EVANSTON, IL Website: www.deltau.org FALL-WINTER 2009-2010 President’s Report - Successful Quarter Leads to Strong Rush Northwestern University Chapter of Delta Upsilon Fraternity The fall quarter has been a very suc- cessful one for our chapter. Although, the sophomore class is smaller than pre- vious years, they make up for it with their hard work and determination. Apathy has been replaced with a strong desire for the house to succeed. Some of this change is tangible, such as the chapter house being in the cleanest condition I have seen since my freshman year. Some of the change is not as apparent, but even more important. Our Rush program is a good ex- ample. Having a strong rush class for this year has been the focus of the chap- ter and our efforts paid off with 24 new members. To the extent the university allows, we have been promoting the chapter since the school year began and have made some good contacts with pro- spective members. We look forward to Rush Week which starts the first week of Winter quarter. We have also been working our live- in house director, Colin Finn and a few other advisors from other chapters of DU. The executive board got some great ideas from these Delta Upsilon alumni and applied them here to great success. We are looking to finish the quarter with our annual Thanksgiving dinner and Holiday party to leave a good impression on the freshman as they re- turn home for Winter break. We have set our goal to pledge thirty new mem- bers into our chapter. Additionally, I would like to thank all of our alumni that came for Homecom- ing weekend. Specifically for sharing your stories and showing the sophomore class that being a Delta Upsilon from Northwestern doesn’t end at gradua- tion. They truly learned a lot about our history and were even more motivated to have our chapter succeed this year. We hope the alumni had as much of a good time as we did that day (it didn’t hurt that the Cats won too!) As this Fall quarter winds down, we have a lot to look forward to. Our intra- mural football team is poised to do very well this season, and is favored to enter the finals. Thanks to a gracious dona- tion from an alumnus, we will have a newly renovated dining hall to enjoy din- ners together this winter. Most impor- tantly and the thing we as chapter are looking forward to the most, is the new member class of 2010. As we finish up this quarter, I will do my best to help secure our goals for this year. Dikaia Upotheke Fraternally yours, David Cao Former chapter president, Reg Newman ’59, was one of the 19 mem- bers of his class to return to campus for his 50 year reunion. The reunion was a great success and the under- graduates enjoyed meeting the alumni and their families. The Purple Searchlight took a moment to catch up with Brother Newman. After graduating from Northwest- ern, Newman went to work for Ford Motor Company for a year. In 1960, he married Carol Eggerss and moved back to New York where he joined the family business, NOCO Energy Corp, now Western New York’s largest in- dependent supplier of energy and pe- troleum products. Alumni Spotlight: Reg Newman ’59 Newman found his niche, accord- ing to his brother and business partner, Don. “He was the ultimate salesman; a one-man sales team for NOCO.” The business grew in the 60s as NOCO acquired smaller distribution companies and sold fuel to commer- cial fleet customers as well as heating oil to steel and manufacturing compa- nies. In 1973, NOCO acquired a ter- minal from Gulf Oil, putting them in the liquid warehouse business. NOCO was featured in a PBS series on fam- ily businesses. Despite the success, Newman re- mains modest. In the context of big oil companies, NOCO is small fry (continued on page two) Reg Newman ’59 returned to campus for his 50 year pledge class reunion.
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EVANSTON, IL Website: www.deltau.org FALL-WINTER 2009-2010
President’s Report - Successful Quarter Leads to Strong Rush
Northwestern University Chapterof Delta Upsilon Fraternity
The fall quarter has been a very suc-cessful one for our chapter. Although,the sophomore class is smaller than pre-vious years, they make up for it withtheir hard work and determination.Apathy has been replaced with astrong desire for the house to succeed.Some of this change is tangible, suchas the chapter house being in thecleanest condition I have seen sincemy freshman year. Some of thechange is not as apparent, but evenmore important.
Our Rush program is a good ex-ample. Having a strong rush class forthis year has been the focus of the chap-ter and our efforts paid off with 24 newmembers. To the extent the universityallows, we have been promoting thechapter since the school year began andhave made some good contacts with pro-spective members. We look forward
to Rush Week which starts the firstweek of Winter quarter.
We have also been working our live-in house director, Colin Finn and a fewother advisors from other chapters ofDU. The executive board got somegreat ideas from these Delta Upsilonalumni and applied them here to greatsuccess. We are looking to finish thequarter with our annual Thanksgivingdinner and Holiday party to leave a goodimpression on the freshman as they re-turn home for Winter break. We haveset our goal to pledge thirty new mem-bers into our chapter.
Additionally, I would like to thank allof our alumni that came for Homecom-ing weekend. Specifically for sharingyour stories and showing the sophomoreclass that being a Delta Upsilon fromNorthwestern doesn’t end at gradua-tion. They truly learned a lot about our
history and were even more motivatedto have our chapter succeed this year.We hope the alumni had as much of agood time as we did that day (it didn’thurt that the Cats won too!)
As this Fall quarter winds down, wehave a lot to look forward to. Our intra-mural football team is poised to do verywell this season, and is favored to enterthe finals. Thanks to a gracious dona-tion from an alumnus, we will have anewly renovated dining hall to enjoy din-ners together this winter. Most impor-tantly and the thing we as chapter arelooking forward to the most, is the newmember class of 2010. As we finish upthis quarter, I will do my best to helpsecure our goals for this year.
Dikaia UpothekeFraternally yours,David Cao
Former chapter president, RegNewman ’59, was one of the 19 mem-bers of his class to return to campusfor his 50 year reunion. The reunionwas a great success and the under-graduates enjoyed meeting the alumniand their families. The PurpleSearchlight took a moment to catchup with Brother Newman.
After graduating from Northwest-ern, Newman went to work for FordMotor Company for a year. In 1960,he married Carol Eggerss and movedback to New York where he joined thefamily business, NOCO Energy Corp,now Western New York’s largest in-dependent supplier of energy and pe-troleum products.
Alumni Spotlight: Reg Newman ’59Newman found his niche, accord-
ing to his brother and business partner,Don. “He was the ultimate salesman;a one-man sales team for NOCO.”The business grew in the 60s asNOCO acquired smaller distributioncompanies and sold fuel to commer-cial fleet customers as well as heatingoil to steel and manufacturing compa-nies. In 1973, NOCO acquired a ter-minal from Gulf Oil, putting them in theliquid warehouse business. NOCOwas featured in a PBS series on fam-ily businesses.
Despite the success, Newman re-mains modest. In the context of bigoil companies, NOCO is small fry
(continued on page two)
Reg Newman ’59 returned tocampus for his 50 year pledgeclass reunion.
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sity Chapter of Delta Upsilon for its mem-bers, alumni and friends.
WANTED : Alumni News. Please sendus news about yourself and your class-mates and other DUs you’ve seen or heardfrom to The Purple Searchlight, c/o Box312, Evanston, Illinois 60204.
Chapter Officers Fall-Winter 2009-10President: David Cao ’11Vice President: Mike Silliman ’11Treasurer: Kevin Yuen ’12Social Chair: Will Gomez ’12Risk Manager: Will McChesney ’12Public Relations: Adam Pegram ’12Rush Chairman: Nick Johnson ’12Scholarship Chair: Dong Wook Kim ’12House Manager: Neal Ehardt ’12Steward: Jeff Lee ’12
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according to Newman. “As far as Ican see,” Reg says casting an eye tohis brother, “his hat size is the sameas it was 50 years ago and mine ab-solutely is.”
Newman retired at age 65 and livesin Buffalo with his wife, Carol.
Alumni Spotlight:Reg Newman ’59(continued from page one)
“A pillar of DU leadership.” “One ofthe great pioneers of the venture capi-tal industry.” “A man of many ideas andbig dreams who looked toward the fu-ture to think of ways to make our coun-try a better place for all.” “An innova-tor and absolutely brilliant guy.” “TheFather of Venture Capital” …these arejust a few of the things being said aboutNed. In ill health for the last couple ofyears, Brother Heizer passed awayquietly on December 3, 2009 at the ageof 80.
Ned prepared himself early for a ca-reer as a venture capitalist. After join-ing DU at Northwestern, he graduatedand went on to graduate school at YaleUniversity. In 1969 Ned formedHeizer Corp. with the aim of continu-ing to invest in young companies andgain high returns. Venture capitalismis a business Ned helped invent for theentire nation.
He backed companies like Amdahl,Computer Consoles, Federal Express,Fotomat, IDC Corp., Intel, Material Sci-ence Corp., Spectra Physics and Va-
cation Resorts. Heizer Corp. was thelargest independent venture capital firmin the United States in the 1970s. Be-cause of changes in the tax laws, HeizerCorp. was liquidated in 1985. Individu-ally, Ned continued to make venture in-vestments, and he founded the HeizerCenter for Entrepreneurial Studies atNorthwestern University’s KelloggSchool of Management. He also fundedthe creation of the Ned Award with theAcademy of Management, which rec-ognizes top academic scholarship in theentrepreneurship arena. A whole gen-eration of people got into the venturecapital business because of Ned.” Withthe business liquidated in 1985, thatsame year, Brother Ned became Chair-man of the Board of Directors for DeltaUpsilon Fraternity. He had alreadyserved with DU both on the Fraternitylevel in positions too numerous to men-tion, as well as at the local level at North-western. Ned Heizer was one of onlyfour members of DU to ever serve asChairman of both the Fraternity and theDU Foundation.
For the past year Delta Upsilon hashad a live-in house director who worksfor the fraternity’s house corporation,is responsible for the upkeep of thehouse and is accountable for the wel-fare of fraternity members.
Colin Finn, DU’s house director, saidhe maintains a working relationshipwith the other people in the house.“They respect me a lot and come tome for everything,” he said. “Theyknow that if I see something wrong,then I’ll have to address the situation,but I guess I don’t go looking for it.I’ve had no issues yet.”
Finn, 26, attended Iowa State Uni-versity, where he was a member ofDU. He said the NU chapter askedhim to become house director last yearto provide assistance to the house.
“They wanted someone there to givethem extra guidance and help keepthem accountable for their actions,” hesaid. “And they had the room avail-able.”
“In addition to maintaining order inthe houses, directors help the chapters
House Director Provides Advice, Guidancewith city inspection requirements, plansummer housing arrangements, man-age the fraternity’s budget and workwith the executive board of the frater-nity”, Finn said.
Alex Bergjans, who lives in the DUfraternity house, said “the addition ofa house director has not changed muchabout the house.”
“Initially people were apprehensive,but Colin has been a great addition tothe house,” the Medill sophomore said.“We have a very good relationshipbased on respect. He’s an easygoingguy and approaches everything withgreat humor.”
Unlike NU’s sororities, which havelive-in “house moms” who oversee as-pects of house operations, only threecampus fraternities have directors wholive with the men. DU and Phi Deltboth employed a house director for thefirst time last school year. Phi Delt’shouse corporation said “In our experi-ence, chapters that have someone inthat role tend to be better behaved andhave a stronger, more positive culture.”
Delta Upsilon Mourns Edgar “Ned” Heizer ’51
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The Northwestern chapter of DeltaUpsilon has committed itself to makingphilanthropy and service two of the cor-nerstones of this fraternity. This newmentality can be attributed to three re-alizations; realizations that will drive usto achieve our goals. By expressing ourdetermination we hope that you willidentify with our approach and supportus in this process.
The first realization is that we un-derstand the power of giving. The op-
Chapter Commits to Philanthropy and Community Serviceportunity to make a positive impact onanother’s life can be incredibly reward-ing. With this in mind, our fraternity hasdecided to take a more active role involunteering in the community.
The second realization is that ourengagement in these service andfundraising activities will help the menin our fraternity bond with each otherand create a unity that will strengthenour friendships and enhance our expe-rience at Northwestern.
19 of the 22 living members of the Class of 1959 reunited at Delta Upsilon on Homecoming weekend.October 23-25, 2009. All had a great time reminising and interacting with other alumni and the under-graduates. The event was highlighted by a rousing performance on the piano.
The Delta Upsilon 2009 Homecoming Weekend
The third realization relates to ourunderstanding of how philanthropy andservice are intimately linked to devel-oping our leadership capabilities. If weachieve these goals this year, we willbe able to draw upon this experience,these accomplishments, and methods ofachievement for the rest of our lives.
If you have any questions or con-cerns, please contact Sam Nayman at201-463-9729 or [email protected]
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The brothers from the 60’s gather in 2003 for a golf outing in LakeZurich, IL at the Lake Zurich Golf Club.
Chapter EternalChapter EternalChapter EternalChapter EternalChapter EternalSince publication of our last edition
of The Purple Searchlight we havelearned of the deaths of the followingbrothers: Carson Higgins ’42, Rob-ert O. Lewis ’44, Thomas F.Gilchrist ’58 and Robert L. Trotter’67. We extend our condolences to allof their families and friends.
Thanks to the brothers who wrote inregarding the mystery photo in ThePurple Searchlight in Spring 2009.James H. “Goon/Goony” Davis ’65wrote, “Who could forget this joyousmoment? Certainly, none of us from theClasses of ‘62 to ‘66. The year was1963, more specifically, a Saturday inMay as the tug-of-war was contestedat our traditional off site (in Wisconsin)All Day Spring Party. We bussed up toa ski lodge that hosted parties in its off-seasons. The tug-of-war event wasmemorable as the opposing teams facedeach other with a small, water-filledstream in between. The proud, and drysixsome in the picture were all mem-bers of the pledge class of 1962. Thesmiles on their faces were well earned,as their team wiped out the upper-classmen. They deserved thecelebratory beverage, and one definitelylead to another. Now as to the broth-ers, from left to right. Mark, the “Pit”,Meyer was a South-sider from West-ern Springs, who may have ended upas a CIA agent or bodyguard; he wasalways very physical and aggressive.All those I have consulted with havealso lost touch with Pit. Next with thehat was Terry “Buddha” Fippinger.Buddha attended NU’s Dental Schooland had an active children’s practiceon the North Shore. In the 70’s andearly 80’s, my three kids as patientshelped his prosperity. Jeff “Brooker”Brooke was an excellent athlete fromAlbert Lea, MN. Brooker was on boththe wrestling team (heavyweight) anda starter for 3 seasons as offensiveguard on the Wildcats football team (hewas captain his senior year). Brookerhad a great career as a defense attor-
ney in Phoenix. More notably his spouse,Ann, and he spent 3 or 4 years sailingaround the world on a small boat (nohired hands!) and my wife was able topick up has periodic missives that hesent on the truly world-wide internet.We see them occasionally. Jeff and Igolfed together just before Christmas2008; he professed that this was his firstround played in about 40 years!
Next in line is Jim “Greaser” Andrewsfrom North Kansas City. He was myPledge son, and an adept wrestler.Greaser lives in Columbia, MO., wherehe practices as an oral surgeon. Wetraveled with Jim and his wife Luanneto Costa Rica in 2004—more about thatlater. Second from the end with the mostrope is Jim “Horn” Horan. Horn wasfrom Kankakee, IL and was a scholar-ship athlete on the football team. Hematriculated in the Engineering School,and his first job after graduation waswith IBM, marketing 360’s in the Chi-cago area. Later on he was head ofmarketing at DSC in Kansas City. Henow resides in Austin, TX with his wife,Sherry, and is involved in developinghouses in a Mexican village: such aninteresting winding path! Finally, the an-chor man on the end is Jay “Tyke”Nollman, who found his way to NUfrom Long Island, NY. He, too, was ascholarship athlete on the football teamwith lots of playing time in the defen-sive secondary. Equally notable was hisdedication to Rugby on a Chicago-basedteam that stretched his athletic careersome 20 years. Tyke and his wife, Jane,now reside in Millennium Place just ablock away from Michigan Ave. andGrant Park, and also have an eclecticcottage in Saugatuck, MI. Tyke was a
marketing maven and ended up owninga private business that prospered by pre-senting pictures of new-born babies,taken in hospital settings. Tyke was in-stigator of the Costa Rica trip accompa-nied by Greaser, Goony (the writer) andWick (Tom Sedgwick, who was first al-ternate for the tug-of-war, had someonebeen injured). Tyke and one of his Rugbybrothers are developing some seasidevillas near Flamingo Beach, Costa Rica.”I see Tyke several times a year whilevisiting Chicago where my twin daugh-ters reside. We specialize in golfingmarathons, usually in the Northwest sub-urbs of Chicago or Southwest Michigan,I have enclosed a picture from circa 2003or so, taken at Lake Zurich Golf Club,located on Lake Zurich, IL. From left toright are Mark and Dee Beaubien ’64,Jim and Kari Conway (a Wisconsingraduate, who spent the summer of ’65in the DU house while on an internshipwith Bankers Life Ins. and in our livesbecame an official brother), then Tykeand Jane Nollman, then Duke Jones(house Pres. in ’67, my other pledgeson), then Tyke’s guest and spouse, andfinally Jim and Penny Davis and Duke’swife Andy. The “statue” that we areposing with was an unexpected find byTyke. He was visiting Brother Bob“Biblio” Ladd ’64, at Bob’s office, andagreed to take the statue off his hands.Tyke repainted it with LZCC’s colors toremind the members of their 1895 roots;it is displayed proudly at all major socialevents. Goony can be reached at 10187E. Sundance Trail, Scottsdale, AZ 85262or via e-mail at [email protected].
We also received mystery photo re-sponses from two other brothers:Patrick R. Rodman ’65 who can becontacted at 3609 Langton Rd., Cleve-land Heights, OH 44121 and C. JohnBuresh ’67, who resides at 2753Brandywine Street, NW, WashingtonDC 20008-1041. Thanks to all.
