Beta Theta Pi - Miami University

PAGE 5 Robert Smith '50 makes his home in Toledo, Ohio. He is a retired store manager of J.C. Penney. He has three children: Steve, Dave, and Ellen. Dominic Mancuso '53 is a retired Air Force colonel and lives in Panama City, Fla. Ron Helman '55 keeps busy with the Miami University class of '55 fundraising. As chairman, his class has raised over $5 million for their 50th, 55th, and 60th reunions. They are the only class to have named a room in the Anderson Center. He recently retired as board member for Finlandia University after 15 years. He is a local Rotary Club fundraising director. Ron lives in Chassell, Mich., with his wife, Lou Ellyn. They have three children: Randy, Roger, and Elizabeth. E-mail: ronh713@gmail.com Paul Dahnke '57 had a long career, retiring for the first time in 1993 from Sandusky City Schools, and the second time in 2001 from Bowling Green State University. He and his wife, Alea, have two children, Laura and Christopher, and live in Huron, Ohio. E-mail: pedajd@aol.com Skip McCallum '59 lives in Silver Lake, Wis., and is semi-retired as the senior partner of WW McCallum & Associates. E-mail: wwmskip@me.com Dave Emery '61 is retired and living in Farmington Hills, Mich. He says he jogs six days a week and watches too much TV! Bob Wertz, M.D. '61 is a retired physician from Northwestern Medical Faculty Foundation. He lives in Chicago with his wife, Kaye. E-mail: rdwertz@ gmail.com Richard Balazs '63 is retired as a municipal finance director. He lives in Chesterland, Ohio, with his wife, Pat. They have two children, Rick and Judy. E-mail: richardbalazs@yahoo.com Michael Brown '64 retired from Buckeye Technologies in 2014. He lives in Midlothian, Va. E-mail: mmbrown121@gmail.com. Terry Gould '65 is a judge in the Paradise Valley Municipal Court. He and his wife, Mary Ellen, live in Paradise Valley, Ariz. E-mail: tagwmni@aol.com Alumni News Active Members Grateful for Alumni Support, Excited for the New Alpha Chapter W e have been busy this semester building brotherhood intentionally through events, making and advancing relationships on and off of campus, and are in the process of establishing a philanthropy for the chapter to support. Growing the Beta Brotherhood Building relationships amongst brothers in these early stages is vital, as more than half of our members are sophomores or older and are already established on campus. We foster the building of these relationships at weekly meetings (chapter, exec, new member education) at social events with other organizations on campus, and through events specifically held to grow with one another (game night, camp/grill outs, etc.). We have multiple events planned throughout the semester that will continue to foster this environment of relational growth. Anticipation Builds as Renovation Nears The renderings and the renovation plans have been presented to all of active members, and saying that we are excited for construction to start is an understatement. Nick Hoyt '19, Ben Poe '20, Nate Howes '18, Henry Carnes '18, and Pierce Tyrrell '17 traveled to Chicago the weekend of February 10 and had the chance to meet some alumni and see the behind the scenes work that goes on with fundraising for the renovation of the Alpha house. Recruiting Quality Men The recruitment committee has been busy generating names of potential Betas. We are starting to meet with some of the men and will hold informal recruitment events in the fall. It is crucial that through the recruitment process, we look for men who will add to the cohesive culture and who understand the responsibility and effort that comes with recolonizing a chapter with a vision of long-term success. We are also working to ready our pledges for initiation. We have just completed the fifth week of our eight-week member education program. Establishing Alpha Chapter One thing that we look forward to weekly is getting to learn new Beta songs! Some of the favorites so far include "Wooglin to the Pledge," "Marching Along," and "There's a Scene." We are also getting involved with the Greek community at Miami through Greek New Member Convocation and Greek Step-Up, a bystander intervention program. These programs and conversations are vital in creating a community of accountability. There has already been great work accomplished since last fall, but there is more great work to come! Yours in ___kai___, Chad Lance '18 Alpha Chapter President (Continued on page 6) Executive officers at the Keystone Regional Leadership Conference.

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