GC Princepses

Some 53 brothers have served as the chief executive of Omega Gamma Delta.  Prior to 1914, the responsibilities of Grand Princeps were shared with a separate Chairman of the Executive Council.
 
Prof. Anthony Achille Adamo, Alpha Psi ’55
Born June 12, 1938. Initiated March 17, 1955 . Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1959-1960. SUNY at Brockport. SUNY at Albany . Dean, Adelphi University . President New York Special Olympics. Who’s Who in Finance and Industry.
 
Christopher John Anderson, Beta Pi ’76
Born December 24, 1961. Initiated November 9, 1976. Grand Treasurer. Grand Secretary. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1985-1989. Exalted Chapter from January 28, 1989. University of Massachusetts. Arborist.
 
George Nelson Anderson, Beta ’18
Born January 18, 1901. Initiated October 3, 1918. Died June 6, 2003. Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1925-1927. Columbia University. School Principal and Supervisor of Secondary Education, Clifton, New Jersey.
 
Francis James Bianca, Beta Xi ’51
Born February 21, 1936. Initiated December 13, 1951. Grand Vice Princeps, Grand Princeps, 1955-1956. St. Johns University. Vice President/Taxes, American Brands. Director, Tax Executives Institute. Who’s Who in Finance and Industry.
 
Robert Thayer Bodine, Omicron ’14
Born August 18, 1897. Initiated May 2, 1914. Died November 4, 1974. Charter Member of Omicron Chapter.  Convention. Chairman Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps 1920-1921. Exalted Chapter from April 24, 1926. Gorton and Lidgerwood Heating Systems. Omega Immortal 1998.
 
Walter Foster Brady, Delta ’13
Born December 7, 1897. Initiated November 28, 1913. Died August 3, 1974 . First Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps 1930-1931. Exalted Chapter from April 11, 1931. Secretary, Executive Vice President, President, Chairman of the Board: Merchants Fire Insurance Corporation. Trustee Iona College. Who’s Who in America . Omega Immortal 1998.
 
Andrew Jerome Canicatti, Alpha Psi ’83
Born April 27, 1968. Initiated September 28, 1983. Grand Historian. Grand Secretary. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1992-1993. Senior Branch Manager at ABM Industries.
 
Dana Michael Colella, Beta Pi ’77
Born February 27, 1962. Initiated May 17, 1977. Montclair State University. Food Service Manager. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1982-1983. Exalted Chapter from May 6, 1999.
 
Thomas Alvah Cowen, Tau ’22
Born August 11, 1907 . Initiated November 25, 1922 . Died August 1968. Grand Vice Princeps, Grand Treasurer, Grand Princeps, 1936-1938. Exalted Chapter before 1940. Stock Broker. President, Association of Customers’ Brokers.
 
Michael John D’Apolito, Beta Gamma ’66
Born November 27, 1952. Initiated November 19, 1966.  Grand Recorder. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1973-1974. Exalted Chapter from May 4, 1978.  CEO, Key National Funding.
 
Ronald Antony DeCicco, Beta Sigma ’76
Born November 3, 1960. Initiated September 16, 1976. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1993-1995.
 
Walter F. Dempsey, Mu ’35
Born May 26, 1918. Initiated June 28, 1935. Convention Chairman. Grand Vice Princeps, Grand Princeps, 1948-1949.
 
Walter Charles Dohm, Alpha ’02
Born April 30, 1884. Initiated June 22, 1902. Died July 31, 1969 . Founding Member of Alpha Chapter. Chairman, 1906 Convention. Chairman of the Executive Council. Grand Princeps 1906-1907. Exalted Chapter from April 2, 1932 . President, Norman, Dohm, O’Flaherty Electrotypers. President, National Electrotypers Association.
 
Arthur Norman Edrop, Alpha ’02
Born May 15, 1884. Initiated June 22, 1902. Died July 13, 1973. Founding Member of Alpha Chapter. Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1904-1905. Exalted Chapter from April 2, 1932 . Pratt Institute. Prominent Painter. Cover illustrator for national publications like Saturday Evening Post. Who’s Who in the East.
 
Very Rev. Percy Tom Edrop, Alpha ’02
Born October 18, 1883. Initiated June 22, 1902. Died August 24, 1945. Founding Member of Alpha Chapter. Grand Princeps, 1903-1904. Exalted Chapter from April 24, 1926. Prominent Journalist in New York City . Episcopalian Minister. Chairman of the General Synod of the Reformed Episcopal Church. Dean of Christ Church Cathedral. Radio Preacher. Who’s Who in America. Who Was Who.
 
Kevin John Feeley, Alpha Psi ’71
Born August 22, 1956 . Initiated October 27, 1971 . Grand Historian, Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1974-1976. Audio Engineer.
 
Alvin K. Fritz, Alpha Chi ’49
Born August 26, 1934.  Died February 2009.  Initiated June 7, 1949 . Convention Chairman. Grand Treasurer. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1953-1954 and 1966-1969. Exalted Chapter from May 12, 1956.
 
Peter H. Gilmartin, Delta ’43
Grand Vice Princeps, Grand Princeps, 1944-1945.
 
Edmund N. Goerke, Beta Eta ’49
Born January 2, 1935 . Initiated July 13, 1949 . Died February 1987. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1952-1953.
 
William Daniel Goodspeed Jr., Alpha Phi ’74
Born March 6, 1959 . Initiated May 1974. Convention Chairman. Grand Historian. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1978. Pratt Institute. Commercial Artist. 
 
Stephen Clarence Halstead Jr., Gamma ’05
Born August 11, 1890 . Initiated 1905. Died June 24, 1966 . Chairman 1915 and 1916 Conventions. Executive Council Chairman. Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1914-1916. Exalted Chapter from April 23, 1927.
 
Robert Theodore Keller, Alpha Chi ’50
Born Feb. 15, 1936 . Initiated April 4, 1950 . Died April 2, 1962 . Grand Treasurer. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1954-1955. Exalted Chapter from May 12, 1956. Lt. , U. S. Naval Aviation. Died in aircraft accident on anti-submarine patrol.
 
Daniel Edward Kent, Rho ’18
Born 1902. Initiated December 22, 1918 . Died April 17, 1943 . Grand Treasurer, Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1933-1934. Exalted Chapter from April 27, 1935. Columbia University. Telephone Engineer.
 
Dr. Walter Harold Kerby, Alpha ’04
Born July 17, 1886. Initiated October 4, 1904 . Died June 6, 1971 . Chairman 1908 Convention. Executive Council Chairman. Grand Princeps, 1907-1908 and 1909-1910. Responsible for Omega Initiation Ritual. Long Island University Hospital. Doctor of Medicine.
 
Charles Richard Kettles, Alpha Psi ’53
Born September 15, 1937 . Initiated October 8, 1953 . Banner Chairman. Grand Recorder, Grand Secretary. 1966-1979, 1980-1982.  Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1956-1957, 1960-1962 and 1979-1980. Exalted Chapter from May 19, 1962 . Draftsman/Designer /Mech Engineer and CEO of Plus One Technical Services, Inc.  Independent Order of Odd Fellows Grand Master of Vermont 2005 & 2008.
 
George C. King, Beta ’07
Born July 13, 1889 . Initiated February 14, 1907 . Died September 1969. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1910. Printer.
 
Ronald Stewart Knaus, Beta ’20
Born March 13, 1904 . Initiated October 28, 1920 . Died July 22, 1942 . Convention Chairman. Grand Secretary, Grand Princeps, 1928-1929 and 1931-1932. Exalted Chapter from April 2, 1933 . Died while serving as a U. S. Marine Corps Gunner in WW II.
 
Raymond E. Koenig, Omicron ’26
Born February 8, 1909 . Initiated December 2, 1926. Died September 12, 2000. Grand Comptroller. Grand Historian. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1939-1941 and 1943-1944. Exalted Chapter from April 19, 1941. Prominent Professional Photographer.
 
Dr. Frederick Oscar Kraemer Jr., Alpha ’04
Born January 29, 1888 . Initiated April 5, 1904 . Died August 21, 1980 . Chairman 1911, 1912 and 1913 Conventions. Chairman of the Executive Council. Grand Princeps, 1910-1913. Chairman of Fiscal Board of Trustees. Exalted Chapter from April 24, 1926 . University of Pennsylvania. Dentist. Official New York Dental Society.
 
Theodore Oscar Libath, Alpha Psi ’37
Born April 21, 1918 . Initiated April 26, 1937 . Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1946-1948. Exalted Chapter from April 15, 1950 . Vice President Sid Harvey Industries. Treasurer, Village of Valley Stream .
 
William Frederick Lowe Jr., Beta Pi ’75
Born February 26, 1960 . Initiated November 25, 1975 . Convention Chairman. Grand Treasurer. Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1989-1992. Exalted Chapter from January 28, 1989 . West Virginia Wesleyan College. Real Estate Agent.
 
Robert John McDowell, Gamma Psi ’61
Born July 7, 1944 . Initiated March 3, 1961 . Banner Chairman. Grand Master of Ceremonies. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1963-1966. Exalted Chapter from May 7, 1981. Police Detective Sergeant.
 
Raymond R. McGee, Rho ’16
Born 1897. Initiated March 19, 1915. Died January 27, 1947. Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1921-1922. Exalted Chapter from April 24, 1926. Columbia University . Fordham Law School. Attorney for City of Mt. Vernon.
 
Horace Wightman McKenna, Rho ’38
Born September 24, 1923 . Initiated June 13, 1938 . Died January 5, 2005 . Grand Treasurer. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1945-1946. Exalted Chapter from April 15, 1950 . Fordham University . President National Visual Presentation Association.
 
Joseph Vincent McMullan, Pi ’14
Born May 31, 1896 . Initiated June 5, 1914 . Died June 2, 1973 . Charter Member of Pi Chapter. Grand Recorder. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1923-1925. Exalted Chapter from April 24, 1926 . Vice President and Director, Naylor Pipe Company. Fellow of Fogg Museum , Harvard University . Philanthropist.
 
Walter A. Morton, Kappa ’09
Born October 15, 1891 . Joined The Ramblers in 1909. Died September 1966. Charter Member of Kappa Chapter. Convention Chairman, Grand Recorder, Grand Historian, Grand Princeps, 1913-1914. Auctioneer.
 
Philip Gregory Munson, Alpha Psi ’43
Born September 18, 1927 . Initiated June 9, 1943 . Died August 1, 2009.  Grand Historian. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1951-1952. Exalted Chapter from May 8, 1954 . St. Johns University . President, New York Restaurant Association.
 
William J. Murray, Alpha Mu ’46
Born March 18, 1929 . Initiated May 9, 1946 . Died March 1981. Grand Vice Princeps, Grand Princeps, 1949-1950.
 
Jerry Anthony Nardella, Alpha Sigma Psi ’66
Born September 12, 1949 . Initiated October 10, 1966 . Convention Chairman. Grand Recorder. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1970. Exalted Chapter from May 4, 1978 . Villanova University . Lawyer. Prominent Real Estate Developer.
 
Joseph Cabane Neale Jr., Rho ’24
Born August 5, 1908 . Initiated June 1, 1924 . Died May 1, 1952 . Convention Chairman. Banner Chairman. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1938-1939. Exalted Chapter from April 19, 1941.
 
William Stephen O’Connell Jr., Alpha ’04
Born December 26, 1887 . Initiated June 30, 1904 . Died November 17, 1939 . Convention Chairman. Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1918-1920. Exalted Chapter from April 23, 1927 . Brown University , Columbia University . Prominent New York lawyer.
 
Thomas J. Prendergast, Upsilon ’22
Born April 29, 1904 . Initiated October 6, 1922 . Died May 31, 1985 . Grand Vice Princeps, Grand Princeps, 1929-1930. Exalted Chapter from April 2, 1948 . Railway Express Agency.
 
Gregory Warren Pryer, Alpha Psi ’54
Born September 20, 1937 . Initiated June 10, 1954 . Banner Chairman. Grand Treasurer, Grand Vice Princeps, Grand Princeps, 1957-1959. Exalted Chapter from April 25, 1959 . St. Johns University. CPA.
 
Dominic Anthony Simone Jr., Beta Chi ’71
Born June 20, 1955 . Initiated January 1971. Banner Chairman. Convention Chairman. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1977-1978.
 
Norman J. Sitzenstatter, Upsilon ’20
Born January 29, 1903 . Initiated May 27, 1920 . Convention Chairman. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1934-1936.
 
Joseph M. Spagnoli, Delta ’16
Born December 25, 1899 . Initiated December 22, 1916 . Died March 17, 1962 . Chairman 1923 Convention. Grand Historian. Grand Recorder. Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1922-1924. Exalted Chapter from April 24, 1926. St. Stephens College . Vice President: Boyd, Weir and Sewell, Inc.
 
Robert S. Tarleton, Upsilon Zeta/Delta Chi/Beta Pi/Alpha Phi ’63
Born February 27, 1946 . Initiated June 7, 1963 . Banner Chairman. Convention Chairman. Grand Historian. Grand Secretary. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1970-1973, 1976-1977, 1978-1979, 1980-1982 and 1996- . National Officer, The Kappa Alpha Society, oldest college fraternity.
 
William Morgan Ward, Beta Alpha ’39
Born June 11, 1922 . Initiated January 12, 1939 . Died November 27, 1998 . Banner Chairman. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1950-1951. Exalted Chapter from May 8, 1954 . Boston University . Industrial Supply Business.
 
Hon. William Thomas Ward, Beta ’25
Born March 14, 1906 . Initiated February 26, 1925 . Died December 1, 1979 . Editor, The Omega News, 1938-1949. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Secretary, 1943-1966. Grand Princeps, 1941-1943. Exalted Chapter from May 1, 1943 . Springfield College. New York University . Teacher. Camp Director. Mayor of Valley Stream, New York.
 
Joseph Westfall Washkau Jr., Chi ’21
Born February 17, 1903 . Initiated May 13, 1921 . October 12, 1989 . Charter Member of Chi Chapter. Banner Chairman. Grand Comptroller. Grand Secretary. Grand Princeps, 1927-1928 and 1932-1933. Exalted Chapter from April 22, 1933 . Executive, Getty Oil Corporation. Treasurer, New Jersey Cancer Society.
 
James Michael Willi, Beta Sigma ’91
Born July 8, 1975 . Initiated April 1991. Grand Princeps, 1995-1996.
 
George S. Yale Jr., Gamma ’04
Initiated 1904. Grand Princeps, 1905-1906. 
 
Joseph Zabatta, Alpha Psi ’54
Born February 28, 1939 . Initiated May 1954. Banner Chairman. Convention Chairman. Grand Vice Princeps. Grand Princeps, 1962-1963 and 1969-1970. Exalted Chapter from May 21, 1967 . Trustee, Village of Valley Stream , N.Y.
 
 
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