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Alumni brother receives highest shoutout:

cornell volunteer service award Alpha phi receives

Mort Bishop, Mort joins four other Sigs who have
in recognition of received this award: Emmett “Mac” Mac- 2018 outstanding
his “extraordinary Corkle ’64, Rik Clark ’52, John Foote ’74, house corp award
service to Cornell and Sam Fleming ’62.
through long-term Mort has been a leader in the Cornell
volunteer ac- Club of Oregon, served as a Cornell trust- This past spring, Alpha Phi received an
tivities,” has been ee, and as a member of the College of Ag- Outstanding House Corporation Award
awarded the Frank riculture and Life Sciences Dean’s Advisory from Sigma Chi Fraternity. This award
H.T. Rhodes Ex- Council. He also acts as a volunteer leader is given each year by the Board of Grand
Mort Bishop ’74 emplary Alumni with Sigma Chi and oversees the chapter’s Trustees of Sigma Chi Fraternity, and
Service Award. scholarship program. recognizes the Sigma Chi house corp-
This award, which Mort is the former president of Pend- orations that demonstrate superior
is given to a maximum of six Cornell alum- leton Woolen Mills and currently serves as business practices in 15 specific areas.
ni each year, will be presented to Mort dur- the chair of its board.
ing this fall’s Homecoming weekend. These areas include:

1. Minimum of three board members
Senior Profile: Mark Bryan ’18 2. Minimum of two board meetings per
year
Recent gradu- projects in technology. 3. Have written bylaws
ate Mark Bryan re- Mark’s research focused on improving 4. Current with state/province annual
ceived a bachelor’s the technology related to voice-based de- reporting requirements
degree in computer vices and services such as Google Home, 5. House corp funds are segregated
science from the Amazon Echo, and Apple’s “Siri.” Specifi- from chapter funds
College of Engi- cally, he concentrated on developing new 6. Have a written rental agreement
neering. In addition methods for how the systems generate voice for each tenant
to his involvement descriptions of data in order to respond to 7. Charge each tenant a security
in Sigma Chi, he commands, such as, “how has the price of deposit
conducted research the S&P changed in the past year,” or “de-
Mark Bryan ’18 8. Have regular janitorial service
within Cornell’s scribe Apple’s revenue data from 2010 to
computer science 2015.” This work will be used to improved 9. Have and fund a plan for repairing/
department. His work resulted in the co- voice-based systems and will help users in- replacing major building components
authoring two research papers published teract with data in situations where tradi- 10. Have a fire sprinkler system
in leading computer science publications, tional visual interfaces, such as a computer 11. Have a property manager
a presentation at an international research or phone screens, are unavailable. 12. Publish at least two newsletters per
conference in Germany, and awards from This summer, Mark will start a full- year
Lockheed Martin and JP Morgan Chase at time position as a software consultant at 13. Maintain an alumni database
Cornell’s annual showcase of undergraduate Broadway Technology in New York City. 14. Maintain a website
15. Have an active fundraising campaign

Alpha Phi received the gold award,
alumni updates scoring 22 out of 25 possible points.

ALPHA PHI alumni send us their news and notes
“I regret to inform you that my wife, June,” announces Joe D. Henninger ’56. “A good turnout of Sigmas,” he says, “but
Margie, died on April 20, 2017,” writes “Bob told us of his family’s summer cot- none from Cornell’s Alpha Phi.” If you’re
Peter Bowell ’55. “We were married for tage on Lake Erie near Dunkirk, New York. in San Francisco, stop by for an Irish coffee
61 years, 10 months, and 10 and a half We planned a get-together there in July. and to say hello. Find Bob and his Buena
hours, and had dated for at least six years We included Bob Armstrong ’57 and his Vista Café at 2765 Hyde St., San Francisco,
prior to being married. I am still living in wife, Sandy ’55, who live in New Castle, CA 94109.
Williamsburg, Virginia, traveling to grand- Pennsylvania. We three brothers had not
children, weddings, and to family members been together for nearly 60 years. Needless Following open-heart surgery in Febru-
at other times. I have gotten together with to say, a lot of reminiscing and storytelling ary, Don Haydon ’66 and wife Polly cel-
Bob Steele ’57, who lives nearby, and keep ensued.” (1584 Delcon Circle, Akron, OH ebrated their 50th anniversary last August.
active with volunteer work and gatherings 44313; joesuehenn@aol.com) Send your well wishes and congratulations
with friends.” to Don and Polly at 9913 Cape Scott Ct., Ra-
Bob A. Freeman ’63 recently en- leigh, NC 27614, or donhaydon@aol.com.
“My wife, Sue ’57, and I reunited with tertained the San Francisco Sigma Chi
Bob Steele ’57 at their 60th reunion in Chapter at the Buena Vista Café he owns. (continued on page 8) 7

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