Delta Upsilon - University of Missouri

The Missouri Alumni of DU 104 East Broadway Columbia, MO 65203 Address Service Requested ATTENTION: This newsletter is intended for alumni and parents. If your son is still attending the University of Missouri, this newsletter is intended for you. He will receive a copy at the chapter house. If he has graduated, please send his permanent address to alehr@penningtonco.com. Thank you. Duck call The KC DU Alumni Reception Thursday, October 31 Hosted by the DUIF Board of Directors at Mission Hills Country Club. RSVP to king@deltau.org. Chartering Ceremony Saturday, November 2 Alumni Tailgate Saturday, November 16 Chapter House Keep an eye out for more details and information regarding these events. We look forward to seeing everyone. Alumni Update William H. Bradley '54 is the retired president of Company Adjustment Service Inc. He golfs twice a week and has been with the St. Louis Metro Seniors for nearly 20 years. Wiliam and his wife, Barbara, live in Granite City, Ill., and have one daughter, Marilyn. Email: wbrad81@ charter.net Terry J. Brady '61 was named general counsel to the attorney general of Missouri. Terry can be reached at (573) 298-1378 or terry.brady@ ago.mo.gov. C. Thomas Ryther '61 was selected to the Bayless High School of St. Louis Athletic Hall of Fame as his pitching records have stood for over 60 years. At Delta Upsilon, Tom coached the softball team when they won the fraternity championship. He hopes the new brothers living at the chapter house will respect the fraternity and image in the future and learn from mistakes of the past. Morton D. Potashnick '62 enjoys golfing and keeps up with business and government matters in Cuba and Central America. He retired in 2012 as president of Potashnick Pipeline Construction Services. Morty lives in Sikeston, Mo., and is a licensed 500-ton boat captain. Email: mdpotashnick@gmail.com James B. Ferguson III '64 is a retired naval commander living in Waynesboro, Va., with his wife, Suzanne. After retiring from the Navy in 1999, Jim took a marketing and business development job with Northrop Grumman Corp., as an executive consultant for Navy ship programs in the integrated systems division. William R. Leistritz '65 is the retired president of Bull Valley Trading Co., and a 2017 Hall of Honor inductee at Lutheran High School in St. Louis. Bill lives in Anacortes, Wash., with his wife, Jere. They have three children, Ty, Dru, and Del. Bruce Tarantola '81 reports that a group of alumni have begun an annual walkout event. The latest walkout was held September 27-29 in Memphis. Email: batman175@ymail.com Pat Phelan '94 made the Ingram's list of top 100 fastest growing companies. He is the founder and CEO of Leap Hospitality, a company that makes furniture for popular venues such as AMC Theatres, First Watch, and Q39. Email: pphelan@leaphospitality.com Mike Swigunski '11 recently completed his book, Global Career: How to Work Anywhere and Travel Forever. It is a number one bestseller on Amazon and was featured on Forbes.com. He is based in Medellin, Colombia, and spends about four months of the year traveling. Email: mikeswigunski@gmail.com Jack Montgomery '16 was married on January 19 to Madison Vasta, a fellow Mizzou graduate from 2016. They live in Kansas City where Jack is a commercial banking representative with Commerce Bank and Maddie is a nurse at Children's Mercy Hospital. Email: jmm12604@yahoo.com UPCOMING EVENTS Providing a Better New Member Process Creating additional resources for new member educators is also a chief goal this fall. Train- ing will include building positive brother/ sisterhoods, creating meaningful connec- tions in the new member process, and hazing prevention. New member educators will be asked to submit written lesson plans for the chapter's individual education plan, though ritual and fraternity traditions do not need to be included. As part of the new member process, the OFSL recommends new members be provided information on the OFSL, and Greek life in general, through an orientation program led by the four Greek governing councils. This program would aid in providing an impartial view of the Greek community and university traditions. Revised Recruitment Practices As outlined by the Fraternity and Sorority Life Advisory Report: "Approved by IFC in two separate, nearly unanimous votes, formal recruitment was held in August, the week before classes began. The OFSL will host a smaller formal recruitment event early in the summer in conjunction with a Summer Welcome (freshmen orientation) event for those chapters interested in participating." Rather than allowing a chapter to recruit throughout the year, these revised policies layout specific periods for recruitment and ways to combat alcohol consumption at Bid Day events. To read the full list of policy recommendations that will be implemented Greek Life Policy Changes (Continued from front page) between spring 2019 and fall 2021, go to http://bit.ly/MizzouFSLReport. Missouri Chapter brothers gain new leadership skills at the Regional Leadership Academy. #NHPW19 Tim Piazza lost his life as a result of severe hazing activities. In an effort to promote stronger brotherhood, Delta Upsilon at Uni- versity of Missouri created a "Live Like Tim" board with photos of Tim and his family and placed it in their foyer. DU members then added photos of their loved ones to the board to serve as a constant reminder to love our brothers, who are our family. #WeAreDU #BuildingBetterMen

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