Byron D. Porter, 1897

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
Byron D. Porter,
1897

Q. T. V. Years

Address of Welcome, I. G. Calderwood

Walter Flint, President

Toastmaster,
Professor H. M. Estabrooke, 1876
(Composer of the University of Maine hymn!)

"Words and music by Horace Melvin Estabrooke, '76"

E. F. Danforth

Charles A. Frost

F. L. Marston

E. F. Hitchings

P. D. Sargent

'The Q. T. V. Society gave a card party Friday evening, Jan. 27."

Second Lieutenant...Byron F. Porter

Coburn Cadets Encampment on
Munjoy Hill, Portland, Maine, 1896

1897 Graduation

After graduating from the University of Maine, Byron Porter earned his MD. at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

​The nation's first medical school.

Thomas Eakins' famous paintings, above and below, with University of Pennsylvania medical students
​observing the surgery.

Resident Surgeon At St. Joseph Hospital,
​Lancaster, Pa.

Outpatient Doctor At Samaritan Hospital In Philadelphia

'The hospital was founded to provide free care for those unable to afford payment, regardless of race, nationality or creed...Although it uses the latest technology and treatments, its staff use one remedy that can never be replaced or improved: person-to-person caring"

Fifty Year Graduate Reunion
At Maine

Our Brothers In This Photos:  Charles Bryer, Justin Clary, Byron Porter.

“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