Zeta Beta Tau is a fraternity at American universities. Until 1954 its membership was exclusively Jewish.
| Name | Notability | Chapter | Graduated | College or university |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Academia | ||||
| Lawrence S. Bacow | President, Harvard University | Xi | 1972 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Eli Capilouto[1] | President of the University of Kentucky | Psi | 1971 | University of Alabama |
| Stephen Joel Trachtenberg[1] | Former president of George Washington University | Delta | 1959 | Columbia University |
| Arts and entertainment | ||||
| Armand "Army" Archerd[1] | Daily Variety – Columnist | Alpha Rho | 1941 | University of California – Los Angeles |
| Marc Bell[1] | Two time Tony Award winner | ReChartered | Babson College | |
| Jack Benny[1] | Television and Radio Comedian | Alpha Rho | University of California – Los Angeles | |
| Leonard Cohen[1] | Singer, Songwriter, Poet, and Novelist | Upsilon | 1955 | McGill University |
| Leonard Bernstein[1] | Composer (West Side Story); Conductor (New York Philharmonic) | Alpha Zeta | 1939 | Harvard University |
| Hal Block[2] | Comedian; Comedy Writer; Producer | Alpha Beta | 1936 | University of Chicago |
| Benjy Bronk[3] | Comedian and writer, The Howard Stern Show | Alpha Psi | 1993 | Pennsylvania State University |
| Aaron Karo | Author and comedian | Theta | 2001 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Robert Q. Lewis | Television personality, actor, game show host | Eta | 1942 | University of Michigan |
| Marvin Lipofsky | First-generation American studio glass artist | Rho | 1961 | University of Illinois |
| Mike Luckovich[4] | American political cartoonist for the Atlanta Journal-Constitution | Alpha Mu | 1982 | University of Washington |
| Michael Ovitz[1] | President of Walt Disney Studios | Alpha Rho | 1969 | University of California – Los Angeles |
| Jerry Herman[1] | Playwright: Hello Dolly!, La Cage aux Folles | Alpha Omega | 1953 | University of Miami |
| Albert Maltz[5] | Screenwriter and member of the Hollywood Ten | Delta | 1930 | Columbia University |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz[1] | Film director, screenwriter, and producer, best known as the writer-director of All About Eve. | Delta | 1928 | Columbia University |
| Doug Morris[1] | CEO of Sony Music | Delta | 1960 | Columbia University |
| Bradley Steven Perry | Actor | Alpha Delta | 2021 | University of Southern California |
| Harold Ramis[1] | Writer, director, producer, actor (Ghostbusters, Animal House, Analyze This) | Alpha Xi | 1966 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Ari Sandel | Oscar-winning short film director and writer: West Bank Story | Beta Alpha Theta | 1998 | University of Colorado – Boulder |
| Michael Shamberg[1] | Jersey Films – director, producer, actor | Alpha Xi | 1966 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Andrew Volpe | Singer and rhythm guitarist for alternative rock band Ludo | Alpha Xi | 2002 | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Jerry Bruckheimer | American film and television producer | Alpha Omicron | 1965 | University of Arizona |
| David Michael Barrett | American screenwriter and film producer | Gamma Beta | 1993 | California State University, Northridge |
| Lee Adams | Lyricist, Two time Tony Award winner | Nu | 1949 | Ohio State University |
| Jerome Lawrence | Playwright | Nu | 1937 | Ohio State University |
| Business and philanthropy | ||||
| Walter Annenberg[1] | Founder/Publisher, TV Guide; Former Ambassador to Great Britain | Zeta | 1928 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Burton Baskin[1] | Founder, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream | Rho | 1938 | University of Illinois |
| Graenum Berger[1] | Social Worker, writer, founder of American Association for Ethiopian Jews | Omega | 1929 | University of Missouri |
| Henry W. Bloch[1] | Co-founder, H & R Block | Phi | 1945 | University of Michigan |
| Richard Bloch | Co-founder, H & R Block | Theta | 1945 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Paul Breitenbach[1] | Co-founder of Priceline.com | Kappa | 1992 | Cornell University |
| Jeffrey Brotman[1] | Co-founder of Costco Wholesale Corporation | Alpha Mu | 1965 | University of Washington |
| Jerome A. Chazen[1] | Founder and Chairman Emeritus, Liz Claiborne, Inc. | Alpha Kappa | 1947 | University of Wisconsin–Madison |
| Steven A. Cohen | Founder of hedge fund Point72 Asset Management and owner of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball | Theta | 1978 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Stuart A. Fraser[1] | Vice Chairman of Cantor Fitzgerald | Omega | 1983 | University of Missouri |
| William Gaines | Publisher, Mad Magazine | Sigma | 1946 | Brooklyn Collegiate and Polytechnic Institute |
| Bernard Gimbel | Chairman of the Board, Gimbel Brothers Department Stores | Theta | 1906 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Samuel Goldwyn, Jr. | Film Producer, Director; MGM Productions | Alpha Beta | 1947 | University of Chicago |
| Richard C. Goodman[1] | Henry Crown & Company – General Partner | Iota | 1979 | University of Denver |
| Alan "Ace" Greenberg[1] | Former Chairman of the Board, Bear Stearns | Omega | 1949 | University of Missouri |
| Armand Hammer | Founder and president, Occidental Petroleum | Alpha | 1919 | Columbia University |
| Jon Hirschtick | Founder, SolidWorks | Xi | 1993 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Andrew "bunnie" Huang | Hardware lead, Chumby; renowned researcher and hacker | Xi | 2002 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Bruce J. Klatsky[1] | Former Chairman and CEO, Phillips Van Heusen | Lambda | 1970 | Case Western Reserve University |
| Jules Kroll[1] | Founder of Kroll Associates | Kappa | 1992 | Cornell University |
| Howard R. Levine[1] | Chairman of the Board – Family Dollar Stores, Inc. | Alpha Pi | 1981 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Jeph Loeb[1] | Producer of TV Series Smallville and Lost | Delta | 1979 | Columbia University |
| Douglas L. Maine[1] | Chief Financial Officer (retired) – IBM | Alpha Beta | 1970 | Temple University |
| Stanley Marcus | President and CEO, Neiman Marcus Department Stores | Tau | 1925 | Harvard University |
| William S. Paley[1] | Founder and chairman of the board, CBS | Theta | 1922 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Carter Reum | Venture capitalist, serial entrepreneur | Delta | 2003 | Columbia University |
| Jerry Speyer | Co-founder of Tishman Speyer | Delta | 1962 | Columbia University |
| Jack L. Warner | President, Warner Brothers | Alpha Delta | 1938 | University of California – Los Angeles |
| Civil service | ||||
| Rudy Boschwitz[1] | Senator, Minnesota | Rho | 1951 | Johns Hopkins University |
| Steve Cohen[1] | Congressman, Tennessee | Alpha Gamma | 1971 | Vanderbilt University |
| Steve Cooley[1] | Former Los Angeles County District Attorney | Gamma Nu | 1970 | California State University – Los Angeles |
| Ron Dermer[6] | Israeli Minister of Strategic Affairs, former Ambassador to the United States | Theta | 1993 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Kenneth Duberstein[1] | Former Chief of Staff, President Ronald Reagan | Alpha Tau | 1965 | Franklin & Marshall |
| Stuart Eizenstat[1] | Former Ambassador to the European Union and Chief Presidential Adviser | Alpha Pi | 1964 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| Martin Frost[1] | Former Representative, Texas (CD24) | Omega | 1964 | University of Missouri |
| Arthur Goldberg | Former Supreme Court Justice | Lambda | 1927 | DePaul University |
| Stanley Hartt | Former Chief of Staff to the Prime Minister of Canada | Upsilon | 1958 | McGill University |
| Sam Massell | Former Mayor of Atlanta | Mu | 1948 | University of Georgia |
| Newton Minow | Former Federal Communications Commission Chairman | Gamma | 1949 | Northwestern University |
| Richard Neuberger | Senator, Oregon | Alpha Mu | 1941 | University of Washington |
| Abraham Ribicoff | Representative and Senator, Connecticut | Honorary Member | New York University, University of Chicago | |
| Robert Shapiro | Lawyer, Attorney for OJ Simpson | Alpha Rho | 1967 | University of California – Los Angeles |
| Crime | ||||
| Richard Loeb[7] | Half of notorious murder duo, Leopold and Loeb | 1924 | University of Chicago | |
| Media and literature | ||||
| Mel Allen | Sports Broadcaster ("The Voice of the NY Yankees" and This Week in Baseball) | Psi | 1934 | University of Alabama |
| Dick Schaap | Sports Broadcaster | Alpha Iota | 1955 | Cornell University |
| Mike Wallace[1] | Senior Correspondent, 60 Minutes | Eta | 1939 | University of Michigan |
| Stanley G. Weinbaum | Science Fiction author and poet | Alpha Kappa | n/a but listed in 1923–1924 yearbook | University of Wisconsin-Madison |
| Robert Zelnick | Former World News Tonight Pentagon Correspondent, Chairman of Boston University Department of Journalism | Epsilon | 1961 | Cornell University |
| Sports | ||||
| Zach Banner[8] | National Football League player | Alpha Delta | 2017 | University of Southern California |
| Tal Brody[9] | American-Israeli basketball player | Rho | 1965 | University of Illinois |
| Mike Epstein | Major League Baseball player | Alpha Eta | 1964 | University of California-Berkeley |
| Donnie Edwards | All-Pro NFL Linebacker, Kansas City Chiefs | Alpha Rho | 1995 | University of California – Los Angeles |
| Sid Gillman | Professional football coach | Nu | 1934 | Ohio State University |
| Art Heyman[1] | Professional basketball player | ? | 1963 | Duke University |
| Robert Kraft[1] | Owner, New England Patriots, New England Revolution, and Gillette Stadium | Delta | 1963 | Columbia University |
| Barry Latman[1] | Professional Baseball Pitcher | Alpha Delta | 1955 | University of Southern California |
| Al Lerner[1] | Founder of MBIA and former owner of the Cleveland Browns | Delta | 1955 | Columbia University |
| Sid Luckman[1] | Member of college & Professional Football Hall of Fames | Delta | 1939 | Columbia University |
| Jim Nance[1] | NFL fullback | Omicron | ? | Syracuse University |
| Abe Pollin | Owner, Washington Wizards | Alpha Mu | 1945 | George Washington University |
| Carroll Rosenbloom[10] | American entrepreneur and former owner of the Baltimore Colts and the Los Angeles Rams | Theta | University of Pennsylvania | |
| Bruce Sherman | Owner of the Miami Marlins | Rho Iota | 1969 | University of Rhode Island |
| Brandon Sosna[11] | Sports administrator and executive | ? | 2015 | University of Pennsylvania |
| Sonny Werblin | Owner of New York Jets, Chairman of Madison Square Garden | Beta Delta | 1932 | Rutgers University |
References
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- ^ Cohen, David R. "Luckovich: No Love Lost for Trump". Atlanta Jewish Times. Michael R. Morris. Retrieved 1 November 2018.
- ^ "Zeta Beta Tau," Columbian, 1930, page 410, U.S. School Yearbooks, 1880–2012 database.
- ^ Horowitz, Jason (July 25, 2014). "Israel's Outspoken Envoy Is Wise to U.S. Ways". The New York Times. Retrieved January 13, 2016.
- ^ "Leopold and Loeb's Criminal Minds | History & Archaeology". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved April 13, 2011.
- ^ Nu, A. Brotherhood of Kappa; Alpha, Phi; Pi, Phi Epsilon; Delta, Phi Sigma; Tau, Zeta Beta (July 13, 2020). "Pittsburgh Steelers Offensive Tackle Zach Banner, Alpha Delta (USC) 2017 fights anti-Semitism". Zeta Beta Tau.
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- ^ "Student Leaders at the University of Pennsylvania Support a Strong U.S.-Israel Relationship". The Daily Pennsylvanian: 3. January 17, 2014. Retrieved July 16, 2024.