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Local History

The "First Four":

The small room of 102 Hill Hall proved to be the first "meeting" of sorts where the affectionately termed first four founders of ZBT met to plan a course of action. These four were Hugh Bassewitz, Corey Ackerman, David Lickstein, and Marcus Lai Fook (who later was forced to withdraw his participation from ZBT and was depledged). In early February these men met to plan out what ZBT is today- a strong growing brotherhood that is one of the best known fraternities on the Tufts campus.

The Founding Fathers:

These seventeen dedicated young men worked through the months of March and April organizing and preparing for a colonizing date from National. They met weekly to determine a course of action and to continually recruit new members. They were officially colonized as the Beta Tau Colony on June 5, 1987 and were officially pinned as pledges by the Brothers of Boston University and Expansion Consultant Gregg Lynn on Wednesday April 22, 1987.

The founding fathers were: Corey Ackerman, Hugh Bassewitz, Greg Davis, Mark Israel, Lee Kellner, Alfonso Kimche, David Lickstein, Jonathan Medverd, John Murcott, Scott Novick, Bill Ortner, Mark Rozman, Neil Rudoff, Brett J. Ruth, and Eric Shapiro.

Mike Ip was a founding father, but was forced to depledge, in a tearful ceremony, due to time constraints. Mr. Ip and Mr. Lai Fook both lost their founding father status, but their efforts are noted here as friends of the Fraternity.

The Charter Members:

In addition to the fifteen founding fathers, seven men joined ZBT in the late spring of 1987. They were selected after a rush period which saw sixteen candidates come through seeking brotherhood in Zeta Beta Tau. Those seven chosen and who eagerly accepted were: Brandon Abraham, Steven Robie, Scott Saffran, Mike Lipton, Adam Lesser, Larry Hyman, and Andrew Enschede.
Fred Geisler CINN