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Alumni of the Month

October 2008:  Evan Altman (Chi '01)

Greetings, fellow Chi Alumni!  A lot of you may already know me, but for those who don’t, my name is Evan Altman and I’m a 2001 graduate of Hanover College.  During my time as an active member of Chi Chapter, I served as both Consul and Pro Consul and also as Vice President of the inaugural Greek Council. 

In contrast to the sometimes-lazy day-to-day pace at Hanover, life has sped up for me significantly in the last seven years.  In July of 2005, I married my beautiful wife, Sarah, whom I had met shortly after college.  In August of 2006, we welcomed our first child, Addison Grace, who now gives me everything I can handle at home.  As I write this, my wife is less than three weeks away from having our second child, Ryne David.  For those of you not familiar with the team, both kids’ names my irrational, and often frustrating, love of the Chicago Cubs.

My work life has been equally filled with change, as I’ve held many different positions with five separate employers since graduating.  From bartending to financial planning, from selling electronics to selling incentives to insurance brokers, I’ve dabbled in several livelihoods.  Amidst all the change, though, the values I learned from Sigma Chi in general, and from my time with Chi Chapter specifically, have helped me a great deal along the way.

The leadership skills and the teamwork I was able to experience and develop while at Hanover have proven invaluable to me time and time again.  Job interviews, promotion opportunities, conflict resolution, or just something as simple as relating to someone on a more personal level; the lessons I learned in Chi Chapter have given me a leg up.

The skills to succeed at work were great, but what I’m most proud of are the friendships I formed.  Through all of the changes I’ve seen: marriage, children, jobs, homes, my brothers have remained a constant.  Whether it’s a group of us getting together for a holiday party or two of us getting together to have a couple beers and watch a baseball game, it’s my brothers who made, and who continue to make, my Sigma Chi experience a lifelong one.  It’s for that reason I am writing this and for that reason I want to help Chi Chapter continue into the future. 

In Hoc,

Evan Altman, ‘01