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Trebuchon (Continued from Page 1) won’t bore everyone with the details. The short positive memories and gratitude. version is that Sandi is roughly 3 years younger Devoting my time and energy to than me and began hanging around the house as helping us mobilize our 900+ a Little Sister during my last year at GT. At the living alumni to come together time I was dating someone else and truthfully to raise the money and build a my interactions with Sandi were pretty limited new chapter house is an amazing (though we did go on a double date to a GT / opportunity. UGA basketball game though she was with my good friend and fellow brother Sean Austin!). During your career, what did Moe sporting his 50th birthday gift from his Dad... Fast forward 3 years after graduation, and I you enjoy about consulting? after 30 years a bit tighter than he remembers. was back at the house for homecoming with Honestly, in the early days it some friends that were common to both Sandi felt pretty glamorous. Travelling to big cities, not shy away from “declaring a major” and and me. As fate would have it, we ended up working with important clients, solving big going deep on a competence that has a strong spending a good amount of time together that problems, people much older than you actually market demand outlook. Being truly expert day which led to our frst date a few months listening to and acting on your advice. That was a on a topic of interest to a broad array of later. As they say the rest is history. BTW….. great way to start a professional career. As I grew companies is a great way to accelerate your for those that know both Sandi and older it became less glamorous marketability and career progression. me, it is safe to say that I outkicked and the non-stop travel was my coverage on that one! tiring, but the thrill of working What inspired you to run your frst half- How do you stay in touch with closely with clients and peers marathon? to solve big problems that are your Alpha Gamma brothers of great importance never got I have run the Peachtree Road Race 10k today? old. That is the one thing about for 25 of the past 26 years. However, I Not as well as I should! Since the consulting gig that I miss. had never pushed myself to go beyond the getting out of school I have stayed Which frankly is probably why 10k distance barrier. I had been saying for in pretty consistent contact with 6 I am jazzed about the Century the past 20 years that when I retired that or 7 guys with whom I was closest Campaign challenge. It feels to I would use the Peachtree as a mid-year while an active. Other than that it Moe’s favorite 2014 Xmas me like I am again working with springboard to something bigger rather has been mostly random encounters present. To Hell with Georgia! a group of high caliber peers to than the annual endgame. When I retired in with folks at Tech games, solve a very important problem. September there were no more excuses, so I homecoming, etc. However, I dedicated myself to putting in the road work recently retired from my professional career in After traveling so extensively, where to prepare for the Atlanta Thanksgiving management consulting and accepted the role would you like to return to? Half Marathon. I never would have thought of Century Campaign Chairman. One of the Anywhere that Sandi fnds desirable. She I could run for over 2 hours continuously, big motivations for taking this on is to connect calls the travel destination shots now! I am just but with the proper training and prep it was with the brotherhood of our chapter across the happy to be along for the ride. honestly pretty easy on race day. many generations. We have some amazing alumni who have and are doing great things. It What advice can you share about How are you spending your time now that makes me proud. consulting in the retail industry? you have retired? Well...things are starting to get really busy. I What inspired you to volunteer with the It is a great place to start your career if have decided that I am really in pre-retirement House Corporation as Century Campaign you enjoy working in teams, playing for rather than retirement. Obviously the Century Chairman? high stakes, and in many cases prioritizing Campaign is going to demand a big chunk of Having just retired this past September, I was work above personal time. That said, if your my time over the next 3 to 4 years. In addition, in search of a give back cause that I could sink personal make-up isn’t a good ft, don’t try to I have gotten involved at the GT ISyE school doing my teeth into and make an impact in something force it. I fnd that most young professionals student career mentoring and it appears that in the that I consider important. The Delta Sigma Phi that are attracted to consulting cite the fall I will begin working as a part time instructor. experience played a big role in shaping who I opportunity for diverse industry exposures In between all of this, I am having a blast watching became as an adult. I did a whole lot of growing and rapid career advancement as primary my 3 kids grow from being teens to young adults up during my 4 years at GT and the fraternity motivators. While I do agree that consulting and trying to shave a few strokes (thus far in vain) was in many ways my extended family during does provide these opportunities, I would from my nice, fat 18 golf handicap. this journey. Looking back I have nothing but counsel that after 4 to 5 years that one should Bond Eternal We are truly saddened to learn of the passing of the following brothers: William R. Stevens ’35 John N. Scandalios ’48 Neil A. Zittrauer ’56 Richard L. Proulx ’62 Wolcott B. Etienne ’67 Peter J. Van Norde ’40 Frederick C. Tallant ’49 William W. Eidson ’57 Frank R. Webb ’62 James L. Verenes ’69 William L. Warshauer ’41 Tisdale W. Bibb ’50 Marston H. Tuck ’57 Robert M. Bush ’63 Bradley D. Almy ’96 Constantine P. Lampros ’43 Tonnie A. Smith ’54 Arthur L. Bostock ’59 Marion S. Watson ’64 Luis R. Mandiola ’45 Herbert O. Hamby ’55 Ralph H. Cooper ’61 Anton S. Withington ’64 Gordon J. Groat ’46 George C. Hawkins ’55 Hugh M. Pattillo ’62 George S. 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