Alpha Delta Phi - University of Michigan

2 | The Peninsular 1846 Circle ($100,000 and above) Anonymous William Jeffery III '66 Thomas Fitzsimmons '90 Sean O'Leary '91 Kevin Senecal '91 Craig Guck '05 Star & Crescent Club ($50,000 to $99,999) Ernest Dunn '67 Edward Michael '67 Robert H. Wilder Jr. '67 Harry Nelson '90 In memory of Brad Brown '90 Jon Bowerman '03 556 Society ($25,000 to $49,999) Anonymous In memory of Dan Carlson Thomas M. Eastwood '64 In memory of Carl Kiino '62 J. Kent Blasie '65 In memory of Tom Phelps '65 William S. Chapin III '67 Bob Same '67 Daniel G. Quandt '84 Daniel Binder '85 Art Nicholas Jr. '93 Alan Taetle '85 John S. Artz '89 Seth Halpern '94 Alpha Delta Club ($10,000 to $24,999) Jack D. Hunter '59 James Yates '60 In memory of Gordon Moore, M.D. and James Thurman Douglas Kapnick '65 Robert N. Culver '67 John P. Hartwig '67 James A. Kushman '67 John Burpee Jr. '69 William B. Holmes '80 David Morgan '84 Roger Mulier '84 Steve Kibler '85 Bruce Richardson '85 Doug Mans '88 Matthew Gooder '89 In honor of the Class of '89 Brian Harreld '89 Jeff Lauinger '89 James Bayley '90 Scott Gibaratz '90 Michael Russell '90 Bret Schneider '90 David Ball '91 Jordan Fisher '91 Christopher Smith '91 Charles '91 and Ellen Whiteman Lance Murphy '92 Brad Jaros '93 Brent Maitland '94 Jonathan Gregory '95 Charlie Spies '95 Robert Swenson '95 Joe Saad '99 Mark Khachaturian '01 Chris Walters '04 Wolverine Club ($5,000 to $9,999) Roger V. Mulier '54 Bill Phelps '62 In memory of Thomas E. Phelps '65 Daniel W. Krauer '63 In memory of Miller H. Pontius 1914 Theodore Garrish '64 Larry Titley '65 Richard Dickinson '67 Mehmet Altin '68 James W. Lumsden '68 Debbie and John Sirrine '68 James Chapin '70 Bart Johnston '70 In memory of Paul Wickstrom '70 Jeffrey C. DuComb '76 John J. Edwards '83 Edward Goldschmidt '83 Mark Bonucchi '84 Thomas E. Carnaghi '84 Madonna and Scott Kramer '84 Martin Schmidt '84 Robert Barnes '85 Michael Gaiss '85 Rick McKenna '85 Charles Toohey '85 David R. Williams '88 Classes of 1989-1991 In memory of Kenneth Shin '89 John D. Klise '89 George Piccard '89 Jeffrey Couzens '90 Richard W. Erwine '90 John R. Lobbia '90 Michael Cook '91 Dan Harmon '91 Donn Hubbard '91 Keith A. Hahn '92 Andrew Rowley '92 John Austin '93 George Pappas '94 Jon Rumley '95 Steven P. Ambroziak '97 Dave Ambroziak '97 Scott Henry '99 In memory of Bill Modrack Chuck Eaton '02 Matthew R. Heckler '04 Jonathon Kivela '04 Keith Johansen '07 Samuel DeBruin '12 Edward McPhee '12 Peninsular Club ($2,500 to $4,999) C. Stewart Wagner '56 William R. Mackay '63 Alan D. Groom '68 Memorial Gift Henry Idema III '69 In memory of his children R. Bruce Michael '70 Brooks Gerbitz '85 Michael Collins '87 Steven C. Hahn '90 James Davis '92 Todd Petraco '93 Matthew Tomlinson '93 Jason Sparks '02 Peter Lund '04 Jonathan D. Alspaugh '05 Karl Sowislo '05 Jeffrey Spearin '05 Gian H. Angiolillo '14 In honor of the Class of 2014 Tyler Rospond '15 Ian McEachern '16 Thank You, Generous Brothers and Friends, for Pledging More than $1.84 Million to Date! W e sincerely thank the following brothers and friends for making a commitment to the Preserve Our Future, Restore 556 State Street campaign. Their generosity demonstrates a sense of gratitude for their personal experience. Commitments are still needed from the rest of our alumni to achieve our $2 million campaign goal and complete this major project. All donations can be spread out over a five-year period. Donations and pledges of $2,500 or more will be included on a donor wall when the campaign is complete. If an error has been made in recording your gift or your name has been mistakenly omitted, we sincerely apologize. Please advise our campaign coordinator at (785) 843-1661 to make any corrections. Join your brothers on this list by using the enclosed pledge form and envelope to make your pledge today. Thank you for your support! Preserve our Future W hen Dan Krauer '63 made his pledge to the capital campaign this year, he did so in memory of Miller Pontius 1914. This piqued the curiosity of several campaign leaders as to who was Miller Pontius and why Dan would make his pledge in memory of him. So Dan was contacted and we now bring you "the rest of the story." DAN KRAUER'S DEAL Dan Krauer grew up in the New York City area in the 1940s-'50s. His mother then worked for an investment banking firm, F.E. Eberstadt & Co. While he was in high school, Dan was fortunate to get a summer job at Eberstadt. He met a fellow named Miller Pontius, who was a vice president of the firm. Dan must have done a great job that summer because he apparently impressed Pontius. When it came time for Dan to go to college, Pontius announced that Dan would go to the University of Michigan, and, oh, by the way, Miller secured a full-ride four-year scholarship from the U of M Club of New York for Dan to attend Michigan. Needless to say, Dan knew a good thing when he saw it and packed off to Ann Arbor that fall. He went on to join Alpha Delta Phi and enjoyed a great undergraduate experience. Later, he went on to Indiana U for an MBA and law degree. PONTIUS ENROLLS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN That still leaves more to know about Miller Pontius. It turns out that after graduating from Everts High School in Circleville, Ohio, in 1908, Pontius enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1910 and joined the Peninsular Chapter of Alpha Delta Phi. Remember that the current house was completed in 1910, so Miller was probably one of the first to reside in the "new" house! MICHIGAN FOOTBALL ALL-AMERICAN Pontius went out for the U of M football team as a freshman and played full back. As a sophomore, however, Coach Fielding H. Yost had the need for a "slashing" tackle on his renowned "point a minute" team. By the 1913 season, Pontius was a star as the Wolverines outscored their opponents 175 to 21. At the end of the 1913 season, Pontius was a consensus first-team All- American tackle, the first ever All- American tackle from Michigan. His teammates had assigned him the nickname "Brute" somewhere along the way. He also played baseball at Michigan for coach Branch Rickey. In 1913, he was the first baseman for Rickey's best team at Michigan, a squad that went 21-4-1. Who Was Miller Pontius 1914? (Continued on page 4)

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