Classes of 1940-1949

The Brother Registry is compiled from National's database, Phi Kappa Newsletters, Garnet & White Articles and obituaries.  Generally, the Class Year is that noted in National's records and not necessarily the actual year of graduation.


Class of 1940 
   Richard W. Barnett Veteran  
        Initiated November 15,1937 (288) Chapter Eternal May 8,1998
   Jack Howard Benard Veteran  
        Initiated February 11,1939 (303) Chapter Eternal September 11, 2003
   John William Bryan  
        Initiated at Beta Phi (Rutgers) Chapter Eternal January 29, 2011 
   Robert Albert D'Ambrosio Veteran  
        Initiated April 11,1937 (282) Chapter Eternal October 26, 2016
   Karl Arthur Emch Veteran  
        Initiated November 20,1938 (296) Chapter Eternal June 28,1980   
   Donald Joseph Haslem Veteran  
        Initiated April 24,1939 (312) Chapter Eternal June 1, 2006
   Robert Lloyd Jones Veteran  
        Initiated April 11,1937 (283) Chapter Eternal October 25,1995 
   Frank Walter Linder  
        Initiated February 21,1937 (276) Chapter Eternal April 11, 2006  
   Theodore Miles Morris  
        Initiated November 15,1937 (285) Chapter Eternal November 11,1997
   Charles Lawrence Norton  
        Initiated February 21,1937 (278) Chapter Eternal August 11, 2003
    Arnold Anton Peterson
        Initiated February 11,1939 (300) Chapter Eternal March 30,1993
    Wells Montgomery Tanner Veteran  
        Initiated April 11,1937 (281) Chapter Eternal April 18, 2011 
   George Edward Troll Veteran  
        Initiated February 21,1937 (277) Chapter Eternal May 6, 2007 
   George Raymond Waggoner Veteran  
        Initiated November 15,1937 (287) Chapter Eternal September 1,1997

Class of 1941 
   James Peter Callmer Veteran  
        Initiated November 20,1938 (297) Chapter Eternal July 31,1996   
   Robert DeWeese Critton Veteran   
        Initiated February 20,1938 (289) Chapter Eternal December 26, 2018
       At the time of his death at age 100.5, he was the Chapter's oldest Brother and been
       an Illinicrow for 80 years, 10 months and 7 days.
   John Pershing Greener  
        Initiated February 11,1939 (299) Chapter Eternal February 14, 2009 
   Leland William Hagman Veteran  
        Initiated February 19,1939 (302) Chapter Eternal September 24,1988  
   Frank Arthur Herbert  
        Initiated April 15,1940 (322) Chapter Eternal February 1982 
   James Edward Montgomery  
        Initiated June 7,1939 (313) Chapter Eternal April 18, 2006 
   Peter R. Noling Veteran  
        Initiated February 20,1938 (291) Chapter Eternal November 5, 2006
   Ralph Richard Ruthenberg  
        Initiated February 20,1938 (292) Chapter Eternal August 12, 2010
   Alden James Schneider Veteran  
        Initiated February 20,1938 (293) Chapter Eternal November 28, 2000 
   Charles Leonard Wade Veteran  
        Initiated April 25,1938  (294 Chapter Eternal May 7, 2011 
   Frederick Thomas Wilson Veteran  
        Initiated April 24,1939 (311) Chapter Eternal November 9,1971

Class of 1942 
   Robert Clinton Brown Veteran 
        Initiated February 23,1941 (326) Chapter Eternal May 18, 2002   
   Richard Buckle Veteran  
        Initiated February 19,1939 (306) Chapter Eternal 6/9/1978 
   Norman Custer Deno, Jr. 
        Initiated February 11,1939 (309) Chapter Eternal September 22, 2017
   John E. DeTurk   
        Initiated February 11,1940  (320) Chapter Eternal December 31,1965
   John Raymond Gehlbach Veteran 
        Initiated February 11,1940  (321) Chapter Eternal August 23, 2010   
   Clark Moore Ghiselin Veteran  
        Initiated February 11,1939 (301) Chapter Eternal March 28,1992
   John Howard Gillan Veteran  
        Initiated February 11,1939 (307) Chapter Eternal June 29, 2001
   Wilfred E. Greenwood Veteran  
        Initiated at Phi Psi (Trinity) Chapter Eternal January 6, 2005   
   John William Hanson Veteran  
        Initiated February 20,1938 (290) Chapter Eternal March 14, 2002 
   Ernest Owen Johnson Veteran  
        Initiated June 4,1941 (343) Chapter Eternal February 12,1978
   Robert Dennis Malcolmson Veteran  
        Initiated September 25,1939 (315) Chapter Eternal March 3,1996
   Roy Carl Nyberg Veteran  
        Initiated February 23,1941 (330) Chapter Eternal May 10,1973 
   John William Patton Veteran 
        Initiated February 23,1941 (328) Chapter Eternal May 7, 2008
   Charles Elliot Perkins Veteran  
        Initiated February 11,1939 (308) Chapter Eternal September 13, 2015 
   Robert Lyle Schmidt Veteran  
        Initiated February 11,1939 (304) Chapter Eternal October 10, 2000
   Robert E. Taylor Veteran 
        Initiated February 11,1939 (305) Chapter Eternal September 10,1998
   John Irwin Tucker
        Initiated June 7,1939 (314) Chapter Eternal November 17,1970

Class of 1943 
   James Granay Davis Veteran
        Initiated June 4,1941 (339) Chapter Eternal September 16,1986  
   Oakley Seger Dorion Veteran  
        Initiated February 11,1940 (316) Chapter Eternal September 7,1999
   Stanley Benzies Hanssen Veteran  
        Initiated February 23,1941 (331) Chapter Eternal December 30, 2007
   William Gordon Hibsch Veteran   
        Initiated February 11,1940 (317) Chapter Eternal November 12, 2003 
   William Jay Hunter Veteran  
        Initiated February 11,1940  (318) Chapter Eternal November 29,1999
   Robert St. John Kiester Veteran  
        Initiated February 22,1942 (355) Chapter Eternal January 11,1999 
   Richard Edward Kohler Veteran  
        Initiated June 4,1941 (341)  Chapter Eternal October 11, 2004
   Carl Hjalmar Mayer, Jr. Veteran  
        Initiated February 23,1941 (329) Chapter Eternal December 12,1993 
   Richard Lynn Perkins Veteran  
        Initiated February 22,1942 (344) Chapter Eternal October 31, 2003
   Allan Forester Phillips Veteran 
        Initiated February 22,1942 (348) Chapter Eternal January 30,1997
   Ivan LeRoy Richardson Veteran
        Initiated October 21,1940 (325) Chapter Eternal January 7,1996  
   Earl Louis Scheidenhelm Veteran  
        Initiated June 4,1941 (342) Chapter Eternal February 15,1998
   Edward Francis Schmidt Veteran  
        Initiated February 11,1940 (319) Chapter Eternal December 7,1987    
   Milton Bradley Sheffield Veteran  
        Initiated June 4,1941 (338) Chapter Eternal January 26, 2016 
   Howard Richard Steinmann Veteran  
        Initiated April 15,1940 (323) Chapter Eternal April 9, 2013 
   
Class of 1944 
   Edward Thomas Harding Veteran  
        Initiated February 23,1941 (334) Chapter Eternal May 21, 2005 
   William Andrew Hoffman Veteran   
        Initiated February 23,1941 (336) Chapter Eternal December 14,1974
   Frederick William Ilseman Veteran  
        Initiated February 23,1941 (333) Chapter Eternal November 13, 2011 
   Thomas Burrowes Jack  
        Initiated February 23,1941 (335) Chapter Eternal December 2, 2010

Class of 1945
   Philip Baker Benefiel Veteran
        Initiated May 25,1942 (357) Chapter Eternal April 7, 2019  Obit-8008
   Dale Francis Conde Veteran
        Initiated May 25,1942 (358) Chapter Eternal February 25, 2023 Obit-7945
       At the time of his death he the last Brother to have served in WWII.
   Richard Lee Davis, Jr Veteran
        Initiated February 22,1942 (351) Chapter Eternal September 17, 2017 Obit-7856
   Maurice Elza Graves Veteran  
        Initiated February 22,1942 (354) Chapter Eternal September 24, 2014 
   Thomas Lovell Griffith Veteran
        Initiated February 14,1943 (361) Chapter Eternal July 8, 2000
   Vernon LaMarr Guynn Veteran
        Initiated May 25,1942  (359) Chapter Eternal October 11, 2018  Obit-7860
   Frank John Hill Veteran  
        Initiated February 14,1943 (369) Chapter Eternal October 26, 2016 
   Fred L. Moore Veteran  
        Initiated June 4,1941 (340) Chapter Eternal February 5, 2011
   Philip Alan Rose Veteran  
        Initiated February 22,1942 (349) Chapter Eternal  April 28, 1963
   Roy Clinton Smith, Jr. Veteran  
        Initiated February 22,1942 (352) Chapter Eternal August 1, 2008
   John Thomas Smithson Veteran  
        Initiated February 22.1942 (347) Chapter Eternal September 15, 2005

Class of 1946
   Don W. Deno Veteran
        Initiated February 14,1943 (362) Chapter Eternal September 12, 2021
   James Albert Frauenhoff Veteran  
        Initiated April 5,1943 (372) Chapter Eternal August 13, 2001 
   William W. Given Veteran  
        Initiated February 14,1943 (364) Chapter Eternal October 19, 2014 
   Loren Joseph Miller Veteran  
        Initiated February 14,1943 (366) Chapter Eternal May 12, 2017 
   Charles Roy Pershina Veteran  
        Initiated January 18,1943 (360) Chapter Eternal  July 10,1948
   Harry Gene Picknell Veteran  
        Initiated April 5,1945 (370) Chapter Eternal August 25,1977 
   Paul Lewis Stavenger Veteran  
        Initiated February 14,1943 (365) Chapter Eternal May 7, 2012 
   Thomas Appelle Wiley Veteran  
        Initiated October 21,1940 (324) Chapter Eternal February 12, 2006
   Howard Alvin Wissel, Jr. Veteran
        Initiated May 25,1942 (356) Chapter Eternal January 7,1947

Class of 1947 
   Carroll William Brown Veteran
        Initiated February 23,1941 (327) Chapter Eternal October 3,1996
   William Franklin Dunn  
        Initiated October 27,1946 (391) Chapter Eternal July 9, 2012 
   Dean Hobart Ecke  
        Initiated June 30,1946 (385) Chapter Eternal July 23, 2016 
   Earl Fred Fox Veteran  
        Initiated June 4,1941 (337) Chapter Eternal June 15, 2005 
   Robert Keith Horton Veteran  
        Initiated February 23,1941 (332) Chapter Eternal October 5, 2008  
   John Rood Lewis Veteran   
         Initiated February 22,1942 (353) Chapter Eternal November 22, 2001 
   Alexander Edwin McCormack Jr. Veteran  
         Initiated February 19,1939 (298) Chapter Eternal  
   Albert George Siepker, Jr. Veteran  
         Initiated March 10,1946 (376) Chapter Eternal July 20, 2005 
   Wayne William Watson Veteran  
        Initiated February 14,1943 (368) Chapter Eternal June 5, 2002

Class of 1948 
   George William Fisher Veteran  
        Initiated February 22,1942 (345) Chapter Eternal January 3, 2005
   Karl David Franson Veteran
        Initiated February 14,1943 (363) Chapter Eternal August 15,1996
   James Donald Hogan
        Initiated March 10,1946 (373) Chapter Eternal April 9,1991
   Richard Russell Johnson  
        Initiated October 27,1946 (392) Chapter Eternal August 29, 2007
   Floyd Wilson Kringer, Jr. Veteran 
        Initiated March 10,1946 (374) Chapter Eternal August 6, 2006 
   John Durfey Leslie Veteran  
        Initiated February 22,1942 (346) Chapter Eternal September 11, 2007
   Richard Golden Love Veteran
        Initiated June 30,1946 (378) Chapter Eternal January 26, 2020  Obit-8262
   Walter Hugh Miller Veteran  
        Initiated February 14,1943 (367) Chapter Eternal October 2, 2007 
   Edward Anton Nowaczyk/Newel Veteran   
        Initiated June 30,1946 (381) Chapter Eternal February 27, 2004 
   Otto Frank Ripple Veteran  
        Initiated June 30,1946 (382) Chapter Eternal December 19,1985   
   Charles Albert Schunk Veteran
        Initiated June 30,1946 (388) Chapter Eternal January 8, 2020 Obit-7810
   William Edward Wright Veteran
        Initiated February 22,1942 (350) Chapter Eternal October 25,1999
   Woodrow Yonts Veteran  
        Initiated June 30,1946 (383) Chapter Eternal March 6, 2008 

Class of 1949 
   Erwin Fred Bauer  
        Initiated September 28, 1947 (395) Chapter Eternal February 8, 2017  Obit-8104
   William Lewis Broom II  
        Initiated September 28,1947 (398) Chapter Eternal February 21, 2014
   Robert Enos Campbell  
        Initiated March 7,1948 (402)
   Robert Franklin Davis
        Initiated February 24,1947 (393) Chapter Eternal April 4,2018 Obit-8020
   Robert Cornelius Donahue Veteran   
        Initiated September 7,1948 (411) Chapter Eternal October 23, 2014 
   Richard Hale Gilbert  
        Initiated June 30,1946 (386) Chapter Eternal September 15,1988
   Richard Albert Harding Veteran  
        Initiated September 28,1947 (396) Chapter Eternal September 30, 2008   
   Gordon Charles Hellwig  
        Initiated November 21,1949 (432) Chapter Eternal October 8,1965 
   Dwight Joel Humphrey  
        Initiated June 30,1946 (379) Chapter Eternal January 5,1994  
   Robert Lafe Hunter Veteran  
        Initiated April 5,1943 (371) Chapter Eternal June 16, 2009
   Leo George Lauzen  
        Initiated June 30,1946 (389) Chapter Eternal June 5, 2006 
   Dale Austin LeBaron Veteran  
        Initiated October 27,1946 (388) Chapter Eternal April 16,1985 
   John Quigg Lewis  
        Initiated June 30,1946  (380) Chapter Eternal July 20, 2010 
   Norman Dean Mayfield Veteran 
        Initiated February 24,1947 (394) Chapter Eternal December 28,1996
   Robert Glasgow Miller Veteran 
        Initiated September 28,1947 (397) Chapter Eternal  February 17,1992  
   James Joseph Reedy Veteran 
        Initiated October 27,1946 (390) Chapter Eternal August 20, 2016 
   Richard William Smith Veteran  
        Initiated February 27,1949 (414) Chapter Eternal August 13, 2010 
   Thomas John Wright  
        Initiated March 10,1946 (377) Chapter Eternal March 20, 2010