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Join The 1927 Club
In the past semesters, the colony's main focus has been
about attaining membership and reaching the goal of good
grades in order to charter. Although those two endeavors
are wonderful, the colony is quickly approaching the
requirements for chartering and is slowly shifting its aim
from chartering to building up our housing fund.
The colony was originally founded at the University of Oklahoma's
campus in May of 1927. To commemorate that date, the colony has
named it's fundraising campaign "The 1927 Club".
The colony has set a goal of $200,000 as the amount they feel
is necessary in order to get a fraternity house. The only way
the colony will be able to reach their goal is with your help.
There are many advantages to joining The 1927 Club, including,
but not limited to tax deductions and their name on a plaque that
will hang inside the future chapter house.
Click here for more information.
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On
Saturday, September 29, 2007 the alumni
once again took on the active members and
played softball. This year we where playing
to help out a local pug rescue shelter.
We raised $375.00 to help out the Homeward
Bound Pug Rescue and Adoption of Oklahoma.
Homeward Bound even attended the game with
four pugs, which cheered on both teams.
The
alumni team lead by our ABT President Daniel
Davis took a took an early lead over the
active members. The members struggled the
first 3 innings, but came alive toward the
end, unfortunately a little too late in
the game. The alumni with the help of Rob
Lawson '88, Mark Jeffreys '87, Patrick Weber
'87, Mike Baker '90, Scott Nordquist '99
New Mexico State, Kyle and Amber Foy '2000
Western Carolina, Drew Demorotski '2003
DePauw, Greg Johnson '2006 and Mike Mills
'2007 took a 20-5 victory over the actives,
tying the series up one apiece.
Mark
Jeffreys '87 was awarded the Alumni MVP
for his outstanding play at first base and
timely hitting and will receive a scholarship
in his name given to one of the active members,
name added to a plaque in our furture house
and a polo shirt.
The
afternoon continued with a cookout and OU-Colorado
watch party. The game ended with a huge
disappointing loss, but the weekend was
a huge success for the Oklahoma Colony.
 The
Colony would like to thank Rob Lawson '87
for traveling from Atlanta Georgia to be
with us this weekend. It was his second
visit back to Norman since graduation and
his first in about 15 years. The colony
would also like to thank everyone for their
donations, purchasing a t-shirt and participation.
Thanks to Missy Davis, Amy Baker, Lacy Nordquist
and Homeward Bound Pug Rescue for attending
the game and Mike Vickrey '87 for helping
us secure the softball fields. Mike is currently
in Iraq and was unable to attend this year.
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Col. Roy
H Worthington, Jr. '42 (1919-2007)
Roy
had a highly distinguished military career
as a command pilot and missleman. He was
a B-17 pilot with the 99th Bomb Group,
15th Air Force in WWII, completing 50
combat missions out of Foggia , Italy.
He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross
and three Air Medals. After the war Roy
served as test pilot at Edwards Airforce
Base, test piloting many of the early
jet propulsion aircraft and holds the
distinction of being one of only a few
pilots who flew the original Flying Wing
aircraft (precursor to the present Stealth
Bomber).
Roy
was also instrument in the development
of the Corona Project, a highly classified
spy satellite program under the cooperation
of the Air Force, the CIA and the National
Reconnaissance Office to detect Soviet
Military buildup during the height of
the Cold War. He was responsible for the
launching of more than 200 spy satellites
from 1964 through 1968. Awarded two Legions
of Merit and is recognized as a Corona
Pioneer in 1995 by the National
Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian
Institution and as as Space Pioneer by
the National Reconnaissance Office in
Washington DC in 2000.
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