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May 16, 1964 (Kappa Colony)
Mr. Jarrel C. Anderson	LOST
Dr. Cleon C. Arrington	Dr. Arrington is the founder of Georgian State University's Research Office. He joined the GSU faculty in 1984 and served as Vice President for Research and Sponsored Programs from 1988 until his retirement in 1999. Under his direction grants and contracts awarded to GSU faculty, staff, and students increased from $5 million to over $32 million. He currently lives in Atlanta, GA.
Dr. David Bak	Dr. Bak earned his B.S. from Augustanta College and his doctorate from Kansas State University. He then taught at Michigan State University and Kansas State before joining the Hartwick College faculty in 1966 as an assistant professor of chemistry. He recieved tenure and was promoted to associate professor in 1971. He became a full professor in 1977. While at Harwick College, he served as Chairman of the Chemistry Department and Chairman of the Division of Physical and Life Sciences. He was also an active member of Sigma Xi. While an active member of Alpha Chi Sigma, he served as Master Alchemist.
Mr. Wendell D. Burch	LOST

Dr. John Dillard	Dr. Dillard is currently a professor of chemistry at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA. He earned his B.S. in Chemistry from Austin College and Ph.D. in Chemistry from Kansas State University. His research interest is in the general area of inorganic surface chemistry. Dr. Dillard enjoys presenting chemistry demonstrations in his lectures. While at Kansas State, he served as Master Alchemist of the Kappa Colony of Alpha Chi Sigma.
Dr. John Hassler	Dr. Hassler is currently a visiting professor of chemical enginnering at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacksburg, VA. He earned his B.S. in 1960 and Ph.D. in 1966, both from Kansas State University. He joined the faculty at the Univeristy of Maine in 1977 and stayed there until 2003. He research interests are in process control instrumentation and measurement, real-time computing, and laboratory instrumentation. He currently resides with his wife and has three children.
Mr. David A. Irvin	Mr. Irvin currently resides in Lafayette, CA. While at Kansas State he served as Kappa Colony Reporter.
Dr. Clifton Meloan	Dr. Meloan is a emeritus professor of chemistry at Kansas State University. He, and David Wetzel of the Department of Grain Science and Industry, established the Microbeam Molecular Spectroscopy Laboratory in 1991 based on the IRΦsTM state-of-the-art infrared integrated microscope/spectrometer. In 1996, he recieved the inagural University Teaching Scholar Chair Award. Dr. Meloan served as Beta Rho Chapter Advisor for nearly thirty years. He currently resides in Manhattan, KS with his wife Marilyn and has three grown children and six grandchildren. On December 8, 2007, he won $200,014 in a Powerball drawing.
Mr. Jorge C. Olguin	LOST
Mr. Donald J. Parker	LOST
Mr. Donald Rathburn	Mr. Rathburn currently resides in Vicksburg, MS.
Dr. Dennis Schmidt	Dr. Schmidt is currently a Research Associate Professory of Psychiatry at Vanderbily University in Nashville, TN. His research interests include psychopharmacology and the neurobiology of the central nervous system, including the neurochemical basis for abnormal behavior and development. While at Kansas State he served as Kappa Colony Reporter.
Dr. Donald Setser	Dr. Setser is a Distinguished Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Kansas State University. While at Kansas State University, he conducted research that eventually led to the development of laser eye surgery. He also served as Beta Rho Chapter Advisor.
Dr. Lewis Shadoff	Dr. Shadoff recieved his Ph.D. in Chemistry from Kansas State in 1966. Since then he has been employed at Dow Chemical Company in Lake Jackson, TX where he is currently an Environmental Consultant. He is currently Technical Adviser to Frank G. Evans Center for Excellence, South Texas College of Law. Dr. Shadoff spent over 25 years developing methods to detect toxic chemicals in the environment used in government and Dow studies. He has over 25 publications in peer-reviewed scientific journals in this area.
Mr. Wilford S. Stewart	LOST
Mr. Wayne Stukey	Mr. Stukey currently resides in Los Angeles, CA. He served as Alumni Secretary while a Collegiate Member at Beta Rho.
Mr. Theodore Tabor	Mr. Tabor is retired from a career as Manager of External Research at Dow Chemical Company. He current resides in Midland, MI.
Mr. James Weber	Mr. Weber currently resides in Denver, CO.
Mr. Robert Winter	Mr. Winters currently lives in Mason, OH. While a collegiate member Mr. Winters served as MA.
January 16, 1965 (Kappa Colony)
Mr. Richard L. Johnson	LOST
Mr. James Mertz	Mr. Mertz currently resides in Chesire, CT. While a collegiate member Mr. Mertz served as Reporter.
Mr. Richard Steppel	Dayton, OH
Mr. Kenneth Wolma	Mr. Wolma currently resides in Littleton, CO. While a collegiate member, he served as Colony Secretary.
May 1, 1965 (Kappa Colony)
Mr. Charles Foxx	Mr. Foxx works in the Nuclear Materials Technology Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory in Los Alamos, NM. While a collegiate member, he served as VMA.
Mr. Lawrence Seibles	LOST
Mr. Gary Stolzenberg	Mr. Stolzenberg currently resides in Fargo, ND. While a collegiate member he served as Recorder.
October 30, 1965
Dr. James Barnhart	Mr. Barnhart is employed by JRM Patents, LLC in Encinitas, CA.
Dr. Adrian Daane	Newnan, GA
Dr. G. Lynis Dohm	Dr. Dohm is a Professor of Physiology a the East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine in Greenville, NC. While a collegiate member, he served as reporter.
Mr. John Hagfeldt	Superior, WI
Dr. Myron Jacobson	Dr. Jacobson recieved his B.S. from the University of Wisconsin, Platteville in 1965 and his Ph.D. in Biochemistry from Kansas State in 1969. He is currently a Professor of Medical Chemistry - Pharmacology and Toxicology at the University of Arizona in Tuscon, AZ. The focus of his research is studying the involvement of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerases (PARPs) and poly(ADP-ribose) glycohydrolase (PARG) in the responses of cells to potentially toxic conditions. He recieved an award for Outstanding University Achievement from the University of Arizona in 2006. In 2007 he was named an Alumni Fellow of the College of Arts & Sciences at Kansas State University.
Dr. John Kotz	Dr. Kotz is a Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus at the State University of New York at Oneonta. He earned his B.S. from Washingto and Lee University in 1959 and his Ph.D. in chemistry from Cornell University in 1963. He was an Assisstant Professor at Kansas State University from 1965 to 1970. He is currently a mentor for the American Chemical Society's National Chemistry Olympic Team and is co-author of two textbooks for inorganic chemisty and two introductory general chemistry books. He has also published a number of research papers in inorganic and organometallic chemistry. He received a SUNY Chancellor's Award in 1979, a National Catalyst Award in Chemical Education from the Chemical Manufacturers Association in 1992, an award from Innovative Excellence in Teaching, Learning, and Technology in 1996, and the inagural Distinguished Education Award from the Binghamton (NY) American Chemical Society section in 2001. In addition, he is a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and had the John Kotz Fund for Innovations in Science Education at SUNY-Oneonta established in his honor in May 2005. Dr. Kotz has two children and seven grandchildren.
Mr. Ronald E. Lam	LOST
Mr. David Manzo	Mr. Manzo currently resides in Germantown, KY. While a collegiate member he was a Conclave Delegate.
Mr. John O'Brien	Oronoco, MN
Mr. Peter Pospisil	Naperville, IL
Dr. Andreas Chralambous Vikis	LOST
May 21, 1966
Mr. Bob Adams	Mr. Adams is the founder of Altlana Research Laboratory Supplies in Atlanta, GA.
Dr. Jim Curtis	Dr. Curtis received his Ph.D. from Kansas State University in 1971. He currently serves as Chair of the Chemistry Alumni Advisory Council for the Kansas State University Department of Chemistry. Libertyville, IL
Mr. Gerlald E. Davis	Mr. Davis currently lives in Marysville, OH. While a collegiate member, he served as MA.
Dr. Richard Sullivan	Mission Viego, CA
December 10, 1966
Dr. Normal Craig	LOST
Mr. Yadagiri Magavalli	LOST
Mr. Andy Sae	Glendale, CA
Mr. Claude Shinn	Salem, OR
May 13, 1967
Dr. Oliver Brown	Dr. Brown is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology at Upstate Medical University in Syracuse, NY. He received his Ph.D. from Kansas State University in 1970. His research interests are in synaptic mechanisms, autonomic innervation, and heavy metal toxicity.
Mr. Allan Ford	Gulf Breeze, FL
Mr. Woei-Tih Huang	LOST
Mr. R. Jambunathan	LOST
Mr. James G. Lawless	LOST
Mr. Stephen E. Mayfield	LOST
Mr. Don Morris	Longview, TX
Mr. Gary Muschik	Union Bridge, MD Mr. Muschik served as Reporter while a collegiate member.
Mr. Eric E. Patterson	LOST
Mr. David Roerig	New Berlin, WI
Mr. N. Lee Wolfe	Athens, GA
December 9, 1967
Mr. Donald Hill	Sugar Land, TX
Mr. Jar-Lin Kao	LOST
Mr. Jeffrey A. Meyer	LOST
Dr. Robert R. Reitz	LOST
Mr. Harold Wells	Arvada, CO
May 25, 1968
Dr. Paul Chien	Dr. Chien is a Research Specialist at the University of Pennsylvania.
Mr. William Clark	Buckhannon, WV. While a collegiate member. Mr. Clark served as VMA.
Mr. Nam Kuan	LOST
Mr. Frederick H. Reynolds, Jr.	LOST
January 9, 1970
Dr. Robert Vander Zanden	Dr. Vander Zanden is an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition at Clemson University in Clemson, SC. While a collegiate member, he served as Reporter and MA.
May 9, 1970
Mr. Ron Albrecht	Mr. Albrecht earned a B.S. in Chemistry and Mathematics from Southeast Missouri State University and a M.S. in Physical Sciences from Ft. Hays State University. He recently retired after nearly 35 years as a professor of chemistry and physics at Dodge City Community College in Dodge City, KS. While active in the Beta Rho Chapter, he served as VMA.
Dr. Donald Bath	Dr. Bath is a Emeritus Professor of Chemistry at Western Illinois University.
Mr. William Friz	Deleware, OH
Mr. Robert Hale	Hercules, CA
Mr. James Richmond	Mr. Richmond currently resides in Naperville, IL. While a collegiate member, he served as Reporter.
January 30, 1971
Mr. Robert Bjercke	Missouri City, TX
Mr. Raymond Blake	Denver, CO
Dr. Allan Childs	Dr. Childs is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Mathematics at Northwest College in Powell, WY. While a collegiate member, he served as Reporter and MA.
Dr. Robert Jilka	Dr. Jilka is a Professor of Internal Medicine and VA Research scientist at the University of Arkansas Cancer Research Center in Little Rock, AR.
Mr. Yukio Kakuda	Carson, CA
Dr. Michael Rennekamp	Dr. Rennekamp is an Assisitant Professor in the Department of Biological and Physica Science at Columbus State Community College in Columbus, OH.
February 5, 1972
Mr. David Ebert	LOST
Mr. David A. Heying	LOST
Mr. Paul Marcoux	Fort Collins, CO
February 3, 1973