Here is a great group shot from General Assembly 2008.

Keep an eye out for the August issue of the Cross & Crescent for a complete re-cap of all GA happenings!

(Left to Right) Eric Manke, Jeff Reisdorfer, Jay Matusin, Bob Hazod (back), Brad Scheuerell (front), Fuzz Martin, Darren Hafford, and Michael Easton. (Not pictured: Matt Fredrick & Aaron Lauzon).

Thanks to all my boys who who were able to make it to the Milwaukee Ale House for dinner, whilest I was in town for the evening. It was great to catch up with all my guys…picking up like we are still living down the hall from one another.

Lots of us are going to be at the Dave Matthews show(s) at Alpine Valley this year.

Are you going to the show? Do you want to go to see Dave?
Comment to this post or email the site and we will get your name added to the list.

We will make plans to meet up before the show and tailgate…and perhaps meet in the pavilion during the show.

Click the link below to see the running list of Brothers who will be at the Saturday (August 9) show.
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Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.

Brother Harry S. Truman
Gamma-Kappa 213
33rd President of the United States

I will be in attendance and looking forward to seeing everyone who can make it!
My apologies to everyone, I am unable to attend due to personal reasons that will keep me close to home, tomorrow. I look forward to sharing photos and stories from the luncheon which I hope to have forwarded to the website.

Jeff

*BUMP* Originally Posted: April 21, 2008.

The following is an open invitation to the summer get together, organized by the Class of 1961.

Greetings Brothers,

The date is set and we hope that you will all mark you calendars to attend. The date and location are:

Wednesday July 16
Great Wolf Lodge
Wisconsin Dells

This notice is just to make everyone aware of the date ect. The event will be the same, meet before noon, visit, have lunch, visit and then be on our way.

Every one is invited and last year we had 29 Bros and 17 ladies attend. As of now I have heard from Dave Engen that he will be attending. All of you other non Wis[consin] guys make your return trip to be here for the Lunch.

Please reply with your plans to me and I will keep everyone posted, the more attending will encourage others.

All Brothers are welcome at this luncheon. This includes Delta Kappa, Chi Delta Rho and Lambda Chi Alpha members, everyone. Ladies are welcome as well!

The reply is not a reservation so no cost is incurred, and we do not need reservations so you can come by just showing up.

If your name is not on the list below please reply if you are planning on attending. If not send a note for us to read at the lunch. Also Dave Engen is interested in anyone who will be spending the night at the Dells. He is planning on staying. I will see he gets the info if you reply to this msg. Thanks.

Fraternally,
Mike Skogstad 61

Directions to Great Wolf Lodge can be found by using this link (CLICK HERE) and then put in your address.

or

DIRECTIONS

From I90-94 take Exit 92, Hwy 12.
Go West on Hwy 12 to first stoplight, Gasser Road.
Turn left onto Gasser Road, go one block.
Turn left onto Great Wolf Drive.

1400 Great Wolf Drive
PO Box 50
Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965

    

Planning to attend list (Click link below to see the list)
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Brother Juan Paz, Jr. was named Associate of the Quarter by the Kohl’s Corporation.

Each quarter the company selects one employee as Associate of the Quarter based on superior performance, positive recognition among fellow associates, and most importantly, the ability to act with the utmost integrity on a daily basis. Juan will have a spotlight feature in Kohl’s upcoming quarterly magazine, “The Associate.”

The Kohl’s Corporation is a department store chain headquartered in Menonmonee Falls, WI. They are a Fortune 500 Company and the 23rd largest retailer in the US.

Congratulations, Juan!

Many of you have already received this postcard which asks you to call a 1-800 number to update your information with Lambda Chi Alpha Headquarters. This is a legitimate request, on behalf of our Fraternity. There will be a Centennial Edition of the Alumni Directory published in 2009. When you call the 800 number, you will be asked to give as much or as little information you would like to have printed. From your name, graduation year, profession, marital status, email, etc. Afterward, the customer service representative will ask you if you want to purchase a Lambda Chi Alpha directory (which will arrive in February of 2009). The cost for a hardcover edition is $90, softcover is $70 and a cd-rom version is $40 (? I think). You are not obligated to purchase any of the items to have your information included.

If you do purchase a bound directory, you will be pleased to find a (40 page?) History of Lambda Chi Alpha included inside the book. Lambda Chi Alpha does receive a portion of the money generated from the sale of the directory.

Please make the quick phone call today and update your information.

A big hats off to the Brothers at Lambda Chi Alpha International Headquarters on the new LambdaChi.org website.

The new design is incredibly easy to use! Tabbed browsing makes finding materials on the Lambda Chi site is a snap. Congrats to Brothers Chris Barrick and Tad Lichtenauer on their efforts to complete the site.

Be sure to check out the Cross & Crescent this month. The entire issue is a tribute to our Brothers who serve & have served in the armed forces.

Also, I had the privilege of illustrating the July 2008 cover, shown above.

Congratulations to our Brothers who tied the knot in June.

Brother Michael Terpstra (his wife Sandi)
Brother Nick Schreck (his wife Nicole)
Brother Tommy Kempher (his wife Theresa Jean)

Best wishes from all of us, to each of you and your wives.

Check out the official Lambda Chi Alpha Centennial Logo.

A complete description of the logo continues below.
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Through the magic of technology (Google Maps Streetview & PhotoShop) I have pieced together this panorama of 22 Joy Street in Boston, MA.

Lambda Chi Alpha was founded on November 2, 1909 when Warren A. Cole, Percival C. Morse, and Clyde K. Nichols met at 22 Joy St., Boston, and swore allegiance to the new fraternity.

Anyone seen the Lambda Chi Alpha headquarters website? It’s faded to black with just a Coat of Arms on the site…what’s up with that?

Keep checking the site what they are up to!

Dedicated Alumni,
Recruitment for the Chapter will start this fall and we are looking for names of men that you, our Alumni, feel would be great additions to our Brotherhood!

Do you have a son, nephew, grandson, or brother that is attending UW-Whitewater? Please email with the names of men we should contact.

Perhaps you have a friend or a neighbor who has a relative who is attending Whitewater and would be interested in joining Lambda Chi Alpha…again, please contact and we will help facilitate a meeting with Lambda Chi Alpha recruiters.

As an Alumni of Lambda Chi Alpha you know that Lambda Chi Alpha outlawed the archaic practice of pledging in the 70’s and has since led the way in Membership Programs and Philanthropic initiatives. When a man joins Lambda Chi Alpha, he joins a Brotherhood that is almost 100 Years old and has over 250,000 members world-wide! Our Brothers have found the advantages of Business and Social Networking through Lambda Chi, as well as a life-long committment to Justice, Patriotism, Education and Charity. Help us bring more good men into our Bond of Lambda Chi Alpha. Email today!

In ZAX,
Jeff “Claude” Reisdorfer
LI-744
Class of 2000

We are actively seeking individuals to help with the 2008 North American Food Drive.

Please email us if you:

We need: ideas for businesses to approach about corporate sponsorship of our local Food Drive, ideas on how to make Food Drive a bigger success than last year, and ways to involve more Brothers in Food Drive.

We have already secured one corporate sponsor for 2008…now is the time to encourage more to donate to the North American Food Drive.

Will you help our Fraternity continue this great tradition? Email us today to help!

This article was published in this month’s Cross & Crescent (June 2008).

I felt it worth sharing here on our site, as it shows the true depth of self-sacrifice. May Brother Robert Cook (Missouri S&T 2007) be an inspiration to us all.

On July 29, 2006, an Australian woman, Kimberley Dear, was to have made her first skydive in the United States. But when engine failure caused the plane to plummet to the ground minutes after take-off, Robert Cook (Missouri S&T 2007), her instructor, clipped his skydive harness to hers and demanded she use his body as a human shield. He was killed on impact.

Robert Cook (Missouri S&T 2007)The 22-year-old Cook, a skydiving fanatic and civil engineering student at the Missouri University of Science & Technology (formerly University of Missouri-Rolla), had clocked up 1,727 jumps and earned every possible United States Parachute Association certificate.

In the mere seconds it took for the plane to fall, Cook turned to Dear and told her to focus on his instructions. He clipped his harness to hers and told her to brace herself using his body to cushion the fall.

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I have been collecting Lambda Chi Alpha items for several years now. Recently, I have seen an increase of what appear to be fake Lambda Chi Alpha relics on various auction websites.

About a year ago, I viewed a listing which had between 25-50 miniature Coat of Arms cast in a variety of metallic colors. These miniature Coat of Arms are the same that you would find on a lapel pin. Since this “grab bag” of miniature Coat of Arms was listed (and sold), a variety of “very old” and “rare” Lambda Chi Alpha artifacts have been springing up. I wouldn’t question the authenticity of such items, except for the fact that the common component in 99% of these rare items is a miniature Coat of Arms. This type of item is easy to spot. (Shown below are examples of my opinion of such items).

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Today in Lambda Chi Alpha History: A letter signed by Lambda Chi Alpha Charter Brothers Jack Mason, Bert Cross and Ray Ferris.

May 27, 1932
On this day, the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Epsilon Zeta, and of our initiation into Lambda Chi Alpha, we unite in re-affirming our belief in the principles of Lambda Chi Alpha. What is worth while is difficult; this maxim is as true for us as a Fraternity today as it was two decades ago. Faith in one another, and the determination to meet and cope with any obstacle in the way, will help our successors in the active unity of the Order to surmount the difficulties of the coming academic year. We believe, as we believed twenty years ago, in the vital significance of the open and secret mottoes of Lambda Chi Alpha, in their ritualistic embodiment, and in their practical application.

Cited from The History of the Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity, Charles S. Peyser, Ph. D., 1992, p. 142

On this Memorial Day, we would like to remember all of our Brothers who have served our Country with Honor, Pride and Bravery.

This year, we would like to honor all of our Brothers, names unknown, who gave the ultimate sacrifice in the name of the United States.

A great article from Elon Brother Jason Pearce.

I was 19 years old when I joined Lambda Chi Alpha. Everything I learned about the fraternity I learned from my big brother Lee Thomas, the High Kappa (new member educator), or other senior members in our chapter.

When they told me the fraternity was founded in 1909, I believed them. Likewise, when they played Steppenwolf’s song “Magic Carpet Ride” at every party and told me lead singer John Kay was a member of Lambda Chi Alpha, I had little reason to doubt them.

But they were wrong.
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