Larry has been named Chairman of the Board of the CEC and 1871. Way to go Larry!! https://blog.1871.com/press-release-the-cec-and-1871-elects-larry-eppley-as-chairman-of-the-board-of-directors

Congrats to the winners of our 2019 Tau Madness NCAA Bracket Challenge.
1st – Bill “BB” Barry ’77
2nd – Steve Ogden ’13
3rd – Joe Patrevito ’02

BB has already committed to donating his winnings to Gamma Zeta’s signature charity – Feed My Starving Children who is the big winner of over $2,000. Thanks to all who played and donated!! BB is also donating another $100 from a side bet that he had with John Norton ’77 who he has beaten 11 years in a row. Thanks Nort!! We love having you in the pool each year!! In fact, you’re welcome to join any pool that we ever do.

Gamma Zeta class of ‘18 held its 1^st Annual post-graduation career fair this Sunday at the Alpha Tau Omega chapter house at the University of Illinois. With an impressive turnout of over 60 active members, the class of 2018 had 10 recent graduates make the trip back to Champaign to give a presentation on the career path we have forged in less than a year after graduating. We wanted to get in front of the active members to not only be a resource for them but also to start a tradition that we hope every recent graduate class will partake in so we can continuously offer a helping hand to our brothers that are still in search of their degrees. The power of this fraternity spans far past the 4 years spent in school – it provides opportunities and bonds that serve a lifetime’ – Kevin Johnson ’18

I also wanted to give a shout out to Raven and the current active members. My fellow pledge brothers and myself were blown away by the amount of guys who showed up for this along with the attentiveness they showed throughout the 2-hour presentation.

Gamma Zeta’s got together last night at Matt Menna’s ’93 very cool Sidebar Grille in Chicago to support Tom “TSquared” Tunney’s ’77 reelection bid for Alderman of the 44th Ward. Thanks to all who attended and donated and good luck Squared!! There’s still time to make a donation and it would be appreciated. Here’s the link – https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d2/default.aspx?wid=153930

Reminder – event to support Alderman Tom Tunney ’77 is tomorrow evening, February 19 at Sidebar Grille (221 N. Lasalle), 4:30-7:30pm – RSVP and/or donate here – https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d2/default.aspx?wid=153930

Dr. William “Bill” Mohlenbrock ’61 recently published a book titled “The Handbook of Healthcare Value – How Self-Insured Employers and Employees Can Contain US Healthcare Costs”. It provides a great overview of how our current healthcare costs have grown so drastically and provides some innovative ideas for how they can be controlled. As a healthcare consumer, I found Bill’s book very interesting and helpful for understanding the motivations that are driving different players and hopeful that there are ways that things can get better. If you are an executive with a self-insured company, a hospital administrator or staff member or a physician you’ll find this particularly valuable – https://www.amazon.com/Handbook-Healthcare-Value-Self-Insured-Employers-ebook/dp/B07JKF1NC4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1548879827&sr=8-1&keywords=the+handbook+of+healthcare+value

Tom Schreiber ’82 asked me to share the following… great work Tom!!

Hi Dane,

I’m with a non-profit out of Barrington called Rahab’s Daughters that rescues girls and women out of sex trafficking (forced prostitution, forced dancing in strip clubs). They set up a new chapter in the Super Bowl city each year – 43 women and kids were rescued in Minneapolis before last year’s Super Bowl. Longer term, we provide shelter and services to help the women integrate back into society. I’ll be in Atlanta starting Jan 25 helping with the operation. 

To me, the shocking thing is 11 kids were rescued last year. They had been living in cars and dangerous places.

The big need we have is providing housing for the women after the rescue. We have a Safe House set up for the first few days, but safe accommodations are needed for several weeks for 40-50 people. I’m trying to raise $10,000 so we can strike a deal with Atlanta area extended-stay hotels. As of today we’re about halfway there including a couple large verbal commitments. Could you spread the word to our ATO network? Several of the brothers already stepped up. And any amount helps. 

Thanks!

Tom Schreiber ’82
https://www.gofundme.com/tom039s-campaign-for-rahab039s-daughters

RSVP today for event to support Alderman Tom Tunney ’77 on February 19 (note that this is a change from our original schedule due to the cold weather in Chicago) at Sidebar Grille (221 N. Lasalle), 4:30-7:30pm – https://co.clickandpledge.com/sp/d2/default.aspx?wid=153930