Chapter Eternal
Joseph H. Wythe Jr. '41 entered Chapter
Eternal on October 11, 2015.
Jack W. Rogers '51 entered Chapter
Eternal on October 28, 2015. He loved
photography, music, language, hiking,
and traveling. Jack considered Sigma
Chi to be an organization that gave him
exposure to the world and inspiration for
the rest of his life.
U. G. "Butch" Savage '53 entered
Chapter Eternal on August 7, 2011, after
fighting a courageous battle with bladder
cancer for six years. He was a dedicated
and loyal Sigma Chi all of his adult life and
is missed by all who knew him.
James Ira "Jim" Crossland '56, longtime
Newkirk resident and businessman,
entered Chapter Eternal on December 3,
2014. Jim enjoyed golf, OSU football, and
basketball. He was an avid reader, often
reading more than one book at a time.
He enjoyed attending social events and
relished being around people.
Alumni News
Francis E. Cooper '50 spends his time
traveling around the West, enjoying the
history and the views. He lives in Scottsdale,
Ariz. E-mail: francis.cooper@cox.net
Jim D. Spangler '50 and his Kappa Alpha
Theta sweetheart celebrated 65 years of
marriage in August 2015. He and Marybelle
met on a blind date at Oklahoma A&M in
the fall of 1948. They live in Seminole, Fla.
E-mail: jdspangler@sprynet.com
Cleo F. McGee Jr. '65 reports that in April
he and five brothers and their spouses
(Dan Hill '63, Perry Mikles '63, Bob
Terrell '63, Joe Porter '64, and Chuck
Yadon '64) will meet at Dan Hill's ranch
for their 10th consecutive reunion. They all
pledged together in 1959 and meet every
year for storytelling. "As they say, 'you will
always find it here.'" Cleo lives in Tulsa,
Okla. E-mail: retired_boatboy@yahoo.com
Keith H. Dicken '70 lives with his domestic
partner, Ms. Liz Cain. They bought a new
home together in 2013 in Lillian, Ala.
E-mail: keith44ranger@yahoo.com
David D. Capron '72 is busy with work
and fun. He spends time at his Lakeway,
Texas, house riding his Harley, gardening,
playing tennis and golf, and snow skiing
in the winter. His wife, Sissy, loves
these activities, minus the Harley. Sissy
is an LSU graduate and a Pi Beta Phi.
They live in Houston, Texas. E-mail:
hogandknob1000gars.x.x.x@gmail.com
Judge M. John Kane '84 recently
completed a term as president of the
executive committee of the Oklahoma
Judicial Conference. He was voted by
his peers to the office of the Presiding
judge-elect of the Northeast Judicial
Administrative District. He lives in
Pawhuska, Okla. E-mail: mjk4@att.net
Brian D. Scott '89 is engaged to Judy
Baer with a wedding planned for June.
He has an eight-year-old foster son,
George, and lives in Tampa, Fla. E-mail:
briandscott67@gmail.com
Parker C. Wise '09 shares that he
graduated from OU College of Law in 2013
and moved to Washington, D.C., in 2014,
where he worked for the U.S. House of
Representatives. In 2015, he moved back
to Tulsa, where he now practices family
law, estate law, criminal law, and civil
litigation. E-mail: parker_wise@yahoo.com
Maxwell Schauf '11 is a senior electrical
engineer working for John Deere and
living in Cedar Falls, Iowa. He earned
his MB degree in August 2014 from
Oklahoma State and will be traveling to
Venice and Rome in May. He loves to
cheer on OSU football, especially when
they are playing an Iowa team. E-mail:
max.schauf@okstate.edu
S
heldon Detrick '59 has built not one, but
two top-notch real estate organizations
since he first entered the industry in 1960. In
addition to creating and building companies,
he is credited with recruiting and training
more sales associates than any other broker
in Oklahoma.
Today, Detrick is CEO of The Detrick
Companies, a holding company that owns
the majority of the stock in Detrick Realty,
Inc., Tulsa, and Alliance Real Estate Group,
Inc., Oklahoma City, as well as Gibraltar
Title Company, an agent for Stewart Title
Company, Old Republic Title Company.
He also has a marketing partnership with
WestStar Mortgage Corporation.
In 2014, Detrick sold the assets of the Detrick
Companies to Berkshire Hathaway Real
Estate Holdings. He is now in retirement, with
more time to devote to true loves: his wife of 55
years, Jan, their daughter, four grandchildren
(including a Sigma Chi), and Sigma Chi!
Sheldon lives in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and his
e-mail is sdetrick@prohomerequest.com.
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