Notable Zetes

Achievements: Author, "The Wide Lens: A New Strategy for Innovation"

Chapter: Kappa Phi, 1993

Achievements: Author, "Centaurs in Vietnam"

Chapter: Delta

Achievements: Author, "If This Is Your Land, Where Are Your Stories? Finding Common Ground" and other books. University Professor Emeritus, Department of English, Center for Comparative Literature. (University of Toronto). 1984 named a Fellow of the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation in English Literature. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Societry of Canada.

Chapter: Sigma Epsilon, 1964

Achievements: Author, "Reunion in Carmel"

Chapter: Iota

Achievements: Author, multiple books including "To Ride, Shoot Straight, and Speak the Truth"

Chapter: Mu, 1941

Achievements: American writer, investigative journalist, and producer.

Chapter: Zeta, 1949

DOD: October 29, 1925 – August 26, 2009

Achievements: Author, "Disappear: Into Shadow"

Chapter: Alpha Mu

Achievements: Author, "The Irish Country House", 1991 was appointed President of the Irish Georgian Society.

Chapter: Sigma Epsilon, 1962

DOD: 13 July 1937 – 14 September 2011

Achievements: Author, "Stay Driven", On July of 2003, D.O. set a Guinness World Record by freestyling for 8 hours and 45 minutes. Brother Gibson is also a motivational speaker

Chapter: Theta Xi, 2001

Achievements: Former Chairman and CEO, Mitel Corporation; Independent Director of Fairfax Holdings, Former Chairman, Russel Metals. Chairman and CEO of Canadian Cablesystems Limited of Toronto (1973-1979). Author, "Corporate Catalyst: A Chronicle of the (Mis)Management of Canadian Business from a Veteran Insider"

Chapter: Alpha Psi, 1954

Achievements: Pioneer of Big Wave Surfing; Professor Emeritus of Oceanography at University of Hawaii, Author, Big Surf, Deep Dives and the Islands. Winner, 1966 Duke Kahanamoku Invitational, named as the best surfer in the world by Surfer Magazine in 1967 1965 Aquanaut aboard the NASA-sponsored Sealab II

Chapter: Mu, 1958

DOD: May 21, 2014

Achievements: He is best known for this children’s book, Mei Li, which won the 1939 Caldecott Medal for Illustration. Initiated in Beth Qoph/Alpha Theta Epsilon 1917 (which became Phi Lambda in 1920). Phi Lambda 1920 charter class, initiate number 40.

Chapter: Phi Lambda, 1920

DOD: (1897-1948)

Achievements: Author, "Nebraska’s Miitia: The History of The Army and National Guard, 1854-1991"

Chapter: Omicron, 1988

Achievements: Author, "At Face Value: My Triumph Over a Disfiguring Cancer"

Chapter: Iota

Achievements: Phi of the Theta Xi Chapter in 1973. Over a 26-year career as a teacher he taught English and History at two leading independent and three public high schools, including Upper Canada College and Pickering College. He wrote the screenplay for 'Head On', the Canadian entry at the 1981 Cannes, Berlin and Venice film festivals. He has written fifteen books, including: The Shakespeare Novels: King Lear, Hamlet, Twelfth Night, Midsummer Night’s Dream, Othello, Macbeth, Romeo and Juliet, The Bleaks (nonfiction memoir, 2014), and RSKY BZNS (nonfiction memoir, 2020).

Chapter: Theta Xi, 1974

Achievements: Author, the Blog "F. Robert’s World"

Chapter: Alpha Epsilon, 1953

DOD: January 21, 2012

Achievements: Founder, Kinsey Institute for Research in Sex, Gender and Reproduction. Author, Sexual Behavior in the Human Male (1948) and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female (1953), and co-author of Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America (1943) (original draft written in 1920).

Chapter: Lambda

DOD: June 23, 1894 - August 25, 1956

Achievements: Political Writer and Humorist; namesake of The Stephen Leacock Memorial Medal of Humour 1937 Winner of the Lorne Pierce Medal. Which is awarded every two years by the Royal Society of Canada to recognize achievement of special significance and conspicuous merit in imaginative or critical literature written in either English or French.

Chapter: Theta Xi

DOD: 30 December 1869 – 28 March 1944

Achievements: Former Pennsylvania State Legislator and Author of , "Rheingold: Born Fatima"

Chapter: Pi Kappa, 1986

Achievements: Author of his memoir, at age 93, "A Process Mind" (linked below), also wrote "1000 Napa County Wildflowers", plus 2 books on winemaking. Served as the assistant surgeon for First Battalion, 24th Marines during the battle of Iwo Jima A pioneer innovator in Pediatric Urology

Chapter: Mu, 1936

DOD: Nov. 8, 1916 - Dec. 7, 2016

Achievements: Canadian National Hockey writer for multiple publications. Author, "Draft Year: Brendan Gaunce"

Chapter: Theta Eta, 2011

Achievements: Author, "In Flanders Fields"

Chapter: Theta Xi

DOD: January 28, 1918, Boulogne-sur-Mer, France, Place of Burial: Wimereux Cemetery, Wimereux

Achievements: Author, "Renaldo: A Tale of World Cup Soccer, Terrorism and Love"

Chapter: Theta Xi, 1970

Achievements: Author, "Memoirs and Reflections" Few people have had a career as extensive, varied, and transformative as R. Roy McMurtry. In the public positions he held – reforming attorney general of Ontario, architect of the agreement that brought about the patriation of the Canadian Constitution, high commissioner to the United Kingdom, and chief justice of Ontario – he made immense contributions to Canadian law, politics, and life. Throughout, he has been a champion of anti-racism and human rights and an inspiring leader and motivator of others. Roy McMurtry also founded the Osgoode Society.

Chapter: Theta Xi, 1954

Achievements: Author, "Once Upon A Plane"

Chapter: Theta Xi

Achievements: Author, "Keys to the Cellar: Strategies and Secrets of Wine Collecting" and "Passport to New York Restaurants (Various years)"

Chapter: Theta Xi

Achievements: Author, Snow White Lies

Chapter: Psi, 1990

Achievements: Author, "North of Everything"

Chapter: Theta

Achievements: Author of 5 books, including, "Things I Heard My Professor Say: Insights From My Favorite Business School Class"

Chapter: Pi Tau, 1998

Achievements: Author, "Second Sight"

Chapter: Theta Xi, 1996