Past Foundation Presidents
The president of the Zeta Beta Tau Foundation generously provides his time, talent and treasure in support of the Foundation’s Mission. The president of the Zeta Beta Tau Foundation serves as the presiding officer at all meetings of the Board of Directors. The president is an ex officio member of all Zeta Beta Tau Foundation committees.
Included in the list below are all presidents of the Zeta Beta Tau Foundation, from the first President, Harry Steiner, Delta (Columbia University) ’18, and through our current president.
Click on their names for additional information on all our past presidents.
Harry Steiner, Delta (Columbia University) 1918
1952-1960
Harold E. Grotta, Esq., Chi (University of Virginia) 1931
1961-1968
Stanley I. Fishel, Delta (Columbia University) 1934
1969-1980
Jack London, Alpha (City College of New York) 1938
1981-1983
Richard S. Simon, Phi (University of Michigan) 1943
1984 – 1992
Saul A. Fern, Pi (Boston University) 1954
1993
Bernard S. Kaplan, Esq., Mu (University of Chicago) 1947
1994-1997
Harold R. Oseff, Esq., Eta (University of Michigan) 1968
1998-2003
Irving M. Chase, Esq., Alpha Rho (UCLA) 1974
2004-2006
James B. Drotman, Zeta Lambda (Stephen F. Austin) 1993
2007-2009
Barry M. Aarons, Gamma Tau (Arizona State University) 1971
2010-2014
Bruce H. Weinstein, Psi (University of Alabama) 1970
2015-2017
Jerry Katz, CPA, Alpha Rho (UCLA) 1976
2017-2020
Steven E. Gold, Alpha Omega (University of Miami) 2000
2020-2022
