Kentucky Thoroughbred Alumni Club Newsletter

2015 - 2016

Summer Reunion:

Sigma Pi Convocation:

Summer Reunion is the weekend of July 16th. We will be

having a golf scramble, luncheon, softball game, and
other get togethers.

Homecoming:
Homecoming is set for the weekend of October 29th.
We will be sponsoring a tent at Tent City. This is a great
place to gather before the football game and meet
brothers from different eras. We will have food, tables,
and chairs. Since Murray is now wet MSU allows
tailgating before the game and alcohol in Tent City.

Chapter Educational Fund News:

Our Chapter Educational Fund (CEF) has given away
$5,500 in scholarships since its founding. During
Homecoming 2016, the CEF gave scholarships to
undergraduates Michael Mann () and Aaron Rowland
(). Please help us continue this program by making a
tax deductible donation to our CEF. Donations to the CEF
are tax deductible and open to corporate matching funds
since SPEF is a 501(c)3 entity.
Donations can be made www.sigmapiedfund.org, by
phone at (800) 332-1897 Ext. 888, or mailing a check to
106 North Castle Heights, Lebanon, TN 37087 (remember
to put Gamma-Upsilon CEF in the memo field).

Chapter Educational Fund Donors:

Wyatt Alverson (FA) Paul Ahlhaus ()
Paul Hetrick () James Jennings ()
Louie Junkerman () Joe Allen Mattingly ()
Paul McDonald () Andy Morris ()
Keith Nance () Carl Oros () Tyler Pippin ()
David Presson () Larry Ruff () Bill Scarola ()
Greg Sexton () Les Wright ().
A big thank you goes out to all of our donors.

Convocation is set for July 27th 30th in Las Vegas, NV.

All brothers are encouraged to attend as Andy Morris
() is the Grand Sage of Sigma Pi Fraternity. Les Wright
() will be running for the Sigma Pi Grand Council. You
can register to attend at www.sigmapi.org/Convocation.

Alumni Club Dues:

Dues are $25 per year. We need money to pay for
Homecoming expenses as well as to assist the active
chapter with Rush and other needs. Please make checks
payable to the Kentucky Thoroughbred Alumni Club and
mail them to our Treasurer, Dakota Fields, 206 Stewart
Stadium Murray, KY 42071. You can also pay on PayPal
by sending money to SigmaPiAlumni@hotmail.com.

Planned Giving:
We ask that you remember the Chapter Endowment Fund
in your estate planning. You can use the statement
below as a guide for donating to the CEF:
I give, devise and bequeath ($______ or _____% residual of

my estate) to the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation, Inc., a

501 C 3 nonprofit corporation with principal offices in
Lebanon, Tennessee, to be specified for the GammaUpsilon Chapter Educational Fund held by the Sigma Pi
Educational Foundation. *

* Sample statement. Please consult your attorney or

adviser.
SPEFs Tax ID number is 22-6034109.
If you have forms that ask for an address you can use the
international headquarter's address for both, which is:
106 North Castle Heights Ave., Lebanon, TN 37087.
Their phone number is (615) 921-2300.

Rush:
Do you know a young man who will be attending Murray
State this fall? Alex Schatsick is the chapters Rush
Chairman for this coming fall. If you know a Murray State
student that would make a good brother please contact
Alex at (224) 234-8308 or aschatsick@murraystate.edu.

Membership in Sigma Pi lasts a lifetime!

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2015 - 2016

Housing Corp News:

Peter Dirks ()
won a Friend of
FarmHouse
Fraternity award.
Peter is a
recruiter for the
College of
Agriculture at
SIU-Carbondale.

Our Housing Corp has been looking for a house for the
past several years. They are having problems with
Murrays zoning laws which require an R4 zoned property
which is at least 15,000 square feet. There are not a
whole lot of those and Murray is not in a hurry to change
its zoning laws. An Alpha Sigma Phi alumnus bought an
incorrectly zoned house several years ago that he was
going to sell to his chapter for use as their house. They
still havent been able to get the zoning changed.
Making things more difficult is that Murray plans on
major changes to 16th Street which are boosting
property prices. The Housing Corp currently has a little
over $60,000 in its account. If you think you can assist us
please contact us at sigmapialumni@hotmail.com.

Other News:
Chuck Ries () is organizing a Sigma Pi Team for the
Spartan Race on Aug. 20th at Ft. Campbell, TN near
Nashville. If you are interested in running with our
brothers you can register online. The team password is
gammaupsilon. Chuck can be reached at
corrfi62@yahoo.com.

Congratulations to alumn Tex Shellhart (B) for winning

ISM's 2015 Leadership award.

History Committee
The chapter history committee has compiled over twenty
pages of notes on the chapter. If you remember an event
in chapter history please email us and let us know at
sigmapialumni@hotmail.com. Please let us know if you
or another brother had a leadership role in another
campus organization, was involved with Student
Government or Dorm Councils, was a member of Order
of Omega or another honorary group, was on an MSU
team, or was involved in MSU media. You can view our
history notes, and old newsletters, at
www.scribd.com/GammaUpsilon.

Keep In Touch:
You can keep in touch with Sigma Pi several different
ways:
Facebook: We have a brothers only group named
Sigma Pi (Gamma Upsilon) and a public fanpage
named Sigma Pi Fraternity at Murray State
University.
LinkedIn: We have a brothers only group named
Sigma Pi Gamma Upsilon Murray State
Twitter: The undergraduate chapter has a twitter
account named SigmaPi1968.
Scribd: Find all of our newsletters at
www.scribd.com/GammaUpsilon
YahooGroups: We keep a brothers only e-mailing list in
this group. If you would like to join please e-mail the
alumni club at SigmaPiAlumni@hotmail.com. All
messages are fully moderated so there is little chance of
spam getting through.
Website: at www.sigmapi1968.com.

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Updates:

Active Chapter News:

Les Wright () is the Grand Herald of Sigma Pi

Fraternity.
Louis Junkerman () was the House Father for our
Beta Mu chapter at Ole Miss.
Andy Morris () won the Contributions to the FEA
Community award from the Fraternity Executives
Association. He is also the Grand Sage of Sigma Pi
Fraternity.
John Crawford () is a retired teacher living in
Tennessee.
Bub Ronnau () is retired and living in Virginia.
David Presson () is the current Vice Chair of
Investments for the Sigma Pi Educational Foundation.
Jay Bertschy () is on the Manufacturers Council of
the Association of Pool & Spa Professionals.
Robert Huth () is a partner at Kirk, Huth, Lang, &
Badalamenti Law in Clinton Twnshp, Michigan.
Jim Fancher () is the principal partner at C2C
Consulting in Sacramento, CA.
Ambaw Bellete () is the President of Photocure,
Inc. in Princeton, NJ.
Reid Draper () owns a company that contracts for
Cirque du Soleil in Las Vegas, NV.
Chris Jones () is an Area Manager for Ellison
Technologies in Hamilton, OH.
Michael Glover () has published his first novel,
Saint Sebastian; The Rose.
David Weatherly () ended his show House
Blends on WKMS after twenty years.
Dudley Ives () owns Studio Ives Architecture in
Lexington, KY.
CD Bradley () is an attorney in Marietta, GA.
John Simanowitz () is CEO of Integrity in St Louis,
MO.
Bruce Rudd () received his Voice of the Customer
Professional certification from MaritzCX
Gabe Klamer () won the JPs 200K Fat Tire Pursuit
bicycle race through the snowy Idaho mountains.
Parker Timmons () runs Southern Illinois Ag
Solutions in Centralia, IL.

Congratulations to our undergraduate chapter. They are

one of only three chapters at MSU to have GPAs higher
than the mens average. The other two were Alpha Sigma
Phi and Sigma Phi Epsilon. Non-Greek males as MSU
have an average GPA of 2.80. Our chapters GPA was
2.88. The actives GPA was 2.92 and the pledges GPA was
2.51.
Gamma-Upsilon

was second place in the fraternity on

its Standards of Excellence scores in 2015.
Chapter partnered with Alpha Sigma Alpha and won
best homecoming float in 2015.
Tyler Pippin () won Outstanding Chapter President
and the chapter won Outstanding New Member
Education Program awards at the 2016 MSU All Greek
Assembly. This is the third year in a row Gamma Upsilon
has won the president award.
Michael Mann () was elected President of IFC.
Tyler Pippin () and Aaron Rowland () were Mr.
MSU contestants in 2015.
Nine brothers attended Mid-Year Leadership
Conference in 2016.
Evan Laird (), Michael Mann, and Andre Pittman
() were elected to the Murray State Student
Government Association as Senators.
Michael Mann was elected VP of Order of Omega.
Spring 2015 Delta Lambda pledge class had 3 initiates,
Fall 2015 Delta Mu had 11 initiates plus 3 neophytes, and
Spring 2016 Delta Nu has three pledges.

Congratulations to brothers
Aaron Rowland and Davis
Powers, as well as sweetheart
Natalie Hoesli, on their
graduation this May.

Fraternity sizes Spring 2016: -103 , -84, -73,

-67, -56, -38, -32, -27, -18, -9,
-2, -1

Membership in Sigma Pi lasts a lifetime!

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