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WWW.SIGMACHIHARTFORD.COM UPCOMING EVENTS
: Hello
Brothers, Please
join us at the forthcoming Connecticut/Rhode Island Province Conference banquet
dinner for the Hartford Alumni Chapter Annual Business Meeting. Many of us will
be facilitating at the Conference, so I am hoping we can hold our own meeting
concurrently with the planned dinner and get some of the basic Chapter business
underway for the year.
First, I am opening up nominations for Chapter Officers through email. Those
interested in any of the following positions please reply to this email. These
include: Position Current
Officer President Robert
Stack Vice-President Ross
Siegel Treasurer Robert
Stack Member
at Large Keith Moody VP
Activities Rusty Cushman, Greg Valente
General responsibilities include working with other Officers to arrange a
schedule of Alumni Events, work with the undergraduate chapter officers to
support recruitment, initiations and their Alumni Boards in the various issues
that arise in their operations. Opportunites abound, including representing us
at Grand Consul, BLTW or leading us, as Greg and Rusty have done, on football
trips, skiing and kayaking, and beer nights.
After our elections, I hope to rough out an activity schedule. Please write back
with any suggestions. We’ve tried to have one event a month, so in the past
there’s been more suggestions than time. If we get a lot of requests for a
baseball game or golf, we’ll try to get that one in. If you would like to have
more family events, or maybe something with sorority alumni association, now’s
the time to let us know. The dinner will be held February 6th, at 7:00 in the Bartels Hall, the main campus dining facility at the University of New Haven. Please send a check for $10.00, payable to Sigma Chi Fraternity to Keith Moody, P.O. Box 3977, Woodbridge CT 06525. Please send ASAP. Please shoot me a quick reply to this email so I know to expect you. Note, you don’t have to participate in the other Province Conference activities, they are generally designed to help educate the undergrads in management of their chapters, but you are more than welcome to participate In
Hoc, Bob
Stack Gamma
Omega ‘82
From the archives:
November 09
Newsletter
Wow, what a Fall season for Sig Alumni. Sorry, I haven’t been able to
recap sooner. September
began with supporting the rush at the local Chapters. The regulars turned out
for tapping at GO. Carl Graveline, Nick
Wong and I also represented the Chapter at Beta Nu’s (Brown) 95th
Anniversary. Their dinner was fine, but the undergrads party afterward was a
Sig-nificant event. Obviously, they do something right if they have a hundred
people waiting to get into their over capacity house. 
Greg Valente, John Bowlin, Ray Nilson,
Rusty Cushman and Randy Coppola did their annual NFL event, the
Jets-Patriots. Another great day in the
warm half of the season. Ken Scussel and I bowed out in lieu of the UConn-ND
game below.
Thank you to the alumni who
supported the initiation at Gamma Omega on Nov 14th. This was
probably the second highest attendance of Alumni , only topped by our 65th
Anniversary Celebration. Brothers from all decades from to 40’s to today
participated. Just to mention a few: Dean Goss, Joe Light, Tom Cole,
Peter Keefe, Tony Troiano, Carl Graveline, Steve McGuiness, George Merlin Muth,
Keith Moody, John Dirienzo, Tom Ferracci, Mike Borsari, Matt Montaldo, Phil
Graham, Pat Egan, TIm Torpey, Travis Ward, Josh Rabinowitz, Jake Herrewyn. If I missed your name I apologize. Again, thanks for your support, the Chapter
had a huge pledge class this semester, with 22 new brothers. Just being there
really means more than you can imagine.
Alumni participation continued
with one of the greatest UConn football games of all time, when Randy Edsall,
his team , and our team travelled to Notre Dame Staduim in South Bend Indiana.
Greg Valente took the lead in this effort, Ken Scussel and I met up with him in
Chicago the Thursday before. We ate steaks at Ditka’s and partied into the
morning at the House of Blues afterward.
Randy Coppola met up with us in SB and Charlie Cari ’57, Fuzzy Fasulo
’58 and their wives Ann & Celeste came to our aide lending us use of their
grill, table and extra tall flagpole for our Sigma Chi flag. After doing the official tour, we scoped out
the local bar scene and determined the Linebacker was their version of Teds.
Wall to wall kids, alumni, beer and music. We tried our best to drag along as
many other alumns as we could. Texts were flying to Mark Imbrogno, Neyah
Bennett, Lan Cameron, Dwayne Montie,
Dave Allen & Michael Whyte.
The tailgate before the game got a bit raucous, but a good time was had
by all. We ended up having plenty of food.
Dwayne and his buddies followed the flag in. Nice to have the crew from Florida join us,
even though it was only for a short while. The game topped off the weekend. As you
probably know, Frazer, Dixon, Todman and the team won it four times over for us
and finished it off in double overtime. Unfortunately, these two teams may
never meet again. So maybe next year we go to Michigan. It never gets old.
EVENTS: The NYC Alumni Chapter holds an annual Christmas Dinner in NYC at Club Quarters on Thur. 12/10/09. You can take the train to Grand Central and walk to Club Quarters. This is a great opportunity to network with SIG Alums working in NYC and undergrad SIGs from Columbia University, etc. Address: 40 W. 45th St. (between 5th and 6th Aves) EX Christmas Dinner 2009 http://event.pingg.com/exchristmas2009 January ’10. Vacation at an
all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic. Brother Phil Graham is putting
a group together to go down to Punta Cana. Believe it or not, a week runs about
$750.00 including airfare. (my son did this same trip after graduation and had
a blast). Phil has rough plans and several people have already signed up. Keep in contact. GO Huskies. In Hoc, Bob Stack ‘82 July 09 Newsletter
Having just recently returned from Grand Chapter, I am pleased to
announce that Keith Moody has been formally elected to the position of Grand
Preator for our new Connecticut- Rhode Island Province. The new Province will
include Brown, UConn, West Conn, Yale, New Haven, and two Colonies, URI and
Bryant. Other proceedings included the election of our brother and friend L.
Wayne Tucker Jr., Baylor ‘85, as our new Grand Consul, Dennis Santoli, Case
Western ’67, as Grand Pro Consul, and Mike Greenberg, Illinois Wesleyan ’85, as
Grand Tribune.
As far as legislation goes, the
proposal to formalize the ascension of the Grand Pro Consul to Grand Consul was
defeated. The argument for rejection was based on flexibility and performance
in position and the true need to put into our statutes what has actually
transpired over the last 55 years anyway. The number of Grand Trustees was
increased from 15 to 18. In case you aren’t aware, Grand Trustees are focused
on aiding Chapter House Corporations and all their constant issues. Seeing as
the Fraternity has now expanded to 230 Chapters, it was felt that the current
Grand Trustees were being spread a bit too thin. The undergrads elected Alexa Stabler, from the University of Alabama as our new International Sweetheart. All three finalists were wonderful, personable girls and our group had several discussions with each of them during their campaigns. Picture of Carl Graveline below with Alexa just afer the selection announcement.
On that note, our Bar Nite 2, at
John Harvard’s Brewhouse in Manchester was a success. Carl and I were joined by
Warren Sullivan ’82, Steve McGuinness ’82, Phil Graham ’02, Nick Sackandy, 01
and Mike Fitzpatrick now residing in Glastonbury. Unfortunately, we were
upstaged by the Dave Matthews band who drew away most of our core younger
members.
EVENTS: July 25th, (Yes, less
than two weeks) Please join us for a day at the shoreline. Brothers, wives,
girlfriends are welcome to spend the day as my guests at Niantic Bay Yacht Club
in Niantic CT. Let's start at 11:00 AM. I have a couple of sailboats we can
bounce around on while the kids can swim on our little beach. Lunch food is
available at our “Galley” or we can grill up some burgers and dogs. This is a
very low-key family club, (I may need to cap attendance, so please RSVP early) Address 8 Shore Rd., Niantic
CT, www.nbyc.org Later for dinner, we’re off to
brother Tim Brennan’s restaurant in Westerly RI, Two Small Fish, noted for
excellent seafood. This is a very informal venue. Tim tells me there will be
bands at the State beach and fireworks thereafter. Address: 138 Granite St, Westerly, RI 02891
If you still have any energy left,
you can always stop by the Mohegan Sun on the way home. Please RSVP to: Bob Stack 860-745-6102 August 15th- Kayaking
in Vermont- Brother Rusty Cushman planning a gathering of Sigs, wives,
friends for some smooth water kayaking
on the Winooski or possibly the Mad River near his place in Warren . We can
drive up and stay the Friday before, paddle, party and depart on Sunday. Kayaks
and canoes are available for rent (approx. $60.00 for the day). Otherwise,
there are some great deals on kayaks at Dick’s Sporting Goods for those
interested in purchasing equipment. RSVP to: Rusty Cushman Cell: 860-478-6957 September- Various rush events at
UConn, bar-b-que with pulled pork. Tailgating at Rentschler. A full calendar is being developed for New
Haven, Yale and West Conn too. The undergrads truly appreciate it when alumni
show up to support their efforts. September 20, Jets vs. Patriots in
the Meadowlands. We suggest tickets purchase from Stubhub and joining
us for tailgating. We have too much food and fun not to share. Contact Greg
Valente for details, gregv@llnw.com . Nov. 21st-
UConn- Notre Dame Football Game, road trip Greg Valente leading the
pack. Leaving Friday Nov. 20th,
returning Sunday Nov.22nd. This will be a caravan and tailgating
event. Greg will advise the official host hotel. Otherwise, it’s up to you to
get tickets. They go on sale to the public starting Wednesday details below. Contact Greg at gregv@llnw.com
or myself at rstack44@aol.com January ’10. Vacation at an
all-inclusive resort in the Dominican Republic. Brother Phil Graham is putting
a group together to go down to Punta Cana. Believe it or not, a week runs about
$750.00 including airfare. (my son did this same trip after graduation and had
a blast). Phil has rough plans and several people already signed up. OTHER NEWS: A couple of engagements have been announced
within the younger alumni, Matt Montaldo, Pat Egan in particular. Headquarters has recently launched
a replacement for the Sigma Chi Friendship Circle social networking site. The
new site www.sigmachi.com
has many of the features of facebook . All brothers are encouraged to register
and help build the new network. At Grand Chapter we were also
asked to support the Fraternity & Sorority PAC (Political Action Committee)
www.fratpac.org
which focuses on the advancement of Fraternity issues in Washington. History: Big Brother- Little
Brother Project and Composite Pictures On-Line are going well, as accessed from
www.sigmachihartford.com. I just found out that Keith Moody
is in my family tree. Also, the big black scrap book from Gamma Omega in the
70s and 80s seems to have gone missing. I believe it was borrowed after one
last year’s events by a brother interested in working on it. If you have it,
please drop me a note. Rstack44@aol.com UCONN VS. NOTRE DAME UConn Country is heading to South Bend this
season! Make plans to join us at Notre Dame for our first-ever football
game with the Fighting Irish. You can show your Husky pride and be our
"12th man" for this historic event. Thank you for your continued
support of UConn Athletics and our football team! EDITED BY NICK WONG CHAPTER TRIBUN\E
Revision June '09 Hello Brothers, THANKS First
of all I want to thank all of you that made the installation of the Lambda
Epsilon Chapter at the University of New Haven a success. Special thanks to
Bruce Casner, Grand Trustee and the Fraternity’s Lead Ritual Director for
helping is present an amazing investiture. Keith Moody, Grand Preator, and Big
Daddy, Chris Hunt for their organization and leadership. Thank you Sweetheart Committee for helping us with the banquet. Thank you to the various undergraduate Chapters Gamma Omega, UConn, Theta Upsilon, Yale, Iota Eta, WestConn for making this all happen. Also, thank you alumni who donated to the event and sponsored undergraduate participation in the banquet. It was an event of a lifetime. Follow link above to see the pictures I took at the banquet http://members.cox.net/unhsig/indexUNHinstall.htm Now, there’s still work to be done. Alumni support will be needed to make this Chapter sustainable. We also have to support our own Chapters, each of which has their own challenges. As alumni we will be asked to support events, recruit, help mitigate issues as they come up, and guide and coach our brothers in best practices of running their multi-thousand dollar businesses. That being said… your participation will maximize the pleasure and minimize the effort. EVENTS Alumni Weekend at UConn Next weekend is Alumni Weekend at UConn. Some of the fraternities and sororities have been organizing big get togethers. There are events happening on Friday June 5th and Saturday June 6th.Check out http://uconnalumni.com/get-involved/385 for a full schedule. I see that John Mapes the hypnotist is having a show. How many of you remember 30 years ago when he hypnotized Warren Sullivan in the audience, who thereafter tripped, fell and I believe some broke bones heading for the stage. The big things for us is a Greek Life Planning Meeting 1:00-2:30 at the Student Union, Room 312. Here we plan on developing an Alumni IFC/Pan Hell for the betterment of the University and to promote Greek Life on Campus. This is followed by a Greek Life Alumni Reception also in the Student Union. Any of you wishing to join me at the planning meeting, please let me know (rstack44@aol.com or phone my cell 860-966-3013). If you can make it to the reception, then great, we need to show that Sigma Chi is a positive force in Greek Life and Alumni Relations. Grand Chapter Just want to acknowledge that Hartford Alumni will be having a sig-nificant delegation to Gran Chapter in Charleston, SC this year. We hope to elect Keith Moody as our Grand Preator. Those participating include Big Daddy, Carl Graveline, Tony Troiano, Mark Paniccia and myself. Bar Night Brother Steve McGuinness insists that we not let June get by without an event. Another bar night has been requested, this time at John Harvard’s Brew House in Manchester. Let’s meet next Saturday June 6th at 8:00 (this can augment the UConn Alumni weekend plans)
Manchester website: http://www.johnharvards.com Here is Steve’s cell phone 203-695-3973. He’s leading this event. This is a very informal gathering bring your wives, girlfriends and we all can discuss other summer events over a beer or two. We had considered kayaking, golf, making a run down to Tim Brennan’s restaurant in Rhode Island. Now that the big installation event is behind us we can get on with our typical schedule. Let us know if you are interested in joining us. Sorry for the sort notice. Time is stretched very thin these days. In Hoc, Bob Stack Rstack44@aol.comRevision 4/8/09 Hello Brothers: I am pleased to announce that the Gamma Omega Chapter at UConn, along with the Hartford Alumni Chapter, Theta Upsilon, Yale, Iota Eta, Western Connecticut and the Connecticut Alumni Chapters are hosting the Installation of The Lambda Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Chi at the University of New Haven. Provided all preparations proceed as planned and voting is positive. Brothers, we would like your assistance in events up to and including the Investature. Please contact Keith Moody, Chris Hunt or myself for details. Following the Investature will be the Installation Banquet. We are extremely proud to be a part of the Fraternity's expansion, so we are planning the best of occassions. Please download the following pdf file for more information on the banquet. The New Haven Lawn Club website for info and directions is: Located at 193 Whitney Ave., New Haven CT We have blocked off rooms at several of the better local hotels. Please follow the link below: 
Hotel Link
Below is a link to access and review the Formal Petition of the new Chapter to the Fraternity. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact the Installation Committee through the contact address above.
Here's a link to the Sigma Chi Lambda Colony website at the University of New Haven: In the spirit of brotherhood and supporting the expansion of the Fraternity and our noble values, the Installation Committee is requesting sponsorships and donations. Several suggestions are listed on the banquet invitation anlong with contacts and even a Paypal address. We are hoping that individuals or even groups, such as pledge classes, will join together and sponsor a table, the bar etc. Regardless, please join us for a weekend of reunion. Please take the opportunity to participate in history in the making. Bob Stack PLEASE SAVE SUNDAY, MAY 10 ON YOUR CALENDARSBanquet arragements are in developement. Invitations will be emailed to those on our lists. If you are interested in participating in this rare and awesome occasion, please contact. Bob Stack, rstack44@aol.com, Chris Hunt, hunt_chris@hotmail.com, or Keith Moody, keith.moody@sbcglobal.net In the words of Keith- "Many hands make light work". Please contact us if you can help make this occasion one to remember for a lifetime.
Follow-up on Sig Bar Night in Northampton MA.. Carl Graveline, Brian McGuiness, Nick Wong, Travis Ward, me (Bob Stack) and some of our close friends came together for a great evening. We tried several new and different micro-brews at The Dirty Truth Bar and the Northampton Brewery. Conversation and company brought together youth and experiance. We all agreed, this is a must do again event.
  
Hello Brothers, Here is a quick newsletter from the Greater Hartford Alumni Chapter Revision 2/14/09 Happy Valentines Day to your Sweethearts. Contents: Province Conference Sig Ski-a-Poluza Undergraduate Chapter Highlights Upcoming Events This is a great introduction to the fact that each of the Eastern New York & Connecticut Province Chapters have invited their respective Sweethearts to the Province Conference next weekend at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. The International Sweetheart, Rachel Burkey, who currently lives in NY City, will be on hand to speak to the girls and hopefully pass on some encouraging thoughts on their roles within the chapters. All alumni Sigs are welcome to attend and help guide our actives brothers to help manage their chapters. Of particular interest will be a Session on the Ritual by Grand Consul Bob Jones at 5:00-6:30 PM and Dinner afterwards at 7:30-9:00 PM (There will be a non-secret discussion on the ritual hosted by bother Chris Faust for our pledges, sweethearts, the UNH Colony and our guests). Here’s the scoop from Keith Moody- The
mailing address for checks
(registration - if you haven't already registered - form attached) to be
sent to the Iota Eta Chapter ($10/person covers all 3 meals) Sigma Chi Fraternity 181 White Street Danbury, CT 06810 Please
make checks payable to the SIGMA CHI
FRATERNITY. The contacts at Western Connecticut for
PC are: Consul Kevin Fiore (203) 948-3600 and PC Host Joshua Toetenel (203) 948-5849 Recommended hotels: Maron Hotel, which is directly across the street
from the campus, or Comfort Suits, which is one mile down the street from the
campus. Comfort Suits- $100 a night To Western Connecticut State University West Side
Campus: (From the East and West) · Take Exit 4 off I-84. · Turn right onto Lake Avenue. · Go approximately one mile. · Campus entrance is on the right across from Super Stop & Shop. http://maps.gogle.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=university+boulevard,+danbury,+ct&om=1
Sig Ski-a-Poluzza: Not a big turnout but Rusty Cushman, Jeff Rubin and myself had a great time skiing Sugarbush. The weather was very cold, but the sun was shining brightly and a fresh coat of 6 inches of powder the night before made the effort to get up to Warren well worth it. All I can say is I hope Rusty keeps welcoming us up and that more partake in the festivities. Bob Stack Undergraduate Chapter
Highlights: The Gamma Omega Chapter reports that 17 pledges were tapped in last Thursday. That is 17 acceptances of 18 bids presented. This was the most successful rush of any of the fraternities at UConn. The reputation of the Chapter is excellent at this point as is evidenced by this Rush. Looking back, the Chapter hasn’t seen these numbers since the Sprankle, Cameron et. al. Class of April ’91 and further back to the glory years for fraternities back in the Alpha years of the fifties and sixties. The New Haven Colony is still in their Rush period, but all hopes are that they have 20 plus pledges to add to their rolls. Provided all goes as planned, we will be installing the Chapter on Sunday May 10th. The Alumni Chapter will be looking for help, due to the 50 or so initiates. Guidelines will be provided to those of you who will step up to the tasks at hand. Contact me at rstack44@aol.com for details. Also, I want to acknowledge Ross Siegel for volunteering to manage the banquet arrangements and all those who have volunteered to help, Caron Paniccia and others. Upcoming Events: The next official Greater Hartford Alumni Chapter Event harkens back to our old bar hoping days. Saturday March 7th , we would like to invite you all to gather with us in Northampton Mass at The Dirty Truth beer hall at 29 Main Street in Northampton. They boast 40 brews on tap and according to Nick Wong, the best selection in Western New England. We will also test the Northampton Brewery, at 11 Brewster Court and maybe a few of the other fine local establishments depending on the entertainment and action at hand. We will meet at 7:30 at The Dirty Truth. I am looking for some of you to volunteer to be designated drivers. Please RSVP to me at rstack44@aol.com or Nick at nd4spdlsc@gmail.com . If there are people interested in staying up there, let me know and we can designate an official hotel and maybe get a group break. So all you former Kustos, get ready to fill us up a bumper as the old song says. Websites for directions & info.: http://www.northamptonbrewery.com/ http://beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/13977/?view=beerfly Don’t forget Grand Chapter this year is in Charleston SC, July 1-5th. Several of us are planning on going including Keith, Crazy Carl, Big Daddy, Tony Trioano, Kevin Cook, Mark Paniccia maybe Steve McGuiness, Tom Cole and whoever else we can lasso into coming down with us. Registration is on line at http://grandchapter.sigmachi.org/ Check this site out. They are welcoming families, so there are many alternative activities at hand. Last but not least, I want to thank those that have paid the $20.00 Alumni Chapter dues. Several of you have requested the use of Pay Pal in order to pay on-line. So I’ve set up an account and the link above. I hope this helps facilitate a financially sound Chapter. Guard Well the Honor of the Cross IHSV, Bob Stack
Business Meeting Minutes Jan 17 09>
Revision Dec. 19th Happy Holidays Brothers!! Since my last email on December 10th, I’ve been
able to firm up some forthcoming event. The Sigma Chi Hartford Alumni Chapter
Meeting will be at the Hawthorne Inn, in Berlin CT on January 17th
at 6:30 PM. Here is a link to the Hawthorne Inn web site for
information and directions: 
Basically this will be a meet and greet event and a
sit-down dinner. Meals will be from the menu, and I know they cook a great
prime rib. I hope to discuss events for the forthcoming year and the status of
our local undergraduate chapters and colony at University of New Haven. The meeting
will be in coordination with a UConn’s Gamma Omega Executive Council meeting,
so we will take the opportunity to introduce the Chapter’s leadership to you,
our active alumni. Some of you may be interested in attending the UConn Women’s
Basketball game at the XL Center-The Hartford Civic Center at 2:00 PM and
joining us thereafter.Let me know if you can make it. Brothers, you are welcome
at the door regardless. Following that up
will be the Sig-ski-a-poluza 2 at Sugarbush Mountain in Warren VT,
February 1st. Rusty Cushman will be leading the event and promises a great
skiing and apres skiing at the Resort area. or me, Robert Stack at rstack44@aol.com
Bob Stack Gamma Omega ‘82 Pres. Hartford Alumni Chapter Hello Brothers, It's been a while since I wrote. This semester's been very busy for me personally and for the local Chapters. The last time we officially gathered as a group was for the Jets-Pats game with Greg Valente and a crew of us from the 80s. We helped with the Pig Roast and the annual Rush Tailgating Party at Rentschler. Our efforts paid off. last weekend Gamma Omega initiated nine new brothers. The guys are having a great semester socially too. They won the best group at Homecoming for the second time in a row. (I believe they worked with KKG or KAT to make that happen.) A group of the undergrads are going to the International Bowl in Toronto. Hopefully UConn Football will make the trip worthwhile. If you are interested in hooking up with them, write me back and I'll set up the connection. I've been meaning to set up an official Hartford Alumni Chapter meeting to discuss events, meet, greet, drink beer and discuss the state of Sigma Chi. The venue will probably be at the Hawthorne Inn on the Berlin Turnpike on a Wednesday in January. Perhaps we can tie it in with a sports event. Anyway, I need at least 10 brothers to guarantee a room, write me back if you are interested in getting together. One of the events I'd like to organize is a trip to Grand Chapter this year. It'll be held during the week of the Fourth of July in Chareston SC. This is basically an alumni gathering, business, politics and a lot of partying. Crazy Carl Graveline and I plan on checking it out. At the Southern end of the State, our Colony at the University of New Haven is doing well. Currently, Sigma Chi Lambda has approx.34 brothers/candidates from their fist two pledge classes and have hopes of expanding 10-12 more in Spring. Sigma Chi Headquarters has set the bar high and requires at least 35 undergraduate brothers with a 2.5 minimum GPA. We are indebted to brothers Jeff Micklus, Ross Siegel, Carl Graveline and Keith Moody for their support. On Monday November 24th, 22 of the UNH, Alpha class members received Big Brothers from the Hartford Alumni Chapter, Gamma Omega (UConn), Theta Upsilon (Yale) and Iota Eta (West Conn). We met, broke bread and pledged to support them through installation and beyond. Then we watched the Beta class present their Alpha class big brothers with all sorts of personalized gifts, paddles, sports memoribilia, steins, etc. I've updated the Big Brother Tree, off the www.sigmachihartford.com website with the names of these guys as well as our new initiates. I've highlighed the UNH guys in red. Having these guys included gives us the opportunity to tie the existing Connecticut Chapters together. Over the last year or so, we've expanded our activies with the other Chapters (beyond Province Conferences) and I hope we can take advantage of a lot of the fun events the other groups put on. A couple of pics below.
Up next, winter, that means snow, skiing and another Sig Ski-a-poluzza. Any suggestions? Last year brother Rusty Cushman lead the effort. We are open to suggestions, write back. Trivia- We had twenty Sigma Chi and Sigma Chi Alpha brothers listed as UConn Football letter winners. Victor Kinon advised us that he won three letters, Football, Lacross & Wrestling, one of only two individuals in the history of UConn sports. Gary Blackney went on to coach college football. Notably as long time head coach for Bowling Green and most recently with Central Florida. If you have any sports tie-ins or stories you wish to share write back. Memories- We all know the Sweetheart Song, but do you remember these songs..The latest versions of the Norman Sheild doesn't have these old favorites. (Forgive my memory if they aren't quite right): Oh Sig, Oh Sig, Oh Sigma Chi I'll be a Sig, untill I die A Sig by day. A Sig by night to be a Sig, is my delight.
My favorite.. Oh come ye jolly kustos, fill us up a bumper. Fill us up a bumper with a vim. Hey, Hey Hey, And when we have downed it, fill us up another. Fill us up another with a vim. Hey, Hey Hey. Drink, Drink, Drink, pass the wine cup free. Drink, Drink, Drink, Jolly Sigs are we. Free from care and dispair, what care we. Here's to the blue and gold of our fraternity.
Brother Dean Goss, Gamma Omega '47 just taught me the Drinking Song of old Alpha Phi (our original UConn local) In brotherhood united, our hearts and minds are plighted In loyalty well ever be true to Alpha Phi So we'll all hang together, in every kind of weather, and we'll drink her down to the white and brown hail to Alpha Phi.
The undergrads know so few of our songs. If you can remember any we can pass along, write me back. Good, bad clean, dirty, they all have their place. What's a hayride without some raunchy songs to bring on the laughter. I'd be happy to compile a book. This fall we donated a small shadow box with a Sigma Chi brother pin, a Sigma Chi Alpha pin and a Sigma Chi Life Loyal pin to the house at UConn. We are trying to locate an Alpha Phi pin, as we intend to celebrate 100 years as an organization at UConn in 2011. In Hoc, Bob Stack, Gamma Omega '82
Revision 8/13/08 First-The Gamma Omega Chapter has once again (twice in a row) earned the Peterson Significant Chapter Award, the highest honor given to a Chapter in the International Fraternity. Please take the time to congratulate Keith Moody, Chapter Advisor at keith.moody@sbcglobal.net and the actives through Consul Greg Heaphy at greg.heaphy@uconn.edu There are four events of immediate interest. Saturday August 30th , there will be a Bar-B-Que at the Husky Village house
at 12:00 Noon. Saturday Sept. 6th, 1:00 PM at Husky Village, John Bowlin
and his crew will host the Annual Pig Roast. This is an event that should not be
missed. Over the past few years this has been critical to the success of the
Chapter. The Alums and the Actives really get to show how Sigs do a party right.
Later we've retreated to Ted's or the off-campus house and continued the
festivities into the night. Saturday Sept. 13th, We will tailgate at the UConn-Virginia Football game with Lan Cameron, Jeff Sprankle , Neyah Kane Bennett and myself in the North East (Blue) Parking Lot at Rentschler Field. This year finding us should be easier now that we've got our flag. This should be a great game too. We are really looking forward to getting a little revenge on last year's one point loss on their turf.
Sunday Sept 14th, Greg Valente, Rusty Cushman, Ray Nilson, Randy Coppola,
Ken Scussel and others will be having their annual trip to the Jets-Patriots NFL
football game. Last year, when Rusty Cushman refused to film for Bill Bilcheck,
he was forced to find a stooge on the sidelines. The rest is history. Anyway, I
went last year and had a great tailgate party with them and this year they are
asking if any other Sigs would like to come along. You can contact Greg at gvalente@sbcglobal.net Recent History:
Last Alumni event we had was our June Hike. This year we went to Sleeping Giant State Park. The venue was excellent for our little group of me, Rusty Cushman, Ray Nielson and their partners Katrina and Jessica respectively. The weather was great and we had a nice view of New Haven and Central Connecticut from the tower.
The July Harbor Cruise was a flop due to lack of interest
this year. In discussion with some of the guys, we might try a kayak paddle on
the Farmington or Connecticut Rivers next year. I am truly interested in hosting
events people will commit to do. Send me ideas that might be good for the Alumni
Brothers, Brothers and wives, or Brothers and whole families. I am assuming that
after our great 65th Anniversary Event, you guys wanted to lay back awhile.
Now's the time to get back into it. Come meet us at the Pig Roast at UConn. Call
a Brother, buy a couple of tickets to the game and join us Sept 13th. If you
want to sit with other Sigs I can probably hook people up. Send me an email.
Original on left, reproduction on right
For now... In Hoc Signo Vinces, Hello brothers, Memorial Day, the un-official start of summer has come and gone. Most of us are settling in our routines of cutting grass, summer sports and making vacation plans. Some of us are including Sigma Chi in those plans. I want to recognize Keith Moody, Carl Graveline and myself for arranging to go to Balfour Leadership Training Workshop. Keith will be facilitating once again, while Carl and I will be participating in the Chapter Advisor curriculum.
Now, I'd like to take the opportunity to announce that Keith Moody '89, has been selected for the Fraternity's Outstanding Chapter Advisor Award for his efforts and accomplishments with UConn's Gamma Omega Chapter. As many of you know, Keith goes above and beyond the call of duty in his roll. The powers-that-be have made a wise decision.
The latest edition of Gamma Omega Times by Nick Wong and the UConn Chapter has been published. Please click on the link below to see the class-A job produced.
http://members.cox.net/agpa1/SigmaChiTimesSpring20085-15-08.pdf
Nick is the Chapter Tribune (Alumni Secretary) and Historian. He is soliticing donations for small plaques for our house that describe the significance of our Chapter composites, paddles, awards, our old house letters and even the old banister from the Whitney Road House. Each plaque will cost approximately $30.00. He can be contacted at nd4spdlsc@gmail.com
Also, please check out the website www.sigmachihartford.com . Click on the link for Composite pictures on the left and you will see scans of all the small composites in the Gamma Omega archives. Thanks go out to Steve Norcia and Walt Ruggles for contributing. If any of you alumni have copies that aren't posted, let me know. I'd love to keep this growing as they are great reference for the Alumni Chapter as well as reminiscing the glory days.
UNH Colony Notes The Sigma Chi Lambdas will be participating in-force at BLTW. Nine are registering to gain insights in running their new Chapter and the various officer rolls they will be filling. Thank all of you alumni who have volunteered to be big-brothers to them. We regret we didn't have time to coordinate a ceremony prior to the end of the semester, and hope to schedule an event at the beginning of the school year. Ross Seigel is running the event. If you haven't yet volunteered and would like to participate contact him at rcsiegel@hotmail.com. He will try to pair you up with an undergrad with similar career goals.
Yale Chapter Notes As many of you know, Yale's house was destroyed over the winter break due to a pipe-bursting. The house is currently being rebuilt with insurance money coming from Sigma Chi's Constantine Capital
Upcoming EventsThe Alumni Chapter will hold its Second Annual June Hike. This year I invite you all to Sleeping Giant State Park, in Hamden CT, on Sunday June 8th. The park has several trails of various grades. I'm sure we can select a path that best suits the group that joins us. Meet us at the parking lot of Mt. Carmel Ave. at 11:00 AM. Bring your own food, drinks, music, cameras, binoculars and gear. Below is a link to their website and a link to a pdf file of their trail map. Should be a nice outing and low impact on the wallet. Parking fees on the weekend are $10.00
Sleeping Giant Park Association home page: http://www.sgpa.org/ Driving directions: http://www.sgpa.org/sgloc.pdf Trail Map: http://www.sgpa.org/trailmap.pdf State of Connecticut DEP Sleeping Giant website: http://www.ct.gov/dep/cwp/view.asp?A=2716&Q=325264
At this event we can discuss plans for having a monthly dinner meetings and our schedule of events. Please join us to picnic even if you don't plan to hike. On the agenda is a repeat of the July Harbor Cruise, Pig Roast and tailgating with the undergrads. Kudos go out to John Bowlin for once again leading the Pig Roast event. This has been a major success as far as Fall recruitment goes for the Gamma Omega Chapter. Details will come over the summer, Alumni are welcomed and encouraged to participate. Please support the effort any way you can. This is a great venue to show what our organization can do.
IHSV Bob Stack Pres. Greater Hartford Alumni Chapter
West Conn Chapter The brothers from Iota Eta will be hosting their Annual Summer Picnic June 29th. This is typically the highlight of their social calandar. Here are the details:
Host: Sigma Chi Iota Eta (Western Connecticut State University) Location: Bennett Park 14 Shelter Rock, Bethel, CT 06801 US Sunday, June 29, 12:00PM Phone: 203-948-3599 You are invited to Iota Eta's annual family picnic! All undergrads, alumni, and their families are welcome to rekindle the spirit of youth by reuniting with old friends and meeting new ones. Enjoy the summer weather over a great BBQ and even better company, as well as fun-filled events such as football, bocce, and wiffle ball.
We are supplying just about everything you'll need. Please just bring your drinks and a donation to help cover our costs. This event is covered by RMF, so please keep your alcoholic beverages of the non-keg variety. Can't wait to see you there!
In Hoc Signo Vinces, The Iota Eta chapter The Greater Fairfield County Alumni Chapter
P.S. Sigma Chi is a lifelong commitment. This annual picnic is great a way for our families to learn about Sigma Chi and also a great way to give back to those who have made an investment in us.
Directions From I-84E - Take exit 8 off I-84 and stay in the middle lane of the exit ramp. After angling left through the light at the end of the ramp, go about 100 yards and turn right onto Payne Rd at traffic light (just past a Chase Bank on your right). Go straight for about 1.5 miles (the road bends, but do not make any turns). You will pass the entrance to Meckauer Park. Continue about 0.1 miles and take a right into Bennett Park.
From I-84W - Take exit 8 off I-84, merge into traffic and shift over to the far left lane. After about 100 yards you will bear sharply left around the circle (crossing over the interstate) and continue in the opposite direction you were going. Go about 100 yards more and turn right onto Payne Rd at traffic light (just past a Chase Bank on your right). Go straight for about 1.5 miles (the road bends, but do not make any turns). You will pass the entrance to Meckauer Park. Continue about 0.1 miles and take a right into Bennett Park.
From Route 58N - Go straight through traffic light at intersection of 58 and 302 (@ Milwaukee Ave). Make a right into Bethel Educational Park. Follow to the bottom of the hill. Make a right at the light and an immediate left onto Walnut Hill Rd. Go through (bearing left) stop sign at approx. 0.25 miles. After about 200 yards, take the left fork. Bennett Park is 0.25 miles ahead on the left
Revision April 19th 2008 65 th On-Line Videos Available Thanks to the efforts of brother Steven McGuinness, we have these great videos to remind us of the wonderfull event we just had. In a letter to the attendees and Chapter, steve writes: Dear Brothers
For those of you lucky enough you have joined in possibly the Chapter's best event ever. Thank you. You made it everything we thought it could be.We truly hope you enjoyed any of the aspects you participated in. Special thanks to Keith Moody, Caron and Mark Paniccia, Tiffany and "Big Daddy" Chris Hunt, and the 65th Team of Dean Goss, Carl Graveline and Nick Wong, for all their efforts in making it happen. I just got the easy part, helping to connect with the best brothers who ever graced the portals of the University of Connecticut. Next, I'm pleased to announce that $1374.00 was raised for the Huntsman Cancer Research Institute through the raffle. I'd also like to thank those who donated to the undergraduate Chapter. Thank you Mike Ursillo and Kevin Cook for helping present the Order of Contantine award to brother Tony Troiano for his years of service and dedication to the Fraternity. Thank you to General Eddi Zyko, for presenting the Sigma Chi Military Service Pins, Eric Hanson for his wonderful Harry St. John-Dixon monalogue, Watts Wacker for his address, and Rachel Berkey, International Sweetheart, for joining us from Harvard. Also thanks to the Military Service Pin recipiants who joined us in their dress uniforms. I also want to mention at least 18 Chapter Consuls and Presidents were in attendance from all the decades from the 40s to the current Gamma Omega Consul Jacob Herrewyn Congratulations to the ALUMNI Softball Team for maintaining the longest running winning streak in the Fraternal Sports League. Apparently, alumni brothers always win. Congratulations to Tom Kascak on winning the Alumni Golf Outing, followed by Matt Saywer and Bob Stack Copies of the 65th Anniversary video are still available. Please follow the link on the left. I have posted several of the pictutres at the link below Unfortunately the quality of my pictures of my picnic came out pretty poor due to a mis-setting on my camera. If you have pictures or videos, I'd be happy to add them here. Enjoy. In Hoc, Bob Stack Alumni Big Brothers sought for University of New Haven Colony pledges Ross Seigel wrote this past week the following request. This is a great opportunity to be involved in the founding of the new Chapter amd extending your family tree: Dear Brothers,As many of may know, Sigma Chi recently expanded to the University of New Haven. On March 14th, the Greater Hartford Alumni Chapter assisted in tapping-in the new colony, known as Sigma Chi Lambda. Many former Gamma Omega alumni currently serve on the colony's advisory board including Jeff Micklus (Chapter Advisor), Chris Hunt and Peter Keefe (Magisters) and Bob Stack (Alumni Relations Advisor). As an officer in the Hartford Alumni Chapter, I am currently assisting Jeff Micklus in recruiting alumni to serve as Big Brothers for the Alpha Class at UNH. The only requirements would be attendance at a Big Bro/Little Bro ceremony, followed by dinner, in the New Haven area at a date TBD. All other communication/advisement/meetings/etc. would be conducted at your convenience. We are attempting to match undergrads with alumni based on majors/career interests. The colony currently has 24 members with a diverse range of majors, which I have listed below: 7 - Criminal Justice/Law Enforcement 6 - Fire Science/Arson Investigation (Fire Fighting) 2 - Sports Management 2 - Accounting 2 - Music & Sound Recording 1 - Business Administration 1 - Forensic Science 1 - Law/Poli Sci 1 - Engineering 1 - Marine Bio & Environmental Science Depending on the level of interest, we may pair multiple undergrads with a single alumni. If you are interested in serving as an Alumni Big Brother, please let me know at your earliest convenience. Be sure to include your profession/area of expertise and any preference of undergraduate major. (NOTE: If there is not a match to your profession, please do not let this prevent you from expressing your interest!) Thank you all for your time. IHSV, Ross Siegel VP, Greater Hartford Alumni Chapter Please respond to Ross at his email addrss: rcsiegel@hotmail.com
Revision March 01, 2008 Newsletter Ski Trip Rusty Cushman and Jeff Micklus reported a great skiing weekend Feb 2nd-3rd at Sugarbush for the second annual ski event and the first Sig Ski-a-poluzza. The guys were accompanied by their girlfriends Catrina and Alexi. The downside of the event was terrible weather on the trip up. Rusty reported a 61/2 hour travel from Stratford. While Jeff Haney got as far as Manchester VT before he decided he had enough. Here's what Rusty had to say: We had a good time once we got there. We went to Mad River Glen (ski it if you can) on Saturday afternoon and Lexi got her initiation (so to speak) into skiing. Jeff made it up and down the single chair, with relatively minor injuries (your first concussion is usually considered mild, is it not?). Jeff was Ms. Pacman king for a day. The darts and Scrabble games ended in draws due to battle fatigue. Catrina and I got a little snowboarding in on Sunday at the Bush and left in time to see the history of last night. Catrina and Jeff have the pics so hopefully they will get some out to everyone.  
UConn Sigs Support Province Conference Feb 23 Several of the Greater Hartford Chapter Alumni recently helped facilitate at the Eastern New York-Connecticut Province Conference. Big Daddy, Chris Hunt, spoke on Chapter Finances with Keith Moody. I, Bob Stack, spoke with Damon Kimble on website development and later with Damon and Tom Cole on alumni relations. Peter Keefe joined the group to help introduce an intrest party from the University of New Haven to Sigma Chi in hopes that they recognized as a Colony of Sigma Chi.
GHAC Sigs lead the way in Alumni Support of University of New Haven Colony. I want to thank those who have risen to the occasion and volunteered to take leadership positions in the Alumni Advisory Board for the New Haven Group. Gamma Omega Alum Jeff Micklus serving as their Chapter Advisor: Chris Hunt hunt_chris@hotmail.com - Magister Peter Keefe peter.keefe@snet.net - Pro Magister Joe Martin jmartin@milestonescientific.com Scholarship Advisor Mark Paniccia panicciam@verizon.net - Financial Advisor Robert Stack rstack44@aol.com - Alumni Relations Advisor Carl Graveline cgraveline@adelphia.net - Recruitment Advisor Tim Torpey Timothy.Torpey@UConn.edu - Advisor At Large
We are all excited to be able to help leave our mark and expand our brotherhood across the state. Currently, the group consists of 24 young men who made a formal petition to Grand Praetor J.B. Allen. The university presently has a greek presence, but in their words they were looking for something better. They currently have a calendar of social and philanthropic activities and have a "Mission 365" rush program. The chapter will need a 35 member undergraduate roster as a requirement to admittance. J.B. has advised them to use the Peterson guidelines as a roadmap to successful admittance into Sigma Chi.
Alumni Support for Spring Rush Unfortunately due to weather "again" support at the undergraduates rush bar-b-que was a little light. But even without our assistance, the undergrads report 12 new pledges. There is also one undergrad who was held over from last semenster. Plus, there is one individual, Christopher Doran, from Greenwich who recognizes what we have to offer, even at the age of 38. Glad to have you with us Chris. Hopefully the Chapter will benefit from your years.
UPCOMING EVENTS 65th Aniversary Celebration News
Brothers- The time of Registration is at hand. Please, its time to go to the website, www.sigmachihartford.com, download the forms, break out the checkbook and send it in.
You are the reason we are doing this and you will make it great for the rest of us. Our group is not so big, or so strong that you as an individual don't matter. Not just your freinds, your brothers want you to take your place as we expand our circle. From Keith- We have a party of 21 for dinner on Friday night 4/11 at the Altnaveigh Inn located at 957 Storrs Rd. (Route 195) in Storrs. A private dining room has been reserved that can accomodate 21. If any additional brothers or guests plan on joining the party on Friday night than please let me know ASAP. If our party grows to 30 than the largest private dining room needs to be reserved. The Nathan Hale Inn is sold out for Friday 4/11 but still has rooms available for Saturday 4/12. To reserve a room for Saturday night 4/12, please call Joyce at the Nathan Hale Inn at (888) 693-3062 and ask for the Sigma Chi rate of $119/night. Sales Manager Nathan Hale Inn joyce.bennett@ihrco.com www.nathanhaleinn.com 860-427-7888 ext 1114 Other lodging options include: Best Western for ~ $100/night - located at 123 Storrs Rd. in Mansfield Center, CT 06250 (877) 722-3422 (Friday & Saturday available The Daniel Rust House Bed & Breakfast located 5 miles from campus in Coventry, CT (860) 742-0032 www.thedanielrusthouse.com ask to speak with Kathy (several SIGs will be staying at the B&B) The Still Waters Inn located at 129 Summit Storrs, CT 06268 (860) 429-9798 Available for only Saturday night 4/12 $100/night for the Terrace or Rose Room or $150 for the Master Suite
Thanks to Tim Brennan, Bob Stack, Tony Troiano and Kevin Cook, the chapter has three large wooden scrap books covering the history of Gamma Omega from 1911 (Athenian Society) to Sigma Chi 1943, to Sigma Chi Alpha, and to the present. To ensure that all brothers could have a copy of this robust history, I hired Ron Davis at Video Labs in Orange, CT to capture all the scrap book pictures, plus pictures submitted by several Alumni, and create a chronological slide show, set to music that captures the era. This project was massive and costly but I fronted the funds for the creation and 100 copies for the 65th. I've attached the order form for brothers that cannot attend the 65th. There will be a $5 discount for anybody attending the 65th. I have 94 copies remaining to be sold. If all copies are sold at the 65th than I will break-even on the creation and copy cost. The DVD contains historical gems - photos of the original Alpha Phi and Sigma Chi house, and has coverage of all brother and every event from 1985-1993, and again in 2004-2007.
GHAC Meetings Lastly, we want to note that the GHAC meets at Rockledge Country Club the second Wednesday of every month. Unfortunately, we recognize that most of us have to work and that attendence is primarily limited to the brothers fortunate enough to have reached retirement age. Otherwise, all are welcome with open hearts. There is usually more tales of the glory years than GHAC business going on. Call me if you can make it and I will make a special effort to get there and introduce you to the gang. Bob Stack work phone 413-526-2977. Next Lunch will be Wednesday March 12, 2008 at Noon at Rockledge Country Club. The directions to the Rockledge: From New Haven County : I-91North to I-84 West to Exit # 41 = South Main Street Right off exit ramp 1/4 mile on left is the Rockledge Golf Course and Restaurant OR I-84 East Left off Exit 1/4 mile on left PHONE number for Rockledge Golf Course = (860) 521-3156
Remember our website www.sigmschihartford.com Get involved, stay involved, pass on the legacy and most importantly have fun.
In Hoc, Bob Stack '82 Sigma Chi
Revision January 25, 08 3. Registration for the 65th is increasing with lots of verbal commitments. Please send in your paperwork.. Keith, Carl Graveline, Ross Seigel, Dean Goss and myself have been making calls and trying to enlist your support. This is going to be the highlight of our calendar this year. Please contact your brothers and lets all get together in April. Details and forms on www.sigmachihartford.com 4.) Big Brother Tree off www.sigmachihartford.com has over 150 names now. Most of the pledge classes are represented, and there are lines that run 15 years. Unfortunately, there are a lot of missing links and dead ends. We need your help to expand it. So if you have any info on how this can be expanded, let me know. I can provide an alumni list upon request. 5.) I want to start working on an Officers List. If you were a Consul, ProConsul, Queastor or Magister, please write back and let me know what years. If you can tell me who the officer was before or after you, then that will help too. I’d like to get the Officers together for a group photo at the 65th Banquet, so I need to know who to contact. No other events are scheduled at this time. Hopefully we can do a repeat performance of our June Hike and July Harbor Cruse. In Hoc, Bob Stack '82
Revision January 1, 08 Please click on the icon below to access The Gamma Omega Times, Volume 2, Dec. 15, 07 as published by Nick Wong and the Gamma Omega Undergraduate Chapter. Great job Nick.
From Brother Keith Moody, Chapter Advisor, Asst. Grand Preator: For the Spring 2008 Initiation to be held on Saturday April 12, the chapter extends an offer to Alumni to take an active roll in the upcoming special 65th Anniversary Initiation. Please let Keith Moody know by February 15, 2008 so the chapter can plan accordingly. The Gamma Omega Chapter of Sigma Chi and the Greater Hartford Alumni Chapter would also like to extend the opportunity of initiation to any brothers of Sigma Chi Alpha, our UConn Alumni from '50-'74, who have not yet been initaiated into Sigma Chi. For more information, contact Keith Moody at keith.moody@sbcglobal.net or Bob Stack at rstack44@aol.com Over 50 Participants have registered to date and many many more have pledged to attend. Attendance list is available upon request. We are expecting over 100 attendees at UConn between April 11 - 13, 2008 to celebrate the 65th year of Gamma Omega Chapter receiving the Sigma Chi charter in April 1943.
Zenny's Banquet Hall has been reserved. Alumni list of RSVPs as of 12/24/07: The weekend is designed for you to select the events that appeal most for you, your wife, family and friends.
 A personal note from Bob Stack I wish to thank all who have participated so far in building the Big-Brother Little Brother Tree (which is accessed by the icon on the left). Over 150 brothers names, over six decades of brotherhood have been included. We have a long way to go to fully trace our roots, but we have representaion from almost every pledge class from the re-installation to the last class initiated. My intention is to present a mural sized graphic at the 65th, where those in attendance will be welcome to autograph, help fill-in gaps and make corrections. A follow-up project will be to record a list of Chapter Officers down through the years. I am hoping to have group photographs taken at the 65th of Past Consuls, Queastors, Magisters... If you were an undergraduate leader, please make every effort to be included in this Celebration. Other News: Unfortunately we have to report the Brother Jeffrey Sherman '75, of McLean VA, passed to Chapter Eternal this past October. Jeffrey was a significant member of his community and one of the brothers active in Sigma Chi's reinstallation on the UConn Campus.
Also wish to note our Alumni Chapter was well represented in the The Magazine of Sigma Chi Fall-Winter Issue. Brother Donald Frahm, of Avon, an alum of Washington University of St. Louis was recognized as a Significant Sig due to his accomplishments as CEO of ITT Hartford Insurance and his active community involvement at the University of Hartford, Hartford Hospital and the Chamber of Commerce. Our Alumni News was posted. Two new Life Loyal Sigs, Matt Boucher and Homer Boynton were announced. Our undergrads were shown displaying their coveted Peterson Award on page 55, and the Chapter & Josh Rabinowitz got more ink on page 58. Unfortunately six of our brothers were listed as entering Chapter Eternal. In addition to those noted below, we must add Dr. William Edgerton '45, John Grimshaw '50 and Kenneth Risberg '50. Guard well brothers. News From Headquartes
Click on image above Lastly I want to note that Brother James J. Stotler, Jr.'94 is currently serving in Iraq with the US Navy. According to his wife Michelle, he is stationed the Basrah Air Station with MND-SE (Multi-National Division -South East) as a US liaison with the British military. She sent us this picture of him seated on one of Sadam's thrones.
_______________________________________________________________________ Revision: December '07 Hello Brothers, Fall Initiation I'm proud to report on the Fall "I" at the Gamma Omega Chapter at UConn. Seven young men were brought into the brotherhood in one of the better performances of the Ritual in recent memory. The venue, at the Masonic Lodge on Rte 32, was excellent. How nice it was to have use of a building, purpose-built for just such an occasion. I personally thought the undergrads did a great job. I solicited comments from a few of the brothers afterward, and would like to quote Chris Hunt, Ritual Advisor, as follows: "I feel that the active chapter has come so far from where they were five years ago. The parts for our Initiation ceremony, while not flawless, were leaps and bounds above where they had been recently.... ... Congratulations on a successful semester to all the Brothers! I look forward to a repeat performance in the Spring - lets make it the best recruitment we have ever had - just in time for the 65th in April!" Ross, Keith and I want to thank the alumni who supported the event. There were Sig alumni present from the 40's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's and 2000's, including the following:
Above is not necessarily in order, but close. Hopefully we got all your names. This attendance shows our bonds are truly strong. I look forward to the roar of voices at April's "I" and the 65th Celebration. We need you brother to help us reach our goal of 100 alumni attendance in April. Help spread the word. Write back or call 860-745-6102 if you have any questions or concerns.
Peter Keefe, Steve McGuinness, Bob Stack, Keith Moody & Dean Goss at the Friday Pre-Initiation Dinner
Manchester Road Race Thanksgiving Day our Sigma Chi Alumni Team did a great job showing the Blue & Gold in the 71st Annual Manchester Road Race. Participating brothers included Bob Stack, Keith Moody, Paul Lalancete and Robert "Rusty" Cushman. We were also joined by Paul's nephew, Daniel Lalancete, who was between deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan with the Marines. As for results, Keith lead the pack with an impressive 33 minute finish in the 4.7 mile race, followed by Danny, Paul, Rusty then Bob coming in at 48 minutes. Looking on the bright side, Bob worked out 45% longer than Keith. Fun was had by all and we all left with the intention of making this a regular event. Join us next year.
Danny Lalancette, USMC, Brothers Paul Lalancette, Bob Stack, Keith Moody & Rusty Cushman
UConn Football There are several undergrads and alumni who are "on the fence" about making a run down to the Mienke Car Care Bowl in Charlotte. Apparently, Josh Rabinowiz has some connections with Mariott that we might be able to take advantage of. I've been by that stadium before and staying at the downtown Marriott would be good as it's within walking distance and parking there is awful. I've been looking on-line and I see that individual side-line tickets are no longer available on Ticketmaster, but can be obtained on Stubhub for a price. Blocks tickets seem to be available if we can get a group together. Write me back if you can commit to go, Rstack44@aol.com, and I'll try to help arrange things (Not sure if I can make it myself.)
Below are a couple of great shots I took at the UConn-South Florida game with my cell phone camera. Note the students rushing the field. What a great moment. Brother Sprankle was out there somewhere too!
Other Events Graduate student, brother Matthew Boucher was written up in last month's UConn Frontier News Magazine for his successful biodiesel pilot-plant. The project demonstrated a continuous feed process for converting used vegetable cooking oil to clean, "no sulfur" diesel fuel for use in vehicles.
Click picture for full iext of article Website Note that there is a button that brings up a big-brother little brother tree. If you would like to help us fill it in with your name, write me back. Also, the right hand column has been reserved for Sig professionals who would like to donate to the Chapter. Right now we are not charging any dues and are not asking for any money in order to be inclusive to all local and Gamma Omega alumni. If interested, a block of space and/or link to your site would provided as an acknowedgement of your gift.
Revision November 15, 2007 Hello Brothers, In case you will be attending the final home football game of the year, this weekend's UConn-Syracuse match-up,. our regular bunch of alums form the 90's plus a few others should be in the regular area in Section C, Blue Lot on the Northwest side of the Rent under a white tent. Now, we should be a quite a bit easier to spot with a new flag donated by Charlie Basil '81 and a flagpole courtesy of me. In case you haven't seen a Sigma Chi flag in recent memory, this is what to look for-
I won't be in attendance this time, so look for Jeff Sprankle, Lan Cameron & Scott Scherban and say hello. If you Sigma Chi Alpha's want to use the tailgate as a rallying point too, our pole has clips for two flags, we just have to come up with one. One of the paddles at the house has a red flag with a white cross with gold Sigma Chi Alpha letters in the lower right corner and five stars in the upper left. Also, I am looking for a nice picture of the Sigma Chi Alpha house, Russell A dorm in Northwest Quad (Frats), with letters on it, to scan and put on the timeline on our website. I will be happy to return it afterward. Other news: - I attended Wednesday's luncheon at Rockledge with Peter Keefe '67, and the guys from the early 50's. They passed on some sad news that Brothers Tom McVerry '52, Lou Anastasiou '51, Jack Cheeseman '51 and Richard Ryan '54 had recently entered Chapter Eternal. If you have any personal announcements, weddings, births, adoptions or losses, I'd be happy to list them here and on the website. www.sigmachihartford.com Get your 65th Anniversary registrations in. Please support the Raffle with donations (for the Huntsman Cancer Institute). See Keith's appeal in his last letter. And lastly, if you want to golf with us on the Sunday afterward, April 13th, shoot me, Bob Stack an email at rstack44@aol.com Initiation will held at the Masonic Temple located in Merrrow, CT (Uriel Lodge #24) on Route 32. From the Sigma Chi house, turn left on 195, heading back towards I-84. Turn left at the four way intersection onto Route 32 and follow straight for less than 1 mile. Once you pass the trailer park on the right, the Masonic Temple is immediately on your left. Brothers will be at the Masonic Lodge, starting between 8/8:30 AM. Please arrive prior to 9:00 AM
October News I am pleased to announce that at this month's luncheon at Rockledge Country Club, Brother Pat Sinatro '50 was awarded the Fraternity's new Military Recognition Pin, not only for his service to our country, but also for is efforts in establishing a memorial to the fallen youth of his town, West Hartford Connecticut, during the war in Iraq. The pin was presented by Sigma Chi Foundation Representative Steve Pracht. The meeting was also attended by Significant Sig Don Frahm, former CEO of ITT Hartford Insurance, supporter of higher education and the Sigma Chi Fraternity.
In his latest emailing with news from Gamma Omega, Keith Moody wrote to tell us that Rachel Burke, International Sweetheart of Sigma Chi has accepted his invitation to attend our 65th Anniversary.
ACTIVITIES: Trip to Mohegan Sun October 27th
Due to the scheduling conflict with the Huskies Football Game against South Florida Saturday, I'd like to cancel this event. If you think this would be a fun thing to do as a group and you would like me to reschedule it later in the fall, please email me. Bob Stack, rstack44@aol.com, cell 860-966-3013 Manchester Road Race Team-Turkey Day
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Rachel is a student at Harvard University and was elected Sweetheart at last summer's Grand Chapter. 
