1993 Volume 116 No 1–4 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

Alumni Notes
Diamond Legionnaire
Arthur T. Lee
Emerald City Alumni Club president,
Jim Richards, and director
of alumni services,
Greg Soska, presented
Arthxir T. Lee,
Whitman '17, with a
Diamond Legion pin
inOdober, 1992. Lee
is the last surviving
charter member of '^* "• '-^®
Washington Beta. During World War
I, he earned the Distinguished service
Cross, and the French and Belgian Croix
de Guerres with Palm. •
First Lady of OA0
If ever there was a woman who
had the qualifications to be the
first lady of Phi Delta Theta it is
Gloria Skade of Eugene Oregon. At
the annual gathering of Oregon
Alpha Golden Legiormaires in Bend,
Oregon, the University of Oregon Pi
Gamma Phi announced that she had
more Phi Delt relatives than most of
the members present.
She is the granddaughter of
Dehner Darrah, Hanover 1890,
daughter of Marion Cloud, South
Dakota '15, niece of Wilbur Atkinson,
Hanover 1895, sister of Marion D.
Cloud, Oregon '43, aunt of Herbert
Lombard, Oregon '52, wife of William
Skade, Oregon '42, and mother of
William Skade Jr., Oregon '70. •
Mr. and Mrs. William Skade.
Richard Robinson
Phil Dyer
There are certainly many Phis
involved in Mercer University's
Alumni Association. William O.
Dorough, Mercer '79, president of
Mercer University's Alumni Association,
presented the University's
Distinguished Alumnus Award to
Gen. Emmett W. Bowers (ret.),
Mercer '51. Michael S. Meyer von
Bremen, Mercer '79, former president
of the Alunmi Association, was
awarded the Meritorious Service
Award. James B. Hiers, Mercer '51, is
the association vice president.
Ralph W. Gilbert Jr., Mississippi '62,
was recently promoted to senior vice
president of HDR Engineering, a U.S.
transportation, water, waste, and
energy service company.
W. Michael Lewis, North Carolina
'83, broker-in-charge of the Raleigh,
North Carolina, office of Hagan
Properties, Inc., has been accepted as
an indusfrial affiliate member by the
Society of Industrial and Office
REALTORS®, an international
association of professional commerdal
real estate brokers.
Shelton M. Shepherd, North Carolina
State '91, was nominated by the
Johnson County School System to
receive the Sallie-Mae First-Year
Teacher Award which recognizes 100
outstanding new teachers in the U.S.
Phil Dyer, Oregon State '71, was
elected to serve a two-year term as
state representative for Washington's
5* District. "I was motivated to run
for election, because I was tired of
business-as-usual politics," said
Dyer. "I have an active life, a
wonderful family, and a business
career. I felt it was time to give back
to the community." Because of his
background in health care. Dyer was
appointed the ranking Republican
member of the House Health Care
Committee which is reviewing
statewide reforms.
Edwin J. C. Sobey, Ph.D., Richmond
'69, was chosen as the new executive
director of the Fresno Mefropolitan
Museum. An advocate of stimulating
curiosity in children. Dr. Sobey was
the first director of the National
Invention Center and National
Inventor's Hall of Fame in Akron,
Ohio, where he initiated two national
education programs.
Edward G. Nelson, South '52, was
named to the board of directors of
Fukutake Publishing which recently
acquired Berlitz International in a
February merger. Nelson assisted
Fukutake with the lucrative
acquistition through his firm. Nelson
Capital Corp., which is an adviser to
the Indusfrial Bank of Japan,
Fukutake's principal bank.
Jim McCarthy, Tampa '82, Chi North
province president, was the fraternity
resource person for the Association
of Fraternity Advisors meeting
at Rollins CoUege. He was also a
speaker at the University of Horida
Chapter Advisers Conference.
Baine Kerr, Texas '42, director and
chairman of PennzoU Co., was
honored with Phi Beta Kappa of
Greater Houston Outstanding
Alumnus Award.
Charles O. Galvin, Southem Methodist
'40, Centennial Professor of
Law Emeritus, adjunct professor of
law, and executive in residence at
Vanderbuilt University, recently
received Nothwestern University's
Alumjii Merit Award. The award
recognizes significant achievements
in law. He was cited by Presidents
Kennedy and Johnson for his
contributions to the U.S. Treasury
Department, and he was appointed
to the Commission on Marijuana &
Drug Abuse.
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