{"id":2208,"date":"2000-02-18T14:25:12","date_gmt":"2000-02-18T14:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/?p=2208"},"modified":"2013-03-19T18:19:35","modified_gmt":"2013-03-19T18:19:35","slug":"hal-a-fausnaugh-48-roll-790","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/hal-a-fausnaugh-48-roll-790\/","title":{"rendered":"Hal A. Fausnaugh \u201948, ROLL #790"},"content":{"rendered":"

GROWING UP<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hal A. Fausnaugh was born in North\u00a0Baltimore, Ohio, in 1925 at the home of\u00a0his maternal grandparents and only two blocks\u00a0from his father\u2019s parents. His parents, Ruth E.\u00a0Tarr and Kirby Fausnaugh, who\u00a0were living in Cleveland at the\u00a0time, frequently moved as Hal\u2019s father pursued his Swift & Co.\u00a0career. They moved from Cleveland to New Philadelphia, to\u00a0Zanesville and then on to\u00a0Delaware where they lived at 61\u00a0N. Liberty. Hal graduated from\u00a0Delaware Willis High School in\u00a01943 where he lettered in\u00a0basketball, baseball and track.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, Hal\u2019s parents\u00a0had moved from Delaware just months before\u00a0his high school graduation. Through his high\u00a0school friendship with Jim Johnson \u201947 and\u00a0Jack Pocock \u201947, he moved into the Beta house\u00a0at 54 W. Lincoln where he lived for several\u00a0months until his high school graduation in\u00a01943. \u201cMama\u201d Linn was at the house and\u00a0added the stability all of the young men\u00a0needed. It was at this time that Hal gained a\u00a0lasting friendship with the Betas and became\u00a0an \u201cunofficial\u201d pledge.<\/p>\n

WORLD WAR II<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following high school graduation, Hal was\u00a0inducted into the Navy\u2019s V-12 program at\u00a0Baldwin-Wallace in Berea, Ohio. For those too young to remember, the V-12 program had\u00a0been established by the Navy to prepare\u00a0candidates for commissioning into the naval officer corps. Hal completed four semesters at\u00a0BW and then was sent to midshipman training\u00a0at Northwestern U where he was commissioned in March 1945. Following training at\u00a0three Florida naval bases, Hal was sent to\u00a0Johnson Island, a small island 700 miles southwest of the Hawaiian Islands, which was\u00a0used in WWII as a refueling maintenance base.\u00a0He was discharged July 11, 1946.<\/p>\n

OWU AND BETA THETA PI<\/strong><\/p>\n

By the fall of 1946, Hal had enrolled at OWU.\u00a0Hal\u2019s selection of OWU was enhanced by\u00a0several factors. First, he had spent his high school years in Delaware and had developed a\u00a0deep friendship with a number\u00a0of classmates who had gone on\u00a0to attend OWU. Secondly, his\u00a0several months of living at the\u00a0Beta house in 1943 had\u00a0exposed him to the outstanding men of the chapter and to\u00a0the ways of the OWU campus\u00a0life. Thirdly, and most\u00a0important, OWU was the alma\u00a0mater of his mother, Ruth, and\u00a0her sister, Florence. Ruth Tarr had graduated from OWU in\u00a0the class of 1921 where she starred in women\u2019s\u00a0athletics. Hal noted that his 5\u2019 2\u2019\u2019 mother\u00a0lettered in basketball, baseball and field\u00a0hockey. A highlight of her basketball career was\u00a0scoring 50 points in one game.<\/p>\n

While at OWU, Ruth was a classmate of\u00a0Al Long Sr. \u201921, a Delaware and OWU\u00a0football great, a Beta and father of three Betas,\u00a0Tom, Bill and Al Jr. Ruth also became\u00a0acquainted with another famous OWU\u00a0alumnus, Norman V. Peale \u201920. Ruth\u2019s\u00a0accomplishments were recognized in 1976\u00a0when she was the first woman inducted into\u00a0OWU\u2019s Athletic Hall of Fame for Women. For\u00a0Hal, this was a very proud moment.<\/p>\n

As Hal entered OWU as a junior, he very\u00a0quickly became the first to pledge in his Beta\u00a0class. He lived two blocks from the Beta house with Dick and Jim Johnson, of the class of \u201946\u00a0and \u201947 at their mother\u2019s (Peg) home (both now\u00a0deceased). Peg was the Sigma Chi housemother\u00a0at the time. Although he never lived at the Beta\u00a0house during his junior and senior years he ate\u00a0all meals there and joined in all of the camaraderie of sports, dances, singing and social events.<\/p>\n

Campus life in the \u201940s was a very \u201cactive\u201d life for Hal. He was\u00a0the Beta sports pledge coach his senior year and \u201cwe won almost\u00a0everything\u201d in freshman intramural sports. Lettering in track for\u00a0OWU, Hal ran against three Olympic gold medal winners while representing OWU, but you guessed it \u2014 he lost.<\/p>\n

More than 90 percent of the campus was\u201cGreek,\u201d \u201cVetville\u201d was across from the\u00a0hospital, freshmen wore \u201cdinks,\u201d social life\u00a0and dating were focused at the Beta house at\u00a054 W. Lincoln. Each spring Gray Chapel\u2019s\u00a0bells rang in \u201cspring fever\u201d canceling classes\u00a0for the day, the Sulfur Springs was quite an\u00a0attraction and the Beta Stand at Gray Chapel\u00a0was the place for the brothers to meet\u00a0between classes.<\/p>\n

It was in this setting that young Hal\u00a0found Agnes \u201cAggie\u201d Helene Park, a Kappa\u00a0Kappa Gamma two years his junior. Their\u00a0private retreat was the corner of the basement\u00a0lounging room at the Beta house. Their favorite Beta tune refrain\u00a0was \u201c\u2026. put her in a corner \u2026.\u201d which they have always felt was\u00a0especially written for them.<\/p>\n

Fraternity life brought back fond memories for Hal. Highlighted\u00a0were his pledge class and pledge experiences including the \u201cput out the\u00a0fire\u201d drill which continued on into the \u201950s and \u201960s as a special\u00a0tradition. Very close friendships have developed for the Fausnaughs\u00a0and include a 30+ year tradition of regular get-a-way weekends twice a\u00a0year with several other brothers and wives. Included in this special\u00a0friendship with Hal and Aggie are Hugh and Phyllis Troth, Ed and\u00a0Renee O\u2019Day, Bob and Evelyn Long Mauck, Bill and Ann Long, and\u00a0Jim and Jane Johnson (both now deceased).<\/p>\n

CAREER<\/strong><\/p>\n

Following graduation from OWU in 1948, Hal received his LLB\u00a0degree from Cleveland Marshall Law School and was admitted to the Ohio Bar Association in 1952.\u00a0He was employed from 1955 until his retirement in 1991 at\u00a0Prescott, Ball & Turben, now First Union Securities, where he was\u00a0named Senior Partner in 1973.<\/p>\n

OHIO WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY SERVICE<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hal Fausnaugh has been a loyal alumnus of Ohio Wesleyan \u00a0University for many years and has provided his alma mater with\u00a0meritorious service in many ways. He is the past president of the\u00a0Letterman\u2019s Association, the National Alumni Fund Council, The OWU-Cleveland Alumni, and past chairman of the OWU\u00a0Cuyahoga County Alumni Fund Raising and the Cuyahoga County\u00a0Capital Gifts Campaign. A member of the OWU Associates, the\u00a0Board of Trustees 1968-1983 and 1985-93, President of the\u00a0National Alumni Association of OWU from 1966-68 and a Life\u00a0Trustee 1993-present. A member of the OWU Trustee Endowment\u00a0& Finance Committee, he was honored as its \u201cOutstanding\u00a0Alumnus\u201d in 1973.<\/p>\n

While reminiscing over his years as an OWU trustee, Hal\u00a0recalled many of the \u201cgreats\u201d who served with him, and in particular\u00a0recalled \u201cBranch\u201d Rickey and George Gauthier enjoying their\u00a0spirited hours of playing \u201chearts\u201d after trustee meetings. Hal noted\u00a0that the competitive nature of both men were more than obvious at\u00a0these heart games.<\/p>\n

When asked by Hal \u201cwho was your most valuable, talented\u00a0pitcher,\u201d Rickey answered without hesitation, \u201cSandy Koufax,\u201d a\u00a0hall of fame Dodger pitcher from Cincinnati. Fondly remembered\u00a0is Rickey who graduated from OWU in 1904, had coached baseball\u00a0and been athletic director in the early 1900s \u2014 and in 1946 broke\u00a0baseball\u2019s color barrier when, as the Brooklyn Dodger general\u00a0manager, he brought Jackie Robinson into the Dodger organization.<\/p>\n

Gauthier, of course, was the revered OWU\u00a0athletic director during the \u201930s, \u201940s, and \u201950s\u00a0who had replaced the likes of Rickey and Lynn\u00a0St. John (later of Ohio State fame).<\/p>\n

The Fausnaughs are members of the\u00a0Rocky River Methodist Church. Hal has\u00a0served as a member and treasurer of the\u00a0Cleveland District Methodist Union for over\u00a025 years.<\/p>\n

Among Hal\u2019s dedicated community\u00a0service has been his service to the Cleveland\u00a0Goodwill where he has served on the board for over 25 years. During this time he has served\u00a0as vice president four years, president four\u00a0years and Chairman of the Board three years. He is a founding\u00a0member of the Goodwill Foundation where he served as president\u00a01989-1999.<\/p>\n

Summering at Chautauqua Institution, Chautauqua, N.Y., for\u00a020 years, Hal has served on the Chautauqua Property Owners\u00a0Association. He was a member of the Institution trustees 1986-\u00a01994 and on its Foundation Board 1990-1994.<\/p>\n

FAMILY<\/strong><\/p>\n

Married on August 20, 1949, to his college sweetheart \u201cAggie,\u201d the\u00a0Fausnaughs are blessed with two daughters, Janine Obee of\u00a0Hudson, Ohio, and Nan Johnson of San Diego, Calif., and with\u00a0two grandchildren.<\/p>\n

At the time of their 50th\u00a0wedding anniversary, the Fausnaughs\u00a0decided to celebrate their milestone by sending a crisp new $50 bill\u00a0\u2014 a dollar for each year of their marriage \u2014 to friends and relations\u00a0and ask them to use the money to do a \u201cgood deed.\u201d Their only\u00a0stipulation was that they be informed of the \u201cgood deed\u201d so that\u00a0they could keep a \u201ctreasure chest\u201d full of stories of how the \u201cgood\u00a0deeds\u201d have helped others. The Fausnaughs now have their treasure\u00a0chest full of stories, events and memories of how they have touched\u00a0the lives of so many others \u2026. and the letters keep coming.<\/p>\n

The Fausnaughs live at 20126 Westhaven Lane, Rocky River,\u00a0OH 44116, 440-331-3099; during the summer they can be reached\u00a0at 97 N. Lake, Box 1147, Chautauqua, NY 14722, 716-357-8462.<\/p>\n

Hal Fausnaugh represents all that is great about Ohio Wesleyan\u00a0and Beta. We are better for knowing Hal, and are privileged to call\u00a0him a brother. He has set high standards and continues to positively\u00a0affect and influence the lives of others. To him we say \u2026 \u201cHal,\u00a0thank God you are a Beta.\u201d<\/p>\n

(Editor\u2019s note \u2026 This is the seventh in a series of articles featuring\u00a0Beta personalities \u2026 make sure you look for these future articles\u00a0and see who is tapped for the next \u201chot seat!\u201d Any suggestions\u00a0would be very much appreciated.)<\/p>\n

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GROWING UP Hal A. Fausnaugh was born in North\u00a0Baltimore, Ohio, in 1925 at the home of\u00a0his maternal grandparents and only two blocks\u00a0from his father\u2019s parents. His parents, Ruth E.\u00a0Tarr and Kirby Fausnaugh, who\u00a0were living in Cleveland at the\u00a0time, frequently moved as Hal\u2019s father pursued his Swift & Co.\u00a0career. They moved from Cleveland to New Philadelphia, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4],"tags":[30],"class_list":["post-2208","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personality-profiles","category-theta-data","tag-january-2000-theta-data","entry","has-post-thumbnail"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2210,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208\/revisions\/2210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}