on regular operations. Please welcome Ricky into the brotherhood.
Ricky Cháchra, Alpha Theta's resident advisor at 17 South Avenue, was initiated into the PiKA brotherhood on Friday, April 27th 2012, by the Iota Lambda chapter at Columbia University. Rick has managed Alpha Theta's property onsite since the start of the independent residency, and has worked closely with Treasurer Steve Amador '84 on regular operations. Please welcome Ricky into the brotherhood.
The rental process for 2012-13 academic year at 17 South is complete. The house continues to attract a fascinating pool of applicants interested in becoming members. Altogether, over 130 students contacted Ricky for the 11 open spots, exchanging with him over 459 e-mails in a 3-month period. The new group of 8 men and 8 women was finally assembled after dozens of meetings, phone calls and interviews later. The 2012-13 members at the house will come from 12 countries spread over 5 continents, speak 13 languages fluently, and study 12 majors in 5 colleges. Members include 6 undergrads and 10 graduate students.
Anyone having any original memorabilia, photos, records, etc. that have been taken from 17 South Avenue since the suspension of the chapter, or even prior to that, please return it to Ricky at 17 South so we can put it all together in climate controlled storage. If you can’t send it back, please email Ricky describing what it is.
Professor Anne S. Emanuel visited the Rochester area on the Martin Luther King, Jr., holiday last January as the guest of Alpha Theta alumni in western New York.
She presented her reflections on Elbert P. Tuttle AB '18, LLB '23 at well-attended events co-sponsored with the Cornell Club of Rochester and the Harvard-Radcliffe Alumni Club. The highlight of the visit, though, was a one hour radio interview on WXXI-AM with Robert Smith, AB '72, MA '74, and PhD '77. Being a loyal and informed Cornellian, Bob's one hour with Anne focused particularly on Judge Tuttle's life on the Hill, and how it may have informed his judicial philosophy. An estimated 18,000 listeners heard Anne Emanuel's interview with Bob Smith.
Anyone wishing a copy of the broadcast, please contact Logan Cheek '60 .
Among his many career accomplishments, "Tut" was president of Alpha Theta when we affiliated with Pi Kappa Alpha and for many years was Pike's national president, before becoming chief judge of the Fifth Circuit Court in Atlanta. He was honored in 1980 with the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Professor Emanuel was Judge Tuttle's clerk, and recently completed the only authorized biography of him, Elbert Parr Tuttle: Chief Jurist of the American Civil Rights Movement. Two copies were donated to the house library for future member education programs, as were two copies to the Cornell libraries. They will be permanently plated as follows:
Gift of
The Alumni of Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity
Honoring
Elbert Parr Tuttle, AB '18, LLB '23
President, Pi Kappa Alpha, 1917-1918
Scholar - Leader - Athlete - Gentleman
We still have a handful of autographed copies of her book available for sale.
...more from spring 2012 Shield & Diamond.
Pike Picnic at Reunion
17 South Avenue
Saturday, June 9th
12:30-2:30 pm
Invited: All Pikes and their families at Reunion or those willing to make the trip to join us.
RSVP to Bob Forness '87
Alan Becker '65 continues to serve as Managing Partner of Litchfield Cavo LLP. In the past year the company opened two new offices in Philadelphia and Pittsburgh, and now has 160 lawyers in 12 offices across the country. Alan has become deeply involved in theater, serving as president of the board of First Folio Theatre, a professional not-for-profit company, and has appeared in walk-on roles, most recently in Romeo and Juliet.
Son Michael and daughter-in-law Sinead recently presented Alan and his wife with their first grandchild; her name is Eilis O'Gorman Becker. They live in the Netherlands where Mike is the Associate Legal Officer to the American judge on the International Court of Justice in The Hague. Daughter Marie is at the University of Chicago, completing her second masters degree.
Mike (Greenie) Greenberg, Elliot (El) Dee, and Ed (Chow) Catto, all from the pledge class of '81, at their most recent monthly meet-up at Park West in Ridgewood, NJ.
Peter K. Binder '66
September 19, 2011
Jack Felt '54
August 27, 2010
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