On Tuesday, October 29, the Michigan Jewish Sports Hall of Fame will be honoring Brother Gary Gerson (Vanderbilt, 1985) with a Pillar of Excellence. How did a self-proclaimed “pipsqueak” and high school “band geek” end up here? In typical Gary Gerson fashion, he took the road less traveled and in his own inimitable style. After walking onto the Vanderbilt football team in 1981 (after walking away from his career in the marching band), Gary’s devotion to his teammates and Vanderbilt Commodore football became legendary. While on one of Vanderbilt’s most successful football squads (the 1982 team played in the Hall [...]

As the Assistant Sherrif in Las Vegas, Nevada, charged with overseeing technological innovations, investigative services, Homeland Security and special operations, including departments such as homicide, crime, robbery, vice, and narcotics, Brother Dori Korean (Nevada – Las Vegas, 2006) has a huge responsibility for leadership in his department and community. And he gives much of the credit for developing those leadership skills to his time in AEPi. “In my time in AEPi, I learned how to run an organization…when you’re the president of a chapter you have to know how to do everything from recruiting to finance to fundraising,” said Dori. [...]

Each year at Alpha Epsilon Pi’s International Convention, the fraternity’s undergraduate chapters elect members of the undergraduate cabinet who are charged with being a liaison between undergraduates and the Supreme Board of Governors as well as helping to facilitate communications and relationships between chapters, alumni and staff.  Mazel Tov to Brothers Max Zimmerman (Towson, 2027), Leeor Plafkin (California State – Northridge, 2025), and Daniel Tawil (Reichman, 2026) for winning their seats on the 2024-25 AEPi Undergraduate Cabinet! Look for more from them in the coming days and weeks as they begin reaching out to chapters in their regions and across [...]