Carolyn Louise (Holcomb) Griffith of Indianapolis, died Tuesday, Dec. 13, 2016, in Franklin, IN.
You can read her obituary here.
Carolyn Louise (Holcomb) Griffith ’61
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Phi Gamma Delta Sesquicentennial Celebration
Tom Gramkow ’70, Jim Tosh ’69 and Bill Pfeiffer ’69 (from left to right) display composites from their campus years as Phi Gamma Delta members. Celebrating its sesquicentennial during Homecoming weekend, the Illinois Wesleyan Fiji chapter was chartered Dec. 4, 1866, and is now the third oldest continuously functioning chapter of Phi Gamma Delta in the world. (Photo by Lori Ann Cook-Neisler)
Phi Gamma Delta Celebration
During IWU’s 2016 Homecoming Weekend, another Special event was held. The Alpha Deuteron Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta held their Sesquicentennial Celebration. The Celebration was held at The Doubletree Hotel on 9-30 & 10-1. Over 230 members gathered Saturday night for dinner. Unless someone else can show otherwise, we believe we are the oldest Chapter of any Fraternity in the State of Illinois.
The following Brothers from the ’50 era are as follows:
Robert Carden ’52
Robert Hildebrand ’52
William Meister ’56
Dean Padgett ’58
Ronald Bell ’59
Roger Colton ’59
Roy Ferguson ’59
Dennis Mattix ’59
Gerald Philpott ’59
Greg Gardner ’60
Elvin Gentry ’60
Edward Martinez ’60
Robert Ward ’60
During the Celebration Marvin Bower ’45 was awarded the Diamond Owl for his 75 years in the Fraternity. There were 45 plus in attendance who have been members for more than 50 years. A great event for everyone in attendance!
Submitted by Jerry Philpott ’59
Eleanor (Hammond) Strang ’60
Ellie Strang ’60 (David, 1960) has retired after 15 years of service with the state of Arizona, to Birmingham Alabama, where she is living with her daughter.
Fred G. Miley ’59 and Judith A. Miley ’61
Fred G. Miley ’59 and his wife, Judith A. Miley ’61, are both active in their Community Crisis Response Team and in the American Legion and Auxiliary. Fred continues seeing patients 40 hours a week in 4 days. They walk a mile at night, and Fred trains in Karate and Judith trains in Yoga. They both enjoy frequent family gatherings with three of their adult children and their almost-adult children. Fred says that it is an honor to belong to the John Wesley Powell Society, as they met at IWU and he remembers it vividly and fondly.
Linda (Gitzendanner) Hines ’68 and Coral (Snyder) Swanson ’68
Linda (Gitzendanner) Hines ’68 enjoyed a visit from IWU classmate Coral (Snyder) Swanson ’68 for 2 ½ days in September. We had a wonderful time together sharing stories about our lives since graduation and reminiscing our fun IWU / AOPII memories. While Coral was here, we enjoyed visiting some local attractions including the beautiful, 100+ year old Cathedral Basilica of St. Louis, the Anheuser Busch Brewery, and the Missouri Botanical Gardens (see picture).
CONTACT INFO:
Name: Linda Gitzendanner Hines
Class Year: 1968
Phone: 636-751-2039 (mobile)
E-mail: gitzhines57@gmail.com
Ken Matson ’64 and Linda Matson ’65
Ken Matson ’64 and Linda Matson ’65 celebrated their 50th anniversary in 2016! They have now lived in Florida for 32 years and still love it.
Gretchen (Grandfield) ’69 and John ’69 Leupold
Gretchen (Grandfield) ’69 and John ’69 Leupold sold their Wisconsin home after 46 years and now live in their Florida home. They bought a Black Labrador puppy as part of their new addition to their new house. John fondly remembers his two roommates at the FIJI house, Jim Kent ’69 and Richard Jenkins ’69.
Carol J. Wiborg ’64
Carol J. Wiborg ’64 has been the co-editor of her church’s monthly newsletter for the past year, and is continuing with that work.
Professor Joseph C. Collins
For the past sixty years, including the 1962 to 1967 years at Illinois Wesleyan, Dr. Collins has been studying the role of water in providing order in the living cell. Covalent bonding is accepted as the primary mechanism of order-formation between atoms in the molecular components of living cells; now Dr. Collins has proposed in the three new web sites below, that it is the dynamic covalent linear hydrogen-bonding between water molecules on surfaces of natural molecules which not only provides for their quantized orderly motions and interactions within living cells today but provided for their selection as integral function unites when cellular evolution began.