ROOTS IN THE SAN FERNANDO VALLEY KEEPS DICK MLACK REGULARLY IN TOUCH.

I try my best to keep up with old friends, especially those with connections to the San Fernando Valley.  This week a pal, Dick Mlack sent me his photograph in a shirt from his Fraternity days at Pierce College. To my everlasting envy, the shirt still fits!

Dick Mlack's story is not an unusual one for those with roots in our Valley. He was born in Ohio, but moved with his family to the Valley when he was six years old. He attended Notre Dame High School in Sherman Oaks and graduated in 1959. In 1962 he was initiated in the Phi Delta Psi Fraternity at Pierce College.  He entered the United States Air Force in 1964, serving in Alaska and the U.S. Air Force Academy. Mlack graduated from the University of Texas in Arlington.  He retired from IBM in 2003, after 30 years.  At present, Dick and his wife Connie reside in Denver, Colorado.

 

TRI CHI FRATERNITY PIERCE SPORTS DAY 1972

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY    2011

The Tri Chi Fraternity (XXX) at Pierce College held a "sports day" each semester. Here are a couple of photos of their Spring Sports Day - April 1972.  

 Tri Chi Sports Day  1972  - Photo 3053  (click on image to enlarge)

 Tri Chi Sports Day  1972  - Photo 3051  (click on image to enlarge)

 Tri Chi Sports Day  1972  - Photo 3054  (click on image to enlarge)

 Tri Chi Sports Day  1972  - Photo 3052  (click on image to enlarge)

Chi Chi Chi and Kappa Exchange 1972  Photo number 3068  (click on image to enlarge)

FLAG FOOTBALL AT PIERCE COLLEGE IN 1960

DISCOVERING OUR VALLEY    2011

Once flag football was a serious thing for the college boys of Pierce College. Games were played regularly between clubs. Matches between the fraternities, and in the case of this photograph between chapters of the local Fraternity Phi Delta Psi were serious matters. Few people came to watch the games, but that mattered little. What did  matter was the experience.

The best game that I saw at Pierce was played right after it rained. The Fraternity boys were covered in mud, shirts torn, a black eye and even a dislocated shoulder. On the way to the emergency hospital, the fellow with the damaged shoulder said to me that he had "never had so much fun in his life".

Phi Delta Psi - Beta Chapter Flag Football Players

Pierce College - Fall 1960

Gift to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley from Jerry Berns  2009 - refer to photo number 2829 - click on image to enlarge.

BETA CHI DELTA SORORITY - PIERCE COLLEGE 1962

  Beta Chi Delta Sorority – L.A. Pierce College – 1962

Photo donated to The Museum of the San Fernando Valley by Gayle Montes 2011.  (click on image to enlarge) This photograph 2691

Front row:

Sharon Brodie, Anita Fernandez, and Judy Liberman

Middle row:

Faye Taylor, Gayle Dillon, Judy Bennett, Pam Dick, Renn Morrison,

Judy Stumpf and Nancy Crouch.

Top row”

Sherry Dennis, Barbara Van Winkle, Pat Early, Lynda Dodds,

Wendy Wolfe and Cheryl Bergen.

Beta Chi Delta - Presents 1962

left to right
Cheryl Bergen, Donna McCrummen, Anita Fernandez, Maureen Streeter, Nancy Crouch, Jan Cheney, Renn Morrison, Marily Breault, Judy Stumpf, Sandy Smiley, Sandy Aston, Olga Caviedes, Gayle Dillon, Sherry Smith, Pam Dick and Sharon Humbard.  (click on image to enlarge) This photo is number 2690.