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From the AlumniSpotlight: Gregory R. Thompson ’78

Alumni Board Editor’s Note: For this

Dear Fraters, edition of the newsletter
we’re shining the

It’s fall in Columbus Spotlight on Frater Greg
again – a great time Thompson ’78. From the
to be a Buckeye and hometown of Springfield,
a great time for TKE OH, Greg developed
an early passion for
Omicron. As I write this, architecture and design.
the football Buckeyes have advanced to As an active he served

8-0 with an impressive 49-7 victory over the chapter as President,
Kitchen Manager, and
Rutgers. (UPDATE: Well, we lost a game.
Hopefully we can plan a trip to the B1G strove to maintain the
championship in Indy during the 2016
season). If you haven’t been following unique beauty of the house. Cindy and Greg at Homecoming 2015.
too closely – this season’s theme for the After discovering a talent
team is “The Grind.”
for glass art, Greg opened his own business, GRT Glass Design. Today, he continues to volunteer at the house
To me, this translates to knowing your
and is currently in the process of replacing windows and general repair – we truly appreciate his help! Greg

and his wife, Cindy, have been married for twenty years now. They share two sons, Ross (31), and David (36).

role and delivering on it, again and again.

For TKE, this has some obvious parallels.

To be the best chapter we can be, each

collegiate member and each alumnus

needs to know their role and deliver on it.

Some of our members are recruiters, some

are leaders, some volunteer, and some are

scholars. As an alumnus, your role is to be

a recruiter, a mentor, a donor, or a leader. Special thanks to our Spotlight for the window repairs.

Be a recruiter by bringing fellow alums to

an event, or getting them connected with What led you to join the chapter? and dedication that she had for the young men

our social media. Be a mentor by getting The first time I walked up to the TKE house, in the house.
involved as an advisor. Be a donor by as an Architect major, I fell in love with the
contributing to the annual fund, and be a house. It was really a spur of the moment How did you come to repair one of the
decision to join. I have never regretted it as in medallion windows at the house?
President (Continued on Page 4) changed my life path forever. We were hosting a great event at the house one
night and had a few party crashers. We were always

Congratulations! Do you have any favorite aware of who wasn’t supposed to be there, and we
memories from being an active? kicked them out. Next thing I know, we had a rock
Frater Murphy with PGP’s Lon Justice Frater Tim Murphy thrown through one of our medallion windows.
and Bill Muse looking on. ’85 was awarded TKE’s Wow, there are so many I don’t know I told the guys not to worry about and that I would
Order of the Golden where to start. From becoming an take care of it. I went to German Village and found
TKE TKE Eagle at Conclave in active, being President of the house, help at Franklin Art Glass. They told me what
August. Frater Murphy and even installing deadbolts on the I needed, and told me how to repair the window.
is the third Omicron doors for every Frater, there are so I came back to the house that afternoon and took
alumnus to win this many good memories. I was fortunate the window out and repaired it and put it back
prestigous award, joining to be Kitchen Manager and to become in the same day. The next story board I did for
fellow Past Grand lifelong friends with the cook, Emma. Architecture School was on stained glass.
Prytani Robert Borel She taught me about shopping and
and Gary LaBranche. how to save the house money. I was Is this when you discovered a passion
Congratulations Frater, always going to the Wonder Bread for art glass?
we are proud of you!
“day old” store. She was a good friend Yes, and soon after I was making glass pieces
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up until the day she passed away. for fraternity brothers, my mom, and my

I always remember her, and the love Thompson (Continued on Page 4)

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