Tired of hearing about how it’s time to set your goals for the NEW year, join a NEW gym, write a NEW resume, adopt a NEW financial planning strategy, consider a NEW golf swing, download a NEW app and read a NEW best seller? There is a lot of pressure on us from gurus of all philosophies and strategies to turn 2015 into something that 2014 was not. However, 2014 was something special for all of our KA brothers in some way. Maybe you experienced the birth of a child or grandchild, marriage or a milestone wedding anniversary, a promotion or the launch of a new business, your child’s graduation, the accomplishment of overcoming an illness … the list goes on. Here is just one of previous updates:
Bob Defoor ’91
“After college, I won a Fulbright Fellowship to France to do research at a medical school in Paris. After a great year living and traveling in Europe, I came back to start medical school at the University of Kentucky. I married my college girlfriend, the former Cathy Alexander, after my second year and her first year. After four years in Lexington, we moved to Charleston, South Carolina, where I did a surgical internship and urology residency and Cathy did a pediatrics residency at the Medical University of South Carolina. I decided to sub-specialize in pediatric urology so we moved to Cincinnati, Ohio to do a fellowship at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. I stayed on as staff (first job at age 35!) and have been there since. We’re raising three healthy children and Cathy is still in private practice part-time as a pediatrician in Northern Kentucky.”
The previous year was special in another way. It was during 2014 that ESPN sportscaster Stuart Scott received the Jimmy V Perseverance Award at the ESPY Awards. During his acceptance speech, Scott left this challenge in the hearts and minds of all who attended and all who have replayed that speech this week. “So live.” As many of you know, the world lost Stuart Scott to cancer this week. So, how will you live in 2015? Email your answer to us at [email protected]. Be sure to reference Kappa Alpha at Georgia Tech.