   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, 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 Nelson H. Martin, 1876   "Mr. Martin is the only graduate of Maine who served in the Civil War."  Civil War Nelson H. Martin mustered into the Second Maine Cavalry when he was 14 years old, and he served our country from 1863-1865   "It is claimed that N. H. Martin, Fort Fairfield, was the youngest regular enlisted soldier from Maine, in the Civil War. He was born March 3rd, 1849, and enlisted in the fall of '63 in Co. "M" 2nd Maine Cavalry."  Nelson H. Martin's Induction document into the 2 Maine Cavalry  
Second Maine Cavalry flags
Second Maine Cavalry officers Campaigns New Orleans  The Second Maine Cavalry was initially sent to New Orleans from April - May, 1864 Red River  A small number of the Second Maine Cavalry saw action during the Red River Campaign.   Fort Barrancas    Marianna        "Confederate forces under Colonel A. B. Montgomery arrived in this area pursued by troops from the Union's 2nd Maine Cavalry....."   Battle of Fort Blakely            Mobile, Alabama, 1865     “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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Omega Mu Sires and Sons Nelson H. Martin, 1876 (Father) Bertrand C. Martin, 1901 (Son) George N. Martin, 1927 (Grandson) The first father, son, grandson fraternal lineage in our history
 We are proud and grateful for the many Sires and Sons in our Omega Mu history: Chaplin, Davis, Flint, Garland, Haskell, Hitchings, Keith, Mitchell, Mullen, Smith, and Williams. To be sure, all of the families are inextricably woven into our fraternal history. Above all else, it is a proud heritage, and the love and goodwill that these families have exhibited toward the Omega Mu brotherhood, through many generations, has been meaningful, a fraternal vision of unity that causes one to smile at that historic connectedness. Intrinsically, that is what fraternity is all about: family, a very large family. Our Omega Mu family is a long-lived family at the University of Maine. And, in the end, in the unfolding of our fraternal history since 1874, the Martin family from Fort Fairfield, Maine, shines the brightest in their historical importance for our Omega Mu brotherhood. Nelson, Bertrand, and George Martin were the first father, son, grandson fraternal lineage in our history. And thought we sincerely admire and honor every family legacy in our fraternal history, the Martin legacy, in truth, is genuinely incomparable in our history. Their fraternal legacy goes significantly deeper than being the first three generation family legacy in being Omega Mu Fijis. Their combined Q.T.V.-Phi Gamma Delta story comprise a wonderful family chapter in our Omega Mu history because they were each present at defining periods in our history. To begin with, they each articulated our durable, forward-focused character during times change. Nelson H. Martin, ’76, was present at our inspirational beginning when the first Q.T.V. Chapter Hall was completed in 1876, and he was, undoubtedly, one of the Q.T.V. brothers who helped build our first fraternal home. Bertrand C. Martin, ’01, was part of the first initiatory class of Phi Gamma Delta brothers at the University of Maine in 1899. He signed the oath imitation oath on December 8th, 1899. Just as his father lived in the first Q.T.V. Chapter Hall, Nelson may have lived in the last Q.T.V. Chapter Hall, but he certainly lived in the first Phi Gamma Delta House. George, ’27, quite possibly may have been a pledge when the first Phi Gamma Delta house was destroyed by fire on April 4th, 1924, and he certainly was one of the first brothers to walk through the front door of the newly built Castle a year later. Nelson H. Martin, 1876  Civil War Years Nelson H. Martin served in the Second Maine Calvary during the Civil War.  Maine State College Campus, 1876  The first Q.T.V. Chapter Hall, second from the right, where Nelson H. Martin lived in 1876, the present site of Coburn Hall The first Q.T.V. Chapter Hall, second from the right, where Nelson H. Martin lived in 1876, where Coburn Hall now stands.
    Bertrand C. Martin, 1901      The third Q.T.V. Chapter Hall where Bertrand C. Martin may have lived for a short period while the first Phi Game Delta House was being built during the 1897-1898 academic year, and on November 24th, 1899, Q.T.V. officially became Phi Gamma Delta.
 Bertrand C. Martin, #12, was one was one of our first Phi Gamma Delta brothers in 1899.  Bertrand C. Martin became a Phi Gamma Delta brother on December 8th, 1899  Bertrand C. Martin, second row, top.
Gen. Lew Wallace National President of the Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity   Early pictures of the first Phi Gamma Delta House, 1897  
  1901 group photo Bertrand C. Martin, 1901, second row, 5th one in from the right.  George N. Martin, 1927  
The Castle   Castle, 1925-1926   The house as it would have looked when George N. Martin lived there from 1925-1927.      We all continue to believe in the indispensable good, the overwhelming good, of our fraternal life and, in turn, the Sires and Sons of our Omega Mu brotherhood remain an integral, enduring and living testimony to that historic fact. We - all Omega Mu brothers - will always remember all of our generationally-linked Omega Mu families and their constitutive importance in our proud history. Personally speaking, their family connectivity in participating in our fraternal traditions is always wonderful to see. I am very proud of that, and our Sires and Sons tradition has continued with the following families: Cote, D’Antonio, Fassett, Foster, Hanson, Hersey, Hill, Hussey, Leet, Madeira, McIntire, Morton, Schnauck, and Stewart. In conclusion, our historic foundation is strong due to generations of hard work; consequently, our Omega Mu brotherhood remains the greatest brotherhood at the University of Maine. In fraternally practical and theoretical terms, dogmatically asserted, it always has been, and it is that simple, and that legacy continues with the present undergraduates living in the Castle, a proud, coherent narrative for 147 years. The continuing beauty of the past and the present, and with confident assurance we go into our future. Perge. “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  Wayne R. Allen, 1951 (Grandfather) Simeon M. Allen, 2005 (Grandson) Thomas A. Anderson, 1902 (Father) Bryant W. Anderson, 1927 (Son) James M. Bartlett, 1880 (Father) Edmund H. Bartlett, 1926 (Son) Merrill D. Bartlett, 1956 (Father) Kenneth C. Bartlett, 1982 (Son) Malcolm E. Brown, 1946 (Grandfather) Christopher S. Brown, 1998 (Grandson) Stephen S. Bunker, 1897 (Father) Paul S. Bunker, 1929 (Son) Harry Butler, 1888 (Father) Harry Butler, 1920 (Son)  Joseph B. Chaplin, Jr., 1945 (Father) James S. Chaplin, 1971 (Son) William G. Chaplin, 1973 (Son) Charles F. Colesworthy, 1874 (Father) J. B. Colesworthy, 1919 (Son, University of Washington) William C. Cote, 1983 (Father) Kyle W. Cote, 2014 (Son, Syracuse University) Hugo S. Cross, 1919 (Father) Hugo H. Cross, 1952 (Son) John P. D’Antonio, 1976 (Grandfather, Lehigh University) John B. D’Antonio, II, 2005 (Grandson) Harry W. Davis, 1885 (Father) Raymond W. Davis, 1911 (Son) Manley W. Davis, 1918 (Son) F. L. Eastman, 1888, (Father) Arthur F. Eastman, 1924 (Son) Horace M. Estabrooke, 1876 (Father) Carl B. Estabrooke, 1912 (Son)  James S. Fassett, 1983 (Father) Spencer J. Fassett, 2014 (Son, Gettysburg College) Walter Flint, 1882 (Father) Ralph J. Flint, 1912 (Son) Donald T. Flint, 1923 (Son) Thomas E. Foster, 1967 (Father) Thomas F. Foster, 2019 (Son) Charles C. Garland, 1888 (Father) Philip Garland, 1912 (Son) George Garland, 1948 (Son) Donald T. Hanson, 1967 (Father) Thomas S. Hanson, 1992 (Son) James N. Hart, 1885 (Father) Clarence E. Hart, 1926 (Son) Chandler C. Harvey, 1890 (Father) Thomas G. Harvey, 1930 (Son) Edwin J. Haskell, 1872 (Father) Ralph W. Haskell, 1905 (Son) William D. Haskell, 1911 (Son) Benjamin E. Haskell, 1912 (Son) Theodore W. Haskell, 1914 (Son) Dale F. Hersey, 1961 (Father) Garth A. Hersey, 1997 (Son) Maurice Hickey, 1956 (Father) Tim Hickey, 1979 (Son, Michigan State) Sean Hickey, 1979 (Son, Michigan State) Mark E. Hill, 1979 (Father) Michael A. Hill, 2009 (Son) John H. Hinchliffe, 1903 (Father) John H. Hinchliffe, Jr., 1931 (Son, Worcester Polytechnic Institute) W. H. Hinchliffe, 1932 (Son, Worcester Polytechnic Institute) Edson F. Hitchings, 1875 (Grandfather) Samuel L. Hitchings, 1917 (Uncle) George P. Hitchings, 1937 (Grandson and Nephew) Jeffrey W. Hussey, 1987 (Father) Charles P. Hussey, 2019 (Son, Tulane University) David E. Hutchinson, 1961 (Father) Jeffrey D. Hutchinson, 1990 (Son)  Alfred J. Keith, 1882 (Father) Ballard F. Keith, 1908 (Son) Alfred J. Keith, 1946 (Grandson) Edward H. Keith, 1949 (Grandson) Jack Leet, 1951 (Grandfather) Benjamin M Leet, 2019 (Grandson) Mathew L. Madeira, 1977 (Father) Mathew Madeira, 2112 (Son) Donald H. Marden, Sr., 1958 (Father, Cornell University) Donald H. Marden, Jr., 1987 (Son) N. N. Martin, 1876 (Father) Bertrand C. Martin, 1901 (Son) George N. Martin, 1927 (Grandson) Paul F. McCarron, 1963 (Father) David C. McCarron, 1987 (Son) Joe McIntire, 1994 (Father) Owen McIntire, 2019 (Son) Fred C. Mitchell, 1900 Donald D. Mitchell, 1926 Robie L. Mitchell, 1907 (Father) R. L. Mitchell, 1943 (Son, Amherst College) W. C. Mitchell, 1949 (Son, Massachusetts Institute of Technology) Joey J. Morton, 1978 (Father) Benjamin J. Morton, 2012 (Son) Charles W. Mullen, 1883 (Father) Charles E. Mullen, 1917 (Son) Joseph N. Mullen, 1918 (Son)  Byron F. Porter, 1897 (Father) Byron B. Porter, 1928 (Son) Harold N. Powell, 1929 (Father) S. H. Powell, 1965 (Son, University of Tennessee) Maurice H. Powell, 1899 (Father) Donald W. Powell, 1925 (Son) Harold N. Powell, 1929 (Son) Freemont L. Russell, 1885 (Father) Luther S. Russell, 1912 (Son) John Schnauck, 1994 (Father) Tyler Schnauck, 2022 (Son, Purdue, 2022) David L. Smith, 1961 (Father) Jeffrey L. Smith, 1984 (Son) Jonathan B. Smith, 1990 (Son)  Jonathan, Dave, and Jeff Smith Doug Stewart, 1993 (Father) Collin Stewart, 2021 (Son) Charles E. Stickney, 1910 (Father) Charles E. Stickney, Jr., 1944 (Son) George A. Sutton, 1883 (Father) Harry E. Sutton, 1909 (Son) Hans M. Thoma, 1953 (Father) Mark F. Thoma, 1993 (Son) John S. Williams, 1887 (Father) Hugh M. Williams, 1921 (Son) Matthew Williams, 1928 (Son) Bert E. Witham, 1968 (Father) Jason C. Witham, 1997 (Son) “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, 1982 Perge 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, 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 Paul Roy
Omega Mu Years   1968 Omega Mu Pledge Class L-R: Jim Hayes, Mike Sullivan, Paul Wood (ad Astra), John Zinno, Paul Roy, Buster Marzinzak, Jim Walsh, Bill "Swampy" Pond, Jim McLean, Dennis McKenna, Russ Ross, Pat Ladd, Ed Obara, John Halloran, Jim Brown (ad Astra)  "Paul Roy was always a positive, friendly gentleman, a model of principle. He would always do the right thing, regardless of the consequences. He was a consummate gentleman. The last time I spoke with him he was teaching, coaching, and commanding a JROTC unit at Quantico High School on the Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. I cannot think of a better role model for young men and women." Jim McLean.  
Paul Roy at Quantico High School, Quantico Marine Corps Base, Quantico, Virginia.  1968 Mud Bowl  University of Maine Athlete          1968 Freshman Football 
Beirut, Lebanon, 1983  Marine Compound Bombing            Captain Paul Roy's Courageous Leadership  Captain Paul Roy, above and below.              Paul Roy speaking before a congressional committee on the 25th Anniversary of the Beirut Bombing.
“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 Omega Mu veteran-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 we can all 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, 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 Charles L. Pfeiffer, 1943
Omega Mu Years  Omega Mu Years
Omega Mu Housemothers: Mrs. Vickers and Mrs. Walker    
 1940 Snow Sculpture 
     John D. Utterback "Phi Gamma Delta Member Dudley Utterback, designer and chief engineer of the winnig statue in the Snow Sculpturing contest held at the University of Maine." 1941 Snow Sculpture  "Phi Gam's snow sculpture last week was probably the most beautiful this university has ever seen."   "It's connection to the carnival was pretty remote. But if barred from first place for that reason, why was it given any mention? Because it was too good to ignore."  "It received first honorable mention. Dudley Utterback of Bangor was chief engineer."
 Maine Masque  Over the years, our Omega Mu brothers have been involved in many Maine Masque productions, including Charles L. Pfeiffer, Malcolm E. Fassett, Harry Lovely, Nathan F. True, Fernando T. Norcross, Theodore W. Haskell, Charles E. Stickney, Robert Irvine, William Demant, Evans B. Norcross, J. Richard Buck, Willam Keith, Harry P. Carle, Howard L. Farwell, Jacob M. Horne, Jr.; Bryant M. Patten, Sumner Waite, Norman D. Carlisle, Paul F. Slocum, Clifford H. George, Ernest F. Andrews, Robert S. Hussey, Elwood D. Bryant, Howard J. Stagg, III; Stanley T. Fuger, John T. Clark, John W. Ballou, George R. Berger, Robert D. Parks, Arthur B. Conner, Louis H. Thibodeau, Henry S. Simms, among many, many others! Praise for them is merited. Exhibiting diligence and discipline, these Omega Mu brothers, through many decades, brought a joyful vibrancy and communal vitality to the University of Maine community. What a superb gift to give the community, rich, alive, and inspiring. Significantly, many of our Omega Mu brothers were a driving force in many of the plays because of the impactful, leading roles that they often played, luring and capturing the imagination of the audience as they moved and glided, with apparent ease and poise, on the theater boards. By all reports in the Maine Campus and the Bangor Daily, their performances were quit affecting. The quality and depth of their disciplined art form joyfully enriched the lives of countless numbers of people. Our Omega Mu Maine Masque theater brothers, just like our athlete brothers, are an enriching testament to what it means to be a fraternity brother in Omega Mu, and we are proud of their dedication, creativity, and commitment in adding such an important historic angle in our fraternal history at the University of Maine. They exemplify the good of what it means to be a positive part of the university community, and in doing so showing the good of fraternal culture. Attending a play is a special, spirited experience, and we are proud of the legacy of these brothers for their unbending commitment to the beautiful creative art and discipline of Maine Masque theater productions. These Maine Masque theater brothers make us proud, and their legacy in Maine Masque history continues to shine. They, too, like our Omega Mu athlete brothers, continue to enrich and strengthen our perseverant and determined fraternal identity, 149 years strong.
     Maine Forester   University of Maine Athlete        Military Career   Second Lieutenant Charles L. Pfeiffer served in the 10th Mountain Division during World War II.  10th Mountain Division In Italy During World War II            
 Above, the 10th Mountain Division near Monte delle Vedetta, Italy, in the North Apennines, Charles L. Pfeiffer was killed near Monte delle Vedetta on March 3rd, 1945.   "The 3rd Platoon under Lieutenant Charles L. Pfeiffer swung around to the right to flank the hill. They received rifle fire from the farm in the saddle, but were able to pass to the left between the hill and up onto the upper slopes."   "Lieutenant Pfeiffer, out in front of his men reconnoitering for his platoon position, was hit by small arms fire. He lay unable to move in front of his platoon in an exposed position under machine gun and small arms fire. Lieutenant Pfeiffer later died of his wounds."   Charles L. Pfeiffer 2nd LT 3/2/45 Cimon Della Piella       "In Grateful Remembrance to the Alumni and Former Students of the Department of Forestry of the University of Maine who gave their Lives in Service of their Country."  Charles Leslie Pfeiffer, South Natick, Massachusetts"    “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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