Dr. Chris, who was the team doctor for 2008 Olympic Volleyball in Beijing, was also the sports medicine doctor for 2nd Counselor Nick. Nick won the 1st Place Upsilon Perpetual Scholarship at Founders Day!
Author: Bradley Reichard
Adytum on High: Past Sage William Foster
Brother Foster passed to the Adytum on High in Dec. 2018 in Honolulu. He graduated with an engineering degree and worked for Alcoa and other construction design firms, including work on the World Trade Centers in New York. He was Commodore of the Waikiki Yacht Club in 2009.
Garni Arakelian Award 2019 – winner Luca Abatemarco
Brother Abatemarco, newly elected as 1st Counselor, met Mr. Arakelian and Garni’s sister Astineh at the UCLA Scholarship Luncheon.
The Arakelian family has funded scholarships to Upsilon for 5 years since Garni passed to the Adytum on High.
Brothers Ross and Cellar at UCLA hoops game
Brother John Cellar journeyed from Northern California for the Bruins’ games against ASU and Arizona. He is a retired computer scientist who learned the trade on UCLA’s old UNIVAC computer in the 1950s, and watched UCLA games under Coach Wilbur Johns in the men’s gym. Pauley Pavilion is a big upgrade!
Adytum on High: Dr. Wendland Beezhold
Brother Beezhold, a physicist who retired as a multi-department Chair and Director of the Idaho Accelerator Center in 2017, passed to the Adytum on High in Gig Harbor, Wash., in 2018. He earned a Doctorate in Physics from the Univ. of Washington in 1969 and went on to a 30-year career in research at Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, retiring as a Senior Scientist in 2000. Over the years, he also taught at Seattle Univ., Montana St. and Idaho St.
Brothers Brooks and Reichard speak to chapter (Nov. 19, 2018)
DJ Josh Brooks, who works with LAMP (Los Angeles Music Project), a record label and show producer, and Brad Reichard, who works in Washington D.C. in government relations, lobbying and branding, regaled the chapter at Alumni Guest Speaker Night on Nov. 19. Both emphasized “consistency” and being dependable as a way to build your own personal branding and stand apart from the mediocre pack of USC “graduates”.
Upsilon brothers attend World Series
Arturo Martinez, Larry Furst, Past Sage Jeff Bara, Past Sage Seth Bluman, Tim O’Hara and Past Sage Won Park rally up for Game #3 at Dodger Stadium
Brother Henriksen’s Valentine’s Day story
Some #BruinLove stories just have to be shared…. Submitted by Susan Henriksen Frantz ’83:
Joe Henriksen ‘51 and Arline Allison Henriksen ’52, met at a sorority social at UCLA in the late 40s. Arline was Alpha Delta Pi social chairman, and Joe was president of Sigma Pi. They married in 1952, and had three daughters (Nancy, Susan and Janet) who all attended UCLA and were members of the Alpha Phi sorority. Arline’s father and brother also attended UCLA, and her father was a founding member of the Sigma Pi fraternity.
Arline recently passed away, and the family misses cheering for the Bruins with her during basketball or football games. Susan says, “We will forever be part of the Bruin Family, and are proud of all of our graduates of this wonderful university.”
Brother Doumakes remembered for generosity at St. Sophia’s Church
Robert Doumakes, who passed to the Adytum on High in 2016, was known for his dedication to St. Sophia’s Greek Orthodox Church in Los Angeles. He and his wife Edna are memorialized on this monument at the church.
