{"id":558,"date":"2010-01-09T04:48:02","date_gmt":"2010-01-09T04:48:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/?p=558"},"modified":"2013-03-20T17:32:17","modified_gmt":"2013-03-20T17:32:17","slug":"jim-ginsburg-66-to-owu-athletic-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetachapterbtp.org\/content\/jim-ginsburg-66-to-owu-athletic-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"Jim Ginsburg \u201966 To OWU Athletic Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"

OWU Homecoming Weekend 2009 in early October\u00a0was a special occasion for a number of brothers of Theta\u00a0Chapter (along with several spouses) as they gathered in\u00a0Delaware to recognize Brother Jim \u201cGins\u201d Ginsburg \u201966 who\u00a0was being inducted into the Ohio Wesleyan Athletic Hall of\u00a0Fame. It was the first time that most of the Betas from the\u00a0graduation years \u201965, \u201966, \u201967 and \u201968 had seen each other since graduation some forty years earlier so there was much\u00a0to catch up on as well as many good memories of 9 Williams\u00a0Drive to share.<\/p>\n

Brother Ginsburg was recognized by the University for his exploits on the lacrosse field. He was a four-year starter in the goal; had a career total of 766 saves with a .706 saves percentage; was captain and MVP in his senior year; was selected All-Midwest his sophomore, junior and senior years; and was selected to participate in the North-South All-Star game in his final year \u2014 one of the first OWU men\u2019s lacrosse\u00a0players to be so recognized. His teammates, some of who\u00a0were Theta brothers (and almost all of whom were present\u00a0for the ceremony), remember him as an inspirational leader\u00a0and a fierce competitor who hated to lose. Besides the 12 Beta\u00a0brothers who returned for the weekend, the group was joined\u00a0by an equal number of lacrosse teammates from the 60\u2019s who\u00a0contributed to the celebration and the reminiscing.<\/p>\n

Interestingly, this year\u2019s inductees included three lacrosse players (two from the 90\u2019s), two tennis players, a field hockey player, a baseball player and a gridder. A quick scan of prior year\u2019s inductees reveals that the list, which commenced in 1961, includes other Theta brothers Ray Leech \u201949, Don Wedge \u201951, Al Long \u201951, and Jim Kaminsky \u201968. (There likely are others.)<\/p>\n

The Betas returning this year traveled from all across the country. Where Gins grew up and lives today in the lacrosse hotbed of Baltimore, Maryland; brothers joining him traveled from California, Oregon, Colorado, Florida, South Carolina, Connecticut, Delaware, and of course Ohio. Highlights of the weekend were a Friday gathering at Hoggy\u2019s (aka \u201cThe Brown Jug\u201d); a pair of lacrosse scrimmages on the Saturday; the homecoming football game (which was a victory in the last minute over Oberlin); the induction reception and ceremony; and a Saturday evening dinner at a north Columbus restaurant.<\/p>\n

One outcome of the weekend was a consensus that follow-up reunions for Betas from the 60\u2019s were in order. The next one was planned for the SE United States sometime in the near future. All brothers from this era are encouraged to get in contact and plan to attend! For further information, contact Jim Ginsburg (Waterfordgroup@aol.com), Geoff Magrath (daufsc@aol.com) or Jon Richards joncrichards@verizon. net).<\/p>\n

\"Front<\/a>

Front row from L to R: Tony Martin\u201966; Dick Slivka \u201965; Chuck Underwood \u201968; Herb Brannen \u201965
Back row from L to R: Rich Amendola \u201967; Robert Reed \u201966; Geoff Magrath \u201966; Jim Ginsburg \u201966;
Jim Carpenter \u201965; Martin Haskell \u201968; Robert Bird \u201966; Jon Richards \u201966; Bill Rowland \u201968<\/p><\/div>\n

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