Alumni News!
PSUSIG - Yearly Dues (Voluntary) Please remember your past!!
Zeta Iota Alumni
Brothers,
the 2026 alumni dues of 60 dollars or any more amount you would like to donate are due!
Options for payment: Psusig.com (Donate)
mail check: Zeta Iota Alumni Association P.O. Box 7194 Overland Park, KS 66207
We will also be having a happy hour March 19th starting at 6 pm located at Johnnys Tavern
(8719 W 95th St. Overland Park, KS 66212)eta Iota Alumni
Brothers,
the 2026 alumni dues of 60 dollars or any more amount you would like to donate are due!
options for payment:
Psusig.com (Donate)
mail check:
Zeta Iota Alumni Association
P.O. Box 7194 Overland Park, KS 66207
We will also be having a happy hour March 19th starting at 6 pm located at Johnnys Tavern
(8719 W 95th St. Overland Park, KS 66212)
Get Involved with our Alumni from other schools!!
GREATER KANSAS CITY
SIGMA CHI ALUMNI CHAPTER
If you have any questions or suggestions for a social event, feel free to email one of us.
In Hoc,
B. Scott Tschudy Greg Davis Tyson Broyles
bstschudy@gmail.com gdavis@heritagefirst.net tysonbroyles@gmail.com
What's NEW!!!
Brothers,
The KU chapter is excited to share an upcoming event that showcases the continued growth and engagement of our chapter. On March 27th, the Chapter will be presenting a live concert featuring artist Aidan Canfield at Kansas Crossing Casino.
This event is open to all ages and provides an opportunity for our chapter to strengthen community connections while promoting a positive engagement on and off campus. Events like this allow our undergraduate members to gain hands-on experience in planning, promoting, and leadership skills that directly reflect the values of Sigma Chi.
The Chapter would love for our alumni to join them for a great night of live music and fellowship.
In Hoc!
Derby Day Chairman
Noah Yeakey
(417) 434-5611
In Hoc,
Tom Roudebush Blaine Nye
913-406-8479 913-653-5710
About ZETA IOTA
History of Our Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity
Xi Omega Fraternity was founded in the fall of 1960 at then Kansas State College of Pittsburg with the primary intention of becoming a chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity. There were fourteen founders—Charles Barnes, James Bartelli, Jerry Bonewitz, Warren Bradfield, Henry Buscher, David Crockett, Cecil Deel, Bill Hawkins, Ken Ladek, Tom McCourt, Pat Poole, Charles Shell, Jon Solomon, and Don Wilson—many of whom were in their mid-20s, several having already served four years in the U.S. military. They were a mature group of young men who set maturity and respect as baseline tones of Xi Omega Fraternity, and they rented the fraternity’s first house at 811 S. Broadway.
Xi Omega then purchased its first chapter-owned house at 1714 S. Broadway in the early summer of 1963. The original “1714” was located at what is now the Pi Kappa Alpha house, but that specific address moved next door when the fraternity purchased that property and built a new home a number of years later.
Zeta Iota Chapter of Sigma Chi Fraternity was chartered on December 13, 1964. There were 60 Charter Members, and John Bumgarner served as the chapter’s initial Consul.
From its inception, the fraternity was strongly supported by John and Berndette O’Rourke. Mrs. O’Rourke was the secretary to Dr. Denmar Cope, the college’s Dean of Administration and the first Chapter Advisor to Xi Omega Fraternity, serving as our Chapter Advisor for nearly six years. The O’Rourkes were a wonderful couple with no children, and they supported the chapter in numerous and generous ways until their passing, John in November of 1980 and Berndette in November of 1984. In many ways, our fraternity had become their surrogate children.
During the fraternity’s early years, there were few alumni, and the function of “alumni relations” was basically performed by the Zeta Iota House Association, a corporation legally formed when the first home was purchased in 1963. In the fall of 2003, the Zeta Iota Alumni Association was formed, with George Lampe serving as the first president.
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