2007 Honor Roll

December 31, 2006 — Greetings to all Theta alumni of Beta Theta Pi — Please consider a dues contribution for this year, and join the following loyal supporters of our House Corporation and its programs. Dues are payable to Theta House Corporation and mail to Martin Haskell, Treasurer, PO Box 43100, Cincinnati, OH 45243. 2006 […]

D. Keith “Buck” Thomas ’54

From the Gallipolis Daily Tribune, D. Keith Thomas, 74, died Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2007, at Cabell Huntington Hospital. He was born Aug. 18, 1932, in Gallipolis, son of the late Thomas A. and Mildred Thomas. He married the former Phyllis Waters on Sept. 5, 1954, in LeRoy, Ohio, and she survives him. Keith was a […]

Larry Linderer ’55,

Beta room mate and a good friend of Rufus.

From Larry Linderer ’55

Paul Nobis and I were pallbearers at the funeral of our Theta Brother Rupert Doan on September 13, 2006; also in attendance were Brother Tom Tatham, Anne Nobis, & MariBeth Graham. I would like to share some brief comments on the events. • The viewing was the longest the funeral home had ever experienced taking […]

“Cousin” Jack Mathews ’54

Tom — sounds like it was quite a funeral — poor Rufus — wonder if he really liked all the fanfare — I will remember him as the guy that stayed up all night with us dealing cards and bumming my cigs — and the guy on the top 3rd bunk in our room at the […]

Rupert A. Doan ’55

The senior judge of the Ohio 1st District Court of Appeals in Hamilton County, died September 7, 2006. He was 72. After a game of golf, he slumped in a chair while dining at the Bierhaus in Miamitown. Three of his companions were doctors who were unsuccessful in reviving him. Judge Doan had a stroke […]

Donald McKay Mauck ’49

OWU Betas Don’s father Stanley R. ’16, brother Robert ’48] … The Rev. Donald Mauck, age 78, passed away September 2, 2006 at Mercy Medical Center in Canton, Ohio. He was born September 3, 1927 in Columbus, Ohio. Formerly of Delaware, Ohio where, as a United Methodist minister, he was a member of the faculty at […]

Hollenbaugh, Morris E. ’49

The Venerable Morris E. Hollenbaugh of Oxford, Ohio, age 83, retired Archdeacon of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Ohio, died December 18, 2006. He was born on May 5, 1923, in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, son of Fred and Mayme (Criswell) Hollenbaugh. He grew up in Delaware, Ohio, a 1941 graduate of Willis High School. He […]

Harold Leslie (“Les”) Cramer, ’52,

roll #831 … a retired educational researcher, died on August 13 at his home in Fairfax after a long illness with cancer. He was born in Boston, MA, on Oct. 10, 1926, received a BS in Education from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1952, a Masters degree in Education from Harvard Graduate School of Education in […]

Diary of William A. Baldwin

This, the first day of the new year is one of some pleasant memories, which are perhaps worthy of note. That the incidents of the year ’84 may be referred to in after years. I find it convenient to record some of them in this book, which can be perused at any time and thereby […]