(smile!)
On December 11, 1902, Alpha Chi Sigma was founded by a group of science nerds who knew strength lay in numbers.
(That's a little inside joke, y'all!)
Mitch Levings, our Grand Historian, gave us the scoop on why and how and what was done back then, as well as a few notable later moments.
John Becker presented "Digging Up The Founders", informing us of the locations of those long-deceased forebears.
Joseph Marshall responded that "the founders aren't dead, just failing to react" -
hahahaha! hahaha!
It was so good to see these folks - and more on the other three screens of attendees - and to actually know some of them.
Take Gary Anderson of the Order of Altotus.
I've known him, as well as Mitch, since the 1990 Conclave in Tallahassee, the first such that I had ever attended.
Hosted by Florida State University, Mitch had flubbed his moment by thanking "the University of Florida" for providing the locale - ouch!
Neither the Gamma Beta Seminoles nor the Beta Iota Gators ever let him forget it!
I had only been a member of the fraternity for two years at the time.
How nice to be reminded of that event!
Matt and Jen Schnippert are also Gamma Betans, but much newer than me; still, I've known them since the 2012 Conclave in west Georgia.
Others that I recognized were Scott Wilson, Calvin Bond, Timothy Deschaines, Sean Pawlowski, and Bob Stevens, primarily from the 2014 Conclave in Virginia.
I may not have liked those early mornings, but I certainly remember fondly the exhibit of four slabs of the Berlin Wall that were visiting that campus.
Why have I not been to a Conclave since then?
Timing, perhaps; money, perhaps; time, perhaps.
Maybe this summer that lack of chemistry brethren can be remedied.
(smile!)
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