Tau Chapter Advisor

The Tau Chapter Advisor is the only Alumni role that sets on the Tau Chapter Executive Council. Currently, there is one (1) Advisor that serves in the combined role of Faculty Advisor and Alumni Advisor. It is the duty of the Alumni Advisor to offer wisdom and guidance to the active Tau Brothers while the Faculty Advisor ensures that Tau Chapter remains in its respectful relation to ECU and the surrounding Greenville community.

List of Tau Chapter Advisors

Sponsor prior to 1991

Number	Name	Term	Induction
1	Dr. Beecher Flanagan Beecher Flanagan Tau Chapter's Founder 1936 National Historian 1939-1946 National President 1946-1948 National Vice President 1948-1950 D	1936-1937 1937-1938 1938-1939 1939-1940 1940-1941 1941-1942 1942-1943 1943-1944 1944-1945 1945-1946 1946-1947 1947-1948 1948-1949 1949-1950 D1	Spring 1936
2	Dr. Richard C. Todd Richard Cecil Todd National Counselor 1955-1957 National President 1957-1959 National Counselor 1959-1961 National Historian 1962-1964 National Vice President 1964-1966 National Counselor 1966-1968 National Vice President 1968-1974 National Counselor 1974-1976 National Alumni Representative 1976-1982	1949-1950 A 1950-1951 1951-1952 1952-1953 1953-1954 1954-1955 1955-1956 1956-1957 1957-1958 1958-1959 1959-1960 1960-1961 1961-1962 1962-1963 1963-1964 1964-1965 1965-1966 1966-1967 1967-1968 1968-1969 1969-1970 1970-1971 1971-1972 1972-1973 1973-1974 1974-1975 1975-1976 1976-1977	Spring 1977
3	Dr. Jack W. Thornton Jack W. Thornton Jr. National Historian 1977-1978 National Vice President 1978-1980 National President 1980-1982 National President 1986-1988 Distinguished Service Key 2008	1977-1978 1978-1979 1979-1980 1980-1981 1981-1982 1982-1983 1983-1984 1984-1985 1985-1986 1986-1987 1987-1988 1988-1989 1989-1990 1990-1991 1991-1992 1992-1993 1993-1994 1994-1995 1995-1996 1996-1997 1997-1998	Spring 1977
4	Dr. David L. Batts David Lee Batts Richard Cecil Todd & Clauda Pennock Todd Tripod Scholarship 1993 Vice President of Membership Development 1996-1998 Delta Epsilon's Founder 1999 Distinguished Service Key 2000 Vice President of Alumni Development 2003-2004 Outstanding Chapter Advisor 2008 Phi Sigma Pi Foundation Vice President of Finance 2009-2011	1998-1999 1999-2000 2000-2001 2001-2002 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 2008-2009 2009-2010 2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013	Spring 1992, ΑΜ

Key to Symbols

(D) - Died in office

(A) - Acting/Interim

(^) - Resigned from office

(*) - Information unavailable

References

¹ Dr. Todd was invited to a dinner meeting of Tau Chapter by Dr. Flanagan. During this meeting, Dr. Flanagan suffered a fatal heart attack and Dr. Todd assumed the role of Advisor following Dr. Flanagan's death. Dr. Flanagan was serving as the National Vice President at the time of his death.