Pi Kappa Tau Brotherhood Facts
...a work in progress

May 17, 2023 Update

To Pi Kappa Tau Brothers
From Curt Ebbesmeyer
2004 Original Introduction

    During the 2004 reunion, the brothers listed pledges, pledge masters, pledge captains, presidents and other info in my brown day book.  These are the lists that resulted.  There are gaps and misspellings etc.
    At the next reunion, I plan on posting a separate page the wall for the brothers to make notes on asking for correct names and ways to locate lost brothers.
    Next, I will: 1)  Enlarge each collage to poster size and write the name of each brother beneath his photo.  I was careful to include a picture of the brothers who attended each reunion; 2) On the lists below, mark the reunions which brothers attended so as to identify those we need to locate; 3)  At the next reunion, display the posters in the hospitality suite and send the scans plus lists to Turton for posting on the PKT website.
    Please take a moment to correct anything.  I’ll fix things up over the coming months and place this out on a table in the hospitality suite for all to mark up.  After that, perhaps it will be ready for prime time on the PKT website.

2023 n.b.: 
Updates over the years have been made, from then 'til now

Presidents (13):
‘61 – ‘62    Vance Meyer             Sam Wenguer
‘62 – ‘63    Dave Smith             Dave Smith
‘63 – ‘64    Spencer Dezube        Jeff  Pollard
‘64 – ‘65    Mark Von Hoetzendorff    Jeff Matz
‘65 – ‘66    Rick Krieger            Mike  Thompson
‘66 – ‘67    Rick Roberts            Craig Katka
‘67 – 68    Kris Von Hoetzendorff        Jim York

Krieger Awards:
1997  Stu Olster
Nov 1998    John Cagle
May 2000   Gerry Adams
Nov 2001    Rick Turton
May 2003   Dick Eisman
Nov 2004    Curt Ebbesmeyer
May 2006  Bob Kari
Nov 2007  Bob Richardson
May 2009  Ralph Costanzo
Nov 2010  Sam Wenguer
May 2012  Jim Anselmino
Nov 2013 Jerry Davis
May 2015 Steve Friedman
Nov 2016 Jeff Pollard
Nov 2018 John Ellsworth
Nov 2019 Vance Meyer
Nov 2021 Jeff Bordofsky
May 2022 Richard Sparks
May 2023 George Bookie Molloy




Charter Members (11, 7):
July 1, 1961

Gary Smith
Ralph Muzzillo *
Stuart Olster *K, 96, 97, 98, 00, 01, 03, 04
Aladdin Zarrinpour
Rick Krieger *MSP
Bob Axel  *
Bob Fowlie*
Arvin Carlson
Bill Young
Vance Meyer *P
Sam Wenguer *P

Pledge Classes (15)

Spring ‘61 (5, 5)
Pledged in Phi Delta Psi

Dick Eisman *K
Jim Anselmino *
Steve Hecker *
Dave Smith *PC
Kappa Alpha *

Summer ‘61 (3, 2)
Pledged 6 weeks

“The Polish Pledge Class”
Pledge master: Gary Smith

Jeff Bordofsky *
Jeff Pollard *P
Richard Lewendowski

Spring ‘62 (5, 2)
Pledge master: Dick Eisman

Dick Law *
Spencer Dezube  P
Conrad Melton  96, 97, 00, 03
Ward Koutnik
Gerry Musgrave

Fall ‘62 (18, 10)
Pledge master: Bob Fowlie
“The year the pledges numbered more than actives”

Gil Taylor *
Mark Von Hoetzendorff  *P
Rick Turton  SK 97, 98, 00, 01, 03, 04
John Cagle *K
Larry Castro *
Gerry Adams *K
Jeff Matz *P
Ed Hansen
Dick Vestal M
Bill Clatworthy
Dale Von Haase
Curt Ebbesmeyer K, 96, 97, 98, 00, 01, 03, 04
Norm Frantzman *
Scott Taylor
Bill Harms *
Doug Sutherland
Steve Leishman
Al Erickson

Spring ‘63 (6, 4)
Pledge master: Spencer Dezube

Rick Watson C
Mike Thompson *P
Rick Roberts *P
Steve Friedman *
Jerry Davis *
Dale Grizzell

Fall ‘63 (15, 11)
Pledge master: Connie Melton

Bob Kuehn *C
John Ellsworth *
Howard Hayes *
Bud Bergquist *
Marv Kaplan *
Monte Richard *
Rich Sparks *
Jim York *P
Gary Nadler
George Weghorst *
Steve Decker
Rupe Johnson
Bob Paul
Rick Grimes 96, 97, 98, 00, 01, 03, 04
Don Stokes *M

Spring ‘64 (1, 0)
Pledge master: Mark Von Hoetzendorff

Gary Fink

Fall ‘64 (22, 12)
Pledge master: Spencer Dezube

Dave Miller
Dave Jackson *
Dave McBee *
Pete Tomaryn *
Kent Taylor *
John Roberts
Ed Erie
Dave Peterson *
Kris Von Hoetzendorff *P
Bookie Molloy *S
Ron Horn
Mike Hirsch *
Charlie Sneathern *
Asher Fuchs
John Aldrich C
Dean Stordahl
Bruce Sutherland
Bill Hardy *
Chuck Manalo
Jim Hartman *M
Chuck Monico
Bob Buch *

Spring ‘65 (13, 9)
Pledge master: Jeff Matz

Craig Katka *P
Ralph Costanzo *
Mike Costanzo *
Tom Mees *
Rick Skeleton *
Scott Erickson *C
Neal Romero
Jim Ward *
Skip Purcell
Tim Lillard
Dave Robbins
Tony Benjamin *
John Kingsley *

Fall ‘65 (11, 3)
Pledge master: Mike Thompson

Andy Boczan *
Vance Meadows
Grant Mitchell
Mark Ratkovic
Bill Tuck C
Jim Percival
John Percival
Don Cuesta *
Jon Monroy
Wendell Sel *

Spring ‘66 (4, 1)
Pledge master: ??

Joel Simon*
Thiggy Scheffer
Mark Katz
Steve Pearson

Fall ‘66 (18, 3)
Pledge master: ????

Mitch Azuz
Steve Abrams
Ted Baca *
Gary Buscombe *C
Don Cohen
Paul Frysak M
Chuck Kezon
Bob Kari *
Dick Lingle
Ted Lewis
Stan Mann
Mike Margolis
John Murnane
Bob Rinaldi
Steve Sawyer
Mark Sklar
Steve Merit
John Saunders

Spring ‘67 (10, 6)
Pledge master: Pete Tomaryn

Jerry Schmidt *
Jim King *
Tom Boczan
Bob Richardson *
Denny Stevens *
Mark Giebel *
Joe Martinez C
John Schacht
Ron Moore
Les Racowsky *

Fall ‘67 (15, 2)
Pledge master: Bookie Molloy

Gary Fishbein C
George Tucker *
Frank Ribald
Carl Ruban
Mike Wardell
Tom Johnson
Dale Shaw
Gary Jackson *
Glenn Jackson
Danny Castro
Bob Bohl
Syd Phillips
Mike Craccraft
Steve Alnwick

Spring ‘68 (4, 1)
Pledge master: ??

Rick Widmer *
Sandy Krieger
Ken Johns
Larry Bird

Statistical Facts of Interest

Summary:
    Fraternity founded July 2, 1961.  Charter members plus 15 pledge classes during 8 years (1961-1968) total 160 men of which 49% attended at least one reunion 35-41 years later (1996-2004).  A remarkable achievement!  We need to focus on finding the men of the ‘65-‘68 pledge classes.

Pi Kappa Tau

Original #
of Members
Attended
one or more
reunions
Percent who have
been to one or
more reunions
Charter Members 11 7 64


Eight years--15 pledge classes

Spring '61 (Phi Delta Psi) 5 5 100
Summer '61 3 2 67
Spring '62 5 2 40
Fall '62 18 10 56
Spring '63 6 4 67
Fall '62 15 11 73
Spring '64 1 0 0
Fall '64 22 12 55
Spring '65 13 9 69
Fall '65 11 3 27
Spring '66 4 1 25
Fall '66 18 3 17
Spring '67 10 6 60
Fall '67 (50/50 class) 15 2 13
Spring '68 4 1 25

Total

160 78 49



Seven reunion dates, locations, # brothers: Look in my day books for other #

# Month Year Location # Brothers Venue
1 October 1996 Bend, OR 33 Krieger rented rooms
2 May 1997 Lake Tahoe, CA    
3 November 1998 Pismo Beach, CA   Shore Cliff Motel
4 May 2000 Pismo Beach, CA   Shore Cliff Motel
5 November 2001 Pismo Beach, CA   Shore Cliff Motel
6 May 2003 Pismo Beach, CA   Cliffs at Shell Beach Resort
7 November 2004 Pismo Beach, CA 53 Cliffs at Shell Beach Resort
8 May 2006 Pismo Beach, CA   Cliffs at Shell Beach Resort
9 November 2007 Pismo Beach, CA   Cliffs at Shell Beach Resort
10-23 May 2009-2023 Pismo Beach, CA   Hilton Garden Inn of Pismo


Brothers who have attended given number of reunions:
Number of reunions attended    Number of brothers
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

    Notation:
        1. (160; 78)         — total who completed pledging; # who
                        have attended one or more reunions.
        2. * (78)        — reunion attendance; one * per reunion.
        3. P (13)        — Pi Kappa Tau president.
        4. K (6)         — Krieger Award.
        5.  S (3)         — social chairman.
        6.  M (6)        — in memoriam
        7.  C (13)        — pledge captain

In Memoriam:  Passed
William Corcoran 2008
Norm Franzman 2008
Paul Frysak        July __, 2002
Jim Hartman
Rick Krieger        June 6, 1998
Don Stokes        2003
Dick Vestal        1963?