KSTUAA Board Sets Alumni Event Calendar for Upcoming Years

The KSTUAA Board met Dec 14 for one of its six regular meetings and approved the following dates for Alumni events. We hope to see you there!

The Fricker Cup

The second annual Fricker Cup will be held September 12, 2015 (the weekend following Labor Day), at  Makray Golf Club in Chicago. Brother David Buckley Jr. IC‘87 is serving as the local host and has secured the course. Brother Wes Bren is forming an event committee to plan the weekend. Past players and alumni local to Chicago are strongly encouraged to help us plan and make this into a marquee Theta-Upsilon event you don’t want to miss. 

The third annual Fricker Cup to be held September 10, 2016 (the weekend following Labor Day), at  a course to be determined in Northern Ohio.

The fourth annual Fricker Cup to be held April 28-20, 2017 in or near Oxford, Ohio as part of the 50^th Anniversary Celebration.

The KSTUAA Board decided at the annual meeting to schedule the Fricker Cup in different cities to promote greater participation and involvement. It also recommends that Fricker Cups be open to undergraduate members playing at a student price and that a philanthropic/Chapter development cause suitable for publication in The Caduceus be incorporated into the fee. Details will be worked out with the event committee and the KSTUAA Board.  

Open House during Miami Alumni Weekends (Summer 2015 date set)

KSTUAA Board agreed to form and fund an event committee to begin plans for the Alumni Weekend 2015 in Oxford, Ohio. This year’s weekend is scheduled for the weekend before Father’s Day, June 11-14, 2015.  KSTUAA will host an open house at the chapter house on Saturday afternoon after KSTUAA holds its annual meeting in the morning.  Board member, Brother Mike McNally ’86 is serving as the event chairmen again this year.

Miami has special Milestone events planned for alumni that graduated as the Class of 2005 (10 year reunion) and Class of 1990 (25 year reunion). Typically, alumni with anniversaries on 5 year intervals attend these reunion events.

Please use this occasion to reach out to brothers that graduated with you and make sure they are connected to our social media sites and have an email with us so they can receive updates and the Fricker Report for details.

Miami has posted more information on the links below and created special Facebook pages to help you make connections with Miami Alumni (see below).
2010, http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/interior-3-col.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=7223
2005, http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/interior-3-col.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=1599
2000, http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/interior-3-col.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=1600
1995, http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/interior-3-col.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=1601 
1990, http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/interior-3-col.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=1602
1985, http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/interior-3-col.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=1603
1980, http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/interior-3-col.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=1604
1975, http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/interior-3-col.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=1605
and 1970. http://www.miamialum.org/s/916/interior-3-col.aspx?sid=916&gid=1&pgid=1606

The 50^th Anniversary Celebration of the founding of the Theta-Upsilon Chapter of Kappa Sigma

KSTUAA Board approved the motion to form a representative event committee to begin plans for the 50th anniversary celebration of the Theta-Upsilon Chapter’s founding for April 28-30, 2017 in Oxford, Ohio.   

While it is too far out to reserve most venues and a schedule of events will not be created until Fall of 2016, the Board wished to make this date public so the chapter and alumni can include this date in your planning. The date was selected to avoid conflicts for those involved in filing taxes earlier in April and to hold the event before exam week preparations.   

KSTUAA will continue the tradition of inducting alumni into the chapter’s Hall of Fame. (See the KSTUAA Blog for past inductees. )  As indicated above, the Fricker Cup will return to Oxford that year and it is likely that we will forgo an Open House at that year’s Miami Alumni Weekend. 

We have emails for about 50% of our alumni and valid mailing addresses for another 25% so we would appreciate your assistance in helping us update out information so that every Alumnus can be invited.

KSTUAA Board Brings Leaders & Volunteers Together

The KSTUAA Board met with Alumni Advisors and the Grand Scribe during its Annual Meeting this summer in the newly constructed Armstrong Center during Alumni Weekend.  Members of the board and Advisors again met with the EC during Homecoming. (From Left: Mark Rowland (KSTUAA), Chris Elder (KSTUAA, AAA-GT), Keith Zurawski (AAA-GT), Tom Collins (AAA-GS), Zain Santamaria (GS), Tim Johnson (KSTUAA, Housing Company), Mike McNally (KSTUAA), not in photo Nathan Varnum (KSTUAA, AAA-GMC), Wes Bren (KSTUAA, AA)

Advisor and Alumni involvement have played important roles in the success of the Theta-Upsilon chapter.  Alumni and advisors were critical in the founding of the chapter and played key roles during the success seen in the 1990s. Alumni on the Housing Company invested hundreds of volunteer hours to manage the transition from Spring Street to Withrow and ultimately to retire the mortgage and keep the lights on despite the sanctions on the chapter from the university that prevented renters. 

Despite these periods of progress, the chapter often struggled as advisors and alumni transitioned out of volunteer roles. There were times when roles were vacant or those in them were not able to devote the time needed in today's more complicated environment. 

There has never been a group providing consistent coordination and guidance. This was one of the main reasons that the Alumni Association (KSTUAA) was created. KSTUAA seeks to complement the other groups by providing input, promoting coordination and establishing a strong Alumni network that can provide volunteers to the various groups that serve the chapter.

 

For example, this summer KSTUAA held its annual meeting during Miami's Alumni Weekend. The Board invited the Chapter's Alumni Advisor Team (AA & AAAs) to a brainstorming discussion at the new Armstrong Student Center before the Annual meeting to generate ideas. The chapter’s Grand Scribe was also able to attend.   KSTUAA also organized a meeting with the EC at Homecoming that again included the Alumni Advisor team, The Faculty Advisor and members of the Housing Company Board. 

The KSTUAA Board is looking for 3 more volunteers to complete its roster. Alumni from the mid and late 1990's and also the 1970's would be greatly appreciated. The Board currently has members that were initiated in 1967, 1972, 1980's and 2010!

The Board is also looking for Alumni willing to serve on the Communications Committee and the Housing Advisory Committee that interacts with the Housing Company. 

For more information on the organization see the "About KSTUAA" link at the right.

 

Executive Committees of Theta-Upsilon Chapter

The following is a record of the Executive Committee members from our founding. Corrections and additions are requested and emails should be sent to the KSTUAA.
Thank you!

1967
GM Stephen A. Middleton
GP Alan M. Higgins
GMC Al Herod
GT William T. Heath Jr
GS Robert L. Wrobel

1968
GM Thomas F. Wenning
GP Howard Peterson
GMC James W. Green
GT Christopher Collins
GS Roger Raulin

1969
GM William C. Johnson
GP Dr Ronald L. Struble
GMC William A. Slouffman
GT William Weirough
GS Claude R. Franke

1970
GM David C. Bradley
GP A. Douglas Kolp
GMC Brian R. Mette
GT Bradley R. Starr
GS Douglas Buse

1971
GM Jan S. Jobe
GP David Posh
GMC R. Greg Presnal
GT
GS James A. Murray

1972
GM David Posh
GP Charles W. Craig Jr.
GMC – Kenneth W. Selm
GT – Terrence K. Hilty
GS - Richard "Doc" Kennedy

1973
GM Charles W. Craig Jr
GP Edward M. Newill
GMC Don W. Welsh
GT E. David Vuicich
GS Charles B. Belser

Fall 1973-Spring 1974
GM Edward R. Newill
GP Charles B. Belser
GMC Craig W. Stichtenoth
GT Donald B. Gore
GS William F. Keifer

Fall 1974-Spring 1975
GM William F. Kiefer
GP Kevin Downey
GMC Joel Benson
GT  William Nicolai
GS Louis Isakoff

Fall 1975-Spring 1976
GM Louis A. Isakoff
GP Mark Cross
GMC James Patton
GT William Nicolai
GS Doug Steinmetz

Fall 1976-Spring 1977
GM Doug Steinmetz
GP Thomas G. Stevenson
GMC James Lewis
GT Gregory Borcherding
GS Jeffrey Maxwell

Fall 1977-Spring 1978
GM John Wilson
GPFred Becker
GMC Jerry Wright
GT Jonathan McKnight
GS Thomas Queen

Fall 1978-Spring 1979
GM Jerry Wright
GP Alan Knapshaeffer
GMC
GT Scott Leonard
GS Richard Gehring

Fall 1979-Spring 1980
GM Dr Thomas C. Queen
GP Robert "Bob" Buehler
GMC Robert "Bob" Solt III
GT Mark Stubbins
GS Mark Hollern

Fall 1980-Spring 1981 
GM Robert D. Pollock
GP Richard Kramer
GMC Mark Hollern
GT John Hetzel
GS John Cassanos

Fall 1981-Spring 1982              
GM Ron Fergle
GP Stephen Wilhelm
GMC Christopher Diel
GT David Brooks
GS William Broderick

Fall 1982          
GM Scott Whitlock
GP William Broderick (Fall)
GMC Christopher Connoly
GT James Hughes
GS Mark Fleming (Fall)

1983    
GM David E. Ledman
GP Joe Williams (Spring), Edward Jacobs (Fall)
GMC Scott Hamilton (Spring), Lou Antonelli (Fall)
GT Bill Wagner
GS David Brinkman (Spring), Mark Rowland (Fall)

1984    
GM Patrick S. O'Brien
GP Bill Wagner
GMC Keith Zurawski
GT Brad Mikes
GS Mark Gates

1985    
GM James F. Buckley
GP Mark Rowland (Spring); Dave Chambers (Fall)
GMC David Mirolli (Spring); Mark Rowland (Fall)
GT Nils Schindler
GS Tom Collins Jr (Spring); Jeff Frank (Fall);

1986    
GM Wesley C. Bren
GP Michael White (Spring); Chris Scocos (Fall)
GMC David Renz (Spring); John Henry (Fall)
GT Chris Elder
GS Richard Cuneo (Spring); Brian Harding (Fall)

1987    
GM Richard P. Cuneo
GP Ed Bennett (Spring); ??? (Fall)
GMC Richard Sippola (Spring)  ??? (Fall)
GT Larry Rosinski
GS Brian Harding (Spring); ??? (Spring)

1988   
GM Lawrence M. Rosinski
GP Brett Binkley (Spring); Mike Lunt (Fall)
GMC Micahel Schoedinger (Spring);  Kirk Helberg (Fall)
GT Jon Stevens (Spring) Rob Miller (Fall)
GS Rob Miller (Spring), Jeff Anderson?? (Fall)

1989
GM Scott D. Phillipps
GP David Wasshausen (Spring);
GMC Doug Baker (Spring);  Mark Loisel (Fall)
GT Eric Pfeiffer
GS Frazier Donaldson (Spring); Phillip Johns (Fall)

1990    
GM Mark W. Eckman
GP Stephen Hughes (Spring); Aaron Ort (Fall)
GMC Jeffrey Anderson (Spring); Kurt Ebling (Fall)
GT Guy Bradley
GS L. Patrick Reedy (Spring);

1991     
GM Greg S. Adler
GP Bradley Storts (Spring)
GMC Michael Robbe (Spring)
GT Dave Lessing
GS Brian Cobb (Spring)

1992    
GM Brian J. Eckman
GPCliff Browne (Fall)
GMC Patrick Surdy (Fall)
GT Michael Darkoch
GS Chris Regruth (Fall)

1993    
GM Mike T. Short
GP Cliff Browne (Spring), Donald Hullinger (Fall)
GMC F. Patrick Hallagan (Spring), Robert Dittrich (Fall)
GT Chad Gibson
GS Oliver Rutherford (Spring), Mark Storts (Fall)

1994    
GM Gregory L. Fisher (Spring), Michael Short (Fall)
GP  Jeffrey Rathkamp (Spring),
GMC Peter Benoist (Spring),
GT Scott Solsvig (Spring), Chad Gibson (Fall)
GS Salim Kafiti (Spring),

1995    
GM Ralph W. Scott Jr
GP Jeffrey M. Kotalik
GMC Jeffrey Wertheimer
GT Clayton Rudolph
GS Michael Kucera

1996    
GM Andrew R. Voelker
GP Neil Desai (Spring) / Bradley Sendlak (Fall)
GMC Kevin Carey (Spring) / Michael Khoury (Fall)
GT Peter Hullinger
GS Dan Lee (Spring) / Matthew Singer (Fall)

1997
GM Robert B. Shrader (Spring)
GPJason Kimmel (Spring)
GMC Christopher O'Brien (Spring)
GT Christopher Menhart (Spring)
GS Michael Cancilla (Spring)

1998
GM Joseph A. Pellegrini (Spring) Barrett Shrader (Fall)
GP Todd Kahle (Spring); Zac Rockett (Fall)
GMC  Chad Thompson (Spring);  Todd Brandel (Fall)
GT Joel Harris (Spring); Christopher Menyhart (Fall)
GS Seth Hall (Spring); Phillip Smoker (Fall)

Spring 1999 
GM Barrett Shrader
GP 
GMC  
GT
GS
 
Fall 1999 - 
GM Joseph S. Beemsterboer (Fall)
GP Alex Sendlak (Fall)
GMC ?? (Fall)
GT ?Roland Weissman (Fall)
GS ??? (Fall)

Spring 2000
GM John Wanke (Spring)),  Joseph S. Beemsterboer (Fall)
GP Theodore Yeo (Spring), Alex Sendlak (Fall)
GMC Brady McCarthy (Spring), ?? (Fall)
GT ?? (Spring), Roland Weissman (Fall)
GS Joe Pesci (Spring). ??? (Fall)

Fall 2000-Spring 2001            
GM Jackie L. Shropshire
GP Matt Burge
GMC
GT Jason Prather
GS Travis Moore

Fall 2001-Spring 2002            
GM John N. Griffith
GP
GMC
GT
GS

Fall 2002-           
GM  Gordon Tarver
GT  Casey Nelson
GP  Spencer Shrader
GMC  Ryan McClellan
GS ??

Spring 2003
GM  Gordon Tarver
GT  Casey Nelson
GP  Anthony Gattuso
GMC  Michael Pecora
GS  Tyler Anderson

Fall 2003-Spring 2004           
GM Stuart A. Wall
GP Matt Norris
GMC Michael Pecora
GT Christopher Mark
GS

Fall 2004-Spring 2005
GM
GP Hans Steck
GMC Scott Morehouse
GT Anthony Gattuso
GS Tim Rittenhouse

2006   
GM Bradley Stoner
GP
GMC
GT
GS

Spring 2007   
GM Brian Egan**
GP
GMC
GT
GS

Fall 2007
GM Richard J. Calzaretta
GP
GMC
GT
GS

Fall 2008-Spring 2009           
GM Thomas Barber
GP Miles Bell
GMC Patrick Gannon
GT Michael McCarthy
GS Paul Elliott

Fall 2009-Spring 2010            
GM
GP
GMC
GT Andrew Geiger
GS Matthew Brooks

Fall 2010-Spring 2011              
GM Matt Condron
GP Thomas Grusecki, Jr.
GMC Matthew Brooks
GT Will McIntrye
GS Trent Marion

Fall 2011-Spring 2012              
GM Will McIntrye
GP Trent Marion
GMC Chris Hopkins
GT Christopher Bruno
GS Michael Comiskey

Fall 2012          
GM George Charles
GP Greg McCarthy
GMC John Condron
GT
GS Robert Dittman

2013
GM Matthew Helling*
GP Joe Boardman* (Spring); Justin Bogdanski (Fall)
GMC Matt Shannon
GT Wes Sorrell (Spring) Greg McCarthy (Unexpired term - Fall)
GS Robert Dittman

2014
GM Justin Bogdanski (Spring); Mike Shannon* (unexpired term - Fall)
GP Andrew Hennessey* (Spring); Walker Caldwell* (Fall)
GMC Kevin Schulte*
GT Chris Mitchell*
GS Austin Nelson* (Spring); Zain Santamaria* (Fall)

2015 (Spring only-Chapter's Charter was pulled July-November 2015)
GM Mike Shannon*
GP William Galle*
GMC Austin Arceneaux* 
GT Quinn Armstrong
GS Zain Santamaria*  

2016 (Spring - Chapter under Trusteeship. Trusteeship ended May 2016)
GM Quinn Armstrong
GP Bryan Jamieson 
GMC Daniel Schirtzinger 
GT Charles Wong
GS Matt Alfano

*Member resigned, was suspended or expelled

Fifteen Brothers Kick-off the Investments for 2014-2015 Year

Courtesy of your donations, these tables were purchased for
the house and delivered in time for Alumni Weekend 2014

A huge thank you to the brothers that have made contributions in the new year. (KSTUAA's fiscal year starts in June). These donations funded the Alumni Weekend Open House, the Trophy and engraving for the Fricker Cup and the purchase of 4 tables for the chapter house to support an eventual meal plan. The all-volunteer board of KSTUAA will make additional investments in the chapter facilities, Homecoming and other events this year. If sufficient funds exist, we will product a printed newsletter. 
 

Please show your support and join the following brothers that have already made contributions. Visit our Dues & Donations page to see how you can donate.

2014-2015 Year (June 1-May 31)
Founders Club

Chrysoloras Club
Emerald Club Chris Elder ‘85**

Ruby Club  

Diamond Club 
Thomas Collins Jr.’84**
Wes Bren‘85**
Brad Flinders '86**
Rob Miller ‘86**
Chris Broome ‘89**

Star & Crescent Club  
Brad Mikes ‘82**
Mark Rowland’83**
Mike McNally ‘86**
Nathan Varnum ‘87**
Shawn Isham ‘92**
Dr. Robb Warren '92**
Will Mcintyre ‘10**

Caduceus Club
Larry Rosinski ‘86**
Jeff Meek ‘87**
Bob Dittrich ‘92**

Association Member 
Rick Sippola '85**
Tim Storer ‘90**

** indicates a brother that has donated in multiple years.

First Fricker Cup Provides Drama in a Beautiful Location

Brilliant blue skies and a slight breeze greeted the golfers of the first annual Fricker Cup competition at Hueston Woods Golf Club in Oxford, Ohio.  For the front nine the best ball format gave the team of Brad Flinders ’85 and Keith Zurawski ’81 an edge as Flinders 25 years earlier had played as a member of Miami’s Golf team. Miami was one of the best in the midwest at that time and used this course as it home practice course. 
 
After 9 holes Flinders/Zurawksi were in the lead with 4 strokes over the second place team of Tom Collins ‘83 and Jeff Meek ’87.  Collins was hopeful that the back nine format of Alternating Shots would help his team catch up, but when Zurawski’s 9 iron from 148 yeards out dropped 2.5 feet from the pin it signalled that the Fricker Cup would not be so easily 

After a tie on 11, Meek won a point sinking his putt  after Zurawski missed long on a 5 foot putt on 12 and held ground when Flinders shocked everyone by chunking a 4 foot putt leaving it 18 inches short after another stunning Zurawski approach shot.  On 14 Collins dropped a 14 foot downhill putt with perfect speed and a deceiving left to right line. The team of Collins and Meek was now only 3 points back and feeling more confident.     

Flinders and Zurawski were feeling the pressure and it appeared to have impacted Flinders who had been dropping balls within 6 feet of the pin regularly but on 15 left a 9 iron 21 feet below the pin. Zurawski’s putt with great speed was pin high but two feet to the left.  Keith marked the ball and replaced it with Flinders’s tee shot ball explaining that “Brad is more comfortable playing with his own balls.” 

Down 3 points, Collins and Meek had to win the remaining holes including the course’s featured hole number 16, a 196 par three over a fairway made only of lake water!  But it was not meant to be as Meek’s shot went far left of the green and Flinders and Zurawski pulled out back to back shots that landed safely on the green.  While Collins and Meek combined to win a point on 17 they came up 2 points short in the end. The battle went to Flinders and Zurawski.
 
The trophy presentation occurred immediately after with the assistance Golf Course Host, Merideth, wearing white gloves protecting her from the curse of Fricker which is brought upon any human touching the trophy who has not yet won the contest. At long last the 
winners were able to touch the trophy becoming the first people to do so with bare hands since its creation. Flinders and Zurawski both kissed the trophy and raised it above their heads in jubliation to the light applause of those in attendance at the awards ceremony.
 
Later near the parking lot, Flinders still high with testerone from the epic battle was recorded sharing his thoughts about the days competition and his feelings about winning the first event.  (Video is available on Twitter @KSTUAA)

The names of the winners will be engraved on the trophy cemementing their place in Theta-Upsilon history and commencing a new tradition for Kappa Sigma. They were also given smaller replica trophies to display at home. 

The next epic Fricker Cup contest is being planned for the summer of 2015 at a location yet to be determined. 

Email us at KSTUAA@gmail for details.