Recolonization "A Call to Brotherhood"
A Call to Brotherhood,
Clarkson Lambda and Delta Upsilon Brothers-
This is a letter to enlist your help in any of three areas and none of them are dollar requests!
The Lambda Iota Delta Upsilon board is recolonizing the fraternity in a new, state of the art fraternity row house on the hill campus. The kickoff is January 8th 2013.
The board will submit its signed Memorandum of Understanding with Clarkson this month to begin the process of obtaining the last remaining building lot and theme house that Clarkson has received financing to construct.. The house will be built and owned by the University. The design will have exterior features that will call to mind 30 Elm Street but without the decay and wear that has befallen our once beautiful Victorian home. Because 30 Elm has been sold, the fraternity will be to occupy a dorm wing as interim housing until construction of the new house is completed. More on the house will follow as the house design moves forward.
The recolonization will proceed as the result of a commitment by the Lambda/DU Alumni Board. As all of you should be aware, the period of rescinded recognition has passed and we are free to bring the Lambda Iota chapter of Delta Upsilon back on campus. All undergraduates and pledges who were involved when recognition was rescinded are no longer at Clarkson. Now it is up to us, the alumni, to recolonize with the assistance of DU National. Having a house on the campus is a key element in recruiting a new membership, so we are moving swiftly to gain University recognition and approval of house plans.
To carry out the process, the alumni board has added new board members: Dave Mazo’56, Joe Cerruto’58 (treasurer), Chuck Phillips’64 & Paul Zolin’59. These men have pertinent experience, are retired, and are available during normal business hours for communications during these times with both the university and National DU to provide the coordination required for the task to be successful. Also is the realization, once the chapter is reformed, the Alumni Board must be engaged with the undergraduate membership for the fraternity to sustain that success. That will be done through a mentoring system being devised using our retired alumni both on call and for oversight to help the fraternity officers they mentor. In addition we intend to recruit a faculty advisor for the undergraduate chapter.
A working committee of Chuck Trowbridge ’62, Denis Jones’64, Paul Zolin ’59, Dick Kenyon ’54, Dale Kenyon ’62, Dave Rossi ’62, Jim Wood ’64, Ell Vines ’65 and Don Dangremond ’72 has dedicated themselves to help with recolonization. The consensus is that because our fraternal relationship helped us so much to us in our pursuit of a successful life, we should pass the same opportunity on to those who follow in our Clarkson footsteps. The plan is to introduce the lambda Iota colony of Delta Upsilon to the campus between Jan 8th and Jan 20th, 2013 for our first rush in the Fall of 2013. If in January we can bring in a few members, we will form an interest group to help for the Fall rush. Because the Clarkson Rushes (or as they now call them “recruitments”) only last less than 2 weeks much preplanning and prerush work must be done before the Fall.
What do we need from the brothers? Three things at this time to aid in our rush plan
1. Some additional volunteers willing to give a few days of their time (or more if they can) to join us at Clarkson in January (sometime between Jan. 8 - Jan 20) to meet with the undergraduates to tell what DU meant and did for us. Respond via email to Denis Jones: denis_jones@rogers.com
2. Memorabilia depicting social, academic, leadership and governance success of Lambda/DU undergraduate brothers from”back in the days” to place on a table exhibit. Respond via email to Chuck Trowbridge: cltrow@rochester.rr.com
3. AND MOST IMPORTANT current or near future Legacies and recommendations (neighbors and friends) that we can contact to encourage them to be at the center of the rebirth of the Lambda Iota chapter of DU. As has always been our tradition and policy, our legacies receive special consideration and placement. Respond via email to Paul Zolin: lambdadu@me.com
If you can help us with any of these areas please email us as shown above. You should have our response to you within a couple days. For more information visit our alumni page on line at www.Lambdadu.com Either click the link or copy it into your browser address line. Go to the “2013 Recolonization” tab on the website; also feel free to browse over the rest of the site including the pages describing the March 2013 Lambda/DU reunion to be held in Daytona Beach, FL.
One last thought about the fraternity’s organization. The current DU organization chart, and therefore method of running the chapter, has changed from the way most of us remember it. The actual chart can be found through the “recolonization” page on the website. Today’s chapters are organized similar to a modern corporation with seven functional lines of responsibility each headed by a student VP. This is truly a learning experience for the undergraduate and an exercise in how corporations are managed through their everyday living. It provides clear cut lines of accountability, giving each member hands on experience that is a preview of the work place after graduation. Check it out.
Thank you for your interest and for any help you can give us to this effort to keep alive this over 90 year tradition of Greek LI and DU.
For the Recolonization Committee
Fraternally yours,
James Conway ’83
Don Dangremond ’72
Stub Estey ’64
Richard Kenyon ’54
Dale Kenyan ’62
Dave Mazo ’56
Dave Rossi ’62
Chuck Trowbridge ’62
Ell Vines ’65
Jim Woods ’64
Paul Zolin ’59