Let's honor these Beta Upsilon brothers for adding new luster to the White Cross
Did you receive an award or honor? We'd love to hear about it.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.