BROTHER DEUPREE WAS KEY IN PHI SIGMA CHI GOING NATIONAL IN FEBRUARY OF 1962. HE WAS CHAPTER ADVISOR FROM THE LATE '50s  UNTIL THE EARLY '80s..THIS MAN WAS ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS  MICHIGAN ZETA HAD ATTAINED SO MANY GOALS..HE WAS ALSO A PUBLISHED AUTHOR AND A MEMBER OF FSU STAFF.

HE WAS INSTRAMENTAL IN THE PHI SIGS PURCHASING THE REAL ESTATE ACROSS FROM THE EAST BUILDING ALSO THE LAND AT THE END OF PERRY STREET WHICH EVENTUALLY BECAME THE SITE OF THE MICHIGAN ZETA LODGE. THE PROPERTY WAS HOME TO THE SIG EPS FROM 1969 TO 2000 WHEN STAPLES OFFICE OUTFITTERS PURCHASED THE PROPERTY..

THE FOLLOWING TRIBUTE WAS PUBLISHED IN THE 1976 HOMECOMING BOOK AND WILL GIVE YOU A BETTER IDEA AS TO WHAT KIND OF MAN JOE WAS...STEVE