Zeta Zeta of ΔKE Quarterly Alumni Newsletter
Zeta Zeta
-- A Band of Brothers: Friends from
the Heart Forever, 1858 - 2011
Year 6, Number 4 4th Quarter 2013
“Humor is
laughing at what you haven't got when you ought to have it”
Deke
Droppings:
1. Natchez, Mississippi: In Natchez, Mississippi on Friday April 25 and Saturday
April 26, 2014 The Natchez Boys Social Aid and Pleasure Club will sponsor
the last of their Natchez DKE
Reunions. This will be your final opportunity to attend
one of these historic reunions, which will allow you to say “I Ran with the Big Dekes”. I
urge you to make your plans now!
THIS WILL BE
THE LAST GENERAL NOTICE OF THIS EVENT!
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Schedule of Natchez Reunion Events:
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Friday Evening April 25,
2014: Beginning at 6:30 pm, cocktails on the patio
at the Carriage House Restaurant
located on the grounds of Stanton Hall
(corner of N. Pearl St. and High St., walking distance from hotels down town),
followed by a buffet supper in the Carriage House Restaurant adjacent to the
patio, prepared by Chef Richard
“Bingo” Starr,
who was classically trained at the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park,
NY. Bingo has been at the helm of some
of New Orleans’ top eateries such as The Windsor Court Hotel, Restaurant Cuvee,
Emeril’s Delmonico and Partysist Catering Company. Along the way he was awarded
“Best New Chef” and “Best New Restaurant” from New Orleans Magazine, “Top 100
Restaurants in the World”, Conde Naste Magazine, “Top 20 Restaurants in the
Country”, Esquire Magazine. In 2005 he traveled to New Zealand, where he cooked
at several of the top Lodges in the country. In 2007, Chef Bingo returned home
for the great opportunity to start Heirloom Cuisine with his longtime friend,
Jason Roland. Later the Carriage House
Restaurant was able to lure Bingo to Natchez. Beverages (cash bar) of the
finest sort will be available for those that choose to partake. Note: Bingo began his restaurant
training in his uncle’s (Doug Depp, ZZ ‘68) restaurant, the bulls corner, when
he was a student.
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Wooly Goat Golf Tournament: To be played in Natchez in 2014 at the Beau Pre Country Club, with the
starting time (morning) to be announced later.
Caldwell Roberts, ZZ ’61 will
be in charge of this event and will provide complete registration information
and details as we get closer to the reunion date and the details of the
tournament have been finalized.
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Tour of Local Antebellum Homes or areas of interest: For anyone interested, you will be able to tour
some of the local antebellum homes, (contact Natchez Pilgrimage Tours @ 800-647-6742 to arrange a
tour). Additionally, “Mississippi
Jones “ (Lee Jones, ZZ
’60) will
host one of his famous expeditions exploring some of the interesting areas of
mystery and beauty in and around Natchez, e.g., Devils Punch Bowl, Natchez
Cemetery, etc. Lee will provide more
information on this as we get nearer to the reunion date.
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Saturday
Evening, April 26, 2014: Begins
at 6:00 PM at Dunleith Plantation,
84 Homochitto St., Natchez, MS with cocktails (cash bar for all non-alcoholic
and alcoholic beverages, including wine with dinner), followed by a superb seated
dinner. During the evening, there will
be live music, and we will have complete access to this beautiful antebellum
home. There will be a choice of entrées. The attire is dress casual. The
menu for Saturday night at Dunleith Plantation is Godchaux Salad; Entrée: A choice of Prime Filet Mignon w/demi-glace,
Garlic Mashed Potatoes and Sautéed Asparagus or Sautéed Redfish w/lemon Beurre
blanc w/crabmeat, Rice Pilaf and Sautéed Asparagus; Desert: Triple Layer
Chocolate Cake, w/coffee. Fine wines and cocktails will be available
throughout dinner.
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Sunday, April 27, 2014 is departure day. Remember…”Hopes may fade and friends may
fail, Time old bonds might sever, Memories, aye, of good old days, Linger here
forever.” See you in Natchez.
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Important Details to Remember:
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Forty rooms have been blocked at the Natchez Grand Hotel for this event. Call 601-446-9994 to make your
reservation. Tell the reservationist
that you are with the DKE fraternity reunion to get our reduced rate. All room rentals include a complimentary hot
buffet breakfast. Our contact person at
the Natchez Grand Hotel is Lacey Emfiger, Group Sales, and Marketing. I URGE
YOU TO RESERVE YOUR ROOM ASAP!
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If
interested, contact Natchez Pilgrimage
Tours @ 800-647-6742 for information regarding Bed & Breakfast
accommodations, Antebellum Home
information, and daily Antebellum House Tours.
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Important: You will not be considered to have a
reservation for the reunion until Charles Custer has a check in hand for $120
per Deke ($240 per Deke Couple). All checks should be made out and sent to Charles Custer, 4421
Baronne St., New Orleans, LA 70115. Important: Please note you
choice of Prime Filet Mignon or Sautéed Redfish
w/lemon Beurre blanc w/crabmeat, when you send your check. Do
this NOW to insure your seat at the table!
,
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All Dekes
regardless of their chapter affiliation are welcome to attend this reunion.
2. New Orleans, LA: The
location was Galatoire’s, the date was October 18 and the occasion was a gathering
of New Orleans area Zeta Zeta and Tau Lambda Dekes for their quarterly luncheon,
a very enjoyable and looked forward to event.
It always begins at about 11:30 with a cash bar, followed by a seated
lunch in one of Galatoire’s private upstairs dining rooms. Typically there is a guest speaker who is
both entertaining and knowledgeable.
Today the speaker was Fletcher Mackel, a local WDSU (NBC affiliate) sports
commentator who spoke
about LSU, Tulane and Saints football.
Since you will be reading this when the season has ended, I will not go
into details of what he said other than to say he was very prescient in his
prognostications, and shared some inside information that was humorous and surprising.
As always, Galatoire’s served us a
delicious meal consisting of: Bistro Romaine Salad or Turtle
Soup Au Sherry with your choice of Gulf Fish Meuniere Amandine with steamed broccoli
or Chicken Breast Clemenceau.
This was followed by a choice of: Carmel Cup Custard
or Banana Bread Pudding along with Coffee or Tea, during
and after the meal. I was seated next to Brother Freddie Secunda and he
whispered to me that…“Ruby Begonia has served
me leftovers for 35 years—I never have found the original meal. That is why I attend these lunches.” I suppose that is as a good a reason
as any…so, if you find yourself in the New Orleans area around the time of our
next Deke lunch, try to attend. We try
to announce these in enough time for all of you to make your plans if you wish
to join us for some brotherhood, fine dining and foolishness.
Brother Kevin O’Bryon, TL ’77 is
the Deke that does most of the work for these lunches, so let’s all show our
appreciation and give Kevin the courtesy of calling him in advance if you have
made a reservation and then are not able to attend. If that happens, and you neglect to contact
Kevin, then at least offer to pay your cost of the lunch if Kevin has had to
pay it for you, which at times he has had to do…it is only fair. Thanks for your cooperation with this.
Speaking of foolishness, the
Jolly good fellows that partook of this lunch were:
Bernie
Alsobrook (TL ’52)
Bill
Slatten (TL ’84)
Clement
Dabezies (TL ’95)
John
Koch (TL ’76)
Kevin
O’Bryon (TL ’77)
Nic
Perkin (TL ’94)
Teddy
Barkerding (TL ’73)
Thear
Lemoine (TL)
Baldwin
Barkerding (ZZ’04)
Bill
Hindman (ZZ’70)
CG
Melville (ZZ ’62)
Charles Custer (ZZ ’61)
Charles Custer (ZZ ’61)
Charles
Neyrey (ZZ ’99)
David
Melius (ZZ ’74)
Freddie
Secunda (ZZ)
Hy
McEnery (ZZ ’75)
Jack
Salisbury (ZZ ’70)
John
Humphreys (ZZ ’80)
John
Lange (ZZ ’86)
Lance
Landeche (ZZ ’87)
Paul
Masinter (ZZ ’83)
Rusty
Barkerding (ZZ ’63)
Steve
Schoenfeld (ZZ ’96)
Tommy
Merrick (ZZ ’70)
Tommy
Westfeldt (ZZ ’74)
Wilson
Blum (ZZ ’11)
Zach
Butterworth Jr. (ZZ)
Zach Butterworth Sr. (ZZ ’73)
3.
Baton Rouge, LA: It was
a cold and rainy day in Baton Rouge but not so inside the City Club of Baton Rouge where the Zeta Zeta Dekes held their
annual Christmas luncheon. This was one
of our more jolly events this year made so by the attendance of our new Chairman of the Board of Directors of Delta
Kappa Epsilon, Robert “Bob” F. Bilbrough (Psi Delta-Wake Forest '78). Bob played Santa by bringing us all a
Christmas present in the form of some very good news; DKE has been able to get
out of debt over the past 5-years, while expanding the number of active
chapters, going from a negative to a positive annual cash flow, and establish a
nice cash reserve in the bank – double
snap! All of this was accomplished
under the leadership of Doug Lanpher (Gamma, Vanderbilt '77) our Executive Director – double snap again!
Bob
then reminded all of us of that: The objectives
of Delta Kappa Epsilon are: "The cultivation of general literature and
social culture, the advancement and encouragement of intellectual excellence,
the promotion of honorable friendship and useful citizenship, the development
of a spirit of tolerance and respect for the rights and views of others, the
maintenance of gentlemanly dignity, self-respect, and morality in all
circumstances, and the union of stout hearts and kindred interests to secure,
to merit its due reward."
Some of the points that Bob touched upon during his brief talk were:
§ He
said that “In August, when I presented DKE’s charter to our newest chapter
Omega Mu at Oklahoma State, all 39 of the brothers there stood and recited
DKE’s objects from memory…”
§ Although
Zeta Zeta at Louisiana State University officially dates back 1923, it is to be
noted that your chapter is one of DKE’s oldest, dating back to 1858 at
Centenary College.
§ However,
in the winter of 1908, a group of men came together to form the Friars --- for
the purpose of establishing a DKE chapter at LSU.
§ After
much hard work, in 1923 that dream came true and DKE awarded a charter to the
Zeta Zeta chapter. And Zeta Zeta has
excelled…
§ The
William M. Henderson Award is presented to DKE’s top alumnus in chapter service
--- and is named for Zeta Zeta 1939 alumnus and longtime DKE Executive
Secretary / Director Bill Henderson:
§ Henderson
Award winners include Zeta Zeta alumni including:
Bill Henderson – 1986
Al Bienvenu – 1992
Bob Johnson – 1994
“The Bulldog” Rusty Barkerding – 2006
No chapter has won more Henderson
Awards than Zeta Zeta.
§ Two
Zeta Zeta alums, Vice Chairman Al
Bievenu and Hardy Fowler,
currently serve with me on DKE’s Board of Directors. And of course, DKE’s honorary President is
your own Billy Treadway.
§ Most
impressively, Zeta Zeta was awarded the Lion Trophy --- as DKE’s best chapter
--- in 1976 and 1998. I want to see you
win it again --- and again --- and again.
§ I have
been busy since my election of August 3.
To date, I have flown 4,717 miles and driven more than 48 hours (3,309
miles) in serving the members of 18 chapters.
On August 24, I had the distinct honor of presenting the DKE Charter to
the 39 men of our newest chapter, Omega Mu (Oklahoma State) and the Henderson
Award to a most deserving recipient, George Otey (Rho Lambda-Oklahoma), at a
gala banquet in Stillwater, OK. It was
truly a pleasure to personally present the Lion Trophy to DKE’s 2013
co-winners, Iota (Centre) and Psi (Alabama).
§ DKE
has never been stronger. Since 2009, our
undergraduate membership is up 52% and our financial strength as measured by
“net assets” has improved by $753,155.
§ My job
is to build on the firm foundation that I inherited. My goals for DKE are three:
1)
Value Creation (making DKE the most attractive fraternity in the Greek world).
2)
Effective Risk Management.
3)
Commence a sophisticated effort to build an endowment for DKE.
§ “Our
business is Brotherhood.”
I
would like to conduct an informal poll.
Excluding your spouse, if your best friend is a Deke, please raise your
hand. NOTE: Every
hand in the room was raised!
§ There
is no better testament of the value of DKE’s brotherhood than this. At the
first muster of your pledge class, your pledge trainer may have said, ‘Take a
look around gentlemen. These men and
those you are about to join will become your best friends in the world’. And it is true.
§ Such
life-long connections are not made in college glee clubs, bands, in the Young
Republicans or Young Democrats…With your support, brothers --- our best days
are ahead!
Kerothen
Philoi Aei – Friends from the heart FOREVER.
Sam's work with the alumni association includes his efforts in helping
produce ZZ's 150th Anniversary, Zeta Zeta initiations and assisting with the
organizing of our quarterly luncheons. Brother Thomson is a worthy recipient of
this year's Turner Trophy"
My personal experience with Sam supports all that
Rusty had to say and more. Sam has also
helped me by supplying photographs over the past several years of Deke events,
e.g., luncheons, reunions, etc., for the Qtrly Nws Ltr, as well as material for
my work for the ZZ DKE House vis-a-vis the National Historic Register.
Sam has been hard at it, assisting the chapter and the alumni association since
he graduated from LSU, and that really says it all. Congratulations Sam Thomson for a job well
done and being awarded a trophy well deserved.
Past
Turner Trophy Award Recipients:
2000 Bert S. Turner, Deceased
2001 G. Frank Purvis, Jr.
2002 John H. Bateman
2003 No Trophy Presented
2004 J. Huntington Odom, Deceased
2005 Dennis V. McCloskey, Deceased
2006 Beau J. Box
2007 Edward C. Abell, Jr.
2008 Douglas P. Weimer
2009 Robert R. Barkerding, Jr.
2010 No Trophy Presented
2011 Charles J. Custer, IV
Prior to sitting down to hear the speeches, there
was about a 45-minute social hour available with cocktails or wine available
for those so inclined. We all then
enjoyed a delicious meal of Tenderloin of Beef
with Marchand de Vin or Trout Amandine. This also included a
delicious Seafood Gumbo, the City Club House Salad, along with a vegetable and
starch, with tea and coffee and the signature City Club Bread Pudding with
Bourbon Anglaise. There
were close to fifty Deke Brothers that graced us with their spirited attendance
at lunch and they ranged in age from the senior Deke Brother present, Lucius Butts Jr., TL/ZZ
’47 (who had the envious distinction of having to go through “Hell Week”
alone at Tulane due to WWII – can you Imagine being the only pledge) to Brother
Ed Ellinghausen, ZZ ’15.
Those Dekes that were in attendance were:
Ed Abell, ZZ ‘60
H. P. Armstrong, ZZ ‘54
Walter Bankston, ZZ ‘54
Beau
Barkerding, ZZ ‘02
Rusty Barkerding, ZZ ‘63
John Bateman, ZZ ’56
Tom Bateman,
ZZ ‘59
Bob Bilbrough,
Psi Delta ‘78
Roger Bofinger, ZZ ‘74
Warren Bofinger, ZZ ‘66
Ben Burnside, ZZ ‘67
John Butler, ZZ ‘56
Lucius Butts, Jr., TL/ZZ ‘47
Lucius Butts, III, ZZ ’74
Spencer Crane, 2013 Bro. Beta
Charley Custer, ZZ ‘61
Frank Foil, ZZ ‘56
Rob Hawkins,
ZZ ‘67
Bill
Jeffcoat, ZZ ‘65
J.
E. Jumonville, ZZ ‘67
Lance Landeche, ZZ ‘85
David Lankford, ZZ ‘70
Rucker
Leake, ZZ ‘61
C. G. Melville, ZZ ‘62
Brad
Myers, ZZ ‘78
George Newton, ZZ ‘56
Peyton Parker, ZZ ‘50
Alec Ream – Beta Delta
Reese
Gordon, ZZ
Wilbur Reynaud, ZZ ‘70
Bob Lunsford,
ZZ ‘71
Evans Roberts, ZZ ‘57
Randy Robin, ZZ ‘80
Dan Stari, ‘67
John H. Thibaut, ZZ ‘65
Sam Thomson, ZZ ‘67
Bill Treadway, ZZ ‘74
Vernon Ventress, ZZ ‘56
Martin Walke, ZZ ‘81
Mac Wampold, ZZ ‘55
Bernard Wood, ZZ ‘60
John
Maginnis, ZZ ‘72
Bill
McGehee, Chi
Robert
Petersen, ZZ ‘65
Wilbur
Reynaud, ZZ ‘70
John
Robin, ZZ ‘73
Burney
Williams, ZZ ‘80
Ed Ellinghausen, 2014 Bro. Beta
In closing
I want to mention how disappointed I was that our irascible, but beloved Deke Brother,
Freddie Secunda missed the luncheon, as he had planned to attend. However, as I was departing for New Orleans
after lunch I received the strangest phone call emanating from Mexico, from
someone that sounded like Freddie. From
what I could make out of the hysterical plea from the other end, it sounded
like…”Custer,
Custer…is that you? If it is, please
send money, guns and lawyers…” Then the call
was abruptly cut off. I had heard rumors
that Freddie might pick up the quest for the fabled Golden Mexican
Jumping Bean, that it
was rumored Lee “Mississippi” Jones has long
coveted and sought. Since Brother Jones (ZZ ’60) did not
attend this lunch, I certainly hope those two have not teamed up and are doing
a “Pancho
and Lefty” gig in pursuit of said Bean. More to follow if I can confirm any of this?
Wooly Goat Tales: The Wooly Goat says…”Wine is constant proof that God loves us and wants to
see us happy.”
The U. S. S. Constitution (Old Ironsides), as a
combat vessel, carried 48,600 gallons of fresh water for her crew of 475
officers and men. This was sufficient to last six months of sustained operations
at sea. She carried no evaporators (i.e. fresh water distillers).
However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log, "On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum."
Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."
Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum.
Then she headed for the Azores, arriving there 12 November, she provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine.
On 18 November, she set sail for England. In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant ships, salvaging only the rum aboard each.
By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Her landing party captured a whisky distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home.
The U. S. S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, no rum, no wine, no whisky, and 38, 600 gallons of water.
This information was contributed by a Gamma-Vanderbilt DEKE, Rear Admiral Hank Tomlin USN. Maybe this is why the Navy has been popular with Dekes, as the crew consumed on average a total of 530 gallons combined of rum, scotch and wine per man. There is an unsubstantiated rumor that Lt. Cmdr. Horatio Secunda was second in command of the good ship U.S.S. Constitution. However, this information comes from a suspect source, who just happens to be a direct descendent of Horatio Secunda, Deke Brother Freddie Secunda. Nevertheless, this might explain the 1-year, 5-month, 7-day cocktail hour enjoyed by all that were aboard. GO NAVY!
However, let it be noted that according to her ship's log, "On July 27, 1798, the U.S.S. Constitution sailed from Boston with a full complement of 475 officers and men, 48,600 gallons of fresh water, 7,400 cannon shot, 11,600 pounds of black powder and 79,400 gallons of rum."
Her mission: "To destroy and harass English shipping."
Making Jamaica on 6 October, she took on 826 pounds of flour and 68,300 gallons of rum.
Then she headed for the Azores, arriving there 12 November, she provisioned with 550 pounds of beef and 64,300 gallons of Portuguese wine.
On 18 November, she set sail for England. In the ensuing days she defeated five British men-of-war and captured and scuttled 12 English merchant ships, salvaging only the rum aboard each.
By 26 January, her powder and shot were exhausted. Nevertheless, although unarmed she made a night raid up the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. Her landing party captured a whisky distillery and transferred 40,000 gallons of single malt Scotch aboard by dawn. Then she headed home.
The U. S. S. Constitution arrived in Boston on 20 February 1799, with no cannon shot, no food, no powder, no rum, no wine, no whisky, and 38, 600 gallons of water.
This information was contributed by a Gamma-Vanderbilt DEKE, Rear Admiral Hank Tomlin USN. Maybe this is why the Navy has been popular with Dekes, as the crew consumed on average a total of 530 gallons combined of rum, scotch and wine per man. There is an unsubstantiated rumor that Lt. Cmdr. Horatio Secunda was second in command of the good ship U.S.S. Constitution. However, this information comes from a suspect source, who just happens to be a direct descendent of Horatio Secunda, Deke Brother Freddie Secunda. Nevertheless, this might explain the 1-year, 5-month, 7-day cocktail hour enjoyed by all that were aboard. GO NAVY!
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The Zeta Zeta DKE Quarterly News Letter relies
on the participation of all of you to be a success! I work constantly on this newsletter and I
am always in need of news of our alumni for inclusion in the letter. These letters are e-mailed at the end of
March, June, September, and December. Please
take some time whenever you have any information on the topics I have listed,
and send me a submission for one of the upcoming newsletters. These topics include news of weddings, babies,
career highlights, interesting personal news, old and new pictures that might
be of interest to your friends, etc., as well updates of recent reunions you
have had with Deke Brothers, old or new photographs, and details of a planned
get together. Old stories (memories) and
photos from your Deke days make interesting reading for many of your brothers
that know you. You may send all of this
to cjcuster4@aol.com.
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Christmas
Memories: Many of us had the opportunity to sit with
family and friends over the Christmas holidays remembering times past and those
no longer with us, with affection, happiness and in some instances a bit of
sadness as well. However a group of
Dekes have a very unique way of remembering one of our own (leave it to DKE), Robert Otis Brierre, ZZ’67. Sam
Thomson, ZZ ’67 sent me the following letter when I responded to an email in
which he mentioned that he had attended a “ROB” celebration over the holidays
in New Orleans. Sam stated…“The
ROB is a celebration of the birthday of Robert
Otis Brierre, ZZ’67, who died a number of years ago. Several of his
classmates and those of classes following his always celebrated his birthday
with a birthday luncheon bash which used to take place at Galatoire’s until the
group wore out its welcome. It has been continued even after Rob’s death
and this year was the 37th. For the last several years it was
held at Brennan’s but with its closure, the luncheon was moved to Mr.
B’s. Everyone gathers at the Old Absinthe House where Rob’s ashes are
enshrined (the urn is kept in a Crown Royal bag). After a few toddies,
the group (including Rob) moves to the luncheon where a place is set for
him. More adult beverages and some fine food are served throughout the
afternoon. On occasion, someone outside of the group is invited and this
year it was my pleasure to be included. Among those attending this year
were Richard Roussel (the
organizer), Delo Breckenridge, Clave
Gill, Bill Hindman, Charlie Justice, Conway Farrell, Rick Gautreaux, Tommy
Merrick, Rory Roniger, Skipper York, Wilbur Reynaud, Keith DeSonier, Bruce
Maginnis, David Elder, David Lankford, John Maginnis, Joe Mann, Frank Maselli,
Billy Treadway and Chuck Thomason. There may have been more, but I
don’t recall who. Rusty Barkerding
was a guest one year but they explained that he was chosen because he had a
limo and the North Shore boys were too cheap to rent one to transport them to
New Orleans. An irreverent group if there ever was one!”
What can I say…certainly the
values that Bob
Bilbrough spoke
to are what Deke is all about, but we are also about more than that; we are
about a group of friends, a band of brothers if I may, that for 37 plus years
remembers and still celebrates a long dead brother on his birthday in a humorous,
touching and irreverent (though quintessential Zeta Zeta fashion) by hosting a
birthday lunch with his friends and ashes in attendance. And, of course only in New Orleans would the
finest restaurants in the city allow some of the city’s finest gentlemen to do
so. You got to love this fraternity and
this town!
Mystic Stuff:
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The President’s Corner: Alumni President, Brad Myers, ZZ ’78 advises that we are looking at
mid-March for the annual alumni meeting and election. He stated it is
most likely going to be in New Orleans since there are more alumni there and in
the surrounding drivable area than anywhere else. This will be a very important election as I
anticipate the BOD will have a recommendation for you to vote on regarding a
FUNDRAISING DRIVE. Additionally, all
alumni offices will be up for election.
There will be much more about this later.
On
the news front: Brad thinks the chapter is doing well. They survived
“banner gate” and we’ve had good discussions with the Greek Affairs people
about the status of the Chapter. During the Greek Assessment process we learned
that although we didn’t win the Order of Omega this year, the chapter did well
and got 100% of the points available for complying with the University’s rules
and regulations relating to conduct.
We
are periodically receiving donations to the house renovation account.
Payton Parker gave me a check at the Christmas luncheon. We have had to
replace the hot water heater which was at least 25 years old. In
addition, we discovered a roof leak and are having the roofers work on that so
that no serious damage occurs.
As you can see, the cost of maintaining the
house are always with us and we are always in need, which is a good Segway into
our Treasurer’s report.
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The Treasurer’s Corner: Alumni
Treasurer, Randy Robin, ZZ ‘80 reports that 173 of us have paid
our 2013 annual ZZ alumni dues. This is
an increase of 32 (+23%) in dues paying members from 2012. I have shown the final list provided by Randy
below. As I read through this list I was
struck by some names of very loyal Zeta Zeta Deke alums that WERE NOT on this
list; individuals that that we always depend upon and have always been there
with their support? As you read over
this list and if you do not see your name and your intention was to pay your
annual dues of $65, then please send a check to: made out to the Zeta Zeta Alumni Association
of DKE. Mail your check to Randy Robin,
P. O. Box 1645, Covington, LA 70434.
Your dues may also be paid by clicking on the following hyperlink and
following the instructions: https://www.omegafi.com/apps/chapterdesktop/templates/ugcontributionform_display.php?Code=2TGTPW
If you use
this link, BE SURE TO WRITE ZZ DUES IN
THE COMMENTS BOX ON THE FORM.
If any of
the above information is contrary to your records, and you have paid your dues,
please contact Randy Robin directly
@ randy.robin@gulfexplorer.com
1-Abell-Edward Abell, Jr.
2-Abington-W.K. Abington,
Jr.
3-Armstrong-H.
Paulsen Armstrong
4-Bailey-Bobby
Bailey
5-Bankston-Walter
Bankston
6-Bannon-Bruce
Bannon
7-Barkerding-Robert
Barkerding, Jr.
8-Bateman-John
Bateman
9-Beltz-Albert
Betz
10-Bofinger-Warren
Bofinger
11-Bohn-Donald
Bohn, Jr.
12-Bohn-Van
Bohn
13-Bornman-JP
Bornman Jr.
14-Box-Beau
Box
15-Boyd-Patrick
Boyd
16-Brewton-Thomas
Brewton
17-Burnyeat-Grant
Burnyeat
18-Burt-James
Burt
19-Butler-John
Butler
20-Butterworth-Taylor
Butterworth
21-Butterworth-Zack
Butterworth
22-Butterworth-Zack Butterworth
23-Butts-Lucius
Butts, III
24-Butts-Lucius
Butts, Jr.
25-Campbell-Bradley
Campbell
26-Carmody-Anthony
Carmody
27-Charles-Timothy
Charles Bowlin
28-Cipriano-Noel
Cipriano
29-Connell-Robert
Connell
30-Crane-Morell
Crane Jr.
31-Culpepper-Lynton
Culpepper
32-Cummins-Scott
Cummins
33-Custer-Charles
Custer
34-Davis-Edward
Davis
35-Davis-W.
Edward Davis
36-Devine-Daniel
Devine
37-Dodart-Mark
Dodart
38-Dufour-David
Dufour
39-Dupree-Jason
Dupree
40-Eastman-G.
Perry Eastman
41-Eastman-Perry
Eastman
42-Ecuyer-Ted
Ecuyer
43-Elder-David
Elder
44-Farrell-Conway
Farrell
45-Favrot-James
Favrot
46-Felt-Bob
Felt
47-Fischer-Mark
Fischer
48-Fleming-Jack
Fleming
49-Foil-Frank
Foil
50-Forgotston-C.B.
Forgotston
51-Gallmann-Richard
Gallmann
52-Gamble-Allen
Gamble
53-Gandy-Patrick
Gandy
54-Gautreaux-Richard
Gautreaux
55-Gautreaux-Todd
Gautreaux
56-Geary-Clayton
Geary
57-Geary-Cyril
Geary III
58-Geary-James
Geary
59-Gibbens-S.P.
Gibbens, Jr
60-Gibson-Benjamin
Gibson
61-Gill-Clave
Gill
62-Godfrey-William
Godfrey, II
63-Graugnard-Jack
Graugnard
64-Greenwald-David
Greenwald
65-Hawkins-Robert
Hawkins
66-Hazard-John
Hazard
67-Henry-Keith
Henry
68-Hillyer-Haywood
Hillyer IV
69-Hindman-Bill
Hindman
70-Hodges-James
Hodges
71-Hodges-Richard
Hodges
72-Hoefer-Bruce
Hoefer, Jr.
73-Hoefer-Karl
Hoefer
74-Huey-Markley
Huey
75-Hyneman-Ben
Hyneman
76-Jeffcoat-William
Jeffcoat
77-Johnson-Jack
Johnson
78-Johnston-Glen
Johnston
79-Jones-Lee
Jones
80-Justice-Charles
Justice, III
81-Kaiser-C.H.
Kaiser, Jr.
82-Kearney-Michael
W. Kearney
83-Kellogg-Robert
Kellogg
84-Kuebel-Kenneth
Kuebel
85-Lafaye-Haden
Lafaye
86-Lafaye-Ryan
Lafaye
87-Lambert-Dalton
Lambert
88-Lambert-Donald
Lambert, Jr.
89-Landeche-Lance
Landeche
90-Landry-Kirk
L. Landry
91-Lange-John
Lange
92-Lankford-David
Lankford
93-Larue-Steven
Larue
94-Leake-James
R. Leake, Jr.
95-Ledig-Walter
Ledig
96-Lewis-Marion
Lewis
97-Lopiccolo-Frank
Lopiccolo III
98-Luce-Robin
Luce
99-Maginnis-Bruce
Maginnis
100-Mann-Joseph
Mann
101-Marquette-Robert
Marquette
102-Marquette-Tyler
Marquette
103-Martin-William
Martin
104-Masinter-Paul
Masinter
105-McAdam-Walt
McAdam
106-McCullough-James
McCullough
107-McLaughlin-Robert
McLaughlin
108-McLellan-Ken
McLellan
109-Melius-Brian
Melius
110-Melville-C.G.
Melville, Jr.
111-Mercer-Barney
Mercer
112-Miller-John
Miller
113-Moore-D
Milton Moore III
114-Morse-Charles
Barry Morse
115-Munro-Chuck
Munro
116-Myers-Brad
Myers
117-Myers-Stephen
Myers
118-Newton-Autley
Newton
119-Newton-George
Newton
120-Owens-William
Owens
121-Parker-Peyton
Parker, Jr.
122-Patin-Thomas
Patin
123-Pettit-Robert
Pettit, Jr.
124-Pope-George Pope
125-Rafferty-James
Rafferty
126-Raymond-Blaise
St. Raymond
127-Ream-Alec
Ream
128-Reese-Gordan
Reese
129-Reynaud-Wilbur
Reynaud
130-Roberts-Caldwell
Roberts
131-Roberts-Evans
Roberts
132-Robin-Randy
Robin
133-Roniger-Rory
Roniger
134-Rosprim-David
Rosprim
135-Rufty-Alfred
Rufty, Jr.
136-Salisbury-John
Salisbury Jr.
137-Scheidau-Marc
Scheidau
138-Seibert-J.W.
Seibert, III
139-Shoup-A.J.
Shoup, Jr.
140-Simmons-Cameron
Simmons
141-Simmons-Christopher
F. Simmons
142-Simpson-William
Simpson
143-St-W.
Walker St. Paul
144-Stafford-John
W. Stafford
145-Stall-Albert
Stall, Jr
146-Stari-D.J.
Stari
147-St Paul-Cort
St Paul
148-Surcouf-Warren
Surcouf III
149-Talbot-Merritt
Talbot
150-Taylor-Thomas
C. Taylor
151-Thibaut-Charest
Thibaut III
152-Thibaut-John
Thibaut
153-Thomson-Sam
Thomson
154-Thomson-Sam
Thomson
155-Tompkins-Hoyt
Tompkins III
156-Treadway-William
Treadway
157-Trenchard-Terry
Trenchard
158-Ventress-Vernon
Ventress, Jr
159-Viener-Harry
Viener
160-Ward-Dallas
Ward
161-Ward-Rufus
Ward
162-Warren-Alan
Warren
163-Waters-John
Waters, Jr.
164-Watkins-David
Watkins
165-Webster-Andrew
Webster
166-Wertz-Andrew
Wertz
167-Williams-Charles
Williams
168-Willis-Sterling
Willis
169-Wogan-Gordan
L. Wogan
170-Wolff-Ed
Wolff
171-Wood-B.P.
Wood
172-Wynne-William
Wynne
173-Young-Charles
Young
·
The Secretary’s Corner: Alumni
Secretary, Michael Barry, ZZ ’82 reports: No
new information to report at this time except to show you this caricature of
our dear brother Freddie Secunda pictured some years from now, sent by some evil-minded
person. He does however make a rather
poignant point that this has been a very long, long wait.
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The ZZ
Mystic Circle of ΔKE: May the road rise up to meet
you. May the wind be always at your
back. May the sun shine warm upon your
face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God
hold you in the palm of His hand.
·
David
Cook Phillips, Tau Lambda ’66, b. 1943, passed away September 4,
2013 after a brief illness. A partner at William Blair & Company, he worked
in the Private Investor division from 1967 to 2001. David's lifelong love of
sailing and the outdoors was inspired by his father, a skilled helmsman who
helped win the Mackinac Trophy in 1941 on the "Breeze", a 40 foot
ketch. With his brother, Frederick Phillips, he co-founded the Deerpath Farm
conservation development in Mettawa, Illinois (a 200 acre former dairy farm
purchased in 1930 by their step-grandfather, the noted architect and city
planner Edward H. Bennett), and spent many happy hours working on the land
there to maintain the restored woods, savannahs and prairies. David graduated
from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, Massachusetts, and Tulane
University in New Orleans, and served in the U.S. Marines. After retirement, he
received his Captain's license from the Chapman School of Seamanship. He leaves
his wife Susan Garrett, sons Garrett and Nicholas, his brother Frederick,
half-sister Carolyn D'Arcy Nedeau, a step-brother Edward Bennett III, and a
step-mother Flora D'Arcy. He was preceded in death by his father David Cook
Phillips, his mother Katharine Falley Bennett, his step-father Edward H.
Bennett, Jr., and his brother William Abbott Phillips. In lieu of flowers,
please send donations to Lake Forest Open Lands Association.
·
Robert Joseph Bannon, Tau
Lambda ‘40,
passed away
peacefully on December 24th, surrounded by his family. Born in Knoxville, TN,
son of the late Virginia Atchley Bannon and the late Fred Flournoy Cooley, he
was a lifelong resident of New Orleans except for 6 years assigned to Los
Angeles, CA and Cleveland, OH in managerial positions with Chase Brass &
Copper. He was 88. He was a graduate of Tulane University with a BBA degree. He
was a member of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity and a World War II veteran.
During the war he served in the 15th Army Air Corp and flew 34 missions over
Germany and Austria. Bob was blessed to have a private audience with Pope Pius
XII when he visited Rome on leave. After his time of service he was awarded the
Air Medal with 2 oak leaf clusters, ETO ribbon with 5 battle stars, Good
Conduct Medal and the Presidential Unit Citation. He was past National Sales
Manager of Chase Brass & Copper Co. and branch manager of Chase Metal
Service in New Orleans. Bob was a member of the Southern Yacht Club, and former
member of the New Orleans Country Club, the Rex organization and other Carnival
Krewes. He recently donated his time for many years as a volunteer and docent
at the National World War II Museum. Survivors include his wife Constance
Killeen Bannon, 2 sons, Robert Joseph Bannon Jr. and Bruce Atchley Bannon – ZZ
‘78, 3 daughters, Kathy Bannon Eastman (John Eastman – ZZ ‘68), Nancy Bannon
Bolton Beck (Ed) and Erin Bannon Heaton (Henry), 13 grandchildren, and 8 great
grandchildren. He is also survived by his sisters Melissa Cooley Gill and Micki
Cooley Fox of Knoxville, TN.
•
Philip
Edgerton James, Jr., Tau Lambda ’62,
aged 72
years, died peacefully on November 22, 2013 after a brief battle with cancer.
He was surrounded by his family. A native New Orleanian, Phil was born November
30, 1940 to Philip Edgerton James and Lorraine Berdami James. He was a graduate
of St. Martin's Episcopal School and Tulane University where he was a member of
Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. Phil earned his Juris Doctor degree from Tulane
University School of Law School. He practiced law for 49 years and was managing
partner at the firm co-founded by his father, Henican, James & Cleveland.
Phil was pre-deceased by his parents and is survived by the love of his life,
Natalie Bernius James. He is also survived by a daughter, Lorraine (Lorri)
James Murray (husband, J. Stanton Murray), and two sons, Philip Edgerton James,
III (wife Susan Spell James) and Michael Seaver James. He is also survived by
six adoring grandsons who lovingly knew him as "Gops”. Phil was an avid sailor and a senior member
of the Southern Yacht Club. He served on the club's Board of Governors and was
a Past Commodore. At the time of his death he was Secretary of the board of
directors of The Eureka Homestead Society and legal counsel to the Board of
Directors of the Better Business Bureau serving Southeast Louisiana. In the
years following Hurricane Katrina he offered pro bono legal assistance to the
St. Paul's Homecoming Center, assisting people restore and renew lives and
rebuild homes. Phil was a lifelong member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church,
having been baptized, confirmed and married there. Throughout his life at St.
Paul's he had been an acolyte, lay reader and Sunday school teacher; he served as the church's Treasurer and was several
times the church vestry's Senior Warden. For the last 35-years he was the
church's Chancellor, providing legal counsel to the vestry and rectors. THE
FAMILY RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS THAT IN LIEU OF FLOWERS DONATIONS BE MADE TO ST.
PAUL'S EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
These gentlemen, scholars, and
jolly good fellows will always be remembered and missed.
Miss me -- but let
me go…“When I come to the end
of the road, and the sun has set for me, I want no rites in a gloom-filled
room, Why cry for a soul set free. Miss
me a little – but not too long, and not with your head bowed low. Remember the love that we once shared, Miss
me – but let me go! For this is a
journey, we all must take, and each much go alone; it’s all a part of the
Master’s Plan, A step on the road to home.
When you are lonely and sick of heart, Go to the friends we know. And bury your sorrow in doing good deeds,
Miss me – but let me go.” Author
Unknown.
P.S. from the ΔKE House: Deke
active Ed
Ellinghausen, ZZ ‘15 writes…”Brothers, I am happy to report another successful
semester for the active chapter, concluding with the initiation of 18 new
brothers into DKE. I would like to say thank you to all the alumni in
attendance for their initiation; we hope to see even more of you out there next
year!
On Saturday December
14th at Mike Anderson’s patio bar we hosted our final event of the semester,
the annual Christmas Cocktail Party. It was a huge success. We are anxiously looking
forward to the start of the Spring Semester, with a few things particularly in
mind. First, I know many of you have asked about ordering Friar’s Shirts and
some of the other shirts we have recently done for the chapter. We are
currently planning on getting a large order of all these shirts together to
offer to all of you all soon. Be watching out for an email over the next couple
of weeks regarding the details.
Also, we are already
gearing up for our 2nd Annual “Fred Secunda Classic” golf tournament this
coming summer. We will be sending out an email to you all with details over the
coming weeks, and we hope to get increased participation this year. Last year’s
tournament was a successful 1st annual event and I know everyone who attended
is excited to do it again and make this a strong and successful tournament that
lasts for many years to come. The details of sponsorship and other various
aspects of the tournament are not concrete yet, but if you already know that
you would like to participate in some way please feel free to email me about it
at eae5793@hotmail.com.
Further details will
be coming soon on all of this. We look forward to an exciting spring semester
and hope to see some of you around the house.
ITB,
Ed”
