The Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity – Iota Chapter Alumni Association

90th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION

11992200 ‐‐ 22001100  VOLUME XC (That’s “90”) AUGUST 2010 ISSUE IV

October 15‐16, 2010 – Coe College Homecoming

EVENT REGISTRATION EDITION!

“We started this all for YOU in 1920!”

“We rocked it back to life in the 1950s”

“Good times along the long& winding road through the 1960s”

“Disco didn’t kill us in the 1970s”

It’s time to celebrate the history….. 

“The mid-1990s meet up with the early ‘60s!”

“The ‘80s, well, didn’t do us any harm ”

“Recovered from near extinction in the ‘00s!”

Not since the 75th Anniversary in 1995 has there been such a gathering of Iota Chapter alumni as you will experience at Coe Homecoming 2010! Already, we have over 100 brothers that have indicated their plans to attend – is your name on the “Planning to Attend” list on the following page? Please find enclosed all the information that you shall need to reserve your space to celebrate Iota Chapters 90th year. In addition to the numerous Coe College Homecoming events scheduled for the weekend, there are two main Phi Tau events for which you can register: The 90th Anniversary Reception & Banquet at the Longbranch Hotel and Convention Center on Saturday the 16th; and, the 90th Anniversary Golf Outing at St. Andrews Golf Course on Friday the 15th. You may either utilize the enclosed registration form with this mailing, OR send your registration and fees in along with the general Coe College Homecoming registration that you will received in the mail separately. You still have ample time to reconnect with your Phi Tau brethren across the country to encourage them to join you in Cedar Rapids for this memorable event! We shall perhaps not muster such a charge again until 2020 – whence Iota will celebrate our centennial landmark! So, in the short term – this is THE gathering for which your efforts to attend may be most rewarding - they don’t come along very often!

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As in the past, we have enjoyed a wonderful liaison in the planning process with the Coe Alumni Office, and we are much appreciative for their support and assistance in bringing this event to you. It is time to get your registration in the mail, secure your lodging arrangements, and elevate your excitement level towards one great weekend of Phi Tau history at Coe College Homecoming 2010! We most certainly look forward to seeing you all there!

Yours in Phi ………..YO!

'57 Bill Hunding '57 Bob Noyes ’58 Bill Brown '58 Bruce Glass '58 Ben Schneider '58 Dick Stafford ’59 Steve Jackson ‘59 Bob Jones '59 John Miller '60 Steve James '61 Phil Brown '61 Bob Kappmeyer '62 Jerry Adams '62 Ken Grubb '62 Don Inman '64 Dick DeWald '64 Jim Mitchell ’65 Bob Brizzolara '65 Norm Beu ’66 Dan Guenther '66 Peter Lemke '67 Joe Manatrey '68 Bill Lester '68 Bill Martin '68 Dennis Greenspon ’68 Fred McCarthy '69 Paul Beilfuss ’70 Craig Struve ’70 John Lill ’70 Steve Gray '70 Lee Hilsabeck ’70 Dick Van Evera '71 Don Lipsky '71 Larry McPhail '71 David Ruce '72 Galloway, Jon '72 Palizza, John ’72 Wayne Render '72 Tom Rawson ’73 Spencer Thomas '73 Tom Fisher ’73 Dave McCulla ’73 Robert Thonn ’73 Dick Washburn '74 Douglas W. Hyde '74 Rick Jensen ’74 Rick Kleinhans ’74 Andrew Fairlie '74 Dennis McCulla '74 Mike Plahm ’75 Rob Lala '75 Dan Strellner ’75 Tom Grosshans '75 Eric Jacobs

'75 Steve VanEvery ’76 Doug Baldwin '76 Kent Herink ’76 Steve Ottoson '76 Bill Judge '76 Michael Judge '76 Denny Redel ’77 Tom Hazelton '77 Steve Moon '77 Chuck VanHoeck '78 Kent Cooling ’79 John Becker '79 Bob Ellis '79 Randy Kleinhans '79 Rob Kleinhans '79 Steve Schnoebelen ’79 Terry Kahle ’79 Gary Fickle '79 Matt Novak '81 Steve Clarke ’81 Jack Minder ’81 Doug Bennett ’82 Jack Arendt '82 Ron VanHoeck '84 Brett Bednar ’84 Kurt Tjelmeland ’84 Kinch Donithan ’85 Mike Vance ’85 Kent Mahurin ’85 Greg Naso '85 Jeff Busse '86 Bruce Ellis '88 Dean Wiebel ’89 Willie Franklin ’89 Steve Parsons '90 Dan Smith '92 Greg Butz '93 Christopher Marks '97 Brian McCormac '98 Keith Meyer '98 Jeremy Kulbartz '99 Sheldon Card '99 Jason Palmer '01 Jason Corpus '01 Jeremy Johnson '04 Jake Owens '04 Brett Sperry '06 Scott Ligouri '08 Daniel Arroyo '08 Richard Simpson

Here they are…the first 105 to toss their hats into the attendance arena! We have contact information for most of these alumni in case you need to be in touch with them – just let us know! The most current list is maintained on the website 

where you can keep tabs on our burgeoning gaggle of brothers!  

 

90th Anniversary Contact Information 

Thomas F. Hazelton, “Haze” ‘77 1775 Mackenzie Drive

Cedar Rapids, IA 52411-9596 (319) 378-1630

Taylor.Borradaile@yahoo.com hazegolf@fmtcs.com

Paul Raymond ’27, and a host of “younger alums” at our 75th Anniversary in 1995.

Past Presidents Ben Schneider ’58, and Bill

McCracken ’60 at Homecoming 1995.

Teleported from 1970 to 1995

 

Saturday, October 16, 2010Longbranch Hotel & Convention Center 

(90 Twixt Town Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52302) 5:00 PM 90th ANNIVERSARY RECEPTION Longbranch Grand Ballroom, Cash bar  

6:30 PM ANNIVERSARY BANQUET 3‐Meat Gourmet Buffet – Ballroom  

7:30 PM CELEBRATORY PROGRAM Awards, Recognitions, History  

8:00 PM PROGRAM CONCLUSION Reception, Cash bar continues  

Registration fee for the banquet will be $35/person Adult beverages will be made available via a full‐

service cash bar in the ballroom throughout the evening  

 

OTHER COE HOMECOMING ACVITIES ON SAT. 

8:00 AM 5K Run & Walk

11:00 AM Homecoming Parade

11:15 AM Alumni Beer & Bratwurst Tent

1:00 PM FOOTBALL GAME vs. Wartburg

8-10:00 PM All Alumni Dance in Tent by stadium

OR at: www.coe.edu/alumni/homecoming

 

Friday, October 15, 2010St. Andrews Golf Course 

(1866 Blairs Ferry Road NE, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402)

12:00 PM GOLF OUTING CHECK-IN St. Andrews Clubhouse 

1:00 PM EVENT STARTS Shotgun or Tee Times determined by     Number of players  

5:30 PM AWARDS & ADJOURNMENT Some skill recognition, & other stuff! 

 

Registration Fee is $40/person and includes: Green fees, golf cart, & some prizes Tournament will be “Best Ball”  

Anyone wishing to bring along some door prize items to donate are more than welcome to do so! 

THE BANQUET

THE GOLF

NOTE: We have done our best to keep registration prices at the bare minimum - so that costs are not a determining factor for alumni or undergraduates to attend. Printing, postage and related costs at the Longbranch for this 90th Anniversary gathering are being supported by the Iota Chapter Alumni Association & Coe College Alumni Office. If you would like to help replenish these Phi Tau funds for future use, please include your donation and send it along with your registration fees for either of these events. There is literally no profit margin for us on the golf or banquet – we are simply passing along our costs from the facility/event – thanks! 1989 Chapter House Dedication

STILL LOOKING FOR PICTURES! Throughout the celebratory evening on Saturday, we will be showing a pictorial history of the chapter via PowerPoint presentation in the ballroom at the Longbranch. We are still looking for photos to include

in this show, and would welcome any that you can either digitally email in to us – or mail in with your registration! (We’ll get them scanned in and back to you in a timely manner!) We know that there are probably some classic ones lurking out there in an old photo album or shoebox – so take a moment to dig them out and get them in to us ASAP!! We surely appreciate your

assistance in making this evening additionally memorable for all in attendance….thanks!

1984 Iota Chapter Alumni Board of Governors Front (L-R): Bill McCracken ’60, Spencer Thomas ’73,

Bob Kappmeyer ’61 Back (L-R): Jack Minder ’81, Mike Knipp ’84, Tom Hazelton ‘77

PHI KAPPA TAU’s #1 CHAPTER in AMERICA! The MAXWELL TROPHY Belonged to IOTA!

It was August 1985 – the rejuvenated alumni Board of Governors was kick-started in 1983, and at the 1985 Phi Kappa Tau National Convention in Scottsdale, AZ – Iota Chapter was recognized as the best of the best. The Roland Maxwell Trophy is awarded annually to the chapter which demonstrates administrative excellence and superior performance in all phases of fraternity operations – so it was for Iota in the 1984-85 academic year.

Daniel Alpen ’86, Chapter President, received the award in Scottsdale on behalf of the entire undergraduate and graduate councils of Iota Chapter. Joining Alpen in Arizona that summer for the celebration were Gregory Naso ’85 (then on the National Fraternity staff), Tom Hazelton ’77 (then the Hawkeye Domain Director), and John Betterton ’88.

This recognition helped spark the chapter into a 3-year capital campaign which culminated in 1989 with the acquisition of a fraternity chapter house at C Avenue & 14th St. near the Coe Campus – the first owned by the chapter since 1932. Alumni participation in the effort spanned the century including financial support from brothers Paul Raymond ’27, Bob Sinclair ’27, Will Davis ’31 and John Burnside ’29. Though the house was sold in 1996, the Iota Chapter Alumni Association still retains the bulk of funds donated by alumni during the 1986-89 fundraising campaign. Some of these funds are bringing this celebration to YOU!

DATELINE: 25 Years Ago This Month!

Coe College 1220 1st Avenue NE Cedar Rapids, IA 52402

Iota Chapter 90th Anniversary Celebration 

Homecoming 2010 October 15‐16 

REGISTRATION INFORMATION

Name _________________________________________________ Class of _________

Spouse/Guest _________________________________________Class Year _________

Address ________________________________________________________________

City ___________________________________State ______ Zip __________-________

Iota Chapter of the Phi Kappa Tau Fraternity – Coe College‐ Since 1920  

90th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION October 15‐16, 2010 

REGISTRATION FORM

Mail Form w/Payment to:

Thomas F. Hazelton 1775 Mackenzie Drive Cedar Rapids, IA 52411

Please select options, enclose fee(s) and mail to address below:

90th Anniversary Banquet, Saturday, October 16th _____ @ $35 ea. = $__________ (Reception – 5:30 PM, Banquet at 7:00 PM – Grand Ballroom, Longbranch Hotel)

90th Anniversary Golf Outing – Friday, October 15th _____ @ $40 ea. = $__________ (Registration – Noon, Tee Off at 1:00 PM – St. Andrews Golf Course, Cedar Rapids) Players in Foursome _____________________________ (As available) _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ TOTAL ENCLOSED $ __________ Please make checks payable to:

Phi Kappa Tau

NOTES: ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

REGISTRATION DEADLINERegistration and payment must be

received no later than OCTOBER 9, 2010