INDIANAPOLIS, Indiana — Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity has been notified that two undergraduate brothers and two other men were killed in a tragic plane crash last night. The brothers are initiates of Lambda Chapter and all four men are students at Case Western Reserve University.
The victims included ZBT Brothers Lucas V. Marcelli, Lambda (Case Western Reserve) ’17, age 20, of Massillon, Ohio, and William M. Felten, Lambda (Case Western Reserve) ’17, age 20, of Saginaw, Michigan.
“We are deeply saddened by this tragedy and the loss of four young men. Our thoughts and prayers go with the families of the victims and the entire Case Western Reserve University community,” said Laurence A. Bolotin, CAE, Alpha Zeta (University of Florida) ’01.
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity professional staff are on site in Cleveland to provide support to the brothers and friends of Lambda Chapter at this time.
Please direct any questions or media requests to Zeta Beta Tau Executive Director Laurence A. Bolotin, CAE, Alpha Zeta (University of Florida) ’01, at lbolotin@zbtnational.org.
Zeta Beta Tau Fraternity was founded in 1898 in New York City as the world’s first Jewish fraternity, ZBT is a Brotherhood of Kappa Nu, Phi Alpha, Phi Sigma Delta, Phi Epsilon Pi and Zeta Beta Tau. ZBT is represented on close to 90 campuses across the United States and more than 130,000 undergraduate and alumni brothers in North America.
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