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NU NEWSALUMNI EDITION FALL 2005

TAU KAPPA EPSILON FRATERNITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA

www.TKENU-Alumni.org

Mark Edelstone 83Greg Joe 72Howard Nemir 57

John Phillips 61Kinman Tong 03

President:

Tom Morgan 50 - (925) 934-2747tmarmor@prodigy.net

Secretary:

Will Deady 54 - (415) 491-4204wcd001@sprynet.com

Treasurer:

John Sooklaris 80 - (415) 927 - 4451john@masterpiecearts.com

Board Members:John Bell 57Steve Schmidt 90Garth Wilson 56Alex Zwissler 79

Alumni BoardChip Wray 53 (President)Robin Harris 56 (Secretary,Editor Nu news)Wayne Martinez 74 (Treasurer)John Bell 57 (Vice President)Will Deady 54

Alumni AdvisorsCarl Anderson 57Dick Anderson 58Jerry Boddum 66

Larry Brehm 68Cliff Ceridono 57Jim Clardy 67

Chapter Leadership

House Corporation Boar

In This Issue

Christmas Luncheon News of Nu Alumni Annual Picnic Retrospective Frater Profiles

You had to be there you really did to appreciate theime and energy expended at the Chip Wray home in So-

noma last June to make the Third Annual Family Picnic a

uccess. It was our best and biggest picnic ever and Frat-ers and their Families are unanimous in their praise of theevent. Fifty strong they came and spent the day. Check outhe pictures in the center of this issue. Next years picnic,

by the way, is already set for May 20.

And now, the Christmas Luncheon is right around the cor-ner, being held on Monday, December 12, in San Francisco.Originally scheduled for December 19, and announced asuch in our Spring issue, circumstances favored the earlier

date.

Because the downtown Olympic Club is still undergoing ma-or renovation, the event will be held once again at the Ma-ines Memorial Club, around the corner and a block north

of the Olympic Club.

Last years luncheon was a huge success, with wives andweethearts enjoying a buffet lunch in the Flying Leather-

neck Room, while Fraters dine a floor below. This year theplan is the same. The social hour begins around 11:30,with lunch served about 12:30. We will have our own bar.Will the Teke Quartet serenade the ladies once again? We

hall see.

Cost for Fraters is $45.00, and the entre choice is porkenderloin or salmon. For the ladies, the cost of the buf-et is $25.00. Frater Dan Costello requests that he receiveeservations forms by December 5th. A form is included inhis issue.

Parking is suggested at Sutter-Stockton Garage, just ahree-block walk away. Holiday shoppers fill the lower lev-

els fast, so come early and be prepared to park on one ofhe top floors.

nnual Activities Draw Bigger Crowds Than Ever!

(To see photos of last years event, turn to pages 6 & 7)

FAMILYPICNICA SUCCESS

CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON

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Ive had great fun with this issue. Not

only was there a lot of Alumni news(some guys came out of the woodwork),but the opportunity to return to FraterProfiles as a feature of Nu News wasexciting. For three such opportunities topresent themselves at once was mind-blowing. I learned a lot about three Frat-ers, and I hope you will appreciate thispeek into their diverse lives as much asI did. And rather than hold one or two ofthem back for future issues, I just had to

provide you with all three of them. This,of course, suggests that were going toneed more of this kind of in-depth newsin the Spring. Thats pretty much up toall of you. I cant write what I dont have.But it happened before; it can happenagain.Alumni are returning more and more toour midsteither as dues-paying mem-

bers or writers of news. (You dont haveto pay dues to send us news.) You willnote a significant rise in the list of dues-paying members, though. We topped 100this season! Thats a phenomenal gain ofover 40 percent from two years ago. Onealumnus may have stated it more suc-cinctly than the rest: What the hell, hesaid, Were back!And you are back. And youre good! Your

presence has already done worlds ofgood for our fraternity. I hope you willcontinue to be there for us for now andfor all time. We are after all, the Frater-nity for Life.

Robin C. Harris 56

DONTSHOOTTHE EDITOR

Don Gremaux 61 of Lafayette, CA writes Ihave been retired from the world of accountingand income taxes for about five years now, andI love it. My wife, Marilyn and I will be mov-

ing to Sun City Lincoln Hills (near Roseville, CA)in 2007. We are in good health, for the mostpart.

Jim Sherk 65 of Manhattan Beach, tells us,I retired over two years ago after 36 years ofairline piloting. Im now teamed with my son,Scott, rehabbing houses in beachside towns inL.S. with wife, Teri. Health is good; stepchildrenin high school and college. We have a boat, andspend summer weekends at Catalina Island.

Frater Howard Nemir has corresponded withRoy Berry 57 and has sent us this letter fromRoy: Here goes for my last 50 years. After Igraduated, I joined the Army Reserve inOaklandand went on active duty for six months with aneight-year total commitment. Spent my activeduty at Fort Ord. Not a bad place, and it al-lowed me to stay close to the Bay Area. When Igot out, I couldnt seem to land a job up thereso I returned to Southern California. Had someinteresting jobs and met my first wife, a second

grade teacher, and we were married in 1961.Two days after we were married, the company Iworked for (Curtis Publishing) sent me to Tucsonto manage the office for them. That companyfolded, but not before they sent me to be assis-tant manager in Phoenix. I got a job with Smith,Kline and French Labs selling pharmaceuticals,a job I kept for 32 years, retiring in 1998. Theywere very good to me, and the salary and ben-efits allowed me to live very comfortably now.

I have two kids from the first marriageand one adopted son from my second marriage

My daughter is a project manager at GeneraDynamics, and my son by that marriage is anengineer for a construction company in Farm-ington, New Mexico. My adopted son is return-ing from a tour in Iraq. He made Captain whilehe was there, and will probably make the Armyhis career. Its all he has wanted to do since hewas 7 years old. Go figure.

After I retired, I bought 17 acres in Cor-tez, Colorado and moved here to a log housethat I had built, and bought horses, both big

NEWS OF YOUR FRATERS

What the hell, were back!

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and miniature. So I have a large house whichany Frater is welcome to visit if you are ever inthis neck of the woods.

I am truly blessed with excellent health,and for that I am very grateful I go to the reccenter five days a week trying to stay healthy.

Chris Murray 85 and his wife Kris (Malmgren,class of 85) of Alameda, CA, stay very busy witha 17-year-old daughter and 14-year-old son.They are enormously grateful for cell phones, asit makes it a little easier to keep track of every-one. Chriss accounting practice in San Franciscois bustling. He has successfully replaced everyinch of lawn with low-maintenance ground cov-er, and he still gets to Disneyland at least oncea year. Life is good, he says.

Heres a note from Jack Dirks 53 of Bremerton,WA: Hope you all had a grand picnic at Chip and

Annes. The photos in the last Nu News broughtback many memories. Many of them were inthe House when I was there. Every year I thinkabout coming down; it would be more fun for meto come to the picnic than it would have beento go to my 50th in 2003. I would have knownmore people per square inch, thats for sure!Perhaps next year, but dont hold your breath!I think a lot about my years at Cal and aboutthe guys in the House, because I feel closer toyou all than any other group of people Ive everknown. I was talking to someone about collegerecently and told him I had a grand time there,and my transcript showed it!

So much from here. Camilla and I are ingood health, as are our seven children, their as-sorted spouses, the ten grandchildren and onegreat-grandchild. (We had our seven childrenfirst, and then got married.)

Chip Wray 53 and wife Anne of Sonoma,CA., plan a December trip to Germany. Theywill cruise down the Tauber River, visiting such

towns as Rothenberg and Dinkelsbuhl.

Jerry Blalock 54 of Carmichael, CA, Says, Im still flying my C-182 and riding the hillson my scooter. Im very busy this year as ViceCommander of the Sacramento Sheriffs AirSquadron, and will be Commander next year.Im still doing volunteer work as a Reserve Dep-uty Sheriff; and lots of family stuff. Ann was justaccepted for studies toward a Masters Degree atCal State Sacramento.

John Heaney 50 of San Diego has dropped aline, as follows: I am part of the old guardclass of 1950. I am delighted to read that the

old frat house has been refurbished. It looksbetter than ever. The photo of the living roomreminds me of the time my MG TC was carriedup the steps and deposited there. Although Iam known for a great sense of humor, I wasnot amused at the time. (I have graduated to aMiata.)

A bit of biography: After graduation, Imoved to New York City where I worked in phar-maceutical advertising until I retired. I am cel-ebrating 23 years of marriage, no children, twocats. We have been living in San Diego since1991. I am a member of St. Pauls EpiscopaCathedral where I usher and do volunteer workMy wife, Kathryn, has her own business, LifeSkills training, where she teaches and certifies

groups in CPR and first aid. We both travel a lot,and plan a visit to the Bay Area soon.

News of other Fraters in my class: Iam glad to see that Ray Lippincott is an activealumnus. Roger Nye, a great Social Chairman,who taught us to Charleston and drink Marti-nis is deceased circa 1996. John Petric was lastseen living in San Francisco.

Congratulations on your newsletterSleek and informative. Best regards to all.

And Jack Lehberg 56 of Escondido, CA writes:I just received my Alumni issue of Nu News. Iwas really sorry to read that Carl Cordes passedaway. Carl was my roommate my Freshmanyear, and my Big Brother. With Carls 67 andmy 58, we were a real Mutt and Jeff. I will neverforget my first beer bust. Carl was working andwould not be there, but he asked me how muchbeer I would drink. With some humor and muchbravado, I said I would probably drink a caseCarls response was, I bet you cant. The chal-lenge having been issued, I stupidly accepted,

and we agreed that the winner would providethe loser with a quart of beer. At the beer bust Ifound out that the beer was really an off-brandand was really cheap. I did manage to drink acase though, and the bottles were collected inan empty case for proof to Carl.

Carl arrived at dinner time. Needlessto say, I was not only drunk, but bloated. Carasked, Well, did you drink a case of beer? Iresponded that I did, and that the bottles were

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in the case to prove it. Carl, with great glee,produced a quart of beer and said, Here areyour winnings; drink it. Of course, at that pointI would have been happy to never again seea bottle of beer and said I would drink it later.

No, said Carl, drink it now. He, being an activeand my Big Brother, and I being a lowly pledge,I drank it, much to his enjoyment. Only one oth-er time was I foolish enough to bet on drinkingbeer. That occasion also involved Carl and BobCollins at the Rathskeller. I lost that one, too.

A long letter from Steve Schmidt 90 receivedlast June, will explain the tempory absence ofour Chapter Advisor. Steve was granted a sab-batical for the 2005-2006 school year. Its apretty sweat deal. he says. As long as I travelat least 75% of the time this coming year, Illreceive 60% of my salary, and am guaranteedreturn rights to Lowell High School in Fall 2006.

I do have to pledge to work for San FranciscoUnified for a minimum o two years upon my re-turn so that the people who pay me while onsabbatical can benefit from a newly refreshed,energized and better educated me. But whatthe heck. Ive probably got 17 years until retire-ment anyway, so Im not about to turn down apaid leave of absence.

Shortly Ill begin my summer job with theJunior Statesman Foundation. This will be thefourth year Ive worked for them over the sum-mer, and my third year at Yale. Im the AssistantDirector of a summer school program at Yale,sponsored by the Junior Statesman Foundationto teach high school students from around theworld American government, constitutional lawand public speaking. My true love being class-room teaching, its tough being an administrator(even for five weeks), but Im very proud of theeducational experience my boss and I put on forthe kids, and I love being so close to NYC. Overthe past three summers Ive seen 43 Broadwayshows.

After my Yale gig, Im meeting Mom andDad in NYC to take a two-week car trip up toQuebec City, around upstate New York, and vis-iting as many historic and scenic sites as we canfit in. I return to the Bay Area August 8, and willbe homeless, as Ive moved out of my apart-ment, so Ill spend some time at the ranch andsome time living with Kimio Steinberg in Oak-land.

Then Im leaving for Cuernavaca, Mexico

to study Spanish at a language institute. Ive al-ways felt so ignorant being monolingual, so nowthat I have a year off, Im going to try to ham-mer down my Spanish. Im planning on beingin Mexico from early September to late Janu-ary. Ill be living with a family who will provideme with a bedroom, bathroom and three mealsdaily for $28 a day.

In January or February, Ill return to Bit-terwater to take care of business thats piled upand file my taxes, and then head for Truckee tovisit my sister, brother-in-law and neice, and doa little skiing. Then, Ill head for New Orleans tovisit Damon Franke who is now a professor atSouthern Mississippi University. After that Imnot too sure. Depending on my fluency in Span-ish and my cash on hand, Ill make a decisionIf I feel that Ineed more Spanish and Im poor,Ill probably go to Guadalajara, Mexico to anoth-er language institute. However, if I feel pretty

comfortable with Espaol, and I have enoughmoney, Id like to travel around South Americain the Spring. In summer of 2006, Im commit-ted ot working at Yale, if theyll have me for an-other year! Then its back to Lowell and a newapartment.

An update on this message, received lastmonth says, I had planned on New Orleans forMardi Gras, but thanks to Hurricane Katrina Imight go to Carnival in Rio instead. Then four orfive weeks in Buenos Aires, two weeks in Peru,three or four weeks in Brazil, and one to twoweeks in Patagonia and Chile.

Have a great year without me. Pleasekeep an eye on the House for me. Go Bears!

A luncheon in the San Francisco North Bay, whichmeets often and occasionally, met once again inOctober. Enjoying sunshine, and a great view,good wine, good food and outstanding conver-sation at Oakmont, east of Santa Rosa, wereChip Wray 53, John Bell 57, Robin Har-ris 56, Bob Dickerson 51, Don Romeo 57,

Hal Plimpton 58, and genial host Ed Dermott48, who makes these get-togethers possible.

Let your Fraters know what youve been up to!

If you would like to be in the next issue ofNU NEWS send your update to Robin Harrisat 4607 Sylar Lane, Kelseyville, CA 95451 orrharris240@mchsi.com. Your submission will

be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

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FRATER

PROFILES

DAYTON HAWK HYDERancher, Author, Photographer,Naturalist...and More

Cowboy boots, a pipe in his mouth, and a dogat his feet. This is the way Dayton Hyde 50, is re-membered by many Fraters form their days as Tekestogether on Channing Way. I think hed have had ahorse in there with him if he could, said one Fraterrecently.

Hawk Hyde, at age 80, has plenty of hors-es with him today. As the founder and President

of IRAM (The Institute of Range and the AmericanMustang) and the Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuarynear Hot Springs, South Dakota, he has provided ahome for hundreds of mustangs. The Sanctuary isan 11,000-acre ranch where he protects wild horses and where he does much more than that. He has,for instance, authored 18 books.

A lot of water has flowed beneath a lot ofbridges since Hawk left Cal some 55 years ago; butmany may not know of the rich life he led beforehe landed in Berkeley to major in English in 1948.To understand what led Hawk Hyde to where heis today, one must go back at least to 1938. That

was the year the skinny 13-year-old ran away fromdomineering parents in Marquette, Michigan, wherehe was born, and dreamed of riding horses as hecrossed the plains in freight cars heading west, andsought a new life with his uncle Buck Williams onhis 6,000-acre ranch in Eastern Oregon a ranchcalled Yamsi.

Uncle Buck must have wondered what to dowith this arrogant, and somewhat unwelcome, newarrival, and solved the problem by turning him overto his cowboys, to begin a life of hard work and longdays. Hydes apprenticeship was arduous. He helped

drive herds of cattle long distances, and became ex-

pert at handling cattle and horses, including break-ing wild horses. He even became a rodeo competitorBut there was much less glamorous work, too ir-rigating, feed to get in and fences to fix.

When World War II broke out, Hawk was tooyoung to enlist, and in the meantime, Uncle Buckhad lost many of his cowboys to the armed servicesHawk was left behind at age 16 to help run the ranchAnd run it he did, until he was old enough to join theArmy Signal Corps, not too late to be included in thelater waves of troops to invade Normandy beachesHe served in Pattons Third Army and fought in thebattle of the Bulge.

Following the war, he became a participant inUSO rodeos, put on for the entertainment of troopsin Europe, even performing in the ancient Romanamphitheatre in Arles. For a while after that, he con-tinued to pursue a rodeo career here in the States,as a rider and a rodeo clown. Here he hooked up withthe likes of Slim Pickens and Mel Lambert who wouldlater pursue careers in Hollywood.

About this time, Hawk became captivated byphotography, first becoming a rodeo photographerHe sold photos to Life magazine, whose editors wereexcited about the exotic camera angles the young

photographer was utilizing, such as lying on theground, beneath the horses and riders, and shootingupward.

All this took place before Hawks Berkeleydays, and even more has taken place since. His firstbook, published in 1968, was Sandy: the True Storyof a Rare Sandhill Crane that Joined Our Family. Init, we learn of this ardent conservationists rescue ofthis rare bird, and are given more than a glimpse ofhis abiding love of nature and the wild things thatinhabit the earth. Hawk Hydes passionate commit-ment to help nature thrive is chronicled not only inhis books, but also in the life of the man himself.

Hydes third book, Yamsi, about life on theranch in Oregon where he lived with Uncle Buck, andlater took on his own, was written in 1971. Fifteenmore books followed, the most recent being Pasturesof Beyond, readers have been treated to a variety ofgreat books. The Bells of Lake Superior, set in Hawkshometown, is about a 13-year-old chimney sweep-cum-composer who synchronizes the towns church

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PICNIC RETR

Robin Harris, Marian Dove, Richard Gause, Dolores Rugama and Don Lawrie

Mike Wray flips

Ric

Garth Wilson, Chip Wray and Magie Wilson

Dick and Nancy Anderson and George Dove

Tom Morgan and Dan Costello

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ECTIVE 2005

n. (Steaks to follow!)

Peggy and John Bell

Anne Wray, Wanda Rose Martinez and Wayne Martinez

Carole and Al Herzog, and Marian Dove

ed Schott

Cliff Ceridono, Austin Walther and Will Deady

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bells to harmonize a symphony, and brings smiles to

the gloomy town. Island of the Loons tells of four-teen-year-old Jimmy who is held captive for over ayear by an escaped convict on a lonely Lake Superiorisland. Over time, a friendship develops, and then aninjury to the captor provides Jimmy with a chance toescape. But what of the life of his friend left behind,perhaps to die?

The Major, the Poacher, and the WonderfulOne-Trout River tells of a battle of wills between afanatical fly-fisherman and Plummey Pittock, a four-teen-year-old worm-fisherman. Mr. Beans is about aNative American boys rescue of a performing bear.Don Coyote won the American Library Associations

Ten Best Books of the Decade. And the list goes on.Tony Hillerman, author of Skinwalkers and A

Thief of Time has this to say of Hydes latest mem-oir: Its a winner. Dayton Hyde has given us all awonderful opportunity to know what cowboying wasreally like in the days of the high-dry West. Goingbeyond the pastures with Hyde is not just fun. Itstrue!!

And actress Kim Novak, a horsewoman her-self, says, I have always admired Dayton Hydesability to paint bold and vivid characters in his books.He writes about what he knows and loves best fromhis raw life experiences.

But there is more to Hawk Hyde than hisphotographs and books. Much, much more. And tochronicle it, we must return to Yamsi in easternOregon. Following his days at Cal, Hawk bought hisUncle Bucks ranch. By this time, sadly, his belovedmustangs were gone. He took up ranching and rais-ing a family, but missed these spirited wild hors-es. During this time, the sight of a Nevada feedlotcrammed with hundreds of mustangs solidified thepursuit of a dream. Money from his books helped,

FRATER HYDE CONTINUEDbut it was still a struggle to provide an opportunityto start the sanctuary of which he dreamed a placewhere the unwanted and sometimes maligned mus-tangs could run free. With the help of then-GovernorGeorge Mickelson of South Dakota, he found 7,000acres on the Cheyenne River, eked out a down pay-ment for the land, and convinced the Bureau of LandManagement to send him sick, starving, sometimesugly, and otherwise unadoptable wild horses.

In 1988, Hyde founded the Institute of Rangeand the American Mustang (IRAM) as a non-profitorganization, and the sanctuary has grown to 11,000acres. The Black Hills Wild Horse Sanctuary providesnot only a home, but also a research area whosepurpose is the solution of the wild horse herd man-agement problems. The public today can go and seethese animals running free, thriving and flourishingMore than any American today, visionary and con-servationist Dayton O. Hyde has made possible a lifefor Americas wild mustangs.

The Sanctuarys expenses, and its dreams forthe future, are sustained through sponsorships, do-

nations, chuckwagon dinners and guided tours fea-turing not only wild horses, but also other wildlife,plant life, history and geology. In 1995 Ted Turnersproduction company brought actors and crew to theSanctuary for six weeks, to shoot the movie CrazyHorse. The movie replica of Fort Robinson has be-come another tourist attraction. Information on sup-porting the Sanctuary can be seen at www.freetorunorg.

Hawk Hyde has appeared on Good MorningAmerica, 20/20, Dick Cavett, People Magazines 20thAnniversary Amazing Americans, ABCs New Pas-sages, and Discovery Channels Wild Things with

Margaux Hemingway, to list a few; and has receivedthe Oregon Governors conservationist of the Yearaward, the Eddie Bauer First Hero of the EarthHighlights For Childrens Author of the Month, andmany other commendations.

Hydes niece, Mary Williams Hyde, says ofhim, I would ask the world to take a look at hisbody of life work, to reread his books, to pull it all to-gether and take a fresh-eyed look at the big pictureof what hes accomplished. Its never the pieces, butthe whole that matters when looking at a personslife. And she adds, I think hell fall off some crankyhalf-broke mustang when hes 105, pick himself up,dust himself off, and climb back on one last time be-fore he rides off to his own pastures of beyond.

Surfed www.tkenu-alumni.org lately?

Check out our alumni website often toget news on fellow fraters, to view

publications online, and for updates onimportant events.

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RICHARD WOLFA Man About Music

Undergraduates from the late 1950s (andanyone who has heard the infamous Teke Recordof 1956) will remember a very good piano player,Richard Wolf 60, who, many years later, gave uphis day job to pursue the lure of his real lovemusi-cal theatre and show business, and became a well-known musical director/songwriter. Today, he lives inFernandina Beach, Florida, on Amelia Island.

That day job, which he held for 30 years,was in the petroleum coke and coal business in NewYork with a Fortune 500 company where he servedas Manager of Special Products. But even then, themusical entertainment field always had its hooks inRichard. He played piano a couple of nights a weekin such venues as the Regency Hotel, Jacquelines,Huttons, The Terrace Pub (Across the street form

the United Nations), and various other places aroundthe city, including the theatre district. Those werehalcyon days in Manhattan for piano bars, Richardexplains, which have now all but become extinct.

And the celebrities who dropped by from timeto time at his piano made for many wonderful mem-ories. Richard recalls Billy Martin, erstwhile Yankeesmanager, sitting at my piano one night feeling goodand saying to me, I wonder if you know my favor-ite song. Well, I thought for sure it was going to besome country and western tune, which I was sure Iwasnt going to know. And Billy had a reputation forfisticuffs if he deemed the occasion called for it, so I

said to him, If I dont know your favorite song, areyou going to hit me? He assured me that he wouldntdo that; and then his favorite song turned out to bethat wonderful Jule Styne-Sammy Cahn tune, TimeAfter Time. I played it for him, and was his friend forlife from then on, every time he came in the bar.

Richard remembers many other anecdotes,including the time when he played at the RegencyHotel. It was owned by the Tisch Brothers in thosedays, who also owned CBS at the time, and the NFLToday men used to stay there on the days beforetheir Sunday broadcasts. One night Terry Bradshawcame over to me, Richard recalls, and asked, Do

you know any Willy Nelson or Merle Haggard? WhenI told him I didnt, he laughed and said, You wouldntlast a half hour in a bar in Austin. I replied, Youreprobably right, Terry, but would that guy in Austinlast a half hour playing in a bar in Manhattan? Hesmiled and said, Youre right, and then proceededto tell me how he was taking piano lessons. Terry, Isaid, you have four Super Bowl rings, what do youneed the piano for? and he said, Because its notthe same. Ive always wanted to do what you do.(Incidentally, I did know how to play Willie NelsonsCrazy, but that almost doesnt count.)

The Broadway musical actors were the mostfun, Richard reminisces. When I played for RichardKiley, who had been my favorite musical star since Isaw him in San Francisco in 1959 in the touring com-

pany of Redhead, I learned that he was very tiredof people asking him to sing The Impossible Dream,and he wouldnt do it. Of all the shows he appearedin, the score from the Richard Rodgers musical NoStrings was his favorite, and so since I knew how toplay several numbers from the show, we did them to-gether. He even sang one of his favorite ballads thatI happened to know, The Other Half of Me, whichwas from a flop he was in called I Had a Ball.Then there were the fabulous Broadway gypsiesthe chorus men and women, the dancers, all ofthemwho could sing the actual arrangements fromshows. And boy, did we have fun doing them, Rich-

ard says.There was Mickey Mantle who, whenever he

came into the bar at the Regency, first came over tothe piano and said hello and shook hands with meHe was one of the nicest guys I ever met.And Steve Rossi, of Allen and Rossi fame (who, bythe way, started his career as a singer on the old DonSherwood show on KSFO in San Francisco) stoppedby one night at the restaurant where I was playingand I accompanied him on Who Can I Turn To? Af-terwards he said, Im entertaining on cruises nowIm going to Norway next month. How about being

my pianist? The moneys good. Ive got a day jobSteve, I said. Quit it, was his answer. Steve, I said, Ive been with my firm 22 years and Ill bet for apiano player, the cruise line doesnt pay anywherenear what my company is paying me. You win, hesaid.

Then there was the restaurant on the UpperEast Side where John Gotti and his bodyguard en-tourage ate about twice a week. The piano bar wasin the front just as you came in. John and his friendswould eat way back at the rear of the restaurant andreally never bothered anyone. If you played Femi-na, which I guess was his favorite song, one of his

bodyguards would hand you a $100 tip on the wayout. One night when I was a little tipsy myself (itnever really affected my playing, by the way), I wentdownstairs to the mens room on my break, openedthe door and walked inexcept that I felt like Id hita brick wall. One of his bodyguards was blocking theentrance. Well, then I hear this voice from inside say Its okay, its the piano player. It was the voice o

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John Gotti and the bodyguard let me pass, and I hadthe unique distinction of using the urinal right next toGotti. Feeling no pain, I said, How are you tonight,John? Good, he said. Youre a good piano player.

We like you here. He then zipped up his fly, and heand his bodyguard went back upstairs.But through it all, Richards first love was com-

posing, writing the lyrics and book for the musicaltheatre and occasionally writing straight plays. Dur-ing his years in New York he wrote, among others,the following shows: (1) The Ebony Game, a musicalabout a Negro League baseball team in 1946. Thisshow ran off-Broadway at the Waverly Place Theatreand was directed by Louis Johnson, who had choreo-graphed Purlie on Broadway; 2) Durante, a musi-cal about the legendary comedian/actor. This showran in Los Angeles and New York, with the New York

production directed by Ginger Rogers. (Richard sayshe loved the working vacation he spent at her ranchnear Medford, Oregon, right on the Rogue River.) (3)Charlie, a musical about Charlie Chaplin, which wasgiven a workshop production at Theatreworks in PaloAlto, CA. (4) Hot Properties and The Gershwin Factor,both plays given staged readings by the Lambs Clubin New York.

Along the way, Richard managed to write twomystery novels. Host to Homicide is about a serialkiller whos bumping off talk show hosts. The other,One Wild Ride, is a comedy mystery set in Los An-geles, about a screenwriter.

Richard and his significant other, Suzanne, moved in1995 to Delray Beach, Florida, and then in 2003 toFernandina Beach on Amelia Island, which both ofthem love.

And what of the future? Richard says, Healthwilling (Ive had two heart bypass operations; one in1985 and another in 1995) the Amelia CommunityTheatre is doing a production of a new musical forwhich Ive written the book and the music. Its calledBookstore, and is set in a small bookshop in Man-hattan. A very talented woman Suzanne introducedme to on our island has written the lyrics. Her nameis Jane McAdams, and years ago she wrote lyrics forseveral Motown songs. This production is scheduledfor January 2006, in a 400-seat theater.

Richard says hello to all the Fraters he re-members from his days at Cal. Rest assured, hesays, that the mere mention of each of your nameswill recall many pleasant memories of my days atChanning Way.

By the way, he concludes, the first song Iever wrote was right on that now beautifully restoredKnabe Grand during a Friday beer bust in 1958.

FRATER WOLF CONTINUEDTom LaFehrRenowned Geophysicist

Dr. Thomas Robert LaFehr would have beena member of the class of 1956 if it hadnt been fora side trip to Korea. That experience behind him, hewent to Colorado School of Mines, where he earneda Masters degree and received a couple of Soci-ety of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) scholarships and then to Stanford where he earned his PhD inGeophysics in 1964. I might have stayed at Cal,he says, but, believe it or not, Stanford offered memore money! After receiving his doctorate, Tomjoined Gravity Meter Exploration Company, and thusbegan a 30-plus-year career in exploration geophys-ics. Even someone unfamiliar with the field of geo-physics, has to be impressed with the scope of hisaccomplishments.

Toms technical contributions to the field ofgeophysics span a variety of disciplines. In 1965he participated in the first sea trials of the LaCosteand Romberg stabilized platform gravity meters. Byincorporating emerging computer technology to re-duce the dynamic gravity data, he was instrumen-tal in developing the first commercial marine gravitydata for exploration.

By 1969, when Tom accepted an associate

professorship at Colorado School of Mines, his ex-pertise was beginning to be recognized. He had anuncanny ability to analyze the practical applicationsand limitations of the various disciplines of researchbeing carried on CSM. Soon after joining CSM, Tomco-founded Edcon Inc.; a consulting firm involvedwith acquiring and interpreting gravity data. In 1975he assumed the position of President and CEO.

In 1982, Tom returned to CSM and later ac-cepted the George Brown Professorship Chair of Geo-physics.

In 1987, Tom co-founded LCT. Following vari-ous acquisitions and mergers, LCT has grown to a

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point where it now acquires some 85 percent of ma-rine gravity surveys. Here, too, Tom has served asPresident and CEO.

Tom made the decision, in 1991, to developan advanced GPS-based dynamic airborne gravitysystem, which reduced the need for specially de-signed aircraft. Today, many of the industry stan-dards in his field are those pioneered by Dr. ThomasRobert LaFehr.

In 1995 and 1996, Tom was Chairman of theBoard of Geodynamics, an aerospace and defensecontracting company.

Over the years, Tom gained much popular-ity as a lecturer, receiving three Best PresentationAwards from his professional society, the Society forExploration Geophysicists (SEG). He is erudite andentertaining, and students over the years have beenenthralled by his lectures. He served as the SocietysEditor in 1972-73, and as President in 1983-84. Healso received SEGs highest honor the Maurice Ew-ing Gold Medal.

Tom is also an author. A Geophysicists Odys-

sey published in 2003, is an autobiography whosesubtitle reads: Including Forty Years of Oil and GasExploration, the Creation of New Companies, andcomments on a Post-9/11 World.

In the award of his Honorary Degree andDistinguished Achievement Medal in 2003, Tom wasdescribed as the preeminent spokesman, scientistand promoter for geopotential methods in hydrocar-bon exploration, as well as in their more convention-al uses in mineral exploration. He currently servesColorado School of Mines as a Senior DistinguishedScientist in the Department of Geophysics.

Tom is retired now, but still does some teach-

ing at Colorado School of Mines. He is married toArlys, whom he met at Yellowstone between hissophomore and junior years at Cal. Arlys is an avidgenealogist and has written two books on the sub-ject. Tom and Arlys live in Grand Junction, Coloradoand have five children Stephen, Edward, Joy, Au-drey and Paul and six grandchildren. He says, Mytwo dogs are Lab retrievers; the black one is namedCal and the yellow one is named Oski.

Time does not hang heavy on Toms hands.The valley we live in is home for the principal fruitand wine industry for Colorado, he explains. Wegrow merlot, zinfandel and chardonnay, and have avery small wine production. I have a backyard obser-vatory and two telescopes, but have yet to make anoriginal discovery. I attended as many nearby (SaltLake, Moab, Denver) photo workshops as I can findthe time for, and enjoy taking pictures in the backcountry, and processing them using Photoshop.

We also enjoy meeting up with our kids andgrandkids in places like Anchorage, Aruba, Alsace,New York, Seattle, Hawaii (of course), and we areworking on California sometime in the near future.

While I made my living in the physical sci-ences, in late life my interests have turned more to-

ward life science and history except as an amateurastronomer.

In every picture of Tom LaFehr on the Internet and there are several he is smiling and happy.

No wonder.

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Robert Stanley Bebb 48Scroll Number 229

Bob passed away March 28, 2005. Helived for many years in San Jose, where heis survived by his wife, Sue. He was retiredfrom the insurance industry. Bob was thefirst initiate of the first class to follow WorldWar II at the time of the reorganization ofNu Chapter.

Ivan Robert Brandt 51Scroll Number 282

Ivan left our midst on July 12. Born inOakland, he lived there until 1951, leavingCal during World War II to attend the Cali-fornia Maritime Academy and serve in the

Navy. He returned to Cal in 1947 where hemet Marva, to whom he would be married for54 years, and who survives him. He graduat-ed with a degree in business Administration,and then was recalled to active duty in Koreawhere he served as a Naval officer. This wasfollowed by a Masters Degree from Stanfordin 1955, and then he attended the Universityof California Dental School. His career wasthe management of dental x-ray labs in theBay Area. He and Marva lived in Lafayette,CA from 1955 to 1991 when they retired,

moved to Kelseyville, Lake County, CA, andbuilt the house of their dreams on Clear Lake.Besides Marva, he leaves two daughters anda son, and four grandchildren. He supportedall veterans organizations, and his passionswere the Olympic Shooting Team and DucksUnlimited. He was 79.

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