Whatever happened to the people featured in the infamous 1986 “BFOS Video“? And are any of them coming to Durham in October 2024 for the Beta Lambda Almost-Medicare-Eligible unofficial reunion? Read on …
Charley Scher JD, Trinity ’87 [More]
Great guy, but not a Sigma Chi. He was sports editor at The Chronicle, and a contributor to WXDU. Recruited for this role by Jeff Cohen, below.
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: No
Paul “Fuzz” Ferraro, ’90 [More]
Left fraternity because, as Smurf remembers, he “decided it was too nuts for him.” Our loss.
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: No
Mike “Zoz” Rosovsky, Trinity ’88 [More]
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: Yes
Jon Simon, MD (left), Trinity ’89 [More]
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: No
Steve “Smurf” Nickelsburg JD (right), Engineering ’89 [More]
Father of Justin Nickelsburg, Beta Lambda ’22 [More]
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: No
Charlie “Chaz” McIlvaine, Trinity ’87 [More]
Duke University School of Nursing Board of Visitors
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: Yes
Jeff Cohen, Trinity ’87. Not a Sigma Chi. [More]
A 1983 graduate of Fort Myers High School together with Tom “Smooter” Smoot (Trinity ’87; [More]), Cohen worked on a variety of projects that semester and was always making short videos. According to Charley Scher (narrator), Jeff was the mastermind of the video, and recruited Charley. “Because I had a CBS Sports hat I liked to wear and was doing some games for WXDU, he had the idea of me as a broadcaster. Not sure who put him onto the idea of Sigma Chi beer frisbee.”
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: No
Mike “Witz” Berkowitz, Trinity ’89 [More]
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: No
Ed Boyle JD, Trinity ’89 [More]
Officially expelled from Sigma Chi by a Gestapo Peterson-wannabe representative from National who caught him smoking weed; always a Beta Lambda, tho …
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: No
Amy Steinberger Kishter, Trinity ’88 [More]
Little Sister, Now married to Brian Kishter, Trinity (Beta Lambda) ’88 [More]
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: No
John “Wet” Willis PhD, Engineering ’89, M.S. ’90 [More]
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: Yes
Eliot “Lot” Gelber JD, Trinity ’88 [More]
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: Yes
Brad Meiseles (background, right), Trinity ’88 [More]
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: Yes
Jeff “T” Rott, Trinity ’87 [More]
[Not pictured up close.] “Who’s the really shitty team?”
October 2024 Gathering in Durham: Yes
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