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Pennsylvania Iota Chapter Meeting
March 28, 2004
Dear Brothers,
On Monday evening March 22, 2004, I attended the Pennsylvania Iota Chapter Meeting at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia in which members of the Pennsylvania Sigma Chapter also participated. I was joined by Pennsylvania Iota Chapter Advisor Bill Staples who has served faithfully in this capacity for sixteen years and Philadelphia Hyparchos Alumni Affairs Area Coordinator Paul Sanborne of Pennsylvania Sigma. I enjoyed the opportunity along with Bill and Paul to speak to the undergraduate members in attendance and hear of future plans to incorporate and encompass Philadelphia Phi Psi area undergraduate and alumni association activities including our newest Phi Psi Philly Chapter - Pennsylvania Upsilon at Drexell University installed two years ago.
After the chapter meeting, Brothers Staples, Sanborne and I walked on the University of Pennsylvania campus in which we stop to see the statue of Brother Edgar Fahs Smith Pennsylvania Epsilon 1873 who served as the University of Pennsylvania Provost from 1910 - 1920 . Brother Smith along with Brother Otis Kendall , Pennsylvania Iota 1878 together conceived the idea of our national Phi Kappa Psi fraternity magazine The Shield which is currently celebrating its 125th Anniversary. The current spring 2004 125th Commemorative Anniversary Issue of The Shield includes an interesting feature article of the contributions of Brothers Smith and Kendall authored by Phi Psi Director of Alumni Services Mark Solomon.
I wish to express my deep appreciation to the members of Pennsylvania Iota and Pennsylvania Sigma for allowing me the privilege to join together. I especially would like to extend a note of special thanks to Bill Staples and Paul Sanborne for their continued loyalty and support of Phi Kappa Psi in the long tradition of local area Phi Psis including Brothers Walter Lee Sheppard, Jr., Bayh Graff and many dedicated individuals in the Phi Psi ''City of Brotherly Love''.
We Live and We Flourish!
Fraternally,
John V. Ciccarelli...
S.W.G.P.
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