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12/12/2018

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January 11th, 1915
“Brother Barrett was elected as Omega Mu’s delegate to the Iota Mu initiation at Williams College. Carried.”

“Brother Eddy reported that the last house party cost $60 more than the $200 budget.”

January 18th 1915
“Brother Hall moved that the cost of boarding in the house be raised $1.00 per week. Carried.”

February 1st, 1915
“Brother Hall moved that PGD officially recognize the fraternity of Lambda Chi Alpha. Carried.”

“It was suggested that the brothers be quiet in library during study hours.”

February 9th, 1915
“Brother Eades moved that the house have another faculty smoker. Carried.”

March 8th, 1915
“Brother Eades as delegate to the inter-fraternity council bringing up the question of a side walk being built between here and Orono, and the idea of having a common initiation night on
campus.”

“Brother Creighton moved that each brother pay 50 cents for the purpose of buying records for the victrola. Carried.”

March 16th, 1915
“Brother Creighton moved that a comm. of three be appointed to draw up bi-laws regarding the academic requirements of pledged brothers before being initiated. Carried.”

April 20th, 1915
“Brother Eddy read the report of the meeting of section I Phi Gams at Worcester.”
May 3rd, 1915
“Brother Hanson gave a commendable report of the work during the past year. He said that the house had a great lack of athletes, but socially the house had a very successful year. He pointed out that the house needed more men in the house next year than we had this year. He predicted a very successful coming year if the fellows only supported the new officers.”

“Brother Hall reported that the house ought to support college functions better next year than they had this year.”

“Brother Fannon asked all the brothers to help him write letters to prospective men.”

May 16th, 1915
“Brother Hanson read a very interesting letter from Brother Ted Haskell, ’14, in which he told about the Cambridge alumni dinner.”

May 24th, 1915
“Brother Hanson moved that the house pay $10 to help send the track team to the big intercollegiate meet. Carried.”

September 27th, 1915
“Brother Daggett was a visitor at the meeting. Brother Daggett suggested that PGD be ready to help Mr. Cranston, head of the Y.M.C.A., in any way that he might need help.”

Professor Daggett

October 4th, 1915
“Brother Eades moved that a fine of $.25 be placed on every man that is absent from the waiting crew and does not find a substitute. No excuses shall be accepted. Carried.”

October 13th, 1915
“Brother Simms moved that the initiation banquet would be held in the Bangor House. Carried.”

October 18th 1915
“Bro-profs Lyon and Kaulfuss were present at the meeting.”

Alpheus C. Lyon

October 25th, 1915
“Brother Mullen moved that a comm. of five be appointed to begin plans for the big Christmas house party. Carried.”

“Brother Sweet that a comm. of three be appointed to look into the matter of cementing the bathroom. Carried.”

“Brother Mullen moved that a comm. of three be appointed to look into the matter of repairing the ceiling and floors of the first. Carried.”

“Brother Hunt read a letter from Mr. Cranston suggesting that Bible classes be held in the house.”

November 1st, 1915
“The Bible class issue was discussed, and it was the opinion of the house that we did not need them.”

“Brother Mullen moved that a comm. of three be appointed to arrange a speaker for one Sunday afternoon each month. Carried.”

“It was suggested that the Steward make a report during the next meeting on the cost of the new set of dishes.”

Fraternally,

Chip Chapman, ’82

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Omega Mu Portraits III

12/11/2018

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Omega Mu Portraits

James H. Goff

He was instrumental in getting the college radio station, WMEB FM, at the University of Maine.
He got an FM license, Penobscot Broadcasting, for Bangor Maine at 92.9 and put on commercial station WPBC-FM 92.9, now WEZQ.
It was a Beautiful Music Station that played instrumental music.
He also had a license for MUZAK in the Bangor market. This was “elevator music” that was available to businesses on a subscription basis.
Jim had also owned and sold WQDY in Calais, ME.
He was president of the Alumni Association & Chairman of the Board of Bangor Savings Bank.

Thomas L. Richardson

Tufts School of Dental Medicine
Tom was an expert in first 'bite mark ' case in Alaska utilizing a new forensic technique matching human bite-marks to areas of human body in criminal murder and rape cases.
This evidence set precedence in the state of Alaska, specifically in the Topper Nelson murder of 16 year old native girl in Fairbanks, Alaska, in 1979
In 1997, Richardson was called in after John L'Heureux of Sanford (Maine) was arrested for the murders of his stepdaughter and former landlady in Augusta. Police believed a red mark on his arm was a bite and could be important to the case. Richardson rushed to the Kennebec County Jail. Investigators, he said, have no more than 72 hours before bite marks lose their evidentiary value. A colleague of Richardson's made a cast of the 16-year-old murder victim's upper and lower jaw. Richardson began denoting the peaks of the teeth on a transparent sheet which he then laid against L'Heureux's arm, alongside a tattoo of a skull. The map of the girl's teeth matched perfectly against the short red lines forming a semicircle on the forearm.
Richardson could tell from the bite not only that L'Heureux's stepdaughter had bitten his arm, but that his arm had been wrapped around her from behind, pulling back sharply.
In addition to his dental work, Tom also helped in some medical situations in Alaskan Native villages when there were no medical doctors available.

An Inuit woman who was one of Dr. Richardson’s patients

Alfred J. Keith
•Owner of the A.J. Keith Shoe Company in Old Town, Maine
•Former mayor of Old Town in 1919

Carroll S. Chaplin

He was a lawyer and politician in Portland, Maine.
He was the last mayor of Portland from 1922-1923 preceding the adoption of the city manage plan
In the 1923 special election, Carroll was openly opposed by the KKK, and the Klan won the election
Judge of the Cumberland County probate court
Senior member of the Portland law firm of Chaplin, Burkett, and Knudsen
President of the Maine Savings and Loan Association

The KKK in Portland, Maine

Engstrom on right

Howard T. Engstrom

Engstrom-Engstrom was a vital contributor to the Allied victory in World War II.
As a civilian, Engstrom was a highly distinguished professor of mathematics at Yale University.
He was recalled to active duty shortly after the Japanese attacks in the Pacific in 1942.
Engstrom was placed in command of the OP-20-G automated machines "Research Section.”
Improving the British design for Bombe, Engstrom and his team ultimately developed the "high speed" American Bombe that enabled Allied cryptanalysts to solve messages encrypted on the advanced M4 Enigma.
He received the Navy Distinguished Service Medal.
He also received the Order of the British Empire, the Naval Reserve Medal, and a Presidential Unit Citation
Engstrom served as vice president and director of marketing of scientific systems for Sperry Rand's Remington Rand Univac division from 1952–1956, and co-created the Univac

Navy Distinguished Service Medal

Order of the British Empire

John E. Nale

He is a practicing Maine elder law attorney
He serves on the Maine Council on Aging
He is Co-Chair of the Legislative Affairs Committee in Maine of the Maine State Bar Association
He provides pro-bono legal work for the elderly in Maine
He was selected as the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce Outstanding Professional in 2010

John P. Webster

He attended Bangor Theological Seminary, Hartford Theological Seminary, and Andover Newton Theological School
He was licensed as a clinical psychologist in Massachusetts in 1977
He was a founder of the Pastoral Counseling Center of Franklin County, Massachusetts.
He was a diplomate of the American Association of Pastoral Counselors.
Mr. Webster served on the Board of World Ministries of the United Church of Christ, the trustees of the Hartford Seminary Foundation, Bangor Theological Seminary, and the Blanton-Peale Graduate Institute.

1894 QTV group photo with Herbert E. Murray

Did postgraduate work at Stanford in chemistry and metallurgy, and then he spent his entire career as a mining engineer in Alaska and northern Canada

1918 PGD group picture of Robert B. Dunning

He was vice president of R.B. Dunning and Company, an agricultural company.

John J. Zinno

He joined Geico Insurance in 1973, and he now the President of Geico Insurance Agency, Inc., a subsidiary of Geico

Marshall A. Stern

He was well-respected defense attorney in Bangor, Maine.
He often defended controversial clients.
Senator Muskie and Senator Mitchell often turned to Marshall for legal advice
“He was one the kindest, most generous persons I have ever known,” Mitchell said. “he helped hundreds quietly without attention.”

Senator George J. Mitchell

Senator Edmund S. Muskie

Edward H. Keith

Practices law with his father after he graduated from law school
Established the law form of Mitchell, Ballou, and Keith
He was the Magistrate Judge in the Bangor Office of the United States District Court.
Worked on behalf of the American Red Cross, the Bangor Humane Society, and the Bangor Public Library

Fraternally,

Chip Chapman '82

Perge!

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