Notable Zetes

Term: Phi Alpha from 1960-1961

Chapter: Xi, 1922

DOD: Approx. 1900 - July 16, 1986

Achievements: Retired Judge, US Court of Appeals

Chapter: Pi

Term: Phi Alpha from 1881–1882

Chapter: Phi, 1859

Term: Phi Alpha from 2002-2004. 7th President of the Zeta Psi Foundation of Canada (1986). Zeta Psi Distinguished Service Award 2012.

Chapter: Chi Gamma, 1981

Term: Phi Alpha from 1940-1941

Chapter: Zeta, 1902

DOD: Circa 1880 - January 29, 1943

Term: Phi Alpha from 1982–1984 Zeta Psi Distinguished Service Award 2002

Chapter: Phi, 1969

Term: Phi Alpha from 1956-1957

Chapter: Phi, 1934

DOD: July 1, 1912 - February 3, 1979

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

Term: Phi Alpha # CXXXV from 2014-2016. Member of The Worthy. Distinguished Service Award Honoree, 2022.

Chapter: Alpha Psi, 1985

Achievements: General Motors GM Executive VP and General Counsel (2015_ 2021), Executive Vice President, Global Public Policy, and General Counsel. (June 1, 2021-present). 4th Undergraduate Phi of the Beta Tau chapter. Former Senior VP, General Counsel and corporate secretary of Chevron Phillips Chemical. Former Executive VP and chief legal officer for LyondellBasell Industries, one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies.

Chapter: Beta Tau, 1980

Achievements: Founded Gordon Securities (later Gordon Capital). Founded the Canadian Olympic bobsleigh team, and competed in the Olympic games and the world championships. He was honored in 2017 by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton with the creation of the “L.L. Gordon Spirit Award,” given annually to the athlete who best embodies Lamont’s drive and commitment to the sport of bobsleigh.

Chapter: Theta Phi, 1955

DOD: July 26, 2019

Achievements: Stanford Tennis Coach (1966-2004); Won 17 NCAA Championship Men's Tennis Tournaments Named the ITA-Wilson "Coach of the Decade" both for the 1980s and the 1990s. The International Tennis Hall of Fame "Tennis Educational Merit Award" 1982. Zeta Psi Red Grange Sportsman of the Year, 2012

Chapter: Mu, 1959, Plus a Masters from Stanford, 1960

Achievements: While still an undergraduate, becomes the first Traveling Secretary, and runs the central office (IHQ) (1910), out of the Xi chapter house. Later that year, participates in the move to No. 6 Madison Ave, Chicago, IL.

Chapter: Xi, 1910

Achievements: "The Galloping Ghost"; He is a charter member of both the College and Pro Football Halls of Fame. Namesake of Zeta Psi's Red Grange Athlete of the Year A three-time consensus All-American who led his team to a national championship in 1923. In 1924, he became the first recipient of the Chicago Tribune Silver Football award as the Big Ten Conference's most valuable player.  In 2008, he was named the best college football player of all time by ESPN, and in 2011, he was named the Greatest Big Ten Icon by the Big Ten Network.

Chapter: Alpha Epsilon

DOD: January 28, 1991

Achievements: Former Chairman and CEO, Quaker Oats of Canada(1976-1993), Trustee of the World Wildlife Fund of Canada, Officer the Order of Canada (May 1, 2002). Chair of the Ontario Round Table on the Environment and the Economy (1990 to 19 92), Chair of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (2003 to 2005).

Chapter: Theta Phi

Achievements: Former CEO, British Columbia Electric (1946-?); Chancellor, University of British Columbia, Three term President of the Vancouver Symphony Society, Two term Chairman of the Vancouver General Hospital Board. In 1957, he was named Canadian Businessman of the Year and, in 1958, was awarded the Human Relations Award from the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews. Member of the Canadian lacrosse team that demonstrated in the 1928 Olympics in Amsterdam.

Chapter: Sigma Epsilon

DOD: 1961

Achievements: Marine Corp First Lieutenant., who entered UVA on an Honor Award Scholarship. Pete was well known for his heart and intensity as a three year starter for the UVA football and track teams. A member of the Raven Society and the prestigious Omicron Delta Kappa honors fraternity, He was elected student president of the College of Arts and Sciences and chairman of the university’s Honor Committee. He had received the Alumni Association’s Distinguish Student Award and the Atlantic Coast Conference Scholar-Athlete Award, and was a Rhodes Scholar nominee. After his death it was revealed that he had been a member of the university’s secret Seven Society. In 1970 the Gray Memorial Foundation was founded at UVA and later renamed to the Gray-Carrington Foundation with the death of a former classmate and close friend, who had excelled, as well, in academics and football at UVA. The Gray-Carrington Foundation is now one of the most prestigious scholarships at the University of Virginia and has the largest endowment of any scholarship at the university.

Chapter: Beta, 1968

DOD: 07/05/1946 - 07/19/1970

Term: Phi Alpha from 1902–1903

Chapter: Epsilon, 1891

DOD: April 13, 1868- February 7, 1933

Achievements: Former Chairman and CEO, Renaissance Energy Ltd.

Chapter: Chi Gamma

Term: Phi Alpha from 1920–1921

Chapter: Psi, 1890

DOD: September 20, 1869 - 1925

Achievements: 2022 Red Grange Sportsman of the Year honoree. A member of the University of Toronto Varsity Blues Football Team, was named as the 2021-2022 Defensive Player of the Year at UofT, and named by PRSVRE (a university sports media outlet) as UofT's top breakout player and most valuable player on the team.

Chapter: Theta Xi, 2023

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: Won a gold medal with in eights with the American rowing team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne. He also played football at Yale.

Chapter: Eta, 1957

DOD: July 9, 1935 – February 5, 2007

Achievements: The Circle of Zeta Psi Magazine Editor (1999-2004). Zeta Psi Distinguished Service Award (2010)

Chapter: Beta Tau, 1984

Achievements: Running Back, Kick Returner and Captain of the 1935 Stanford Football Team. 1972 Inductee into the College Football Hall of Fame. In 1964 Bones owned the 3rd largest Buick dealership in the United States.

Chapter: Mu, 1936

DOD: September 8, 1912 – April 1, 1996

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: General Secretary of Zeta Psi (1936 - November 1936)

Chapter: Epsilon, 1931

Achievements: Zeta Psi Distinguished Service Award, 2012. James J. Carey Leadership Award 2021.

Chapter: Iota, 1965

Achievements: Television Actor. Credits include: "S.W.A.T.", "Benched", and "Better off Ted."

Chapter: Gamma, 1992

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