Wilbur A. Bumps, 1874

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.

Fraternal Portrait
Wilbur A. Bumps,
​1874

Q. T. V. Years

Q. T. V. Brothers living in
Orono in 1872

Fraternal Nickname
​Tradition

“Natty”

"The peanut drunks, of which Bumps was the head centre, were hilarious events that, because of the loud character, caused many protests on the part of those who did not participate and wanted to study. One night, when patience ceased to be a virtue, an ink bottle went sailing into Bump's room through the transom window and, as it gyrated around the room scattering its contents, it caused a panic and also language that blackened the plaster walls."

University of Maine Athlete

Maine State Mamelouks
Baseball Team

Medical School

Several years after graduating from Maine State College, Dr. Wilbur A. Bumps attended Medical School of Maine at Bowdoin College, and then he transferred to the
​NYU School of Medicine.

After graduating from N.Y.U Medical School, Dr. Bumps was a surgeon and physician in Dexter, Maine for over thirty years. He was also the medical director
​of the Maine Militia.

Bumps Room
In The ​Memorial Union

​“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!