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Alumni News Westinghouse. He continues working part time as Consultant/Field Project Manager of Power Plant maintenance and modernization projects. For the past 22 years he has been living in Madrid, Spain with his wife and their 4 children. Donald C. Russell ’70 - Don and his wife Liz drove to California for the June 7th wedding of their son Richard Russell to Allie Sheffeld at the Dana Powers House in Nipomo, CA. Joe and Cindy Maloney ’69 were in attendance. Don (Right) with his sons David (Left), the best man, and (Left to Right) Joe Maloney ’69, Al Tunkel ’68, Bob Nespechal Richard (Center), the groom. ’68 and Don Russell ’70 on July 12th. Later in July, a few brothers gathered for a boat outing. Joe Maloney, Bob Nespechal ’68, and Al for his brothers and their wives. Joe hosted the Robert J. Weibel ’67 - Robert retired as Tunkel ’68 met with Don in Michigan on July Saturday gathering on Magician Lake. Mike Service Operations Manager for Power 11, 12 for their annual summer gathering. Bob Panice ’71, Mark Perilli ’70, and Bill Haag ’69 Generated Products in Spain 2006 with Siemens hosted the Friday gathering in St. Joe Michigan had to cancel and were missed by all. Homecoming Win! Have Alumni News? More than 80 KDR brothers, family and friends gathered to enjoy a beautiful fall day We want to hear from you! Send your personal on October 25th. The active brothers were great hosts, and the house looked great. updates, accomplishments, adventures, Pictured at the stadium are from left to right: James Win ’07, BJ Jacobson ’07, and photos to our Account Manager Kasey LT Jon Whitney ’09, Matt Ham ’08, Bill Paris ’87, and Zach Gooding ’09. 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 Eta Survey! Chapter Eternal Alumni at Homecoming 2014. We are saddened to have learned of the passing of our to congratulate the four Eta undergraduate Eta brothers. Our sympathies to their family and friends: President (Continued from Page 1) scholarship recipients highlighted elsewhere Don Peters ’51 in the newsletter. At the end of this year, the order to continue thriving. current scholarships at the foundation funded Roger Steingraber ’52 The programming for the undergraduate by the housing corporation will be fully delegates was robust. It included topics related endowed. The board decided we would begin to leadership and dynamic recruitment, as well the endowment process for a new $1,000 as risk management-related items like hazing, scholarship. alcohol awareness, and CPR training. Our The convention wrapped up with the Ordo undergraduate group of delegates was able to Honoris banquet, where we recognize those Leave A Legacy take back a lot of helpful information to the alumni who have notable achievements. This chapter. Take dynamic recruitment for instance, year we honored Gary Buchmann, Iota ’79; which is a methodology focusing more on one- Keith Perkins, Sigma ’83 and Allen Peterson, onsider a lasting gift that will support Kappa on-one interactions with rushees rather than Sigma ’66. It was interesting to hear them CDelta Rho long after you are gone. By large, impersonal events. I am pleased to report share how KDR played a role in making them including Eta in your estate plans you ensure the that the chapter embraced this concept and who they are today. On a more somber note, I long-term health and success of our fraternity. initiated 30 men into our brotherhood this fall was glad to have had the opportunity to meet Here’s what you and/or your advisor might need semester, which is an all-time record, as far as Bob Corrie, Beta ’53, and hear him speak at to know: Most common ways to include Eta are I know! With the alumni support of the annual the banquet before his passing on October through your will or life insurance. fund, the board has been able to help out with 20, 2014. Brother Corrie had been heavily Sample language: I leave the sum of ($xxxxxx. the cost of sending additional undergraduate involved at our national level up through this xx or xx% of my estate) to: Eta Building delegates to the convention/leadership convention. I saw how he made a positive Association of Kappa Delta Rho tax id # (37- academy, which as one can see is helping yield impression on so many people, and how KDR 6048873) c/o the National fraternity of Kappa positive results for the chapter. Thank you to is for life. Delta Rho, 331 S. Main Street, Greensburg, PA those who have contributed already and those 15601, for their general purposes. who plan to this year. Fraternally, **This information is not presented as legal Toward the end of convention, the KDR or tax advice. Always consult your advisors for Foundation awarded scholarships. It was questions you may have.** nice to see how our organization assists our Mike Kolberg ’03 brothers with the cost of education. I want President