Category Archives: Men’s Fraternities

8/3/1923 – Calvin and Grace Coolidge Become President and First Lady

On August 3, 1923, Americans were waking to the news that Warren Harding had died suddenly, late in the evening on August 2, after he became ill in a San Francisco hotel. The Vice-President, Calvin Coolidge, and his wife Grace, … Continue reading

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Thurman Munson, Delta Upsilon, Killed in Plane Crash on August 2, 1979

Thurman Munson, an initiate of Delta Upsilon at Kent State University, was a baseball catcher. He spent his entire 11-year MLB career playing for the New York Yankees. He won Rookie of the Year and Most Valuable Player awards. Munson … Continue reading

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Happy Birthday to a Kappa Sigma Who Was a Chi Omega, Too!

Dr. Charles Richardson, a Fayetteville, Arkansas, dentist, was born on January 8, 1864, in Rich Valley, Virginia. He was one of 11 children.  He did his undergraduate work at Emory & Henry College in Virginia and he studied dentistry at … Continue reading

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Bob McGrath, Phi Gamma Delta and Sesame Street Icon

Bob McGrath will live on forever as his character on Sesame Street. Robert Emmett McGrath was his given name and Bob Johnson was the name of the role on Sesame Street. He was the human corralling a cast of Muppet … Continue reading

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To the Moon and Back

On this day in 1969, three men, the crew of Apollo 11, had just blasted off from the Florida coast and into the great beyond. Despite internet reports to the contrary of the three men aboard Apollo 11, only one … Continue reading

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Rest in Peace, Bob Dole, Loyal Kappa Sigma

Robert “Bob” J. Dole, an October 4, 1942, initiate of the Kappa Sigma chapter at the University of Kansas, died on December 5, 2021, at the age of 98.   He was the first Kappa Sigma to be named Kappa Sigma … Continue reading

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April 19, 1995 – Fraternity and Sorority Members Who Perished in the Bombing of the Murrah Federal Building

April 19, 1995 started off as an ordinary day for the residents of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. It is etched in the minds of all who were touched by the events of the day or those who watched on television, listened … Continue reading

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OTD – Theodore Roosevelt, DEKE, Dies at 60

Theodore Roosevelt, the 26th President of the United States, was an initiate of the Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa Epsilon at Harvard University. He died on on January 6, 1919, of a coronary embolism. He was 60 years old. His … Continue reading

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Fiji Sires and Sons Turns 95 on Phi Gamma Delta’s Founders’ Day

Phi Gamma Delta was founded on May 1, 1848. John Templeton McCarty, Samuel Beatty Wilson, James Elliott, Daniel Webster Crofts, Ellis Bailey Gregg and Naaman Fletcher – the Immortal Six – were students at Jefferson College in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, when they founded … Continue reading

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Park Valentine Perkins on Theta Chi’s Founders’ Day

A few years ago, I was asked to write a history of the Theta Chi chapter at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. I was a bit apprehensive about the task. Prior to that I wrote histories of fraternity and sororities … Continue reading

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