Sam Gingher Krannert Debut winning pianist
We’re very excited to announce that Sam Gingher will play ATO’s restored Bechstein Grand Piano from 8:30 am – 11:00 am at brunch at the ATO Gamma Zeta Chapter house on Saturday morning October 25 at Homecoming. Sam is a fantastic pianist and ABD doctoral Piano Performance student, and Krannert Debut winner from last year. Here’s some more of his accomplishments:Continue reading
Please review this letter from Bill Forsyth ’83, a member of our current Scholarship Committee and former ATO National Thomas Arkle Clark Award Winner as the top ATO Undergraduate in the nation. Bill addresses the importance of university and community service and leadership – ‘GZ mentor letter (3) (1)
Mike Anastasia ’88 and Greg Scott ’76, House Corporation President put together a list of projects for the undergrads to do around the house in order to fulfill sanctions. Mike supervised on site and Undergrad Parker Pevitz helped corral the troops and they had a productive weekend continuing to make the house look better than it has in years. Thanks guys!!
Chick Doster ’48
Twenty-five basketball stars will be inducted into the Illinois High School Hall of Fame and Museum October 18 at the Hilton Garden Inn at Champaign including two Gamma Zeta basketball stars, Bob “Chick” Doster ‘48 and William “Bill” Erickson ‘50.
Chick Doster led Decatur to the 1945 Illinois State Basketball Championship. He was the tournament’s leading scorer with 96 points in four games, including 18 in a 62-54 victory over Champaign for the title. He went on to star for the Illini where he finished third in the Big 10 in scoring his freshman season blocked George Mikan during a 56-37 upset of top-ranked DePaul.Continue reading
Congrats to Art Hasse ’61 for receiving the 2014 Goodwill Legacy Award
Art Hasse ’61, on behalf of his company, Kentwood Office Furniture was honored as the 2014 Goodwill Industries Legacy Partner Award Recipient. Kentwood Office Furniture has helped cultivate change for individuals and our communities through the power of work. For decades, Art Hasse, President and CEO of Kentwood Office Furniture, and his entire team have invested in Goodwill through employee volunteering, financial contributions, donation initiatives and the hiring of Goodwill program participants. “What I like about Goodwill is that Goodwill helps people. They take people who are really struggling in the economy, struggling to find a job or may have some barriers to employment, and they work with them, develop them, and train them to get a job,” says Hasse. “These workers become productive members of society and save the community, state and federal government money. They put people to work rather than placing them on welfare.”
Art has also been very generous with ATO Gamma Zeta as he donated furniture for our renovated study room. Congrats and THANKS Art!!
For the first time, ATO Gamma Zeta is sponsoring a NFL football “Survivor” pool which we’re calling the First Annual “Last Tau Standing” pool. Entrants pick a single NFL team to win each week. They can only pick a particular team once during the season. The last Tau to lose a pick during the season wins the pot, which will be split 50/50 with the winner and the ATO Gamma Zeta historic Bechstein piano restoration fund. With over 60 entrants in our initial pool, the winner will be splitting a pot that is over $6,000 in total!! In addition,
Paul Dioguardi ’95, owner of Hickory House Ribs in Aspen and Parker, CO has sweetened the pot and volunteered to ship 10 racks of his delicious BBQ Ribs to the winner for their Super Bowl party. THANKS Paul!! Finally, we’ll have a standing trophy on display at the Chapter House recognizing each year’s winners of what we hope to be an annual event. Good luck to all of the entrants and thanks for your donations to the piano fund!!
CMAC and Brez ’80s
Last weekend Neil Bresnahan’80 and I attended some basketball and football festivities. In between we stopped by Gamma Zeta and met Worth Master, Jimmy K …
The last time I had been in the House it was a disaster. Well Neil and I were shocked how great it looked on Saturday am. The Living rooms have returned to greatness… The lower level study rooms have been expanded and the Chapter Continue reading
Guys- this is a great article written by Matt Jones’s (’92) wife and a former House Sweetheart while I was an undergrad, Nicole (Dadant) Jones. The struggle they are going trough is tragic but full of hope and maybe we could spread the word (they deserve it)….
Dave Krug ’95
Hello Gamma Zeta’s,
2014 has been both a challenging and rewarding year for ATO Gamma Zeta.
We’ve made huge progress on the renovation of the public areas of the Chapter house and our historic Bechstein Grand Piano and in improving the culture of our undergraduate membership. Our guys jumped twenty spots in the fraternity GPA rankings and our City of Urbana inspection went better than it has in years last week with nearly every outstanding item being cleared while the inspector was on site. We have also had unprecedented support from alumni with over one hundred Gamma Zeta alumni serving our chapter in many ways. University of Illinois Chancellor Dr. Phillis Wise has just accepted our invitation to visit the Chapter house for dinner on January 21, 2015.Continue reading
I visited the Piano People in Champaign on September 21, 2014 to check up on the status of our historic Bechstein grand piano’s restoration process. The piano is looking great and will be ready for Homecoming on October 25. Former Worthy Master, Drew O’Neil ’14 who is a classically trained pianist and has been playing since he was four years old will be playing at Homecoming. We still need some additional funds to pay for restoration please donate at – https://atoillinois.com/donate-2/piano-restoration-fund/ or send a check made payable to the ATO House Corporation to Att: Dane Luhrsen, 1944 Hampton Drive, Wheaton, IL 60189