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Acacia Flash Sept '09 Editor: Bro. Stanley Lin/ Bro. David Flagg
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Back Row: Philipose, Tuan Nguyen, O'Hara Hill, Carson, Halverson , Fitton, Ultee, Smith, Andrus
Mid Row: Bro's Baskin, Schappert, Wroble, PJ Howe, Brown, JP Howe, Dimoh, Flagg, Tan, Pldg Lum, Bros Hagerty, Tony Nguyen, Peter, Mathai, Johnson
Picture Row: Lai, picture, Feng, Zhong, Lin ReUnion 2009, Sept. 19, organized by Little Sister Mary Howe, was a great success. Following the banquet the Actives serenaded the assembled Brothers and their ladies. Then they sang "My Girl" to Mary. Visit the Facebook page, Syracuse Acacia to see and hear video of both taken by Brother P.J. Howe. There are links on Syracacian.com. Bro J. P. Howe was presented with a plaque thanking him for his service as House Corp President. Bro. Rob Roberson Elected President of Acacia: On October 14, 2009, by a special vote of the International Council of Acacia Fraternity, Bro. Robert E. Roberson, Illinois Wesleyan '74, was elected the twenty-fourth President of the Acacia Fraternity. Brother Roberson has served as Treasurer since 2001, and will fulfill the remainder of Pres. David Allen's term. Bro. Allen passed away October 2, 2009. From Top Row: Bros Feng, Nguyen, Lai, Lin, K. Smith, Chu, Pledge Hong, Bro. Tan, Pledges Lum & Kam, Bro Kwan, Pledge Lee, Bro. Tuan Nguyen (alum) , Day Care Director, Pledge Parmar, Bro. Flagg (alum), Bro. Chan
Day Care Painting: In keeping with the Acacia motto of "Human Service", Actives, Alumni and Pledges assembled at the Syracuse Salvation Army Day Care Center on South Street to paint the facility in October. Bro. Wesley Lai awarded Venerable Dean Ken Smith with the "Order of the White Hand" during day care painting event. 3rd Quarter House Corp Executive Board Meeting September 19th, was held in the newly created Games Room. Mr. Eddie Banks-Crosson, Director of the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Affairs spoke to the Board and Brothers in attendance. Bro. Simon Philipose was elected Chapter Advisor and appointed Bro. Quoc Tuan Nguyen as Financial Advisor. The Cornerstones Committee recommended that the Syracuse Chapter should have a Cornerstones member development program. The recommendation was adopted. Room rent for 2010-2011 was set a $6,200 per year and it was established that the capacity of the House was 9. From Top Left: Bro.Charles Cutshall, Mr. Larry Thomas, Bros. Bill Sutton, Jon Fichthorn ,Dave Flagg , Dave Cahn, Bros. Paul Dimoh, Rohan Akhouri, Bros. Paul Hodum, Jason Hecth, Winston Wang Birthday and Mini Reunion. Thanks to efforts of Bro. Rohan Akhouri the ten alumni shown above and Mr. Larry Thomas, former Chapter Academic Advisor, gathered in Alexandria, VA to celebrate Bro. Charles R. Cutshall, III's birthday and to strengthen the ties of friendship. Bro. Cutshall is House Corp. Secretary, former Chapter Advisor, and also Washington, D.C. Area Alumni Coordinator. He plans to organize future, D.C. area, alumni gatherings, some of which will include human service activities. We now have two area coordinators and a growing number of alumni peer coordinators working "to strengthen the ties of friendship, one with another". The next day Bro. Flagg visited with Bro. Ray and Norma Bourdeau on Dan's Mountain in western Maryland. They had not seen each other since New Year's Day 1966
Our Fall Pledge Class:
Standing: Morgan Striggles, David Mejia, Alex Jimenez, Navi Parmar, Sam Hong, Lucus Addo
Kneeling: Alexis Herrera, Armando Castro ,Anubis, Jeffery Kam, Nicolas Lee
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Recent Alumni News Bro. Chris Kapp,
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, is now Teaching Assistant at Center for Digital Imaging Arts at Boston University. He also does free lance 3D Animation. Congratulations Bro. Kapp!
Bro. Glenn Dowgiallo,
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, visited with Bros. Ken Smith, Matt Hagerty, and Dave Flagg at the Chapter House Saturday, Sept. 26th. His son is a Freshman at Lemoyne College so we hope to see more of him.
Bro. Daniel Briggs
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has become a Personal Trainer at Equinox in New York City while he awaits to start Medical School.
Bro. Paul Dimoh,
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is no longer be living with Bro. Johnson and moving into his own apartment in Buffalo, NY where he has a new position with Nixon Peabody LLP.
Bro. Jordan Rennert,
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, has started a video business in New York City.
Bro. Charron Matthews,
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, junior English & Textual Studies Major, and Political Sciences minor was recently selected SU Student of the Week. Bro. Mathews is very well known on campus and involved in any activities.
Bro. Gemayel Jean-Paul,
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Esquire is now a member of the New York State Bar.
Bro. Al McDowell, Al McDowell <
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> sent the Chapter Library a copy of his new book "Uncommon Knowledge" If you've written a book we'd love to have a copy on a Brother Authors shelf.
More alumni news would be nice. If something has or is happened in your life please let us know.
Proud to be an Acacian!
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