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Alumni Awards

Let's honor these Beta Upsilon alumni brothers for adding new luster to the White Cross

Did you receive an award or honor? We'd love to hear about it. 

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Order of Constantine

Jeff Burnside, 1979

Brother Jeff Burnside was awarded Sigma Chi's highest honor for service to the Fraternity.  Jeff has done it all - most notable organizing and leading the campaign to build the new Centennial Chapter House. Jeff is the only Beta Upsilon Sig to win the Constantine as well as Significant Sig, one of about 100 living brothers to do so.

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Order of Constantine

Dr. Charles Nies, 1988

Brother Charles Nies had been a non-Sig chapter advisor at Beta Upsilon when, so taken by our ideals and teachings, he was invited to become a member. He's the Chancellor at the University of Minnesota - Duluth and on the Board of the Sigma Chi Leadership Institute.

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Significant Sig

Steve Smolinske, 1983

Brother Steve was the CEO and co-owner of a firm that manufactures most of the world's specialized window seals for commercial aircraft. Founded by his father-in-law, Steve grew the firm substantially, selling and retiring recently.

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Significant Sig

Bobby Thompson, 1985

Brother Bob founded, at a young age, a logistics company, one of the largest specialized trucking firms of its kind. He also serves on the Sigma Chi Foundation Board of Governors, the first Beta Upsilon Sig to do so.

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Significant Sig

Bruce Titus, 1979

Brother Bruce Titus is the founderCEO and owner of Bruce Titus Automotive with nearly a dozen dealerships mostly in Western Washington.

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Significant Sig

Jeff Pyatt, 1981

Brother Jeff Pyatt founded a construction loan company that grew so big, he rang the bell on Wall Street when he merged with a larger competitor where he stayed on as CEO, but is now retired.

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