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Richard H. Clements (Oklahoma 1948)

passed ad astra on February 2, 2021. Brother Clements was the cofounder and chairman of Clements Food Company in Oklahoma City. Upon high school graduation in 1944, Dick entered the U.S. Navy’s V-12 program and was initiated at the Georgia Tech Chapter while stationed in Atlanta. He later completed his undergraduate studies at Oklahoma. He was called back into the Navy during the Korean War. In 1953 he and his father, Richard J. Clements (Oklahoma 1918), founded Clements Foods. Dick served as president of two trade associations of food manufacturers. His record of civic leadership in Oklahoma City included chairman of the Salvation Army board of advisors, the Chamber of Commerce, and the United Way, which named its Lifetime Achievement Award in his honor. Dick served on the house corporation of the Nu Omega Chapter at Oklahoma and generously supported the construction of a new house in 2010. He was the sire of two Fiji sons, Richard L. Clements (SMU 1978) and Edward B. Clements (SMU 1983). In 2019 he was named a Distinguished Fiji.

James D. McFarland (Nebraska 1970)

passed ad astra on November 27, 2020. A walk-on at tight end for the Huskers, he became a starter in the 1968 and 1969 seasons and was named All-Big Eight his senior year. In 1970 he was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals,

Alabama

Stewart G. Austin (1966), 11/6/2020 Walter Matthews Jr. (1959), 2/1/2021 William B. Robertson (1945), 12/29/2020 S. Eugene Sullivan Jr. (1960), 11/10/2020

Allegheny

Bruce W. Bivert (1976), 3/5/2021 Rees C. Flannery (1962), 1/19/2021

Amherst

Nicholas B. O’Connell (1949), 2/1/2021

Arizona

Jon M. Counts (1959), 1/31/2021 John B. Funk (1986), 2/22/2021 Robert C. Garis (1962), 11/22/2020 Eric C. Jorgensen (1966), 12/11/2020 Charles J. Leftault Jr. (1954), 12/25/2020 Cleveland A. Smith (1969), 10/23/2020 Thomas R. Snee (1969), 12/12/2020 John V. Waddle (1957), 12/30/2020

Arkansas

James A. Burris (2008), 3/31/2021 Conner T. Day (2022), 1/23/2021

Auburn

Richard E. Dick (1969), 2/11/2021

Bucknell

Thomas R. Chapman (1968), 1/30/2021 Alvin E. Duryea Jr. (1956), 12/17/2020 Edgar V. McGinley, MD (1960), 10/26/2020

California Berkeley

Richard M. Bond (1946), 12/1/2020 William J. Eggers III (1961), 1/26/2021 Herschel Hyde (1955), 10/11/2020 Neil R. McAllister Jr. (1944), 2/1/2021 Gerold G. Williams (1962), 1/31/2021

California Los Angeles

Alfred H. Godshall (1949), 2/1/2021

California San Diego

Eric C. Hofmann (1998), 1/17/2021

Case Western Reserve

Philip E. Dew, MD (1948), 2/14/2021 Robert C. Reed (1950), 3/4/2021

Colgate

John D. Cussen (1959), 12/17/2020 Paul T. Scull Jr. (1962), 11/13/2020

Colorado

Stuart A. Kilpatrick (1956), 11/15/2020 Peter B. Teets (1963), 11/29/2020

Colorado College

John B. Leisure (1950), 1/27/2021

Columbia

Frank V. Baracca Jr. (1965), 11/2/2020 Frederick K. Cross (1952), 10/26/2020 Peter A. Poole (1956), 10/4/2020 Louis A. Urban (1950), 2/1/2021

Cornell

William R. Probst (1954), 10/7/2020 Guy T. Warfield III (1951), 2/22/2021

Dartmouth

Marr P. Mullen (1951), 11/27/2020

Davidson

William E. Christopher Jr. (1951), 10/22/2020 Carl W. Loftin (1958), 1/16/2021 Mallory F. Miree (1956), 3/4/2021

Denison

William A. Manierre (1954), 2/9/2021

DePauw

John W. Fulkerson (1992), 8/6/2020 Donald Jones (1949), 11/19/2020 Verne F. Knickerbocker (1950), 11/10/2020 James N. Ross Jr. (1962), 2/25/2021 Richard H. Showalter (1949), 2/4/2021

Emory

George F. Risi Jr. (1976), 12/12/2020

Florida State

John W. Harrington Jr. (1972), 11/18/2020

Georgia

E. Knox Martin III (2019), 12/1/2020 Terrance C. Sullivan (1972), 1/16/2021

Georgia Tech

Edward M. Feeney (1950), 4/10/2020 Rudy B. Griffin (1972), 1/11/2021 Andrew Kohl (1967), 2/24/2021 Jim L. Willcox Jr. (1974), 1/2/2021

Gettysburg

Walter R. Ernst (1964), 11/26/2020 Fred W. Hopkins Jr. (1956), 12/21/2020 Kenneth R. McKean (1956), 2/1/2021 Robert R. Sieck (1957), 3/14/2021

Hampden-Sydney

Thomas R. Salamon (2021), 1/30/2021

Hanover

Raymond A. Bowden (1949), 1/25/2021 Robert H. Claxton (1946), 11/30/2020 Kenton R. Gebert (1970), 3/22/2020 Elmer E. Geissler (1951), 12/1/2020 William C. Kaag (1953), 3/14/2020 Henry C. Marshall (1968), 1/17/2021 Paul H. Mueller (1952), 2/4/2021 Joseph S. Rawlings (1952), 12/15/2020 Robert P. Wright (1957), 10/8/2020

Idaho

Robert L. Bassett (1967), 12/13/2020 Richard T. Hauff (1956), 11/19/2020

Illinois

Robert H. Nelson (1952), 12/15/2020

Illinois Wesleyan

Robert F. Klings (1956), 7/16/2020 John J. Larsen (1967), 4/28/2020 Ole B. Pace III (1963), 6/2/2020 Joseph T. Strow (1957), 5/24/2020

Indiana

Marion L. Bowers (1936), 3/1/2021 Stephen L. Craig (1975), 1/20/2021 W. Mark Findley (1973), 11/10/2020 John L. Hess (1965), 11/4/2020 Ernest H. Lockridge (1960), 11/15/2020 John T. Scott (1957), 3/12/2021

Indiana State

Donald L. Koss (1974), 1/5/2021 David A. Smith (1971), 10/26/2020

Iowa

Newton J. Murphy (1952), 9/16/2020 Aristotle Pappajohn (1952), 12/24/2020 Frederick Stines Jr. (1949), 1/19/2021

Iowa State

James M. Adams (1953), 12/17/2020 Stanley M. Little Jr. (1944), 2/1/2021 Jeffrey Nolton (1962), 2/25/2021 William C. Ziebell, MD (1951), 12/6/2020

Jacksonville

James W. Collins (1987), 10/30/2020

Kansas

Larry S. Gutsch (1957), 1/12/2021 Larry L. Heck, MD (1962), 11/19/2020 Richard D. Smith (1954), 1/11/2021 Harry T. Stucker (1947), 4/9/2020 James H. Suderman (1958), 2/2/2021 Jack C. Williams (1957), 2/26/2021

Kentucky

Jason B. Beem (1998), 2/15/2021 Joseph H. Kurre (1965), 10/20/2020

Knox

Thomas A. Gallivan (1978), 12/15/2020 Len A. Kuchan (1953), 12/25/2020 Madison G. Sterne Jr. (1950), 12/3/2020

Lehigh

William S. Luce (1956), 1/21/2021 Charles W. Ridinger III (1950), 12/2/2020 Paul D. Scull (1957), 2/25/2021 Donald K. Walsh (1946), 3/2/2021

Louisiana State

Robert L. Capell III (1970), 1/1/2021 Terry G. Karns (1961), 12/2/2020 Paul P. Matthews (1962), 12/24/2020 Paul E. McCrea (1967), 1/25/2021

Maine

James M. Avore (1967), 2/1/2021 Joseph T. Cuccaro (1959), 2/16/2021 Carlton M. Lowery (1953), 12/10/2020

McGill

Stephen C. Brewer (1960), 12/25/2020

Miami

Edward A. Bigony (1962), 10/13/2020 Gary L. Brender (1974), 1/25/2021 John L. Watson (1963), 11/18/2020

Michigan

Gurney O. Gutekunst (1946), 1/10/2021 James O. Kistler (1950), 2/1/2021 James M. Miller Jr. (1953), 3/19/2021 Howard C. Mueller (1961), 2/1/2021 George E. Olsen (1950), 2/1/2021 Thomas J. Steffe (1964), 2/16/2021

Michigan State

Jeffrey Choi (1963), 2/22/2021

Minnesota

Paul S. Finden (1960), 5/24/2020

Missouri

Donald C. Ungerott (1952), 12/5/2020 Robert M. Wachter (1950), 12/28/2020

Missouri State

Travis D. Reed (2007), 1/14/2021

MIT

Richard H. Haas (1943), 1/15/2021 Robert W. Morgan (1955), 11/9/2020 Carl C. Scheid (1953), 11/11/2020

Nebraska

Tykye G. Camaras (1956), 2/1/2021 Andrew H. Goranson (1999), 1/4/2021 Daniel S. Jones III (1950), 2/1/2021 Frederick W. Karrer (1953), 11/28/2020 Kenneth R. Laux (1968), 11/15/2020 James D. McFarland (1971), 11/27/2020 T. Charles Nilsson (1971), 10/24/2020 Murray G. Schad (1963), 11/6/2020

New York

John J. Brennan (1957), 1/5/2021 Thomas Diamantis (1962), 1/12/2021 Richard A. Plata (1937), 2/1/2021

North Alabama

Guy Y. McClure Jr. (1984), 11/8/2020

North Carolina

Samuel M. Blount Jr. (1954), 1/28/2021 George W. Boss (1961), 12/5/2020 Kenton B. Creuser (1954), 11/20/2020 Lamar Jones Jr. (1982), 3/11/2021 John J. Schroeder (1961), 1/18/2021 William D. Smith Sr. (1953), 12/11/2020

Northwestern

George E. Irwin Jr. (1940), 1/9/2021 Stanley L. Krejci (1964), 10/28/2020 Robert W. Meyers (1957), 2/1/2021 Thomas A. Russell Jr. (1949), 11/30/2020

Occidental

John L. Bonham (1946), 6/15/2020

Ohio

William T. Schneider (1976), 11/19/2020

Ohio State

Michael J. Horn (1980), 12/28/2020 John A. Hunter, DDS (1964), 12/8/2020 Richard F. Martin (1949), 3/15/2021 Joseph W. Ray III (1966), 1/19/2021

Ohio Wesleyan

H. James Brown (1962), 1/24/2021 John S. Detrick (1957), 12/26/2020 Bruce A. Ewen (1963), 12/12/2020

Oklahoma

Richard H. Clements (1948), 2/2/2021 F. Robert Cornell (1961), 12/12/2020 J. Daniel Coulter (1953), 12/15/2020 Jack W. Hensley (1959), 12/12/2019 Dr. Myers William Lockard Jr. (1952), 12/6/2020 William J. Rea Jr. (1952), 1/18/2021 Louis F. Trost Jr. (1950), 1/14/2021

Oregon

Michael R. Graeper (1962), 12/13/2020 William W. Perry (1962), 2/22/2021

Oregon State

Rupert E. Fixott (1943), 3/12/2021

Pennsylvania

Samuel M. Jannetta (1962), 11/6/2020 William C. Seifred (1950), 11/9/2020

Penn State

Frederick D. Day III (1964), 11/17/2020 Charles V. Henry (1956), 12/8/2020 where he played for five seasons before finishing his NFL career with the Miami Dolphins in 1975. He was inducted into the Nebraska Football Hall of Fame in 1999. After retiring from the NFL, Jim earned a law degree from Cornell and practiced law in Lincoln for more than 35 years. In 1986 he was appointed by Governor Bob Kerrey (Nebraska 1965) to fill a vacant seat in the Nebraska Legislature. He was then elected to the seat and served until 1990. He also served six years on the board of the NFL Former Players Association. Jim was Purple Legionnaire for the Lambda Nu Chapter from 1994-97.

Frederick Stines, Jr.

(Iowa 1949) passed ad astra on January 19, 2021. A World War II veteran, Fred entered the Army following his freshman year at Iowa, serving with the 102nd Infantry Division in Europe. After returning to the University, he served as president of the Mu Deuteron Chapter as well as the Interfraternity Council. Fred enjoyed a 40-year career in publishing with the Meredith Corporation in Des Moines, starting as a sales trainee. Successive executive roles included publisher of Successful Farming magazine, the creation of private label publishing arm Meredith Publishing Services, general manager of a group of Meredith newspapers, and president of Better Homes & Gardens Book Group. He served as national chairman of Future Farmers of America in 1982 and was a board member of Homesteader’s Life Insurance Company. His extensive involvement in Phi Gamma Delta included service as a Section Chief, as Archon Councilor from 1984-88, and as Legate at the chartering at Drake in 1994. For his work on behalf of the Mu Deuteron Chapter, Fred received the Fraternity’s Coulter Cup in 1982, and he was named a Distinguished Fiji in 1989.

Louis F. Trost, Jr. (Oklahoma 1950) passed ad astra on January 14, 2021. Upon graduation from high school, Lou enlisted

in the military and at 19 was the youngest master sergeant in the Pacific Theatre. He later rose to the rank of captain in the Army Reserves. As an undergraduate at OU, he was president of the Nu Omega Chapter. Over a long career in banking, Lou rose to become president and CEO of Lincoln National Bank in Oklahoma City. He served three terms on the board of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Topeka, was president of the Mental Health Association of Oklahoma City, and served on the State Pension Commission. Lou’s service to the Fraternity included Section Chief, the Nu Omega House Corporation, and nine years on the board of the Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation, including three as treasurer. He received the Distinguished Fiji Award in 2004.

DeWitt Waltmon, Sr.

(Texas 1949) passed ad astra on November 27, 2020. DeWitt’s long career in the insurance business in Houston began shortly after graduation, as an underwriter for American General. Later he and a partner built an agency that grew and transformed multiple times before being bought by Alexander & Alexander in the late 1970s. He served as president and managing chairman of Alexander & Alexander’s Houston office until his retirement. In Phi Gamma Delta, DeWitt was president of the Houston Graduate Chapter on multiple occasions and spearheaded fundraising for a complete renovation of the chapter house at the University of Texas. He also served on the board of the Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation from 1991-94. His devotion to family is reflected in his Phi Gam heritage: his father DeWitt Waltmon (Texas 1920), sons DeWitt Waltmon, Jr. (Texas 1980) and Scott Waltmon (Texas 1987), four grandsons and a grandson-in-law. He was named a Distinguished Fiji in 1996.t

Pittsburgh

James R. Edmonston (1958), 2/12/2021 William F. Minnick Jr. (1950), 1/5/2021 G. Christie Watson (1940), 2/1/2021

Purdue

Robert L. Carrel (1955), 1/2/2021 Jack E. Chappell (1950), 2/1/2021 John W. Goodin (1980), 2/6/2021 Mark A. McCoy (1976), 12/5/2020

Rhode Island

Raymond G. Lundgren Jr. (1954), 2/1/2021 Timothy J. Mills (1984), 12/10/2020

Richmond

Edward R. Belknap (1967), 10/24/2020 J. Earle Dunford Jr. (1948), 10/25/2020 Ernest A. Lumsden Jr. (1953), 12/17/2020

Rose-Hulman

Anilkumar C. Patel (1979), 10/24/2020

Rutgers

Alan E. D’Elia (1969), 11/3/2020 William H. Nigh (1971), 12/18/2020 Donald J. Taylor (1958), 2/17/2021

Sewanee

John M. Blanchard (1975), 12/23/2020

Southern Methodist

G. Robert Chenoweth (1959), 12/24/2020 Douglas R. Dettman (1975), 12/26/2020 C. Alan Ferguson (1962), 10/10/2020 Theodore L. Lindbergh Jr. (1960), 12/15/2020

Syracuse

Earl W. Brydges Jr. (1959), 3/19/2021 Robert W. Feucht (1954), 11/1/2020 Edward J. Ralston (1952), 11/4/2020

Tennessee

Robert S. Allison (1954), 3/24/2021 Henry G. Arnold Jr. (1966), 4/2/2021 William T. Bozeman (1969), 12/18/2020 Gregory H. Kill (1992), 2/5/2021 William M. Slayden III (1972), 10/28/2020 Allen J. Ware Jr. (1952), 3/4/2021

Tennessee Tech

Stephen L. Wilson (1989), 3/4/2021

Texas

Duke M. Covert (1968), 12/22/2020 Porter Farrell II (1977), 2/10/2021 Robert W. Little (1963), 1/15/2021 Horace W. Netherton Jr. (1948), 1/18/2021 Fred W. Riley Jr. (1954), 3/24/2021 DeWitt Waltmon Sr. (1949), 11/27/2020 William W. Wise (1977), 1/16/2021

Texas Dallas

Andrew P. Sockwell (2015), 10/10/2020

Texas State

Christopher W. Carman (1990), 3/3/2021

Texas Tech

Larry K. Lowe (1967), 11/4/2020 Connor M. Pickett (2019), 1/28/2021 W. Lawrence Scott (1989), 2/11/2021 Louis N. Thomas (1967), 11/6/2020

Toronto

John E. Bassingthwaite (1965), 1/25/2021 Edward A. Overton (1958), 10/19/2020

Union

Kenneth A. Payment (1963), 3/11/2021

Vermont

Richard L. Green (1975), 11/30/2020

Wabash

James C. Clark (1951), 2/14/2021 Robert E. Harris (1942), 3/2/2021 Donald B. Korb (1945), 1/4/2021 Donald R. Vorce Jr. (1964), 11/13/2020 Charles R. Zimont (1954), 1/11/2021

Washington

Dr. John B. Carbery (1971), 2/14/2021 John P. Day (1959), 10/26/2020 Dean W. Saffle (1951), 12/26/2020 Howard E. Shiel Jr. (1948), 11/30/2020

Washington & Jefferson

James H. Chester (1966), 10/22/2020 Jerry R. Duffie (1964), 3/21/2021 Charles W. Kipp (1976), 2/22/2021 Sheldon N. Myers (1951), 1/28/2021 Thomas V. Shoop (1963), 2/17/2021

Washington & Lee

C. Thomas Skeen II (1989), 1/14/2021 Guy T. Steuart II (1953), 10/10/2020 Dudley B. Thomas (1955), 12/17/2020 Stanley A. Walton III (1962), 10/28/2020 Wiley R. Wright Jr. (1954), 11/30/2020

Washington State

Wallace S. Campbell (1956), 10/25/2020

Western Michigan

Mark A. Case (1980), 11/1/2020 Mark H. Gall (1990), 11/14/2020

Western Ontario

Peter D. Macdonald (1969), 2/22/2021

Westminster

Phillip L. Reynolds (1961), 12/20/2020 Francis J. Taylor (1951), 12/30/2020

William Jewell

Donald L. Crain (1954), 11/24/2020 Lewis W. Tapp Jr. (1951), 9/30/2020 James G. Trimble (1950), 1/13/2021

Wisconsin

Robert C. Erzinger (1955), 3/3/2021

Wittenberg

John P. Long (1957), 12/7/2020 Thomas G. Mattern (1959), 1/3/2021 Jack P. Reynard Jr. (1961), 12/21/2020 E. Davis Woellner Jr. (1943), 12/1/2020

Yale

Spencer J. Schnaitter (1954), 1/15/2021 Harry L. Stern (1952), 11/14/2020 t

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