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Alumni News

Roy L. Checketts ’69 Have Alumni News?
Pam and I celebrated our 48th wedding
anniversary on June 21, 2017. It looks like she
is going to keep me! We want to hear from you!

Branch R. Fleming ’49 Send your personal updates,
After 50 years in Huntsville, AL, I’m now accomplishments, adventures, and photos
living with my daughter, Rhonda Lamb, in to our account manager, Kasey Breedlove,
Jeffersonville, Indiana. I’m too old to live by at kbreedlove@elevateims.com, or simply
myself any longer. My son, David, and his fill out the tear-away from the bottom of
wife, Carol, live in Miami and got through the your cover letter and return it in the mail.
recent storms safely. While at Tech, I lived in We want to share it in the next issue of the
the chapter house on Spring Street...oh, just a Alpha Nus!
few years ago! Charlie Ishminger ’83 and Jim Welch ’81 before the
GT at Miami game.
LEAVE A LEGACY
36th Annual Golf Tournament Consider a lasting gift that will support
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Bobby Jones Golf Course
What a great time was had by almost 30 brothers for pay for increased property taxes, needed repairs and
the 36th annual Tachi golf tournament! Once again, maintenance for the House, and of course, our regular Closing for Renovations
our venue in August was the acclaimed Bradshaw monthly mortgage payments. Many thanks to all the
Farms course in Woodstock, which tested the mettle generous golfers who donated and to our major sponsor The old home for the Tachi Open and many OX golf
of the serious golfers playing from the gold tees and Gunbroker.com and brother Steve Urvan ’89. outing will be reduced to a nine-hole course. Mark
provided the rest of us a chance to enjoy each other Justine Sterritt ’13 won the overall title from the Graffagnino ’85 organized six of us for a final round
and improve our games. white tees, and brothers Scott Owens ’85 (blue tees) on October 27th before the renovation begins. Jeff
The Theta Chi annual golf tournament, known and Todd Collins ’82 ( gold tees ) were the winners Jenkins ’85, Chris Harrell ’84, BJ Van Gundy ’86
simply as the “The Tachi Classic,” is held each year of our other flights. Following the awards ceremony, and Stan Thomas ’81 enjoyed a beautiful weather
to benefit the Bruce & Cecil Fund of the Alpha Nu after many toasts with good cheer, several brothers day and a fine time. The final six holes we played in
Building Association. This year, the golfers raised over could be seen headed out to the practice tee to pre- true OX fashion as a 6some. Our sixth man was non-
$5,000, which the Building Association will use to help pare for next year’s 37th annual tournament. other than Chi Phi, Captain Dave “Tinman” Skelton.

RYAN M. GRACIANO ’04 (Continued from page 1)

What has been your What do you enjoy most about your job?
biggest challenge? I like working on novel problems that are tough and
We started in 2007, and impactful. Building an organization and infrastruc-
everything fell apart ture to double the size of the company year over year is
in 2008. Banks closed both. I tend to get bored in maintenance mode, which
down, money dried up. is why I’m not as great a fit in some corporate cultures.
We almost missed pay- SAVE THE DATE
roll, more than once. Not
having money meant we
Ryan’s high-school
graduation photo—what couldn’t invest in growth
dreams did come! marketing or in people
to build more stuff, and Pre-Game GT Home Basketball
without those things, we couldn’t grow. It was a Gatherings:
struggle to survive those years and to keep the faith.
We figured out how to eke a few dollars by building At Marlow’s Midtown 2 hours
consumer credit sites for banks, and we kept mov- before tip
ing our main business forward. We built the flywheel
piece by piece, and around 2012, it finally took off. Founder’s Day
Today, Credit Karma has north of 75 million mem- April 10, 2018
bers, more than 700 employees, and has eclipsed the Ryan welcoming the mayor of Charlotte, North
$500 million revenue mark. Carolina, to Credit Karma’s new office in Charlotte.
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