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SAMFORD
Alpha Pi
Marc Beaule ’88 works for Scansource / Catalyst Telecom as a sales engineer. He received the Scansource / Catalyst Telecom President’s Club Award based on 2007 sales accomplishments, his fourth year to be honored with this recognition. Beaule and his wife, Mary, have two sons, Jack and Connor, and they have lived in the Greenville, South Carolina, area for the past eleven years. He has been actively involved in developing the Samford Alumni Association chapter in upstate South Carolina, and would like to hear from anyone interested in further information at marc.beaule@scansource.com.
SANTA CLARA
Iota Omicron
Beau Harris ’91 and his wife, Katie, live in San Francisco where he is a senior technical recruiter with All Star Consulting. He may be reached at harrisbeau@yahoo.com.
SLIPPERY ROCK
Kappa Sigma
Ben Barrett ’02 and Andi Rose were married on June 7, 2008. Serving in the wedding party were brothers Edward Watton ’03 who served as Best Man, Jay Piskorik ’00, Bret Schrecengost ’02, and Mario Verticelli ’01 who served as groomsmen. The couple resides in Franklin, Pennsylvania, where Barrett works for Valley Grove School District as a third grade teacher.
Steven Dwyer ’02 and Gretchen Cunningham were married on June 28, 2008, and they live in New Cumberland, Pennsylvania. Dwyer owns and operates a sports retail store called Bleacher Bums, located in York Galleria Mall. He may be reached at BBumsyork@comcast.net.
SOUTH DAKOTA
Kappa Pi
Derek Mayes ’97 resides in Mason, Michigan where he is a regional investigator with Stage Stores, Inc. He and his wife, Beth Ann, have a daughter, Addison Grace. He may be reached at d_investigator@hotmail.com.
SOUTHEAST MISSOURI STATE
Epsilon Iota
Jeremy Koerber ’94 is the fitness center manager of the BJC WellAware Center, an online fitness facility at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. He also owns a personal training business, Integrated Wellness Concepts, LLC. He lives in Ballwin, Missouri, with his wife and son, and may be reached at jeremykoerber@hotmail.com.
Chad Mace ’94 and Jamie Partridge were married on May 17, 2008, and enjoyed a honeymoon in Turks and Caicos. They live in St. Louis, Missouri, where Mace manages the Strategic Alliance Partners for the TALX Corporation.
Michael Sabo ’65 has retired from his surgery practice and has moved to Denton, Texas, to be closer to his four grandchildren. He continues to be a veteran advocate and is beginning work with medical missions. He may be reached at mikeandpatsabo@gmail.com.
SOUTHERN METHODIST
Beta Zeta
Taylor Vernier ’98 and Emily Watson were married in May 2008 in Atlanta, Georgia. Vernier, a former vice president of the Lone Star region, recently completed his MBA at the University of Georgia.
SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI
Delta Mu
James Carlson ’94 is the chapter relations director of The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi. He started with the chapter relations crew in August 2008, understanding that expanding the chapter relations team will enable Phi Kappa Phi to better serve its chapters and chapter officers. He may be reached at jcarlson@phikappaphi.org.
William A.F. Stainken ’67 went to work for General Electric Company in Philadelphia after his graduation in 1969, spending five years with them in their management programs. He then spent 20 years in the swimming pool manufacturing, and leisure products distribution as warehouse manager, shipping and receiving, field service and national customer service representative at regional conventions. He also worked in fishing tackle sales, as a substitute high school teacher, heavy equipment construction as a certified concrete tester, photographer, a part-time PGA golf tour caddy and a small town cab driver. Stainken enjoys bowling, fishing, golf, swimming, traveling and collecting sports items and coins. He is now retired and lives in Woodburn, Oregon, living close to his very active 91-year-old mother.
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN STATE
Epsilon Omicron
Zachary Carnley ’02 graduated from Stephen F. Austin in 2006 and is now attending Dallas Institute of Funeral Service in Dallas, Texas, where he anticipates graduating in May 2009. He was recently inducted into the National Mortuary Honor Society. Carnley is an apprentice funeral director at Eastgate Funeral Home in Garland, Texas, and may be reached at carnley02@hotmail.com.
Brian Wood ’94 welcomed his son, Easton Layne, on February 16, 2008. Wood is a teacher and coach with Mansfield ISD in Mansfield, Texas, and may be reached at wood4pe@charter.net.
TENNESSEE
Zeta
Charles Houston ’63 is a professor at Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, Virginia. Houston stated that with the passing of Tom Wade, all Tennessee Pikes lost a most important communicator and leader. He is interested in starting an inCircle group of 60s Zeta Pikes to add to the very active 50s group that Tom Wade started. Contact Houston at chouston59@cox.net if you are interested in becoming a part of this group.
Jason Phillips ’01 graduated from the University of Tennessee Dental School in Memphis. He and his wife, Kathryn, live in Knoxville, where he is currently working in the General Dentistry Residency program at the University of Tennessee Hospital. He may be reached at japhilli13@hotmail.com.
TENNESSEE-CHATTANOOGA
Delta Epsilon
Roy Williams ’72 has purchased and is developing a new Greek Row near the UTC campus. The land will eventually have houses for three Greek organizations other than Pi Kappa Alpha. The Pike facility is the first one scheduled, and construction should begin in the next six months. Alumni will be receiving more information about the project in the near future.
TENNESSEE-MARTIN
Epsilon Sigma
David Baker ’94 is a commercial real estate appraiser for Integra Realty Resources in Memphis. He and his wife, Ashley, have four children Kate, Michael, Caroline and Ben, and he may be reached at dbbaker04@comcast.net.
Andy Collins ’93 is the assistant vice president with Commercial Bank and Trust Company in Paris, Tennessee. He and his wife, Susanne, live in Henry, Tennessee, with their two children, Cameron and Anne Claire. He may be reached at acollins@cbtcnet.com.
Brandon Weaver ’93 has been named English Department Chair at Loretto High School. Weaver is also in his third year as coach of the Loretto High School golf team, which took the District and Regional win, and he led them to their first TSSAA State Championship tournament. He and his wife, Meredith, live in Leoma, Tennessee with their four children, Taylor, Trenton, Trey and Tylee. He may be reached at brandonw@lcss.us.
TENNESSEE TECH
Theta Upsilon
David Shell ’81 and his son, Alex (Appalachian State, Iota Psi ’08), visited the University of Virginia and took time to go to 47 West Range Hall. Shell is a regional sales manager for Carpenter Company and may be reached at dwshell@charter.net.
TEXAS A&M-COMMERCE
Theta Xi
James McDonald ’99 is the sales manager for the Dallas Desperados Football Club. Brothers interested in Dallas Cowboys or Dallas Desperados tickets may contact him at jmcdonald@dallascowboys.net.
TEXAS STATE
Zeta Theta
Thomas Lott ’76 is the southern regional manager with JMN Transportation and Logistics in San Antonio, Texas. He would like to get in touch with his Chi pledge brothers, and he may be reached at toml@jmnhaul.com.
TEXAS TECH
Epsilon Gamma
Bari Sadler ’94 and his wife, Katie, announce the birth of their daughter, Grace Katherine, on August 12, 2008. Sadler works as a land representative for Chevron U.S. A. Inc. for the Mid Continent / Alaska Business Unit in Houston, Texas. He may be reached at barisadlertx@yahoo.com.
Tommy Sparks ’96 recently returned to McKinney ISD where he is the assistant varsity baseball coach for McKinney Boyd High School. He and his wife, Amy, have two daughters, Britton and Berkley. The family resides in McKinney, Texas, and may be reached at tsparks@mckinneyisd.net.
TOLEDO
Epsilon Epsilon
Kevin Richards ’80 and his business partners have opened a production facility in Mentor, Ohio. He is a vice president and partner in Onward Coatings Company, LLC, which was founded with the purpose of bringing to market PVD alternative coating and chrome plating options to the aftermarket and original equipment wheel industries. Onward’s management team has spent the last three years researching, testing and branding alternative chrome coatings to the automotive industry. Onward has developed the process to commercialize a viable chrome alternative, and is also focused on future advancements of the technology. Richards may be reached at kevin@onwardcoatings.com.
TRANSYLVANIA
Kappa
Jacob Goodine ’97 has been called up by the Virginia Army National Guard to deploy to Afghanistan as a brigade-level motor officer mentor to the Afghanistan National Army. After training as a combat advisor in Fort Riley, Kansas, he will deploy on his fourth combat tour, and anticipates an October 2009 return. He may be reached at jgoodine@lmi.org.
Collin Smith’03 and Calin Elardi were married on June 21, 2008, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The wedding party included brothers Ellis Wilder ’06, Christopher Geiger ’06 and Nick Knaebel ’01. Instead of wearing boutonnieres, the groomsmen wore their Fraternity pins, which were gifts from the bride and groom. Additional Kappa Chapter Pikes in attendance included Ronnie Brooks ’04, Brian Coleman ’02, Ross Edwards ’06, James Harding ’06, John Kleinschmidt ’00, Cordell Lawrence ’01, Ryan McEwan ’05, Will Ney ’01, Travis Pfeiffer ’05, Tyler Rankin ’03, Alex Roig ’01, and Elijah Truman ’06. Smith was chapter treasurer, vice president and served on the IFC at Transylvania University. He was also a founding member of the Kappa Chapter Alumni Advisory Board, on which he still serves. He is currently self employed creating a board game, Mob Ties, with a few other Kappa Chapter alumni. The couple lives in Murfreesboro and may be reached at collinhsmith@gmail.com.
Photo printed with permission from Mclellan Studios.
TULSA
Gamma Upsilon
Matthew Britton ’99 is a foreign service officer with the U.S. Department of State. In September 2008 he left for Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, to begin work as the gereral services officer at the U.S. Embassy there. This is his first diplomatic assignment with the State Department after seven months of training in Washington, D.C. He is enjoying the scuba diving, diverse culture and warm island weather in Papua New Guinea. He will have a two year tour there and would enjoy hearing from his brothers at matthewbritton@gmail.com.
Michael Herrera ’98 and his wife, Courtney, live in San Antonio, Texas, where he is a health science technology teacher and high school basketball coach at Byron P. Steele II High School. He is serving as an advisor for the new Pike colony at Trinity University, and may be reached at michaelaherrera@yahoo.com.