On Monday afternoon, January 12, Gamma Zeta undergrad Ben Volk ‘16.5 coordinated a Mock Interview Day at the Illini Center in Chicago. Each undergrad had the opportunity practice their interview skills and refine their resume with the support of experienced alumni. Here’s a link to pictures.
Thanks to Ben for coordinating a great event and special thanks to the following alumni and undergrads who participated.Continue reading
Scott and Ryan McNaughton
For Immediate Release
For more information contact:
Megan Plahn
Phone: (847) 477-2025 Email: mplahm7@gmail.com
TARTAN BUILDERS, INC. CONSTRUCTS HOMES BUILT UPON FRIENDSHIPS
Hinsdale, Ill. (January 12, 2015) – Brothers Scott and Ryan McNaughton, have grown their company, Tartan Builders, Inc. (TBI) of Hinsdale Ill., through hard work and longstanding connections. The family-owned and operated residential and commercial construction company has been in business for three years and has embarked on over 35 projects in and around the Chicagoland area. Five of the projects have a special meaning to them, as they were built for long-time fraternity brothers from Alpha Tau Omega. This niche for building for fellow fraternity brothers, is in part what has helped grow their business today.
Alan Dysert ’73 passed on this link to the trailer for a film project that he’s had in the works which is now complete. It’s a lot of fun. I think that you’ll enjoy it!
http://youtu.be/2jlBE7rLHSE
Here’s some additional info about the project directly from Alan…
This was a bucket list project for me. Which means I had to wear too many hats: writer, director, producer, music composer and performer, mop the floors… you name it. But it made it much more satisfying than doing everything by committee or running everything by a network. I get to take the blame for everything. That’s cool with me.
There are some fun people in the project (now finished).
Jay DeMarcus from RASCAL FLATTS plays my speechwriter. Very funny guy besides being a hugely successful musician.
Tiffany Fallon – Playboy playmate of the year 2005 – plays a former lover now a member of Congress that hates my character.
Jack Cameron White- just finished up on Sons of Anarchy- ( former husband of Katie Segal-and best known as Rick Springfield’s drummer for 25 years) You see him on a motorcycle at the end for the trailer.
We had a great time -and this project will continue into another one.
Thanks for watching. I will keep you posted on where it ends up.
Alan
Alan Dysert
Artistic Director/Founder
The Actor’s School and Film School Nashville
1227 Lakeview Drive Suite#2
Franklin, TN 37067
615-500-7661
www.ActorsSchoolUSA.com
www.FilmSchoolNashville.com
Mike LaVitola ’09, who we featured in a profile story back in March and who was a participant in our “Tau Tank” lunch event in April is still going strong with his start up Foxtrot. Please check out this interview with Mike and his partner on the TV Show Bootstrapping in America which is a daily series where they interview entrepreneurs at all levels.
We will be kicking off the new Semester with a special VIP dinner guest on January 21st. The Chancellor of the University of Illinois, Ms. Phyllis Wise, has accepted our invitation to come our Chapter House to meet our membership and to see the tremendous potential of our young men living there. We believe this may be the first time Ms. Wise has made time on her very busy schedule to make a personal visit to a fraternity on the Illinois campus. Thanks to our Chairman, Jack Klues ’77 for reaching out and making this happen!!
Don will be Chair of the Northwestern Mutual Annual Meeting in July of 2015. Congrats DA!
Dan “Dawg” Barry ’84 and Mike “OB” Obrien ’84 at recent ATO Holiday Happy Hour
We have a winner in our “Last Tau Standing” pool – Dan “Dawg” Barry ’84! Dawg won on the Point Spread Differential tie-breaker over nineteen guys who were still mathematically in the running going into the last week of play including three other guys who along with Dawg who had just one loss. Congrats Dawg!!
Dawg’s dominance in the pool this year was incredible. He entered five times and four of his five teams were still in the running right up to the last week of play.Continue reading
Dawg and OB at recent 2014 ATO Holiday Happy Hour
We have a winner in our “Last Tau Standing” pool – Dan “Dawg” Barry ’84! Dawg won on the Point Spread Differential tie-breaker over nineteen guys who were still mathematically in the running going into the last week of play including three other guys who along with Dawg who had just one loss. Congrats Dawg!!
Dawg’s dominance in the pool this year was incredible.Continue reading
I’m sorry to pass on the sad news that one of our Diamond Circle Members, Rex Sherman ’39 just passed away. – Link to obituary and here’s a link to a profile that we did on Rex last year when we presented him with his DIamond Circle Certificate.
PEKIN – Rex Gordon Sherman, 94, of Pekin passed away peacefully at 2:27 p.m. Friday, Dec. 19, 2014, at Pekin Manor.
Born Aug. 13, 1920, in Pekin to Ira Bishop and Katherine Francis (Genochio) Sherman, he married Emilie Cullen on Dec. 21, 1943, in Pekin. She died on Jan. 22, 2011, in Pekin.Continue reading
Those of us who went to school with Tom Hicks ’75, remember him as a friendly guy who would do anything for anyone. Well, it’s good to know that he hasn’t changed a bit. Check out this article about his visit with his old Bears teammate Revie Sorey – Ex-Bear Revie Sorey is still the guard of attention