Sigma Phi Epsilon - San Diego State University

Page 2 Cal Delta News & Views Two New Scholarship Funds Launched L ast fall, the CA Delta Alumni of SigEp (the AVC), conducted two parallel fundraising campaigns—The MacNeil Scholarship Fund and the Trovaten-Dahlkamp Scholarship Fund. We offer many thanks to those generous alumni who came through with their support. In the first run of this campaign, we received more than $12,300. The MacNeil Fund was created to honor CA Delta member and past chapter president Tim MacNeil '66 with a major sustaining contribution from CA Delta alumnus Dennis Tilton '66. Each year, one CA Delta member will be awarded a $1,000 scholarship based on academic performance, chapter and campus leadership, strong moral character, and financial need. The first recipient will be named this spring, with the award presented next fall. The Trovaten-Dahlkamp Fund will help defray the cost of leadership training for undergraduate members. This year, thanks to alumni donations, we were able to send four additional emerging leaders to the annual SigEp Carlson Leadership Academy in Costa Mesa. These men were Dylan Chesney '18, Brad VanZant '18, Zack Fulks '19, and Austin Stewart '19. The fund also supports academic development, including reward programs for undergraduate brothers who excel in the classroom. The CA Delta Chapter and AVC offer our thanks to these generous men for their support this year: Joe Kiefer '63 Al Knoll '63 Vince Biondo '64 Skip Dahlkamp '64 Jerry Hutter '65 Walt Steffen '65 Tom Devereux '66 John Kaiser '66 Joe Sullivan '66 John Super '66 Dennis Tilton '66 Bob Trovaten '67 Ron Smith '69 Dale Walters '69 Jeff Kamholz '88 Anthony Lanzone '93 Kevin Kwoka '11 Our goal for the fall is to raise a minimum of $5,000. We hope you'll join us in this worthwhile endeavor. Bill Elliott '62 is a retired geologist. He continues to do his own geological research, writing, and publishing, with an emphasis on challenging readers to think and puzzle over problems and solutions. He makes his home in Solana Beach, Calif., with his wife, Wendy. They have two children. E-mail: elliotta156@juno.com Dennis Oshea '65 lives with his wife, Birgitta, in Lahaina, Hawaii, where he is a real estate broker for Kapalua Realty. "If you would like to sell your home in California before you run out of water and move to Maui where we have plenty, call or e-mail me." E-mail: oshea606@gmail.com Rick LeBeau '81 is still competing and training for flying disc sports, an activity he started in 1976 while living at the SigEp house. Three years ago, Rick started a cookie/ energy bar company with his son, Grant, called Rickaroons. Rick and his wife, Leigh, live in San Diego. E-mail: ricklebeau@gmail.com Matthew Olden '91 is a product manager for Bally Technologies. He lives in North Las Vegas, Nev., with his wife, Monica. They have four children: Janinne, Michelle, Cassandra, and Madison. E-mail: matthew_ olden@outlook.com Lawrence Stevens '93 is a senior account executive with Explore Consulting. He lives in San Mateo, Calif., and has two children, Blake and Alexandria. E-mail: larrystevens24@ yahoo.com Jeffrey Tharp '94 and his wife, Alessa, along with their two children, live in Solana Beach, Calif. "We moved much closer to the beach and the boys are loving it, and so is the wife. A lot of time spent in the water." Jeffrey is the IT operations manager for On-SiteTech Support. E-mail: jeff@tharpworld.com Gene Marson '99 has three children: Brian, Emma, and Rilan. He and his wife, Tiffany, a Pi Phi from SDSU, live in San Marcos, Calif. Gene is the commercial banking VP at California Bank & Trust. E-mail: gene. marson@yahoo.com Brian Reifeiss '99 and his wife, Catherine, have three children and live in San Diego. He is a broker associate and property manager with Re/Max Associates. E-mail: reifeiss@ hotmail.com Dustin Martinez '04 is an environmental lab services manager for CBI Federal Services. He and his wife, Katherine, have two children, Aubrey and Brody, and live in Encinitas, Calif. E-mail: sigep6699@yahoo.com Kevin Kwoka '11 lives in Chicago. He is a talent acquisition manager for Orion Energy Systems. E-mail: azteckwoka@gmail.com Alumni News WELCOME, NEW MEMBERS Our spring 2016 recruitment was very successful. We were able to take in the most qualified new members on the San Diego State campus. Recruitment Recommendations Alumni, we need your help in adding to our ranks. Please send us the names of men attending San Diego State this fall who would be a good fit for SigEp. Contact Alex Gray '18 at alexandergray21@gmail.com. Marquis Adkins Millbrae, Calif. Jake Brown Costa Mesa, Calif. Dylan Canepa Valencia, Calif. Moe Chanpreda Bangkok, Thailand Ben Cooper San Diego, Calif. David Foldes Newbury Park, Calif. Austin Jertberg San Diego, Calif. Matheus Kolberg Sao Paulo, Brazil Blake Laurin Rocklin, Calif. Jason Lee Clayton, Calif. Kory Matsuno Millbrae, Calif. Josh Nobida Dublin, Calif. Federico Pacheco San Jose, Costa Rica Dylan Rachman Tenafly, N.J. Bradley Richardson Yorba Linda, Calif. Kahale Warring Sonora, Calif. Nico Zapata San Marcos, Calif.

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