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Alumni news


                                            Congratulations to Our

                               5 Distinguished Alumni Award Winners!


                           Robert J. Buford (GM 1120) is CEO and                      Dean Langford (GM 924) was President
                        founder  (in  1982)  of  Planned  Realty  Group,          and CEO of Sylvania and OSRAM SYLVANIA
                        Inc.  and  its  property  management subsidiary,          for over seventeen years until retiring in 2002 as
                        Planned  Property  Management,  Inc.    Bob               the lighting company’s longest-standing chief
                        is  a  graduate  of  the  University  of  Illinois        executive.  Dean  has  a  B.S.  in  Aeronautical
                        (Champaign) with has a BS degree in Industrial            Engineering  and  a  B.S.  in  Mathematics  and
                        Engineering.  He also holds an MBA from the               holds an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters
                        University of Chicago and a law degree from               degree from Salem (Mass.) State College.
                        DePaul University.

                           Jim  Elsesser  (GM  1028)  graduated                       Richard  Byrne,  MD.  (GM  1358)
                        with  a  BS  from  the  Business  School,  was            completed  his  undergraduate  studies  in
                        commissioned as a naval officer, and married              1987  and  received  his  medical  doctorate  at
                        Lionelle Hurley in 1966.  He graduated with               Northwestern  University  Medical  School  in
                        a  MS  in  1967  and  subsequently  served  four          1991.  Rich  graduated  from  the  neurosurgical
                        years in the Navy, including a tour in Vietnam.           residency training program at Rush University
                        Jim  was  named  Chief  Executive  Officer  of            Medical Center in 1997 and joined the faculty
                        Interstate Bakeries, the largest bakery products          after additional training in epilepsy and brain
                        company in the U.S. and has since retired.                tumor surgery.
                                                                                      He currently resides in Oak Brook with his
                           John  Zils  (GM  0968)  received  a  B.A.  wife, Armita and their two daughters.
                        in  architecture  and  an  M.S.  in  structural
                        engineering  from  the  University  of  Illinois   Alumni please consider becoming a professional
                        at  Urbana-Champaign  (UIUC).  John  joined   mentor for one of our pledges.  If you are interested, please
                        Skidmore,  Owings  &  Merrill  LLP  (SOM)   contact David von Nirschl, Chairman of the Alumni
                        in 1966 as a structural engineer and recently   Advisory Board, at VonNirschl@aol.com.  Please put
                        retired as an Associate Partner after more than   "Sigma Nu" in the subject line.  Alumni Mentoring is a key
                        40 years with SOM. Currently, he is working
                        part-time  with  SOM  as  a  Senior  Structural   component to Sigma Nu's overall program at Illinois and
                        Consultant.  He  currently  resides  in  Lake   your participation would be much appreciated.
                        Geneva, Wisconsin with his wife, Karla.
                                            Catching Up With You!


     William O. Kuyper (GM 0580)            Philip I. Haugaard (GM 1005)           Brian T. Stubitsch (GM 1431)
     I’ve had a mild stroke this past December   Married September 10, 2010  to Elizabeth   Remarried in June 2009, to Lindsay.  Had a
     and open heart surgery about 3 months ago   Marie. (pictured below)           baby girl, Olivia, in March 2010!
     and I’m feeling fine. As Ron Reagan used
     to say about his birthday, this past August I
     celebrated the 59th anniversary of my 39th
     birthday. Fraternally & Regards to all.                                           2012 Schedule of Events:

     Carl E. Foster (GM 0721)
     Semi-retired, with 2 beautiful grand                                            Friday, August 3: Duffer's Open
     daughters.  Robyle & I are reasonably
     healthy. Chapter #721 Reveals my age!                                                Saturday, August 25:
                                                                                      Pursuit of Excellence Reception
     Dawson W. Gillaspy (GM 0744)
     Mary & I still living in DE, near Rehoboth                                        - Alumni and Active Chapter in
     Beach & are enjoying retirement.  Regards to                                                 Urbana -
     the Brothers and good luck to Gamma Mu.  John P. MacDonald (GM 1301)
                                            Still selling to cardiac cath labs in California,   Saturday, October 27:
     Paul F. Gaecke (GM 0925)               Arizona, Nevada, and Hawaii. Attended
     My wife, Babs (Kappa Alpha Theta- Drake)   Texas Bowl with Dave Strang (GM 1249)          Homecoming
     and I live in the Villages, FL.  Anyone   and enjoyed Illini Domination over Baylor.    - Eighties Reunion -
     traveling thru is welcome to stop and visit.    Brad Rahn (GM1278) joined us for New
     Particularly from the classes of 1957 – 1962!  Year’s weekend in Houston.
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