Thursday, October 16, 2008

Br. RON NELSON - PHI DELT WORK DAY

Ron Nelson - Pierce College - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - 2008 (click on image to enlarge)
Phi Delta Psi Fraternity's Pledge period lasted only 6 weeks, so it never developed that semi-servitude that went along with pledging a national fraternity, who had pledges to do menial work the year-round. As a result, most of the chores of maintaining a Fraternity House were done by active members. Periodically "work parties" were called, often before parties and parents' open house. Here Brother Ron Nelson trims a bush in front of the Beta House around 1967 or 68.

Brother Ron Nelson was initiated into the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity's Beta Chapter in the Spring of 1967. He entered L.A. Pierce College shortly after his graduation from Granda Hills High School in the late spring of 1967.
Ron has a twin brother. He married Lou Holland's sister.

Note: My records on the younger Brothers of the Fraternity are limited, since I had already begun my teaching career. Information about Ron Nelson and his Chapter-mates is appreciated.

GARY SMITH - REPORT ON THE ENDOWMENT

Gary Smith's Family & Grady Talbot - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008
Left: Fraternity Founder Grady Talbot, Gary Smith's brother, Beta Chapter Founder Gary Smith, and Gary's parents.(click on image to enlarge) Gary was a member of the Fraternity's Second Pledge Class in the Fall of 1957.

The Campaign for The Maple Leaf Endowment Fund is underway. Thanks to the following Friends and Brothers who have supported the effort. Thus far we have raised $3,012.13. We have several large pledges in the works, that will really help.
Have a splendid fall! Jerry Fecht

Art Aston - Alpha Mother Chapter - Beta Chapter
Don L. Barnhart - Alpha Mother Chapter
Bruce Beardsley - Delta Chapter
Jerry Berns - Beta Chaper
Dean Brewster - Beta Chapter
John Caminiti - Beta Chapter
Phil Capka - Beta Chapter - Donated in Memorium
Richard Ennis - Alpha Chapter
Jerry Fecht - Alpha Mother Chapter
Tim Herles - Alpha Chapter
LeRoy D. Hunt - Beta Chapter
Tom Kirby - Beta Chapter
Clay Koerner - Beta Chapter
Clifford Moseley - Virginia Tech Chapter
James O'Brien - Beta Chapter
Roland Scott - Alpha Chapter
Gerald Olson - Beta Chapter
Dave Page - Beta Chapter
Vance Meyer - Alpha Chapter - Gamma Chapter - Pi Kappa Tau
Tom Montes - Beta Chapter

Stephen Weir (Friend - CPA partner of Janne Fecht)

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

DELTA CHAPTER PLEDGE TEST

Here's a challenge to our Delta Chapter Alumni

I found this pledge test for Delta Chapter in an old Phi Delt scrapbook today. I thought I would challenge you to take it again after 45 years. Just for ducks! Jerry Fecht

Pledge Name
_________________
WRITTEN TEST

1. Write out the following"
A. Greek Alphabet (include names and symbols)
B. The Obligations
C. The Standard
D. The Creed
E. The Original Founding Members
F. The Founding Members of Delta Chapter
G. Presidental Cabinet

2. Who was the first President of Delta Chapter?

3. Who was the second President of Delta Chapter?

4. Who were the third, fourth and fifth Presidents of Delta Chapter?

5. Who founded Delta Chapter?

6. Where was the first "real" Fraternity House located?

7, When and where did Phi Delta Psi begin?

8. What was the original name of the Fraternity?

9. Who designed your Pledge Pin?

10. Who designed your Fraternity Pin?

11. Who designed the Crest? When was it adopted?

12. What was the "Lady Plaque"?

13. Who founded the Alumni Association? When?

14. Who wrote the Fraterntiy song?

15. Name the Presidents and Vice Presidents of all three chapters of the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity.

16. Name the first seven Presidents of Phi Delta Psi.

17. List four ways the number 13 is associated with the Fraternity.

ANSWERS TO THE DELTA CHAPTER PLEDGE TEST

ANSWERS TO THE DELTA CHAPTER PLEDGE TEST


2. Mr. Richard Radcliffe

3. Mr. Phillip Rodgers

4. Mr. John Gomez, Mr. Tom Hardesty, Mr. Richard Dunn

5. Mr. Richard Radcliffe

6. Oxnard Street, Van Nuys, California

7. October 13, 1956 in the stables of Mr. John Furnish's house.

8. Phi Delta Phi

9. Mr. Richard Radcliffe

10. Mr. Stephen Falk

11. Mr. Jerry Fecht

12. The first pledge paddle made by the second pledge class

13. Mr. Donald Taggard 19959

14. Mr. Rowland LoBianco II

15. "HOLY COW!"

16. Mr. Donald Taggart, Mr. Doug West, Mr. Grady Talbot, Mr. Stephen Falk, Mr. Donald Barnhart, Mr. Gerald Fecht, and Mr. Michael Padden

Br. BILL EISLEBEN

Bill Eislaben 1989 - Photo courtesy of Jerry Berns - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 (click on image to enlarge)
Last photographs of Br. Bill Eisleben

Bill Eislaben 1989 - Photo courtesy of Jerry Berns - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 (click on image to enlarge)
Last photographs of Br. Bill Eisleben

Bill Eisleben and his children - Photo courtesy of Jerry Berns - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 (click on image to enlarge)

Bill Eisleben and his grandchildren - Photo courtesy of Jerry Berns - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 (click on image to enlarge)

Among the files shared with this blog by Brother Jerry Berns are these photographs of one of Phi Delta Psi's most loved leaders, Bill Eisleben. Jerry took, what we believe was, the last picture of Bill, a week before his death.
Brother Bill Eisleben was born on the 24th of February 1944 in Long Beach, California. He graduated from Grover Cleveland High School in the San Fernando Valley. Bill was initiated into the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity in the Fall of 1962. He was the 332nd member of our organization. Bill Eisleben served the Brotherhood as President of Beta Chapter at Los Angeles Pierce College.
Bill died in an airplane crash on the 8th of November, 1989 in San Diego County, California near the Mexican border. He was on a holiday in a four passenger Cesessna aircraft.
Brother Eisleben was a convert to the Roman Catholic Church. His funeral was held at Saint Jude Thaddeus Church in Westlake Village. The shrine of St. Jude in the church's garden is dedicated to his memory.
Bill's widow is Sherrie and children are: Erika, Annaliene and Elizabeth.

RIC GLAZER - DANAY

Richard Glazer-Danay - Archive of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 (click on images to enlarge)
Image from Ric Glazer-Danay's Hart Hat Series. (click on image to enlarge)
Brother Richard Glazer was born on August 12th. 1942. He is a 1960 graduate of Reseda High School. Ric was initiated into the Beta Chapter of the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity in the Fall of 1962. His pledge name was PreHeat 475. Prior to attending Los Angeles Pierce College, Rick served in the United States Army from 1961 to 1962. He served in the Army Reserves from 1962 to 1965.
Ric Glazer earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University Northridge in 1970, a Masters of Arts from California State University Chico in 1972 and a Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of California Davis in 1978.
Ric is an accomplished, world-renowned artist. He taught painting for sometime at California State University, Chico. In 2004 Brother Glazer is a Professor and Chair of American Indian Studies at California State University at Long Beach. He was the chairman of the American Indian Studies Program at the University.
A certified member of the Caughnawaga-Turtle Clan of the Kahnawake Band of Native Americans, Richard Glazer-Danay is a world famous artist. " His art is derived from both pop and postmodernist art movements, and he employs a wry and ironic sense of humor in his interpretation of Indian themes and the status of women in modern American life. He is both a painter and a sculptor who can combine these media in the same work. Inspired by his ironworking family, Danay is best known for his hard hat art."
He has been a consultant for the U.S. Office of Education, Office of Indian Education, U.S. Forest Service, Civil Rights compliance, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Glazer-Danay is a member of the National Indian Education Association, College Art Association, Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Education Committee, and the board of directors for Educational Opportunity Center, Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin. He has been a lecturer and conference/panel participant on curriculum, art, and opportunity issues; instructor/coordinator, American Indian Studies, California State University, Chico; instructor, Native American studies and acting director, C. N. Gorman Museum, University of California, Davis; coordinator, American-Intercultural Programs/American Indian Studies, University of Wisconsin, Green Bay; California State University, Long Beach; commissioner, Indian Arts and Crafts Board, U.S. Department of the Interior.
“Richard Glazer Danay comes from a dual heritage in that he is a Mohawk from the Caughnawaga Reserve near Montreal, and Jewish. His art is derived from both "Pop" and postmodernist art movements, and he employs a wry and ironic sense of humor in his interpretation of Indian themes and the status of women in modern American life. He is both a painter and a sculptor who can combine these media in the same work. In the words of University of California/Riverside Professor of Art, William Bradshaw, Glazer Danay can create "constructions of outstanding boldness and power. The work is bright, witty, satirical, and very strong in form and content." In a word, he is unique: no one is doing work quite like his. Glazer Danay is influential in the American art world for his art as well as for his role as a prominent educator and as a member of the U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Arts and Crafts Board.”
Glazer-Danay has exhibited widely in the United States and in Europe. His works are widely included in publications across the world. His works are in the collections of the British Museum, Vienna's Museum fur Vokerkunde, the Heard Museum in Phoenix and the Philbrook Museum. He has donated several cartoon works for the Phi Delta Psi reunions.
Ric and Gayle were married on the 5th of September 1970. They share two children: a son Brant and a daughter Brooke .

Br. LeROY D. HUNT FAMILY IN 1989

Family of LeRoy and Sherry Hunt - 1989 - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley -2008 (click on image to enlarge)
Nineteen years ago LeRoy and Sherry Hunt sent this photograph of their family to Br. Jerry Berns in a Christmas card. Jerry shared a box full of Phi Delt treasures with me (Jerry Fecht) this afternoon, among which is this great photograph. Next to LeRoy is his daughter Deanna, Sherry Hunt, and son Jerry. Deanna was 22 and Jerry was 24 in the picture.
LeRoy is amassing an electronic photographic archive of our Brotherhood.