All About the New Associates!
The undergraduate chapter has had a great winter rush, pledging 12 new associates! Thanks to Bryan Glesmann for helping to introduce us to all of them. Click here to read all about them.
Catching Up with Brother John Broad ’62
John Broad began his professional career in 1962 when he graduated from the University of Michigan with a Masters of Business Administration. After briefly working as a consultant/auditor at Arthur Anderson & Company in San Francisco, Broad made his way back to the motor city and began work as a financial analyst for General Motors.
A New Chapter House to Secure Our Legacy and Build Our Future
Dear Delta Chi Brother,
I am excited to share the new chapter house project with you. Your fundraising team has started the “All Alumni” phase of the campaign. You may recall, we need to raise $1 million to secure our legacy and build our future. As a result of the initial campaign work, 24 brothers have committed $463,000 towards building the new house! WOW!!!
Undergraduate Chapter Poised for Success in 2014
Thanks to Bryan Glesmann ’15 for sharing with us the following updates:
The chapter has been undergoing steady growth for the last few years, with a current size of 57 members. This growth is expected to continue into the future.
Catching up with Brother H. Keith Hellems, M.D. ’62: In His Own Words
H. Keith Hellems, M.D. (’62 B.S) says that Delta Chi gave him an anchor in a very large university:
The fraternity gave me a home and continuity to build friendships and create an identity. Most of us, particularly me, came to the campus young, naive and inexperienced. The fraternity gave us a place to develop our intellectual and social skills. I established myself in the fraternity by winning ‘Dork of the Year’ two times and ‘Wedge of the Year’ 3 times (I believe still a record). I was C for a year and was elected president for 1961-62.
Greg Kaiser ’61 Turns Passion for Chinese Studies into Lifelong Career
When Greg Kaiser ’61 was an undergraduate, Delta Chi was among the top 5 fraternities in academic standing at Michigan, an honor in which brothers took a great deal of pride. This memory of his time in the Delta Chi house is no surprise coming from Brother Kaiser, who committed his four years at Michigan—and his graduate studies and career—to Chinese and Japanese languages and culture. Click “Read More” for the full story about Greg’s experiences!
Project Aims to Strengthen the Bonds of Lifelong Friendship
The Alumni Association of the University of Michigan Delta Chi urges all alumni to rekindle the friendships formed as a member of the Michigan Chapter of Delta Chi. Life-long friendships represent the backbone of the alumni association. Our goal is to strengthen the existing ones and rekindle the faded ones. As part of this program we are working on updating our records. Click “Read More” to find out more about the project and how you can help!
Fund Raising Status
Recall we need to raise $1 million in order to secure a bank loan of $1.5 million to build the new clubhouse. Your Fund Raising Team members, David Falconer ’62, Howard Gandelot ’64, Keith Hellems ’62 and Frank Morrey ’64, have been hard at work soliciting funds from brothers during the initial phase of the campaign. So far we have commitments of $342,500! Click “Read More” for the full update on our fundraising!
New Chapter House Design Update
Based on input from the design team and actives, Leo Babcock, our project architect, prepared the next version of the concept drawings from the ones shown at the September reunion. Click “Read More” to learn about the changes to the drawings and for a general update on the project status!
Happiest of Holidays in 2013!
“Christmas renews our youth by stirring our wonder. The capacity for wonder has been called our most human faculty, for in it are born our art, our science, our religion.” ~ Ralph W. Sockman
