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fabricated heart valve replacements and special suture clamps for Dr. Christiaan Barnard’s pioneering heart surgery
• Dr. Kenneth Carl Huber, cardiologist, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Robert H. Hurlbut, former COB of Strong Memorial Hospital, former
trustee of St. John Fisher College, former COB of Commissioners for the New York State Insurance Fund
• Eric Jacobs, principal engineer at Sikorsky Aircraft • Admiral Joseph Franklin ‘Joe’ Jelley (United States Naval Academy 1927), Commandant of the Bureau of Yards and Docks, recipient of Lambda Chi Alpha’s Order of Achievement
• Dr. Roger Brian Johnson, cardiologist, Tucson, Arizona • Dr. Brian C. Joondeph, ophthalmology, Arvada, Colorado • Dr. Jeffrey Scott Karlin, orthodontist, New Jersey • Sherman Richmond Knapp, former president of the Connecticut Light & Power Company and director on multiple companies
• Dr. Paul Komor, energy education director of the Renewable and Sustainable Energy Institute at the University of Colorado
• Dr. David Benjamin Kuhn, internal medicine, Fort McCoy, Florida
• Dr. William W. Mendenhall, former professor of civil engineering at the University of Alaska
• Robert Milkey, retired veterinarian, breeder, trainer and owner of harness horses
• Claude Ellsworth Mitchell – Omicron #1 • Dr. Jonathan Wayne Naughton, professor at the University of Wyoming • Dr. Allen Nicholson, professor of chemistry at Temple University • Arnold Olender, vice president and regional manager of Burns & McDonnell, Atlanta, Georgia
• Dr. Todd Oravitz, anesthesiologist, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania • Dr. Robert A. Pezzulich, former surgeon, Vermont • Mark Portera, regional sales director at the Hershey Company and the owner of the Nantucket Sandwich Shop, Atlanta, Georgia
• Steven Campagni Portis, COB of Renewable Funding Group, CEO at Global Power Finance, San Francisco
• Dr. George P. Potekhen, retired physician • OUTSTANDING CHAPTER – in May 2004 the chapter received Cornell’s highest honor for a fraternity
• Arthur E. LaCroix, former executive vice president of New England Power
• Dr. Joseph Mark Savitt, physician at Parkinson and Movement Disorder
• Dr. Thomas Lavelle, former surgeon
• George Schmidt, executive vice president, general counsel, and secretary
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• Kevin Lemanowicz, chief meteorologist for FOX25 in Boston, Massachusetts
• Henry W. Lengyel, former Judge in the New York Court of Claims • Dr. Robert Leshner, professor of neurosciences at the University of California @ San Diego School of Medicine
• Dr. Ludwig M. Licciardi, orthopedic surgeon, Brooklyn, New York • John Longstreet, president and CEO of Quaker Steak and Lube, Pennsylvania
• Dr. James J. Manion, physician, New York • Dr. David S. Mason, professor emeritus of political science at Butler University
• Dr. David Earl Mattern, former professor of music at the University of Michigan
• Dr. David McConnell, clinical professor of medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians & Surgeons
• Dr. Brian D. Meagher, physician, Jamestown, New York
“I joined Lambda Chi Alpha due to the outgoing nature of the members who combined a balance of academic seriousness and partying. In addition, the physical plant was very attractive, set in a gorge. Back then the chapter had between 40 and 60 brothers. The campus had a tradition of joint parties where two to four fraternities would pool their resources to pay for a live band. I have great memories of one such event where the Isley Brothers performed for
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• Francis Sherman, president of AkzoNobel, Chicago, Illinois • Edward W. “Ed” Shineman Jr., former COB of Beech-Nut Packing Company, recipient of Cornell Lifetime Benefactor Award
• Walter T. Southworth, former administrative law judge with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
• Bradley Stahl, nature photographer, Northwind Nature Education • Judge R. James “Jim” Stroker, retired Judge of the Ninth Circuit of Florida • Craig Warrick Wayman, retired executive vice president of sales for Prentice Hall
• Dr. Ralph Wilhelm Jr., former Grand High Iota, former executive with Delphi Automotive Systems
• Matthew J. Zak, former managing director of Japan operations for Chrysler Corporation
• Dr. Paul Zbell, surgeon, Huntsville, Alabama
an on-campus party. The chapter also had a number of musically talented brothers who formed bands, in particular John DeWitt and Tom Shineman, who would perform at campus parties. The chapter brothers enjoyed two other traditions, one of which went with the overall musical talents. We loved to sing, not from a songbook, but from the custom of passing songs on from one class to another. I’m not sure why the culture of singing stopped, but it has
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