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

At the Founders Memorial
Gateway at the University of
Akron: Bob Biggs, executive
vice president; Paul Martin,
1991 Phi of the Year; Bob
Miller, Foundation president.
president of the Virginia
Academy of Science and a
Oprofessor of
psychology at
tiie Virginia
Beach Campus
of
Tidewater
Dr. O'Brien
Community
CoUege, received
the
1993 Distinguished Scholar in
Psychology Award from the
Virginia Social Science Association
in June. Dr. O'Brien is
the author of more than 60
pubUcations on psychology.
Southern Methodist
R. Scott Carlyon '80, was
recentiy named an associate of
the San Antonio-based law
firm, Baucum
&, Steed.
Carlyon was
formerly the
president and
CEO of Mission
Savings
Scott
Carlyon
Association
of Texas and
the Richard Carlyon Co.,
mortgage bankers.
Syracuse
John
Francis Tighe
'52, fancies
himself the
best "copy
sttategist"
around. A
John Tighe
creator and
writer of junk
maU, Tighe says of his profession:
"We influence people
through the written word. We
make EngUsh stand up on its
hind legs and do tricks. And if
we choose to write junk maU
instead of novels or plays, it's
because the pay is so much
better." Tighe is Uving in
Massachusettes.
UCLA
RusseU Chandler '56,
earned the 1993 Faith and
Freedom Award from ReUgious
Heritage of America, a
national interfaith organization.
Chandler is the former
reUgion editor and writer for
The Los Angeles Times. He
recentiy pubUshed his third
book. Doomsday (see p. 215).
Robert Glenn Ketchum
'70, environmental photographer
and activist, was honored
by UCLA this past summer.
Lady legacies: (left) Robert Morrisons granddaughter, Mrs. Jean
Hatch stands below the portrait of the First Founder at Missouri
Beta; (right) Anna Morrison Kendall, Robert Morrisons great
niece lives in Lakewood, Colo.
receiving an Alumni Award
for ExceUence. He has been
internationaUy recognized for
his work on the environment
and has received the United
Nations Environmental
Achievement Award and the
Ansel Adams Award for conservation
photography. His
next book, Robert Glenn
Ketchum: Legacy ofWildness,
wiU be pubUshed by Aperture
this faU.
Valparasio
Vern H. Curtis '67, accepted
a position as vice
president with New Mexico
Capital Management in Albuquerque,
N.M. Formerly,
Curtis was CEO of New
Mexico's $3 biUion public employees
pension plan.
Vanderbilt
Forbes Inc. recentiy
named Terry Eastland '71, ex-
Justice Department
spokesman under Reagan,
executive editor of
MediaGuide Quarterly, a
magazine evaluating the media,
to be launched this faU.
He wiU also edit Forbes
MediaGuide, an annual book
that wiU evaluate individual
Unexpected meeting: Phis meet during a Crown Odyssey cruise lastyear. W. L. (Shine) Minnick,
Whitman '35; Jack Morrison, Whitman '36; A John Geis, Purdue '53; Howard Collins, Stanford'37.
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