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

Chapter Grand
Bruce T. Woodell ('52),
died August 25 in
Dearborn, MI.
Michigan State
Donald M. Haraier ('38),
died N4ay 28,1991 in
Louisville, KY.
Ray E. Mix ('33), died
January 8,1992 in
Wyandott,MI.
Charles E. Whitney ('35),
died December 25 in Ft
Lauderdale, FL.
Minnesota
Charles W. Roberts ('40),
died January 15,1992 in
Bethesda,MD.
Mississippi
Robert E. Looney Jr. ('53),
died December 17 in
Kingsport,TN.
Missouri
Edward H. Adriance ('29),
died July 9 in Indianapolis, IN.
William A. Hawkins Jr.
('90), died September 20 in
Montgomery City, MO.
Nebraska
George Bastian ('37), died
July 31 in Lincoln, NE. He
vfas past director of alumni
activities and former
executive vice president of
the University of Nebraska
Alumni Assocation. He
also served as president of
the Psi Province, chapter
adviser, president of the
Nebraska Alpha house
corporation and was the
nominating speaker for
Emmett Junge's election as
president of the General
Coundl. Survivors include
a Phi son Jeff Bastian,
Nebraska '68.
North Carolina
Charles N. GigniUiat Jr.
('29), died January 8,1993
in Marietta, GA. He had
been a member of the
Spartanburg Rotary for
more than 50 years.
Survivors include a Phi
cousin, William R., Emory
'40, and a Phi brother,
Thomas M., Daoidson '32.
Joseph L. WeUer Jr. ('29),
died July 2 in Norfolk, VA.
Ohio
Richard W. Kirchner ('28),
died November 22 in
Stuart, FL.
Judge Harold B. LeCrone
('47), died April 3 in
Sarasota, FL.
William W. Leeper ('20),
died October 9 in Adephi,
OH.
Ohio State
J. Crawford Bower Jr. ('29),
died November 1 in
Cincinnati, OH. He was a
retired superintendent of
St. Bemard-Ehnwood Place
Qty School District He
had been a teacher and
principal, serving in the
Ohio Department of
Education, the American
Association of School
Administration, and the
Ohio Superintendents
Association.
Clifford E. Diehl ('29), died
March 16 in Columbus,
OH.
Charles A. Moore ('40),
died September 17 in Ft.
Wayne, IN.
John A. Prior ('35), died
October 14 in Columbus,
OH.
Fairview, NC. He was a
bridge expert and an
attorney in New York Qty.
He beg^n playing competitive
bridge in 1928, cind
over his life contributed to
the theory of the game. He
published Contract Bidding
Tactics at Match-Pomt Play
and ChurchUl's Natural
Bidding Style at Contract
Bridge, both of which
developed original
concepts and added them
to the game. He won the
life Master's Pair Championship
in 1937 and 1948,
and he was known to the
bridge community as the
Grand Old Man of bridge.
Survivors include a Phi
cousin, Leonard L. Faurot,
Ohio State '36, and a Phi
son, Bruce B., Stanford '79.
John A. Rickert ('47), died
October 31 in Youngstown,
OH.
James M. Samuell ('33),
died May 24 in Portsmouth,
OH. He was a
former dean of men at
Muskingum College, he
had retired as a vice
president of Marting's in
Portsmouth, Ohio, after
being with the company for
40 years.
Oklahoma
Leonard H. Savage ('28),
died December 1 in
Oklahoma aty, OK.
Survivors include a Phi
nephew, Dan, Oklahoma
'42, a phi great nephew,
Dan C, Oklahoma '70, and a
Phi brother, Royce H.,
Oklahoma '25.
WiUiam R. Sumter ('51),
died July 9 in Litfleton, CO.
OK.
Oregon State
Jerry M. McCafferty ('52)
died November 8,1992
Springfield, OR. He was a
coUegiate long jum^per and
an all-star football player
for the US. Air Force. He
joined US. Steel as an
industrial engineer, later
working for DASA corp.
and Ford Industries. He
then established his own
company. Guideline
Industries in Walnut Creek,
California. A memorial
scholarship fund is being
established through
Oregon State University
Foundation.
Pennsylvania
James D. Foley ('31), died
November 19 in Indianapolis,
IN.
Penn State
Ross P. Shaffer ('38), died
December 21 in ApoUo
Beach, FL. Survivors
include a Phi brother
George H. Shaffer Jr., Penn
State'41.
Pittsburgh
Meryle T. Metzler ('41),
died September 12 in
Atlantis, FL.
Harry W. Riemer ('49), died
November 1 in Harrisburg,
PA. Survivors include a Phi
brother Harry W., Pittsburgh
'49.
J. B. Siedlarz Jr. ('46), died
November 13 in Haverford,
PA.
Purdue
George DashieU ('30), died
March 28 in Phoenix, AZ.
New Mexico
Lewis L. Whiting ('52), died
December 14 in El Paso,TX.
Ohio Wesleyan
S. Garton Churchill ('22),
died December 22 in
Oklahoma State
Fay M. Willis ('51), died
September 29 in Norman,
Randolph-Macon
James T. Trolinger ('26),
died January 2 in Rich-
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