Alpha Gamma Rho - Penn State University

3 Kappa Sigma Jim Rutkowski '70 (Γ975) won the Three Rivers Environmental Teacher of the Year award from 1999-2005. He was also named Carnegie Science Teacher of the Year in 2005. Jim is the chairman of the Presque Isle Bay Public Advisory Board for delisting Bay as a Great Lakes Area of Concern. Email: jimgrutkowski@gmail.com Joe Rine '77 (Γ1108) is fully retired on Silver Lake in the Adirondacks. Joe resides in Au Sable Forks, N.Y. Email: swimingmoose@charter.net Ken Meyer '79 (Γ1124) became a laboratory production manager for Duarte Nursery after 10 years as a research scientist at E&J Gallo Winery. He oversaw 75 lab employees in the tissue culture micro propagation facility. In October 2019, Ken retired after 15 years. He married his long-term partner in December 2017 and moved to the Sacramento area in Carmichael, Calif. Email: kenmeyer57@yahoo.com Len Valenti '84 (Γ1218) is the retired owner of Portable Space mobile office trailers located in Exeter, Pa. He spent 30 years providing jobsite trailers to contractors, modular classrooms to schools, car lots, DOT driver exams, and other businesses that needed space. He enjoys spending time with his wife, Lisa, and daughters, Jessica and Christina, as well as AGR little brother Nate Nourse '86 (Γ1235). Email: vale123@aol.com Gregory Surine '12 (Γ1603) works for a private club in Rhode Island, communicating on behalf of the management team and board of directors. He appreciates the large community and how much the private club environment has in common with a large fraternity. Gregory lives in Westerly, R.I. Email: gsurine@gmail.com Gamma alumni attend the funeral of Bill Yerkes '49 (Γ592) on May 10. From left: Scott Yerkes '94 (Γ1341), Penrose Hallowell Jr. '73 (Γ1030), Allen Szyszko '80 (Γ1150), John "Stroud" Van Deusen '83 (Γ1192), Brian Sarris '69 (Γ960), Dave Flack '82 (Γ1179), Jim Hallowell '73 (Γ1025), Bob Lauffer '73 (Γ1031), and Jesse Hallowell '97 (Γ1392). Notably, Newton Comly (Γ541)'s 95-year-old widow, Louise, was also in attendance. Gamma AGRs from the '70s gather for their annual summer picnic in Lebanon, Pennsylvania. ALUMNI NEWS CHAPTER ETERNAL Abe Pennebacker '47 (Γ543) | December 22, 2023 Raymond Heimbach '47 (Γ547) | March 23, 2024 John Shearer '48 (Γ586) | November 19, 2024 William Yerkes '49 (Γ592) | April 29, 2024 Thomas Boyd '55 (Γ696) | August 3, 2023 Robert Donaldson '57 (Γ738) | March 18, 2024 Wilbur Avril '61 (Γ819) | April 22, 2024 Butch Grove '67 (Γ920) | February 24, 2024 What are your favorite memories from living at the Gamma Chapter house and/or spending time with Alpha Gamma Rho brothers at Penn State? "Living with a great bunch of wonderful, caring, quality men." –Kenneth Zieber '60 (Γ792) "Study time, big brother support, mornings of football games, having Franco at the house, my mom's birthday/steak fry." –Jim Rutkowski '70 (Γ975) "Going to PSU football games, Saturday night socials, hunting with brothers." –Dan Pitman Jr. '75 (Γ1074) "I miss volleyball days and chopping up the day around the kitchen island." –Gregory Surine '12 (Γ1603)

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