Dave Rank ’86State Department Diplomat – Afghanistan, China, Taiwan, Greece, D.C., and Mauritius In late 2009 Brother Rank wrote to the alumni association, “I am finishing six years of overseas assignments (Athens, Beijing and now Taiwan) with the US State Department next summer and will return to the Washington area. I’ll study Dari for a…
Anthony T. Kremer D.V.M. '89 Dr. Anthony T. Kremer graduated from the University of Illinois in 1990. He has owned hospitals in the Illinois suburbs of Plainfield, Naperville, Streamwood, Minooka, and Channahon as well as Columbus, Ohio. In conjunction with his wife, Meg, he co-founded the Humane Society of Plainfield, a shared dream to save…
Scott Olson '93 Ph.D.Assistant Professor, Department of Civil and Environmental EngineeringUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign According to his departmental biography:Professor Olson holds a B.S. (University of Illinois 1993), M.S. (University of Illinois 1995), and Ph.D. (University of Illinois 2001), all in civil engineering. From 1995 through 1997, Scott worked in private practice for Woodward-Clyde Consultants….
Chris Jones '90Processor architect – NVIDIA Corporation The following interview with Brother Jones appeared in the summer 2008 Arrow: Q: Why did you join Psi Upsilon? A: I spent much of the Fall of ‘86 living in "temporary housing" in the dorms. With a little encouragement from a few sophomores I knew, I decided to…
A. Richard Williams FAIA '36Professor at numerous universities, includingUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1946-1970+)Distinguished visiting professor, College of Architecture and Landscape Architecture – University of Arizona, TucsonDesigner of U of I's College of Education building Few Psi U's have a more distinguished record than Professor Dick Williams. His curriculum vitae reflects 70 some odd years…
The introductory text was quoted in part from the Distinguished Alumni section of the Xi Chapter's website, www.xiofpsiu.org, which was compiled and written by Matt Tuccillo '95 and constructed by Kenneth Andersen '97. Many thanks to Tom Fox '00, Director of Chapter Services at Psi Upsilon Fraternity, for his help and guidance in this process. Psi…
Frank Markus '86 Motor Trend magazine – Technical Director Brother Markus writes:I graduated in mechanical engineering, never taking a single English or writing class at the U of I, but after six years in engineering at Chrysler I went to work writing for Car and Driver magazine as a technical editor. After 13 years there,…
Joseph B. Mountjoy Ph.D. '63Professor of AnthropologyUniversity of North Carolina at Greensboro At his UNC-Greensboro website, Professor Mountjoy writes:"Since 2001 I have been excavating selected valleys in the western highlands of Jalisco, Mexico, between Guadalajara and Puerto Vallarta. This research has focused on the registration rocks with petroglyphs, burial sites, and one ceremonial site where…
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The Omicron's Most Accomplished Athletes Charles Carney '22Member of the U of I’s “All Century” basketball teamMember – College Football Hall of FameVarsity "I" Man of the Year, 1979 Chuck Carney became the first Big Ten athlete to be named a football (1920) and basketball (1920 & 1922) All-American. Carney was a two-time All-American in…