December 20, 2019
On October 12-23, Lambda Iota brothers from the class of 1959 gathered for Purdue's Homecoming weekend to celebrate their 60th reunion.
Pictured: (L-R): Seated: Jim Redinger (1959), Jerry Kimball (1959), Dick Marshall (1959), Jerry Weisenauer (1959) and Jack Coffin (1959). Standing: Bill Davis (1959), Parker Wayland (1959), Jim Stukel (1959), Perry Wilkins (1959), Dave Jones (1959) and Dave Williams (1959).
December 17, 2019
R. Verne Wheelwright (Oregon 1957) recently published another book titled "Small Business Foresight." It is written for business owners to help them understand and apply the tools and methods of long term planning including strategic planning, scenario development, and trend analysis.
December 17, 2019
On December 2, four DePauw brothers met at the United Center arena to watch the Chicago Blackhawks vs. St. Louis Blues game. Bill Bach (1991) invited Rob Johnson (1990), Matt Reinhard (1989) and Dave Kimbell (1989) to join him in his seats.
December 16, 2019
In November, Beta Psi at Boise State was awarded Chapter of the Year for the second consecutive year. The Chapter also won the Intellectual Development, Leadership Development, Brotherhood Excellence and Ritual Integration awards. Connor Johnson (2020), IFC President, won Fraternity Man of the Year as well.
December 2, 2019
Brothers from the Mid-South (Memphis) Graduate Chapter gathered for a pre-Thanksgiving celebration and to discuss the possibility of the Fraternity returning to the University of Memphis.
Pictured (L-R): Front: Jim Guess (Memphis 1989), Eric Harris (Memphis 1989), Brian Rogers (Arkansas 1994) and Donald Hankinson (Memphis 1983). Back: Ben Wallander (Pittsburgh 1989).
November 12, 2019
Joe P. Harle (Idaho 1942) turned 100 today (November 12, 2019). He also recently received his Diamond Owl certificate, having been a Phi Gam for 75 years. Joe pledged into the Mu Iota Chapter at Idaho on September 21, 1938, and he was initiated into the Chapter on March 4, 1939. Then he transferred to the Missouri in fall 1939, where he was welcomed into the Chi Mu Chapter.
Joe was the first of five Harle men who became Phi Gams. This includes Joe's brother, Neil (Missouri 1947), his late son, Robert (Texas Tech 1970), and grandsons, J.W. (Texas Tech 1999) and Lee (Texas Tech 2004).
Don Shelton (Idaho 1976), recently retired executive editor of The Seattle Times, captured Joe's Fiji story. Click here to read the "Fiji Centurion Story" about Joe Harle.
October 18, 2019
Bike4Alz, the Chi Eta Chapter's philanthropy, won Western Kentucky's inaugural Outstanding Student Excellence Philanthropy Award. Bike4Alz is an annual cross-country bike ride that raises money and awareness for Alzheimer's research. This year alone, Bike4Alz raised over $66,000.
October 14, 2019
T Six years ago, Ed Gulewitz (Texas Christian 1989) thought he was going to die, but a double lung transplant saved his life. Now he wants to pay back that "gift," by encouraging others to become organ donors. Read the full story here.
October 10, 2019
Twenty years ago, Nebraska brothers Tony Paladino (1999), Joe Andreasen (2001), Brian Marasco (2001) and Mike Ruhlman (2001) received a call from ESPN asking if they wanted to work on College GameDay for the Nebraska vs. Washington game. At the time, GameDay's Stage Director was a brother from the Florida Chapter. The four brothers share the story here: www.youtube.com/poEx7iK4B8Y.
Currently, Joe and Mike are GameDay's Stage Director and Camera Operator, respectively.
^ Pictured (L-R): Mike Ruhlman, Brian Marasco, Joe Andreasen and Tony Paladino.
September 23, 2019
On September 19, the Omicron Chapter at Virginia (pictured) partnered with the Rho Alpha Chapter at Virginia Tech for their annual FIJI Run, which supports the Jimmy V Foundation for Cancer Research. Together the chapters ran the game football 159 miles, relay-style, from Blacksburgh, Virginia to Charlottesville, Virginia for the Commonwealth Clash football game.
Leading up to the run, the Omicron Chapter also teamed up with Tread Happy and LuluLemon for a workout class and fundraiser, which raised hundreds of dollars for cancer research.
September 20, 2019
During the summer, the Ieuter family gathered for their summer vacation. The eight family members who are Phi Gams gathered (in their purple shirts) for a Fiji Sires and Sons picture.
Pictured: Bill Ieuter (Illinois 1957) with his sons: Charles (Illinois 1983), William (Iowa State 1985) and Jacob (Kansas 1986); grandchildren: Max (Michigan State 2012), Rolf (Wisconsin 2014) and Charlie (Kansas 2021); and nephew Karl (Miami 1995).
September 19, 2019
Alpha Gamma at Kettering brothers from the class of 1969 met in Spring Green, Wisconsin for their 50th reunion. The reunion featured a visit to the House on the Rock and Frank Lloyd Wright's studio, Taliesin.
September 16, 2019
On September 6, the Kappa Tau Chapter at Tennessee hosted the inaugural Fall Graduate Dinner at their chapter house. During dinner, Chapter President Lucas Adams (2021) and Corresponding Secretary Carson Watts (2021) spoke about the positive direction the chapter is heading during dinner, the chapter's growth and the unique relationship the chapter has with their graduates. The Chapter plans to make this dinner an annual tradition.
August 26, 2019
Sam Ellis (Georgia Tech 2022) (left), Evan Campbell (Georgia Tech 2022) (middle) and Joe Franklin (Clemson 2022) (right) were named scholarship recipients at AFLV's LeaderShape Southeast Session, which took place at the University of Central Florida's campus.
August 19, 2019
This summer, seven graduate brothers from the Upsilon Phi Chapter at Florida spent five days camping and hiking in Yellowstone National Park.
Pictured (L-R): John Van Wettering (1983), Jeff Pile (1983), David Smith (1983), Doug Watson (1980), Greg Biehl (1984), Ned Westbrook (1983) and Ron Herbanek (1980).