Check out this podcast that Bill “BB” Barry ‘77 just passed on which includes an interview that Mike “Var” Tolzein ‘75 recently did on a Wisconsin Sports Radio show regarding his son Scott who has just become the starting QB for the Green Bay Packers.
Here’s the link – http://www.620wtmj.com/podcasts/news/wisconsinafternoonnews/231800291.html
Scott was 24-34 for 339 yards last Sunday against the Giants.
Congrats to Scott and Var!!
Go Packers!!!
Peter Korst participated in a fascinating trip to Chile this past spring as a part of IBM’s Executive Service Corp. The following is an interview with Peter after he returned from the trip.
I understand that you just returned from a trip to Chile. How did you get involved and what was the purpose of the trip?… why Chile?
IBM is seeing its greatest percentage revenue growth in developing countries, termed “growth markets”. Infrastructure can often be a bottleneck for those countries’ growth. Things like adequate roads and transit, water quality, power availability, education and healthcare are examples of basic infrastructure that may lag behind potential explosive growth and ultimately limit the economy. IBM is investing over $50M in pro-bono projects around the world to address some of these issues. We launched a “Smarter Cities Challenge” where cities would submit applications to land one of these projects. 400 cities applied and Valparaiso, Chile was one of 100 selected. Their application was based on economic growth which has personal automobile purchases and usage skyrocketing but with very limited space to carry the traffic, due to the geography of the region. They needed help developing an action plan to address the movement of people, goods and services in the Valparaiso region.Continue reading
Well… Alan isn’t exactly a Senator but he’s doing the next best thing… playing one in a movie.Alan, I just saw the Youtube video preview posted on Facebook of your movie project “The Senator: Islandcare is Born” (check out http://youtu.be/dk-IuudzmAk and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ce7nTkjn-Y&feature=youtu.be ). It looks like a lot of fun. Can you tell us a little bit about the project… where it stands now and where and when we might be able to see the final product?
I finished shooting it as of 2 weeks ago and have been editing as we went along. I just have some musical transitions to write and then start locking in the whole piece. The rough edit is done. It has been great fun. I wrote, directed, produced ( as well as played the Senator). For once I wanted to do a project that I wanted to do- the way I wanted to do it. The only way I could do that was to finance it myself. I have served as executive producer, producer or director on many different projects- but that was all hired gun stuff. I already owned the equipment and the studio- so all I had to do was gather up my crew (that already worked with me ) and the funniest actors that had ever passed through the door of The Actor’s School. It is way over the top comedy. I like that. I kind of did this one for me. It’s a bucket list thing. In the end it will be a comedy series – instead of film- but there will be a film version for film festivals. I was a comedy guy before I did All My Children- but people only know about the soap. This goofy stuff is more of who I am.Continue reading
Per, Dr. James DeBord, ’69 – my suite—719—is available for remaining few years on my contract if anyone interested.
Contact Jim directly at jdebord@peoriasurgical.com if you are interested and have any questions. These suites are an excellent way to watch the Illini. Many other Gamma Zeta’s have Suites or portions of Suites and it’s a great way to get together with brothers. Consider teaming up with your pledge brothers and sharing the cost of the Suite. It’s a lot of fun!
What: Annual ATO Holiday Get Together in Chicago100 S Wacker Dr, Chicago, IL 60606
Chicago, IL 60601
420 N. Clark St.
Chicago, IL 60610
This is our annual, informal, stop by and say hello, buy a brother a beer, post work, extended happy hour. Don’t miss it!! It’s a lot of fun. Please pass this on to any others who you think would be interested.
Gamma Zeta has 7 named scholarships with an endowment of nearly $500,000 and awards of nearly $20,000 each year. This represents the 2nd largest endowment of any ATO chapter in the country. Since the first of this group of scholarships were first awarded, Gamma Zeta members have received over $130,000. Each scholarship has slightly different criteria but are primarily based upon academics, community service and leadership. The Heldman Scholarship also recognizes non-varsity athletes, Clausing and Timson are focused on accounting/finance/business majors. The Sinnock Scholarship is targeted towards a Gamma Zeta going to graduate school. One of the Simonds scholarships is designed to fund participation in the ATO summer Leadershape education program. Continue reading
This past Homecoming, the Gamma Zeta Class of 1963 celebrated their 50th Reunion with a full slate of activities throughout the weekend. One of the highlights was a visit to the Chapter House for a ceremony where Jack Klues ’77, current President of the Alumni Board of Trustees recognized them with Gold Certificates signifying their 50 years of membership in the Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity.Continue reading
Gamma Zetas from the class of ’63 through our newest pledges all celebrated Homecoming at the Chapter House this past weekend. Here are a few comments from those who attended…
“We had a great time at the reunion. The lunch at the house was good and we were all glad that there is a evolving plan to fix up the house. Thanks again for your help in putting this together.”
Dave Cameron ‘63Continue reading
Based upon the successful and fun Homecoming activities from last weekend, we thought that we’d start encouraging classes to begin planning for NEXT year’s Homecoming now. So, MARK YOUR CALENDARS for Saturday, October 25, 2014. – Illini vs. Minnesota. We’ve never heard of a group who has gotten together who has not had a great time. The only complaint that it Continue reading
