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Old 06-05-2004, 08:08 PM
Erik P Conard Erik P Conard is offline
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yes, I met Ronald Reagan...

I have posted a couple of anecdotes, memories of Reagan in the
TKE site, so will not repeat here.
He was, at times, a nervous man, but charmed undergrads all over the USA, not just Tekes, but man other greeks. And, both
he and his brother John Neil Reagan served as president of the
TKE chapter at tiny little Eureka College in IL Delta Sigma Phi,
Lambda Chi Alpha and TKE are the fraternities there. All are of
a reasonable health as chapters.
Some folks have said he never drank...not true, not true at all.
He was outgoing to all kids wearing letters and he was host to
almost a thousand Tekes on the White House lawn, pictures in
The Teke magazine. Ohio State greeks will never forget him as
he invited all the Greek presidents, fraternity and sorority, to dine
with him in the TKE "castle" house in Columbus. I have been told
all attended save one...whose father had suffered a coronary the
night before. Reagan called the hospital and chatted with the young man...I have been told this was true...at any rate, he was
a memorable man, I saw him three times.
He took his fraternity membership seriously...he never forgot...
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