Matt Jones and family
Guys- there is a great article written by Matt Jones’s (’92) wife and a former House Sweetheart while I was an undergrad, Nicole (Dadant) Jones in the following link. The struggle they are going trough is tragic but full of hope and maybe we could spread the word (they deserve it)….
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5883930
Dave Krug ‘95
Dave… I hear that you are up to some “utter nonsense”. What’s that all about?
Earlier this year I created a card game with Tim Swindle (U. of Illinois Sigma Chi ’02), called Utter Nonsense. It’s a game where players combine accents with outrageous phrases to create sayings that are just plain ridiculous.Continue reading
This past August Chris Kenessey ’97 set out to climb to the summit of the tallest mountain in Europe, Mt. Elbrus. Not impressed yet? Mt. Elbrus towers 18,510 feet above the earth, which is over 4,000 feet higher than our own Mt. Rainier.
Still need some convincing? How about this: Chris is climbing to raise money for Dwankhozi Hope. This is the THIRD mountain he has climbed to support DH. His first two expeditions raised $11,000 to help construct school buildings, and this latest fundraiser raised another $11,000 for Dwankhozi Hope! With this being his third mountain climb fundraising expedition, he’s raised over $20,000 total for Dwankhozi! Great work Chris!!!
Coach Mike Small and the University of Illinois men’s golf team each earned an end-of-the-year honor from the UI Division of Intercollegiate Athletics on Wednesday.
The squad is the 2013-14 Team of the Year, while Small is the 2013-14 Coach of the Year after a vote by UI head coaches and athletic administrators. It is the first year for both awards.
The Illini earned their seventh consecutive berth in the NCAA tournament last month, the longest streak for a Northern school. The team finished fifth overall. Small has been with the program for 14 seasons and has led the squad to the national tournament nine times in 13 years.
Jeff Scolaro ’04.5 of Daley Mohan Groble received an award at the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois’ Fifteenth Annual Award Ceremony for Excellence in Pro Bono and Public Interest Service. He represented, through the Federal Settlement Assistance Program, a client who initially sued her union for failing to represent her after she was terminated by her employer.Continue reading
Dane Luhrsen ’77, Bill “Buckets” Ganey, BB, Bruce “Carp” Barry ’79
BB graduated from Taylorville High School in 1973. He was a three sport star who was an All Mid-State Conference quarterback in 1972, team MVP on the Tornadoes ‘ basketball team and shortstop for the baseball team in 1973. However, he was inducted into the Hall of Fame as a “Friend of Sports” for his generous support of Taylorville athletics for many years as a contributor to the Tornado Open Golf Outing and many Continue reading
Bill Woods, clarinetist; Jim Moses, vocalist; Tom Roland, pianist; and Tom Krigbaum, trumpet
We’ve all walked by the piano in the Daniels Room (west living room) of the Thomas Arkle Clark Chapter House hundreds of times and probably didn’t think much of it. In recent years, however, it has, fallen into serious disrepair. Drew O’Neil ’14, last year’s Worthy Master, mentioned to me that he was an avid piano player as a kid, would like to play again, and asked if we could get it restored. That simple question caused me to wonder about the origin of our piano. When did we get it? Where did it come from? Is it valuable? Is it historically significant? Should we restore it and if so, how much will it cost?Continue reading
Jiggs and Luigi ’75s
Jiggs was presented the 2014 Physician of the Year Award by the Fairview Hospital, a Cleveland Clinic Hospital. What made this special was that he was the first urologist and only 5th surgeon to receive the award. In addition, he was selected by his peers from a staff of 940 physicians.
The certificate he was presented stated the following:
“Physician of the Year Award is hereby presented to Steven A. Lamb M.D. with the sincere appreciation of his colleagues and associates and in grateful recognition of his loyal and dedicated service to the practice of medicine, Fairview Hospital, and the employees and patients we serve.”
Dave “Luigi” Pesevento ’75 and his wife Nancy were pleased to share this evening this Steve and his family as it was a well-deserved award for 30 years of service.
Dave Krug ’95 and his Guesthouse Hotel get some more great press. Congrats Dave! –http://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20140519/andersonville/guesthouse-hotel-wants-tourists-live-like-local
Over 40 ATOs gathered at the Chicago Club this afternoon for our first “Tau Tank” networking lunch. Thanks to Cary McMillan for hosting and to our presenters Kyle Cushing – ClearNDA, Charley Stone – Our Bake Sale, Michael LaVitola – Foxtrot and Steve Schmakel – Virtue Cider!! See pictures from event.