Thomas Straeter, U.S.N. (ret.)

Brother Straeter passed to the Adytum on High in May as Upsilon’s oldest veteran. He was a Hollywood H.S. graduate, served in the U.S. Navy during the occupation of Japan following WWII, andreturned in 1947 to UCLA. He was initiated as an original member of the Old Men’s Club and friends with Fred Thornley, Merle Swanson, Jim Ross, Jack Taylor, and Jay Van Holt.