Phi Kappa Psi - Penn Pi

Brother Darby says:

Also, about two weeks ago I was in Denver, CO for work. I left that info on my status page on facebook. Low and behold Jon Herskovitz contacted me, and let me know he lived there. So while in Denver I had a chance to hangout with Jon and Mike Morrow and have some drinks.

Good Brothers, friends . . . Romans . . . stamp collectors-

The good people of America have finally called upon 1LT Winkel to stand up and defend the country. Scary thought, I know – all I can say is sleep well tonight! I don’t have a lot of details, but right now I am scheduled to go to Afghanistan in September with 2 months of prior train-up stateside. I talked to many of you about this possibility at our recent gatherings and I want to thank you for the earnest words of support and encouragement. Those are the kinds of things that make a soldier feel good about the mission they are assigned.

Obviously there is some business to take care of before I go - one last “home town throw down”. I put an evite together, but don’t have everyone’s proper addresses. It’s going to be Sat., June 28th from 2pm to 11pm at St. Michael’s picnic grounds near Phoenixville, PA. A family & kid friendly day and, who knows, maybe a little more than that in the evening. So I am sending this out to welcome you and your families to attend, because I’d love to see you all again before I go. Some of you don’t even live in the country, much less the state, but if you happen to be available that weekend let me know!

Live ever, die never –

Winkel

See all the images here.

BONUS

Here are two photographs from the past. Just a follow up from the conversations at the Founder’s Day 2008 meeting.

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We all know that you need at least three brothers for quorum for it to qualify as a reunion. Goodman, Guiley and I met up in Encinitas, California along with our spouses and spawn. Here we are striking our most West Coast gangsta pose.

…and here’s the Cherian and Guiley offspring.

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Here’s a picture of Fennimore from around 1990 when he came to visit me and Eveslage at the Student Assistance Center at SAC.

And here he is at the reunion last December. Same look!

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The fifth annual Penn Pi reunion was a success as the brothers met at The Devil’s Alley on Chestnut Street for drinks and dinner. It was good to see some brothers who I haven’t seen in about 15 years (Oswald, Suranie) and others who I have never seen before (Christoff and Blatz). Sadly, Pappy did not make an appearance, but a drink was hoisted in his honor.

After some of the guys left (due to their 10 p.m. curfew) the remaining went down to the Irish Pub. The ban on Conallen has apparently been lifted. Alas, most of us found that not much has changed at the Irish Pub - the music is very loud and the male to female ratio is still skewed 10:1 male.

Fennimore seemed to have the best time as he held court with several ladies who were there as part of a bachelorette party. We left him to his own devices as it got later in the night. Here’s hoping that he made it home in one piece or at least found a couch to sleep on before heading back to New York City.

Let’s see if more of you can join us next year!

To view the slideshow - click here.

Brother Cooperman found this gem of picture from the days at Temple. You can see Dunn on lead vocals and Cooperman on Drums. That chap in the hat is McKinney. Cooperman also found out that Borenstein works at Smith Barney’s Mt. Laurel Office.

Michael Cooperman contacted me out of the blue and by the looks of it, he’s had some horrible accident with some clippers - note that his luxurious locks have been shorn!

He’s currently a financial advisor at Smith Barney.

UPDATE

Here’s Cooperman with his wife Jill and his sons Benjamin and Brandon.

… and he says:

Until about a year ago I was still playing the drums. Right before my second son was born I had to put the drums away…temporarily. Since graduation I have had several jobs including buying my parent’s bagel bakery. I sold it 2 years ago before I went back in to the finance field. I have worked for The Depository Trust and Clearing Corp, JPMorgan Chase, and currently Smith Barney. Overall, things are good and I’m still in New Jersey!

Wexler sent us pictures from this past summer and everyone looks tanned and relaxed. Some more red than tanned, but relaxed nonetheless. Click on the image for a larger version.

It’s been a long time since there’s been an update and what better way to update than to dredge up old photographs. Here are about 32 scans that Scot Mentzer had sent to me last December. I finally got around to putting them up. Hit the F11 button on your computer (Windows only) and then click here to see the entire slide show.