Category: Timeline Stories

The Beta Psi chapter (#71) at Kent State University was installed February 25, 1951 with Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin serving as the installing officer. The Alpha Delta chapter from Indiana University performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Psi chapter include: Roy Metcalf, Raymond Bliss, Charles Bowers, Tom Brady, Arlan Byrne, Donald Carpenter, Gerald Dallesandro, Harold Eckart, Roland Gamble, Leslie Girton, Eldred Johnson, Myron Koyle, Ray Lewis, J. Glenn Maxwell, Lee McMillen, James Meck, Earle Sickels, and Frank Swain.

The Beta Chi (#70) chapter at the University of Virginia was installed September 23, 1950 with Lancaster Lowry serving as the installing officer. The Alpha Kappa chapter from The George Washington University performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Chi chapter include: Ernest Alderman, Jr.; Mark Berliant; Fred Fishback; John Fletcher; Bryant Freeman; Jack Hardy; Thomas Hilton; Charles Kinzer, Jr.; John Knight; Wesley Martin; Kenneth Okkerse; Roby Patrick, Jr.; Robert Perkins, Jr.; Roger Perry; Robert Perry; Charlie Price, Jr.; Benjamin Pubols, Jr.; Gilbert Tribby, Jr.; Richard Turner; George Walker; Stanley Wasserman; John Fray; and Gilbert Friedman.

The Beta Upsilon chapter (#68) at Abilene Christian College was installed March 25, 1950 with Grand 2nd Vice President Charles Wiley, Grand Secretary/Treasurer Donald I. Moore, and District VI President Thomas Shook served as the installing officers. Charter members of the Beta Upsilon chapter include: Joe Rohre; Chester Callan; Jack Rigney; Charles McAnulty; Jack Arnold; James Cawyer; Melvin Daniels, Jr.; Don Etter; John Gipson; Foster Jones; John Jones; Harvie Pruitt; Charles Robertson; Bill Scott; Winfred Sellers; Foy Vinson; and Robert Holland.

The Beta Phi chapter (#69) at Southern Methodist University was installed March 25, 1950 with Grand 2nd Vice President Charles Wiley, Grand Secretary/Treasurer Donald I. Moore, and Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin serving as the installing officers. The Beta Alpha chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Phi chapter include: Curtis Maner; Jules DiLouie, Jr.; Jack Cannon; Jack Cannon; Allen Brown; Samuel Clark; Carroll Coker; Julius Crocker, Jr.; Larry Dunning; Sydney Farrar; Thomas Fielder; Charles Hamilton; Clifton Hahne; Thomas Hickey; William Hodges; Richard Hosford; Karl Hudgins; Wendell Jones; Lewis Loy; Ewing McKinney; Ken Mueller; William Nelson; William Nichols, Jr.; John Osborn; Paul Veach; Thomas Wilkinson; Paul Willis; and Oakley Pittman.

The Beta Sigma chapter (#66) at the University of Houston was installed January 21, 1950 with Grand 2nd Vice President Charles Wiley and Grand Secretary/Treasurer Donald I. Moore serving as installing officers. The Beta Alpha chapter from Baylor University performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Sigma chapter include: Cullen Riley; Joseph DeWitt; Guadalupe Montgomery, Jr.; Glenn McIlwain; Daniel Bastida; Carl Bausch; Royal Brantley, Jr.; Murry Buller; Clyde Butter; Horace Jackson, Jr.; Billy Kaelin; Thomas Knox, Jr.; Arthur Neumeyer; Edward Parker; Loy Thompson; James Warren; and Robert Hammitt.

The Beta Tau chapter (#67) at the Municipal University of Wichita was installed January 19, 1950 with Past National President Bohumil Makovsky and Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin serving as the installing officers. The Ritual and installation ceremony were performed by members of the Alpha, Beta Iota, and Kappa chapters. Charter members of the Beta Tau chapter include: Harold Hillyer; C.W. Mc Leland, Jr.; Gary Fletcher; Norman Lanning; James Criswell; Morton Cuplin; E. Paul Dunn, Jr; John Hensley; Oran Highley; Roy Hurst; William Lister; Joseph Longorio, Jr; Gordon Moonl; Jack Robertson; Charles Snyder; James Starkey; Kenneth Swanson; Robert Thompson; Herbert Turrentine; Robert Wolff; Robert Zilliox; James Kerr; Walter Duerksen; Eugene Jones; Alfred Mitchske; and Charles Minelli.

The Beta Rho chapter (#65) at Toledo University was installed January 15, 1950 with District VIII President Herb Floyd serving as the installing officer. The Eta chapter from The Ohio State University performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Rho chapter include: Robert Weil; Conrad Greim; Wayne Bricker; Robert Thorley; Gene Harwick; Richard David; David Eidemiller; Robert Freeman; Charles Holmes; David Horning; James Huffer; Edson Huffman; Reigh Lantz; Lloyd Lewis; John MacDonald; William Rudy; James Rush; Charles Sampson; Conrad Stolzenbach, III; and Frank Wilson.

The Beta Pi chapter (#64) at Drury College was installed December 17, 1949 with Grand Secretary/Treasurer Donald I. Moore, and Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin serving as the installing officers. The Lambda chapter from the University of Arkansas performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Pi chapter include: Donald Johnson; George Fry; Burnis Burton; Ned Day; Daniel Drago; John Fiedler; Haddon Francis; Hillard Grannemann; Marvin Grannemann; Herbert Grassle; Patrick Griffin; James Groves; Donald Isbell; James Norman; Ted Parnell; Calvin Schoene; Samuel Smith, III; and A. A. Rockwell.

The Beta Nu chapter (#61) at VanderCook School of Music was installed December 9, 1949 at the National Band Conductors Convention in Chicago, IL. William Revelli, Grand 1st Vice President Hugh Mcmillen, Grand Secretary/Treasurer Donald I. Moore, and Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin served as the installing officers. Charter members of the Beta Nu chapter include: Robert Traetz; Charles Hayes; John Kenny, Jr.; Dwight Miller; Ray Ursprung; George Borich; Carl Curio; Richard Davis; Charles Esmoer; Louis Forte; Gregory Gorski; Frank Jacobs; August Johnson; Oscar Hoeckelman; Jordan Knutson; Melvin Meads; Rocco Menza; Royal Reimer; Dale Rush; Fred Szak; Bernard Tafoya; George Zafros; Victor Zajec; and Richard Brittain.

The Beta Xi chapter (#62) at Sul Ross State College was installed December 4, 1949 with Grand 2nd Vice President Charles A. Wiley serving as the installing officer. The Alpha Psi chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Xi chapter include: John Carrico*; Vernon Bailey*; David Amsbury; Boye Autrey; Jimmy Blackwell; Lawrence Bridges; Ramon Davidson; Louis Doyle; James Henry; Lynn Hise; Ross Hise; Marvin Johnson; Charles Lane, Jr.; E. Joe Lee; Frank Odom; Ralph Pauley; Darrell Phillips; Harvey Ramsey; Leonard Rose; William Schmidt; Charles Slater; Willie Taylor, Jr.; Stephen Willard; and George Williams.
*initiated 8/21/1949 at the 15th Biennial Convention