 Q. T. V., First at Maine State College, 1874     First QTV Chapter House, 1876  The first fraternity at Maine State College was built by our QTV brother in 1876. It is second from the right, the present site of Coburn Hall       Brothers in front of the original Q. T. V. Chapter Hall on Ivy Day, 1880.   The Q. T. V. Chapter Hall moved across Munson Road in order for Coburn Hall to be built in 1888 Second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, 1888  Nine is Coburn Hall, ten is the Second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, and eleven is Holmes Hall, the Experiment Station.  To the left is the newly constructed second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall and the newly constructed central portion of the Experiment Station, later to named Holmes Hall.  Second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall is first on the left.  Second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, center.  The Second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall photo that was taken from across the Stillwater River, and the left side is barely visible behind Coburn Hall, right center.   Great picture of the second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall from across the Stillwater River. The woods behind is the present site of the library.  Two nice photos of the second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, behind Coburn Hall, from across the Stillwater River, above and below.   Another great photo of the second Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, second from the right, from the Stodder Hall area, above and below.   Back of second the Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, the white building on the right. Third Q. T. V. Chapter Hall, 1894  The third third Q. T. V. Chapter Hall.       Our Q. T. V. Chapter Hall Homes, 1874-1899    “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 song    Fraternally,
Chip Chapman, ’82 Perge
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  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 Portrait Elton L. Towle, 1909  Omega Mu Years          University of Maine Athlete       Elton L. Towle was a pole vaulter on the University of Maine track team.
     Junior Year Declamation
             President Towle then gave the charge to the Curator and then the class assembled at the Library where the ivy was planted in due form."        Valedictorian   World War I Era   During World War I, Elton L. Towle helped redesign and manufacture the French 75-millimeter high-explosive shell which the American Expeditionary Force used as well for its field artillery.     After World War I, Elton L. Towle was the president of his own engineering firm in New York City for over forty years. “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. 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. 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. Their sacrifice of time was worth the effort for them and the student body at the University of Maine who watched them play. They created many warm memories since the early 1870’s. For the eminence of their athletic success; and, above all, for being our Omega Mu brothers, we are all very proud. 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. That is a proud fraternal legacy. Omega Mu Athlete John H. Barnard, 1922
Omega Mu Years    1922 intramural basketball champions.    John H. Barnard, front row, second from the right.       University of Maine Athlete      John H. Barnard, first on the left.  John H. Barnard, second from the right.  John H. Barnard, middle in the front row.          IC4A  IC4A Cross Country Championship Race   Omega Mu Brothers, John Barnard and Winslow Herrick  First Place 1921  Omega Mu Brothers, Winslow Herrick and John Barnard Second Place 1919  Omega Mu Brothers, Winslow Herrick and John Barnard Third Place 1920  Omega Mu Brothers, Winslow Herrick and John Barnard       “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. 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. 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. Their sacrifice of time was worth the effort for them and the student body at the University of Maine who watched them play. They created many warm memories since the early 1870’s. For the eminence of their athletic success; and, above all, for being our Omega Mu brothers, we are all very proud. 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. That is a proud fraternal legacy. Omega Mu Athlete John L. Collins 1970
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 Clara Hammond   Back row L-R: BR, Spook, Flaherty, Dave Smith, John Rhodes, Jimmy Dunn, Glenn Smith, Paul Dulac, Rod Macklin, John Dolan, George Weist, Jim Chaplin. Fron Row L-R: Ernie Niles?, Bob Duetsch, Bob Van Dyke, Tyler Libby, George Thomas, Jack McBrayne.   Rod Macklin, right.  New Initiates at Pig Dinner    John Collins, standing in the back, first on the right.   John Collins, standing, second from the left.  James Wolf, Cliff Goudy, Tyler Libby, John Collins, Emerson Gorham.    Bob Duetsch, Bob Van Dyk, John Collins, Chris Eaton, Fred Galella   Bob Duetsch and John Collins at Thunder Hole Fiji Snow Sculpture  John Collins is the third brother in from the left. His back is turned, and he is wearing a white jacket.      L-R: Leigh Morrill, John Collins, front; Doyle Vauteur, seated; John Kimball, Dusty Rhodes, behind. Fiji Island    Center behind, Pat Ladd; Center front, Bob Meneally; Paul Wood wearing the bandana, Mike Soloby wearing sunglasses. University of Maine Athlete  University of Maine Football   Freshmen Football  Freshmen team: John Collins, #24 Varsity Football   
John Collins, #41   John Collins, #41   John Collins making the tackle.       All Fiji Team           Jack MacBrayne, John Collins, Doug Baston, Dave Smith.    L-R: Tom Richardson, John Collins, Ted Crowell, Mike Soloby, Sammy Cosgrove, Paul Pooler, Bob Doyle, Paul Lessard    
“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. 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 we continue to do so now. Perge. Omega Mu Portrait Elmer O. Goodridge, 1885
 First Q.T.V. house on the right. Hampton Agricultural College Hampton, Virginia   Samuel Chapman Armstrong     In the early 1890's, Elmer O. Goodridge taught engineering at the historic Hampton Agricultural College, Hampton, Virginia.    The Emancipation Tree at Hampton University.
   Booker T. Washington  50th Reunion  Omega Mu Brothers: Freemont L. Russell, Elmer O. Goodridge, and James N. Hart.
Freemont L. Russell, Elmer O. Goodridge, and James N. Hart.  “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 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 Darrell H. Brooks, 1954  Omega Mu Years   Mrs. Butts, housemother 
   Military Career  Darrell H. Brooks was a pilot in the United States Navy.      Darrell H. Brooks was on the U.S.S. Saratoga, and he died during an accident that occurred during take-off, and the cause of the accident was mechanical failure.       “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 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 Fernando T. Norcross, 1914
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              Military Career   World War I   During World War I, Fernando T. Norcross served in the Army Corps of Engineers. World War II  Robert B. Patterson, Under Secretary of War. During World War II, Fernando T. Norcross was first assigned to duty in the Office of Robert B. Patterson, Under Secretary of War.  Army and Munitions Board. Fernando T. Norcross was then assigned as the Executive Secretary to the Army and Navy Munitions Board.  Fernando T. Norcross was then assigned to the Civil Affairs Division of the General Staff in order to establish civilian relief in North Africa, Italy, and Greece. In this important assignment, he helped provide civilians with food, housing, health, and security. While in Greece, Fernando T. Norcross was a liaison officer with the British troops in Greece.  For his meritori0us work in Italy, Fernando T. Norcross was made an honorary member of the Military Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire.  Fernando T. Norcross was one of the first American soldiers to enter Vienna.    “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 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 Joseph T. Cuccaro, 1959
Omega Mu Years 
Mrs. Tate, our Omega Mu housemother.  Joseph T. Cuccaro, bottom row, second in from the left.    
  Joe Cuccaro, second in from the right. University Involvement  President of the Senior Executive Council. Military Career   
Joe Cuccaro had two tours in Vietnam. The first was with the First Air Cavalry, and the second was with the 82nd Airborne.  After his two tours in Vietnam, Joe Cuccaro had assignments at Fort Belvoir and Fort Levenworth  Berlin Brigade    Joe Cuccaro was Deputy Commander of the American Sector in Berlin       Pentagon   After his posting in Berlin, Joe Cuccaro was assigned to the Pentagon as Chief of a planning and operations team of the United States Army Logistics Operations Center.  How fellow officers complimented Joe Cuccaro: "...insatiable capacity to understand complex problems" "...logical, common sense judgement" ..."speak plainly and talk infantry"  Joe and fellow Omega Mu Brothers  Ron Thurston, Joe Cuccaro, James Dibiase, above and below
“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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