Ron Chretien ’72
Major: College of Operations Research & Industrial Engineering
Hometown: Grew up in Wollaston, MA, but spent most of my life in Union Springs, NY, just up Cayuga Lake from Ithaca with my wife Nancy (former Pin-mate) and sons Tim and Kevin. We celebrated 50 years of marriage this past January.
Current Home: The Villages, FL
Employer: Retired in 2007. President and Co-owner of the R.G. Wright Agency, an independent insurance agency located in Auburn, NY.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: The Villages is a very golf-oriented community with 13 country clubs and an additional 40+ executive courses. That has become my newest passion. Certainly wish I took the game up before I retired. I belong to a golf group ranging from 12–20 guys. I always remark that it’s the closest thing to my fraternity days….too much beer, too much trash talk. I am also a volunteer marshal at the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, the LPGA Tournament of Champions & the PNC Father/Son Classic…all in Orlando.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Certainly it is the brotherhood that I miss the most. I also miss the nights in Lynah Rink watching the national champion hockey teams. I fondly remember housing many brothers at my house in Wollaston, MA when we traveled to the ECAC hockey tournament at the old Boston Garden.
Contact Ron at ronchretien@yahoo.com.
Jack R. Vinson ’52
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Hometown: Kansas City, MO
Current Home: Haverford, PA
Employer: Retired from the University of Delaware. I was a faculty member in the department of mechanical engineering from 1956 until 2012, including being the chairman of the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from 1956 until 1981, after which I was the H. Fletcher Brown professor until I retired from the university in 2012.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Reading and working on my coin collection.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: The late-night table tennis and bridge games with fraternity brothers at the house.
Contact Jack at vinsonsma@aol.com.
Orion Corcilius ’97
Major: BS Hotel Administration, MBA
Hometown: Blue Mountains, Australia
Current Home: Westchester County, NY
Employer: Orion Hospitality Corp.
Job Title: Founder and Managing Partner
Job Responsibilities: Commercial real estate capital markets advisory.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Capital structuring and the destination hospitality and mixed-use projects themselves.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Mountain bike racing, golf, surfing, snowboarding, outdoors, food, wine, music, entertaining, and travel.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: House parties.
Contact Orion at occ2@cornell.edu or ocorcilius@hotmail.com.
Peter Hufnagel ’12
Major: Interdisciplinary Studies
Hometown: Scarsdale, NY
Current Home: Atlanta, GA
Employer: The Lemon Perfect Company
Job Title: Special Assistant to the CEO
Job Responsibilities: Administrator, office manager, and miscellaneous duties at beverage startup.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Seeing consumers choose our product every day.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Lifting weights, swimming, hip-hop music, cooking.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Christopher Sheridan ’12 knocking down my door in the dormer.
Contact Peter at peterdhufnagel@gmail.com.
Thomas Doupé ’12
Major: Applied Economics and Management
Hometown: Westlake Village, CA
Current Home: San Francisco, CA
Employer: JLL
Job Title: Senior Vice President – Agency Leasing
Job Responsibilities: Office leasing on behalf of institutionally owned office buildings downtown.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Building relationships.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Golf and spending time with my family.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: Having free time and fewer responsibilities.
Contact Thomas at tdoupe1@gmail.com.
Joe Pierik ’17
Major: Sociology
Hometown: Corona, CA
Current Home: Los Angeles, CA
Employer: Lee & Associates Commercial Real Estate
Job Title: Associate Broker
Job Responsibilities: Represent office tenants and landlords in the Southern California market, advisor to clients on commercial real estate buying/selling and leasing of office space.
Most Interesting Aspect of Your Job: Every day I am doing something new, always meeting new people and no two deals are the same.
Hobbies and Personal Interests: Disc golf at least once a week, hanging with my Cornell buddies.
One Thing You Miss Most about Cornell or Sigma Nu: I miss having meals with the other Sigma Nu brothers; truly had some of the best times at Cornell in that Sigma Nu dining hall.
Contact Joe at jtp94@cornell.edu.