Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation

Contributions to the Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation are accepted in memory of Sigma Alpha Mu fratres, family and friends, and also to honor living members. Acknowledgements are sent and contributions of $25 or more are published on the Foundation's website and in the Octagonian.  Donations are used to support the Foundation's mission.

 

If you wish to establish a permanent endowment in memory of or in honor of an individual or group of individuals please contact Foundation Director Aaron Girson at aarong@sam-fdn.org.

 

Special contributions may be mailed the Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation, 8701 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268; or click below to make a secure gift online.

 

 

Honor and Memorial Contributions
April 2018 to August 2018

 

IN MEMORY OF:

Ronald S. Bard (North Carolina State, ’60) and Richard Schactman
By Richard (Richie) H. Williamson (North Carolina State, ’60)

Irwin H. Blum (Texas-Austin, ’70)
By William B. Finkelstein (Texas-Austin, ’68)

Jeffrey A. Blum (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’69)
By Michael L. Sperling (Kentucky Wesleyan ’69)

Andy Dickson (Washington, ’63) To the Andrew Dickson Memorial Scholarship Fund
By his Sister Elana Grissom

Leonard Dworsky
By Richard D. Dworsky (Minnesota, ’76)

John Florence
By Elana Grissom

Elliott T. Friedman (UCLA, ’59)
By his wife, Sharon Friedman

Howard Garnitz (Illinois, ‘43)
By Libby Garnitz

Gary P. Gormin (Kappa, ’62)
By Alvin W. Cohn (Cincinnati, ’53)
By Jonathan D. London (Wisconsin, ’95)
By Marc E. Perlstein (North Texas, ’71)
By David S. Rice (Wisconsin-Madison, ’83)
By Alexander Shkolnik (Minnesota, ’00)

 

Christopher J. Killmurray (Rutgers, ‘81)
By David M. Hutt (Rutgers, ’80)

William Lester
By Mark C. Lester (Cornell, 71)

 

Dr. Jay D. Lifshen (Miami OH, ’70)
By Marc E. Perlstein (North Texas, ’71)

 

Arnold R. Levine (Penn. State, ’49)
By Harris Zeitzew (Penn. State, ’49)

Max Lirtzman (Illinois, ’43)
By Michael D. Lirtzman (Illinois, ’70)

Nicholas Anthony Moya (Pennsylvania, ’15)
By Nicholas Robert Greene, (Drexel, ’15)

Alvin M. Reifman (Wayne State, ’58)
By Neil P. Superfon (Wayne State, ’58)

Ralph Santiago (Brandeis, ‘93)
By Daniel P. Berlin (Brandeis, ’96)

Lawrence D. Schaffer (Ohio State, ’48)
By Michael J. Kurman (Ohio State, ’70)

Donald L. Shafton (Nebraska-Lincoln, ’53)
By Michael L. Sperling (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’69)

Donald J. Stein (Purdue, ’50)
By Paddy & Barry Epstein (Purdue, ’58)

Arthur M. Sirkin, (Cincinnati, ’46)
By Stanley Elfenbaum (Cincinnati, ’44)

Leon “Daddy” Washington
By Anissa & Reid Friedman (Texas, 81)

Janice Zimmerman
By her husband, Manly A. Zimmerman (Manitoba, ’49)

William P. Schwartz (Oklahoma, ’44), SAM Executive Director Emeritus
By Brian H. Abrahams (Illinois, ’81)
By Dr. William E. Arens (Long Island, ’60)
By Leonard Axelrod (Indiana, ’69)
By Dr. Mark R. Axelrod (Indiana, ’65)
By Denise L. Benson
By Alvin W. Cohn (Cincinnati, ’53)
By Mark S. Connolly (Rochester, ’76)
By Daniel A. Dinkin (Towson State, 84)
By Cathy Earley
By Barry M. Epstein (Purdue, ’58)
By Carolyn Freeman
By Bernard W. and Elaine Girson

By Abe J. Goldsmith (Purdue, ’48)
By Maurice D. Guller (Missouri, ’54)
By Arlene R. Gurewitz
By Arnold Himelstein (Tulane, ’64)
By William D. Jenkins
By Dustin L. Kalman (Houston ’95)
By Gary G. Kash (Illinois, ’71)
By Ronald S. Katch (Illinois, ’51)
By Michael J. Kurman (Ohio State, 70)
By Yovan Kumar (SUNY-Stony Brook, ’15)
By Harold M. Kushins (San Jose State, ’63)
By Thomas P. Lucente (San Jose State, ’78)
By Maria Francesca Mandel
By Darren M. Margolis (Towson, ’89)
By Marc E. Perlstein (North Texas, ’71)
By David S. Rice (Illinois, ’83)
By Edward H. Rosenwasser, Jr. (Texas, ’83)
By Walter Salganik
By Eugene R. Schnell (Rochester, ’82)
By Robert J. Schoen (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’69)
By Laurence Schor (Southern Methodist, ’61)
By Susan D. Schwartz
By Sanghoon Shin
By Alexander Shkolnik (Minnesota, ’00)
By Michelle Shorter
By Stuart R. Silver, Esq. (Virginia, ’68)
By Michael B. Serling (Michigan, ’64)
By Michael L. Sperling (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’69)
By Howard M. Weinberg (Virginia, ’70)
By Larry Stanton Wiese
By Richard H. Williamson (Nebraska, ’60)
By Jerry M. Wise (UCLA, ’84)
By Kenneth S. Wolf (Cincinnati, ’62)
By Bonnie Wunsch
By Alpha Epsilon Phi National Sorority
By Delta Tau Delta Foundation (Keith Steiner, Chairman)
By Kappa Alpha Order
By North American Interfraternity Conference (Susan Kraft Fussell, Asst. to Judson Horras, Pres.)
By Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
By Sigma Delta Tau Sorority (Debbie Snyder, Exec. Dir.)
By Theta Chi Fraternity
Philip A. Stuart, II (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’98)
By John William Forte (Kentucky Wesleyan, 15)

 

Leonard Schwartzbaum (Penn. State, ’65)
By Stephen Leeds (Penn. State, ’67)

Philip A. Stuart, II (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’98)
By John William Forte (Kentucky Wesleyan, 15)

 

IN HONOR OF:

Samuel David Barker (West Florida, ‘15)
By Kim E. Stefansson

Kelby Dolan, SAM Fraternity Director of Communications
By Ben DeLost

Kathie Garland, SAM Foundation Annual Appeals Director
By Diane Eggert
By Nealy Wheat

Aaron M. Girson (Western Michigan, ’92), SAM Foundation Asst. Treasurer
By Faron Lewitt

Sidney H. Guller (Washington, ‘43)
By Harvey M. Brown (Washington, ’45)
By Maurice D. Guller (Missouri, ’54)
By Joseph H. Nehmen (Washington, ’68)

Gary R. Gurwitz (Texas-Austin, ‘54)
By William H. Wolf (Texas-Austin, ‘54)

 

The Birth of Hattie Mishala Huston Daughter of Amber and Andrew J. Huston (Minnesota, ‘01)
SAM Fraternity Executive Director
By Amanda Sloan
By Richard (Richie) H. Williamson (North Carolina State, ’60)
By Bonnie Wunsch

Fras Huston, Abrams, Fineman, Magy & Hussain
By Alexander Shkolnik (Minnesota, ’00)

The Leadership of Andrew Huston (Minnesota, ‘01) and David Sergi (Texas A&M, ’82)
By Daniel A. Grossberg (Miami OH, ’84)
J. Squire Junger (Cornell, ‘68)
By the J. Squire Junger Foundation

 

J. Squire Junger (Cornell, ‘68)
By the J. Squire Junger Foundation

 

Jerry Miller (Miami OH, ’76)
By Jak Groedel (Miami OH, ’13)
By Zaid Kanaan (Miami OH, ’14)

 

The Leadership of David Sergi (Texas A&M, 82)
By Daniel A. Grossberg (Miami OH, ’84)

Daniel Weinstein Marsh (Arizona State, ‘14)
By David Medansky

Gamma Psi (Temple)
By Corey M. Glazer-Bass (Temple, ‘10)

The Charter Installation of Sigma Chi Chapter (Maryland)
By Howard W. Wasserman (Towson, ’83)

Honor and Memorial Contributions
December 2017 to April 2018

 

IN MEMORY OF:

 

Calvin Kapp

By Evan Z. Kapp (Washington Univ. ’73)

 

Lawrence D. Schaffer (The Ohio State Univ. ’48)

By Marvin D. Snyder (The Ohio State Univ. ’51)

 

James R. Alexander (Southern Methodist Univ. ’51)

By Fred W. Korngut (Southern Methodist Univ. ’47)

 

Benjamin A. Savage (Syracuse Univ. ‘1916)

By Mark S. Connolly (Univ. of Rochester ’76)

 

Howard Natal (Ohio State, ’88)

To the Howard Natal Memorial Scholarship Fund

By his Family and Friends

By Lee Manders (Miami OH, ’72)

 

Allan E. Offman (Ohio State, ’58)

By his wife, Lesley B. Offman

 

Rheta Cote, Lynne Brecker, Diane Ward and Carol Copsey

By Daniel T. Berkley (Wayne State, ’66)

 

Larry I. Kurlander (Miami OH, ’71)

By Alan B. Levy (Miami OH, ’72)

 

Janice Zimmerman, his wife

By Manly A. Zimmerman (Manitoba, ’49)

 

Max Lirtzman (Illinois–Urbana, ’43)

By Mitchell D. Lirtzman (Illinois-Urbana, ’70)

 

Allen M. Rosenthal (Buffalo, ’55)

By Michael B. Schultz (Buffalo, ’56)

 

Harry H. Milkowitz (Syracuse, ‘1916)

By his son, Michael S. Miles (Syracuse, ’58)

 

Gary E. Zinman (Penn. State, ’55)

By Marc E. Goldfeder (Case Western Reserve, ’62)

 

Lee Wolkowitz

By Edward M. Wolkowitz (Cal. State- Northridge, ’68)

 

Philip A. Stuart, II (KY Wesleyan, ’58)

By Michael L. Sperling (KY Wesleyan, ’69)

 

Alvin L. Chester (Illinois-Urbana, ’44)

By his wife, Rita L. Chester

 

Stuart I. Greenberg (Toledo, ’66)

By Thomas R. Weeks (Toledo, ’66)

 

Wheeler Liles (Stephen F. Austin State, 2005)

To the Epsilon Alpha Educational Fund

By Clayton M. Sullivan (Stephen F. Austin State, 2009)

 

Dr. Sanford M. Reiss (Cornell, ’42)

By Marcia & Stanley F. Reiter (Cornell,’42)

 

Larry Katchen (Cornell, ’43)

By Marcia & Stanley F. Reiter (Cornel,. ’42)

 

Dr. Leo L. Cogen (UCLA, ’39)

By Harvey E. Cogen (UCLA, ’65)

 

Kenneth N. Ishida (UC-Berkeley, ’96)

By Derrick D. Chi (UC-Berkeley, ’96)

 

Bob S. Platt (San Jose State, ’66)

By John H. Moyer (San Jose State, ‘70)

 

Donald A. Sheridan (UCLA, ’56)

By Gershon H. Fisher (UCLA, ’56)

 

Alan M. Eisner (Columbia, ’57)

By Stephen V. Berzok (Columbia, ’57)

 

Philip A. Stuart, II (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’98)

By John P. Glover (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’99)

 

Joseph S. Saxon, Jr., (Washington, ’57)

By Neal J. Shulman (Washington, ’57)

 

Benjamin A. Savage (Syracuse, ‘1916)

To the Ben Savage Memorial Scholarship Fund

By Mark S. Connolly (Rochester, ’76)

 

James D. Lockshin (Ohio State, ’43)

To the Anna Gans Scholarship Fund

By his wife, Shirley Lockshin

 

Andrew C. Dickson (Washington, ’63)

To the Andrew Dickson Memorial Scholarship Fund

By his Mother, Madeline Florence

By Steven T. Salstrom (Washington, ’83)

By his Sister, Risa Dickson

By Stephen M. Emer (Washington, ’83)

 

Morton and Jojene Sabath

To the Mu Theta Educational Fund

By Judson H. Sabath (USC, ’78)

 

Scott Jason Jellen

To the Mu Theta Educational Fund

By Robert A. Jellen (USC, ’64)

 

John Florence

To the Andrew Dickson Memorial Scholarship Fund

By Elana Grissom

 

Ronald W. Rapchik (Long Island-CW Post, ’66)

To the Ronald W. Rapchik Memorial Scholarship

By Howard Rapp (Long Island-CW Post, ’67)

 

David Ulin (UT-Austin, '80)

By Mark S. Fishkind (UT-Austin, '80)

 

Robert D. Glick (Pennsylvania, '54)

By Bill Glassman (Illinois-Urbana, '68)

 

 

IN HONOR OF:

 

Beta Iota ‘93

By Robert J. Master (Wisconsin-Madison, ’89)

 

Executive Director Emeritus, William P. Schwartz (Oklahoma, ’44)

By Donald E. Milsten (Cornell, ’57)

By Michael Louik (Pittsburgh, ’61)

 

Foundation Director, Jerry Miller (Miami OH, ’76)

By Eric M. Zeldin (Miami OH, ’74)

 

The Wise Boys of Mu Theta

To the Mu Theta Educational Fund

By Jerry M. Wise (UCLA, ‘84)

 

The Tampa Bay ΣAM Alumni Association

By Jonathan D. Wax (Tulan, ’90)

 

Beta Iota ‘93

To the Robert J. Master Charitable Fund

By Robert J. Master (Wisconsin-Madison, ’89)

 

The Birthday of Foundation Director Sidney H. Guller (Washington, ’43)

By Robert A. Rosenthal (Missouri, ’50)

 

Joseph and Justin Levin (UCLA, 2016 and 2017)

By Wayne I. Levin (UCLA, ’86)

 

The engagement of David B. Weiser (Texas A&M, 2005)

By Donald R. Blum (Southern Methodist, ’69)

 

Lauren and Matthew Brittsan

By Leslie S. Leighton (Virginia, ’71)

 

Bert Brusso

By Charles N. Brusso (Illinois-Urbana, ’54)

 

Octagon Vice Supreme Prior Jerry L. Conrey (Cal. State-Fullerton, ’84)

By Mitchell R. Geller (Cal. State-Fullerton, ’84)

 

The Birth of Hattie Huston to Amber & Executive Director Andrew J. Huston

(Minnesota, ‘01)

By Foundation Director David S. Rice (Wisconsin, ’83)

 

Mu Theta winning the Founders’ Cup

To the Mu Theta Educational Fund

By Scott A. Stone (USC, ’74)

 

The Birthday of his Mother, Madeline Florence

To the Andrew Dickson Memorial Scholarship Fund

By his Sister, Elana Grissom

 

William Danzig (Baruch, '65) 

By Sanford M. Goldstein (Baruch, '65)

 

Irwin Schachter (Baruch, '65)

By Sanford M. Goldstein (Baruch, '65)