Frank Harrington
AW2019 - Registration Live!

Get ready for the Pi Chapter annual Alumni Weekend, to be held 26-28th, 2019! Hotel and registration details available.

AW2019 - Registration Live!
Frank Harrington
Deadline Approching for 2018 Fundraising ...

2018 Fundraising Campaign Deadline is approaching!

Deadline Approching for 2018 Fundraising Campaign
Alumni Weekend
Frank Harrington
Save the Date! Alumni Weekend 2017 - April ...

Get ready for the Pi Chapter Alumni Weekend to be held April 28-30th, 2017. See below for link to reserve your room at the Hilton Garden Inn at our discounted rate.

Josh McWilliam
Zeta Psi Presentation Room Inauguration

Pi Zetes at the Sunday Brunch inauguration of "Zeta Psi Presentation Room" in the Folsom Library. Design and build of the room funded by our $75,000 gift to RPI in honor of our 150th Anniversary last year.

Zeta Psi Presentation Room Inauguration
Josh McWilliam
John Spohn Retires as Elder Phi

After faithfully serving as elder Phi for over 8 years, John Spohn '81 has stepped down as elder Phi and will replace Rick Kasold '70 as chairman of the board. 

John Spohn Retires as Elder Phi

Elders

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PiZetes Docs and Calendar

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Just a reminder that we have a treasure trove of historical documents, current documents, and other interesting information posted on our PiZetes documents website.  It can be accessed with a PiZetes account at docs.pizetes.org. Also, the actives have posted most of their events on calendar.pizetes.org. You can view them at that link, or on the right sidebar of the main page of this site, or at the Calendar page of this website.

If you have trouble logging in, please contact Michael Bruce.  If you need a PiZetes account, please fill out this short form and someone will get back to you.

Meet the Elders

What's your name?Ivor L. Preiss

What's your current town? Hilton Head, SC

What is your current occupation? Professor/consultant

When did you graduate from RPI? I graduated in 1955.

When did you pledge Zeta Psi? Why did you choose to join? Who is your big brother? I pledged in 1952  I knew the brothers really well, and the rest was history!  My big brother is Bob Renza.

What is your favorite memory from your undergraduate years? Just spending time with all of the brothers.

What house positions did you hold as an active? Bar Chair for 3 years

What is your favorite part about returning to the chapter house? Simply returning to meet the actives.

What brothers do you still keep in contact with? Way too many to name.

What are some of your hobbies? Home repair and sailing.

Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi

Finally, what's your favorite beer? Buckler

Meet the Elders

What's your name?Frank Harrington

What's your current town? Warrenton, VA

What is your current occupation? I'm a senior software engineer; I've owned my own business for about 13 years. We primarily work on federal contracts.

When did you graduate from RPI? 1991

When did you pledge Zeta Psi? Why did you choose to join? Who is your big brother? I pledged in 1987. They were (still are!) the coolest guys in Troy! A great group of Actives in the house, diverse but very close group. I could tell right away these would be the guys I'd have as close friends for life. My big brother is Joe Polewarczyk.

What is your favorite memory from your undergraduate years? Work week, initiations, road trips, intramural hockey games, and just "hanging out" at the house.

What house positions did you hold as an active? Phi, Alpha Sigma, SC member

What is your favorite part about returning to the chapter house? Catching up with the "old" guys, and meeting younger Elders and actives.

What brothers do you still keep in contact with? Several from around my years - Glenn Anderson, Al Hobbs, Tom Huber, Craig Brown, Lauck Walton, Craig Demko, Tom Mulcahy, etc. Also keep in touch via Facebook.

What are some of your hobbies? Playing guitar (acoustic & electric), fishing, home remodeling, and all kinds of kids activities with our two girls.

Coke or Pepsi? Coke

Finally, what's your favorite beer? Sam

Meet the Elders

What's your name?Glenn Anderson

What's your current town? Longmeadow, MA

What is your current occupation? I am a software consultant.

When did you graduate from RPI? 1991

When did you pledge Zeta Psi? Why did you choose to join? Who is your big brother? I pledged in Fall 1987. (Editor's note: we can't share the story here, contact Glenn for the details). My big brother is Bob Kogut.

What is your favorite memory from your undergraduate years? Dancing in the living room to "We are the champions" after we swept the Fall IFC sports on the way to our first of three consecutive Barker trophy wins. So many other memories could be considered here, this is just the first one that came to mind.

What house positions did you hold as an active? Ritual chairman

What is your favorite part about returning to the chapter house? Pretending I'm back in college again for one weekend a year.

What brothers do you still keep in contact with? Mostly the other directors, Al Hobbs, Kevin Smith. See others very occasionally, Craig Brown, Bob Land, Brian Sparks, Dwight Drumtra, the Alumni Weekend regulars.

What are some of your hobbies? Used to do a lot of triathlons before our daughter was born last year. Still run and ride, but far less than before. Repair broken vintage watches. Fantasy football (currently destroying the younger elders in our Yahoo league).

Coke or Pepsi? Coke

Finally, what's your favorite beer? Miller

Meet the Elders

We did some small elder interviews. Here's our inaugural edition! What's your name? Paul Halas

What's your current town? Troy, NY

What is your current occupation? I am the assistant basketball coach of the RPI Engineers, as well as an Admissions Associate.

When did you graduate from RPI? May of 2006

When did you pledge Zeta Psi? Why did you choose to join? Who is your big brother? I pledged in Fall 2002, mainly due to the quality of brothers living in the house. My big brother is Brian Martell.

What is your favorite memory from your undergraduate years? Generally living on the third floor my senior year with my pledge buddies. Tsunami III was very memorable as well!

What house positions did you hold as an active? I was the risk manager, recruitment/rush chair, and the bar chair during various points of time.

What is your favorite part about returning to the chapter house? Definitely catching up with the elders and also meeting the newest group of active Zetes... And beer!

What brothers do you still keep in contact with? Matt Zepernick, Tom Schneider, Russ Herman, Mike Bruce, Devin Galvin, Miles Dunsmoor

What are some of your hobbies? I enjoy basketball, golf, relaxing at the beach, and going to bars.

Coke or Pepsi? Pepsi

Finally, what's your favorite beer? Guinness!

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Greetings from New Orleans!

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Long time no post. The dog days of summer are almost behind us, and the school year is within sight. This transition is always signaled by the annual Zeta Psi International Convention, held this year at the Royal Sonesta Hotel on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. The convention kicked off yesterday afternoon. The Pi Chapter sent four active delegates, as well as six elder delegates to the convention. We're sure to bring home many useful tools about chapter management, stories of Tricky Rick's incredible beer-drinking capacity, and others.

Stay tuned!

Alumni Weekend Recap

Alumni Weekend was a blast!  All of the elders commented on how beautiful the property looked, and many thanks to the active officers from Fall 2009 and Spring 2010 for their hard work.  Special thanks to Tim Plante and Andrew Snyder for cooking a wonderful BBQ on Saturday afternoon that had all of the attendees buzzing.  Even the typically-finicky April weather cooperated with sunshine all weekend. We hope that the 59th Alumni Weekend treated you well.  Pictures will be posted soon, as well as a link for a survey that we use to plan better events in the future.

Planning for the 60th has already started, and we expect to have a hundred or so more attendees than this year.  We will have a date set soon, so stay tuned!