Current Sig Taus Honor
Memory of Co-founder Jack Sheehan
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The current Sig
Taus presented Kathe Sheehan
’67, Jack’s widow, with a
framed specially made jersey as a
tribute to his memory. Jack was a
major founder of Sig Tau Psi in
1963. Kathe was very touched by
the thoughtfulness of our younger
brethren and sent them a token of
appreciation. The jersey now
hangs in Johnnie’s bedroom (their
son). On the back of the frame
there is a paper that is signed by
all the current bros. Also
included is a 1965 composite of
the Sig Taus (Old Guards).
Eventually Kathe plans on
returning the jersey to the
fraternity to hang in a place of
honor at the Sig Tau House. |
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Geneseo Greek Hall of Fame
Chuck Curatalo (’63 Pledge
Class)
Chuck Curatalo (’63 Pledge Class)
was inducted into the Greek Hall of
Fame on Saturday, April 28th
at Mary Jemison at SUNY Geneseo.
Patty Hamilton-Rogers ’85 Director
of Alumni Relations read the following
citation before presenting the award.
(Picture:
Chuck is second from end of front
row.)
2007 Inaugural Greek Hall of Fame
Citation for
Charles “Chuck” Curatalo ’67, Sigma
Tau Psi
“Sigma
Tau Psi undergraduate chapter
President, Christopher Powers wrote
that Chuck Curatalo ’67 “represents
the strong bond of fraternal
brotherhood and the life long impact
it can have.”
Chuck joined Sigma Tau Psi in 1963,
its founding year. During his time in
the fraternity, Chuck was a major
contributor to the famous Sig Tau
Follies, the Regatta, Snow Sculpture
and the Jenny Awards. But his
commitment to the fraternity did not
end upon graduation.
In 2003, at the time of Sig Tau’s 40th
anniversary, Chuck began publishing
the Sig Tau Old Guard and Friends
Newsletter, which reaches over 100
alumni from 1963-68. While the
newsletter certainly has helped the
alumni stay connected to one another,
it has also fostered great relations
between the alumni and current
undergraduates.
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As Christopher further stated in
his nomination, “Chuck’s actions
prove without a doubt that being
an active member of a fraternity
does not stop after four years of
college. It is a life long
commitment that Chuck holds on to
dearly and one we should all seek
to share.”
Chuck has two degrees from
Geneseo, a bachelor’s in 1967 and
a master’s degree in elementary
education in 1972. He retired from
the Gates Chili Central School
District in 2000 after 33 years in
teaching. He is the author of
“Teacher-Made Materials for Math”
and several children’s stories
published by the award winning
magazine “Stepping Stones: A
Multicultural Magazine for
Children.” Chuck is the first one
to spread the word about alumni
programs and reunions to the “Old
Guard” and his many classmates
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Chuck, we are pleased to induct you
into the inaugural class of the
Geneseo Greek Hall of Fame in
recognition of your continuing support
of Sigma Tau Psi and the Geneseo Greek
community.”
In his acceptance speech
Chuck said,
“This award is the frosting on my
college and academic career. I look
back on Geneseo as some of the most
wonderful years of my life. I have
always treasured the great friendships
that started there and that have
lasted for over forty years. Special
thanks to our young Sig Tau brethren
who always provide us old bros with
opportunities to get together and
whose alumni events inspired the
initiation of the Sig Tau Old Guard
and Friends Newsletter …..I want to
dedicate this award to the memory of
Jack Sheehan who recently passed away
after a six year courageous battle
with cancer. Jack was the primary
founder of Sig Tau and was greatly
responsible for the Sig Tau Follies,
Regatta and many other memorable Sig
Tau events. This one’s for you, Jack!”
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Sig Tau’s SQUIDSTOCK
May 5, 2007
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The current Sig
Taus held their Third Annual
Squidstock Festival on
Saturday, May 5th. It
was a huge success. Twenty-two
kegs of beer flowed and endless
hot dogs and hamburgers were
consumed to the tune of live band
music. A Jostling Ring also was
available for those who dared.
Old Guards Bob Hussey (’63
Pledge Class), Dave Mead ’65, Al
Tolsma ’65, Chuck Curatalo ’63
(not pictured) and Bob Meyers
’66 (not pictured) had a great
time with their younger brethren
and lovely co-eds. Each of the
Old Guards were presented with an
original Squidstock Tee-shirt
styled by current bro Adam
Kelly with a “Squidstock” back
design created by Hely
Rodriquez (see picture). We
look forward to being invited by
next year and hope more Old Guards
will join us. |
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SIG TAUS & SARATOGA
August 1 & 2, 2007
By Al “Smitty” Smith ‘69
This past August 1st and 2nd
approximately twenty Sig Taus
from the pledge era of 1967 to 1970
and their respective wives or partners
gathered together in Saratoga, NY for
two days of reminiscing and new
experiences.
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Our host, who was responsible for
organizing the two day gala and
reunion, was Peter Massari (’69
Pledge Class). Pete is a
stock broker for Smith-Barney and
lives in Somers, NY (Westchester
County) with his wife, Cynthia and
two daughters, Laura and Natalie.
Pete and his wife are also owners
or part owners of some harness
horses (trotters for the
novices). This part of Pete’s
life plays into the story a little
later. It is at this point that
on behalf of the brothers who were
in attendance, I would like to
extend to Pete a most sincere
“Thank You!” for making this
experience possible for us. I
know that it took a great deal of
time and exceptional
organizational skills to pull this
together. We are all extremely
grateful to Pete. |
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Brothers began gathering
at the Saratoga Race Track
(thoroughbred horses) on Wednesday
afternoon. In addition to Peter,
there was Frank Maier, Larry
Wilcox, John Hopf, Mike Kolhlas, Carl
Kanoff, Rick Stein, Rod Curran, Allen
Smith, Joe Mantione and Bob Pearl.
After pooling money together for each
race and Hopf and Mantione taking
their respective turns trying to turn
our investments into winnings (without
any luck), our conversation and
laughter flowed as if we had just seen
each other last year or even last
week. In reality, for some of us, it
had been nearly 35 years since we had
seen each other. Of course, there was
a little consumption of beer and at
one point in time, one of the ushers
at the track came around and told us
that we were making too much noise and
were disturbing some of the “non-Sig
Taus” who happened to be in the area
where we had congregated. Imagine
that!
That evening, upon
Peter’s recommendation, those brothers
mentioned above gathered for dinner at
Sergio’s Italian Restaurant just north
of Saratoga in Wilton, NY. There we
were joined by Rick Johnson, Mick
Brenno, Sal Marchese, Chuck Dailey,
Mike Drexler and Tom Mooney. We
could not be accommodated at a single
table, so we broke into smaller groups
for dining, but once having completed
our meals, we ventured from table to
table reuniting. Rick Johnson brought
his 1970 composite and the Geneseo
Yearbook from the same year. Mooney
actually showed up after dinner
complete with his Sig Tau “fashions.”
He donned his beret and jacket, pulled
out a Sig Tau t-shirt that had not
been washed in years (the fabric
wouldn’t tolerate any more soap and
water) and his beloved, one-of-a-kind,
hand made “Phi Lamb Derby” t-shirt
from when he was a member of the “Sig
Tau Pr**ks” team. “Moonzo” and “00”
were emblazoned upon the back. The
reaction of the brothers was as
expected.
On Thursday the 2nd,
for those who were interested, Pete
put together through one of the
companies that he deals with, a golf
outing at the beautiful Saratoga
National Golf Course. For those who
were not into golf, there was still
the Thoroughbred track, downtown
shopping and lovely restaurants for
lunch. It had to have been the
hottest day of the summer and
temperatures were above 95 degrees.
But this did not deter those of us who
were committed (maybe we should have
been “committed.”). To our pleasant
surprise, not only were we treated to
a golfing experience on a challenging
course, there were plenty amenities
included. After lunch, we embarked
upon our 18-Hole adventure. Now we
are very thankful for the beautiful
young ladies who came around the
course throughout play to replenish us
with beer, water, Gatorade, snacks,
cigars, etc. After golf, we were
treated to an open bar/dinner before
and after the awards ceremony and a
presentation from the company who
sponsored the event there at the
clubhouse. It was here that we were
joined by Jim Wright, who is
actually from Saratoga, but now lives
in the Buffalo area and Chuck
Magliazzo (honorary). Jim was
passing through and couldn’t stay
long, but managed a detour from his
journey to Lake George to visit his
mother, to stop in a say “Hello.”
Afterwards, we
re-gathered one more time at the
Saratoga Raceway (harness track) where
one of Pete’s horses, Majority Party,
was entered in the fourth race.
Pete’s horse came in 3rd,
but managed to put some money in
Pete’s pocket. Again, many of us took
our chances of turning mere wagers
into vast fortunes, but only Mike
Drexler was able to use his astute
knowledge and keen eye for horses to
turn his bet into a most substantial
gain. It has to be mentioned that
Mike’s wife was most instrumental in
picking the horses for his trifecta
bet. The fifth race of the evening
was entitled the “Sig Tau” Race and
was displayed on the electronic board
in the infield. That brought a roar
of approval from the brothers. After
the race, ten of the brothers were
able to get their picture taken in the
winner’s circle with the winning
horse.
As we bid our farewells
and passed on good wishes to all,
everyone commented on what a wonderful
time we had, but the best was simply
seeing life-long friends once again.
There was talk of re-uniting in less
than 35 years and we are confident
that we will. Whether a gathering
will take place in Geneseo or
elsewhere is not as important as
simply re-connecting
somewhere-sometime. Mike Brenno’s
wife, Jeannie, even suggested that
perhaps we could gather for a short
3-Day Cruise. Imagine…
Again, our most sincere
thanks are offered to Peter. You did
a magnificent job and we are more than
appreciative.
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Pictures from L to R:
Chuck Magliazzo ’69;
Charlie Dailey ’70; Jim Wright ’68 and Mick Brenno ’68; Al Smith ’69 and
Patty
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L to R:
Sal Marchese ’67 (yellow shirt) is
seated next to his wife Darlene.
Seated to his left is Bob (Pearl)
Perrello ‘68 and girlfriend
Margo, standing over Bob’s left
shoulder is Pete Massari ‘69. To
Pete’s right are his wife Cynthia
and his daughter, Laura. . Man
standing on left is unidentified.
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Pictures L to R: Larry Wilcox ’69
and Mike Kohlhas ’70; Tom Mooney
’69, Rick Johnson ’69 and Mike
Drexler ‘69
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to R: Karl “C.W. Moss” Kanoff ’68,
Frank “Paco” Maier ’69, Joe “Crazy
Joe” Mantione ’70, John “Jack”
Hopf ’69, Rick Stein ’69, Rod “Hot
Rod” Curran ’69, Larry “Sebastian”
Wilcox ‘68
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For many more pictures of this event:
Follow these directions. TO VIEW THIS
GALLERY GO TO
http://www.etoldguard.com/
WHERE YOU WILL COME TO
MENU. CLICK ON ETOG
PICTURES WHICH WILL TAKE YOU
TO OLD GUARD PICTURES.
YOU WILL SEE A SECTION THAT SAYS
PHOTO GALLERY. CLICK ON
THIS AND YOU WILL SEE ALBUM:
SARATOGA 2007 (First one in
top row). CLICK ON THE ALBUM
PICTURE (“BOB PEARL AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND”) AND YOU WILL COME TO
ALL THE PICTURES IN THAT ALBUM. CLICK
EACH PICTURE TO SEE IT AT FULL SIZE.
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Old Guards Reunite at
Geneseo Class of ’67-68 Reunion
| On Saturday, June 9
many Old Guards and Friends reunited
with their classmates at Mary Jemison
Dining Hall to celebrate the 40th
Reunion of the classes of ’67-68. A
great time was had by all. Bob
Veltz (’68 Graduate) and Dave
Mead ’68 of the “Specters” joined
the “Woodsmen” on their guitars to
provide the entertainment after a
wonderful barbecue buffet dinner. |
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Irv Beimler ’68 and Sue
‘Bogardus ’68 journeyed all the
way from Washington, D.C. to join the
festivities. The surprise of the
evening was the return of ET Honorary
“Wild Bill” Marion ’68
(pictured on left with Dave Mead) who
joined us at the Sig Tau Table.
Chuck Curatalo ’67, Bob Hussey
’67 and Nancy ’68,
Tom Welch ’68 and his new wife
Maureen also sat at our table
Many Sig Old Guard Friends such as
Linda Monteverdi ’70 (see picture)
and Audrey Smith ’67 also
attended the event. Dale J. Metz
’68 and Sue (Spas) Metz ’68
attended the Friday night cocktail
party. For
more pictures go to the Gallery
and click on the Album: ’67 and
’68 Class Reunions (First
album in second row) (See
previous articles of you don’t
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Geneseo Homecoming on
Saturday 29, 2007
And
Planning for Sig Tau
Forty-Five Years of Pride Celebration
in 2008
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Taus will be planning their usual
Homecoming events for Saturday
29, 2007. As of this writing we
have not received their schedule of
events. However, the Old Guards will
probably meet at the Big Tree Inn at
around noon and then join our young
brethren for their usual beer parties
at the Vital Spot and Ago House.
This fall they will begin planning for
the Sig Tau Forty-Five Years
of Pride Celebration to take place
sometime in 2008. Stay tuned for
Bulletins regarding both events!! |
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THERE WILL BE AN EMAIL SENT OUT
SHORTLY REGARDING HOMECOMING (Sat.
Sept., 29) SCHEDULE!!! IT WILL BE
IMPORTANT TO LET CHUCK KNOW IF YOU ARE
COMING SO WE CAN MAKE DINNER
ARRANGEMENTS AT THE BIG TREE or
some other restaurant. Contact Chuck
at
ccuratal@rochester.rr.com by
Friday, September 14 if you plan
to attend. Please specify if you will
be attending dinner.
To date the following bros have
notified us that they are planning to
attend:
Chuck Curatalo ’63 Pledge Class,Dave
Mead ’65,Dale E. Metz ’67,Al Smith
’69,Bob Veltz ’65,Tom Wega ‘69
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Founding Brother Bruce
Jordan Returns to Geva
Saturday, January 20, 2007
4:00 PM
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creator of the worldwide smash “Shear
Madness” returned to Geva
Theatre in Rochester, New York to
direct Steven Martin’s play “The
Underpants”. The performance was
followed by a wine and cheese
reception which was hosted and by and
our own Bruce Jordan (’63
Cofounder) and Old Guard Friends
Elaine Tramontana Bucci ’66 and
Joe Bucci ’67 (See Picture).
Thanks to Elaine and Joe and the
Geneseo Alumni Association for
providing food and refreshments. The
buffet treats and drinks were
spectacular. Special thanks to Bruce
for dedicating the performance to the
memory of co-founder Jack Sheehan’
(63 Cofounder). A great time was
had by all. Go browse the pictures at
our
Gallery
and find the Album: The
Underpants (Last album
in first row) and see if you can
identity the following Old Guards who
attended: Jim Vidoczy (’63
Cofounder) Bob Meyers (’66 Pledge
Class), Bob Veltz (’65 Pledge Class),
Bob Hussey (’63 Pledge Class), Chuck
Curatalo (’63 Pledge Class), Jim Burk
(’65 Pledge Class), Jack Langerak
(Honorary), Spike Leonard (’63
Cofounder) and many Old Guard
Friends. |
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Old Guard Notes
| ●Kathe
Sheehan ’67
has announced the birth of her grand
daughter Jacklyn Mae Zenner on Friday
June 8th 2007. The baby is
named after her grandfather and Sig
Tau founding member Jack Sheehan
who died last September 12th.
Mother: Amanda Sheehan Zenner, Father:
Eric Zenner. (Picture: Kathe and
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●John
Hopf (’69 Pledge Class)
writes, Hey Sig Tau’s if anyone
remembers our keg party bands from 69,
70, 71 you might get a kick out of the
John Hopf Band CD released in 2000. It
is on
www.cdbaby.com. Just type in john
hopf band to get a listen. Many
thanks to Peter Massari (Enzio)
for setting up this reunion at
Saratoga. We have reconnected on our
mutual interest in harness racing and
beer. I cannot believe he set up a
conference with Larry (Sebastian}
Wilcox. I have not spoken to him in
30 something years. Come to Saratoga
Aug 1st and 2nd.
Gidget and I are psyched to see
everyone. Keep smiling! John (Jack-
no one has called me that in 30
something years.)
●Tom
Wega (’69 Pledge Class)
writes, “Regrettably, I have not been
able to be active in college alumnae
affairs.
I was in the ’69 pledge class
(president of the class in fact) and
graduated GSU in ’71. I’ve lived in
Rochester since 1981, presently in
Pittsford (36 Parker Dr.) with my wife
(Mary Anne) of nearly 12 years and our
10 year old daughter, Caroline. I
would surely have contacted you sooner
were I aware of it. I see my good
friends Tom Powers, Roger Brown, and
Tom Mooney in some of the pictures you
have posted. I am interested in
getting involved and must have missed
the opportunity when previously
extended but if not, for whatever or
no reason, then I am still interested.
I have been one of those vagabond
careers men. Currently I sell real
estate with Nothnagle and hope that
survives the coming downturn.
●Dan
Brown (’07
Graduate) reports that Sigma
Tau Psi graduated 5 seniors including
the following: Daniel Brown, Chris
Powers, Eric Weidemer, Mike Flynn,
and Ryan Hamlin. “We would like
to thank current Squids and any alumni
who made our college experience that
much better.”
●Al
“Ace” Tolsma (’65 Pledge Class)
will be undergoing open heart surgery
on September 4th to repair
a heart valve. We all wish Al a
speedy recovery. Cards and Best
Wishes can be sent to Al at 55
Majestic Circle, Amherst, NY 14226.
●Ed
Mace (’69 Pledge Class)
reports….Good God almighty — I look at
this address bar and I’m transported
back 30 something years — scenes of
the movie Animal House keep trying to
creep in to the memories — can’t
imagine why — but I still picture all
of you mugs looking the same. I’m sure
father time might have aged one or two
of yous a bit — Hot Rod keeps young by
making sure Ginny has another kid
every five or ten years or so, eh
Roddie? I kept young by not having my
first kid until six days after my 40th
bday — and that was only a couple of
years ago, right? Nope, I didn’t
marry my White Rose sweetheart, Kathie
— I ended up working in the airline
industry for about 12 years, messing
around big time while all my good Sig
Tau bros were getting married, having
families and going on to bigger and
better type things. I traveled around
the world during my tenure then one
day I woke up and said, hey it’s time
— I was about 35, moved out of NY,
moved down to Va — spent some good
time in Va. Beach w/ bros. Leffke and
his family — and started working in
the Real Estate/Asset Management field
— found a beautiful lady (taught in
the same high school w/ bros. Varga)
with a 5 year old daughter (now
working on her masters, married and
having a beautiful life herself) about
twenty years ago — had two more kiddos
(ECM III — Tre — just out of tenth
grade and a lacrosse freak, and Kalle
just out of sixth grade, and a soccer
kiddo — she knows how to kick Dad
around too) and now just spend my time
on cruise control, loving life, loving
family, loving the Nationals (what do
ya want — at least we have a team
again) just loving all this loving
(sounds a bit like my airline days)
I’m in the Springfield/Lorton area
of northern Va — you know the area of
I95 that you pass through at about
2mph, cussing and fussing with all the
traffic — just like NYC, you gotta
know when to pass through this area —
Dix, I’m surprised I never ran into
you, big bros — I worked down in
Williamsburg for a bit in the late
80’s — lived in Hampton right in Wythe
— on Chesapeake St. right on the water
on the third floor of one of the old
Victorian homes — and Dianne and I
were married in Jan, ‘91 at St. Bede’s
in Williamsburg. My oldest, Tara,
graduated three years ago from CNU.
Anyways, consider this an open invite
to all you mugs, when you’re sick of
sitting in traffic, give a call and
stop by — even if y’all are just
coming into town to visit our nation’s
great crapital — coming into town to a
peace march or something — POWER TO
THE PEOPLE — Chuck Daniels, spring,
1970 — give a call and stop by — would
love to see any one of yous — yeah,
even you, Smitty. Doesn’t look like I
can make it in Aug. but if there’s any
way I can do some serious
re-arranging, I will. Meantime, I
know I’ll see one or two or yous at
some point before I’m too much older
and grayer —thanks to Peter and Paco
and whomever else had the wonderful
urge to set this thing up. Y’all stay
in touch — and give me a friggin call
even if you’re just passim through.
Ed, ah, ok, Eddie Mace
●Mike
Crino
(’67 Pledge Class) has decided
to leave Clemson University to do some
consulting and to travel. Time will
tell if it was a good decision. Mike
says he had been teaching for 31 years
and a change seemed reasonable.
●Pete Massari (’69 Pledge Class)
has managed to contact about 20 Sig
Tau’s from the graduate classes of
1970-1972---and we’re meeting in
Saratoga Aug 1st and Aug 2nd
to play golf and to Party (he also has
a trotter who should be running in a
NY Sire stakes race on Aug 2nd.
Most of the bros will attend the
various races both Thoroughbred and
Harness. They are all very
enthusiastic about getting together.
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●Fred Welch (’65 Pledge Class)
writes….Chuck,
Great
work! I enjoy following the news
through your newsletters, bulletins,
and other emails. Just wanted to
update you on my contact details. We
recently moved to Pennsylvania from
Virginia. Bonnie (Norman) (Clio
‘68) retired from teaching and my
plan was to retire from my job also,
but Northrop Grumman offered me the
opportunity to telecommute, so I took
it. We are now living in our
retirement home on a small lake in the
mountains of NE PA. We bought the
place in 2004 and came up on weekends
and vacations. We are in the end
stages of some remodeling work (adding
a new room, complete makeover of
kitchen, etc.) and still living
amongst all the moving boxes. By
summer’s end we should have it all
back together. Hope all is going well
with you. Hope to get to one of those
reunions/get togethers sometime.
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●Each year the college holds its'
President's Donor Dinner which
recognizes alumni, and others, that
have made significant financial
contributions. This year, two of our
brothers were recognized.
George Speedy ('68) was
presented with the Philanthropic
Leadership Award by the Geneseo
Foundation for his commitment to the
college. He was also inducted in the
Geneseo Circle and presented with a
plaque commemorating the occasion.
Membership in the Geneseo
Circle is reserved for those who have
contributed $100,000 or more to the
Foundation. George is a partner in
the Camden, SC law firm of Furman,
Speedy, and Stenger.
Roger Brown ('68) also
attended the dinner and was awarded a
plaque as a new member of the
Wadsworth Society (contributors of
$50,000). Roger is a VP with Lone
Star Steel in Texas. Following the
awards dinner, Speedy and
Brown retreated to the bar at the Big
Tree where they spent several hours.
Brown lost his plaque.
●Old
Guard friends George Wilkerson
(Class of ’64) and Barb Zechner
(Class of ’65) have formed a group
called “The Alumni Project”
whose membership consists of Geneseo
Alumni from the classes of 1960-1970.
“For most of us who went to Geneseo in
the ‘60’s:
………..we would not have gone to college
if SUNY schools weren’t tuition free;
………..we were the first in our family
to go to college;
………..we were not especially high
achievers in high school (and
certainly couldn’t get
in today if we
applied); and
…………we came from differing religious,
ethnic, and social backgrounds
This group supports the
Transitional Opportunity Program
(TOPS), part of the SUNY system’s
AOP program that provides “personal
and individual academic services to
enhance the chances for academic
success”.
“….Public universities have been
choking off college access and upward
mobility for the poor by shifting away
from the traditional need-based aid
formula to a so-called merit formula
that heavily favors affluent
students.”
(New York Times)
The Alumni Project supports this
program (TOP) by using e-mail and the
Internet to provide the following:
Academic support:
Many of us have graduate degrees in a
variety of fields and can provide
tutoring and academic advice.
Material Support:
Got Books? A laptop you’re not using?
A second car that might not be worth
trading, but could provide basic
transportation?
An Online Support Network Web Site,
filled with resource material
Mentoring:
Working one-on-one with one or two
students from your region of the state
or with a background similar to yours.
If you would like to join the
program, please send them an email
at:
GWILKERS@NYCAP.RR.COM
●Paul Scipione
(Prometheus, Class of 1968)
retired from his professorship at
Montclair State University in 2004 and
is now Professor Emeritus of Business
and Director of the Survey Research
Center at SUNY Geneseo. He and his
wife Linda (also Class of 1968) live
in a custom log home at the northern
end of Conesus Lake that they designed
themselves. They are raising their 12
year-old grandson Chris who also plans
to attend Geneseo. Paul is busy
finishing his 8th book and
starting to write his 9th
(techno-thriller) and is Faculty
Advisor to Phi Kappa Chi (successor to
Prometheus). See Paul’s History of
Prometheus Fraternity below:
The
Early History of Prometheus Fraternity
Dr.
Paul Scipione
Dear Brothers:
On the occasion of the 50th
Anniversary of the founding of
Prometheus Fraternity, I have been
asked by the current brothers of our
successor fraternity Phi Kappa Chi to
describe our founding in the Fall of
1956 at SUNY Geneseo and its history
from the mid-1950s through the
mid-1970s. I arrived at Geneseo as a
Freshman in Fall 1964, became a
Brother in Prometheus in February 1965
and graduated from the college in May
1968. Now I am back as Professor
Emeritus of Business and Director of
the Survey/Research Center. Which just
goes to show that you can’t keep
Prometheans away!
Prometheus was founded by an
intrepid group of Korean War veterans
in the Fall of 1956. Although they
wanted recognition as a social group,
they resisted being called a
traditional Greek fraternity. But in
order to get recognition, they were
forced by the Dean of Students to come
up with a “Greek name”. They
compromised by choosing the name “The
Order of Prometheus” rather than a
traditional name consisting of two or
three letters from the Greek alphabet.
Finally bowing to further pressure
from college administrators, in 1959
they officially adopted the Greek
letters “Theta-Omega-Phi”,
an acronym for The Order
of Prometheus. Get it?
From 1959 through 1962, the Jets
rented a fraternity house on Wadsworth
Street, just a couple doors down from
DK House. Traditionally, Prometheus
brothers have enjoyed a close and
friendly relationship with the
brothers of DK, but contentious
relations with the brothers of Phi
Sig. Even in those days the “Figs”
thought their fraternity house on
Center Street was “better” than the
“hovels” occupied by Prometheus and
DK. The Figs similarly tried to lord
it over the brothers of Sig Tau when
that fraternity formed during the
early 1960s. It was largely in
reaction to the stuck up Figs that
Prometheus adopted its fancy gray
blazers in the early 1960s and formed
its famous Torch political party,
which completely dominated Geneseo’s
Student Government for more than a
dozen years.
Prometheus moved to another old
rented house at 1 Elizabeth Street,
where it remained from 1962 through
1965. In case you think I am
hallucinating — yes, there was once an
Elizabeth Street in Geneseo, although
that name disappeared from the map
more than 30 years ago. It is now
called College Drive. Prometheus House
was located on the SW corner of the
intersection of College Drive with
Court Street, right where the big
student parking lot now exists outside
Ontario Dormitory. Immediately next
door to Prometheus House was Sig Tau
House. Both houses were rickety fire
traps and were popular on Halloween
because they looked like something
from the set of a monster movie,
drawing the ire of college officials.
To support the tremendous growth
plans for SUNY of Governor Nelson
Rockefeller and his right-hand
construction guru Robert Moses, which
began in 1964 to support the thousands
of Baby Boomers heading for college,
SUNY Geneseo condemned both Prometheus
House and Sig Tau House under the Law
of Eminent Domain. Knowing that we
would be forced out of Prometheus
House after the 1964-65 academic
years, we decided to have some fun —
we started to demolish the house
ourselves! Our favorite weapons were
hatchets and pick axes, which we threw
into bulls eyes that we painted on
both the interior and exterior walls.
After the walls got covered with
holes, we began to throw hatchets 40+
feet into the exterior walls of Sig
Tau House, who then retaliated by
throwing knives and hatchets back at
us. Fortunately no one was hurt. When
the professional demolition people
came in June, little work was left.
In the Fall of 1965, Prometheus
rented 12 North Street, where the Jets
remained for 10+ years. I roomed in
the front bedroom on the first floor
with the irascible Al Smith that year,
before I became an RA in Monroe Hall
(1966-67) and Erie Hall (1967-68).
About 15 brothers lived there and it
was a ball. Nominal “adult
supervision” was provided by our
“House Father”, the late Ernie
Olsowsky. Ernie was an undergrad from
Angelica NY who was in his 40s. He had
owned a very successful restaurant in
Bar Harbor ME, which he sold at a big
profit and then decided to attend
college. Ernie cooked gourmet-quality
meals for us on
Monday-through-Thursday evenings and
let us do anything we felt like doing.
He was usually in his room getting
bombed on a combination of vodka,
bourbon and gin. When his 80 year-old
mother would make unannounced visits
in her Cadillac on weekends, we would
all have to pitch in to kick the empty
booze bottles under Ernie’s bed. Our
house at 12 North Street was also the
infamous scene of a brother and his
girlfriend who were injured with glass
shards in the old fashioned glass
phone booth in the lobby that they
decided to “do it in”. They got to
rockin’ a bit too much and suddenly
went from vertical to horizontal. Good
old 12 North was also where college
authorities censured us for allowing
one of our brothers, Alan “Tobanga”
Voorhees to expertly fashion an
anatomically correct snow sculpture
“Rapunzel and Her Golden Fleece” in
the Winter Snow Festival competition.
Later on our large “barn” type garage
burned down under suspicious
circumstances. Let’s just say that the
brothers of Prometheus were
“favorites” of our landlord Dick
Harvey.
In January 1966, Geneseo
experienced the “storm of the
century”. Just as students were
returning to campus for the start of
the Spring semester, we got hit with a
blizzard of more than 50 inches of
snow in less than 36 hours. Both the
village and college were shut down for
nearly a week. The folks at Mary
Jemison Dining Hall (the only one open
then) ran out of everything but peanut
butter, jelly and stale bread. The old
Geneseo Hotel on Main Street (it
burned down on the spot now occupied
by Geneseo Family Restaurant), ran
completely out of Budweiser and
Miller, leaving only Genesee Beer and
Cream Ale (an early example of the Law
of Unintended Market Research),
although we subsisted on a nearly
unlimited supply of pop corn and
pretzels, assuming you could even
reach the Hotel on foot. At the peak
of the storm, the brothers even took
in a couple stranded long-distance
truckers, who thoroughly enjoyed our
black-and-white stag films, which we
usually only showed at our Rush
parties. Everyone at Geneseo had a
ball for more than a week of snowed-in
isolation.
Another important part of the
early history of Prometheus was our
political activities, carried out
through our unique Torch Party. The
origins of Torch go back to our
infamous late fraternity brother Rick
Lubin, who was a certified socialist &
communist wacko from the streets of
New York City, who hit the quaint
little campus and village like a
meteor in 1959. By the way, the first
Prometheus House on Wadsworth Street
was raided by a team of FBI agents in
1962, who were after Lubin as part of
an investigation into communist
infiltration. Rich was not even home,
although Bill Heaney reports that the
brothers who were there managed to
entertain the FBI agents so cordially
that cards were exchanged. They also
prevented the agents from spotting an
authentic Nazi banner that was hanging
in the upstairs hallway (it had been
captured in WW2 by one of the
brother’s father).
Prometheus spent thousands on its
annual Torch Party campaign and always
won every officer post in the Student
Government for nearly 10 years. We
spared no expense. We had outrageous
“campaign parties” and even brought in
brass bands which marched through the
campus after dark, as we carried lit
torches. Prometheus controlled the
politics on campus with an iron fist.
Maybe that’s why life on the Geneseo
campus was so much fun! But Torch
Party began to spin out of control in
1967, ironically in celebration of the
election of our frat brother Marshall
Borlaug as President of Student
Government. Marshall was from Batavia
and loved his beer. Late on the very
night of his election, he and several
other frat brothers drove up to
Batavia to continue celebrating. But
Marshall got caught mooning several
cops on Main Street (he wasn’t even in
a car at the time) and the resulting
newspaper and TV publicity brought
intense scrutiny of Torch Party by the
SUNY Geneseo administration. President
MacVittie (whose son was a Fig) was
not amused, although Marshall Borlaug
was reported to have a nice looking
ass. He pled guilty to indecent
exposure and did community service on
the weekends. It is ironic that the
demise of Torch Party came just as
national politics in the United States
really got roiled over the Vietnam
War, civil rights and a myriad of
other political unrest.
The mighty torch lived on as an
important symbol, though, particularly
during the annual pledging of new
brothers, when they got paddled by
wooden torches. It should be noted
that the brothers of Prometheus
absolutely forbid any “silly pledging”
from their founding in 1956 through
the early 1970s, reasoning that any
guy good enough to be voted in as a
new Promethean shouldn’t be subjected
to a bunch of silly hijinks — an
important point of differentiation
from the other fraternities on campus.
Keep in mind that the founding
brothers were serious adults who had
survived the Korean War.
During the 1960s, Prometheus — and
its sister sorority Arethusa — were
known for hosting outstanding parties.
We even had our own private room
(complete with our fluorescent signs)
in the back of the old Geneseo Hotel
(thanks Danny Radesi, Senior and
Junior). One of the highlights each
year was our Prometheus Weekend, which
drew visitors from far and wide (SUNY
Buffalo; Cornell; UR and RIT;
Syracuse). We would start with a big
keg on Friday night (there was even a
Ratskellar in the basement of
Letchworth Dining Hall then), various
fun activities during the day on
Saturday, a formal dinner-dance on
Saturday evening (everyone dressed up
and we got corsages for our dates) and
then finish with a picnic on Sunday.
We Prometheans were also known
then for our civic and charitable
activities. By far our two biggest
contributions were our annual Used
Textbook Sale and our annual camp out
on the cold College Quad to raise
money for the American Cancer Society.
In the days when the College Bookstore
was about 20-by-20 feet and located on
the basement level of Frazer, there
wasn’t enough room to sell used
textbooks. So we took the lead by
setting up tables in the lobby of the
old Student Center (now Blake A). We
gave tags to each student who wanted
to sell their used textbooks. They
wrote down the price they were asking
and then we got 10% for handling all
transactions. The funds we generated
went to several charities. During the
frigid days of winter, brothers set up
tents in the old Quad where we camped
for several nights, to raise money for
the American Cancer Society. We not
only raised money for worthwhile
causes, but also boosted the
visibility on campus of the men in the
black-and-gray jock jackets.
During the 1960s we were also
known for our brains. Although we
weren’t “nerds” (once in a while we
even managed to beat other frats at
intramural football and basketball),
we regularly achieved a frat-wide GPA
of more than 3.0, which was truly
spectacular in the pre-SAT days of
SUNY Geneseo. We were also the first
fraternity to admit a Black brother,
Asian brother and foreign brother.
As Prometheus moved into the
1970s, changes came. We decided to
expand statewide by founding new
chapters at other SUNY campuses —
Potsdam; Plattsburgh; Oswego; Oneonta
— and pledging became more
traditional. We moved back to
Wadsworth Street, where a disastrous
fire one summer killed the chapter
president. In an attempt to buy a new
house, Prometheus joined the Phi Kappa
Sigma national fraternity, but then
during the 1990s went local again as
Phi Kappa Chi. But whatever it is
called, every brother is imbued with
the fraternal DNA that makes us proud
Prometheans!
Hold the Fort!
“Hold the Fort, the Jets are
coming, hail Prometheus.
Side by side we battle onward,
victory is ours.
In brotherhood, fraternally, we
lift our torches high,
Prometheus Fraternity, Theta Omega
Phi!
“Oh our Prometheus, Grand Old
Fraternity,
we pledge ourselves to always be,
steadfast forever!
Just as our Founders stood, we
live in brotherhood,
The Order of Prometheus, Theta
Omega Phi.”
Paul Scipione, Class of 1968
scipione@geneseo.edu;
scipione@frontiernet.net
***Paul also has compiled a
directory of Prometheus Alumni:
Please contact Chuck Curatalo at
ccuratal@rochester.rr.com if you
would like to receive a copy as an
email attachment.
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●The weekend before
Saratoga, Smith (’69 Pledge Class)
was invited by Doug Dixon (‘68)
and his wife Gina to crew for them
aboard his 1940 Lightning Sailboat in
a small regatta on Onondaga Lake,
Syracuse. Doug purchased this classic
antique boat from an owner north of
Denver, CO. Doug trailered the boat
to his home in Gloucester Point, VA
where he has completed a complete
restoration of this wooden hull
beauty. The craft is all original
except for a couple of minor
improvements that are not noticeable
to the untrained eye and do not
jeopardize the integrity of the
sailboat. The Lightning class were
designed and built by a builder on
Skaneateles Lake. (Pictured L to R:
Doug and Al) |
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●Rick
Johnson
pledged the fraternity in ‘69. His
nickname was “Clean.” Rick works
for TYCO Electronics and is in
industrial sales. He lives in
Lansing, NY (just north of Ithaca).
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We Are Not Alone!
Buffalo State Old Guard Group
Did you think we were the only Sig Tau
Old Guard Group in the country? Well
so did we, until we got an email from
Hank Nuwer ’68 who graduated from
Buffalo State and was a Sig Tau Rho.
He writes…..
| Henry Dewey started
us off some years ago with a
newsletter as an attempt to bind us
altogether. He was a secretary in
65-66. I was historian in 67-68 for
the chapter. He still puts out the
newsletter which is the main way the
old timers follow. I came up with the
web page with Henry’s help about 5
years ago after September 11, getting
it up in 2002. To this day we have not
located tons of scrapbooks each
historian put together (including one
I did—67-68) |
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Henry may have more in his files. But
here is what I know: Our chapter
(older than I alums by several years)
was the one that sued the chancellor
of New York when he kicked all the
nationals off the collective SUNY
chapters. Ours had been Sigma Tau
Gamma and the national’s office was
right there in Buffalo. When the
Chancellor eliminated us all—for a
time—the Sigma Tau Gamma group moved
to Warrensburg and all relations ended
between the Buff State chapter and the
Sigma Tau Gamma national.
This below is from the web page I put
up—hope it helps
This page chronicles a fraternity
chapter that existed as a local during
that time in New York State when all
national fraternities and sororities
were banned in state colleges and
universities. Many, if not
all, chapters of Sigma Tau before the
ban were connected with a national
fraternity such as Sigma Tau Gamma.
This page mostly will be of interest
to the men who held membership in
this group, and perhaps the sons of
the sons of a Sig Tau who have died.
But it is a public site accessible by
anyone.
Here’s what happened. In 1953, Dr.
William S. Carlson (a fraternity
member who resigned his membership)
persuaded SUNY trustees that all
fraternities and sororities should
drop their national affiliations. The
SUNY system ordered Greeks to go on a
“local” basis because he said he was
“disturbed by the irresponsible
actions of many of the fraternity
national officers” (talk about tarring
everyone with same brush!) with
regards to racial and religious
discrimination. He argued that the ban
was consistent with a state law
prohibiting discrimination in
employment or college admissions. The
National Interfraternity Conference
sued, but the suit was dismissed in
both a U.S. district court and in a
Supreme Court appeal. Carlson told
Saturday Review magazine that “the
fraternities’ power is vast—for good
or evil.”
After the ban, the Sig Tau Gamma
national and the local SUNY chapters
known as Sigma Tau had no
formal connection.
Members continued to enjoy & observe
certain traditions such as a White
Rose dance, and to value those
traditions, but all this was without
the approval or sanction of the
national.
Mostly, however, this is just a memory
page for public viewing, and a way for
some old timers with a common
background to keep in touch. Site
operators Hank Nuwer and Henry Dewey
will monitor content to Sigma Tau Rho
content. There is also an Old Guard
page that we link to only. This site
focuses on community service and
school service of its members—the
positive aspects of brotherhood and
fraternity, plus personal stuff
related to members’ businesses, awards
or accomplishments, families,
volunteer efforts, and favorite
charities. Throughout its relatively
brief history, members were elected
to SUNY campus offices, were members
of varsity athletic teams, and were
participants or officers in a number
of campus clubs. Others were involved
in community activities.
Hank Nuwer writes…
“I pledged September ’ 65 and graduated
June 68. I teach risk management in
my journalism courses I teach at
Franklin and IUPUI. I’m active in the
effort to use education with pledges
and new members to stop the rash of
alcohol-hazing and party deaths that
started hitting hard in mid-70s. As a
grad student I witnessed initiations
(public) of the athletic fraternity
Sundowners at Nevada-Reno that
resulted in death of Wolfpack football
player John Davies and brain damage to
a second Sundowner pledge
(subsequently killed crossing a street
some years later).” Visit the website
Hank Dewey and Hank created
http://hanknuwer.com/sigtau
where they have a link to our
website. We also have a link to their
website on our Main Menu Page and we
will be periodically sending them our
newsletter via email and including
them in our “Old Guard Friends”
Directory.
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LINKS
Need some job or service provided?
See below the links to companies and
services that are run by our Old
Guards and Friends Members.
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Lil’ Byte Softstuff
was founded in 1984 by Dave Mead
as a computer services related
company. Currently we create/host
websites, build/repair computers, and
program original applications for
businesses or schools. Our website is
www.lilbytesoftstuff.com/ and our
motto is “Exceeding expectations since
1984”
The Costumer
The Costumer is America's #1
Source for Costume Accessories and
Supplies for High School, Collegiate,
Community and professional theater for
over 85 years. This company was
founded and owned by the late Jack
Sheehan, a co-founder of Sig Tau.
It continues to be operated by Jack’s
wife Kathe Sheehan ’67 and his
son-in-law Eric and daughter Amanda.
The website address is
www.thecostumer.com/cfwebstore/
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The Way We Were:
Winning the Sig Tau Regatta ’71 or ‘72? (Unprinted Lamron Photo)
Contributed by Doug Dixon (’68 Pledge
Class)
Can you find Tom Mooney ’68
(Pledge Class), Tom Wega ’69, Steve
Troskosky ’68, Doug Dixon and Eddie
Mace ‘70 on an inner tube? How about
Sam Trespino and Norm Allen?
And A Remembrance of the Event by Tom “Moonzo” Mooney ‘68
Hey Chuck.. Yes, the guy in front is
Doug Dixon... the only other one I can
tell for sure is Mike Kohllhas (my
little bro) (the guy in dark shirt
holding raft bent over 2 to right of
Dixon).. I have a picture of this
event myself - has been hanging in my
family room for decades... Other bit
of news here is that this was actually
the 1972 regatta!!!... this was the
'71 alumni raft that won that year as
a result of being the only one that
finished!!! (We sank Eddie Mace and
his raft shortly after the victory in
the photo ... all other competitors
were sent to the bottom before they
could reach the finish line... the
regatta having degenerated into a sort
of aquatic demolition derby that
year...) Note that we had prepared
for just such an event having made
a sturdy, if not speedy vessel ... We
mounted a giant sling shot (Tros had
his students at BOCES fabricate) to
launch empty beer cans at would be
attackers and the entire crew
was armed with hockey sticks for
hand-to-hand combat...in the event of
a boarding party... the guy in white
shirt behind Dix is "JB" - not a ET..
but a friend of a mine iron worker who
supplied steel cable to lash the
raft... (making this perhaps the only
"Iron Clad" vessel to ever sail
Seldon's Pond in the history of the
Regatta). Other parts of the vessel
were constructed in a drunken stupper
on Main St., Geneseo in front of
Wright' Florist during the wee hours
on the morning of the race. All the
way to right, cut off, might be ET Rod
Curran ...not sure though.. -Thanks
for the memory -Moonzo... PS. - I
think this was the year they pulled
the dead horse out of the pond a few
days before our event!!!
Go to the Album:
Memories: The Way We Were
on the Gallery Site
(Second Album on Second Row of Gallery
Menu). We have added more picture of
the ’71 Regatta and other pictures of
the early Sig Tau years that have not
been previously published in the
newsletter or the original picture
site. (See steps in previous articles
if you don’t remember how to get
there).
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In Memoriam: Tony Siviglia ’71 Pledge Class
I'm afraid to
inform you, but another fraternity
brother, Anthony "Tony" Siviglia has
died. (Pictured in ‘71 football team
on left with sweatshirt on his head)
His death notice was published in the
last issue of "The Geneseo Scene."
Tony died a year ago, July 11, 2006.
It is my understanding that Tony was
living in Interlaken, NY at the time
of his death. I do not know the
cause. Tony and I were members
of the same pledge class (1969) and
he graduated in 1971. Tony was one the
most easy going guys in the fraternity
and was well admired for his sense of
humor. Tony's acerbic wit helped
create many of the skits that were
performed at the annual SigTau Follies
that were held in Wadsworth
Auditorium. What Tony was able to do
with parodies of "Captain Kangaroo,"
"The Galloping Gourment," and "The
Flying Walnettos" will long be
appreciated by us who were in the
fraternity at the time. In the
springtime, Tony was one of the
leaders who helped create categories
for the annual Genny Awards and along
with Frank "Paco" Maier, served as
hosts.
Tony and Frank always wore long-tailed
tuxedo jackets with pleated shirts,
bow ties, cumber buns, cut off jeans
and high-top black Chuck Taylor
Converse sneakers. Had to maintain
the formality and dignity of the
campus' only "Red Carpet" social
event.
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Together, they were able to "bring
down the house." Tony was also a
member of the fraternity's intramural
football and basketball championships
that we won during his senior year.
Tony had a certain perpetual smile on
his face that when he walked into a
room, everyone knew that he was
fostering an idea that was going to
take all of us on another adventure.
It appears that after graduating from
Geneseo, Tony lived in several places
throughout the country including New
Orleans, San Francisco and Cape Cod.
He also loved to travel and made
several trips abroad; especially to
Europe. I'm sure that there are
brothers of the '69-'72 era who are
unaware of the passing of Tony.
Al Smith ('69 Pledge Class) |
"Broadway Tony Seville" was a funny
son of a gun; my best personal
memories of him were as one of the
"Flying Walnettos" at the Zig Tau
Follies, and collaborating on the
writing, and having the pleasure of
co-emceeing the Jenny Awards with Tony
in the spring of 1970. (Tony was a
co-emcee in 1971 also). The Sig Tau
Regatta during the day, and the Jenny
Awards that same night - that was our
(Sig Tau's) best day of the year back
then! I also recall Tony being an
awfully good end on the Sig Tau
intramural football team which were
champs a couple of years running. As
I recall, he also enjoyed an
occasional beer.... He helped to
"make" some awfully good
memories...... rest in peace, brother.
Frank (Paco) Maier ('69 Pledge
Class)
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In Memoriam: Roland Littrell ‘69
I received a phone call from Mick
Brenno ('68) this morning and was
informed of the recent death of
Roland Littrell. Roland was a
member of my pledge class in the
spring of '69 and graduated from
Geneseo in May of '71. Roland was a
psychology major and I know had been
employed as a school psychologist by
the Gloversville School District,
Gloversville, NY, for several
years. He was at the time of his death
a first grade teacher. I haven't seen
Rollie in many years, but Mick was a
colleague of his. During the
conversation, Mick told me that it was
a simple memorial service, friends and
family were encouraged to speak on
Rollie's behalf and Mick did so. All
I can tell you is that Roland died of
liver complications (I'm not sure if
there were any other contributing
causes).
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Perhaps my fondest memory of Roland
was in the fall of '70. I was
treasurer of the fraternity at the
time and was living in the former
house just above the Fine Arts
Building. It was about 3 am on a
Sunday morning when a phone call came
into the house. It seems as though
Rollie had experienced an encounter
with the local constabulary and had
fond himself in jail. Rollie had
continued to enjoy the local flavors (Genny
Cream Ale) after the bars had closed
down for the night. Exactly where, I
don't remember. Rol had been picked
up for DWI which at that time was not
considered the serious offense as it
is today.
When Rol became heavily intoxicated,
he had a real tendency to stretch out
his "e's". As I answered the phone,
the first sound I heard was, "Smiteeeeeeeeeeee."
Roland? "Smiteeeeeeeeee." Where are
you, Rollie? "I'm in jail,
Smiteeeeeeeee." I finally convinced
Rol to hand the phone over to an
officer so I could speak to him. I
inquired as to how much the bail was
and was told that checks would not be
accepted (as I had planned to simply
write a check for bail out of the
fraternity account knowing that Rol
would be happy to reimburse the
funds). |
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I don't think that many people
understand how difficult it is to
collect $50.00 in cash, during the
very early hours of a Sunday morning,
from the brothers who resided in the
house, after they themselves had been
to the Idle Hour, Radesi's, The
Palace, or perhaps the Vital Spot.
After waking every brother in the
house, explaining the situation,
collecting what they had to offer,
keeping track of how much each had
contributed to this noble cause, I
ventured forth to the County
Courthouse/Jail to secure the release
of our brother.
Upon arriving, I had a very clear view
of Rol as I gazed down the hallway.
If it hadn't been for the steel bars,
Roland would never have been able to
stand up on his own. He was able to
spot me and once again I heard, "Smiteeeeeeeeee."
I was able to load Roland into my car
and get him back to the fraternity
house where I deposited him on one of
the sofas. Roland actually lived in
an apartment out on Conesus Lake with
his wife and daughter. Another
brother, Frank Maier and his wife,
also lived in an apartment in the same
house.
After catching a few hours of sleep, I
found my way downstairs to find Rol
still asleep on the couch. After some
time, Roland managed to put himself in
an upright position and we were
recalling the events from a few hours
earlier. The phone (pay phone located
just inside the front door) rang and
Roland answered it. Immediately I
knew that it was his wife,
Debbie, calling to inquire as to his
whereabouts. The only part of the
conversation that I can never forget
was when I heard Rol say quite loudly,
"A shotgun????" He immediately bolted
out the door and I don't think that
any of us saw Roland for at least
another week.
I retold this story that same Sunday
evening when we used to hold our
fraternity meetings. Before the
meetings closed, there was a general
session where humorous anecdotes
involving any or all of the brothers
would be shared. No holds barred, no
prisoners taken. If one or more were
"guilty," any humiliation and/or
laughter were part of the punishment.
I know that Roland wasn't at the
meeting due to obvious reasons, but it
sure created a tumultuous and raucous
roar.
I don't think that I ever encountered
anyone who didn't like Roland. He had
to be one of the most affable brothers
in the fraternity. I am sure that
being married and a parent along with
full-time student status was a most
difficult act to juggle. But Roland
was able to do so. He didn't always
attend all of the fraternity
functions, but when he did you always
knew that Rol and the rest of us were
sure to enjoy ourselves.
He is survived by his second wife
Georgie and he has two adult children
and seven grandchildren. At the time
of his death Rollie was a dedicated
first grade teacher.
Allen Smith (’69 Pledge Class)
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In Memoriam: Don Durbin ‘69
I was just made aware that Don
Durbin (’69 Pledge Class)
passed away in the early ‘70s. He was
the stuff of legend made- as I
remember. We lowly pledges played the
Brothers in the annual football game -
we faced a lot of smack and it was
supposed to be "no contest" - Don
Durbin played quarterback and as
quarterbacks liked to do, he wanted to
pass deep every play -I played
safety and noticed that he had little
regard for us - he never even tried
to fake or play action or look the
other way from where the ball was
supposed to go - well to get to the
point, I intercepted three of his deep
passes just by playing deep and
waiting for the ball - the only way
the Brothers won the game was to load
up the center and run the ball
straight ahead and finally inch it
over the goal line - well after the
game most of the Brothers told us we
played them tough except Don - he was
a very competitive guy and did not
like being intercepted - he would not
talk to us - anyway, after we became
"real" Brothers, he finally told me,
"good going Mantione" - I said, "just
lucky" - and when he "shook" my hand
I really felt like a Brother - guys
like him are well missed by all of us
. Joe Mantione (’69 Pledge Class)
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A Sig Tau Joke
| The
boss of a Madison Avenue advertising
agency called a spontaneous staff
meeting in the middle of a
particularly stressful week. (This is
one pretty sharp boss!) When everyone
gathered, the boss, who understood the
benefits of having fun, told the burnt
out staff the purpose of the meeting
was to have a quick contest:
|
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Viagra Advertising Slogans:
The only rule was they had to use past
ad slogans, originally written for
other products that captured the
essence of Viagra. Slight variations
were acceptable.
About 7 minutes later, they turned in
their suggestions and created a Top 10
List. With all the laughter and
camaraderie, the rest of the week went
very well for everyone! The top 10
were:
10. Viagra, Whaazzzz up!
9. Viagra, The quicker pecker picker
upper.
8. Viagra, like a rock!
7. Viagra, when it absolutely,
positively has to be there overnight.
6. Viagra, Be all that you can be.
5. Viagra, Reach out and touch
someone.
4. Viagra, Strong enough for a man,
but made for a woman.
3. Viagra, Home of the whopper!
2. Viagra, We bring good things to
Life!
And the unanimous number one slogan:
1.
This is your peepee. This is your
peepee on drugs.
Submitted by Bob Hussey (‘63 Pledge
Class)
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UPDATED MEMBER DIRECTORY
Active Old Guard Member
Directory and Their Pledge Class Year
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Member/Pledged
Email Address
Address
City/State
Phone
1.
Lester Arthur ’68 laainpa@comcast.net
402 Vineyard Lane
Downington, PA 19335
2.
Irv Beimler ‘65
ibeimler@hovde.com
1824 Jefferson Place NW(B) Washington
DC 20036
202-822-8117(B)*
3.
Mick Brenno ’68
mbrenno@nycap.rr.com
148 Maplewood Dr.
Gloversville NY 12078
518-725-9041
4.
Roger Brown ‘68
rogerdbrown@msn.com 3722
Ben Hogan Dr. Longview,
TX 75605
903-656-6839(B)
5.
Gordy Bruce ‘63
gbruce07@netzero.net
129 Milford Drive West
Syracuse NY
13206
315-463-8315
6.
Jim Burk ‘65
dentist539@aol.com.
78837 Jay St.
Pultneyville NY 14538-0108
315-589-8201
7.
Sal Ciolino ’68
ciolinos@adelphia.net
325 Table Rock Rd.
Gettysburg, PA 17325
717-334-7716
8.
Mike Crino ‘67
mdcrino@hotmail.com
P.O. Box 5747
Anderson SC 29623
864-224-2405
9.
Chuck Curatalo ‘63
ccuratal@rochester.rr.com
145 Chimney Hill Rd.
Rochester NY 14612
585-723-3487
10.
Rod Curran ’69
rcurran@geico.com
8 Sergent
Court St. James,
NY 11780
631-584-4042
11.
Tom DeBello FG**
setdebello@hotmail.com 219
South 5th
Ave. Wilmington NC
28401 631-848-4169
12.
Charlie Dailey ’70
charlied@rochester.rr.com
13.
Douglas Dixon ’68
ddixon@epri.com
7905 Berkeley Dr.
Gloucester Pt. VA 23062
804-642-0293
14.
Dan Downing ‘68
ddown70795@comcast.net 9855
Woolworth Court Wellington,
FL 33413
15.
Mike Drexler ‘69
mdrexler@rochester.rr.com
16.
Gary Foti ’69
gary_foti@pittfords.monroe.edu
585-586-7818
17.
Ken Gadbow ‘65
kgadbow@rochester.rr.com 4951
Butler Rd.
Canandaigua NY 14424
585-394-7732
18.
Chuck Hall
‘63
6480 Reservoir Rd.
Hamilton, NY 13346-9559
315-824-1674
19.
John Hoffman ‘67
6
Terry Ave.
Schenectady, NY 12303-4812
20.
John Hopf ‘69
mambocondo@yahoo.com
21.
Bob Hussey “63
rhussey@frontiernet.net
9805 Highland Ave.
Dansville NY
14437
585-335-9795
22.
Rick Johnson ’69
rickjohnson63@hotmail.com 813
Ridge Rd.
Lansing, NY
14882
607-533-7833
23.
Bill Kamalsky ’68
billk50@northnet.org
258 Thompson Blvd
Watertown, NY 13601
315-788-0764
24.
Mike Kohllhas ’70
mike@leisurecraftpools.com 9238
Holland-Glenwood Rd.
Glenwood NY 14069 716-941-5095
25.
Carl E. Kanoff ’68
ckanoff@twcny.rr.com
POB 87
Candor, NY 13743
607-659-7777
26.
Howard Kranz ’67
hjkbwick@yahoo.com
70 Manton St.
Sayville, NY 11782-1326
631-589-0048
27.
Gary Kresser ‘65
garykress@aol.com
87 Westgate Rd.
Kenmore NY 14217
716-874-2392
28.
Dan Kwarta ‘63
dkwarta@rochester.rr.com 78
Main St. POB 55 E.
Bloomfield NY 14443-005
585-657-6550
29.
Joe Lentner ‘67
jlentner@rochester.rr.com
19 Oak Manor PO Box 164 Leicester,
NY 14481
585-382-3653
30.
Jack Langerak ‘67
langerakj@aol.com
12 Granite Drive
Penfield NY
14526
585-388-8613
31.
Spike Leonard FG
scramtwo@aol.com
125 E Main St.
Avon, NY
14414
585-226-2594
32.
Bruce Lomnicki ’68
lumpe@rochester.rr.com 8
Pine Circle
Mt. Morris, NY
14510 585-658-3416
33.
Bruce Jordan FG
brujordan@aol.com
12½ North Ferry St.
Schenectady NY 12305
518-346-6149
34.
Tim Lyons ‘67
alyons@rochester.rr.com
4552 State Rte. 20 A West Warsaw,
NY 14569-9712
585-786-3458
35.
Chuck Magliazzo
‘69
1007
100th St. Niagara
Falls NY 14304
716-297-9068
36. Ed Mace ’70
emace@wcsmith.com
8286 Wold Den Ct.
Springfield VA
22153 202-390-7906
37.
Frank (Paco) Maier ‘69
frankiethreeputs@yahoo.com
6 Turk Hollow Rd. Oxford,
MA 01540
508-987-7113
38.
Joe Mantione ‘69 jjmantione@yahoo.com
3365 East Bay Dr.
204-123 Largo. Fl
33771
727-643-6688
39.
Sal Marchese ’66
salmmarchese@yahoo.com
40.
Bill Marion
824
7th
St. W.
Babylon NY 11704 516-888-0159
41.
Peter Massari ’69
unclelaura@aol.com
2 Frances
Dr. Katonah,
NY 10536
914-589-3174
42.
Jack May ‘70
jam_sullivan@yahoo.com
43.
Dave Mead ‘65
dmead001@rochester.rr.com 114
Main St Mt.
Morris NY 14510
585-658-9658
44.
Dale E. Metz ‘67
metz@geneseo.edu (B) or
dmetz1@rochester.rr.com
SUNY Geneseo NY
585-245-5132
45.
Dale J. Metz ‘65
smetz@triad.rr.com
5318 Montevista Dr.
Greensboro NC 27407
336-454-5835
46.
Bob Meyers ’66
BJmeyers@rochester.rr.com 79
Center St.
Geneseo NY 14454
585-245-8377
47.
Thomas Mooney ‘68
bmoonrising@netscape.net
214 Rockwell Rd. RD2 Vestal, NY
13850
518-725-9041
48.
Jack Morrell ‘63
jmorrell5@verizon.net
Salzburg Village
Palmyra NY
14522
315-597-9560
49.
Carl D. Pauli (Puliafico) ’68
drdpauli@hotmail.com 111
Campbell Town Rd. Palmyra, PA
17078
50.
Pat Pallend ‘63
pip111@comcast.net
43 Greene St. NE
Fairburn GA 30213-1446
770-969-6315
51.
Bruce Parmiter ‘68
parmiterb@aol.com
42961 Hedgeapple Court Ashburn VA
20147
703-723-7009
52.
Bob (Pearl) Perrello ’68
orso@mail.netsync.net 113
Liberty St.
Fredonia NY
14063
716-672-7988
53.
Walt Peek FG
wnpeek@usadatanet.net 182
West Lake Rd. Penn Yan
NY 14527-8905
315-536-6230
54.
Jack Piedmonte
‘63
71 Maplewood Ave.
Spencerport NY 14559
585-352-9189
55.
Thomas Powers ’68 tpowers@siemens.com
56 Mitchell
Rd. Oxford, NJ
07863-3343
908-835-8357
56.
Jim Restall ‘67
jnrestall@aol.com
103 Peoria
Ave. Buffalo, NY
14206-2632 716-894-3093
57.
Bill Ryan FG
w.ryan@tcu.edu
58.
Rick Stein ’69
rick
stein@gateschili.monroe.edu
59.
Allen Smith ’69
pandasmith@verizon.com 3
Russell St.
Canisteo NY
14623
607-698-4972
60.
Mike Sobczak ‘66
msobczak@pirnie.com 7
Victoria Dr.
Hilton Head SC 29926
843-837-4810
61.
George Speedy ’68
gspeedy@speedylawfirm.com
62.
Jim Tobin ‘65
jtobin46@aol.com
62 Valewood
Run Penfield, NY
14526
585-388-0982
63.
Al Tolsma ‘65
altols@aol.com
55 Majestic Circle
Amherst NY 14226
716-835-8435
64.
Steve Troskosky ’68 Tros@netzero.com
2614 Ten Mile
Rd. Allegany. NY
14706-9520 716-307-4410
65.
Bob Veltz ‘65
rveltz@rochester.rr.com
80 Sandoris Cir.
Rochester NY 14622
585-266-9256
66.
Jim Vidoczy FG
jim.vidoczy@sympatico.ca 45
Palmer Ave.
Richmond Hill, ON L4C 1N6
905-737-0541
67.
Tom Wega ’69
twega@rochester.rr.com
585-820-0985
68.
Tommy Welch ‘63
tomwelch@frontiernet.net
4259 County Rd. 4
Canandaigua NY 14424
585-394-0108
69.
Fred Welch ‘65
w5105@msn.com
P.O. Box 682
Canadensis, PA 18325
570-676-5793
70.
Lawrence Wilcox
’68
7
Doris Cir.
Newton, MA 02458-1929
71.
James Wright ’68 sydoilr427jbw@aol.com
106 Countryside Ln .
Williamsville, NY 14221
716-688-1583
**Founding Group (’63)
*(B)=Business
New to Group
Inactive Old Guard Members
Name/Pledged
Address
City/State
Phone
1.
Timothy Barstow ‘68 4559
Limeledge Rd.
Marcellus, NY 13108
2.
David Barry ‘68 6190
Fawn Meadow St.
Canandaigua, NY 14425
3.
William Breuer ‘68 16
Prospect St. 29-E
Filmore, NY 14735
4.
Robert Crumb ‘68 1709
Grand Ave. Savannah, NY
13146-9774 315-365-2237
5.
Leroy Clinton FG 675
Hammond St. 1
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167-2117
617-879-9824
6.
Tom Crowley ‘67 240
West Cornwall Road W.
Cornwall, CT
06796
860-672-0103
7.
George Dougherty ‘68 14 Monterra
Ct. Rockville,
MD
20850
301-340-8573
8.
Jeff Gosch ‘66 4307
Cinnamon Path
Liverpool, NY 13090-1927
315-652-4492
9.
Larry Horgan ‘67 1
Cline
Rd.
Victor, NY 14564
10.
Roy Howard ‘63 3438
Valley Ranch Dr. Lutz,
FL
33548-4758
813-908-0817
11.
Fred Koch ’68 92
Red Cedar Dr. Rochester, NY 14616
12.
Robert Kochman ‘63 301 E. 21st
St., Apt 7E New York,
NY 10010-6534
13.
Chet Kuhn ‘67 4219
E. Main St. Williamson, NY 14589-9212
14.
Victor Ladota ‘68 11332
Ledgemet Lane Windermere,
FL
34786
15.
Mike Luczak ‘65 68
Brookridge Dr.
Exeter, RI
02822-3619
401-294-9766
16.
Larry Patzwald ‘66 122
Miner St. Canton, NY
13617-1349
315-379-9597
17.
Dave Sperino ‘68 2811
Main St. POB 25 York,
NY
14592
716-243-3417
18.
Christopher Sugnet ‘68 9219
Admiral Lowell Pl. NE
Albuquerque,
NM
87111-1261
19.
Thomas Spearing ‘68 488 E.
Lake Rd. Penn
Yan NY 14527-9422
20.
Angelo Ventresca ‘68 4694
Jason Ct.
Lewiston, NY 14092-1182
21.
Jerome Virzi ’68 69
Lyell
Ave.
Spencerport, NY 14559
22.
Paul Zedonis ’68 10
Bonnywick Dr.
Harrisburg PA 17111-4932
23.
Leroy Clinton FG 675
Hammond St. 1
Chestnut Hill, MA 02167-2117
617-879-9824
24.
Tom Crowley ‘67 240
West Cornwall Road W.
Cornwall, CT
06796
860-672-0103
25.
Jeff Gosch ‘66 4307
Cinnamon Path
Liverpool, NY 13090-1927
315-652-4492
26.
John Hoffman ‘67 6 Terry
Ave.
Schenectady, NY 12303-4812
27.
Larry Horgan ‘67 1 Cline
Rd.
Victor, NY 14564
28.
Roy Howard ‘63 3438
Valley Ranch Dr. Lutz,
FL
33548-4758
813-908-0817
29.
Robert Kochman ‘63 301 E. 21st
St., Apt 7E New York,
NY 10010-6534
30.
Chet Kuhn ‘67 4219
E. Main St. Williamson, NY 14589-9212
31.
Mike Luczak ‘65 68 Brookridge Dr. Exeter, RI
02822-3619 401-294-9766
32.
Larry Patzwald ‘66 122
Miner St. Canton, NY
13617-1349 315-379-9597
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and/or requests for email addresses.
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