Sigma Chi - University of Missouri

Alumni update The chapter eternal Thomas E. Deacy Jr. '39 passed away on September 23, 2013, three weeks before his 95th birthday. He attended Southwest High School and then received an LLB from the University of Missouri (Columbia) in 1940, where he was on the Missouri Law Review. Thomas received an MBA from the University of Chicago in 1949 and practiced law in Chicago from 1946 to 1955. He served the community in many ways, including as president of the Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago, chairman of Conservatory of Music of Kansas City, and director of St. Louis-San Francisco Railway and Burlington Northern, Inc. Thomas loved family ski trips to Colorado and summer trips to Michigan. He loved golfing with his friends and family and was a passionate and skilled duck hunter. Thomas and Jean Freeman Deacy had five children: Bennette, Carolyn, Margaret, Thomas, and Ann. Tiger Sig Xi Xi Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity at the University of Missouri P.O. Box 22548 Kansas City, MO 64113-2548 Address Service Requested Ned A. Eddy Jr. '58 passed away peacefully October 30 surrounded by family after a long battle with myelodysplastic syndrome. He was born June 13, 1936, in Kansas City, Mo. After college, Ned joined the U.S. Army at Ft. Leonard Wood, Mo. After his military service, Ned joined his father and uncles at Eddy Brothers, Inc. to begin his career as a leader in hospitality. During the 1970s, Ned was chairman of the Kansas City Convention and Visitors Bureau for two years. He was also president of the Missouri Restaurant Association, on the Republican Steering Committee for the Republican National Convention of 1980, elected Restaurateur of the Year in 1977 by the Missou1 Restaurant Association, and served as a Senior Vice President for Ducks Unlimited for eight years. Alumni News Judy and Phil Walters '59, Janet and John Loomis '58, and Rochelle and Don Hicks '58 visit Xi Xi Chapter for a reunion. Paul Carothers '58 bonds with his grandson, Sam Carothers, a new Xi Xi pledge. Judy Walters, Holly Carothers, Paul Carothers '58, Phil Walters '59, Janet Loomis, George Gale '54, John Loomis '58, and Rochelle and Don Hicks '58 enjoy the beautiful weather during a Xi Xi reunion. Dick Jensen '56, John Walker '60, Tim Pettey '15, and Don Hicks '58 hang out during the reunion. G. Hale Hubbard '50 departed the University of Missouri in 1946 for an appointment to the United States Military Academy, West Point, N.Y. He graduated with the class of 1950 and has had a 30-year military career. He and his wife, Jo Ann, have one son, Trent. The couple resides in Martinez, Ga. Carl A. Brown '75 retired in May 2013 from the Missouri public education system and returned to work in August 2013 as the mining operations project superintendent for Headwaters Plant Services. He and his wife, Jane, reside in Moberly, Mo., and have three children: C.J., Nicholas, and Maggie. E-mail: brown1814@gmail.com

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