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Pennsylvania Xi & Ohio Epsilon Chapter Visitations
April 25, 2004
Dear Brothers,
Following the trip to the upstate New York area Phi Psi chapters, Brother Dud Daniel and I drove to Cleveland, Ohio to visit the Ohio Epsilon Chapter at Case Western Reserve University. On the way, we were able to stop at Endiboro University south of Erie, Pennsylvania and meet our Pennsylvania Xi Brothers for lunch at the Student Union. The Pennsylvania Xi Chapter is steadily growing its membership that operates on a campus without formal Greek housing. The Chapter is actively involved on the Edinboro campus. We enjoyed the opportunity to speak to the Brothers and Chapter G.P. Joshua Beach who I had met two years ago at the inaugural September 17, 2002, Constitution Day Banquet that was held in close proximity in Meadville Pennsylvania at Pennsylvania Beta at the onset of the Biennium.
Later in the afternoon, we drove into Cleveland Ohio and joined Phi Kappa Psi Director of Fraternity Education Wes Schaub Ohio Eta '80 who is the Director of Greek Life at Case Western University and administers its large Greek system and our Fraternity Deputy Attorney General Jim Miller Ohio Delta '85 for a barbecue reception at Ohio Epsilon. I enjoyed the opportunity along with Dud to review the Ohio Epsilon Chapter collection of Meeting Minutes, The Shield, Fraternity Education Manuals, Fraternity- University History Books and Phi Kappa Psi Grand Catalogues.
Of particular interest was the turn of the century 1904 meeting minutes of the Omega local fraternity that became the Ohio Epsilon Chapter at Case University in 1906. Present at the meeting was Otto Donnell, Ohio Epsilon '07 the Phi Psi father of Brother John R. Donnell, Sr. Ohio Epsilon '31 a past Trustee of the Permanent Fund and the grandfather of past SWGP John R. Donnell Ohio Epsilon '59 and current Senior Trustee of the Permanent Fund.
I wish to thank Chapter G.P. Chad Zavitch for inviting Dud and I to speak at the Chapter Meeting in which we together discussed ideals for the coming Ohio Epsilon Chapter Centennial Celebration in 2006.
We Live and We Flourish!
Fraternally,
Chic...
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