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This page has been created to serve the MIT alumni brothers of the Theta Deuteron Charge of Theta Delta Chi International Fraternity.

Click here for info on Lindsay Russell's memorial service.

Most recent update: September 28, 2000 (adds Regina & Ralph Cuomo, '60. photo.
Note: Alumni address list (see below) may have been updated more recently.

June, 2000 Reunion, Class of '70

Lakeside Reunion - Class of '74

Hilton Head Reunion - Classes '54 - '59

Two dozen Theta Deuts, most with their wives,
enjoyed a three-day reunion at Hilton Head, SC.

Click over and share a few photos & some fun.

Reunion Rowing - Theta Deut Oarsmen

Theta Deuteron House Corporation

President: David Stracher, '89
Vice President: Daniel E. Geer, Jr., '72
Treasurer: Michael Petro, '89
Clerk: Tomas Revesz, '95
Directors: Robert Schreiber, '75; John Lunny, '87

Brothers in Faculty

Charles C. Ladd, '54: Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering
W. Gilbert Strang, '56: Professor of Mathematics
Carl D. Martland, '68: Senior Research Associate, Dept. of Civil Engineering
David L. Trumper, '80: Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering
I. Lee Hetherington. '88: Research Scientist, Dept. of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science

Historical Note

On Wednesday, June 2, Theta Deuteron celebrated a birthday of sorts: that day marked ninety-three continuous years of her existence at MIT.

Theta Delta Chi's Charge at MIT was first established March 21, 1890, but, failing to acquire a house, was disbanded in about two years.
A decade later (in about 1902), a group of MIT lads founded Alpha Epsilon, a local fraternity, with the intent of its becoming a new Theta Deuteron. The new Theta Deuteron was installed on June 2, 1906.
Sixty years later, the summer of 1966 was a watershed time for the Charge: it acquired the house and land at 372 Memorial Drive. But the anniversary was not overlooked in the excitement of the move.
Of those twenty-three MIT lads, only five were still living, men by now in their early eighties. Charge President Barry Watkins, '67, sent each a bouquet of red carnations and a simple message of congratulation, noting the six decades.
He received warm replies. (One chuckled that in his eighty years no one had ever sent him flowers before!)

The 124th Grand Lodge
and Associated Officers

President: Mark G. Webster, Alpha, '88 (Union)
Graduate Secretary: Michael R. Stanley, Rho T., '94 (Virginia Commonwealth)
Graduate Treasurer: Robert LoParo, Alpha, '87 (Union)
Undergraduate Secretary: Michael Parisi, Alpha, '01(Union)
Undergraduate Treasurer: Shawn Papperman, Nu T., '01 (Virginia Tech)
President, Educational Foundation: John Geisler, Gamma D., '83 (Michigan State)
President, Founders' Corporation: Donald Noveau, Beta, '70 (Cornell)

Old grouchy man pic Photos
Ralph & Joan Crosby, '29
Frank Phillips, '36
Norman & Deborah Robbins, '37
Smitty (Theron S.) Curtis & Family, '39
Bob (Holden W.) & Betsy Withington, '39
John & Nancy Alexander, '39
Bob Saunders, '39
Dave & Janice Flood, '45
Ned Tebbetts, '46
John & Janet Maynard, '46
Ginny & Herb Oedel, '46
Sterling Bushnell, '46
Martha and David Clapp, '47
Asta and Viggo Maack, '47
Connie and Jim Robertson, '47
Midge & Parker Symmes, '47
Jane and Howard Zwemer, '47
Dorothy & Marshall Baker, '49
Donald & Astrid Cleveland, '49
Hon. John Alger, '49
Harald & Dolly Bjerke, '49
Jack & Kathleen Saxe, '49
Larry Buckland, '52
Mike Nacey, '52
John & Matilda Bradshaw, '54
Renata & Warren Briggs, '56
Anna & Ray Ambrogi, '60
Regina & Ralph Cuomo, '60
Bob & Marge Keeney, '60
Pam & George Kirk, '60
Marian & Larry Martin, '60
Christina & Alan Starr, '60
Dave Ogrydziak & Family, '68
Tony & Shirley Picardi, '70
George & Marcy Gawrys, '71
Mildred Cheung & Gim Hom, '71
Harold & Gloria Nussbaum, '71
Rob & B. G. Pepper, '71
Monnie & Craig Ramsell, '73
Mick & Pat Apted, '74
Dave & Eileen Becher, '74
Frank & Dawn Gulla, '74
Howie & Debby Herzog, '74
Victor Karen & Milly Wells, '74
Jim & Lorraine Kelly, '74
Larry & Jane Stabile, '74
Dave & Lucille Wall, '74
Karin & Ed Baker, '79, & Family
David Trumper & Family, '80
Karen & Eric Clayberg, '86
Tony Kolb, '86, & Family
Liz & Matt Rita, '89, & Family
Susan & Jay T. Smith, '92
Dan ('90), Ed ('94) & Felix ('96) Chen

Links of Interest

MIT Alumni Association: Has links to Classes, Clubs, Tech Review, Reunions, Travel, etc.
Living Groups: Links to MIT fraternities, sororities, student activities.
Theta Deuteron Charge: Identifies actives, officers, brothers' home pages, rush schedules, etc.
Theta Delta Chi: The International Fraternity. It history, Charges, CFO, other data.

Recent Doctorates

Research-oriented

Daniel S. Chen, '90, Ph.D., Microbiology, University of Southern California (May, 1996)
Lee Hetherington, '88, Ph.D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT (October, 1994)
Kenneth Zemach, '91, Ph.D., Materials Science and Engineering, MIT (February, 1996)
Boris Zemelman, '89, Ph.D., Biochemistry, Stanford University (December, 1996)
Michael Lawler, '93, Ph.D., Mathematics, Brandeis University, (May, 1997)
Micah Adler, '90, Ph.D., Theoretical Computer Science, U. C. Berkeley (December, 1996)
Van Pham, '89, PhD., Economics, Cornell University (June, 1998)
Can Deniz Akyuz, '94, PhD., Physics, Brown University (May, 1999)

Law & Medicine

Stefan Chmielewski, '91, J.D., University of Michigan Law School (December, 1995)
Anthony M. Kassir, '89, M. D., University of California at Irvine (June, 1995)
F. Scott Kieff, '91, J. D., University of Pennsylvania Law School (May, 1994)
Young Oh, '91, M. D., NYU School of Medicine (June, 1995)
Brant C. Liu, '92, M. D., University of Oklahoma College of Medicine (1996)
Richard A. Fagin, '78, J. D., University of Houston Law Center (May, 1999)

Nostalgia... a browsery of recent group pictures...

Brothers running MIT Community Service Fund 4-mile race.
1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 2000
Seniors on the mountainside: Mt. Chocorua, New Hampshire.

1988 1989 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1998

We hope to show a new photo or two from time to time. Photographic contributions are welcome. Write Webmaster for instructions.

Alumni personal home pages:

Entrepreneurial pages:

A number of companies have been been founded (or co-founded) by Theta Deut alumni. Listed herewith are some of their web pages, with the founding alumni identified.

Inforonics [Site Directory]: Lawrence Buckland, '52
Sparta, Inc.: Robert Vickery, '61
X PRIZE Virtual World [Non-profit Educational Foundation]: Peter Diamandis, '83
Synchrony Inc. Home Page: Victor Iannello, '83
CES Intruduction: Lloyd Hey, '84
MicroStrategy: Decision Support System...: Mike Saylor, '87
Waiter.Com: Craig Cohen, 88
Alan Foonberg, '85
Shakil Chunawala. '93
Datasage: Dave Blundin, '89
ONE WORLD Software Solutions: Ennis Rimawi, '91
Twofish Technology, LLC: John R. Welch, '92

For Address Revisions:

M. I. T.(for all Institute mailings)
Theta Delta Chi (for all CFO, Theta Deut & Shield mailings)
Theta Deuteron E-mail (to be listed herewith - see below)

Note: Theta Deuteron (Charge) broad mailings, as for reunions, newsletters, etc., usually use labels from the CFO. The important address to keep current is the CFO address for fraternity mail. MIT also supplies labels, but does not include nongrads (transfers, etc.) so are rarely used for Theta Deut mailings.

Access Theta Deut Alumni Addresses

1. Copy Address URL at bottom of page..
2. Replace the six "x's" with the six-letter access code. These are the first six letters of a ten-letter title: officer often addressed as "most worthy------...." during his brief tenure.
3. The rejiggered URL is the address list locator.
4. Note: all small letters. Unix server is picky & won't accept any typos.
Cartoon: Angry man yelling If any problem arises, contact Webmaster.

http://www.tiac.net/users/lindsayr/xxxxxx.html