Fall 2013
Convention Recap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 4
Chapter Eternal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 7
Missing Fratres . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 8
Eta Celebrates a Centennial . . . . . . . . . page 12
Foundation News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . page 14

David Bogenberger, George Desdunes and Marvell Edmonson were three smart, young men who were accepted into the University of their choice.
They couldn’t have been any happier!
Like most of their student peers, they shared the exciting news with their family and probably posted it via social media to all of their friends. They had their whole life ahead of them; they made plans, they got to school early, they attended Rush week, they received a bid, and they chose to join their favorite fraternity. Sadly and so unnecessarily, these three young men, like too many before them and unfortunately (though definitely preventable) more to come, died at the hands of their so-called “brothers” as a result of Hazing.
Hazing. What is the definition?
haz-ing (noun): the practice of playing unpleasant tricks on someone or forcing someone to do unpleasant things. Hazing is done as part of a ritual that people (such as college students) must go through before they are allowed to become members of a group (such as a fraternity).
Unpleasant? Forcing? These are not the first two words that pop into my head when I think of “brotherhood.” broth-er-hood (noun): feelings of friendship, support, and understanding between people or a group of people who have similar interests.
There’s quite a disconnect between these two definitions.
They do not go together like yin and yang, but more like oil and water. We are better, smarter, and more conscientious than that! We exist to build life-long relationships. There is a reason why 85% of all Fortune 500 Executives and 80% of all US Presidents are/were members of a fraternity. They were supported by their brothers, not tortured by them. They were lifted up, not beaten down.
Our young men are given the opportunity and the privilege of carrying and transferring the torch of YIS brotherhood from one generation to the next. This Octagon takes seriously its obligation to reinforce the fundamental message of responsible, accountable brotherhood. Our Fraternity’s educational leadership programs emphasize this repeatedly
(and annually). It's simple, actually. Hazing tears down, often injures, and sometimes kills. Brotherhood builds up, strengthens bonds, and unites men of integrity and character. That's our Sigma Alpha Mu promise.
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Throughout the year, I have the privilege of traveling around the country to visit a few of our chapters to meet our members, candidates and new initiates. It’s a special opportunity for me to talk with them about the combination of brotherhood, fraternalism and leadership that
Sigma Alpha Mu offers today, same as it has since 1909.
I’m often reminded that most of our undergraduate members never get the chance to meet our International officers or our Fraternity’s professional staff, other than our traveling Expansion & Leadership Consultants (see page 11). They never have the chance to talk substantively with anyone other than their chapter brothers about Sigma
Alpha Mu – and most of the time, that conversation is centered around chapter-specific issues.
Our brotherhood transcends the chapter experience – our common bond runs throughout every chapter in the
Fraternity. Whether we are from New York, Florida,
Texas or California, we are all Sammies. Our values are similar – our goal is to improve our organization at the chapter and national level. My goal, then, is to help every brother I meet understand their opportunity to have the same positive, fraternal experience in YIS that I’ve had… and am still having.
Earlier this fall, I had the pleasure of visiting our Epsilon
Eta chapter at LSU in Baton Rouge. Their house corporation
A new home for the men of Epsilon Eta at LSU.
just finished purchasing a chapter house (see photo) for the men, aided by a loan from the Sigma Alpha Mu Endowment
Fund. The pride, respect and commitment was palpable on that Saturday as undergraduates and alumni gathered to cut the ribbon and dedicate this new Sammy “home.” It was a great time with great men experiencing one powerful perspective of the “mutual moral aid and support” of which we speak in our Creed. Here’s to installing the next chapter and/or dedicating the next Sammy chapter house, wherever that may be. Long live Sigma Alpha Mu.

Founded at the College of the City of New York, November 26, 1909, as a fraternity of Jewish men. For more information on our Chapter Roll, please visit sam.org.
BETA – Cornell
ETA – Syracuse
THETA – Pennsylvania
KAPPA – Minnesota
RHO – Illinois
TAU – Alabama
PSI – Pittsburgh
SIGMA DELTA – Rutgers
SIGMA ZETA – Indiana
SIGMA THETA – Texas
SIGMA IOTA – Michigan
SIGMA SIGMA – California/Berkeley
MU EPSILON – U. of Miami
MU ETA – Drexel
MU THETA – Southern California
MU LAMBDA – Penn State
MU RHO – Rochester
MU CHI – Michigan State
MU PSI – Miami (Ohio)
BETA GAMMA – Arizona
BETA EPSILON – Massachusetts
BETA IOTA – Wisconsin
BETA PSI – Virginia
BETA OMEGA – Kentucky Wesleyan
GAMMA EPSILON – Illinois/Chicago
GAMMA THETA – California/Davis
GAMMA KAPPA – Texas A & M
GAMMA LAMBDA – Northern Illinois
GAMMA RHO – California/San Diego
GAMMA TAU – Florida
GAMMA PHI – Arizona State
GAMMA CHI – Brandeis
GAMMA PSI – Temple
DELTA ALPHA – Hofstra
DELTA BETA – American
DELTA ZETA – Florida International
DELTA ETA – West Florida
DELTA THETA – SUNY-Stony Brook
DELTA PI – Ottawa
DELTA UPSILON – UNLV
DELTA OMEGA – RIT
EPSILON ALPHA – Stephen F. Austin
EPSILON DELTA – Johnson & Wales
EPSILON EPSILON – Geneseo
EPSILON ETA – Louisiana State
EPSILON THETA – West Virginia
EPSILON IOTA – Chapman
EPSILON LAMBDA – Buffalo State
COLONIES:
BETA SIGMA – North Texas
GAMMA IOTA – Towson
CONNECTICUT
Listing of school names does not imply college/university recognition but only notes a chapter’s location.
This winter, the Fraternity will again be hosting a series of Chapter Leaders Day events around the country. While these one-day, drive-in, educational events are for our undergraduates, these six cities and weekend dates are great targets around which to plan alumni events.
Several members of the Official Family travel to attend each CLD as facilitators, and they welcome the opportunity to meet and mingle with alumni
– either later in the day, the evening before, or at a Sunday Brunch. Interested? For more information, contact National Alumni Committee
Chairman, Steve Stern: sstern1054@aol.com
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Teams of Sammies combed the otherwise beautiful Ponte
Vedra beachfront, filling dozens of bags with trash and seaside debris.
Dan Parisi, Senior Associate Director of Foundation
Relations for the Alzheimer’s Association, thanked ƙƈƓ for its collective efforts to raise $52,847 for The Judy
Fund. He also recognized Eta (Syracuse), Gamma Phi
(Arizona State) and Beta Omega (Kentucky Wesleyan) for their chapter achievements.
The new Supreme Council (l. to r.): Supreme Prior Andy
Ahitow, Vice Supreme Prior David Sergi, Supreme Exchequer
Dan Grossberg, and Supreme Recorder Ryan Crossley.
Undergraduates and alumni journeyed to Jacksonville in early August, destined to meet at the Sawgrass Marriott in Ponte Vedra Beach for our annual, fraternal gathering. The weekend provided the perfect balance of Fraternity business and ƙƈƓ camaraderie that spanned eight decades.
The popular Recruitment workshop facilitated by guest presenter Josh Orendi of “Phired Up” kicked off Thursday afternoon’s leadership agenda. In a fun, step-by-step demonstration of theory and application, our men heard and saw how the “personal” component of Recruitment is essential to long-term chapter success. The message hammered home was this: “Emphasize small group interaction to make better connections. Then, be genuine enough to share your
‘story’ (why you chose to join a fraternity and why you chose ƙƈƓ ). Then, be genuine enough to ask for and listen to the young man’s ‘story.’ This proven process ultimately delivers more quality results for your chapter than putting on a big ‘show’ for a few days and expecting wide-eyed First Year students to merely be impressed into wanting to join. Dig deeper – the results are worth the effort… and those impressions last a lifetime.”
Following a casual, opening dinner at poolside, everyone gathered in the ballroom to witness a Model Ritual, conducted exactly as it should be. For some undergraduates whose chapters have strayed away from the powerful, original ceremony, the occasion served as a meaningful reminder. A substantive discussion followed, facilitated by the Supreme Prior.
As evidenced by our cover photo (and upper left), Friday morning found our men taking to the beach to perform their community service project for the
Municipal Service District; a two-hour “Beach Clean-Up” detail. That time together, “giving back to the community,” again reinforced the Recruitment message of making genuine connections to build bonds of brotherhood.
Friday afternoon’s leadership session focused on the necessity for diligence in a chapter’s ongoing Risk Management efforts. Marc Mores, an executive with our liability insurance provider (James. R. Favor & Co.), along with Campus
Safety & Risk Management expert, Kim Novak, tackled the topic of preventing the reckless actions of one or a few brothers from destroying years of chapterbuilding. This thorny issue is addressed annually because there is no shortage of opportunity for careless and irresponsible behavior. And, the media never seems to miss an opportunity to focus on the negative – to question the merit of fraternities and sororities in the 21st Century.
During Saturday’s Convention Business Session, Supreme Prior Marc Perlstein shared details of yet another successful year where the fraternity ran effectively and efficiently with a balanced budget, though not without a few unexpected challenges. Following reports on the state of affairs within the Fraternity, the
Endowment Fund and the ƙƈƓ Foundation, highlights of the legislative session included the passage of items pertaining to:
- Chapter Self-Governing Authority.
- Privileges, Duties & Regulations of Membership.
- Affiliation Requirements.
Election results for the Octagon and Supreme Council were as follows:

Supreme Prior, Andrew M. Ahitow, Iowa ‘95
Vice Supreme Prior, David K. Sergi, Texas A&M ‘82
Supreme Exchequer, Daniel A. Grossberg, Miami OH ‘84
Supreme Recorder, Ryan D. Crossley, Miami OH, ‘01
Consul, Marc E. Perlstein, North Texas ‘71
Consul, Bruce E. Bernstien, T exas ‘71
Consul Martin R. Shapan, Stephen F. Austin ‘97
Young Alumnus Consul, Kristopher A. Khalil,
Lousiana State ‘05
Pictured below, elected to serve on the first Undergraduate
Advisory Committee that will report to the Young Alumnus
Consul, are (l. to r.):
Frydman, (Indiana)
Somerville, (Buffalo State)
Fischer, (Temple)
At Saturday's Convention Banquet, in addition to the
Founders Cup being awarded to Michigan, the Alzheimer's
Association recognized three chapters (with a cash gift) for their philanthropic activity for The Judy Fund; Syracuse,
Arizona State and Kentucky Wesleyan. In a true demonstration of Sammy decency, all three chapters donated their cash prize back to the association.
Before the chapter delegations departed on Sunday, they attended one-on-one Goal Setting meetings with members of the Fraternity’s Official Family, then concluded with a
“Dress for Success” program presented by Men’s Wearhouse.
Sigma Alpha Mu now looks ahead to Convention 2014 in Washington, DC at the JW Marriott, August 8-10.
Mark your calendars and join us for this capital event!
The Founders Cup is a traveling cup.
However, the first chapter to win a particular, individual cup three times gets to retire that cup and assume permanent possession of it.
Since 1914, nine cups have been “retired.” This past August in
Jacksonville, “Cup 10” found a permanent home, too – Ann
Arbor – as Sigma Iota at the University of Michigan won its third Founders Cup in the last four years (2010, 2012, 2013).
Presented to the ƙƈƓ Chapter attaining the most outstanding, all-around record of achievement for that academic year,the
Founders Cup is based on the following criteria; Scholarship, Recruitment, Risk
Reduction, Candidate Education,
Organization & Leadership, Campus
Involvement, Community Service, Financial Management and
Alumni Relations. Sigma Iota perennially excels in all of these categories. More importantly, they never rest on their laurels; there is no room for complacency.
Alan “Moose” Greenberg (President and Treasurer of the House
Corporation) and Dr. Robert Winfield (Chapter Advisor) make sure the chapter never loses sight of the need to constantly improve, even if it’s only incrementally. In recent years, this chapter has become a veritable “Success Machine.” Sigma Iota places high expectations on their men – all 140 of them. Scholarship and campus involvement are high on the list. Candidates know this going in; they rise to the occasion and deliver as expected. And, it’s this very success which then becomes the chapter’s greatest selling point during Recruitment. The cycle perpetuates itself; success begets success.
Sigma Iota openly shares its trusted formula with any ƙƈƓ chapter or colony interested in kicking things up to a new level of excellence.
1. Recruit good men. Plenty exist.
2. “Man’s reach should exceed his grasp.”
3. Treat people fairly. We are brothers.
4. Work hard, work smart… but work!
5. Resist complacency. Never settle.
All smiles upon winning the Founders Cup were (l. to r.) Sigma
Iota Recorder Ari Steier, Vice Prior Chad Cutler and Exchequer
Brandon Reisch.
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Founders Cup
Sigma Iota , Michigan
Honorable Mention:
Beta , Cornell
Supreme Prior’s Award
Delta Eta , West Florida
Jimmy Hammerstein Awards for Best in Province
Empire Province – Beta ,
Cornell
Mid-Atlantic Province – Beta Psi ,
Virginia
Heartland Province – Kappa,
Minnesota
Keystone Province – Gamma Psi,
Temple
Gulf Coast Province – Epsilon Eta ,
Louisiana State
Mountains Province – Gamma Phi ,
Arizona State
Southeast Province – Delta Eta,
West Florida
California Province – Epsilon Iota ,
Chapman
Canada Province – Delta Pi ,
Ottawa
Dr. Alexander Lowy
Scholarship Award
(Top ƙƈƓ Chapter GPA)
Theta , Pennsylvania
Religious Endeavor Award
Gamma Psi, Temple
Rabbi Liebman Award
Samuel Fein , USC
Scholastic Recognition Award
(exceeded Campus All Men’s GPA)
Beta , Cornell
Theta , Pennsylvania
Sigma Delta , Rutgers
Sigma Iota , Michigan
Mu Theta , USC
Mu Psi, Miami (OH)
Gamma Phi , Arizona State
Delta Upsilon, UNLV
Epsilon Epsilon , SUNY-Geneseo
Epsilon Eta , Louisiana State
Publications Award
Beta , Cornell
Sigma Iota , Michigan
Honorable Mention
Delta Zeta, Florida International
Epsilon Theta, West Virginia
Outstanding Community Service
Rho , Illinois
Recruitment Awards
Largest Number of Initiates
Sigma Zeta, Indiana
Honorable Mention
Sigma Theta, Texas
Largest % Change, Initiates
Epsilon Alpha, Stephen F. Austin
Honorable Mention
Beta Iota, Wisconsin
Epsilon Epsilon, SUNY-Geneseo
Largest % Change, Chapter Size
Epsilon Alpha, Stephen F. Austin
Honorable Mention
Mu Chi, Michigan State
Outstanding Prior
Joshua Kolapo , West Florida
Honorable Mention
Brian Flynn , West Virginia
Outstanding Vice Prior
Andrew Plaut , Cornell
Honorable Mention
Daniel Rizk , Miami (FL)
Outstanding Exchequer
Jarred Beckerman , SUNY-Geneseo
Outstanding Recorder
Nathan Vogler , Pittsburgh
Honorable Mention
Ari Steier , Michigan
Undergraduate Achievement Award
Senior Division
Jonathan Weinberg, Cornell
Junior Division
Joshua Fisher, Temple
Sophomore Division
Vincent Michalec, Rochester
Idris Lawal, Ottawa
Outstanding Chapter Advisor
Bob Kimball , West Florida
Outstanding Regional Governor
David Kleppel , Great Lakes Province

Editor's Note: For accuracy and consistency, the year shown after a frater's name is his initiation year, not his graduation year.
Chapter Eternal information comes to the Fraternity Office from sources of varying reliability, and occasionally innocent errors are printed in spite of our best efforts to prevent them. While The Octagonian cannot guarantee the accuracy of Chapter Eternal listings, we continue to publish this feature because readers want it.
Edward E. Shorin (Bucknell ‘44)
Dr. Donald A. Glaser (Case ‘45)
James M. Taub (Case ’45)
Dr. Marvin J. Rassell (Cincinnati ’39)
Peter J. Knoll (Cornell ‘54)
Dr. H. Garry Gardner (Indiana ‘62)
Samuel R. Gershman (Indiana ’61)
Marshall J. Goldsmith (Indiana ’60)
Michael A. Turken (Indiana ’62)
Stan Meisel (Lehigh ’32)
Jeffrey Tarnoff (Lehigh ’67)
Merrill J. Gann (Maryland ’42)
Isidor Handler (Maryland ’34)
Melvin I. Kramer (Maryland ’62)
Paul H. Naden (Maryland ’51)
Scott A. Sandler (Maryland ’86)
Robert M. Stark (Maryland ’48)
Jeffrey R. Tand (Maryland ’67)
Gerald A. Yager (Maryland ’51)
Michael H. Zeitlin (Maryland ’65)
Mark S. Korlin ( Missouri ’70)
Jack R. Krashin (Missouri ’47)
Harvey A. Levy (Missouri ’41)
Herbert M. Rope (Missouri ’42)
David Rosenberg (Nebraska ’42)
Theodore Bernstein (North Carolina
State ’48)
Arnold H. Cohen (North Carolina
State ’58)
Roy S. Azarnoff (NYU ’49)
David C. Forman (Ohio State ’55)
Milton S. Isaacson (Ohio State ’51)
William B. Zitsman (Ohio State ’47)
Sanford Kowitt (Oregon ’46)
Martin H. Brill (Penn State ’50)
William J. Chertok
Michael B. Freedman
Richard P. Tatar
(Pennsylvania ‘47)
(Pennsylvania ‘72)
(Pennsylvania ’43)
William Kahn (Pittsburgh ’46)
Edgar W. Michaels
Richard L. Freeman
Phillip A. Traub
Donald Kantor
Lester A. Goldberg
Donald M. Weill
Carl E. Abramson
Irwin L. Richker
Harry O. Seigel
Sam K. Abdulaziz
Melvin P. Isaacs
Marvin H. Petal
Herman M. Canner
(Pittsburgh ’42)
Aubrey E. Buchalter
(Purdue ’58)
(Purdue ’47)
(San Jose State ’65)
(Syracuse ’44)
(Syracuse ’49)
(Texas ’48)
(Texas ’45)
(Texas ’47)
Dr. Berny F. Rothschild
David M. Schoenfeld
(Texas ’66)
(Toronto ’45)
(UC-Berkeley ’51)
(UCLA ’58)
(Washington ’49)
(Washington ’49)
(Wayne State ’48)
To Fra and Mrs. Eric J. Lewbart,
Penn State ’91, a son and daughter,
Robert Ryan, and Elizabeth Rose
To Fra and Mrs. B.J. Antweil, Texas-
Austin ’01, a daughter, Olivia
To Fra and Mrs. Michael G. Perez ,
Stephen F. Austin ’99, a son, Matthew Isaac
To Fra and Mrs. Adnan N. Darr,
Illinois, Chicago Circle ’99, a son,
Noah Nadeem
To Fra and Mrs.
Paul Shapiro,
USC ’89, a daughter, Stella Rose
Fra Zak K. Barbarosh, Arizona ‘93 and
Jessica Etienne
Fra Scott Freedman, W. Virginia ’06, and Pam Nawrot
Fra Douglas Maxfield, USC ’90 and
Mara Levin
Is it time to start planning your chapter’s next major alumni event? In addition to the significant celebrations below, is your chapter approaching an anniversary ending with a 5 or a zero?
For more information, please contact Lenny Dave, Director of Alumni Services
& Communications, Lennyd@sam.org
or call 888-369-9361 . Even though some of these chapters may no longer exist, the list also provides a glimpse of ƙƈƓ history!
100th Theta, Pennsylvania – 1914
Iota, Kentucky – 1915
Kappa, Minnesota – 1915
75th , Southern
Methodist – 1939
50th Massachusetts
– 1965
Beta Zeta, St. Mary’s – 1965
25th , American – 1989
Delta Gamma , SUNY-
Oneonta – 1989
Delta Delta , Alfred – 1989
Delta Epsilon, Johns Hopkins
– 1990
10th Louisiana State
– 2005
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The Fraternity exerts painstaking, daily effort to maintain an accurate membership database of over 65,000 men from
1909 through today. Yet, people move, change addresses, they don’t notify us, and we lose track of them. Fratres enter our Chapter Eternal but we are never notified. Thus, we can’t honor their memory. For whatever the reason, a frater’s contact information becomes out-of-date…and he loses contact with his Fraternity. He doesn’t receive the
Octagonian or any news from his chapter. He loses touch with his fraternity brothers. Take a look through Part 1 of this partial “Missing” list, sorted by chapter. The year shown is their initiation year. If you have news or contact information to help us locate these men so we can update our database, please send it to editor@sam.org
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ALPHA
Adler, Michael 1966
Akerman, Emanuel 1952
Bloch, Alan J
Cohen, Bob S
1966
1974
Cohen, Raphael 1943
Cohen, Robert E 1947
Cohen, Seymour J 1953
Daly, James H 1963
Davies, Paul G 1954
Edelman, Laurence E 1957
Farber, Jay P 1959
Field, Michael N 1966
Freedman, Morton M 1931
Frisch, Giora R 1959
Gershon, Nathan 1966
Gold, Stuart D 1975
Goldstein, Arthur M 1958
Goldstein, Burt A 1944
Gordon, Melvin 1959
Greenberg, Ernest E 1955
Greenberg, Lee Lind 1969
Gross, Jerrold L 1966
Grossman, Steven 1965
Halpern, David E 1961
Horwitz, Eugene 1938
Jager, Ron A 1974
Kahn, Samuel G 1948
Kaplan, Michael H 1960
Lackenbach, O Cary 1965
Lang, Ira D 1972
Levin, Stephen M 1951
Levine, Alan S 1968
Levy, Howard B 1968
Lieber, Jack 1963
Lieberman, Maurice B 2000
Lieberman, Stevan D 1961
Loring, David A 1966
Lyons, Larry 1928
Mcgee, James R 1971
Meitner, John G 1966
Meyers, David B 1961
Miller, Jack I 1966
Miller, Martin 1952
Mittleman, Samuel K 1932
Moore, Stuart H 1966
Morris, Marvin A 1967
Morse, Alan L 1961
Musco, Thomas D 1966
Perrin, Leonard A 2000
Pinkus, Howard 1957
Prestia, Michael A 1976
Rabinowitz, Herbert A 1968
Rayburn, Robert M 1934
Rinn, Robert F 1959
Rosen, Jerome E 1971
Rosenberg, Arthur 1963
Rosenfeld, Harold S 1932
Rubin, Arnold S 1961
Sachs, Benjamin D 1954
Schlosser, Lawrence 1958
Schluessler, Harry K 1951
Schniet, Martin 1957
Schultz, Larry 1956
Schwartz, Stephen Z 1950
Senneck, Joseph J M 1969
Senzor, Ivan L 1962
Shapiro, Daniel G 1966
Silverman, Charles J 1966
Singer, Stanley J 1968
Sirota, Jan S
Sobel, Alan H
1961
1970
Spinner, Larry R 1966
Spinner, Steven J 1970
Stein, Richard 1968
Steinman, Michael W 1975
Stevens, Howard W 1966
Stringer, Ronald P 1971
Surrey, Harold 1930
Tarr, Alan L 1966
Wagner, Stuart D 1975
Weingarden, Alan M 1966
Weinstein, Edmund L 1968
Weiskopf, Gilbert J 1959
Wohl, Abraham 1945
Yarfitz, Melvin 1929
BETA
Biawitz, Bertram M 1947
Boldman, William L 2000
Epstein, Daniel N 1956
Everett, Robert F 1965
Goldberg, Harry 2000
Goldstein, Saul W 1931
Gross, George
Harris, Louis J
1960
1928
Hochman, Robert M 1965
Israel, Alvin 2000
Kahn, Roger S 1961
Landau, Robert I 1952
Leaf, Robert J 1963
Lieberman, Arthur M 1953
Littauer, Robert M 1967
Mara II, William E 1968
Meger, Gary P 1971
Morales, David C 1968
Rosenblum, Gerald 1950
Russell, James H 1964
Schmitz, James M 1986
Sterling, Michael H 1964
Weingarten, Richard A 1963
Wolfe, Allan M 1955
Zolaikhaie,
Manuchehr K 1957
GAMMA
Allen, Donald E 1975
Bartolf, Philip S 1968
Bechefsky, Howard J 1959
Belgorod, Samuel H 1927
Bell, Stephen N 1958
Bert, Joel L 1961
Burt, Paul A 1963
Cain, Richard S 1959
Cohen, Joel H 1958
Combs, Jeffrey F 1976
Comuniello, Jeffrey 1987
Finkelstein, Malvin H 1969
Fischer, Sherril H 1954
Freedman, Gerald M 1960
Freedman, Stephen J 1960
Fuchs, Richard A 1963
Garcia, Ruben 1987
Glaser, Steven J 1971
Goodman, Arthur L 2000
Gordon, Leslie H 1960
Granger, David 2000
Greenberg, Bernard R 2000
Greenberg, Michael A 1963
Griffith, Jason D 1989
Guttman, William M 1960
Johnson, Erik S 1987
Katz, Saul 1959
Kaufman, Gershen 1960
Kelman, Harry 1964
Kirsch, Howard D 2000
Krakowsky, Jack 1965
Landman, Robert M 1957
Lem, Lawrence C 1960
Levine, Paul H
Lewson,
1958
Arthur Cleveland 2000
Lieber, Arnold 1954
Lieberman,
Sherman B 1968
Liebowitz, Stanley 1958
Loewenberg, David Z 1987
Nelson, Lenny B 1969
Perlman, Michael J 1960
Peters, Robert W 1959
Powell, Gerald 1963
Rems, Wayne F 1963
Rose, Elihu I 1959
Rosenfeld, Jonathan E 1965
Rothenberg,
Lawrence 1965
Rubin, Harvey 1961
Sachs, Robert H 1957
Schechter, Robert J 1954
Schecter, Donald A 1954
Schwarz, David M 1960
Serrano, Humberto 1985
Sica, Robert J 1975
Silverman, Stuart H 1958
Sleeper, William D 1965
Solomon, Kenneth J 1961
Stitelman, Martin 1955
Streit, James D 1985
Turchen, Stephen J 1968
Tzoff, James H I 2000
Weinstein, Stanley P 1956
Weiss, Stephen F 1961
Wolf, C Brian 1961
Young, Stephen B 1960
Zins, Max 2000
DELTA
Fisher, Harris Elliot 1970
Leibowitz, Jack 1930
Merriam,
Maxwell Sidney 2000
Rosenberg, Gustave 2000
Scheer, David 1970
Silk, Joseph Carl 2000
Silverman, Steven M 1970
Stein, Joel A 1970
Terris, Robert S 1929
ETA
Becker, Jack W 1956
Bernowitz, Barry L 1957
Cohen, Mark L 1960
Cook, Alfred B 1945
Cowing, David W 1975
Currie, John M 1975
Freeman, Martin A 1965
Gold, Alan 1962
Goldberg, Edward 1958
Goldberg, Richard E 1947
Goldfarb, Joel 1946
Greene, Barry S 1968
Grossman, Gary M 1959
Grossman, Ronald E 1959
Jacobson, Robert F 1986
Jones, Gary E 1975
Joseph, Ernesto 1951
8

Klein, Erwin M 1951
Kreindler, Stephen M 1950
Leventhal, Harvey R 1945
Lipp, Gary P 1969
Litwin, Ronald A 1976
Metzger, Robert A 1939
Oliver, Douglas J 1978
Orkin, Kenneth H 1959
Petrie, Douglas R 1975
Rosenblatt, Seymour 1937
Rosenblum, David J 1941
Roson, Ronald 1943
Saperstein, Richard A 1960
Schwarz, Kenneth A 1959
Shulman, Melvin 1955
Silver, Alan R 1960
Smith, Roger H 1963
Sparber, Seymour 1932
Steinberg, Edward M 1959
Stoll, Peter R 1956
Winer, Murray 1949
Yeskel, Gilbert D 1943
Young, Kenneth A 1977
Young, Richard I 1957
Zimmermann, Gilbert 1929
Zuckerman, Marc H 1986
THETA
Aron, Mark
Bailey, Paul S
2000
1986
Barnett, Robert W 1933
Ehrlich, Harry K 1966
Feldman, Jacob 1957
Fisher, David 1968
Friedman, Norman A 1946
Gibson, Andrew M 1967
Gilbert, Steven J 1964
Glantz, Stephen J 1966
Gray, Richard L 1960
Half, Robert S 1955
Heirick, Herbert F 2000
Jacobson, Stanton 1948
Kaplan, Joseph N 1931
Ladenheim, Lee H 1952
Levy, Jeffrey L 1967
Levy, Lawrence 1953
Mann, Franklin N 1958
Meyers, Jeffrey M 1956
Netzorg, Morton 1937
Nusgart, Paul E 1955
Parker, Donald P 1947
Perlman, Jerome M 1943
Pinover, Richard O 1960
Rosen, Theodore L 1968
Rosenberg, David H 1956
Rothenberg, Harvey 1943
Schneider, Sydney 1931
Spiegel, Paul J 1956
Wagner, Stephen G 1961
Weisburgh, Mark N 1929
KAPPA
Bearman, Laurence M 1936
Conner, Mike 1933
Diamond, Harvey M 1955
Frank, Marshall P 1955
Goff, James G 1956
Goldman, Michael S 1956
Grossman, Richard J 1946
Hannon, Nick 1999
Kaplan, Richard M 1970
Kaufman, Terry G 1975
Kolinsky, Martin L B 1955
Levine, Joel E 1982
Locke, Michael D 1976
Martin, Allen J 1948
Pearlman, Justin 1998
Pentel, Kenneth C 1979
Powers, John M 1967
Richer, Edward J 1951
Robins, Mark A 1966
Weinstein, Sidney R 1946
LAMBDA
Dorfman, Edmund 1930
Feingold,
Louis Stanley 2000
NU
Berkowitz, Daniel J 1960
Bookman, Philip 1955
Brown, Stuart T 1959
Chasky, Alan R 1963
Cohen, Alan I 1953
Cohen, Leonard R 1953
Davidson, Robert N 1962
Eichenlaub, Eric D 1988
Feldman, Roger 1962
Freedman, Robert D 1956
Freeman, David H 1953
Gerowitz, Martin B 1963
Goldbaum, Richard N 1962
Goldman, Martin M 1953
Goldsmith, Martin A 1969
Goldstein, Gerald S 1950
Goodman, James N 1949
Hober, Robert M 1965
Kessler, Arthur D 1967
OMICRON
Ajzner, Jack
XI
Bluestein, Robert A 1933
Epstein, Malcolm B 1923
Gaschnig, John G 1969
Katz, Conrad J
Kuposky,
1945
Sidney Leon
Lewis, John B
1927
1955
Mades, Robert J 1953
Mendler, Henry 1943
Nathanson,
Theodore H 1943
Pressler, Norman 1929
Reich, Fred R 1967
Rifkin, Robert D 1965
Robinson, Jeffrey R 1959
Rose, Richard J 1945
Rubin, David N 2000
Salow, S Robert 1952
Schuman, Daniel C 1959
Schwartz, John L 1963
Schwartz Jr, Louis D 1940
Stockman, Marvin 1964
1968
Koren, Samuel N 1959
Kurtzman, Donald 1956
Le Roux, Ralph R 1949
Lepiner, Michael J 1960
Leventhal, Michael 1964
London, Robert 1956
Luft, Edmund B 1930
Neville, Shamus A 1986
Noval, Irwin 1958
Pearlman, Barry S 1959
Resnick, Samuel K 1949
Richard, Neil C 2000
Rubin, Moses A 1932
Schapiro, Michael B 1959
Schneider, Jonathan R 1983
Schwartz, Jacob M 1927
Seeman, Jerome S 1955
Shapiro, Jerome R 1955
Siff, J Bruce 1949
Simon, Robert M 1963
Snyder, Leonard A 1956
Stein, Edward J 1960
Steling, James M 2000
Swartz, Benjamin B 2000
Weisberg, Steven M 1958
West, Alan R 1968
Zabinsky, Bruce 1967
Baum, Daniel J 1952
Berney, Sheldon 1953
Brody, Robert A 1965
Brown, Fred A 1954
Caplan, Michael J 1984
Cooper, Jeffrey L 1986
Davis, Lawrence M 1960
Davis, Richard S 1964
Gold, Leon 1942
Goldman, Albert 2000
Goldstein, Jack 1957
Gordon, Mark S 1977
Green, Daniel B 1955
Jones, Drew A 1987
Katz, Bernard A 1955
Kaufman, Philip 1930
Kenman, Lenon F 1958
Lehrner, Edward M 1959
Levine, Joseph 1939
Lew, Norman J 1952
Liebowitz, Michael S 1986
Lipinsky, Stanley J 1936
Loeb, Laurence 1946
Lynn, Stanley J 1936
Maggied, Leon N 1949
Mayerson, Leslie 1964
Miller, Edward S 1940
Mishkin, Richard J 1968
Newman, Michael L 1965
Nichols, Marcus F 1976
Norr, Paul 1967
Nudell, David L 1967
Paris, Norman M 2000
Paul, Jeffrey E 1962
Pitterman, Bernard 1964
Rabin, Michael 1955
Robin, F Philip 1967
Sanders, Neil M 1977
Scheiner, James J 1954
Scheiner, Stephen I 1955
Schimmelman,
Maurice J 1938
Schwartz, David H 1965
Segal, Paul 1962
Silver, David 1947
Sosland, Richard M 1965
Spector, Ramon 1942
Steinberg, Steven 1967
Strauss, Jeffrey M 1966
Sutton, Cary A 1986
Ward, Richard E 1959
Weinberg, Michael H 1960
White, David H 1958
PI
Roberts, S Stephen 2000
Sigal, Jack Bernard 2000
SIGMA
Sollen, Robt J 2000
TAU
Altshuler, Ben M 1955
RHO
Baim, David S 1971
Bell, Jeremy 1992
Berger, Irwin D 1955
Bergman, Marc L 1968
Berlient, Josh B 1990
Brown, Dustin L 1987
Cooper, Irwin 1962
Eber, S Alan 1961
Epstein, Donald Y 1954
Friedman, Donald S 1958
Friedman, Paul D 1955
Gianfresco, Paul J 1957
Ginsburg, Arnold R 1955
Goldberg, Joshua S 1990
Goldberg, Lee C 1937
Handler, Robert S 1955
Harris, Brian 1985
Hodges, Aaron L 1990
Johns, Ira David 1970
Klein, Randall J 1962
Koenig, Myron T 1961
Koutsovous, Tom 1990
Levinson, Marshall L 1934
Levitetz, Bert 1929
Morgan, Nathaniel 1930
Morris, Edward N 1961
Moscove, Steve A 1962
Pavlov, Maurice 1936
Pollack, Earl S 1962
Provus,
Milton Arnold 1929
Rasnick, Alex
Reid, Myron J
1929
1957
Rosen, Ronald I 1959
Ross, David M 1969
Rubin, Ronald 1959
Schwartz, Walter 1933
Sherman, Barry J 1973
Siegel, Frank E 1958
Stein, Robert S 2000
Sternstein, Edward 1928
Stevens, Marc J 1992
Weiner, Allan S 1958
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Applefield, Phillip 1949
Bachman, Richard P 1952
Behrman, Samuel A 1930
Block, Albert B 1928
Blum, Harvey 1950
Blumenstein,
Arnold M 1956
Brandt, Jerome L 1949
Brown, Daniel 1927
Cohen, Arnold J 1942
Edelman, Michael L 1956
Feldman, Arnold 1958
Florman, Lloyd 1942
Gavay, Morris 1960
Golden, Elliott B 1960
Green, Ramon 1950
Halpern, Frederick L 1959
Hershkovitz,
Mahlon G 1946
Hodges, Leonard 1945
Hollander, Stanley 1956
Katz, Harry M 1945
King, Martin L 1947
Klein, Herman 1929
Kraus, Robert G 1957
Lieberman, Murray L 1960
Margolis, Edward M 1937
Marsh, Jerrold R 1960
Mellon, Mal I 1953
Miller, Martin 1960
Rabin, Michael 2000
Rosenberg, Gerald P 1941
Ross, Samuel J 1942
Sheldon, Richard J 1955
Siegel, Melvin B 1951
Stevens, Bernard R 1942
Sugarman, Lester 1927
Ware, Philip
Young, Joseph
1949
1954
PHI
Altman, Alan W 2000
Bost, Jonathan 2012
Cohen, Joseph 2000
Cooper, Sidney P 1960
Epstein, Alan
Flapan, Harry
1960
1943
Freeman, Jonathan 2012
Fuchs, Robert M 1955
Gardner, Neal B 1973
Goldberg, Herman E 1934
Goldman, Manuel G 1935
Gould,
Samuel Frederick 1969
Hoffman, Irwin 1943
Jaipuria, Vidush 2012
Kaplan, Perry W 1969
Kranzberg, Morris 1934
Levin, Donald S 1966
Levin, Sidney 1942
Levy, Charles S 1938
Linden, Andrew R 1970
Miller, Richard A 1966
Morris, Stanley E 1957
Munchweiler, Edward 1947
Needles, Jack
Netkallayamit,
1942
Nontaphat 2012
Pickman, Donald S 1957
Pinsky, William W 1966
Polychronopoulos,
Stan 1977
Puzder, Matthew 2012
Rubenstein, Martin 1945
Saltzman, Norman 2000
Schaffer, Donald J 1960
Silverberg, Donald A 1947
Stern, Louis I
Switz, Joseph I
1948
1947
Trugman, Jack 1945
Vercaemert, Nathan 2012
Wolff, Marvin A 1943
UPSILON
Bronson, Edward J 1950
Coggan, William G 1948
Feinberg, William B 1948
Grossman, Howard 1948
Miller, Gelly G 1930
Monsey, Earl 1948
Rosen, Milton A 1930
Rosen, Theodore W 1931
Rosenblum, Bernard B 1929
Smith, Harry I 1931
Sternstein, Lawrence F 1966
White, Richard S 1946
CHI
Albanese, Roberto 1984
Aronoff, Richard 1982
August, Arnold 1961
Berbrier, Lawrence J 1965
Berger, Martin J 1964
Bleuer, Oliver T 1982
Brown, Morton B 1959
Brown, Stuart R 1966
Caplan, Norman I 1961
Cohen, Leonard E 1928
Dainow, Henry 1931
Eliot, R Jason 2000
Fish, Lawrence I 1965
Glass, Abraham H 1982
Gordon, Mark B 1959
Green, Michael S 1961
Greisman, Leonard S 1965
Halporn, Michael 1967
Harpending,
Richard Seth 1983
Jutkowitz, Robert S 1961
Kalman, Douglas J 1966
Katz, Paul Gary 1969
Krasny, Jack 1965
Kutscher, Martin I 1967
Lapin, Albert W 1929
Lerner, Joel D 1961
Levine, Mark A 1960
Margolin, Ross J 1972
Mendelson, Max 1968
Miller, Gary F 1970
Nyman, Kenneth E 1963
Ogulnik, Victor 1927
Poch, Michael T 1966
Pruzon, Howard P 1966
Roscanu, Marius R 1983
Rosenberg,
Zelmore Eliot 1927
Schwartz, George 1966
Schwartz, Harry 1933
Segal, E Stephen 1961
Silver, Charles J 1959
Skolnik, Barry R 1961
Slater, Leonard 1967
Sperber,
Arthur Maurice 1929
Unger, Robert 1968
Wechsler, James J 1961
Weiner, Joel 1960
Weiss, Ronald 1960
Wener, Seymour 1929
Wisenthal, Paul D 1961
PSI
Abramovitz, Harry 1941
Ainisman, Howard I 1964
Alpert, N Paul 1966
Bennett, Norman D 1957
Blumberger,
Alexander 1928
Fogel, William L 1953
Ginsburg, David S 1962
Gould, Henry J 1963
Harris, Lloyd S 1962
Herman, Jack
Scott, Ronald
Segal, Josiah C
1960
Hirschfield, Barry R 1962
Lawrence, Milton R 1931
Levine, Jeffrey A 1969
Menzer, David J 1959
Robbins, Samuel R 1929
Roth, Robert E 1951
Rothenberg, Harris L 1961
Schwartz, David H 1954
1954
1949
Silver, Melvin I 1949
Simon, Robert C 1965
Sims, Barry R 1959
Slovonsky, Sheldon R 1942
Weinstein, Charles N 1966
Young, Howard A 1952
OMEGA
Altman, Sydney I 1948
Appleton, Barry W 1981
Bardenstein,
Maxwell B 1946
Bell, Harvey J 1959
Benson, Jeffrey I 1966
Berg, Danny 1980
Bernstein, Bernard 1948
Binstock,
Marshall H L 1966
Bloom, Bert 1948
Boigon, Melvin 1941
Bostin, Marvin J 1951
Bothman, Ian 2000
Breslin, Stephen C 1959
Charles, Sydney R 1932
Cheifitz, David A 1955
Cole, Joseph 1945
Conway, Barry R 1980
Conway, Robert J 1980
Cowan, V Michael 1957
Crocker, David I 1966
Cummings,
Harold Albert 1929
Donn, Martin H 1958
Edelson, David 1948
Eisen, Ari B 1980
Enkin, Lawrence H 1948
Frank, Leo S 1958
Freesman, George 1966
Goldenberg, Jos J 1951
Goodless, Maxwell D 1945
Greenstein, Jeffrey W 1981
Grenville, Irving 1937
Grinstein, William 1963
Grossman, Ben B 1942
Halpern, Harold 1949
Hertzman, Michael J 1960
Jessel, Ralph C 1946
Kalman, Samuel M 1945
Kanee, Abe
Katz, Henry
1942
1949
Katz, Marvin 1957
Kernerman, Robt M 1955
Kerzner, Mervin I 1951
Kesten, S Norman 1936
King, Ronald 1959
Kline, Harold L 1941
Kling, Sidney 1942
Lampert, Ernest 1936
Laucke, Allan J 1966
Lederman, Joseph 1936
Levine, A Lawrence 1946
Levine, Elliott M 1954
Levy, Todd S
Lipert, Leslie
1979
1949
Mandel, Robert W 1957
Marks,
Merwyn Mark 1929
Miller, Marvin M 1954
Natanson, Alfred S 1951
Newman, Kenneth M 1953
Okun, Harvey N 1953
Ostry, Edward I 1931
Pearl, Edward J 1942
Rosen, Seymour 1949
Ross, Lewis S 1945
Rubin, Elliot R 1948
Rumac, Harry I 1927
Scheffer, Sydney 1936
Secter, David I 1961
Shacter, David M 1960
Sharpe, Sydney O 1949
Siegel, David Isar 1929
Siegel, William 1962
Silverman, Harold 1944
Silvers, Jerry 2000
Simpson, Harvey E 1958
Singer, Sidney 1953
Stein, Morris A 1951
Swersky, Henry 1949
Taylor, Michael J 1956
Track, Richard S 1958
Valliani, Haakam M 1969
Wener, Abraham L 1949
Young, John 1980

Western Union Telegram – November 4, 1960
“Congratulations. Your winning of the Nobel Prize is a source of joy to Sigma Alpha Mu.
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James C. Hammerstein, Executive Secretary
The humble son of Russian immigrants, Donald A. Glaser was a bright young man, having earned National Honor Society recognition at Cleveland Heights High School (from which he graduated at age 15). Glaser would later trace his interest in science back to when he was 10. But, it wasn’t until he came to Case that he realized he could make science his career. Glaser had also considered medicine and music. For, you see, he was also a talented violinist who played with the Cleveland Philharmonic
Orchestra… at the age of 16.
At the Case School of Applied Science in Cleveland in the spring of 1945, Glaser was pledged into our Mu Gamma chapter. He was already teaching Math at Case while still a student in the spring of 1946. Glaser graduated that same semester (at age 19) with a bachelor's degree in physics and mathematics. He earned a Ph. D. from California Institute of Technology (Cal Tech) in 1950, even though he had already joined the faculty teaching Physics at the University of Michigan in 1949. A brilliant mind, indeed.
And, from where might such a brilliant discovery have its origins?
For years, journalists would delight in perpetuating the story
(though somewhat inaccurately) that Glaser’s research began with $5 worth of equipment and six bottles of beer. No – it wasn’t drinking the beer, but rather observing how the bubbles would rise through the liquid and the beer would foam when the bottle cap was removed. In truth, Glaser’s research made it possible to track (by photography) the path of electrically charged, sub-atomic particles as they moved through superheated liquid, forming a trail of bubbles as they ionized atoms along their path. But, why ruin a good story!
Like many great inventions and their inventors, Glaser’s idea was initially greeted with minimal enthusiasm; his research was refused funding by the US Atomic Energy Commission and the
National Science Foundation. Both referred to his idea as “too speculative.” One of his first papers on the concept was rejected because he used a word, “bubblet,” that was not in the dictionary.
Noted physicist Enrico Fermi was initially skeptical, too, though history would later reveal that Glaser found an erroneous equation in Fermi’s calculation.
By the mid-1950’s, Glaser was widely regarded as one of the nation’s most outstanding scientists… and certainly one of the youngest. He was only in his mid-20’s when he conceived the idea for what would become his prize-winning discovery – the design of an ingenious device called the “bubble chamber.” It proved to be a major breakthrough in man’s quest to learn more about the composition of matter. Before the advent of modern electronics, the scientific significance of Glaser’s “bubble chamber” was ranked right alongside that of the atom smasher.
In 1959, Glaser moved to
California (UC-Berkeley), conducting research and teaching as Professor of
Physics. Then, in early
November of 1960, at the age of 34, Glaser received word from Stockholm that he had been awarded the
Nobel Prize for Physics – one of the youngest to ever win the coveted honor.
In the 1960’s, Glaser would go on to explore the “new” field of Molecular Biology, studying bacteria and viruses, thus establishing the scientific basis for the biotechnology industry which greatly impacted the fields of medicine and agriculture. Not one to rest on his laurels, in the
1980’s, Glaser turned his attention to neurobiology – specifically, the brain’s wiring that controls the human visual system.
Fra Glaser was the recipient of ƙƈƓ ’s Achievement Award in 1961, though he was unable to attend the Convention in
Cincinnati to receive it. Donald Glaser passed into the
Chapter Eternal on February 28 of this year.
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Eta – Syracuse
March 1913 – The Octagonian
“The initiation of Eta took place in Syracuse on the 8th of February, under the direction of Supreme Prior Ira
Lind and the Council of Beta, and culminated with a banquet at the Onondaga Hotel.”
June 2013 – “Pennsylvania 6” in Manhattan
One hundred years of “Eta Pride” were celebrated on this evening, as nearly 200 fratres traveled from near and far to celebrate the chapter’s centennial anniversary. Hugs and handshakes were exchanged, and epic stories were retold with nostalgic embellishment.
Eta men from the 1940’s joined arm-in-arm with young men from today in sharing the timeless bonds of Sammy brotherhood. The dedication of veteran alumni who were committed to ensuring the viability of Eta Chapter was applauded by the several generations on hand who have since followed, determined to protect it and pass it on. Names of great Eta men through the years were recalled with fondness.
And, there have been many; attaining notoriety in all fields of professional endeavor is what Eta men do!
The images below provide visual documentation of the centennial festivities. For more information on Eta alumni activity, contact Chapter Advisor Brad Sobotka, bssobotk@ syr.edu
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Delta Eta – West Florida
Sunday, November 17 at 5:00pm – Join us for an Alumni Get-Together at Gator’s Dockside,
5840 Fowler Ave. in Tampa. RSVP to Josh Kolapo,
904-955-3432 .
South Florida Alumni Club
Tuesday, December 3 at 5:00pm – Join us for our annual Sammy Alumni Night with the NHL
Florida Panthers. Networking reception, buffet dinner and the hockey game vs. the Ottawa Senators. Contact Steve Stern, sstern1054@aol.com or call 954-318-6902 .
Omicron – Cincinnati Alumni
Saturday, December 7 at 12:30pm – Come to the
21st annual “Sammy-Skyline Pig-out” at Skyline
Chili, 5005 Cornell Rd. in Blue Ash. Open to all
Sammy alumni, all chapters. RSVP to Sid Lieberman, scllaw@hotmail.com
.
Philadelphia Alumni
Sunday, January 12, 2014 at 5:30pm – it’s a Sammy Alumni
Networking Dinner open to all alumni from all chapters… especially Penn, Penn State, Drexel and Temple. We need your help to plan this big event. Please contact Dan Schulman,
410-991-8714 or Steve Stern, sstern1054@aol.com
.
Mu Psi – Miami (OH)
Interest is stirring up again for a summer gathering of Pledge Classes from the mid-1970’s.
Sites being discussed are Columbus and Cleveland. Want to help in the planning? Contact Mike Rothstein: 614-204-5125 or MBR1974@gmail.com.
Washington DC Area Alumni
Saturday, August 9, 2014 – Join us for the ƙƈƓ Convention Banquet at the JW Marriott.
Host Committee is forming now. Contact Dan
Grossberg, dangrossberg@gmail.com or 202-489-1458
Psi – Pittsburgh
This enthusiastic group of Pittsburgh area alumni are reaching out to all Sammies from all chapters for their next networking, social event. Contact Nate Locklin,
412-606-3148 or nate@locklin.org.
San Diego Alumni
This city-based alumni group is planning their next event for all alumni, all chapters. For more information, contact Hal Rosner, halrosner@aol.com
or Mark Kaufman,
858-213-4299 or markkaufman@financialguide.com
.
Chicago Alumni
Warm up in the windy City this winter with a spirited group of Sammy alumni at our next event. For more information, contact Andy Ahitow, aahitow@cafinders.com
.
Las Vegas Alumni
Let it roll! This new alumni group is planning its next event but needs your help. Please contact
Stuart Mann, stuart.mann@unlv.edu
or call 702-336-4105
Houston Alumni
Nathan Margolis needs your help in coordinating the next Houston area alumni event. Contact him at margolis123@yahoo.com or 713- 831-6163 .
Golden Gate Alumni
With so many alumni in the Bay Area, let’s get a group together to network and socialize. Contact either Steve Stern, sstern1054@aol.com or Evan Durlester, edurlester@gmail.com
.
New York Alumni
From any and all chapters, our alumni live in the city, on Long Island, and in New Jersey. Help us to form a viable group (or two) in the New York area. Contact
Steve Stern, sstern1054@aol.com
.
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Thanks to the generosity of Adam Singer,
Texas ’86 (who provided a matching gift incentive to donors), the Gary Gotlieb
Memorial Scholarship will increase to $1,500 in 2014. Donors to the fund raised an additional $6,000 in May 2013, which was matched by Fra Singer. This endowed scholarship benefits a member of the Sigma Theta (Texas) chapter who demonstrates leadership ability, financial need and academic distinction. First awarded in 2012, this scholarship was created in memory of
Gary Gotlieb ( Texas ’86 ) by family, friends and alumni.
Donors to the Gary Gotlieb Scholarship matching gift are:
Edward H. Rosenwasser Jr ‘83 Michael D. Weinberg ’85
Brent M. Karren ‘83 Debra Gotlieb Greenberg
Kevin W. Margolis ‘86
Daniel S. Spier ‘86
Eliot R. Shindler
Andrea Stein
‘83
Marty A. Shellist ‘86
Hilton N. Goldreich
David L. Russakov
‘85
‘85
Charles M. Dauber ‘87
Steven D. Levine ‘86
David J. Levy ‘86
Scot C. Farber ‘85
Says scholarship organizer Kevin Margolis, “I think Gary would be pleased that the fund is helping a Sigma Theta man who has both a financial need and who is actively involved in making the chapter better. The key to awarding the scholarship is that
Gary would want it to go to someone who is going the extra mile to make a difference – to be there for his fraternity brothers.”
Contributions to the YIS Foundation are accepted in memory of fratres, family and friends, and to honor living members.
Those individuals or their families receive notification of the gift that is used to further the Foundation’s educational efforts on behalf of our student fratres.
Sidney L. Stone (Washington U. ‘41)
By Past Supreme Prior and Foundation Director Sidney H.
Guller (Washington U. ‘43)
The Father of Steven C. Jarmus
By Maria Mandel
By Aaron M. Girson (Western Michigan ’92)
Sanford Kowitt (Oregon ’46)
By Joanna and Harry Glickman (Oregon ’42)
Robert “Rik” I. Knopf (Oklahoma/Tulane ‘62)
By Past Supreme Prior and Foundation Director Sidney H.
Guller (Washington U. ‘43)
Robert Benson (Penn State ’49)
By his wife Estelle Benson
Harvey A. Levy (Missouri ‘41)
By Past Supreme Prior and Foundation Director Sidney H.
Guller (Washington U. ‘43)
Past Octagon Consul Bob S. Platt (San Jose State ’66)
By Mark and Sharron Pollock (USC ’73)
By Dr. and Mrs. Robert Smith (USC ’70)
By Aaron M. Girson (Western Michigan ’92)
Ronald W. Rapchik (Long Island U. ’66)
By his family, wife Linda, and children Jodi, Leslie and Adam
Rapchik (Indiana ’07)
By Robert Traum (Long Island U. ’64)
By Michael S. Gilburd (Long Island U. ’62 )
By Ronald L. Serin (Long Island U. ’65)
By Peter I. Livingston (Long Island U. ’63)
By Marc S. Barcan (Long Island U. ’66)
By Lawrence M. Lieberman (Long Island U. ’66)
By Howard Rapp (Long Island U. ’67)
Past Supreme Prior and Foundation Director Sidney H.
Guller (Washington U. ‘ 43) and his continued support of the
Young Scholars Program
By Aaron M. Girson (Western Michigan ’92)
Supreme Prior Andrew H. Ahitow (Iowa ’95) and his election as Supreme Prior
By Aaron M. Girson (Western Michigan ’92)
Martin H. Brill (Penn State ’49)
By his wife, Lorraine Brill
Consul Martin R. Shapan (Stephen F. Austin ’97) and his joining the Octagon
By Aaron M. Girson (Western Michigan ’92)
William Kahn (Pittsburgh ’46)
By Past Supreme Prior and Foundation Director Sidney H.
Guller (Washington U. ’43)
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Thanks to the generous support from Mu Theta (USC) alumni over the past seven years, the Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation has been able to award a grant of $5,000 to support Greek leadership on campus. Last year, the resurgent chapter was the recipient of a Jewish Endeavor grant, had three “Guller Young
Scholars,” and four men received ƙƈƓ scholarships.
Mu Theta alums (l. to r.) Farhad Nourafshan ‘75,
Scott Stone ‘74, Steve Jarmus ‘74 and Greg Wiviott ‘77.
Dear Fratres,
Thanks to support from loyal alumni and friends of ƙƈƓ during 2012-13, the ƙƈƓ Foundation was able to fund programs that reached more than 2,000 students. Thanks to our donors, the Foundation funded $265,000 in scholarships and programming grants, including:
• $192,000 in merit- and need-based scholarships; this is a new record for ƙƈƓ .
• Young Scholars recognition of 65 new initiates who achieved a 3.75 or higher during their candidate term.
• Grants supporting Jewish life on campus for Lehigh, UCLA,
USC, Indiana, Arizona, Arizona State, Texas A&M and Florida.
• $56,675 in grants to Sigma Alpha Mu Fraternity to support leadership, scholarship and educational initiatives.
Highlights of the past year included the creation of several new scholarship endowments, three new Chapter Educational Funds, and a 10-year commitment from Foundation Director Sidney
Guller for increased funding of the Young Scholars Program
(from $300 to $400 for each Young Scholar). On behalf of the ƙƈƓ Foundation, I would like to thank all our donors for their generosity and support. Your investment in today’s fratres is making a difference for our students, our chapters, and the communities our young men will one day lead.
Please consider making a gift to the ƙƈƓ Foundation. Support from more alumni fratres is needed to meet the growing needs of the Fraternity and our student members. With your support, the Foundation will continue to increase the funding of scholarships and other educational initiatives. For 2013-14, the Board of Directors has approved:
• Scholarships totaling $228,000 – another new record!
• $75,000 in support of ƙƈƓ Fraternity’s educational efforts
• Educational Grants to campuses/chapters
I would like to thank my fellow directors for their leadership and volunteer service. All of the ƙƈƓ Foundation’s directors are loyal donors who give their time and financial support.
I am proud of their work which is in the best of the ƙƈƓ tradition. Join me in thanking Don Stein (Purdue '50) and
Scott Stone (USC '74) who have completed their terms on the board. We welcome John Paine (San Jose State '68) as a new director. I would also like to thank Maria Mandel, our
Director of Scholarships and Donor Relations, and the rest of the Foundation staff for their tireless efforts to take care of the many tasks involved in the day-to-day operations of the Foundation.
Finally, I ask you to consider this quote from Winston Churchill,
“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”
Long Live Sigma Alpha Mu!
Hanno D. Mott, President
Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation
You can give online at sam-fdn.org
.
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SIGMA ALPHA MU FRATERNITY
8701 Founders Rd.
Indianapolis, IN 46268
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Last issue, we shared the Octagon’s aggressive Expansion
Calendar for academic year 2013-14. Since then, our three
Expansion and Leadership Consultants (ELCs) have taken to the road and successfully accepted the challenge. As you may have seen in the Active Chapter Roll on page 3, we now have colonies established at Beta Sigma (North Texas), Gamma Iota
(Towson) and Connecticut (a new campus for ƙƈƓ ).
ƙƈƓ ’s talented trio of ELC’s (l. to r.) Adam Gross (Arizona ’07),
Kyle Riegler (Florida Atlantic ’09) and Ian Shore (Arizona ’09) have successfully planted the Sammy flag on three campuses this fall.
Gamma Iota is back on the map. ELC’s Riegler and Gross have made good use of their time on this campus just north of Baltimore, producing an enthusiastic group that presently has 20 men in it. The colony is already recognized by IFC, has a Chapter
Advisor (Darren Margolis, Beta Upsilon ’89), and has had an alumni event to re-establish their relationship with fratres from several chapters living in the area. Founded in 1980, Gamma
Iota has 166 alumni.
The eyes of Texas are upon our new Beta
Sigma colony at the University of North
Texas in Denton, north of Dallas-Ft. Worth.
ELC’s Gross and Shore recruited a solid group of 18 men to rally around the “purple and white” once again. Founded in
1967, Beta Sigma has 189 alumni. But, there are almost 3,000 alumni from all ƙƈƓ chapters residing in the DFW area. With
Chapter Advisor Robert Wolf ( Gamma Kappa ’04) watching over them, this new colony has already been welcomed at a
Dallas-area alumni event. Two Past Supreme Priors, Marc
Perlstein and Phil Glauben, both proud Beta Sigma alumni, are close by to lend additional support, as are two Consuls of the Octagon, Bruce Bernstien and Marty Shapan.
New to the Sammy landscape is the University of
Connecticut in Storrs. ELC’s Riegler and Shore have recruited 15 men (and counting) with the cooperation of the campus Hillel. This newest of the new colonies has already planned a trip to meet with brothers from Gamma Psi (Temple) at an upcoming athletic event between their two schools. The colony will spend a great deal of time this year in recruiting new members, learning about their fraternal values, and building bonds of brotherhood through a variety of social, athletic, community service and philanthropic activities.
Participation in “Sammy Social Media” by alumni and graduating seniors is increasing day by day. On LinkedIn, our primary networking group, “Sigma Alpha Mu” is approaching 4,600 members. More and more alumni are using this tool to share alumni club news and chapter reunion information, as well as to pursue and/or recruit professional opportunities. Recent posts include:
“Looking to connect with ƙƈƓ ’s that work with small businesses and start-ups.”
“Any brothers working in IT or
Management Consulting?”
“Biology major looking for a summer internship in NYC.”
Have you joined the group? Check it out today!