History of Sigma Beta Tau
Sigma Beta Tau’s origins began in 1958 with a group of men, many of them veterans, who decided to form a fraternity different than those that then existed on the campus of Newark State College, newly located to Union, NJ. They did not want to be part of the practices of humiliation that new pledges …
Joseph T. Scelfo
February 29, 2020 Alpha-Pi 1995 Joseph T. Scelfo, 44, of Farmingdale, passed away peacefully with his loving family by his side on Saturday, Feb. 29. 2020 at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank after a yearlong courageous battle against lung cancer. Joe was born in Point Pleasant and raised in Wall Township. He was a graduate …
Kenneth P. May
December 10, 2019 Lambda 1968 – 1969 Dr. Kenneth Paul May, 70 of Westfield, was called home Tuesday, December 10, 2019 after a sudden and brief illness. Ken’s visitation will be from 4:00-8:00 PM Friday December 13th, at Gray Funeral Home, 318 E. Broad St., Westfield. His funeral service will begin at 11:00 AM Saturday …
Richard (Mike) Meisenbacher
April 29, 2019 Gamma 1960 Richard Kurt Meisenbacher, died peacefully surrounded by family and friends on Monday, April 29, 2019, at Robert Wood University Hospital at Somerset in Somerville. He was born in Bronx, NY and then lived in Irvington and Union, NJ. After graduation from Union High School, he served his country by enlisting in …
Bruce Williams – Founding Brother
February 9, 2019 Alpha 1958 – 1959 Bruce Williams was one of the Founding Brothers of the Sigma Beta Tau Fraternity in what was then Newark State College in 1958. R. Dennis Swanson, another of the Founding Brothers has always stated the Bruce was the “prime mover” of founding our Fraternity, As he was a …