Nevada-Las Vegas

Adam Seward (’05), who spent four seasons in the NFL with the Carolina Panthers, has been signed as a linebacker for the Indianapolis Colts. In his four seasons with the Panthers, Seward notched 45 tackles in 40 games.

Oglethorpe

The Georgia Eta chapter, the oldest fraternity on the Oglethorpe campus, celebrated its 150th anniversary with a reunion weekend April 17-19, 2009. The party was hosted by a number of brothers from across the chapter’s history: David Cooper (’71), Michael Higgins (’74), Gary Jansen (’74), Jimmy Kirtland (’77), Blake Christoph (’78), Scott Soloway (’87), Adam Corder (’95), Thair Hanaway (’95), John Breton (’97), Andy Noble (’97), Brian Findley (’99), Jay Williams (’99) and Alex Johnson (’07). The chapter is extremely active on the school’s campus, with 23 members who play varsity sports, six holding student government offices and two who sit on the executive student council.

Oklahoma State

Well-known financier T. Boone Pickens (Oklahoma State ’51) recently spoke to the San Diego Rotary Club. His current renewable-energy initiative, called the Pickens Plan, is designed to stop United States’ dependence on foreign oil. At the event, he had the opportunity to meet Dick Troncone (San Diego State ’67), president of the San Diego Alumni Association and incoming president of San Diego Rotary.

Oregon State

In March, Joth Ricci (’91) was named to the top spot of the Jones Soda company and has been given the difficult task of restoring the company to profitability in the midst of a tough economy. Jones, a high-end maker of soft drinks, is known for both its user-submitted photos that appear on its bottle labels as well as for its choices of unusual flavors: During one Thanksgiving season, the company released turkey- and mashed-potato-flavored drinks. Before joining Jones in 2008, Ricci was the manager of Columbia Distributing, a beer and wine distributor in Portland, Oregon.

Dick Thompson (’73) has been elected to the Oregon State University Greek Hall of Fame for his many years of dedication to the Oregon Alpha chapter and to the general university community. With his nomination, Thompson joins the ranks of other Fraternity men Bill Brennan (’62) and past Eminent Supreme Warden Ron Thiesen (’61).

Rockhurst

In his 35 years with the Kansas City Chiefs, Denny Thum (’74), has held every office responsibility except coaching duties. And now, with his appointment to club president, he won’t have to worry about on-field jobs. Thum, who is just the fourth president in the franchise’s history, was pleased. “To have the opportunity to work in this profession for one team for as long as I have, no one could ever get that,” he said. “That’s as great as it could be.”

Simpson

Jeffrey “Yogi” Cook (’77) has launched www.jobs4saes.info, a site dedicated to connecting brothers from the Kansas area in finding employment. In addition, Cook, along with brothers Henry Heller Smith (Bucknell ’86), undergraduate Cory Griffin (Missouri-Kansas City), undergraduate Andy Daniels (Missouri-Kansas City), undergraduate Rohan Apte (Missouri-Kansas City), DuMont Reed (Kansas ’68) and Tim McFarland (Kansas ’92), has formed the Phi Alphas, a vocal group that specializes in singing Fraternity songs. The group, which first performed January 21, 2009, is dedicated to reviving the reputation of Sigma Alpha Epsilon as the “singing Fraternity.”

South Florida

Brig. Gen. Luis Visot (’88) has been appointed as commander of the 377th Theater Sustainment Command of the U.S. Army Reserve. His post is the largest appointment in organization and requires oversight of more than 32,000 Army reservists across the country. Visot, who also works as the executive director of the University of South Florida’s Joint Military Leadership Center, is a 31-year veteran who has served on active duty in Iraq three times since 1990 and in Bosnia during the mid-1990s.

Southern Nevada Alumni Association

The men of the Southern Nevada Alumni Association gathered in Las Vegas in observance of Founders Day. Pictured are (from left) Bill Baumgardner (Nevada-Las Vegas), Bob Sweeney (Nevada-Las Vegas ’87), Ken Kahn (UC-Santa Barbara ’65), Alex Mavros (Nevada-Las Vegas ’98), Past Eminent Supreme Archon Ben Allen, Michael Ty (Nevada-Las Vegas ’04), Yiorgo Aretos (DePaul ’97), current Honorary Eminent Supreme Archon Warren Poslusny, Steve Schneider (New Mexico ’68) and John Ritsko (Nevada-Las Vegas ’03).

Texas

On March 26, 2009, Graham Hill (’71) was elected to a one-year term as the second vice president of the International Society of Barristers, an honor society with a membership cap of 650. Hill, who works in the Houston office of Locke Lord Bissell & Lidell, has been a member of the ISOB since 1989. Hill is also involved with the Texas Rho alumni board and established the Scott Caven Scholarship at his home chapter.

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