University of Michigan
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Executive
Board
Ryan Beginin '23
Eli Yarmy '23
Michael Carnavalla '23
Will McLaren '23
Morgan Witt '22
Chapter Eternal
Thomas E. Mott '64 entered Chapter Eternal on August 20, 2020. Tom played on the football
team for two years at U of M. He worked for the family business, Mott Bros. Company, from
1968 to his retirement in 1996. Tom and his wife, Judy, had four children and four grandsons.
He valued his many years in Rockford, Ill., growing up, working, and making many close
friendships there.
Alumni News
C.J. Cavalaris '54 is retired as a professor emeritus of the Ohio State University College of
Dentistry. His two sons are in Sigma Chi at Miami University. C.J. lives in Columbus, Ohio.
Email: c2122212@aol.com
Lance Minor Jr. '55 lives in New Canaan, Conn., and shares that all is well. Email:
lcmj27@optonline.net
John Schwarz '59 is a former state senator and member of Congress. He is also a retired
physician and lecturer in the Ford School at U of M. John lives in Battle Creek, Mich. Email:
joefmd@umich.edu
Robert Hohmeyer '60 is retired and lives in Del Mar, Calif. He volunteers at the San Diego
Model Railroad Museum in Balboa Park on the La Mesa Club Tehachapi Pass exhibit. Email:
hohmeyer@san.rr.com
Ronald Strauss '74 joined the 1855 Sigma Chi Founders Club at the Fairwinds Estate Winery
in Napa Valley, Calif. He lives in Wyoming, Mich. Email: ronaldstrauss154@yahoo.com
Pat Birney '79 still lives in San Diego, working for Sempra Energy in their LNG business.
Email: patrick.birney@gmail.com
Chris Tope '79 is past president of the Woehler Research Group. His wife, Pam, retired from
Verizon Wireless in 2016. They have two children, Donna and Rob; Donna is married and lives
in Tampa, and Rob is at Emory University in Atlanta finishing his MBA. Chris and Pam live in
New Castle, Va. Email: cristope@frontier.com
Todd Hoffman '82 moved to Winston-Salem, N.C., in 2019 to become the digital lead for
Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. His son, Trevor, is also a Sig (Carnegie Mellon) as are his two broth-
ers (Syracuse and Penn). Todd and his wife, Cherie, are U.S. leads on a West African education
project called Gambia Academy. Email: todd@tappingonglass.com
Tyrone Kline '89 relocated back to Michigan from North Carolina and is happy to be home.
Email: mgoblu88@gmail.com
Eric Raynal '12 lives in Ann Arbor, Mich., and is starting a neonatology fellowship this year.
Email: ericrayn@umich.edu
Adam Levine '14 has been married for one year; he met his wife in his senior year at Michigan.
He recently earned his MBA at UC Berkeley and now works full-time in San Francisco. Email:
adamlev@umich.edu
Jacob Lutt '16, Brian Koffler '16, and Mike Belt '16 have been happily working from home in
their Upper East Side, N.Y., apartment in the sports media (Turner Sports) and sports tech (League-
Apps) industries. Emails: jlutt@umich.edu, bkoffler@umich.edu, and mikebelt@umich.edu
Adam Eckburg '19 is in medical school at Northwestern University. Email: ajeckburg@gmail.com
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