Special Gifts

  • Contributions to the Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation are accepted in memory of Sigma Alpha Mu fratres, family and friends, and also to honor living members. Acknowledgements are sent and contributions of $25 or more are published on the Foundation's website and in the Octagonian.  Donations are used to support the Foundation's mission.

     

    If you wish to establish a permanent endowment in memory of or in honor of an individual or group of individuals please contact Foundation Director Aaron Girson at aarong@sam-fdn.org.

     

    Special contributions may be mailed the Sigma Alpha Mu Foundation, 8701 Founders Road, Indianapolis, IN, 46268; or click below to make a secure gift online.

     

     

 

  • Honor and Memorial Contributions
    October 2018 to January 2019

     

    IN MEMORY OF:

     

    Noel Baker & Bernard Hoffman (Columbia, ’20)

    By Joel R. Baron (Brooklyn, ’57)

     

    Larry Berman (San Jose State, ’65)

    By David N. Loew (San Jose State, ’68)

     

    Larry Berman (San Jose State, ’65)
    By David N. Loew (San Jose State, ’68)


    William H. Danzig (Baruch, ’65) and Lyle Durst
    By Sanford M. Goldstein (Baruch, ’65)


    Andrew C. Dickson (Washington U – ’83)
    To the Andrew Dickson Scholarship Fund
    By his sister, Elana Grissom
    By Risa Dickson


    Edward E. Elson (Drexel, ’61)
    By Michael P. Marinoff (Drexel, ’60)

     

    Margaret Fagenson

    By her husband, Robert B. Fagenson (Syracuse, ’67)

     

    Gary P. Gormin (Minnesota, ’62)
    By Andrew A. Dunsky, (Ohio State, ’82)


    Arthur J. Greenbaum (USC, ’48)
    By his wife, Edna F. Greenbaum

     

    Kenneth Ishida (UC-Berkeley, ’96)
    To the Sigma Sigma Educational Fund

    By Derrick D. Chi (UC-Berkeley, ’96)

     

    Scott Jason Jellen
    By Robert A. Jellen (USC, ’64)

     

    Jeff Katz

    By Fred L. Forman (Case Western Reserve, ’62)

     

    Dennis A. Khaner (Miami OH, ’65)

    By Thomas E. Friedman (Miami OH, ’65)

     

    Jeffrey Scott Levy (Texas, ’84)

    To the Jeff Levy Sigma Theta Scholarship

    By his sister, Jessica Meyer

     

    Marlo Lufman

    By Orrin S. Shifrin (Illinois-Urbana, ’86)

     

    Allen S. Moss (Illinois Inst. Of Tech., ’45)

    By Tobey C. Moss

     

    Dr. Leslie Paley father of SR Andrew Paley (Ohio State, ’87)
    By Marc E. Perlstein (North Texas, ’71)


    Bob S. Platt (San Jose State, ’66)
    By John H. Moyer (San Jose State, ’70)

     

    Harold Polland (Texas at Austin, ’50)

    By James C. Nordhaus (Texas at Austin, ’65)

     

    Marc S. Regberg (Ohio St., ’73)

    By Neil S. Regberg (Cincinnati, ’70)

     

    Semon Schneider (UCLA, ’46)

    By his wife, Lillian Schneider

     

    William P. Schwartz (Oklahoma, ’44), SAM Executive Director Emeritus To the Bill Schwartz Memorial Fund
    By Bernard M. Roberts (Oklahoma, ’50)

    By Gale L. Wilkerson
    By Michael Louik (Pittsburgh, ’61)
    By Sanford M. Goldstein (Baruch, ’65)

     

    Harry Siegler
    By Mark Steven Siegler (Bucknell, ’64)


    Michael L. Sitrin (North Texas, ’75)
    By MAG Thomas G. May (North Texas, ’75)


    Richard Travis (UT-Austin, ’42)
    By Alan L. Travis (Cincinnati, ’49)

     

    Paul I. Wilkow (Toledo, ’61)

    By Neil A. Corday, (Toledo, ’63)

     

    Sanford A. Youkalis (Cincinnati, 62)

    By Steven H. Goodman, (Cincinnati, ’62)

     

    Joel Zieden (Syracuse, ’63)

    By Alfred Kahn (Syracuse, ’63)

     

    Gary Zinman (Texas at Austin, ’70)
    By Carl A. Saperstein (Penn    . State, ’53)

    By Marc E. Goldfeder (Case Western Reserve, ’62)

     

    IN HONOR OF:

     

    Stephen M. Alpart (Washington, ’82)

    By Charles D. Hammerman (Washington, ’82)

     

    David Barthold, (Southern California, ’61)

    By Stuart D. Barthold (Southern California, ’56)

     

    Jerry Conrey (CSU-Fullerton, ’84)
    By Mitchell R. Geller (CSU-Fullerton, ’84)

     

    Giving Tuesday

    By David S. Rice (Wisconsin-Madison, ’83)

     

    Madeline Florence
    To the Andrew Dickson Scholarship Fund
    By her daughter Elana Grissom

     

    The 95th Birthday of Foundation Director, Sidney H. Guller (Wash., ’43)

    By Linda and Howard B. Miller (Maryland-College Park, ’54)

    By Ronald S. Katch (Illinois-Urbana, ’51)
    By David S. Rice (Wisconsin-Madison, ’83)
    By James N. Guller (Pennsylvania, ’81)
    By Joseph H. Nehmen (Washington, ’68)
    By Ronald Linder (Pennsylvania, ’52)

     

    Joseph Miles (Bucknell, ’54) and Harvey Lash (Wayne State, ’59)
    By Steven M. Lash (Wayne State, ’62)

     

    Jerry Miller (Miami OH, ’76) & Mu Psi

    By Maria Mandel
    By    Daniel H. Rothstein (Miami OH, ’62)

    By Kevin A. Chaitoff (Miami OH, ’77)

    By Nathan J. Arnole (Miami OH, ’59)

     

    Mu Omega (Toledo)
    By Thomas R. Weeks (Toledo, ’66)

     

    James W. Olson (Johnson & Wales, ’02)

    By Susan LaPerriere

     

    Allen M. Rosenthal (NY-Buffalo, ’55)

    By Michael B. Schultz (NY-Buffalo, ’56)

     

    Mark S. Schneiderman (Ohio State, ’79)
    By Bob A. Schneiderman (Washington, ’82)

     

    Steven E. Stern (Miami OH, ’62)
    By James W. Baros III (Oklahoma, ’69)

     

    The Wise Boys of Mu Theta
    To the Mu Theta Educational Fund    By Jerry M. Wise (UCLA, ’84) 

  • Honor and Memorial Contributions
    April 2018     to September 2018

     

    IN MEMORY OF:


    Ronald S. Bard (North Carolina State, ’60) and Richard Schactman
    By Richard (Richie) H. Williamson (North Carolina State, ’60)


    Irwin H. Blum (Texas-Austin, ’70)
    By William B. Finkelstein (Texas-Austin, ’68)


    Jeffrey A. Blum (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’69)
    By Michael L. Sperling (Kentucky Wesleyan ’69)


    Andy Dickson (Washington, ’63) To the Andrew Dickson Memorial Scholarship Fund
    By his Sister Elana Grissom


    Leonard Dworsky
    By Richard D. Dworsky (Minnesota, ’76)


    John Florence
    By Elana Grissom


    Elliott T. Friedman (UCLA, ’59)
    By his wife, Sharon Friedman


    Howard Garnitz (Illinois, ‘43)
    By Libby Garnitz


    Gary P. Gormin (Kappa, ’62)
    By Alvin W. Cohn (Cincinnati, ’53)
    By Jonathan D. London (Wisconsin, ’95)
    By Marc E. Perlstein (North Texas, ’71)
    By David S. Rice (Wisconsin-Madison, ’83)
    By Alexander Shkolnik (Minnesota, ’00)

     

    Christopher J. Killmurray (Rutgers, ‘81)
    By David M. Hutt (Rutgers, ’80)


    William Lester
    By Mark C. Lester (Cornell, 71)

     

    Dr. Jay D. Lifshen (Miami OH, ’70)
    By Marc E. Perlstein (North Texas, ’71)

     

    Arnold R. Levine (Penn. State, ’49)
    By Harris Zeitzew (Penn. State, ’49)


    Max Lirtzman (Illinois, ’43)
    By Michael D. Lirtzman (Illinois, ’70)


    Nicholas Anthony Moya (Pennsylvania, ’15)
    By Nicholas Robert Greene, (Drexel, ’15)


    Alvin M. Reifman (Wayne State, ’58)
    By Neil P. Superfon (Wayne State, ’58)


    Ralph Santiago (Brandeis, ‘93)
    By Daniel P. Berlin (Brandeis, ’96)


    Lawrence D. Schaffer (Ohio State, ’48)
    By Michael J. Kurman (Ohio State, ’70)


    Donald L. Shafton (Nebraska-Lincoln, ’53)
    By Michael L. Sperling (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’69)


    Donald J. Stein (Purdue, ’50)
    By Paddy & Barry Epstein (Purdue, ’58)


    Arthur M. Sirkin, (Cincinnati, ’46)
    By Stanley Elfenbaum (Cincinnati, ’44)


    Leon “Daddy” Washington
    By Anissa & Reid Friedman (Texas, 81)


    Janice Zimmerman
    By her husband, Manly A. Zimmerman (Manitoba, ’49)


    William P. Schwartz (Oklahoma, ’44), SAM Executive Director Emeritus
    By Brian H. Abrahams (Illinois, ’81)
    By Dr. William E. Arens (Long Island, ’60)
    By Leonard Axelrod (Indiana, ’69)
    By Dr. Mark R. Axelrod (Indiana, ’65)
    By Denise L. Benson
    By Alvin W. Cohn (Cincinnati, ’53)
    By Mark S. Connolly (Rochester, ’76)
    By Daniel A. Dinkin (Towson State, 84)
    By Cathy Earley
    By Barry M. Epstein (Purdue, ’58)
    By Carolyn Freeman
    By Bernard W. and Elaine Girson

    By Abe J. Goldsmith (Purdue, ’48)
    By Maurice D. Guller (Missouri, ’54)
    By Arlene R. Gurewitz
    By Arnold Himelstein (Tulane, ’64)
    By William D. Jenkins
    By Dustin L. Kalman (Houston ’95)
    By Gary G. Kash (Illinois, ’71)
    By Ronald S. Katch (Illinois, ’51)
    By Michael J. Kurman (Ohio State, 70)
    By Yovan Kumar (SUNY-Stony Brook, ’15)
    By Harold M. Kushins (San Jose State, ’63)
    By Thomas P. Lucente (San Jose State, ’78)
    By Maria Francesca Mandel
    By Darren M. Margolis (Towson, ’89)
    By Marc E. Perlstein (North Texas, ’71)
    By David S. Rice (Illinois, ’83)
    By Edward H. Rosenwasser, Jr. (Texas, ’83)
    By Walter Salganik
    By Eugene R. Schnell (Rochester, ’82)
    By Robert J. Schoen (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’69)
    By Laurence Schor (Southern Methodist, ’61)
    By Susan D. Schwartz
    By Sanghoon Shin
    By Alexander Shkolnik (Minnesota, ’00)
    By Michelle Shorter
    By Stuart R. Silver, Esq. (Virginia, ’68)
    By Michael B. Serling (Michigan, ’64)
    By Michael L. Sperling (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’69)
    By Howard M. Weinberg (Virginia, ’70)
    By Larry Stanton Wiese
    By Richard H. Williamson (Nebraska, ’60)
    By Jerry M. Wise (UCLA, ’84)
    By Kenneth S. Wolf (Cincinnati, ’62)
    By Bonnie Wunsch
    By Alpha Epsilon Phi National Sorority
    By Delta Tau Delta Foundation (Keith Steiner, Chairman)
    By Kappa Alpha Order
    By North American Interfraternity Conference (Susan Kraft Fussell, Asst. to Judson Horras, Pres.)
    By Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity
    By Sigma Delta Tau Sorority (Debbie Snyder, Exec. Dir.)
    By Theta Chi Fraternity
    Philip A. Stuart, II (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’98)
    By John William Forte (Kentucky Wesleyan, 15)

     

    Leonard Schwartzbaum (Penn. State, ’65)
    By Stephen Leeds (Penn. State, ’67)


    Philip A. Stuart, II (Kentucky Wesleyan, ’98)
    By John William Forte (Kentucky Wesleyan, 15)

     

    IN HONOR OF:


    Samuel David Barker (West Florida, ‘15)
    By Kim E. Stefansson


    Kelby Dolan, SAM Fraternity Director of Communications
    By Ben DeLost


    Kathie Garland, SAM Foundation Annual Appeals Director
    By Diane Eggert
    By Nealy Wheat


    Aaron M. Girson (Western Michigan, ’92), SAM Foundation Asst. Treasurer
    By Faron Lewitt


    Sidney H. Guller (Washington, ‘43)
    By Harvey M. Brown (Washington, ’45)
    By Maurice D. Guller (Missouri, ’54)
    By Joseph H. Nehmen (Washington, ’68)


    Gary R. Gurwitz (Texas-Austin, ‘54)
    By William H. Wolf (Texas-Austin, ‘54)

     

    The Birth of Hattie Mishala Huston Daughter of Amber and Andrew J. Huston (Minnesota, ‘01)
    SAM Fraternity Executive Director
    By Amanda Sloan
    By Richard (Richie) H. Williamson (North Carolina State, ’60)
    By Bonnie Wunsch


    Fras Huston, Abrams, Fineman, Magy & Hussain
    By Alexander Shkolnik (Minnesota, ’00)


    The Leadership of Andrew Huston (Minnesota, ‘01) and David Sergi (Texas A&M, ’82)
    By Daniel A. Grossberg (Miami OH, ’84)
    J. Squire Junger (Cornell, ‘68)
    By the J. Squire Junger Foundation

     

    J. Squire Junger (Cornell, ‘68)
    By the J. Squire Junger Foundation

     

    Jerry Miller (Miami OH, ’76)
    By Jak Groedel (Miami OH, ’13)
    By Zaid Kanaan (Miami OH, ’14)

     

    The Leadership of David Sergi (Texas A&M, 82)
    By Daniel A. Grossberg (Miami OH, ’84)


    Daniel Weinstein Marsh (Arizona State, ‘14)
    By David Medansky


    Gamma Psi (Temple)
    By Corey M. Glazer-Bass (Temple, ‘10)


    The Charter Installation of Sigma Chi Chapter (Maryland)
    By Howard W. Wasserman (Towson, ’83)