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Memory & OUR MYSTIC SHRINE
We are saddened to have learned of the passing of the following Beta Brothers.
Our sympathies to their family and friends.
Dr. Albert C.
Van Dusen ’37,
age 99, passed
away peacefully
on December
18, 2014. Van
had a long and
distinguished
career as a
university
administrator,
community
contributor, and humanitarian. He completed
his degree at UF and then went on to
Northwestern University before serving as a
naval officer during World War II. In 1944, he
joined the faculty of Northwestern University
and served as vice president there from 1952
to 1956. In 1957, Van joined the University of
Pittsburgh as assistant chancellor. From 1957
until his retirement almost three decades
later, Van served the University of Pittsburgh
in various administrative leadership roles and
retired as vice chancellor emeritus. Van was
particularly interested in public television
and served as chairman of the WQED Board
of Directors and chairman of the Association
for America’s Public TV Stations from 1981-
88, and was a member of the Pennsylvania
Public TV Network Commission. Dear to his
heart was the preservation and renewal of the
city of Pittsburgh. Van served as chairman
of the Board of Trustees for the Pittsburgh
History and Landmarks Foundation. He
always had a smile and hello to share with
those he met. Van’s wife, Margaret, and
daughters, Dr. Margaret Van Dusen Pysh
of Arizona, Jane Van Dusen of Oregon,
and Sara Van Dusen and son-in-law, Frank
Matyskiela, of California, all survive him.
He will be dearly missed.
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David W. Parrish
’49, age 91, passed
away May 11, 2015.
David was born
March 15, 1924 in
Pierce, Florida. He
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Army Air Corps in
WWII (1943-1947)
as a B-29 co-pilot.
After graduation he
went on to work as
office manager for Dixie Supply Company
in Tampa for 27 years. Later, he worked as
the supervising accountant for MacDonald
Training Center. He was a very generous
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family man, loved a good Cuban sandwich Jackson Parmer
and a fine cigar (although not at the same ’52, age 85,
time), and the Detroit Tigers. He became a passed away on
fan of the Tampa Bay Rays and, of course, Friday, Jan. 9,
was always a Florida Gator fan. He was a 2015 in Tampa.
loving husband, father, brother, grandfather, Jackson’s life
great-grandfather, uncle, and friend to many. carried him to
Having died just one day shy of his 59th many parts of
wedding anniversary, David is survived by the nation and
his wife, Mary Eleanor, and four children, world, ultimately
Wayne (Margaret), Scott (Susana), John making Florida
(Cheryl), and Diane DeForest; as well as six his home again
grandchildren, a great-granddaughter, and after graduation. He was commissioned as a
numerous nieces and nephews. second lieutenant in the United States Army.
___________________________________ He ultimately served as a battery commander
in the 139th Field Artillery, Third Division
in the Korean War. He was a recipient of the
Robert E. United Nations Service Medal and Korean
Boardman ’50, Conflict Service Medal. Jackson completed
age 87, passed a thirty-year career as a Vice President at the
away on Friday, Merrill Lynch Tampa Office. He is survived
January 31, 2014. by his wife, Emily; three children, Jonathan,
Bob was born in Geoffrey and Jennifer; and five grandchildren,
San Juan, Puerto Egan, Cameron, Maxwell, Joseph and Avery.
Rico, and moved An honorable man, a devoted father and a
to Florida in 1930. loving husband. He will be well remembered
He graduated by each of those whose lives he touched.
from Robert E.
Lee High School
and served two years in the U.S. Army Air
Corp during WWII. Bob was a graduate
of the College of Architecture and Allied
Arts at Florida, and he became a registered
architect. He joined the firm of Reynolds,
Smith and Hills Architects, Engineers and
Planners in 1960 and retired from that firm
in 1988. Bob is survived by his wife of 59
years, Betty Morrison Boardman; two sons,
Robert E. Boardman, Jr. (Arlene) of Lake
Mary, FL and Lee D. Boardman (Cinthia) of
Little Rock, AR; his granddaughter, Olivia
Boardman; and his sister, Mariana Harkins
of Padanaram, MA.
Leave A Legacy
Consider a lasting gift that will support Beta Theta Pi long after you are gone. By
including the house corporation in your estate plans, you ensure the long-term
to know: Most common ways to include the house corporation are through your will or
life insurance. Sample language: I leave the sum of ($xxxxxx.xx or xx% of my estate)
to: Gamma Xi Chapter of Beta Theta Pi Housing Corporation tax id # (Contact Brad
Fortune for house corporation’s tax ID number) c/o Beta Theta Pi, PO Box 6277 /5134
Bonham Road, Oxford, OH 45056.
**This information is not presented as legal or tax advice. Always consult your advisors
for questions you may have. ***