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Cal Delta Spotlight USC House Corporation of Phi Delta Theta | Winter 2007-08 | University of Southern California Alumni Offce | P.O. Box 80828, Atlanta, Georgia 30366 | www.phideltatheta-caldelta.com From the President GRAMMY V.P. Proud to be by Joe Regan ‘77 A Cal Delta Alumnus his issue of the Cal Delta lthough Branden Chapman ‘94 TSpotlight includes exciting Awas very busy preparing for the updates about the progress on the 50th GRAMMY Awards show, he renovation of our grand old chapter made time to be interviewed for the house – thank you to all alumni and Cal Delta Spotlight. Branden is the chapter members who attended the Vice President, Production & Process initial minor demolition on January Management for The Recording 14! Several photos are included in Academy. He explained, “I oversee this newsletter. There were many hurdles, mostly with the logistics and execution of all live the L.A. city building permitting, but we are fnally productions for the company including ready to begin renovation of the chapter house. the renowned annual GRAMMY We have established interim fnancing for Awards.” the construction and look forward to our Capital When he graduated from Brother Branden Chapman with American Idol Campaign bringing in the funds to put the chapter in USC with a Bachelors in Business- winner and GRAMMY winner Kelly Clarkson. a debt free situation going forward. I want to thank Entrepreneurship, Branden frst every brother who has pledged to the campaign so worked for Andersen Consulting in strategic consulting for companies specializing far and urge everyone else to follow through to make in entertainment and emerging technologies. He then spent four years at Vista Vision this a successful effort so the chapter can have and Entertainment, a small television production company prior to joining The Recording maintain a physical home we can all visit feel proud Academy. When asked what is most challenging about his current job, Branden said, about. Please remember, your pledge can be stretched “The stress that comes with live productions. You only have one chance to do it out over several years. Grammy, continued on page 3 The chapter now has over 70 members. I’ve been able to meet many of them, and they represent us and Cal Delta very well. One of the undergraduate Cal Delta Kicks Off Chapter members, PJ Levine, was interviewed for this issue. He shares our excitement about the “new” Cal Delta House Renovation Project house, and I am sure that he will go on to be a successful alumnus. Alumnus Branden Chapman ‘94 is also large group of Cal Delta actives and alumni gathered on January 14, 2008 to interviewed in this issue – Branden is responsible for A witness and celebrate the beginning of the renovation of our 1896 Chapter House. overseeing the planning for the GRAMMY awards, Active chapter members watched in amazement as the project actually (fnally?) and he said that his fraternity experience has been started, and gawked at the alums who waxed nostalgic over something called the very helpful to him in his profession. “Annex.” Each alumnus who Thank you to everyone who has made a pledge attended the event recalled to the capital campaign to date and also those who old stories and good times have begun making donations to the Annual Fund. A associated with living in the list of Annual Fund donors is on the back of the letter Annex. When Dan Niemann enclosed with this newsletter. Your Annual Fund ‘81 was asked to recall his donations allow us to continue to keep in touch with favorite memory of living in you, support alumni events, and help the chapter. the Annex, he said, “even with I look forward to seeing you at our 60th the passage of time, I could not Anniversary/Capital Campaign Kickoff event this publicly tell the story”! summer, which will be the largest gathering of Cal Bill Bedford ‘57 took Delta Alumni in our history! the opportunity to thank those who have contributed so much Yours in the Bond, time and effort to the renovation project, especially Bob Alleborn ‘58 and Jeff Pierson Joe Regan ‘70 who lead the construction USC Phi Delt House Corporation President Chapter President Michael Spilsbury assists with the Joe.regan@morganstanley.com initial demolition of the Annex. Renovation, continued on page 4