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NU NEWSALUMNI EDITION SPRING 2005
TAU KAPPA EPSILON FRATERNITY UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA
www.TKENU-Alumni.org
Fraters and their families who were ecstaticover our previous Spring Picnics will find evenmore to like on Saturday, June 4, becausewe expect an even bigger crowd. Held at thebeautiful home of Chip and Anne Wray in theSonoma countryside, this event has becomeone of the high points of the year. In a re-laxed and sunny setting under the lanai or
out by the pool, Tekes and wives visit; andchildren and grandchildren play or swim. Newfriendships are made, and old ones are re-newed, with Fraters coming from as far awayas Southern California to bask in the sun-shine. And what a beautiful ride enroute!
Ah, and the food! Gathering around noon, wesoon begin to savor the aroma of thick, rib-eye steaks and chicken, sizzling on the bar-
ANNUAL TEKE FAMILY PICNIC
TO BE HELD JUNE 4
It just keeps getting better!
Peter and Sylvia Thompson
Mark Edelstone 83
Greg Joe 72
Howard Nemir 57
John Phillips 61
Kinman Tong 03
President:
Tom Morgan 50 - (925) 934-2747
Secretary:
Will Deady 54 - (415) 491-4204
Treasurer:
John Sooklaris 80 - (415) 927 - 4451
Board Members:
John Bell 57Steve Schmidt 90
Garth Wilson 56
Alex Zwissler 79
Alumni BoardChip Wray 53 (President)
Robin Harris 56 (Secretary,
Editor Nu news)
Wayne Martinez 74 (Treasurer)
John Bell 57 (Vice President)
Will Deady 54
Alumni AdvisorsCarl Anderson 57
Dick Anderson 58
Jerry Boddum 66
Larry Brehm 68
Cliff Ceridono 57
Jim Clardy 67
Chapter Leadership
House Corporation Board
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A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT
CHRISTMAS LUNCHEON
As always, it was a great event!
Our usual venue, the Olympic Club in SanFrancisco was (and still is) undergoing ex-tensive remodeling, so Frater Dan Costellowas obliged to find us a new place to meetWe were pleased to be at the Marines Me-morial Club, just a block away. The foodwas outstanding, and attendance wasabove average. Coming the farthest to joinus yet again, was Fred Lusk from Fresno.It was gratifying to see younger Fraters inattendance.
Another change was the invitation to Alum-ni Wives to gather for lunch nearby in an-other dining room. Eleven wives acceptedthis invitation, and enjoyed the event verymuch. After a few Teke songs and Christ-mas carols, The Teke Quartet went upstairsto serenade the ladies a highly appreci-ated gesture. Were told that other wives
will join this group at the next luncheon inDecember.
Several Fraters have already asked thedate of the next Luncheon. Dan Costelloindicates that it will be held Monday, De-cember 19, once again at the Marines Me-morial Club. Full details will be in the falissue of Nu News.
becue, accompanied by barbecued corn onthe cob and salads-all we can eat for $25.00per person, and kids are free. Beverages ofall kinds are included-beautiful local wines,imported beers and soft drinks in quantity. Areservation form is included in this issue.
Family Picnic continued
The site is easy to find, whether coming fromeast or west. From the east: Highway 12brings you just a few hundred yards away,as you turn left onto Burndale Road before
you reach Sonoma. Look for the balloonsand our TKE sign. Once on Burndale, go 300yards to Hyde Burndale. Coming from theopposite direction: we suggest Highway 37from Novato, turning left on Highway 121 atSears Point. Continue north, and at the High-way 12 intersection (still continuing north)follow the signs to Sonoma. Youll be com-ing into Sonoma on Broadway. Turn right onNapa Road (before you reach downtown So-noma) and follow Napa Road (which is also
Highway 12) to Burndale Road, crossing FifthAve. and Eighth Ave. on the way. There aretwo Burndale Roads; take the second one,100 yards farther on. Look for the balloonsand our TKE sign, and proceed as above. Ofcourse, from Santa Rosa, take Highway 12through Sonoma, and all the way to Burn-dale Road. If you get lost, phone 707-938-8458 for directions.
Roy Claxton and Bruce Cowan
Andy Viscovich, Dan Costello, Don Lawrie,
Bill Graham, Ed Dermott, Len Schlusse
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The analogy of the Phoenix bird seems ex-tremely fitting as we celebrate the glory daysof Nu Chapter. So much has happened andcontinues to happen that is appropriatehere to review it all. Tau Kappa Epsilon atCal has not only an exciting and enthusiasticundergraduate chapter that is already one of
the outstanding Fraternities on campus, butour home on Channing Way is a new housein most senses of the word. For many years,despite what we thought were our best ef-forts, nothing seemed to come together. Andthen everything did, and the domino effectbegan.
Renewed alumni interest has been a notice-able consequence of all this. Yes, the oldguard remained in place through these many
years, but presently more and more youngerFraters emerged to add their presence to ourmidst. This effect was enhanced through theefforts of the Fraternity Management Group(FMG) whose influence is being felt in manyways, as alluded to in other areas of this is-sue of Nu News. FMG has managed to locateover 120 of our lost Nu Chapter Fraters,and our active database has burgeoned from
DONT SHOOT THE EDITOR
Out of the ashes of the old, letnew and better things arise.
less than 400 to over 500 names. An im-
pressive gain. As a consequence, manyFraters are receiving Nu News for the firsttime in many years perhaps for the firsttime ever.
Which suggests an important point, Manynew readers out there may not know whata strong and viable alumni group we havein Nu Chapter. You have not received no-tices of our two big annual alumni events;and you have not been invited to partici-
pate in our alumni dues program. Here,finally, is your opportunity to become in-volved. We hope you will want to begin bybeing a dues-paying member. There aremany other ways to be involved, as well.In any event, we hope youll join us at ourannual picnic on June 4.
If you have been receiving Nu newsthrough the years, youll notice changesin format and content with this issue. I
am continuing as Alumni Editor, but FMGis coordinating the publication and mail-ing. I am delighted at this turn of events.I still get to do all the fun stuff. Foldingstamping and labeling was not the wayMom wanted me to spend my twilightyears.
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Dick Anderson, Cliff Ceridono, Jeff Graves John Bell, Chip Wray, Mike Wray, Peter Winkler,Roy Claxton, Fred Lusk
Christmas Luncheon 2004
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PAYMENT OF DUES NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
In recent issues of Nu News, we have sug-gested to Fraters that dues payments sup-port the publication of Nu News and helpmake possible some alumni events. Actu-ally, your dues accomplish much more thanthis. In an effort to clarify the disbursementof dues payments, the Alumni Board of Di-rectors formally adopted the following State-ment of Purpose so that Fraters may knowhow important Alumni dues have become:
Alumni dues encourage greater alumniinter-communication and provide currentalumni news to Fraters, including the publi-cation of Nu News and our soon-to-be-pub-lished Alumni Directory. New communication
technology will be utilized as needed or de-sired.
Alumni dues foster or support social eventsfor fraters to join together. Undergraduateswill be included in these events wheneverappropriate.
Alumni dues will be utilized to foster tran-sition to TKE undergraduate members into
PAYMENT OF DUES NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER
State-of-the-art appliances inthe remodeled kitchen
long term alumni status.
Alumni dues provide advisory support forthe undergraduate chapter in TKE house op-erations. Alumni dues provide financial support forunforeseen contingencies that may arise atthe Chapter House.
The Statement of Purpose for the disburse-ment of Alumni dues further states: AnAlumni association that is strong financiallyand in membership, will enable possible ex-pansion of purposes in the future. As NuChapter continues to grow and flourish, itcan be seen that Alumni participation is es-sential on all levels. Growing Alumni sup-port is already evident as we see our DuesHonor Roll increase in numbers each year,with more and more new dues-paying Frat-ers coming aboard. The following Dues Hon-or Roll, already ahead of last year, is testi-mony to this.
AnyFrater who has graduated from Cal be-comes an alumnus. But one who supportshis Fraternity through the payment of duesbecomes a member ofNu Chapter Alumn
Association.
The restored Chapter Houseon Channing Way
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DUES HONOR ROLL
Carl Anderson 57John Bell 56
Earl Boynton 56Cliff Ceridono 58
James Chamberlain 64Roy Claxton 51
Leonard Corsentino 50Don Costello 50Bruce Cowan 53Will Deady 54Ed Dermott 49
Charles Dethero 87George Dove 50
Michael Duffey 66
Mark Edelstone 83Bill Ells 49Mark Engler 53Dave Francis 54Bill Graham 51Jeff Graves 56Robin Harris 56Bob Heath 49
Al Herzog 52Gary Hook 79
Walt Janssen 50Thomas Johnson 49
David Kerr 67Bob La Liberte 61
Don Lawrie 50Bill Lewerenz 56Ray Lippincott 49
James Lord 87Fred Lusk 56
Clifford Marks 80Wayne Martinez 74Kent McBride 65
Bill McCammon 30Willie Moore 50Tom Morgan 50
Bob Muhlbach 67Howard Nemir 57Bob Penland 59John Phillips 61Hal Plimpton 58
Frater Tom Morgan and the beautifullyrestored Knabe Grand Piano
Jack Quatman 69Bob Quellmalz 66
Joe Rea 76Patrick Reynolds 71
Don Romeo 58Bull Rus 48
Len Schlussel 49Steve Schmidt 90Bill Schmohl 66Bob Sharp 56Jim Sherk 65
Steve Smith 68Andy Viscovich 49Austin Walther 58
Garth Wilson 56Peter Winkler 76Chip Wray 53Mike Wray 80
Karl Zellman 51Alex Zwissler 79
The Dining Room, refinished floor
Restored Chapter House
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ALUMNI WELCOME NEW GRADUATES
Did you graduate from Cal in 2003 or 2004? Willyou graduate in 2005? And have you not takensteps to join the Nu Chapter Alumni Association?If not, it is probably because you were not suffi-
ciently encouraged to do so. No longer is this thecase. Your Alumni are eager to welcome gradu-ates into the fold. In an effort to encourage thistransition, the Board of Directors of the AlumniAssociation voted to extend to 2003, 2004, and2005 graduates membership in the Nu Chap-
ALUMNI WELCOME NEW GRADUATES
Nicy and Ed Dermott
Cliff and Ingrid Ceridono, Carl Anderson Phil Merritt, Chip Wray,Dave Francis, Will Deady
ter Alumni Association for $10.00 forthe first year. (Regular membership is$30.00 a year.) Use the Dues Paymentform in this issue to join us. A spe-cial box will be found there for recentgraduates to check. You will become amember of an illustrious group!
In addition, as a special welcome, theAlumni Association invites you to theAlumni Association Family Picnic onJune 4, and the Annual Christmas Lun-cheon in December, both free of chargeto you. This is the Alumni way of help-ing you celebrate this rite of passage to
alumni status. Use the reservation formin this issue for the Family Picnic. Theresa special place for you to check as aparticipant and guest, free of charge.A reservation from the Christmas Lun-cheon in San Francisco will be in theNovember issue of Alumni Nu News.
We look forward to your service is anAlumnus with the same passion yougave as a member of the Active Chapter.
Family Picnics 2003 and 2004
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HOUSE CAMPAIGN LAUNCH
The refurbishing of the TKE house at the University of California at Berkeley, and the reestablishment ofthe active chapter, is now a reality. The house is full and the Chapter just reported that it was successfulin recruiting the largest spring rush group (10 pledges) on the Cal campus.The remaining immediate task is to make our venture financially viable. To assist us in determining the
willingness of our alumni to support a fund raising campaign that would generate enough capital to rea-sonably ensure the financial security of the House, the Housing Corporation hired Fraternity ManagementGroup to conduct a survey and develop a feasibility report. FMG reported that in conducting the surveythey found that there was strong support among alumni for the new direction of Nu Chapter and confi-dence in the leadership of the Housing Corporation. Briefly, the written and the oral responses to the sur-vey indicated that a broad cross-section of our alums were willing to financially support (see fraters below)the rebuilding efforts that have been made to date and, based on this input, FMG believes that a $500,000campaign is both attainable and adequate to provide the Housing Corporation with financial viability forthe foreseeable future.
The purpose of this letter, then, is to ask for your help in making this campaign successful. FMG andAlumni Campaign Volunteers will be in touch with all of you over the next 12 months. Please think aboutthis pledge as your once in a lifetime commitment to the Nu Chapter. We will be accepting pledges up to a
five year period and set up any kind of payment plan that works for you. Since Nu of Tau Kappa Epsilon isa Public Benefit Corporation, the initial donation will be 100% tax-deductible. All types of gift options areavailable: Cash (pledge and/or one-time), Securities/Appreciated Stocks, Employer Matching, and PlannedGifts. Thank you in advance for your support. If you have any questions or are interested in volunteer-ing and/or contributing to the Campaign, please contact Tony Marksch at FMG: 800-228-7326 ext. 22,[email protected], 744 North Stone Avenue, Tucson, AZ 85705.
William C. McCammon 30Robert Stanley Bebb 48
Dr. Andrew J. Viscovich 48Edward Dermott 49
Leonard Schlussel 49Leonard J. Corsentino 50George B. Dove Jr. 50
Wendell (Bud) Jamison 50MD Walter K. Janssen MD 50
Donald A. Lawrie 50Willson C. Moore Jr. 50
Thomas E. Morgan Jr. 50Franklin Court Smith 50
Ivan R. Brandt 51Daniel B. Costello 51Donald F. Sampsel 51
Roy C. Claxton 52Herman W. Fisher 52Robert B. Heath 52
Foster H. Shannon 52Mark A. Engler 53Joseph E. Gnas 53
Charles H. Chip Wray 53Willett C. Deady 54William C. Ells 55
Robin C. Harris 55Earl W. Boynton 56
Fred Edward Lusk Jr 56Garth H. Wilson 56
Hon Carl West Anderson 57Richard C. Anderson 57Donald L. Chaffin 57Jack B. Lehberg 57
Howard Francis Nemir 57Clifford A. Ceridono 58William R. Dozier 59Samuel S. Peden 59
John H. Bell 60Donald C. Kendall 61John B. Phillips 61John J. Quigley 61
Steven J. Bollinger 65J. Frederick Conrad DDS 65
Shane Reuel Griffin 65William O. Rosentreter 65
James P. Sherk 65Jerry J. Boddum 66
Russell E. Buss M.D. 66Michael Duffey 66
Phillip E. Grauss 66
Ronald E. Jones 66Robert M. Quellmalz 66
James M. Clardy 67David E. Kerr 67
Terry L. Smerling 67Warren P. Guy Newmark II 68Josef Lobell Garrett 70Patrick C. Reynolds 71
Kennedy P. Richardson 71Clark D. Gross 74
Dr. Frank J. Nemec Jr 75Peter Winkler 76
Charles M. Bachelor 77Brent Francis Blaesi 77Alexander Zwissler 79Kevin N. McFarland 80
John B. Nirenstein 80John M. Sooklaris 80Daniel F. Bryan 86
Carl B. Nordman 86John A. Tomlinson 89Steven P. Schmidt 90Joaquin G. Padilla 93
Kinman Kim-Bian Tong 03Jeffery Holiday 04
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NEWS OF YOUR FRATERS
Editors Note: We have abandoned the practice(at least for now) of publishing addresses witheach submission to this section. In lieu of this, youmay e-mail me ([email protected]) or tele-phone me 707-279-8028, for contact information
on these or any Fraters. Elsewhere in this issue,you will learn of a soon-to-be-published AlumniDirectory of the 515 members whose information
we now have on file.
NEWS OF YOUR FRATERS
Tony Wayne 72 of North Potomac, Mary-land, writes: I very much enjoyed gettingtogether with so many Fraters at lunch inDecember and briefly seeing the greatchanges to the Teke House. I am current-ly filling in as Under Secretary of State forEconomic and Business Affairs, pending thenomination of a new individual for that post.As part of this additional set of responsi-bilities, I am helping to prepare for the nextG-8 summit which will be held in the UnitedKingdom in July. At the State Department,we are all working hard to support our newSecretary of State, Condoleezza Rice, andour new Deputy Secretary, Robert Zoel-lick. Since I visited the Bay Area and sharedlunch with you all, I have traveled to Saudi
Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to helpcombat the financing of terrorism, and tothe United Kingdom to work with the Brit-ish and others on promoting developmentin Africa and on issues related to climatechange. Please share my best wishes withall the TKE Fraters.
Heres news from Bill Graham 51 of Wal-nut Creek, CA: Claire and I are still try-ing to retire from our two travel agencies.The airlines are helping us by eliminatingour commissions, so we dont sell air tickets
any more. We only sell cruises and packagetours and let the tour operators arm wrestlewith the airlines. We are also working withour daughter, Kathy, rehabbing beach hous-es in Hollywood, Florida. She is a Cal grad(Chi Omega), and is a professor of Pharmacyat Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lau-derdale. Her avocation is the beach houses.She lives on the Intercoastal Waterway andhas two sailboats, a power boat, two wind
surfers and an ocean-going kayak. I spendas much time as I can in Florida.
Michael Duffey 66, of Sierra Madre, CA,says, I recently retired after 27 years asa public defender with L.A. County and six
years as a Superior Court Commissioner. Iam enjoying spending more time with mywife, Carol, and my two sons, Patrick andConnor, ages 13 and 10. I have taken apart-time job as a tennis coach at a localhigh school, and am enjoying the transitionto retirement.
Heres the latest from Jack Fleming 57 ofSan Francisco: I have been working withthe Kiwanis, just finished an auction, amnow completing a book service program foran elementary school and working on anannual trip to the Giants game. Had a ski-ing breakthrough this yearthe last day ofa week in Canada (got skunked, no snow), a
week in Colorado and a week in Utah. I wasable to do the vedeln (the swishy hips), sortof, coming straight down a pretty steep hil(Gadzooks, Snow Bird!). No more zig-zag-ging; you go four times as far, also.
I hope to do some serious swimming thisyear. Ill be the youngest kid in the group(70-74), so plan to go to the World Gamesand Nationals.
My wife Dominique just had breast cancersurgery, and we have made plans for a fam-ily reunion in France. We hope she will bestrong enough to make it, as she starts ra-diation therapy pretty soon. Monday we goto Korea for two weeks, and in five minutesI go to Marin to baby-sit for the two-year-old granddaughter.
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Bob Collins 54 writes: Donna and I arestill following the same routine, as snowbirdsseven months in Bradenton, FL, andfive months at the Lake of the Ozarks in MO.I am a retired Navy Captain, and therefore,we enjoy the DOD retirement benefits in-cluding staying on the military bases at amuch reduced cost. I am just completing
therapy resulting from a complicated ap-pendectomy.
And now some news from Kevin KcFar-land 81 of Concord, CA: I spent my twen-ties chasing the muse of music. Eventuallyrealizing she didnt pay very well, I becamea programmer in my thirties. At that timeI also met my wife, Mary. Having survivedboth cancer and my stepchildrens adoles-cence, I was ready for further excitement,
and I became a father in my forties. Mydaughter, Laura, is six years old, and mystepchildren, Josh, Amy and Josie, are nownearly twenty-somethings. One of the moreinteresting things I have done recently wasa guitar software project which friend andFrater John Nierenstein became involvedin. Unfortunately, we did not mesh with thethird wheel on the project. Maybe the prob-lem was that although he was a Cal alum-
nus, he was not a Teke.
I look forward to reconnecting with otherTekes in the future, especially now that NuChapter has been re-chartered.
Robin Harris 56 of Kelseyville, CA writes,My foster son Jeffrey and I erected a regu-lation basketball standard in the backyard,and will soon begin work on a habitable treehouse in a huge oak tree with cantilvered
redwood decking overlooking the creek. Wecelebrated his 14th birthday early this monthwith Chip and Anne Wray in Sonoma andlistened to John Bells quartet, The Busk-ers, at Murphys Irish Pub. Once a week, Igo grocery shopping in Lakeport.(if moreFraters would send in news, I wouldnt haveto bore you with stuff like this.)
This from Howard Nemir 57 of Alamo,CA: While the football game between Caand Texas Tech was disappointing, amongthose sharing a good time in San Diego dur-ing the days leading up to the main eventwere Will Deady, Carl and Margo An-derson, Jack and Sandy Lehberg andHoward and Claudia Nemir. There were
luncheons, spirit rallies, balloon parade andreceptions to keep us continually enter-tained. Howard and Claudia attended thenew Chancellors inauguration April 15, andwill leave for a vacation in France at the endof the month.
Joe Garrett 70, of Berkeley, CA, tells us,I sold my bank (Sequoia National Bank inSan Francisco) a few years ago, and nowam teaching finance at Cal.
Kinman Tong 03, the first graduate fromthe new Nu Chapter, has been workingwith Deloitte and Touche LLP as an au-dit associate since graduation. Currently,he works out of the San Francisco office,serving financial services, health care, andnot-for-profit clients. Outside of work, hespends a lot of time helping his two pas-sions while in school: TKE as the ProvinceAdvisor for the NorCal Province and also asan advisor to the growing Nu Chapter; andthe Haas School of Business as the direc-tor on both the Alumni and DevelopmentCouncils. He hopes to meet and get to
know more of the Nu Alumni in the upcom-ing alumni events.
Chuck Shapiro 73, of Sherman Oaks, CA,and his son Wolfie successfully climbed Mt.Whitney in August 2004, after a six-day
long-term backpacking trip with Boy ScoutTroop 36. Chuck is a physician in the De-partment of Urology at Kaiser PermanenteLAMC.
Cliff Ceridono 57, of Lafayette, CA, Writes,Both my daughter and son have presentedme with new grandsons, so now we havetwo new future Teke prospects.
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Leonard Corsentino 50, of Petersburg,Virginia, checks in with this news. MaryGretchen and I just returned from a rivercruise on the Danube River. We visited Hun-gary, Romainia, Bulgaria, Serbia, Slovakiaand Austria. It was a fine trip.
Jeff Graves 56, of Novato, CA, and wife
Shirley are among the owners of classicStudebakers featured in the new book,Studebaker Remembered, published by theSouth Bend Tribune. South Bend, Indianais the home of the Studebaker National Mu-seum and the former factory. Jeff owns two1963 Gran Turismo Hawks. He is continuingcollecting antique toys, adn just completeda term on the Board of the Novato HistoryGuild.
We had a nice letter from Austin Walther54, (58), who writes: I read with regretof the death ofCarl Cordes 54. He wasa friend of mine and my parents, very tall(67) with a great sense of humor and keenintelligence, a civil engineer.
Recently, when our children werevisiting here in Santa Rosa, we took a littleside trips to Berkeley and I looked at thenewly rejuvenated Teke House from theoutside. (I didnt get inside since the frontdoor has a coded security system - a goodidea. At any rate, the placed looked greatfrom what I could see. Someday, Ill get tosee the inside!
My wife, Karen and I live in SantaRosa. Our son, Eric, graduated from CalState Northridge where he lives and doesmarketing. The only Teke Ive talked to re-cently was Cliff Ceridono. We used to racesports cars together years ago and lived
on Panoramic Way, above the house. I alsotalked with Jeff Graves when Terry McIl-raith died. My brother, Richard, lives in Au-burn, and the rest of us are either in Aptosor the Auburn area.
Cal has had a great football teamthis year. Im sorry I havent been ableto attend any games. My thanks and best
wishes to all Tekes, especially to those whosaved the House. I know how hard it wasbecause I was involved in house manage-ment in alumni meetings years ago withWill Deady, George Dove and others. Iwould love to hear from any other Fraters.Im pretty well retired from engineeringwork, unless a rare opportunity comes up.
David Kerr 67, writes, I am still tryingto wind down in Hawaii and move back toCalifornia. Barbara and I have a place in theSanta Ynez valley that is beckoning. Thingsare still very busy in the construction busi-ness in Hawaii, so it wont happen for awhile. Maybe next year!
Rich Millikan 59, wrote a long letter re-
cently. He says, As most of you know, Iwas living in Aegis of Napa, and assistedliving facility. My home here in Napa, whichI had been renting out, became vacant, so Ileft Aegis and moved back in October 2002Then in May 2003, I had a house fire. I waslucky. The firemen found me unconsciouson the kitchen floor, gave me CPR, stucksome tubes down my throat and took meto the intensive care unit at the local hos-pital. Took a couple of months, but I had acomplete recovery. At this point I decided Iwas better off back at Aegis. So, after myhouse was restored (it was a real mess, andI lost a lot of stuff), I moved back to Aegisin November 2003. The house is completelyrestored and looks great.
I still have my cabin at Lake Almanor.I had a large view window installed in thewall overlooking the lake last summer. I stilrent it out during the summer, so if any of
you are interested, let me know.Anyway, except for my diabetes (un-
der control) Im quite healthy and lookingforward to my OLD, old age. I stay busyeach day and am never bored. Cant dobetter than that.
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Fraters may have read about a CaliforniaSupreme Court hearing early this Springrelating to Jack Quatman 69, of White-fish, Montana (and apparently other attor-neys) surrounding the issue of jury selec-tions in the 1980s. We have contractedJack about this, and have his permission toreport this. Pejorative terms such as rig-
ging a jury, and conspiring with a judgehave been used in the press, and most ofthe information is incorrect, Jack states. What actually occurred was that a judgeadvised me, before selection of a jury in adeath penalty case, to exclude all Jewishpersons. Ed. Note: We would not normallypublish information such as this, except inan effort to clarify what Frater Quatman hasbeen going through, and advise Fraters to
view press reports advisedly.
Jim Clardy 67 of Oakland, reports in: Ihave to say that last years Family Picnic atChip and Anne Wrays home in Sonoma wasa blast. I hope to attend again this year.
Ive been building and renovatinghomes since before I left the Teke Housein 1966. Practicing as an architect sincethe late 1970s, Ive done work all over the
state. My office is in downtown Oakland.For the past few years, I have been doingarchitectural work for a number of past andpresent Oakland firefighters.
I have been the Chair of the Boardof Trustees at Lake Merritt Church in Oak-land for the past 15 years, and serve on thesteering committee of the Montclair Safetyand Improvement Council, and the Boardof Directors of the Fernwood CommunityClub.
A note from Cliff Marks 80, of Saratoga,CA, telling us: Im excited to read about theopening of 2725 Channing again. I hopeto get up there for a Cal football game ortwo next fall. Surviviving the dot.com busyenough to travel to Vietnam. Its a cheapvacation: cheap hotels, cheap taxis, and
cheap food. But like Mexico, dont drink thewater. Actually, some entrepreneurs taketap water and bottle it, so the safest thingto drink is a carbonated beverage. Beer,also cheap!
Michael Bucky Scribner 92 of Colton,CA writes: I am finally happy to be receiv-ing Nu News and excited about the chap-ter. I was impressed with the work that hadbeen done on the house when I came byin August. Just walking through the housebrought back many memories.
After graduating from Cal in 1992, Iworked in the Athletic Department Person-nel Office for six years. I left in May, 2000,to work in the HR department for PowerBaruntil June, 2002. I became the HR Manager
for a small company in Richmond in August,2002. I got married to my wife, Kelly (alsoa CAL grad) in February, 2000, and threeyears later we had our first son, Logan. Weare expecting our second child in early Oc-tober and hope that the baby will also bejoining us at as many Cal sporting eventsas possible. We are season ticket holdersfor both football and basketball.
Check us out on the Web!
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Have you been to www.tkenu-alumni.org late-ly? It has been updated with photos, events, chap-ter bios, member listing and other good stuff.
To access the Nu fraters on-line directory, use thefollowing username and password:
Username: CALTEKE (Uppercase)Password: calteke (Lowercase)
If you dont see your name listed or want to up-
date your information please contact us.
Have any photos youd like to add to the site or forfuture newsletters? Email them to Tony Markschor mail to Nu Chapter, c/o FMG, 744 North StoneAvenue, Tucson, AZ 85705 with a return address.Hell scan it, throw it on the site and send it backto you. Its that easy.
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WHAT IS THE FINANCIAL STATUS OF NU OF TKE?Through the America California Bank, we have been able to arrange a loan to clear our old loanof $300,000 which was taken out several years ago, and the construction loan to refurbish thehouse. The amount of the loan is $1,425,000 and must be paid off from rents paid by the un-dergraduates. The good news is that the appraised value of the renovated property is almost
$3,000,000.
WHAT IS F.M.G?The Fraternity Management Group is a fact-finding group hired by the Board of FAQ Directors
to determine the feasibility of fund raising. The survey is part of their job to (1) update ourdatabase,) (2) find out whether Alumni are available to contribute, or to contact other Alumniregarding giving. We need funds for contingencies, for scholarships, and for funding of projects
that the Fraters may come up with over time.
WHAT IS REEVE-TAYLOR?Reeve-Taylor is a management company hired by the Board, and headed by Martin Smith, whoreports to the Board. This group collects rents, works on budgets, attends to maintenance, andgenerally sees that the House is operating efficiently.