Kevin Mapes, 88-93
Kevin still lives in the bay area.
Family
Married Michelle Keller on New Year’s Eve 1995. First date was her AO-Pi Pledge Dance. They have a 7 yr old daughter, Saira; 3 yr old Son, Justin; and a newborn son, Brian.
Career
Aerospace Engineer. Satellite design and Missle Defense. Last job was Flight Software Manager
What do you do for fun?
Bike, soccer, basketball and Turkey bowl.
What Gamma Xi’s are you still in touch with?
Larry Larson, Mike Pardini, Pat Horton, Jim Beers, Rob Ashe, Gary Zandstra and Marc Archidiacano but mostly I hang with the family.
Comments:
I suggest someone throw a party and invite me because I am a lot of fun.
Lance Wright, 86-93
Lance lives in Watford, Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom.
He’s in Facebook and LinkedIn
Family
1 Son, Leon
Career
I run a Sales and Marketing Consultancy
What do you do for fun?
Pub, Karaoke, Computing, Comedy
What Gamma Xi’s are you still in touch with?
Mike Leong, Warren Schwartz, Mark Atkinson
Rob Thorson, 87-91
Rob lives in Citrus Heights, CA.
Family
I married my college sweetheart, Karen, in 1993, and we have two boys, Nathan (8) and Trevor (5).
Career
I am working with Scott Jensen at his advertising agency as his media director. We have been working together for the past four years.
What do you do for fun?
In my free time, I enjoy camping, wakeboarding, snowboarding, and coaching my boys sports teams. I have been coaching baseball and soccer for the past few years, and I am going to begin coaching basketball in the near future.
What Gamma Xi’s are you still in touch with?
I am still in contact with Scott Jensen, Steve Pyle, Dan Neumann, Ron Henares, Alex Alanis, Geno Ivaldi, and Dave Anderson. I recently ran into Peter Hubacz at dinner, and I hope to see him more frequently.
Comments:
I appreciate all of the time and effort that Greg Barr puts into Theta Chi. I look forward to and enjoy reading his emails very much. While I only live about three hours from San Jose, I find it difficult to make the time to get back down to any of the fraternity functions, but I plan on making a greater effort in the near future.
Marcus Kong, 89
Marcus lives in Fremont, CA. You can reconnect with him in Facebook and LinkedIn.
Family
My wife Kim (SJSU Chi Omega) and I got married in 1998. We have 1 daughter, Kayla, who was born in June 2007.
Career
I’m the manager for technical support at Xythos Software. We make a document management product.
What do you do for fun?
Spending time with my family, catching up with friends, golf, Facebook
What Gamma Xi’s are you still in touch with?
Most often it’s Eric Almgren, Dave Yonemitsu, Mel Brown, Steve Pyle (at least once a year and before April 15) and now a bunch of guys on Facebook.
Rod Diridon, 88-93
Rod lives in Santa Clara.
Family
Fiancee
Career
City Clerk and Auditor
What do you do for fun?
Race cars. Work on political campaigns. Eat, drink and be merry.
What Gamma Xi’s are you still in touch with?
Dave Martz, Steve Pyle, Ian Champeny, Alex Alanis, Steve Vargas, Don Cecil, a couple of others
SOCIAL NETWORKING: The Cinebar … wait, that was 15 years ago. I’ve moved up in the world to the Normandy House Lounge.
Comments:
Man, I miss you guys!
Mike Taylor, ‘85-’90
Mike lives in San Jose, CA.
Family
I met Jan In 1988 and little has change since. In 2008 I have the same wife, house and even the same phone number.
Career
Founder and CEO of Waterdogs Corporation
What do you do for fun?
flying, diving, gardening
somethings never change
What Gamma Xi’s are you still in touch with?
About 25 brothers from mid 80s, including but not limited to
John Blenio, Briam Smith, Brett Scott.
Anyone see Kevin Delaney?
Comments:
I still use my THETA mini fridge, that I paid Randy Kardos $60 for, under my work bench to chill cokes and beers. $60= 22 years…what a deal.
Jeff Realini, ‘85-’90
SOCIAL NETWORKING: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1646910247
Family
Wife: Monica Son: Keith (14) Daughters:Soreya (9) & Isabella (5)
Career
Financial Analyst with Robert Half International, Running for City Council in Patterson (2008)
What do you do for fun?
Take care of my garden
Micah Harrel, 86-89
SOCIAL NETWORKING: Facebook; LinkedIn
Family
Wife-Kaye; Michaela, age 6 and Benjamin, age 4
Career
Still at JH Technologies after 15 years, now as part owner.
What do you do for fun?
Soccer, Waterskiing
What Gamma Xi’s are you still in touch with?
more and more every day
Quinn Honore; 89-96
Quinn lives in Manteca, CA with his wife Melinda, and two children; Dominic (11) and Natasha (8). He works as a firefighter, and says he’s recently gotten back in touch with a whole bunch of pledge bro’s and other Gamma Xi’s through Facebook.
Craig Kohlruss; 86-88
Family
I have been married to my DZ wife, Donna, since 1991. We have two great sons, Randy and Jack, and have been residing in Clovis, CA since 1999.
Career
I am still currently on staff at The Fresno Bee newspaper as a photographer. I am working on a freelance photography career and will probably begin doing weddings soon.
What do you do for fun?
I like to hang out with my family, travel to the coast or mountains, wine, jazz, theater, cycling and just chillin’ in the backyard.
WEB SITE: http://www.craigkohlruss.com
SOCIAL NETWORKING:
http://www.myspace.com/fresnofoto
http://www.linkedin.com/in/suggers
http://www.flickr.com/people/craiger66
http://www.youtube.com/user/cek4966
http://twitter.com/suggers
Randy Luckman, 80-85
Shane and Randy at SM
Randy, also known as Luck-Boy, pledged Gamma Xi in 1980 and graduated in 1985 with an industrial engineering degree.
He lives in Folsom, CA with his wife Alexa and has two children, Amanda and Shane.
He has enjoyed a 23-year career as a fire protection engineer, and in his free time he enjoys ATV riding, camping, high sierra fishing, and playing softball, racquetball, tennis and weightlifting.
John White; 89-92
John pledged Gamma Xi in Fall 1989 and graduated in 1992 with a social science degree.
He lives in Hollister, CA with his wife Janelle and has four children: Jessica is 11, Julianna is 9, Jason is 8, and Joshua is 5.
He is a middle school P.E. teacher. In his free time he enjoys golf, camping, travel, and spending time with his family.
Bob Maloney; 82-85
Bob pledged Gamma Xi in 1982, and graduated from Oregon State with a marketing degree.
He has lived near Chicago since 2001. He works for a Dutch company called Oce, travels a lot for work, and In his free time he enjoys sailing on Lake Michigan.
William “Bill” Shivell; ‘79-’85
Bill graduated with a B.S. in Aeronautics Operations with his minor in business. He the student representative on the board of directors of Spartan Shops from 1983 to 1985, and led freshman orientation in 1983 and 1984.
During his time in Theta Chi he served as VP, Pledge Marshal, Social Chairman, and Steward. He was recognized with the Thurman-Swarts award in 1985, served as chapter delegate to IFC 1984, and as chapter delegate to Theta Chi National Convention in 1982, where he received the Key Man Award.
He was active in the US Navy from 1985 to 1996 and in the reserves since that time. From his official navy bio: “During 15 years of military flying, Captain Shivell has flown 3198 hours in 6 aircraft types. He completed 58 missions and 183 hours of combat operations, 505 carrier landings and 207 night carrier landings without a single mishap. He is a USS Ranger triple centurion and night centurion, a USS Nimitz centurion, and has earned Top Ten landing honors in Carrier Air Wings TWO and NINE. He wears the Meritorious Service Medal, Individual Mission Air Medal (with V), three Strike-Flight Air Medals, six Navy Commendation Medals (one with V), three Navy Achievement Medals, and several unit, campaign and service awards.”
Bill is now a Boeing 777 First Officer for United Airlines based in San Francisco, and he lives in San Diego with his two children, Grayson and Olivia.
Steve Pyle, Fall ‘86
Family
Married to Liz in 1993, 2 daughters Amanda born in August 1996 and Emily born in June 1998
Career
Steve is a CPA in Campbell.
www.cpasllp.com, www.sanjose-cpa.com
What Gamma Xi’s are you still in touch with?
Still in touch with quite a few
For more info or to touch base with Steve, connect with him on Facebook.
