Welcome Alumni of Chi Psi at the University of Illinois!
This is the official website of the Corporation of Alpha Zeta Delta of Chi Psi
Join us in our mission supporting Alpha Zeta Delta – both at University of Illinois and in the broader Chi Psi community.
Catch up with old friends or make a donation to help us maintain the Lodge
Looking to catch up with old friends or see what’s going on in Champaign or Chicago? Click here to visit our facebook page – it’s a private group but we would love to welcome anyone from the Chi Psi community!
Looking to get more involved with the AZD alumni corporation? Click here to visit us on BoosterHub, the platform we use to help us manage member lists, event registrations, member dues, and donations.
We would love to connect with anyone who can offer time, talent, or treasure to make sure the undergrads have the same great experience that we did! We have succeeded in our goal of purchasing our own Lodge for the first time in generations thanks to generous contributions from alumni of all ages. Any contribution you are able to make helps us to maintain the building and unique Chi Psi experience at the University of Illinois for current and future Lodgers.
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Alumni Highlights
Founder’s Day Banquet & Alumni Golf Outing – May 30, 2026
Our annual Founders‘ Day Banquet is right around the corner, so it’s time to RSVP and make your plans to join us on May 30 at Seven Bridges Golf Club. The link to purchase tickets is below – please add one ticket per person to your cart so you can specify a meal choice for each attendee (you may add multiple tickets to your cart). The cost to attend is $85 per person, with a $35 upcharge if you’d prefer a King Cut Filet Mignon for dinner instead of chicken or salmon. Appetizers will be served at 5:30 p.m., with dinner at 6:30 p.m., and there will be a cash bar.
Additionally, we’re going to have our inaugural Founders‘ Day Golf Outing at Seven Bridges earlier in the day. You can sign up for that using the link below as well. Seven Bridges is giving us a small discount – everyone will get the walking rate of $98.00 to play, but a cart will be included. If you’d like to golf, please sign up ASAP so we know how many tee times to book. We are hoping to get a set of tee times in the morning beginning around 8:00 a.m.
Here is the link to purchase tickets to both the banquet and the golf outing:
October 2025 - Illinois/Washington Football Sailgate
In late October, a group of about 24 lodgers and their families (mid-90s/mid-00’s vintages) took a trip to Seattle to take in the sights and watch the Illini play the Washington Huskies. An excellent time was had by all (even including the disastrous game). Highlights included: fish chucking at Pike’s Place Market, touring Seattle’s Underground (literally), Boot Races at Queen Anne Beer hall, and (last but not least) a “Sailgate” from Puget Sound to Husky Stadium (a/k/a “The Greatest Setting in College Football”). After the game, several of us visited the Alpha Theta Delta Lodge where we received a warm welcome. Only two things were missing from the weekend: a non-stop “Frasier” soundtrack and an Illini win. On behalf of the entire Sailgate crew, I’d like to say a big thank you to Glen Scott ’01 for organizing a truly unforgettable experience.
Alpha Zeta Delta is honored to receive sculpture from the estate of Brother Will Harrington, AZD '64
The sculpture in the Chi Psi Lodge was carved by Will and was selected and donated by Diana to be placed in our Lodge as a remembrance and tribute to him. It is with much gratitude that we thank Diana for this work of Will’s art and we also thank John Mottern, the owner of Gallery 55 in Natick, MA for packing and shipping the sculpture.
Read more about Brother Will Harrington here.
Thank you to Brother McKinney
The alumni board celebrates Brother John McKinney who recently stepped down as Trustee. He has been a fixture on the alumni board for the past several years, and his contributions to the Restoring Excellence Capital Campaign and regarding the maintenance and upkeep of the new Lodge have been invaluable. We are grateful for Brother McKinney's service, and always look forward to seeing him down at the Lodge.
Brother McKinney (center) with other of 70s alumni including George Cartinos, Mike Welch, John Mckinney (center), Bill Swick, and Harry Kiriluk at Palmers in LaGrange, Illinois.
Alumni Corporation Board
PresidentBill Novak, ZΔ ’03 |
Vice PresidentRandy Mason, ZΔ ’96 |
SecretaryMatthew Hess, ZΔ ’00 |
TreasurerChip McConville, ZΔ ’89 |
TrusteeDevang Ghela, ZΔ ’23 |
TrusteeW. David Romoser, ZΔ ’65 |
TrusteeRobert Ennesser, ZΔ ’04 |
TrusteeCameron Wall, ZΔ ’12 |
Undergraduate TrusteeChristian Hausman, ZΔ ’26, #1 |
Undergraduate TrusteeAshley Brodnansky, ZΔ ’25, #2 |
Undergraduate TrusteeAlec Loessy, ZΔ ’25, #3 |
Undergraduate TrusteeRiku Kanzaki, ZΔ ’25, #4 |
Past Corporation PresidentJeremy Doser, ZΔ ’97 |
Corporation Resources
Jeremy Doser joined the Lodge in the fall of 1993 after being recruited by Chris Pounds. It was a tough time since there was no actual Lodge that year and the actives were all spread around campus in apartments. But he really liked the brothers he met and pledged along with one other guy who dropped out halfway through. So he initiated by himself, at the Epsilon Delta Lodge at Northwestern University. He left Illinois in January 1996 and moved to Brownsville, Texas to become a flight instructor. By March 1997 he had accumulated enough flight time to get his first airline job at Continental Express Airlines, where he flew ATR-42 turboprops and Embraer-145 regional jets out of Houston and Cleveland. In 2005 he was hired by Continental Airlines and began flying the 757 and 767 out of Newark, New Jersey. With the merger of Continental and United Airlines he was able to get based back in Chicago. He has been a 737 Captain for United the last nine years. He has been a trustee on the alumni board and, for the past three years, vice-president. He enjoyes staying involved and getting to know the actives each year and also help plan our yearly Founders’ Day banquet.
Matthew Hess, ZΔ `00, is originally from the South side of Chicago but now lives in Plainfield with his wife, Laura. He is an attorney focusing in the areas of estate planning, probate, and contested estate and trust litigation as owner of 
Colin Johnson lives in Chicago, IL in the Edison Park neighborhood with his wife Amanda and their two sons Carter (4) and Keaton (2.5). Today Colin is Category Sales Director at Verizon Media, leading a team tasked with providing advertising solutions for the country’s largest CPG manufacturers across the suite of Verizon advertising and publishing solutions.
Chip McConville, ZD ’89, served as #2, social chairman and scholarship chairman during his undergraduate days in the Lodge. In the early 1990’s, he served a term as a trustee of the Zeta Delta Alumni Corporation and was a contributing editor for the Purple and Gold. A native Ohioan, Chip was a founder of the Columbus Area Chi Psi Alumni Club which came into existence about 20 years ago.