When Zeta Beta was chartered in 1948, the original Advisory Committee consisted of M. Buford Blair, J.B. Dent, J.A. Rives, R.H. McNeil, W.L. Sandridge, J.F. Hardy, and Alfred C. Payne.  The chapter also had four Scouting Advisors, who were Robert M. Culver, J.B. Jones, W.H. Jones, and Rev. McBrown. 

From 1967-69 the chair of the Advisory Committee was Prof. Wilford H. Lane.  In 1969 Dr. James W. Dean became the Advisory chair and held this position until 1971, when Dr. Rhodes B. Holliman took over.  Dr. Holliman remained the ZB Advisory Committee chair until 1976, when he resigned as an Advisor to Zeta Beta because he could not devote sufficient time to the chapter.  After spending 1976-1977 without an Advisor, Terri Semon set up a new Advisory Committee.  Its membership was composed of Dr. Kenly Bovard, Dr. George W. Claus, Dr. Harry Haney, Jr., Dr. Paul Smeal, and Rev. Al Payne.  Dr. Stanley Huffman, Jr., a charter brother of Zeta Beta, became the new Advisory Chair.  Dr. Haney served as the chair from 1982-85, and remains as an active Advisor today.

By 1980, only Dr. Haney, Dr. Huffman and Dr. Smeal remained as Advisors.  Dr. Don Pace served as an Advisor from 1980-81.  Dr. Paul Zweifel became an Advisor in the Fall of 1980, and served until 1988, acting as the Advisory chair in 1985-86.  In the Fall of 1981, Dr. Joseph Wiezcynski and Dr. Martha Roane were inducted as Advisors.  Dr. Wiezcynski served until 1984, and Dr. Roane served until 1993, at which time she was made an Advisor Emeritus upon her retirement from the University.  Dr. Donald P. Lacy also served as an Advisor from 1984-85. 

About this time, Dr. James Dean left his position as Vice-President of Student Affairs and became an active Advisor again.  Dr. Dean retired from the university in Fall 1985, and became Advisor Emeritus in 1987.  In Fall 1994, Dr. James Dean, newly retired from his job at Hokie Honda, returned to active status as an Advisor.  He remained active until the fall of 1996, at which time Dr. Dean returned to his status as Advisor Emeritus, which he still holds today.

In 1984, Cathy Mathai and Matt Radinovic restructured the Advisory Committee.  The chapter decided that Advisors should take a more active role within the chapter.  Along with the Advisors, they restructured the committee, adding the office of Vice Chair and including the chapter President as a voting member.  The committee began meeting monthly to discuss long term issues.  Each Advisor worked with a committee and attended periodic brothers' meetings, pledge meetings and Executive Committee meetings.  Dr. Harry Haney, after five years as Advisory Chair, turned the office over to Dr. Paul Zweifel.  The chair began to rotate among the Advisors, each taking a one year term, with the understanding that the Vice Chair would assume the duties of the Chair the following year.

Ms. Melinda Cox and Dr. Richard Goff became Advisors in Winter 1985.  Dr. Goff worked to get Zeta Beta involved with the Free Clinic of New River Valley and Habitat for Humanity, and served as an Advisor until 1992.  Ms. Cox served through 1987, when she left Virginia Tech to become an Advisor to the petitioning group at Roanoke College.  In the Spring of 1987, Mr. John Hoernemann was inducted as an Advisor. 

Dr. Terrence H. Dunn served as an Advisor from 1989-90.  In 1990, Dr. Dan Moore of the Electrical Engineering Department, who pledged at North Carolina State (Iota Lambda), became an Advisor.  Dr. Moore was involved with Special Olympics and Founder's day, and served until 1995.  In 1992, Dr. Richard Wokutch of the Dept. of Management became an Advisor, and is one of the members of our current Advisory Committee.

In Spring, 1993, Ms. Debbie Harris, of the Virginia Tech Career Services Center, became an Advisor and in 1994 stepped down to complete her Ph.D. in Philosophy. 

Dr. Ben Crawford, who had pledged in 1950 and served as an Advisor in the 1960s, retired as Executive Director of Ruritan International and returned to campus in Fall 1994. He became an Advisor again and he is serving as the current Chair of the Advisory Committee. 

In Spring 1994 Mr. Michael Leahy became an Advisor. Mr. Leahy pledged Zeta Beta in Fall 1983 and served on the Regional Staff and as Sectional chair from 1995 to 1996.  He is also a member of the current Advisory Committee.

In 1994 Mrs. Margaret McQuain, advisor to the Campus Scouts and mother of new Brother Anna Snider, became an Advisor and is currently still an Advisor for Zeta Beta.  In the Spring of 1996, Dr. Valerie Hardcastle was inducted as an Advisor, and in the Spring of 1997, Reverend Paul Cramer was inducted as an Advisor following the Spring Initiation ceremony.  Both are members of the current Advisory Committee.

An Alumnus from another chapter, Jennifer Cease, who works in Blacksburg as a Police Officer wanted to get involved with Zeta Beta since 2008 and the chapter was able to offer her a position on our advisory board in 2009.  The Advisory Board for the 2012-2013 school year includes Margaret McQuain, Richard Goldberg, Richard Wokutch, Heather Dodd, and Jennifer Cease. 
 

DR. JAMES WILLIAM DEAN    

Dr. James William Dean joined Alpha Phi Omega in 1936 while in high school.  In college, he joined the University of Pittsburgh's Beta Chapter.  He left school to serve in the Army Air Corps during World War II, and later returned to Grove City College where he graduated in 1948.  While there, he served as President of the student body.

In 1959, Dr. Dean came to Virginia Polytechnic Institute.  Serving as Dean of Students and later as Vice President of Student Affairs, he used his position to promote service through Alpha Phi Omega.  During his professional career, Dr. Dean took many opportunities to help Alpha Phi Omega grow on campuses throughout the Southeast. 

Dr. Dean has served on many of Alpha Phi Omega's Regional Boards and Committees. In 1964, he was elected to the National Board of Directors where he served on the Board for ten years.  He helped rewrite the Constitution in 1967 and worked enthusiastically for female membership in the years before 1976.

In recognition of his long years of service to the nation, campus, community and brotherhood, the National Board of Directors honored Dr. Dean with the National Certificate of Appreciation.  This award was presented by the National President, Earl Herbert, at Zeta Beta's Spring Banquet in 1986.  The Fall 1986 Pledge Class was dedicated by the National Board of Directors to Dr. James William Dean, University Dean at Virginia Polytechnic Institute.

In 1986, Dr. Dean retired from the University, and he was honored by the chapter as Advisor Emeritus.  He had a long and illustrious career as an educator, administrator, and Brother of Alpha Phi Omega.  Dr. Dean is a distinguished member of the Fraternity having been an active undergraduate, an Honorary member, a chapter Advisor and a member of the National Board of Directors.

After retiring from the University, he continued to stay busy as a sales representative in Blacksburg, Virginia.  He is also a member of the National Council on Aging.  In 1994, James Dean retired a second time and became an Advisor again, serving until 1996, at which time he resumed his position as Advisor Emeritus.
 

RICHARD A. GOLDBERG

In 1998, Richard A. Goldberg was made an advisor to the Zeta Beta chapter.  After an unsuccessful attempt to graduate in the early 1970's, Richard A. Goldberg returned to Virginia Tech as a cadet in E-Squadron in 1977 after serving in the Atlantic Fleet on destroyers in the United States Navy.  He pledged Alpha Phi Omega in the Spring of 1979 with the Stanley A. Huffman Pledge Class.  In many ways Alpha Phi Omega seemed to balance out the college experience.  Upon graduation in 1980, he returned to the United States Navy and subsequent tours in the Pacific Fleet, North Atlantic Fleet, Mediterranean Fleet, and the Indian Ocean.

When stationed on Instructor Duty in Norfolk, Virginia Richard A. Goldberg volunteered his services with the then petitioning group at Old Dominion University.  Although not a founding member,   Chief Goldberg's years of experience with Parliamentary Procedure, methodical discipline, and cheerfulness were a welcome sight to the Alpha Beta Omega Chapter at ODU.  Upon retirement from the Naval Service Chief Goldberg has returned to Virginia Tech to pursue a Doctorate degree in English Education.

Richard A. Goldberg is a combat veteran, earning awards for the Liberation of Kuwait, National Defense, and Navy Unit Commendation Medal.  He has been awarded two Distinguished Service Keys from the fraternity, is an Advisor to the Zeta Beta Chapter, and works with Section 83 Staff whenever help is needed.