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Stammer Louis "Lou" Lemle Stammer was born on August 2, 1937 in the Bronx. He attended New York University's School of Commerce from 1952 to 1956, and it was there that he joined the Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity and met the love of his life, Gene "Buzz" Zuriff. Lou and Buzz worked in hospitality management and owned several successful bars in New York City, and, as a result, became very involved in their community and in politics, having worked with Bella Abzug and Harvey Milk among others. Because of their high sense of honor and deep sense of personal responsibility, both enlisted to fight in Vietnam, and before deployment Lou lost Buzz in a training accident. One year later, after celebrating Buzz's life with Fraternity Brothers, Lou witnessed the riots at the Stonewall Inn that sparked the LGBT equality movement. He moved from New York and lived in Philadelphia, Washington D.C., Chicago, and Cincinnati before finally settling in Columbus, Ohio. Ever true to his Fraternity's principles, Lou continued to work for equality for everyone, having volunteered much of his time with various political campaigns and Pilam right up to the day he finally came to rest. His life was truly representative of Pi Lambda Phi's principles of Scholarship, Character, Leadership, Obedience, Finance, and Equality. Lou was laid to rest at the Ohio Western Reserve National Cemetery in Rittman, Ohio (Medina County) on September 23, 2015 at 1 p.m.
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