News & Events
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Purdue – Michigan Great Bump Elliott Enters Chapter Eternal
Significant Sig Chalmers “Bump” Elliott ‘47 entered Chapter Eternal at the age of 94 on December 7, 2019. Bump was a former Purdue football halfback, basketball guard and baseball shortstop/outfielder. He earned a pair of varsity letters in football at Purdue (1943-44), including playing for the undefeated 1943 squad that finished the season 9-0 and […]
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Thieneman ’19 Super Bowl Bound
Jacob Thieneman ’19, was one of two Boilermakers to make the trip to Miami as members of the San Francisco 49er Super Bowl team. Running back Raheem Mostert was the other. Jake is a member of the 49er practice squad so he didn’t get to suit up, but was on the sidelines in an exciting […]
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Reflections as Annual Fund Hits Milestone
Tempus fugit. (Translation: time passes quickly) It has been 16 years since we recognized the need to renovate our beloved Chapter House and 12.5 years since the construction work was completed. It was an historic undertaking as we decided to renovate our 95 year old chapter house. At $7.4 million this was the most ambitious […]
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Spreading Some Delta Delta Holiday Cheer
Delta Delta Sigs from Tom Jenkins ’64 to CJ Johnson ’17 and all the years in between gathered to spread a little holiday cheer at the annual Delta Delta Holiday Get Together held on December 19 at MacKenzie River Pizza, Grill & Pub. Over 25 Sigs stopped by to “raise a jolly bumper” to the […]
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Chapter House Updates with Historical Connotations
Over the semester break Butch Brose ’09 was busy tackling a couple of projects with historical connotations. These projects included refurbishing the Game Room marble floor and relocating the Rolling Peanut Pub bar within the basement Activity Room. Game Room Flooring Gets Facelift From the earliest photographs of the Chapter House the checkerboard floor design […]
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2019 Homecoming Class Reunions
Several Delta Delta pledge classes gathered at Homecoming this year to celebrate milestone reunions. This included the Class of ’79 (40th), Class of ’89 (30th) and Class of ’94 (25th). Each class spent time at Delta Delta and enjoying the memories our grand ol’ chapter house invokes. Class of 1979 Reunion as reported by Corby […]