ’10

Persistence Circle ($50 - $99) Anonymous Matthew D. D’Alise ’89 Philip M. Lang ’00 William H. Townend ’03 Max S. Von Roeder ’54

Gamma Circle (Up to $49) Gary D. Hughes ’69 C. Perry Wright ’66

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Cory Morrow Entertains Brothers from Across the ContinentPhi Gamma Delta’s 170th Ekklesia was held in Dallas from July 26 to

29. More than 800 brothers from across the United States and Canada attended our biennial convention. Bill Townend ’05 served on the host committee for more than a year to make sure everything ran smoothly. He did an outstanding job and represented our chapter very well.

The highlight of the Ekklesia was the special event on Friday night at Gilley’s. Cory Morrow ’95 put on an amazing concert for everyone. Cory regaled the concert goers with tales from his time in Lubbock and in our Chapter. He brought the house down when he recited the “Persistence” quote from memory. It was a great night.

We’re very proud of Cory’s success. He’s just released a new album, “Whiskey and Pride.” You can learn more about him and his music at corymorrow.com.

Brothers,

The Lambda Tau Chapter had a great start to the school year! We are extremely pleased with how rush turned out this semester. We are ex-cited to instill the values of Phi Gamma Delta into the new pledge class. The Greek Intramural League has returned to Texas Tech after a multi-year absence. Our brothers are excited to compete for the prestigious “Blanket” again. We will return it to its rightful place—the Fiji Lodge.

Last semester the Chapter GPA was 3.044, surpassing the all-under-graduate, the Interfraternity Council, and the undergraduate male GPA averages. I would like to extend a personal thank-you to Ryan Bigbee ’02, who served as the Lambda Tau Purple Legionnaire from August 2014 - August 2018. Ryan spent countless hours with the brothers of Lambda Tau. His devotion to our Chapter and the amount of time he sacrificed won’t be forgotten. Our new Purple Legionnaire, Glenn Moor ’84, a former Chapter president, has brought great excitement about the future of our Chapter. As always, feel free to visit our Chapter at any time! The opportunity to meet our graduate brothers is always a blessing.

Fraternally, Cole Carey ’19Chapter President

From the Desk of the Chapter President

Above: Lambda Tau’s officers for the coming school year are (left to right): Nate Koford ’20,

historian, Andrew Gillespie ’19, recording secretary, Cole Carey ’19, president, Tristan Thatcher ’19, treasurer, and Jack Torrey ’19,

corresponding secretary. Right: Jack Griffith ’20 (left) and Alex Crowder ’21 (right) were elected as senators of the Student Gov-ernment Association. Will Harris ’20 (center) serves

as the director of special projects for the SGA.

Left to right: John Walker ’21, Ryan Brooks ’20, Kyle Markee ’96, Cory Morrow ’95, Glenn Moor ’84, and David Day ’89.


Ad AstraMatthew J. Arntt ’96William R. Bailey ’94

Col Lucien A. Brundage ’65 Bryan S. Cuppy ’88

Dr. Robert P. Harle ’69 Robert A. Pigg ’70 John D. Pool ’57

Billie D. Sumners ’55 Robert F. Wood ’71

Elaine and Ryan Huie ’91 welcomed Ryder E. Huie IV into this world on July 21.

Clayton Black ’92 is the Republican county chairman for Martin County. Todd Oberle ’94 is working as assistant vice president, business consultant-client manager at Bank of America Merchant Services.

John Riggins ’98 started a new company, Talley Riggins Construction Group LLC. Learn more about his new company at talleyriggins.com.

Mike ’99 and Dan ’01 Eggleton’s company, Raider Express, Inc., was named the “Top Fami-

ly-Owned Business” in Tarrant County by the Fort Worth Business Press.

Andrew Townend ’00 started a new job as group chief financial officer of the Real Pet Food Company in Sydney, Australia.

Ryan Bigbee ’02 started his own law partner-ship, Bigbee & Curtis, on August 31.

Jarrod ’05 and Justin Choate ’06 finished second in the Texas Tech Alumni Association Golf Tournament in Austin on April 27. Jim Morgan ’05 is managing partner and CFO of Augusta Capital Partners LLC. His company’s website is augustacap.com.

Bill Townend ’05 is engaged to Kathleen Crombie.

Tanner Ogden ’06 is working for WLP Energy as its special projects manager.

Zac Knight ’16 married Delaney Jo Cawthron on September 22 in Lubbock.

Charlie Mitchell ’16 started a new job with Scout Energy Partners as an operations engi-neer.

John Freund III ’94 started a new job as district manager of Ashfield, part of UDG Healthcare PLC.

Bigbee Steps Down as Purple LegionnaireRyan Bigbee ’02 stepped down as the Chapter’s Purple Legionnaire (PL) in July. He took over the role of PL in August of 2014 when the Chapter was having difficulties with the University. He guided the Chapter through troubling times that included forgoing a pledge class for one year. Ryan sacrificed time with his family, which includes three young sons, and time away from his growing legal practice. We’re thankful for his service and wish him the very best as he launches his new law firm, Bigbee & Curtis.

Graduate News

Special thanks to Jay Justilian ’89, who hosted a Fiji tailgate prior to the Texas Tech/Ole Miss football game. More than 40 graduate brothers from various eras attended the tailgate. We’re also grateful to

Charles Miller ’84 for hosting a barbecue at his home the night before the game.

Some of the graduates that attended the Rush Preference Party in August. From left to right: Glenn Crowder ’84, Cason Grantham ’14, Mike Eggleton ’99, Mike Uryasz ’12, David Henry ’97, Ryan Frey ’98, Clay Palmer ’13, Glenn Moor ’84, Justin Biggs ’97, and George Nelson

’58. Mike Eggleton and Ryan Frey did a great job as our featured speakers at the event.


The Chapter celebrated this semester’s Joe R. Goodin Scholarship Banquet on September 9. We were very honored to have Chancellor Emeritus Kent Hance as our keynote speaker. He delivered an inspira-tional and entertaining keynote speech. His service to West Texas and Texas Tech has spanned several decades and has had a tremendous impact on the area. He encouraged our brothers to dream big dreams. We’re grateful that he took time to speak to us.

Our Chapter received a Certificate of Superior Academic Achievement at the Ekklesia for surpassing the all-men’s GPA at Texas Tech for 25 consecutive years! It’s a streak that we plan to continue for many more decades to come.

Since its inception in 2001, the Jerry S. Rawls Foundation has awarded 1,985 scholarships totaling $3,781,000! The impact this generous gift from Jerry Rawls ’67 has had on our Chapter and brothers cannot be overstated. It has given our brothers a stronger incentive to achieve academically. It has allowed brothers that were struggling financially to remain involved with the Fraternity. Most importantly, Brother Rawls’s gift serves as a powerful reminder to all of us: we have an obligation to give back to our community, our University, the Fraternity, and other organizations that taught us the important lessons which help us along our life’s journey. We are the lucky ones. We will “pay it forward” by helping others and making our communities better.

Thank you, Jerry!

We’re also grateful for the hard work done on behalf of the Foundation locally. Thank you to Bobby Gleason ’72 and his wife Debbie, George Nelson ’58, and Glenn Moor ’84.

Hance Speaks at Scholarship Banquet

The Jerry S. Rawls Scholarship Foundation

Sixty brothers and pledges achieved a 3.0 GPA or higher last semester, including 12 brothers who earned a 4.0 GPA! The Jerry Rawls Scholar-ship Foundation awarded $115,000 in scholarships to these deserving brothers.

Winners of other Chapter awards are:Jerry Rawls Award for the highest GPA. All of these brothers have

4.0 GPAs: Andrew Barker ’19, Ethan Dailey ’21, Christopher Doyle ’21, Matthew Fouse ’21, William Hulshof ’18, Janzen Ilseng ’19, Balin Smith ’20, Zachary Van Kirk ’21, Boone Mansfield ’19, Trevor Wilson ’18, Tristan Thatcher ’19, and Logan Plunkett ’18.

Glenn Moor Award for the highest cumulative GPA. All of these brothers have 4.0 cumulative GPAs: Ethan Dailey ’21, Christopher Doyle ’21, Matthew Fouse ’21, and Balin Smith ’20.

Kary Mathis Award for highest pledge GPA: Samuel Cole ’21Jack Henry Award for most improved grades: McGregor Bailey ’20Ken Abraham ’63 and his wife, Renee, presented the Paddle Tramps

Manufacturing Scholarship to Ethan Dailey ’21. It’s a $250 per se-mester grant that the Abrahams have provided to the Chapter for more than 25 years.

We’re also thankful for the graduate brothers who attended this special event. They were: Ken Abraham ’63 and his wife Renee, Bobby Gleason ’72 and his wife Debbie, Jack Henry ’59, David Henry ’97, George Nelson ’58 and his wife Joe Love, Faculty Advisor Alicia Knight, Barry Orr ’78, Ryan Bigbee ’02, Jaret Greaser ’98, and Purple Legion-naire Glenn Moor ’84.

Pictured above: Chancellor Hance presents the Jerry Rawls Award to the brothers that earned a 4.0 GPA last semester. Pictured left to right are: Tristan Thatcher ’19, Matt Fouse ’21, Christopher Grimes ’21, Ethan Dailey ’21, Chancellor Emeritus Hance, Andrew Barker ’19, Will Hulshof ’18, Janzen Ilseng ’19, Boone Mansfield ’19, Balin Smith ’20, Zachary Van Kirk ’21, and Trevor Wilson ’19.

Jerry Rawls ’67 with some of the brothers that have received one of his scholarships at the Dallas Pig Dinner.

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Lambda Tau’s 65th annual Pig Dinner is scheduled for Saturday, April 13, 2019, at the Lubbock Country Club. More details about the weekend’s festivities and registration information will be mailed in late January.

Bo Gray ’70 sent us this picture from the White Star Formal in 1967. Do you see anyone you know?

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