Sigma Chi - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

3 SIGMA CHI Alex Mikelis '17 Degree: Material Science and Engineering Plans: Looking for a job; his LinkedIn is: www.linkedin.com/in/ alexander-mikelis-1aa004141 Conrad Mossl '17 Degree: IT and Web Science Plans: Work as an IT leadership program associate at Becton Dickinson in Franklin Lakes, N.J. Ravi Panse '17 Degree: Electrical Engineering, minor in Computer Science, and M.E. in Computer Systems Engineering Plans: Work as a software developer for Blackstone Group in New York City Luke Perkins '17 Degree: Mathematics Plans: Work as a data scientist at Systems and Technology Research in Woburn, Mass. Alex Quigley '17 Degree: Industrial Engineering Plans: Work as a process engineer at W.L Gore in Newark, Del. Matt Rettig '17 Degree: Biomedical Engineering Plans: Looking for a job; his LinkedIn is: www.linkedin.com/in/ matthew-rettig-BME John Romano '17 Degree: Mechanical Engineering Plans: Work as a technical problem solver at EPIC Systems in Madison, Wis. Matthew Tabak '17 Degree: Applied Physics, EE Concentration Plans: Looking for a job; his LinkedIn is: www.linkedin.com/in/ matthew-tabak-7a147091/ Ryan Williams '17 Degree: Industrial and Management Engineering Plans: Work as a parts and vehicle logistics analyst in the graduate rotation program for Volkswagen Group of America in Reston, Va. Congrats, Spring 2017 Grads! CHAPTER ETERNAL Since our spring 2017 issue, seven Delta Psi brothers have entered Chapter Eternal. Henry O. "Hank" Lumb Jr. '53, a founding father of Delta Psi of Sigma Chi at RPI in 1950;Albert Welford "Will" Castleman Jr. '57; Robert Glaess '65; John Schroder '69; Mark J. Harris '70; Bob Brooks '75; Jim "Flanigan" Comyns '77. BROTHERS HONORED Bob Shortle '74, with Larry Mentz '68 and Bob Jones '73 in attendance, honored our passed members and read their names into the Chapter Eternal roll book at the Sigma Chi 81st Grand Chapter in Providence, R.I., on June 22. Obituaries and postings for these brothers can be found on our website and Facebook page. ALUMNI NEWS Kevin Casey '79 celebrated his 60th birthday on April 22. Pictured are Jim Rosetti '79, Kevin Casey '79, Howard Schneider '79, and Bobby Anderson '82. The theme was the '60s. Bill "Kid" Crowe '71 reports: "On April 17, I ran the amazing Boston Marathon for the ninth straight year. The weather was a bit warm which made for slower times than hoped for by me and many others. However, I was still able to finish with a time that will qualify me for next year's race. Ten years has been my goal for a while now and it feels great to have a chance to achieve that. I'll probably decide a year at a time from then on. My wife, Mary, also ran but had a bad day. She has since re-qualified at Buffalo so we will both be at next year's Boston (her eighth). We are very much addicted to this spectacular event! Thanks to Lynn and Bob Barnes '71 for once again (maybe four times now!) coming to see us run the race. Mary and I both greeted them at the 16-mile mark and then stopped for lunch at their home in Sturbridge the next day on our way home." Jack Belletete '70 celebrated his 69th birthday in Jaffrey, N.H., on June 22. Pictured are Bill Wurst '71, Bob Shortle '74, Jack Belletete, '70, and Jim Munger Banghart '69. Dr. Rich Rishko '76 semi-retired to the California wine country in Pasa Robles. Chris Lopinto '02 was recognized in the RPI alumni news for his ExpertFlyer application to maximize frequent flyer programs and rewards. For more information, visit www.expertflyer.com. John McCue '09 is set to marry Angela Holloway on September 23. Rodney Mendez '10 married Melania Temidis on June 11 in Nyack, N.Y. Adam Weltz '11 defended his Ph.D. thesis in July at RPI. Jameson Price '12 married Kari Ann Vannoster on June 23 in Coffeyville, Kan. Chaz Goodwine '12 completed his Ph.D. candidacy, the second-to-last milestone toward completing his doctorate degree. Almost there, Chaz! Philip Maas '13 is a seminary student studying for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown. In May, he finished the required two years of pre-theology at St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Philadelphia, where he earned a master of arts in philosophical studies. During the 2017 summer, Philip road his motorcycle to Omaha to spend nine weeks at the Institute for Priestly Formation hosted at Creighton University. Philip returns to St. Charles to begin his four years of Theological Seminary, which will culminate in, ordination to the Diaconate in June 2020 and the Priesthood in June 2021. ALUMNI UPDATE Kevin Casey '79 Jack Belletete '70 Philip Maas '13 (Continued on page 4)

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