John Levinson, the most important Michigan Delta Chi since its founding in 1892, passed away February 27, 2025
We are sorry to report that our beloved University of Michigan Delta Chi John Levinson passed away on February 27, 2025. He had been diagnosed with the amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease) about 1.5 years ago. In spite of the slow progress of the disease he continued to be a strong-willed type A […]
THE MICHIGANENSIAN SERIES: FEATURING 1968 AND 1988
Article by H. Keith Hellems, M.D. ‘62 During the fundraising campaign I started to gather pages from Michiganensian publications that had the name of Delta Chi in them. I started in 1897 and went to 2008. Delta Chi went off campus during the depression in 1933 and came back on campus in 1949. We plan […]
HOW DOES ONE BECOME A WEDGE OR DORK
Article by H. Keith Hellems, M.D. ’62 [email protected] Thanks to Scott Hillen ’79 and his History of Michigan Delta Chi, we know that the Wedge Award was a yearly award first awarded at the end of the 1959-60 school year which was, “an honorary award given to the biggest tool of the year.” This award […]
Blast from the Past Series: History of Chapter Awards
Article by Keith Hellems, M.D. ’62 [email protected] During his years at the Michigan Delta Chi house, Scott Hillen’97 wrote a rather extensive history of our Michigan fraternity. Today we excerpt various portions as part of our Blast from the Past series. CHAPTER AWARDS Awards were an important part of chapter meetings from the 1960’s to […]
JOHN LEVINSON PUSHES TO HIS 600TH CONSECUTIVE MICHIGAN FOOTBALL GAME IN SPITE OF HIS ALS DIAGNOSIS
Article by Keith Hellems, M.D. ‘62 Co-editor Michigan eDelt [email protected] In our eDelt to you on September 6, 2024, we published a story about our most important Michigan Delta Chi in the fraternity’s history since 1892 named John Levinson – The Iron Horse of Michigan Delta Chi. Prior to this we had an article about […]
Happy Holidays from Delta Chi!
We want to wish all of our alumni brothers and their loved ones a very happy holidays. The holiday season is a wonderful opportunity for reflection, celebration, reminiscing, and most importantly gratitude. As Delta Chi brothers, we are passionate about the bond that contributed to every aspect of our personal development. Our roles as husbands, […]
STUDENT HID IN CHURCH ATTIC FOR YEARS AFTER POOR GRADES
Article by Keith Hellems, M.D. ’62 [email protected] As I headed back to the University of Michigan for my sophomore year, I was headed to the 1st of 3 years that I would live in the Delta Chi house. My first year had not been particularly glorious with respect to grades, getting a D in the […]
LETTERS STOLEN OFF THE FRONT OF THE HOUSE CAPER
Article by H. Keith Hellems, M.D. [email protected] An article in the Ann Arbor News on May 18, 2009, by Art Aisner headlined: Thief makes off with Greek letters on house of University of Michigan fraternity, police say “A burglar made off with the large Greek letters on the outside of a fraternity house near the […]
THE MICHIGANENSIAN SERIES: FEATURING 1966 AND 1987
Article by H. Keith Hellems, M.D. ‘62 During the fundraising campaign I started to gather pages from Michiganensian publications that had the name of Delta Chi in them. I started in 1897 and went to 2008. Delta Chi went off campus during the depression in 1933 and came back on campus in 1949. We plan […]
SOME MEETINGS WENT ON FOREVER
Article by H. Keith Hellems, M.D. ’62 [email protected] Michigan Delta Chi meetings were usually once a month, but in the 1950’s and 1960’s they were most frequently weekly. Most were relatively short affairs, but just when you just had to get to an important project, study for an exam, or get to a promised date […]
