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…
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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…
Law
L. Scott Beall Ph.D. '92.5 Associate – Leydig, Voit & Mayer Dr. Beall received a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemistry from the University of Illinois in 1991. He was awarded a Ph.D. in Organic Chemistry in 1996 from Imperial College of Science Technology and Medicine, London. After spending two years as an N.I.H. postdoctoral…
Business
Shigeki Makino ’87Former Chief Investment Officer Putnam Investments Global Core Equity Fund Brother “Shagg” Makino, as those who knew him back in the day, writes: I graduated from the University of Chicago in 1990 with an MBA. At that time, I wrapped up my small investment management firm, Machtel, which I had started in college…
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Alumni – Psi U International & Foundation
Tom Fox ’00 Indianapolis, INExecutive Director – Psi Upsilon Fraternity BA in Economics and Cinema Studies I spend much of the school year on the road working with undergraduate chapters and colonies of Psi Upsilon. I also assist with many other activities including billing, maintaining our member database, and helping with the annual convention and…
Renovation Project
The Omicron Chapter of Psi U has called 313 East Armory home since 1924. Designed by famed architect Benjamin Marshall, known for landmark Chicago area designs like the Drake Hotel and Cuneo mansion, the house is a campus jewel whose time has come for polishing. The renovation project started in 2007 with a new roof…