UPDATE ON Br. FRANK NEMECEK

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Frank W. Nemecek

      Brother Frank W. Nemecek was initiated into the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity in the Spring of 1966. He graduated from San Fernando Valley State College (now CSUN) in 1971. Three years later Frank graduated from Southwestern University School of law. He has practiced law since that time.

     In 1978, Frank Nemecek opened his own firm in Sherman Oaks, California. His company specializes in malpractice law and in 2013 has over 20 lawyers. From the onset of his career, Frank has been a trial lawyer, and continues to the present to try 1 to 3 jury trails a year. His firm handles business litigation and defends professionals, primarily lawyers, charged with malpractice.

       In 1971, Frank married Joan, an Omega from Pierce College.They have two children, David, 35 and Jennifer, 31, both are lawyers. Their son David is a mergers and acquisitions lawyer with a national law firm in Los Angeles. Their daughter Jennifer worked for her father’s firm for four years and recently moved to Chicago where she is in the public relations business.

        When their daughter started secondary school, Joan began work selling residential real estate in the Southeast San Fernando Valley. In 2013, Joan is a realtor with Coldwell Banker in Studio City.

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NEMECEK AND COLE ATTORNIES AT LAW

15260 Ventura Boulevard

Suite 920

Sherman Oaks, CA  91403

BETA CHI DELTA PIN

Founder Steve Falk sent along this snapshot of a Beta Chi Delta Sorority pin from Pierce College. Several of our Brothers married women from this group. The Museum of the San Fernando Valley collects images and memorabilia relating to Beta Chi Delta.

Br. BOB WEST AT KAPPA PHI OMEGA EXCHANGES

Kappa Phi Omega girl and Br. Bob West at "Exchange" party  1960 - gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Jerry Berns  2009  - refer to photo 3364 - click on image to enlarge.

Br. JOHN CAMINITI

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. 

 Br. John Caminiti 2011  at Phi Delta Lunch

Brother Caminiti for many years was a mathematics teacher and wrestling coach at Tehachapi High School. He and his former wife Terry have four children; Steve, Scott, Chris, and Katie. In 2011, John is retired.

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."

ONCE FIERCE COMPETITORS TO PIERCE COLLEGE PHI DELTS

 Once these gentlemen were fierce competitors to the Phi Delta Psi, and to each others' fraternities at Pierce College. Today they are good friends, who take time to share a Bob's Big Boy hamburger. Paul Estavillo, who was once President of Chi Chi Chi invites Phi Delts to join their lunches.

(left to right) 

Joe Maequett  - Sigma Delta Fraternity
Paul Estavillo – Chi Chi Chi Fraternity
Steve Smith – Chi Chi Chi Fraternity
Don Jones – Sigma Delta Fraternity
Bruce Pobjoy -  Chi Chi Chi Fraternity

MARDI GRAS AT PIERCE COLLEGE 1967

You can tell a lot about what sorts of artifacts and photographs are arriving to your Museum, by the photographs posted on this blog. Since each in-coming picture gets an identification number and is scanned for our records, blog viewers often get a peek at what is being recorded. The following photographs taken from a photo album kept by Beta Chapter pledges of the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity in the Spring of 1967, allows us to visit Mardi Gras on the Pierce College Campus, 43 years ago.

 Beta Chi Delta sorority girl at the Phi Delta Phi booth - Photo gift to the Archives of The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Jerry Berns 2009.(refer to photo 2075)

 Phi Delta Psi Fraternity brother Bob Moore welcomes Mardi Gras visitors to the Raiders' booth. If you can identify those in the booth, please refer to (photo number 2071)

 Student projects, such as the Pierce College Mardi Gras were strongly supported by the school's many fraternities, sororities and special interest clubs in 1967.  (photo number 2070)

 Pierce students gather to make wagers on their Mardi Gras turtle races. (photo 2068)

 

Student floats prepare to parade across the Pierce College campus. (photo 2074)

PHI DELTS AT RIC GLAZER-DANAY'S RECEPTION

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front left to right
Joe Reggio, Tom Montes, Ric Glazer-Danay, Clay Koerner, Ron Simmons, Grady Talbot and Richard Box
back left to right
Jerry Fecht, Gary Fredburg, Steve Falk, Bob Robar, Dean Brewster, Jerry Berns, Dave Page, Clem Boylan, Don George, Lance Beiner, John Bogdanoff, Dave Ashley, Jerry Gillman and Dennis Parcelles.

A great turn out at Los Angeles Pierce College to honor the life's work of artist Richard Glazer-Danay, our Fraternity Brother. On the folding chair is the hard-hat sculpture Ric made for the Pierce College Foundation. The Foundation, along with The Museum of the San Fernando Valley and Maple Leaf Society of the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity hosted the reception on the Pierce campus.

You could tell that these guys are settled into their seniority, by the fact that there was no spontaneous outburst of "We Are The Phi Delt Raiders............"

BETA'S BIG COMPETITOR - DELTA TAU FRATERNITY

At my wife Janne's Van Nuys High School Reunion, we sat with three guys who had been Delta Tau's at Pierce College.

DELTA TAU FRATERNITY PIERCE COLLEGE

BARNETTE, DAVE
RAVERTZ, Keith

WALLACE, Don
retired LA Fire Department - Union President