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“Family” is the operant word here. Although thisevent may not rival the Easter Egg Hunt on the WhiteHouse lawn, or Wolgang Puck’s beautiul Oscar Night din-ner in national news, it is much more important in the eyeso raters and their amilies. It is huge! And it will be noess so this year as ekes and their amilies converge uponhe Chip Wray ’53 digs in Sonoma or the th year o this

radition on Saturday, June 2. (Tis event emerged as wemoved our Founders’ Day celebrations much arther away rom January 10, and decided to leave the responsibility orhat tradition to the active chapter where it really belongs,

and is observed graciously.)ekes show up here with wives, sweethearts, chil-

dren, or alone, beginning about noon. In all these congu-ations they are warmly greeted, and they have a wonderulime. Last year’s event was no exception when some 40

ekes and amily members enjoyed the day, and this yearwe expect many more. ekes who arrive unaccompanied

have just as much un as everyone else. Sometimes they’rehe last to leave!

Visiting sets the tone as the aternoon enolds, whileovingly prepared appetizers are passed. Soon the barbe-cuing begins and the aroma o rib-eye steaks and chickenbreasts wats through the lawns and lanais o the Wray’sbeautiul property. Excellent wines and beers are available,as well as a variety o drinks or the kids. Te pool and spaget minimal use, as a rule, but they are there to enjoy, none-heless.

A modest $25 per person covers everything, andkids are ree. We begin to gather about noon, and dinner iserved at 2:00 or 3:00, or when we eel like it. We go home

when we eel like it, too. Some o last year’s celebrants may till be there.

o paraphrase the opening line o A ale o Cities , “It was the best o times, and the best o time And indeed it was, in every way. Some members o active chapter joined us.

Held once again at the Marines Memorial Club San Francisco, this year’s event drew one o its largest crowever. Fraters gathered in the Heritage Room, while wiand sweethearts were their guests in the Flying LeatherneRoom a couple o oors above. While the ladies enjoya buet lunch, they were pleased by the appearance o teke Quartet who serenaded them. When one o th

asked whether ekes had a sweetheart song like “Te Sweheart o Sigma Chi,” the quartet was ready with a rendero one o our Nu Chapter sweetheart songs. What a hapcoincidence!

Downstairs, the revelry continued until our own lun was served, announcements were made, jokes were told, ancerticate was presented to Dan Costello ’51, who has mathe arrangements or this aair or many years (and who hithat the estivities may move back to the Olympic Club ne winter). Te ladies came downstairs to join the men, and aternoon wound up in ne style.

Te Christmas Luncheon is always held on a Mondso block your calendar or December 10 or 17 until you hrom us again in the all issue. You will be glad you did. Aremember, i you bring your wie or sweetheart, she won’tout Christmas shopping while you’re enjoying your aternooTink o the money you’ll save!

(See page 10 or photos!)

From San Francisco: North on 101 to 37 at S. Novato. Ten to Sonoma/Napa cuto on 121 at Inneon. Ten to Hwy 12 turno to SonoStay on 12 to our-way stop light. Ten right onto Napa Road. Ater two miles you will come to Burndale. urn right. 200 yards later, turn rgain onto Hyde-Burndale, and you’re there. 2081 Hyde-Burndale. • From the East Bay: Richmond/San Raael Bridge to 101, then proceebove, or… • From Interstate 80: ake Napa/Sonoma turno (Hwy 12), ollow to Hwy 29; turn right toward Napa. Follow Sonoma signs u

you see Sonoma/Napa Road sign. Angle to right onto Napa Road. Go 2 miles and you are at Burndale. urn let and proceed as above.For clarifcation: Call 707.938.8458

no one ever calls us boring!

2007 FAMILY PICNIC IS JUNE 2ND

the christmas luncheon 2006

ONCE AGAIN, AN OUTSTANDING AFFAIR

Directions to the Picnic:

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NU NEWS a publication of the nu chapter of tau kappa epsilon

the university of california , berkeley

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Fraters Graves ’56, Harris ’56, Bell ’56, & Deady ’54

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Dear Fraters,

Te beginning o the 2007 calendar year has ushered in a new erNu Chapter o au Kappa Epsilon. It is my pleasure to address to yourecent goings-on within the chapter and the wonderul things that we haccomplished in the name o service to both the community and ourse

as active and concerned young men.Last all we held our 1st Annual Philanthropy Date Auction in D

nelle Hall. Our philanthropy chairs did an excellent job coordinatingevent, with help, o course, rom much o the general membership. Onpecially noteworthy aspect to the auction was our incentive oered to ohouses that other houses participate by allowing them to auction o tmembers. We raised over $2,000 or our own philanthropy, as well as to other houses.

Tanks to generous donations rom some o you, the living rat 2725 Channing now dons a beautiul new cherry-stained entertainm

system or our television and stereo. Amusingly, the builder made the mtake o putting the rame in the ront o the television so that it coveredcontrol panel, but it is now xed and ater two rightul days we are waing television again!

On a larger scale, last semester KE National recognized Nu aso the raternity’s most active and successul chapters and granted usop KE Award. While the level o eort and determination shown byounding athers, the current actives, and you, the alumni, has been tastounding, it comes as no shock that the young men who have chosebe part o both UC Berkeley and KE have managed to be so successul

hat is o to all who have made this goal a reality.As many o you may have heard, we have had over 20 young

sign bids to pledge Nu chapter this semester. For the most part, they hbeen ambitious and productive together as a class, quickly moving towtheir own undraising and community service goals. Te hegemon has vided us with a more detailed account o their progress, which you can in another section. I will add, though, that with every new pledge cleel more and more the legacy o Nu chapter becoming an important o my lie, and reciprocally I see my responsibility to dene that growlegacy. My experience as a eke has been phenomenal, entering and sha

the bond with young men whose interests vary but whose values alignthe second anniversary o my initiation, March 17th, has recently passam grateul or all that Nu chapter has oered me, and plan to expressgratitude by responsibly devoting mysel to making this semester andnext as rewarding as possible or mysel and my ellow raters. Te staplthis agenda are the guiding principles o love, charity, and esteem.

Yours in the Bond,

Paul Winzer ’08

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A while back, I ound this letter to my parents in ashea o stu they had put away. It was dated September 9,1953. I had just let home or lie at Cal: Dear Mom and Dad:

Well, I’m a eke. (au Kappa Epsilon.) I pledged this house uesday night, and the reason I have waited so long to

write is a long story. Here’s what happened to me since Satur-

day night when I went to a smoker at (name o house omit-

ted). What a mess. All they did was talk about the steamy par-

ties they’d had, and then someone mentioned that last semester

eight men were drated rom their house because their grades

were down. Te house president staggered up and shook my

hand and then passed out at my eet. Besides all that, there

were obvious repairs needed to the house and I could see build-ing und assessments coming up. Tey spent $2,000 last year

shimming up one side o the house so it would be level. So I

didn’t go back to that house.

Te next day was the eke breakast. I have to say this

was an impressive group. More about this later. Tat night

was dinner at (name o house omitted). Te house was okay,

but a long way o campus. As or the men, I ound them to be

sort o bland, not outgoing.

Te next day I had lunch at (name omitted). I kind o liked the men there, but the house was a wreck inside. I

ound this to be true o most o the houses I visited. Dinner

that night at (yes, omitted) was much the same.

So now, let me go back to Sunday morning ollow-

ing the eke breakast. Tey asked me to go out to Lake Anza

with them and swim. Had a great time, and two aternoons

later, the president o KE called to ask i I would come back

that night or dinner, and the rest is history. Ater dinner they

invited me to go with them to San Francisco to the opening o Kismet, the new musical at the Curran Teater. (Go see it!)

We drove to S.F. in a 1924 Buick belonging to one o the men

here. Ater the show we returned to the house and I was asked

to pledge, and I accepted. I was their rst pledge, ollowed by

22 more—the largest pledge class ever, I think—and no won-

der! Tere was no point in continuing to rush when I knew I

had ound my home.

Tis house, unlike the others I visited, is beautiul in-

side. Not a scratch anywhere on the wood paneling. Beauti

rugs and urniture. Many rooms are wallpapered and nic

urnished. I’m on the third foor with a man named Ken Po

ter, a transer rom San Diego State and a eke down the

Te house owns a St. Bernard named Brutus, 150 pounds

dog, complete with liquor keg around his neck. I can’t wa

till you see this place. I know I made the right choice. Mu

is everywhere. Tese guys are always singing.

Ken and I are urnishing this room with anything w

can get our hands on. Ken has already painted it light gree

I was going to phone you and ask you to send down some bla

kets, but Dave Wol at Pacic School o Religion had som

which he lent me. I do need my dark green bedspread thoug

and the jeans rom my dresser drawer. You could maybe p

Dave’s shoe in, too. He’s kind o anxious about it. Could y

also throw in my scrapbooks and photo albums and my bow

ing ball, and any small urnishings you think we could u

Better yet, throw it all in the car and come see my home.

More later.

Love, Robin

o have stated, “I’m a eke” was a little presumtuous. We were reminded very clearly that we will not

ekes until we are initiated the ollowing semester. I recPrytanis Jim Grifn ’55 addressing the pledge class: “Wdo not now congratulate you; however, we do welcomyou….”

What a lie surrounded me in Berkeley! I had bea BMOC as student body vice president at Shasta Collegbut this was something else. Now I ound mysel in a hupuddle. And I was such a tiny rog. Te rigors o pledgipaled in comparison to all I experienced on campus. Reistration was a zoo, courses were hell, classes were ar apapeople were everywhere, mass conusion reigned, or soseemed to me.

But every day ater classes, when I walked throuthe ront door on Channing Way, what a comort zoawaited me. What great riends welcomed me. Whateeling! I was home.

Robin C. Harris ’56

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Message FroM The hisTor – MIRCEA RAIANU ’09

Being histor, in the words o my predecessor FraterPaul Winzer ’08, is “simple, but not easy.” As the semesterbegan the KE house aced an unprecedented challenge:the graduation o the last members o Alpha class, thatgroup o extraordinary men who our years ago, along with

our dedicated alumni, brought Nu chapter back to lie.With the realization that so many o our “ounders” havegone, and with the prospect o a slew o graduations inMay, our “top-heavy” house was about to receive a seriousmakeover. It was, rst and oremost, a challenge o rush. A pledge class o twenty-two has survived the rst ew weekso the process and holds great promise or our uture. Butthese men, capable and energetic as they are, must above alldiscover the traditions o our chapter in order to ensure theNu legacy continues. raditions are a ragile thing. Tey

can be made one day and disappear without a trace thenext. We talk a lot o being unique and diverse and “notlike other houses.” But this means nothing unless we live itthrough ever-stronger traditions that we come to know andcherish.

o that end the pledges are instructed weekly in thehistory o Nu chapter, rom its beginnings as the SequoyahClub through the heyday o the ’50s, the wild ’80s, anddown to the present day. Tey listen to records o KEsserenading and marvel that ty years ago the Cal drinking

song sounded much the same. Tey browse old scrapbooksand pictures, and hear stories about the good times – theyears o prosperity and growth, and about the bad – whenour house gradually slipped o the ace o campus. It ishoped this kind o education will urther a bond betweenthe pledges and the rich history o Nu chapter. But it isnot only pledges who must participate in urthering KEhistory and traditions: the re-introduction o the “KE-WEEK” book, which passes to a dierent rater each week to record his experiences in the lie o the raternity, is aimed

at giving active raters the opportunity to “make their ownhistory.”Only one hurdle remains or us to meet the chal-

lenge o the transitional times we live in: all o you. It isonly through contact with a broader base o alumni thatour house can truly ourish. I have spoken to a ew o you,mostly at the tail end o last year’s ootball season, and Ihave heard great stories, which make the lieless picturesand mementos in our chapter room seem like mere shad-ows o the real, vibrant events o yesteryear. But I have, and

we the active members o Nu chapter have, a lot to

hegeMon reporT - MICHAëL LévY

Wednesday evening, 11:35 p.m. It has taken less torty minutes or the candidates to be able to recite the nparagraph o the Declaration o Principles perectly. Te qzes about KE catechism are nearly all stellar. Te triancompleted one week in advance, are already covered bysignatures o the actives. Te community service hoursplanned, the undraising is on its way, serenading traininbeginning. By seeing what the Kappa class has achieved hard to guess it is only week our o the pledge process.

Ater two whole days o team building challenges

activities, in which Chapter Advisor Peter Cloven ’86 plaa great part, the new candidates have gone through the phase o the pledge process: bonding. Tey are now mi with the raters, discovering KE belies and way o lieore experiencing the challenges they will have to ace astive members. Organized around the Six Pillars o KEevents led by mysel and Fred Yip ’10, the grifn o Kaclass, see the candidates evolve and mature, embracingvalues o our raternity.

Although one could have eared a certain “creamo” due to the exceptional size o the pledge class, the Kahave all made proo o their commitment, their resourceness, their obstinacy through hard times, and their will tocessully meet all the requirements. Led by pledge class pdent Michael Cerussi ’10 and their very own ofcer corps21 candidates o this Spring ’07 pledge class are makinproud, each one o them bringing his personal backgroand various skills, blending into a united, well-organized,holistic brotherhood. Guided by very involved big broththe Kappa pledge class, mainly composed o reshmen, cagreat hopes or the next generation o KEs.

learn rom you. I can only encourage you to come visitand speak to us: a whole new generation o KEs at Cin need o knowing what came beore as the best guide what lies ahead.

Here allow me to slip in, at the end o mnote, that the Founders’ Day dinner took place Sunday, April 22nd at the house, and was an excellcelebration! Tank you to those that attended. For a

urther inormation about the chapter, please contact [email protected] or call 310.755.5787.

Yours in the Bond, Mircea Raianu ’09, #1022Nu Chapter Histor

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philanThropy UpdaTe– ALEx MOk ’07

Nu chapter nished the all semester with a bang,hosting its rst annual Charity Date Auction. On Novem-ber 29th, twenty men and women graced the stage o 145Dwinelle to be auctioned o to the general public. Teevent was a success, attracting over 250 people and raisingover $2,000 or charity.

During the night, Frater Francisco Gimenez ’07 andFrater om Bell ’06 played MC by introducing and ques-tioning the contestants. Te duo entertained the crowd withtheir humor and quick wits, driving up the bids or many contestants. Contestants hailed rom all over campus with

many on-campus groups represented. KE Nu chapter, Al-pha Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Teta, Pi Beta Phi, GammaPhi Beta, Zeta Psi, Chi Omega, Alpha Epsilon Pi, CaliorniaEngineers, ASUC Senate, UC Men’s Octet, Kappa KappaGamma, Delta Delta Delta, and Alpha Omicron Pi wereamong the groups represented. All contestants demonstrateda talent which ranged rom sing and dance to a reciting o ro-mantic sweet nothings in 12 dierent languages. At the endo the night, Krista Seiden rom Kappa Alpha Teta receivedan astounding bid o $190 as she took home the rst prize o a round trip ticket to anywhere in the continental U.S. with

American Airlines. Winning bidders were taken on a brunchdate with the contestants held at the KE house. Coupleswere given a chance to get to know each other amidst jazzmusic, great ood, and good company.

Without the help o our sponsors (Applebee’s Grill,New Era Hats, American Airlines, Carvel Ice Cream, Rock-star Energy Drinks) and Nu raters and pledges, the eventwould not have been the huge success that it was. Te com-ing together o all KE raters and pledges to put on the eventtruly demonstrates the unity and drive that exists within Nuchapter.

TkE DAY:FRATERS DEDICATE ENTIRE SATURDA

TO HOUSE IMPROvEMENTS

Te brothers and pledges o Nu chapter recently planned, organized, and executed the rst o many extenhouse improvement days. Appropriately titled “KE Dayall active members joined hands to keep the chapter hou

looking shiny and new. With a budget o only $100 andsome help rom the Berkeley ool Lending Library, rater were able to complete an extraordinary amount o improments. Tese include but are not limited to polishing theKE letters, organizing all closet space, vacuuming theentire house, a total kitchen overhaul, reorganizingrecycling, inventorying all miscellaneous KE items,and taking care o larger maintenance duties. Aterhours o hard work everyone relaxed tomusic and homemade quesadillas!

- Alex Mastrodonato ’08Nu Chapter Grammataeus

ALUMNI-ACTIvESBARBECUE

- ACTIvES’ PERSPECTIvE -

“On a sunny October aternoon, theundergraduate members o Nu chap-ter mingled with their alumni at thebeautiul home o Judge Carl Ander-son ’57 in Piedmont. Amidst deliciousood and raternal company, our presence in thebond seemed to us more real than ever. Te highlight the undergraduates was hearing the KE Quartet launinto the songs they knew so well, or our ears a rare amoving occasion. How many o us hoped, ourselves, sing our college songs so many years later, to keep the sam

kind o connection to each other throughout our lives! response, the undergraduates perormed their renditionthe “KE Rambling Song” or the alums, showing hovibrant our own singing traditions are. With speechrom our host Frater Carl Anderson ’57, Alumni PresideChip Wray ’53, and Prytanis David Freeman ’07, the dconcluded on a note o harmony and all o us returnedChanning Way eeling renewed in our commitment to tspirit o au Kappa Epsilon.

-By Histor Mircea Raianu ’09-

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Evan Wilder #1030 was born in Canada, but has lived inSan Diego or the last ten years. As a Canadian, he neverknew much about raternities. However, upon coming toCal, he was lucky enough to nd KE, the greatest rater-nity in the world. He was initiated into Nu chapter in Iotaclass, and is now co-social chair. Evan is currently a resh-

man majoring in rhetoric, and will probably either go to law school or move into the basement o KE and remain thereto haunt new generations o pledges.

My name is Jonny Fry #1031, I’m an exchange studentrom Shefeld University, North England. I am currently in my third here at Berkeley studying mechanical engineer-ing. I enjoy socialising and playing sports. I love everythingabout KE!

My name is Gudbrand [good-brand] J. Qvale #1032, andI’m a proud Norwegian. I’m an exchange student or a yearin the department o Political Science, and I will graduatein May ’07. I really enjoy America, Berkeley, and KE. I’mvery grateul or my opportunities, or my new riends, andor being a eke!

Dan Fiedler #1033 - I’m rom Palos Verdes Estates in South-ern Caliornia, and I’m studying business and economics. Ienjoy playing ootball, soccer, and basketball (especially with

the ekes). My avorite part o KE is the incredible diver-sity that exists within the house, and it thrills me to help theraternity grow in size and accomplishment.

My name is Ori Dula #1034. I am rom San Diego, CA and am currently planning to major in business administra-tion. I helped our pledge class with serenading sororitiesand am currently helping the new pledge class as well. I amalso the Red Carnation Ball chair, and plan on having a greatend o the year event.

My name is Freddy Yip #1035. I was born in Oakland,Caliornia but moved to Southeast Alaska when I was very young. Currently, I am an undeclared undergraduate and apart o the most recent initiated class o au Kappa Epsilon.What I really enjoy most about KE is the strong sense o brotherhood rom the guys and personally I eel like the ra-ternity house is my home away rom home.

My name is Adam Potischman #1036 and I am a rst-yearrom Tousand Oaks, Caliornia. I am planning on

studying economics and political science. At rst I was sure i pledging KE my rst semester was the right thto do, but looking back now I am extremely happy the wthings worked out, and am really looking orward to next our years.

Michaël Lévy #1037 - As you can guess rom the straaccents on my name, I am French, and have done my undgraduate studies in France at the École Polytechnique. I now a rst year graduate student in the Nuclear EngineerDepartment o UC Berkeley. Joining KE has brought mlot, teaching me the best o the American way o lie and abling me to meet quality people rom various backgrounTe open-mindedness, the eclecticism o au Kappa Elon, and the generosity o the raters have made o this ternity the most valuable experience I’ve had so ar.

Peter orrey #1038 is a sophomore at Cal majoringmechanical engineering. He avidly enjoys tinkering wmachines, which has led him to a job as the improvemechair or Nu chapter. Peter spends his ree time workingpet projects or reading whatever good story he can nd.Preston Lee #1039 - hails rom sunny Florida and arrat Cal in his second year o college. Preston is a membethe crew team and ollows in the ootsteps o his ather a

dedicated KE. Not only that, by an incredible coincidethey happen to share the same scroll number!

new in The Bond – MEET IOTA CLASS, FALL 200

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www.KENu-Alumni.orVisit the Nu chapter website for recent newupcoming event information, photos, an online directory of fraters, and much more. Twebsite will soon be changing to a new, morinformative and interactive layout, so if yo

have any suggestions on how to improve frothe current site, please send an e-mail to:

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DON LAWRIE ’50 says, “Harriet and I havebeen in San Jose 36 years. We enjoy traveling, Cal

ports, and keeping up with kids and grandkids, all o whomive in the Bay Area.”

WILLIE MOORE ’50 has returned rom a abulous veweeks in October and November in New Zealand. “Te im-petus,” he says, “was to join a two-week garden tour by theHonolulu Garden Club, one week on South Island, one week n North Island.” (It will be remembered that Sally judges

ower shows in the Hawaiian Islands.) “We saw grand gar-dens and estates with 14 garden clubbers and husbands. Butally and I did even more; we went 10 days early to Southsland and traveled on our own beore hooking up with the

Hawaii gang in Queenstown, then spent eight more days on

ur own on North Island ater the tour let rom Auckland. A orgeous, gorgeous country lled with hearty and unailingly

hospitable and riendly people!” Willie couldn’t make it tohe last Christmas luncheon, but promises he will be there in

2007!

Here’s BILL GRAHAM ’51 with news. “Claire and I are stilliving in Walnut Creek, enjoying our our grandchildren,Lauren 8, Madison 8, Andrew 6, and Zachary 4. Both sons,David and Mark, and their amilies, live in Pleasanton, and

daughter Kathleen lives in Hollywood, Florida. We divide ourime with the amily in Caliornia, and traveling to Floridand Hawaii. We still arrange travel or special groups, andook a group o clansmen researching their genealogy to Scot-and this summer. Busy as ever, lie is good! Our best wisheso all.”

DON SAMPSEL ’51 o Oceanside, writes: “We have beenmoving around a lot recently. Moved back to Southern Cali-ornia rom Sonora three years ago. Now living in a 55+ com-

munity, Ocean Hills Country Club, where we have ree gol nd all the activities anyone would want. We travel a lot.Tis past year to Palm Springs in February, France in May,ahoe in July, Erie Canal Cruise in October, and Oregon orTanksgiving with amily. We are active in all the community airs, including Village Board o Directors and Architectural

Committee. Went to the Holiday Bowl and saw Cal waxexas A & M. It was great or a change with Cal playing like

winner.

AL HERZOG ’52 says, “I tried to retire 25 years ago and

hated it. I went back to work three months lat-er and am still working as a nancial advisor atSmith Barney in Brea, Caliornia. My wie, Carole, atravel at least one month a year. Tis year we went to NorIceland, and Greenland. Next year we y to Hong Kong

35-day cruise to Athens. Ater that it’s time or shing w will take us to Mexico and Costa Rica with the Southern Cornia una Club. I am also active in the Avalon una C which is the oldest angling club in the world. Hopeully 2 will be another great year or KE, especially Nu chapter

Bad news–good news or JOHN BELL ’56, o Sono John suered a stroke on January 11; that’s the bad nTe good news is that he has worked so hard on his rbilitation that he is already back home. Much admira

must go to his bride, Peggy, who had to be almost miliin keeping the visitors and the paparazzi at bay so John cdevote all his time and energy to physical therapy. In his words: “I went rom completely out o it, 50% paralyzethe right side, to where I am now, using a walker, ventuout or appointments, etc.” All along the way, Peggy kepinormed o John’s progress through periodic, sometimesly, e-mails. It is still requested that visits to John at hompreceded by a phone call to be sure the coast is clear. Phis 707.996.8896.

JEFF GRAVES ’56. Reliable Je, o Novato, never aicheck in with us. He still tends his vast antique toy collecand his two 1963 Studebaker Golden Hawks. He and Sley were pictured in the “Studebaker Remembered” volpublished in 1994. Je volunteers as a docent at the NoHistory Museum (he is a decent docent) ater serving a ton the Board. He enjoys working at the polls on electionand keeps in shape walking two miniature poodles, Phiand François.

Te Alumni Association Board is happy to announcenaming o FRED LUSK ’56 to its ranks. What better chcould there be but a rater who travels all the way rom Frto be present at every eke event.

LEE SHUGAR ’56 weighs in with this message: “LisaI celebrated out 50th anniversary last Sept. 1. We let on that date or a trip to Finland, Estonia, Russia, andUkraine. We have visited all the continents, as travel is on

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christmas luncheon 2006

Serenading the Wives

Fraters Dove ’50, Dermott ’49, Morgan ’50, & Costello ’51 Fraters Costello ’51, Wilson ’56, Marshall ’55, & Cowan

Fraters Viscovich ’48, Smith ’50, Schlussel ’49, Lawrie ’50, & Winkler ’76 Fraters Smith ’50, Costello ’51, Schmidt ’90, & Plimpton

Fraters Costello ’51, Wray ’53, & Harris ’56 Fraters Schlussel ’49 & Marshall ’55 - 10 -

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Lisa’s passions. Over 60 countries and counting. Croatia isur next trip. Ater retiring rom teaching in Southern Cali-ornia in 1988, we moved to Mammoth Lakes, CA where wepend the winter and summer. We call Hawaii home in thepring and all. I keep active skiing and golng. Rarely get tohe Bay Area except when passing through on our travels.”

Also under the weather or a while was RAY YOUNG ’56, o West Jordan, Utah, who underwent heart bypass surgery inanuary, but is now doing well.

BILL LONGWORH ’57 o San Diego tells us o lie inGermany or 15 years where he taught or the U.S. Army,etiring in 1994. Now he’s in San Diego and plays tennis ve

days a week, belongs to a ballroom dance club, and danceshree nights a week. Most o his amily still lives in Germany,

he says, and all are bilingual. wo o his kids graduated rom

he University o Berlin and Würzburg. One is now with For-ign Service in ransjordan with his wie. “Lie is good or mend never boring,” he says.

AKE MAHIS, M.D. ’57 o Kenteld, has re-suraced aterew years in Mississippi. He’ll tell you all about it when heets a chance, but right now he’s just happy to be home. Jakes a neurosurgeon, and he has spent ve years in Mississippishowing them the ropes”(our quotes, not his) where he wasne o only three neurosurgeons in the entire state. He’s al-

eady hitting all the major eke events as he settles back intohe old on the West Coast.

BILL DOZIER ’59 writes: “I am enjoying lie in NewportBeach with wie, erry. Ater 27 years with Bethlehem Steel,

took early retirement and started my own property tax con-ulting company. It is rewarding and keeps me busy, but Itill nd time or traveling, gol, bike riding, and walks alonghe beach with erry. We have our children and eight grand-hildren which we enjoy spoiling. wo o our children live

n Palm Desert, CA and Boulder, CO, and we try to visithem as oten as possible. We were in Colorado or the “big”nowstorm o 2006, and it was truly a white Christmas with anowman, ice skating, and sledding in the park. I have ond

memories o the eke house during my years at Cal, and Iook orward to visiting with all o you soon.”

SAM PEDEN ’59 is in Vancouver, WA, where he is the own-r o ax Problem Solutions. He will be remembered as past

head cheerleader at Cal or the last Rose Bowl team, Class o 959. His message to us all: “Go Bears!”

JOE GARRE ’70 in Berkeley, is just back rom BoCroatia, Ukraine, Czech Republic, and Poland on businHad a ascinating time, but is glad to be back home.

NORBER REICH ’75 writes: “I’ve been on the aculUCSB since 1987, having received a PhD in medicinal chistry rom UCSF, 1985. My work here is ocused on genetic processes and enzymes in both bacteria and hum with a goal o developing new drugs, diagnostics, etc. involved in several start-ups (currently trying to develop aagnostic or HVP), and busy both running a research grand teaching courses. I love it. I’ve been married or 31 yto Elisa, who gets me to visit incredible gardens in our tra(She is a garden designer.) My daughter attends UCSB,Santa Barbara is an amazing place to enjoy the outdoors. one year o eke exposure was intense but helpul.”

CLIFF MARKS ’80 o Saratoga tells us: “Te Marks a

traveled to Egypt the last two weeks o June last summer. weather was quite warm, but not stiing like I anticipIn act, the heat wave in the Bay Area in July was hotter!great pyramids o Giza are awesome up close, as are the ley o the Kings and the Valley o the Queens. Scuba ing in the Red Sea was amazing! Te water was crystal cand the sh were everywhere. Hotels are rst rate. Arabthe national language, but French and English are taughschool. Had no problems communicating with the loNo concerns about terrorists. Te Egyptian governme

highly concerned about the U.S. dollar. Te tour guide gsecurity our itinerary and they make sure it’s sae wherevego. Tey give Americans the red carpet treatment. By shing our U.S. passports, we bypassed a huge line at immtion/customs. Tey waved us right through. I’d recommEgypt to anyone unless they’re allergic to tobacco. Cigarand water pipes are everywhere.

BARRE MADRIGAL ’84 shares this: He is still liand working in Kobe, Japan. He and his wie, Akemi,

celebrated their 20th anniversary. Barrett’s eldest daugLillian, will graduate in June rom the Canadian AcademKobe, and has applied to several universities, including His other two daughters, Madeline, 16, and Noelle, 14, esoccer and singing, respectively. He says, i you are in Japlease give him a call.

A long, long letter comes rom SEVE SCHMID ’90,sages rom which we quote (we have his permission to “the heck out o this”): “Lie is good, and it’s great to be bac

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TONY wAYNE ’72 IS AMBASSADOR TO ARGENTIN

Tony Wayne ’72 was appointed U.S. ambassato Argentina April 4, 2006, conrmed by the Senate J28, and sworn in by Secretary o State Condoleezza Rin early November. With his wie, Pam, he traveledBuenos Aires to take up his post. He had served as sistant secretary o state or economic and business afarom 2000 to 2006.

He became a career minister in the Foreign Servin 2002. In 2005, he received the Department o StaDistinguished Honor Award, as well as a PresidenMeritorious Service Award. Wayne received graduate grees rom Harvard University’s Kennedy School o Gernment, Princeton University, and Stanord ollowing

years at Cal where he joined TKE in 1971.

TEkES ENJOY NORTH BAY LUNCHEON Fiteen Nu ekes joined or lunch at the Wild O

Saddle Club at Oakmont between Santa Rosa and Sonomon February 23, where they enjoyed their usual elegant bet lunch and open bar. Hosting these periodic eventsEd Dermott ’49. ekes in attendance, some coming ro

places like Chico, Sacramento, & Fresno, were Bob Dicerson ’51, Chip Wray ’53, Earl Boynton ’56, Robin Har’56, Fred Lusk ’56, erry Wollter ’56, Dick Anderson ’5 Jake Mathis ’57, Don Romeo ’57, Cli Ceridono ’58, HPlimpton ’58, Jerry Blalock ’60, Bob Gassin ’60, and JoPhillips ’61. All agreed that it was the nest North BLuncheon yet, and many thanks are due Frater Dermor making it possible. Rumors abound that another suevent will be held in late summer.

Editor’s Note: Please let us know o periodic eke events

your area so we can include them in Nu News.

the Bay Area ater a year o sabbatical bliss. I spentve months in Mexico and three months in South America studying Spanish. And the ull immersioninto the Latino culture really added to my bilingual-ism. I got around a lot during my time in Mexico.O course I made a pilgrimage to the town o equilaand visited the Jose Cuervo distillery. Also got to seea ree Pete Yorn concert in Puerto Vallarta. Te bestpart o my time in Mexico was the 11 days I spent with my parents who came to visit me or Christmas.Dad is 83, and Mom is 79. How cool are my olksor coming down to spend the holidays with me inMexico?”

Steve highlights many events in South America,most o them lovely, but including a very rowdy soc-cer match in Buenos Aires. He says, “I wish Cali-ornia Memorial Stadium could muster that kind o energy and spirit or the Bears!”

“Ater my two summer jobs, I returned to Lowell

High School last August. I’m again teaching socialstudies and next year will return to being Lowell’s studentactivities director.” He will not return to Yale this com-ing summer, but will return to Mexico to study Spanish,Mexican history, and do some volunteer work.

“In my absence last year,” he adds, “KE-Nu waslucky that Peter Cloven ’86 stepped into my shoes as chap-ter advisor. He did an outstanding job, and the eke com-munity owes him a huge debt o gratitude or his service.Now that I am back in town, the two o us have been

sharing the chapter advisor position. We make an excel-lent team. We both love au Kappa Epsilon, but are twovery dierent people. We generally come rom dierentpositions in conronting an issue, but always come to somesort o consensus in terms o what is best or KE. Weboth encourage you to get involved, come by and visit thehouse, or donate to the KE-Nu capital campaign.” Tere’s so much more to report that Steve needs awebsite. We can only hope!

KINMAN ONG ’03 writes that he has just celebratedthe new year in his new bachelor pad in San Francisco.He is now an ofcial San Franciscan, together with Fraterony Shan ’06, and another buddy o his rom work. Helooks orward to visiting with Nu raters who would takeBAR and journey out to the city. He’s pretty close toboth Powell and Civic Center BAR stations.

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William P. Rus, Jr. ’48

“Bill was the ather o Nuchapter at that time, no question aboutit,” said George Dove ’50, speaking

o his classmate’s activities on behal o KE at the time o recolonizationin 1948. Meeting with Soph Gothand alumnus Bill McCammon ’30 to

xplore and actualize reorganization, he recruited membersrom International House, where he lived, as well as the Ma-onic Club, o which he was a member. He became the rst

prytanis then, and, “was in charge o everything” rom hiringhe cooks to setting up the Mothers’ Club, and remained ac-ive in KE or many years.

Bill Rus passed away January 25 ater an extended ill-ness ollowing a stroke. He was 86. He was born in Evansville,ndiana, but moved with his amily to Caliornia in 1934. Heraduated rom amalpais High School, attended Marin Ju-

nior College, then transerred to Cal, where he earned degreesn business administration and civil engineering.

During World War II, he was awarded three Bronzetars or combat during the New Guinea campaign, the Phil-ppine liberation, and combat on Luzon, was discharged as a

battalion rst sergeant in 1946, and then returned to Cal.n 1953 he met and married Scharlott Schultz, and they set-led in Palo Alto to begin their amily.

Over the ensuing years, Bill led a variety o large engi-neering and construction projects, operating his own generalngineering and construction company in Palo Alto or 12

years. During the Palo Alto years, he was a planning commis-ioner, and then served on the Palo Alto City Council rom961 through 1967, and served as vice mayor or a year.

Te Rus amily moved to Kailua, Hawaii in 1971.

Here, as vice president o engineering and construction orLone Star, Hawaii, Bill oversaw 10 residential subdivisionprojects. In 1976, the amily settled in Marin County, wherehe served as a vice president o Lincoln Property in charge engineering, architecture, and construction or Larkspur

Landing. He then worked or Continental Development orhe proposed restoration o the Ferry Building complex inan Francisco. He retired in 1991.

Bill was a registered proessional civil engineer, a liemember o the American Society o Civil Engineers, and be-

onged to the American Society o Proessional Estimators,

and Society o American Military Engineers.He was a 32nd Degree mason and held mem-bership in the Scottish Rite.

He was a lielong sailor. He built his rst sail while in high school, which he raced successully or y

Te boat was eatured in Mechanix Illustrated , and he wrace series at the 1939 World’s Fair in it.

Besides Scharlott, Bill is survived by our childeight grandchildren, and one great grandchild. A gravmemorial service was held on February 23 at Alta Mesa morial Park in Palo Alto.

Richard L. Millikan ’59

Rich Millikan and granddaughter Alexandra. October 20

Rich passed away unexpectedly on December 7, 2Born in 1937 in Huntington Park, Caliornia, he was rain San Francisco, where he attended Commodore Sloatementary School, Aptos Junior High School, and WashinHigh School. At Washington, he was head yell leader, stubody treasurer, and a member o the Eagle Society, graduain 1954. At Cal, he majored in economics, was a memo the Rally Committee, and assistant yell leader to the

cheerleading squad. In December 1958, while still at Camet his uture wie, Beverly Ann Clearie, also a Cal studeAter leaving Cal, Rich joined the Navy or a year

did a brie tour o duty on a battleship that sailed around world. He decided, though, that the Navy was not his choso he applied to Ofcer Candidate School with the Air Fo was accepted, and began his active duty service as a seclieutenant in March o 1961. A ew months later, he and Beverly announced their engment, and they were married on January 27, 1962.

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A Pledge Class Mourn Te story o a pledge class -- that o Fall 1983 -- cedes this next news. With 17 initiates, it was one olarger pledge classes in Nu chapter history, and a particuclose one. Teir pledge class project was the constructiothe ront deck o the chapter house, still used or pre-oo

game barbecues. Tey have stayed in close contact with other, through almost 20 years since graduation, remainipart o each other’s lives, as ast riends and loyal ekes.it is sadly signicant to report that within ve weeks o other, two o the 17 passed away in their early orties.

We are grateul to Steve Schmidt ’90, KE Nu Hing Board member, co-chapter advisor, and a member o pledge class o 1983, or this inormation.

Dion D. Mathewson ’87

A ailed 1984 pledge sneak. Te pledge class kid-napped Dion Mathewson and Steve Schmidt ’90 to Lagu

Beach. Dion managed to escape, and called raters to res

him. Here, L to R, are Clarence Eubanks ’86, Charles Dthero ’87, and Dion, the conquering “escapee,” stepping pledge John Paris ’88. Not your typical obituary photo, so typically Mathewson that it had to be included.

Dion David Mathewson o Seattle, Washingpassed away January 29. Dion grew up in San Mateotended Aragon High School and graduated rom Cal widegree in English. Following graduation, he received anvanced degree in geography rom the University o Washton, and then earned a law degree. At the time o his death

Te ollowing year, while living in Berkeley, they gavebirth to their only child, Christopher. Subsequently, they moved to Napa where they lived while Rich was stationed atravis AFB.

Te job he enjoyed the most in the USAF was Navi-ator raining School, and upon graduation he was assignedo the 84th Air ransport Squadron o the Military Air rans-

port Service. In July 1966, he began a series o ight missionsn the Vietnam conict. Because he was graduated third in

his class in Squadron Ofcers School, he was given his choice assignments, and chose the Hawaiian Islands. Te am-ly moved to Oahu, where he was stationed at Hickam AFBor three years while he ew a number o supply missions to

Tailand, Laos, and Cambodia.Restationed back at ravis AFB, Rich and his amily

purchased a home in Napa and settled down. Here, he ew

ew more missions to Vietnam until January 1973. Tatpring, Rich and Bev came upon a lakeside home at Lake Al-

manor, ell in love with it, and ultimately purchased it—butnot beore they received news o Bev’s cancer diagnosis. Tey wanted to spend Bev’s last Christmas there. It was one o thehappiest o times or the three o them. Bev passed away inanuary 1974.

Te ollowing year, Rich was recommended to theAir Force Command and Sta College where he gained hisraining or his nal assignment as squadron chie or the

Air erminal Operations Center at ravis. Here he was pro-moted to lieutenant colonel, and served there until his activeduty retirement in 1978, but not beore he was awarded theMeritorious Service Medal and the Air Force CommendationMedal.

In retirement he enjoyed spending time with his sonChris, watching him play tennis or his high school and col-ege teams, and enjoyed participating in one o his son’s inter-sts: sports cars and racing, an extension o his own interestn sports cars (mostly British) rom an earlier time. He also

njoyed various road trips and visits to the cabin, which heoved so much. In 1998, he moved rom his home to Aegisn Napa, to an assisted living acility where he could have hiswn apartment, but still partake o the physical and social ac-ivities there. Rich’s other varied interests included music (es-

pecially jazz), shing, barbecuing, backpacking, the outdoors,playing bridge, cribbage, lm history, American history, andpolitics.

A memorial service was held in Napa or Rich onDecember 16.

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was an intellectual rights lawyer or Microsot in Seattle. Teause o death was heart ailure, brought on by a severe case pneumonia and aggravated by a previously undetected rareorm o lung cancer.

Pledge Brothers Sean English ’87, John Hubanks ’87,Nick Bufnger ’88, Justin Kestelyn ’88, Joe Brabant ’89, TorOxnard ’89, and Steve Schmidt ’90, attended the huge me-morial service in Seattle. On March 3, a memorial service/wake/celebration o Dion’s lie was held at the Nu chapter

house or some 25 riends and raters who could not attendhe Seattle service.

Dion is survived by his wie, Jill, son David, 10,daughter Jennie, 6, his mother, stepather, hal brother, andister.

Kimio R. Steinberg ’88

Kimio Robin Steinberg died suddenly and unexpect-dly Friday night, March 9. Te son o university proessors

linguistics, Kimio lived in Japan and Hawaii prior to en-ering Cal. He attended Iolani High School on the island o Oahu.

Ater graduation rom Cal with a degree in linguis-ics, he worked as ulllment manager or Xinet, a computer

printer and publishing company in Berkeley. He lived inOakland or the past 15 years o his lie.

While attending a George Clinton and P-Funk Allstarsoncert at the Fillmore in San Francisco with Steve Schmidt90, he suered an apparent heart attack. Steve spent the lasthree hours o his lie with him. Te actual cause o his death

s still unknown.A private uneral or close riends and amily was held

March 16 in San Francisco, with a celebration o lie pendingt the Nu chapter house at this writing.

Kimio is survived by his mother, Miho, o Nagoya, Ja-pan, his ather, Danny, o British Columbia, Canada, his hal-brother Will, and his girlriend o eight years, Wendy Parks.

SCHOLARSHIP DONATION HONORS

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Eective December 1, Nu Chapter Alumni Associa-ion approved a donation o $100 to the Soph Goth Scholar-hip Fund o the KE Educational Foundation as a way to

honor allen raters. Each o the men above has been me-morialized in this way. Families and riends may also honordeceased members by a donation in any amount to KE Edu-ational Foundation, 8645 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN

46268-1336.

FINANCIAL SUPPORT THROUGH GIFTS AND DUES A Letter From Steve Schmidt ’90Dear Frater:

In my role as a board member o the Nu o aKappa Epsilon Housing Corporation, the president othe Board has asked that I serve as the chairman o thpermanent undraising committee – and I have agreeto accept this challenge. On behal o our Cal raternitI want to thank you or your support to both the NChapter Alumni Association and the House Corporation. We now ask that you continue your support as wmove into 2007.

Tanks to you and many others, we have chapter house that is the envy o every other raternit

on campus and our membership is top-tier on campu(with 22 Spring 2007 pledges) – both in numbers anquality o men. With alumni support we have been abto pay down some o our housing debt, keep curren with maintenance, and even make some improvement And with your Alumni Association dues, we are alable to host our annual Christmas luncheon, maintaiour website, and send out both e-news and newslettreports several times a year, as well as pay or speciprojects at the house.

Te cost o continuing this quality alumni an

parent programming, and being able to maintain ouacilities as we would like, is approximately $25,000 annually. Make no mistake – your annual contributiois what allows us to make these objectives real. Morover, we have ongoing goals o developing substantischolarship and maintenance endowments ($250,00or more) and we can only build these unds with yousupport.

With these goals in mind, the House Corporation and the Alumni Association are hopeul that all o

our alumni will join us in continuing to support thchapter. Please use the included contribution orm anenvelope to send us your contribution today. Your gi will keep our alumni and parent network strong, allous to maintain the house, and award more scholarshipto deserving members.

Tanks in advance. Please remember, without you wcannot succeed!

Yours in the Bond,

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George Dove ’50John Heaney ’50

Bud Jamison ’50Don Lawrie ’50

Willie Moore ’50Donald Talbott ’50

Dan Costello ’51

Roy Claxton ’51

Bill Graham ’51Tom Morgan ’51

Karl Zellman ’51

Herm Fisher ’52

Bob Heath ’52

Al Herzog ’52Mark Engler ’53

Chip Wray ’53

Jerry Blalock ’54

Bob Collins ’54

Will Deady ’54

Bill Ells ’55John Bell ’56

Jeff Graves ’56

Robin Harris ’56

Tom LaFehr ’56Bill Lewerenz ’56

Fred Lusk ’56Garth Wilson ’56

Carl Anderson ’57Roy Berry ’57

Bill Longworth ’57

Bob Muhlbach ’57

Howard Nemir ’57Fred Schott ’57

Hal Plimpton ’58

Bill Dozier ’59

Sam Peden ’59

Richard Wolf ’60Don Gremaux ’61

Bob LaLiberte ’61

John Phillips ’61James Chamberlain ’64

Jim Sherk ’65

Russell Buss ’66

Mike Doyle ’66Jim Leney ’66

Terry Smerling ’67

Guy Newmark ’68

Jack Quatman ’69Charles Shapiro ’73

Clark Gross ’74Wayne Martinez ’74

Peter Winkler ’76Cliff Marks ’80

Kevin McFarland ’81

Kevin Collins ’83

Mark Edelstone ’83Robert Fowler ’83

Anders Torgerson ’83

Chris Burns ’84

Peter Cloven ’86

John Paris ’88Steve Schmidt ’90

Bryan Dechairo ’94

Bryan Bailey ’04

Check the list. Be sure you didn’t forget. Some familiar names are missing from this list; however, these are the mwho usually write their dues check in the spring, so we know their membership will be along soon. In the meantiwe have many new names on the roster this time around, so we’ll surely be over the top for 2007. Te completewill be published in Fall 2007 Nu News .

Apologies to Frater Karl Zellman ’51 whose name was omitted from the Dues Honor Roll in the Fall 2006 Nu Ne

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