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PHI SIGMA KAPPA FRATERNITY AT PURDUE UNIVERSITY Phi Sig Express Phi Sigma Kappa Delta Triton Chapter Purdue University P.O. Box 2715 West Lafayette, IN 47996 Address Service Requested ATTENTION: This newsletter is intended for alumni and parents. If your son has graduated, please send us his permanent address to update our records. Thank you. Chapter Eternal_____________ William A. Dyer '52 – November 21, 2020 Alumni News_______________ Robert D. Fox '57 and his wife, Jean, have seven children, and they live in Knoxville, Tenn. Email: pskadp1206@att.net Robert B. Gibson, D.V.M. '62 is enjoying retirement. He lives with his wife, Carol, in Green Bay, Wis. Email: rbgcjgret313@yahoo.com John F. Richelsen '64 retired from Kodak in 1991 and has been a school bus driver for 15 years. He and his wife, Jeanne, have 12 grandchildren, and John loves playing golf. He is very impressed with the new chapter house. "Enjoy it!" He and his wife reside in East Rochester, N.Y. Email: jr46hudson@aim.com Clark K. Ahrens '66 retired in 2009 as regional sales manager of Gillig Inc. He and his wife, Julia, have four children, and they reside in Columbus, Ind. Email: ckaenterprises@ gmail.com Ralph I. "Rip" Pereida '68 and his wife, Chrys, have a daughter, Alison. They live in Boise, Idaho. Email: rcpereida@yahoo.com Ronald D. Doyle '71 is semi-retired and lives on Lake Hamilton in Hot Springs, Ark., with his wife, Anita. They have two children, Ashley and Andrew, who are both Purdue grads. Although they don't visit Purdue much now that their kids have graduated, Ronald is still lifelong friends with several of his Phi Sig brothers, and they stay in regular touch. "Life is great!" Email: ronddoyle@aol.com Jack W. French '72 shared that prayers are needed for recovering from his prostate cancer surgery. He's the owner of Hearing Center of Lancaster, Pa., where he's the hearing instrument specialist. He lives in Lancaster with his wife, Anna. Email: jackwfrench@aol.com Mark M. Scott '83 is principal at Commercial Mortgage Capital and lives in Sparta, N.J. Email: markmscott@yahoo.com Zach Dunham '98 has been married for 17 years. He has been working and saving for more college, life expectations, surprises, and hopefully retirement someday. Zach says that life goes by too fast, but he always tries to appreciate something beautiful about life on Earth, even if that blessing is the same thing every day. He lives in Louisville, Ky. Email: zrdunham@hotmail.com Alumni Update What comes to mind when you think about Phi Sigma Kappa? "Brotherhood, friendship for life, memories." –Robert D. Fox '57 "Very fond memories." –Robert B. Gibson, D.V.M. '62 "Good times, great brothers." –John F. Richelsen '64 "Brotherhood, scholarship, character." –Clark K. Ahrens '66 "Brotherhood, acceptance, respect." –Ralph I. "Rip" Pereida '68 "Best years of my life, brothers for life, learning social skills." –Ronald D. Doyle '71 "Brotherhood and fraternity." –Jack W. French '72 "Renewed, inspired, restarted." –Mark M. Scott '83 "Brotherhood, fun, great times with great young men." –Stuart Keller Jr. '91 "Diverse, excellence, fun." –Zach Dunham '98 What are your favorite memories from your time as an active member of Delta Triton Chapter? "Celebrations at Hackers cabin." –John R. Bullard '56 "Buc Brawl to Black Rock with my blind date (and now wife of 63 years), late-night runs to Lafayette hotspots, walking to classes in the winter." –Robert D. Fox '57 "Brotherhood and campus life." –Robert B. Gibson, D.V.M. '62 "The annex, water fights, pledge week, trip to IU, the Golden Girls, and marching band." –John F. Richelsen '64 "The great brotherhood we had and house events/athletics." –Clark K. Ahrens '66 "Football games." –Ralph I. "Rip" Pereida '68 "The planned social activities (Moonlight Formal, Spring Fling), but unplanned, spontaneous activities were even better." –Ronald D. Doyle '71 "Melon fests and toga parties." –Jack W. French '72 "Grand Prix and dinners in lunchrooms." –Mark M. Scott '83 "Winning the tug-of-war at the 1997-98 Greek Olympics, hanging out on the front porch, talking in the fire escape, and the good difference between living in the house during the summer versus during the school year." –Zach Dunham '98

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