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

I—Alumni Clubs
Alumni Academy
provides education,
networking
Phi DeltaTheta held its very first Alumni Academy May 21-23
in Oxford.Thirty alumni club officers, faculty and General Headquarters
staff attended the three-day event.
Faculty addressed a wide range of topics of concern to
alumni, including publications, undergraduate relations, club development,
and alumni programming. Dr. Bill Dean, George
Lankow, Glen Cary, Fred Green, Greg Soska, Bob Deloian, and
Dr. Richard Wright presented educational sessions.
The seminars provided information about how to assess the
needs of area alumni and to provide services and events that
would appeal to them.
"One of the things I got out of it was the evolutionary
Top: alumni club delegates at
the opening session of the
Alumni Academy at the
General Headquarters
Building; bottom: alumni,
staff, and faculty enjoy a
stages of alumni, and ways
clubs can successfully compete
with the many other things in
an alumnus' life," said Chris
Huelsman, president of the
Cincinnati Alumni Club.
The networking opportunities
were almost as
important as the seminars.
Club delegates used time to
brainstorm, share insights, and
see how other clubs function.
Many delegates promised to
keep in touch and continue to
exchange ideas.
"The most important thing
was sharing ideas between people from different alumni clubs,"
Huelsman said."I learned a lot from the older alumni."
Conrad Thiede, the new director of alumni services at General
Headquarters is already planning similar alumni club
programming for the General Convention next summer. •
Above: Emerald City Alumni
Club member, Capt.John
Middleton, U.S.N, (ret.),
Idaho '32, commanded four
submarines during World War
II. He had a "non-reg "Naval
Academy ring made with
OA© engraved in its center.
Coachella Valley, Ariz
Contact: Frank Marshall
619 346-344!
The club held its Founders
Day Banquet on AprU 1 at
the Palm VaUey Country
Club. Twenty Phis attended.
The guest speaker was Brian
Malic, chapter adviser for the
Phis at Cal. Riverside.
Three Golden Legionnaires
were inducted: Jim
Stewart, Richard Drews, and
CecU Jones.
Emerald City,Wash.
Contact: Jim Richards
206 344-6517
What a turnout! Eighty-seven
Phis representing 37 different
chapters attended the Emerald
City Alumni Club's first
Founders Day on June 11 at
the Washington Athletic Club
in Seatde. The "distant
chapters" alumni club used its
Emerald City: Wash. State
class of'32 Phis Robert Bush,
Steve Saunders &Leo Thomas
first anniversary luncheon to
honor those Phis who had
been members for 50, 55, 60,
65, and 70 years.
Steve Isaacson, Washington
State '80, and five other
Phis Ut the six candles, starting
the ceremonies. Dr.
Edward Whipple, Hanover
'74, president of the General
CouncU, presided over the
Golden Legion ceremony,
Emerald City: George Weber
& Bill Hammond meet
Province President Ron Smith.
honoring: Marvin O.
Christman, DePauw '42;
Charles A. Claridge, British
Columbia '42; Edward J.
Devaney, Oregon '43; Roger
C. Wiley, Oregon '43; S. Thomas
Conlan Jr., Stanford '43;
Arthui: W. Gough, Washington
State '42; Ralph C. Olsen,
M/r'4fJ; and Robert F
Teddy, California.
PaUadian charms were
presented to: (70 year)
188 The ScroU