ALUMNI
Roll of Members Since 1846
View a complete list of all people who have been initiated into the Tau Chapter of Beta Theta Pi since 1846. We have included some biographies. Begin here.
Wabash Beta Alumni Association
The Wabash Beta Alumni Association is composed of all living Tau Chapter alumni. Its purpose is to provide oversight to the active chapter when needed and to maintain the Chapter House as the best physical living structure on the Wabash campus. The current president of the Alumni Association is Adam Collins '02. The Chapter Counselor is Kyle Grand '11.
The Richard J Stephenson ‘62 Tau Chapter Hall of Fame
Richard J Stephenson ‘62 speaks at the Tau Chapter 175th Celebration Banquet on October 28, 2023.
The Tau Chapter Hall of Fame was a concept created by the undergraduate brothers on their own initiative in 2014 to recognize alumni with a distinguished history of service to the chapter. The first inductee that same year was Cal Black ’66. For the 175th celebration banquet special presentation, Adam Collins ’02, president of the Wabash Beta Alumni Association, announced that the Tau Chapter Hall of Fame would be inducting its third member, Richard J Stephenson ’62, and, further, that the hall of fame would be renamed the Richard J Stephenson ’62 Tau Chapter Hall of Fame.
In his “public life”, Mr. Stephenson is a global private merchant banker and the founder and former chairman of Cancer Treatment Centers of America. Professionally, Mr. Stephenson’s experience and expertise is in global merchant banking, finance, healthcare, and real estate, and he has served on the boards of many professional, political, service, civic, and charitable institutions. Mr. Stephenson graduated from Wabash College in 1962 and was a campus leader as well as a leader in the Beta House during his time as a student. He and Dr. Stacie Stephenson graciously served as presenting sponsors of the Tau Chapter 175th Celebration Banquet and Tailgate in 2023.
The Wabash Beta Alumni Association works with the undergraduate chapter to induct new members into the hall of fame when merited and seeks out alumni who have exhibited a history of distinguished service to Tau Chapter. A current roster of members, in order of their induction, is below:
The Richard J Stephenson ‘62 Tau Chapter Hall of Fame
Carroll R. Black ‘66
Samuel H. Hildebrand ‘61
Richard J Stephenson ‘62
Richard Stephenson ‘62 accepts a citation from the Wabash Beta Alumni Association renaming the hall of fame in his honor with fellow members Cal Black ‘66 and Sam Hildebrand ‘61.