West Valley

Chairperson:  Tom Medland '60

University Trustee F. Michael Geddes '61 Headlines 2010 West Valley Luncheon

The Notre Dame Club of Phoenix annual West Valley Luncheon will be held at noon on Thursday, January 21, 2010.  It will be held at the Sun City Country Club  at 9433 N. 107th Ave in Sun City.

Our speaker will be F. Michael Geddes, '61.  Mr. Geddes, a 1961 graduate of Notre Dame, played two years as a walk-on for the Irish football team during his collegiate days, but did not earn an athletic monogram. A University Trustee since 1996, Geddes is a member of the Athletic Affairs and Audit Committees, former chair of the Executive Committee and current chair of the Badin Guild, which honors individuals who include the University in their estate plans. He has served on the advisory council of the Institute for Church Life since 1983, formerly as chair and now as an ex officio member.  In 2006, he received the Rev. Edward F. Sorin, CSC, Award for distinguished service to the University.

Geddes, who graduated from the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration in 1963, is chairman and president of Geddes and Company, a private investment and consulting firm in Phoenix, and is chairman and chief executive officer of Coe & Van Loo Consultants Inc., Athearn Inc., and GS&B Holdings Inc. He serves as chairman of the board of Scottsdale Healthcare and on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Dean's Council of 100 at Arizona State University's W.P. Carey School of Business. In addition, he is director of both Boys Hope Girls Hope of Arizona and the St. John Vianney School Development Council, and former chair of the Catholic Community Foundation of the Diocese of Phoenix.

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Depending on the level of interest and willingness of volunteers, there may be several gamewatches as well as an additional luncheon, a mass and a breakfast,  Future activities will be discussed at the luncheon.

Anyone willing to help us find good speakers or volunteer to help with an event should contact Tom Medland at (623) 341-3677.