The eDelt editors plan to publish a section called, “Whatever Happened to Brother XXX.” We will be sending you emails to request information over the next year. Hopefully you will respond in a timely manner.
To give you some idea of what we will be looking for:
We want to know what you are doing. If you can’t think of what you want to highlight we have attached a list of items to guide you. It can be long or short since we are not limited by article length. You could include just a resume’ used for work or job searches, or what you have posted on LinkedIn or Doximetry, etc. Pictures would be great. We are trying to make it easy for you to respond. I am sure those in your timeframe will appreciate the update since we all tend to drift apart once we start on life’s journey. Thank you for your help in this new eDelt section
The process has started and we will feature in this issue:
Dave Falconer ’61; Raymond Drapek ’80; Dan McDonald ’91; David Bacon ’06; Patrick Forrest, M.D. ’06; Paul Van Gasse ’06; Joseph Fazi ’07 Gary Poirier ’07; Chris Bence ’10.
(information collated by H. Keith Hellems, M.D. ’62)
David Falconer ‘62
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major? Did you go to graduate school?
BS in Physics in 1962; MS in Physics in 1965; PhD in Physics in 1969, all from UofM.
2. Where have you worked since graduation: title, job description
Stanford Research Institute (SRI), 1970-2000. Senior Research Physicist. I did contact research for government agencies and commercial clients, mostly involving coherent optics and radio physics.
3. Where have you lived?
Palo Alto CA and immediate environs since 1970
4. Tell us about your family, number of children and what they are doing. Partner and what he/she is doing.
Living with long-term partner Bonney Ellestad. She has a BS degree from University of California at San Diego. I have a son, Derek Falconer, who lives in San Diego CA. He has a BSEE from UCSD and works as a project manager for General Atomics. I have daughter, Julie Falconer, who lives in London, England. She has BA degree from Brown University, She books facilities, restaurants, and hotels for companies planning a convention in London.
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, volunteer work, places you vacation
My hobbies are mostly athletic activities, including cycling, skiing, sailing, golfing, dancing, and tennis.
6. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
Health is generally good, but I’m feeling my age more and more these days. Only serious ailment is a-fib.
7. Do you keep in touch with the other Delta Chi’s?
I have remained active with the Delta Chi alums over the years. I also played an initial and on-going role, along with UofM’s Craig Nastanski, in the successful re-colonization of Abracadabra Chapter at CAL Berkeley.
I also helped raise funds for the new chapter house at 1705 Hill Street. I believe that effort saved the chapter from eventual folding. Instead, it converted the Michigan chapter to one of the premium fraternities on the UofM campus.
8. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
I have visited Ann Arbor off and on since my graduation in 1962. I plan to attend the 10th anniversary of the new DX chapter house 2026
9. Would you like to mention your business for anyone that might be searching for your product, expertise, a job or just information to help a brother out with?
I’m totally retired from W-2 income. But I still manage a number of rental properties that I acquired over the years. They keep me alive and busy and wealthy.
10. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might contact you?
My phone number and email address are available to other brothers of the Michigan chapter.
John Mardinly ‘72
- What was your undergraduate degree and major – what year did you graduate? Did you go to graduate school? Where and what year?
BSE Physics, ’72, BSE Mat.Sci. ’72, MSE Mat. Sci. ’74, Ph.D. Mat. Sci. ’82, all at University of Michigan. Also passed P.E. licensing exams.
2. Where have you worked since graduation: Company, job title, job description. Any interesting occurrences or projects? Military service.
Northrop Aircraft Metallurgy R&D, LA, CA, Senior Engineer, ’82-’83, Lockheed Missiles and Space, Sunnyvale, CA, Senior Engineer, (yes, we built nuclear missiles), ’83-’92, Intel Santa Clara, CA, Manager of Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory,’92-’09 (Retired), Western Digital R&D, San Jose, CA, Senior Engineer, Transmission Electron Microscopy Laboratory, ’10-’11, Arizona State University, Electron Microscopy Laboratory Senior Engineer, ’11-’16 (Retired again)
3. Where have you lived, approximate years?
Marina del Rey, CA, ’82-’83, Sunnyvale, CA, ’83-’01, Saratoga, CA, ’01-’11, Chandler, AZ ’11-present. Yes, fled the snow belt as soon as I graduated.
4. Tell us about your family. Tell us about your partner and what he/she is doing – jobs, etc.. Any children and what they are doing—activities, academics, sports, etc. Are they in a college and if so where and what degree are they going for.
Married 1999-26 years now. Daughter born 2002, just graduated from ASU, double degree in urban Planning and Sustainability.
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, any volunteer work. Be specific it you can.
Lots of motorcycles until my daughter was born, handful of great cars, now drive BMW i5 electric. Lots of classical music concert attendance, continuing rigorous classical guitar practice. Got a Youtube Channel:.youtube.com/@jmardinly I have several avenues of philanthropy, mostly supporting classical guitar. Trying to stay in shape-got a heated pool in my back yard and swim ~3 miles a week, and I weigh about the same as I did when I graduated.
6. Places you vacation. Do you travel places?
Türkiye (About a dozen times-my wife is from Türkiye), been around the world twice, Spain 3 times, Italy 3 times, Japan 5 times, Germany 3 times, England 3 times, France 2 times, Netherlands 2 times, Mexico 4 times, Canada 4 times, Greece, Austria, Taiwan, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Cuba, Poland, Switzerland
7. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
Ugh. 2 hernia surgeries, total hip replacement, Lumbar Spine Laminotomy, 4 skin cancers, the last of which was melanoma, which prompted me to get rid of my beautiful twin-turbo Mercedes S560 Cabriolet.
8. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
Not really.
9. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor?
2023, for the 100th Birthday Party for my thesis advisor, Professor Will Bigelow. He actually made it another 2 years after that. His advice for a long life was 1) Choose your parents well, 2) Pomegranate juice every day. Now all his students drink pomegranate juice every day.
Have you been in the new house? No.
10. Would you like to mention your business for anyone that might be searching for your product, expertise, a job or just information to help a Brother out with?
Retired twice, last one was over 9 years ago, all I do is study classical guitar, and invest.
11. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might contact you? Would be a nice time to re-connect.
Raymond Drapek ‘80
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major – what year did you graduate? Did you go to graduate school? Where and what year
BS Natural Resources. University of Michigan. 1981.
MS Forestry. Michigan State University. 1985.
MS Systems Science. Michigan State University. 1985.
PhD Entomology. Oregon State University. 1993.
2. Where have you worked since graduation: Company, job title, job description. Any interesting occurrences or projects? Military service.
Extension Service. Oregon State University. 1985-1995. Worked on agricultural integrated pest management projects.
US Forest Service. 1996-2021. Worked on ecosystem simulation models. Used for fire forecasting and projecting forest changes under climate change.
3. Where have you lived, approximate years?
Waterford Michigan. 1958-1976.
Ann Arbor, Michigan. 1976-1981.
East Lansing, Michigan. 1981-1985.
Corvallis, Oregon. 1985-present.
4. Tell us about your family. Tell us about your partner and what he/she is doing – jobs, etc. Any children and what they are doing—activities, academics, sports, etc. Are they in a college and if so where and what degree are they going for.
Single. No kids. Was married for 4 years.
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, any volunteer work. Be specific if you can.
I manage a nature center for the Mid Willamette Bird Alliance.
I volunteer to do trail maintenance work with the Willamette National Forest Cascade Volunteers.
I lead hikes and backpacks for the Chemeketan outings group.
I play keyboards for local community theater productions.
6. Places you vacation. Do you travel places?
I mostly travel in Oregon and Washington. I have section hiked the Pacific Crest Trail through all of Oregon and Washington. I take annual trips to Ashland Oregon for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.
7. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
I am healthy as of yet.
8. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
I send an annual “Happy Birthday” wish to my big brother Ernie Lueder.
9. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
I drove through Ann Arbor briefly in 2021. I drove past the new house but did not go in.
10. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might contact you? Would be a nice time to re-connect.
541-760-6053. [email protected].
Dan McDonald ‘91
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major – what year did you graduate? Did you go to graduate school? Where and what year
Computer Science (BS, LSA), 1991. I attended the University of Arizona for my MS in Computer Science, graduating in 1993.
2. Where have you worked since graduation: Company, job title, job description. Any interesting occurrences or projects? Military service.
Did multiple summer jobs in the industry before graduation, including summer 1990 rooming with the ONLY person who was present in all three parts (Marching Band, EECS, and Delta Chi) of my Michigan life: Tom Thomas (’91 BSE Computer Engineering).
After grad school I worked for two years at the US Naval Research Lab in Washington, DC. We built one of the first Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) and THE first IP Security (IPsec) implementation for BSD UNIX.
I continued with Internet software development at Sun Microsystems: Five years in California, nine more, plus one year under Oracle occupation, in Massachusetts.
After Oracle screwed everything up for Sun, what was OpenSolaris (Oracle closed it) became illumos, and I’ve had multiple illumos jobs from that point leading up to and including today. I’m currently (as of October 2025) a Distinguished Engineer for Edgecast Cloud.
3. Where have you lived, approximate years?
After graduating, I spent a second summer in Rochester, MN interning for IBM. I then headed to grad school at the Univerisity of Arizona in Tucson. I spend 2/3 of 1992 in North Carolina interning for a different IBM group, and returned for all of 1993 in Tucson.
I already mentioned California (Silicon Valley during the first dot-com boom), and Massachusetts (because you can’t start a family without either too-small a place, a 1 hour each-way commute, or I-won-startup-roulette money).
4. Tell us about your family. Tell us about your partner and what he/she is doing – jobs, etc.. Any children and what they are doing—activities, academics, sports, etc. Are they in a college and if so where and what degree are they going for.
I met my wife Wendy (a teacher-turned-writer -> https://wendymmcdonald.com/ ) during my time at NRL. Two years into Sun we reconnected, did the long-distance thing, and I convinced her to move out to California. We got married, and moved to Massachusetts because there was a Sun facility that had half my team there already, and (relative to California) more affordable housing.
We raised our twins Penelope (she/her) and Zephyr (they/them) in Mass, and they are both obtaining their BFAs in Illustration & Writing from MassART (P) and Animation from Montserrat College of Art (Z).
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, any volunteer work. Be specific it you can
In the last couple of years I’ve started to actually play percussion again, this time with a old-folks’ concert band near where I live. It’s good to shake off those cobwebs.
6. Places you vacation. Do you travel places?
Wendy and I, and then later the four of us, have travelled to a bunch of different places. In the past 10-ish years all four of us been to Hawaii, San Francisco and the greater Bay Area (visiting our old haunts), Cape Cod, and Ireland.
7. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
No.
8. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
Mostly via Facebook or email. Tried to meet some folks in person en route to Michigan (see next question), but couldn’t work out the timing.
9. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
My last employer (now part of Edgecast) had an office in Monroe, MI, which allowed me to visit campus, the new house, and Hill Auditorium for my only Band-o-Rama where I haven’t been on stage.
10. Would you like to mention your business for anyone that might be searching for your product, expertise, a job or just information to help a Brother out with?
I’m a core-team member for the illumos project: illumos is the open-source continuation of what was OpenSolaris. Earlier in my career I was deep in Internet Protocol R&D. I’ve co-written three RFCs (the Internet Engineering Task Force’s Request For Comments documents), and have expertise in Operating Systems, Networking, Software Engineering, and Open Source engagement. Unless it’s a direct conflict of interest, and it’s not just “fix my computer”, I’m available for consulting, or discussions about system software and/or open source.
Try this: If you’re on a Mac, or a BSD UNIX, and have a Terminal window, type “man ipsec” (or on illumos or Solaris, “man pf_key”), you will see my name in the STANDARDS section.
11. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might contact you? Would be a nice time to re-connect.
My email is [email protected]
David Bacon ‘06
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major? Did you go to graduate school?
Undergraduate degree was a BA in “Environment” and I did go to graduate school at University of Colorado and received an MBA in Real Estate Development
2. Where have you worked since graduation: title, job description
I am currently Vice President of Development at Trailbreak Partners where I run execution of real estate development deals including office, hospitality, multifamily and mixed-use projects
3. Where have you lived?
Have lived in Boulder, Colorado since leaving Michigan
4. Tell us about your family, number of children and what they are doing. Partner and what he/she is doing.
I am married and have three kids (ages 4, 8 and 10). My wife, Rachel, owns her own aesthetics company with brick and mortar stores in Denver and Boulder.
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, volunteer work, places you vacation.
Still love to ski, rock climb and see live music of all types.
6. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share? N/A
7. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
I make it back every year for a football game and reconnect with some of the local brothers. The founding group is actually going on a boys weekend in March.
8. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
I make it back every year for a football game, but haven’t been back to the house since the new house opened. Mainly haven’t been to the house because I attend the football game with one of my kids and they are too young to pregame like that!
9. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might Contact you? [email protected]
Joseph Fazi ‘06
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major? Did you go to graduate school?
My major was Program in the Environment and I graduated in 2006. I then went on to Law School at the University of Detroit Mercy and got my Juris Doctor in 2009.
2. Where have you worked since graduation: title, job description.
I have worked for a couple of years after graduating law school first doing plaintiff personal injury work and then representing creditors in bankruptcy court. Since 2013 I have done insurance defense work representing insurance companies and their insureds in primarily auto accident cases, slip and fall, bar fights, and dog bites. Since July 2021, I have been a partner at the law firm of Bowen, Radabaugh & Milton, P.C., in Troy, Michigan.
3. Where have you lived?
Since 2013 I have lived in Troy, Michigan.
4. Tell us about your family, number of children and what they are doing. Partner and what he/she is doing.
I have a wife, Amanda, and three kids. My wife is a forensic scientist, she previously worked for the Michigan State Police and Oakland County Sheriff’s offices. She now works remotely for a private lab based out of Florida. They process DNA evidence for police agencies across the country and Caribbean. My daughter is in 2nd Grade, my son is in Kindergarten and my other son is almost 2 years old.
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, volunteer work, places you vacation.
I ran a half marathon in Phoenix, Arizona in January 2024. Since that time, I have been a little burned out on running. In the summer and fall I play softball.
6. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
N/A.
7. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
I keep in contact with Brian Ciaramella. We see each other as often was we can.
8. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
I’ve been in Ann Arbor for Court, but for fun, it has probably been at least 5 years. I have not been to the new house.
9. Would you like to mention your business for anyone that might be searching for your product, expertise, a job or just information to help a Brother out with?
Bowen, Radabaugh & Milton, P.C. My practice focuses on insurance defense, however my partners represent credit unions, businesses, and individuals in all sorts of mattes from business formation, to estate planning.
10. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might contact you?
[email protected] 586-634-0783.
PATRICK B. FORREST, M.D. ‘06
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major? Did you go to graduate school?
B.S. in Economics (2002-06) and Medical School (2007-2011), Residency in Anesthesiology and Fellowship in Pain Medicine all done at U. of Michigan
2. Where have you worked since graduation: title, job description
Henry Ford Health, Division Head, Regional Anesthesia, Chair of quality assurance, department of anesthesia
3. Where have you lived?
Northville, MI
4. Tell us about your family, number of children and what they are doing. Partner and what he/she is doing.
Wife, two kids ages 8 and 6
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, volunteer work, places you vacation
Medical Mission trips to Peru, Kenya and Honduras (once a year to Honduras)
6. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
None
7. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
Yes
8. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
I have season football tickets so I’m there mostly in the fall, was last at the house for the dedication ceremony years back
9. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might contact you?
Email is fine, [email protected]
Paul VanGasse ’06
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major? Did you go to graduate school?
I majored in Mechanical Engineering, and graduated in 2006 with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering.
2. Where have you worked since graduation: title, job description
I worked for 7 years at Xerox, as a Mechanical Design Engineer for various systems within office printers. I’ve worked since 2012 at Amazon Lab126 as a Product Design Engineer, then Product Design Manager, then Product Design Senior Manager, working on Amazon-branded consumer electronics like Fire Tablets, Echo, Kindle, and FireTV.
3. Where have you lived?
Portland, Oregon. Sunnyvale, California.
4. Tell us about your family, number of children and what they are doing. Partner and what he/she is doing.
I have a wife (Nikki) and two kids. My wife is a Sr. Director of Strategy and Business Development for Service Now. My kids are in kindergarten and 4th grade.
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, volunteer work, places you vacation
I coach baseball for my kids. I enjoy being outdoors, and being active.
6. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
N/A
7. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
Andy Yen lives in the Bay Area also so I see him the most of all my old fraternity brothers. But I’ve hung out with just about all of them on occasion since graduating.
8. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
Its been probably 8 years…? I have not been in the new house. But it would be fun to see it sometime.
9. Would you like to mention your business for anyone that might be searching for your product, expertise, a job or just information to help a Brother out with?
Amazon Lab 126 develops all Amazon-branded consumer products.
10. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might contact you?
[email protected] 503-886-9932
11. Can you give us any comments on what was going on with the fraternity resurrection in 2006
We were just some guys from Bursley Hall that thought it would be fun to start a fraternity. It was hard to get going, and it didn’t feel like we were succeeding at first, but we were having so much fun, it didn’t matter.
Gary Poirier ’07
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major? Did you go to graduate school?
I received a bachelor’s in business administration at Michigan with an emphasis on finance and accounting. I received my MBA at Arizona State University’13.
2. Where have you worked since graduation: title, job description
I have worked at Honeywell as a Senior Finance Director.
3. Where have you lived?
I currently live in Phoenix, Arizona, but have also lived in Raleigh, NC and Houston, TX.
4. Tell us about your family, number of children and what they are doing. Partner and what he/she is doing.
My wife, Tiffani, was an elementary school teacher, but is now a stay-at-home Mom. I have two sons, Trent (12) and Cole (10), that are students.
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, volunteer work, places you vacation
I enjoy lifting weights, hiking, and exploring the world on family vacations.
6. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
N/A
7. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
Yes, my fellow founding fathers and I are seeing each other in Nashville, TN in March.
8. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
I was in Ann Arbor about 8-years ago and have not gotten to see new house yet.
9. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might contact you?
602.309.8084 [email protected]
Chris Bence ‘10
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major – what year did you graduate? Did you go to graduate school? Where and what year
2010 – Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
2016 – Master of Business Administration from University of Michigan’s Ross School of Business (part-time evening program from Jan 2013 -Dec 2016)
2. Where have you worked since graduation: Company, job title, job description. Any interesting occurrences or projects? Military service.
I have been at DTE full-time since obtaining my undergraduate degree (and also completed two student co-ops prior to my graduation in the summers of 2008 and 2009). Since 2010, I have worked in many roles of increasing responsibility. I have lead teams that developed the dispatch strategy for DTE Electric’s power generation assets, managed the operations and logistics of fuel transportation from origins to power generation assets, managed the procurement of fuel and transportation of fuel for the power generation assets, and drove the overall strategic direction for DTE Gas as the Chief of Staff to the President of the gas utility. Highlights include developing operational, financial, and risk management materials for DTE’s Board of Directors, leading the negotiation of a $1B+ fuel transportation agreement, and leading teams that achieved consistently high engagement scores as published by Gallup.
In April of 2024, I was promoted to my current role of Director – Gas Control & Planning. In this role, I oversee the safe, reliable, and efficient monitoring and control of DTE Gas’s natural gas transmission pipeline system around the clock. My responsibilities include the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) and field Operational Technology (OT) assets, including OT cybersecurity maturity and regulatory compliance. I also direct the DTE Gas transmission system planning, system outage management, gas measurement, nominations, and gas choice teams.
3. Where have you lived, approximate years?
I have lived in Ann Arbor for almost 20 years! I moved here from Farmington Hills, where I grew up, in the fall of 2006 to start my undergraduate journey, fell in love with the city, and never left. In fact, we still tailgate for almost all home games with our two young daughters (before returning home to watch the game from the comfort of our couch while our youngest takes her nap).
4. Tell us about your family. Tell us about your partner and what he/she is doing – jobs, etc.. Any children and what they are doing—activities, academics, sports, etc. Are they in a college and if so where and what degree are they going for.
My wife, Chrissy, and I have two daughters (Rory – 5 and Frankie – 2). Chrissy is a manager of pre-surgical and post-surgical operations and the director of quality at the Bone & Joint Surgery Center in Novi, MI. Rory just started Young 5s in Dexter and is really enjoying it. She also loves gymnastics, dance, and swimming. Frankie is living her best life in the Butterfly Room at daycare, and she loves gymnastics and swimming like her big sister. They also both love coloring.
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, any volunteer work. Be specific it you can
In the rare moments that I get free time, you can find me at a golf course. Chrissy and I also enjoy hanging with friends and catching a comedy show or live jazz.
Additionally, I have mentored high school students on career readiness and financial acumen through Detroit Economic Club’s Career Readiness Academy for the better part of the decade. I also volunteer through DTE a few times a year, and I have started raising money for Breast Cancer over the last two years. This is something I look forward to supporting for years to come as many women in my life have been directly impacted.
6. Places you vacation. Do you travel places?
Chrissy and I went on a few amazing trips before kids (Thailand and Vietnam, Australia and New Zealand, Greece and Croatia) and now focus on going to our families’ respective lake houses in Brooklyn, Michigan and Cheboygan, Michigan. We have gone on a couple Disney cruises with the kiddos, though the jury is still out as to whether we are a Disney family. I also go on at least one golf trip per year, including an annual trip where 12 of us play 90 holes in 5 days in a Ryder Cup-esque format. We pick a top 100 public course as the anchor round and build from there. This event is on par with the rest of the holidays throughout the year.
7. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
Thankfully, no.
8. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
Yes. I stay connected with many of the local Delta Chis that graduated a few years before me to a few years after me. I meet up with several out-state brothers on a relatively regular basis, including a few that join me on the annual golf trip.
9. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
While I live in Ann Arbor, I have not been to the new house in a couple years. Raising young children has taken priority in recent years.
10. Would you like to mention your business for anyone that might be searching for your product, expertise, a job or just information to help a Brother out with?
DTE Energy is a fortune 500 company and is in close geographic proximity to the University of Michigan. For those looking to launch a meaningful career in energy that powers communities and drives sustainability, DTE Energy offers driven individuals the chance to work on cutting-edge energy solutions—from renewable power generation to grid modernization—while making a real impact across Michigan. With a strong commitment to innovation, environmental stewardship, and employee development, DTE provides hands-on experience, mentorship, and a clear path for growth. Join a company that’s not just keeping the lights on, but lighting the way to a resilient and cleaner energy future.
11. Would you give your phone number and/or email address so others might contact you? Would be a nice time to re-connect.
Email: [email protected] Cell: 248.798.3767
Robert Shutt ’11
1. What was your undergraduate degree and major – what year did you graduate? Did you go to graduate school? Where and what year
I graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science focusing in Neuroscience and Biomolecular Sciences. I attended the University of Michigan School of Dentistry and graduated in 2018.
2. Where have you worked since graduation: Company, job title, job description. Any interesting occurrences or projects? Military service.
Since graduating, I have practiced at Robinson Dental in Wayland, MI. I am an associate dentist, practicing all facets of dentistry including oral surgery, implant placement, fixed and removable prosthodontics, endodontics and routine restorative dentistry.
3. Where have you lived, approximate years?
After graduating from dental school, my wife and I moved to the south side of Grand Rapids, MI. We resided here for two years before moving to Caledonia. We have lived in Caledonia, MI for five years and counting.
4. Tell us about your family. Tell us about your partner and what he/she is doing – jobs, etc.. Any children and what they are doing—activities, academics, sports, etc. Are they in a college and if so where and what degree are they going for.
My wife is a Pure Barre instructor and has enjoyed instructing fitness for over ten years. We have three children: Roderick (7 years old), Jacquelyn (5 years old), and Kenji (3 years old). Roderick enjoys playing soccer, playing outside, reading, playing board games, and playing football with his friends. Jacquelyn loves dance and will be performing in the Nutcracker this winter. Kenji greatly enjoys playing with Legos, doing puzzles and building forts.
5. Any hobbies and/or interests, any volunteer work. Be specific it you can
My hobbies and interests include building legos and playing ball with my kids, playing golf and tennis with friends, cooking, travelling, and watching Michigan/Detroit sports.
6. Places you vacation. Do you travel places?
This past year my wife and I were lucky enough to visit Denmark and Norway. We were lucky enough to enjoy some great food, ferry around the canals and fjords, visit my wife’s grandfather’s childhood house, etc.
7. Any illnesses you might like to mention or share?
Thankfully, none.
8. Do you keep in touch with other Delta Chi’s?
Absolutely! Both of my younger brother, Will and Jim Schutt, were Delta Chi’s and I obviously keep in touch with them. Jack Dean, Edwin Huicochea, Pat Horner, Rich Otto, Makis Papalambros, Jamie Capellari, Chris and Tom Bence are all great friends of mine who I talk with, play golf with, and enjoy a beer or two with regularly. (I’m sure there are a few brothers who I’m forgetting in that list)
9. When is last time you were in Ann Arbor? Have you been in the new house?
My wife and I took our two oldest children to the Michigan vs Wisconsin football game earlier this year. I unfortunately have not been able to check out the new house.