California

Epsilon Beta (University of California – San Diego)

David E. Siegel, 1996, was named CEO of J Los Angeles in April. Brother Siegel has a background in the entertainment industry and philanthropy, most recently as CEO of Exceptional Minds, a nonprofit academy and production studio. Prior to Exceptional Minds, he spent nearly a decade at Disney. In 2022, he was named one of Variety’s 100 Champions for Change. He and his then-6-year-old son, Dylan, launched a multifaceted global philanthropic movement, Chocolate Bar, which raised over $1.5 million to combat a rare Jewish genetic disease.

J Los Angeles, formerly call Westside JCC, is celebrating its 70th anniversary this year.

Eta Mu (California Polytechnic State University)

Samuel P. Hazel, 2024, completed the Oceanside Ironman 70.3 in early April.

Gamma Xi (University of California-Santa Barbara)

Nicholas L. Broms, 2025, is a two-time downhill skateboarding Junior World Champion. A new documentary, Nick Broms: What’s the Rush, on Brother Broms’ journey as one of the best downhill athletes in the world, is streaming now on Tubi. Learn more on the film here. Brother Broms is graduating in June 2025 and served Gamma Xi as Chapter President.

Beta Tau (California State University – Sacramento)

Daniel R. Nordaas, 2004, earned a Doctor of Education in Higher Education Leadership from Azusa Pacific University in May. His research explores neurodivergent identity, agency and transformation within higher education. Dr. Nordaas serves as Lead Faculty of Liberal Studies at Jessup University in Northern California.

Colorado

Theta of Phi Sigma Delta (University of Colorado Boulder)

Stephen A. Wandner, 1962, with his wife Marleigh Dover — daughter of historic ZBT figure Lee Dover, Alpha Delta (University of Southern California) 1925, who was General Secretary of ZBT for almost 35 years — are planning to visit Montreal where Brother Dover was born. The couple also plans to visit Nelson, British Columbia, where he lived for several years before moving with his family to Seattle.

Beta Alpha Theta (University of Colorado Boulder)

The undergraduates from the Beta Alpha Theta Chapter would like to share the most recent alumni newsletter. Click here to read.

Iota (University of Denver)

Charles Kaufman, Phi Sigma Delta 1964, has moved to Lewes, Delaware, from Portland, Oregon. “As they say, ‘Lower Slower Delaware,’” Bother Kaufman shared of his reasons for the move. He is fully retired from the financial services sector.

Iota Classes of 1974-1979 hosted their annual ski trip in Lake Tahoe from March 4 to 10.  Brothers who enjoyed the trip this year are: Morrie Siegel, 1974; Michael Kaplan, 1974; Don Zimelis, 1974; Roger Heuberger, 1974; Steve Blank, 1975; Don Reisfeld, 1976; Robert Peters, 1976; Jay Reano, 1976; Richie Nadler, 1976; Gregg Witt, 1977; and Bill Castellano, 1979.

Connecticut

Gamma Beta (University of New Haven)

Alumni weekend and dinner was April 12 in West Haven. The next get-together is planned for Homecoming in the fall.

Florida

Alpha Omega (University of Miami)

Stephen J. Schoffman, 1965, has relocated to Scottsdale, Ariz.

Norman M. Waas, Esq., 1982, earned two outstanding honors in April. He has been voted in as a Fellow of the International Society of Barristers. There are less than 750 members from Canada and the United States. Fellows must be judged by their peers and judges to be “outstanding in the field of advocacy. Brother Waas also was tapped to join the Iron Arrow Honor Society, which is the highest honor attained at the University of Miami. Brother Waas is a Past International President and long-time ZBT volunteer internationally and with the Alpha Omega Chapter.

Gregg Solomon, 2005, is President of The Fanatic Group, an industry leader in manufacturing collegiate licensed products including drink ware, office and household products, greeting cards, stationery items and many more products. TFG is located in Deerfield Beach, Florida, and licensed with over 2,000 universities.

Alpha Zeta (University of Florida)

Dr. Laurence A. Bolotin, CAE, 2001, defended his dissertation on February 28 and graduated May 6 with his Doctorate of Education. The dissertation title is: Jewish College Students’ Experiences of Belonging, Identity and Inclusion within Campus DEI Initiatives.

Delta Iota (University of Central Florida)

Brandon M. Goldberg, 2011, and wife Julie, welcomed their son Ethan B. Goldberg on November 25, 2024.

Georgia

Mu (University of Georgia)

John S. Myers, 1981, retired in September 2024 after 10 years as county attorney for Camden County, Georgia.

Louisiana

Sigma (Tulane University)

Brian A. Hoffman, 2009, and his wife, Amanda, welcomed their son, Casey, to the world in February.

Massachusetts

Theta Alpha (University of Massachusetts-Amherst)

Benjamin R. Gold, 2002, is the Founder of Lawyer Stories, LLC and host of The Lawyer Stories Podcast with Benny Gold.  Inviting all ZBT brothers to check them out at thelawyerstories.com.

Missouri

Alpha Xi (Washington University-St. Louis)

Andrew Caplan, 1991, and Seth Fink, 1991, became brothers of ZBT in the fall of 1987 at Washington University in St Louis. They became fast friends who stayed in close touch post-graduation, frequently getting together and reminiscing about their wonderful times as ZBT undergraduate brothers.

About 30 years after they met as new brothers, Seth and Andrew traveled to Argentina with their wives and children for a family vacation where they explored cities, went to soccer games, ate way too many empanadas, and discovered a major appreciation for Argentinian wine. Little did they know that that trip would be the start of a business venture that combined their love of wine with their love of their fraternity.

Once back home, Seth and Andrew decided to purchase a small vineyard in Mendoza, Argentina, where they could create a wine that symbolized their friendship and as a result, Dos Zetas (meaning “two Zetas” in Spanish) was born. They started out solely making Malbec wine but have since expanded their ZBT-inspired line to include several red varietals, a crisp white Sauvignon Blanc, and a soon-to-be launched Dos Zetas orange wine. Every bottle of Dos Zetas wine is easily identified by the large beta fish on the front label.

Dos Zetas is shared at many family gatherings and celebrations, and is quite popular amongst Andrew’s and Seth’s ZBT brothers as a way to reminisce and connect with their ZBT brotherhood. Dos Zetas is making its debut in local restaurants and can be purchased online. To learn more about Dos Zetas wines, please click here.

Robert (Bob) E. Tanenbaum, 1959, graduated from WashU in 1959 with a bachelor’s from the School of Fine Art and a commission in the U. S. Army. Five years later, Brother Tanenbaum, wife and son moved to the Los Angeles area. One of his endeavors was developing paintings for over 200 movies, presenting ideas and the final art for movie posters. Brother Tanenbaum freelanced for all the major and most of the independent studios. In December of 2023 a 12″x9″ hard cover book was published with 284 images of art that Brother Tanenbaum executed for posters. The image shown with this article is the cover of his book “The Movie Poster Art of Robert Tanenbaum.”

Omega (University of Missouri)

Rick Weinstein, 1983, shares a memory of Bruce M. Schneider, 1983, who made a mark on the lives of everyone he touched. His heart beat with a passion for serving others, particularly those most vulnerable, young children. Despite his untimely passing on September 9, 2022, after a courageous battle with cancer, brother Schneider’s selfless spirit endures. This scholarship, established in his honor, ensures his legacy of kindness, compassion, and generosity continues to inspire and empower future generations. Read more here.

New Jersey

Zeta Tau (Seton Hall University)

After graduating into the stagflation of the late ’70s- early ’80s, Stephen J. Jarman, 1981, worked a few jobs and then joined the U.S. Army as a military policeman. Airborne school, Jumpmaster school, Sniper school, SWAT school intermixed with tours in Germany, Korea, and both U.S. coasts; four combat deployments (Central America, twice; Africa, Battle of Mogadishu, and Mid-East) then retired with 22 years.

Brother Jarman then became a G.S. Civilian working the same level position retired from on active duty but for a Special Operations Command.

After that, he started Coonhound Farm, a holistic farm on the North/South Carolina border. Growing/selling organic fruits and vegetables, plus eggs from chickens, quail, ducks and turkeys. The farm also is a registered coonhound rescue, rescuing coonhounds that are lost or dumped.

New York

Delta (Columbia University)

Henry Solomon, 1958, is excited to introduce you to a new blog that he launched on February 5, called The Patient Was…

Unlike most medical blogs and publications, The Patient Was… does not focus on unusual diseases or miraculous treatments. It explores, instead, the complicated human interactions that are the underpinning of medical care — the reactions and behaviors of patients and physicians in their true-life encounters with one another.

You’ll find the blog at the following link: ThePatientWas.com.

A new “patient encounter” will be posted each Wednesday at 11am Eastern. Brother  Solomon hopes you’ll read, enjoy and find meaning in these true-life stories, which are based on my many years as a physician in private medical practice.

Whether you’re a physician or a patient (and aren’t we all?), he welcomes your feedback, as well as your own medical experiences in and out of the examining room.

The doctor is in.

Delta of Phi Sigma Delta (New York University)

Dr. Gilbert I. Martin, 1963, is a neonatologist practicing in West Covina, California.  He founded the first NICU in a community hospital in Southern California in 1972. He now works at Loma Linda Medical Center in Riverside and Emanate Medical Center in West Covina.  He is married and has six grandchildren. He is an avid golfer and has published several books. As a member of Phi Sigma Delta at New York University (1959-1963) he enjoyed fraternity life and still is friendly with several of the brothers in the fraternity.

Gamma (New York University)

Jacob H. Small, 2018, is a producer at Blossom Street Films, including work with The Daily Show.

Gamma Theta (Queens College)

Dr. Lewis Wetstein, 1968, is interested in growing the reunion with brothers from Theta (Queens College) Chapter from 1964-1968. Some alumni meet frequently in southeast Florida from November to May or in New York/New Jersey from May to November. To be put in contact with Brother Wetstein, email the ZBT office at zbt@zbtnational.org.

Ohio

Nu (The Ohio State University)

Brothers Jim Deutchman,1970, Howard Weiss, 1972, David Callif, J.D., 1972, and Keith Rosenstock, 1972, attended National Championship Game in Atlanta to see The Ohio State Buckeyes win over Notre Dame in January.

Pennsylvania

Gamma Alpha (Washington & Jefferson College)

Maurizio Raffone, 1996, with fellow ZBT brother Sergio Solorzano, 1996, were awarded the “Most Engaging Presentation” award in the Ready Tensor, Inc.’s Computer Vision 2024 Competition.

Brother Solorzano built the open-source Talkomic App integrating a trio of AI models — whisper, chatgpt and a stable diffusion model — bundled in a Unity app that generates contextual images from an episode of his podcast, Tech Shift F9, audio conversation.

The competition attracted over 500 amazing projects. Brother Raffone said he is truly grateful to the jury for recognizing the efforts in laying out the motivation to piece together the Talkomic app, sharing with the community its design, and what they learnt by fleshing out the details and illustrate the steps to reproduce the project.

Brother Solorzano said: “It was great reconnecting on a pro-bono project with Brother Solorzano and we hope it can inspire more brothers to experiment with new technologies and keep their life-long friendship strong.”

• Talkomic App Competition Submission: https://lnkd.in/eBNGjKpK
• Talkomic App Resources: https://lnkd.in/eTbWQnha
• Tech Shift F9 podcast: https://linktr.ee/techshiftf9

Tennessee

Alpha Gamma (Vanderbilt University)

David W. Inlander, 1972, has been named AJC Chicago’s 2025 Human Rights Medallion Award. A celebration of the honor is being planned for fall.

Brother Inlander is a past president of the Chicago Chapter of the American Jewish Committee, and member of the national AJC Board of Governors, where he has held the post of National and International Chair of the Interreligious Affairs Commission. He is a principal at the Chicago law firm Fischel and Kahn, Ltd.

Phi Sigma Delta

Colorado

Iota (University of Denver)

Charles Kaufman, Phi Sigma Delta 1964, has moved to Lewes, Delaware, from Portland, Oregon. “As they say, ‘Lower Slower Delaware,’” Bother Kaufman shared of his reasons for the move. He is fully retired from the financial services sector.

Theta of Phi Sigma Delta (University of Colorado Boulder)

Stephen A. Wandner, 1962, with his wife Marleigh Dover — daughter of historic ZBT figure Lee Dover, Alpha Delta (University of Southern California) 1925, who was General Secretary of ZBT for almost 35 years — are planning to visit Montreal where Brother Dover was born. The couple also plans to visit Nelson, British Columbia, where he lived for several years before moving with his family to Seattle.

New York

Delta of Phi Sigma Delta (New York University)

Dr. Gilbert I. Martin, 1963, is a neonatologist practicing in West Covina, California.  He founded the first NICU in a community hospital in Southern California in 1972. He now works at Loma Linda Medical Center in Riverside and Emanate Medical Center in West Covina.  He is married and has six grandchildren. He is an avid golfer and has published several books. As a member of Phi Sigma Delta at New York University (1959-1963) he enjoyed fraternity life and still is friendly with several of the brothers in the fraternity.