Pi Kappa Alpha - University of Texas

Pi Kappa Alpha Beta Mu Alumni Fund P.O. Box 7842 Austin, TX 78713 - 7842 Address Service Requested The BeTa Mu Review Timothy L. Swan '83 is the Brentwood branch manager for Berkshire Hathaway Realty in Los Angeles, Calif. He previously worked in Hol- lywood as a location manager for such movies as American History X, Casino, and Dazed and Confused. E-mail: timswan@aol.com Jeremy Camp '03 is a partner at Gardner Haas law firm in Dallas. He and his wife, Erin, have two children. E-mail: jc@gardnerhaas.com Luis Lafratta '04 and his wife, Ryan, welcomed their first child, a daughter, Logan Rose, on De- cember 18, 2016. The family makes their home in Bellaire. Luis works for Accenture. E-mail: luis.lafratta@gmail.com ALUMNI UPDATES (Continued from page 7) Houston Lunch Group Sustains Pike Friendships for 60-Plus Years A group of 1950s Beta Mu brothers has been meeting on Mondays for lunch for many years. The fraternity was the foundation for their friendship over 60 years ago. They also celebrate birthdays at the restaurant of their choice and try to have quarterly dinners together with their wives. Russell Orr '54 owned and operated a CPA firm for over 30 years. He is now semi-retired. Perry Giles '54 retired after owning and oper- ating several auto dealerships in Texas and Louisiana. F. L. "Sonny" Colley '54 owned an insurance agency with eight offices in Texas and is now retired. Barney Hedrick '54 retired after serving as president of several banks in Houston and Pasadena. W. Dee Campbell '54 retired from Hershey Chocolate as a division sales manager, then owned a food brokerage company. M ilton Harman Parrott '48, 92, of San Marcos passed on to Chapter Eternal on December 1, 2016. Harman graduated from Waco High School in May 1941. His gen- eration experienced the full brunt of the Great Depression as he wore flour sack underwear as a boy, which were handsewn by his mother. "If you could rub two nickels together, you were rich" was a saying of his from those times. When the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor, all he wanted from life was to get a pair of wings and fly in the U.S. Air Force like his older brother, A.W. "Dub" Parrott. Harman enlisted in the Air Force in 1942 and his dream of hav- ing his older brother pin his wings on him came true in 1945 at Luke Airfield. Harman's mili- tary service ended after V-J Day and, on the GI Bill, he enrolled at the University of Texas. While working no less than three jobs at any time and with the assistance received from the GI Bill, Harman received his bach- elor's and law degrees. In 1949, he met the one true love of his life, Melba Jo Powell, a U.T. Zeta Tau Alpha, and they wed on September 1, 1950. Harman was employed in San Antonio as the assistant attorney general of the U.S. Western District. In 1953, Harman and Melba moved to Houston, where he prac- ticed law with MacGregor, Sewell, Junnell and Riggs (now known as Gardere Law) for over 25 years. Harman and Melba were active during their Houston years with the Stehlin Foundation Cancer Fighters, Spring Branch Presbyterian Church and the City of Hedwig Village. Harman and Melba were residents in Fair Oaks Ranch/Boerne, Texas, for 27 years before moving to San Marcos in 2010. In the fall 2014 Beta Mu Review profile of Harman he said, "Pike anchored me as a person in the university days and led to the meeting of Melba." Harman noted a number of Pikes who were close friends, including Frank Jungman '49—"an exceptional man and fraternity leader." Harman made a series of generous gifts to better Mu in 2014 the time to honor Frank, and recently both Melba and their son, Frank Parrott '74, have honored Harman with gifts to the Pike Alumni Fund and Beta Mu Building Corporation. Harman is survived by Melba; three chil- dren, Susan, Linda and Frank '74 (Norma), all of San Marcos; and two grandchildren, Michael and Lena Ann. In Memory: M. Harman Parrott '48 From left: Russell Orr, Perry Giles, Sonny Colley, Barney Hedrick and W. Dee Campbell.

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