This year marks the 65th since Wisconsin Alpha initiated its last member -- its 595th -- and because of that, there are very few of its members still alive to...
This Sunday, June 26, is the 150th anniversary of the fifth chapter of Phi Kappa Psi to be chartered, Pennsylvania Gamma at what is now known as Bucknell...
You've heard of Wisconsin Gamma and perhaps of Wisconsin Alpha, but have you ever wondered about the lack of mention of Wisconsin Beta? If so, that's probably...
Tim Grosshuesch, a recent Minnesota Delta alumnus, sends along this message today: "I came across this tonight while searching for something Phi Psi related ...
We've had a number of new members join the phipsi150 Yahoo Group in recent weeks, so I'd like to repeat some information previously posted, as well as add some...
I received word today that Ohio Delta, at Ohio State University, this fall will formally celebrate the 125th anniversary of its chartering. The Friday...
I just realized that the date of Ohio Delta's 125th anniversary celebration somehow got dropped from yesterday's e-mail when I composed it. It's Oct. 14. My...
Tryon Hubbard and I have been exchanging e-mails in recent days prompted by a question Tryon raised with me about how Phi Kappa Psi expanded in the years...
7-2 Since Tryon's great-grandfather was initiated @ Howard College (now Samford Univ,) according to the 1968 edition of "Baird's Manual," he was one of only 26...
Several Phi Psi alumni, one undergraduate and a guest took a Phi Psi tour I led in Milwaukee last Sunday morning (June 26). It was the concluding event of the...
I've made some additions to the history of Wisconsin Beta I recently posted in the Chapter Histories section at the phipsi150 Yahoo Group, and have just ...
Here's an updated list of upcoming anniversaries within Phi Kappa Psi for the rest of 2005 and for the two years following. (The previous list did not include...
FYI, here's a copy of the report I submitted today as Historian to the Executive Council, in preparation for its meeting next week at Woodrow Wilson Leadership...
Mike, I want to thank you for all the hard work you are putting in as Historian to the fraternity. You've really set a high standard for future historians to...
Thanks for the kind words, Mickey. I'm glad to hear of your interest in locating the graves of our earliest members. One of the projects I had in the master...
FYI, here's the latest report of the Mystagogue to the Executive Council, which I thought might make particularly interesting reading to those involved with...
Just a note to remind everyone that I'll be in Las Vegas at WWLS/DC throughout the event, arriving in town Tuesday and leaving Monday, in case anyone else who...
Aw, come on. You've got a laptop and you'll probably have Wi-Fi. (You did get a wireless card, didn't you?) I'm on the verge of getting a laptop - but trying...
Don't you think it was damned smart of Kent to put in the hyperlink to the Yahoo site? You probably didn't know he could do that. Don't tell him. He doesn't...
Mike: I will have my laptop and with a sprint wireless card. I can access the internet anywhere there is cell service. You are welcome to use it. I am also...
In the summer of 1986, one of the major articles which was published in The Shield was entitled: "The Great Joy of Serving Others: Reflections on William...
As you've probably heard, Phi Psi will be permanently leaving Heritage Hall on Lockerbie St. in the next month or so, headed for its third-ever official ...
Monday's USA today (and other US newspapers printed around this same time) spotlighted an exhibit honoring Gen. Billy Mitchell (DC Alpha 1896) at a North...
We normally don't bring to the attention here of members of other American fraternities, but there are times to make exceptions and this, I think, is one of...
This coming Thursday marks the 150th anniversary of the convening of Phi Kappa Psi's first Grand Arch Council, in 1855. There are many mysteries within the...
I was doing some research online regarding a Phi Psi and famed American poet, James Whitcomb Riley, and found a well-known -- and now well-worn -- quote...
Mike, I just wanted to let you know that I love reading your history-laced e-mails about Phi Psi. I have always been a history buff and it is an honor to be a...
Phi Kappa Psi Web site surveyHere's a message today from Tryon Hubbard, announcing a Phi Psi Web Site survey and explaining how those receiving the message can...
Each year the host campus of Wisconsin Gamma -- Beloit College -- releases its "Mindset List." It's one each August, as students start to arrive, and offers a...
If you didn't yet purchase the new book about Billy Mitchell entitled "A Question of Loyalty: Gen. Billy Mitchell and the Court-Martial That Gripped the...