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Beck Jr. (Continued from Page 1) part of for a CEO. Rather than put their hope forth any real effort toward that chest…a project, they asked me if I would great way consider the role. I had just to meet turned 50 and realized that could girls. really be fun and, hopefully, Don and Tammy in Sarlat-la-Canéda, France. proftable…visions of Bill Gates W h a t dancing in my head. type of work did you do for AFLAC? At what point did you decide I was always in sales or sales management. to work for Delta Data? I frst got my insurance license in the summer Don and his wife, Tammy, in front of the water of my junior year at Tech and sold cancer I accepted the position of CEO lilies in Claude Monet’s Pond in Giverny, France. insurance policies for American Family Life, January 1, 1997 upon completion as the company was known then. Following of my 29th year with AFLAC. my stint in the Army, I served several years as Outside of work what do you do for fun? play golf, fsh or spend time with spouses in the a District Manager in Atlanta, then Regional mountains, at the beach or traveling together. Manager for Northwest Georgia. In 1979, I Golf, fy fshing, quail hunting and snow moved to Columbus to become the Georgia skiing are my main seasonal activities. I have What advice can you give the Alumni State Manager. In this role, I had 10 regional dabbled in oil painting and look forward to about the importance of staying involved managers, 45, district managers and about 600 getting back into that upon my retirement in with Theta Chi? sales associates responsible for meeting the September. My wife and I spend as much time state’s annual sales goals. as possible at our mountain home in NC and we I believe our experiences as Alpha Nus was love to travel, especially to Italy and France. truly unique. Most people I know are astounded What inspired you to leave the company that I even know fraternity brothers from 47- after 29 years? How do you stay in touch with your 50 years ago, let alone count them among my closest friends. Our chemistry and our history is Two years earlier, I had made a signifcant Alpha Nu brothers today? something to be treasured…so my advice is stay investment in a software company and was We have an annual ski trip to CO or UT with a connected with your brothers and be involved in serving as Chairman of its board. In 1996, I core group of about 10 brothers. There is another their lives…you will treasure the memories and appointed a committee of that board to search tight group of 4-5 that gets together often to the relationships. Alumni News chapter eternal charter Member Joins e are sad to share Wthe news that charter member Commander Naval Reserve H. W. “Sonny” Bedingfeld ’43 passed away last fall at the age of 91. Graduating with a degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology in 1943, he was a charter member of Alpha Nu. A veteran of World War II, Sonny was stationed on the battleship U.S.S. California in the South Pacifc. After returning from the war he graduated from Augusta Law School. He practiced as a tax attorney from 1950-1965. He then took the David Hardy ’11, aka Bama, and Margaret Singletary tied the knot on October 11th, 2014 in Uniform Certifed Public Accounting Exam and practiced as a CPA for Bedingfeld, McCutcheon Thomasville, GA. Several brothers were able to attend the festivities including members of and Perry until he retired in the late 1990’s. He both Alpha Nu and Alpha Phi chapters of Theta Chi. was an avid outdoorsman, a tree farmer, and have Alumni news? a sailor. He is survived by wife of 69 years, Velma, a daughter and son, 4 grandchildren and We want to hear from you! Send your personal updates, accomplishments, adventures, and ten great-grandchildren. Sonny, you will be missed but never forgotten. photos to our Account Manager Kasey Breedlove at kbreedlove@thelaurusgroup.net, or simply fll out the tear-away form at the bottom of your cover letter and return it in the mail. We want to share it in the next issue of The Alpha Nus!