INSIDE GRENADEA history of Tau Kappa Epsilon Lambda Sigma

Fraternity at Keene State

College

ALUMNI OFFICERS

PRYTANISColin Calhoun #365EPI-PRYTANISMike Flynn #654CRYSOPHYLOSDonald Clemmenson #621GRAMMATEUSOPENHISTORJosh Terrell #325OFFICER AT LARGEJack Morrison #672WEB MASTERSean Crater #669

BOARD OF ADVISORSRichard Towne #423Chairman

Benjamin Dovidio #657Vice Chairman

Bobby Koolis #710Chapter Advisor

Chuck Oldham #312Risk Manager

Christian Pedersen #302Coordinator of Chapter Leadership & Education

Tyler NadwairskiSecretary

Nicky Brown #632Advisor at Large

Jake Sharkey #662Activities Director

DJ Hardisty #663Mentor-ship CoordinatorThe Chapter Board of Advisors is made up of Alumni who volunteer their time to oversee the Chapters most critical decisions, finances, and operations.

Thank You Board of Advisors members!

TKE GRENADETHE LAMBDA SIGMA ALUMNI MAGAZINE

VOLUME 5, ISSUE 1 | SPRING 2018

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TKE LAMBDA SIGMA TURNS 50A Brotherhood 71 Years in the Making

PRECURSOR: We all learned that prior to Tau Kappa Epsilon there was Theta Chi Delta and for most that is where our history begins – 50 years ago this May - but the roots of the Lambda Sigma Chapter go much deeper than that. All the way back to 1947 in fact. In that year a local Fraternity named Kappa

Tau Gamma was chartered by Keene State College and from the beginning had eyes on becoming a chapter of a national fraternity. In 1948 they were successful in finding that National affiliation and became the Alpha Iota Chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma.

BECOMING TAU KAPPA EPSILON:They remained a chapter of Sigma Tau Gamma until 1954 when for unknown reasons they dis-affiliated with the National Fraternity and became the local fraternity Theta Chi Delta. It is not known why they didn’t revert back to Kappa Tau Gamma at that time. For 14 years Theta Chi Delta was a prominent fraternity on the Keene State campus. Their guiding principles were High Academic Standing, Leadership, and College Spirit. On more than one occasion Sigma Tau Gamma attempted to persuade Theta Chi Delta to re-affiliate with the national headquarters, however Theta Chi Delta remained. The Chapter was known for it’s annual “White Rose Ball” and their Christmas Party for under privileged children.

Towards the end of 1966, the 18 month process of affiliating with Tau Kappa Epsilon began and on May 18th 1968 the Lambda Sigma Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon was born. The membership of Theta Chi Delta at the time of affiliation with TKE was 69 men*

*(69 M----- ------S tied in a knot).

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FACTS OF 1968The first Big Mac was sold in 1968 for 49 cents

Elvis made a comebackThe Rolling Stones released Jumping Jack Flash

60 Minutes made it’s debute on CBSThe Beatles released Hey Jude.

Hair opened on Broadway at the Biltmore TheatreMod Squad was the top new release on TV

Richard Nixon became the 37th President of the United States

Stanley Kubrick’s 2001, a Space Odyssey was released.The Green Bay Packers defeated the Oakland Raiders

to win Super Bowl II

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THETA CHI DELTA BECAME TAU KAPPA EPSILON,

LAMBDA SIGMA CHAPTER

FOUNDING MEMBERS

Paul R. Charpentier #1, Thomas N. Richard #2, George A. Biron #3, Sumner P. Harris #4,

George W. Nostrand #5, John L. Mizoras #6, Barry D. Osborn #7, John B. Kolb #8,

William A. Marcello #9, John B. Bowman #10, Edward Forbush #11, Richard F. Frain #12,

Steven P. Groves #13, Robert W. Heartz #14, Kenneth W. Leafe #15, Richard C. Lecuyer #16,

Joel D. McKenna #17, Lee M. Richard #18, James Vinciguerra #19, Nicholas G. Zoulias #20, David S. Cherwin #21, Raymond A. Croteau #22, Richard C. Di Meco #23, Walter J. Dwinnells #24,

Paul G. Huard #25, Thomas W. Kelliher #26, Alex Mavrogeorge #27, Sean R. McGivern #28, Jeffrey A. McLynch #29, Donald R. Nelson #30,

Dennis J. Bosse #31, Robert H. Ross #32, Edward Stokel, Jr. #33, Peter N. Tucker #34,

Stephen A. Whipple #35, John W. Wright, III #36, Stanley M. Zankowski #37, Bryan K. Abbot #38,

Gerald J. Birch #39, Philip L. Boonisar #40, Ronald B. Comeau #41, Charlie M. Davis #42,

Henry A. Parkhurst #43, Joseph A. Forseze #44, David A. Giles #45, Peter E. Guay #46,

Marshall J. Barrett, Jr. #47, John A. Landry #48, Paul T. Lapotosky #49, Douglas P. Leavitt #50, Alan M. Maistrosky #51, Brian M. Moul #52, James V. Moylan, Jr. #53, Paul T. Pouliot #54,

Dudley B. Purbeck, Jr. #55, Kevin J. Rafferty #56, Richard M. Roy #57, George C. Skilogianis #58,

Mark E. Taylor #59, Richard B. Uncles #60, Ronald R. Vallee #61, Donald A. Van Uden #62,

Armand E. Vien #63, Bruce A. Waldo #64, Bruce A. Watson #65, Brian A. Richardson #66, Edward C. Oleson, Jr. #67, Harold A. Goder #68,

Gary L. Rush #69

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TIGHTEN UP– Archie Bell and the DrellsMRS. ROBINSON– Simon and GarfunkelHONEY– Bobby GoldsboroTHE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY– Hugo MontenegroA BEAUTIFUL MORNING– The RascalsCOWBOYS TO GIRLS– The IntrudersLOVE IS ALL AROUND– The TroggsTHE UNICORN– The Irish RoversYOUNG GIRL– The Union Gap Featuring Gary PuckettDO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO SAN JOSE– Dionne Warwick

Top 40 Week ending Saturday May 18th 1968SHOO-BE-DOO-BE-DOO-DA-DAY– Stevie WonderCRY LIKE A BABY– The Box TopsTAKE TIME TO KNOW HER– Percy SledgeAIN’T NOTHING LIKE THE REAL THING– Marvin Gaye and Tammi TerrellLADY MADONNA– The BeatlesSUMMERTIME BLUES– Blue CheerI GOT THE FEELIN’– James BrownFUNKY STREET– Arthur ConleyMONY MONY– Tommy James and the ShondellsLIKE TO GET TO KNOW YOU– Spanky and Our Gang

AIN’T NO WAY– Aretha FranklinSHE’S LOOKIN’ GOOD– Wilson PickettSOUL SERENADE– Willie MitchellSWEET INSPIRATION– The Sweet InspirationsI COULD NEVER LOVE ANOTHER (After Loving You)– The TemptationsDELILAH– Tom JonesTHE HAPPY SONG (Dum-Dum)– Otis ReddingI WILL ALWAYS THINK ABOUT YOU– The New Colony SixIF I WERE A CARPENTER– The Four TopsDOES YOUR MAMA KNOW ABOUT ME– Bobby Taylor and the Vancouvers

MASTER JACK– Four Jacks and a JillYUMMY YUMMY YUMMY– The Ohio ExpressDANCE TO THE MUSIC– Sly and the Family StoneTHE BALLAD OF BONNIE AND CLYDE– Georgie FameSINCE YOU’VE BEEN GONE– Aretha FranklinMY GIRL/HEY GIRL– Bobby VeeTAKE GOOD CARE OF MY BABY– Bobby VintonPLAYBOY– Gene and Debb THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER– The DoorsJENNIFER ECCLES– The Hollies

MEMBERSHIP remained strong at Lambda Sigma into the mid 70’s but then saw a dip and by 1981 was less than 20 active Fraters. In 1982 a large group numbering over 20 men joined. From that point forward there was a boom in membership throughout the 80’s and early 90’s.

TKE • Kronicle Yearbook photo 1973Fraters on campus 1971

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AT THE HEIGHT of this boom in 1985 - 87 the chapter saw it’s active membership swell to 67 men. This strong membership resulted in 3 consecutive Greek Week championships in 1985, 86 & 87. The current Chapter has a chance to match the 3-peat with a Greek Week championship this May. Despite the house being sold in 1988 the chapter continued to be strong with good recruiting into the 90s and eventually found a long term rental at 11 Blake Street. Following a low recruitment period in the early 2000’s the Chapter closed it’s doors for unknown reasons in 2003 and remained closed for several years despite a growing interest among its alumni to see it reborn. Then in 2008 the following students; Ryan Chatel, Eric McCooey, Colin Isotti, Drew Arvin, Garrett Costello, Donald Clemmenson, Kevin Mousseau, Brian Finer, Josh

Helmbrect, Jamie Bluestein, Michael Barry, Robert Hammond, Kevin Day, & Matthew Harrington provided the jump start that Lambda Sigma needed. Kevin Mousseau is the nephew of all 3 Mousseau brothers that were active at the chapter throughout the 70’s which provided a convenient link from the present to

the past. At the same time that these men were working to revive Lambda Sigma a group of alumni were working to form a supportive Alumni Association. 35 charter members of the Alumni Association were primarily from the mid 1980’s through early 90’s. This effort was lead by Keith Malatesta, Josh Terrell, Dave Sime, Mark

Lussier and Timothy Hay primarily but was soon joined by a large number of volunteers and donors and the Alumni Association grew into what it has become today.

THE 80’s AND BEYOND

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HOUSINGAT THE TIME of affiliation, Theta Chi Delta was residing at the Carroll House on Main Street in Keene which today is an art gallery.

In 1970 the Chapter moved to a house just behind Carroll House at 53 Marlboro Street. TKE Lambda Sigma remained at 53 Marlboro for 18 years. They were forced to sell the house in the face of mounting costs for repairs in Spring of 1988.

TKE prevailed, finding a long term rental at 11 Blake Street where the Chapter remained until 1998.

Currently the members of TKE are located at a few off campus houses in Keene but there is no Fraternity or Alumni owned property.

MEMBERSHIP BY THE

NUMBERS Initial Membership 1968: 69 Initiations Fall 68 – 1979: 169 Initiations 1980 – 1989: 180 Initiations 1990 – 2003: 202 Initiations 2008 – 2018: 125

Total TKE Member Initiations since 1968: 745

Carroll House on Main Street (prior to 1970)

53 Marlboro Street (70s & 80s)

11 Blake Street (90s)

MA STEWARTThroughout the 1970’s the Chapter lived at 53 Marlboro St. and followed an old custom of having a live in “House Mother.” Ma Stewart lived in an apartment at the back of 53 Marlboro. She was known for being available to any TKE brother to talk about school, girl troubles, anything at all. Alumni Jim Langley #183 said during his interview for the TKE Grenade Newsletter, that Ma Stewart may have given more to TKE than anyone in the history of the Chapter. Alumni Robert Caron relayed to us that Lambda Sigma TKE members attended her funeral. Here are the only 2 pictures we have of Ma Stewart.

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Lambda Sigma TKE 50th Anniversary Alumni Weekend

On March 24th 2018 we will be celebrating the 50th year since Lambda Sigma TKE was founded at Keene State College. We will be holding our general meeting and scholarship presentation at the Keene Marriott on Railroad St in Keene NH at 2:00 p.m. Alumni of all ages are encouraged to attend. Last year we had over 75 alumni attend. We expect this year to be the largest gathering of Lambda Sigma TKE members in our 50 year history so you won’t want to miss it. Here is our full schedule of events for our Anniversary weekend.

TAU KAPPA EPSILONESTABLISHED — MAY 18, 1968 — KEENE, NH

REUNION NEWS

EVENT SCHEDULEMARCH 23RD

6pm: Dinner with the Chapter, Location TBD

MARCH 24TH

11am – 1pm: Greek Alumni Management Workshop Mountain View Room on Campus. Open to Greek Student leaders and Greek Alumni.

2-3pm: TKE Alumni Meet and Greet Marriott Hotel • Cash Bar

3pm: TKE General Meeting Marriott Hotel

4:30pm – 6:30pm: Greek Alumni Meet and Greet at the Alumni Center.

6 – 8pm: TKE Alumni Founders Dinner Alumni Center – Centennial Hall.

8pm: Free Time with your Alumni Brothers in Keene.

Carter Freudenhiem & Glenn Turgeon

Roman Mrozinski& John Hasay

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Currently the Chapter is a strong group of young men numbering roughly 30 active members which is overseen by an Alumni Board of Advisors and supported by a strong Alumni Association which was founded in 2009. The Chapter is known for excelling in community service activities and has established 2 signature philanthropic events each year. TKE in a Box is an event where the Chapter lives for a week in a box constructed of cardboard in the center of the Keene State Campus to raise awareness and funds for the homeless. This event has been a smash hit for the Chapter, Campus and Community. In 2016 the Chapter added a 2nd event called See Saw for a Chance, which sees chapter members riding a See/Saw on campus for over 24 hours straight to raise funds for St Jude Children’s Hospital – TKE’s National Philanthropy. The support given to the Chapter by it’s Alumni is just another reason TKE has risen above other Fraternities at Keene State. In 2016 The Lambda Sigma Alumni Association raised over $13,000 and another $11,000 in 2017 from it’s alumni in support of the Chapter and to date since founding has raised over $55,000 for Scholarship and leadership opportunities. This past year the Alumni funded 2 students’ trips to the TKE National Conclave, awarded 2 Scholarships, and provided funds for other chapter events. The future is bright for the Lambda Sigma Chapter of Tau Kappa Epsilon.

CURRENT DAY AND INTO THE FUTURE

ORDER OF APOLLO ($5,000+)

TRIANGLE ($2,500 - $4,999)Keith Malatesta #342, Colin Calhoun #365, Matthew Biggins #434

MA STEWART ($1,000 - $2,499)Steve Belluardo #282, Eric Germain #301, Chris Pedersen #302, Chuck Oldham #312, Lew Morrison #313,

Josh Terrell #325, Matthew Gorby #406, Scott Bergeron #493, Andy Knapp #553

CHERRY & GREY ($250 - $999)Mark Bettencourt #271, Marty Flanagan #277, Paul Power #294, Pete Smilikis #310, Chuck Prive #311, Dean Naphegyi #314,

Paul Dickinson #318, John Fischer #320, Richard Larkin #323, Jon Neschis #326, Pete Weiss #331, Brian Duplessis #336, Chris Mead #338, Jim Dolan #348, Matthew Brisson #351, Chip Adams #356, Mark Chilicki #370, Matthew Jenkins #377, Mike Girard #378, Dave Farrington #383, Michael Barrington #405,

Sean Ashburner #421, Richard Towne #423, Eric Krueger #427, Matt Cabana #430, Joe Gibilisco #442, Rob Koniuto #444, Mike Haller #449, Stephen Dube #452, Shane Nickerson #458, Timothy Hay #468, Phil Jacques #504, Richard Fink #520, Chris Burrows #551, Donald Clemmenson #621, Kevin Mousseau #622,

Sean Powers #631, Nicky Brown #632, Brad Agostino #647, Edward Bell #650, Nate Loomis #652, John Erickson #655, Jake Sharkey #662, Sean Crater #669, Jonathan Morrison #672, Sean Babine

BRICK CARRIERS ($1 - $249)Quentin R Estey #84, Robert Caron #218, John Wakefield #281, John Lines #289, William Grady #309, Ron Bailey* #316, Neal Monahon #321, Dave Sime #327,

Shannon Mulvey #329, Jim Sorbello #332, TJ Murphy #333, Keith Baumm* #340, Carter Freudenhiem, Patrick Dolan #352, Brenton Dorre #355, Jason Miles #375, Chip Stowell #380, Sean Morrissey #386, Glenn Turgeon #395, Dennis Goodridge #396, Steven LaRoche #400, Dave Walters #401,

Scott Roberts #402, Christopher Lucier #409, Steve McSweeney #419, Paul Thompson #428, Jason Gemmell #433, Scott Harris #435, Ernest Auperlee #436, David LeBlond #440, Edward LeBrecque #441, Kevin Dwyer #443, Rob Hutchinson #447, Andrew Gutteridge #448, Brian MacDonald #450, Burke York #454,

Chris Koch, Rich Beliveau #460, Jerry Taylor #469, Samuel Demmons #470, Mark Lussier #473, Andrew Rice #492, Kristopher Parsons #495, Bryan Towne #496, Ethan Calder #498, Cassidy Furbush #511, Jim Vachon #521, Jason Potter #526, Kyle Zawistowski #544, Brian Hiney #548, Casey Lucas #549,

Matthew Devine #555, Justin Raymond #556, Matthew St. Germaine #567, Ryan Chatel #616, Eric McCooey #617, Drew Arvin #619, Brian Finer #623, Josh Helmbrecht #624, Matt Harrington #629, Josh Tuliano #634, Scott Campbell #641, Patrick Johnson #642, Ken Sikes #646, Jamie Martin #648,

Alexander Odell #649, Deven Perkins #653, Mike Flynn #654, Benjamin Dovidio #657, Seth Babel #658, Johnathan Kirchberg #661, DJ Hardisty #663, Andrew Corey #664, Douglas Piroso #665, Derek Blunt #666, Henry Bendel #667, Robert Close #668, Steven Mignano #671, Ben Fredericks #675,

Leonard Silverman #676, Nick Swain #683, Robert Koolis #710, Matthew Bergman #696, Tyler Nadwairski

The purpose of this Association shall be to serve the Alumni of Tau Kappa Epsilon, Lambda Sigma Chapter of Keene State College, to perpetuate the ideals, friendships, and Brotherhood formed there, by providing opportunities to establish beneficial relations and communications between current and future alumni. To preserve, care take, and promote the history, lore, traditions, artifacts, and institutional memory of Tau Kappa Epsilon, Lambda Sigma Chapter, at Keene State College, and to continue our good work in the areas of charitable donations and scholarship funding to the undergraduate chapter.

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