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Delta Phi Epsilon Sorority Growing

ALUMNUS BROTHER,
AN EXPERT IN RUSSIAN HISTORY,
GIVES TALK AT ALPHA HOUSE

$10,000 DONATED
IN MEMORY OF EPSILON BROTHER

MID-1950s ALUMNI HOLD MINI-REUNION

Standing on the Alpha House stoop
are the many current active brothers and pledgees,
along with the alumni brothers from the 1950s
who gathered at the House on October 17, 1998,
58 years after its becoming our Fraternity House.

The following mid-1950s alumni attended:

Bro. Richard P. Backus, Al-'53; Bro. Bruce R. Stockdale, Al-'53;
Bro. Donald R. Guerette, Al-'54; the widow of Bro. Thomas M. Hartnett, Al-'54;
Bro. Winston M. Miller, Al-'54; Bro. Robert E. O'Brien, Ze-'54;
Bro. Clifford H. Rees, Al-'55; Bro. F. Broadnax Robertson, Al-'55;
Bro. John F. Herrity, Al-'56; Bro. Myron G. Hill, Al-'56;
Bro. Eric L. Karlson, Al-'56; Bro. Michael J. Mahoney, Al-'56; and
Bro. Patrick McG. Hall, Al-'57

 

DELTA PHI EPSILON
PROFESSIONAL FOREIGN SERVICE SORORITY
CHAPTER AT GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY
STARTS ITS FALL '98 PLEDGING


The starting eight pledgees of the fall 1998 semester
meet for the first time at Alpha House on October 17, 1998.
Their initiation took place at Alpha House on Saturday, February 27, 1999.

 

Bro. Charles R. Pucie, Al-'62,
Appointed Top Public Affairs Official
for the National Knights of Columbus

In November 1998 Bro. Chuck Pucie,
a former National Secretary for Alumni Associations
of Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Fraternity
was named Vice-President of Public Affairs
for the national organization of the Knights of Columbus.

For more information on Bro. Pucie

 

ALPHA BROTHERS ATTEND TRIDENTINE LATIN MASS

Pictured above are fourteen Alpha brothers
standing outside St, Mary Mother of God Church
in downtown Washington, D.C.,
on Sunday, May 10, 1998, following
a Solemn High Mass sung in the ancient Roman Rite.

Bro. Terrence J. Boyle, Al-'63, often invites Alpha Chapter brothers
to attend the Old Mass at St. Mary's and have a fine meal with him later in Chinatown.
At the lower right is new Bro. Francisco R. Soutuyo, Al-'98,
a Roman Catholic Deacon,
who helped celebrate the Mass.


Supper at Go-Lo's Restaurant in Chinatown after Mass.
Around the table from left to right: Bros. Dan Wald, Chris Herrmann;
Matt Harvey; Jason Goldsmith; Chris Cook; Dave Park; Andrew Sullivan;
Mike Bober; Mike DiGiovine; Terry Boyle; Ed Byrnes; and Jeff Mooradian.

Alpha Initiates its 157th Line
Former Romanian Ambassador to the US and to the UN
Among Our New Brothers

Bro. Federico J. Sacasa, Al-'70,
Made Managing Director and Group Head for Latin America
of Bank of America

Bro. Fred Sacasa,
a past President of the New York Alumni Association
of Delta Phi Epsilon Professional Foreign Service Fraternity,
has been promoted by Bank of America
to head its Latin America Group.

For more information on Bro. Sacasa

 

Bro. Paul de V. Patrick, Al-'69,
Named Brigadier General
and Head of the only overseas
U.S. Army Reserve Command.

Bro. Paul Patrick, the general manager
of R. J. Reynolds International in Kiev, Ukraine,
was in April 1998 named Commanding General
of the 7th U.S. Army Reserve Command,
headquartered in Schwetzingen, Germany.

For more information on Bro. Patrick

For information on Bro. Patrick's
relinquishing command

USAREUR Public Affairs  April 0

 

ALPHA ALUMNI GATHER TO HONOR CLASSMATE
KILLED IN VIETNAM 30 YEARS AGO

On Saturday, July 11, 1998, fifteen Alpha Brothers
met in Arlington, VA, in honor of Capt. Lawrence B. Ryan, BSFS '63,
who was killed in action on June 30, 1968, near Hoang Hoa, Vietnam.

The Brothers attending were Francis J. Gorman, Al-'60, Charles A. Hayes, Al-'60, Leonard J. Whiteside, Al-'60, Edward J. Lopata, Al-'61, Owen M. McGuill, Al-'61, Ronald E. Stepien, Al-'62, Charles R. Pucie, Al-'62, Terrence J. Boyle, Al-'63, Edward F. Rodriguez, Al-'64, Michael C. Osajda, Al-'66, Vincent W. Chiarello, Al-'67, Charles J. Skuba, Al-'68, Michael D. Eriksen, Al-'69.

Also attending were Dr. Walter I. Giles, Al-'49, a longtime Government professor at Georgetown University, who had taught Larry Ryan two courses, and Rev. Daniel R. Sweeney, S.J., Al-'78, an Alpha Line Brother ordained a Jesuit priest four years ago and now working for his Ph.D. in International Relations at Cambridge University in England.

At Larry Ryan's grave in Arlington National Cemetery, Fr. Sweeney led the group in prayers, after which Bro. Boyle spoke briefly on Ryan's life and tragic death only a month after returning to Vietnam for a second tour of duty.

Following the visit to the grave, the brothers reminisced for several hours at the Key Bridge Marriott, toasting Ryan with Old Ganddad, his favorite.

More about the Ryan gathering.

Delta Phi Epsilon also honors the memory of Maj. Lawrence Michael Malone, Al-'67,
Alpha Chapter's only brother killed in action in Viet-nam.
Bro. Malone was an R.O.T.C. instructor at Georgetown University
initated in April 1967 as a faculty brother.
Less than a year later, on January 7, 1968, while serving in the II Corps Area of South Viet-nam
as an army aviator with the 1st Air Cavalry Division,
he was shot down, captured and tortured to death.

 

TWO ALPHA BROTHERS
SWORN-IN AS FOREIGN SERVICE OFFICERS


Bro. Roger C.-C. Riguad, Al-'90, and Bro. J. Alexander Hamilton, Al-'94,
were sworn in as members of the 87th Foreign Service Officer Class
on June 19, 1998, at the State Department Building.

Pictured above at the reception afterwards
at DACOR (Diplomatic and Consular Officers Retired) HOUSE
in Washington, D.C.,
are Bros. Ryan C. Schroeder, Al-'96, Jeffrey C. Mooradian, Al-'93,
and the brand new diplomats Bros. Hamilton and Rigaud.

 

The newly re-organized New York Alumni Association
met at the Hamptons on Long Island in June 1998

More About the NYAA Gathering

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