Floyd Bragg, '36
Floyd Bragg, ’36, is certainly one of the most distinguished and illustrious alumni in our Beta Delta history, and in fact he is one of the most distinguished and illustrious alumni in Rutgers history! Floyd Bragg was truly Mr. Rutgers.
As an undergrad, Floyd was editor-in-chief of the Targum and a member of the Cap and Skull Honor Society. After graduation, Floyd would serve as chairman of the Rutgers Board of Governors from 1965 to 1967. He also served on both the Rutgers Board of Overseers and the Board of Trustees. Floyd served as president of the RU Alumni Association and as president of the class of 1936, as well as the class of 1936 correspondent to the Rutgers Alumni Magazine. He is a member of the Hall of Distinguished Alumni and is a Loyal Son of Rutgers.
Floyd also chaired the first major university wide capital campaign for Rutgers. A consultant told him that he could expect to raise $75 million dollars. Floyd’s campaign would go on to raise $165 million dollars!
In spite of all of these Rutgers activities, not to mention many other community service endeavors, he never forgot his Beta Delta chapter of Theta Chi.
During World War II, our fraternity lost our chapter house on Union Street when so many of the current members were serving in the war, as did Floyd. After the war, Floyd convened a number of his contemporaries from our Beta Delta chapter and came up with a plan to sell bonds to other Beta Deltas to raise enough money to buy a new chapter house. This is how our house at 7 Bartlett Street was purchased. This was Floyd’s first major fundraising effort, which would serve him well in his future fundraising efforts, such as the capital campaign referenced above.
Floyd and I had gotten to know each other from both of us being rabid RU sports fans, but we became much closer once I became our alumni president. We would speak and get together frequently to discuss fraternity issues, particularly with fundraising, given his great success in this area. We attended numerous luncheons and dinners together, and, of course, always discussing RU football as well as men’s and women’s basketball, but first and foremost how we could make Beta Delta a better Theta Chi chapter. Floyd’s sage advice was priceless, particularly during the time of the revocation of our chapter’s charter and subsequent reinstallation at Rutgers. The success of our chapter is in large part thanks to Floyd’s help and advice, not to mention his financial generosity over all of those years.
Brother Floyd, I know that you are still watching over our chapter. Thank you for all that you have done for Beta Delta. May you rest in peace.
Fraternally,
Glenn L. Long ‘72
President Theta Chi Alumni Association, Beta Delta Chapter
As an undergrad, Floyd was editor-in-chief of the Targum and a member of the Cap and Skull Honor Society. After graduation, Floyd would serve as chairman of the Rutgers Board of Governors from 1965 to 1967. He also served on both the Rutgers Board of Overseers and the Board of Trustees. Floyd served as president of the RU Alumni Association and as president of the class of 1936, as well as the class of 1936 correspondent to the Rutgers Alumni Magazine. He is a member of the Hall of Distinguished Alumni and is a Loyal Son of Rutgers.
Floyd also chaired the first major university wide capital campaign for Rutgers. A consultant told him that he could expect to raise $75 million dollars. Floyd’s campaign would go on to raise $165 million dollars!
In spite of all of these Rutgers activities, not to mention many other community service endeavors, he never forgot his Beta Delta chapter of Theta Chi.
During World War II, our fraternity lost our chapter house on Union Street when so many of the current members were serving in the war, as did Floyd. After the war, Floyd convened a number of his contemporaries from our Beta Delta chapter and came up with a plan to sell bonds to other Beta Deltas to raise enough money to buy a new chapter house. This is how our house at 7 Bartlett Street was purchased. This was Floyd’s first major fundraising effort, which would serve him well in his future fundraising efforts, such as the capital campaign referenced above.
Floyd and I had gotten to know each other from both of us being rabid RU sports fans, but we became much closer once I became our alumni president. We would speak and get together frequently to discuss fraternity issues, particularly with fundraising, given his great success in this area. We attended numerous luncheons and dinners together, and, of course, always discussing RU football as well as men’s and women’s basketball, but first and foremost how we could make Beta Delta a better Theta Chi chapter. Floyd’s sage advice was priceless, particularly during the time of the revocation of our chapter’s charter and subsequent reinstallation at Rutgers. The success of our chapter is in large part thanks to Floyd’s help and advice, not to mention his financial generosity over all of those years.
Brother Floyd, I know that you are still watching over our chapter. Thank you for all that you have done for Beta Delta. May you rest in peace.
Fraternally,
Glenn L. Long ‘72
President Theta Chi Alumni Association, Beta Delta Chapter