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Theta Chi Realty Board of Gainesville
9654 West Linebaugh Avenue
PMB #183
Tampa, FL 33626
ALUMNI UPDATE
CHAPTER ETERNAL
Lloyd E. Eggers '51 passed on to Chapter Eternal
on April 26 at the age of 84. Following college, he
served in the U.S. Army for 12 years. He returned to
Sarasota and was in business with his father at Dixie
Lee's, first serving as manager then later as owner.
Music remained important to him throughout his life.
Lloyd was a member of several bands throughout the
Sarasota area. He will be greatly missed.
ALUMNI NEWS
Nathaniel L. Storms '44 enjoys playing golf at the
age of 89. He and his wife, Alice, live in Valrico,
Fla., and are celebrating 66 years of marriage.
E-mail: kelly.storms@verizon.net
Marvin L. Ivey '51 volunteers as an
academic tournament judge and has served
on the Pinellas County Scholarship Fund
Board since 2007. He and his wife, Bette,
live in Largo, Fla. E-mail: mivey@tampabay.
rr.com
D. Allen Strickland '53 has worked in many
locations throughout the U.S., as well as in Egypt
and Thailand. Upon retirement, he and his wife,
Jacqueline, bought an Airstream travel trailer and
have toured the U.S. and Canada. When they are not
touring, they live in North Palm Beach, Fla. E-mail:
dastrick@bellsouth.net
Robert R. Harris '59 completed an item on his
Gator bucket list this year. He has seen UF play
in all 14 SEC stadiums, including the game at
Athens. This year, he attended games with George
Nielson '57 and Bill Barnett '62. Bob and his wife,
Dianne, live in St. Petersburg, Fla. E-mail: bob@
hotsauceharrys.com
Theta Chi at the University of Florida Theta Chi Tau Chapter Alumni www.ufthetachi.org
Save the Date
ORANGE AND BLUE GAME
Friday, April 8, 2016
100 YEARS OF TAU CHAPTER
September 2 • Formal Banquet
September 3 • Game Day Barbecue
A formal invitation with more details
will be sent out soon.
Bob F. Smith '61 shares that, thanks to
the newsletter, he was able to meet up
with Thomas Parrot '61 after 54 years.
"It was great fun to catch up after so long."
He and his wife, Ellen, live in Flowery Branch, Ga.
E-mail: rsmith4003@aol.com
Gary S. Houp '69 and his wife, Sherri, took their
travel trailer out to central Texas, where they visited
Ken Houp '64 and his wife, Debbie, in Austin and
Gary Nazaruk '70 and his wife, Nancy, in Boerne.
When they are not traveling, they live in Niceville,
Fla., where Gary is a physics teacher at South Walton
High School. E-mail: 2nicehoups@gmail.com
Charles J. Lechner '72 is enjoying retired life and
spending as much time as he can with his 3-year-
old granddaughter, Elin Lechner. He and his wife,
Kathy, have been married for 39 years and they
both enjoy getting back to Gainesville, Fla., as often
as they can. E-mail: epictt@aol.com
L. Albert Hon '78 retired after 30 years with
Florida Rock Industries. He and his wife, Charlene,
have been married 30 years and live in Jacksonville,
Fla. Albert is president of the Orange Park Sunrise
Rotary Club. E-mail: luisalberthon@gmail.com
C. Whit Blanton '82 left his consulting business
in June 2015 to become the first executive director
of the newly unified Pinellas Planning Council
and Pinellas Metropolitan Planning Organization.
He is responsible for countrywide land use and
transportation planning, based in Clearwater, Fla.
His daughter Melanie is a senior at UF and his
daughter Amelia is a freshman at FSU. Whit and
his wife, Cathy, life in Winter Park, Fla. E-mail:
wblanton@cfl.rr.com
Greg Aiello '16
Stirling Allen '16
Will Arpin '16
Kevin Baron '16
Cameron Barsoum '16
Brian Betancourt '16
Colton Carter '16
Cordel Comrie '16
Jean Corvington '16
Max Coughlin '16
Dylan DeYoung '16
Alex Dluzneski '16
Garrett Douglas '16
Jake Faber '16
Sawyer Gray '16
Nate Green '16
Joey Guay '16
Garrett Hayes '16
Ryan Hutchison '16
Tommy Hwang '16
Andrew Kelly '16
Jared Leverette '16
Fernando Mariosa '16
Drew Milano '16
Luke Miseyko '16
Nic Mostyn '16
Chris Nickas '16
Jon Nickas '16
Rob Peeters '16
Chun Poon '16
David Rodriguez '16
Jacob Schulder '16
Stephen Smiley '16
Charles Stewart '16
Anthony Vasconez '16
Nathan Wallace '16
Alex Weinstein '16
Sam Williams '16
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