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Cal Delta Spotlight USC House Corporation of Phi Delta Theta | Summer 2007 | University of Southern California Alumni Offce | P.O. Box 80828, Atlanta, Georgia 30366 | www.phideltatheta-caldelta.com Alumni Spotlight: From the President Brigadier General Warren Blanchard ‘57 by Joe Regan ‘77 arren Blanchard’s philosophy for career military man. He enlisted in the want to welcome all California Wsuccess is something he has lived Army, and went to Offcer Candidate I Delta Phi Delts back to the by his entire life, School eight years later. He served in world of our chapter through this “Work hard. My Armor, Infantry, and Artillery and worked newsletter. A very dedicated group granddad always at the Pentagon. He said he enjoyed the of alums has been working the said, ‘Work hard variety that the military work provided past few years getting the chapter and everything and that his fraternity membership helped reinstated at USC and we are will come to him excel because “you have to learn how now on the verge of beginning a you.’” to get along.” Warren lived in the chapter major renovation of the Chapter House which will be Warren grew house for two years. He noted that the modern in its physical composition while maintaining up with fraternity house didn’t have many bathrooms, so the architectural feel of the original we all knew. leadership; his members often had to wait for others to The University has made it clear to us that dad was a founder get ready. The fraternity also provided the success of the reinstated chapter requires the of the Phi Kappa camaraderie by sharing a room with a involvement of the alumni which will give us all an Psi chapter at USC (in 1924). Everyone roommate and eating meals together as a opportunity to see old friends from time to time while assumed Warren would join that chapter, chapter. making new ones. If you are interested in serving as a but he joined Phi Delt because of “the One of Warren’s earliest assignments volunteer for the chapter, please contact me, or one of quality of the members.” was working as a bodyguard for California the chapter advisors (Jim Dillavou (‘64) dilcorellc@ Warren was responsible for Governor Ronald Reagan. Warren said, earthlink.net and Joe Edward (‘91 NM Alpha) overseeing the chapter study hall, and “When Reagan was elected [as Governor] phidelt1848@yahoo.com). he worked for Phi Delt as a “hasher,” in 1968, I was right behind him when he The House Corp has teamed up with the Laurus assisting with meals. He said, “I washed gave his inauguration speech, and I was Group to help us manage our efforts to support the dishes in the fraternity. We had two supposed to take the shot for him [if there chapter and direct our Capital Campaign. You will big tubs, and it was awful – one person was an assassination attempt].” receive the Cal Delta Spotlight in the mail twice washed all of the dishes. I lost a lot Warren retired from the Army in a year, and you will also receive occasional email of weight, but I did get free room and 1991 from a position in the Secretary of updates and postcards about both chapter and alumni board.” In addition to washing dishes, he the Army’s Offce at the Pentagon. He said events. If your contact information is not accurate or set tables, served meals, and cleaned up. his job “was fun. If there was a question not complete, please add it to the tear-off form at the After graduating, Warren briefy General, continued on page 4 bottom of the enclosed letter. Please also send us any worked for his dad, then he became a personal or professional updates so we can include them in the Alumni News. If you have any suggestions Chapter Holds “Senior” Prom at for articles or alumni we should interview, please Belmont Village Retirement Community contact me or our account manager Jackie Isaacson at By Brad Silnutzer, Historian jisaacson@thelaurusgroup.net. Thank you to everyone who is already supporting t has often been said that the members of Phi Delta the chapter by volunteering or contributing to the ITheta Cal Delta have a thing for older women, but if Capital Campaign, which is quietly underway. Please one saw us at the Belmont Village retirement community consider a donation to the Annual Fund – this money last spring they may have thought that we had taken helps to fund our communication program, alumni it a little far. We didn’t care, though, because we were activities, and special chapter projects. Thank you in there for one reason and one reason alone: to show some advance for your support. senior citizens the time of their lives. Dashingly dressed and armed with an arsenal ranging from the waltz to the Yours in the Bond, cha-cha, we headed off to Belmont Village because it was once again time for our semi-annual philanthropy, our “senior” prom. (To clarify, the “senior” prom is just that. Joe Regan Brother Chris Bloom dances We go to a retirement home and hold a prom with the USC Phi Delt House Corporation President with one of the residents of residents.) Belmont Village retirement I would be lying if I said this event is not one of my Joe.regan@morganstanley.com Community. Senior Prom, continued on page 4