Tau Kappa Epsilon - Missouri University of Science & Technology

PRIDE IN OUR PAST, SECURING OUR FUTURE 3 The Future Looks Bright for Beta Eta Tekes B eta Eta Tekes had a great fall semester and are ready to take on all that the spring has in store. At Homecoming we had an opportunity to see designs for the new Chapter House, and members are energized by plans for the future. We're grateful to our devoted alumni for investing in our Chapter and can't wait for the day when we come back to visit and hang out in the new house. For the second time in a row our Chapter has won the TKE Nation Tournament (TNT), becoming the first chapter to ever win back-to-back. This was a great victory for Beta Eta and shows how strong our Chapter is. To learn more about this social media fundraising campaign, visit http://www. tke.org/tnt. With the new officers and committee heads in place, the brothers have set academic, philanthropy, and recruitment goals. We hope to make great strides in academics to compete with other fraternities on campus. Our big philanthropy event, TKE Taco Night, is scheduled and we have plans to match or surpass the amount raised from previous semesters. With a new house in the works, we recognize that will come with quite a bit more expense. Our goal is to offset some of that cost with better recruiting. Spring recruitment is beginning to gear up, and we're looking forward to the trend of growth we've seen the last few years. We hope the prospect of a new house will draw in bigger numbers. If any alumni would like to help or have sons coming to Rolla, please contact me or the recruitment chairman, and we will do all that we can to show them the benefits of joining TKE. In the fall nine new members joined our great fraternity, and we have our sights set on higher numbers this spring semester. Yours in the Bond, Nick Bartley '12, BH1087 Prytanis ndbpq4@mst.edu Alumni join the Chapter in celebrating the TNT win. ALUMNI NEWS Raymond R. Reschetz '50, BH96 is a resident in the Breeze Park Senior Citizens Living Center in St. Charles, Mo. He and his wife, Margaret, have three daughters: Kathryn, Ann, and Susan. Paul L. Singer '54, BH136 is retired with homes in Florida and Georgia (where he's getting ready to build a new one). He and his wife, Janet, live in Pompano Beach, Fla., and have four sons: Paul, David, Ronald, and Christopher, and 13 grandchildren. E-mail: psingerinc@aol.com Donald J. Popp '58, BH198 retired from Boeing in 2000 where he worked as an engineering manager and says, "It's great!" He and his wife, Barbara, live in St. Charles, Mo., and have two children, Tim and Kristen. E-mail: dnpopp@sbcglobal.net Helmer N. Jensen Jr. '59, BH206 retired in 2013 after 35 years as a State Farm agent in Independence, Mo. He and his wife, Jan, life in Blue Springs, Mo., and have two children, Helmer III, a foreign missionary in South Africa with his family, and Cara, who is married to an Air Force chaplain serving in Guam. E-mail: handjjensen@mail.com Donald W. Warner '63, BH264 lives in Cass City, Mich., and reports that he is "retired and play 36+ holes of golf every day." Donald ice fishes in the winter and is very active in the Cass City Lions Club. E-mail: dwwarner42@yahoo.com Frank L. Grabski '65, BH307 has officiated high school basketball and baseball for 37 years. He also played a referee in the championship game scene of the film Glory Road. Frank lives in Baton Rouge, La. E-mail: frankgrabski@att.net James R. Bollam Jr. '69, BH360 is a senior electrical engineer at Belcan Technical Services. He and his wife, Mickey, live in Wildwood, Mo., and have two sons, David and Philip. E-mail: jrbollam@aol.com Thomas J. McBroom '69, BH370 is happily retired and spends his time fishing, traveling, and golfing. He and his wife, Shirley, live in Fenton, Mo., and have two children, Ryan and Shannon, and four grandchildren. E-mail: mcbroomts@att.net Seymour Bernstein '70, BH438 lives in Ocala, Fla., and is proud to say that his son, son-in-law, and granddaughter are Rolla alumni. Robert L. Telker '78, BH612 is a senior quality engineer at Aclara. He and his wife, Mary, live in Ballwin, Mo., and have two children, Lauren and Cameron. E-mail: rtelker@charter.net Patrick J. Giacomini '81, BH711 works at the power plant in Springfield, Ill., as a project manager for air pollution control projects and other capital improvement projects. Patrick reports, "I have great memories of the TKE house and would like to attend some alumni meetings in St. Louis or party weekends in Rolla with new TKE candidates. Please inform me of these events!" Patrick and his wife, Debbie, live in Springfield and have three daughters: Hannah, Sarah, and Amy. E-mail: pdgiacomini@comcast.net Kevin D. Renfro '82, BH718 and his wife, Michele, live in Spring, Texas, and have two children, Katy and Cameron. Katy is a sophomore at Texas A&M in biomedical engineering, and Cameron is a senior at Klein High School. E-mail: kevin.renfro@gmail.com (Continued on page 4)

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