Omega Mu Portrait

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? Simply and clearly, year-after year, we have been doing it well since 1874, and we continue to do so now. Perge.

Omega Mu Portrait
James F. Donovan,
1948

Omega Mu Years

University of Maine Athlete

Military Career

James F. Donovan served the United State Army Transportation Corps, in the Army-Marine ship repair outfit, in the South Pacific Theater of Operations, during World War II. After Japan surrendered, he was part of the Army of Occupation around Yokohama and Tokyo. 

Harvard Medical School

After graduating from Harvard Medical School, James F. Donovan became a well-respected orthopedic surgeon specializing in children's, sports medicine, and general orthopedic surgery. 

“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