"President Tucker!"

Congratulations to Bro. Tim Tucker who has recently been voted to serve as President of the American Pharmaceutical Association! Tim, we are all so proud of you. What a good platform to contribute the pharmaceutical industry, providing leadership and vision. Job well done, Mr. President-Elect!

(Photo was taken in SC at Whitt Wedding - we were thinking of you!)

Paul Whitt Got Married!

Charles Y., Adam S., and Josh T. made it to Central, SC (real name of the "city") to see Paul and Courtney say "I do" on September 30th.

Beautiful bride.
Beautiful day.
Happy crowd.
Happier groom.

Good times all around.

Congratulations Paul and Courtney!

Preachers or Pastors Planning on MacArthur's Meeting?

Anyone planning on or interested in going to John MacArthur's Shepherd's Conference on March 7-11, 2007? Mohler, Dever, Duncan and Piper are going to be there. Info can be found at http://www.gracechurch.org/sc/default.asp

Thanks,

Chris Winkleman

Greg Parsons' wife is pregnant with their second child. Greg is doing well in Dalton, GA working as a bank VP. He and his wife Cassie have one son Marcus. His email is Greg.Parsons@Firstgabnk.com.

Matt Nason Update

I am working for a private insurance adjusting firm called Crawford and Company. I do catastrophe work, and insurance adjusting. I am in Atlanta right now, and have been since January. I could be going somewhere else anytime though. I work for the same company and have the same job as Murph. I pretty much work and live on the road. I enjoy it though, I mean I am trying to travel while I am still single and can. In the fall, I was in NYC in our Manhattan office for six weeks. (naterlxa@hotmail.com)

Dude, Where's My Kilt?

Hello everyone! First of all, we are so excited about Dan Shackelford's and Jeff McKenzie's new babies! They are about to experience the best time of their lives. Now, it is truly hard to believe that 6 months ago we were having a baby! We can't imagine where we would be without little William Bradley.

This summer has flown by and William has become a happy, active, and healthy boy. He is constantly exploring his surroundings and is curious about every activity he does. Brian enjoys practicing law and I am teaching piano and tutoring in pre-calculus. We're very blessed to be in Mountain Home.

Sorry we have not been in touch with everyone. We always LOVE to hear what's going on with you so please e-mail us!! (IREmoonsic@aol.com)

Rachel, Brian and Baby William

5 Years, 5 Winks - Update from Chris and Laura Winkleman

Job - Laura and I have been living in Meridian, MS for just over 5 years now. God brought us to New Hope Baptist Church to be the Associate Pastor of Youth and Education just after graduating from Union and getting married. About a year after we moved down, the Senior Pastor left and the church asked me to be the interim pastor. God did some very interesting things during that time and after about a year of preaching, they called me to be the Senior Pastor. We just celebrated our 3rd anniversary in that position.

Kids - Meanwhile, we are having babies left and right. Our oldest, Sophie, was born just 4 days after our first wedding anniversary. Our son Isaac came along about 18 months later. And just 5 months ago, Mary Beth was born. Our house is busy to say the least, but God is providing for all of our needs and teaching us valuable lessons every day.

Wife - Laura is doing very well. She serves as the part-time Minister of Music at the church, and she is a full-time mom. The last few weeks have been particularly busy as she is starring as Belle in the community theater production of Beauty and the Beast. I have come to appreciate her more and more as I watch the 3 while she is at rehearsal.

Life is good.
(lambdazeta512@yahoo.com)

Baby Boy Born - Zeke Has Arrived
Ezekiel Danley Shackelford (Zeke) was born at 1:22 in the morning on Saturday, September 23. He was 7 lbs. 8 oz. and 20 inches long. He and Tami are both very healthy and we're really excited about him. Grace and Peace, Dan

"Who's Gonna Help a Brother Out?"

Bro. Russ James Compiling Master Alumni Directory - Will You Help Him?

Allow me to introduce myself: Bro. Russ James, LZ 321....Class of 1994. I was at last week's Pref Party to hear Bro. Chad Rowland speak and visit with the current brothers in the chapter.
After attending Pref last week and reflecting back on my days at Union, I wanted to contribute in some way to the ongoing success [of] the chapter!

I have started from scratch (by memory and a few Google searches) of putting together a comprehensive list of brothers in our chapter that would include: LZ #, Name, Address, phone contacts, email address, wife and family info, employer and job title info. Most of the 100 or so brothers in the list are brothers that I knew during my years at Union.

[My goal is] to distribute this comprehensive list in a few months to all the brothers of our chapter would allow for some old acquaintances to be renewed and even a great deal of networking to take place among brothers with common jobs or interests.

During my days at Union, I served as High Tau, High Alpha, and finally High Rho during my senior year. At that time, of course, there was no chapter house on campus and everyone talked of needing the alumni support to get things going. When I became High Rho, I found out how incomplete our alumni records actually were. There was little doubt why the alumni involvement was so scarce...we had no idea where about 2/3 of our alumni were! Thankfully, throughout the years, especially through the lean times in the late 70s and early 80s, a few brothers kept some connections together, such as Gary Williams, Tim Tucker, and Carlton Gerrell to name a few.

The summer that I was High Rho, Bro. Brent Housman was the High Alpha. With the help of Tim and some other local alumni, we began the research to locate as many brothers as possible. Among our primary goals was not only finding our lost brothers but also creating a network and establishing some momentum to see that a Lambda Chi House could be a reality on Union's campus.

My biggest regret looking back is that I was not able to stay in touch with the chapter like I had intended to when I left in 1994. I went back home to Paris, TN to teach math and coach basketball and coaching absorbed most of my time. I moved to middle TN in 1999 to take a coaching position at Cornersville High School. While there I met my wife, Felicia, who was from nearby Unionville where we live now. After a couple of other coaching moves, I decided to leave education and now I am employed at State Farm Insurance in Murfreesboro, TN.


In ZAX,
Russ James, LZ 321
rgjames@united.net