BETA CHI DELTA SORORITY

Our sister Gayle Montes sent these two photographs of the Beta Chi Delta Sorority at Los Angeles Pierce College. Gayle commented:  "Those of us still married to Phi Delts include: Louie and Pat Syre, Mike and Pam Sangster, Scott and Barbara Motto, Tom and Gayle Montes, LeRoy and Sherry Hunt, Dean and Patty Brewster.  Also Phil and Nancy Gatch were married until her death in 2008."

  Beta Chi Delta Sorority – Los Angeles Pierce College – 1962

Photo donated to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gayle Montes 2011.  (click on image to enlarge)

Front row:

Sharon Brodie, Anita Fernandez, and Judy Liberman

Middle row:

Faye Taylor, Gayle Dillon, Judy Bennett, Pam Dick, Renn Morrison,

Judy Stumpf and Nancy Crouch.

Top row”

Sherry Dennis, Barbara Van Winkle, Pat Early, Lynda Dodds,

Wendy Wolfe and Cheryl Bergen.

Beta Chi Delta - Presents 1962

left to right
Cheryl Bergen, Donna McCrummen, Anita Fernandez, Maureen Streeter, Nancy Crouch, Jan Cheney, Renn Morrison, Marily Breault, Judy Stumpf, Sandy Smiley, Sandy Aston, Olga Caviedes, Gayle Dillon, Sherry Smith, Pam Dick and Sharon Humbard.  (click on image to enlarge) This photo is number 2690.

MORE GREAT PHOTOS FROM Br. LARRY PITSCH

 Refer to photo 1916 to identify these Alpha Chapter Brothers left to right top to bottom

 Alpha Chapter Presidents, David Hinz, Joseph Ells, Michael Rosenthal and Lawrence Pitsch
left to right    (click on image to enlarge) Refer to photo 1918.

 Beta Chapter leaders (left to right) Bob Marko, David Cox and Thomas Roe. 1962. Refer to photo
number 1919.

 Alpha Chapter Brothers at 1962 Rush Smoker. (click on image to enlarge - you'll discover that Br. Igor Olenicoff was no different as a college kid than he is as a senior citizen. (refer to photo number
1917)

Phi Delta Psi Rush "smoker" 1964 - Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Lawrence Pitsch November 2010.  Refer to Photo number 1920.

Br. LARRY PITSCH SENDS GREAT SMOKER PICTURES 1962 1964

Other fraternities had a hard time competing with the commitment and energy of the Phi Delta Psi. Here Br. Joe Ells of Alpha Chapter punches home what a real Fraternity means. (click on images to enlarge)

 Br. Tom Roe tells prospective pledges how the founding philosophy of Phi Delta Psi made multiple chapters a natural thing. Tom was already working as a radio announcer when he was a leader of our Beta Chapter at Pierce College.

 Student body Vice President of Valley College, Br. Rod Davis why potential members of Phi Delta Psi were chosen with such care. We expect you to excel in everything you do.

Br. Mike Rosenthal was a new Alpha Chapter president when this photograph was taken.

OUR LITTLE SISTER ROSALYN

Rosalyn Stern Krause 2010 - photo by Gerald Fecht for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 0 photo image # 1411 (click on image to enlarge)
Rosalyn Stern-Kraus, Little Sister of Phi Delta Psi, Alpha Chapter c. 1963. Rosalyn attended Valley College from 1962 to 1964. She is a member of Theta Rho Theta Sorority. Rosalyn and her family accompanied Brother Art Hortze from Montana to Paul Queyrel's Super Bowl party this month in Newport Beach, California.

ROD DAVIS SHARES NEWSPAPER CLIPPINGS FROM THE 1960s

Rod Davis and his family visit New York City in 1962
Photos in the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley - courtesy of Rod Davis 2009 (click on images to enlarge)

Brother Rod Davis (center) and Dave Hinz (right) become the vice president and president of the student body of Los Angeles Valley College

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Brothers Dave Hinz and Rod Davis greet the newly appointed president of Los Angeles Valley College

PUBLICITY WAS A PHI DELT SKILL

Newspaper clipping, courtesy of Rod Davis.
Dave Hinz and Rod Davis in a Valley College publicity photograph. Likely 1962. I believe the woman in the clipping was an official of Valley College

Br. STEPHEN CHARLES VIGNERON

Steve Vigneron 1962 - Photo booth snapshot - Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley 2008 (click on image to enlarge) Note: This image was scanned by LeRoy Hunt and repaired by photoshop by Jerry Fecht

This snapshot of Steve Vigneron was damaged when given to me in the early 1960s. In those days one could get three photos for either 50¢ or a dollar. Stephen Charles Vigneron was the 301st initiate of the Phi Delta Psi. He pledged our Fraternity's Delta Chapter, at Los Angeles City College in the Spring of 1962. Steve is a graduate of Arkansas City High School. He was born on the 19th of June in Topeka, Kansas.
He may be living in the Seattle area.

ALLEN PLOUFF and JOHN CAMINITI BETA BROTHERS

Allen Plouff - US Military Intelligence October 1967 Dau Tieng, South Viet Nam - Photo scanned by LeRoy Hunt 2008 for the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley (click on image to enlarge)

The Viet Nam War did much to destroy the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity. Many of its Brothers were members of reserve units "called up" for military service. Anti-war and anti-establishment sentiments grew as the war continued, and fraternities were among their victims.
Brother Allen Plouff pledged Phi Delta Psi's Beta Chapter in the Fall of 1963, shortly after graduating from Canoga Park High School. He entered the service just after finishing his studies at Pierce College. On his return from three years in Viet Nam, he entered California State University Northridge where he earned a degree in accounting. In 2008 he and his wife Judy reside in Valencia, California

Post card sent to Jerry Fecht from John Caminiti during his flight training (click on image to enlarge)
Brother John Caminiti is a 1959 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks, California. He was initiated into the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity in the Fall of 1962. He served the Brotherhood as the Sergeant at Arms for Beta Chapter. John holds a Masters degree from California State University Northridge. He served in the United States Army, First Cavalry Division from 1966 to 1968.
In 2004, Brother Caminiti is a mathematics teacher and wrestling coach at Tehachapi High School. He and his former wife Terry have four children; Steve, Scott, Chris, and Katie.
John wrote in 2004: "I live a great life. My fiancée and I dance, camp, travel, attend spiritual retreats, and have fun with the grandkids. Also I am involved with Brazilian Ju-Jitsu, which explains why I recently had to have rotator cuff surgery at Kerlan and Jobe. I am a very lucky fella."