The introductory text was quoted in part from the Distinguished Alumni section of the Xi Chapter's website, www.xiofpsiu.org, which was compiled and written by Matt Tuccillo '95 and constructed by Kenneth Andersen '97. Many thanks to Tom Fox '00, Director of Chapter Services at Psi Upsilon Fraternity, for his help and guidance in this process. Psi…
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Media
Frank Markus '86 Motor Trend magazine – Technical Director Brother Markus writes:I graduated in mechanical engineering, never taking a single English or writing class at the U of I, but after six years in engineering at Chrysler I went to work writing for Car and Driver magazine as a technical editor. After 13 years there,…
Education
Joseph B. Mountjoy Ph.D. '63Professor of AnthropologyUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro At his UNC-Greensboro website, Professor Mountjoy writes:"Since 2001 I have been excavating selected valleys in the western highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, between Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. This research has focused on the registration rocks with petroglyphs, burial sites, and one ceremonial site where…
Other Noteworthy Service
Name and ClassCareer
Illini Athletics
The Omicron's Most Accomplished Athletes Charles Carney '22Member of the U of I’s “All Century” basketball teamMember – College Football Hall of FameVarsity "I" Man of the Year, 1979 Chuck Carney became the first Big Ten athlete to be named a football (1920) and basketball (1920 & 1922) All-American. Carney was a two-time All-American in…
United States Armed Forces
Many of our brothers have served the nation in the armed forces; what follows is an alphabetical listing of each brother and his known service. This information was pulled from the Omicron Arrow issues from November 1939 through March 1961 and the Summers of 2005 and 2006; pledge class information was often taken from the…
Medicine and Life Science
David Chen M.D. '83.5Director of the Spinal Cord Injury Program at the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago and assistant professor at Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine The Omicron Arrow of 2005 did a feature article on Dr. Chen. Here is the text of that interview:Q: Why did you join Psi Upsilon?A: I joined Psi U…
Brothers on the UIUC Campus
In the Annals of Psi Upsilon several promiment faculty members and university administrators are cited for helping the Aztec dream of becoming a Psi U chapter come true. The text notes:The Omicron is a young Chapter, but its foundations have been care fully laid. Today it stands at the head of the fraternities on the…
Physical Science
Michael Trakselis Ph.D. '95Assistant Professor – Department of ChemistryUniversity of Pittsburgh Projects in Brother Trakselis' laboratory center on understanding the molecular mechanisms of DNA replication and exploiting this knowledge for cancer therapeutics, biotechnology, and nanoscale applications. He utilizes a model archaeal DNA replication system which shares significant homology to that of higher eukaryotes but is…
Famous Alums
“…All Who Wear the Emblem of the Chosen Few…” From Ford, Rockefeller, and Vanderbilt to the author of The Da Vinci Code and father of the iPod – the roster of Psi U alumni across the nation reads like a “who’s who” of American life. Since its founding in 1833, Psi U has distinguished itself…