Sigma Chi - University of Missouri

Page 2 The Tiger Sig Fall 2013 Integrity, Respect, and Honor The Legacy of Ike Skelton IV '53 ur Brother Ike is honored on the Mizzou campus with a Patriot Bench from his Sigma Chi Brothers. The bench is on a prominent corner of the Carnahan Quadrangle immediately adjacent to the Susie Skelton Garden. O On November 4, Brother Skelton was laid to rest in Lexington, Missouri, honored by a graveside 21-gun salute and flyover by a B-2 bomber. Ike served 17 terms in Congress beginning in 1976. At his funeral service, Congressman Cleaver said, "Ike was special. He was rare. He walked with presidents and generals but he never forgot his friends or where he came from." At his service, 50 Sigma Chis gathered at his flag-draped casket to individually place their roses in the White Rose Ceremony. He leaves his wife, Patty, and his three Sigma Chi sons to carry on his legacy: Ike V, George Washington University '87, Jim, North Georgia College '88, and Page, West Virginia University '90. Ike loved Sigma Chi. The White Cross has gained new luster by his life. Ed Matheny (Continued from page 1) Following the Navy, Ed graduated Harvard Law School cum laude and joined the Kansas City law firm, now Husch Blackwell, where he has been an outstanding lawyer for 64 years. Throughout his career, Ed has been active in the civic community, serving as founder and first president of KCPT, chairman of the Citizens Association of Kansas City, chancellor of the Episcopal Diocese of West Missouri, and president of St. Luke's Hospital. Ed now writes and presents extensively on local history, including his books about St. Luke's Hospital, Southwest High School, Kansas City Public Television, and the people of Kansas City serving in WWII. He is known for writing Xi Xi of Sigma Chi, a History, which tells the Xi Xi history. Ed's beautiful telling of the Xi Xi story preserves our heritage. He has made us all proud to be a Sig. Above: A bench honoring Ike from his Xi Xi brothers sits on a prominent corner of the Carnahan Quadrangle at Mizzou. Right: Ike's autobiography, Achieve the Honorable: A Missouri Congressman's Journey from Warm Springs to Washington, shares his journey from a small town in Missouri to Capitol Hill. Left: A Veteran's Day cartoon honoring Ike was published in the Columbia Daily Tribune on November 3. Remembering Josh Seidel '02 efore the Mizzou/Tennessee game on November 2, friends gathered to tailgate in a familiar spot, but this time, there was something very different. Just outside the Hearnes Center, a group of young and old alike joined to support the Tigers and pay tribute to a true son of Missouri who was taken from this life way too soon. A friend to so many, Josh Seidel '02 of St Louis was a graduate of the engineering school, a proud Xi Xi Sigma Chi, and a devout supporter of our Tigers. B After graduating from CBC High School, Josh decided to follow the lead of his cousin, Ron Hefley '94, and join Sigma Chi. While Josh had several friends joining other fraternities, the draw to Sigma Chi remained strong. As a pledge in the fall 1997 class, Josh joined a group of 39 others to embark on the collegiate journey together. They learned in the first few months that the bonds of true brotherhood are not just a four-year endeavor but a lifelong kinship that has the effect of bringing one back to fraternity days no matter how much time has passed. Josh embodied the Sigma Chi values of friendship, justice, and learning. After Mizzou, he returned to St. Louis where he co-founded Caliber Cast Stone, a successful business that made him extremely proud. He worked hard at his day job but always had time to help his family and friends at a moment's notice. Josh was at the helm of countless ski trips, float trips, lake weekends, and, most of all, tailgates. Fittingly, the first annual Tailgate4Josh was a way to pay tribute by bringing together the things he loved most: family, friends, Sigma Chi, and Mizzou. While the pain of the loss of a brother never truly fades, the knowledge that Josh is right beside each of us, finishing the Z-O-U to our M-I-Z's, keeps the memory of a great Sigma Chi alive forever.

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