“Perseverance and spirit have done wonders in all ages.”
It is fraternally soul-stirring to consider the considerable number of our Omega Mu brothers who played on various varsity athletic teams at the University of Maine. Taken as a whole, well over three-hundred, these varsity athlete brothers of ours represent a long-standing Q.T.V. and Omega Mu tradition in proudly representing the University of Maine by wearing the Black Bear uniform ever since it was a fledgling university. Through their unselfish commitment and positive attitude, they brought countless hours of joy and happiness to thousands of University of Maine students, creating thousands of historic memories on the football field, baseball field, soccer field, wrestling mat, track, basketball court, and on the ice with the vitality and creative energy of their play for the Black Bears to win. Quite honestly, there is no struggle with trepidation to say that we are proud of each of them, and we are mighty proud and honored to call each of them our Omega Mu brothers. Many of these brothers brought unmatched depth of talent, skill, and expertise to our Black Bear teams. The attributes of fraternal life and the athletic life are clearly the same because both emphasize teamwork, camaraderie, commitment, and hard work to grow, improve, obtain success, and set new goals of achievement. Fraternal life inculcates, encourages, and supports academic achievement, social and philanthropic engagement, and athletic success. And as our fraternal story at the University of Maine is like no other, we have had notable success in all of these areas of human endeavor. Yes, we have much to be proud of with Omega Mu’s honorable heritage in representing the University of Maine in athletics. Here, then, are our Omega Mu brothers, who, through resolute will, hard work, talent and sportsmanship distinguished themselves in superlative ways that they were inducted into the University of Maine Sports Hall of Fame for upholding the tradition of success and excellence of their respective University of Maine Black Bear teams. “Keith Carney played in 121 career games for the Black Bears from 1988-1991. He scored 14 career goals and added 112 assists for 126 career points from the blue line. Carney led the Blacks Bears to the NCAA tournament in each of his three seasons in Orono and also played in two NCAA Frozen Fours. Carney was named the 1991 New England Defenseman of the Year. He was also named to the 1991 All-New England team, the 1990 Hockey East Second Team, the 1991 Hockey East First Team and the 1991 Hockey East All-Tournament Team. Carney was an All-American in 1990 and 1991. He played for the United States in the 1988 Olympics and followed that up with a 19-year NHL career, before retiring following the 2007-2008 season. He played for the Buffalo Sabres, Chicago Blackhawks, Phoenix Coyotes, Anaheim Ducks, Vancouver Canucks and Minnesota Wild.” “Ted Curtis coached many successful ski teams for 31 years and guided two of his skiers to the Olympics. His teams captured 24 Maine State Championships and finished second in the 1953 NCAA Championships. While an undergraduate, he played basketball, tennis and winter sports. He served as the Faculty Manager of Athletics from 1930 to 1966. Curtis was president of the Maine and New England Intercollegiate Athletic Associations, was a Trustee of Lee Academy, organized the first Maine Chapter of the Future Farmers of America and was instrumental in the planning of Memorial Gymnasium. Curtis served as a State Senator in the Maine Legislature from 1967 to 1969.” “Tom Golden, a co-captain of the 1954 University of Maine football team, earned numerous regional and national honors. He was a three time All-State and All-Yankee Conference selection and earned All-America honors following the 1953 and 1954 seasons. During his senior year, Golden was a member of Senior Skulls, the highest all-around honor for a University of Maine man. From 1953-54 he was also the captain of the golf team and was the State of Maine Intercollegiate Champion in 1953.” “Al Hackett was a three-year starter on the baseball team from 1951 to 1953. He held three career records when he graduated including most RBI's, most total bases and most home runs. Hackett batted .386 in 1952 with three triples and three home runs. He had tryouts with the Boston Braves and the Boston Red Sox and was previously elected to the Maine Baseball Hall of Fame. Later, Hackett worked as Associate Director of Admissions for the University of Maine and handled nearly all of the applications for student-athletes.” Maine Sports Hall of Fame Inductee “Phillip Coulombe, the former Cony High School of Augusta and University of Maine running back, epitomized the term “warrior. “He not only played with chronic shoulder problems that required him to wear harnesses to prevent them from dislocating, he is regarded as one of the finest running backs ever produced by the state. He was a hard-driving back. He had a great reputation. He was regarded as one of the best backs in New England,” said Stu Haskell, a former University of Maine athletic director who wrote a book chronicling the UMaine athletic program. He started for four years at Maine and averaged 4.23 yards per carry in 1950. He was an All-Maine selection that year. He is also remembered for a game against the University of Connecticut in which he carried the ball 15 times for 108 yards in Maine’s 16-7 triumph over the Huskies.” (Bangor Daily News) Chip Chapman Perge!
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In follow-up to honor our Omega Mu veteran-brothers who served in the military, we have identified additional brothers listed below we would like to recognize and thank for their military service.
If we have inadvertently omitted you, we would like to add you to our master list. Please provide your updated information, service branch and dates of service graduatebrothers@omegamu.org and we will add you to the master list. For a full description of each brother’s service, please visit www.omegamu.org and go to the Blog tab. The following names were recently added to our master list. Our Omega Mu Veterans:
Fraternally yours, Chip Chapman, 1982 Perge! In the strong uniting
Power of this Brotherhood That unites all generations of Omega Mu brothers, One-to-another, we Remember in Profound humility, Honor, reverence and Respect all Omega Mu Brothers who Served in the hellish Soul-waking and World-Shifting Chaos of war, And, most importantly, Our Omega Mu Brothers who made The costliest exchange In war, and we Know that These brothers are With you, O God, In their eternal life Just as you were With them in their Waking mortal life, And for that we Praise and Thank you, For in the rich Historical history Of Omega Mu, O God, there have been Many Omega Mu Brothers who Honorably, admirably, And unforgettably Kept faith with The very deepest of What it means to be An Omega Mu Fiji, Who by word and Act believed that There was only One way to be: That a life lived in Service to others Is a life worth Living for and Dying for since The Spanish American War, and every war Thereafter: The Boxer Rebellion, Chateau-Thierry, North Africa, Germany, Northern Italy, Korea, Vietnam, And Beirut, And in the Skies over our Country, from New York to Colorado, Testing and training in New bombers, Who, with determined Grace, vigilantly Defended with Selfless purpose Principles we Each cherish: Liberty, freedom And the right to Dissent. Bestowing upon Us by their Death during war, The mandate that We exercise these Rights with Careful consideration Because they cost A great deal to Defend in battles In the past, and in The battles of today. And each of them was And will continue to be A fine portrait of an American citizen, An American soldier, and Omega Mu Brother As character and Courage were not Sometimes things For these brothers, and All of our Omega Mu Veterans, and Our bond with these Brothers will never Be broken, For the bond of Brotherhood that Started in 1874 With our QTV brothers Exists today, and It always will exist, for “It is a fearful thing To love what death Can touch.” And it is fitting to Recall that fifty years, On this very day April 22nd, 1967, in Bien Hoa Province, South Vietnam, an Omega Mu brother was Killed in his helicopter, and Seventy-five years ago an Omega Mu brother was Killed Near Kasserine Pass, Tunisia, fighting against Rommel’s Afrika Korps, and A little over 100 years ago Another Omega Mu brother was Killed while leading his men Up Hill 212 during the Battle of Chauteau-Thierry. And such is the nature of our Historically linked Omega Mu Brotherhood, That we loving name Each Omega Brother this Evening, with grateful Veneration for their Ultimate service to our Nation and who Now live Grace-to-grace With You in heaven. And are whispering Heartfelt Thanks To each Omega Mu Brother gathered here at Pig Dinner That the ultimate lineament Of their courageous Spirit is being honored Tonight, and that it Never be forgotten In the full historical Memory of this Nation and our Omega Mu Brotherhood. Spanish American War: Charles C. Scott World War I: Willett Clark Barrett Ira Miller Bradbury William Hewitt Knowlton Anthony Percy Schneider, Jr. World War II: Joseph Sebastian Boulos Frederick Melville Cogswell, Jr. James Frederick Dow Hamilton Higgins Dyer Laurie Jones Greenleaf Stewart William Grimmer George F. Kehoe Charles Leslie Pfeiffer Frederick J. Shepard, III Arthur Leu Teall George Brewster Walker Vietnam: Paul Lewis Stimpson Other: Ricky Michael Bean O God, may the Silent, eternal Spirit and character Of these named Omega Mu Brothers Continue to illuminate The spiritual, fraternal Whole of our Omega Mu Brotherhood, For what is born between all QTV and Omega Mu Fiji Brothers’ is forever. 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. We are especially grateful that you are our brothers, our friends, and who could ask for anything more. As we look back in our fraternal history, these Omega Mu brother in-arms will always loom large, and we thank you for your distinguished service to our nation. With the very deepest gratitude and respect. Fraternally, Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge! Omega Mu Honor Roll of Military Service to our Nation 1884 Mark L. Hersey
Edwin F. Ladd
1886 Heywood S. French
1888 Charles L. Phillips
1890 Albert W. Drew
1891 Edmund Clark
1893 George W. Hutchinson
1896 Perley F. Walker
1897 C.S. Bartlett
Stephen S. Bunker was a captain in the United States Army, Company C, 503 U. S. Engineers during World War I Arthur J. Dalot
Allen Rogers
1899 Charles C. Scott
1901 Leroy H. Harvey
1904 Walter E. Scott
1905 Bartle T. Harvey
John N. Merrill
1907 S.S. Bunker
Ernest Lisherness
1908 Ballard. F. Keith
Raymond J. Smith
1910 Lester M. Bragg
Charles F. Smith
Roy F. Stevens
Charles E. Stickney
1911 Nathan C. Cummings
Frank F. Farwell, Jr
Clyde H. Merrill
Niles C. Pinkham
Sumner Waite
1912 William. R. Ballou
Lewis J. Catheron
Ralph J. Flint
Philip Garland
Arthur A. Hammond
Lee I. Harvey
Warren McDonald
Leon W. Smiley
1913 Marathon Doak
George H. Hamlin, Jr.
Morrill S. Pope
Ralph W. Wetherbee
1914 Ira M. Bradbury
Ernest F. Hanson
Theodore W. Haskell
Edward M. Hodgkins
Fernando T. Norcross
Philip W. Thomas
Horace H. Towle
1915 Leon P. Carle
Paul F. Slocum
Robert F. Thurrell
1916 Donald M. Ashton
Allen B. Cooper
Omar K. Edes
Ralph W. Fannon
Lawrence M. Hunt
Anthony P. Schneider, Jr.
1917 Clifford Brown
Ernest V. Cram
Laurence E. Curran
Albert L. Gray
Samuel L. Hitchings
Bryant L. Hopkins
Charles W. Kalloch
William H. Knowlton
George E. Mincher
Stanley G. Phillips
John. I. B. Sawyer
George F. Sweet
1918 Willett C. Barrett
Everett. H. Brasier
Ernest L. Coolbroth
George P. Creighton
Manley W. Davis
Robert B. Dunning
Arthur F. Kaulfuss
Alfred M. Russell
Albert L. Shaw
Loring M. Tapley
1919 Earle B. Adams
Melvin S. Blethen
Ralph L. Brown
Clarence P. Bryant
George. H. Cheney
Hugo S. Cross
Clifford P. Gould
Willis G. Martin
Milliard G. Moore
Evans B. Norcross
Earle. S. Peckham
Benjamin C. Perry, Jr.
Norman D. Plummer
Stanley A. Stevens
1920 Harry Butler
Herbert B. Cousins
James H. Davidson
Glenn E. Edgerly
Edward C. Hall
Edmund H. Rich
Sherman Rossiter
Carl J. Thompson
1921 Alfred S. Burns
Harry L. Jackson
Thomas A. Murray
William S. Murray
Everett L. Smith
John P. Waite
Raymond C. Wass
1922 Clarence J. Abbott
Osgood A. Nickerson
Charles J. Vickery
1923 Louis E. Curtis
Donald T. Flint
Lloyd G. Hay
1924 Arthur F. Eastman
Philip H. Taylor
1925 Irving S. Bailey
William T. Cavanaugh
Cecil J. Cutts
Vaughn B. Everett
Robert N. Haskell
Joseph M. Murray
Ernest S. Ridlon
Cuthbert B. Wilson
1926 Henry B. Eaton, II
1927 George F. Kehoe
1928 Leon A. Cheney
Robert L. Simons
1929 Alfred J. Lee
1930 Edwin C. Hanscom
1931 Edward C. Bryant
Albert F. Gerry
1932 Neil M. Calderwood
Robert S. Shean
1933 William V. Bratton
Frank W. Hagan, Jr.
Richard P. Morrison
1934 Kent F. Bradbury
James M. Jackson
Lewis B. Varney
1935 Harry P. Files
Horace P. Frost
John L. Porter
Clayton M. Robertson
Oscar M. Taylor
1936 Gordon R. Heath
1937 Norman D. Carlisle
James F. Dow
George P. Hitchings
George R. Grange
1937 George H. Mader
David D. Page
Howard J. Stagg, III
1938 Ernest F. Andrews
John T. Clark
Stanley T. Fuger
Robert S. Hussey
Walter E. Smart
1939 Merrill R. Bradford
Hamilton H. Dyer, Jr.
Sheldon K. Howard
Alfred P. Mallet
1940 John D. Carlisle
Sumner S. Clark
Fred M. Cogswell, Jr.
Stewart W. Grimmer
George H. Jewett, Jr.
Frederick J. Johnston
Franklyn L. Jones
William P. Keenan
Bernard A. LaBarge
John R. Sheedy
Linwood G. Willins
1941 Nathaniel A. Billings
Arnold B. Brownell
Joseph S. Boulos
Robert Carlisle
Arnold H. Clark
John C. Clement, Jr.
George B. Cotton
Philip E. Cummings
William H. Demant
Franklin D. Dexter
Howard R. Frost
Harold I. Hamm
Robert M. Irvine
Robert A. Larson
Robert M. Moore
Malcom G. Nichols
Burt S. Osgood, Jr.
John D. Utterback. Jr.
David W. Warren, Jr.
Frank R. Williams
1942 Robert A. Dalrymple, Jr.
Laurie J. Greenleaf
William L. Irvine
John J. Suslavich
Arthur L. Teall
1943 Charles D. Allen
Thomas M. Baisley, Jr.
H. Louis Boyle, Jr.
John R. Finch
William K. Hadlock
Donald C. Harper
Fletcher A. Hatch, Jr.
John L. Holter
Leroy A. Ladner
Clifton S. Nickerson
Charles L. Pfeiffer
Frederick J. Shepard, III
Clifford H. West, Jr.
1944 Eugene L. Bailey
David A. Brown
Philip Cabot
Richard Y. Chadwick
Harold R. Dow
John M. Forrester, Jr.
James E. Hastings
Malcolm P. Holden
Alfred Hutchinson
Albert M. Larsen, Jr.
Robert W. Nutter
Joseph R. O’Neil, Jr.
Charles E. Stickney
George B. Walker
James F. Ward
Robert P. Webber
Danforth E. West
1945 Guy R. Bailey
Bruce S. Billings
Dana E. Bunker
Charles W. Camack
Joseph B. Chaplin, Jr.
James F. Donovan
Charles K. Foster, Jr.
Herbert F. Gent, Jr.
Sidney G. Gilman
Sherwood F. Gordon
Robert H. Hanson
Francis E. Howe
Lawrence W. Lyford
Arthur L. Rourke
George C. Shepard
Garrett D. Speirs, Jr.
Edmund B. Titcomb
Winslow A. Work
Joseph J. Cervone
Lawrence C. Day
Charles L. Glover
Alfred J. Keith
Donald F. McCusker
John G. Whalen
Frank W. Danforth, Jr.
James F. Donovan
Charles E. Furbish
Roger F. Thurell
1949 John W. Brookings
Donald S. Clark, Jr.
Robert H. Eddy
Martin Hagopian
John A. Hussey
Richard M. Smith
Harry T. Treworgy
Douglas J. Williamson
1950 Andrew R. Bunker
Charles P. Gilman, Jr.
Hugh W. Hunter
Bruce W. King
Richard G. Lawson
1951 John D. “Jack” Hawley
1952 Merrill D. Bartlett
K. Rogers Simmons
1953 William B. Hill
Carlton M. Lowery
1954 Darrell H. Brooks
1955 Donald L. Addition
William A. Oliver
Charles C. Otterstedt, Jr.
1956 Clarence A Barrett
John Q. Carr
Peter H. Werner
1957 Lawrence T. Ronco
1959 Joseph T. Cuccaro
1960 Donald L. Mooers
1961 John L. Hone
Frank A. Moran
1962 John J. (Jack) Atwood
Robert E. Hess
Paul L. Stimpson
1965 Terry L. Chadbourne
Stuart W. Gerald
Philip B. Norton
Wayne A. Robbins
Winfred A. Stevens
1966 Robert E. Harrison
James D. Jenkins
Joseph A. LaCasse
Charles E. Huff
Kenneth P. Stetson, Jr.
Ralph Bonna
Robert L. Maxwell
Michael J. McInnis
George T. Ranks
John M. Rohman
1969 Stephen R. Carlisle
Emerson L. Gorham, Jr.
John (Jack) M. MacBrayne III
Raymond W. O’Keefe
David T. Smith
Grant P. Watkins
Maynard R. Young, III
1970 John H. Kimball
Aloysius Sypniewski
James A. “Red” Wolfe
1971 Robert A. Duetsch
Christopher C. Eaton
John J. Rhodes, Jr.
1972 Paul Roy
1973 Stephen J. Hayward
1974 Francis S. Keenan
Allen Rogers
1978 Daniel E. Peters
1979 Dean A. Collins
Steven M. Dunwoody
1980 Matthew W. Caldwell
1981 James M. Joyce, III
William R. McLean
1982 Kenneth C. Bartlett
Ricky M. Bean
Jeffrey R. Brinch
Jay L. Clement
Dana H. Wells
1983 Stephen R. Coupe
Mark E. Gebauer •U.S. Army Reserve;1992-1998 Michael E. Soule
1984 Dana A. Beers
Jeffrey L. Smith
1986 John H. Thomas
1987 Rick Blaisdell
John J. Jansen, Jr.
1990 John H. Akoury
Michael A. Caruso
T. Christian Cole
Michael E. Concannon
Jeffrey D. Hutchinson
Joseph Leporati
1992 James (Jim) Simmons
1996 James E. Hill
1998 Michael G. Splane
Stephen D. Sumner
2017 Thomas Beutler
“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” Greek New Testament Spanish American War:
Charles C. Scott World War I: Willett Clark Barrett Ira Miller Bradbury William Hewitt Knowlton Anthony Percy Schneider, Jr. World War II: Joseph Sebastian Boulos Frederick Melville Cogswell, Jr. James Frederick Dow Hamilton Higgins Dyer Laurie Jones Greenleaf Stewart William Grimmer George F. Kehoe Robert M. Moore Charles Leslie Pfeiffer Frederick J. Shepard, III Arthur Leu Teall George Brewster Walker Vietnam: Paul Lewis Stimpson Other: Ricky Michael Bean Harold R. Dow Fraternally, Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge |
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