The THIRD DEGREE - Fall 2010

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THIRD DEGREE The Journal of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa at the University of Maryland

Fall 2010

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Contents

On the Cover

3 Taking The Pledge In the opening weeks of our effort to re-build the alumni association, 125 Brothers “Take the Pledge” - will you be the next to do so?

6 Alumni Profile

Our Cover Photo, featuring the entrance to the Dessie M. and James R. Moxley, Jr. Gardens, was taken by our First Lady, an employee of the Architecture Department at the University of Maryland, Grace M. Criscuoli, Kappa Alpha Theta, ‘83.

15 No “I” in “Team” Introducing the teams dedicated to bringing the Eta Charter back to Maryland.

7 “Got Yer Goat” A trip to Annapolis by the men of the Tumblin’ T’s makes news.

21 Planting the Flag Learn how the Eta Colony at Maryland got underway, and how far they have come.

27 Alumni Notes Find the latest news on who’s doing what, and when, and where they’ve been.

33 Our Lost Brothers We’re having a devil of a time - can you help us to find these Brothers?

Signing Off 36

2 Fall 2010 The THIRD DEGREE

F or several years on various Saturdays I have walked past the statue of Testudo, pausing briefly to rub his snout, and carefully stepped down the curved stairway that is part of the new Alumni

Center. I was usually accompanied on this hike from a perfectly-planned and ritual-like tailgate, by Steve Baker ‘82, and John Wright ‘82 and sometimes various members of our respective families. As the years went by our children would head off to Byrd a bit early, perhaps to see the pre-game show, perhaps to avoid tailgate clean-up duties. Our wives, Kim, Janie and Grace, would head off early as well. I could speculate as to why, but never in writing. Steve and John and I would always be somewhat, or very, late for the game. At the bottom of those curved steps we would encounter the black wrought-iron gates surrounding the Dessie M. and James R. Moxley, Jr. Gardens. And we’d always stop at these two immense brick pillars, one on each side of the gate leading into the garden, embla-zoned with the letters ΦΣΚ. We of course would shoot these pillars a respectful salute and wonder aloud how these pillars came to be, and also how long it would be before there was a fraternity chapter, and a fraternity house, at the University of Maryland, to go along with the letters on those two pillars. In this, our inaugural issue, we hope to show the results of the past eighteen months of endeavor building the Eta Colony and the past twelve weeks of efforts to revitalize your alumni association. I hope that you will enjoy this publication, and that you will want to join your Brothers in support of our revitalized Alumni Association. We have far to go - a good deal farther than the hike from Lot 1 to Byrd Stadium. And we need to get there on time.

editor’s desk

Brothers Baker, Wright, and Criscuoli at the UM Graduation of Julianne Wright (‘10)

Officers

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

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WeWe believe...believe...

In the firm conviction that it is time, and perhaps never before has there been quite so important a time, when a strong alumni association is needed in the effort to rebuild the Eta Chapter, we the undersigned seek to contact our Brothers with this important message. Admittedly, since the time when we were undergraduates much within the fraternity system, as in everyday life, has changed. What has always been, and what will always be, a constant in our lives are the fraternal ties that bind us together. Yes, each of us has stories to tell and experiences to share from our days as undergraduate members of Phi Sigma Kappa. While some of us have gone our separate ways since we left the University of Maryland, others have turned fraternal acquaintances into lifelong friendships. But all of us took with us a sense of unity, a bond. We took with us the life skills that enabled us to take a higher road, to serve our communities as good citizens, and to fashion cohesive and supportive families. We believe it is time for the Eta family to once again come together. At this critical time, the positive impact that a strong alumni organization can have is incalculable. However, we can easily imagine the challenges our undergraduate members can face without the guidance and support that we can so readily provide. We invite the undergraduates dedicated to the colonization effort to ask for our advice and counsel. We will do our best to guide you correctly. We invite the alumni members actively engaged in this endeavor to call upon us for assistance. We will give it freely. We invite all our Brothers reading this message to join with us in support of the Eta Colony. We will welcome you one and all. We can contribute to the future success of Eta, and it will be our privilege, our duty and our sacred honor to do so. We ask that you join with us, the undersigned, in making the commitment to the start, and to the continuation, of a strong alumni association...the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa. By these things we stand.

John E. Watson ‘44 Seaford, Delaware

Giles L. Chapin ‘44 Chatham, Massachusetts

J. Edward Thomas ‘45 Greenville, South Carolina

Robert P. Haines ‘49 Fort Myers, Florida

Thomas M. Russell ‘50 Fripp Island, South Carolina

Warren J. Tripp ‘50 Centerville, Ohio

David B. Lloyd ‘51

Berlin, Maryland

William S. Mitchell, Jr. ‘51 Hendersonville, North Carolina

John S. Bingham, Jr. ‘52 The Villages, Florida

Gerald M. Isbell ‘52 Braedonton, Florida

James C. Pearson ‘52 Moultrie, Georgia

Dr. Richard D. Walker ‘53 Blacksburg, Virginia

Francis P. Zurmuhlen ‘53 Annapolis, Maryland

John M. Hayes ‘54 Arnold, Maryland

Robert A. Margulies ‘54 Tustin, California

James E. Starnes ‘54 Silver Spring, Maryland

Hon. James E. Kenkel ‘55 Spotsylvania, Virginia

Grady A. Vickers, Jr. ‘55 Vero Beach, Florida

Robert C. Cooke ‘56 Hackettstown, New Jersey

Dr. Richard J. Kelly ‘56 King George, Virginia

Lary L. Acker ‘57 Chester, Maryland

Thomas O. Nichols ‘57 Bethesda, Maryland

Dr. Stewart C. Bushong ‘58

Houston, Texas

Robert G. Pemberton ‘58 Jacksonville Beach, Florida

Wayne H. Bethards ‘59 Columbia, Maryland

Vernon M. Briggs, Jr. ‘59 Ithaca, New York

John M. Capants ‘59 Basking Ridge, New Jersey

John J. Humbert III ‘59 Mantua, New Jersey

Thomas J. Morgan ‘59 Seal Beach, California

John R. Wicklein ‘59 Sunset Beach, North Carolina

Robert A. Yellowlees ‘60 Atlanta, Georgia

John P. Bailey ‘61 Bensalem, Pennsylvania

Lance W. Billingsley ‘61 Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

Phillip A. Cole ‘61 Eden Prairie, Minnesota

Cal Hook ‘61 West Fenwick Island, Delaware

Richard M. Johnston ‘61 Wellington, Florida

William B. Binch ‘62 Santa Cruz, California

Terry H. Chapman ‘62 Worcester, Massachusetts

Nicholas Limar ‘62 Cooperstown, New York

Richard E. Mellinger ‘62 Scotts Valley, California

Michael J. Stevenson ‘62

Ocean Pines, Maryland

Warren B. Wimer ‘62 Newport Beach, California

Dr. Philip R. Rever ‘63 Sarasota, Florida

Roland N. Shumate ‘63 Lakewood Ranch, Florida

John R. Tydings ‘63 Potomac, Maryland

Dr. Drury G. Bagwell, Jr. ‘64 Washington, D.C.

Hon. Robert H. Heller, Jr. ‘64 Severna Park, Maryland

Hon. Thomas V. (Mike) Miller ‘64 Chesapeake Beach, Maryland

William E. Nichols ‘64 Ocean Pines, Maryland

Ronald G. Rayne, Esq. ‘64 Salisbury, Maryland

Thomas W. Arata ‘65 Gaithersburg, Maryland

Walter E. Laake, Jr., Esq. ‘65 Hyattsville, Maryland

J. Robert Manuel III ‘65 Georgetown, South Carolina

Robert C. Mister ‘65 Laguna Beach, California

John N. Rever '65 Fairfax Station, Virginia

Joseph E. Smith, Jr. ‘66 Fallston, Maryland

Gerald D. Haser ‘68 Hickory Valley, Tennessee

Roland S. Adkins ‘69 Salisbury, Maryland

John S. Mathews III ‘69 Haddonfield, New Jersey

Frank C. O'Brien '69 Long Lake, New York

Mark W. McNutt ‘70 Alexandria, Virginia

Stephen L. Miller ‘70

Metairie, Louisiana

David J. Crowley ‘71 Olney, Maryland

Note: “Graduation” Years following each name are actually Eta Class Years as assigned by PSK Headquarters

David H. Whitehill ‘71 Alexandria, Virginia

Anthony J. Ambridge ‘73 Baltimore, Maryland

Oscar L. Reksten ‘73 Windermere, Florida

Leon A. Boulavsky ‘75 Arlington, Virginia

Allen S. Kogut ‘75 Glen Burnie, Maryland

Jack O’Brien ‘75 Medford Lakes, New Jersey

Morgan A. (Drew) Connor ‘76 Cooper City, Florida

Stephan P. Malloy, Esq. ‘76 Huntingtown, Maryland

James E. Allen ‘77 Fairfax Station, Virginia

Michael A. Boulavsky ‘77 Houston, Texas

David G. Bourdon ‘77 Huntingtown, Maryland

Frederic W. Vogelgesang ‘77 Brentwood, California

William R. Walsh ‘77 Silver Spring, Maryland

Robert G. Coffman ‘78 Greenville, South Carolina

William Gross ‘78 Huntingtown, Maryland

Stephen O. Cooper ‘79 Bowie, Maryland

Dennis G. Phelan ‘79 McLean, Virginia

Richard A. Brown ‘80 Spring Lake, New Jersey

Gary A. Fuchs ‘80 Austin, Texas

John B. Ostaffe ‘80 West Palm Beach, Florida

Matthew R. Smalley ‘80 Ellicott City, Maryland

Dr. Anthony D. Becker ‘81 Northfield, Minnesota

Guy L. Copperthite ‘81 Laurel, Maryland

Michael K. Miller ‘81 Brookeville, Maryland

Robert R. O'Haver ‘81 New Canaan, Connecticut

Steven P. Baker ‘82 Pedricktown, New Jersey

Joseph E. Criscuoli ‘82 Laurel, Maryland

Todd B. Hoffman ‘82 Silver Spring, Maryland

John J. B. Wright, Esq. ‘82 Burtonsville, Maryland

Gordon H. Green ‘83 Sterling, Virginia

Patrick L. McGeough ‘83 Basking Ridge, New Jersey

Michael Reed ‘83 Annapolis, Maryland

John K. Schneider ‘83 Kinnelon, New Jersey

Greg Young ‘83 Tampa, Florida

John W. Meadowcroft ‘84 Forest Hill, Maryland

Jim H. Fields, Esq. ‘85 Audubon, Pennsylvania

Richard M. Schindel ‘85 Round Rock, Texas

Norb Garrett ‘86 San Clemente, California

Christopher Malone ‘86 Newtown Square, Pennsylvania

Nicholas D. Mirabile ‘86 Fairfield, Connecticut

Phillip N. Scott ‘86 Silver Spring, Maryland

Robert M. Troyano ‘86 Saddle Brook, New Jersey

Joseph Eric Vinson ‘86 Ocean City, Maryland

Roger L. Boothe ‘87 Frederick, Maryland

James A. Charanis ‘87 Atlanta, Georgia

John H. Parsons ‘87 Bear Creek, Pennsylvania

James M. Deorio ‘88 Havertown, Pennsylvania

Jonathan L. Esler ‘88 New Market, Maryland

Andrew D. Cameron ‘89 Pocopson, Pennsylvania

Brian E. Le Gette ‘89 Baltimore, Maryland

Andrew J. Plenn ‘90 Lake Worth, Florida

Richard M. Schindler ‘90 Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania

David M. Schwartz ‘91 Edgewater, Maryland

David A. Shirey ‘91 Severna Park, Maryland

Peter A. Gobell ‘92 Ellicott City, Maryland

Stephen A. Borger ‘93 Perry Hall, Maryland

James A. Borger ‘94 Rockville, Maryland

William A. Schwacke ‘95 West Chester, Pennsylvania

Joseph A. Campanella ‘97 Baltimore, Maryland

Christopher I. LaBonge ‘98 Quakertown, Pennsylvania

Peter J. Della-Croce ‘99 Columbia, Maryland

Christopher P. McBeth ‘02 Chantilly, Virginia

Note: “Graduation” Years following each name are actually Eta Class Years as assigned by PSK Headquarters

...will you be the next to step forward?

alumni profile


Robert G. “Bob” Pemberton Jacksonville, Beach, Florida

Eta Class of 1958 BS, Business ‘58, Maryland MA, Guidance & Counseling ‘76, Louisiana Tech Lt. Col. (ret.), United States Air Force Divorced, One Son, Two Grandchildren and Two Great Grandchildren Nickname: Affectionately known as “The Pimp”

The THIRD DEGREE: What first compelled you to become a member of Phi Sigma Kappa? Bob Pemberton: During rush week, I renewed a friendship with Grady Vickers, who was at the time a Brother at the Eta house. Knowing someone who was already a Brother offered a better look into Eta and I eagerly pledged. Grady became my Big Brother and we are still close friends to this day. What was your biggest obstacle as a Pledge? Just remaining a pledge! If not for Grady, I would have been blackballed for being a “drape” - complete with pegged pants, big curled collars, thin suede tie, blue suede shoes and long hair styled in a “D.A.”. In high school, it was the dress of the day, but that style didn’t quite fly at Phi Sig. As a pledge, I made my grades and became a Brother. About 50 years later the Brother who was the chapter president at that time told me they had made a good decision not to blackball me. What was your favorite memory as a Brother? I was working 35 to 40 hours a week in order to earn the money to get my degree, but I made enough to afford to live in the house my last semester. It was a great opportunity to bond with a group of peers and to experience the ups and downs of growing into manhood in a group environment. The fraternity showed patience in my payment of house expenses, and I paid them off during my next year in the Air Force. I never forgot them for that.

What did you learn as a Brother that has served you well in your life? As a commander of personnel in the Air Force, having lived in a “brotherhood” of men while an undergraduate taught me the patience and under-standing to deal with the group dynamics that I found in the organizations with which I dealt in my professional life. What was your favorite funny memory of life as a member of the Eta Chapter? After an evening of celebration, one of the Brothers made the mistake of “dozing” off. He was summa-rily undressed, wrapped in a rug and placed in the entry hall of our next door neighbor, Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority. Upon exiting, the Brothers who had provided the transportation made sure to ring the doorbell. Little is known what happened after that. What advice would you want to share with our current undergraduate members? College is a time to experience an education, to prepare as a man to face life, and to have a good time. Never allow the good times to overshadow the education and your preparation for life. And never allow your good times to compromise your fraternity and its brotherhood. Has the fraternity remained a part of your life? Since retirement, the fraternity has become an important part of my life. I remain in touch with a dozen or more of my brothers - and the Brothers from the 50’s and 60’s have held five reunions. They are a part of my life and comprise some of my very best memories. Hail to the Tumbling T’s!

Little-known Fact:

The origin of Bob’s nickname came from a simple mispronunciation of his last name as “Pimperton”. It was then shortened to “Pimp” - a name that stuck.


“Got Yer Goat” As the Terrapins prepare to take the field against the Naval Academy on September 6th, we take a moment to recall a tale of intrigue and infiltration

from the Archives of Eta Chapter.

by Joseph E. Criscuoli ‘82

E very undergraduate has struggled with what to do on a Thursday afternoon. Half the week is over; Friday and the weekend are not yet here. Many college students

are deep into their studies; some will not crack a book again until Sunday evening. In the case of a few members of the Eta Chapter of Phi Sigma Kappa at the University of Maryland, one particular Thursday would involve disguise, weightlifting, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation - and en-able a few college students to make his-tory...and headlines. A Well-Conceived Plan The year is 1952 and the location is Col-lege Park, Maryland. The University of Maryland is mid-way through the Fall Semester and from the many trees that dot the campus leaves are beginning to fall. The biggest buzz on campus is the success of the Terrapins football team. The 1951 season had featured a perfect 10-0 record, three shut-outs, and an upset Sugar Bowl victory over first-ranked Tennessee. This year, the Terps have al-ready beaten Missouri, Auburn and Clemson by a combined score of 54-17. Head Coach Jim Tatum is pleased with the team's 3-0 start, their #3 national ranking, and especially the attendance count of 32,000 who faithfully watched the Terps beat Clemson at Byrd Stadium the previous Saturday by a score of 28-0. Football fever at Maryland was further intensified by anticipation of the game with Navy on October 18th, particularly because midshipmen from the Academy had sneaked out at night and come to

Maryland to paint several blue and gold “N’s” around campus. They had also burned a large “N” in the middle of Maryland’s practice football field. Fraternity Row is not yet built, and Maryland's old-est fraternity, Phi Sigma Kappa, is located on Col-lege Avenue in College Park. It is 8:00 p.m. on the evening of Thursday, October 9, 1952 when Frank Zurmuhlen ('53) receives a telephone call from Jim Starnes ('55). In addition to being brothers in Phi

Sigma Kappa, Zurmuhlen and Starnes are both members of the Air Force R.O.T.C. contingent on campus. On the phone, Starnes is brief and to the point, "We're going to steal the Navy goat, are you in?" Zurmuhlen's reply is equally brief, "You bet." Starnes, like his co-conspirators, is young, bright and motivated. However, rather than scanning his textbooks, he had spent Thursday afternoon reconnoitering the grounds of the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. He has spoken with a kindly security guard and learned that Bill XII, the Navy mascot, is kept in a cage beneath the old Thompson Stadium close to the 50-yard line. Starnes is pretty familiar with the campus in gen-

eral, in part because his father, George, is a foreign language professor on the Academy faculty. Starnes and Zurmuhlen are joined in the plot by Jerry Tobin ('52) and the late Bill Franklin ('54). The operation has two goals. The first is to see that Bill XII is AWOL when the Midshipmen celebrate Homecoming and face the Tribe of William & Mary on October 11th. The second goal, and their


proposed crowning glory, is to keep the goat for a week and return him, dyed from head-to-toe in Maryland red, during halftime at Byrd Stadium when the Middies play the Terps on October 18th. This team of insurgents is armed with a blanket, a crowbar, two R.O.T.C. uniforms, and a can of chloroform. They have secured a vehicle from Franklin's father, removed the back seat entirely and also put New York state license plates on the vehicle. They hang clothes on hooks over the back windows to prevent prying eyes from scanning that section of the vehicle. Starnes and Zurmuhlen wore their Air Force R.O.T.C. uniforms, on which they had affixed first lieutenant bars made from the tinfoil from inside a pack of ciga-rettes. These two frater-nity brothers are about to enter a prestigious military facility impersonating of-ficers. Starnes drives the car to Annapolis, stopping on Maryland Avenue so that Tobin and Franklin, wear-ing civilian clothes, could hide in the car’s trunk. They entered the grounds of the Naval Academy using the South Gate, at the end of Maryland Avenue. Having told the guards they were going to the Officer's Club, they are sa-luted in, then drive in the direction of the seawall and approach the old Thompson Stadium which sat on the banks of the Severn River. Franklin and Tobin, now released from the trunk, with Starnes and Zurmuhlen approach the mid-point of the sta-dium and entered, as the groundskeeper had said, at the 50-yard line. They find their prize, Bill XII, in a wooden cage. There is a padlock on the door to the cage, but us-ing the crowbar they are able to pry off the entire hasp, complete with the lock, and now have access to the pride of the Academy. Bill XII, for all his assumed ferocity, basically does no more than stand there looking at the two pseudo-Air Force officers, perhaps somewhat embarrassed

that an animal of his reputation had the tips of his horns painted gold and the remainder of his head-gear freshly painted blue. No matter how Starnes and Zurmuhlen approach the cage, Bill XII turns to face them, making a frontal assault less than the first choice of his abductors. Zurmuhlen suggests that Starnes walk to the side of the cage opposite the door, and as Starnes wheels about, Bill turns to face him. It is at this moment that Zurmuhlen opens the door and "bulldozes" the hapless mascot, grab-bing his horns so as to avoid injury and dropping his full weight on the goat. Bill is oblivious to the flanking maneuver and unharmed, but his paint job

is still wet, and Zurmuhlen now has blue and gold paint on his tie, raincoat, and uni-form. Not knowing if Bill XII is the docile type or if he is fond of automobile rides in the middle of the night, Starnes and Zurmuhlen at-tempt to sedate the mascot with a sniff or two of chlo-roform from a soaked hand-kerchief. The chloroform had been provided by Rich-ard Gibbs ('57), whose fa-ther is an Executive Vice President with Peoples Drug

Stores, a large chain with over one hundred retail establishments. Gibbs and Starnes had previously attended Augusta Military Academy together. Gibbs obtained the chloroform from a local Peoples store manager who, after hearing of the intended use for the anesthesia, had expressed his partisan feelings for the Terps by gleefully providing young Mr. Gibbs with the requested substance. Instead of doping the goat, Starnes and Zurmuhlen find that Bill is more interested in drinking the stuff, so that component of the plan was aban-doned. Starnes, always thinking ahead, may have actually involved Zurmuhlen in this caper because he was quite strong ("built like an ox", Starnes would later say) and, with time passing quickly, decides to hoist Bill XII onto Zurmuhlen's shoul-ders. Zurmuhlen quickly finds that Bill XII is a bit longer than the width of his shoulders; the mascot is continually sliding down across Zurmuhlen's

Old Thompson Stadium on the banks of the Severn River .


upper arms. Contrary to subsequent newspaper re-ports, Bill is not bound in any way. Grasping Bill's four hooves in his two hands, Zurmuhlen sprints the fifty yards to the car with the goat on his shoul-ders, shepherd style, with Starnes running along behind trying to support the midsection of the mascot. Bill is loaded into the back seat of the car, and Franklin and Tobin are under the blanket with the goat in order to hold him down on the ride home. Amazingly, the movement does not matter to the mascot and he remains docile, huddled with two humans under the blanket in the back seat area. An ordinary traveler would think that Route 50 might be the most direct way back to College Park. But Route 50 is only a two-lane road. Starnes is again one step ahead of, and particularly inter-ested in avoiding, a high-speed chase. Saluted on the way out, and through the West Gate onto Route 450, our heroes do race. At Carr’s Corner outside Annapo-lis the four insurgents and their captive are met by a carload of other members of Phi Sig who have been assigned the task of fol-lowing the "goat-mobile" and, if followed, to block any pursuit vehicles. Back to College Park they speed, directly to the fraternity house with proof of their accomplishment, and then to the College Park home of a pledge, where the mighty Bill XII is placed in the garage. Contrary to the wishes of the "kid"nappers, a Brother tele-phones the Washington Post and provides an anonymous tip on the emerging story. The call he placed will make the next 48 hours very interesting. Following the tip to the press, later that same eve-ning Bob Burchette, a photographer for the Wash-ington Post, has been sent by the Post to College Park, "to proceed to Albrecht’s Drug Store and ap-proach with camera in hand." Outside the drug-store, Burchette is approached by a young person who mutters quietly, "Washington Post?” to which Burchette replies, "Yes." The young person says,

"Follow me." Burchette is then blindfolded and driven around for a short time before the car stops at the Pledge’s home. In the garage is a long-haired, still docile and now quite aromatic Bill XII. Burchette is startled that the young people who have met him at this garage are wearing handker-chiefs as masks, not unlike the train robbers from the old west. Burchette takes photos of Bill XII and two "students" wearing University of Maryland t-shirts. Bill is wearing a Maryland pennant, un-ceremoniously hanging from his left horn.

On the Second Day The news story breaks the follow-ing morning, Friday, accompanied by photos, in both Washington, D.C. and in Annapolis. Now things were really going to get interest-ing. Under the photo, the perpetra-tors, still wearing masks, were only identified as “masked desperados.” Zurmuhlen had earlier that day gone to New York, and has said "All I know is when I returned on Sunday the smelly goat was back in Annapolis." Tobin was laying low. Gibbs received a call from the provider of the chloroform who yelled into the phone, "YOU DID IT!" And Jim Starnes was easily recognized in the Burchette photo

by members of tthe Annapolis Police Department. Several Academy officials familiar with the Starnes family also recognized young Mr. Starnes' distinc-tive, piercing eyes. Phone calls were made and the chase to rescue Bill XII was building. Hours later Professor and Mrs. Starnes were questioned by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, who were called on to investigate a theft of government property. Several individuals thought that the kid-nappers had used Academy license plates from the vehicle owned by Professor Starnes. Following their interview by the FBI, Professor and Mrs. Starnes drive to College Park to see their son, a visit that included a tearful Mrs. Starnes, upon seeing the photo of her son wearing a handkerchief over his face, and exclaiming to her husband, "Oh,


It was those distinctive piercing eyes that would give away the identity of Jim Starnes (on left, above).


George, our son is a masked desperado!" The elder Mr. Starnes was also not amused and flatly ordered young James to "Get that damn goat back to the Academy...and be quick about it." The FBI came to the Phi Sigma Kappa house as well. And none other than Dick Gibbs answered the door to be presented with his first up-close look at an official FBI badge and duly-sworn

G-Man. Informed that members of the fra-ternity were under suspicion of having sto-len government property, Gibbs tried to explain that the heist was an innocent col-lege prank. As tough as he was, the Agent

replied, “I know that, son, but Admiral Joy is pretty upset, and you fellas better return that goat, pronto.” Unfortunately, returning the goat was not going to be easy, because Bill XII was no longer cooped-up in College Park. Having sensed the storm that was brewing, Bill XII had been relocated to a small farm in Southern Maryland. The time to begin ne-gotiations for the return of the Navy mascot was now at hand. Back to Annapolis...almost On August 4th, just two months before the removal of Bill XII from the grounds of the Naval Acad-emy, Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy had taken the helm as the Academy's thirty-seventh Superinten-dent. It is easy to imagine that by this time Joy, a 1916 graduate of the Academy and a decorated combat commander of both World War II and the Korean War, was not amused by the youthful Mr. Starnes and his intrepid band.

Vice Admiral C. Turner Joy, USN Superintendent of the United States Naval

Nonetheless, on Saturday the 11th of October, Jim Starnes telephoned Admiral Joy directly, and with perhaps misplaced bravado said, "Sir, I'm Jim Starnes. I have something of yours that has two horns, four legs and smells like shit." To which Admiral Joy quickly replied, "I believe that's mine." Starnes offered to surrender the goat if the Super-intendent were to send one truck and two men to the inter-section of Largo Road and Route 214, in what was then a sparsely-populated area now known as Largo, Maryland. Starnes brazenly warned the Admiral that if more than two men were present when he approached, "You'll never see the goat again." The terms of the surrender being found agreeable, both Admiral Joy and the des-perado Starnes went on to prepare for delivery. Bill XII was loaded into a 1938 Dodge Business Coupe, positioned in the front seat between Starnes and the driver, whose name will remain anonymous. On the way to the delivery point, Dick Gibbs pulled up in a car loaded with Phi Sig brothers, offering to Starnes, "I'll kidnap the goat from you and you'll be off free and clear." Gibbs intended to stash the goat in his mother's basement in Bethesda, even though he

knew, "she would not find Bill's presence to be very funny." It was, however, an idea that would give the Phi Sig's another chance to retain the mascot and achieve their second goal. But by now Starnes

was aware of his par-ents’ displeasure, the chance that his father's employer might take ret-ribution against the elder Starnes, and a rumor that the Anne Arundel County Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals had sought a warrant for his arrest. Starnes told Gibbs to "Get out of my way," and ordered the driver to


Jerry Tobin Jim Starnes

proceed to the drop-off point. At about this time a crowd of 34,000 in Sanford Sta-dium in Athens, Georgia, were watching the Ter-rapins roll over 19th-ranked Geor-gia by the score of 37-0. And the Midshipmen? With Bill XII still AWOL, they were forced to rely on a pregnant nanny-goat as a stand-in for their beloved mascot at Navy’s homecoming

game. The crowd was not amused. Entering the game ranked #17, Navy beat the Tribe from Wil-liam & Mary - but only by a score of 14-0. The Midshipmen dropped three places to #20 in the polls and were worried over the status of Bill XII. But while there was action on the gridiron, there was a growing sense of anxiety in suburban Mary-land.

As Starnes and his driver approached the intersection of Largo Road (now Route 202) and Route 214, they could see the prescribed truck and only two Academy men. But also present were two Prince George's County Police cars, two Maryland State Police cars, and a University of Maryland Police car. Starnes was convinced he was going to prison. The police stopped traffic on both roads, and Starnes stepped from the vehicle and shook hands with William Earle Smith, a former multi-sport athlete at the Academy. Starnes then handed Smith the rope tied to Bill XII, and news photos were taken of the success-ful return of the Navy mascot. Then, without further ado, Bill XII and his Navy police escort departed for Annapolis and a belated arrival at Navy’s homecoming.

At this point, Starnes was surprised that he was not handcuffed and in the back of a squad car. But, one by one, the police cars just drove away. Seems that the police presence was not due to an arrest war-rant, but rather because Admiral Joy had called Dr. Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd, then the President of the University of Maryland, to share with him the extent of his telephone call with young Mr. Starnes, and the imminent return of Bill XII. It was later learned that President Byrd had called on the police to be present at that intersection in Largo believing that his students might be walking into an ambush involving fisticuffs. Epilogue On Monday, October 13th, Jim Starnes was or-dered to report, in his R.O.T.C. uniform, to the of-fice of Col. Joseph R. Ambrose, then Dean of the College of Military Science and Professor of Air Science and Tactics. Starnes was to stand before Col. Ambrose and his staff. For the second time in 72 hours, Starnes was convinced he was headed for prison. Upon entering the room, Col. Ambrose in-formed Starnes that he and his staff were aware of the events that had occurred during the previous three days. The Colonel and his staff were seated behind a long table, much as you would expect to find in a military courts-martial. A member of the staff asked Starnes several questions, including "Did you impersonate an officer?", "Did you


unlawfully enter a government facility impersonat-ing an officer?", "Did you destroy government property while on said government property?", and "Did you steal government prop-erty in the form of one Naval Academy mascot?" To all of these questions Starnes answered in the affirmative, believing that he had sealed his fate. The staff officer then stood with a single sheet of paper in his hands and began to read aloud, "On behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force...", and, to his amaze-ment, Starnes received a com-mendation for a "Night Infiltra-tion" and for giving the Navy a well-deserved black eye from the United States Air Force. The following Saturday, the Midshipmen of Navy came to Byrd Stadium for the Crab Bowl Classic. The Terps, now ranked #2 in the nation, easily han-

dled the Middies by a score of 38-7. Franklin, Gibbs, Starnes, Tobin and Zurmuhlen were in the stands cheering for their Terps, but they also won-

dered what the reaction of the season-record crowd of 44,746 might have been if Bill XII had made an entrance dyed head-to-toe in Maryland red and with those horns repainted in black and gold. The author would like to offer sincere thanks to Jim Starnes, Richard Gibbs, Jerry Tobin, and Mark and Frank Zurmuhlen for their contributions to, and

support for, this article and without whom this story would be a faint memory and pieces of rumors. The author would also like to thank Grace, his wife, who provided invaluable proofreading and editing services and who did not see her husband, except at meals, during the weekend of August 7th and 8th.


The Men of Eta Chapter, Phi Sigma Kappa at the University of Maryland - 1952

NO “I” IN “TEAM”

Together for just a few weeks, the five Brothers who are leading the resurgence of the Eta Alumni Association are already making great progress in the effort to establish, once and for all, a permanent organization for members of the third degree and above. Planning alumni events, offering assistance to the Eta Colony, improving alumni communications , and gearing-up for a memorable Charter Night are just some of their immediate goals. Clearly membership recruitment is a top priority. “But,” remarked Alumni President Joe Criscuoli, “we’ve got four salesmen and a lawyer...what could go wrong?”

The Eta Colony Advisory Board is also deep in talent. Charged with developing and advising the

colony members in virtu-ally every facet of their operations, this group has an amazing number of collective years of experience in greek life, and a set of professional resumes that will offer the expertise necessary to guide the colony towards our mutual goals. It’s time now to meet and get to know the “Player-Coaches” from these two groups who will be an integral part of our immediate and future success...

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

and the Eta Colony Advisory Board


Executive Committee of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

Todd Hoffman was initiated into Phi Sigma Kappa on January 20th, 1979. During the course of his undergraduate years he served as Little Sister Chair-man, Assistant Rush Chairman, was a member of the House Committee and very much thrived on the brotherhood environment at Phi Sigma Kappa. He also led several evenings of cheerful Phi Sig sing-alongs resulting in many bruised eardrums. Upon graduation he entered the ranks of the working world selling office automation equipment. Over the years his career has focused on working with the federal government to provide information technology solu-tions to help improve governments’ ser-vice to the citizen. He has held positions as account manager, branch manager and regional manager with such industry leaders as Wang Laboratories, Oracle Corporation and is currently working at Microsoft Corporation as the account manager for NASA. Todd married the Delta Gamma of his dreams, Ann, and they have two wonderful children. A daughter, Lauren, who is a graduate of the James Madison University and a son, Scott, who is an undergraduate student at the University of Maryland and is currently an active member of the newly formed Eta Colony of Phi Sigma Kappa. Damn Proud.

Todd B. Hoffman ‘82 Silver Spring, Maryland

Secretary

Peter J. Della-Croce ‘99 Columbia, Maryland

Treasurer

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


Peter Della-Croce was initiated into Phi Sigma Kappa in the fall of 1995. While an undergraduate, he served as Eta’s Vice President of Finance, Sentinel, and Historian in addition to his service as Vice President of Internal Affairs on the Interfraternity Council. At Maryland, Peter was also actively involved in the IFC Judicial Board, the Student Government Association, and in his senior year was selected to be a mem-ber of the Senior Council. In the spring of 1999 he graduated from the Robert H. Smith School of Business with a degree in Finance and joined Merrill Lynch. He’s currently a Vice President and Senior Financial Advisor in the Columbia, Maryland office where he provides investment consulting services to non-profit organizations and high net worth families. Peter is an active philanthropist and serves on the Board of Directors for The Arc of Howard County, The Myositis Association and The Columbia Triathlon Association. In 2009 he founded “Team Embrace” a team of athletes who raise funds for The Arc of Howard County through participa-tion in triathlons and other endurance events. In his spare time his hobbies include golf, cycling, as well as compet-ing in triathlons. Peter resides in Columbia, Maryland.

John Wright transferred to the University of Maryland after his freshman year at Western Maryland College (now McDaniel College). He moved into the House as a boarder, joined the Fall 1977 pledge class, and was initiated into Eta Chapter in January of 1978. John lived in the House, “off and on”, for four years (maybe a little longer). He served as Social Chairman and assisted other officers in Rush and Homecoming activi-ties. He and Joe Criscuoli planned and held a Freshmen Rush mixer on the Row that rivaled the crowds seen at the campus riots in '69. After graduation, he attended The University of Baltimore Law School, obtaining his Juris Doctor degree and was admitted to the Mary-land Bar in 1989. He currently practices law in Landover, Maryland as a trial lawyer in over 8 counties. John married Janie, whom he met at Maryland while she was in the Pom Squad with the Marching Band and active in the Eta Chapter's “Little Sister” program. They have 3 children. The oldest two, Jennifer and Annie, just graduated from Mary-land in 2009 & 2010, respectively. Their youngest, John (Jr.), is a senior in High School. John is keeping busy as a Troop Scoutmaster and Head Coach for his son's High School (Summer and Fall) baseball team.

Joe Criscuoli was initiated into Phi Sigma Kappa in January of 1979, and served as Eta's Pledge Inductor, Vice President, and Rush Chairman, while involved in the IFC, Campus Senate, Division Council, and several SGA campaigns. While an undergrad, Criscuoli started a chapter of an interna-tional graphics association, and re-established the Greek Judicial Board. He was named Eta's "Brother of the Year" in 1982, when he graduated with a degree in Advertising Design and a minor in Marketing. During his career Criscuoli has been responsible for busi-ness development, marketing and com-munications management, sales man-agement, and public relations - but al-ways as a "player-coach". He is an award-winning writer, designer and video producer, but being on the busi-ness side of things day-to-day drew him to painting as a hobby and to the crea-tion of a website that bears his name. Joe currently serves as Vice President, Marketing and Public Relations with EPI-Colorspace a full-service graphic arts, digital imaging and exhibits company. Joe married the girl to whom he gave his fraternity pin, Grace, and they have two sons, Joseph and Michael, both of whom are in college, and a German Shepherd, Cody, who, thankfully, is not.

Joseph E. Criscuoli '82 Laurel, Maryland

President

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


Wayne Bethards was initiated into Phi Sigma Kappa in January of 1957 and served as Social Chairman and President. He was a member of the Interfraternity Council, Kalegethos and the Society for the Advancement of Management. He graduated with a B.S. degree in Business and Public Administration with a minor in Marketing. Following a stint in the Army National Guard, Wayne began a career in what would now be called Information Technology with four years at Rixon Electronics in Silver Spring followed by 24 years at Control Data Corporation, 10 years at Amdahl Corporation and two years at Data General Corporation. At various times he was responsible for account, branch and district management sales activities to federal, DOD, state and commercial accounts. He served as President of the Eta Alumni Association from about 1966 to 1968. In 2002 and 2004, Wayne was a driving force behind two very successful, and wildly popular, reunions of Eta graduates from the Classes of 1950 to 1969. And he assisted with a third reunion in 2007. Wayne married Betty, the girl next door, a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, in 1960. Together they have a son and a daughter and three grandchildren.

Eta Colony Advisory Board

Drury Bagwell, former Grand President of Phi Sigma Kappa and retired Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs at the University of Maryland, is serving as the recruitment advisor for the colony. Dru has conducted recruitment workshops for several national fraternities' conventions, as well as at Phi Sigma Kappa Leadership Schools for over thirty years.

Dr. Drury G. Bagwell, Jr. ‘64 Washington, D.C.

Recruitment Advisor

Drew Cameron ‘89 Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania Risk Management Advisor

Chris McBeth ‘02 Chantilly, Virginia

Eta Colony - Chapter Advisor


Chris McBeth joined Phi Sigma Kappa in the spring of 1997, as part of one of the greatest pledge classes to ever pass through the doors of the Eta Chapter at the University of Maryland. During his time as a Terp at Phi Sigma Kappa, Chris served as President, Secretary, Inductor, Sentinel, and Rush Chairman. Upon graduation in 2002, Chris moved back to Baltimore where he met his wife and began a career in Recruiting and Human Resources. He is currently employed by SRA International as a Recruiter and lives in Chantilly, Virginia with his wife, Alison; son Caden; and daughter, Brooklyn.

Drew was initiated into Eta Chapter in 1985 and Served as Rush, Social and Leadership Chairman; and attended national conferences from ‘87 to ’89. A charter member of the President’s Inner Circle ‘87; he earned the Order of Omega Greek honor society distinction as an undergraduate. Upon graduation in ‘89 (B.S., Bus. Mgmt. and Admin.), he took on several national roles: District Governor, Province President, Chapter Program Specialist, Chapter Advisor, Facilitator, and served on various com-mittees at national conferences and conclaves. He founded and served as Chapter Advisor to Mu Septaton at the Univ. of Delaware as well as Omicron Septaton at Villanova and facilitated several chapter restructurings. He re-ceived the Founders’ Award for Out-standing Service to the fraternity and the Mu Septaton Dedicated Service Award in 1995, was inducted into the Eta Chapter Hall of Fame in 1997 and elected to the ODK Honor Society in ‘98. Drew has two children Paige (12) and Tyler (10), and is a self-employed busi-ness development consultant, sales trainer/coach, author, and speaker for the residential home services industries. You can learn more about Drew’s work at www.hvacsellutions.com.

Tim Vojtasko ‘85 Washington, D.C.

Member Development Advisor

Michael Williams ‘09 Washington, D.C. Financial Advisor

Dr. Terry York Zacker ‘81 College Park, Maryland

Faculty Advisor


Tim Vojtasko earned a BA in Psychol-ogy, with a concentration in Higher Edu-cation Administration from the Indiana University of Pennsylvania in 1985. He is currently in the employ of SRA Inter-national, Inc., headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, serving as the Sr. Principal Strategic HR Partner for SPA's Global Health & National Security Sectors. Tim has over 20 years experience in the recruiting and human resources arenas, having held positions of increasing re-sponsibility with Management Sciences for Health, SAIC Corp., and Electronic Data Systems, Corp., (now HP). From 1985-1988 Tim served our International Headquarters in Indianapolis as an Edu-cational Leadership Consultant, Director of Member Services and ultimately the Director of Expansion, where, amongst other responsibilities, he coordinated Phi Sig's expansion into Canada. Tim is the winner of the Phi Sigma Kappa Lor-ing Interfraternal Service Award, a fre-quent contributor to our SIGNET maga-zine, and has been a presenter at the Shonk Leadership School, the Zillgitt Emerging Leaders Institute and the Lowe Volunteer Leadership Conference. Tim is also a certified police officer and graduate of the Metropolitan Washing-ton DC Police Academy, and has taught at George Mason University.

Michael Williams, a brother of the Gamma Triton Chapter at the University of South Carolina, graduated with a BA in Advertising and Public Relations in 2008. While at USC, Michael was a highly motivated and respected student. He was named the Order of Omega's Senior Advocate. Most notably, Michael served as External Director of USC Dance Marathon, raising over $115,000 for Children's Hospital. He also served Phi Sig as Treasurer, managing a $70,000 annual budget, and served in leadership roles in Student Government, Campus Programming and University Housing. After graduation, Michael was recruited by Palmetto Health as a Public Relations Coordinator where he raised both financial and emotional support for the Pediatric Cancer Unit. Currently, Michael works with AED, as a Sr. Com-munications and Operations associate for the Social Change Division. He also serves as the assistant managing editor for the internationally circulated journal, Social Marketing Quarterly. Michael lives in the Capitol Hill district of Wash-ington, DC. He continues to serve his Fraternity as a financial advisor for Eta Colony and Treasurer of Gamma Tri-ton's Housing Corporation Board, and continues to serve his alma mater by serving on the local alumni board.

Dr. Terry Zacker is the Assistant to the Director of the Adele H. Stamp Student Union at the University of Maryland, previously serving as the Director of Greek Life, where she was integral to the development of Maryland's fraternity and sorority "Vision Plan." Terry re-ceived her Bachelor's degree from the University of Maine, her Master's degree in College Student Personnel from the University of Vermont, and her PhD in Higher Education from the University of Maryland. Terry is a member of Chi Omega women's fraternity, but has mentored men's groups throughout her tenure at College Park. In the past, Terry has taught the Greek President's Class, and still teaches the Leadership and Sports Class for UMD athletics. Terry is the recipient of the national Association of Fraternity Advisors "Sue Kraft Fussell Distinguished Service Award".

WITH APPRECIATION

Scott Shaul The Alumni Association and the Eta Colony Advisory Board would like to acknowledge the efforts and contribu-tions of one of our Brothers who was instrumental in the early formation of the colony. As an undergraduate, Scott Shaul ‘89 was very active in the chapter. In the late ‘90’s, Scott was a member of the Eta Chapter Housing Corporation. As an entrepreneur and business executive, he was invaluable to the operations of the house corporation. He provided solid business advice to the operation and was elected President of the Housing Corporation prior to the closing of the chapter. In 2009, Scott was told of the plans to re-colonize at the University of Maryland and said that he would love to assist. He was contacted by Erik Sederstrom, then the Director of Expansion for Phi Sigma Kappa, and Tim Vojtasko, and Scott volunteered to assist with the rush "swat team" efforts in April, 2009, giving up his weekends to go to College Park and help recruit quality men for the new colony. After the colony was formed, Scott was unselfish in his efforts to assist, never missing a chapter meeting and offering to organize the alumni and raise funds for the future house. In the fall of 2009, Scott took it upon himself to organize a tailgate at Home-coming. And, although the day was cold and rainy, he worked hard to obtain space, provide refreshments at his own expense, and personally brought several alums with him to the event. Scott is married to the former Kim Putens, who was President of PanHel at the University of Maryland. They have two children - Alexandria, who will be 10 in December and Nicholas, 6. They live in Alexandria, Virginia.


Sincere Thanks to Our Sincere Thanks to Our 9797 Sustaining MembersSustaining Members

As of presstime, these Brothers had stepped As of presstime, these Brothers had stepped forward to become the Founding Members forward to become the Founding Members

of the of the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa.Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa.

J. Edward ("Ned") Thomas, ‘45 Robert P. Haines ‘49 William H. Fisher ‘50 William B. McKinney ‘50 Warren J. Tripp ‘50 David B. Lloyd ‘51 William S. Mitchell, Jr. ‘51 John S. Bingham, Jr. ’52 George B. Falck ‘52 Thomas M. Russell ‘52 Ralph E. Tobiassen ‘53 Dr. Richard D. Walker ‘53 Francis P. Zurmuhlen ‘53 Philip R. Lamb ‘54 Robert A. Margulies ‘54 Hon. James E. Kenkel ‘55 James E. Starnes ‘55 Robert C. Cooke ‘56 Allyn H. Myers ‘56 Robert O. Whiteley ‘56 Joseph D. Brown ‘58 Dr. John W. Dorsey, Jr. ‘58 Eugene E. Kelley ‘58 Robert G. Pemberton ‘58 Dr. Ernest “Russ” Wall ‘58 Wayne H. Bethards ‘59 Dr. Vernon M. Briggs, Jr. ‘59 John M. Capants ‘59 Robert E. Geiger ‘59 John J. Humbert, III ‘59 Thomas J. Morgan ‘59 Calvin T. Hook ‘60 Robert A. Yellowlees ‘60 Lance W. Billingsley ‘61 Richard M. Johnston ‘61 Dr. Richard H. Love ‘61 William B. Binch ‘62 Terry H. Chapman ‘62 Nicholas Limar ‘62 Michael J. Stevenson ‘62 Warren B. Wimer, Esq. ‘62 Leslie David Young ‘62 Terry J. Billingsley ‘63 John R. Tydings ‘ 63 Dr. Drury G. Bagwell ‘64 Hon. Robert H. Heller, Jr. ‘64 Leonard J. Megby, Jr. ‘64 Hon. Thomas V. "Mike" Miller ‘64 Gerald F. Moentmann ‘64

William E. Nichols ‘64 Ronald G. Rayne, Esq. ‘64 Adrian G. Teel ‘64 John N. Rever ‘65 Joseph E. Spinella ‘65 Tom R. DeBerry ‘66 Robert C. Mister ‘66 Joseph E. Smith, Jr. ‘66 William H. Brewster ‘68 Gerald D. Haser ‘68 Claude A. Bogley ‘70 Mark W. McNutt ‘70 Stephen L. Miller ‘70 Oscar L. Reksten ‘73 Allen S. Kogut ‘75 Morgan A. (Drew) Connor ‘76 James E. Allen ‘77 Frederic W. Vogelgesang ‘77 Richard C. McClain ‘78 John C. Sauer, Jr. ‘78 John B. Ostaffe ‘80 Matthew R. Smalley ‘80 Guy L. Copperthite ‘81 Russell R. O'Haver ‘81 Joseph E. Criscuoli ‘82 Todd B. Hoffman ‘82 Michael L. McGown ‘82 John J. B. Wright, Esq. ‘82 Michael G. Albers ‘83 Patrick L. McGeough ‘83 Jim H. Fields, Esq. ‘85 Scott D. Crown ‘86 Norb Garrett ‘86 Glenn F. Jaggard ‘86 H. Christopher Malone ‘86 Robert M. Troyano ‘86 Joseph Eric Vinson ‘86 John H. Parsons ‘87 Jonathan L. Esler ‘88 James W. Lomker ‘89 Jack S. Herling ‘90 Dr. Eric E. Lawver ‘91 David M. Schwartz ‘91 David A. Shirey ‘91 Etan Z. Gopstein ‘92 Jay B. Gibbon ‘95 Dr. Seth A. Friedman ‘97 Peter J. Della-Croce ‘99


When Erik Sederstrom, the Director of Expansion for Phi Sigma Kappa, called me in October of 2009 and asked me to serve as the Chapter Advisor for the Eta Colony, I wasn’t sure what to expect. I told him that I was intrigued by the opportunity, but that I would like to meet the colony before I committed. Needless to say, it took only 10 minutes with the Colony President, Jay Gobeil, to realize that this group had the potential to do something great. At the time the colony was comprised of just 15 mem-bers. And although there was a definitive energy, none of the members really under-stood what it meant to be a fraternity. They were demonstrating a strong desire to succeed, but needed to un-derstand how to become organized. This is where the Eta Advisory Board came into play. Our first task was to help them get organized. What we realized is that when each of us joined our individ-ual chapters as undergrads, we had the luxury of upperclassmen to dem-onstrate how to get things done. This group, however, was comprised of Freshmen and Sophomores who had never taken part in a fraternity or similar organiza-tion. For the first few weeks, we took the opportu-nity to get to know the colony members better by joining them for dinner and hanging out with them before and after meetings. During this time, we were able to quickly implement a meeting structure, provide roles and responsibilities, and discuss budg-eting and the fundamentals of successful recruit-ment. The amazing part was, this group only had to hear our message once. Every week when we came back the colony was more organized, more produc-tive and they were making the colony their own.

When the group came back for the second semester, it was recognized that in order for them to reach their goals, they needed to double in size. Starting a colony is a ton of work and without sufficient man-power; the dedicated members were going to quickly burn out. By mid March, the colony’s num-bers were still only in the upper teens and the group was beginning to become frustrated. At that point, the advisory board got together and redesigned a strategy in cooperation with the colony executive board. The end result was a colony with thirty

members and a renewed sense of excitement to launch them into the Fall. As the Spring semester came to an end, there were a number of addi-tional accomplishments which gener-ated excitement throughout the col-ony, advisory board, and with Uni-versity officials. First, the colony ended the year with a collective 3.34 GPA. and three members had at-tained a 4.0. Additionally, the colony President was one of just twenty-five undergraduate members nationwide selected to participate in the Zillgitt

Leadership School, as part of Phi Sig’s annual Lead-ership School. The colony also was able to send three additional members to the Leadership School, which was held on August 5-8 in Indianapolis, Indi-ana. As we look forward to the Fall semester, the Colony has their work cut out for them. Our goal is to be chartered in March of 2011, which means we have a number of requirements to meet over the next few months. First, we need to be recognized by Univer-sity of Maryland Inter-Fraternity Council (IFC).

(continued on page 22)

Planting the FlagPlanting the Flag

by Chris McBeth, ‘02 - Eta Chapter Advisor

Starting from scratch is never the easiest way to do anything...and the process is every bit as important as the outcome.

As we look forward to the Fall Semester, the Colony has their work cut out for them.

Re


Planting the Flag (cont. from page 21)

Once we gain recognition from the IFC, we have one year from that date to achieve chapter status. How-ever, as a recognized colony, we will be able to par-ticipate in Greek athletics and Homecoming/Greek Week. Next, before we can be granted a charter by Headquarters, we have to complete the Cornerstones development program, which requires them to meet certain standards in areas of Academics, Recruitment, Community Service, Risk Management, and Alumni involvement to name a few. For the colony to obtain a charter, a combination of efforts from the colony, advisory board, and the alumni association will be required. Upon review of the work involved in starting up a chapter, alumni are needed now more than ever in our history. And we’re not talking solely about financial support. Although the colony will need financial help in the future, what we truly need is a strong core of alumni who want to be involved with the chapter. Over the past decade the nature of fraternal organiza-tions has evolved into much more than just a social entity. Incoming students not only want the social as-pect of fraternity life, but they also want to know how the fraternity will help them in life after college. In order to get the best student members to join our or-ganization, we need to be able to offer a complete package and this is where the alumni come in. We need Alumni to serve as mentors, give seminars on career and life skills, participate in chapter education meetings and at recruitment events. What this pro-vides the alumni is an opportunity to get involved once again with our fraternity, develop and/or re-kindle past relationships with other brothers for per-sonal and business reasons, and possibly find a college hire for your upcoming staffing needs. The truth is, we are all extremely excited to have Eta back at Maryland and want to ensure that this chapter has the greatest opportunity for success. If you are in-terested in becoming involved in Eta once again, please contact Joe Criscuoli, the President of the Eta Alumni Association, or myself at your earliest oppor-tunity. We look forward to seeing all of you at our up-coming activities and, most importantly, at the Eta Chartering Event in the Spring. Contact Chris McBeth at [email protected]

You’re Invited!

The First Alumni - Colony

Event of 2010 Sponsored by the


September 19, 2010 2 - 6 pm

Alumni Cookout at the

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Music - Games - Food (but no cows)

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FREE Admission Spouses & Dates

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ALUMNI CHAIR

by Scott Hoffman and Zach Gorell

From the Colony Alumni Chair

Lets Get Lets Get Things StartedThings Started

Elected at the end of the academic year, the Alumni Chair consists of Junior Economics major Zach Gorrell from Ipswich, Massachusetts, and Sopho-more Government major Scott Hoffman, from Sil-ver Spring, Maryland. From the end of the spring semester and throughout the summer we have been communicating and developing our goals and ex-pectations for the upcoming fall se-mester and beyond. We were able to see how events involving alumni held in the spring semester really in-spired and motivated our colony members. In addition to seeing how alumni events invigorated our colony members, we realized the events we held where alumni and potential new members attended were extremely successful in helping us to recruit eleven quality men late last spring. Goals As an Alumni Chair, our primary goal is to facilitate the connections between our colony and its members and Phi Sigma Kappa alumni graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park, as well as other regional colleges. Happily, we have found that both our colony members and the alumni seem to have a lot of fun. In order to achieve our goals we need well attended functions throughout the se-mester. Functions that are well attended by both colony members and alumni result in both groups becoming better acquainted and familiar with each other, deepening the brotherly bond formed by Phi Sigma Kappa and providing opportunities to con-nect generations that would otherwise be separated.

One thing that we have been told several times, and that the members who have been with us since the start of our first association have realized, is that we have very strong alumni support and there is an initiative underway to help us rebuild the Eta chap-ter. This brings up another primary goal: to demon-strate to our new members the support and invest-

ment our alumni have in us, lending greater significance to membership in Phi Sigma Kappa than just our weekly Monday night meetings and monthly philanthropy events. This goal can also be achieved through well attended events, where our members can meet and talk to alumni, hear their stories, and see how deeply they care about the de-velopment of the Eta chapter. Finally, we believe that with the great wealth of knowledge and real world experience our alumni pos-sess, a very worthwhile goal is to provide a program for our under-

graduates to receive and absorb the knowledge and experience of our alumni in a one-on-one fashion. We have set a goal of initiating a Mentoring pro-gram that we hope to have in place at some point in the semester, as it will be of great benefit to our colony members in numerous ways. Past Experiences With Alumni Even though this colony was only established one year ago, many Alumni have come to various events to support the brothers and meet potential members. This would not be possible without the (continued on page 24)

Getting to meet Alumni

helped us solidify our

choice to join Phi Sig.


Let’s Get Things Started (cont. from page 23)

strong leadership shown by the Advisory Board. In fact, we went to a rush event held at the Cor-nerstone Grill in April before we associated with the fraternity. This event was the first that we attended. In addition to socializ-ing with a bunch of the brothers, we also got to meet a lot of the alumni, who quickly introduced themselves and were very friendly. Getting to meet these Alumni helped solidify our choice to join because these men gave us a glimpse of what our future could hold as a potential member of Phi Sigma Kappa: success and brotherhood. Later in the year, many of the brothers continued to bond with the Alumni at a Nationals Baseball game and then a cookout at Tim’s house where we discussed the Colony’s future. The alumni taught us many fun traditions and told us cool stories from their college experiences in the frater-nity. We really enjoyed hearing about the Eta chapter’s history. Looking to the Future The Fall 2010 semester is going to be a very crucial one for Phi Sigma Kappa. We hope that we continue to receive Alumni sup-port as we enter the school year. Although we recruited a good number of people last year, and are hoping to greatly increase those numbers this fall through football game tailgates, home-coming, and other rush events. The brothers would also love to get to know even more alumni, and learn about how brotherhood transcends college, and is a lifelong connection.

Eta Colony atEta Colony at--aa--GlanceGlance Name Grad Yr. Major Hometown High School Derrick Abban ‘12 Government Columbia, MD Long Reach Omer Ad ‘12 Chemistry North Bethesda, MD Walter Johnson Bunty Bhatia ‘13 Mech. Engineering Frederick, MD Urbana Gavin Bedell ‘13 Accounting East Islip, NY East Islip Nathan Blaker ‘11 Accounting Chapel Hill, NC Hidden Valley Sean Bur ‘12 Kinesiology Rockville, MD Gonzaga Dom Cercone ‘12 Biology Wexford, PA Central Catholic Adam Elbaz ‘12 Mech. Engineering Merrick, NY Sanford H. Calhoun Chris Flood ‘13 Aerospace Eng. Elkton, MD Salesianuum (Wilmington DE) Jay Gobeil ‘12 Int’l. Business Kennebunk, ME Cheverus (Portland ME) Zach Gorrell ‘12 Economics Ipswich, MA Ipswich Eric Harvey ‘12 Government Columbia, MD Long Reach Marcus Hobson ‘13 Criminology LaPlata, MD North Point Scott Hoffman ‘13 Political Science Silver Spring, MD Gonzaga Ryan Kief ‘12 History Eden, MD Snow Hill Jonathan Lee ‘13 Letters & Sciences Belle Mead, MD Montgomery Garrett Lewis ‘12 Criminal Justice Camp Hill, PA Camp Hill Jared Lindenberg ‘12 Mktg & Acctg Scotch Plains, NJ Scotch Plains - Fanwood Brian Longacre ‘12 Mil. Hist. & Diplomacy Silver Spring, MD Good Counsel Benny Magno ‘12 Journalism Gaithersburg, MD Gaithersburg Scott Manski ‘12 General Biology Reisterstown, MD Beth Tfiloh Dahan Comm. Mark Matovich ‘12 Enviro. Science Adamstown, MD Tuscarora Seth McCullough ‘13 Civil Engineering Denton, MD North Caroline Mark Megaw ‘13 Communications Wayne, PA Radnor Cameron Merriman ‘12 Physics & Astron. Marydel, MD North Caroline Chris Monteil ‘11 Bio. Sciences Sykesville, MD Century Charles Ng ‘12 BioChemistry Perry Hall, MD Perry Hall Andrew Roberts ‘12 Fire Prot. Eng. Perry Hall, MD Perry Hall Roshan Shah ‘12 Biology Rutherford, NJ Rutherford Jonathan Shover ‘11 Marketing Camp Hill, PA Camp Hill Cameron Vollmuth ‘13 Accounting Great River, NY East Islip

Alumni Chair Zach Gorrell Alumni Co-Chair Scott Hoffman Athletics Chair Chris Flood Brotherhood Chair Garrett Lewis Brotherhood Co-Chair Mark Megaw Chartering Chair Omer Ad Chartering Co-Chair Gavin Bedell Community Service Chair Scott Manski Community Svc Co-Chair Eric Harvey Cornerstones Chair Andrew Roberts

President Jay Gobeil Vice President Adam Elbaz Secretary Dom Cercone Treasurer Roshan Shah Sentinel Mark Matovich Inductor Ryan Kief Fundraising Chair Jonathan Shover Homecoming Chair Cameron Vollmuth Philanthropy Chair Chris Monteil Recruitment Chair Nathan Blaker Recruitment Co-Chair Jonathan Lee Recruitment Co-Chair Eric Harvey Scholarship Chair Jared Lindenberg Scholarship Co-Chair Cameron Merriman Social Chair Charles Ng Social Co-Chair Benny Magno

Eta ColonyEta Colony OfficersOfficers

Hail the Evergrowing ThrongHail the Evergrowing Throng


Eta Colony Eta Colony in Actionin Action

Clockwise (from top left): At the Colony Retreat, future “captains of industry” enjoy a stogie; At the Washington National’s Game; Dom addresses the Colony; Jay and Zach during a meeting; The Colony Cookout; Chris McBeth (Chapter Advisor), Ryan Kief (V.P.) and Jay Gobeil (President) at the Colony Retreat; The sign in the Alumni Center says it all...Eta is coming back strong!

For the NEXT Issue of The THIRD DEGREE

We Want The Story Behind the STRIKE

This photo, which originally appeared in the Baltimore News-American, and which is reproduced here with the permission of the News American Collection, Special

Collections, University of Maryland Libraries, was recently featured in an exhibit detailing the times and

tribulations of the University during the protests against the Vietnam War.

Now, after several decades have passed, The THIRD DEGREE is searching for information on

how the word “STRIKE” came to be painted on the roof of #7 Fraternity Row.

Your identity is safe with us, and no names will be divulged without your permission. But, if you have the

story behind this rooftop billboard, we’d like to share the story with our Brothers in our next issue. And we’d like to

share the story with University Archivist Anne S. K. Turkos, whose articles can be seen in each issue of

Terp magazine.

If you have the story, or even a bit of the story, please let us know by e-mailing us at [email protected]


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Alumni Notes Bob Margulies, ‘54, active in the Chapter from 1950-1954, was an officer in the U.S. Air Force from 1954-1957, stationed in the Far East and in the U.S. He married Janine Clark and has three sons from a previous marriage. After being employed for 41 years in Intelligence, Customer Satisfaction, and Strategic Planning, he retired from Boeing, and now writes novels about espionage, terrorism, and romance. Bob also writes lyrics to songs and, using the stage name Bobby Margo, formed a singing group, JUST.US.THREE, which performs at parties and events. Bob and Janine live in Tustin, California. Allen S. Kogut, ‘75 writes: Since I left #7 Fraternity Row (a place I hold emotionally as the sanctuary of my youth), I served six years in the United States Marine Corps, obtained a M.A. from College Park, moved to Baltimore, and became a Baltimore Police Officer, retiring after 20 years of service at the rank of Major. I met my wife, Maureen, early in my policing career and have been married twenty-seven years and have six children (five boys and one girl). I reside, and have for the last 25 years, in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

Editor’s Note: More than a few of our readers will fondly remember Brother Kogut as our Chapter Advisor...are you one of them?

Thomas M. Russell, ‘52 writes: I graduated BS in Civil Engrineer-ing and married Mary Jane (nee Doane) who was a member of Gamma Phi Beta. I was a found-ing member, and later served as President of the Montgomery County Chapter of UM Alumni Association. I retired from the Marine Corps HQ as Aviation Facilities Planner and was a part of the original planning group for the Washington Metro Rail (WMATA). I also worked at Goddard Space Flight Center in the planning and construction of the Apollo Tracking Stations. I’m now retired and living on Fripp Island, in South Carolina. Frank Zurmuhlen, ‘53 writes: Since my retirement in 1989 from a rewarding commercial aviation career, I remain active flying our technically advanced Cirrus air-craft. Though eight years a wid-ower I still enjoy our waterfront home in Annapolis Maryland and, thanks to my beautiful wife, also have an incredible beach property in Bethany Beach Dela-ware. Pleasantly busy, enjoying life, involved with family and friends I am immensely grateful that all eight of my children and five beautiful grandchildren are sharing and keeping me full of verve. I can always be reached at [email protected] and welcome your e-mails.

Live a good life... and in the end, it's not the

years in a life, it's the life in the years.

Mike Stevenson, ‘62 writes: Since our last reunion which was held in Ocean City, I learned to play the bass guitar. I hooked up with some neighbors in our 55+ community to form a band. The name of the band is "Banned from Central Parke." There are eleven of us including three vo-calists, one of which is my wife Barbara. Our Playlist is varied including old rock n' roll, country and standards. We do volunteer performances at Assisted Living Facilities and functions here in our community. We also have a standing monthly paying gig at The Chalkboard Tavern in South Bethany Beach. Check out our website: www.bannedfromcentralparke.com. Dave Lloyd,‘51 sends this hello from Ocean Pines Maryland. I was quite fortunate to become the Eta Chapter Advisor after gradua-tion, enabling me to continue a close association with the broth-ers for many additional years. While many have gone on to the Chapter Eternal, there are still several that I keep in touch with. I am looking forward to news from those brothers that I knew over those years and have lost touch with. So I am hopeful that many will respond to the Alumni re-quest for updates. Tom Morgan, ‘59 is living in Seal Beach, California with his wife, Chris. He’s retired from corporate life and has been (continued on page 30)


Allen S. Kogut ‘75 (see page 27) sends his best from Glen Burnie, Maryland


Frank Zurmuhlen ‘53 (see page 27) looks forward to hearing from you!

Mike Stevenson ‘62 (see page 27) is making music down at the beach.

The The OtherOther “Fridge”“Fridge”

Did you know that J. Edward Thomas '45 served during World War II with “The Red Circle” - the 71st

Division - at one time a part of Patton’s 3rd Army, in the liberation of Europe? Ned still moves fast, he was the 16th

Brother to become a Sustaining Member and contribute to the revitalization of the Eta Alumni Association. Ned is now

living in Greenville, South Carolina and sends his best wishes to all Phi Sigs!

Drew Cameron ’89 is a founding member of the Contractor Consultants of America (CCA), a Coach & Consult Partner of the Service Roundtable and member of Air Conditioning Contractors of America (ACCA). Drew is currently single and is actively seeking a happy relationship with a woman between 28-40, so any assistance with referrals would be greatly appreciated. He is quite the catch.

Jim Starnes ‘55 (see page 30) is an author - with a Book and a Website you’ll want to see!

Michael Boulavsky ‘77 (see page 30) has two Division I athletes in his family!

Get your photo on the Fridge in the next Alumni Notes !


Blue Devils 4 Ever


Alumni Notes (cont. from Page 27)

running their family-owned Woman's Gym in Seal Beach with his wife and one of their daughters since 1996. Tom gave up sailing his Catalina 38 on the Pacific Ocean some 5 years ago to focus on photography (now fully digital). The left coast and its neighboring states have end-less scenic opportunities. Tom spent 18 years at Bausch & Lomb where he began by developing instruments for their Analytical Systems Division. After success-fully expanding the division's analytical line of products, he reached his self-described "level of incompetence" and was made VP of Marketing, Sales, & Ser-vice for the division. After sev-eral other hi-tech industry hitches, the call of retirement and of sunny weather, year-round sailing, beaches, palm trees, and distant mountains somehow con-vinced him to leave upstate NY where the annual snowfall in inches exceeds the number of days (by a lot) available for sailing. Author! Author! Brother Jim Starnes, ‘55 is the author of a book, titled “Congress Gone Wild™” subtitled “Our Whores on the Shores of the Potomac”, a “ ‘do-it-yourself’ manual for a thoroughly angered and aroused citizenry to purge the Legislative Branch of our government of the incompetence, ineptitude, deceit, chicanery and fraud that has been so damaging to the American way of life. Learn more about the book, and it’s author at Jim’s web site www.congressgonewild.us

Texas-sized bragging rights are due to Michael Boulavsky ’ 77, and his bride, Jacqui, on the ac-complishments of their daughter, Suzy, a Junior Pre-journalism major and standout on the Uni-versity of Oklahoma Sooners’ Volleyball team. A 2009 member of the Academic All-Big 12 Team, Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week on Oct. 19th, and named an All-Central Region honorable mention selection by the American Volleyball Coaches Association in 2009, Suzy also received her team's Most Valu-able Player award in 2009. Her sister, Jessica, a 2010 graduate of Rice University, was also a stand-out Division I athlete as a mem-ber of the Owls volleyball team, and named a 1st Team member of the Academic All-American Team. Both of these young women refer to another Eta Alumni, Leon Boulavsky ‘75, as “Uncle”. Our best wishes and prayers for a speedy recovery go out to Bill Walsh ‘77, who underwent back surgery at Johns Hopkins Univer-sity Hospital and is, reportedly, highly motivated to get up and around quickly so as to be present and accounted for at upcoming tailgate events. His wife, Sheryl, should also be remembered in our prayers as she tends to Bill during his recuperation. (“Bazinga!”)

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Answering the question most often asked by Eta Alumni

during the past two months:


SAVE THIS DATE

3.12.113.12.11

These are all the known helmet variations used by the Terrapins of the University of Maryland during the pe-riod 1959 to present.

1 In all the color pictures seen showing this helmet de-sign, the terrapin appears to be primarily yellow, but it is possible that a mostly brown or perhaps red version may have also been used briefly (some photographs seem to indicate a darker-colored terrapin). It appears that most players wore black numerals on either side of the middle stripes on both the fronts and backs of their helmets during this period.

2 A slightly different numeral style may have been used in 1966 than was used during the earlier period, and nar-row red stripes may have been used between the black and yellow stripes during 1966.

3 The decal on this helmet represents the Maryland state flag. This design was used in 1967 during at least games 2, 3, and 7 against Syracuse, N.C. State, and Clemson, respectively. The red helmet with black stripes was used during at least game 9 against Virginia.

4 For the 2009 home game against Virginia Tech, Mary-land altered parts of its helmet design by replacing the color red with a military camouflage pattern. This was done to support the Wounded Warrior Project, a not-for-profit organization that provides programs and services for injured service members and their families. A tip of the hat and sincere thanks to Charles Arey and The Helmet Project. See more about football helmets of every kind at:

www.nationalchamps.net/Helmet_Project


1959 - 1962

HELMET HISTORY

1963 - 19651 19662 19673

1967 1968 1969 1970

1971 1972 - 1981 1982 - 1990 1991

1992 - 1996 1997 - 2000 2001 - November 14, 20094


HELP US FIND A LOST BROTHER

We have no idea where to look for the Brothers listed below and we

need your help. Please scan the list and let us know the best

way we can reach them! Donald J. Fugitt 1940 John E. Lane 1940 Charles F. Parvis 1940 Thomas W. Riley 1940 John P. Wade 1940 Hugh P. Downey 1941 James B. Burnside 1941 Francis A. Smith 1941 Thomas E. Watson 1941 Shelton R. Clemmer 1942 Charles T. Crouch 1942 John K. Custis 1942 Neal Dow 1942 Kenneth J. Evans 1942 Nathan L. Giles 1942 John T. Harrison 1942 Elmer S. Johnson 1942 William L. Katzenberger 1942 Frank H. Machin 1942 Donald J. Kendall 1943 Henry D. Lambert 1943 Lloyd S. Noel 1943 William P. Brownell 1944 James D. Crammond 1944 Howard S. Gossage 1944 Charles H. Jones 1944 William H. Myers 1944 Robert E. Ryan 1944 Edward M. Smith 1944 Maurice B. Wehr 1944 Eugen E. Clark 1945 Donald C. Deitrick 1945 Paul A. Detamble 1945 Henry K. Dierkoph 1945 William J. Donnelly 1945 Harry E. Flook 1945 William J. Nolan 1945 Louis W. Strickland 1945 David D. Thoma 1945 David C. Hill 1948 James D. Moore 1949 Ronald O. Nordeen 1949 Lewis F. Stilson 1949 Dino Formant 1951 Fred C. Mattern 1952

George F. Allenbach, Jr. 1955 Lindsay D. Norman, Jr. 1959 R. Louis Nappi 1963 David J. Carpin 1964 Charles M. Landreau 1965 Charles P. Given 1970 Wick T. Harlan 1971 Mitchell A. Roffer 1971 Charles T. Agnew 1972 George A. Gellenthin 1972 James J. Kirling 1972 Kenneth C. Kohler 1972 Kenneth W. Rollins 1972 Louis J. Sansone 1972 Ralph R. Varn 1972 Kenneth T. Kelley 1973 Dale M. Knain 1974 William S. Thompson 1974 Frank D. Cornell 1975 Alan M. Heatwole 1975 Michael Knapp 1975 Thomas M. Omick 1975 Michael D. Robinson 1975 Mikel R. Ryan 1975 James P. Donahue 1976 Curtis R. Graham 1976 David G. Idas 1976 Eric W. Kramer 1976 Edwin L. Lamont 1976 Michael W. Miller 1976 Daniel S. Newell 1976 Donald W. Olson 1976 Paul W. Welsh 1976 Eugene A. Atwell 1977 Roger L. Collins 1977 Steven A. Randal 1977 Charles E. Seaman 1977 Michael D. Elliott 1978 Michael H. Yates 1978 James L. Brown 1979 Robert M. Donahue 1979 Eric J. Lunchick 1979 Robert D. Simon 1979 Ronald Chen 1980 Gary R. Kull 1980

Derek E. Millis 1980 Michael J. Mondonedo 1980 Ian P. Nelson 1980 Michael T. O'Neill 1980 Peter Scalone 1980 Hugh E. Grunden 1981 Mark A. Knoblach 1981 William Smith 1981 John R. Larkin 1982 Thomas E. Marin 1982 John L. Reagan 1982 Daniel S. Rogers 1983 Gregg Campbell 1984 Michael Conrad 1984 Eric J. Hogan 1984 Michael S. House 1984 Charles D. Harbin 1985 Michael T. McLean 1985 Samuel Palmer 1985 Mitchell L. Rand 1985 Todd J. Adwar 1986 Alan B. Chasan 1986 Francis A. DiGraci 1986 Michael H. Gold 1986 John A. Hesse 1986 Rodell Villamore 1986 Gregory S. Meyers 1987 Scott D. Austin 1988 Robert B. Cutchen 1988 Richard E. Hilton 1988 Paul E. Kelsey 1988 Patrick L. McNamara 1988 Nicolas G. Slenkovich 1988 Edward W. Kinsella 1989 Douglas B. Bellet 1990 John A. Bolton 1990 Greg P. Collins 1990 David A. Etzel 1990 Sean D. Maderas 1990 Arthur J. Bryce 1991 Gary P. Hahn 1991 Glenn A. Hall 1991 Adam S. Butera 1992 Brian J. DuBois 1992 Archie Luna 1992

Jason Adams 1993 Scott A. Bredow 1993 Jason C. Choudary 1994 Glenn C. Hillman 1994 David C. Waclo 1995 Bryan Eicens 1996 David P. Howard 1996 Brian M. Machiran 1996 Leo E. Gallagher 1997 Todd S. Knowlton 1997 Brian D. Parsons 1997 Jason C. Weiner 1997 Gabriel R. Gant 1999 Michael Dillon Kautz 1999

If you see a Brother on this list and can provide us with an address, or a phone number, or even an e-mail address, please let us know! You can: Send an e-mail to

[email protected], or

Drop us a note at 12806 Silverbirch Lane Laurel, MD 20708

If you’d like to volunteer to research these brothers, attempt to learn their where-abouts, and share with us the results of your quest, we’d love to hear from you.

Any assistance is greatly appreciated!

Thank you!


Upcoming EventsUpcoming Events Sponsored by the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

September 19, 2010 2 - 6 pm

Alumni Cookout at the Alumni Cookout at the Hoffman RanchHoffman Ranch

in Silver Spring, Maryland

Come Meet the Colony Members Reunite with Fraternity Brothers Help with Eta Colony’s Fall Rush

An RSVP is Required to Todd and Ann Hoffman to receive the location for this special event.

Send an E-Mail to [email protected]

october 2, 2010 time: tba

Maryland Maryland vs. vs. DukeDuke

Alumni TailgateAlumni Tailgate in College Park, Maryland

RSVP to [email protected] to receive event time and location and/or to offer assistance/support.

november 13, 2010 time: tba

Maryland Maryland @@ VirginiaVirginia

Watch the GameWatch the Game Location: TBA

RSVP to [email protected] to receive event time and location and/or to offer assistance/support.

STAY TUNED FOR MORE in 2011 !

Alumni Golf Tournament !Alumni Golf Tournament ! Founder’s Day / Charter Night !Founder’s Day / Charter Night !

Grand Fall Reunion !Grand Fall Reunion ! Be sure to enable our E-Mail address ([email protected]) so you’ll receive

Breaking News from the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa

Chapter Eternal

Amick, John R. (Jack) ‘56 Armstrong, Jasper H., Jr. (Jay) ‘51 Balys, Peter ‘65 Barr, Richard ‘44 Bounds, Wilson R. (Bob) ‘63 Bourne, Thomas B., IV ‘50 Boyd, Donald M. ‘44 Brentlinger, James E. ‘50 Bright, III, William H. ‘59 Clagett, Joseph Donald ‘50 Clagett, Robert ‘53 Clow, Richard B. ‘64 Cogswell, Guy U., Jr. ‘50 Connaughton, Michael O. ‘65 Cottrill, Bradley L. ‘84 Crisp, William ‘64 Cummins, William P. (Bill) ‘60 Donmoyer, Leonard ‘66 Duffey, Jerry O. ‘64 Dugan, Charles E. (Chuck) ‘52 Dumond, Donald R. ‘55 Dumond, Jon C. ‘57 Durkee, John F. (Fritz) ‘52 Dyer, Charles ‘51 Faller, George C., Jr. ‘57 Flynn, Carl E. ‘55 Franklin, William G. ‘54 Gaylor, George W. ‘51 Giblin, Edward ‘68 Gilmore, Edward J. (Ed) ‘63 Guida, Vince M. H’66 Gundersdorff, Raymond K. (Ray) ‘62 Hames, Stanley W. ‘57 Hammond, N. Carter ‘21 Hansen, William C. ‘50 Harrell, George W. ‘56 Hart, Harry M. ‘56 Hayes, Eldridge K., Jr. ‘52 Hazard, Robert G. ‘56 Hoffman, Thomas F. (Tom) ‘58 Holland, Jesse Graham ‘56 Hovermale, Howard W. ‘53 Howes, Ross E. ‘52 Hutchinson, John L. ‘42 Hyde, John K. ‘50 Jackson, Harvey T. ‘50 Johnson, Lawrence ‘67 Kendall, Del H. ‘51 Kettenbach, Carl W. ‘51 Lanham, Paul T. ‘40 Lebold, John ‘66 Leius, Ivar ‘56 Lescalleet, Thomas M. (Tom) ‘50 Ludwig, Charles H. ‘35 Mackie, Harold W. ‘59

Madden, Philip A. ‘52 Maul, Robert P. ‘49 McCarl, Clayton S., ‘52 McDonald, Arthur J. ‘51 McGinley, Robert F. ‘52 McHugh, Brian ‘69 Miller, Silas A. ‘50 Moran, Patrick T. (Tom) ‘56 Morgan, III, Henry W. (Bill) ‘56 Morris, David P. ‘50 Neikirk, James E. ‘53 Nelson, Leslie C. H’54 Norair, Richard H. ‘51 Palmer, Bruce ‘54 Peluso, Brian C. ‘92 Picha, Frank Q. ‘56 Pinholster, James W. ‘59 Prettyman, James M. (Jim) ‘58 Proctor, John M. ‘60 Raley, William E. ‘52 Reed, Jay H. ‘57 Rubach, Karl R. ‘54 Ruffner, Melvin S. ‘50 Rysavy, Moia A. (Mike) ‘52 Schreiner, Gary N. ‘57 Sclafani, Augustus ‘67 Serra, Robert C. ‘52 Sharpe, Robert E. (Bob) ‘58 Simpson, William ‘52 Sincell, John C. ‘59 Smith, Bruce E. ‘68 Smith, James M. ‘54 Smith, Ralph O. ‘56 Stanford, Edward A. ‘65 Steger, Lyall ‘52 Swain, Donald W. ‘54 Tischler, Mark J. ‘79 Turkal, Donal ‘50 Turpin, Owen W., Jr. ‘56 Utman, Ronald ‘50 Vogel, Frederick D. (Fred) ‘53 Walsh, Richard,‘65 Warfield, David K., III ‘58 Weaver, Roger A. (Rog) ‘56 West, William V. ‘41 Weigel, Charles A., Jr. ‘50 White, Theodore W. (Ted) ‘61 Wickard, Charles E. (Charlie) ‘56 Williams, Edward W. ‘50 Williamson, Hal W. ‘58 Willis, William D., Jr. ‘58 Wilson, William B. (Bruce) ‘62 Wright, Edward ‘52 Wright, Robert M. ‘44

The following brothers have been reported as deceased. Please send any updates or corrections to this list to Wayne Bethards, 10521 Morning Wind Lane, Columbia, MD

21044-2416, [email protected], 410-730-2173.


Front Cover: Grace M. Criscuoli Inside Front Cover: SIGNET Cover by Kathy Cannady. Phi Sigma Kappa Int’l Headquarters Pages 1 and 2: Grace M. Criscuoli Page 6: Courtesy of Bob Pemberton Page 7: Navy Mascot - U.S. Navy photo by Lt. Cmdr. Jane Campbell Chloroform Bottle - www.choloroform.co.uk Page 8 - Nimitz Library Archives, United States Naval Academy Page 9 - policebadgestore.co.uk Page 10 & 11 - Courtesy of James Starnes, and Mark and Frank Zurmuhlen Page 11 - Adm, C. Turner Joy - Official U.S. Navy Photograph, Courtesy of the National Archives; Vice Admiral’s Flag - www.crwflags.com Page 12 - Route Signs - Courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org; 1938 Dodge Business Coupe - Courtesy of www.carpictures.com; Newspaper Photo - Courtesy of James Starnes, and Mark and Frank Zurmuhlen Page 13 - Newspaper Articles - Courtesy of James Starnes, and Mark and Frank Zurmuhlen; Dr. Harry Clifton "Curley" Byrd 1952 Yearbook Photo, Page 9 Courtesy of Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries Page 14 - Phi Sigma Kappa - 1952 Year-book Photo, Courtesy of Special Collec-tions, University of Maryland Libraries; Secretary of the Air Force Seal - Courtesy of freeclipartnow.com Page 15 - 17: Joseph E. Criscuoli Page 18 and 19 - Courtesy of the Subject Page 21 - Joseph E. Criscuoli Page 23 - Courtesy of the Subjects Page 25 - Courtesy of Dr. Drury G. Bagwell and Tim Vojtasko Page 26 - Reprinted with permission of the News American Collection, Special Collections, University of Maryland Libraries Page 28 - 29 - Photos - Courtesy of the subjects thereof, except the 71st Division patch, courtesy of commons.wikimedia.org Page 30 - Courtesy of www.hjgreek.com Page 33 - Courtesy of www,buildables.com Page 34 - Bonfire - www.maltedmedia.com Page 36 & Back Cover - Grace M. Criscuoli

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Signing Off The

THIRD DEGREE could very well be published four times a year by the Eta Alumni

Association of Phi Sigma Kappa if the financial support is there to allow

it. Barring the emergence of the support necessary, future editions

may be limited to Sustaining Members only, the publication may be reduced to an all black and white document, or the publication may be available only as a digital document available for downloading from the

internet.

Subscription rates for the USA: a minimum of $35.00 per year, of

which only $30.00 is retained by your Alumni Association. Larger donations

are eagerly sought. Subscription requests and donations, along with

an Alumni Data Sheet should be sent to: Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa, 12806 Silverbirch

Lane, Laurel, MD 20708

This publication was written and designed without any financial cost to

the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma Kappa, beyond those

associated with reproduction and mailing, and was produced

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Unless otherwise indicated, the Eta Alumni Association of Phi Sigma

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Association of Phi Sigma Kappa.

By these things we stand.


C ongrats! We’ve both made it through to the end of the first issue of our Alumni Newsletter. I dunno, I feel pretty good about it, how about you?

Now, having come to this point in the publication, you’re probably wondering, “OK, so what’s next?” And you deserve an honest answer. The answer is: ‘It’s completely up to you.”

What’s on my wish list? Well, I’d like to see a large alumni turnout at each of our upcoming events. I’d like to see everyone who reads this column or who received our first “Letter to the Alumni” to complete an Alumni Data Sheet and become a Sustaining Member. I’d like the “Lost Brothers” to be found. And I’d like to watch Maryland Football from a Private Suite in Tyser Tower at Capital One Field at Byrd Stadium.

I have simple needs. And I’m flexible. So, I’m willing to give up on the Suite in Tyser Tower.

Your Executive Committee is already hard at work interfacing with the Colony and the Advisory Board, developing events to benefit alumni, undergraduates and our Rush programs, and putting funds in the bank to enable us to sponsor a memorable Charter Night event and assist with the purchase of a new home for Eta.

I hope I can count on your support in building the financial resources of your Alumni Association. I hope that you have enjoyed this publication, and that you will want to join your Brothers in support of our efforts.

We have far to go - a good deal farther than we’ve gone to-date.

And we need to keep moving.

Joseph E. Criscuoli, ‘82, Editor

ALUMNI DATA SHEET

Any amount will be most welcome and greatly appreciated. If your donation is $35 or more, we will list you as a Member of our association and remit $5 to our Fraternity’s Headquarters in your name, which will qualify you as a Sustaining Member - and also provide you with a one-year subscription to the Signet magazine.

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A couple of years ago Eta Chapter was nowhere. No House. No Alumni. Nowhere to be found. But now there’s a Colony, a new effort to revitalize the Alumni Association, and a new sense of purpose. Now is the time to become a

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