Page 1 - The Rhomer - Fall 2014

Fall 2014 | Sigma Alpha Mu, University of Illinois | Alumni Relations Offce | P.O. Box 80828, Atlanta, Georgia 30366 | 770-903-3987 From the Alumni Spotlight The Pascal Family President Welcome to your new-look Rhomer. I hope you enjoy it. his past summer, Rho T Corporation made the decision to work with just one company – The Laurus Group - to manage our newsletter as well as our website: The Pascal men at Joshua’s initiation ceremony. (from left to right) Keith, Joshua, Michael, Bob, Corey, and John. www.samillinois.org rather than having separate companies for or this special edition of the newsletter we are Michael Pascal ’10 and Corey Pascal ’14 having each. The unifcation of our alumni Fshining the Spotlight on not just one brother experienced the chapter house life; and Keith’s communications is designed to but a family of Sammys. Brother Robert Pascal son Joshua Pascal, a sophomore currently living provide even more meaningful ’59 began the tradition and paved the way for his in the house. Bob, whom recently celebrated a news and content for Rho alumni sons John Pascal ’80 and Keith Pascal ’84 to 75th birthday by jumping out of a perfectly good as well as hopefully facilitate future join the Rho chapter. The fraternal bond within airplane, thus earning him the nickname “Skydiver event gatherings. the family continues to grow with John’s two sons Bob,” shares what Rho means to him. It has been nine years since Rho Corporation was re-organized when the leadership of the housing “ corporation transitioned from Ron he bond with my Brothers of SAM starting in 1955 is still very Katch to a group of alumni from the Tstrong. Many of the members of SAM from those years are 1990s. Much has been accomplished still my closest friends. The bond has never been broken and only during this time: overhauling the strengthened. While we are a very close family, the fact that my 2 accounting and internal fnancial sons and 3 of my grandsons are SAM from Rho, has given me a lot infrastructure, launching the of pleasure knowing that their bonds with fellow Fraternity members website, establishing third-party will never be lost. I am very proud of my boys, and have always maintenance for the chapter house, thought that Fraternity life has helped tremendously in their growth. creating new guidance polices for Robert A. Pascal ’59 “ the active members, corresponding with the parents on a regular basis and completing many capital John A. Pascal ’80 improvement projects. These projects have ranged Editor’s Note: From the hometown of fraternity brothers certainly from aesthetics - rehabbing the Highland Park, IL, John earned his degree infuenced me some but it dining room, the weight room, the from Illinois in Accounting before continuing was primarily because of scholarship room, the chapter room on at Northwestern University to earn his MBA the fact that I knew a lot of to ones for safety such as installing in Finance and Marketing. Formerly the Vice guys that were older than me a sprinkler system, new alarm system President of JMB Realty for six years, John is that were in the house. I had and standardizing all lofts, and currently working as the Managing Director visited the house a few times mechanical projects such as installing with JMB Financial Advisors. Outside of on rush weekends in high a new boiler and hot water heater. work, John enjoys golf and supports the local school and knew that it was This past summer we undertook M.S. organization. John and Penni, his wife of what I wanted to do. Those rush weekends were one of our largest endeavors: (1) a 28 years, have two boys, Michael, the oldest, very reminiscent of the movie Animal House complete rehab of all the member graduated from the school of Aviation and is which is one of the things I loved about it. bedrooms consisting of new drywall, now a commercial pilot. Their middle son, paint, carpeting and lighting, (2) an Corey, is currently working towards his master’s Did you have any infuence on your overhaul of the second and third degree in Accounting. Their daughter, Jamie, is sons becoming members? foor bathrooms with new fxtures, a current sophomore at Illinois. I never pushed them to join Sammys. I think that vanities and tile, (3) new laminate a lot of the reasons they joined the house were fooring, walls and lighting in the What led you to join Sigma Alpha Mu? similar to why I did although I never discussed hallways, (4) a new scholarship It was a combination of things. My Dad’s it with them. I remember taking them to the room foor and (5) some “behind stories about his time in the house as well as house when they were in high school and junior President (Continued on Page 3) the fact that a lot of his closest friends were his John (Continued on Page 4)