“It is better to
be violent, if there is violence in our hearts, than to put on the cloak of
nonviolence to cover impotence.” ~ Mahatma
Gandhi
“I have just received the February issue
of the Journal. I can say that I have read this issue with more than ordinary
interest, partly because out here we are hungry for news of our friends and
partly because I found out for the first time that at least two of the officers
that I know here are Sig Eps.” ~ Written by a Brother serving in North Africa,
and published in the April 1943 edition of the Journal
14 DEC 1918
On this date, U.S. Army World
War I Veteran and MT Alpha Brother Albert
Schak was with the first unit to cross the Rhine at Coblenz, Germany. As
the U.S. Third Army occupied Coblenz, it is likely Brother Schak’s unit was
attached to the Third.
13 DEC 2000
U.S. Army World War II Veteran and GA Alpha Brother Thomas J. Biggs died on this date in
Charleston, WV.
Respect can be paid to Brother Biggs at Sunset Memorial
Park, Beckley, West Virginia.
12 DEC 2004
U.S. Army Air Corps World War II Veteran and AL Beta President
Glen Allen Deuel died in Huntsville,
Alabama on this date at the age of 82. After high school he enlisted and served
in the 15th Army Air Force, 460th Bomb Group of World War
II. When the war was over, he
attended the University of Alabama and graduated with a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering.
Glen was born in Loxley, Alabama, and grew up in
Castleberry, Alabama. After graduating from college, Brother Deuel worked for
two years on B-52s for Boeing in Seattle. He then went on to Redstone Arsenal
in 1952 of Huntsville, Alabama, and joined the ABMA Wernher Von Braun first
launch team and later NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center where he worked on
major space programs from 1952-1979. He was also a member of the American
Rocket Society.
While walking the beaches of Cape Canaveral during the
first Redstone launches of our space program, Glen found a new passion in sea
shells. He was a founding member of North Alabama Shell Club and Past President
of Conchologists of America, the national organization of shell collectors.
Glen served his country during WWII and through his work
at NASA for a combination of 30 years. He also volunteered in his community as
a member of Huntsville’s Metro Kiwanis Club and received Layman of the Year
Award.
