  Our Omega Mu brothers who served in the military are cherished and constant fraternal friends, and we would like to say thank you for the steadfast, purposeful commitment you made to our nation to defend those four freedoms we all believe in: “Freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, and freedom from fear.” For those brothers who were killed in defense of these freedoms, they will always occupy a consecrated place in our linked fraternal heart because they exemplify the idea of superlative commitment, strength, and fortitude for the good to the end itself. The greatness of their collective purpose and will, on our nation’s behalf, will never be forgotten. By their “clear-eyed faith and fearless heart,” these brothers have left us a fraternal legacy that echoes what we often say about Omega Mu Fijis: “Perseverance and determination are omnipotent.” Their code of integrity, courage, duty, responsibility, and self-sacrifice on behalf of our nation is a powerful legacy that we will always be proud of as Omega Mu Fijis. Whether it was at New Orleans, Red River, Fort Blakely, Marianna, San Juan Hill, Santiago de Cuba, Chateau-Thierry, Verdun, D-Day, Pearl Harbor, Coral Sea, Midway, El Guettar, Elba, Monte Della Vedetta, the Battle of the Bulge, Rabaul, Inchon, Pusan, Chosin Reservoir, Pork Chop Hill, Hue, Easter Offensive, Phu Cat, The Iron Triangle, Hamburger Hill, la Drang Valley, Bien Hoa, Khe Sanh, Rumaila, Al-Batin, Medina Ridge, Kabul, Kandahar, our Omega Mu brothers have demonstrated devotion to duty in defense of freedom and liberty. They are the stability of our nation, and we, the Omega Mu brotherhood, revere, honor, and salute their persevering and determined spirit within our great nation and our historic brotherhood. We will always honor the heroism of all of our brothers who have served in the armed forces from the Civil War to the present. Thank you. Omega Mu Veteran Elwood P. Addition, 1938  Omega Mu Years    Omega Mu Housemother, Mrs. Bradley            1937 Pig Dinner      Brother Frank Fellows, 1908, Toastmaster   Brother Elwood P. Addition, Omega Mu   1936 Snow Sculpture      "Phi Gamma Delta, with a most remarkably executed tableau of set of three figures on a raised dais, was adjudged the winner. A purple background sprinkled with stars was flanked on one side by a woman figure skate; on the other, by a dancing couple. A giant star with a the beautiful figure of a girl in front of it was placed in the center....The artists responsible for this fine piece of artistry were: Gordon Heath, James Dow, Robert Baker, and George Grange, although the entire fraternity did its part."    Elwood P. Addtion served on the U.S.S. Phelps in the Pacific-Asiatic Theater of operations during World War II. The U.S.S, Phelps served as a flagship, and she saw action at the Battle of Coral Sea, Midway, Guadalcanal, the Eastern Solomons, to name just a few.  USS Phelps, the flagship, leading the way.  "USS Phelps...was one of the most active destroyers leaders of the Pacific War."   December 7th, 1941, the bombing of Pearl Harbor. The USS Phelps was moored with other ships that are on the right, and she was not hit.  Battle of Coral Sea     Sailors jumping off the USS Lexington    The USS Phelps was ordered to sink the abandoned USS Lexington, right, after the Battle of Coral Sea.  USS Phelps in Pearl Harbor before the Battle of Midway. Midway   USS Phelps and the USS Atlanta during the Battle of Midway.  Battle of Midway In the foreground is the USS Atlanta; the aircraft carrier USS Hornet is behind, and to the right, in the distance, is the USS Phelps.        Business Leader After the end of World War II, Elwood P. Addition worked for the Dravo Corporation, and he was the Vice President for Process, Construction and Engineering, overseeing 75 percent of business worldwide. More importantly, he was one of the first businessmen to go to China after it reopened to the United States in the early 1970's.      “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge
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Truthfully, there is no fraternal brotherhood quite like Omega Mu at the University of Maine. We are proud of our history, and we are proud of the impressive number of fraternal brothers who played on many University of Maine athletic teams. In addition, we are equally proud of our brothers participated achieved national and international recognition in sports With conviction and commitment, our Omega Mu athlete brothers brought a great deal of joy and satisfaction to the university community, creating many wonderful memories since the first baseball team was established at Maine State College in the 1870's. The worked together for the success of each Maine team, and the overall civic good of the University of Maine. The sheer number of Omega Mu athlete brothers is an unqualified triumph for the University of Maine. Their positive impact on the University of Maine community cannot be overstated. They each gave their best efforts on each team, and what they achieved perfectly compliments what we fraternally believe: drive and determination. It is a heady athletic legacy. Accordingly, their accomplishments claim our fraternal attention and respect. For the eminence of their athletic success; and, above all, for being our Omega Mu brothers, we are proud. Therefore, in the linked soul and spirit of our long fraternal history, we gratefully remember and celebrate our QTV and Omega Mu brothers who participated on many varsity athletic teams at the University of Maine. Our scorecard is deep, and we appreciate, and we are proud of, all of our Omega Mu athlete brothers. Thoreau said it best: “What a difference, whether in all your walks, you meet only strangers, or in one house is one who knows you, and whom you know. To have a brother…How rare these things are.” How true that is, and we remain that way to this day. Omega Mu Athlete Robert A. Dalrymple, Jr., 1942  Omega Mu Years 
Omega Mu Housemothers: Mrs. Vickers and Mrs. Walker                     Watie Atkins' Orchestra    "Many alumni attended the dance which was held at Phi Gam Saturday evening."  Larry Miller Band 1940 Snow Sculpture         "Dudley Utterback, designer of the winning statue in the Snow Sculpturing contest held at the University of Maine."   1941 Snow Sculpture  "Spirit Of Light" Snow Sculpture  "It was too good to ignore."  "Dudley Utterback of Bangor was the chief designer"  "Phi Gam's snow sculpture last week was probably the most beautiful this university has ever seen."     University Of Maine Athlete        Omega Mu Brothers On This Football Team: Robert W. Nutter, Robert A. Dalrymple, Jr., William L. Irvine, and Alfred Hutchinson   Omega Mu Brothers On This Football Team: William L. Irvine and Robert A. Dalrymple, Jr  "Virtually all members were wearing their country's uniform within two years."  Omega Mu Brothers On This Football Team: William L. Irvine and Robert A. Dalrymple, Jr.  Robert A. Dalrymple, Jr., #47   Robert A. Dalrymple, Jr., was a pilot in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II.   “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge Truthfully, there is no fraternal brotherhood quite like Omega Mu at the University of Maine. We are proud of our history, and we are proud of the impressive number of fraternal brothers who played on many University of Maine athletic teams. In addition, we are equally proud of our brothers participated achieved national and international recognition in sports With conviction and commitment, our Omega Mu athlete brothers brought a great deal of joy and satisfaction to the university community, creating many wonderful memories since the first baseball team was established at Maine State College in the 1870's. The worked together for the success of each Maine team, and the overall civic good of the University of Maine. The sheer number of Omega Mu athlete brothers is an unqualified triumph for the University of Maine. Their positive impact on the University of Maine community cannot be overstated. They each gave their best efforts on each team, and what they achieved perfectly compliments what we fraternally believe: drive and determination. It is a heady athletic legacy. Accordingly, their accomplishments claim our fraternal attention and respect. For the eminence of their athletic success; and, above all, for being our Omega Mu brothers, we are proud. Therefore, in the linked soul and spirit of our long fraternal history, we gratefully remember and celebrate our QTV and Omega Mu brothers who participated on many varsity athletic teams at the University of Maine. Our scorecard is deep, and we appreciate, and we are proud of, all of our Omega Mu athlete brothers. Thoreau said it best: “What a difference, whether in all your walks, you meet only strangers, or in one house is one who knows you, and whom you know. To have a brother…How rare these things are.” How true that is, and we remain that way to this day. Omega Mu Athlete Philip D. Miller, 1947  Omega Mu Years 
Omega Mu Housemothers, Mrs. Walker and Mrs. Hewitt            "After a few more games, Santa Claus (John Ballou) put in his appearance."  John Ballou   "With their arms full of presents and their tummies stuffed with supper..."  "This sort of Christmas Party is held each year by Phi Gamma Delta." Omega Mu Athlete               “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge Our brothers careers have been productive, constructive, spirited, and prosaic. They displayed impressive skills, talents, and abilities They were, and we continue to be, a beautiful and lively expression of our enduring fraternal beliefs, and that underlying harmony is far-reaching in expectation for all brothers’, undergraduate and graduate. It is the core of what our fraternal founders asserted in 1848 and 1874 and 1899: to live active, commendable, and responsible lives, and to build up community. Clearly and compellingly, they added, and continue to add, positive value at the local, state, national, global, and fraternal level because they engaged life fully and responsibly. In short, they were authoritative pillars throughout life. They were-are exemplary in their citizenship, character, and their sense of dutiful responsibility, and, in many instances, they were leading voices in their career fields. They prove that success of any kind does not occur by luck or accident, and we remember them because they continue to provide that message for our time. Their spirit permeates our brotherhood, and it always will. We have long been, from one generation to the next, proud to be Omega Mu Fijis. We continue to cherish our fraternal friendships, our shared memories, and our evolving, forward-focused history at the University of Maine. These things, above and beyond everything else, are the underlying rooted connections that make us proud to be Omega Mu Fijis. Why, after all, should we believe otherwise? We have always exhibited a can-do fraternal spirit since 1874. And, to be sure, all present and future generations of Omega Mu Fijis will continue to do the same, with fraternal enthusiasm and commitment. As a brotherhood, we always see the path behind us and the way forward with equal clarity, and our future remains bright at 79 College Avenue because we fearlessly move forward, always guided by sound fraternal principles, and because of that we are an exceptional brotherhood because we remain committed and hardworking to assure that our Omega Mu brotherhood will continue to be the jewel at the University of Maine. Perge. Omega Mu Portrait Clarence A. Barrett, 1956  Omega Mu Years 
Omega Mu Housemothers, Mrs. Butts and Mrs. Tate        "...And our annual Fiji Island Party"   Tom Tear, Phi Gam's Cook For 35 Years!    Christmas Dance     A Trip to the Moon Dance   "Favors were black steins with Pi Beta Phi crests."  French Cafe Theme Party   Halloween Party for the Children in Orono   Pi Beta Phi Party at Phi Gamma Delta   Boeing Corporation  Clarence A. Barrett worked for Boeing Corporation for thirty years, and when he retired he was the Far East Director of Logistics for Boeing.  “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge From multiple angles, our Q.T.V. and Omega Mu brothers have enriched the civic life at the University of Maine, and we are fortunate to have had many hardworking, talented brothers throughout our history. The balance between our athletic involvement, intellectual pursuits, and campus involvement is compelling. What they accomplished in their respective pursuits at the university constitutes a wonderful achievement in our fraternal history. There efforts were good and laudable, and there efforts represented the very best of our core values of persistence and determination. It is, believe me, a wonderful achievement, on the part of generations of Omega Mu brothers, for the respective gifts that they gave for the civic good at the University of Maine. In our historically calm, customary fashion, 150 years and growing, it was a rich yield for the common good of the Maine community, All of them, through their various commitments and endeavors within the University of Maine community, improved and brightened up the quality of life of the university community with their enthusiasm and dedication to their respective University of Maine teams, organizations, and clubs. They each had uniques strengths as actors, artists, musicians, athletes, and journalists, and they all embodied the shared commitment to do something well for the University of Maine community. Fraternally integrity demands that, and we are proud of all of these brothers. Over the years, many of our Omega Mu brothers held leadership roles on various University of Maine newspapers and yearbooks. Their contributions in creating something good in the university community cannot be overstated. "Good" does not, in reality, do justice in acknowledging their positive contributions. Each of them performed a vital function for the University of Maine community. They had a willingness to work, the willingness to accept challenges, in order to be focused, informative journalist in order to create daily newspapers and yearbooks that were interesting and informative. Their leadership style was authentic, and their generous, laborious work deserve praise and recognition in our brotherhood. They collected information, organized information, checked and re-checked facts, shared ideas, read and re-read every article, and proofed and re-proofed every page in the yearbook. They always gave of their time and talent in attending to each of these elements in order to write commendable, informative, and properly edited newspaper articles, and in sifting through thousands of pictures and thoughtfully crafting, shaping, and editing yearbooks. Their hard work, in turn, was to produce something, whether it was the university newspaper or yearbook, that was well-written, well-edited, and journalistically constructive, interesting, meaningful, and significant, in the short or long term. With drive and persistence, what our Q.T.C. and Omega Mu brothers achieved, in their numerous leadership roles on various newspapers and yearbooks, was complementary to everything we fraternally applaud for all of or brothers who were positively involved in the University of Maine community. What they achieved had real, enduring worth and value for the University of Maine community. They were indispensable. They made lasting contributions to the social well-being of the university community in keeping students well-informed and enlightened. These Omega Mu brothers embodied our old fraternal truth in being perseverant and determined in being faithful and generous with their gifts. In other words, our journalist brothers are a testament to our collective fraternal spirit of genuine integrity, industry, dedication, creativity, and commitment in adding to our long-standing history of civic engagement at the University of Maine. The noble ideals of our linked fraternal brotherhood started in 1848 and 1874, and our fraternal wheels have not stopped turning in continuing to create a generationally great brotherhood, and there will not be a breakdown. With enthusiasm and dedication, we will continue to build upon our unique fraternal legacy at the University of Maine for many decades come! It is exciting and rewarding to know that we will continue to have a great fraternal future because we have an undisputed claim to durable greatness in being the oldest, most dedicated fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine. Again, again, and again, we have always gotten on with the job of continuing to be the standard of fraternal excellence. And so, the passage of our 151st fraternal years will never stop us from honoring the rich legacy of those years as we look fraternally forward to the rich promise of our fraternal future. From our fraternal founding through today, we remain the premier fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine, and with equal parts of generational vision and vigilance that will continue for another 151 years. That's all. Perge. Omega Mu Portrait Frank M. McDonald, 1900  Q. T. V. - Omega Mu Years     Our Third Q.T.V. Chapter Hall    The first building on the right was our last Q. T. V. Chapter Hall after it was renovated to become Mount Vernon Hall, a dormitory for women, and our first Phi Gamma Delta Castle was built next door. In the middle distance, on the land to right of the white building next College Avenue, is the site where our present Phi Gamma Delta Castle would be built in 1924-1925.  Our recently finished first Phi Gamma Delta Castle       "The Men of Omega Mu Shortly After installation In 1899." Frank McDonald        Civil War General Lew Wallace, The National President Of The Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity   Major General Lew Wallace, the union general who saved Washington D.C. from being captured by the confederacy in 1864 at the Battle of the Monocacy in Frederick, Maryland. Lew Wallace also wrote Ben Hur.      The blog writer has walked every inch of this battlefield many times with his two dogs, Dexter and Dudley, as well as Gettysburg, Antietam, Cold Harbor, and the Wilderness.     Burning the bridge over the Moncacy River delayed Jubal Early's advance on Washington D. C. just enough to save it from being captured.           "An interesting football game took place on campus on Saturday morning, Nov. 10, between the sophomores and freshmen of the Phi Gamma Delta House."  "Resulting in a score of 6 to 6."  "President...F. McDonald"      First Lieutenant and General Staff Officer...Frank McDonald  1898 Coburn Corps of Cadets Encampment    'The Traitor...Frank McDonald"  Prentiss Prize for Sophomores FRANK McDONALD   "The Peace Congress...Frank McDonald"  Prizes 1899. Junior Oration Frank McDonald  “What if the space be long and wide, That parts us from our brother’s side A soul-joined chain unites our band, And memory links us hand in hand.” (Phi Gamma Delta fraternity song)    Fraternally,
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