Tau alumnus Clarence Walter “Walt” Schoenvogel, Jr. passed away on Sunday, July 23, at age 63.  A Fort Worth native and gifted athlete, he graduated from Deerfield Academy in Deerfield, MA in 1972, where he set the record for high hurdles, which was broken only four years ago.  While attending the University of Texas at Austin, he excelled in intramural football.  Tom McCarthy ’73, who was quarterback on the intramural championship team with Walt, who played wide receiver, said he was the “fastest frat boy alive in the 70s! Could run a fly pattern like no one I ever saw.”  

Walt was a successful businessman, community leader, and philanthropist, but he will be most remembered by his Kappa Sig brothers as a good man and loyal friend with a radiant personality.  

“ Walt was my friend and brother, ” said Bill Zwiener ’73. " Above all else he was a family man who dearly loved his beautiful Charlyn, children and grandchildren. I, and all my Tau brothers, will sorely miss him and the times we shared together with him and Charlyn these past 40-plus years.   He was giving and always extremely thankful to have his family and friends he so greatly cherished.  I truly loved Walt as a brother who now  ‘ above all else … walks in the light of God. ’”