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This should be conceived as a very broad hint to Contact Us and furnish any text, newletters, composites, etc. that would help to flesh out that decade.
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From the Phi Gam national web site is this record of acclaim:
"The 1997-98 winner of the Coulter Cup was David B. Musikant, class of 1989. The Cup is awarded to the graduate brother who has contributed the most to an undergraduate chapter through service in a capacity other than as a Purple Legionnaire or General Officer. The Coulter Cup was proposed by the Mu Deuteron Chapter at the University of Iowa and approved by the 1978 Ekklesia. It is named after Chan F. Coulter (Iowa 1925), a hurdler on the 1924 U.S. Olympic track team, executive and philanthropist"
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Bryan Luoma and Hugh Cunto - late 1990's (?) |
Displayed below is a page from the PHI GAMMA DELTA magazine, Fall 1990:
| Fire Destroys Nu Beta Chapter House at Rutgers by Joseph P. Egan 77 On Sunday, June 17 1990, tragedy struck our Nu Beta Chapter at Rutgers University. At approximately 11:00 p.m., an arsonist set fire to the chapter house. The damage was severe, with the first floor being extensively gutted and the second and third floors severely ruined by smoke and water. Most of the chapter records were consumed by flames, but precious Ritual items were salvaged. The New Brunswick (New Jersey) fire department did their best to fight the blaze, but they had their hands full that night. The fire at Nu Beta was one of five fires, three of which were at fraternity houses, set by the perpetrator within a one-hour period. Our chapter's house was the worst of the conflagrations. Fortunately, there were no human injuries in any of the blazes as most of the students were home for summer recess. The five Nu Beta brothers living at the house for the summer were at work at the time, but the two Nu Beta house dogs perished from smoke inhalation. Ironically, fire has played a large part in the history of Nu Beta. In October 1945, a tragic fire engulfed the chapter house at 586 George Street and claimed three lives. The house was leased to Sigma Alpha Mu at the time, as Nu Beta had voted to suspend operations in June 1943 for the duration of World War II. During the summer of 1946, the Nu Beta Board of Trustees leased a house from the University at 15 Union Street. The brothers remained active there until the purchase of the current house at 78 Easton Avenue in 1949. The present structure is more than 100 years old and has housed more than 40 brothers per year for more than 40 years. The Nu Beta Alumni Association, recognizing that no house the old could sustain that kind of stress much longer, launched a capital campaign to raise money to build a new house for the chapter. The current house was to have remained functional during the fund raising and construction periods; the fire, of course, has changed this strategy. Rutgers University has committed to Nu Beta to house the undergraduates for the upcoming school year. After that, however, this commitment is not so certain. The City of New Brunswick has already notified the Alumni Association that the remains of the chapter house must be razed, but the Association has applied for a stay of execution. . . . Nu Beta is committed to remain at Rutgers University and will do whatever it takes to "rise from the ashes." and |
The demise of 78 Easton was the end of an era, but old eras end so new ones can begin.
At the first Pig Dinner after we acquired the new house, a speaker from each decade starting with the 1930s made a brief presentation which attempted to describe Nu Neta in his decade. Read the presentation by Wils Andrews, representative of the 1950's, here.
Click here for Fiji Day 2004 photos!
The Raritan Fiji reported, on March 2004, that:
Mike Seip, chapter president in 1998-1999, has returned from a 6 month tour of duty as a fighter pilot in ... Iraq and Afghanistan, logging over 50 hours of combat time....
In October, he is transitioning to the F/A-18F Super Hornet, the most advanced naval aircraft in the world.
Purple Legionnaire Glenn Jenkins at Fiji Day 2004
Photo courtesy of Bob Tannhauser, Nu Beta Foundation, Inc.