FAMOUS ALUMNI OF ZBT

Zeta Beta Tau, within the last century, has been the brotherhood of some of the most important as well as entertaining men. Below is a compiled list of all ZBT alumni who have had significant achievements in their lifetime.

Name

School

Achievement

 

 

 

Mel Allen  
 

Alabama '56

Sportscaster

Walter Annenberg
 

Penn '31

Founder/Publisher, TV Guide; Former Ambassador to England

Burton Baskin
 

Illinois '38

Founder, Baskin Robbins Ice Cream

Jack Benny 

UCLA

TV & Radio Comedian; Actor

Leonard Bernstein 

Harvard '44

Composer; Conductor

Henry Block 

Penn

Founder, H & R Block

Richard Block 

Penn

Founder, H & R Block

Rudolph Boschwitz 

 

Senator, Minnesota

Barry Bricken 

Maryland

President, Pants by Barry; Garment Industry

Michael Budman  

Michigan State '69

Co-Founder, Roots Athletic Wear

Jacob Burns  

GWU

Attorney, New York

Charles Coburn  

 

Motion Picture Actor

Alan Cohn 

 

President, NY Knicks & NY Rangers

Howard Cosell  

 

Sports Broadcaster

Joseph Dazansky  

 

President, Giant Foods

Melvin Douglas  

Chicago '31

Motion Pictiure Actor

Kenneth Duberstein
 

 

Cheif of Staff, Reagan White House Administration

Donnie Edwards

UCLA

Professional Football Player

Mike Epstein   

 

Professional Baseball Player

Sidney Factor  

USC '37

Max Factor Cosmetics

Richard Fisher  

Penn

Fisher Brother Construction, NY

Samuel Friedman  

 

Chairman of the Board, Food Fair

J. Martin Frost

Missouri

Representative, Texas

William Gaines  

Brooklyn '52

Publisher, MAD Magazine

Sid Gillman 

Ohio State

Professional Football Coach

Bernard Gimbel  

Penn

Chairman of the Board, Gimbel's Department Stores

Martin Glickman
  

 

Announcer, Sports Writer; Hall of Fame

Arthur Goldberg  

Chicago '32

Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice

Richard Golden 

Michigan State '67

Founder, D.O.C. Eyeglasses

Samuel Goldwyn  

Virginia '47

Film Producer, Director; MGM Productions

Andrew Goodman
  

 

Chairman of the Board, Bergdorf-Goodman

Charles Gordon

Alabama

Hollywood Movie Producer (Field of Dreams)

Don Green  

Michigan State '70

Co-Founder, Roots Athletic Wear

Armand Hammer
  

Columbia '19

President, Occidental Petroleum, Arm & Hammer Products

J. Ira Harris

Michigian

Financier

Jerry Herman
  

U of Miami

Playwrite: Hello Dolly, La Cage Aux Folles

Art Heyman  

 

NBA Basketball Executive

Jeroid Hoffberger  

 

MLBA Baseball Executive

Michael Kantor  

Vanderbilt

Trade Department, Clinton White House Administration

Robert Klein  

 

TV Comedian, Motion Picture Actor

Harvey Krueger
  

Columbia

Senior Managing Director, Shearson Lehman

Jerry Lawerence

Ohio State

Playwright (Mame)

Jack Lehman III

Penn

Founder, Shearson Lehman Brothers

William Lehman  

Alabama

Representative, Florida

Sheldon Leonard

Union

TV Actor, Producer

Alfred Lerner

Columbus

Banking and Insurance

Arthur Levit  

Columbia

Comptroller, New York State

Robert Lewis  

U of Michigan

Entertainer

John Lindsay  

Columbia

Former Mayor of New York

Sid Luckman   

Columbia '39

Member of College & Professional Football Hall of Fames

George Macy   

Columbia

Founder, Macy's Department Stores

Stanley Marcus   

Harvard '29

Founder, Neiman-Marcus Department Stores

Benjamin Michtom   

Penn

President, Ideal Toy Corporation

Walter Minisch  

 

Motion Picture Producer

Newton Minnow  

 

Former FCC Chairman

Jim Nance  

Syracuse

Former Professional Football Player, CBS Announcer

Robert Nederlander
  

 

Former General Manager of NY Yankees

Richard Newberger  

 

Senator, Oregon

Donald Newhouse

Syracuse

Publishing

Samuel Newhouse

Syracuse

Publishing

Richard Ottinger

Cornell

Representative, New York

Michael Ovitz

UCLA

Disney

William S. Paley
  

Penn '22

Founder, Chairman of the Board, CBS

Herb Pastor
  

Michigan State '58

President & CEO, Pastor Casino Enterprises

Arnold Picker
  

CCNY

Chairman of the Board, United Artists

Abe Pollin  

 

Owner, Washington Bullets (NBA)

Jay A. Pritzker

 

United Airlines and Hyatt Hotels

Irving Rabb  

Harvard

Founder, Stop and Shop Chain

Harold Ramis
  

.

Screen Writer & Actor: Animal House, Ghostbusters

Abe Ribcoff  

 

Representative/Senator, Connecticut

Samuel Rosen
  

Columbia '19

Chairman of the Board, 20th Century Fox

Carroll Rosenbloom  

Penn

Owner, LA Rams (NFL)

Aron Rosenburg  

 

College Football Hall of Fame

Samuel Rosman

Columbia

Chairman of the Board, 20th Century Fox

Jaqui E. Safra

Penn

International Banking

Herman Sarkowsky  

 

NFL Football Executive

Dick Schaap
  

 

Sports Broadcasting; Host of ESPN Show: Schaap Talk

Steven S. Seglig

Georgia

Businessman and Real Esate Developer

Robert Shapiro  

UCLA

 OJ's Lawyer 

Lawrence Smith

NYU-Heights

Representative, Florida

Gene Stacks  

Cornell

Actor & Stage Director

Ned Tanen
  

USC

Motion Picture Producer

Robert Tishman

Cornell

President, Tishman Realty

Alfred Taubman 

 

Founder, Tubman Corporation

William Todman  

 

TV Game Show Producer

Steven Trachtenberg
  

 

President, George Washington University

Andy Trentacosta
  

Michigan State '69

Original Producer of The Playboy Channel

Mike Wallace  

 

TV News Commentator

Jack Warner  

USC

President, Warner Brothers

Sonny Werblin  

Rutgers '32

Founder, NY Jets (NFL)

Elmer Winter

Wisconsin

President, Manpower, Inc

Peter Yarrow  

 

Singer with Peter, Paul, & Mary group

David Yunich 

Union

President, Macy's Department Stores

Robert Zelnick  

Cornell

ABC-TV, Pentagon Correspondant