Alpha Zeta

Phi Kappa Tau Northwest

Alpha Zeta

Oregon State University
Corvallis, Oregon

* Re-colonized April 2004!

The Alpha Zeta Story

Founded as Rainier Club, November 21, 1921
Changed to Lambda Phi Delta, October 1923
Chartered as Phi Kappa Tau, October 15, 1925

The Past

Under the leadership of Dr. Roy R. Hewitt, a business school professor, a small group of Oregon State campus leaders formed the Rainier Club in 1922. They soon adopted the Greek name Lambda Phi Delta and petitioned Phi Kappa Tau for a charter, which was granted on October 15, 1925, with National President Harry A. Taylor presiding at the installation. The chapter prospered until the depression, when the membership began to lag and the chapter was forced to take boarders into its house at 242 NW 15th Street.

The national fraternity helped reorganize the chapter, and in 1938 it moved into new quarters at 27 Park Terrace, which served as home until the chapter closed in 1942 during World War II.

In 1947, the chapter was reestablished in a new house, purchased at 26th and Harrison, which was home until 1957, when the present house was purchased. Alpha Zeta closed its doors in 1982 and was briefly revived in the middle 1980's only to fail once again in 1987.

The house corporation has maintain the house at 127 NW 13th as a rental property and had leased it to the Phi Sigma Kappa Fraternity until December of 2003. Currently the property is being renovated for occupancy by the new colony for the Fall 2004 quarter and is being utilized for various expansion activities.

The way ahead

Throughout the 1990's, the Fraternity had been advised that the climate was not right for recolonization. Due to statewide budget cuts in the early 90's, in-state tuition tripled and enrollment dropped sharply. In 1998, the Greek Advisor informed us that we had the highest priority for returning to campus and suggested petitioning in 2000 and actually returning to campus in 2002. Fortunately, the year 2000 finds an all time high for enrollment in Oregon colleges and Oregon State is expecting a 19 year high as well.

A recent problem was that while we followed the recommendations to postpone our return, the University allowed three expansions, two of which have failed. A new Interim Greek Advisor for the 1999-2000 school year promised expansions to three other Fraternities and the current Greek Advisor was stuck trying to fulfill all these past promises made before his arrival.

Current News

We held an alumni reception on campus in the fall of 2001 and a 50 year reunion in Salem during the summer of 2002. The participation and involvement of many alumni at these events greatly impressed the administration and combined with the determination of the national Fraternity and several local alumni to secure a new colony, Leadership Consultants Tim Hudson and Nick DiMasi spent April 2004 on campus recruiting the new colony. We currently have numerous alumni serving on our Board of Governors, House Corporation, and Graduate Council who are assisting the colony as they work towards the rigorous chartering requirements. If you are willing and able to serve in any capacity be sure to contact Domain Director Jeff Anderson at roper91@hotmail.com

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Have you seen the pictures from the 50 year Alpha Zeta Reunion on June 7, 2002?

AZ 80th Anniversary

Current Officers

Resident Council

Todd Prichard, President

Gary Jarmer, Vice President

Kelly McGowan, VP Alumni Relations

Kurt Heisel, Treasurer

Ian Hubbell, Secretary

Dan Grilli, Membership Orientation Officer

Josh Piccolo, Recruitment Chair

Kevin Moore, Academic Chair

Wes Wegner, House Manager

Kelly McGowan, Philanthropy Chair

Josh Piccolo, Social Chair

Board of Governors

Keith Boyd, AZ'69 - Chairman

Dirk Luehrs, AZ'68 - Alumni Relations Advisor

Bob Bernhard, AT'59 - Financial Advisor

Rich Kingsley, AZ'61 - RM/Insurance Advisor

Josh Donart, AK'00 - Colony Advisor

Denny Abraham, AZ'65

Ed Smith, AZ'68

Housing Corporation

Mike Bachelder, AZ'68 - President

Dirk Luehrs, AZ'68

Forman Lee, AZ'70

Roger Gray, AZ'66

Tom Carlson, AZ'66

Graduate Council

* to be determined at a future alumni event

Do you know where our 87 lost brothers are?

Allen, Paul * Anundson, Robert * Arce, Horacio * Babcock, Darren
Bailey, Donald * Balke, Hans * Barnard, Donald * Bates, Charles
Beggs, Philip * Bennett, Thomas * Benson, James * Bergman, Donald
Born, Leonard * Boyd, Mark * Brauner, Thomas * Brown, Gary
Brown, Jim * Carl, H * Castor, Cecil * Chitty, John * Coffin, Gregory
Courtright, Burr * Courtright, James * Davies, Wilbert

Dearmond, Thomas * Dickmann, David * Dickson, Louis

Dunlap, Rodney * Durham, William * Eberhard, John

Edwards, Thomas * Emmons, Jack * Erlien, Robert * Foco, Thomas
Fujimoto, Robert * Fultz, Lester * Gibbs, Henry * Gifford, David
Gorchels, Gregory * Hastings, Robert * Hayden, Daniel

Hiddleson, Marc * Higgins, Gordon * Hingston, Alan

Hohbach, Jeffrey * Hollingsworth, Theodore * Jefferson, Don
Johnson, Jared * Keller, Randall * Kempen, Mark * Kent, Roy
Kibby, Darwin * Kim, Sean * Kuhn, Everett * Louie, Thomas
Lowe, Raymond * Luth, Gregory * McGarvey, Boyd

McKay, Ronald * Mecklem, Kenneth * Northup, David

Norton, Homer * Peterson, Alton * Putzulu, Anthony * Ray, Michael
Rehart, Clifford * Rho, Ken * Richardson, Ronald * Robertson, James

Ronning, Todd * Salinas, Ricardo * Silva, John * Sizemore, William
Smeltzer, Philip * Smith, Terry * Smith, Walter * Sullivan, Patrick
Terwilliger, George * Thomas, Donald * Thomson, Gary

Townsend, Clarence * Usher, Donald * Wayrynen, Darin * West, Kurt
Williams, J * Williams, Lowel * Wright, Paul

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Brothers found since 10/17/01:

20!

thanks for your help!!

Special thanks to Past National President Greg Hollen, Maryland '75 who is helping to track down several of our lost brothers!