Category: Timeline Stories

The Delta Epsilon chapter (#101) at Howard College was installed May 6, 1958 with District VIII Governor Dr. Raymond Mannoni serving as the installing officer. The Gamma Chi chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Delta Epsilon chapter include: Julius Blankenship; Paul Barefield; Richard Barnett; William Chance; Tommy Cole; James Dillard; Aubrey Edwards; William Epley; Warren Fields; Phillip Guinn; Harold Holder; Hugh Johnson; Jack Merrill; James Miller; Joseph Owings; Donald Palmer; Thomas Smith, III; Lawrence Todd, Jr.; Bill Nugent; Thomas Autry; Robert Dean; George Koski; and Witold Turkiewicz.

The Alpha Lambda chapter (#35) at the University of Denver was re-installed April 27, 1958. Charter members of the Alpha Lambda chapter include: Ralph Strouf, Delwin Befus, Mike McCartney, Glen Clark, William Mitchell, and Steve Watson.

The Delta Delta chapter (#100) at Arkansas Polytechnic College was installed March 14, 1958 at the District VI convention with District VI Governor James Jacobsen serving as the installing officer. The 1st Degree of the Ritual was performed by the Alpha chapter, 2nd Degree of the Ritual was performed by the Beta Alpha chapter, and 3rd Degree of the Ritual was performed by the Lambda chapter. Charter members of the Delta Delta chapter include: O. Gene Witherspoon; Eugene Prohl; Ben Wright; Austin Lovell; Charles Wesley; Jerry Adcock; Bill Bergen; Gail Campbell; Loren Clough; Leonard Cowan; Milton Crawford; Louis Crook; James Fields; Ronald Garner; Perry Hope; John Jennings; William Kolb; James Pierce, III; John Sinclair; Bobby Small; Chester Woodruff; Robert Wright; and George Zeigler.

The Delta Gamma chapter (#99) at Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy was installed March 9, 1958 with Dr. Richard Worthington serving as the installing officer. The Lambda chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Delta Gamma chapter include: James Robbins; Donald Burlace; Stephen Cowden; Edward Drumeller; Harold Ege; Edward Ellicott; John Gentner; John Gopher; Gearry Gordon; Millard Underwood; F. William Lynch; Lawrence Norton, II; Robert Thurman; and Charles Remington, Jr.

The Delta Beta chapter (#98) at Baldwin-Wallace College was installed November 17, 1957 with Arthur Best serving as the installing officer. The Beta Psi chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Delta Beta chapter include: Eugene Sharick; James Bair; Richard Cherba; Clair Christy; Richard Frank; David Gustafson; Paul Lawrence; Hirma Lynch; Terry Puehler; William Setny; James Setny; and Allan Zoller, Jr.

The William A. Scroggs Leadership Trophy was established at the 1957 National Convention to be presented by Founder William A. Scroggs to the chapter selected by the National Council.  The first award was presented at the 1957 National Convention.

The Gamma Omega chapter (#96) at Texas Southern University was installed May 22, 1957 with Grand President Donald I. Moore serving as the installing officer. The Beta Sigma chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Omega chapter include: Herbert Moore; Norman Broussard; Ulon Chandler; Richard Collins; Willie Gobert; Lincoln Honore, Jr.; Nesbert Hooper, Jr.; Jesse Jones; Eddie Kerns; Luke Londow; Clayton Mitchell; Ronald Mosley; Earnest Porter; Louis Preston; Thomas Smith; Boyce Thomas; Roland Thomas; Charles Watts; Robert Williams; Clyde Yeldell; James Lark, Jr.; Whitney Nelson, Jr.; and Edgar Thomas.