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Notable Alpha-Alpha Brothers
• Mark B. Alexander (1978), dentist, Indianapolis • Jerry Armstrong (1965), former vice president of UPS • James D. Barr (1965), executive vice president/ treasurer of Crestar Financial Corporation • Addison M. Beavers (1932), former Circuit Court Judge, State of Indiana • Cecil I. Blackaby (1938), captain of the 1937 Butler University football team, played in the NFL for the Cincinnati Bengals, member of the Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame • Leonard P. Bochicchio (1965), commercial airlines pilot • Stephen A. Briganti (1964), president/CEO, Statue of Liberty/Ellis Island Foundation • Dr. Robert K. Brown (1980), professor of economics at Texas Tech University • Dr. Rolla D. Burghard (1937), physician and former Chief, Community Hospital, Indianapolis, Order of Merit winner • Dr. Todd S. Burry (1993), surgeon, Evansville, Indiana • Dr. Robert A. Campbell III (1993), surgeon, Indianapolis • Dr. Meredith L. Carter (1960), Chancellor, Ivy Tech State College • Robert A. Claycombe (1944), attorney, Indianapolis, member of Grand High Zeta from 1972 to 1980 and from 1982 to 1984 • Barry Collier, current athletic director at Butler University, member of the Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame • Dr. Andrew D. Dick (1978), physician, Indianapolis • Richard L. Dullaghan (1966), 1964 and 1965 conference football MVP; first coach to win Indiana High School Athletic Association state football championships with two different high schools, 1991 National Football Coach of the Year, coach of 5 state football championship teams, member of the Indiana Football Hall of Fame, member of the Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame • John B. Dunn (1977), former president and owner of Cummins Rocky Mountain, former chairman of the Butler Board of Trustees • William C. Evans (1985), Emmy-winning and chief news photographer, WGNO-TV, New Orleans • William T. Farkas (1988), executive vice president of Lambda Chi Alpha • Robert H. Fine (1955), director of pharmacy of Kewanee Hospital, Kewanee, Illinois • Dr. Joe E. Forgey (1970), dentist, Noblesville, Indiana • Thomas R. Freas (1974), executive vice president of Bank One Texas, Austin, Texas • Oral Hildebrand (1930), pitcher in Major League Baseball for the Indians, Yankees and Browns with an all-time record of 83–78, member of the ’33 All Star team and pitched in the World Series, member of the Butler University 1929 NCAA championship basketball team, member of the Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame • Ralph Iula (Honorary) – Order of Merit recipient
• Arthur L. Logsdon (1975), president Indiana Health Care Associates, Indianapolis • Dr. William C. Lubawy (1966), associate dean, University of Kentucky • William M. Lynch (1976), former head football coach, Indiana University • Dr. Mark A. Macke (1970), surgeon, Marshalltown, Iowa • Marvin D. McLaughlin (1952), senior judge, State of Indiana • Floyd McMurray, chapter charter member, later serves as the state’s superintendent of public instruction and president of Indiana University Southeast. • Dr. Kent B. Mecum (1952), professor emeritus of Spanish, DePauw University • Thomas Julian Meeks (1963), former senior director of rules/competitions for the U.S. Golf Association • Dr. Frederick G. Miller (1955), professor at Western Illinois University • Dr. Kevin Robert Murphy (1975), pediatric pulmonologist, Omaha, Nebraska • Julian T. Peebles (1968), president of Cathedral High School, Indianapolis • Lewis A. Plourd (1951), former Grand High Alpha of Lambda Chi Alpha • Dr. E. Browning Roche (1961), associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Nebraska Medical Center • Dr. Nicholas L. Rohrman (1959), professor of psychology at Colby College • Kent A. Rollison (1990), partner at Baker & Daniels, Indianapolis • Charles R. Schwanekamp (1978), high school teacher and football coach leading Bishop Chatard to be the Indiana state football champions in 1983 and 1984, member of the Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame. • Ray A. Sears (1935), holder of the 1934 American record in cross country, member of the Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame • Howard L. Shearon (1961), partner at Ernst & Young, Indianapolis • Reed F. Shields (1942), retired judge of Probate Court • Gary E. Smith (1964), associate director of bands at the University of Illinois • Dr. James R. Stainbrook (1959), professor emeritus at Ball State University • Ralph Stych (1934), Order of Merit recipient • Karl Stipher (1936), partner at Baker & Daniels, Order of Merit recipient • Dr. Richard A. Tewksbury (1986), professor in the School of Justice at the University of Louisville • Dr. John C. Van Vactor (1958), professor emeritus at the University of Nevada @ Las Vegas • Frank White (1929), member of the Butler University Athletic Hall of Fame and captain of the 1929 NCAA championship basketball team • Fred Wolff (1916), composer of the Butler Alma Mater “In the Gallery of Memories”
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explained years later. Fischer’s parents lived in Indianapolis, and he would frequently stop in the railroad capital as his business took him to Chicago and fraternity affairs took him west. After describing the local to members of other Lambda Chi Alpha chapters, to assess the potential for expansion (as was then the practice), Cole and Fischer moved ahead to make Delta Alpha Phi the 25th chapter of Lambda Chi Alpha—after Purdue University’s Aeolian Club, which had already won approval to become chapter number 24.
Ambitious Building Plans Alpha-Alpha chapter marked its 10th anniversary with a celebration at the downtown Columbia Club. The chapter boasted a membership of 45, and registration at the school had tripled since the chapter
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