1964–65 Volume 89 No 1–5 - Phi Delta Theta Scroll Archive

PHIS OF ACHIEVEMENTIn Winning Distinguished Honors for Themselves, OurArizona Phi Named Chairman ofRepublican National CommitteeBrothers Bring Glory and Credit to the FraternityMembers of * A 9 who have been followingthe activities of the Republican Party during thesummer of 1964 were probably surprised whenthe members of the Republican National Committeeat the conclusion of the San FranciscoConvention elected a 36-year-old Tucson attorneyas chairman of this important committee.What most Phis probably did not know wasthat the man selected is a Phi, Roy Dean Burch(Arizona '52).A native of Enid, Oklahoma, Brother Burchwas initiated by Arizona Alpha on Oct. 10,1949. Evidences of leadership were ample duringhis undergraduate days for he was electedto membership in both Chain Gang, honoraryjunior leadership society, and to Blue Key, nationalsenior leadership honorary.From 1955 to 1959, Burch Was administrativeassistant to Senator Barry Goldwater but thenreturned to Tucson to practice law. His closeassociation with the popular Arizona senatorROY DEAN BURCH, Arizona '52, newly elected chairmanof the Republican National Committee, with GOPpresidential candidate Barry Goldwater.resulted in his being one of the early leadersof the Goldwater-for-President movement. Duringthe pre-convention phase of the successfulcandidate's drive. Brother Burch was in chargeof scheduling the senator's engagements andsupervising many of the financial and personneloperations in the Goldwater organization.Dean Burch will not be the only Arizona Alphamember who will be working hard for theArizonian's election to the presidency for ayounger member of that chapter was seen frequentlyon television during the recent SanFrancisco convention, namely Michael "Mike"Goldwater (Arizona '62), the youngest son ofthe presidential candidate, who himself is anactive alumnus of Sigma Chi.Famed Phi Jurist Presidesat Hoffa Fraud TrialThe name of a Phi jurist has been appearingdaily in our metropolitan newspapers and frequentlyin Our national magazines for the presidingjudge in the nationally publicized trialof Teamster Union President James R. Hoffais Judge Richard JB. Austin (Denison-Chicago'23).Hoffa is being tried in the United States DistrictCourt in Chicago on 28 counts of fraudand conspiracy. The indictment included 20counts of mail fraud, seven counts of wirefraud, and one count of conspiracy to defraudthe Central Southeast and Southwest Conferencesof Teamsters Pension Funds.Prior to his nomination by the late PresidentJohn F. Kennedy to be District Judge for thenorthern Illinois district, and his subsequentconfirmation by the U.S. Senate, Brother Austinwas Judge of Cook County's (Chicago) SuperiorCourt. For sixteen years he served as an assistantState's Attorney. He was formerly apracticing lawyer with the firm Sawyer, Austin& Sawyer in Chicago.In the summer of 1956 Brother Austin'sname was seen daily on the pages of Illinoisnewspapers because, in the 1966 election, hewas the Democratic candidate for Governor ofIllinois and, although he was selected as theparty's nominee at a very late date, he ranwhat was considered to be an exceptionallystrong race.[14]