[Ad Astra]
Ad Astra John K. Gram (Oregon 1952) passed ad astra on
April 26, 2021. A lifelong supporter of the Epsilon Omicron Chapter, including service as house corporation president, John was awarded the Fraternity’s Coulter Cup in 1985 for his efforts on behalf of the Chapter. During the 1970s, John founded and was president of Forest Utilization, Inc. and was CEO of Gram Lumber Co. in Kalama, Washington. During the 1980s, he was president of the Public Timber Purchasers Group, followed by five years as executive director of Oregon Tax Research. He was Oregon State Co-Chairman of the Reagan-Bush campaigns in 1980 and 1984 and was a delegate to two Republican National Conventions. An active supporter of Oregon athletics, he also served two terms on the board of the Oregon Alumni Association. John was the second of four generations of Epsilon Omicron brothers in the Gram family, including his father, Harlan (1924), son Chris (1986), and grandson Jacob (2016).
Joseph M. Gratto (Lehigh 1958) passed
ad astra on April 8, 2021. An elite wrestler while at Lehigh, he won a NCAA championship and was later named to the Lehigh Athletic Hall of Fame. Following graduation, he served in the Marines and fought in Vietnam. He was awarded the Bronze Star with Valor, among many commendations, and retired as a lieutenant colonel in 1979. After earning a Ph.D. from Emory University in 1983, he served as a dean of the DeVry Institute of Technology in Atlanta and then was president of Potomac State College in Keyser, West Virginia, from 1987 to 1994. He also served on the board of trustees of Davis & Elkins College and received the Distinguished West Virginian Award. 52
THE PHI GAMMA DELTA|FALL 2021
Fratres Qui Fuerunt Sed Nunc Ad Astra Alabama
John H. Schoppert, Jr. (1961), 4/10/2021 Donald J. Sides (1966), 8/31/2021
Alberta
Micheal G. Harris (1987), 9/15/2021
Allegheny
Robert B. Mason (1953), 9/17/2021 Charles E. Nettrour (1954), 8/31/2021 David G. Todd (1961), 9/6/2021
Arizona
Charles W. Cochran (1968), 7/3/2021 Thomas R. Ecker (1959), 8/20/2021 Francis E. Hawke (1944), 6/27/2021 John R. Welch, MD (1961), 9/21/2021
Arizona State
Robert R. Meikle (1970), 9/4/2021
Arkansas
Columbia
Carl W. Chorba (1970), 9/5/2021 Fredrick J. Costello , Jr. (1982), 7/2/2021
Cornell
Henry L. Harvey, Jr. (1958), 8/9/2021
Davidson
Robert W. Porter (1962), 9/13/2021 William F. Strait, III (1949), 6/23/2021
Denison
James H. Brophy (1955), 8/4/2021 L. James Gordon, Jr. (1950), 6/17/2021 Ben H. Gregg, Jr. (1950), 7/31/2021 John W. MacDonell (1955), 8/24/2021 J. Wayne Mixson (1947), 7/8/2020 Cary S. Sheldon (1949), 10/15/2020 Barry J. Tuttle (1956), 5/3/2020
DePaul
Collin Duquet (2021), 8/15/2021
Matthew L. Goodfellow (1989), 9/24/2021
Embry-Riddle
Auburn
Florida
Douglas L. Brown (1969), 7/10/2021 C. Daniel Woodfin (1964), 9/30/2021
Bowling Green State
Steven D. Lewis (1987), 6/27/2021
Bradley
Ronald S. Reisner (1987), 6/29/2021
Brown
Phillip R. Jones (1948), 7/26/2021
Bucknell
Stuart K. Bean (1955), 8/1/2020 Enus A. Burigana (1950), 5/22/2021 Kerry T. Snow (1977), 9/2/2021 T. Robert Woodward (1954), 8/22/2021
Brandon L. White (2023), 5/1/2021 John R. Bonner (1949), 7/15/2021 John F. Davis, Jr. (1949), 5/18/2021 George T. Lewis (1960), 4/17/2021 William L. Summers (1973), 7/9/2021 Allen Trovillion (1949), 12/12/2020 Leland F. Williams (1974), 7/31/2021 Sam P. Young, Jr. (1950), 6/10/2021
Georgia
David P. McDonald (1971), 7/29/2021 W. Donald Tomlinson (1971), 7/9/2021
Georgia Tech
James E. Bell (1953), 6/15/2021 Frederick I. Boone (1966), 8/1/2021
Gettysburg
Ronald G. Gymer (1961), 8/23/2021
Joseph J. Egresitz, Jr. (1967), 9/7/2021 Stuart T. O’Neal , Jr. (1968), 9/27/2021 Robert L. Smith (1950), 4/22/2020 William H. Weaver (1950), 10/8/2021 Charles G. Williams (1975), 5/24/2021
Chicago
Hanover
Colgate
Idaho
California Los Angeles
Gordon T. Sutton (1959), 2/7/2021
Case Western Reserve
James E. Bryan (1946), 8/29/2021 Alfred G. Jamison (1959), 5/1/2021 Montgomery M. Spindler, Jr. (1949), 8/18/2021
Colorado
Stanley C. Harwood (1960), 5/19/2021 Frank Rosenmayr (1956), 8/28/2021
Colorado State
Gary L. Smith (1984), 8/9/2021
Howard A. Pelham (1951), 8/27/2021 Harry T. Denton (1966), 8/22/2021
Illinois
John B. Kuney, III (1970), 5/14/2021 Michael A. Schlueter (1963), 4/18/2020
Illinois Wesleyan
John D. Zwanzig (1956), 6/1/2021
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