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A Message from the

John F. “Jeff” Schneider ’67HousingCorporation
Alumni:
Spotlight:

Greetings from Throughout my life, the
your House principals of Sigma Chi
Corporation have played a very important
Board! part of my everyday life. I warmly
remember being a lonely kid from
First of all, I out of state going through the
would like to fraternity rush process. For some
recognize the unknown reason, I was immediately
dedication and hard drawn to the men of Sigma Chi on
work of the members of the House Corp. Clark Avenue. After looking at all
If you see any of these brothers at an alumni the fraternities, I knew in my heart
function or a Wolfpack game, please tell that Delta Epsilon was for me.
them “thanks for your service.” Many of My fondest memories are from
them have served for well over 10 years and living together in a common house, Lefty Kreh – world’s most famous fisherman – with
we are thankful to have new members like sharing meals, studying, sports, Jeff (center) and his wife Judy on their island in Canada.
Will Quick ’08 and Henry Lowder ’80,
who have been with us now for almost five parties, and brotherhood meetings.
years, provide better representation of our Delta Epsilon, along with my family and my Starting at the bottom and working my way up
older and younger alums. Particular thanks go faith, are the most influential aspects of my life. under the hand of my father, Hans Schneider, and
out to Jeff Murison, who is not a Delta Epsilon After graduating from the forestry program at faced with a major investment in modernization
Sig, but has demonstrated a commitment to NC State, I returned to my home in Hammond, of this mill, we opted to sell to another operator
our chapter and its success that resembles LA to work in our family sawmill. Our family has and I then attended Tulane Business School in
none other than the venerable Daddy Ricks. a long history of timberland and natural resource New Orleans. While living there, some associates
Jeff also is a GrandTrustee so his commitment management so this was a natural for me. and I formed a raw land real estate business that
to our Fraternity goes well beyond our local
chapter and his own undergraduate chapter. offered organized land parcels for investment in
There is a lot of history that could be future development.
covered about the changes that have occurred Throughout my life I have loved the outdoors.
in Greek Housing at NCSU in the last 10-15 Attending Keewaydin Canoe Camp in northern
years. House Corp has sold two properties Ontario led me to become an avid hunter and
it owned, evaluated numerous build or lease fisherman. Today my wife, Judy, and I travel
plans for new housing, provided guidance extensively to enjoy these activities. Looking for
to the University regarding the new Greek the perfect boat, I ended up starting a fiberglass
Village, realized that the new Greek boat building business and built over 300 various
boats over 14 years until the factory burned
Housing (Continued on Page 4) down. Other businesses I have been involved in
Bonefishing from airboat in Turks and Caicos Islands. include offshore oil field jack ups and offshore
Schneider (Continued on Page 4)

Farewell to Our House This summer’s alumni event was a great success! Over 100 brothers
on Greek Court attended, and counting undergraduate brothers, wives, families,
and representatives from NC State Greek Life, over 140 people
were there for the celebration. The brothers in attendance spanned pledge
classes ranging from the 1950’s to the 2010’s, which offered lots of
opportunity to reconnect and meet brothers from different generations.
It featured great barbeque, tours of the house and the exchange of great
stories, as well as a look through chapter scrapbooks and memorabilia
dating back to the instillation of the chapter in the 40’s.

The event allowed us to make a $500 donation to the Frankie
Lemmon School of behalf of the Delta Epsilon Sigma Chi Chapter.
The event would not have been possible without the help of the Greater
Raleigh Alumni Chapter, the NC State Greek Life Office, the planning
team, and everyone who helped and participated. Special thanks
to our sponsors Jeff Schneider ’67, Jeff Murison, Mike Doggett
’90, and Scott Fisher ’94. For photos of the event, please visit:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/133705774@N02/.

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