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.

Andrew S. Hipskind (Indiana 1995) passed ad astra on September 18, 2021. Andy received the Wilkinson Award in 1995 as Phi Gamma Delta’s most outstanding senior. As an undergraduate at IU, he was a four-year letter winner in track and was admitted to Phi Beta Kappa. He went on to earn his Doctor of Medicine degree from the IU School of Medicine. In 2003, he joined the staff of Indiana University Athletics as Director of Sports Medicine and the football team physician. Since 2014, he had served as Senior Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Sports Performance as well as IU Athletics’ first Chief Medical Officer. Earlier this year he became just the 45th recipient of the Indiana University Distinguished Service Medal, which recognized his exceptional professional service to IU Athletics and the entire university community.

Edward J. R. Jackman (Toronto 1962) passed ad astra on June 18, 2021. “Father Ed” was ordained into the Catholic priesthood in 1971 and became a member of the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans). He became active in the historical community, joining several societies dedicated to the study of Christian history. From 1980 to 1982, he served as president of the Canadian Catholic Historical Association and continued in the position of Secretary General up until his death. He also served as historian for the Archdiocese of Toronto into the 1990s. An ardent supporter of a variety of other faiths and Christian philanthropic endeavors, he participated in a major study of the history of the Methodist Church in Canada and was a member and benefactor of the Canadian Methodist Historical Society. He was the brother of Henry N. R. Jackman (1953).

Alfred G. Jamison (Colgate 1959) passed ad astra on May 1, 2021. He was a starting offensive tackle for the Houston Oilers in their first three years of existence, 1960 through 1962, until a back injury ended his career. The Oilers were champions of the American Football League in 1960 and 1961, and Al earned All-AFL honors all three years that he played. Following retirement from football, he was a sports talk radio personality in Houston and had a career in the construction equipment business until 1996. Two years later, he was elected county judge in Colorado County, Texas, and served for 12 years. He also served on the board of Champion Valley Boys & Girls Clubs in Columbus, Texas.

William A. O’Brien III (MIT 1977) passed ad astra on June 3, 2021. Bill was an accomplished physician-scientist with a distinguished career as both a researcher and clinician helping patients with serious infections. He made several advances in HIV pathogenesis and treatment and led research groups in molecular virology as well as in clinical trials for over 20 years. After leaving academic medicine in 2008, he worked for several companies involved in medical research. He earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees in molecular biology from MIT and received his medical degree from the University of Minnesota. To his Mu Iota Chapter brothers, Bill proudly claimed to be the missing link in turning the Chapter’s intramural basketball team into A-League champions.

Charles D. “Dan” Woodfin (Auburn 1964) passed ad astra on September 30, 2021. Dan practiced and taught architecture for over 50 years, including 47 years on the faculty at Ball State University. During his tenure at Ball State, he was the Architectural Internship Director in the College of Architecture and Planning (CAP) for over 30 years and was Vice-Chairman of the University Senate. In 2002, he received the Sappenfield Award for Teaching Excellence from CAP. Dan served the Beta Sigma Chapter at Ball State as Purple Legionnaire and was the Faculty Advisor for almost 20 years.

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

Matthew L. Goodfellow (1989), 9/24/2021

Auburn

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

California Los Angeles

Gordon T. Sutton (1959), 2/7/2021

Case Western Reserve

Ronald G. Gymer (1961), 8/23/2021

Chicago

James E. Bryan (1946), 8/29/2021

Colgate

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

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

Embry-Riddle

Brandon L. White (2023), 5/1/2021

Florida

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

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

Hanover

Howard A. Pelham (1951), 8/27/2021

Idaho

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

Indiana

James T. Bean, III (1966), 9/9/2021

Andrew S. Hipskind (1995), 9/18/2021

Sherman D. McMurray, MD (1981), 6/6/2021

Indiana State

Kevin R. Fleetwood (1995), 7/11/2021

Iowa

Jerry L. Bellmer (1957), 5/22/2021

Iowa State

Lee G. Andreas (1957), 7/10/2021

Fred R. Oehlerking (1980), 8/12/2021

James Madison

Kyle J. Chamberlain (2021), 4/28/2021

Kansas

D. Tom Jones (1950), 8/31/2021

Glenn E. Nyberg (1979), 4/20/2021

Kansas State

Craig E. Conner (1988), 8/3/2021

Kent State

Gary A. Cox (1976), 9/24/2021

Kentucky

Joseph B. Curry (1964), 5/1/2021

Ralph G. Dunbar (1960), 11/7/2020

David L. Jaquith (1966), 4/19/2021

Lafayette

Christopher J. LaPietra (1989), 6/14/2021

Lehigh

Terry D. Eckert (1960), 9/23/2021

Joseph M. Gratto (1958), 4/8/2021

William A. Snadecki (1954), 7/4/2021

Louisiana State

Gary C. Smyth (1972), 8/9/2021

A. Lloyd Stoessell (1962), 9/29/2021

Vernon M. Sylvest (1961), 6/21/2021

Miami

Robert J. Mulligan (1977), 6/20/2021

Frank L. Trippett (1973), 4/29/2021

Michigan State

Frederick E. Hagen (1968), 4/17/2021

Missouri

George J. Koch, III (1957), 6/10/2021

Andrew R. Sackin (1973), 8/24/2021

James N. Smith (1954), 7/14/2021

MIT

William A. O’Brien, III (1977), 6/3/2021

Nebraska

Timothy J. Ash (1970), 4/30/2021

Guy F. Bush (1957), 5/5/2021

Wyman B. Kenagy, Jr. (1957), 4/17/2021

Scott K. Levey (1974), 5/8/2021

New Mexico

Carder M. Vaughn (1969), 5/16/2021

New York

John A. Difulgentis (1971), 7/11/2021

Richard A. Eckert, Sr. (1954), 1/12/2021

North Alabama

J. David Gattman (1974), 8/11/2021

J. Michael White (1985), 6/15/2021

North Carolina

William C. Covington, Jr. (1954), 5/3/2021

Walter E. Titchner, II (1974), 9/4/2021

Richard W. Wood (1968), 5/13/2021

John B. Woods (1956), 5/12/2021

Northwestern

Charles J. Griffin (1975), 5/25/2021

Harold J. Slagter (1947), 6/3/2021

Occidental

Robert E. Williams (1947), 1/9/2021

Ohio State

Stephen E. Auch (1952), 7/7/2021

James F. Dickerson (1965), 9/24/2021

Frank T. McCormish, DDS (1955), 9/22/2021

Richard D. Moles (1950), 8/30/2021

Harry R. Scott, Jr. (1955), 7/24/2021

Ohio Wesleyan

Harry L. Dowler, Jr. (1954), 10/6/2021

Harry N. Faulkner (1963), 5/29/2021

Robert M. Gardner, Sr. (1951), 8/20/2021

Edward J. Judge (1988), 2/28/2021

Douglas M. Kennedy (1977), 8/14/2021

William S. McAfee (1956), 9/9/2021

Edward C. Reinkoester III (1981), 9/5/2021

D. James Smith (1951), 5/25/2021

Robert W. Warren (1961), 8/12/2021

Oklahoma

David M. Herritt (1979), 7/28/2021

Alvin H. Smith (1961), 4/27/2021

F. Eugene Wyrrick, Sr. (1959), 7/2/2021

Oregon

John K. Gram (1952), 4/26/2021

Oregon State

Richard M. Bixler (1951), 5/5/2021

Raymond L. McCorkle (1979), 10/12/2020

Pennsylvania

Frederick L. Bowden (1948), 4/9/2021

Pennsylvania State

Winfred R. Boyer (1962), 6/16/2021

Frank M. Caroselli (1967), 6/13/2021

Peter C. Fishburn (1958), 6/10/2021

Michael F. Leisey (1974), 6/13/2021

Harold H. Wilson, Jr. (1951), 8/19/2021

Purdue

Jerome B. Bean, Jr. (1964), 6/2/2021

William E. Sherbrooke, Jr. (1957), 4/17/2021

Quinnipiac

Cristian Caamano (2022), 9/18/2021

Rhode Island

Richard I. Millar (1954), 9/21/2021

Richmond

James A. Cales, Jr. (1964), 4/23/2021

Ellis M. Dunkum (1959), 7/29/2021

Travis T. DuPriest, Jr. (1966), 9/16/2021

James F. Morano, Jr. (1964), 8/5/2021

Robert D. Whitehurst (1962), 5/16/2021

Rose-Hulman

Luis A. Pettengill (2007), 7/9/2021

Rutgers

Dennis R. Cole (1969), 7/16/2020

Alan E. D’Elia (1969), 11/3/2020

Robert R. Mosher, III (1954), 9/11/2021

William H. Nigh (1971), 12/18/2020

James H. Strimple (1944), 4/9/2021

James D. Toal (1967), 7/10/2020

Sewanee

J. H. Harrison Jr. (1965), 9/16/2021

Southern California

William H. Crowhurst (1974), 5/17/2021

Southern Methodist

Bruce C. Henderson (1976), 10/6/2021

Stanford

Park L. Loughlin (1948), 4/19/2021

Syracuse

M. Donald Low, Jr. (1951), 7/12/2021

Alan C. More (1969), 9/26/2020

Gordon A. Peterson (1950), 7/4/2021

Gary W. Pickard (1968), 9/18/2020

Bradley J. Strait (1954), 5/6/2021

Tennessee

William K. Alexander (1950), 4/25/2021

Allen D. Boyd (1950), 7/18/2021

William T. Bozeman (1969), 12/18/2020

David P. Harrill (1963), 6/1/2021

Robert S. Moore (1958), 7/13/2021

Joseph W. Reed (1976), 7/30/2021

Texas

Maurice L. Allred (1964), 5/30/2021

Robert W. Barnes (1972), 1/25/2021

Robert R. Bridges (1943), 6/20/2021

Robert F. Coffee (1956), 6/3/2021

Jacob M. Ehlinger (2023), 5/6/2021

Charles S. Plummer, Jr. (1975), 5/31/2021

W. Kurt Potter (1990), 8/13/2021

Paul A. Schweizer (1989), 6/14/2021

Kenneth N. Tarlton (1969), 4/11/2021

Texas A & M

William A. Hughes (2013), 7/24/2021

William L. Raba (1984), 8/13/2021

Texas Tech

Willis D. Brown (1953), 5/12/2021

Hardy S. Clemons (1954), 7/1/2020

Owen W. McWhorter, Jr. (1967), 9/6/2021

John T. Mellinger, Jr. (1955), 10/30/2020

Kenneth W. Whittington, MD (1956), 8/5/2021

Toronto

Edward J. Jackman (1962), 6/18/2021

Union

Thomas R. Kershner (1971), 6/19/2021

Virginia

Neal D. Marks (1957), 9/21/2021

Wabash

David J. Korb (1950), 9/6/2021

Thomas B. Shearman (1949), 8/30/2021

Washington

Warren J. Gilbert, Jr. (1951), 8/2/2021

Donald M. Peek (1950), 8/25/2021

Robert R. Redman (1950), 9/6/2021

Washington & Jefferson

Timothy D. Calvin (1943), 7/10/2021

Larry W. Fifer (1967), 2/28/2021

Washington & Lee

E. Worth Higgins, Jr. (1958), 9/7/2020

John J. Popular , II (1956), 6/14/2021

Washington State

David L. Porter (1963), 3/27/2021

West Virginia

James R. Holt, Jr. (1979), 9/9/2021

William Jewell

Norman G. Barfoot (1961), 4/3/2021

Edward J. Meyer, Jr. (1951), 4/25/2021

Michael J. Morrow (1960), 1/13/2021

Byron D. Myers (1957), 7/12/2021

Wisconsin

Paul R. Dye (1952), 8/20/2021

James C. Ferrill (1955), 7/11/2021

Anthony J. Haen, Jr. (1957), 9/17/2021

John M. Perrigo (1958), 9/8/2021

Alton R. Schmitt (1958), 5/6/2021

Wittenberg

James G. Huntington (1960), 6/10/2021

Walter A. Rumbarger, Jr. (1950), 5/13/2021

Yale

Oliver B. Kilroy (1949), 7/22/2021

Alden B. Richardson, III (1949), 5/27/2021

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