Category: Timeline Stories

The Beta Kappa chapter (#58) at Bowling Green State University was installed April 17, 1949 with William Revelli serving as the installing officer. The Nu chapter from the University of Michigan performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter member of the Beta Kappa chapter include: Jerry Kiger; E. Lowell Rogers; William Champion; Douglas Hartzell; William Burt; William Renwick; Kenneth Smykil; Carl Marggraff; Donald Kisabeth; Charles Collier; Allen Gaines, Jr.; Leland Barnhart; Lloyd Miller; Ned Prucha; Robert Tuttle; Clare Champion; James Loomis; Glenn Walker; Richard Chadwick; Frank Zurlo; Arthur Zuelzke; A. Richard Ecker; and Merrill McEwen.

The Beta Eta chapter (#55) at the University of Tennessee was installed March 20, 1949 with Henri Minski serving as the installing officer. Charter members of the Beta Eta chapter include: Virgil Adkins, Jr.; Billy Anderson; David Arnold; William Bookout; Jack Bowers; Willie Chapman; Bobby Cochran; Francis Conn; Howard Cooper, Jr.; James Fagan; Robert Gilbert; George Hall; Manus Henegar, Jr.; Thomas Lane, Jr.; Joseph McPherson; Thomas Nelson, Jr.; Donald Numley; Robert Rutledge, Jr.; Paul Sherbakoff; Arlie Strange, Jr.; and Walter Ryba.

The Beta Zeta chapter (#54) at Long Island University was installed February 11, 1949 with District X Governor Raymond Shannon serving as the installing officer. Charter members of the Beta Zeta chapter include: Arnold Fine, Irwin Oster, Harold Schulkind, Jack Katz, William Obramson, Donald Broder, George Costa, John Daniels, Leonard Goldberg, Martin Katzoff, Jacob Mandel, Warner Oakes, Norman Palmer, Burton Prince, Stanley Rubin, Norman Sarnoff, Harold Segal, Herbert Siverstein, Joel Stark, Sidney Whiteside, and Leonard Goldberg.

The Beta Epsilon chapter (#53) at the University of South Dakota was installed November 7, 1948 with District IV Counselor (Governor) John E. Howard serving as the installing officer. Charter members of the Beta Epsilon chapter include: Donald Heidepriem, Dale Nelson, Lindsey Waldorf, Veryl Johnson, Robert Eberle, Vernon Garry, Robert Haynes, Delbert Bickel, Alan Durick, Charles Rathbun, Dale Allen, Dean Uvven, Cecil Harrington, Keith Eide, Howard Holst, Marshall Miller, Reid Griffith, Donald Fejfar, John Barton, Donald Schneckloth, and Ralph Fulghum.

The Beta Gamma chapter (#51) at Louisiana State University was installed May 16, 1948 with Grand President Max Mitchell and Past National President & Life Member of the Board of Trustees Bohumil Makovsky serving as the installing officers. Members of the Alpha chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Gamma chapter include: Carl Alexius; William Avera; Carl Balius; William Buckalew; Thomas Butcher; Esper Chandler; Norman Friedel; Lloyd Gregory; Tommy Hendricks; Stanley Hurstell; Horace Kebodeaux; David Kelly; William Lembeck; Edward Luck; Douglas Martine; Billy Masling; James Mays, Jr.; Merlyn Meyer; Omar Probst; Ronald St. Pierre; John Stewart; John Tardy; Robert Turnipseed; and Kenneth Walters.

The Beta Delta chapter (#52) at Sam Houston State Teachers College was installed May 15, 1948 with Grand President Max Mitchell and Past National President & Life Member of the Board of Trustees Bohumil Makovsky serving as the installing officers. Charter members of the Beta Delta chapter include: Harry Harris, Jr.; Seymour Manry, Jr.; Alden Bailey; Edward Burt; Ernest Clark; George Conrey; Fred Ellis, Jr.; William Graham; Elmer Hargis; Luther Hansen; William Kramer; James McKee; Robert McMurrey, Jr.; Melvin Montgomery; Al Newman; John Rathke; Robert Renfroe; Charles Simpson; Joseph Shrivanek, Jr.; Harold Spencer; Thomas Williamson; Joe McMullen; John Dessian; Philip Baker; John Bankston; Charles Brown; Ray Dabney; Maurice Graves; Billy Jones; Tommy McGraw; Pete Niblitt; James Pennington; Eddie Reyna; Wilburn Stiles; and La Claire Williamson.

The Beta Beta chapter (#50) at the University of Mississippi was installed April 26, 1948 with Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin serving as the installing officer. Charter members of the Beta Beta chapter include: Richard King; Robert Baker, Jr.; Ollie Hendricks, III; Bernard Brokaw, Jr.; James Brent; Robert Childress; Robert Cox; William Cox; Taylor Eady, Jr.; Charles Fulgham; Brett Jackson, Jr.; Robert Jones; William McKinney; William Perry; Warren Robinson, Jr.; Charles Robison; Robert Russum, Jr.; Lester Summers; Granville Williams; James Wilson; Alvin Wright; Aaron Beavers; and Paul Page.

The Alpha Omega chapter (#48) at the University of Pittsburgh was installed February 14, 1948 with District X Counselor (Governor) Bernard McGregor serving as the installing officer. The Eta chapter from The Ohio State University performed the Ritual and Installation ceremony. Charter members of the Alpha Omega chapter include: Robert Anderson; John Baldinger, Jr.; Earl Allan, Jr.; George Brosky; Walter Edge, Jr.; William Farrell; Carl Feick, Jr.; William Focer; John Hanks; Harry Herlinger, Jr.; William Katz; Earl Kopofsky; J. Edward Lee; W. Creighton McClintock; Charles Richmond; James Scannell, Jr.; Norbert Shanblatt; Robert Smith; Murray Weber; Clavin Williams; and Robert Arthur.

The Beta Alpha chapter (#49) at Baylor University was installed February 14, 1948 with Executive Secretary A. Frank Martin serving as the installing officer. The Alpha Omicron chapter performed the Ritual and installation ceremony. Charter members of the Beta Alpha chapter include: Byron Pevehouse; Norman Black; Theodore Fair, III; Whitsitt Shelton, Jr.; Wesley Alexander; Billy Brown; Halsell Davis; William Fariss; Edwin Fowler; Joe Johnson; Nick Klaras; Rudolph Kucera; Charles Ludwig; Jack McDaniels; Zack McFarland; John Owens; Thomas Riggs; Gene Smith; Richard Smith; Bryce Twitty, Jr.; Clayborn Umberfield, Jr.; George Williams, Jr.; Edward Wilson; and Richard Morse.

The Alpha Psi chapter (#47) at West Texas State Teachers College was installed October 25, 1947 with Grand Secretary/Treasurer Charles A. Wiley and Grand President Max Mitchell serving as the installing officers. The Alpha Omicron chapter performed the Ritual and Installation ceremony. Charter members of the Alpha Psi chapter include: William Latson; William Miller; Joe Merriman; Richard Miller; Leslie Talbert, Jr.; Ray Nickelson; William Hutchinson, Jr.; William Tregoe; Edwin McKee; Ira Reavis; Herschel Allen; Wallace Goodman; and M. J. Newman.