Allegheny

2nd Lt. Michael Conley (’07), who is on active duty in Afghanistan with the Marine Corps, recently found that brotherhood is the same no matter the location. During a normal conversation with other troops, he discovered that all three of them were Sigma Alpha Epsilon brothers — the other two from Washington City Rho at George Washington University. The other two didn’t know of their Fraternity affiliations, so the event was even more surprising, and the men spent time talking about pledging and membership before reciting “The True Gentleman.” The three brothers are pictured at Kandahar Airfield. As Conley said, “It’s great to know that we all remember while defending the Constitution what it means to be a true gentleman.”

Clemson

Recent graduate Jason Fowler (’09) transformed his childhood love of fishing into a clothing line, Homewaters Clothing. After his first solo fishing trip at the age of 13, Fowler knew he wanted to help spread the feeling he got from a day out on the water. Homewaters was created to celebrate the traditions of fishing as well as to preserve game areas for the future, because, with every purchase, the company makes a donation to fish conservation. Each item is connected to one type of fish, so the donations become personal. For more information or to purchase clothing items, visit www.homewatersclothing.com.

Connecticut

Mickey Sherman (’68), one of the country’s top criminal-defense attorneys, has recently written a book about his experiences. How Can You Defend Those People? describes Sherman’s experiences with using off-beat trial techniques from the post-traumatic stress-disorder defense to seek a veteran’s acquittal of murder to hiring a member of a deadlocked jury as a consultant on the retrial for rape. Sherman drew inspiration for his book after he determined he was getting asked the same questions repeatedly. As a frequent contributor to Court TV, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN and CBS, Sherman provides insight on the work that criminal-defense attorneys must confront.

C.W. Post

Brothers from California, Florida, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania, and all of New York gathered with spouses and friends for a reunion at the historic Milleridge Inn on Long Island in October. Local organization Sigma Beta Epsilon at C.W. Post College became New York Beta on November 29, 1969, but turned inactive in 1977. The dinner commemorated a previous gathering 40 years ago that the honorary housemother, Marjorie Merriweather Post, celebrated with the alumni and called them “her boys.” Most brothers had not been together in four decades.

Eastern New Mexico

After 65 years, Herman H. Wallace was awarded the Bronze Star for his service in World War II. Wallace, who fought in Germany and France after the D-Day invasion, lost a leg to a combat wound but recovered enough to have a 37-year career with the Roosevelt County Electric Cooperative in New Mexico. In the last few years, he realized that another war veteran in his same division was awarded the Bronze Star and, based on his service record, he would be eligible for the medal as well. A few months later, he presented his discharge papers to the office of Arizona Sen. Jon Kyl. Just 13 days later, his Bronze Star was approved.

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