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HALL OF HONOR AND HALL OF FAME INDUCTEES
Sigma Nu International Fraternity, Inc. is pleased
to announce the names of the 2006 Inductees into
the Hall of Honor and the Hall of Fame. This year,
three alumni were inducted into the Hall of Honor
and five into the Hall of Fame.
Hall of Honor
The Hall of Honor is the highest recognition that
the Fraternity can bestow. Only 73 alumni have
been inducted into the Hall of Honor since its
creation in 1948. Each inductee must have distinguished
himself in his field and rendered distinctive
service to the progress and well-being of Sigma
Nu. Each biennium, up to five alumni over the
age of 50 may be inducted. All three of this year's
inductees were able to attend the 62nd Grand Chapter
where they received this special recognition.
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first inductee is Brother Peter A.
Faggella who was initiated into Zeta
Upsilon at Arizona State University in
1961. He held several leadership positions
while an undergraduate member of the chapter.
Since 1968, he has remained active serving
as a chapter advisor and/or a member of
the House Corporation. On the International
level, Mr. Faggella served as a Division
Commander for chapters in Arizona and
California, as a Trustee on the Fraternity
Board and as a member of the Board for
the Sigma Nu Educational Foundation, Inc.
He is the co-owner of P.R. Financial Planning
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Brother
Michael D. Long who was initiated
into Epsilon Beta at Drury University
in 1967 is the second inductee. Since
graduating, Mike has remained highly involved
both locally and nationally. In 1992,
he was initiated into the Theta Sigma
chapter at Southwest Missouri State University.
He currently serves as the Chairman of
the Sigma Nu Educational Foundation. In
1994, he became the Fraternity's 54th
Regent (National President), the highest
office within Sigma Nu. He was most recently
honored by the North American Interfraternity
Conference Foundation as the 2005 Volunteer
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in the nation. He is the President of Goose Creek
Publishing, a company specializing in personalized
recognition certificates and awards.
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third and final inductee was Brother
David C. Ruegg, a native of the Berkeley
area, who joined the Beta Psi chapter
of Sigma Nu at the University of California,
Berkeley in 1959. His dedicated service
to the Fraternity began in 1968 when he
took on the roles of Beta Psi Advisor
and Treasurer -- positions he held for
20 years. In 1984, he served as the Division
Commander for chapters in California.
In 1992, he became the Fraternity's 53rd
Regent (National President), the highest
office within Sigma Nu. Since 2002, Brother
Ruegg has served as a Director for the
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currently a member of the Foundation's Executive
Committee. He is the Vice President of Rue-Ell
Enterprises, Inc. located in Berkeley, CA.
Hall of Fame
A brother selected to the Hall of Fame must have
brought credit to his nation, to his profession,
himself and to Sigma Nu. Since the Hall of Fame
was established in 1982, only 45 alumni have been
inducted. Up to ten alumni may be inducted each
biennium. The following men were inducted into
the Hall of Fame at the 62nd Grand Chapter:
Rep. Norman D. Dicks is a 1963 graduate
of the University of Washington where he was a
member of the Gamma Chi chapter of Sigma Nu. In
1976, he was first elected to Congress for Washington
State's 6th Congressional District, and he has
been re-elected in every election since that time.
Having received a rare first-term appointment
to the House Appropriations Committee, Rep. Dicks
currently serves as a senior member of that Committee.
He is a member of three key Appropriations Subcommittees
-- Defense, Interior and Military Construction.
At the outset of this session of Congress, Rep.
Dicks was also appointed to the Select Committee
on Homeland Security, and he currently serves
as a member of two Subcommittees: Infrastructure
& Border Security and Intelligence & Counterterrorism.
Rep. Dicks has been an influential moderate member
of Congress on defense and national security issues.
During the 1980's he was involved in all of the
major arms control debates in Congress and was
appointed to serve as an official observer to
the US-Soviet arms reduction talks because of
his expertise.
Brother Lawrence (Larry) P. O'Reilly has
had a lifelong career in the automotive parts
industry. He received a Business Administration
degree from Drury College where he joined the
Epsilon Beta chapter of Sigma Nu. In 1993, he
was appointed Co-Chairman of the Board and Co-President
of O'Reilly Automotive Inc. as well as Chief Operating
Officer of O'Reilly Auto Parts. He is a prominent
civic leader. Larry is a member of the Board of
Trustees for the Lance Armstrong Foundation; he
also serves on the Sigma Nu Educational Foundation
Board as an honorary director.
When you think of basketball greats, the name
Pat Riley definitely comes to mind. Brother
Patrick J. Riley currently serves as the President
and Head Coach for the world champion Miami Heat.
Brother Riley turned down an offer to play college
football for Brother Bear Bryant, another Sigma
Nu Hall of Fame inductee, at Alabama. He decided
instead to play basketball at the University of
Kentucky from 1963-67 where he joined the Gamma
Iota chapter of Sigma Nu. A gifted athlete, he
was an 11th-round draft choice of the NFL's Dallas
Cowboys in 1967, although he never played college
football. As a youthful role player for the 1971-72
Los Angeles Lakers, Riley earned the first of
his seven NBA championship rings. He claimed another
as an assistant coach with the Lakers in 1979-80;
four more as the Lakers' coach in 1982, 1985,
1987 and 1988; and, his seventh, this past June
when the Miami Heat became the 2006 NBA Champions.
He has been honored three times as the NBA Coach
of the Year, the only coach in NBA history to
receive the award with three different teams.
In 1996-97, as the NBA celebrated its 50th Anniversary,
Riley received one of the highest honors bestowed
upon an NBA coach when he was named one of the
Top 10 Coaches of All-time.
Congressman Roger F. Wicker received his
B.A. and law degrees from the University of Mississippi
where he joined the Epsilon Xi chapter of Sigma
Nu. While at the University, Roger served as the
Associated Student Body President. He has served
on active duty in the U.S. Air Force and then
in the Air Force Reserve. He retired from the
Reserve in 2004 with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.
At the conclusion of his active duty, he became
Counsel to then-Congressman Trent Lott (another
Sigma Nu Hall of Fame inductee) on the House Rules
Committee in 1980. In 1987, he became the first
Republican elected to the state Senate from North
Mississippi in the 20th century. He has served
Mississippi's First Congressional District since
1995. He was re-elected to a sixth term in November
2004. In January 2006, his son McDaniel was initiated
as the 2,253rd member of the Epsilon Xi chapter.
Brother Wicker presented the 2006 Maddox Honor
Lecture during the opening session of the Grand
Chapter. Following his presentation, he received
this special recognition.
The blockbuster hit film "Remember the Titans"
introduced the world to a remarkable man, Brother
William R. Yoast. The movie told the story
of how, in 1971, two racially diverse football
programs were collapsed into the super high school
T.C. Williams in Alexandria, Virginia. This story
centered on two coaches, one black--Herman Boone--and
one white--Brother Yoast--that had to set their
differences aside to achieve a common goal. They
did and the Titans delivered a remarkable season
and became one of the most talked about teams
of all time.
Yoast attended Mercer University where he joined
the Eta chapter of Sigma Nu and graduated with
a Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education. Yoast
continued his studies at Peabody College in Nashville,
Tennessee, where he received his Masters and Educational
Specialist degrees. He began teaching and coaching
football, basketball, baseball and track. In his
new book, "Remember This Titan: Lessons Learned
from a Celebrated Coach's Journey," Brother
Yoast offers his personal recollections from that
now-immortalized football season as well as the
coaching philosophy he developed in over 30 years
of coaching. It is a story filled with sorrow
and joy and chronicles the life of a man in search
of answers. It is a factual depiction of a man
who understood what was right...and did it!
Brother Yoast and his Sigma Nu roommate, Brother
Ed Sanders, attended the 62nd Grand Chapter. While
there Yoast took time to converse with members,
pause for photographs and autograph his new book.
A large portion of the proceeds from the sale
of these books at the Grand Chapter went to benefit
the Sigma Nu Educational Foundation.
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