Author: Bradley Reichard

Past Sage and longtime Housing Board President Tom Miller celebrated his 75th anniversary. He kindly picked up the bill at Lawry’s for his classmates Asm. Charles Bader (R-Pomona), Fred Jones and Thomas Dempsey, Esq.

John Rhode is now a Langlade County circuit judge in northern Wisconsin. He joins James Ross (Adytum on High), Andrew Guilford and Franz Miller as Upsilon judges.

Upsilon alumni contributed the 4th highest amount of scholarship donations among the Sigma Pi chapters throughout the country, via our Joseph Marsalek Upsilon Chapter Educational Foundation. Other California and Pac-12 chapters are in the top 20, including Fullerton, Long Beach, Santa Barbara, Arizona St. and Oregon St.

Ray Carlisle (Adytum on High) is Upsilon’s top donor in the Tau Phi Delta Society. Shadowwood Society donors include Past Sage David Finkel and William Meyer (Adytum on High). Emerald Society donors include Ltc. Robert Rule, Carl Moroney, Robert Webster and Joseph Marsalek (Adytum on High).

Upsilon alumni funded awards to 9 brothers at Founders Day last year in 2014: Sasan Amini, Jason Carpenter and Malcolm Galligan, and pledges Teddy Ulin and Daniel Adelpour.

Ben Kurtz, Esq. (attorney in Century City), Past Sage Martin Vigodnier (law school in Illinois), David Chang, Sam Cortina (Harvard Law Schoola and Sharkeez bartender!) and Evan Hou (back in California doing actuarial work after some time in Indianapolis) celebrate.

Duilio Tonini-Lepori returned to Upsilon Manor on Founders Day for the first time in 60 years, since 1959 — all the way from Chile in South America! He and Victor Valdez were friends in Santiago, Chile, and reunited in 1957 on campus and joined Sigma Pi. Duilio graciously hosted dinner with Tom Kibler and Fred Jones during his trip here.

It all began at an Upsilon dance in 1956. The two married in 1960, and Chuck worked as a school teacher for many years before retiring in Huntington Beach.

Chuck Osterlund with the Upsilon house dog Brutus in 1956. He was a great dane who weighted 180 lbs. and would say “hello” by leaping up and knocking down everyone he met. He was also known to walk the ladies across the bucolic campus to class, back when dogs didn’t need to worry about heavy traffic in Westwood. He eventually retired to a brother’s house in Palm Springs.

The 3 wise men of Bruin basketball! Only need to get Abdul-Jabbar’s signature now!