A Few Brothers Have Spoken.
You answered five brief questions in a survey last month. Here is what you said:
What is your fondest memory of being part of Lambda Chi Alpha?
- After football game parties, Life long friendships, Friday night tails games, Working homecoming
- Brotherhood and living at the house.
- Just the day to day of living in the house with a bunch of guys who are great friends to this day, there are so many fond memories it’s hard to pick just one
- Unfortunately, I went through the entire Associate program, took the test, and then due to an unfortunate set of circumstances I never went through whatever to become a full-fledged brother. The fact that I get all the information to this day (since 1985 when I graduated) left a vacant spot. I wonder if I have a brother #? I always regretted that and wonder if I can become an honorary brother or something. I am Gerry Rosenblum 85′
- The brotherhood and friendships…lifelong
- Friendships with other brothers
- Friendships!
- The parties and lifetime relationships
- So many to choose from: Beef Roast, Lambda Thursday, I-weeks….. But I think the best memory is living in the House. With 35 guys there was always something fun going on, and always someone up late night to hang out with.
- Evening dinners with all the brothers
- Camaraderie
- Jammies
- Football Saturdays at the game or at the house with brothers.
- Too many great memories to sight any one – becoming a brother, sleeping in the dorm, party nights, after one parties, mother G our housemother, dressing for dinner.
- That is a hard one to answer as the entire fraternity experience was memorable. Perhaps the most profound experience was a tie between Zero Degree and Hell Week
- An opportunity to make friends and be a part of something with an incredible history.
- The close friendships.
- Great brothers
What are the top 3 things you gained from your Lambda Chi Alpha experience?
- Lifelong friendships, Responsibility holding an office, Loyalty
- 1) Life long friends 2) leadership experience 3) great memories
- 1. Camaraderie 2. Being part of something bigger than oneself. 3. To trust others
- Friends, social networking, fond memories of Penn State
- Friendship leadership group relations
- Honor, loyalty, dedication!
- Self-dependence, support for others, how to party
- Lifetime friends. Experience with budgeting, planning, and reporting results. Life lessons from living/working together and the teachings of LXA.
- A special bond with a number of brothers that would never have occurred living in a dorm or an apartment.
- Friendship, Responsibility, Leadership
- Learning to lead. Working hard toward group goals. Great parties.
- Living with and dealing with a diverse group of people in one house. Sharing and compromising with a diverse group of people.
- Long time friends, a sense of family, made university life better.
- As a townie, fraternity life greatly expanded my college experience. Since dorm life was not available to “commuters” joining a fraternity allowed me to more fully participate in all aspects of the college social and academic experience that would otherwise not be open to me
- Friendships, Business/life connections, Memories
- Discipline (House run by WW II vets) Tolerance, Loyalty
- A safe place to grow up, support during college, lifelong friends
How would your life be different today if you had never joined Lambda Chi Alpha?
- Missing friends. Contacts and probably wouldn’t have met my wife
- I wouldn’t have friendships with several people that I value immensely
- Probably would not have as many lifelong friends as I do now, and a reason to come back to Penn State (other than football games)
- Miss the relationships that have lasted a decade. Seeing each other after laps of years is as if it was only yesterday
- I wouldn’t have some of my best friends. I made a lot of lifetime friends at LXA.
- I would have fewer friends
- Fewer lifetime friends from College
- I probably would be stuck in the insulated environment that many of my high school classmates found themselves in rather than the rich, social, intellectual and lifestyle I have had the opportunity to experience in the bigger world
- I do not believe I would have had as an enriching college experience
- I may not have graduated from college.
- I would’ve missed the real university experience
Share an update (family, career, hobbies, other interesting news) for possible publication in an upcoming mailing.
- Am now living in State College
- We still all get together
- I retired from the Corporate world in 2016. I now fill my time serving as Palmerton HS’s Varsity Basketball Coach. Last year, in my third season at the school, we won a District Title, the school’s first in 30 years.
- Retired but busy-I am President of our men’s golf club, appointed Treasurer for the City of Beaumont and Chairman of Finance Committee for our HOA. Myself and my wife of 50 years are enjoying our life in California these past four years.
- Promoted to Vice President recently
- Long retired, living well in Jupiter Florida, like to visit my four children and nine grandchildren in Boston, Chicago, San Fransisco, and London families. Enjoy playing tennis three days a week, riding my bike three other days and an occasional game of golf with my best friend, wife and pin mate, Bernie Mallon Riener.
- Career Update- After years of working for several notable energy consulting organizations, I have decided to branch out on my own and form Almanac Energy Solutions. The reason I have done this is that more and more brokers and consultants are focusing only on the energy transaction. They are not looking at the clients energy usage from a holistic perspective taking into account renewable energy, efficiency, demand response, distributed generation etc. My goal is to have a hands-on approach with all clients to help them reach their energy goals in the most efficient and cost effective way.
- Kenn Haas Sr. (Grad Jan. ’53) Still traveling-visited over 100 countries. Family of four children, nine grandchildren and three great-grandchildren (nine Penn State grads) and son, Kenn Jr., a Lambda Chi.
- Still in the performance horse business in Palm Beach County
As an alumni association, we strive to keep you connected with the Zeta Zeta chapter long after graduation. What could we do to encourage you to become more active in the association? Perhaps by hosting more fun events? Any other advice?
- Events after games. Winter meeting instead of summer. Used to have an alum event in Hershey.
- Host year-specific (or around graduation year X) reunions at the chapter house…I think that will improve attendance knowing you’ll be coming back with a lot of old friends.
- I live down in Florida now, so the emails and newsletters are very nice to receive. I am still in touch with Mike Nunes 85′ and we talk about the old times.
- Tailgates at the football games!
- Depending on the event I would travel to State College. I’m attending our 100 year anniversary event. Also, I do go to one football game per year and spend several days.
- I live in Arizona, it’s a long journey to Penn State
- Simple monthly updates or a closed FB group/page where we could see what’s going on on a daily basis.
- I would love to be active, but that’s a tad hard living in South Florida.
- I no longer have family in State College so there are few reasons to return to the area. I now am spending my days split between Long Island NY and Florida
- I never get back to PA. Consider doing some events in South FL
Thank you for sharing your memories and your opinions. Your words mean something to us, brothers. We have heard you and will act on your advice.
Still haven’t taken the survey? Here’s the link.