Page 3 - Cla Delta Spotlight - Fall 2007

Alumni News He graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1989 and he received his MBA in 1991. He was a chapter consultant for Phi Delta Theta and visited the USC chapter. Joe is the Director of Marketing for CBS Radio and The Dodgers Radio Bill Bedford ‘57 is Senior Vice President real estate broker. He has been married to Network. He is responsible for all the of Private Asset Management, Inc., an Linda Dean Maudlin for 46 years and they marketing, promotions, and features investment-counseling frm, managing have two sons who graduated from USC. Alumni gather at a recent reunion. during the Dodgers broadcast. assets for private clients with added Tom and Linda reside in Santa Monica, focus on their estate and tax planning California. Pat Niemann ‘91 is a member-at-large needs. He and his wife Patricia (Sweeney Bill Mitchell ’77 is a member-at-large of the USC Phi Delt House Corporation. – Pi Phi ‘57) have six children and nine Hook McCullough ‘71 is a commercial of the USC Phi Delt House Corporation. He is a partner with Ernst & Young, grandchildren between them. real estate broker with CB Richard Ellis He is a partner with the Berger Kahn law LLC, working primarily with technology, and has completed over 350 industrial, frm where he provides transactional and aerospace, and manufacturing clients. offce and retail transactions to date. Hook general corporate services primarily to Patrick and his wife Rebecca have two lives in Irvine, California, where he raised small and middle market companies. Bill young children. The Niemanns reside his two sons, Casey and Rob. lives in Coto de Caza, California with his in Palos Verdes Estates. Two of Pat’s wife Barb and son Mason. brothers are USC Phis – Danny (‘81) and Frank Hough ‘73 is a member-at-large Michael (‘88). of the USC Phi Delt House Corporation. Joe Regan ‘77 serves as the President of He is a Managing Director and Senior the USC Phi Delt House Corporation. He Laura Voisin George has been a member Consultant at The Mentor Group. He has is a Senior Vice President with Morgan of the Chapter Advisor Boary since its re- Phi’s from left to right: Bill Bedford, Pete an extensive background in commercial Stanley. He specializes in working with founding in 2004. Last year, she accepted Kaplanis, and John Curci. banking, the energy and real estate sectors, high net worth individuals, endowments, a position with an engineering frm in and fnancial and management consulting. and smaller institutions. Joe has two the Atlanta area, doing architectural Peter J. Kaplanis ‘57 is the Secretary Frank also served two terms as the House college-aged sons. Joe and his sons live in inspections. Laura was recognized by Phi of the USC Phi Delt House Corporation. Corporation President in the late 1970’s. San Marino, California. Delta Theta with an award for Exemplary He is a lawyer with Kaplanis and Grimm Advisory Service at the fraternity’s 2006 Law Offces in Los Angeles. He has been Bob Haggstrom ‘74 is President and Steve Scully ‘81 is the Vice President of convention. married for 48 years to USC Alpha Chi CEO of First Capital, one of the largest the USC Phi Delt House Corporation. He Omega alumna Joan, and they have three residential mortgage operations in the is the founder and President of the Scully Brothers Juan daughters. United States. He previously served Companies, a southern California based Biven, Donald Cal Delta as the chapter advisor, before Truck Leasing and Contract Carriage Steele, and Tom Maudlin, Jr. ‘59 is the Chief becoming the Chairman of the Board Company. Steve’s dad Bill is also a Cal Dennis Hopper Executive Offcer of Descolin. After for the Housing Corporation, including Delt (‘58). graduating from USC. Tom entered the leadership in returning the chapter to the give a rousing United States Marine Corps as a second USC campus. Bob lives in Malibu and has Joe Edward ‘89 NM Alpha is Co- performance. lieutenant. He later became licensed as a two grown children, Tyler and Maja. Chairman of the Chapter Advisory Board. In Tribute: Garrett Kreditor Marino resident – our hometown – so he invited Garrett and me to a summer party. We both hit it off with some of the brothers. Because of (below) Garrett and arrett Kreditor (‘87), the USC Phi Delt those connections, when we went through rush his wife Erin, and GHouse Corporation Treasurer for many with our own friends at USC, we were both children, Courtney and Colin. years, passed away unexpectedly on July 3, 2007 independently asked to join Phi Delta at the age of forty-two. Garrett is survived by his Theta.” Eoin mentioned Rick MacLeod wife Erin (USC KAQ), children Courtney and (‘84) and Mike Schmal (‘84) as members Colin, twin brother Eoin (Cal Delta ‘87), sisters who made an excellent impression on Juliet and Claudia (USC KAQ), and parents Alan Garrett when he went through rush and and Marcia. Mike ultimately became Garrett’s big Garrett graduated from the USC Leventhal brother. Garrett and Eoin both lived in the (above) Garrett School of Accounting with a Bachelor of house their sophomore, junior, and senior (right) and his Science degree in 1987. He was a partner at an years. Garrett and his wife Erin both twin brother accounting frm, Hinton, Kreditor, and Gronroos, attended USC; she was a Kappa Alpha Eoin who is also a Cal LLP. He served as the chapter treasurer as an Theta, and they introduced Eoin to his Delta brother. undergraduate, became an accomplished CPA, future wife, one of her sorority sisters. and volunteered his expertise as the USC Phi Bill Bedford (‘57), former House Corp Delt House Corporation Treasurer. When asked President, worked with Garrett on the House group, which had no experience, and help us about Garrett’s commitment to the chapter even Corporation and the plans for rebuilding the to pay our few bills and fle the necessary tax as an alumnus, Eoin said, “USC is a big part of chapter house. Of Garrett’s contributions to Cal forms.” He added, “While we move forward our family – our Dad has worked there since Delta, Bill said, “From the frst day I became with great sadness, we are driven to fnish the 1966. It played a large part in our lives. Garrett involved in the project to return Phi Delta job in his everlasting honor and to his credit. To gave a lot of his time to a lot of organizations, it Theta to USC, Garrett Kreditor was always the say he will be missed is an understatement. He was just a part of who he was. It was important frst name mentioned whenever we needed any was the ultimate Phi!” to him; he had fond memories of USC and his kind of information on the prior activities of The USC Phi Delt House Corporation fraternity days, so he was willing to give time to the suspended chapter, as he was the only link extends our appreciation to Garrett’s family for it.” between the past and what would become our his countless volunteer hours that benefted the Eoin and Garrett both joined Cal Delta very successful future. chapter, and our sincere condolences on their as freshmen. Eoin explained, “We met some “He was also the glue that kept the House loss. We were very fortunate to have such a of the Phi Delt members in the summer before Corporation together (with a vacant old house), talented and dedicated Phi share his time and we started college. The rush chair was a San somehow fnding the time to guide our new expertise with Cal Delta.