University Of Maine Advisory Board Brothers Looking back and forward is a good thing, always! And, as we all know, our rich history is self-evident at the University of Maine, and we continue to have a unique and privileged relationship with the University of Maine because we were the first established brotherhood at the university that is now 150 years old. Consequently, we have an abiding respect and stewardship toward the university because our fraternal fingerprints are all over the grounds of the university. Along the way, in our fraternal history, many of our brothers have been professors, department chairman, and even interim presidents at the University of Maine. That sense of commitment to the university continues with many brothers who have served on various advisory boards with a deep sense of care, responsibility, experience, energy, and commitment in the business and engineering departments. They are champions for the University of Maine, and with considerable respect and fraternal affection, we know these Omega Mu brothers to be a few of our best. With enthusiasm and generosity of time, these Omega Mu brothers brought a wide array of professional experience professional, accomplishments, technical expertise, insights, and skills to these respective advisory boards to generate strategic ideas, new initiatives, and strategic objectives in how to improve the reputation for excellence in the engineering, forestry, and business schools at the University of Maine. Although their work is largely behind-the-scenes, each of them have made significant contributions to the University of Maine with their technical experience and educational vision to raise the standard of excellence in these respective academic fields for the students at the University of Maine. Personally and professionally, with passion and motivation, through their tireless work on these various advisory boards, these brothers have shown the importance of innovative leadership in order to ensure that University of Maine students are challenged to think critically and innovatively to tackle and address real-world issues with confidence in business and engineering. These brothers understand that the University of Maine must continue to refine and improve all academic areas in order to attract students, and that the education that they receive in engineering and business will be exceptional, and most of all, relevant. These brothers were great mentors in working for these things by their guidance, insight, advice, counsel, and recommendations on their respective University of Maine advisory boards. These brothers are committed to the university and contributing their knowledge and skill to make the academic experience more enriching, robust, and challenging for students majoring in business and engineering in order to address 21st century issues in each of these areas. In truth, they are the concrete expression of our fraternal belief in committed stewardship. Thus, they embody the very best of our winning fraternal tradition of excellence that we are proud of as Omega Mu Fijis. It is honest to confidently assert that fraternal life does prepare young men for responsible leadership during their undergraduate years, and that sense of responsibility continues during their graduate years in their respective careers, within their civic organizations, toward their alma mater, and toward Phi Gamma Delta. Again, within the marrow of Phi Gamma Delta are two simple, effective, historically sustaining words: persistence and determination. In conclusion, our rich history is self-evident at the University of Maine, and in the broad, rich scope of our 150 year history at the University of Maine, as the oldest fraternal brotherhood at the University of Maine, we have a great deal to be proud of as a brotherhood. More importantly, we remain steady, unwavering, and committed to sustain our rich history at University of Maine for another 150 years. Our Omega Mu brothers who have served on various advisory boards at Maine are a continuation of our long, common historic root of brotherly commitment to the University of Maine community. This, I think, says everything about the rich legacy of our brotherhood at the University of Maine. The implications of their work have life-long significance. And, perhaps most importantly, their work on these advisory boards improved the academic life for University of Maine students. So, is it any wonder, that these brothers, like generations of Q.T.V. and Phi Gamma Delta brothers before them, continue to add to our growing, rich history on the grounds of the University of Maine. Day-after-day, year-after-year, decade-after-decade, we do not quit. We persist and persevere, and we will for another 150 years because that is our sustaining fraternal trademark. Just as we cherish and honor our historic fraternal home, our resilient 150 history at Maine, we honor these brothers who have worked hard, with intellectual depth and understanding of their particular field of knowledge, to make the University of Maine a great place to attend to receive a quality education in business and engineering. We are grateful for all that they have done for each of these University of Maine education departments. Each of them, truly, are remarkable brothers, admirable in every respect in their work for the university! They are exemplary examples of brotherly goodwill in their work for the greater good, the commonweal, of the university community, and I can only assume that there will continue to be Omega Mu brothers who will take up the responsibility to work hard for the academic well-being of various advisory boards at Maine well into the future, just as our Q.T.V. brothers played a key role at the university within a decade of its founding. It is an outstanding legacy of passion and dedication throughout our 150 year fraternal history. In summary, in the long, transformative historic journey of the University of Maine, countless generations of our fraternal brothers have helped make the University of Maine grow and improve into what is today through their unwavering commitment and dedication by their confident and effective leadership. In fraternal name, fraternal history, and fraternal commitment, we have a great deal to be proud of as the oldest brotherhood at the University of Maine! So, in recognition of their generous service on University of Maine advisory boards, we honor the following Omega Mu Brothers with heart, soul, and deep fraternal appreciation and gratitude. We are, indeed, grateful for each of them! Perge. Business Management Advisory Board, Joel P. Gardiner Chemical Engineering Advisory Board, Dave B. Rushton Advisor For The College of Engineering, Stephen W. Swan Mechanica Engineering AdvisoryBoard, Douglas H. Banks Electrical Engineering Advisory Board, John D. Strout “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
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