Robert N. Haskell, 1925

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
Robert N. Haskell,
1925

Omega Mu Years

"Backward Party" Saturday night in which the couples came in old clothes and had to climb through a window to get into the house. The girls had to ask the boys to dance, for refreshments, and for cigarettes."

"Smoker Friday"

The First Phi Gamma Delta Castle Is Destroyed By Fire
​On April 2nd, 1924

"Fire Destroys Maine Chapter-House...
Plan to Build a $50,000 Brick Lodge
Immediately"

On May, 15th, 1925,
The New Phi Gamma Delta
Opens

"The Maine chapter of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity officially opened their new house with a week-end of social festivity. The celebration was initiated with a banquet held at the chapter house, presided over by Frank Fellows of Bangor."

"The Phi Gamma Delta Fraternity entertained guests at a dinner and dancing party Saturday. May 19."

"At 7 o'clock, a delicious dinner was served by the fraternity chef. The tables were attractively decorated with flowers."

​"The dancing of the evening started at 8"30 when music from a selected orchestra was furnished. The dance orders of dark blue and white were in the shape of a lozenge."

Confetti Dances

75 Faculty Attended The Smoker

​"Refreshments were served, and the smoker closed with the singing of the Stein song."

"Fill the steins to dear old Maine"

"Let every loyal Maine man sing"

"The college of hearts always"

Robert N. Haskell:
​Business Leader 

"The ability to couple basic technical knowledge with an understanding of human nature is the main ingredient in a leader in the
​Twentieth Century."
University of Maine President Winthrop C. Libby said this about our Omega Mu brother, Robert N. Haskell.

President Of Bangor Hydro-Electric Company

Robert N. Haskell, middle, became the second president of Bangor Hydro Electric in 1958.

"As the second century closes, the one remaining hope appears to be the atom."

Political Leader In The
Maine State House

Representative in the Maine House of Representatives in 1945

Senator in the Maine Senate from 1947-1959, and he was the senate president during his last four years. 

 Robert Haskell also served a five day term as Governor of Maine in 1959. 

Honorary Doctorate From
​The University Of Maine,
1973

​“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