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An impressive legacy

Fred Rodgers, Gamma ’62 (Amherst) The Psi Upsilon Fraternity is celebrating its 175th Anniversary in 2008, and it was already 135 years old in the summer that I graduated from law school. But this great Fraternity and my Amherst College experience were far from my mind in June 1966 as I prepared for the New [...]

Power of fraternity

Tom Hanford, Gamma ’62 (Amherst) ” ‘That fall Gehrig pledged Phi Delta Theta (Columbia). He had enough independence, at least, not to join Sigma Nu, the fraternity that employed his mother. He would eat dinner with the Phi Delts, then rush over to Sigma Nu to help his mother clear tables. . . no wonder [...]

Lasting friendships

Jack Anderson, Kappa ’59 (Bowdoin) In early September, 1956, I was one of twenty four pledges at the “old green Shoebox”on the Bowdoin College campus, the Kappa Chapter of Psi Upsilon. The following nine months were probably nine of the best years of my life. The Ron Goltz’s, Don Bennett’s, Ernie Belforte’s, Chet Cooke’s, Steve [...]

Friendship and comradery

Chuck Eilers, Omicron ’91 (Illinois) A Bond of Friendship Dean C. Marinakis, Bach and Fraker. Nasser Shams and Clancy Foley. Woytek and Lannert, Bitty and Folds, Tim Richards and Double D. Scooter, Thomas P. Slattery, Yosh, Chris Jones, Brent Langman, Ross, S. Dev. Hanlon, Stan, McClean and McManus. And who could forget Smoke and Tuttle? [...]

Our nation’s finest young people

Jeb Becker, Psi ’61 (Hamilton) As a ten-year plus member of the Psi Upsilon Executive Council and Foundation and as a twenty year alumni president of the Psi Chapter ( Hamilton College), I have learned the continuing importance and relevance of Psi Upsilon in the lives of our college undergraduates, our future leaders. My Psi [...]

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