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Gamma Chi Chapter of Alpha Sigma Phi Fraternity | Indiana University
Alumni Relations Offce | P.O. Box 80828, Atlanta, Georgia 30366 | Fall 2013

A Word from the Alumni Spotlight: Kurt Krauter ’82
Alumni President
Editor’s Note: For this edition of The Eighth Point, we’re shining the Spotlight on Kurt Krauter ’82.
r e e t i n g s From the hometown of Indianapolis, Kurt earned his BS in Public Health Administration. Currently
Gfrom Indy! working as Vice President at Krauter Solutions, his company provides storage products to the industrial,
As we prepare to commercial, bio-tech, educational and health care industries. A past Little 500 brother, today he is
transition from passionate about motorcycles and enjoys both street bikes and dirt bikes. Kurt stays busy helping out at
the Carmel Community Players Theatre, and at the Christian Youth Theatre where he builds sets, and his
football fans wife Risa and children are actors. Read on to fnd out more!
to basketball
fans (thank Back in school, what was your favorite event to fnal delivered structure in the space of about 2
goodness!), I months. It’s gratifying to see your vision being
wanted to thank work on? built and customers really happy with what they
all of the various alumni that were I worked for the Student Athletic Board involved are receiving.
able to visit the recent football in the merchandising area and got to work in
tailgate. I know the undergraduate Assembly Hall stocking the sales kiosks. That How did the recession affect business, and
members greatly appreciated the meant I had to move sweatshirts, tees, etc from where do you stand today?
opportunity to meet new faces the bowels of the Assembly Hall to the various
and see frst-hand the network of locations. The storage area just happened to be My company has several divisions. We are
brothers and friends they are a about 20 feet from the men’s locker room so I got closely tied to the automotive suppliers and also
part of. With that in mind I would to see the basketball team and Bobby Knight up lumber yards. When the housing bubble and
fnancial meltdown hit we got whacked pretty
welcome any suggestions or ideas close and personal for every home game! good. But we made a couple strategic moves, found
on other events that you would like Do you stay in touch with any of the guys today? some business in fairly recession proof industries
to see the Old Gal participate in. and survived the storm. We are actually the busiest
Yeah, thanks to Facebook, I’ve reconnected with
Lately, gatherings have centered a lot of my pledge brothers and the guys I was in I’ve seen it in the last 15 years, thank God!!!
around IU sporting events; however, the house with. We play in the yearly Gamma Chi
we would like to expand our reach golf events. Everyone should come to the Have any of your products hit the film industry yet?
and our appeal to alumni of all golf outing! Nothing in the flm industry......yet.
interests and ages. We understand
that a critical step to re-establishing After graduation, how did you get Outside of the offce, what do you and the
a presence on campus needs to into the storage products & structure family do for fun?
include an engagement of alumni, business? I’ve got a wife and 7 children so whatever
not simply to request donations we do is always an adventure! The kids
every so often, but more importantly My father started the business and got involved in community theater
to continue to foster a sense of I swore I’d never work for my dad years ago and it’s something we as a
brotherhood amongst our alumni but a tight job market and economic family enjoy together. Risa and the
brothers and to connect undergrads reality made me reconsider. Turns kids are actors and I build sets.
with previous brotherhood eras. out it was the best thing I could (Continued on Page 4)
have ever done.
So with that being said, please
do not hesitate to reach out to me What do you enjoy most about
or the Housing Board with ideas or your job?
suggestions on events you would I like to do a building
like to see in the near future. The project from concept to
Housing Board has commenced
the development of both long and
short-term chapter facility goals for
Gamma Chi and we look forward
to fne tuning those plans and the
opportunity to communicate our
ideas with you in the future.
In Phi,

Jeremy Buchanan ’02 Kurt out for a ride in southern
Indiana on his dirt bike.
Building Corporation President