ROSE FIJI A publication of the Rho Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology  Summer 2005 Rho Phi House Corporation Launches 2005 Annual Campaign The Rho Phi House Corporation would like to thank everyone who donated to our annual campaign last year. It was the first year we solicited donations from graduates to help offset programming and educational expenses; we were delighted with the results. We are now beginning this year’s campaign and we hope you will be able to make a contribution in the range of $25, $50, $100 - or what you can give. Your donation can be returned to us using the envelope provided in this newsletter, or you can make a secure credit card donation via our graduate website at www.rhophifiji.org. You can earmark your donation toward one of the following funds:  Annual Fund — The first $15,000 in annual contributions help fund our graduate/parent programming expenses (records management, newsletters, invites, website, and recognition program). Contributions are made to Rho Phi House Corporation. House Corporation Update Todd Hubbell ‘96, House Corporation President Brothers, It has been a great year for the Rho Phi chapter! We had a successful homecoming where many of you returned to the campus to visit with old friends. Pig Dinner had a large turnout to honor the second class of Rho Phi Hall of Fame inductees. I am also happy to report that the undergraduate chapter is doing extremely well. The chapter conducted an amazing Rush this year, pledging 30 men between the fall and spring classes — the most of any fraternity on campus. The chapter’s  Building Fund — Gifts to the Building Fund help pay for the maintenance upkeep of the chapter house and fund future construction projects. Contributions are made to Rho Phi House Corporation.  Educational “Set Aside” Fund — Gifts to the Educational Fund help us facilitate scholarships, the chapter library, and educational programming (leadership, educational and religious conferences). Contributions are made to Rho Phi House Corporation.  Donald R. Mighell Scholarship — This scholarship is operated through the Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation. Once endowed, the fund will provide one or more scholarships to Rho Phi members. In order to donate, please make a check payable to Phi Gamma Delta Educational Foundation. Donations to this fund are 100% tax deductible. (Gifts to this fund cannot be made through the website.) Thanks in advance for your support of the Rho Phi Chapter! newest leadership is continuing the good work their predecessors began. The House Corporation has also been busy. Over the last summer, a couple of storms came through Terre Haute and knocked a tree into the meeting room. There was no major structural damage, but the power and internet lines were damaged. This has been repaired and for the most part everything is back to normal. Pictures of the damaged tree, as well as numerous other pictures from over the years, are available online at the graduate website (www.rhophifiji.org). continued on page 3 \r\nPRESIDENT’S LETTER JOSH ZABEK, RHO PHI ‘04 We continue to hold our pledges to the highest standards My name is Josh Zabek and I am the outgoing president of the Rho Phi chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. I have been asked to share with you, my fellow brothers, the chapter’s current state of affairs. It is with a great sense of pride that I can say our chapter is not only successful on campus, and amongst other great FIJI chapters, but is strong in her devotion to this fraternity. In a year where rush numbers disappointed nearly every fraternity on campus, we exceeded our goal and pledged twenty-six men in the fall — the largest number of our eight fraternities on campus. Among these twenty-six men are eighteen varsity athletes, two student government senators and many other up and coming leaders. In addition to Rose-Hulman’s demanding course load, these men were present at regular pledge-education meetings, attended several community service projects, and as a class surpassed the all-fraternity grade point during the first and second quarter. We continue to hold our pledges to the highest standards and know that they will exceed our expectations as brothers of this chapter. To be a great brother at the Rho Phi chapter is, however, not an easy task. Whether you are looking at campus, athletic, service, or greek involvement our numbers will always speak for themselves. We have two resident assistants, 2 RHO PHI CHAPTER OF P H I G A M M A D E LTA Please direct all news for the Rose FIJI to: Cody Gacek, Fraternity Management Group, 2660 N. 1st Ave., Tucson, AZ 85719 or cody@fmgtucson.com All content and pictures are sole property of the Rho Phi Chapter of Phi Gamma Delta. For questions on the production of the newsletter or for reprints, please contact Cody Gaceck. three sophomore advisors, the current and next vice president of the student government association, a class resident, the president and vice president of IFC, and at least one brother involved in almost every club on campus. In addition we have sixty varsity athletes, including eight team House Corporation captains, one All-American, and Officers one Academic All-American. We President finished 2nd in intermural sports Todd Hubbell ‘96 1896 W. Central Park last year and have the largest Blvd. greek attendance at nearly evGreenwood, IN 46143 ery athletic event. Our chapter Treasurer Joe Weist ‘87 contributed nearly 3000 hours of 649 Franklin Court, Apt M. community service and raised alTerre Haute, IN 47803 most $6000 for charities this last Secretary year including a $5000 donation Chip Bradway ‘97 7702 Hidden Ridge to help rebuild the local holocaust Fishers, IN 46038-2277 museum, destroyed last year by an arsonist. House Corporation Directors As I finish my term as president, I am proud of several accomplishRob Bunch ‘75 ments of the chapter. Our grade Mark Ress ‘76 Andy Gullone ‘04 point average, already distinAaron Weishaar ‘97 guished, has improved. The comAndy Horton ‘97 mittee system within the chapter Steve Fain ‘03 was strengthened as committee Tim Wilson ‘07 chairmen were more empowered Zach McCarty ‘08 to develop their programs. Committees, such as recruitment and Graduate Website pledge education, continued to www.rhophifiji.org excel over the last year. As I step Undergraduate Website aside and turn over the reigns of www.rosefiji.com leadership to Brad Shervheim, I Photograph Archive feel as if Rho Phi continues in her rosefiji.smugmug.com upward march. I look forward to Rho Phi House Corp. returning for Homecoming in OcPO Box 3047 Terre Haute, IN tober as a graduate brother of 47803-0047 Rho Phi! email info@rosefiji.com \r\nATHLETIC HALL OF FAME Holthaus inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology inducted six new members into the Athletic Hall of Fame on Saturday September 4, 2004 at the Sports and Recreation Center. Todd Holthaus ‘94 was one of this year’s inductees. Other inductees included Kurt Kelso, Jim Gidcumb, Bob Thompson, Jim Pettee, and Bob Bright. The Class of 2004 included five student-athletes from five different decades, along with a retired coach. The honorees cover five different sports and four academic majors. The Hall of Fame’s membership grew to 123 with the induction of this year’s class. Brother Holthaus played both football and baseball while at Rose-Hulman. Holthaus earned All-American and Academic All-American honors for his efforts as the Engineers’s place kicker on the gridiron. Todd was the NCAA Division III Field Goal Kicking Champion in 1992 and the starting center fielder for the college’s first NCAA Tournament team in 1992. Congratulations to Todd and the other inductees! Brothers continued Speaking of which, have you seen the website lately? Fraternity Management Group (FMG), along with the chapter, have made the website something worth checking out. Updates are more current than ever before, where in the past changes to the site may have been months behind, they are now happening on a weekly basis. You can find information about graduates, current and upcoming events, chapter contacts, pictures, and much more. I am also proud to say that over the past year and a half, the chapter’s graduate and parent programming efforts have been noticeable. The last two Pig Dinners have been huge successes, solidifying our Hall of Fame as a new Rho Phi tradition. The chapter followed this up with the Rho Phi Open, which for the first time included Dads in the event. Last Spring’s Parent’s Dinner had an impressive turnout, and the newsletters, like the one you are reading now, are much more professional than in the past. I would like to personally thank Joe Weist and the chapter for their efforts in working with FMG on these successful programs. Todd Holthaus ’94 is inducted into Rose-Hulman’s Athletic Hall of Fame (Michael Lanke photo) Lastly, in the Fall newsletter, we announced the creation of an annual campaign. I would like to say “Thank You” to everyone that has donated. Our goal is to help fund educational and leadership activities, as well as paying for the graduate programming that we have established. While our House Corporation is financially sound today, we have consistently invested more money into the chapter house and educational activities than we receive from the chapter via rent and membership dues. With the longterm goal of having the ability to build a house on campus, it is important that we continue to strengthen the financial portfolio of the House Corporation. We want to do this while still providing exceptional support to the Rho Phi Chapter. As always, we are open to your ideas and input. Please feel free to contact me (todd. hubbell@insightbb.com) with any questions, concerns, newsletter ideas or other items related to the Rho Phi chapter or House Corporation. Perge! 3 \r\nPARENT’S DINNER A great success The 2005 Parent’s Dinner was held on the campus of Rose-Hulman on March 19. It was a great success. Over one-hundred parents and family members were in attendance for the evening. The night started with a running slide-show of various photos from chapter activities. Parents were able to view a glimpse of the “home away from home” that Rho Phi offers during the fours years of college life. These pictures were taken from the online archives that contain over 6000 images (including over 2000 from the last two years). Freshman Brad Herman provided his dry humor for the evening as master of ceremonies. Tim Harlan (ISU ‘72) had everyone laughing as he related humorous stories from his last year of teaching, and no one will forget the story of the young student asking, “What does it mean, `serving size ‘”? On the more serious side, Tim skillfully explained the important role that a college fraternity can play in a young man’s life while at school. He related examples that indeed show Rho Phi is a chapter, which undeniably provides such a sanctuary from the day-to-day stresses of college life and young adulthood. After the dinner, most parents returned to the chapter house for house tours, cheesecake and coffee. Incidentally there were some great college basketball games playing Ryan Robinson ’07 presents his mother with a purple and more than carnation at Parent’s Dinner one father and son (as well as several mothers) stayed to watch in the chapter room on the big screen. There was not a parent in attendance that left without a better understanding of the chapter and what it probably means for their sons. We hope that even more parents will be able to attend next year’s Parent’s Dinner tentatively scheduled for March 25th 2006. RHO PHI CHAPTER Sweep Athletic Awards The Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology athletic department presented the Ruel Fox Burns Blanket to senior Jake Vieck ‘05 to highlight the 2005 Athletic Honors and Awards Banquet on May 21, 2005. The Ruel Fox Burns Blanket, presented to the athletic department’s top senior male and female athletes as voted by the coaching staff, has been presented to outstanding Engineer student-athletes since 1968. 4 AND BROTHERS Brother Vieck became the first Rose-Hulman defensive lineman in school history to earn All-American honors with his efforts in 2004. The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year led the league in sacks (10) and tackles-for-loss (18) as a senior. In addition, Brother Vieck recorded career totals of 246 tackles, 55 tackles-for-loss, six forced fumbles, five blocked kicks and two continued on page 5 \r\nHOMECOMING It was an amazing sight to see Homecoming 2004 was a rousing success. Held on the weekend of October 8th - 10th, over 100 graduates and family members made the trek back to Terre Haute to cheer on the Fijidominated football team. The grim task of Dennis Ison ’87 and Brent reporting the score Mewhinney ’84 attend the alumni golf tournament at of the Homecoming game this year homecoming brings knots to our stomach. Our FIJI Brothers, along with the rest of the Rose-Hulman Football Team, suffered a tough loss in double overtime, losing 31-38. Even though the game was rough, the sideline was packed with a sea of Purple, hovering over the fence, eyeing every move our Brothers on the field made. New and old, FIJIs crowded the tent area enjoying the food that Mr. Kenik (father of Scott Kenik ’05) drove down from Chicago. As the game continued on, Graduate and Undergraduate Brothers crowded together and shared stories of their experiences as Phi Gams. The parents in the crowd were provided a picture of why their son chose the Fraternity of Phi Gamma Delta. continued on page 7 Athletic Awards continued fumble recoveries on the gridiron. His efforts helped the 2003 and 2004 football teams earn the best records at RoseHulman since 1995. He completed his career ranked second in school history for sacks with 21, and also earned all-region recognition from Don Hansen’s Football Gazette. Football safety Neil Harrison ‘05 earned the John Logan Award for compiling the highest male grade-point-average among four-year letter athletes. Brother Harrison assembled a 3.90 grade point average in the classroom and earned Academic All-American honors after a 2004 season that featured 65 tackles and three interceptions. The Samuel Hulbert Award, named for the President at Rose-Hulman who retired last year, is presented to the male and female senior athletes who contribute the most in terms of team spirit, sportsmanship and a determination to succeed. Baseball pitcher Nathan Soyer ‘05 claimed the award for reinforcing winning attitudes and creating a positive atmosphere for the Rose-Hulman baseball team. Brother Soyer completed his career ranked among Rose-Hulman’s leader in victories (21), complete games (16), saves (4), and innings pitched (246). However, Brother Soyer’s career nearly ended before it began, as the right-hander recovered from an anterior cruciate ligament tear to make an impact. The Jess Lucas Spirit Award is presented annually to an individual or group whose support of the Rose-Hulman athletic department moves above and beyond the norm. Phi Gamma Delta received the 2005 award, as a result of both overwhelming support in the stands and a willingness to volunteer to help coaching staffs cover events as needed. 5 \r\nPIG DINNER This year’s Hall of Fame class second class honored by the Rho Phi Chapter Members of the class of 2004 attend Pig Dinner Mike Callahan ’74 and Ed Fain ’76 catch up at Pig Dinner Pig Dinner was held on the evening of March 12, 2005 in the Hulman Memorial Student Union on the campus of Rose-Hulman. There were about 140 graduates and undergraduates in attendance at the dinner and by all accounts everyone had a great time reminiscing about the old days, visiting with old friends and making new ones. As you may know, last year the Rho Phi Graduate Association and House Corporation created the Rho Phi Hall of Fame and the first class inducted included Don Mighell, Bob Harker, Bill Miller, Frank Guthrie and the Immortal 15 as a class. It was appropriate that those who started Rho Phi should also be the genisis of the Hall of Fame. This year’s class would be the second class honored by the Rho Phi chapter. These inductees included Mike Callahan ’74, Bill Gibson ’74, John Hostettler ’83 and Joe Weist ’87. These brothers were selected based upon success one or more areas: career, church, politics, civic activities or fraternity involvement. These four brothers certainly exemplify the values upon which Rho Phi chapter stands. To read a complete bio of these men, visit the website at www.rhophifiji.org. The evening began with a reception to honor the Hall of Fame inductees. After the reception, the dinner started. Cameron Hummel ’07 did a great job as master of ceremonies for the dinner and kept things moving along so that the dinner would be a little less lengthy compared to past years. Perhaps the most amazing part of the evening was brother Jeff Downey’s (UCLA ’83) rendition of the Exile’s Toast. Jeff has given this time-honored Pig Dinner toast at Fiji Academies, Ekklesii and many chapters across the US and Canada. Once again he flawlessly (and completely from memory) wowed the audience with the toast. The perfect recitation of the toast along with the history of the toast and Frank Norris he related prior made this part of the evening very remarkable. While the dinner was standard ARAMARK fare, the conversations were lively at dinner. 6 continued on page 7 \r\nPIG DINNER continued related that the corporation is in good financial health and that the board is well organized and has many talented and dedicated brothers serving. Todd also presented the annual most outstanding senior scholarship to Neil Harrison. Neil has a 3.9 grade point average, is a former cabinet officer and is one of the football team captains. Neil receives a $500 scholarship and a Fiji recognition ring for his great efforts in the classroom, in the chapter and on the athletic field. The evening was capped off with the official induction of the four newest members of Ryan Thompson ’04 and John Hostettler ’83 the hall of fame. Each brother gave the audiin attendance at Pig Dinner ence a few words of advice. We were espeAs the program moved along, freshman Kyle cially honored that six-term US Congressman Kohlomorgen presented the “Not For Col- John Hostettler was with us for the dinner givlege Days Alone” award to Andy Gullone. This en his busy schedule. There was a humorous award is voted on by the chapter brothers yet poignant moment when Joe Weist read an and is given to the graduate who has most email that he had received from Mike Hileman helped the chapter over the last year. Andy ’75 (who was in China at the time). The email just graduated in 2004, yet has stepped up was a tribute to inductees Bill Gibson and Mike to become the newest member of the Rho Phi Callahan relating funny and touching accounts House Corporation board of directors as well of their time in school and their lives since as chairman of the house and grounds com- graduation. We would like to thank those who were with mittee for the board. Congratulations to Andy us for the dinner. We hope that even more of from the chapter! Todd Hubbell, house corporation president, you may be able to attend next year. gave the state of the house corporation. Todd Homecoming continued It was an amazing sight to see. For those of you who could not make it, we hope to see you for this year’s festivities. Graduate Brothers from all over the country came back to Terre Haute to catch up with not-forgotten friends. They went golfing in the morning, followed by the game in the afternoon and back to the House that night. The reception at the FIJI House Saturday night provided more time for people to reminisce and enjoy the musical talents of Steve Proffitt ’84. Alas, as most of us know the weekend must end and reality had to set in. The Brothers of Phi Gamma Delta would like to thank all the Graduate Brothers and Parents for coming back this year and helping to make Homecoming a success. We all hope to see you again this year, and for years to come. 7 \r\nGRADUATE BROTHER UPDATES Steve Proffitt Steve Proffitt ’84 writes: “My biggest piece of news is that I’m getting married on April 23rd to Arnita Multani. We’ve having the wedding here in San Francisco. Arnita and I had met at Stanford Business School. We’re both very excited! I’m still working at DataCenter Technologies, a data management software startup, as director of business development. We’re a 40 person company based in Ghent, Belgium. Arnita and I live in scenic San Francisco. I can be reached at steve.proffitt@gmail.com or (415) 425-7560”. Richard Pace Richard Pace ‘70 logged 5000 miles on various bikes, in various places, with various people in 2004 - so many miles he might need to have a cycling audit by the IRS. Incubated a new environmental venture, EcoAsset Markets, with some folks formerly with SAIC. Still maintains his position as President of UDM Land Sciences. Richard began some interesting projects with EPA and USDA. Daughter Heather and her husband had a new son, Nathanial Stanton -six weeks premature and a real “peanut” at birth. Nathanial is doing well and smiles a lot. Daughter Katharine is in her first year at Boston College and, being athletic, is in Jesuit, sports heaven. Brother Pace also became president of the regional cycling club. Mike McKee ’84, Mark Carter ’86, Steve Proffitt ’84 and Brent Mewhinney ’84 relive some old memories at Simrells Configuration Management Manager and Quality Assurance Manager. I accepted a position with Northrop Grumman at staff level that had oversight of the Ohio Project and others and moved to their Reston, VA offices in September. It was a promotion and nice pay raise that got sucked up by the higher cost of living in the DC area. I am currently the Configuration Management/Data Management/Quality Assurance Lead for the entire Public Safety Line of Business within Northrop Grumman’s Information Technology sector with all the stress and deadlines that a staff position entails and all the wonders of the Washington, DC area commuting environment”. John T. Walter John T. Walter ’73 writes: “My wife and I live in League City, Texas. I’m employed with a small chemical company, and my wife teaches Gary Bowman school. We have three children. Kate, our oldGary Bowman ’72 writes: “I finished up on est, is graduating from Baylor University this the Northrop Grumman portion of the Ohio spring, and is going to teach in Atlanta with AlMultiagency Radio Communications System liance of Catholic Educators. Mark, our middle (MARCS) program in August where I was the child, is a junior at the US Air Force Academy, 8 \r\nTex Holl Tex Holl ‘74 is the Chief, ELINT Analysis Branch at the Joint Analysis Center, RAF Molesworth UK. He lives with wife Heather and three of their four sons in Cambourne, near Cambridge, England. Mike Lee Brothers in attendance at the 156th Ekklesia in Atlanta, Georgia Mike Lee ‘74 writes that he is engaged to be married to Tara Pibel this 4th of June. He is still kicking, still flying and still working. Steve Parmelee Steve Parmelee ‘75 writes: “2004 got kinda rough. My step father-in-law passed away and my spouse Nancy spent a good part of the summer down in Florida helping her Mom through this difficult time. And also helping her Mom make it through two of the four hurricanes that wandered through Florida last season (those two managed to make landfall within five miles of her mother’s home). Meanwhile, my mother had an operation to help facilitate her dialysis sessions and my father passed away in December. Things have gone better on the immediate home front. The kids are doing good and we’ve Eleven brothers traveled to Thailand in the summer of 2004 been making good use of a motorhome that we got a couple of years ago. And my work as where he runs on the track and cross coun- a patent attorney is, simply put, going great. try teams. Jennifer, our youngest, is graduat- I left Motorola in 2001 after 17 years and reing from high school this spring and entering entered private practice with the Fitch, Even, Baylor University this fall. We also have two Tabin & Flannery firm, working out of the Chilabrador retrievers and a cat”. cago office. I’ve reached a happy point where new work is outstripping my personal ability to keep up with it - fortunately I am working Cecil Whitaker with a superb bunch of people and we all work Cecil L. Whitaker ’73 writes that he has great together. won two local speech contests with ToastmasBy the way, our firm is a member of the ters International in the past 6 months, one National Knowledge and Intellectual Properfor a humorous speech and one for a serious ty Taskforce and I work on the training and speech. Cecil serves on the Rho Phi House curriculum side of that body. They published Corporation as a board member. a book I authored entitled “Strategic Patent Portfolio Management.” Within reason (and 9 \r\nso long as my personal box of copies remains available) I would be happy to provide a copy to Brothers who are curious about what patents are, how you get them, and what the heck they are good for (and not good for). OK. That’s enough yapping for now”. Joe Skorupa Joe Skorupa ’75 writes: “Although the Brothers did a great job supporting my startup— NewGrowth Storage—the California Venture capital environment is still too shell shocked to fund a radical idea. I appreciate everyone’s support. Every time I think of it I’m proud to be a Rose Fiji! Please let me know if I can ever repay the favors. I joined Gartner in November as a Principal Analyst covering enterprise networking. I’ve having a great time and working with some great folks. My wife, Patti and I raise FlatCoated Retrievers (www.ardenwoodflatcoats. com) and are very busy with the dogs. Adrian Reid ’96, Aaron Weishaar ’97 and Matt Steiner ’97 catch up at homecoming fellow runner Bruce Schmidt (‘77) in another race soon (we’re tied 1-1 at the moment, but I have a feeling that Bruce is going to burn me at Boston this year ....)”. Mike Merrick Mike Merrick ’78 is living in Atlanta, Georgia. Mike is busy as founding partner in a 20We hunt upland and waterfowl with them person consulting engineering firm. Wife, Pat, and Patti is competing in AKC competitive agiland the four boys are doing great. During ity with Molly, our older girl. In less than one the past six months Mike has been in Orange year they went from Novice to Expert class, Beach, Alabama doing “seat-of-the-pants” which is spectacular. engineering during reconstruction efforts folWarmest Regards To One And All”. lowing Hurricane Ivan. Mike relates that he ran into a Rose ’68 EE in Orange Beach, as his wife was wearing a Rose sweatshirt. Steve Richey Steve Richey ’77 writes: “Debbie and I have been living just west of Chicago since 2001, between Aurora and Naperville. Am working on global manufacturing capital projects for Cabot Microelectronics Corporation—mostly in Illinois, Japan and Wales. Have continued to run marathons and ultramarathons—will be doing Boston #6 this year, along with a few longer less famous events. Debbie is doing well and is still working part time in various local hospitals. Our daughter Amanda just received her teaching certificate, after completing her masters at DePaul. Hope to see 10 Bob Tippmann Bob Tippmann ‘81 reports that he and his wife are anticipating their third grandchild this summer. Their son Michael will join brothers Joe and Blake as United States Marines this June 3. Son David will marry his high school sweetheart this August. What a busy year! Tim Kaminski Tim L. Kaminski ’83 is VP of Marketing & Sales at Oasis Semiconductor, Inc., a fabless \r\nthing his boys are into. Trevor Olsen Trevor Olsen ’90 writes: “I’m still with the same company that I started with out of Rose in 1990. I am currently Division Manager of one of 8 divisions in the Chicago area for Panduit. I’ve got a great family—wife Chris, 8 year old son Austin and 7 year old daughter Bailey”. Rick Radzville Steve Parker ’04, Steve Proffitt ’84, CJ Przybyl ’04 and Kurtis Preston ’04 hanging out at the homecoming tent Rick Radzville ‘90 has a residence in Columbia, Maryland, but is spending the next 6 months in Iraq, working as a computer syschip company peddling to the printing indus- tems engineer for Titan Corp. on a contract try. Tim travels ridiculously, ringing up his 5th for the Army. Currently touring the country year in a row of over 100K miles on United Air- by Blackhawk, his base of operations will be lines, collecting some exquisite food poisoning the IZ (Green Zone). He can be reached at stories from Asia along the way. Wife and son rradzville@hotmail.com. are doing well and Tim is already preparing for the upcoming youth football season. Tim Steve Allison expects to join brothers Wayner, Bolin, ET, et Steve Allison ‘92 is still living in Madison, al at the Indy 500 in May, with a bunch of sons in the collective tow. Tim refuses to provide his Wisconsin. He works for TCS/Basys (www. address because he fears Brother Char sign- tcsbasys.com) in sales, a position which he ing him up, again, for the free sample condom has held for approximately one year. His former employer of 9.5 years closed their Madipromotions. son area office in August 2003, prompting the job change. Additionally, Steve is a fullSteve Ufheil time family man (quickly approaching his 10 Steve Ufheil ’89 writes that his fourth child year anniversary) with three kids (Christowas born on March 13, 2005. Luke Samuel Uf- pher 16, Damon 13, and Kennedy 7), and a heil came into the world at 12:36 am weigh- part-time Taekwondo instructor (something ing in at 5 pounds 2 oz. He was 6 weeks early, he started upon moving to Madison—www. atamadison.com). Steve can be reached via but is doing very well. cellphone at 608-212-8473 or by email at steve@atamadison.com. Phil Eckert Phil Eckert ’90 is living in Sellersburg, IndiJeff Fetters ana. Phil is married to Kerri for 14 years and Jeff Fetters ’92 reports that he accepted has been working at Samtec, Inc in New Albany, Indiana since graduation. Phil has three a job to return to Delco Remy in January as sons, Andrew (10), Noah (7), and Nathan (4). Global Account Manager for all Agricultural Phil’s main interests are his family and any- Accounts (John Deere etc.). His family is still 11 \r\nholding steady at 3 members, wife Kris and son Walker (3 years old). Hobbies are shrinking yearly as job and family grow but he still finds time to water ski and rebuild personal wa tercraft engines on the side. Jeff is hoping for a new addition to the family soon. Kelby Ridenour Kelby Ridenour ’93 just started working again after taking 14 months to goof off and travel the country. He has settled back in Portland, Oregon and does not plan to leave anytime soon! Derrick Clark Derrick Clark ’95 writes: “My wife Andrea just gave birth on March 8, 2005 to a set of twins, Avery-girl and Jackson-boy. Mom and kids are home and doing well. It’s pretty busy around here as I only have a few more classes left to complete my MBA (IU-Kelley) through IUPUI. The twins are my 3rd & 4th kids (actually 2nd & 3rd while in MBA school...I would have to advise against having 3 kids during an MBA program if you want to stay married). Anyway, I may get some international experience (Germany) when my degree is done for a year or two. All in all everything is going as well as could be expected. I’m keeping my goals small & immediate (get kids to sleep through night and finish school by August)”. Jim Labbe Jim Labbe ’95 writes: “G’day! I am still in Australia with Caterpillar. I am a dad now of an Aussie boy, believe it or not. Aaron Joseph Barneveld Labbe was born at 5:14 a.m. on Dec. 24 2004. He was 9.5 lbs. Lisa had a rough go of it but she is doing fine now and Aaron has been sleeping through the night for nearly 3 weeks. He’s as cute as can be. Lisa and I are also engaged but haven’t set 12 Aaron Crawn ISU ’05, Eva Kor (Auschwitz survivor) and Josh Zabek ’05 at CANDLES presentation any dates or made any plans. It might be a small wedding”. Joe Labbe Joe Labbe ’95 is doing well and living in Peoria, IL still working for Caterpillar. Joe has been helping design, test and develop a new large diesel engine for Caterpillar. Last November he competed in and finished (in 10 hours 58 minutes) the Florida Ironman Triathlon (2.4 mile swim, 112 mile bike, 26.2 mile run). Joe plans on doing another, maybe someday qualifying for Hawaii. Joe hopes all the brothers are doing well and loving life. God Bless! Phil Stolz Phil Stolz ‘95 writes that “he and his wife, Kiersten, are happy to announce the birth of their son, Ethan Joseph, born on Christmas day, 2004. Phil jokes that his boss normally has good judgment, but he had one major lapse and promoted him to Director of Forecasting and Customer Service for Accuride Corporation which is headquartered in Evansville, Indiana. Phil is also teaching a course in the business school at the University of Southern Indiana (scary, huh?). Finally, Phil \r\ncoached a high school boys Special Olympics team that was Evansville city champs. They had an undefeated regular season which was slightly better than last year when they didn’t win any season games. It was the team for Evansville North (which is where Tim Grunow went to high school). Surprisingly enough, no one on the team could play the banjo. Phil guesses only the “cool” North kids do that. “Ha”. Scott Johnson Scott Johnson ’98 writes: “I’m still at National Starch and Chemical where I started nearly 17 years ago. I did spend 2-1/2 years at our New Jersey headquarters but have been back at our Indianapolis plant since May 2000. I serve as a Den leader for my son’s Cub Scout Pack in Carmel, Indiana. Adam is almost nine years old and in the third grade. I’ve also helped coach his football and soccer teams over the years. No interest in Chad Zigler baseball yet (darn). My wife, Kathi, is a very Chad Zigler ’95 is currently working at Rolls- dedicated working mother. I was happy to get Royce in Indianapolis. Chad was promoted in back to Rose this year for the Norris pig dinJanuary 2005 to the “Engine Management ner—sorry to say my first since graduation— Program and Overhaul Engineering Lead” po- and see my pledge dad (Joe Weist) inducted sition. He is still living in Seelyville and com- into the Rho Phi Hall of Fame”. muting everyday. Renee is a “stay-in-the-car” mom (as opposed to a “stay-at-home” mom). Chad’s oldest son, Matthew is a second grader at Lost Creek Elementary and Tyler is in Kindergarten. Chad relates that life is pretty busy with work, church, kids, Cub Scouting (Chad is a den leader and Renee is a committee member), baseball. These activities have kept him from being in good contact with brothers. Rob Wallace is the only person Chad has “regular” contact with. Charlie Holloway Charlie Holloway (Rose ‘96, Kentucky ‘97) is serving as Chief, Pharmacy Service, at the now infamous Abu Ghraib Prison. In January 2004, he was transferred from Fort Polk, LA, to Fort Sill, OK. He was brought back to Fort Polk in July 2004 to deploy with the 115th Field Hospital. Unfortunately, soldiers are not the only casualties of war, and it looks like a divorce is on the horizon upon re-deployment. Charlie can be reached by e-mail at charles. holloway1@us.army.mil. Scott Johnson ’88 and Don Mighell Texas ’56, Rose ’00 discuss the upcoming Pig Dinner Chad Buckles Chad Buckles ‘99 is living in Zionsville, Indiana with his wife Courtney. Chad has recently been promoted to Senior Mechanical Engineer and Supervisor at Beckman Coulter, Inc. Chad is also pursuing a Masters degree in Engineering Management from Rose. Chad can be reached by email at chadsbuckles@hotmail. com or by phone at 317-797-1350. 13 \r\nTodd Melby Todd Melby ’99 writes: “I was promoted last fall to Manager at Accenture, but after six years here I decided to change my career path and go to business school. I’ll be attending Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University starting fall of ‘05 and moving from Cleveland to Chicago sometime in August”. Scott Spicer Scott Spicer ’00 is currently working for Eli Lilly in Clinton, Indiana. Scott was married in August of 2001 and just had his first child in October of 2004. When not busy taking care of his daughter he and his wife are both into riding sport bikes. Joe Weist ’87, Mike Callahan ’74, John Hostettler ’83 and Bill Gibson ’74 are inducted into the Rho Phi Hall of Fame Travis Soyer Travis Soyer ’01 writes: “Just wanted to let you (and the rest of the brothers through the newsletter) know that I will be graduating from Jeremy Sewell ’01 writes: “I just recently Notre Dame in May with my MBA. I’ve acceptmoved to a new home a couple of months ago. ed a job as a Senior Consultant with Mercury I think all of my address and other contact Interactive and will be based out of Southern info is already changed in the database. Just California. My brother Nathan accepted a job in case, my new address is 1798 ST. RTE 534, with Frito Lay in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, and Southington, OH, 44470. I’m still working for because of the flexibility that my job affords, the family business (Quality Switch), and the I’ve decided to move out there with him”. new house is a little closer to work and quite a bit larger, so if anyone is in the Akron/CleveAndrew Tochterman land area, I have plenty of extra space. My new home phone number is 330-898-4270. Andrew Tochterman ‘01 is living in Palo Also, a few of us just got back from our Alto, California and is engaged to be married annual trip to Vegas for March Madness (Dan this September. Andrew currently works at Miller, Nate Myers, Tim Thomas, Kevin Trivett, Guidant Corporation in Santa Clara as a GlobAndy Tochterman, Jason Fox, Zach Miller, and al Product Manager. Andrew can be reached by email at ajtochterman@yahoo.com. Jeremy Sewell Barry Templin Barry Templin all participated in contributing Mike Dockins to the Las Vegas economy). If anyone would Mike Dockins ’02 writes “I graduated the be interested in joining us next year, keep the University of Toledo College of Law on May 7 middle of March open on your schedule and with honors. I was a member and editor of the then let us know. We have lost enough money, Toledo Law Review and had my article pubwe could probably get a few extra rooms”. lished in the Law Review. I recently accept14 \r\nTim Swan Tim Swan ’03 is currently in his second year of law school. He reports that extra curricular activities at school include law review, intramural football, and irresponsible undergraduate-style drinking. Tim will be working this summer for Sidley Austin, a large general practice law firm here in Chicago. Andy Gullone Mark Carter ’86 and Adi Kapoor ’05 at homecoming ed a position at the law firm of Fraser Martin Buchanan Miller LLC in Perrysburg, Ohio. The firm practices patent, trademark, and copyright law”. Andy Gullone ’04 lives in Indianapolis, Indiana. Andy is a civil engineer and works for The Schneider Corporation, a land development and survey company. Andy is very happy to say that he keeps in contact with most of his pledge class and enjoys seeing them. Zach Sitterding Zach Sitterding ’04 is working for Toyota in Cincinnati. Zach just became engaged to Jen Jason Lanie Hamilton. Zach reports that he will be workJason Lanie ’02 and his wife Alison are liv- ing in San Antonio for 6 six months from July ing in Brownsburg and he is still at Beckman to December this year. Anybody in the area Coulter. Jason will be graduating from Rose’s should contact Zach. Engineering Management Masters Program this May. Jordan Strunk Danny Schwartz Jordan Strunk, a ‘04 Rose Hulman mechanical engineer, is living in Nashville, TenDanny Schwartz ‘02 has recently trans- nessee. He works as a process engineer at ferred into the position of Facilities Engineer Unipres USA, a Tier 1 supplier of Nissan, in and relocated to Stavanger, Norway working Portland, Tennessee. Jordan was recently enwith Marathon Oil Company. He and Nicole gaged to Kelly Pardue and plans to be marhave been in Norway since the beginning of ried in the fall of 2006. He can be reached February and are expecting their first child in by cell phone at 615-497-6502 or email at August. Danny can be reached via email at jstrunk2004@yahoo.com. schwardr@yahoo.com. Jeremy Kashman Jeremy Kashman ’03 reports the birth of daughter Tori Elizabeth born on December 4, 2004. Both Megan and Tori are doing great. Email us you biography at GradR@rosefiji.com! 15 \r\nPhi Gamma Delta Fraternity Rho Phi Chapter c/o Fraternity Management Group 2660 N. 1st Ave. Tucson, AZ 85719 Return Service Requested SAVE THE DATE Homecoming October 1, 2005 Pig Dinner March 11, 2006 Parent’s Dinner March 25, 2006 Rho Phi Open “Grads & Dads” Golf Tournament May 6, 2006 Prsrt Std U.S. Postage PAID Tucson, AZ Permit #224