Robert H. Eddy, 1949

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. We have achieved solid accomplishments in a broad range of academic disciplines, in athletics, in the arts, in journalism, and in many other co-curricular activities at the University of Maine since our fraternal beginning. And it seems obvious, of course, based off or 150 year history at Maine, that the present generation of Omega Mu undergraduates, as well as all future generations of Omega Mu Fijis, will continue to do the same, with 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. Perge.

Omega Mu Portrait
Robert H. Eddy,
1949

Omega Mu Years

Omega Mu Housemothers,
Mrs. Neil and Mrs. Butts

1948
​Snow Sculpture

"The girls had to ask the boys to dance, for refreshment, and for cigarettes."

"A smoker Friday"

"Phi Gam went all out for a rustic dance. Plenty of hay, a regular barn dance"

"Phi Gamma Delta royally entertained fifty Orono school children at a Christmas party at the fraternity house...This event is an annual highlight of the Christmas season at Phi Gam."

"Santa John Ballou appeared."

John Ballou

"The children were then shepherded into the dinning room, where a meal with child-appeal awaited them - hot dogs, chocolate milk, ice cream and cookies." 

Lloyd Raffnell Orchestra

Robert H. Eddy served in the Philippines for three years during World War II. 

Omega Mu Brothers,
First Lieutenants Robert H. Eddy and John W. Brookings. Both of these brothers fought in the United States Army in the
Pacific Theater of Operations.

Columbia University Medical School

After finishing his residency, Robert Eddy practiced internal medicine in Camden, Maine, and he helped establish Pen Bay Medical Center in Rockland, Maine. 

Camden, Maine

Pen Bay Hospital

​“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