Sigma Chi - Montana State University

3 SIGMA CHI Nick Selden '18, Luke Laketa '19, and Chase Wheeler '18 work at harvesting a variety of food at God's Garden, Bozeman, all of which is donated to the Montana food bank. Sigma Chi helped in harvesting over 2,531 pounds of food. Consul Colton Coffee '17 Billings, Mont. coltoncoffee@gmail.com (406) 855-6028 Recruitment Chairman Taylor O'Keeffe '16 Spokane, Wash. taylorokeeffe@hotmail.com (509) 481-5974 Pro Consul Chapman Hewett '17 St. Paul, Minn. Magister Kyle Workman '17 Missoula, Mont. Quaester Shane Connors '17 Hawley, Pa. Annotator/Risk Manager Jachike Madubuko '17 Fort Richardson, Alaska House Manager Trevor Nesbitt '18 Vancouver, Wash. Steward Tanner Stockwell '18 Gig Harbor, Wash. Scholarship Chairman Tanner Stockwell '18 Gig Harbor, Wash. Historian/Tribune/ Chapter Editor Rio Moore '18 Boulder, Colo. Kustos Danton Evilsizer '16 Eagle River, Alaska Public Relations Chairman Blake Bowman '17 Missoula, Mont. Chapter Officers ALUMNI NEWS Robert C. Lund '65 spends his free time skiing and mountain biking. He lives in Whitefish, Mont., and is always looking for Sigma Chis to hit the mountains with. E-mail: boblund@ngtech.com Rick L. Dissly '66 has worked hard toward a highly successful career, taking on the role of chief financial officer for several major companies in northern California. He and his wife, Judi, have two children, Todd and Erin, and live in San Jose, Calif. E-mail: dissly@aol.com Thomas E. Bivins '68 retired in 2010 and is enjoying life. He and his wife, Mary Jean, have volunteered for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the Forest Service at Seeley Lake, and the Montana Wild Animal Rehab Center in Helena. Thomas also travels, floats on rivers, fly fishes, and plays golf. The couple lives in Virginia City, Mont. E-mail: tebmjb@gmail.com Roger L. Schelin '69 and his wife, Sandy, have enjoyed traveling since their retirement. They have visited Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii, England, Europe, and the Caribbean. Roger and Sandy spend their winters in Las Vegas, but return to their cabin in Roscoe, Mont., during the summer. E-mail: granmasam@yahoo.com Walter C. Backer '72 is pleased to be retiring after more than 40 years with Northwestern Energy. He lives in Billings, Mont. E-mail: walt.backer5@gmail.com Steven F. Bell '74 and his wife, Susan, are both retired and enjoy figuring out just how retirement works. "We divide our time between Houston, Santa Fe, and Montana." E-mail: sfbell@flash.net T his fall, the active chapter has made it their goal to increase the accuracy of their alumni contact information database by 20%. We currently have e-mail addresses for 750 alumni out of a total of 1,350 alumni. I am assisting Beta Rho in updating their database to effectively enhance communication between the active members and alumni. Please send in your preferred e-mail address and phone number to me at norm@normanachen.com, so we can add you onto our mailing list. Also, if you have the e-mail address and phone number for other Beta Rho Brothers, please send them our way as well. We would love to have all 1,350 Brothers on our mailing list! Our e-mails are sent from sigmachibetarhoalumni@gmail.com. Please add this to your contacts to prevent our e-mail going to junk mail. This is vital because the active chapter utilizes e-mail to keep alumni in the loop of upcoming events each semester. For example, active members send out an e-mail prior to Homecoming each year, which includes the time of the house cocktail party and the location of the alumni tailgate. E-mail is the main form of communication active members use to keep Beta Rho Brothers included in chapter events, such as initiation, Derby Days, and various happenings throughout the year, which alumni are encouraged to join. The 100th anniversary of Beta Rho is coming up in November 2017, so we want to make sure all alumni receive the latest information. In Hoc, Norm Achen '65 norm@normanachen.com / (289) 242-2551 Alumni Communication Vital to Active Chapter Success

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