








Tau Chapter of Beta Theta Pi
The Roll: 1933-1942
William Robison, Jr.
Tom McKahan Green
George Desmond Swartout
Ralph Everette Kinton
Royden Krueger Kelley
Karl Parker Vosloh
Richard B. Maxwell
Raymond Edwin Kostanzer
Francis Xavier McAdam, Jr.
Robert Ross Neal
Frank William Herbert Lovering, Jr.
Donald Bonnell Fobes
Donald B. Fobes, 91, of Moorings Park Naples, FL, formerly of Indianapolis, died Dec. 5, 2003 of natural causes. Mr. Fobes was born in Crawfordsville, IN on Jan. 28, 1912 the son of William W. and Helen (Bonnell) Fobes.He attended Goshen High School, IN. He was a basketball star. In 1930, Sweet Sixteen Tournament play versus Muncie Central, he shot a 77.8 field goal percentage, which was a state record that stood for 29 years.He was a graduate of Wabash College in 1934 with a Bachelor's Degree in Economics. He was a member of Beta Theta Pi Fraternity and was the basketball team;s leading scorer his sophomore year and was also a member of varsity tennis team.He married Shiela Brown of Indianapolis in 1937. He served his country in the U.S. Navy as supply officer in NYC in 1943.He began his working career as a sales manager with Paper Package Co. (subsidiary of Eli Lilly Co.) in 1934. He became president of Paper Package Co. in 1954 and the president of Creative Packaging Co. in 1961 retiring in 1970.Mr. Fobes was a member of and served on the Vestry of Trinity Episcopal Church. He also served on the Board of Directors of Flanner House and the United Way Fund of Indianapolis. He was a founding member of Crooked Stick Country Club. Mr. Fobes served Wabash College as trustee from 1977-1989, Capital Campaign Chairman in 1971. Wabash awarded him Alumni Award of Merit in 1976 and an honorary LL.D. in 1985.Mr. Fobes was an active golf enthusiast all his life and had a passion for playing the piano and for sailing.Mr.Fobes is survived by his wife, Shiela Brown Fobes of Mooring Park, Naples, FL; daughter, Lynne (Steve) Marion of Scottsdale, AZ; son, Rick Fobes of Naperville, IL; 8 grandchildren; 8 great grandchildren; and 2 more on the way. One daughter, Sherry Hollett preceded him in death in 2000.The family will receive friends at Trinity Episcopal Church from 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 10 followed by services at 11 a.m. Burial will be in Crown Hill Cemetery.In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Don Fobes Memorial Fund at Wabash College (for music education), P.O. Box 352, Crawfordsville, IN 47933-0352. (Indianapolis Star)
Frank John Horuff
Robert George Stephens
Henry Latham Breunig
Ford Rusling Larrabee
Kenneth Raymond Wright
Warren Jefferson Lewis
Henry Earl Duncan
Robert Worth Frank, Jr.
Ralph Ward Wheaton
George Vernon Blackmore
Yale Lewis Bates
William Johnon Millikan
Harvey Lee Price
George Frederick Snyder
Jack Willard Neal
Ray Herman Umble
Morris Morris
Carlos Benito Sedillo, Jr.
Robert Watt Fulton
John Ivan Hoke
Perry Wendell Merchant
Luke White
Francis James Woods
Frederic Lee Smith
Robvert Matthew Smith
Raymond B. Ter Beek
Richard Lewis Sowle
George Everette Home, Jr.
Ben William Rubush
Robert Carl Elliott
Malcom Stewart Ragan
Richard Bradshaw Hudson
Roger Barnard Smith
Andre Frederic Rhoads
Warren Wright Shearer
Robert Sample Taylor
Charles Kightly Trippet
Richard Greenawalt Bigler
Gordon Everette Hoke
Frank Barton Kyle
Roland Brooks Wynne
Eugene Alfred Meyer
John Nicholas VanderVries
Charles Stedman Becker
Herbert Halston Johnson
Robert Jacques Moore
James Fouland Moore
Orland William Myers
Frank Joseph Luzar
Norman Reeve Long
Jack Vincent Porter
Richard Earl Murbarger
Martin Joseph Morrison
Robert Leitch McVie
William R. Larrabee
David Swain Thopmson
Irwin Street Hostetter
Richard Russel Marsh
Robert Avery Giddings
John Thomas Sutton
Walter Longley Fertig
John Brooke Koffend
Robert Spencer Carson
William Milligan Herron
William Albert Watson Huntington-Ashworth
John Ernest Messick, Jr.
William Robert Vosloh
Carl Otto Janus
William LaForge Pack
John Morgan Elliot
Joseph Albert Mayberry
William Junior Kitzmiller
Donald Edward Landis
Richard Lynn Umble
Joseph Patton Fulton
Thomas Montgomery Billings
Richard Edward McCreary, Jr.
Jack Lockhart Rich
Donald Lauren Custis
Forrest Pilger Dewey
Edward Hazard Sieber
William Penn Bullock
William A. Brenner, Jr.
David Porter Herron
Harry Duncan Fisher
Bernard Francis James
Donald Francis Buehner
Arthur George Kraeger, Jr.
Alexander Malcolm McVie, Jr.
William Fletcher Boyd
Matthew Robert Dorman
Richard Osborne Ristine
Ward Hibben Hackleman
Paul Emmet Fertig
George Alexander Orndorff
Carl Jacob Klein, Jr.
Stephen Murray Noland
Franklin Gerard Davidson
William Marian Fisher
Ward Lincoln Walhay
1941. Ward Lincoln Walhay passed away in Glen Ellyn, Illinois on 28 May 1999. He was number 602 on the Tau Chapter rolls.
John Albert Clancy
Hulburd Wampler
John Robert Todd, Jr.
David Clements Barnhill
John Richard Scott