Graduate Almanac

Alabama

| Tuscaloosa, AL 6 Pictured: James Bruce

Smith (Alabama 1950)

stands proudly with his Phi Gamma Delta memorabilia and framed Diamond Owl certificate, which celebrates 75 years of membership.

Austin Peay

| Clarksville, TN On August 12, Jonathon Jeanis (2020) helped save a man's life at a Taco Bell drive thru. Jonathon was the first person to investigate the passed-out man, and he administered life-saving CPR until the ambulance arrived.

Baylor

| Waco, TX Jeffery Price (1992) was named one of the 250 advisors on Forbes's "America's Top Wealth Advisors" list in 2020. Jeff serves as Purple Legionnaire for the Baylor Chapter.

Bradley

| Peoria, IL On April 18, Beta Pi hosted their Pig Dinner on Zoom, and 75 undergraduate and graduate brothers attended.

California Riverside

| Riverside, CA

Dr. Ariel Vitali (1990)

is an inpatient psychiatrist for Sheppard Pratt Hospital's adolescent unit in Ellicott City, Maryland. Brother Vitali is one of two attending physicians for the 22-bed unit, which is currently experiencing the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Case Western Reserve

| Cleveland, OH Neil Love (1949) received his Diamond Owl certificate, recognizing 75 years as an initiated brother.

Florida

| Gainesville, FL 5 In July, four Upsilon Phi brothers spent a week hiking in Glacier National Park in northern Montana. Pictured (L-R): David Smith (1983), Chris

Buffington (1983), Kenn Kowalske (1980) and Ned Westbrook (1983).

Florida International

| Miami, FL John Navas (2012) was recently named Chief Operating Officer at Allivet.com.

Florida State

| Tallahassee, FL On April 17, Phi Sigma hosted a Pig Dinner on Zoom. Nearly 70 brothers attended the event, including several brothers who had not reconnected with the Chapter for 20 years. The Pig Dinner included reports from the Chapter President and House Corporation President, an Exile's Toast and 'Comments & Criticisms' for the good of the Chapter.

Georgia

| Athens, GA

Peter Stoddard (1979)

spoke at the GREA (Georgia Retired Educators Association) 62nd Annual Convention about Lewis Grizzard and his book, "Lewis Grizzard: The Dawg That Did Not Hunt." The convention was originally scheduled for May 6 but was rescheduled for August due to the pandemic. Peter was also interviewed about his book on "In the Burbs with Amy & Gina" TV show on the UI Media Network on March 11.

Jere Morehead (Faculty

Initiate), President of the University of Georgia, was appointed to a four-year term on the NCAA's Board of Governors, the highest governance body in the NCAA.

Georgia Tech

| Atlanta, GA 6 Harold Brinkley (1948) received his Diamond Owl certificate, celebrating 75 years as a Phi Gam.

Gettysburg

| Gettysburg, PA Gino Alberto (1979), a physician in South Florida, volunteered to work in Queens, New York, to help treat COVID-19 patients. He was assigned to the temporary 470-bed hospital at the Billy Jean King Tennis Center until May 10.

Hanover

| Hanover, IN Evan Stoner (2019) was recently interviewed by The News & Tribune, Jeffersonville, Indiana's newspaper, about the Supreme Court's ruling that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibiting sex discrimination in the workplace also protects LGBTQ+ employees. He was interviewed as a leader in Southern Indiana's LGBTQ+ community. Evan founded Southern Indiana Pride (SIP) in 2016, and he served as the Pride Festival's director for three years. In 2019, he was named president of SIP's Board of Directors. As president, Evan pushed for a Fairness Ordinance in Jeffersonville in 2020, and he postponed the 2020 Southern Indiana Pride Festival due to the pandemic.

Houston Graduate Chapter

| Houston, TX 5 In April, the Houston Graduate Chapter hosted a virtual Pig Dinner, with brothers from 17 chapters in attendance. 4

Indiana

| Bloomington, IN 5 Zeta Chapter brothers from the 1970 pledge class held a virtual 50th anniversary reunion after canceling their in-person reunion due to the pandemic. Bill Miller (1962) received the 2020 NIC (North American Interfraternity Conference) Advisor Award of Distinction for his work as Purple Legionnaire for the Lambda Iota Chapter at Purdue. The award “recognizes exceptional commitment to advising a fraternity chapter, Interfraternity Council or fraternity/ sorority community. Each recipient demonstrates dedication to guiding and mentoring the fraternity members with whom they work, and exemplifies the highest standards of character, leadership and interfraternalism both personally and professionally.” Brother Miller served as Archon President from 2008 to 2010.

Johns Hopkins

| Baltimore, MD 6 J. Fred Glose (1949) earned his Diamond Owl certificate, recognizing 75 years of membership. Pictured: Fred is with his daughters at his family business, Maryland Chemical Company, where he has worked since 1953.

Knoxville Graduate Chapter

| Knoxville, TN The Knoxville Graduate Chapter hosted a virtual happy hour on April 9.

Memphis

| Memphis, TN Jason Isbell (2001) and his wife, Amanda Shires, performed several live virtual concerts to raise money for MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund, which helps musicians and other music industry professionals affected by the pandemic.

Michigan

| Ann Arbor, MI 5 To help fight the pandemic, Kelley Rea (1966) and his wife, Mary Jean Jecklin, paid six Vietnamese refugees, whose alterations boutique would have otherwise been shuttered, to sew 6,000 face masks. Kelley added filters to the masks, and he personally delivered the masks to emergency care and essential workers in Sarasota, Florida.

Minnesota

| Minneapolis, MN Mu Sigma Chapter's former Scholarship Advisor,

Dr. Amelious Whyte, Jr.

(Faculty Initiate), received the Tony Diggs Excellence

Award for Outstanding Student Group Advisor. This award is highly prestigious and only awarded to the best on UMN's campus. Amelious left his position as Scholarship Advisor upon his appointment as the Fraternity's Educational Director.

Missouri State

| Springfield, MO 3 Caleb Hearon (2017) was named on Variety's "10 Comics to Watch" list for 2020. Caleb was selected for his popular Twitter and Instagram videos and his work on two shows coming out in 2020. He is an actor in the fourth season of FX's "Fargo," and he is a writer for Netflix's animated series "Human Resources," which is a spin-off of "Big Mouth."

MIT

| Cambridge, MA

William Mitchell (1949)

received his Diamond Owl Certificate, celebrating 75 years as an initiated brother of Phi Gamma Delta.

Northwestern

| Evanston, IL

Tom Russell (1949)

recently received his Diamond Owl Certificate, which celebrates 75 years as a Phi Gam.

Ohio Wesleyan

| Delaware, OH 6 Theta Deuteron brothers from the class of 1977 have been gathering every fall for their annual golf outing. The group decided to uphold their annual tradition this year while following the appropriate social distancing guidelines. They gathered in Northeastern Ohio in September for a week of golfing. Pictured (L-R): Steve Walton (1977), Greg Sponseller (1977), Bob DiBiasio (1977), Chris Swift (1977), Byron Choka (1977), Greg McComas (1977), Rick Goclano (1977), Paul Eddy (1977), Dave Vadas (1977) and Ken Sternad (1977).

Oklahoma State

| Stillwater, OK

Matthew Wolff (2021)

played in the TaylorMade Driving Relief charity golf match on May 17. Matthew and his partner, Rickie Fowler, competed against Rory McIlroy and

Dustin Johnson to raise funds for COVID-19 relief efforts. The WolffFowler team played for the CDC Foundation, and the McIlroy-Johnson team played for the American Nurses Foundation. Fans watching the game were able to contribute to the fundraising efforts by donating online through the PGA Tour Charities.

Old Dominion

| Norfolk, VA 5 The Omega Deuteron Chapter hosted a virtual Happy Hour for graduate brothers and guests on April 28.

Oregon State

| Corvallis, OR 6 David Horn (2008), the Kappa Omicron Chapter's house dad, recently helped a COVID-19 response team collect over 20,000 pairs of gloves and other useful medical supplies.

Pittsburgh

| Pittsburgh, PA 6 Pi Sigma brothers once again held their Pitt FIJI Open this year. 17 graduates and 14 undergraduate brothers had a lot of fun at the event, while maintaining social distancing. Max Johnson (2020), who played for the Pitt golf team, won the event with a 76. Pictured: Ben Wallander (1989) handcrafted the event's plaque, which was signed by all the brothers who attended the event, as well as Bill Martin (Mississippi State 1975), who Ben visited while driving through Lexington, Kentucky, from his home near Memphis.

Purdue

| West Lafayette, IN Jim Gaffigan (1988) and his wife, Jeannie, started a fundraiser to deliver food to New York City hospitals through their nonprofit organization, The Imagine Society.

Southwest Florida Graduate Chapter

| Naples, FL The Southwest Florida Graduate Chapter is planning two events in November and December. They will hold a luncheon for brothers and guests on November 17 at the Moorings, and Doug

Dittrick (Ohio Wesleyan

1955) will host the annual Holiday Party at his home on December 3. Both events are pending due to the pandemic. Additionally, Rob Bicket

(Illinois Wesleyan 1967)

took over as President of the Graduate Chapter.

Texas

| Austin, TX 5 DeWitt Waltmon, Sr. (1949) received his Diamond Owl certificate, as an initiated brother of Phi Gamma Delta for 75 years. DeWitt's sons, grandsons and grandsonin-law (who DeWitt refers to as his "Fiji Boys") held a ceremony to present him with the certificate. Pictured (L-R): Standing:

Matt Waltmon (Louisiana

State 2005), Michael

Chachere (Louisiana State

2006), DeWitt Waltmon, Jr. (1980), Scott Waltmon (1987) and John Waltmon (2018). Sitting: Austin Waltmon (2015), DeWitt, Sr. and Ben Waltmon (2020).

Texas Tech

| Lubbock, TX 3 Jim Edwards (1993) and his wife, Cecilia, created the Jim & Cecilia Edwards Student Emergency Support Fund for Texas Tech students. They started the fund in 2019 after hearing about a student who lost their car in an accident and struggled to finish school while working and attending school full time. Jim and Cecilia committed $10,000 a year for five years to complete the fund. The fund helps "students in Arts & Sciences facing crises...[who] have difficulty obtaining that last $1,000 to finish their degree or $500 to buy their books that semester." There is a maximum of $1,000 per applicant.

Utah Graduate Chapter

| Salt Lake City, UT The Utah Graduate Chapter has adapted to the COVID world, increasing their outreach and activities by hosting Zoom events every week since March 2020. Dozens of brothers have met virtually from across the country to renew the bonds of friendship. It has been a great opportunity to reach out and re-engage brothers who live far away. Brothers engage in conversation, 4