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alumni news & notes

We unfortunately received news that Brother Mark Bye ’78 was recently appointed as a
Cassius Lee Peacock III ’65 passed away at trustee for the Phi Delta Theta Foundation, deceased
home in Seminole, Florida, on August 1, 2017, the 501(c)(3) charitable organization that
due to complications of ALS at the age of 74. provides educational grants and scholarships We regret to report the deaths of the
“Cash” is survived by his mother, Tommay T. to the fraternity and its brothers. Mark can be following brothers since our last issue:
Peacock; his wife of 45 years, Marie Jones reached at Mark.Bye@morganstanley.com.
Peacock; five children; ten grandchildren; and
his sister, Lorena. With his brothers by his side, Zach Traina ’05 BENJAMIN B. DAYTON ’36
February 6, 2018
married Dr. Hyon Jae Lee on July 1, 2017, at
Tom Bush ’66 and his wife, Mary, celebrated Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, WILLIAM W. LANG ’43
their 50 wedding anniversary in June 2017. Connecticut. Tom Hoover ’05 and Adam October 10, 2016
th
All of their children and grandchildren joined Traina were the best men. Drew Hous-
them in Tigard, Oregon. Pass along your ton ’05, Joe Audette ’05, Chris Sime- NORMAN BEECHER ’44
February 16, 2016
well wishes to Tom, who can be reached at one ’05, and Doug Hwang ’05 were the
tombushjr@gmail.com. groomsmen. Send congratulations to Zach at RICHARD E. ELDEN ’44
ztraina@alum.mit.edu. March 3, 2016
On June 10, 2018, David and Laura Pe-
terson ’68 hosted a Class of 1968 reunion More congratulations go out to Matthew EDWIN T. BEAN JR. ’46
May 5, 2018
brunch at their custom-built home in Har- M. Fox ’15, who has recently received U.S.
vard, Massachusetts, A striking feature of their Patent 9,549,046 for “Methods and Systems ANDREW S. YEISER ’46
house is the swimming pool in the kitchen. for Logging Time with a Mobile Comput- March 18, 2016
Those attending the event included Dixon ing Device.” His patent has been assigned
and Nancy Cleveland, Neil and Nancy Clark, to the Boeing Company. Now living in San RAYMOND R. BEARDSLY ’47
December 28, 2016
Tom and Candy Neal, and Stan and Sharon Francisco, California, Matt can be reached at
Wulf ’65. Get back in touch with David at mattfox@alum.mit.edu. MARVIN W. SWEENEY JR. ’47
davidpeterson@alum.mit.edu. July 6, 2016
CLARE PETER JOHNSON JR. ’48
YOU’VE GOT MAIL: UPDATE YOUR ADDRESS NOW September 2, 2016

For the past three years, we’ve been forward- The U.S. Postal Service doesn’t automatically EDWARD T. THOMPSON ’49
ing postal first-class mail, which accumulates forward mail addressed to former residents at February 13, 2018
in the mail room, to alumni and to former 97 Bay State Road, because of the dormitory CAROL E. BELTON ’50
summer residents. Email has proved to be a status of the address. April 7, 2017
more expeditious, reliable, and easier way to
send information than forwarding to residence We use the MIT Infinite Connection alumni da- WILLIAM H. CULVER ’50
addresses. Because of this, the mail is first tabase for email addresses, and we rely on our November 12, 2016
scanned into a PDF format and then forward- alumni to keep their address on the database BERT B. BEALS ’54
ed to the alumnus. For those items that can’t current. If you have an Infinite Connection ac- November 27, 2016
be scanned (i.e. credit cards, MIT diplomas, count, log in at https://alum.mit.edu/login and
checks, and packages), we ask that the alum- check that your address is current. If you don’t THOMAS A. HAMILTON ’55
nus supply a postal address and the items will have an account, you can sign up for an ac- February 6, 2018
be forwarded. Mail forwarded has included an count on the same webpage. SANFORD COBB JR. ’57
MIT diploma, uncashed paychecks, notices of April 16, 2016
patents awarded, unclaimed property, insur- For current students and recent alumni, MIT
ance policies, dormant retirement and invest- keeps their @MIT.edu email address active R. MICHAEL HENDRICKS ’59
ment accounts, lawsuit settlements, year-end for a few months, but then deactivates the December 17, 2016
W-2 and 1099 forms, association member- address. The Infinite Connection @alum.MIT. RAYMOND B. LANDIS ’62
ships, bank accounts, and credit cards. Mail edu address provides a lifetime address where July 16, 2018
has been forwarded to alumni who haven’t emails can be forwarded to any email address
lived in the house for nearly 20 years. one currently chooses. WILLIAM M. PURDY ’62
February 10, 2016

MA GAMMA is published regularly by ma gamma of phi delta theta fraternity at mit, located CASSIUS L. PEACOCK III ’65
August 1, 2017
at 97 bay state rd, boston, ma 02215, for its members and friends. new contri-
the butions and photos are always welcome, and should be sent to: alumni records
MESSENGER office, ma gamma of phi delta theta fraternity, po box 390528, cambridge, ma
02139–0006. visit us on the web at http://phi-delts.mit.edu.
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