Marcus Ansley

Marcus H. “Marc” Ansley Marcus H. “Marc” Ansley, 53, who was a Senior Structural Engineer with the Florida Department of Transportation, died Wednesday, June 16, 2010, following a sudden heart attack in Waynesville, North Carolina.

The service will be at 3 p.m. EDT Monday, June 21, 2010, at Faith Presbyterian Church, Tallahassee. A reception will follow in the church fellowship hall. Memorial contributions may be made to Faith Presbyterian Church, 2200 North Meridian Road, Tallahassee, FL 32303.

Marc was a native and lifelong resident of Tallahassee. He was a
graduate of Leon High School and received bachelor and master’s
degrees from Georgia Tech, where he was a member of TKE social fraternity. Marc was head of structural research at Florida DOT, where he served for more than twenty years. He was also instrumental in the activities of several state and national structural engineering organizations, and served as an adjunct professor at the FAMU/FSU College of Engineering. He was an active member and Elder at Faith Presbyterian Church. Marc’s quiet resolve and leadership will be deeply missed at both Faith Presbyterian and Florida DOT.

Survivors include his wife, Leigh H. Ansley of Tallahassee; two sons, Matt Schmidt (Katie) of Keene, NH and Harrison Ansley of Tallahassee; his mother, Kay Ansley of Tallahassee; his brother, David Ansley (Donna) of Tallahassee; two grandchildren, Madison and Skylar Schmidt, both of Keene; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death in 2002, by his father Gus Ansley.

The Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine claims:  ”The members of the notorious Committee of Five, a brazen band of fraternity brothers who, fueled by a “two-kegger night,” stole the whistle in late August 1978, have never been unmasked. Until now.”

Committee of Five Culprits Finally Come Forward

Well, some of us have know about it for a long time, especially if you’ve paid attention to the walls at the Teke House!

Congratulations, fraters, for finally being recognized for one of the most amazing stunts ever pulled at (on?) Georgia Tech!

New TKE HQ Building, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Grand Council of Tau Kappa Epsilon has purchased a new headquarters for the organization. Located approximately three miles away from the current facility, the new building is three-stories, 26,500-square feet, was constructed in the early 1990s and renovated in 2004.

TKE Chief Executive Officer Kevin Mayeux stated “This is an exciting new era for Tau Kappa Epsilon. The new headquarters will meet our needs for years to come, with improved office space, several conference and training rooms, space to form a working TKE heritage center to display our historical documents and archives, and put a positive public face on TKE today.  Our new headquarters will be a welcoming, professional and functional space for everyone in the TKE Nation to visit and call home.”

Click here to read the whole story!

Andrew Fritchley has created a website for coordinating block seating and tailgating for Tekes at football games:  http://tkeblock.com/.

And a group of young(ish) alumni (perhaps the same) have formed a Facebook group for tailgating: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/home.php?filter=lf.  You must log onto Facebook to see the page.

This notice is perhaps a little late for the 2009 season but may be useful for next year.

Thanks to everyone who attended the Homecoming reception and the pre-game festivities at the house. Our go-to photographer, Robert Combier, took some great photos at both events. Follow the link below to check out the pictures. Prints and hi-res downloads can be purchased directly from the site.

http://combier.smugmug.com/Events/TKE-Homecoming-2009

A video of TKE Beta-Pi’s 2009 Homecoming Mock Rock entry has been posted on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ZwEeYEdoKI.

This performance took 2nd place. Although tastes in “music” definitely change, the chapter retains that skill at choreography and dance that it has had for decades.

The chapter took 1st place in the homecoming banner competition.

A TKE Beta-Pi Ticket Exchange Google Group has been created. It’s under “Alumni Affairs > Ticket Exchange”.

This group was created because initiates and alumni occasionally are looking to find or dispose of extra tickets. The alumni general lists are not intended for this use but, still, it’s needed. Therefore–a list for this specific purpose. (This is not a BS list.)

This will likely be a little slow to start because, to be useful, we have to have a lot of members. So, if you believe that you will ever be interested in this service, even if that day is not today, consider joining the list.