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Alumni News & Notes

Jose J. Berrios ’76 is working as the Director Eric Broadwell ’85 was just elected to the joined and were best man and groomsman,
of Scheduling with Hill International in Cobb EMC! respectively. It was quite possibly the best
Atlanta. rendition of "My Girl" the Balinese have ever
Blake, Karen, and baby Katherine out for a hike seen before, or will ever see in future.
John P. Block ’81 was GT's Student Body on the Ram Head trail while visiting St. John in Frater Cody Parham ’07 (photo below)
President in 1981. John earned his Masters in March 2012. passed the Principles of Practice and
Petroleum Engineering at The University of Blake M. Beyer ’97 reached his 4 year Engineering exam and earned his Professional
Texas in Austin. He is currently the Managing anniversary with North Highland in July. Engineer license in the state of Florida. Cody
Director and Co-Founder of Clean Energy He and his wife Karen have a daughter, is in his fourth year with Kimley-Horn and
Bridge LLC in Atlanta – a company that is Katherine Amelia Beyer. They welcomed a Associates doing aviation-civil design and
engaged in the development and operation son, Matthew Liam, in October! Blake and construction management.
of LNG Liquefaction plants. His college Karen recently celebrated five years together.
roommate, Weldon E. Brennan ’82, was Cameron R. Moore ’03 married Lin Lin Have news you want to share? Use the
the President of Florida Academy of Trial Pan at the Ayana Resort in Bali. Fraters bottom of the cover letter and return it to us.
Lawyers in 2005. “Web” is the founding Greg Burns ’03 and Kevin McLanahan ’03 Photos are great!
partner of the Tampa based law firm Brennan,
Holden, & Kavouklis, which currently has a
branch office in Winter Haven, FL.

Carl W. Marinelli ’82 recently accepted the
position of Vice President of Operations for
H & M Mechanical, Inc - a comfort Systems
USA Company in Birmingham, AL. His
daughter Christina and son Jake are both at
Auburn University. Jake made the Dean's List
in Chemical Engineering.

CARTER, continued from page 3 Bob Kirkhuff – Forever in our Hearts
By David Adcock ’85
Q: From a GA Tech and
University perspective, why Charles Robert Kirkhuff (Bob) passed
do you think it’s important away after a brief illness onApril 12th
that the Fraters support the this year. Many in our fraternity credit the
undergraduate chapter? chapter's long success to his perseverance
I do not know about other Teke when we struggled to become a strong,
brothers, but I am absolutely vibrant group and he helped us through
convinced if it were not for my several housing transitions to our current
Beta-Pi brothers that this ole facility.
boy would have never "gotten Bob was a Chapter Adviser for Beta-
out" of Tech. I would have been Pi Chapter of TKE at Georgia Tech for over 25 years. He and Luise,
plucked out of NROTC and put his wife of 66 years, arrived in Atlanta in the early 1950s at a crucial
on a destroyer cruising the Gulf time in the chapter’s history; the organization was losing its original
of Tonkin, which wasn't a high founders and leadership was passing to the members the founders had
priority of mine. My brothers recruited. Together Bob and Luise were a benevolent and stabilizing
were always there when I needed influence, guiding the young chapter through numerous existential
academic tutoring, which was all the time. I really underestimated the and property related crises.
competition at Tech and without all the help with calculus, chemistry With their help the chapter became a large, stable organization
and physics, and let's not forget thermo, I would have been one of providing a residential experience on its own property. I had the
those statistics we heard about at freshman orientation...."look to personal opportunity to meet him later in life and marveled at his
your left and look to your right, only one of you will get out of here". recollection of fraternity lore and the personalities that shaped our
Thankfully, for me, my Beta-Pi brothers helped pulled me through the chapter. Bob left an indelible and intensely personal memory on the
Tech maze and I will be forever grateful. My Beta-Pi brothers have Beta-Pi TKE Fraternity chapter at GA Tech and touched many of our
had a lasting impact on my life which, I am sure, is the case with many brother's lives during his long service as Chapter Advisor. Bob and
other brothers, especially those of us who have stayed in touch with Luise were our very special guests at the chapter's 60th Anniversary
each other some 45 plus years later. Celebration in 2008 where he was presented the organization's highest
award, the Order of Beta-Pi.
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