Category: Timeline Stories

The Gamma Nu chapter (#85) at Florida State University was installed May 14, 1955 with District IX Governor Richard Feasel serving as the installing officer. The Alpha Xi chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Nu chapter include: William Hardin; Richard Mayo; Norman Watson; Don Westbrook; Franklin Fansler; Roy McCance, Jr.; William Catledge, III; Peter Swain; Johnny Creel; Wilton Turner; Jon Gilbert; Patrick Stewart; James Glass; Robert Bethea, Jr.; Calvin Hasbrouck; Wayne Lewis; Sidney Wilck; Robert Raulerson; James Rogers; William Pharris; Robert McMillan, Jr.; Robert Wright, Jr.; Aubrey Odom; Manley Whitcomb; Robert Braunagel; Frank Melvin; Paul Ort; Harry Schmidt; Frank Valdes; and Howell Winfree, Jr.

The Gamma Xi chapter (#86) at the University of Maryland was installed May 14, 1955 with Dr. Bruce C. Beach serving as the installing officer. The Gamma Mu chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Xi chapter include: Thomas Fugate; Reginald Hobbs, Jr.; Teddy Mercer; Austin Rhoads; Wilfred Froehlich, Jr.; Robert Drechsler; Edward O’Toole; James Cleveland; William Stokes, Jr.; Robert Brenner; Thomas Shipley; Gerald Hammond; Joseph Brown; Mark Shaffer, Jr.; Albert Tase, Jr.; Russell Davis; and Robert Landers.

The Gamma Mu chapter (#84) at the University of Pennsylvania was installed June 5, 1954 with Martin A. Sherman serving as the installing officer. The Alpha Phi chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Mu chapter include: Donald Prizer, John Crawford, Robert Cutler, Paul Davidow, John Hamell, Gerald Schaffer, John Smith, Richard Spertzel, Bruce Beach, Calvin Weber, Marvin Weger, and Donald Graf.

The Gamma Iota chapter (#81) at the University of New Mexico was installed May 23, 1954 with District III Governor Floren Thompson serving as the installing officer. The Beta Lambda chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Iota chapter include: William Rhoads; Dale Crawford; William Fisher; Charles Kinsolving; Charles Selva; Marshall Adams, III; Kenneth Anderson; Ronald Blakeley; William Butterbaugh, III; Winston Christain, Jr.; Robert Dierman; Melvyn Fenson; Keith Gore; David Hawley; Earl Huber, Jr.; Donnelly Johnson; LaMonte McMichael; Thomas Moran; Bill Moreland; Patrick Peavy; Norman Root; A. David Sandoval; and Raymond Tarver.

The Gamma Eta chapter (#79) at New Mexico College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts was installed May 16, 1954 with District III Governor Floren Thompson serving as the installing officer. The Beta Lambda chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Eta chapter include: Roman Tross; Gilbert Aubel; Loye Crenshaw; Gary Clark; Harry Dale; William Davis; Francis Evans; Keith Guthrie; Jared Howard; David Ivey; Rex Lacey; Alfred Lindsey; Neil Mathews; Robert Munson; James Nickless; Elmer Starchan, Jr.; William Stevens; James Van Dyke; Gary Van Horn; Howard Vance; Gerald Welch; Donald Wunsch; William Heath; and John Taylor.

The Gamma Lambda chapter (#83) at Doane College was installed May 16, 1954 with District V Governor James Kerr serving as the installing officer. The Beta Tau chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Lambda chapter include: Richard Kucera, William Trepka, Frank Gile, Gary Heeren, Roger Kilgore, Benjamin Kremanek, John McAndrew, Stan McKelvie, Paul Novak, John Potter, Walter Reiss, Gene Remmers, Dean Steinmeyer, Keith Wollen, and Eugene Stoll.

The Gamma Theta chapter (#80) at East Central State College was installed May 9, 1954 with Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin serving as the installing officer. The Alpha chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Theta chapter include: Millard Jarrett; Overton Burney, Jr.; William Thomas; Jackie Walker; Charles Barnes; David Coody; Richard Cumbie; Gene Lofton; Paul Guetschow; Herman Burrough; Raymond Kelton; and Ralph Smith.

The Gamma Kappa chapter (#82) at Arizona State College was installed May 9, 1954 with District II Governor George Lotzenhiser serving as the installing officer. The Omega chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Kappa chapter include: John Hoffman, Kit Kirby, Roger Ardrey, William Arthur, Thomas Cleaver, Keith Gould, Josquin Guerrero, Garvin Hanchett, Delbert King, John Hokanson, Dean Holland, Bernard Kenna, Ray Turley, A. Harold Goodman, and Jack Swartz.

The Phi chapter (#21) at Stanford University was re-installed April 10, 1954 with Past Grand President F. Lee Bowling serving as the installing officer. Charter members of the Phi chapter include: James Anderson; Boyd Burkhardt; Michael Connell; William Eschenbruecher, Jr.; William Hudson; Lawrence Kelley; Robin Nichols; Roland Puccinelli; Robert Shearer; Donald Wells; Charles Fisher; George Sheldon; Julius Shuchat; and Ernest Landers.

The Gamma Zeta chapter (#78) at Lamar State College of Technology was installed March 18, 1954 with Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin serving as the installing officer. The Beta Delta chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Gamma Zeta chapter include: Robert Holts; Mark Brackin, Jr.; Laurel Brownlee; Buddy Copeland; Robert Davis; Paul Herrington; Harry Johnson; Willie LaGrone; John Mays; James McFatter; Larry McFatter; Richard Miller; Nugent Myrik; William Pipes; Harvey Russell, Jr.; Roy Silvey; Clovis Smith; Lester Smith; James Smith, Jr.; James Swann, II; Phillip Taylor, Jr.; Roy Vrolyk; Charles Gimon; and Charles Wiley.