Alumni News and Notes
Upcoming Events
July 8, 2021: Restoring Excellence Happy Hour – NW Suburbs
5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
Emerson’s Ale House – 113 S. Emerson St., Mt. Prospect
CLICK HERE to register – no cost to attend but a donation is appreciatedFor those of you in the Northwest suburbs, you’re invited to come on out to our first in-person happy hour of the year on July 8, 2021 at Emerson’s Ale House in Mount Prospect (113 S. Emerson St.) from 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Emerson’s is conveniently located just off Northwest Highway, across the street from the Mount Prospect Metra Station. Their menu features an extensive beer list for the craft beer lover and a 1/2 pound signature burger that has been dubbed the “Best Burger in Town.”
It’s been way too long since we’ve been able to get together in person, and this is just the first of what will be many informal happy hours that we are going to try to hold this year. So if you can’t make it to this one or you live too far away, we hope to see you at the next happy hour. But if you’re at all able to come meet up, it would be awesome to see you and catch up after an incredibly difficult year.
July 14, 2021: Whiskey Wednesday
8:00 p.m.
Theme: TBD
Via Zoom MeetingsZoom Login Information:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85901947691?pwd=YXB2QllZNXo0d2FDL2NFMEJQdjFldz09Zoom Meeting ID: 859 0194 7691Passcode: 052512July 17, 2021: Chi Psi at the Park
2:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
Arlington International RacetrackTo attend, please email Matt Hess at mrhess78@gmail.com and let him know how many tickets you would like. Spouses and significant others are more than welcome. All we ask is that you make a $100.00 donation per guest to the Restoring Excellence Capital Campaign.You can make your donation online at azdchipsi.org/campaign or by sending a check to Chris Riehs at 3520 Timber Creek Lane, Naperville, IL 60565.July 31 – Aug. 1, 2021: Alumni Work Weekend
The Lodge
710 West Ohio Street, Urbana, ILThe Property Committee will be hosting an alumni work weekend on July 31-August 1. All are welcome and encouraged to join as we plan to complete the bedroom furnishings, install a new grill and more.August 11, 2021: Whiskey Wednesday
8:00 p.m.
Theme: TBD
Via Zoom MeetingsZoom Login Information:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85901947691?pwd=YXB2QllZNXo0d2FDL2NFMEJQdjFldz09Zoom Meeting ID: 859 0194 7691Passcode: 052512August 20-21, 2021: Final Round of Buell Scholarship Interviews
The Lodge
710 West Ohio Street, Urbana, ILSeptember 8, 2021: Whiskey Wednesday
8:00 p.m.
Theme: TBD
Via Zoom MeetingsZoom Login Information:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85901947691?pwd=YXB2QllZNXo0d2FDL2NFMEJQdjFldz09Zoom Meeting ID: 859 0194 7691Passcode: 052512September 17-19, 2021: Alumni Weekend
The Lodge
710 West Ohio Street, Urbana, ILThe Illini – Maryland game will take place at 8:00 CST on Friday night, September 17. Ticket information will be forthcoming.
October 9-10, 2021: Homecoming
The Lodge
710 West Ohio Street, Urbana, ILIllini vs. Wisconsin
October 13, 2021: Whiskey Wednesday
8:00 p.m.
Theme: TBD
Via Zoom MeetingsZoom Login Information:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85901947691?pwd=YXB2QllZNXo0d2FDL2NFMEJQdjFldz09Zoom Meeting ID: 859 0194 7691Passcode: 052512November 10, 2021: Whiskey Wednesday
8:00 p.m.
Theme: TBD
Via Zoom MeetingsZoom Login Information:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85901947691?pwd=YXB2QllZNXo0d2FDL2NFMEJQdjFldz09Zoom Meeting ID: 859 0194 7691Passcode: 052512December 8, 2021: Whiskey Wednesday
8:00 p.m.
Theme: TBD
Via Zoom MeetingsZoom Login Information:https://us02web.zoom.us/j/85901947691?pwd=YXB2QllZNXo0d2FDL2NFMEJQdjFldz09Zoom Meeting ID: 859 0194 7691Passcode: 052512
Parthenon Archives
Alumni Corporation Board
PresidentPaul Parks, ZΔ ’03 |
Vice PresidentJeremy Doser, ZΔ ’97 |
SecretaryMatthew Hess, ZΔ ’00 |
TreasurerEugene Bord, ZΔ ’06 |
TrusteeBill Novak, ZΔ ’03 |
TrusteeChip McConville, ZΔ ’89 |
TrusteeRandy Mason, ZΔ ’96 |
TrusteeColin Johnson, ZΔ ’06 |
Undergraduate TrusteeEvan Fouts, ZΔ ’22 |
Undergraduate TrusteeCharlie Gordon, ZΔ ’22 |
Undergraduate TrusteeNick Chomko, ZΔ ’22 |
Undergraduate TrusteeArjun Thakkar, ZΔ ’22 |
Corporation Resources
I joined the Lodge in the fall of 1993 after being recruited by Chris Pounds. It was a tough time since there was no actual Lodge that year and the actives were all spread around campus in apartments. But I really liked the brothers I met and pledged along with one other guy who dropped out halfway through. So I initiated by myself, at the Epsilon Delta Lodge at Northwestern University. I left Illinois in January 1996 and moved to Brownsville, Texas to become a flight instructor. By March 1997 I had accumulated enough flight time to get my first airline job at Continental Express Airlines, where I flew ATR-42 turboprops and Embraer-145 regional jets out of Houston and Cleveland. In 2005 I was hired by Continental Airlines and began flying the 757 and 767 out of Newark, New Jersey. With the merger of Continental and United Airlines I was able to get based back in Chicago. I’ve been a 737 Captain for United the last six years. I’ve been a trustee on the alumni board for the past three years. I enjoy staying involved and getting to know the actives each year and also help plan our yearly Founder’s Day banquet.
Matthew Hess, ZΔ `00, is originally from the South side of Chicago but now lives in Wheeling with his girlfriend, Laura. He is an attorney focusing in the areas of estate planning, probate, litigation involving contested estates and trust disputes, and small business services, as owner of 
Colin Johnson lives in Chicago, IL in the Edison Park neighborhood with his wife Amanda and their two sons Carter (4) and Keaton (2.5). Today Colin is Category Sales Director at Verizon Media, leading a team tasked with providing advertising solutions for the country’s largest CPG manufacturers across the suite of Verizon advertising and publishing solutions.
I am glad to be back for my third (or fourth) stint on the Corporation Board since graduating in 2003. After undergrad, I went to Chicago-Kent for law school, and then moved for New York City, where I was a state prosecutor from 2006 through 2013. In May 2013, my family and I moved back to Chicago where I took a job as a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office, focusing on internal misconduct at the Postal Service. I am currently an in-house counsel for a Fortune 500 company in Chicago. I am married with two kids and live in the western Chicago suburbs.
Chip McConville, ZD ’89, served as #2, social chairman and scholarship chairman during his undergraduate days in the Lodge. In the early 1990’s, he served a term as a trustee of the Zeta Delta Alumni Corporation and was a contributing editor for the Purple and Gold. A native Ohioan, Chip was a founder of the Columbus Area Chi Psi Alumni Club which came into existence about 20 years ago.